Your Lord Has A Screw Loose?-Chapter 234 - 236: Yin Mountain Lord and Yin Mountain Army

Chapter 234: Chapter 236: Yin Mountain Lord and Yin Mountain Army

“So you are Li Yan, with such a pretty-boy look, can you make it?” Shan Ta looked Qin Muye up and down, then said with a sneer.

“Thank you for the compliment. If you believe in me, I can make it; if not, then I can’t,” Qin Muye, who had been mixed in this for quite a while, finally received a compliment on being handsome. In the past, those experimental subjects would only call him a lunatic or a madman. To him, being called a pretty-boy was practically a compliment.

Qin Muye’s words choked Shan Ta, not knowing how to continue, completely unable to understand what was said.

In the end, all Shan Ta could do was sniff coldly and then drive away.

Han Gui sat nearby with a look of schadenfreude, but it was unclear whether it was directed at Qin Muye or at Shan Ta.

The car drove out of the city toward the wilderness.

After nearly three hours, when Qin Muye was getting sleepy, they finally arrived.

After getting out of the car, they were led into an abandoned warehouse.

From the outside, it indeed looked like one, but once inside, it was a different world. The various arrangements inside were quite complete, with several large machines in operation.

In the center of the warehouse, a huge hole had been dug.

Nearby, a middle-aged man wearing a trench coat and mirrored glasses, upon seeing Qin Muye arrive, stood up and came over: “This must be Professor Li Yan, hello, you can call me Black Hawk. I hope my clumsy subordinates haven’t offended you.”

Seeing this, Qin Muye responded, “It’s alright, except it feels weird sitting next to her with that modified body, everything else is fine.”

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Black Hawk was taken aback and glanced at Han Gui, whose face darkened while Shan Ta was also confused, unable to grasp the meaning.

“Well, Professor Li has keen insight. Please, have a seat here. We will need your significant help this time. When the time comes, 30% will be transferred into your account without missing a fraction,” Black Hawk said warmly to Qin Muye after glancing at Han Gui.

As a boss, one naturally needs to have certain methods, at least knowing how to win people over.

Although their organization was small, it had a considerable number of people; there were nearly thirty people bustling about in the warehouse.

After taking a seat, Black Hawk personally poured tea for Qin Muye, then asked, “This underground relic was left by the Yin Mountain Lord, Professor Li must have a good understanding of the Yin Mountain Lord, right?”

“First of all, I need to correct you, based on the topography and historical documents here, it should be the Yin Mountain Army, not the Yin Mountain Lord. The so-called Yin Mountain Lord probably refers to the marshal of this army.” Qin Muye explained.

“This was also a rather unique Guardian Army during the ancient times, with each dynasty having its own army divided across the realm, which over time, led to the creation of this fictitious figure, the Yin Mountain Lord. Now, there are still many temples existing in his name.”

“It is said that the Yin Mountain Army was tasked with guarding against the demons of the Underworld, but it was disbanded in recent times, for reasons unknown.” Qin Muye said.

Black Hawk, surprised, hadn’t expected Qin Muye to actually know, for the Yin Mountain Army hadn’t been disbanded but had simply turned into the Shadow Administration.

“Professor Li seems to know a lot. You’re right, this underground relic is indeed a military arsenal left by the Yin Mountain Army that was stationed locally,” Black Hawk admitted, aware he didn’t know much except that there was supposed to be a treasury of the Yin Mountain Lord here.

And he continued speaking about the relic being from the Yin Mountain Army following Qin Muye’s lead.

“So this raises a small question: why would the Yin Mountain Army build an arsenal underground?” Qin Muye asked, narrowing his eyes.

This left Black Hawk at a loss for words; how could he know, considering the relic had been there for nearly a thousand years.

“Perhaps, Professor, once you join us for an investigation, you’ll know,” Black Hawk thought he had found a capable person, otherwise, he couldn’t have deduced so much from just a few words.

He was even thinking that after the job was done, instead of eliminating him, he should keep him around to analyze where else the Yin Mountain Army might have left relics.

Qin Muye actually hadn’t revealed everything; according to historical records, this branch of the Yin Mountain Army hadn’t withdrawn but had been completely annihilated.

