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Chapter 1151 The Vast Underground City

"Huh? An energy shield?"

A moment later, Qin Chong stood in front of an extremely faint energy shield and frowned slightly.

This shield is clearly X-planet technology. If Qin Zhong hadn't been constantly activating his domain and sensing the shield's presence, he probably would have crashed right into it.

Moreover, Qin Chong could feel a strong sense of crisis while standing on the protective barrier. If he rashly crossed the barrier, he would probably face a life-or-death crisis.

Thinking of all this, Qin Zhong felt a chill run down his spine, narrowed his eyes, and began to consider the method of using an energy shield.

Go straight through?

I'm afraid that won't work. The energy particles carried by this energy shield are extremely dangerous. Even if I have full confidence in my own defense, it's still better to be cautious.

Burning flames of radiation?

Upon closer reflection, that probably wouldn't work either. If he did that, he would damage the energy shield, which would likely attract the attention of the people inside. In that case, his attempt to sneak in would still be considered a failure.

But how can one safely and quietly enter the energy shield?

Standing in front of the energy shield, Qin Zhong's eyes flickered, and his mind raced as he considered how to quietly enter the shield.

No matter how hard Qin Zhong tried, he couldn't think of a way to safely pass through the energy shield without alerting the base's interior.

After all, the energy shield in front of us is made entirely of energy and envelops the entire base, making it unlikely that even traveling underground would be possible.

"It's made of energy... That's it! I've got an idea!"

After a moment of contemplation, Qin Zhong's eyes suddenly lit up. He suddenly remembered a special superpower he hadn't used in a long time: devouring everything.

It should be understood that, in principle, it is possible to devour all things and extract suitable traits and abilities from the devoured items, thus transforming them into all things.

If that's the case, then isn't this energy in front of us also considered part of all things?

With this in mind, Qin Zhong made up his mind to take the risk and try it, because devouring everything does not necessarily require eating with one's mouth; even touching it with one's own limbs can exert the ability to devour everything.

Therefore, the worst outcome would be losing an arm, but since I have the superpower of metal mimicry, losing an arm wouldn't be a problem.

With that thought, Qin Chong raised his left hand, activated the Devour All Things technique, and concentrated his energy in his left hand.

Then, without any hesitation, Qin Zhong gritted his teeth, his face solemn, and carefully reached out with his left hand to touch the almost transparent energy shield that contained powerful energy.

Perhaps, my powerful superpower can create another miracle!

"Snapped!"

Under Qin Zhong's watchful gaze, his left hand touched the almost transparent energy shield, and then he felt a slight numbness in his left hand.

"Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!"

Just when Qin Zhong thought his left hand might be in danger, a strange thing happened. A stream of light suddenly flashed across Qin Zhong's left hand, which was inserted into the energy shield.

Then, the energy shield began to tremble slightly and shone brightly, illuminating the entire cave.

At the same time, a strange energy flowed upwards from Qin Zhong's left hand, spreading throughout his body almost instantly. A transparent film, like an energy shield, appeared on the surface of Qin Zhong's body.

"This is?"

Looking at the energy shield that had appeared on his body with surprise and uncertainty, Qin Zhong took a deep breath and then carefully extended his right hand toward the energy in front of him.

When the energy shield on Qin Zhong's right hand came into contact with the energy field, he only felt a slight numbness in his right hand, and then nothing else happened; there were no signs of injury.

Seeing this, a look of joy appeared on Qin Zhong's face. Without hesitation, he took a big step, leaped through the protective barrier in front of him, and walked forward.

After passing through the energy shield, Qin Zhong discovered that the energy membrane on his body was still there, completely surrounding him.

Seeing this, Qin Zhong was filled with joy. Although he didn't know what the purpose of the shield was, he figured it couldn't be anything bad!

Qin Chong cautiously continued forward. Compared to the loosely defended outer perimeter, the defenses beyond the first energy field were impregnable and extremely formidable.

Along the way, Qin Zhong not only encountered six or seven waves of patrolling biological weapons—killers—but also faced obstacles from three layers of energy fields.

If it weren't for his bold use of the superpower of devouring everything and his possession of a domain that allowed him to evade enemy patrols, he would have been exposed long ago.

Even so, Qin Zhong almost got discovered by the patrolling killers several times, which forced him to be even more careful.

Continuing forward, after crossing more than a dozen blockades and descending nearly a thousand meters, Qin Zhong's eyes suddenly lit up. A vast underground space appeared before him.

