Chapter 708: Chapter 708

The sudden battle thus reached its climax and began to subside.

"Strange, there’s no explosion, this base actually doesn’t have self-destruct capabilities." Du You said with some surprise.

"Of course it doesn’t. Only large bases generally exhibit self-destruction capabilities. These small bases wouldn’t be equipped with that kind of thing. Even for Blood Lotus, it would be impossible for them to equip all their bases with large-scale self-destruct weapons."

After Lin Yucha’s explanation, Du You finally understood that these large-scale self-destruct devices are not ordinary items. The technological development of this world was strangely unorthodox and the bomb’s destructive capabilities weren’t just measured by its size.

Large explosives are usually made of a special type of material and possess formidable destructive capabilities on their own.

Such a self-destruct mechanism in a large base would be at least a tier four piece of equipment, of the technological type. A whole set of such equipment is worth more than the entire base, who would do such a thing?

As for revealing its secrets, Blood Lotus didn’t mind, as there was nothing important here. Common things, once exposed, pose no concern to Blood Lotus; it’s just a small base. They are, after all, a well-known terrorist organization. Who would worry about their scandal?

When the base had completely settled down, Du You led two others into the base. At this moment, all the corpses had been collected by the skeletons, and the next step was to search the base to see if there was anything worth collecting.

What surprised Du You was the swift reaction of the Blood Lotus Base. In the end, Du You found a destroyed teleportation array in a room.

"They must have used this teleportation array to move their assets away. Probably all their important personnel left as well. The place is so destroyed that it’s impossible to repair. There is no way to trace them now."

After all, Blood Lotus is a professional at this. If professionals couldn’t track them, not to mention Du You.

The base was emptied out and nothing was found. However, unexpectedly, Du You discovered some unexpected gains while rifling through the corpses.

Blood Lotus’s equipment was nothing special. Items bearing the Blood Lotus emblem are basically unsellable. Du You collected them to destroy later. "What a waste!" Du You remarked.

"Yes, but destroying this is a great accomplishment. There will be plenty of rewards registered for this."

Du You tapped Lin Yushi’s head: "I don’t want to die. Why would I report this? There is little benefit to reporting this and it might even draw Blood Lotus’s attention. If they come after us to preserve their reputation, we will be powerless. It’s best to keep this a secret."

Although the lower ranks of Blood Lotus knew they were responsible, they could only deal with regional Blood Lotus members.

Blood Lotus is a massive organization, not something Du You can tackle. If it really got reported, some people would definitely make a big fuss about it, as it would be beneficial for their fame.

By that time, he would become famous. Hunting down a famous figure, especially one connected to them, is a favourite pastime of Blood Lotus. If he caught the attention of the top tiers of Blood Lotus, Du You didn’t think he would survive.

In the past, some notable individuals were pursued by Blood Lotus, regardless of whether they reached tier six, and could not survive.

Lin Yushi, while rummaging through the base, opened a box: "Master, look, what’s this?"

Du You squinted his eyes: "Unexpected, we do have some loot."

Du You looked at the items in the box - a scroll and two blueprints. It was surprising they hadn’t been picked up by Blood Lotus personnel and stored away in their personal space, this was so unexpected.

Although it was surprising, it was still a gain.

Research laboratory blueprints: Skill Hall Sub-Building, can upgrade different branches of the armed forces.

The first blueprint made Du You’s eyes light up, this was a Skill Hall’s auxiliary building. It was a pity that there were no Skill Hall blueprints; otherwise, the loot would’ve been even greater. It was impossible to use it without the Skill Hall.

Du You carefully put it away, it is a treasure for the future. Thɪs chapter is updated by 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡•𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚•𝙣𝙚𝙩

Dragon Rider Camp Blueprints (Tier Four): Allows establishment of Dragon Rider Camp in your territory.

"It’s a shame that I can’t build it now, I’ll have to wait until my territory is upgraded to four tiers. But when that time comes, having a tier four branch of the armed forces to build is a good thing." Du You, packed up the blueprint gleefully.

He had heard that blueprints prior to tier three were easier to find, and the armed forces of these tiers were easier to create. However, upgrading buildings to tier four was difficult, and tier four units were hard to get.

He was storing for the future, why would Du You reject it? Having packed the blueprints, Du You turned his attention to the last scroll.

Ability Scroll (Mana Fountain): Accelerates own mana recovery, per second recovers by level*0.001%. (Level 1, 8 stars)

"What an astounding mana recovery effect! It’s a shame that I’ve already learnt Dark Spirits or else I would really want to learn this skill." Du You sighed, the amount of mana this skill could recover was probably more potent than his Dark Spirits.

The most critical aspect of this skill was that it didn’t seem to have any drawbacks, his Dark Spirits, on the other hand, required the absorption of dark elements to strengthen.

If there are no dark elements around, the recovery speed of this skill is slow. Furthermore, if the Dark Spirits Light Ball is attacked, it will be shattered, essentially wasted mana.

But Du You will not learn another redundant mana recovery skill, at least not now, as Lin Yushi and Lin Yucha currently need this type of skill.

"I’ll keep it for you two; there will be a chance to get a demon of the same type for you to evolve."

Upon hearing this, the two sisters nodded vigorously. The master was too good to them, even such a precious skill was being kept for them. Among all the absolute followers, they are probably the luckiest.

The continued search yielded nothing of great use. Du You just tidied up some universal materials and equipment which he will deal with upon reaching the capital.

Finally, Du You commanded the skeletons to set fire to the entire base, burning it down. As for the bodies, Du You used the Corrosive Swamp to consume them completely, then used the Fire Snake Curse to burn away the remnants. Even if someone were to investigate later, they wouldn’t be able to find anything. Du You didn’t want everyone to know about his feud with Blood Lotus.