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Chapter 322: Field Investigation into the Customs and Culture of the Departed Courtyard Part 3

The Eye Demon didn't even open its eyes before it was shot to death by the sunlight spears fired by two thousand puppet soldiers under Lin Zhenxi. The torrent formed by thousands of sunlight spears was so dazzling. In this world of endless darkness, the light of the sunlight spears represented the only bit of hope left in this world.

The power of the salvo of sunlight guns was seriously excessive. The exploding sunlight guns not only blew the Eye Demon to pieces, but also directly knocked the tower it was clinging to into pieces, causing it to collapse directly.

As the tall pagoda collapsed, the base, which had lost its support, also fell down, revealing a black hole that led directly to the underground.

What is this? Lin Zhenxi stood beside the dark hole, looking down curiously.

Could it be a hidden ruin? Just like the relationship between the Bavaro Library and the Scarlet Devil Mansion, there's a hidden gem beneath Myouren Temple.

The reason why Lin Zhenxi was sure that this was an additional content and not originally a part of Mingren Temple was because with the disappearance of the Eye Demon, the light ball had prompted Lin Zhenxi to complete the occupation of the ruins of Mingren Temple and obtain the right to use the Star Lotus Ship.

Now she can use the Star Lotus Ship to quickly move between the several ruins she has occupied.

Since this cave has nothing to do with Minglian Temple, it can basically be confirmed to be the Yinxue area.

So, do you want to go and have a look?

That's not nonsense, of course I'll go. Lin Zhenxi is now surrounded by strong troops and horses, there is nothing to be afraid of.

Besides, she could have sent the puppet soldiers down to explore the way first. With subordinates at her disposal, there was no need for Lin Zhenxi, the commander-in-chief, to personally handle everything.

So Lin Zhenxi randomly assigned ten puppet soldiers and ordered them to go down and explore the way. Later, she felt that ten was too few and not safe, so she simply increased the number tenfold and sent a hundred puppet soldiers down together.

With so many puppet soldiers, even if there were truly terrifying monsters below, at least some would be able to escape and deliver a message. After all, the puppets did have the ability to teleport, but the power of sunlight was so useful right now that the ultimate move, Space Slash, seemed a bit useless.

The puppets obeyed Lin Zhenxi's orders absolutely. As soon as Lin Zhenxi gave the order, the puppet soldiers jumped into the hole without saying a word. Lin Zhenxi couldn't hold them back and was almost dragged down.

But what good would it do if they went down alone? The puppet soldiers couldn't speak, so Lin Zhenxi still had no idea what was happening down there. So, Lin Zhenxi temporarily halted her operation, captured a few puppets, and branded their clothing with the magical mark of the Eye of Truth. This way, she could use these magical eye marks to gain the puppet soldiers' vision.

This time Lin Zhenxi would not stop them. The puppet soldiers jumped into the cave one after another, and the puppet soldiers who were branded with the magic eye mark by Lin Zhenxi became the captain of the team and flew in the front.

With the power of sunlight in hand, darkness is nothing to worry about. The sunlight fist swords in the hands of the puppet soldiers are equivalent to two fluorescent tubes, which can provide a high brightness. One hundred puppet soldiers gathered together can provide enough brightness to illuminate a large area.

Therefore, there was no darkness, and Lin Zhenxi could see the situation inside the cave without any obstacles.

First, there is a deep vertical well. After going dozens of meters underground, the vertical well turns horizontally and enters a colorful tunnel like a kaleidoscope.

The puppet soldiers continued to fly forward along the tunnel, and soon they were blocked by a door with a very strange style of painting.

This door looks eerie, with either dark green or purple-red colors, quite like the underworld. Most importantly, there are door gods posted on the door, couplets hanging on both sides, and two gods of wealth standing on either side of the door. What a devilish combination.

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The colorful clouds are at the door, and the eight twelfth month is accompanied by the sky.

This is the content of the couplet, which is completely unclear. In any case, Lin Zhenxi can't figure out what these two lines of words mean.

Furthermore, this door did not prevent the puppets from entering; it opened easily. After pushing the door open, they discovered a vast underground cavern. In the center of the cavern stood an octagonal tower, its top adorned with a dazzling orb.

At the base of the tower stood a large door with a thick wooden texture, and the windows on the tower were also constructed of similar materials. The leading puppet soldier once again pushed open the door and entered directly.

The interior of the tower was completely empty, with nothing inside except for a cabinet-like object in the middle. The puppet soldier walked over to the cabinet and showed Lin Zhenxi what was inside.

It's a clay sculpture, but I can't tell who it belongs to.

