I'm Really Not the Lord of the Abyss - Chapter 49

The unrest in the Southern Area had not yet subsided.

After the Asura species left the stage, there was finally a chance to liberate the entire area, and there was still much to do.

A portion of the mutants were still imprisoned–the River of Death in the Southern Area was not only home to the shipyard that Lu Mi saw, but that was the largest and most established one.

Apart from the shipyard, there were many factories producing all kinds of strange and ancient artifacts, and the mutants inside needed someone to rescue them. Some didn’t even know what was happening outside.

The rebel army, which had volunteered to take on this part of the work, had left in large numbers, and the rest were helping the fairy species deal with the wounded.

Continuing to explore the Asura City, Lu Mi discovered a peculiar device.

“What is this?” he asked the giant named Tutan.

The device was similar to a Rubik’s cube, about a cubic meter in size. Now the cube was covered in dust, and most of it had turned to stone.

Tutan was startled at the sight, and after thinking for a while, he answered, “This is a startup device.”

“Start what?”

“I’m not quite sure, because that was a long time ago.” The giant seriously recalled, “It is said that Asura City was originally built on the ruins of a past civilization, that civilization had many mechanisms, the largest of which was an ark that could lift a city.”

“Is it this one?” Lu Mi observed the cube in front of him and tried to put his hand on it.

“Probably…” Tutan continued, “Originally, many giants hoped to use this device to fly over the River of Death, so they kept trying to repair it.”

“But obviously they failed.” Walizza, the demon following Lu Mi, said with a hand on his eye corner.

Balan gave him a cold glance and didn’t say a word.

“Yes.” Tutan didn’t mind, calmly, “Because we found that the biggest problem with this device is energy consumption, this era’s Southern Area can’t find enough energy to revive it…”

Before he could finish his sentence, Tutan suddenly stopped.

Because the stone-like giant cube suddenly emitted light under Lu Mi’s hand!

The blue light filled the entire room in an instant, and beneath the cube on the stone floor emerged a strange magic circle. The patterns instantly spread across the walls of the entire room, forming a huge power cabin.

Everyone was shocked.

“This is…!” Tutan, who was seeing this situation for the first time, was stunned and widened his eyes.

Seo, with his arms crossed, quickly recovered, his normally cold face seemed to smile as he looked at the figure of the silver-eyed youth, “You always surprise us.”

At the same time, outside the Asura City, everyone suddenly felt a violent tremor of the earth.

“What, what happened!?”

Someone suddenly pointed forward and shouted, “You guys, look quickly!”

The massive city was slowly uprooted, the foundation embedded deep in the earth broke with a harsh crackling sound, and was replaced by a blue light material that flew from somewhere underground.

This was both a city and an incomparably huge ship.

As the city continued to rise, the falling dirt and rubble were like a rainstorm, causing the people outside looking up to scream and flee.

Seo silently lent his power through the contract, relieving some of the pressure on the silver-eyed youth.

Lu Mi glanced at him out of the corner of his eye, but only saw the young man nonchalantly turning his head away.

Finally, the cube shed its stone-like appearance, the blue light filled the surroundings, and the Asura City was already suspended in the sky.

The people outside the city looked up at this astonishing scene, as if they were seeing the full view of this magnificent city for the first time.

Or rather, the full view of this ancient ruin.

“It seems that the Southern Area has many interesting things.” Lu Mi slowly said as he withdrew his hand.

Perhaps because the Southern Area had been closed for a long time, whether it was civilization, devices, record stone tablets…compared to other circulating areas, they were very well preserved, and the past civilizations were all meticulously recorded.

There was an opportunity to explore it thoroughly.

Although he thought so, Lu Mi knew that he should return to the normal world now.

He didn’t know what was happening in Tartarus.

“I’ll go with you.” Shi Guang, who had just arrived and learned of his thoughts, was the first to speak, “There might be trouble there.”

He had been in the human world for a while, and those complex and complicated forces must have started to become active. He couldn’t ignore it since he was partly responsible for involving Lu Mi in this.

“How are those injured?” Lu Mi referred to those who were handed over to the fairy species.

Shi Guang blinked, “Although you helped them purify a bit, this war seems to have caused the death aura accumulated in the Southern Area to explode unprecedentedly, and it is difficult to completely heal the horror for a while…”

Lu Mi then fell into contemplation.

“Wait, what is the normal world?” The demons suddenly spoke up at this time, “Aren’t you always in the abyss?”

Lu Mi paused, “This is a long story…”

Kano cheerfully explained for Lu Mi, “Indeed, there are all kinds of reasons, it’s probably hard to explain in a short time.”

“Why do you seem to know a lot?” Balan coldly looked at him, like an assassin lurking in the shadows flashing lightning.

Fei slightly narrowed his red eyes, “So that’s why you appeared earlier than me at the summoning gate, you’ve already accompanied the master to the normal world.”

“Rather than saying it was a trip, it’s more like fate brought us together.” Kano seemed completely unaware of the various gazes from the people, and smiled gallantly.

Left Law and Right Law looked at each other. This person is brave! Braver than the little master!!

