At that moment, inside the main hall’s living room, three burly men were happily eating and drinking.
They were Liu Tong, the captain of the Huosha Squad, along with Number Two and Number Five.
The entire Wuji Sect had been ransacked into chaos. Outside in the courtyard, several zombie corpses lay sprawled across the ground.
The three men ate to their hearts’ content.
Ever since the apocalypse began, supplies had been scarce. Even as ability users, they rarely had the chance to feast like this.
“Captain, it’s been ages since we’ve eaten this comfortably. Who would’ve thought there’d still be such a huge area in this world untouched by contamination? Once Old Four and Old Six find that old bastard, this place will officially belong to us.”
“Exactly. Such a good place was completely wasted on those old men and women. They didn’t even grow more food or raise more chickens. What little they had isn’t enough for us to eat for more than a few days.”
“That’s easy to solve. Once we get back this time, we’ll bring a bunch of ordinary people here from the base and make them farm and raise chickens for us. From then on, we’ll have endless food supplies. We won’t have to suck up to that damn base chief anymore. He’s just a strength-type ability user—he’s nothing compared to us.”
“Hahaha! Right! We can gather a few trusted brothers too and build our own base! Let our captain become the base chief!”
Hearing this, Liu Tong merely smiled without speaking.
“Thinking about it now, getting ambushed by Feng Tai’s group actually turned out to be a blessing in disguise. If they hadn’t forced us up this mountain, we never would’ve discovered a place like this.”
The thin and wiry Number Five paused before looking toward Liu Tong, who sat at the head seat.
“Captain, what should we do next? Are we going back to get revenge on Feng Tai and his people?”
“Of course we’re going back for revenge!” Old Two snapped violently.
“They stole so many of our supplies and even killed Old Three and Old Seven. If I don’t kill Feng Tai’s group, I’ll never get rid of this hatred!”
“But if we go back, what about this place?” Old Five reminded him.
“What if someone else discovers it while no one’s guarding it?”
“I already have a plan.”
Liu Tong said calmly, “Once we finish eating, we’ll find that old man surnamed Ning and the child and kill them. Then we’ll head back to the base. This place is surrounded by mountains and forests. Ordinary people won’t dare risk coming in here, so for now we don’t need to worry about it being discovered…”
“Captain!”
Just then, Old Six entered through the hall entrance while supporting Old Four.
“What happened?”
Old Five hurried over to help him sit down and immediately noticed the bleeding wound on Old Four’s arm.
“Who injured you?”
“A mutated rabbit,” Old Six said angrily.
“I was searching for that old bastard with Fourth Brother when a mutated rabbit suddenly jumped out. We got caught off guard, and Fourth Brother got scratched.”
“A mutated rabbit?! Wasn’t this place supposed to have no mutated animals?” everyone exclaimed in surprise.
“Could those old bastards have lied to us? But we really haven’t seen any mutated animals during these past few days.”
Liu Tong thought for a moment before asking, “Where did the mutated rabbit appear? And what happened to it?”
“It appeared near a place that looked like a cave. Fourth Brother and I already killed it, but I feel like that place is strange. There might be some kind of treasure hidden there.”
“Let’s go take a look.”
……
Meanwhile, the moment Sheng Ge left the forbidden area, she spread out her divine sense.
Very quickly, she located the group’s position and discovered they were heading somewhere in a hurry.
After recalling where that direction led to, she immediately chased after them.
Little short-legged Ah Bao had almost caught up to Sheng Ge, but after one blink, he could only see the edge of her sleeve disappearing ahead.
“Grandma Grandmaster, wait for meee~!”
Ah Bao cried as he chased after her again.
……
“Captain, it’s here.”
Old Six brought the others back to the place where they had previously encountered the mutated rabbit.
But the rabbit’s corpse was nowhere to be seen now. Only bloodstains remained on the ground.
“Huh? Where’d the rabbit go?” Old Six said in surprise.
Liu Tong suddenly felt something was off.
Still, as a Level Four fire-type ability user, he didn’t think there was much to fear.
Compared to a dead mutated rabbit, he cared more about the treasure.
“Where’s the place you mentioned?”
“This way.”
Old Six led the group to an open clearing.
Directly ahead stood a mountain. At the foot of the mountain was a stone door, and above it seemed to be some kind of carved inscription. But due to the passage of time, weeds and moss had completely covered it, making the words impossible to read.
“Fourth Brother and I tried pushing the stone door open earlier, but it’s unbelievably heavy. We tried all kinds of methods and couldn’t move it at all. There’s probably some sort of mechanism.”
Old Four clutched his injured arm while speaking.
One of them was a metal-type ability user, while the other was strength-type, yet no matter what they tried, the stone door remained completely unmoved.
