Chapter 272: City In Chaos

To make things clear, Lee Shen does not have any kind of hostility with Tubians. He respects their way of life and ideologies.

But, the moment Hegerus came looking for Lee, shit just got personal! Lee is constantly searching for his lost love and teammates while he is not even sure whether they are alive or not.

The disappearance of Gauthama cornered Lee Shen to a corner. The Tubian of Serenity proved to be quite useful in turning the tides with his presence alone.

And since Tubians have decided to make contact with Amortals, Lee Shen could use a hand in the battle.

Tubians living their journey the way they want was never Lee's concern until they decided to jeopardise the safety of all living beings of Utopia.

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[The Tubians were here for sure. And...]

"What is it?"

[See for yourselves.]

The Map appeared and a vast network of curving and winding lines could be seen. At many places, these lines were thoroughly broken or overlapped. Almost 97% of the track records had faded greatly.

'So you are saying..'

[Unless one of them is a Tubian that can erase their trails, this is impossible.

And the very layout of these trails are set to confuse anyone from finding their real intentions.]

The supercomputer began to brainstorm and some conclusions were obtained.

'Tubians are very powerful beings. They don't need to cover their trail from anyone unless that person could hurt them.'

From the available information, Hudson and Lee came to a final ruling - the Tubians know his exact location and what he is capable of!

Hudson unconsciously bit his nails upon acknowledging the fact. He was out of ideas, to begin with.

'Good thing that no one is here.'

Lee Shen slashed his right hand diagonally and the familiar spatial tear was formed. Lee Shen walked inside and the reality was stitched together.

"Hudson, the Tubian coordinates!"

Lee Shen sounded rather unhappy when he asked for the coordinates of every Tubian on the planet. With a casual swing of the hand, Hudson opened a panel with all the location coordinates listed on it.

"Is this all we have?"

"You want more?"

The number of Tubians on the planet was exceedingly high and this triggered Lee Shen to think about the possible affinities these beings could have.

While skimming through the panel, Lee noticed a familiar sword placed on the rocking chair. It rocked to and fro with an unspeakable elegance.

"What? Am I that beautiful?"

Dnekewy asked aloud in hope of attracting attention. But he failed in his attempt as Ruella was still in her ritual and Hudson was addicted to smoothies.

There was no reply as Lee Shen shuttled his eyes back to the panel. His arms folded in front of his chest amplified the solemn expression in his face.

The inspection continued for another half an hour and the System Space was dead silent. The Dimension Sovereign, now a sword, enjoyed the luxury of the rocking chair. Hudson had been walking around and he often came close to Lee to see what he was eagerly searching for.

The nimble hands of our protagonist moved as if he had unearthed the tale of a lost civilization. The eyes periodically ran between the Map interface and the list of coordinates and finally lit up.

"Seven Tubians came in, but only six exited the city. One is still here!"

Lee tapped the Map interface and revealed his finding to Hudson and D.

The trail of the Tubians entering the city was seven parallel lines. But their exit was highlighted as a thick trail.

This gave birth to two theories. Either the Tubians might have sensed hostility or their formation is a deception.

Upon cross-checking with the list of coordinates, Lee finally concluded that the six Tubians came here to drop off one of them in the city.

"But the Tubian has no tracks."

Hudson scurried through the Map and agreed with his finding. But he couldn't help but raise his doubt regarding the absence of evidence.

"Last seen in the vicinity of slums."

The sword drifted towards Lee Shen and Hudson and D's voice came from the weapon. The voice did not distract anyone of them as their eyes were sharp and firmly planted on the Map to find any trail.

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2 PM.

5,977,900 Essence harvested.

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The hourly notification came up and vanished a quarter an hour ago.

The search for any evidence of trail met a dead end. Hudson proposed that the Tubian in the city is possibly the one with the ability to conceal the presence.

With no means of development, Lee Shen turned to his modification interface.

"D, display the stats of Hegerus."

A panel promptly came up displaying the details of the Tubian.

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Name: Hegerus

Race: Tubian

Age: +30 Millenia

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Health: 180,000

Power: 900,030

Dexterity: 575,000

Intelligence: 10,000

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(A.N. I changed the stats of Hegerus as I found it too unrealistic, even for fiction.)

Lee took a view of the panel which appeared in front of him. A sigh of despair escaped his nostrils as he saw a wide chasm between his stats and Hegerus' stats.

"D, what do you think about Hegerus' position in the Tubian society?"

The sword rose from the chair and floated towards him.

"Hegerus was obeying someone else' orders. That means there are people above him."

The sword rounded Lee two times before going back to the rocking chair. Dnekewy also asked not to call him as it was uncomfortable to move around inside a sword.

As Lee Shen stared at the panel, his figure came appearing in it. His physique was displayed with every small detail and he could see the reconstruction done to his body.

"System, considering my current reconstructed physique, is it possible to upgrade my stats? If possible, then to what extent."

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Your Health could be increased significantly and it may surpass Hegerus in value. But, as to Power, Stamina, Guard and Dexterity, your body has almost reached its limits. Even if we reconstruct, the typical structure of a bipedal being can only provide enhanced, yet limited output.

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