Wu Chang rubbed his temples, overwhelmed by the amount of information in the resentful visions, needing a moment to digest it.

The first thing he focused on was the fact that He Yun was indeed being deceitful, particularly in her vague explanations about the deeper underground Divine Hall.

According to He Yun's account, Shelter 88 initially discovered a deeper underground layer rich in Energy, leading them to find the Stone Temple. Subsequently, Shelter 88 organized an expedition to investigate the Stone Temple, resulting in the complete devastation of the team and causing the underground Shelter to fall into a time loop.

If he hadn't seen the resentful visions, He Yun's account would seem impeccable and undeniably truthful. Even a lie detector wouldn't pick up any falsehoods.

But the issue is that this sequence of seemingly coherent actions is actually a series of unconnected points!

He Yun omitted the most crucial points!

Perhaps because of the deeper underground Energy, they stumbled upon the Stone Temple, but between finding the Stone Temple and investigating it, He Yun likely omitted over ten thousand words.

From the scenes in the resentful visions, whether it be the complete range of facilities deeper underground or the massive metal gate completely isolating the Stone Temple, both indicate that before the last exploration, the underground Shelter had already conducted extensive research and applications on the Stone Temple and the Energy emanating from it.

Apart from this, the motive for the last exploration is also highly questionable.

It isn't, as He Yun wanted to mislead him into thinking, that Shelter 88 was investigating the Stone Temple in order to further control the Energy.

When he just possessed Zhuo Jie through the resentful visions, he distinctly heard the alarm echoing throughout the underground Shelter.

Adding the conversation between Zhuo Jie and Mercury, it's easy to deduce that the underground Shelter attempted some risky maneuver based on the Energy from the Stone Temple, which backfired, plunging the shelter into crisis. To resolve the crisis, they had no choice but to further investigate the Stone Temple.

What He Yun previously told him seemed like succinct key points, but in reality, none of them hit the mark. The real focal point wasn't mentioned at all.

If you asked Wu Chang whether he was familiar with this type of selective disclosure lying method, he would definitely say yes.

Because he's always played this way.

He just didn't expect that after hunting geese every day, one day he'd be pecked in the eye, being tackled by someone with his own specialty.

He Yun, you are truly despicable.

If He Yun's concealment was still within Wu Chang's expectations, albeit to a greater degree than anticipated.

Then Mercury's appearance completely exceeded his expectations.

His appearance is almost terrifying upon reflection, sending chills down the spine.

Because it raises a question: Are the Pillars of the Present World possessed by the Four Major Organizations naturally occurring, or are they man-made?

Even when the Four Major Organizations' territory was attacked, Wu Chang suspected the Four Major Organizations staging an inside job, yet never considered this sort of conspiracy theory. But Mercury truly did meddle in this way.

From the attitude Zhuo Jie and others had in conversations with Mercury, it's evident that Mercury had been at Shelter 88 for a long time and had fully integrated, being treated as one of their own.

However, from the very beginning, he came with some purpose.

Everything he did was to lead Shelter 88 into the predetermined scenario of his faction, namely, the final exploration of the Stone Divine Hall.

And finally, his words to Zhuo Jie, "The fate of Shelter 88 was set from the beginning; its ultimate fate was never under your control," further confirmed his actions.

Previously, hearing from Kristen about the intelligence on the Pillar of the Present World, and learning that the Pillar of the Present World is formed when a Plane's Ascension fails at the moment of completion, causing the instance plane to be stuck between Abyss's first and second layers.

Under normal circumstances, a Plane's Ascension and an instance's loss of control, once started, should not be stoppable.

Failure at the brink of success is an extremely improbable coincidence. If it happened once or twice, or even three or five times, it would be conceivable, but the Four Major Organizations own a total of 36 Pillars of the Present World.

At the time, he suspected that the number of these coincidences might be too many?

Now, it seems the Four Major Organizations might possess some special method to artificially manipulate potential planes into the Pillars of the Present World.

Aside from the issues exposed in the resentful visions, another vexing problem urgently needed his attention, which was how to fulfill Zhuo Jie's Blood-Colored Will.

Zhuo Jie's Blood-Colored Will is divided into two parts, each not easy to resolve.

First, it involves helping He Yun overcome her shadows, preventing her from continuing to blame herself for the death of the team members.

If he tells He Yun the entire truth, never mind her belief in his words, even if she believes, can she naturally let go and stop feeling guilty?

When someone is stuck in a rut, not even eight horses could pull them back, let alone his few light words.

Moreover, how could he convince He Yun of his statements?

He couldn't exactly record the scenes from the resentful visions into a video and share it with He Yun.

If the first part is merely challenging, the second part is outright difficult.

Punching Mercury isn't hard, but the challenge lies in locating the guy. Plus, based on Mercury's tone and exhibited skills, during the scenes recorded in the resentful visions, Mercury was already a Player at the Second Layer of the Abyss.

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