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Chapter 552 No Way Out Under the Map, Hidden Door in the Underground

Just as Ye Xiao laid out the array diagram on the long table, a voice suddenly rang out from outside the courtyard gate: "Master Qi has arrived!"

The two stewards turned around at the same time.

A middle-aged man in a dark blue robe stepped into the courtyard. His temples were slightly gray, and his sleeves were neatly gathered. He carried a narrow, long wooden box in his hand.

The steward in brocade robes who accompanied him walked even faster, reaching the long table in a few steps and pressing his hand against the array diagram.

"Bring this one over first."

Ye Xiao looked up.

"Mr. Qi Wenqing has come in person." The steward in brocade robes glanced at the long sword at his waist. "If you want to see the formation, wait until Mr. Qi has finished."

The middle-aged array master who had been guarding the formation stood up straight: "Master Qi."

The gray-haired old man was still guarding the main plate. When he looked up and saw the newcomer, he nodded.

Someone outside heard the name and took two steps toward the gate.

"Qi Wenqing? He's the one who repaired the sealing arrays for several major businesses in the West Market."

"I heard that Manager Qiu sent an urgent message last night and only received a reply this morning."

"They actually managed to get one."

Hearing these comments, Steward Qiu's smile deepened, and he pulled the array diagram toward himself.

Shang Xiaotang reached out and pressed down on the other end.

"He took the picture first."

"Miss Shang, Liancang has been delayed for a whole night."

Manager Qiu glanced at the medicine carts outside and lowered his voice, "Everyone knows how many high-level formations Master Qi has handled. Right now, the goods can't wait, so we have to send the ones we're confident in first."

His gaze returned to Ye Xiao's waist.

"It's true that a martial artist can use a few array patterns when scouting ahead. But the Nine Treasuries Linked Array can't be used for a half-baked practitioner to practice on."

"Last night, even the two array masters couldn't handle the highest level, and the remaining two have been holding out until now, but they still haven't been able to break down the problem."

The smile in Shang Xiaotang's eyes faded.

She placed the black-bordered urgent contract on the table, her fingertip pointing to the three merchant seals at the end: "This contract was posted by all three parties together."

"It used to say it was open to taking on any job, but when did it change to prioritizing reputation?"

Just as Steward Qiu was about to reply, Ye Xiao released his grip.

"Give it to him."

Shang Xiaotang turned her head to the side.

Ye Xiao looked at the three tightly closed main vaults: "He looks at the diagrams, I look at the formations."

Manager Qiu put the map away: "You can look at it, but don't touch it yet."

"If we really start a fight and something goes wrong, you can't afford to take the responsibility."

Steward Qiu turned around and walked up to Qi Wenqing, handing over the array diagram with both hands: "Master Qi, the diagram is here."

Qi Wenqing took it, glancing at Ye Xiao first: "You also took on this mission?"

"Um."

"Is this your first time engaging in battle in the royal city?"

"first."

Qi Wenqing didn't ask any further questions, only glancing at the urgent contract with black borders on the long table: "The highest grade?"

Shang Xiaotang said, "That's right."

Qi Wenqing frowned slightly, then unfolded the array diagram and looked at the two people who had been guarding the array: "Where did you move last night?"

The middle-aged array master said, "We've tried the first storage area to return the flow, the second to divide the forces, and the third to lock the door. If you suppress one area, the other two will fall into chaos."

The gray-haired old man remained by the main plate: "Everything has been restored."

"Now leave only three anchor nails to suppress the counterattack."

Qi Wenqing nodded: "Don't move anymore."

"I'll look at the main chart. Point out the areas that were moved last night."

After saying that, he took the array diagram and walked towards the main plate.

Ye Xiao did not follow.

Just as the next round of lights illuminated the gate of the first warehouse, the next round of lights began to shine.

He lifted his foot and walked over.

The three main vaults are arranged in a row, with the first vault on the left, the second vault in the middle, and the third vault on the right.

