Boom——!!!
From the depths of the tunnel behind him, a terrifying, earth-shattering roar echoed! It was as if something had completely broken free! An indescribable shockwave, a mixture of extreme stench, spiritual pollution, and destructive energy, erupted from the depths of the tunnel like the breath of hell! Wherever it passed, the solid tunnel structure shattered and collapsed like a crisp biscuit!
“Run——!!!” Wen Shifei let out a heart-wrenching scream!
Zero was the first to rush out of the tunnel exit!
Outside, a vast, abandoned open-pit mine lay on the edge of the old city. The sky was gloomy, with leaden clouds hanging low, oppressive and suffocating. The bottom of the mine was filled with muddy, fetid rainwater, forming a vast lake of sewage. All around, steep walls, covered with traces of excavation and the remains of rusted machinery, rose. The tunnel entrance they had emerged from was located in the lower middle of the cliff, dozens of meters above the murky water below.
No. 0 rushed out of the cave without any pause. The mechanical arm suddenly hugged Lu Qingyi tightly, and his legs kicked hard on the slippery cliff. His body jumped down to the turbid sewage lake below like a big bird!
Wen Shifei rushed out right after him, looking at the murky water dozens of meters below, a flicker of fear in her eyes, but the devastating collapse shockwave behind her was already catching up! She closed her eyes, screamed, and jumped down!
Ajie, carrying Lu Cheneng on his back, was the last one to rush out of the cave! The shockwave from the collapse practically licked his back! He had no choice but to roar in anger, using up his last bit of strength, carrying Lu Cheneng on his back, and leaping decisively towards the murky water below!
Plop! Plop! Plop! Plop!
Four figures plunged into the icy, sticky and foul-smelling sewage one after another, splashing huge turbid water.
Almost the next second they entered the water!
Boom boom boom——!!!
The entire cliff face of the tunnel they had just escaped from, shattered inward like a sand castle struck by a giant's fist, shattered by the terrifying force from within! Countless tons of rock, earth, and twisted metal structures toppled down, instantly burying the tunnel's exit and sending up a turbid, muddy wave that soared into the sky!
The bottom of the mine was shaking violently, and the turbid sewage was rolling like boiling water!
Wen Shifei struggled to emerge from the foul-smelling water, coughing violently and spitting out filthy muddy water. She looked back in horror at the completely collapsed cliff face, smoke and dust billowing into the sky, her heart pounding wildly, almost jumping out of her throat. Almost... just a little bit...
Ajie also surfaced. Lu Cheneng was no longer on his back! The huge impact just now made him lose his grip!
"Brother Lu! Brother Lu!" Ajie roared in panic and groped frantically in the murky water.
Plop!
Not far away, Zero's figure surfaced. He still held the unconscious Lu Qingyi firmly with his mechanical arms, lifting her head out of the water. Zero's crimson electronic compound eyes scanned the water, instantly locking onto a slowly sinking figure not far away—Lu Chenent!
Without any hesitation, Zero held Lu Qingyi and swam quickly towards the place where Lu Chenentang sank like a black fish!
Cold, murky sewage poured into my mouth and nose, carrying a strong smell of rust and decay. A sense of weightlessness enveloped my body, and I continued to sink. My consciousness floated in endless darkness and excruciating pain.
Lu Cheneng felt like he was being dragged into a cold, sticky nightmare. The icy purple light in his sister's eyes, Xiaolin's desperate screams, the monster's dark purple blood, the emerald glow of the chaebol's recorder, the suffocating, heavy throbbing beneath the ground... Countless fragmented and terrifying images flashed through his chaotic mind like a revolving lantern.
Suddenly, a huge force grabbed the combat uniform on his chest and dragged him upwards from the sinking cold abyss!
Crash!
Lu Chensheng's head was roughly pulled out of the water! The cold air mixed with the stench rushed into his lungs, irritating him to cough violently. More blood and muddy water spurted out of his mouth and nose! His consciousness was like a shattered mirror, struggling to piece it together.
The first thing that caught his eye in his blurry vision was a cold, black metal mask, held close at hand. Its two crimson electronic eyes, like the bonfires of hell, stared at him emotionlessly. And the mask's owner, a mechanical arm covered in black armor, now covered in scratches and burns, gripped his collar like a pair of pliers, dragging most of him out of the water.
Lu Chen's pupils suddenly contracted! His only remaining right eye was instantly filled with terrifying bloodshot! His memory fragments instantly reassembled—it was this "ghost"! This mysterious person who had taken Qingyi away and whose origins were unknown!
Rage and murderous intent were like a ignited gasoline barrel, instantly destroying the slightest bit of consciousness he had just gathered! His only remaining right hand instinctively reached for the magic blade at his waist!
"Let go...of my sister!" A hoarse, sandpaper-like roar squeezed out from the depths of his throat, filled with deep hatred!
Zero's crimson electronic compound eyes coldly watched the murderous intent and pain swirling in Lu Chen's eyes, his mechanical arms unwavering. Beneath the mask, a cold electronic synthesized voice rang out, stating the truth with a kind of indifference:
"She's alive. Because of you." His electronic eyes seemed to glance down at the place where Lu Cheneng was caught by him.
Lu Cheneng's movements froze suddenly! It was as if a basin of ice water had been poured over him. Following Zero's gaze, he looked down at his chest—beneath the lapel of his combat uniform, grasped by Zero's mechanical arm, a small, inconspicuous sheet of metal, gleaming faintly green, was firmly attached there! On the sheet, an extremely tiny, precisely crafted chaebol "honeycomb" logo was clearly visible in the murky water!
Tracker!
When did the chaebol… Lu Chen entropy instantly remembered the chaebol recorder in the pump station that had automatically activated and fired a laser to detonate the reagent! Could it have been at that time?!
Zero's cold electronic voice sounded again, like a final judgment: "'Ark Anchor' has been activated. You... are the coordinates."
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