Faced with the massive metal door, Lu Zhaoming quickly calmed down.
He carefully observed the arrangement of the runes and found that they were similar to the dynamic codes in the previous secret passage, but more complex.
The patterns on the runes resembled ancient incantations, shimmering with a mysterious light, as if telling untold secrets.
Qinglian whispered a reminder: "These runes seem to require specific energy fluctuations to activate." Lu Zhaoming nodded, his gaze firm, and said, "I know, let's give it a try."
Lu Zhaoming gently stretched out his finger to touch the runes, feeling the faint energy fluctuations they emitted.
The rune's temperature seemed to rise by one degree in an instant, vibrating slightly as if in response to his touch.
Qinglian and the blacksmith stood on either side. Qinglian looked solemn, her hands slightly open, releasing a faint blue light, while the blacksmith clenched his fists, forming a stable energy field.
Lu Zhaoming concentrated his mind, combining his own supernatural power fluctuations with Qinglian's auxiliary supernatural power, and slowly infused them into the runes.
The runes lit up one by one, like ancient gods being awakened, releasing dazzling light.
The metal door began to rumble, as if warning them not to disturb the tranquility of this forbidden place.
But the door wasn't fully open; it was just trembling slightly, as if it needed more energy to stimulate it.
Professor Lin frowned and said, "We need even stronger energy stimulation." There was a hint of anxiety in his voice, but Lu Zhaoming had already had a flash of inspiration and immediately took out the core device he had taken from the laboratory from his pocket.
Although this device looks ordinary, it contains the residual energy of the Life Matrix, which is the key to unlocking all of this.
Lu Zhaoming quickly connected the device to the runes.
In an instant, the residual energy of the life matrix in the device was activated, and the light on the runes suddenly intensified, as if the entire secret passage was illuminated.
The metal door finally opened slowly, emitting a dull mechanical sound, as if a sleeping behemoth had finally awakened.
Behind the door was not an exit, but a huge underground hall, in the center of which sat a half-destroyed terminal, the screen displaying undecrypted data.
Lu Zhaoming's heart raced as he felt a strong sense of oppression.
He approached the terminal and used the Judgment Eye to analyze the data.
As the data gradually became clear on the screen, he was surprised to discover that it was a secret file about the origins of the White Robe organization, detailing how they manipulated the government to conduct human experiments before the nuclear war.
Professor Lin exclaimed in shock, "So they were planning all of this from the very beginning!"
Lu Zhaoming quickly started working on the terminal to prepare to back up the data.
But at that moment, the terminal suddenly emitted a piercing alarm, as if warning them that an even greater crisis was about to unfold.
Lu Zhaoming's fingers flew across the keyboard, his brow furrowed as he secretly plotted his next move.
The alarm blared like a death knell, screaming wildly in the cramped space, while the red warning that popped up on the screen was even more glaring, as if mocking Lu Zhaoming's overestimation of his abilities.
He spat and thought, "What's there to be afraid of? Fortune favors the bold, let's do it!"
As his fingertips touched the cold metal, Lu Zhaoming could feel the terminal vibrating wildly, like a young virgin being violated.
However, before he could even fill the data bar, the entire hall seemed to have been powered off, instantly falling into a deathly silence.
"Holy crap! What's going on?" The blacksmith's voice trembled slightly, sounding particularly abrupt in the pitch-black darkness.
"The power's out?" Professor Lin adjusted his glasses, his tone carrying a hint of the calm typical of a scientist, but Lu Zhaoming could detect the panic hidden within him.
Qinglian immediately activated her special ability, and a faint blue light shone around her, dispelling some of the darkness, but she still couldn't see the situation in the distance.
What do we do now?
Lu Zhaoming licked his dry lips, his eyes sharp as a cheetah in the darkness.
He could sense that danger was approaching, and a suffocating sense of oppression filled the air.
"I have no choice but to force my way through..." he muttered to himself, slowly clenching his fist.
Suddenly, he looked up sharply, as if he had noticed something.
Something's not right!
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