Chapter 225: Seen Through!

"This is an Anchor Point?" Yun Mu was stunned for a moment, then said decisively: "No, that's impossible."

"Why?" Dunn was taken aback by her firm attitude, his expression appearing somewhat puzzled.

"This—"

Yun Mu was momentarily at a loss for words; she didn't know how to explain it either, only that according to Lucy, the real Anchor Point should be her original body in the real world.

"Heh." Seeing her like this, Dunn chuckled: "Actually, I also feel something is off, which is why I didn't destroy it on the spot."

"Let's exchange the situation first." He looked at the gang members lying all around, as well as the Siman noble whom Yun Mu had knocked unconscious because she found him too noisy.

Hmm, and that female Bloodline who had surrendered long ago, Ruixi.

"Nothing major happened on my end."

Yun Mu briefly explained the process of her clash with Siman to Dunn, including the fact that Ruixi had faked fainting later but was seen through by her.

And subsequently, those gang members who seemed to have been bribed by Siman surrounded her, but were all defeated by her. "Hmm." After listening to Yun Mu's account, Dunn pondered for a moment and began to explain the reason for his disappearance.

"After I followed you here, I discovered a Barrier hidden in this space."

"If nothing goes wrong, that should be the stronghold behind the Scarlet Relief Society."

"I originally only wanted to analyze it, but unexpectedly triggered its Counterattack system, and ended up being teleported into a trap deep within the Barrier."

"... Although the interior of the Barrier has been mostly explored by me, there might still be some minor omissions. Do you want to go in with me and search again?"

"There's no need for that." Yun Mu shook her head and looked at Siman, who was lying to the side: "Wouldn't it be clear if we just go and ask him?"

"That's true." Dunn nodded in agreement: "Leave the remaining trivial investigations to the Guard Hall; they have more people."

"By the way..." His expression suddenly became very serious: "There are still many ordinary people inside the Barrier. I suspect they have all been infected with the Scarlet Curse."

"I briefly asked about their identities; the vast majority are ordinary workers who were deceived by Siman into joining the Scarlet Relief Society. Some have even already become Believers of the Scarlet."

"Sigh, it's a troublesome matter anyway. Let's just leave it to the Guard Hall to handle."

Dunn's expression suddenly collapsed, and he said some very irresponsible things.

Although Yun Mu could understand the reason why he did this, "What should we do next?" she couldn't help but ask Dunn.

The investigation into the Scarlet Relief Society could be considered finished for now, although the process was not quite what she had originally expected, and the progress seemed a bit too fast, but it was a good thing to have made some discoveries in the end.

It was just that she felt a bit lost regarding what to do next.

"You go and notify the Princess about what happened here; I will watch over this place." Without much thought, Dunn immediately instructed.

"What we need to do next is nothing more than follow the clues from Siman and continue to dig deeper, plus Father Chelman from the Church..."

"Phew, then let's do that." Yun Mu exhaled softly.

She believed Dunn was right; what needed to be done next was nothing more than to Wait.

Leaving the abandoned street, she reached out to hail a Steam Taxi and headed toward the direction of the Frost Bank.

As for that 'Anchor Point' brought out from the Barrier by Dunn.

She planned to wait for an opportunity to summon Lucy and have her appraise it.

In any case, she herself did not believe that the so-called 'Anchor Point' was something that could be found so easily.

Could it be a facade placed on the surface to confuse them?

But the investigation process was too smooth. Would that Scarlet Messenger really think that such a facade could deceive them? Or did she have some other purpose? Yun Mu did not know.

"Sigh."

Letting out an imperceptible sigh, she turned her head to look at the scenery constantly Retreating outside the car window. "Three Silver Frost Coins." The taxi arrived at the street near the Frost Bank, and the driver asked her for the fare.

"Why is there one extra?" Yun Mu frowned, and while taking out the money, she asked with some confusion.

"Because of the distance, guest." The driver took the Silver Frost Coins from her hand: "Driving all the way from the outer ring of the city to the inner ring, I'm only charging one extra Silver Frost because you look so good, guest."

"I look good?" Hearing the other party's compliment, Yun Mu couldn't help but show a slight smile on her face.