For some reason, Lu Mi suddenly felt the energy level in the air skyrocket–why were they all starting to charge their ultimate moves when there were no enemies??

He subconsciously explained, “Actually, Kano doesn’t know much, if you’re interested in what happened during this period, you can ask Alon later.”

“…” Kano was stunned at this point, the youth blinked his golden brown eyes, “I thought I was the first?”

Balan sneered, “It seems your fate is too shallow.”

“No wonder Alon is not here this time.” Fei was still calm and rationally analyzing, “So it’s strange that Jiabo, who is the first in the sequence, is absent…”

Fei’s gaze turned to Lu Mi, the silver-eyed youth calmly said, “Jiabo has his own mission.”

This means he has already seen it.

“…”

Lu Mi: “What’s wrong?” He was puzzled by the sudden silence of the people.

Left Law and Right Law were already hugging each other, the fragile fairy species could not ignore the piercing energy in the air.

So scary!! These demons from the Northern Area are so scary!! The two fairy species screamed silently.

“Please let us go with you.” Fei slowly spoke, the flame monarch was still in that neither humble nor arrogant manner, “We came at your summon, if you leave, we are not suitable to continue staying in the Southern Area.”

Those familiar with Fei knew that once this Flame Monarch made a decision, he would not change his mind.

At that moment, Walizza held his forehead with one hand, “Doesn’t anyone else feel uncomfortable after staying in the Southern Area for too long? The death aura here is really strong!”

Then Left Law and Right Law watched as the group of demons, who had been killing fiercely a second ago, suddenly became heartbroken, as if they were not the same ones who had fought their way out of a sea of corpses in the Southern Area not long ago.

Wasn’t it? Could you at least act a bit more like you’re acting? Could you please reduce the terrifying power around here?!

But Lu Mi did take their words into consideration, “Indeed, those who are not from the Southern Area should not stay here for too long, and those injured–before the death aura that erupted in the Southern Area dissipates, they should recuperate in a place that is not affected by the death qi.”

“What do you mean?”

“This ‘Ark’—” Lu Mi stepped on the city beneath his feet, “It should be easy to move a large number of people.”

While Lu Mi was preparing, Left Law and Right Law looked at the demons who had suddenly changed their appearance on the spot, these demons lifted their lips expressionlessly.

A lot was said in silence, it seemed, everyone knew who to look for next.

At the same time, when Lu Mi arranged for specific personnel to board the ship, he suddenly realized that he hadn’t told them about the Zerg species…Never mind, it’s important to go back, he could talk about it later.

So in the end, the Ark was filled with a group of demons, fairy species, injured, and some of the rebel army taking care of the injured.

The other mutants in the Southern Area were reluctant to let go, fearing that Lu Mi would just run away. But after some reassurance from Lu Mi, they reluctantly calmed down.

Now the Southern Area was waiting to be revived, by the time Lu Mi came next time, they must show the god of their faith a better Southern Area!

The huge Ark, carrying everyone, slowly flew towards the gate on the bank of the River of Death.

Originally, the Ark’s huge body could not pass through, but in the eyes of Lu Mi, who had the power of space, this was not difficult.

The real world, Tartarus—

At the edge of the cliff of the ruins of Tartarus, the situation here was indeed not good.

The old man, who was the former chief warden, was blocking a group of troops, “I’ve said it before, the current chief warden of Tartarus is not me, before receiving the order from the new chief warden, no one has the right to deal with our prisoners.”

“But I heard that the new chief warden is just an intern from a branch with no experience?”

In front of the old man stood several groups of people. These people all had the symbol of the extraordinaries headquarters on them, but their specific uniforms were different.

The General Science Academy, the General Assault Troops, the Special Operations Troops… The old man could identify at least five forces, and because of the different forces, these people’s attitudes and purposes were also different.

The one speaking now was a person in charge from the General Science Academy, “Although generally speaking, the headquarters has no right to interfere in the affairs of Tartarus, but such a big event like changing the person with the highest authority, still needs to be discussed, right?”

After the person in charge finished speaking, he looked at the mutants from Tartarus who were hovering on the edge of the cliff and not moving, with a look of surprise.

“Are those all abyss creatures that have appeared in the real world since ancient times? What technology did you use to make them so obedient?”

The Assault Troops frowned at the person in charge who was immersed in scientific frenzy, and interjected, “No matter what, it’s too dangerous to leave these mutants unattended, the top requires the poorly supervised Tartarus…”

“To hand over their ownership?” Sholun, who had slowly walked in, sneered, “Who do you plan to let take over them?”

The leader of the Assault Troops was slightly stunned, but still seriously replied, “The Golden Clock Special Operations Troops.”

“Oh…” Sholun raised an eyebrow, “The direct troops of the number one candidate for the next president.”

Although Sholun’s frivolous tone was uncomfortable, the leader of the Assault Troops still answered, “Yes, the Golden Clock is the strongest special force in the headquarters, this is also the result of concentrated discussion above.”

Sholun: “It seems that the candidate for the next president has been decided.”

Being entrusted with such a big task, it seems that this person has the upper hand among the three candidates now.

The Assault Troops realized that they had been led by the rhythm, “That’s something for the people above to consider, we’re just responsible for execution.”

