Surviving in a Collapsed World, Is Something Wrong?

The crowd soon came to a stone gate.

"This huge stone is... a door? Um... Fu Hua, what do you think?"

Ji Zi thought for a moment and then looked at Fu Hua.

"This stone door should be man-made, and the door is engraved with the ancient mythical beast of Shenzhou - the dragon."

"Humph, it seems I have found the right place. Come on, all of you move aside and let me split the door open with my sword."

Ji Zi couldn't wait to raise the sword.

"Wait, Mr. Himeko."

Jiang Ming stepped forward to stop Ji Zi.

Fu Hua also discovered something at this time.

"Don't be impulsive, Teacher Jizi. If you don't open the stone door in the correct way, it might trigger some kind of mechanism. Judging from the stone tablet next to it, it should require two keys, and those two keys should be in the passages on both sides."

"...Well, sorry, I was a little too impatient. Let's split into two pairs and find the switch."

Ji Zi took a deep breath to calm herself down.

"Okay, then Jiang Ming, Mei, and Bronya, you go to the north, and I, Fu Hua, and Kiana will go to the south."

Jizi started to divide into groups.

"Eh? Why? I want to be in a group with Mei!"

Kiana obviously had objections to this grouping.

"Okay, to prevent you from running away, you have to stay with the two of us."

Jizi dragged the noisy Kiana away.

Jiang Ming, Mei and Bronya also started looking for the key.

"Mei."

Jiang Ming came to Meiyi.

"Hmm? What's wrong, Ming?"

"Well, it's about your father, actually."

"Father!?"

Mei opened her beautiful eyes wide and looked at Jiang Ming.

"Yes, I left just now to prevent the Anti-Entropy people from attacking our support personnel. We happened to have an undercover agent there, and I got the news about your father through my questioning."

"Ming...you mean..."

Mei already had the answer in her mind.

"Well, your father was not involved in any economic fraud at all. It was the Anti-Entropy people who did it behind the scenes."

Jiang Ming held Mei's hand. She was very cold and trembling all over. Seeing that Mei seemed to be in a bad state, Jiang Ming quickly pulled her into his arms, lowered his eyes and looked at her. He said softly and comfortingly, "Don't worry, Mei, your father is fine. The Anti-Entropy people dare not do anything to him. It's better to say that he joined the radical Anti-Entropy to ensure your safety. So, relax, Mei."

"So...what are they for?"

Mei calmed down and began to ask Jiang Ming why Anti-Entropy did this.

"......"

Jiang Ming didn't know how to answer her. If he told Mei that he had used the lives of more than 300 million people to artificially create the third Herrscher just to create an artificial collapse, he didn't dare to imagine what Mei would become.

"Please, Ming, please tell me."

Looking at Mei's pleading expression, Jiang Ming couldn't bear it and gently patted Mei's back.

"I'm sorry, Mei, I can't tell you, but I promise you, I will make the mastermind pay the price, and Uncle Ryoma will be safe."

"...Well, thank you, Ming, that's enough."

Mei forced a smile.

"Jiang Ming, Mei-sister, Bronya discovered..."

Because Jiang Ming used the Ksitigarbha Soul to isolate the surroundings, Bronya did not notice anything unusual about them, nor did she hear what they were saying. Just when Bronya wanted to report her discovery to them, she turned around and saw this scene.

"Hmm? Bronya, did you find anything?"

Jiang Ming came to Bronya very naturally, as if he had expected it.

"...on the pillar over there."

Bronya pointed to a stone pillar not far away. If you look closely, you can find a key on it, but there are a few dead men standing by.

"Well, thank you for your hard work, Bronya."

"It's still mission time. If you have anything to do, please go back and solve it. (? ? ?)"

"Uh, got it, got it."

It was really uncomfortable to be stared at by Bronya like this.

In a short while, several assassins were easily dealt with, and they also found several stone tablets around with some ancient texts on them, so they took pictures of them and prepared to take them back for translation.

Jiang Ming and the other two returned to the stone gate they were at before, and Kiana and the others also came back.