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Chapter 253 The Purpose of the Church

A hint of seriousness flashed in Klaus's eyes. He knew Rek's strength better than anyone else; his survival skills in Bronze City were definitely among the top three.

But he was injured before even starting a fight?

"Could that be the core of the Bronze City?"

Klaus realized that this discovery must be related to the true secret of the Bronze City.

"Those damn parasites at the city hall!! I'm going up there tomorrow, I want to see who's not telling the truth."

Lu Yuan watched Klaus grumbling and then continued.

"The Gray Pact's initial target was probably what was behind that wall. We don't know exactly what it was, but we can't let it come out."

Klaus remained silent for a long time.

"I'll keep an eye on things. I'll make arrangements for Berlan's condition. You should go back and rest."

He glanced at Lu Yuan.

"Only you, me, and Rick know what happened tonight. Don't mention it to anyone until Beren wakes up."

Lu Yuan nodded, turned around and went out.

After closing the door, Klaus took a pack of cigarettes from the drawer, put it in his mouth, hesitated for a long time, and then put it down.

"Hopefully things will get better soon at the Tower of Learning; Bronze City is about to collapse..."

Lu Yuan returned to his residence.

We arrived at the second floor.

Sitting in front of the lab bench.

Close your eyes.

There's too much stuff tonight.

Strange inscriptions, copper walls, vortex symbols.

And that ■■ hint.

The moment it looked at itself, thankfully, the hidden witness triggered protection.

In which scene was the image implanted? Was it a memory of that existence? Or a projection of some kind of information?

Just then.

The symbiotic connection jumped.

My left eye felt slightly sore.

The worm of knowledge crawled out from deep within his eye socket.

A translucent insect, the size of a grain of rice, hung in front of Lu Yuan, its colors shifting much more slowly than usual.

It circled around Lu Yuan's face once.

Then it stops in front of the tip of the nose.

Gibberish.

A series of signals that Lu Yuan couldn't understand at all came through the symbiotic connection.

Like some kind of...language?

The insect of knowledge is speaking.

But Lu Yuan couldn't understand a single word.

The little thing chattered for a while longer, then stopped, seemingly realizing that Lu Yuan wasn't responding.

It hovered in the air for two seconds.

Then it flew to the back of Lu Yuan's hand and rubbed against it.

It was as if they were making sure he was alright.

Then they shrank back into their eye sockets.

The symbiotic relationship returned to calm.

Lu Yuan looked at the spot on the back of his hand where the worm of knowledge had brushed against him.

There wasn't a trace.

After the worm of knowledge shrank back into its eye socket, the room went completely dark.

Lu Yuan did not move.

He sat at the lab bench, looking out the window.

The curtains weren't fully drawn, and a sliver of light from the city wall runes shone through the gaps.

The glimmer of light drew a thin line on the floor.

But Lu Yuan wasn't looking at the light.

It's a spot outside the window.

"Come in."

Lu Yuan spoke into the darkness.

"What kind of behavior is it to stay outside like this?"

There was a two-second silence outside the window.

Then a figure climbed over the edge of the window frame and came in.

The movement was very light; there was almost no sound when the foot landed.

The black hood was pulled low, revealing only the chin and a section of pale neck.

He wasn't wearing the church's grey and white robes, but a dark short cloak that was wrapped tightly around his neck.

It's Agnes.

She stood by the window, tilting her head slightly to look at Lu Yuan.

How did you find me?

Lu Yuan offered no explanation.

He simply looked at Agnes, his tone indifferent.

"According to our previous agreement, I will not fulfill my promise until at least the events in Bronze City are completely over."

"At the very least, we'll have to wait until the underground exploration comes to an end."

Agnes stood there without saying a word.

Then she said.

"That's not why I came to see you."

Lu Yuan tapped his fingers lightly on the table.

Agnes reached out and pulled down the black hood over her head.

Her long, moon-white hair cascaded over her shoulders, gleaming with a cool luster in the dim light filtering through the runes on the city walls.

Her features were very delicate, with high brow bones, a straight nose, and thin, pale lips.

If it weren't for the coldness that had accumulated in her eyes over the years, her appearance would be the kind that would be revered as "angelic" in the church.

But at this moment, there was no trace of holiness in her eyes.

A hint of seriousness flashed in his calm eyes.

She looked at Lu Yuan.

"Did you find seeds underground?"

Lu Yuan was taken aback.

His expression then turned serious.

How did you know?

Agnes ignored Lu Yuan's reaction.

She looked around the room, found a chair, pulled it over, and sat down.

The movements were very natural, as if they had been there many times before.

Then she looked at Lu Yuan and continued.

"That was the very thing that the Ascension Society initially set out to achieve."

Lu Yuan did not interrupt.

"Furthermore, it seems that the Ascension Society clashed with members of the Gray Pact Society just a couple of days ago."

She paused for a moment.

"Now the church is also ready to get involved."

Lu Yuan frowned.

Ascension Assembly.

That being who established three strongholds within the inner city of Bronze City, dominating both the Night's Watch and the Church.

They also set their sights on the seeds.

Moreover, they have already clashed with the Gray Pact Society—which means that the Gray Pact Society's "9" may have been exposed, or at least made contact with the Ascension Society.

