Doomsday Code

Chapter 574 Puliu City

As the sun set, Huidun dragged his tired body back to the Prince's Mansion from outside.

He hasn't seen Chen Cheng in the past few days, and now the quarrel between his uncle and the princess is getting bigger and bigger. Holmes and he have also prepared a plan to deal with the Duke's Mansion.

He was also thinking about coming back to ask Chen Cheng for advice.

"What has Brown been doing these days?"

Huidun asked the butler beside him.

The butler didn't know that Chen Cheng had left, and because of Chen Cheng's identity, he didn't dare to ask him too much.

"I don't know about this, but I've seen Young Master Brown coming and going in a hurry these past few days. I heard that he spends most of his time at the Outer City Adventurer's Guild."

Huidun nodded, and then said:

"Please ask Brown to come. I'm waiting for him in the study. I have something important to discuss with him."

The butler took his orders and left. Huidun also headed towards the study. When he entered the study, he turned around and said to the servant beside him:

"Please prepare the meal here later. I will eat with Brown."

After the servant left, Huidun put the plan in his hand on the table, then picked up the teapot and started to boil water to make tea.

After he made the tea, the housekeeper came back from Chen Cheng's courtyard.

However, the butler was no longer as calm as before, and there was a hint of anxiety in his voice.

"Your Highness, this old servant has something important to report."

Huidun, who had been tired all day, was still thinking about what he would do with Chen Cheng later, so he didn't notice the change in the butler's tone.

"What's the matter? Didn't I ask you to invite Brown? Why are you alone here? Did that boy stay out of fun again?"

Huidun picked up the teacup and took a sip to relieve his fatigue.

At this time, the voice of the little maid was heard outside:

"Your Highness, my son left this morning. Before he left, he asked me to bring a message to Your Highness."

Huidun, who was originally sipping tea and flipping through the plan in his hand, immediately stood up and ran to the door when he heard the news.

After opening the door, Huidun looked at the little maid. His anxious eyes, which could not be concealed, revealed his concern for Chen Cheng.

"Your Highness."

"No need to be so polite, just come in and talk to me."

Huidun had learned some Qi-nourishing skills from the prince, so he quickly calmed himself down and let the maid into the house.

After sending the butler away, Huidun looked at the little maid.

Then he sighed and said:

"Brown left some words. Tell me."

Then the little maid told Huidun everything Chen Cheng had told her.

At this time, Huidun was standing by the window of the study. He opened the window, and the last rays of sunset outside shone on his face. From his back, there was an indescribable sense of desolation and loneliness.

"He left after all. This kid didn't even bother telling me in person if he had something to say. I'm going to make him pay the next time we meet."

Then Huidun turned around and looked at the little maid.

At this time, the little maid could not see the expression on Huidun's face because she was naked, but after hearing Huidun's words, she knew very well how important her son was in the heart of this prince.

"Now that he's gone, I have no desire to work anymore. I was thinking of going back after this is over, but now it seems that's not possible.

You should also go back to the courtyard and wait for two days. After that, you can follow me back to Huidun City. I don't want him to have a reason to blame me for not taking good care of you when we meet next time."

After the little maid left, faint sobbing sounds could be heard coming from the study.

It was also at this time that Huidun felt what it meant to be truly alone.

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Puliu City, this city got its name because it is located on the Puliu River.

The city doesn't cover a large area and its population isn't that large either. It's just one of the small cities you can find anywhere in the kingdom.

However, such an ordinary little town has recently encountered a big trouble.

Fifty miles away from this city, there is a small hill called Liushan that connects to the city. There is nothing special about this hill, it is just planted with willow trees.

Every spring when the spring breeze blows, the whole Willow Mountain is filled with the sound of willow branches colliding. Passers-by passing through this mountain feel like they are listening to a beautiful symphony, so it has an elegant name - Spring Sound Mountain.

Originally, this was a place for passers-by to go for an outing, but recently, for some unknown reason, the originally ordinary willow trees on Liushan Mountain suddenly became spirits and became man-eating monsters.

And because this mountain is the shortest road leading to the outside world from Puliu City, people in the city are now in panic.

The city lord was also worried about this.

Fortunately, there is more than one road. Although the other roads are longer and more roundabout, they still lead to a destination.

However, the city lord was also afraid that the willow trees on Liu Mountain that had turned into demons would come down the mountain to harm people. Moreover, even if they could not come down the mountain, the reputation of this demon mountain would spread, and no one would come to Puliu City anymore.

So because of this matter, a few days ago the city lord specially found several small nobles and wealthy families in the city, and finally they reached an agreement to pay money to publish the demon-hunting mission at the Adventurer's Guild in the city.

Listening to the explanation of the restaurant waiter next to him, Chen Cheng rewarded him with a silver coin.

The boy took the silver coins and prepared to leave with a smile.

Just before he left, he reminded with a smile:

"My two guests, just listen to my story, but please don't take that mission."

Then the servant looked around to see if anyone was eavesdropping, and whispered:

"Several fearless adventurer teams took on missions before, but none of them ever made it out of Willow Mountain."

After saying this, the servant took his reward and left with peace of mind.

After the servant left, Chen Cheng looked outside the city.

He and Sheli have been out for two days. During these two days, he rode Daha to various ancient teleportation nodes controlled by the guild in the Kingdom of Moss.

Some of these nodes can still be activated, but more are completely damaged.

And now they came here because of the ancient teleportation array, and it just so happened that this teleportation array was on the Willow Mountain that the servant had just mentioned.

If Chen Cheng was not in a hurry, he would not care about these things at all, but he was in a hurry now and needed to return to Huidun City as soon as possible.

Because there is a real elf in Huidun City. If he wants to go to Moonlight Forest, it is naturally safer to find Emile, the real elf, to lead the way.

"How's it going? Are you sure?"

Chen Cheng looked at Sheli beside him and asked.

Sheli nodded and said:

"The willow trees on the mountain must have been contaminated by this spatial node. Don't worry, sir. I can handle all of this."

Sheli was not making up this story about pollution. He had encountered this situation before when he followed Jamil to and from the space nodes controlled by the church.

Jamil explained that these transmission nodes are very fragile and no one knows when they will be damaged.

When some of them are damaged, the spatial coordinates connecting the spatial nodes will be disturbed, which may cause some strange things to be transmitted over.

In addition to physical objects, these also include some polluting magical energy, which can easily contaminate living things around the teleportation array and turn them into monsters.