Soon, two female guards took Chen Lun out.
He will take a bath and then be taken to Ms. Orianna's residence, where he will wait for her to taste him.
Chen Lun did not resist, he "obediently" accepted this arrangement.
After a moment.
"Come in, you can rest inside for a while, but you can't come out at will. Call us if you need anything."
The female guard stood in front of a house that looked relatively clean and tidy, and turned to Chen Lun and said.
Chen Lun has changed his attire now. His original black hat and black clothes have been replaced by a rough linen robe. His slightly long, slightly curly black hair falls casually, and with his perfect face and figure, he has instantly transformed from a gentleman from the civilized world into an "angel" who has fallen to the mortal world.
He just nodded and pushed the door open.
The two female guards reluctantly turned their eyes away from his back and stood anxiously at the door. They looked at each other and saw the eager but timid expressions on each other's faces.
This was the first time they had seen such a top-notch man.
But they knew very well that they could not enjoy him with their lowly status... He was a man that only Lady Orianna, the great lord, deserved to have.
Chen Lun walked into the room and looked at the simple furnishings around him without any expression. There was only a bed, a table and two chairs, without too many decorations. Even the quilt on the bed was just a piece of fur from an unknown animal.
He lay down without any disgust and began to meditate.
After entering Matthew's territory, he discovered a very strange phenomenon along the way, that is, the timekeeping here is opposite to that on the surface.
I clearly entered the underground in the middle of the night on the surface, but it is daytime here.
'Perhaps this has something to do with the dark red ball of light on the dome, which gradually dims over time and then becomes bright again, over and over again... Red Mother? What is that? Is it a miracle or wonder?'
Chen Lun thought.
He shook his head and thought back to his meeting with the two ladies.
At that time, through the discovery of life, he knew that the lord of this settlement, Ms. Cremo, was a mid-sequence extraordinary person, Sequence 6 of the Moon Faction - Night Watcher. And the lord of the large settlement "Thorn" Ms. Orianna was a Sequence 5 of the Moon Faction - Black Knight.
"I'm afraid that the power of the Siren Song is not enough to hypnotize a Sequence 5 Transcendent, but with my own strength, even if it is impossible and I am besieged by this settlement, I can escape calmly..."
Chen Lun prepared for the worst scenario, which was to capture Ms. Orianna, force the information he wanted out of her, and then escape from here.
He lay on the bed, closed his eyes, and used Fredetra meditation to empty his mind and take a short rest.
Two hours and eighteen minutes later.
Chen Lun noticed a pair of light footsteps approaching the door.
"Okay, you all go back and rest. There's no need to guard here."
Ms. Orianna's voice came faintly from outside the door.
"Yes, Ms. Orianna, have a wonderful evening."
The female guard's respectful voice sounded, and then footsteps left.
Crunch.
The simple wooden door was pushed open from the outside and slowly closed the next second.
Chen Lun opened his eyes and sat up from the bed.
He saw Ms. Orianna standing by the table with her back to him, slowly taking off her outer clothes, revealing her smooth white shoulders and back, and her curvaceous figure was clearly visible.
Chen Lun had a blank expression on his face and was about to use mind stealing on her, but Orianna suddenly spoke without even turning her head:
"Do you know a man named Byerswolf?"
Chen Lun was stunned at first, then he frowned slightly, with doubt in his eyes.
"How did the great lord of the Matthew Territory know Mr. Byers... Hmm? Could it be that Mr. Byers had some contact with this woman after he came here?"
He made the most likely guess in his mind.
Anliana changed into a lighter and more comfortable cotton and linen robe without paying any attention to anyone around. She turned around and looked at Chen Lun with a half-smile in her eyes, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised:
"Your name is Jack, right? In fact, when I saw you for the first time, I knew you were from the surface... After all, only women in the Land of Matthew are polluted and possess extraordinary powers, while men are just ordinary people. But you are different. I can sense the mysterious aura on you, and your sequence is not low."
She sat on the chair by herself, supported her chin with her palm, and said with blurry eyes:
"And the most important point is that your temperament is very similar to a man I have met before. That is the calmness and confidence that only men on the surface have."
Chen Lun was a little surprised, but not panicked.
He looked at her silently, thought for a moment, and then said softly:
"Yes, I know Mr. Byers. He is my mentor and also half my relative."
Aureliana's eyes suddenly lit up.
She didn't expect that her tentative inquiry would actually yield some results.
"Where is he?"
Aureliana looked anxious.
Chen Lun saw the true feelings hidden in her unintentional reaction, which was a kind of expectation, concern, and a hint of admiration.
