I can see experience bars after being transported to another world.

Lu Yuan understood what that was.

The seal of the Bronze City.

The city itself is a massive alchemical array, suppressing almost all extraordinary or other related powers.

The young man's body stopped twisting.

He stood there, his eyes vacant.

Then he turned around and, as if being pulled by something, walked towards the door.

The man in black robes followed behind him.

The image began to shatter.

It's getting increasingly blurry.

It's getting darker and darker.

Finally, it completely dissipated.

At the edge of my vision, the gray and white text flickered again:

[Sanity: -5...54/120]

Lu Yuan suddenly opened his eyes.

He was still standing in the room.

A fine layer of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.

"What's wrong?"

Raymond's voice came from the doorway.

"You were standing still for quite a while."

Lu Yuan remained silent for a few seconds.

He hesitated whether to reveal what he had seen.

But those images were too blurry.

The face of the man in the black robe was not visible.

The specific form of that "thing" cannot be described.

Even if you say it, it can't be used as evidence.

"I sensed the remaining aura," Lu Yuan shook his head, "but it was too faint; I couldn't discern anything useful."

Raymond glanced at him but didn't ask any further questions.

After all, he was only a first-order extraordinary knowledge expert. The fact that he could detect the residual aura already showed that Lu Yuan's chosen direction was extremely powerful.

"Let's go," Raymond said. "Back to base."

After saying goodbye to the steward, the two left the Baron's mansion and returned to their post in the inner city by carriage.

As soon as I entered, I saw Karl and Helen talking to two other people.

A man and a woman, both unfamiliar faces.

The man's name was Ryan, he was in his early thirties, and he was taciturn.

The woman's name was Amy. She was about the same age as Helen, but much more lively.

Seeing Raymond enter, Amy quickly stepped forward, holding up a note.

"Captain! We've found something!"

Raymond took the note and glanced at it.

There was an address and a sentence written on it.

"The temple of knowledge awaits here."

"This was found in Alan Victor's room," Ryan said quickly, stepping forward. "Hidden in a secret compartment in the desk."

"Could this be a trap?" Helen frowned. "Are they deliberately leading us there?"

"It's hard to call it a hoax." Amy shook her head. "We didn't find this note; it was given to us by Allen's father."

"What do you mean?"

"That chamber of commerce representative was much calmer than the other two," Ryan said, placing the note on the table. "After his son went missing, he immediately searched his son's room and found this note."

"But he didn't make a fuss; instead, he waited for us to come to him."

Raymond's eyes narrowed slightly.

"He left himself a backup plan."

“Yes.” Ryan nodded. “He said if the Night’s Watch can’t find out, he’ll find out himself. This address is his only clue.”

Everyone fell silent.

A businessman is indeed a businessman.

"Where is the address?" Raymond asked, unfolding a map of Bronze City.

"Outer city," Amy pointed to a relatively remote location on the map, "a secluded house."

Raymond glanced at the note, then at the others.

"Report it first, then go check it out."

After Amy went out for a while.

The six people rode in two carriages and headed towards the outer city.

The further you go, the narrower the streets become, and the more dilapidated the houses become.

Finally, the carriage stopped at the end of a small alley.

Ahead is an old house.

The building is two stories high, with a wooden structure, mottled exterior walls, and windows covered in thick dust.

It looks like it's been abandoned for a long time.

The six people got out of the car and approached cautiously.

Lu Yuan walked in the middle of the group, his eyes scanning the surrounding environment.

This location is indeed remote.

There are almost no residents around, and the nearest house is more than 100 meters away.

If something happens here, it's hard for anyone to notice.

"The door wasn't locked."

Carl walked in front and reached out to push the door open.

The door creaked open.

It was very dark inside, with only a little light coming in through the broken windows.

The air was filled with a musty, stale smell.

The six continued deeper into the area.

Passing through the foyer, I entered a dimly lit corridor.

At the end of the corridor was a half-open door.

A faint light shone through the crack in the door.

Raymond gestured for everyone to slow down.

He pressed himself against the wall, approached the door, and then shoved it open.

It was a spacious room.

Intricate runes were drawn on the ground, extending from the edge of the room to the center, with complex and eerie lines.

Strange patterns hung on the wall, resembling symbols used in some kind of ritual.

In the center of the room, right at the very center of the rune, lay a person.

A man.

His body was stiff, his posture was contorted, and his skin had an abnormal sheen, making him look like a piece of wood in human form.

But that's definitely not how a living person should be.

Lu Yuan's pupils suddenly contracted.

At the edge of my field of vision, grayish-white text appeared:

[Detection target: Unnamed (lignified)]

[A unique and bizarre entity, or perhaps more accurately, a source of contamination, that has been infected by a strange substance, causing it to transform itself.]

Surprising.

Something strange is going on here.

In the Bronze City.

It's strangely alive.

"This is..." Helen's voice trailed off.

She saw it too.

Everyone saw it.

The "person" lying on the ground was emanating an unsettling aura.

That was an eerie aura.

Intense and clear.

"Impossible!" Karl's expression changed. "This is Bronze City!"

Just then, a voice came from the corner of the room.

"Wow, you came really fast."

Two figures emerged from the shadows.

A man wearing a dark gray coat, with a lean build and obvious signs of mechanical modification on his arms.

They are members of the Ascension Society.

Another person, dressed in a black robe, stood a little further back, his face obscured.

The man in gray looked at the man in black, his tone somewhat mocking.

You lost.

The man in black robes did not speak.

"Hurry up and take it and leave!" the man in gray urged.

Raymond had already drawn his knife.

"The Night Watch is investigating a case; you are suspected of..."

He didn't finish his sentence.

The man in gray moved.

The speed is astonishing.

Lu Yuan almost instinctively activated the timekeeping function on his chest.

The world slowed down at that moment.

It's not that the outside world has slowed down—it's that he himself has sped up.

At the edge of my field of vision, gray and white text flickers:

[Sanity Consumption: -1...53/120]

The enchanted revolver has been pulled out.

The first shot was aimed at the gray-clad man's leg.

Pull the trigger, the muzzle spews flame, the bullet slowly leaves the chamber, and then, as if sinking into swamp, drifts forward at an eerie slow speed.

The second shot was aimed at the gray-clad man's head.

The same trajectory, the same slowly drifting bullet.

[Sanity Consumption: -1...52/120]

Lu Yuan did not stop.

He turned the gun towards the wooden body on the ground.

The third shot...the sixth shot.

Six bullets hovered in the air, slowly drifting toward their respective targets.

【理智消耗：-1...-1...-1...-1...48/120】

Lu Yuan then slipped to the back of the group.

Then turn off time synchronization.

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang!"

Six gunshots rang out almost simultaneously.