The church also needs to get involved.

Three forces.

They're all after the seeds.

Lu Yuan looked at Agnes.

Why are you telling me all this?

His tone carried a hint of scrutiny.

"Aren't you also a member of the church? And you hold a fairly high position in the church."

Agnes gave a few cold laughs.

The laughter was soft, but carried a deep-seated disgust.

"Stop pretending to be confused."

Joining the church was not my wish.

Her tone turned cold.

"And I've heard about the power of those seeds; it seems to be related to 'wishes'."

"The church's 'wish' is not a good thing." Agnes looked at Lu Yuan with a very direct gaze.

"I'm just here to remind you. Be prepared these next few days."

Lu Yuan did not give a direct answer.

Instead, he asked a question.

"Will you be implicated?"

Agnes remained silent.

Silent for a long time.

Lu Yuan thought she wouldn't answer anymore.

"Um."

Her voice softened slightly.

"If this falls into the hands of the church, they will immediately abandon Bronze City."

"And then someone like me... will most likely be used as cannon fodder."

Her lips twitched slightly, tinged with bitterness.

"They take pride in believing in angels, so let me, someone who knows the truth, fill all the spots."

The room was silent for a few seconds.

"I still have things to finish."

Something profound flashed in Agnes's eyes.

It's not fear.

It is hatred.

"I can't die. At least not now."

Lu Yuan looked at her.

This nun's faith was "impure".

A nun who longed to enter the ocean of knowledge.

The nun who had been operating in the shadows since their first meeting.

She didn't come here for help.

She came to make an exchange.

Information, change protection.

Or at least, find a different "insider".

"I see."

Lu Yuan said.

"I will be prepared."

Agnes stood up and pulled her hood up again, covering her long, moon-white hair.

She walked to the window.

It paused for a moment.

There was no turning back.

Then he climbed out the window.

The movements were as light as when they came.

Lu Yuan was left alone in the room again.

The faint glow of the city wall runes still traced the thin line on the floor.

Lu Yuan sat in the darkness.

The Ascension Society, the Grey Covenant Society, and now another church has joined.

They're all after the seeds.

The Night's Watchman held the seed in his hand, but had no idea what it could do.

Storm is coming.

Lu Yuan reached out and pulled the curtains shut.

However, at that moment, the floor beneath their feet shook.

It's very light.

It felt like someone had struck a hammer from a great distance; the tremor traveled through the foundation and up to the ground, leaving only a slight tremor by the time it reached your feet.

Then the second time.

Lu Yuan's hand was still resting on the curtain.

The third blow followed immediately.

The whole building was shaking.

The toolbox on the table slid an inch, and the glass bottles clattered in the cabinet.

At the same time, an invisible pressure erupted from the inner city.

Like an invisible hand pushing open from the center of the inner city, sweeping across the entire bronze city.

Lu Yuan's symbiotic connection was instantly tightened.

The insect of knowledge trembled slightly in its eye sockets.

outside the window.

All the inscriptions on the bronze city wall lit up at the same time.

A deep blue light burst forth from the surface of the city wall, its brightness skyrocketing to a blinding level.

The entire city wall seemed to be set ablaze, with blue light rushing along the veins of the inscriptions, from the foundation to the top of the wall, from south to north, illuminating every inch of the city wall's outline in an instant.

The moonlight and the glow of the inscriptions intertwined, illuminating the night sky of the Bronze City as if it were daytime.

Lu Yuan flung open the curtains and leaped out of the window.

It landed on the roof.

look up.

Looking towards the inner city.

The next moment, Lu Yuan's pupils suddenly contracted.

Above the inner city, a crack appeared in the sky.

It's not a crack in the clouds.

It's as if a crack has been torn open in the sky itself.

From the cracks, countless dreamlike colors surged out.

Dark gold, deep purple, and pure white—countless unnamed colors mingled together, slowly churning and swirling, hanging above the inner city like an inverted river.

Something is flowing between the colors.

It is written language.

Densely packed, faintly glowing fragments of text tumble, float, and sink in a river of color.

It is a sea of knowledge.

The ocean of knowledge has been leaked.

"not good--"

The next moment, the Milky Way hanging in the sky began to collapse.

Dreamlike colors, carrying countless fragments of words, cascaded down from the sky.

It's like someone spilled an entire river.

The radiant writing merged into a waterfall, cascading towards the inner city.

Just then.

From the direction of the branch, several figures suddenly sprang up.

Lu Yuan sensed that the auras carried by those figures were all incredibly strange.

The cyan light reappeared; it was Klaus. His gray insect-like body blotted out the sky.

The third and fourth ones were unfamiliar to Lu Yuan. However, their auras were so strong that they could be felt across the entire North Textile District.

Grayish-white text flickers at the edge of the field of vision.

[Environmental perception: Detection ???]

Please stay away.

Four figures rushed towards the inner city almost simultaneously.

It moved so fast that it left afterimages in the night sky.

Then, at the furthest point.

The direction of the clock tower.

An aged figure appeared.

His figure flickered.

Each step can cover hundreds of meters.

With each step, the surrounding air would briefly distort.

Eerie eyes, a dark aura,