Chapter 3358: EvacuationEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

"Boom! Boom boom boom boom!!!!"

Explosions also occurred in the real world’s Thunder Basin.

Around the central periphery of Thunder Basin, a dark golden holy shield rose, forcibly containing the explosion within the central region of the basin.

Outside Thunder Basin, the members of Chekhov’s mining team, who had just followed the church in retreat after receiving the news, turned to look at the scene before them, feeling utterly shocked.

The ground beneath their feet trembled violently, their legs shaking along with it.

The holy barrier surrounding them gradually dissipated.

Bishop Dane stared at the explosion zone, his expression grave.

Fortunately, the church had made preparations in advance and established a holy defensive barrier in the central region of Thunder Basin. Otherwise, the explosion would have spread outward, and even they might have suffered heavy damage.

"Bishop, we have already checked—no one saw Zane’s team. Likely, they didn’t make it out."

The oracle spoke, glancing worriedly toward the depths of Thunder Basin.

With an explosion of that magnitude, if anyone was still inside...

Could they possibly still be alive?

Someone was still inside?

The miners of Chekhov’s team heard the conversation and suddenly remembered Adam, who had entered the central part of Thunder Basin with them earlier. Their hearts tightened instantly.

Naturally, they couldn’t have imagined that the boy had caused such trouble, enough to blow up the entire Thunder Basin.

Chekhov immediately shot the miners a warning look.

With an explosion like this, the church would definitely conduct a thorough investigation. Anything related to that boy must not be leaked to anyone!

Dead or alive, it didn’t matter.

They would just act as if he never existed.

"Seal off the outer periphery of Thunder Basin. Restrict all entry and exit."

Dane stared at the explosion zone, speaking in a low voice. "The people from the Eastern Region Church should already be on their way. Once the spatial turbulence weakens, we will accompany them in to investigate immediately."

"Yes!"

In the periphery of Thunder Basin, deep beneath the rocky earth.

Adam was shrouded within a dark sphere of light, completely shielded from external harm.

Under the effect of corrosive power, the rock and soil were corroded and cut apart as easily as tofu. With the help of the Licker’s stealth skill, an underground cavern was quickly dug out.

Adam walked to the center of the cavern.

Before him, on the muddy rock floor, a teleportation magic array to the spiritual world rapidly took form.

Zane said, "Brother Fang Heng, we’re still at the outskirts of Thunder Basin. Isn’t it a bit risky to set up a magic array here?"

"It is somewhat risky," Fang Heng replied, "but after the explosion, the spatial turbulence will remain chaotic for a while. It can conceal some of the aura here. Besides, the church’s attention is all drawn to the central explosion right now—the chance of them noticing us is very low."

"Also, we don’t have time to waste."

Whoosh!

The spiritual teleportation magic array was completed, and Adam immediately stepped into it to teleport.

When Adam opened his eyes again, his spiritual body appeared in the spiritual world.

Not far away was the area that corresponded to the explosion in the Land of Thunder.

Clearly, the corresponding region in the spiritual world had also experienced a violent blast.

Most of the spatial rifts had vanished in the explosion, with only a few small cracks and chaotic spatial turbulence remaining, releasing electric arcs and fluctuations that damaged the surrounding space.

Following Fang Heng’s instructions, Adam remained in his spiritual body form and flew into the air, concealing his aura as much as possible.

Before long, several figures appeared.

They were from the church.

After discovering the explosion, the church immediately dispatched more oracles to investigate.

Fang Heng stayed hidden in the distance and threw out a vampire’s blood imprint.

"Done. Let’s go."

"Yes!"

...

At the hotel, Damon was in complete turmoil.

How could it be such a coincidence?

He had just sent someone into the miners’ team, and then Thunder Basin exploded?

The small town wasn’t far from Thunder Basin, and during the explosion, the entire town had felt the violent tremor and even witnessed the spatial fluctuations erupting in the distant basin.

Could it be related to Adam?

"Mr. Damon, have you seen Adam?"

"Huh? What?"

Damon, still lost in speculation, froze when he heard the church oracle’s question. His heart skipped a beat, but he quickly forced down his unease. "Hm? Wasn’t he in his room? Why? Are you looking for him?"

"It’s nothing serious. The academy students entered Thunder Basin earlier—we’re just conducting routine questioning."

Everyone looked toward Damon together.

An hour after the explosion, the church immediately sent people to the hotel to question the students.

Maer was also starting to panic.

Everyone was accounted for, except Adam.

Where had he gone?

"Are you looking for me?"

They turned toward the voice and saw Adam walking down from the second floor of the hotel. Damon’s eyelid twitched violently; it felt as if he were seeing a ghost.

Hadn’t he gone to Thunder Basin? When did he come back?

"I just went out for a walk and came back afterward. You said Thunder Basin? I didn’t notice anything unusual."

Adam easily brushed off the church’s initial questioning.

At this point, the church was still in the evidence-gathering stage and had not confirmed whether the Thunder Basin incident was caused by deliberate sabotage. However, their response was swift—they had already targeted the group of academy students who had entered the basin that day.

Once the church investigators left, the academy’s supervising instructor, Rudo, discussed with the students and decided that Thunder Basin was no longer a safe place. Since their research had already concluded, they might as well leave immediately.

What if they got detained later?

"I have some matters to attend to, so I won’t be going with you."

As the group made their decision, Adam looked around and pulled out a map. "There are still several regions I want to visit for some field research and to stop by a few alchemy societies along the way."

Everyone exchanged glances, falling silent.

After such a disaster, he still had the mood to wander around?

Celia looked at Adam, finding him increasingly inscrutable.

She suddenly had a strange premonition.

Adam was somehow connected to the Thunder Basin explosion!

But...

On second thought, Celia felt that the idea was absurd.

The explosion was so powerful that even the Holy Court’s defensive network over Thunder Basin had nearly collapsed.

Could someone of Adam’s age really be capable of that?

Rudo spoke solemnly, "Adam, it might be dangerous for you to travel alone."

"It’s fine. Mr. Damon has already agreed to accompany me."

As Adam said this, he turned toward Damon, "Right?"

Damon’s eyelid twitched again; instinctively, he wanted to refuse.

Thunder Basin had suffered some unknown calamity, and it seemed connected to Adam somehow...

At the very least, Adam wasn’t telling the full truth. There was definitely something he was hiding, and getting involved with him was too risky.

But just as he was about to speak, he met Adam’s eyes and felt a surge of greed welling up inside him.

The alchemy magic scroll!

That man possessed higher-level alchemy scrolls!

Adam was clearly staying in the hotel—so what if he was hiding something?

Besides, Damon was already entangled with him anyway.

He swallowed hard and said, "Yes, indeed. I was planning to visit the nearby city’s Alchemy Society myself. I’ll accompany Adam and consult him on some alchemy matters."

"I’ll go too!" Maer said quickly, his hand shooting up. "I want to go as well!"

"No!"

Rudo immediately rebuked him. "You are an officially enrolled academy student. You must return with me first. Whatever you do after returning to the academy will no longer concern me."

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