Desperate people, accept the seed of my soul!

Lin Shen remained silent for a few seconds.

"So Li Su will go there."

"Um."

Xu Suyuan walked to the open space and looked up at the sky.

"Her husband and children died on this line. She won't abandon those children Zhou Zhengde mentioned. She's already on her way."

"What should we do?" Lin Shen asked.

"Follow them."

Xu Suyuan's voice was soft, but it left no room for doubt.

"It's too dangerous for her to storm the Five Mountains Alliance's stronghold alone. We'll watch from a distance. If she gets suppressed, we'll help her using our methods."

Lin Shen nodded and opened the car door.

"Get in the car. It's an eight-hour drive from here to Dingbei City. She's flying fast; we might not be able to catch up."

"She can't fly."

Xu Suyuan said.

"She's in hiding. Officials are looking for her, and so are the Black Falcon people. She'll either take a car or walk. We still have some time."

The three of them got into the car.

The car drove out of the forest management station and headed north along the dilapidated mountain road.

Outside the car window, the mountain wind howled.

Under the gray-blue sky, the layered mountains, like sleeping giants, stretch all the way to the horizon.

Xu Suyuan looked out the window, her gaze deep.

"Han Xiao".

She called out softly in her heart.

"I will see this path through to the end."

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Dinh Bei City, northern part of Shannan Province.

An old industrial city, half of which was shrouded in coal smoke and ash.

The north side of the city is filled with shantytowns and abandoned factories, while the south side features respectable commercial streets and residential buildings.

The Dingbei City Public Security Bureau building is located at the intersection of the north and south sides. It is an old six-story building with yellowed white tiles on the exterior walls.

At 10 a.m., a woman wearing an old gray cotton coat was walking slowly on the street opposite the Public Security Bureau.

Her hair was a little messy, covering half of her face.

With a faded canvas bag slung over her shoulder, she looked like a woman who had come to the city from the countryside to find work.

Nobody noticed her.

No one recognized her as the flyer who had massacred the Shanyang City Municipal Square three days ago.

Li Su suppressed the fluctuations of her spiritual energy, becoming like a still pond.

She could sense that several pairs of eyes were hidden in this city.

There are official sources.

There is a gathering of the Five Sacred Mountains.

There are other forces as well.

But she wasn't in a hurry to make a move.

She needs to find that place first.

She has already taken the encrypted files from Zhou Zhengde's phone.

The information inside is mixed, but one thing is very crucial: on an abandoned mine in the northern suburbs of Dingbei City, there is a courtyard with a sign that reads "Xintianxuan Mining". In fact, it is an underground warehouse of the Wuyue Society.

There were twelve children locked up in that warehouse.

The oldest is eleven years old, and the youngest is only four years old.

They were all experimental subjects brought in from various places by the Five Mountains Society.

In Zhou Zhengde's words, these children all have "seeds" planted in their bodies.

Li Su didn't know what seeds were.

But deep within her soul, the seed that belonged to her began to throb slightly as she approached the city.

It was as if they had recognized something.

She walked to the entrance of a noodle shop on the street and sat down.

The proprietress came over and asked her what she wanted to eat.

She said she wanted a bowl of vegetarian noodles.

She ate very slowly after the noodles were served.

Chew each bite very thoroughly.

She was waiting for it to get dark.

When it got dark, she went to the mine.

The old television in the noodle shop is broadcasting the news.

The news report stated that a natural gas pipeline explosion recently occurred in Shanyang City, causing multiple casualties. Relevant departments are currently investigating and handling the incident.

Li Su did not look up.

She simply ate her noodles quietly and waited quietly.

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Xintianxuan Mining, located in the northern suburbs of Dingbei City.

This mining area has been abandoned for almost ten years.

The factory buildings on the ground were either collapsed or rusted, and a few chimneys stood alone, howling in the wind.

But two hundred meters underground, the scene is quite different.

Beneath the solid rock strata, a space has been carved out by human hands.

There are corridors, rooms, and ventilation ducts.

There is also an area that is locked by an iron gate.

Four large red characters were written on the iron gate: No Entry.

But no one ever dared to listen to the sounds behind the door.

When those children were first brought here, they would cry.

Now, they have stopped crying.

It's not that I don't want to cry.

My voice was already ruined.

The person in charge of guarding this warehouse is called Sun Laoqi.

He was in his forties, as thin as a monkey, and his triangular eyes were always half-closed, as if he hadn't woken up yet.

But in reality, he was one of Huo Kun's most ruthless men.

Huo Kun is dead. Sun Laoqi received the news yesterday.

He didn't feel sad.

I just find it troublesome.

Sooner or later, the higher-ups will send someone to take over this shipment.

But before that, he has to keep an eye on these little brats.

Not one can be missing.

"Seventh Brother, what did the higher-ups say about the situation in Shanyang?"

One of his men came over and asked.

Old Sun took a puff of his cigarette and exhaled a cloud of smoke.

"What nonsense. Huo Kun is dead, and the Changning branch has disbanded. There's still no official word from above."

"So, shall we stay here?"

"If we don't stay here, tell me, where are we going? All the roads out of the province are blocked by the authorities, Black Falcon's men are watching us from the shadows, and those bastards from Fireseed are not to be trifled with. Going out now is just suicide."

Sun Laoqi stubbed out his cigarette against the wall and stood up.

"Go, check those kids down there again. Especially that four-year-old girl, the one with the fever. Don't let her die in our hands, or the goods will be ruined."

"understood."

The subordinate turned and walked towards the iron gate.

Sun Laoqi stood in the corridor, looking at the miner's lamp above his head.

He stayed in this godforsaken place for three years.

In three years, he delivered at least eighty to a hundred "goods".

Some people have been transferred away.

Some people disposed of it on the spot.

The last twelve cubs were specially selected by Chung Lin as "backups".

Zhong Lin is now dead.

Huo Kun also died.

Sun Laoqi had a feeling that he would be next.

He shivered and lit another cigarette.

That feeling came from the ground above my head.

It came from a person approaching him, someone who carried the aura of death.

Li Su stood at the entrance to the mining area.

It was already completely dark.

There is no moon.

Only the lights of the distant city shone a dark red beneath the clouds.

She felt the ground beneath her feet.

Very, very deep underground.

Twelve faint heartbeats.

There are also the heartbeats of six adults.

Six.

Not much.

She stepped into the mining area.

No one saw her go in.

The gate fence silently bent and parted in front of her.

She had already thrown away her canvas bag.

She took off her old cotton-padded coat, revealing a black bodysuit underneath.

She walked along the rusted rails toward the mine.

The wind blew out of the well, carrying a damp, rotten smell.

There was also the smell of disinfectant.

And the sound of a child crying.

A very soft sob.

It's like it's seeping out from deep underground.

Li Su paused for a moment.

Then she continued walking forward.

I stepped into the well.

I walked into darkness.