“Captain, do you think this might be the old men’s hidden food cellar or something?” Old Three said excitedly.
“No wonder we barely found any food before. I knew it made no sense for people guarding such a great place not to grow more crops.”
Liu Tong nodded, but his thoughts went deeper.
This entire area was filled with strange mysteries. This cave might not be just a food cellar.
It might truly contain some great treasure.
“Old Three, you’re a earth-type ability user. Try moving away the soil and rocks on both sides of the stone door.”
“Got it!”
Old Three roared excitedly and activated his earth-type ability, removing the surrounding soil and rock.
Very quickly, the earth on both sides of the stone door disappeared, revealing a deep cave entrance hidden behind it.
And the instant the cave entrance opened—
Several sword cries rang out sharply.
Immediately afterward, an immense pressure burst forth from the cave.
The group hurriedly used their abilities to defend themselves. Old Three, who stood closest to the entrance, reacted instinctively as well, but he was still blasted dozens of meters away before slamming violently into a tree and coughing up a large mouthful of blood.
The others also felt their blood and energy surge violently as internal injuries spread through their bodies.
Only after the force gradually dissipated did they slowly lower their defenses.
Liu Tong was the first to step into the cave.
But the moment he clearly saw what was inside, he froze.
The instant Sheng Ge sensed the leaking sword intent, surprise flashed across her face.
How was this possible?
The entrance to the Sword Tomb had once been protected by barriers personally set up by the sect elders.
How could someone possibly have opened it?
Tsk tsk tsk.
Those arrogant old elders really should see how pathetic their barrier turned out to be.
The elders: Who the hell knew someone would dig around the sides?! The barrier’s been active for thousands of years already! It’s impressive enough that it still protected the door at all! (￣▽￣;)
“T-These are… swords?”
That’s right.
Inside the cave was not the mountain of food supplies they had imagined.
Instead, there were countless swords.
“Damn it! We went through all that trouble for a pile of broken swords? In this era, even guns barely work anymore. What’s the point of swords?”
Old Four spat onto the ground in dissatisfaction.
The moment Sheng Ge arrived at the Sword Tomb, she saw not only that her sect’s Sword Tomb had been destroyed, but also that the culprits were openly insulting her sect’s swords.
Her expression instantly turned ice-cold.
“You not only killed disciples of my Wuji Sect, but also dared destroy the Sword Tomb of my Wuji Sect.”
“Your crimes… are unforgivable!”
“Who’s there?!”
The group looked over uncertainly.
A woman was slowly walking toward them from the distance.
She wore a clean and elegant white ancient-style dress, her hair tied in a traditional hairstyle. Her white robes fluttered lightly, her appearance was beautiful and refined, and her temperament was ethereal beyond compare.
Only—
The expression on her face was terrifyingly cold.
After the apocalypse began, water became one of the scarcest resources in the world.
As a result, most people were filthy.
Even women in high positions, while somewhat cleaner than average, rarely dared wear something as impractical and stain-prone as a white dress in this kind of world.
So when the group suddenly saw such a beautiful woman dressed in white, they were stunned for a moment.
Then the ugliness of men immediately surfaced.
“Hahaha! Captain, what an unexpected bonus! There’s actually such a pretty little beauty hidden here. It’s been a long damn time since I’ve had any fun with a woman!”
“Dressed like that… don’t tell me she’s some toy those old men were keeping?”
Sheng Ge looked coldly at the five men.
“My master always said that once people grow old, they should learn to cultivate their temperament and restrain themselves.”
“What a pity.”
“After all these years, this Venerable One’s temper still hasn’t changed.”
The men had no idea what she was talking about.
And Sheng Ge had no interest in wasting words on trash like them.
The moment the men approached, spiritual energy surged into her palm.
With a single strike, she sent the man walking in front flying away.
The man hadn’t even reacted before a terrifying force smashed into him. His body crashed heavily against a nearby rock wall—
And he died on the spot.
“Old Six!”
The sudden turn of events stunned the remaining four men.
What was going on?!
They hadn’t sensed any ability fluctuations from her at all!
Although Old Six was the weakest among them, he was still a Level Three metal-type ability user.
Yet a woman without abilities had killed him in one palm strike?!
The four men’s expressions changed drastically.
“You bitch! I’ll kill you!”
The hot-tempered Old Four ignored the injury on his arm, lifted a huge nearby boulder, and hurled it toward Sheng Ge.
Sheng Ge moved lightly and dodged it.
At the same time, she sensed countless flaming arrows shooting toward her.
“Oh?”
A trace of surprise flashed through Sheng Ge’s eyes.
So this… was the “abilities” her little grand-disciple mentioned?