Chapter 220

Two Hundred and Fifteen Escape

“Your meaning is… Could those invaders’ society be called the Rosy Cross? Might there be a member among them, a dark-skinned woman with a good figure?”

In front of the peculiar altar on the second floor of the underground ruins, after hearing Thistle’s words, Claudius asked expressionlessly, and Thistle nodded in response.

“Yes! This was the intelligence we had obtained earlier, but we hadn’t had time to investigate it. Now I think this intelligence could become the key to further breakthroughs against those guys. Although their main force has been eliminated by you below, they might still have others outside.”

Thistle said as such, and the reason he did not investigate this intelligence was because he had been misled by incorrect intelligence at first; he just hadn’t had the chance to investigate it yet.

Listening to Thistle’s words, Claudius fell silent for a moment, then spoke up.

“In that case, follow this lead and investigate thoroughly. Dig out as many remnants of those guys as possible to ensure the safety of our base for the next two days. I need to coordinate other bases to send reinforcements over.”

“Yes,” Thistle affirmed, then immediately withdrew.

…

Deep within the underground ruins, inside the advanced secret room of the Star Number Repair Association.

Due to an unexpected blockade, Dorothy, trapped in this secret room, was now left with no choice but to seek out the method to advance in place. However, the only way to achieve this was now encountering some unexpected circumstances.

Currently, if Dorothy wanted to advance in place, she could only become a Scholar. Based on the current situation, she needed to read a secret transmission with the theme of “Silence” to successfully advance.

And in this sealed secret room, where could she possibly get a new secret transmission?

Regarding this issue, Dorothy first thought of entering the dream realm to take her chances, but soon felt that it wasn’t reliable.

Dorothy had been learning how to enter the dream realm for quite some time, and in fact, she would enter the dream realm every few days to take her chances. But for some reason, her results from roaming in the forest were always fruitless; her dragon form remained empty wherever she went in the forest, and she had never encountered any dream realm beings or other forms, except for encountering the little fox once. This made Dorothy suspect that this dream realm game was actually a single-player game, with each session lasting a maximum of ten minutes.

Dorothy’s dragon form inexplicably couldn’t encounter anything in the dream realm, and the activity time was very short. Therefore, she didn’t immediately choose to take her chances in the dream realm but decided to find someone to help her.

“It seems… I still need to look for some external assistance…”

Thinking this, Dorothy took out her “Navigation of the Literary Sea” from the magic box, planning to use this opportunity to contact Neve and ask her to go to the city to find the secret base of the White Stone Craftsmen Guild, buying a “Silence” secret transmission from the guild and having it sent over.

Based on Dorothy’s previous understanding of Neve, she came from a wealthy family, and the cost of a secret transmission of three to four hundred pounds should be manageable for her. If she didn’t have enough cash on hand, she could return home to see if there were any collectibles left by her grandfather that she could use as collateral. This amount should be easy to obtain. Once Dorothy was out, she would repay all the money.

If that didn’t work, Dorothy could also contact Anna in Igewent directly and ask her to arrange a wire transfer.

As for why she needed to find the White Stone Craftsmen Guild’s base in the city rather than directly contacting the guild’s overall head, Beverly, in Green Shade Town, this was because unless there was a qualified referral, Beverly absolutely refused to meet guests at her private residence. She told Dorothy that fewer than three people in Tivyán knew about her private residence in Green Shade Town.

Dorothy unfolded the “Navigation of the Literary Sea,” flipping to Neve’s contact page. Just as she raised her pen to write, she paused slightly, as if realizing something was amiss.

“Hold on, since Thistle was rescued, that means they clearly know North Pine Forest is a trap, and they know my two zombie puppets were acting.”

“This means that everything my puppets did in front of them was fake, intentionally released to mislead them. This includes the part where Neve was exonerated.”

Thinking this, Dorothy felt a sense of urgency. When Neve entered Green Shade Town No. 23, her features were seen and recorded. Later, Dorothy used her zombie puppets to convince Thistle that these features were fake. Since Thistle now knows it was all an act, he will definitely focus his suspicion on the dark-skinned woman with a good figure.

“In that case, Neve’s current situation doesn’t look too good. No, I need to make sure she gets to a safe place before trying to get the book.”

With this in mind, Dorothy picked up her pen and wrote in the “Navigation of the Literary Sea”:

“You’re in danger, leave school immediately.”

…

Royal Sacred Crown University, King Campus.

During the night, in a well-decorated double room in the girls’ dormitory building, Neve sat at her desk. On the table lay an open history book, illuminated by the desk lamp. At this moment, she was intently staring at the pages of the book, a hint of tension in her expression.

Since completing the task of escorting Dorothy into the inner area, Neve had returned to her room, gazing at the book Dorothy had given her, anxiously awaiting news from the other side.

“How long has it been, why hasn’t there been any response? Has Miss Dorothy encountered something untoward inside?”

Neve thought anxiously, looking at the unchanged pages of the book. Dorothy had promised that if her actions succeeded and she safely exited, she would send information via the book and arrange a meeting. So, after returning, Neve had patiently waited in her room, waiting for any text message that might come through.

“Neve… aren’t you sleeping yet? You’re really putting in the effort today…”

At this moment, a voice reached Neve’s ears. Turning her head, she saw her roommate, who had already put on her pajamas and was getting into bed.

“Um, isn’t there an exam in three days? So I should probably review a bit more. Go to sleep, Aima,” Neve responded, and the other girl replied after pulling up the covers.

“Exam… tsk… seems so. Then I guess I should… never mind, there are still three days left. I’ll check tomorrow.”

With that, Aima buried her head under the covers and fell asleep. Seeing this, Neve’s lips twitched slightly, and she silently complained in her heart.

“When have you ever started studying any earlier than the night before the exam…”

Ignoring her increasingly sleepy roommate, Neve refocused her attention on the book in front of her. This time, she unexpectedly discovered an additional line of text on the page.

“Has it finally responded?”

Neve’s expression brightened, and she carefully examined the newly appeared text on the book, feeling a jolt of surprise.