He couldn't help but imagine a drama of unrequited love in his mind.
"Could it be that this great lord has fallen in love with Mr. Byers..."
Chen Lun thought about it and decided to try peaceful means first.
"Mr. Byers... died in an accident not long ago."
He said in a deep voice.
Orianna's expression froze, then turned cold.
"It seems that you don't know him and are just deceiving me... That's right, even if we are both from the surface, it's not such a coincidence."
"I didn't lie to you."
Chen Lun said calmly.
"Byers' strength is on the same level as the Queen. How could he die so easily..."
Aureliana said coldly.
"It's a bit complicated to explain, but Mr. Byers has indeed fallen... She first fought with her old enemy and was seriously injured, and then was ambushed by another enemy of the same level, which eventually led to her losing control."
Chen Lun sighed.
Then he took out the notes of observations left by Mr. Byers and handed them over.
Orianna took it with doubt and eagerly opened the book to read. The more she read, the paler her face became, and finally she was stunned.
After a while.
She returned the letter to Chen Lun with a dejected look.
"I believe what you said..."
After a few seconds of silence, Aureliana began to tell him what happened a few months ago.
It turned out that when Mr. Byers first came to the land of Matthew, he happened to meet Orianna, and the great lord fell in love with her at first sight... Not only because of Mr. Byers' noble and unique temperament, but also because of his powerful strength.
This was a man Aureliana had never seen before.
But then Byers left without saying goodbye, which made her miss him every day and night, fantasizing that one day Byers would come back... or that the Matthews would return to the surface one day so that she could go find him.
Sadly, that day will never come.
"Do you know why the Matai people can't leave here and return to the surface?"
Aureliana suddenly asked in a low voice.
Without waiting for Chen Lun to answer, she continued:
"It's a punishment, a punishment from the Sun God for sinning against us... Thousands of years ago, the continent collapsed and a new continent appeared above our heads, bathing us in the gentle sunlight, leaving us with only infinite darkness."
Aureanna's eyes were dazed, as if she was explaining to Chen Lun, or perhaps talking to herself.
"We are poor creatures abandoned by the Sun God, left to fend for ourselves underground... Even for reproduction, we can only rely on the Dark River. However, all the offspring born from the Dark River are female without exception, and they are born with pollution and have a short lifespan... I will probably never be promoted to a high position in this lifetime, and my time is running out. It's a pity that I won't be able to see Byers again."
Chen Lun listened silently without saying a word.
Orianna looked up then.
"It's not an accident that you're here... For Byers' sake, if you need anything, I can help you."
"Thanks."
Chen Lun said.
"I want to know something."
"What's up?"
Aureanna asked.
“All about Matthew’s Land.”
Chen Lun looked at her and said.
Aureliana didn't seem surprised by this, she just nodded.
"At the beginning, Byers was just like you, curious about this place... and aren't we also curious about the surface of the earth?"
She smiled self-deprecatingly, and then told Chen Lun some things about the land of Matthew.
Aureliana first introduced the four queens.
They are all high-level saints of Sequence Four, but they are different from the Moon Sequence Four-Ferryman that Chen Lun knows.
The order of the queens is the undead!
"Could it be a branch of the Moon Path?"
Chen Lun thought in surprise.
“The Land of Matthew was abandoned by the Sun God. At the same time, there is a ‘gatekeeper’ guarding the only way to the surface, blocking us… Once, the four queens joined forces to challenge the ‘gatekeeper’, trying to lead us back to the surface, but they were defeated in the end.”
Aureanna said, shaking her head.
"You can't leave here from the spirit world?"
Chen Lun remembered how he got here and asked.
"Yes... There is a curse hidden in the bloodline of the Dark River that prevents us, the Darkborn, from entering the spirit world."
Aureliana smiled bitterly.
She raised her eyes again and looked at Chen Lun's handsome face.
"But the 'Descendants of Light' born from normal intercourse between men and women are not bound by any restrictions, so they are the hope of the land of Matthew. The four queens once made an agreement to raise a very small number of 'Descendants of Light' to adulthood, let them return to the surface from the spirit world, and find a way to save this land... This is also what we are doing and will continue to do, because it is the only hope we can see."
“No wonder men are so rare and precious in Matthew’s land.”
Chen Lun nodded with understanding.
At the same time, he thought in his heart:
"According to Orianna, there should be some 'Lightborn' from the land of Matthew on the surface, but I have never heard of them before... They should be good at hiding their identities and secretly looking for ways to save their homeland."
Chen Lun sighed calmly.
