Chapter 707

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Chapter 707: The Torii Wall

Seeing this scene, Wei Dong’s expression remained unchanged, but he was already starting to panic inside.

He was not afraid of death. As a member of the Shangxie Society and a “paratrooper” in this “Human Circle” destruction plan, he had long since put life and death out of his mind.

What he was worried about was that he had already set up the signal transmitter, which would inevitably guide the “Sentinels.” If these two disaster knife masters found the signal transmitter and either destroyed or moved it, the actions of the “Sentinels” would definitely be affected.

In the best-case scenario, these two disaster knife masters would only destroy the transmitter, causing the “Sentinels” to lose their signal source. However, if they moved the device to some dangerous location, resulting in the death of the “Sentinels”…

Then the “paratroopers” and “Sentinels” of this “Human Circle” destruction plan would be completely wiped out, and all the efforts made by the Shangxie Society for this operation would be in vain.

His life and death were trivial matters, but this incident also involved the grand plan of the Shangxie Society and even the fate of all humanity!

Wei Dong could not just sit and wait for death.

“Wait!” Wei Dong suddenly spoke up.

Yumigami Seikou, who had walked up to Wei Dong with a knife, raised an eyebrow and stopped moving.

“I admit it,” Wei Dong said helplessly. “That coordinate points to a treasure site where I found a large amount of precious treasures, but I couldn’t take them all by myself, so I left the coordinates, planning to come back with some equipment to transport them.”

Hearing this answer, Lin Qiye was instead taken aback.

He had imagined many possibilities; perhaps Wei Dong would use various strange excuses to evade the question or even directly say that the place was extremely dangerous, trying to find ways to keep himself and Yumigami Seikou away from that coordinate.

But he never expected Wei Dong to so straightforwardly mention the existence of the treasure.

It was too direct, too simple, too straightforward…

He scrutinized Wei Dong. With this person’s skills, expertise, and unusual equipment, could he really casually reveal such an important clue? After all, he hadn’t even started the interrogation yet.

Once this statement was made, Lin Qiye began to find it hard to see through him and started to hesitate about whether to pursue the so-called “treasure.” After all, for him, these “treasures” held no real allure.

If this was Wei Dong’s trap, then stepping into it so easily would be a bit of a loss.

And this was exactly the effect Wei Dong wanted.

This kind of psychological game was also one of the essential lessons of the Shangxie Society.

Lin Qiye stared at the coordinates on the watch for a while, but ultimately, he was not drawn into Wei Dong’s trap. He put the watch away and glanced at Wei Dong calmly.

“Since that’s the case, you should come with us.”

Lin Qiye could not determine the truth of Wei Dong’s words, but if there was really any danger at that location, he could sense it in advance with his mental power and leave.

The perimeter of this ruin had already been thoroughly searched; they needed to delve deeper.

Upon hearing this, a barely noticeable look of disappointment flashed in Wei Dong’s eyes, but he quickly returned to normal.

“Alright,” he nodded.

Lin Qiye had already disarmed Wei Dong of all his weapons, searched him repeatedly with his mental power, confirmed there was no threat, and then tightly bound his wrists with rope, making him walk in front.

Yumigami Seikou walked up to Lin Qiye’s side and quietly asked, “Is the treasure really there?”

“Not necessarily,” Lin Qiye pondered and replied. “I think he might be trying to trick us, but I still can’t figure out what his true purpose is… Let’s take it one step at a time.”

Yumigami Seikou had no objections.

The two followed Wei Dong toward the location of the coordinates. Once they could no longer see the remnants of the city around them, the environment suddenly became desolate and empty.

The three walked in this direction for a long time, and at the end of the wild horizon, something different finally appeared.

Lin Qiye squinted toward that direction, where a series of vermilion torii gates stood in a row, like city walls rising from the barren earth.

The floating debris and seaweed in the air were repelled the moment they touched these torii gates, as if an invisible portal blocked their entry. Even after standing in this desolate ruin for a hundred years, the surfaces of these torii gates remained completely dust-free.

A faint blue light scattered across the sky, surging from behind the wall of torii gates like a rushing river, splitting into branches in the dark sky, covering the entire sky of the ruins.

“At the end of the River of Aurora sits the supreme existence that transcends the past and future.”

The moment Lin Qiye saw the blue river flowing from the torii gates, he recalled one of the prophecies given by the warrior maiden, his eyes narrowing slightly.

If this faint blue light was indeed the so-called “River of Aurora,” then the “end” referred to in the prophecy must be somewhere behind these torii gates.

However, how could such an eerie wall of torii gates appear in this chaotic and disorderly ruin?

Lin Qiye speculated that the core area of this ruin lay behind this wall of torii gates, and perhaps it also concealed the hidden secrets of this place.

“The treasure is inside there.” Wei Dong stopped in front of the wall of torii gates, turned to look at Lin Qiye and Yumigami Seikou, and calmly said, “Do you want to go in?”

“Yes.”

Lin Qiye did not hesitate at all.

If he had any doubts or reservations about this so-called “treasure” site before, now that he saw it matched the prophecy and was the core of the ruins, there was no other choice.

He and Yumigami Seikou had come to this ruin for this very reason.

Wei Dong paused for a moment, said nothing more, and stepped toward a nearby torii gate.

The moment his figure crossed the vermilion torii gate, he suddenly vanished into thin air, leaving the area behind the torii gate empty, completely devoid of any trace of his existence.

Lin Qiye’s pupils constricted.

In his mental perception, Wei Dong seemed to have disappeared from this world the instant he stepped into the torii gate. His mental power searched the surroundings but could not find him.

“He disappeared?!” Yumigami Seikou was equally startled.

“Don’t panic.” Lin Qiye calmly looked at the torii gate where Wei Dong had entered, pondering for a moment before saying, “I’ll go in first, and you follow me.”

“Okay.” Yumigami Seikou nodded.

Lin Qiye’s eyes darkened, and his entire aura deepened. His muscles tensed as he approached the torii gate and took a decisive step inside!

Lin Qiye’s figure then vanished behind the torii gate.

Yumigami Seikou paused for a second after Lin Qiye disappeared, then stepped in as well, disappearing from the spot.