The reason was summarized in one sentence: In the year of great famine, they went o suppress the underworld’s troops.

Meaning that year, there was a famine and this division of the Yin Mountain Army went to suppress the troops in the Underworld.

As for the outcome, they were never seen again.

So he suspected that this place might not be a treasury but a huge source of danger, perhaps even related to the great famine that had occurred during the year. Otherwise, it wouldn’t make sense to put these two sentences together.

As a total annihilation engine, he definitely needed to bring this team of illegal organization members to check out such a promising location.

The others couldn’t escape, but Qin Muye had removed and brought over the Super-Space Transmission Channels from the Floating City—so even if he couldn’t win, he could still escape.

With his current strength, he really didn’t need to worry.

Black Hawk’s strength was only level 3, and from what could be seen so far, his physical condition wasn’t even as good as Shan Ta’s; it seemed that all his strength was stored in his shadow.

In this world, most Transcendents seemed to mainly utilize their shadows rather than themselves.

He didn’t understand much about the situation of the shadows, and he probably had to wait until he entered the underground relics to figure it out.

The strength of the Transcendents in this world seemed a bit off; he didn’t know whether they could achieve immortality or something of the sort.

He doubted that was likely; if true immortality were possible, the social structure wouldn’t be like this but would rather resemble a world of immortals, where ordinary people had no way to rise, leading to class solidification.

But obviously, the structure of this world wasn’t like that; cases like the Shi Family were rare, or else it would be an era of feuding warlords.

He and Black Hawk chatted a bit more, and he managed to extract a piece of information from him.

That was that Black Hawk knew very little about the underground relics, so little that it could be described as completely foggy.

To Qin Muye, it seemed like the other party had just rushed over on a whim.

There should be underground relics—Qin Muye didn’t trust Black Hawk’s judgment, but he trusted the problematic aspects of his temporary skill.

The team members were all ready; the group annihilation was sure to come.

He didn’t intend to stop before sending this group on their way.

“So, about this time entering the underground relics, does Professor Li feel confident?” Black Hawk hurriedly asked.

“Confident, I wouldn’t dare say. After all, historical documents can be altered, you should be able to understand that,” Qin Muye wasn’t confident, but he explained it in a rather tactful way—it wouldn’t do to just tell him to enjoy a good meal now because he might not be able to later.

If he really said that, wouldn’t it seem like he had low emotional intelligence? So, he could only hint at it subtly, letting the other party come to an understanding on his own; if he got it, good for him, and if he didn’t, Qin Muye, being a decent person, couldn’t spoil the plot.

“As long as you, Professor Li, can guide the way and we cooperate, there will definitely be no problems this time,” hearing Qin Muye not declaring outright success but being so cautious instead gave Black Hawk more confidence. If Qin Muye were just spewing smooth talk, that’s when he’d be really worried.

It just showed the man was indeed professor material.

“It’s good that you’re confident, Mr. Black Hawk, but I still have to remind you to be careful. there’s always a ‘what if’,” Qin Muye kindly reminded him again, after all, he was a total annihilation engine.

Seeing this, Black Hawk naturally toned down his smile a bit, “Of course, we’re old hands at this.”

Looking at him, it was clear he didn’t take Qin Muye’s words to heart.

Qin Muye didn’t insist. If he wouldn’t listen and sought his own death, what could be done? Qin Muye felt quite helpless.

“Boss, we’ve dug through,” a young worker quickly ran over, his face covered in dust, and said.

“That’s great, Professor Li, let’s get ready. We’ll be entering the underground relics shortly,” Black Hawk said, visibly revitalized.

“I’m ready anytime, Mr. Black Hawk,” Qin Muye naturally had no issues, he was quite curious.

Although he wasn’t a professional, following along and getting involved wasn’t much of a problem.

Moreover, he wanted to use Shadow Stones and this group of unlucky—no, good teammates—as experimental subjects to study the data of awakening shadows, since turning a phenomenon of optical transmission into an existence of extraordinary ability intrigued him greatly.

Such an intangible thing could create peculiar effects after awakening, akin to bringing inanimate objects to life, which made him very eager to know the underlying principle.