Chapter 2605 A Successful Departure, Destination: The Central Continent!
Chapter 2605 A Successful Departure, Destination: The Central Continent!
Three hours later, Ling Tian and Qiu Qiu appeared at the agreed location.
Ling Tian arrived first. He stood at the top of the stairs, looked at Qiu Qiu, and asked softly, "How is it? Have you found the passage?"
Upon hearing this, Chiu Chiu shook her head: "No, what about you? Did you find it?"
"No, not either." Ling Tian sighed, then a helpless smile appeared on his face: "Could it be that this stronghold doesn't have a passage? Could it be that they have a connection with the passage to the capital? Is it possible that people from the capital are delivering supplies?"
Hearing Ling Tian's words, Qiuqiu thought about it seriously for a moment, then waved her hand and said, "It's hard to say for now. Let's continue upwards. I asked a few martial artists on the way about the location of the passage, but none of them knew. It would be better if we went up to look for it."
"Row."
Ling Tian nodded in agreement to Qiu Qiu's suggestion and followed her upstairs.
The two of them went up together. The upper floors were filled with research equipment and researchers.
On the top floor, Ling Tian and Qiu Qiu stood together. After exchanging a glance, they both saw a hint of helplessness in each other's eyes.
Just now, before they reached the top floor, they asked every researcher they met about the location of the passage, but to no avail; no one knew where the passage in the base was.
Most importantly, apart from the passage, Ling Tian discovered that this stronghold didn't even have research data on martial artists, only some traces of demonic beasts being studied, and nothing else of any useful record.
Upon realizing this, Ling Tian sighed and looked at Qiu Qiu, saying, "It seems we made a mistake. This stronghold has no data and no passage. We can only look for a way to leave in the capital."
“Impossible.” Qiuqiu frowned upon hearing this. “I’m sure there’s a passage here. Why don’t we go through it again? Anyway, this place has been cleared out. You can call Lin Qi and Mina along, and also look for Mina’s father.”
Upon hearing this, Ling Tian looked at Qiu Qiu with slight surprise. After a moment of stunned silence, he smiled and said, "I didn't expect you to care about Mina so much. This is the first time I've seen you care about someone like this. It's quite unexpected."
Hearing this, Qiuqiu rolled her eyes: "I just feel sorry for her, and I already promised to take her to see the Central Continent. I have to think about her too, don't you think?"
Seeing Qiuqiu's appearance and hearing her words, Ling Tian stared intently, then whispered, "Do you have other ideas about Mina? For example, what is your purpose in having her follow you? Do you think you demon beasts would be interested in humans?"
Ling Tian's words startled Qiu Qiu at first, then she looked speechless and said, "Do you think I have any ill intentions towards Mina? Aren't you overthinking it? What ill intentions could I possibly have towards a martial artist like her? I just felt... I haven't made any friends in a long time, so I wanted to give it a try."
"Besides, even if I had ill intentions towards her, I wouldn't make things so complicated. Anyway, you can't stop me. If I had any purpose, I would have just taken action directly. Why would I beat around the bush? So you don't need to worry. I just want to treat her as a friend."
Chiu Chiu spoke earnestly, while Ling Tian, belatedly realizing what was happening, subconsciously nodded in agreement.
After all, what Qiuqiu said was right. If she really wanted to take action against Mina, why make things so complicated? She could just do it directly. Anyway, she couldn't stop her. Why go through all this trouble to do what she wanted to do?
After thinking for a moment, Ling Tian nodded: "Alright, what you said is fine. I'll go tell Lin Qi and Mina first. You find the location of the passage. We can communicate with our watches if anything happens, okay?"
"No problem, let's go then."
The two split up. Ling Tian sent a message to Lin Qi and Mina before starting to search for the whereabouts of the passage.
Time passed slowly, until five hours later, it was midnight. Ling Tian was wandering around on the first floor when he suddenly received a message from Qiu Qiu.
Chiu Chiu told him to hurry over, and Ling Tian didn't have time to think about it, so he went straight to the location Chiu Chiu had indicated.
At this moment, Chiu Chiu was on the first floor of the tower, in a small house.
When Ling Tian arrived, he entered the house and found it empty except for a small gap in the wall facing the door.
Ling Tian entered the room, his gaze falling on the gap in the passage, and he subconsciously asked, "You found the passage?"
Upon hearing this, Chiu Chiu nodded: "Yes, I found it, but... I don't know if this passage will work, so I wanted to ask you to come and take a look, and then try it out."
"Row."
Upon hearing this, Ling Tian took out his token and placed it directly on the gap.
The token fit perfectly into the gap, and then a faint light suddenly appeared on the wall in front of them, after which the passage appeared before them.
Upon seeing the passage appear, Ling Tian couldn't help but exclaim with delight, "I didn't expect to actually find it! Great, great, this is truly an unexpected surprise. I'll have Lin Qi and Mina come over right away, and then we'll set off."
"Ah."
Qiuqiu knew that Lingtian was in a hurry to go to the central continent, so she didn't think it was inappropriate. Instead, she nodded and agreed to his request.
A moment later, Mina and Lin Qi walked over together, and they also noticed the passageway that appeared in front of them at a glance.
Upon seeing the passage, Mina looked at Ling Tian, a hint of doubt flashing in her eyes, and asked, "Is this the passage inside the Star Sea Pavilion stronghold?"
"Hmm." Ling Tian nodded: "Although we don't know which part of the central continent this place leads to yet, as long as we can get to the central continent, it means we're getting much closer to our goal. So, are you all sure you want to leave together?"
As soon as Ling Tian asked, Lin Qi stepped forward without hesitation and stood beside Ling Tian, saying, "Big brother, I've been prepared for a long time, always ready, just so I can be with you at any time, move forward together, and walk to the end together. So I will always stay with you, big brother."
Lin Qi quickly spoke up, and Mina followed suit, saying, "I know that Mr. Ling may have some misunderstandings about me, but my thoughts have always been very simple, which is to find my father's whereabouts. But he... it seems that he is indeed gone. So I might as well leave with you."
Both of them successfully expressed their thoughts. Ling Tian smiled slightly, glanced at Qiu Qiu, and nodded, saying, "Alright, since you've both thought it through, let's set off!"
ASTNovels