Lily Anne was not in a great mood. She had noticed that a few of the corpses that they had run into had died from strange circumstances. Their bodies had no signs of injuries, but when she relayed this situation to Northgate Lie, he hadn’t paid much attention to her.

“Miss Anna, there are too many odd techniques in the universe. Some can leave no external wounds since they actually target the internal organs. So it’s not that there are no injuries, but rather that we just can’t see them. It’s quite normal, and all it means is that there’s an expert ahead of us.”

She frowned; could it really be that simple? This wasn’t her first time roaming the universe, so it was unlikely that she would miss even an internal injury on a corpse. But since Northgate Lie did not care, she had no choice in the matter.

There was a rumbling off in the distance as a tower collapsed into dust.

The crowd was already accustomed to such things, as these buildings were just too ancient and they were no longer able to be preserved. It was to the extent that any trace of writing had disappeared from the buildings. 

Northgate Lie casually scanned the area, but just when he was about to leave, his eyes suddenly focused onto a stone slab that had not been completely obliterated. It was impossible to tell which part of the tower the slab had fallen from, but there were obvious traces of carvings...