In just a short while, six ladders extended to the bottom of the cliff.
The engineers moved down the ladders, and during the descent, they used pneumatic nails to firmly anchor the six ladders to the cliff face.
The Chen soldiers, like ants, slid down to the bottom one after another, while Chen Yu rode a blue ox and flew down.
After the officers landed first, they immediately dispersed, with some searching upstream and others downstream.
Soon, they also saw the dense array of glassware on the cliff face, along with the nameplates on them.
Seeing all this, Chen Yu felt that he was very, very close to the secret of becoming a god.
However, the next moment, as he sat on the back of the blue ox, he saw four Li Shutongs lined up side by side blocking their way.
Chen Yu sneered: "Do you think this can stop me? You're already trapped. Since you've come all this way, don't bother coming out."
After he finished speaking, Mahasri flew over and attacked the four Li Shutongs.
But the four Li Shutongs did not confront them directly; instead, they turned and ran, shouting as they went, "That brat Chen Yu is here! That brat Chen Yu is here!"
To be honest, Chen Yu had never seen Li Shutong so silly before...
However, these Li Shutongs were much slower to escape than Mahasri, and within a few breaths, all four Li Shutongs died suddenly.
In fact, Chen Yu felt a sense of satisfaction when he saw that his painting so far surpassed Li Shutong's.
Chen Yu said coldly, "Speed up! Turn this place upside down! Don't let them get away!"
An officer said, "Sir, don't worry, we've used sound waves to survey the terrain here; there's no way out ahead."
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At the same time, Li Shutong's voice also reached the laboratory.
Da Yu said, "Chen Yu has arrived. We need to leave here now. Do you even know how we're supposed to get out of here?"
Qing Chen looked at him and suddenly asked, "Why do you think Zong Cheng released the test subject before leaving? He's a cautious person; he knew to tear off his nameplate as soon as he left the glass container to avoid revealing his identity. So why would he go to the trouble of releasing the test subject before leaving? Isn't that just creating unnecessary trouble for himself?"
Everyone fell into deep thought.
Qing Chen said, "Because the room where the test subject is located is the place he needs to go. Only by releasing the test subject can he go there. Come on, let's perform a magic trick for Chen Yu. A group of magicians who killed nearly ten thousand of his soldiers disappeared into a secret room at the end of the corridor. Interesting. Da Yu, put the test subject's corpse into your spatial ring."
At this moment, Da Yu suddenly realized that Qing Chen must have thought of this long ago, which is why he asked him to summon the painting gods and Buddhas to clean up the dust and footprints.
However, he suddenly realized that Qingchen was getting more and more adept at giving him orders.
Thinking of the shroud, this magical artifact, Da Yu decided to hold back for now...
At this moment, Qing Chen turned around and walked into the room where the experimental subjects had been imprisoned, without any hesitation.
He came to a glass vessel, pushed it aside, and saw a narrow staircase revealed beneath it!
Da Yu and the others were shocked; they didn't even know when Qing Chen had found this exit!
“That test subject probably never imagined that the escape route it longed for was actually right where it had once been. How ironic,” Da Yu sighed.
“Life is full of irony,” Qingchen said with a smile. “Let’s go, let’s leave this place.”
The elder breathed a sigh of relief: "I thought I would have to fight another demigod from the Chen family. I was prepared to sacrifice myself for the fire pit."
Qing Chen glanced deeply at the dimly lit laboratory and said softly, "I'll kill him sooner or later, but not now. Da Yu, release all the paintings to mislead the Chen soldiers and Chen Yu, so they'll find this place later."
After saying that, he fainted.
Qin Yiyi exclaimed in surprise, only to find that Qing Chen's injuries were more serious than they had guessed. The knife Arthur had stabbed in his thigh had reopened.
But the other party kept holding on until they found a way out for everyone, and only then did they finally feel relieved.
Looking at the unconscious Qingchen, Da Yu finally sighed, "Let's go. Don't let his efforts be in vain. Zard, carry him on your back."
Everyone filed into the secret passage, while the two Li Shutongs, after carefully moving the vessels back to their original positions, charged outwards.
Chapter 752, What's there to be afraid of about Li Shutong? He didn't even have a Gatling gun.
In the dim abyss, hundreds of Chen soldiers, equipped with night vision goggles, advanced rapidly.
Ahead, Mahasri cleared the way, swiftly slaying the goddess and demon-subduing Vajra of Dayu.
Moreover, Mahasri clearly used more force when he struck the goddess, suggesting that there was some personal grudge involved.
Chen Yu sat sideways on the blue ox, waiting calmly.
After clearing the perimeter, all the soldiers rushed into the laboratory, quickly searching every plant and every corner.
However, they were soon disappointed, as none of the instruments detected any signs of life.
The people they were chasing seem to have vanished into thin air!
It's like a detective chasing a murderer through the corridor of a high-speed Orient Express, from the front to the back of the train.
However, after entering the last carriage, the murderer performed a magic trick and disappeared.
All that remained was a playing card with the Joker on it, lying in the empty incinerator.
Chen's troops used sonar equipment and life detection equipment, but found nothing.
At this moment, Chen Yu calmly held the playing card, a faint sneer playing on his lips.
Qing Chen and his men killed nearly 10,000 of Chen's soldiers and toyed with Chen's army for several days, and now they even dare to leave behind a playing card to provoke him.
