Catastrophe Card King

Chapter 994: Chapter 306: The Accident That Once Happened at the Research Institute

With Sophia Jones, that legend, helping to counteract the curse’s erosion of the Law, Leonard Churchill’s injuries, which originally required a great sacrifice to suppress, were handled in no time.

With their lives no longer in danger, the two began searching for clues in the Central Control Room.

Thousands of years had passed, yet the light from the alchemy lamps on the room’s walls remained as bright as ever.

Each metal filing cabinet looked as new as it did originally.

Leonard Churchill had previously noticed a crystal ball in the most eye-catching position in the room.

It looked like some sort of magic energy black technology.

Leonard theorized that such a device would likely require special access to activate.

As it happened, he possessed a “God Stealer Ring,” and Sophia Jones was of the White Family bloodline.

The two of them met all the access requirements needed for this research facility.

However, the instrument was several thousand years old, and they weren’t holding out much hope that it would work.

After some tinkering, they gained access with the ring and performed bloodline authentication, before replacing the powdery stones in the energy tank with a few energy barytes…

To their surprise, the magic energy device was actually triggered!

…

“Huh, it’s actually still intact?”

As he watched the Crystal Ball slowly light up, Leonard, amazed, had already guessed what it was.

Sophia also found it very novel, as this type of ancient magic energy device was not seen anymore.

Both of them stared at the Crystal Ball, which slowly began to display images.

It was a patch of green fluorescence, resembling aquatic plants.

Sophia had not yet understood what the image was, but Leonard could not be more familiar: “Is this a live feed from the second floor of the research facility?”

It seemed he was right; it was an “Image Crystal Ball.”

In other words, it was a surveillance device in this world.

With that reminder, Sophia also realized that the “fluorescent seaweed” were in fact the tentacles of a monster. But it was precisely because she recognized them that she gave Leonard a more surprised look, saying, “You just survived an attack from that monster?”

Seeing the actual creature, she truly grasped how terrifying the Leech King mentioned by Leonard was.

Just its size alone was enough to make one gasp.

“Yeah. That creature is quite troublesome; it can break through strong defenses, pierce armor, and suck blood…”

Leonard nodded and gave a brief introduction.

But this wasn’t the time to discuss it.

He looked at the images in the Crystal Ball, his gaze growing more serious as if he’d noticed something unusual.

Sophia saw something at the same time and spoke up, “Did those people from the Southern Continent escape? Or were they killed?”

A hint of confusion also appeared on Leonard’s face, “They probably weren’t killed.”

In the Crystal Ball, they could see the Leech King, but no signs of a battle.

It had not been long since the encounter, and given the combat power of Heman’s group of seven tiers, even if they were outmatched, they wouldn’t have been killed off so quickly.

A more reasonable explanation was,

they either escaped;

or they had used some special Relic to hide their tracks, avoiding detection by the Leech King’s attacks.

With thoughts racing, a deep look flashed across Leonard’s eyes.

Suddenly looking at his chest wound, which was still not completely healed, he realized a deeper plan and murmured to himself, “I see. So that’s what those guys from the Southern Continent were planning…”

Sophia couldn’t keep up with his train of thought and looked at him questioningly, “Hmm?”

Leonard’s eyes shifted, and his mind was already racing with the epiphany he had just had.

A look of certainty crossed his face as he explained, “If nothing goes wrong, I’ve probably been ‘marked’…”

With that, Sophia immediately understood what he meant and replied, “That old woman of the seventh tier is indeed skilled at marking and tracking. I was locked onto by her and couldn’t escape before.”

“Yes.”

That was exactly what Leonard meant.

The “Black Widow” Hester’s strike with her spell had indeed been a two-pronged approach.

If they had killed him, they could have taken the opportunity to enter this Central Control Room.

If they didn’t, the mark was their contingency.

But Leonard was not only unbothered about being marked by the enemy; instead, a bold plan quickly formed in his mind.

A contemptuous smirk for his adversaries appeared on Leonard’s lips, as he mused, “If things are as expected, at this moment, those people are likely waiting somewhere for me to lead them…”

Now it seemed that Heman and his people had always had a way to escape from the second floor of the facility.

They had been stubbornly holding out before, just to find the “jar.”

After all, from what they knew, they were certain that they weren’t the only ones in these relics.

There was also an unknown enemy.

Leonard surmised that Heman’s group must have thought he was an agent for the “behind-the-scenes schemer.”

After all, he had opened the door to this room very easily in front of everyone.

If he himself wasn’t an insider, he wouldn’t believe it either.

So, Heman’s group must have also been worried that the jar would be taken away quietly by someone else and had no choice but to stand their ground.

But now that the prey had been marked,

they had a better option.

Pretend to retreat, wait for the “outsiders” to really get the jar, and then strike unexpectedly to reap the rewards.

…

Observing Leonard’s composed expression, Sophia already guessed he had a plan for dealing with the situation and asked, “So, what do you plan to do?”

Leonard replied, “Earlier, I carefully observed that among those people from the Holy Church, some used cards that seemed to employ the ‘Space Law.’ If those people have already left the second floor of the research facility, it’s highly likely they controlled some kind of Space Law…”

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