Star Trace Gate

Chapter 687 The Awakening of Love

Gutan Sect.

In the extremely shocked eyes of Ren Ye, Lu Ji, and Chu Daoye, Chun Ge nodded and bowed as he flew away with Cao Yu. The thirteen captured attacking players were escorted to the temple by the members of the Bell Club, with empty eyes and desperate expressions.

"If I'm right, then the middle-aged man called Chun Ge should be a traitor, right?" After Lu Ji came to his senses, he said in disbelief, "Did he surrender to the enemy halfway?"

"We risked our lives and went through great efforts to get three people in hiding, but fourteen people were captured in our hometown. This is... Isn't it the old lady who kicked her legs, and it's all over?" Master Chu said with a gloomy face: "If that bastard named Chun Ge is the insider, then your escape from the ancestral land must have been discovered... Little bad king, what do you think, should we stay or run away?"

Next to the teleportation array, Ren Ye looked at Chun Ge with a dull gaze, his expression a little dazed. He seemed to be in a state of meditation, communicating with someone through his spiritual consciousness.

"Are you fucking mute? Speak something!" Master Chu urged.

Ren Ye came back to his senses and said hurriedly, "If we slip away, it means we have given up the last bit of hope for a comeback. Wang Changfeng will not agree to another feint attack and send us in. Don't panic, wait a little longer... Let's go back to the room with the main force first."

Both Lu Ji and Master Chu Dao were very strong-willed and would never go against the tide or hold back at this time, so they just walked with Ren Ye in silence and headed towards the Disciple Hall.

……

Half an hour later.

Inside the temple dungeon of Gutan Sect, Wu Dali, Ding Jun and thirteen other masters of supernatural powers all knelt beside the dark and damp God-Imprisoning Pillar, staring at the cold ground with dim eyes and desperate expressions.

In addition to praying for blessings and offering sacrifices, and holding grand sect ceremonies, the Gutan Sect Temple is also divided into two areas: the Sky Prison and the Underground Prison. The Sky Prison is responsible for punishing disciples who have made mistakes, while the Underground Prison is used to imprison enemies and foreign monsters.

There is a huge difference between the sky and the place. Those who go to the sky prison will at most have their behavior restricted, face the wall to reflect on their mistakes, and live in solitude. But those who go to the underground dungeon will be subjected to inhuman treatment, and basically be in a situation where they can neither live nor die, and it is difficult for anyone to walk out alive.

But if they activate the power of the star source, the black barbs will flash with mysterious light and sting the soul, and the victim will feel a pain more cruel than being pierced by thousands of arrows.

As time goes by, as the flesh and blood grow, the barbs will grow completely into the skin and flesh. If the body moves slightly, the flesh will feel a slow tearing pain...

When Wu Dali, Ding Jun and the other thirteen people knelt on the ground, a long-haired young man in a black robe picked up the kettle at the entrance of the dungeon and poured himself some water. He said in a sarcastic tone, "You are all third-grade supernatural powers, great people with extraordinary means. Haha, now that you are here, we have to be extremely careful... In order to prevent you from showing your supernatural powers and escaping from here, please hand over your life-saving magic weapons and escape props in your consciousness space. This way, we can also sleep well."

The young man in the black robe and tight clothes is called Li Hu. He is a plundering master and the rent collector of Black Cage Castle, ranking after Wang Tu Dou.

After Li Hu made his request in a "polite" manner, the dungeon fell into complete silence. The thirteen masters with supernatural powers all lowered their heads, without responding or resisting.

He was stunned for a moment, holding the teacup in his hand, and walked towards the thirteen people kneeling on the ground: "My fellow Taoists, I have been working hard all day, and I just want to rest when I come back tonight, so please don't waste your time, try your best to cooperate with me, and we can all be freed... Is it feasible?"

"We have just handed in our magic weapons and props. There is nothing left in our consciousness space." A sturdy man raised his head and said, "We have really handed them all in."

"Oh, you are so honest, I must be overthinking it."

Li Hu nodded with a smile, turned around and looked at Ding Jun next to him, stretched out his right hand and pinched her chin and asked: "My female Taoist friend, have you handed over all yours too?"

Ding Jun's chin was lifted up, and he was forced to look up at the other party. He said in a hoarse voice: "Yes, I have already handed it in...!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she forced her head to the left and her chin broke free from Li Hu's cold palm.

"...Okay, since you said it, I believe it."

Li Hu slowly stood up, drank the tea, and then shouted: "But according to the rules, we still have to prove everyone's sincerity. Come on, please bring out the strongest undercover among our wall-facing people!"

As soon as the words came out, the sound of footsteps echoed from the dark corridor outside.

Ding Jun slowly raised his head and saw a familiar figure walking in happily following Cao Yufei.

He smiled fawningly, hunched his back, and flattered Cao Yufei in a humbly manner.

After the four of them walked into the dungeon, Cao Yufei put his hands behind his back and called out softly, "Ah Chun, go check to see if the number of magic weapons they handed over is correct."

"Okay, okay, I'll go right away!"

Chun Ge, who had already changed into a black robe, ran happily to the long table on the left side of the dungeon and began to carefully check the magic weapons and props that everyone had handed in.

"Brother...brother...what's wrong with you?" Ding Jun looked at Chun Ge's back in disbelief, his eyes slightly red, and he murmured with trembling lips.

Soon, Chun Ge stood under the dim lamp, turned his head slightly, and replied with a bright smile: "Hehe, report to Lord Cao, they handed over ordinary things, and did not hand over their life magic weapons."