"Alright then." The slight dissatisfaction in her heart instantly dissipated. It had to be said that the taxi driver in front of her really knew how to talk.

One look and you could tell he understood the art of conversation.

Bidding farewell to the taxi driver, Yun Mu walked toward the street where the Frost Bank was located.

Perhaps because she had been dealing with Dunn these days, she had also been consciously concealing her tracks recently.

With the Frost Bank as her destination, she would not take a Steam Taxi to stop directly in front of the Frost Bank, but would choose a random street to get off and finally walk to her original destination.

And while walking, she did not forget to use her Blood Perception ability to observe if anyone was following her.

Only after confirming that there were no problems at all would she safely head to the target location.

"Very good, no problems."

Arriving in front of the gate of the Frost Bank, Yun Mu reached out to push open the door and walked into the lobby on the first floor.

"Hmm?"

"Back so soon today?"

Brenna was standing behind the Bionic Doll, holding various tools in her hands, constantly adjusting something inside the doll's body.

"Where is Dunn?" She noticed at this moment that Dunn was not by Yun Mu's side, so she asked casually: "Isn't he with you?"

"Something happened, Dunn is still there controlling the scene, I came over to report..."

Yun Mu said halfway, her gaze sweeping around the surroundings.

"Speaking of which..." she said: "It's still daytime, what should we do if an ordinary person comes in and sees this scene?"

"It doesn't matter, I'll be careful." Brenna answered casually.

"The Guard will buy me time," she said.

"The Guard, huh..." Hearing Brenna's words, Yun Mu turned her head to look behind her.

In front of the gate of the Frost Bank, there was indeed a tall and sturdy man. When she first came here, she was refused entry by him on the grounds that she was too dirty.

"Eh?" Yun Mu suddenly thought of something, she looked at Brenna: "When the doll malfunctioned back then, could it be because you, Brenna, were debugging the doll at the time, but hadn't finished yet when you perceived that I was about to enter?"

"..."

Brenna's fingers, which were holding the tool, paused imperceptibly, and then she said with a guilty conscience, "You guessed wrong."

"Oh, I see, so that's how it is." Seeing her reaction, Yun Mu suddenly understood the real reason why that guard had stopped her back then.

It was no wonder that after she entered the bank, the other party didn't chase her inside.

She had thought at the time that her own domineering aura had leaked out and intimidated the other party.

"Ahem, tell me the reason you came to find me." Brenna gave a light cough and decisively changed the subject.

"Mm." Yun Mu nodded, not minding the other party's stiff way of changing the subject.

After all, she had only been sighing casually earlier; she hadn't forgotten the real business Dunn had entrusted to her.

Even if Brenna hadn't changed the subject, she would have brought this matter up anyway.

"This morning, Mr. Dunn and I, along with Kamaier and Lixia, the siblings, went to the location where we worked yesterday, the southern pier of Frostfall Port."

Yun Mu recounted everything that happened this morning to Brenna in great detail.

This was mainly because she was afraid of missing some details, so even for some unimportant trifles, she didn't leave anything out.

And after listening to her account, Brenna also finished debugging her Bionic Doll.

"I have understood the course of events clearly. I will notify the people at the Guard Hall to investigate that Barrier as soon as possible. Regarding those ordinary people infected with the Scarlet Curse..."

Closing the lid of the Bionic Doll's wide-open head, Brenna crossed her arms over her chest.

"The number of people on that scale is clearly not something I can handle; it can only be left entirely to the Guard Hall."

"Mm, for the exploration of the Barrier, let Lienie and Kamal participate; it just so happens that the two of them have nothing to do."

"Hm?" Yun Mu was somewhat surprised when she heard Brenna's arrangement: "Is it really okay to let Lienie and Kamal participate? Didn't you say before..."

"It's fine." Brenna shook her head: "I know what you want to say, but that Barrier clearly has nothing to do with any gods."

"Otherwise, even Mr. Dunn, who is touching the edge of the Champion level, would absolutely have no possibility of escaping from it."

"Mm, I think that was probably just a decoy to confuse the line of sight."

"Alright." Seeing Brenna say this, Yun Mu knew she had thought it through carefully, so she didn't offer her own opinion anymore, but, "Then what about me? Do you have any arrangements for me?" she asked with some confusion.