Three main lines branch off from the main site, each supporting a main warehouse, and then these three warehouses lead to six auxiliary warehouses behind them, finally extending along the outer ring road.

Return to the main board.

The first round of formations has passed.

The grayish-white light descended along the corner of the first warehouse gate, and suddenly thinned out when it reached the right-side return outlet.

The second chamber then lit up even brighter.

A moment later, the array of lights in the first warehouse had completely disappeared, but then a flicker of light appeared at the corner of the door.

Followed by.

A low sound came from under the gate of the third warehouse.

Ye Xiao paused for a moment, then continued forward.

The middle-aged array master pointed out the locations that had been disturbed the previous night along the three storage areas to Qi Wenqing. When they reached the vicinity of the third storage area, seeing Ye Xiao approaching the base of the wall, he reminded him, "There's still a backflow of energy inside the base of the wall, don't step in it."

Ye Xiao nodded and bypassed that section.

As soon as he finished speaking, the white light under the third warehouse gate suddenly rose upwards.

The gray-haired old man immediately pressed down on the end of the nail.

Just as the beam of light was about to surge higher, it was cut off by a line, and the increasingly sharp low rumble from an auxiliary warehouse behind it also subsided.

Qi Wenqing leaned over and looked at the plate: "Put some here."

"The third warehouse has just closed, and the momentum hasn't finished yet."

The gray-haired old man loosened his grip slightly.

White light slowly spread out along the bottom of the door.

The managers finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Manager Qiu immediately smiled and said, "In the end, it's still Master Qi."

Qi Wenqing didn't respond, but simply noted down this round of changes next to the diagram.

The second round of formations has begun.

Outside the hospital, a medicine cart was pushed into a shady spot.

The box on the cart was reinforced with two layers of temporary protection, yet the medicinal fragrance still wafted out. Two martial artists stood guard beside the cart, their palms always pressed against it.

Wear protective equipment.

The foreman touched the corner of the box, his expression changing: "Change the plate!"

The new formation was immediately handed over.

The faded old film fell into the wooden tray with a few clinking sounds.

Several pieces have already been piled up at the bottom of the plate.

One of the guards wiped the sweat from his brow, and as soon as he loosened his grip slightly, the light on his protective gear dimmed.

He quickly pressed it back down.

Ye Xiao withdrew his gaze.

The second wave of forces has reached the first warehouse.

A grayish-white beam of light descended along the corner of the door.

We arrived at the reflux port.

It's gotten even thinner.

Immediately afterwards, the array patterns in the second warehouse brightened noticeably.

The part where the first Kuka returned has all been added here.

Ye Xiao continued reading.

The light from the first warehouse quickly faded.

It should have ended here.

But a moment later.

The corner of the door, which had already darkened, suddenly lit up again.

Then.

A low thud came from under the gate of the third warehouse.

Exactly the same as the last round.

First, reduce the quantity of the first warehouse.

The second warehouse becomes heavier.

The first library shines again.

The third warehouse had the last problem.

Ye Xiao stopped in his tracks.

After two rounds.

The order remained unchanged.

Beside the main trading board, Qi Wenqing had already remarked the three return lines: "Stop the main formation first, and separate the three treasuries for protection."

"Starting from the first warehouse and working backwards, the repairs should be completed today."

Manager Qiu hurriedly asked, "Is the main warehouse going to be moved?"

Qi Wenqing said, "The location for the formation needs to be cleared out. Several batches of goods that cannot leave the spirit-locking environment should be sealed with additional protection first."

The joy on Steward Qiu's face faded somewhat.

He glanced at the medicine carts outside that were still consuming array fragments, and finally nodded: "Since even Master Qi has said so, there's no other way. It's better than dragging it out indefinitely. I'll have someone 'wait a moment'."

Ye Xiao suddenly spoke.

Manager Qiu stopped what he was doing.

The light from the first corner of the gate had just faded.

Ye Xiao looked at that spot: "It will light up again."

Manager Qiu frowned: "It's just a backflow; it happened last night."

