Nightmare Light

Chapter 252 The Seal of the Imperial Mausoleum

Why does the back of my head hurt so much?

Upon hearing this, everyone around turned to look at Lin Wang.

Lin Wang kept a straight expression and turned his face away.

Fortunately, the officer had just woken up and was still a little dazed, so he didn't dwell on the matter for too long.

He stood up (covering the bump on the back of his head), his dark, square face full of anxiety.

The officer quickened his pace, walked to the edge of the roof, and saw the surging tide of dragon-headed soldiers below.

His dark face turned deathly pale, and he slumped into a daze: "It's over..."

The officer swayed slightly, then suddenly reached into his belt, pulled out a pistol, and pointed it at his temple.

Then, at the very moment he pulled the trigger, a chunk of ice hit his hand, and the gun barrel tilted towards the sky.

boom!
Many birds took flight from the distant bushes.

The dragon-headed soldiers on the ground all looked up at the rooftop.

"What are you doing!" The officer with the dragon's head turned his head and glared angrily at Lin Wang.

"What are you doing?" Lin Wang asked him in return.

"I'm a soldier! It's my duty to defend this territory! Now that the defense line has fallen, why won't you let me do my duty!" He glared at Lin Wang with red eyes. "And who exactly are you people?!"

“First of all, your defenses have not been breached.” Lin Wang walked up to the soldier and poked him in the chest rather impolitely. “No matter who we are, we represent that there are still uncorrupted humans and immortals standing here.”

After saying that, he didn't give the officer time to react and continued, "Also, if you are truly a soldier, you should understand that even if you are the only one left on this defensive line, the battle will not stop."

After Lin Wang finished speaking, the burly officer fell silent.

A few seconds later, he nodded and said in a hoarse voice, "You're right, the fighting hasn't stopped."

He sighed and sat down heavily on the eaves.

The officer reached into his pocket, pulled out a cigar, bit off the end, and spat it downstairs.

Then he handed it to Lin Wang: "Want a smoke?"

"...No."

The officer didn't stand on ceremony, lit his own lamp, and took a deep drag: "Alright, tell me, who are you?"

“We are definitely here to solve the problem, but who we are is not the main issue. What’s more important is, what happened?” Lin Wang said.

“That’s true…” The officer took a deep drag on his cigar, biting it with his back teeth, and squinted at the dragon-headed soldiers below. “The story begins about a week or two ago.”

"Our Steelbone Army has always been ordered to guard the tombs of ancient royalty."

"Although most officers and soldiers do not know the purpose of doing this... we high-ranking officers know that a powerful deity has been suppressed in the imperial mausoleum—the Dragon Head Lord, also known as the Kitchen God."

Lin Wang nodded; he already knew this part.

"A few days ago, a muffled thunder-like noise suddenly came from the imperial mausoleum."

"We immediately dispatched an emergency response team to investigate. Then, we discovered that the seal on the Dragon Head God inside the tomb had cracked!"

The officer grinned, his expression full of self-mockery: "That crack... ha, man-made."

"Man-made?" Lin Wang frowned. "Someone wants to release Lord Dragon Head?"

“We can only guess at this possibility,” the officer said. “After the incident, the Steelbone Army immediately dispatched civilian troops to try to reinforce the seal again.”

"But firstly, that seal was left over from the time of the Three Sovereigns in ancient times, and it is not compatible with the current sealing technology."

"Secondly, the seal was severely damaged. The mortal brothers of the Steelbone Army spent a lot of effort building a new seal... or rather, a defensive line, around the tomb."

The officer's face was hidden in the shadows of the daylight, the glow of his cigar flickering.

"Actually, the Steelbone Army did send people to ask for help, but... Tang Shengcheng never sent any reinforcements."

He exhaled a puff of smoke and chuckled, "I guess we were already contaminated at the time, so the so-called plea for help was actually just an illusion perpetrated by the entire Steelbone Army." There's another possibility...

The Steelbone Army's pleas for help were all blocked by a certain entity...

Lin Wang asked the officer, "On what specific day did the seal on the imperial tomb malfunction?"

The officer pondered for a moment: "It must have been a week ago."

a week ago…

Lin Wang turned his head and glanced at Dog Brother.

Just as Dog Bro mentioned, the mercenaries of the Wild Wolf Gang all fell into a coma at the same time...

Could it be a coincidence?
Although the symptoms of illness and infection differ, ...

Lin Wang shook his head, trying to banish the jumbled thoughts from his mind.

He asked the officer, "And then what?"

"Later, the brothers in charge of sealing went mad and mutated one after another, launching attacks on the brothers on the outer defense line."

"We built isolation zones to isolate our infected brothers inside."

"The rest of the brothers are stationed outside."

"To completely prevent things from getting worse, we also set up an emergency mechanism and buried enough explosives on the position..."

At this point, the officer looked puzzled.

"By the way... there's something I find a little strange."

“We have clearly set up an emergency mechanism. If more than half of our brothers are infected, any one of our soldiers can activate the explosives and blow the entire Imperial Mausoleum and all the soldiers of the Steelbone Army into the sky.”

"But somehow, we all suddenly fell asleep."

The burly, square-faced officer suddenly blushed: "That dream... it was nothing."

The group quickly turned to look at the big yellow rat.

The latter put his little paws to his hips and said, "What are you looking at me for! If I hadn't taken action, these idiots would have blown themselves into the sky long ago!"

Just then, a muffled thunderous sound came from the direction of the imperial tomb.

The officer stood up and said to the crowd, "I must go to the imperial mausoleum... I suspect that the Dragon Head God has probably rushed out of the mausoleum!"

After he finished speaking, his body swayed violently a few times, and the weakness caused by his continuous unconsciousness was evident in this towering man.

Lin Wang said to him, "We're going to the imperial mausoleum, you stay here..."

“No, I’m going too.” The officer shook his head, his tone very firm.

“Friends, I know you came here to resolve this matter. I also know that your attempts to stop me from going... were well-intentioned.”

After a pause, the officer continued, "But this is a matter for the Steelbone Army, and the soldiers of the Steelbone Army will never back down... even if it means dying in battle."

"I am a soldier, and I am doing my duty."

Lin Wang looked at the officer and nodded very seriously: "A soldier's courage is admirable. In that case... I respect your choice."

Just then, Lin Wang looked at the ground behind the officer, his face showing extreme surprise and confusion: "What...what is that?"

Following Lin Wang's gaze, the officer turned to look at the ground behind him.

then.

boom!
Lin Wang punched the officer on the back of the head, and the latter fell to the ground with a thud, unconscious.

Lin Wang shook his hand.

Why did you have to do that?

(End of this chapter)