"Miss Yun." Brenna squinted her eyes and smiled: "You should take a break today. If you keep your spirits tense all the time, be careful, or they might snap one day."

"You should consider yourself more."

"Rest..." Yun Mu lowered her head, lost in thought.

She had originally wanted to say that she didn't need a rest, but thinking about it carefully, who said one must rest when on a break? Besides, she did have some things she needed to do urgently.

"Um, Brenna, do you know where Mr. Sixin is right now?" She looked at Brenna and asked.

"Chairman Sixin? He should be with Mr. Edward right now. They, along with Knight Daniel and Ai Yi, are at the Church investigating the matter regarding Father Chelman."

"As for the specific location, I'm not sure."

"I see..." Yun Mu lowered her head, thinking that since Brenna didn't know the specific location, then forget it.

She would go find Mr. Sixin when the meeting ended in the evening.

She hadn't forgotten that she wanted to ask him about the advancement methods for the Expert and Master levels.

Mm... since this matter had to be left for the evening, what should she do during the day?

A figure with only one ear suddenly appeared in Yun Mu's mind.

Go find the One-Eared Rat and ask about the Comic; after all, that was the key to whether she could reap a large amount of experience points.

It was still worth her attention.

If she had spare time, she could perhaps... Frostfall City, Black Market.

Inside the familiar room, Yun Mu found the One-Eared Rat sitting behind the counter.

At this time, his shop was very deserted; there were no customers other than Yun Mu.

"Good afternoon, Miss Yun Mu." Seeing her, the One-Eared Rat immediately greeted her.

"Mm, good afternoon." Yun Mu nodded in response.

She came to the front of the One-Eared Rat and sat down gently: "How is the progress on the Comic?"

"I have already found a suitable factory to print it. Once the timing is ripe, the first batch will be sold..."

Hesitating for a moment, the One-Eared Rat explained to Yun Mu: "I acquired a publishing company in Frostfall City and plan to add the 'surface' version of *Torina's Adventure Journal* to the magazine they originally publish."

"Afterward, I will sell the 'underground' version, which has not been changed at all, in the Black Market."

"And after the 'underground' version starts selling, the rumors about the Comic having both 'surface' and 'underground' versions will inevitably spread."

"At that time, I will state in the name of the publishing company that there was a mole inside the company, which led to the leak of the 'underground' version, thereby avoiding legal risks."

"As for the investigation... Hmph, that old thing, the Chief of the Guard Hall, as long as you give him money, he will turn a blind eye to this matter and pretend he didn't see it."

"What about the price?" After listening to the One-Eared Rat, Yun Mu asked about the question she cared about most.

"The price of the magazine is 25 Frost Coins, which is one Silver Frost... Wait a moment, let me finish!" Seeing a look of dissatisfaction on Yun Mu's face, the One-Eared Rat hurriedly explained:

"The people at the publishing company have to be paid, after all. This is already five Frost cheaper than a normal magazine."

"Honestly, poor people wouldn't read magazines anyway. This isn't something we can fix. Unless one day, the vast majority of people in this world don't have to worry about food and drink, those people will never be the target of our magazine."

Pausing, the One-Eared Rat saw Yun Mu's expression soften significantly and continued to explain: "Besides, the magazine doesn't just contain our Comic; it also has some of the original content from the magazine."

"It is normal for the price to be a bit higher, and the 'underground' version released in the Black Market only costs 10 Frost."

"Hm?" Yun Mu was a bit confused: "The modified 'surface' version costs 25 Frost, while the unmodified 'underground' version only costs 10 Frost. Then who would still go read the official version?"

"There won't be any problems." The One-Eared Rat explained with a look of certainty:

"Only those who can access the Black Market will come to see the 'underground' version. The vast majority of people will still choose the 'surface' version. And I believe that with *Torina's Adventure Journal*, our magazine will only flourish."

"With more and more good content, by then, the people buying the magazine won't just be coming for our Comic!"

PS: Collecting names for the publishing company and the magazine.

And Miss Yun's pen name too.

If there aren't any good ones, I'll have to think of them myself.

(End of chapter)