CHAPTER 471: CHAPTER 233: FACING DEATH AS LIFE

"Slow down."

Lin Yu raised his hand, making a downward pressing gesture.

The Scout behind him nodded slightly, and his steps immediately slowed down.

The wound on his chest had already begun to gradually heal, but the speed of recovery, far beyond that of ordinary people, also brought tremendous physical exhaustion.

The food in his stomach had long been gone, and the moisture in his body was gradually being drained.

The Scout felt a series of intense dizziness, which was also an extremely dangerous signal.

If he couldn’t get replenished in a short time, he might lose the ability to move entirely, just as Lin Yu had said, due to exhaustion.

He knew he had to think of a solution.

— he even started considering the idea of that corpse.

But unfortunately, when they quietly sneaked back to the vicinity of the corpse, they were stunned to find that it had disappeared.

Only some mottled bloodstains were left on the ground, along with small fragments of bone and flesh cut by a blade.

"The corpse has been moved."

Lin Yu lowered his voice.

"This is a good omen."

"A good omen?"

The Scout reached out to touch the already dried bloodstains on the ground, then put his fingers into his mouth and licked them.

"How can this be a good omen?"

Lin Yu saw his action but did not stop him.

He replied:

"The corpse couldn’t have vanished into thin air; it must have been taken away."

"However, from the nuclear explosion by the Huaxia Army until now, we have hardly seen any active ’robots’."

"The outer mechanical beings are just some small flying machines."

"According to the information previously mentioned by the Huaxia Army, the nuclear explosion would render most electrically powered devices useless, which is the reason this city is ’temporarily dead’."

"If that’s the case, then the one who took away the corpse must not be a robot."

"He’s human."

"He will leave traces— tracking the traces he left might just lead us to a chance of survival."

"Understood."

The Scout nodded.

"The smell of blood is strong; should we follow?"

"Of course."

Lin Yu patted the Scout on the shoulder.

"Hang in there."

"Can you smell where it leads?"

"Ahead."

The Scout pointed into the distance, and Lin Yu observed carefully for a moment, quickly calculating the route to track.

The significant elevation difference should not pose an obstacle for two Blood Source individuals, but considering their current state, he had to choose a safer route.

"We’ll pass between the two buildings; there is an aerial path there."

"The upper part of the aerial path is empty, forming a bridge."

"Crossing from there allows us to avoid detection by those small aerial machines— those things are likely similar to the drones used by the Huaxia Army, and we can’t let them see us."

"Our landing point should be... on the floor of that building opposite."

"Will the corpse be in that direction?"

"Not sure."

The Scout shook his head and continued:

"But we can go over there first and then figure out how to determine the direction."

"No problem."

Lin Yu nodded resolutely, then lightly tapped the Scout’s arm, and the two stood up simultaneously.

Crossing the platform between floors, they bypassed the exposed grand staircase and followed a hidden path all the way up.

Without a map, Lin Yu could only rely on intuition to choose routes.

But they were in luck, not taking any wrong turns, arriving at the entrance to the higher-level "aerial path."

"What exactly is this..."

Lin Yu lowered his voice and said while looking at the track close at hand:

"This vehicle is hovering on the track!"

"Look, it doesn’t have wheels, and it doesn’t contact the track at any point!"

"How is this even possible?"

"I don’t know."

The Scout shook his head.

"Perhaps the Huaxia Army would know... but we’d have to get back to ask them."

"Not necessarily— finding another working communicator would be ideal."

Lin Yu grabbed onto the track and climbed, and at that moment, his scabbard suddenly flew toward the track uncontrollably.

Reacting swiftly, he grabbed the scabbard, narrowly regaining control of his knife just half a second before impact.

"Magnet!"

Lin Yu suddenly realized and said:

"This thing is levitated by magnets!"

"Hold onto your sword and any iron items you have."

"Watch your footing!"

"Understood."

The Scout also gripped his sword, and the two flipped over, stepping onto the suspended overhead track, bending down, and moving swiftly forward.

This path was not very long, connecting only a few hundred meters between the two buildings.

But when they reached the middle and looked out, they found similar tracks could be seen everywhere in the city.

Like an intricate web, the tracks connected buildings one by one throughout the city.

The longest track stretched to "endlessly" long distances.

Like a slender sky bridge.

How on earth was such a thing built?

What was the purpose of building such structures?

Lin Yu could clearly tell that all the tracks here were brand new.

Just like the buildings in this city, completely without signs of use.

If it wasn’t used, why was it built?

Isn’t this pure resource waste?

He initially thought that after entering this legendary city, all the secrets would be unraveled.

But now it seems, not only are secrets unrevealed, but even greater mysteries have emerged.