Even though the two sides were already locked in a life-or-death struggle, few people would dare to provoke a Federation demigod like this!
Most importantly, the other party had already taken all the hard drives and all the data here before I even found it.
The secret to becoming a god that he had been so eager to find also vanished along with it.
This is the most important thing.
An officer whispered, "Could they have left using the legendary Key Gate?"
The chief of staff explained, "According to intelligence, someone needs to stay here to close the key door after it is opened, so we can temporarily rule out the key door as the suspect."
Chen Yu calmly ordered, "Tear down everything in the lab, even the walls. If they left through the key door and no one left to close it, they will naturally fall back out. Since someone has performed a magic trick for us, let's uncover its secrets and see what the principle behind it is."
The demolition operation began. Chen's engineering battalion started dismantling the entire laboratory. The ceiling was torn down, the walls were pushed down, the desks were lifted up, and even the toilets in the bathroom were smashed.
Believe it or not, they actually found some things: a rusty pistol hidden in a water tank, a tape recorder hidden in a compartment of the desk, and a diary.
Qing Chen and his group were pressed for time, so they couldn't possibly search so thoroughly, but fortunately, they weren't too concerned about these things...
Chen Yu stared at the items expressionlessly, his face remaining completely unchanged.
This is not what he wants.
He opened the diary, only to find that the paper was yellowed and the handwriting was slightly blurred: September 24th, two more doctors came to the secret base today. They brought data left behind by Dr. P at another base, saying it was related to the god Ren Xiaosu, and recorded the key physical parameters of Ren Xiaosu when he was coexisting with cancer. However, I am not very interested in this. I just want to know when the company will agree to let me create a female android. I remember that we seem to have a lot of genetic samples of female superhumans.
On October 2nd, problems arose with the test subjects. The previous inhibitors began to gradually lose their effectiveness. We tried to improve them, but their bodies seemed to have developed drug resistance.
On October 7th, the bionics also started showing problems; they were swaying in the glass container, as if trying to wake up. While I was in the bathroom, I overheard Dr. S and Dr. D saying that if the situation continued to worsen, we had to manually cut off all supplies, kill them, and give the human-faced worms the audio command to purge the Abyss. I was a little scared.
On November 3rd, we captured a spy, but suffered heavy losses. One of the androids broke out of hibernation and actually opened its eyes inside a glass container.
The diary ended there; it was hidden in a crevice of a wooden bed and remained undiscovered.
It seems that even writing a diary is not allowed in this secret base.
Upon seeing this, Chen Yu's desire intensified. He knew that the secret to becoming a god truly existed here, but he could not obtain it.
He wondered to himself, "Did Qingchen get it?"
At this point, the soldiers knocked over all the glassware in the laboratory. However, the place that should have been a staircase was now firmly blocked by Zard, making it look exactly the same as the other bases on the ground.
In the end, the laboratory was reduced to ruins, but the magic trick remained unsolved.
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Countdown 96:00:00.
In the forbidden land number 008.
A field battalion is retreating out of Forbidden Zone 008.
The field battalion was moving through the woods, with dozens of war robots leading the way. They were like mobile fortresses, firmly protecting the ground soldiers behind them.
As they marched, the soldier operating the drone reported, "Something's up! Unidentified individuals have appeared in the forbidden area. Be on alert!"
All the soldiers knelt on the ground, subtly protecting a painter named Chen.
The soldier operating the drone suddenly said, "Wait, it looks like Li Shutong? He seems to be heading straight for us! Take cover, I repeat, take cover, the enemy is coming towards us!"
The battalion commander suddenly asked, "Is there only one Li Shutong?"
"That's right, there's only one!"
But then the painter surnamed Chen breathed a sigh of relief and sneered, "You think you can take advantage of us with just a painting? Don't worry, the cost of killing him would be too high for you. I'll take care of him."
This painter, surnamed Chen, is only at the B level, but if he only receives one A-level painting, he can handle it.
The next moment, he crushed six paintings in succession. In an instant, Gandharvas, Vajra, flying goddesses and other gods and Buddhas flew out and rushed towards Li Shutong.
It can undergo sudden and unexpected changes.
But in the moonlit forest, Li Shutong's figure vanished in the blink of an eye, only to reappear in the blink of an eye.
The six painted deities and Buddhas burst into light and shadow at the same time, dissipating into the air, as if someone had set off six fireworks in this forbidden place.
The Chen family painters and soldiers realized something was wrong. Was the difference between a Grade A painting and a Grade B painting really that big?!
A moment in the blink of an eye felt exceptionally long to them.
Everything in the woods seemed to have been frozen in time; everyone was stiff and motionless, except for Li Shutong, who was still moving.
Li Shutong disappeared again. Everyone only felt a gust of wind. When Li Shutong reappeared, he had already grabbed the Chen family painter by the neck in the crowd, easily lifted him up, and asked in confusion, "Isn't the Chen family painter supposed to be a coward? What made you all so brave? Your first reaction upon seeing me wasn't to run away..."
Li Shutong's voice was full of doubt. He had only guessed that it was time for Huotang to come to Forbidden Land No. 008, so he wanted to see if the Grand Elder had brought him any forbidden items.
But before he even saw the Grand Elder, he stumbled upon this strange and unusual event...
Why are Chen's troops here?
Why were Chen's troops not afraid of him?