The moment Lin Zhenxi saw the clay sculpture, a prompt popped up in the light ball, telling her that a new ruin had been discovered.

The Great Temple of Dreams comes with a buff called "Cloak of Holy Virtue". Its effect is that it adds the ability to see through enemies during battle, making it easier to see their weaknesses and attack intentions while reducing the chances of being attacked by surprise.

This is a state that is completely used for combat. Although I don’t know what the effect is, judging from the text description alone, it should be pretty good.

However, Lin Zhenxi had never heard of the name of this place. Even if she combined it with the name of the gain state, she could not think of any useful information.

Never mind. There were so many things in the Garden of the Dead that Lin Zhenxi didn't know about, so this one wasn't a big deal. Anyway, the ruins had been occupied and the bonus status had been obtained, so that was enough.

Lin Zhenxi asked all the 100 puppet soldiers below to come back, and then continued to lead the team towards the Hakurei Shrine.

Moreover, at this time, apart from the one thousand needed to guard the house, the newly produced puppet soldiers in the sunflower field had already exceeded one thousand. Based on Lin Zhenxi's experience, the puppet soldiers who mastered the power of sunlight were still powerful enough in this dark world. One thousand of them were enough for them to sweep through. Lin Zhenxi brought two thousand, which was completely redundant.

So Lin Zhenxi asked the people in the sunflower field to make a thousand puppets and head north, mainly attacking the Sanzu River and the Monster Mountain.

Lin Zhenxi estimated that by the time the other team had conquered the two ruins on Monster Mountain, her team would have already taken down Baiyu Tower and Youdingtian. Then, the two teams would merge and attack the Magic Forest together. It didn't really matter whether they attacked the Magic Forest or not; the buffs it provided weren't very good anyway. They might as well just reunite and test the strength of the Black Tortoise Swamp.

After all, Lin Zhenxi suspected that the areas around the Mist Lake and the Black Tortoise Swamp were the strongest monsters on the map, so they should naturally be saved for last. For now, he'd first circle around and take all the ruins he could on the periphery, then go all in with his full strength to face the strongest enemy at the current difficulty level.

To reach Hakurei Shrine from Human World, one must traverse a narrow forest path known as the "Beast Path." Even in the real world of the afterlife, walking along this path would involve encountering mischievous goblins and reckless damask that want to play with you, let alone monsters in the Festival World. As Hayashi Maki set foot on this path leading directly from Human World to Hakurei Shrine, the monster attacks had already begun.

A large number of monsters, which Hayashi Maki wasn't sure if they could still be considered birds, rushed out of the forest and attacked the puppet army walking on the animal path.

Because the trees around the animal path were too dense, only one animal path was suitable for marching, so Lin Zhenxi's team was stretched out thin and long.

Lin Zhenxi wasn't actually too keen on stretching the team out so far. After all, even someone who'd only read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms would know how dangerous it was to march in such a long, snake-like formation. However, if the puppets were launched into the air, those four thousand sun-fisted swords would be too conspicuous, attracting who knows how many enemies they would attract. Rather than taunting and attracting monsters, Lin Zhenxi preferred the forest's beast path; at least the monsters weren't particularly strong.

Although those completely deformed monsters that were probably transformed from birds had a good flying speed and were hard to guard against with their dark protective color, they could only return empty-handed when facing the puppet soldiers who were always on guard.

To deal with this type of fast-moving, fragile, and small enemy, with no other advantages besides speed, the puppet soldiers simply raised their hands and gently slashed at it. Inertia sent the dismembered monster flying across the beast path and landing in the opposite forest. The whole process was so smooth and efficient that often before Lin Zhenxi could react, the puppet soldiers had successfully dealt with a monster attack.

Lin Zhenxi began to doubt whether she could not even defeat a puppet soldier. Looking back on her performance along the way, it was really terrible.

Time passed quickly as Lin Zhenxi was filled with self-doubt. When she came to her senses, the Hakurei Shrine was already right in front of her.

As the beast path came to an end, a torii gate blocked Lin Zhenxi's team. Behind the torii gate was a shrine that was extremely dilapidated, but its original structure could still be seen.

This torii gate is very different from the row of torii gates that make up the torii passage. It is made of larger wood and looks more magnificent. However, the color of this torii gate has completely turned into a deep black color after being completely decayed. It is also covered with parasites that look like barnacles. The surface looks very rough and makes people have no desire to touch it.

When Hayashi Maki passed through the torii gate and approached the Hakurei Shrine, she was immediately attracted by a figure slumped in front of the main hall of the shrine.

It's really rare, this time it's a humanoid monster.