He immediately asked about the polluting organisms.
Aureanna told him that the environment in the land of Matthew was harsh. Not only were materials scarce and expensive, but the people were also harassed by various polluting creatures. The most troublesome of these for the people of Matthew were the Didak insects. They were so powerful that only the great lords had the ability to kill them.
This information made Chen Lun raise his eyebrows.
The Didak bugs only exist in the dark world, but they have spread to the modern world and are wreaking havoc in the Matthew world...
'Is there any connection between these two?'
Chen Lun couldn't help but guess.
"Ms. Aureliana, thank you very much for your answer. Finally, I have one last request."
"What is it? Tell me."
Aureliana said with a smile.
"I would like to meet your queen."
Chen Lun said.
Aureliana was a little surprised by this. She raised her eyebrows, thought for a moment and said:
"That's fine. The Queen is very concerned about the things on the surface. She might be able to get the answer she wants from you... I can help you with this, but it will take some time. After all, the Queen is very busy on weekdays. Even I have to report in advance."
"Thank you so much."
Chen Lun nodded in greeting.
After the two chatted for a while, Aureliana got up and left.
"You can rest here tonight, and we'll see you tomorrow."
As the door closed, Chen Lun let out a long sigh.
He was originally worried that Orianna would stay here tonight. If that was the case, he would have no choice but to drive her away.
'Who says I'm a good man with moral principles...'
Chen Lun shook his head.
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The next day.
Two female guards came and knocked on the door early in the morning.
"Ms. Orianna will be returning to the Thorn Village soon. You should wash up first and go with us for dinner. We will leave shortly."
Chen Lun nodded.
After a moment.
After he finished packing, he followed them out of the house.
But on the way, he noticed that the two female guards kept looking back, looking at him with surprised and curious eyes, and whispering something to each other.
Chen Lun used his five senses to transform vision into hearing and saw what they were communicating -
"Is this man really that great? I noticed that Ms. Orianna didn't look very well, she was paler than before..."
"I noticed that too. Even Lady Orianna couldn't handle it. What do you think this man's body is made of?"
"Hey, do you want to try it?"
"Of course, don't you want to? But how is this possible..."
As they spoke, strong regret was revealed on the faces of the two female guards.
Chen Lun followed behind, shaking his head secretly.
When he arrived at the big house where they met yesterday, he saw Ms. Aureliana again, but Ms. Kramer was not there.
Aureliana sat on a chair, with seven or eight heroic women standing behind her. Judging from their attire and temperament, they were obviously not ordinary guards or servants.
"Good day, Jack."
Ms. Aureliana raised her hand and signaled Chen Lun to sit down and eat.
Chen Lun responded politely and then sat down.
The food on the table was not rich, just some simply cooked mushroom soup and barbecue, but Chen Lun knew that this might be a very luxurious breakfast here.
"Ms. Orianna, I may need to go back today, so I say goodbye to you here."
Chen Lun drank the mushroom soup and felt that it had no salty taste.
He raised his head and said to the other party.
Aureanna seemed a little surprised, but did not try to persuade him to stay. She knew Chen Lun's background and naturally understood that some things should not be asked in depth.
"It's okay... I'll take care of your matter as soon as possible, but how can I contact you then?"
Aureanna said.
Chen Lun glanced at the women behind the other party and saw what Aureliana meant. It seemed that there was no need to avoid these confidants.
He simply raised his hand and snapped his fingers. His index finger fell off and turned into a small white snake, flying in front of Orianna.
“It can be used as a medium to communicate at any time.”
Chen Lun explained.
Aureliana was very surprised. She held the little white snake in her palm, then chuckled and stuffed it into her full chest.
Chen Lun's hand holding the bowl couldn't help but tremble slightly.
The little white snake is a part of his body, so it can naturally share his perception.
Warm and comfortable.
But he soon realized something, and that feeling of comfort instantly turned into a creepy feeling as if fish with legs were crawling all over his body.
He coughed twice and was about to speak.
Ms. Orianna spoke first:
"Jack, before you leave, would you like to consider my subordinates... They are all excellent warriors and have learned a lot about reproduction. Perhaps your seeds can allow them to give birth to more talented 'Descendants of Light'."
The seven or eight women behind her suddenly lit up their eyes and stared at Chen Lun.
Chen Lun suddenly felt that the sense of déjà vu as if there were fish with legs crawling all over his body became stronger. At this moment, it even seemed that countless fish were running over him, making his hair stand on end.
"Thank you for your offer, Aureliana, but I don't think so..."
He tried hard to maintain his smile and spoke calmly.