Ye Xiao didn't look at Steward Qiu, but looked at the right wall of the first warehouse: "I'm not talking about the backflow, I'm talking about the missing section."

Qi Wenqing stopped writing.

Ye Xiao pointed to the right wall of the first warehouse: "During the last two rounds, when the backflow thinned, there was an extra vibration below."

"It was very light, just for a moment."

The backflow of the three reservoirs was already chaotic, and that slight vibration was mixed in with it, dissipating in an instant. If one weren't a person with the pure senses of the Glazed Bone, it would be almost impossible to distinguish.

Ye Xiao asked, "On the current map, is there a battle line extending underground?"

Qi Wenqing glanced down at the array diagram in his hand: "No."

Ye Xiao pointed to the base of the wall: "But in the last two rounds, when the flow thinned, there was a force that pushed downwards."

Qi Wenqing looked up at him: "You can tell the difference?"

"Very light."

Ye Xiao said, "Just for that one moment."

Qi Wenqing didn't ask any further questions, and directly took out the array probe from the wooden box: "Location."

Ye Xiao walked to the right side of the first warehouse and stopped outside the return flow outlet: "Investigate from here."

Qi Wenqing squatted down and inserted the probe needle into the brick seam: "Let's do another round."

The gray-haired old man guarded the main board, keeping the three fixed nails still.

The next wave of formations arrived quickly.

The first corner of the gate lit up, and a gray-white array of light flowed downwards along the return flow. Just as the light faded, the previously level probe suddenly tilted downwards.

It's very light.

It flashed back.

Qi Wenqing's gaze froze.

The middle-aged array master also squatted down: "Did it really go down there?"

"Let's see."

Qi Wenqing moved the probe forward two feet.

Next round.

A thin stream flows back.

The needle tip deflected downwards again.

He moved to another location.

It's still the same.

The middle-aged array master stared at the probe, his expression gradually changing: "This place was checked last night."

"We keep searching forward along the current map—"

The second half of the sentence was left unfinished.

On the current map, there is no downward line at all.

Qi Wenqing had already stood up and looked at Ye Xiao: "There is indeed still a road below."

Manager Qiu's smile vanished completely.

Qi Wenqing took the array diagram back to the long table and spread it out again: "Come here, take a look first."

Ye Xiao walked to the table.

When I first entered the hospital, Manager Qiu held this picture under his hand.

Now, Qi Wenqing personally laid it out in front of Ye Xiao.

Ye Xiao glanced at the few dates of array modifications on the current map: "The Nine Treasuries weren't built all at once?"

The Shang family steward immediately replied, "No. The first warehouse was the earliest, the second warehouse was added later, and the third warehouse was the last to be added to the main warehouse. The six auxiliary warehouses that followed were also expanded in batches."

"In which year was the third warehouse incorporated?"

The steward reports the year.

Ye Xiao said, "Take the old battle formation diagrams from the previous and following years."

"Also, bring the records that were modified during the first database's backflow."

Qi Wenqing looked directly at Steward Qiu and said, "Go and fetch it."

The old wooden box was delivered quickly.

Ye Xiao selected several records of formation changes by year, without randomly flipping through them from beginning to end.

The third warehouse expansion.

Temporarily taking over the position.

The warehouse has been officially merged.

He stopped when he flipped to one of the old pictures.

A thin line that has disappeared from the current map has appeared at the base of the right wall of the first warehouse.

The thin line enters the ground from below the connecting bricks, goes around the rear base, and finally turns back to the outer ring of the first warehouse.

The entrance and exit are both located near the same connecting brick.

Qi Wenqing bent down to look.

The points where the probe needles deflected just now fell right on this line.

The middle-aged array master had also found the corresponding array modification record: "Before the third warehouse was merged into the array, in order to keep the two old warehouses in front of it running normally, a bypass path for unloading force was indeed temporarily left."

His finger stopped on two words.

Tibet Gate.

Turn the page to the next page.

The three libraries have officially merged.

Four more characters appeared next to it.

Parallel gate, abandoned line.

