The mascot of the wishing shop is a cat.

Chapter 319 Searching for Clues

Meanwhile, Meros had already noticed Lingye's thoughtful and worried expression.

Based on his understanding of Ling Ye, he could naturally see through what the other was thinking at a glance.

However, at this moment, he himself had no time to answer Ling Ye's questions.

Left with no other choice, Meros could only shake his head slightly at Ling Ye, signaling her not to think about it for the time being, before he focused all his attention back on the next action.

"Wait for me a moment."

He spoke softly to Ling Ye, then slowly bent down and carefully picked up the crystal that emitted a mysterious light from the ground.

He gently stroked the surface of the crystal with his fingers, feeling its unique texture and faint energy fluctuations.

Immediately afterwards, he took a deep breath, and just as when he entered this place before, he firmly grasped the crystal with both hands and accurately shoved it towards the abrupt black, cracked door.

The instant the crystal made contact with the door, a dazzling light suddenly burst forth, so bright that it was almost impossible to open one's eyes.

However, just a few seconds later, the light quickly faded.

At this point, you can see that the black area that originally occupied most of the wall has begun to shrink rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

At the same time, the surrounding walls seemed to be pulled by an invisible force, moving back to their original positions. Everything seemed so natural and smooth, as if nothing had happened.

Time passed second by second, and after about ten seconds, the large patch of chilling blackness finally disappeared completely.

Now, only a small black dot remained on the wall, as inconspicuous as it had been at the beginning.

If Ling Ye hadn't been keeping a close eye on the entire process and noticed that although the crystal had increased in size compared to before, it was still a whole size smaller than it was at the beginning, she might have mistakenly thought that everything that had just happened was without any cost.

"Let's go, this is just the beginning."

Meros slowly raised his head, looked up at the vast and boundless sky, sighed deeply, and then said...

Hearing this, Ling Yeye also curiously looked up at the sky, but unsurprisingly, all he could see was a vast expanse of white sky.

Left with no other choice, he could only follow closely behind Meros's steady steps as they walked around the backyard.

Moros walked lightly and cautiously into the backyard of the small bakery.

His gaze was as sharp as a falcon's, constantly scanning his surroundings, as if searching for some crucial clue or target.

Ling Yeye followed closely behind him, carefully observing everything around her. However, after a full circle of inspections, she found nothing and couldn't help but feel puzzled.

However, he wasn't in a hurry. After all, these were clearly advanced alien races. If he, an ordinary special squad leader, could easily understand this, then the situation between humans and alien races wouldn't be like this now.

Finally, Meros stopped in the middle of the courtyard, his brows furrowed tightly, as if he had encountered an extremely difficult problem.

"So, have you found any clues?"

Lingye strode forward and asked impatiently.

"What exactly happened? Tell me quickly! I can help you think of something."

Seeing that Meros remained silent, he pressed on with his question.

"This is strange..."

Meros then came to his senses slightly and answered with a furrowed brow.

“Look, there’s an inconspicuous stone over there, an ordinary-looking tree over here, and that old bench with a missing leg abandoned in the corner of the backyard. These places are all faintly emitting energy fluctuations that are almost imperceptible, and they are completely undisguised.”

As he spoke, Meros casually pointed to a few places in the backyard.

"Isn't this great? I didn't expect to find it so quickly!"

Lingye responded excitedly, but soon looked puzzled and muttered to herself.

"But it's really strange, this place is so clean, I can't see anything useful at all."

As he spoke, he focused his mind, turned his gaze in the direction Meros was pointing, and at the same time used his unique method of finding clues through his own psychic energy center.

However, after careful observation, Lingye was disappointed to find that she still hadn't gained anything.

In his eyes, the entire backyard seemed to have been thoroughly cleaned, so clean it was unbelievable.

Compared to other areas, there are more or less residual energy there—this energy may come from alien races or humans who have not yet awakened.

But here, not even the slightest energy fluctuation could be detected, giving one the illusion of being in a sterile room.

"No, the situation is definitely different. How should I describe this feeling... well, it's as if the entire backyard has been evenly coated and covered by some kind of powerful energy, making it impossible to find any key clues or points of interest."

Meros slowly shook his head and explained to Lingye with a solemn expression.

"Huh?! It's actually possible? This is unbelievable! There's absolutely no key here? Could it be that the entire backyard is the so-called 'the whole book is the key'?!"

Upon hearing Meros's words, Ling Ye was startled and blurted out without thinking, her doubts and surprise evident in her words.

"The entire backyard is the focus?! Hmm... that seems to make sense! Perhaps this is only a part of it."

Upon hearing Ling Ye's sarcastic remark, Meros had a sudden flash of inspiration and subconsciously followed this line of thought to delve deeper into the matter. In an instant, he realized that his previous ideas had gone astray.

Initially, Meros firmly believed that there was a magic circle hidden here for teleporting to the inner world, which would give him a wider space to move around and allow him to do some secret activities.

For this reason, he has been relentlessly searching for energy nodes, hoping to use them to successfully locate the coordinates and pinpoint the location.

However, looking back now, I realize that I was probably in a misconception.

Perhaps Philip never intended to go to the afterlife, but instead chose to take action directly in the present world.

If this is indeed the case, then he could very well have completely hollowed out the underground and covered it with his own powerful energy, thus cleverly hiding himself away.

The scene in the backyard before us is not hard to explain—there are faint, almost imperceptible energy fluctuations everywhere, but it is difficult to find any clear core points, as if it is evenly coated with a thin film of energy.

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