Sholun: “Then you should understand us.”

Leader of the Assault Troops: “?”

Sholun laughed, but there was a dangerous bloodthirst in his eyes, “A truly loyal mad dog will not obey anyone’s orders except its master’s, so no matter how you call out to us now, our answer is–no.”

“You!?”

“It seems quite lively here.” Just as the people from the headquarters finally couldn’t help but act, a voice suddenly came.

Sholun’s eyes suddenly lit up, and the leader of the Assault Troops looked at the man who had suddenly changed color in surprise, as if he was looking at a ferocious beast that had suddenly retracted its claws.

“You’re finally here.” Sholun complained with a complicated expression, slightly turning his head away, as if he hadn’t figured out how to face him yet.

Lu Mi didn’t mind, he looked at the old man who was smiling at him, “I didn’t come late, did I?”

“Who are you?” The people from the headquarters couldn’t help but look at the silver-eyed youth who was slowly approaching. He seemed to have a strange aura about him, which made them, the extraordinaries, feel wary.

“Me?” Lu Mi tilted his head, “I am the new chief warden you mentioned.”

Swiish—

Very unexpectedly, right after Lu Mi finished speaking, all the armed forces from the headquarters raised their weapons in unison.

Countless laser cannons were aimed at him in an instant.

This really surprised everyone present, even Sholun immediately changed his expression, “Are you trying to rebel!”

Sholun’s original Tartarus guards also raised their weapons and aimed at the people from the headquarters.

So, a situation where two armed forces were confronting each other, with Lu Mi in the middle, was formed.

“May I ask, why do you want to do this?” Lu Mi stopped the mutants from Tartarus who were about to rush in from the air, and asked calmly.

The leader of the Assault Troops looked at the silver-eyed youth who was calm in the face of danger with admiration. It seemed that after seeing the young man, he could somewhat understand the choice of the old man, the former chief warden.

This young man might indeed have the ability to succeed, but unfortunately, many things in this world were unreasonable, especially when the once huge creature suddenly becomes weak.

They were the blades of the headquarters, they didn’t need personal opinions, they just needed to execute.

The leader of the Assault Troops, who was admonishing himself, said, “The headquarters has investigated your information and suspects that your identity is problematic, and ordered us to arrest and interrogate you.”

“Bullshit!” Sholun finally couldn’t help but swear, “Can you say his name now? This is just an excuse you found!”

The leader of the Assault Troops didn’t speak, it was unclear whether he was guilty or not.

Meanwhile, Lu Mi calmly thought for a moment, apart from the “excuse” possibility, if someone really investigated him, they would probably find that his resume was very clean, after all, he was only recorded during the time at the K8 branch.

The only part that could be considered suspicious was the “no such person recorded” part before he came to the K8 branch.

Because he was in the abyss at that time, this world definitely couldn’t find his existence, but for many remote sectors, some people might not leave any records in their lifetime, there were many poor people who were untraceable.

“I have announced the dissolution of Tartarus, you can arrest those criminals, whether they are humans or mutants.”

Lu Mi had said before that there was no Tartarus, so there was no Tartarus. He wouldn’t deny his identity as the “last chief warden”, but that was all.

“As long as you can do it, please feel free.” He said with an unchanged expression, seemingly completely unaware of the anxiety of the people.

The old man was frantically hinting, “Tartarus is your last card now, even if you announce its dissolution, don’t say it now!”

Not to mention anything else, just the reputation of Tartarus was enough to deter a large number of people, how could this kid be so honest!!

The people from the headquarters hesitated and looked at each other, and the leader of the Assault Troops, after glancing at the mutants in the sky, still didn’t lower his gun and insisted, “Please come with us.”

Unconsciously, he had used a respectful address.

Lu Mi finally sighed, “Alright.” He said sincerely, “I hope you won’t regret it.”

So Lu Mi was surrounded by the troops from the headquarters, not far away were a large number of military aircraft dispatched by the headquarters.

“What’s going on!?” Anbo and others who had just returned from the Tartarus supply station, before they could rejoice at seeing Lu Mi return, were shocked by this scene, “Where are you taking him?”

Sholun immediately followed, “I want to go too.” He then took a group of guards without a word and occupied a plane.

The old man and Anbo and others quickly followed.

The Assault Troops didn’t say anything when they saw this, but the General Science Academy grumbled a few words, but once they got the person, they didn’t say anything more. Anyway, once they got to the headquarters, it was their territory, they didn’t believe these people could stir up any trouble, it would be good to arrest them all.

When the aircraft started—

Boom!

A huge object suddenly fell from the sky.

“What!?” Everyone was startled, they could only see a huge object falling straight from the sky in front of them, and plummeting down the cliff.

Looking up, they could only see the empty blue sky.

“…” Lu Mi looked at the huge object hidden in the sky that only he could see, “It’s probably the remnants of Tartarus.”

Don’t throw bookshelves down from the Ark! What if it’s exposed!

The people from the headquarters seemed to accept this explanation, but the old man and Sholun looked strange.

Tartarus had long been reduced to dust, where were there any remnants?