noffsinger Chapter 429: Stone Peak Forest, the Alien Race’s Military Base?
Chapter 429: Stone Peak Forest, the Alien Race’s Military Base?
A blinding white light flashed.
Chu Sheng didn’t poke his head out to observe this new world like some curious child.
As a veteran sneak, he deeply understood the importance of discretion.
This was the Alien Race’s main base!
Who knew how many terrifying beings were out there?
If he poked his head out and was spotted by some big shot at the Emperor Realm Level, it would be like making a home delivery right to their doorstep.
So, the moment he shot out of the tunnel, the first thing Chu Sheng did was hide himself even deeper.
He pressed his body tightly into a crevice in the alien’s carapace, suppressed his entire aura, and even slowed his heartbeat and blood flow to a bare minimum.
’Be cautious. I must be cautious.’
In this world, the White-striped Aedes Mosquito species absolutely did not exist. If he were exposed, he would be identified almost immediately.
Any unusual trace of an aura could bring about a fatal disaster.
He didn’t even dare to activate [Nether Vision]. Any unnecessary action would increase the risk of exposure.
A cacophony of voices reached his ears.
It was the unique language of the Alien Race—hoarse, sharp, and full of aggression.
Although he couldn’t understand what they were saying, Chu Sheng could sense the powerful, suffocating auras all around him.
Lord Level... Monarch Level... and there were even more terrifying presences!
Sensing these auras, Chu Sheng hid himself even deeper, even stopping his thoughts, as if he had truly fused with the piece of flesh and blood beneath him.
...
An unknown amount of time passed.
Perhaps half a day, perhaps even longer.
The surrounding clamor finally died down.
The Lord-Level alien beneath him seemed to have returned to its nest.
It let out a deep snore, its body completely relaxing as it went still.
’Is it asleep?’
’Or has it entered some kind of hibernation to recover from its injuries?’
Chu Sheng patiently waited for another half an hour. Only after confirming that the big guy was truly dead to the world did he dare to move his somewhat stiff limbs.
He cautiously poked half his head out from the crevice in the carapace.
The scene that met his eyes made him pause for a moment.
It was a massive cavern.
The cavern walls weren’t smooth. They looked like they had been forcibly excavated by some kind of sharp claw, and deep scratch marks remained.
There were no lamps in the cavern, but embedded in the surrounding stone walls were strange crystals that emitted a ghostly green glow.
The light wasn’t bright. Instead, it made the entire cavern seem gloomy and suffused it with a strange, deathly silence.
A pungent odor permeated the air, like sulfur mixed with rotting flesh, making one want to retch at the smell.
Chu Sheng held his breath and gently flew off the alien’s body, heading toward the cavern entrance.
There was no door at the entrance.
Instead, there was a pale green curtain of light that rippled like water.
This curtain of light completely sealed the inside of the cavern from the outside, making it impossible to see the scenery beyond.
Chu Sheng tentatively extended a foreleg and gently touched the curtain of light.
TZZZ—!
A powerful repulsive force instantly shot through him, and a wisp of smoke even rose from the tip of his leg.
’A Barrier?’
’And a Barrier with an identity recognition function?’
’If I try to force my way through, I’ll definitely trigger an alarm.’
’However... for someone like me, who possesses the [Realm-Breaking Claw], is this even a problem?’
Chu Sheng didn’t hesitate. He lifted a mosquito leg and swiped lightly at the curtain of light.
There wasn’t a single sound.
The Barrier, strong enough to block the Divine Sense of a King Realm expert, was like a thin sheet of paper, easily sliced open with a tiny slit.
With a flicker of his body, Chu Sheng slipped through the opening.
Finally, he was truly standing on the soil of this alien world.
...
’Is this... a rock planet?’
The sky was a hazy gray, hanging so low it felt as if he could reach out and touch it.
There was no sun, nor was there a moon.
Only a dim, sickly yellow light filtered through the thick layer of clouds, barely illuminating the world.
As far as the eye could see, there were no green plants on the ground, no rivers or lakes.
All that existed were enormous rocky peaks, like tombstones piercing the clouds.
These peaks didn’t stand alone. They were packed densely together, forming a vast, boundless "forest of stone peaks."
Each peak was over a thousand meters high and was a dark brown color from top to bottom.
And the surfaces of these peaks, from top to bottom, were covered in densely packed dark openings.
Those were countless small caverns, just like the one he had just left!
Chu Sheng’s current location was near the top of one of these extremely tall peaks.
He looked down and saw that on the mountainside below, the caverns became smaller and more densely packed.
It was like a pyramid with a strict hierarchy.
The ones living in the large caverns at the very top were undoubtedly high-ranking aliens, like the Lord-Level one from before.
And the farther down one went, the lower the status and weaker the strength of the aliens who lived there.
The small, ant-hill-like holes at the very bottom were probably home to the cannon-fodder Fierce Soldiers.
Chu Sheng thought for a moment. Seizing the opportunity while most of the aliens were resting, he quietly activated [Nether Vision].
BUZZ!
Following its automatic upgrade from his last evolution, the range of his Nether Vision had now reached a radius of fifty thousand meters.
Soon, Chu Sheng was surprised to discover that beyond this massive forest of stone peaks lay a barren, lifeless wasteland.
And on the outermost edge of the peak forest, there was an enormous Energy Shield that enveloped the entire area, isolating it from the dead silence outside.
All of the aliens were crammed together, surviving within this massive shield.
’This...’
Chu Sheng’s heart jolted.
’This is definitely not the Alien Race’s homeworld!’
’If this were a complete civilized homeworld, it couldn’t possibly have such a monotonous ecosystem, nor could it have only one settlement.’
’This is more like a temporary military camp, a bridgehead established for the invasion of the human world!’
’Or rather, this is a military base built for the invasion of humanity’s Blue Star!’
’Their homeworld is probably somewhere in the distant depths of space.’
’And these densely packed rock caverns are just temporary dormitories they’ve dug out.’
Having figured this out, Chu Sheng breathed a small sigh of relief, but he also became even more vigilant.
’Since it’s a military base, the defensive forces here must be formidable.’
’Whatever.’
’Since I’m here, I might as well look around and scout things out.’
’But flying around undisguised like this makes me too obvious a target.’
’If I run into a high-ranking alien with keen senses, I’ll be exposed easily.’
’I need to get a disguise!’
Chu Sheng’s gaze traveled down the mountainside, finally locking onto the most inconspicuous little caverns at the foot of the mountain.
’You pick the softest persimmons to squeeze.’
’The caverns on the lowest level are definitely home to the weakest scrubs.’
Having made up his mind, Chu Sheng flickered and shot down the mountain like a black bolt of lightning, sticking to the shadows of the rock wall.
He didn’t really dare to use Instant Teleportation, because he had a feeling that there was definitely some kind of terrifying master of Space in this base.
「A few minutes later.」
He arrived before a remote cavern on the lowest level.
The Barrier here was clearly much weaker than the one at the top. Chu Sheng couldn’t even be bothered to use his Realm-Breaking Claw at full strength; he just swiped casually and went inside.
The cavern was tiny, only a dozen or so square meters, and pitifully crude.
Other than a stone bed, there was almost nothing inside.
A scrawny, malnourished-looking Fierce Soldier Level alien sat on the stone bed with its back to the entrance, its body constantly bobbing up and down...
It was also making a strange sound, as if it were quite pleased...
Chu Sheng was speechless. ’This alien... is it... doing needlework?’