Otherworld Bone Dragon Operation Guide

Chapter 381 Yeshia's Substitution

In the audience, in the VIP seats, Su Ming and Zi Jin sat side by side.

After several days, the scholar finally agreed to come out of her cabin for a walk. Watching the exciting competition, she even managed a faint smile on her lips, a rare occurrence.

“Your football game on Earth,” she said, turning her head to Su Ming, “is really interesting!”

"Uh, it's alright." Su Ming looked at the chaotic scene on the field and really didn't know how to respond to the question.

"Your hometown has such advanced technology and industry," Zijin continued curiously, "Your football must also be top-notch and world-class, right?"

"..." Su Ming was speechless for a moment, and didn't know how to answer the question.

He glanced to the side and saw members of the logistics team pushing out a cart full of drinks and snacks. He stood up as if granted a pardon and said, "Would you like something to drink? I'll get it."

After a moment's thought, Zijin asked, "Fruit wine, would that be alright?"

“No problem!” Su Ming readily agreed, granting the special permission.

He quickly retrieved two glasses of fruit wine from the cart, which exuded a sweet and fruity aroma. He handed one to Zijin, and the two gently clinked glasses.

"Cheers!" Su Ming smiled. "May everything go smoothly for us from here on out!"

"Mmm!" Violet responded, picked up the fruit wine, took a small sip, and then drank a large mouthful.

Her mother, Atiya, has passed away. She will remember her with gratitude, then gather her strength and move on with her life.

However, she secretly looked at Su Ming beside her and silently prayed in her heart: Please don't let me lose any more important people!

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Ice City, the Cathedral of the Dead, the basement.

The room was extremely spacious, with numerous heavy cabinets filled with a large number of documents and files, but the writing on them was distorted and strange, and did not belong to any known language system in this world.

Dozens of carefully selected members of the Star Sand Society, all with profound expertise in the field of paleography, are sitting around a long table, using the light of arcane glow lamps to painstakingly analyze, compare, and decipher the text.

These were the original documents that Su Ming had seized from the Bell of Calamity on Snail Island. After scanning them, he handed them over to Catherine, who organized a team to study them.

Catherine routinely entered the room, filled with the smell of paper and ink, to conduct her daily inspection.

"Greetings, Lady Catherine!" Upon seeing this, everyone put down their quills or magnifying glasses and respectfully greeted her.

Many Star Sand members are not naturally skilled in combat. Those with the corresponding talent are a relatively small group, and most of these people are ordinary citizens who lack the resources and means to change their fate. They can only devote more energy to learning various knowledge and skills.

These document analysis tasks, which require patience and extensive knowledge, are a perfect fit for them.

At that moment, a scholar with a furrowed brow saw Catherine, immediately picked up the perplexing paper in his hand, and strode over.

"My lord, after meticulous handwriting comparison and file analysis, I strongly suspect that there is something wrong with the identity of the Saint-ranked Demon Swordsman Yesia." Based on previously deciphered information, the Bell of Calamity internally refers to its top combatants as "hour hands." Ice Maiden Yesia's clock number is three, placing her among the organization's top-ranking powerhouses.

Although the total number of hands on the clock face is certainly not large, if the number of its top experts can reach the point where the clock face is covered, then this is an extremely powerful organization.

Fortunately, based on Su Ming and the others' descriptions of their battle with Yeshia, although Yeshia was a Saint-level being, he was definitely among the weakest in that tier. Therefore, it's reasonable to conclude that everything after Time Sequence Four should be below the Saint-level.

So, including Abigail who was killed by Su Ming and the others, there is only one Saint-level expert left in the Calamity Bell!

However, Catherine would never easily reveal this crucial information to the various organizations. Right now, she only hoped that the Bell of Calamity could hold out a little longer, properly absorbing the overwhelming wrath of the Temple of Light, thus buying more time for Stardust.

“Go on, in more detail.” Catherine had a little free time today, so she sat down in a chair and gestured for him to give a detailed report.

"There is evidence that Bing Shuyeshia is an imposter, a substitute!" He produced an order document bearing Yeshia's signature. "Please look at this. The signature of Yeshia in this 'Celestial Bell' data is completely different from the handwriting sample of the real Yeshia from five years ago that our intelligence personnel found, in terms of pen stroke strength, writing habits, and character structure."

Catherine's eyes sharpened, and she immediately took the papers to carefully compare them.

Yesia was originally just an unknown mage among the orcs, but for some reason, she suddenly transformed into a Saint-level powerhouse a little over a year ago.

At the time, everyone thought she was biding her time, accumulating strength for a later breakthrough. But now it seems that the Saint-level "Yesia" was actually an imposter!

Out of habit, intelligence agents painstakingly retrieved some of Yesia's early manuscripts. Catherine discovered striking differences between the two, confirming they were definitely not from the same person!
“That’s really interesting!” Catherine murmured.

Where did this disguised Yesia come from? The matter suddenly became confusing and full of doubts.

In a world where individual strength is paramount, no Saint-level being can appear out of thin air without any growth trajectory or record!

It's a pity that Su Ming and his team disposed of her body; otherwise, they could have found more clues through tracing magic or autopsy.

After a moment of contemplation, Catherine quickly wrote a correspondence and sent the information to Su Ming.

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On the Pansy.

In the end, after a fierce battle, the second cadet team unfortunately lost the game, and the POW camp football team won the championship!

Violet was in a much better mood and readily agreed to the competition organizers' request. She personally went up to the podium and presented the championship trophy to the POW camp captain.

With that, all the events came to a joyous close.

In the evening, a lively cultural performance was held on the brightly lit deck.

Because of Newman's absence, and especially because of Su Ming's strict order, "Human Bone Machine" was forced to cancel their signature heavy metal music performance, which greatly disappointed many members of the "End Bone Mad Machine".

But Su Ming ignored their repeated petitions—just kidding, the Pansy was carrying a whole ship full of dragons, and if those violent drumbeats and sound waves got them going, the ship wouldn't be able to handle the chaos!
(End of this chapter)