Qi Wenqing looked at those four words, then at the base of the first warehouse wall: "The map is ruined."

"It's still tough down there."

The middle-aged array master immediately flipped to the sealing records from that year: "Both ends are recorded as sealed clean."

Ye Xiao glanced at it: "Go check both ends."

He turned and walked towards the base of the first warehouse wall.

"How it's written on the map is one thing."

"You'll only know how to move the formation once you see it."

Qi Wenqing and the middle-aged array master followed.

The protective cover on the right side of the first warehouse was pried open.

The exit of the old storage door has long been broken, leaving only a gap. The entrance, however, still has a half-remaining thread, pressing down on the current return plate.

Qi Wenqing placed the probe needle close to the broken opening.

The next wave of energy passed by.

The needle tip suddenly veered downwards.

The gray-haired old man, who was standing guard beside the main plate, also noticed: "Still struggling to get it in?"

Qi Wenqing stared at the remaining opening: "The entrance wasn't sealed properly."

The old record says that both ends are sealed clean.

However, only one end was blocked off.

Manager Qiu stood at the back, his voice much lower: "Is this the one we just found?"

Qi Wenqing did not answer; the probe needle remained stuck to the broken opening.

As soon as the next wave of energy arrived, the needle's tail tilted downwards again.

No answer is needed.

The middle-aged array master squatted down beside it, staring at the half-open wound: "This old wound has been there for so many years without any problems, so why did it start leaking power last night?"

Ye Xiao looked at the recirculation plate above the entrance: "Wait until it's under the most strain."

None of them moved.

The force retraced its steps through the first warehouse.

The array pattern on the front of the reflow plate lit up continuously, with no visible break.

Until this round came with the strongest momentum.

The light in the corner slowed down for a fleeting moment.

A sliver of light peeked out from the lower edge, just enough to enter the old storage doorway.

Qi Wenqing's eyes narrowed, and he gently traced the probe along the corner of the piece.

A few grayish-black fragments fell down.

He turned the corner over.

A thin crack is hidden on the back.

"It's cracked."

Ye Xiao said, "It's not completely severed yet."

"Normally, the array force can pass through, but with a stronger attack, it's a moment slower here. The missing section has all leaked down below."

The middle-aged array master looked towards the other side of the Tibetan gate.

The entrance is still open.

Exports have long been cut off.

He immediately understood: "It's all in, no out."

"It kept piling up inside, and eventually it pushed back up from the entrance."

The gray-haired old man also looked down at the main platform: "So the first warehouse is short of a section, and the main formation replenishes the second warehouse."

"Once the old forces return, the third warehouse will lock up and suffer another backlash."

After checking three anomalies separately all night, they finally connected here.

Qi Wenqing picked up a pen and crossed out the three locations that had been marked for inspection.

In the end, only the returned piece on the right side of the first storage room and the old collection door below it remained.

Manager Qiu stood to the side, looking at the few crossed-out ink lines, and said nothing more.

Qi Wenqing put away the probe: "Stop the main formation."

"Wait until the old line is completely unloaded and the inlet is cut off before switching back to the wafer fabrication line."

"This way of repairing is much faster."

Manager Qiu's spirits lifted: "Then please invite Master Qi."

"The main force doesn't need to stop."

Ye Xiao said.

Qi Wenqing paused.

The middle-aged array master and the gray-haired old man looked over at the same time.

Ye Xiao pointed to the broken exit of the Tibetan gate: "Let's reconnect the exit first."

"Let the energy stored inside get out."

Qi Wenqing asked, "Where should we put it?"

"The outer ring of the first warehouse."

The middle-aged array master frowned: "The outer ring is moving on its own."

"The old force went straight in, and the two forces collided. The first warehouse couldn't hold on."

"Therefore, we cannot receive them at the same time."

Ye Xiao looked at the first corner of the gate: "After each round of circulation ends, there is a half-breath gap before the next wave of array power arrives."

Qi Wenqing's eyes flickered: "You've been calculating this just now?"

Ye Xiao said, "The first three rounds will have the same interval."