……

"Damn, these demonic mountain people actually built an underground city here?" Looking at the scene before him, Qin Zhong couldn't help but swallow hard and mutter a few curses under his breath.

At this moment, the underground cave in front of him could no longer be described as a "cave" or "rock cave".

The cave ceiling, which is over a thousand meters high, and the vast, seemingly endless buildings beneath it, all indicate that this is not a base at all, but a newly built underground city!

"We underestimated the X-star people. Such a massive project must have been under construction long before the apocalypse! Damn it, the X-star people, their plan to destroy Blue Star has really been planned for a long time!"

Looking at the various biological weapons and mechanical facilities bustling about in the underground city, Qin Zhong's face turned extremely gloomy.

Such a large underground city could not have been built in just two or three days, or even two or three years. Moreover, it probably couldn't have been built by human power.

After all, building such a large underground city wouldn't be a project requiring just a few hundred people; it would probably require tens of thousands. And for the sake of secrecy, Demon Mountain certainly wouldn't do that. That leaves only the technology and biological weapons of the X-stars.

"I wonder if this base is the headquarters of Devil Mountain, or just the headquarters of China? It's probably unrealistic for Devil Mountain to establish such bases on every continent. After all, the cost of a base of this scale is too high, and it's impossible to build it on a large scale."

As he pondered, Qin Chong cautiously approached the underground city. Although the appearance of the underground city was beyond his expectations, he would not be willing to leave without thoroughly exploring it.

Within the underground city, there seemed to be some unknown power. Although Qin Zhong's perception was not completely ineffective here as it was against an energy shield, its range was still suppressed to within a thousand meters.

Otherwise, Qin Zhong wouldn't have needed to risk infiltrating the underground city.

Moving cautiously, Qin Zhong relied on his perception range of one thousand meters to avoid many busy and patrolling biological weapons.

The biological weapons here were unlike anything Qin Zhong had ever seen before. In fact, they could hardly be called weapons anymore; they were more like laborers carrying bricks on a construction site.

These biological weapons, although each one retains a human form, have no facial features; they only have twelve slender yet powerful arms that protrude from their backs and chests.

Their feet were also modified from humanoid bipedalism to more stable quadrupedalism, which made their movement more convenient, allowed them to adapt to more terrains, and greatly improved their work efficiency.

As Qin Zhong ventured deeper into the underground city, he realized that the entire underground city was far larger than it had appeared from afar.

With a perception range of one thousand meters, Qin Zhong couldn't discern the direction or streets within this massive underground city. Left with no other option, he could only rely on instinct and slowly creep forward.

As for flying directly from here?

Haha, he doesn't want to die yet!

As Qin Chong traveled through the underground city, he encountered many devices and biological weapons that he wouldn't even dare to imagine in science fiction movies. He even saw two stone giants running towards the outer edge of the cave at an extremely fast speed.

Just as Qin Zhong was preparing to take a further step and explore the interior of the base, an unexpected incident occurred.

Suddenly, a series of deafening roars echoed from the outer perimeter of the distant cave, and then the entire underground city instantly erupted in chaos.

Countless killers, flying bee soldiers, bone-eating worms, and other biological weapons flew and ran at an extremely fast speed toward the place where the explosion came from.

Seeing the massive number of biological weapons, Qin Zhong frowned and turned slightly to hide behind a building, his expression shifting between anger and uncertainty as he watched the rapidly departing biological weapons.

In Qin Zhong's view, the distant rumbling was likely caused by Chen Fang. The entire underground city's defenses had been alerted. If they didn't run now, they might be discovered later and it would be difficult to escape.

At the same time, almost all the biological weapons in the city rushed towards Chen Fang's direction. If he missed this opportunity, it would be even more impossible for him to explore this underground city again.

After all, having alerted the enemy this time, the base's defenses will likely become even more stringent, making it unlikely that he will be able to infiltrate so deeply again.

Thinking of all this, Qin Zhong frowned, quickly calculating the gains and losses in his mind.

"Damn it, whatever, I'll fight! I'll fight to the death if necessary. I really don't believe anyone can kill me!"

Qin Zhong didn't hesitate for long. As a wave of high-level killers thundered past him and rushed towards the outer edge of the cave, he no longer hesitated. He moved swiftly and rapidly toward the center of the city.

With Chen Fang causing such a ruckus today, the underground city's defenses will only become even more stringent. If we don't take this opportunity to find out what's inside, we might never have such a good chance again.