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After feeling a sudden drop, Gu Xi quickly jumped off the round platform before it had stopped completely.

This round platform was extremely uncomfortable to sit on.

As the round platform descended, it felt like falling directly from the sky, with a speed even faster than that.

Although Gu Xi didn’t care much, being on edge for three minutes made him somewhat uncomfortable.

After jumping off the round platform, Gu Xi looked upward again.

At this time, the elevator shaft above had already turned into a tiny bright spot.

However, Gu Xi was slightly puzzled and asked.

"This shouldn’t be three thousand meters, right?"

"I didn’t measure the exact amount, but it’s roughly close enough. After all, for three thousand meters, being off by thirty or fifty meters doesn’t make much difference."

Mido had taken the elevator several times and tested its safety, and coming down, he also had the mind to observe the surroundings more.

Gu Xi was just habitually complaining, as his attention was not focused on this.

At this moment, he was examining the surroundings closely.

Gu Xi noticed that when he entered this place, it felt as if entering a blood-red space.

The space outside the elevator was smaller than the round platform, but from the ground to the surrounding walls, up to the ceiling, they were all uniform in color, bright red.

Standing here, Gu Xi could smell not a strong bloody scent but a fragrance of pine resin.

"What is this place?"

Before Mido explained, Gu Xi had already placed his hand on the wall.

Gu Xi also reacted, realizing that Mido did not discover a hidden underground town in Screaming Castle, but found the true core point of Screaming Castle.

The place before him should be the source of energy for the entire Screaming Castle. The elevator that brought him down was not meant for human use but was used for transporting energy.

However, Screaming Castle has been abandoned, so only the elevator is still operating, with no possibility for anything else to function.

Understanding this, Gu Xi rapidly changed his initial plan.

He flipped his hand, and a fist-sized stone appeared in his hand.

This stone was the energy core Liu Yingguang gave him before setting out.

Originally, Gu Xi planned to use this energy core on the small plain outside, making it a satellite city of Screaming Castle.

But now Gu Xi thought otherwise.

Upon arriving here, Gu Xi understood the situation of Screaming Castle.

An energy-less Screaming Castle wouldn’t be abandoned; what else could be?

So now, the real key lies in whether Gu Xi can utilize the energy well here, like the previous master of Screaming Castle.

If succeeded, Screaming Castle would belong to Gu Xi.

If not, Gu Xi would have to find a way to establish a village here.

Weighing the energy core in his hand a couple of times, Gu Xi stretched out his hand without hesitation and pressed it against the wall.

Gu Xi had already checked earlier; everything here was crystallized and energy-based, and his energy core would function the same regardless of where it was placed.

He didn’t even perform an ritual when positioning it, directly inserting it.

Upon the moment the energy core was embedded into the wall, a voice echoed in Gu Xi’s ear.

[Damaged energy well detected, do you wish to embed the energy core here?]

"Embed!"

As Gu Xi’s voice fell, a blue light emitted from his hand, spreading outward from the energy core’s position.

But, in an instant, the surrounding red seemed to feel challenged, surging from all directions, engulfing the blue light entirely.

Gu Xi felt his footing softening; looking down, he found a significant amount of bright red liquid nearby, containing strong energy.

[Energy well charging, charging speed: 1%...]

[Energy well charging, swiftly seize the Assembly Hall...]

Gu Xi looked up and saw red lines rapidly lighting up on the ground, heading towards the elevator shaft.

Gu Xi immediately shouted, "Go, now!"

Saying that, Gu Xi rushed towards the elevator that hadn’t started rising yet.

Mido responded quickly, darting towards the elevator platform.

However, Gu Xi was still slightly slower as he rushed to the round platform, which had already started moving upwards.

Luckily, Mido was closer and quicker, managing to jump onto the platform at the last moment.

Gu Xi knew waiting for the platform to reach the top, then coming down, would take at least ten minutes, too late for his plans.

Thus, Gu Xi quickly commanded, "Mido, once you reach the top, monitor the elevator’s changes. That thing is surely heading for the Assembly Hall; find the Assembly Hall for me."

As for Gu Xi himself, seeing the rising red liquid, he decisively set up a city gate here for transferring through the Main City Gate.

Staying here for ten minutes was something Gu Xi wouldn’t irrationally do.

Gu Xi set up a horizontally operable school gate.

As the school gate was set, the undead who came down with Gu Xi escorted him back to Yalidu City.

Upon entering Yalidu City, Gu Xi discovered the red liquid even flowed through the horizontal gate into Yalidu City.

Gu Xi dared not let uncontrolled energy in, quickly severing external connections on the horizontal gate.

"Luna, arrange someone to clean here, send all soil touched by that liquid to Di Mi’s Giant Garden."

Gu Xi swiftly contacted Luna and himself set off in the Holy Silver Evil Coffin towards the Main City Gate.

The previous situation made Gu Xi understand that now was an urgent time, and if not acting swiftly, then when?

At this moment, Gu Xi pushed the Holy Silver Evil Coffin’s speed to its maximum.

From the horizontal gate location to the Main City Gate, spanning several small districts, the Holy Silver Evil Coffin charged through in less than a minute.

Upon the Holy Silver Evil Coffin bursting through the Main City Gate, returning to Screaming Castle, they didn’t stop.

Gu Xi, at this moment, didn’t care if the size suited movement within Screaming Castle, now he aimed for brute routing.

Sometimes, he even disregarded the busy undead, driving the Holy Silver Evil Coffin brutally through.

Finally, when Gu Xi returned to the elevator shaft, Mido was directing his subordinates to transport a radiantly red crystal from the platform.

When these crystals touched the ground, the bright red lines slowly lit up.