Cao Yufei looked at him with a teasing look in his eyes, as if he was looking at a fool or a clown. He nodded slightly and said, "Then point!"

"Good."

Chun Ge nodded vigorously, his facial muscles trembling, and walked to the strong man who had just spoken to him. He pointed his finger at his face and said as if offering a treasure: "Sir, this man is called Wu Gang, and he is a magician. He has two diamond rings that he often wears between his wrists. When he displays his magic power, he can not only take other people's magic weapons, but also control objects from a distance and has the ability to escape!"

Hearing this, Li Hu bent down again, looked at the strong man with a smile and said, "I'm giving you face, why do you treat me like a fool?!"

The strong man listened to Chun Ge's words, raised his head suddenly, and cursed angrily: "Fuck your eight generations of ancestors! You beast! I curse you to be a dog for the rest of your life, your descendants to be slaves for generations, and your wife and daughter to serve your grandfather like animals... Remember, even if I turn into a ghost, I will not let your family live in peace!"

Chun Ge looked at him indifferently and grinned: "You are as stupid as a pig to trust others, as stupid as a pig!"

“Oh my god! @...&...!” The sturdy man was so angry that veins popped out on his forehead. He gritted his teeth and rushed forward, wanting to fight to the death with Chun Ge.

"Oh!"

Li Hu secretly gathered his strength and suddenly punched the sturdy man in the face, knocking him back more than ten meters on the spot. He hit the God-Imprisoning Pillar heavily, and his body was immediately pierced by the dense barbs, and he was directly hanging in the air.

"I gave you face, why do you treat me like a fool?" Li Hu said with a smile: "Haha, you can control objects through the air, right?! Sledgehammer, smash his two hands into pieces. I want to see how this man without hands can chant spells...!"

"Ong!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a burly man nearly two meters tall summoned a sledgehammer weighing a thousand pounds with his backhand, walked to the sacred pillar with heavy steps, swung the sledgehammer and smashed it down.

"puff!!"

"what!"

A scream of pain echoed in the room, and the strong man fainted from the pain on the spot.

“Bang, bang, bang…!”

Muffled sounds were heard, and the strong man's hands were broken into pieces on the sacred pillar, turning into a soup of blood and flesh that flowed down the mottled pillar.

The brute holding a sledgehammer shouted as he smashed the things: "Will you hand them over or not?! Will you hand them over or not?! Speak!"

Not far away, Chun Ge took another step and calmly pointed at another person and said, "This person has also fought alongside me. He can transform his body. And this old man... He has a flying knife that can split rocks...!"

"You bastard!!! If you are afraid of death, you can just not join the war. Why do you have to betray us?!"

"Please, don't torture me, just give me a quick death."

"...!"

Following Chun Ge's pointing, the dungeon was suddenly filled with howlings and curses. Those attacking masters who were not in Chun Ge's team hated him to the extreme at this moment, but they were helpless and could only curse themselves in their hearts for being fools and idiots, asking why they trusted others so easily in such an extreme environment.

Soon, nine out of the thirteen people were identified, leaving only four figures kneeling alone on the ground, staring at Chun Ge in a daze.

He seemed to be intentionally avoiding these four people, so he never identified them, but what was coming would eventually come. These four people were Wu Dali, Ding Jun and others. They were brothers who had followed Chun Ge for more than ten years and were members of the team.

Cao Yufei looked at Chun Ge's back and said with a smile: "Haha, there are still four people?! Are they hiding?"

"Yes, it is hidden. It must be hidden."

Chun Ge forced a smile, nodded and replied, then slowly raised his palm, pointed at Ding Jun, and said accurately: "This woman has a golden bowl and a long sword, which have not been handed over yet!"

“Brother, what’s wrong with you?!”

Ding Jun stared at him in a daze, his body trembling as he said, "We have been through life and death several times and have known each other for so many years! I don't believe you would betray us... Did they use some insidious method?! Or... Or did they find your little girl to threaten you secretly?! Tell me!"

Beside them, Wu Dali and three others all looked at Chun Ge with red eyes, constantly sending messages to him, their hearts filled with confusion.

All the captured supernatural beings present were cursing or yelling at Chun Ge, but the four of them never believed from beginning to end that Chun Ge was some kind of wall-facing man or an undercover agent who had been lurking in the migration area for thirty years.

This statement was simply too absurd for them. It was like forcing Xu Qingzhao, Tang Feng and others to believe that Ren was the prince of the Bell Society and the illegitimate son of the landlord of Black Cage Castle.

is it possible?

More than a decade of sharing weal and woe, countless expeditions to secret places, countless dangerous situations... In such a cruelly competitive environment, it was Brother Chun who took care of everyone and led them through one difficulty after another.

Could it be...are these all fake?

Chun Ge’s lover was also in the team before, but three years ago, they traveled together to an SSS secret realm. In order to save everyone, his lover took the risk and triggered the death mechanism, and died tragically in that star gate.

The couple has a girl named Xiaonan, who is over six years old. She has lost her mother and her father often travels, so after finishing each mission, everyone will go to Chun Ge's house to spend time with the child and spend a few days together without thinking about anything.

Is this also fake? Is the cute little girl also part of the performance?!

This... this is impossible. They would rather die than believe that all their past experiences were fake and part of their undercover work.

Wu Dali, who was honest and straightforward, looked at Chun Ge with trembling lips and said in a voice transmission: "...Brother...what are you doing this for?! For...for Xingyuan? For Xingyuan, you say...we can risk our lives for you, in exchange for you!"