There wasn't much time left for Natsume.
Although, according to calculations, I have two full years to wander around in this [Dragon Palace City].
But in fact.
The time left for yourself to prepare is only about a month.
You know, while I was 'pretending to heal', the seriously injured [Demigod City Lord] was also healing.
If it takes too long, wait for the other party to recover from his injuries.
The odds of winning are even slimmer.
Still have to speed up the pace...
Natsume first sensed the surroundings to make sure no one was watching.
He waved his hand again and set up a circle of barriers.
Finally, he activated the magic sword [Amber Death Natuo] in his body and asked about the 'Goddess An Mijin Yu'.
"Stop pretending to be dead, it's time to get down to business."
"Is it safe?"
An Mijinyu asked slightly hesitantly.
"What's safe?"
"That's the one named Otsutsuki Goji, a member of the damn royal family."
"That guy gave me a very uncomfortable feeling."
"The only god told me that if I had talked to you at that time, there was a high chance that he would have discovered me!"
Natsume was slightly startled.
"Oh? He still has such ability?"
His soul clone and the soul body of An Mitsuha are both in the demigod realm.
Will the spiritual communication between two demigods be seen through by a Sixth Path level Otsutsuki?
Is that guy so powerful?
Or does it contain other special treasures?
Could it be that he is also a big fat sheep?
If you think about it carefully, this is not surprising.
Being able to be selected by Otsutsuki Kyoshiki as an undercover agent of the royal family and let him threaten him, the elder of his family.
Obviously, that guy must be extremely capable and definitely not a waste.
From the brief contact before, Natsume was also very convinced of this.
Therefore, it is normal for the other party to be a little different from ordinary people.
An Mijinyu: "I can't be sure..."
Natsume shook his head and no longer dwelled on this issue.
"Okay, let's put this issue aside for now."
"Now can you tell me where the [artifact] you mentioned is?"
This is what Natsume cares about most.
An Mijinyu hesitated for a moment, then told the truth:
"Below this city, there should be a prison on the lower level."
"In the beginning, after the fall of [Yellow Spring Country], in order to avoid the search and plunder of your Otsutsuki;"
"I deliberately hid the artifact in an earring and asked my fellow tribesmen who broke out to take it with them."
"It's just that it seems that those tribesmen were captured by your Otsutsuki and imprisoned in [Ryuugong City]..."
Natsume was stunned.
It turns out that this is the reason why the [artifact] has been hidden until now.
If An Mijinyu hadn't been locked up in [Yellow Spring Realm], and this artifact was left in [Ryuugong City], and she was the only one who knew the disguised appearance of the artifact...
This kind of good thing would have been taken away long ago.
It's not Natsume's turn to pick up the slack.
"Earrings? Who did you let escape with them in the first place?"
"My sister: Anyujiamei."
"You have a sister?!"
"Is there anything wrong?"
"She's still alive?"
Natsume was a little suspicious.
She even wondered if this Jinyu goddess wanted to trick her into going to her sister.
Let that 'god of darkness and beauty' kill you again?
"She should have died..."
"A long time ago, I couldn't feel the fluctuations in her soul..."
An Mijinyu's tone was full of loneliness, and mixed with deep hatred.
It can be seen that she really cares about her sister.
Completely different from the plastic sisters like Kaguya and Starry Night...
But think about it carefully.
There is only one demigod in the entire [Dragon Palace City], that city lord.
Are there any other powerful demigods?
Not to mention a 'Lost God of the Underworld'.
How is it possible that it still exists today?
"In other words, that earring should be in someone else's hands now?"
"should be."
"Most of the lower prisons are prisoners of soul bodies, right? Who would be wearing an earring?"
"How do I know? I've never been there..."
An Mijinyu complained angrily.
Now she feels more and more that something is wrong with Natsume, the boss of the family.
"Fine."
"Then just go down and look for it."
Natsume was too lazy to dawdle.
He casually left a shadow clone behind as a fake substitute.
He teleported out of the stone building and came to the city.
But how to sneak into the lower prison?
A problem indeed.
There was no other way, Natsume had no choice but to randomly capture an Otsutsuki guard in the city.
Activate the soul secret technique [niche].
Soon he learned from the other party how to enter the lower prison.
Even if he is just a 'fake demigod', he relies on the power of his soul clone.
It’s enough for Natsume to run rampant in this [Ryuugong Castle].
…
…
Based on the memory of the guard, Natsume also had a general understanding of the lower prison in Ryugu Castle.
Hundreds of thousands of years ago.
In the beginning, there were indeed prisons built here by [Otsutsuki Ryuushiki] using the true form of the ancestor.
Just like the pure white crystal prison before.
Each one is comparable to a semi-artifact!
Even enough to easily imprison a famous demigod!
Including its body and soul...
And now.
After a long period of development and transformation.
The form here is far different from the beginning.
Most of the cages are abandoned.
Instead, there are bubbles of white light...
Each bubble can easily trap a soul prisoner.
These bubbles: are both new cages and safe houses for these prisoners.
As long as you stay in the bubble, you can resist the acceleration of time in [Dragon Palace City] by more than 230 times.
You know, for these soul prisoners who have no physical body.
Time is the greatest threat!
If you are not careful, your consciousness may collapse and turn into a crazy ghost;
And was expelled outside [Dragon Palace City], falling into the abyss forever...
However, each batch of bubbles has a limited duration.
After reaching the limit, they will quickly collapse.
At the same time, a new batch of bubbles will be generated.
The number of bubbles in each batch is fixed; but the number of prisoners sucked into this time prison is constantly increasing every moment.
Hence the extra prisoners.
Either fight desperately, kill the old prisoner, and win a bubble cage;
Or be killed by other Otsutsuki warriors with physical bodies who enter here;
Or be willing to endure the erosion of time and turn into crazy ghosts;
There is no other way.
Therefore, every time a bubble breaks, a new bubble is generated.
It will be an extremely brutal fight.
It is precisely because of this system that [Dragon Palace City] is able to stabilize the number of prisoners all year round.
It can also recover the soul fragments of those killed prisoners and stably mass-produce 'Gaohuang Qiong Liquid'.
certainly.
These prisoners are not without hope.
According to the regulations here, any prisoner who can survive ten thousand years will get a chance to be released from prison.
As long as it is approved by the city lord.
You can leave the lower prison, obtain a body, and rise to live in the main city.
Therefore, the vast majority of prisoners are gritting their teeth and persisting.
I just hope that I can survive the replacement of the bubble cage again and again, survive for ten thousand years, and then escape.
Such a harsh and cumbersome system.
In Natsume's opinion, he is very clever.
One side: Give the prisoners hope and prevent them from rebelling in groups due to extreme despair.
On the other side: it intensified the internal fighting and internal friction among the prisoners; while limiting the number of prisoners, the 'Gaohuang Qiong Liquid' was stably mass-produced.
It can be seen that the person who set up this prison system.
It's really high level.
And it’s ruthless enough! Treacherous enough!
Almost comparable to myself.
I just hope that these systems were not created by the current city lord.
Otherwise, it would be difficult to deal with such a ruthless character!
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