Chapter 2397: The Path of Infiltration

Ling Mountain's trial error had five battle damages, is this one of them? He Lingchuan hummed: "Before we arrived, you all must have thought of a clever plan, right?"

"Air route." True Person Mingyao pointed to the sky above Yujing City, "Qingtu Ghost only guards the gate, not the sky."

Zhu Xiuer said: "But the entire sky above Yujing City is probably covered by Earth Mother's barrier, right?"

The sky above the city is a no-fly zone, this is not something only the human state can achieve.

"Yes, and Earth Mother's barrier can also distinguish friend from foe." Don't ask how True Person Mingyao knows, "So it's best to let the prisoners bring us in, so we can slip past Earth Mother's observation."

True Person Meike followed: "And entering the city is just beginner difficulty, later it won't be smooth sailing. Earth Mother is always on guard against foreign enemies entering Yujing City, the city is like its body, it will keep a close eye on all outsiders, we want to evade its perception, it's not easy."

Zhu Xiuer pondered: "In other words, as soon as we leave Doukou Garden, we might be discovered by Yujing City?"

"Not 'maybe'. If we don't come up with a countermeasure, we will definitely be discovered." That's why they gathered here to discuss.

He Lingchuan spoke: "In Yujing City, there must be visual blind spots of Earth Mother, right? For example, the various Secret Realms?"

"Correct." True Person Meike nodded, "Secret Realms often have only one master, if there is a guardian spirit inside, then the guardian spirit is the sole leader. Earth Mother wants to grasp the dynamics inside the Secret Realms, it must go through them, indirectly obtaining."

Indirect acquisition and direct observation, the gap between them is their room for activity.

"That is to say, the stowaways carrying Doukou Garden, not only need to bring us to sneak into the city from the air, but also need to land in a Secret Realm with a guardian spirit. The first thing we need to do after coming out is to find a way to prevent it from reporting to Earth Mother."

"Right." These three conditions, achieving any one of them is not easy, "and we will eventually have to leave the Secret Realm, then we also cannot let Earth Mother discover us."

Difficulty increased by one.

True Person Meike said: "I have a guess here, I don't know if it can hold, it's also an experiment half-done by True Person Minghui."

"Please say." Indeed, True Person Minghui and Dong Rui are the same, both are experiment maniacs, and treat rules as nothing. It's not easy to have a chance to enter the mysterious Yujing City, how could he restrain his hands?

"Back then, True Person Minghui, when touring the volcanic Secret Realm of Yujing City, casually brought out a small piece of volcanic stone, then used a secret method to activate a palm-sized wooden puppet, tied the volcanic stone to the wooden puppet's body, letting it run around in Yujing City avoiding monsters everywhere."

Casually? The immortals exchanged knowing smiles.

This True Person Minghui is certainly not a good guest.

True Person Meike paused, "Until True Person Minghui finished touring, left Yujing City, this little wooden puppet was still not caught."

"Later he remotely controlled this little wooden puppet to return to the volcanic Secret Realm to discard the volcanic stone, then went out to walk, the result was that only a quarter of an hour later, he and the little wooden puppet lost contact."

"Earth Mother detected the foreign object, sensitive." Zhu Xiuer nodded, "Yujing City encountering foreign object invasion, to Earth Mother, it's probably like sand in the eye, immediately felt."

"Unless this 'foreign object' can be identified and accepted by Yujing City." True Person Meike pointed to the sand table, "Yujing City is full of running living things everywhere, even humans, staring at each one individually consumes too much spirit, so Earth Mother uses conditional identification to guard. That is, living things with foreign aura will be detected, while the city's original residents may not draw its attention."

"True Person Minghui's little wooden puppet, concealed by the aura of the volcanic Secret Realm, did not trigger Yujing City's identification alarm." Yujing City strangers keep out, as long as everyone's body lacks the 'stranger' aura, they might not be discovered.

True Person Chonghui raised an objection: "Those were experiments from over three thousand years ago, perhaps Earth Mother has already changed the conditions?"

"Not impossible." He Lingchuan did not deny, "At that time, we still have the chance to test on site."

He is willing to gamble, Earth Mother when especially busy, has no mind to check each and every living being in the city.

Now Earth Mother is also divided in two tasks, one head dealing with Ling Mountain's impending attack, one head attacking Panlong Secret Realm, possibly still needing to divide attention to guard against Heavenly Demons secretly causing trouble. There are still tens of thousands of living beings in the city, as long as no trouble is made, it may not be able to attend to them all.

For infiltrators, this is naturally an adventure, but where in the world is there such a thing as absolute certainty?

True Person Chonghui anxiously moved to the next step: "Now, let's select suitable Secret Realms in the city for landing, according to the latest clues we have continuously gathered, Yujing City may have at least thirty-eight Secret Realms, among which those with guardian spirits occupy more than seven."

He Lingchuan did not ask about the source of the clues, because this is Ling Mountain's advantage, other forces cannot compare. Ling Mountain has gathered too many old things, broad experience, deep reading, some are even firsthand, if you want to find some clues, ask around, you can always get some useful answers.

Ling Mountain wants to deal with Earth Mother, so the bits and pieces about Earth Mother will gather together, growing thicker.

Zhu Xiuer then said: "Seven? Really not many."

"Not every relic has a Secret Realm, nor does every Secret Realm have a guardian spirit stationed. The birth and existence of guardian spirits are originally extremely rare. Being able to have seven guardian spirits, this number is actually already exaggerated." True Person Meike is an authority on this, when he speaks, Zhu Xiuer also acknowledges.

"Then according to what was just said, the Secret Realm we land in must have a guardian spirit?" Otherwise, other Secret Realms are directly taken over by Earth Mother herself, they only need to leave Doukou Garden, after that their actions cannot escape its perception.

"Yes, must have." True Person Meike clarified, "Guardian spirits are usually very stubborn existences, their relationship with Earth Mother is not necessarily subordinate or master-servant. In their own Secret Realm, closing the door, they are the masters of that small world, acting according to their own will."

He continued: "Most guardian spirits are born and exist because of obsession, Earth Mother finds it hard to treat them like real living things, to command and enslave them. Mostly it's for research, or kept as pets."

Earth Mother itself is a special existence, its mindset cannot be truly understood by anyone.

He Lingchuan immediately said: "I actually think it's not difficult."

Everyone immediately looked at him.

"Attacking Panlong Secret Realm, guardian spirits like Qingtu Great Ghost will inevitably participate, and not just one." He looked at the sand table, those seven Secret Realms have already lit up in the tray, "Once they leave their own Secret Realm, we can enter."

Ling Jinbao instinctively slapped his thigh: "Excellent!"