Chapter 330: Finding The Secret Location (1/2)

Lin Mu thought over it and realized that he didn't know who was the mayor before this.

”I don't know Senior.” Lin Mu replied.

”Hmm, then perhaps that is what we need to find out. That could be the key to the identity of the culprits.” Xukong said.

Lin Mu nodded and started to move towards the exit of the tunnel. It was already starting to get a bit hard for him to breathe here and he understood that the air was thinning out. It would take a while before this area was breathable again.

But then he realized that the sludge pool will probably turn the air foul again, and he may have to repeat the same thing as before again.

'Wait, the foul smell was not just from here, was it? I was able to smell it on the very end that too beyond the river, where the air was fresh. The foul smell should have dissipated there, but there was still some of it in those tunnels.' Lin Mu thought.

”Senior, I think this is not the only sludge pool and they are more of them. Or the air would not have been so bad in other tunnels.” Lin Mu stated his concern.

”That does seem likely.” Xukong acknowledged.

Lin Mu soon reached the end of the tunnel, and the sound of the river could be heard again. He continued following it and reached another branch where there was a bigger tunnel heading deep. Lin Mu saw the runes carved there as well, and the uncomfortable feeling that was coming off it.

”Seems like you found another one,” Xukong said.

Lin Mu went inside and saw that similar to before it split into multiple branches, but this one had less than before. There was a bigger one that had a large gate at its end which was impassable and another tunnel that had a sludge pool.

Lin Mu compared the location in his mind and realized that this one was a bit to the northern direction of the previous one. He couldn't tell the exact direction because of his spirit sense being unable to reach the surface at this depth.

Lin Mu returned and walked along the river, only to encounter more openings that were spread along with it and the tunnels that would branch out. In all, he found about five more sludge pools and five closed gates that had barriers.

Along the way, he was also able to see that the river had a curving path that it flowed around. And along this path were the tunnels placed around. The wells were particularly helpful for Lin Mu to get a rough estimate of where the tunnels were compared to the surface.

Eventually, he had walked the entirety of the river and had reached a point where he could not continue anymore. The river had entered an underground path that was completely flooded and he could not walk there. He thus went back and found a suitable place to leave them.

He had already gone way past the district where he wanted to leave and was now three districts away. He fording a place that was the closest to the surface and then used the combination of Blink and Phase to climb up. About a minute later, he was out and standing on the side of a tree.

Lin Mu had spent nearly three hours underground and had crossed the entire city to come to the opposite side.