Chapter 348 - Underground City
Chapter 348 of "Destiny Mission of game ‘Star Ring'" kicks off revealing: Although Ink Frost was incredibly sharp, the pipe walls within this base were exceptionally thick... Find out what’s next!
Although Ink Frost was incredibly sharp, the pipe walls within this base were exceptionally thick and very difficult to breach.
Just then, a dull sound transmitted from the distance within the pipe.
“Su Mo, did you hear that noise?”
Su Mo stopped, listened for a moment, and then, hearing the deep sound getting closer, said sternly, “Yes, it’s heading our way.”
Qian Chengxue immediately drew another silenced automatic pistol from her belt.
Su Mo sped up his chopping.
The dull sound drew closer and soon, pairs of crimson eyes appeared in the distance, and numerous tiny mechanical spiders rushed towards them at high speed.
Qian Chengxue didn’t hesitate to fire.
Bang Bang~
Each shot hit the mechanical spiders, instantly killing the ones at the forefront.
Seeing this, Su Mo quickened his movements, desperately chopping through the thick metal barrier until he managed to create an opening.
“Qian Chengxue, go up!”
“You go first,” she replied calmly while continuing to shoot.
Upon hearing this, Su Mo didn’t waste words and quickly climbed up through the opening, then shouted.
“Come up!”
Qian Chengxue took a hand grenade from her belt and threw it at the mechanical spiders, quickly reaching out to grab Su Mo’s hand.
With a strong pull from Su Mo, Qian Chengxue was up.
With a thunderous noise!
The thrown hand grenade exploded.
Observing their surroundings, they saw the conduit overhead was covered by a low interlayer filled with complex circuitry everywhere!
“We need to go!”
Clutching Ink Frost, Su Mo pushed aside obstructing circuits and moved forward.
He had a strong premonition that danger was drawing near.
In the central control system of Praying Dragon City, a message popped up in front of the artificial intelligence.
“Clearance failed.
The Rat has entered Praying Dragon City.”
Unfortunately, the artificial intelligence was mainly focused on the front battlefields; the displayed images showed two Fourth Generation mechas clashing on the surface of Praying Dragon City, wreaking havoc.
The artificial intelligence was rapidly generating various combat data, transmitting it remotely to the puppet system,
directing Weapons to crush the target.
However, all was not going smoothly.
So, after failing the Rat clearing task, the artificial intelligence automatically generated the next level standard response plan.
“Deploy the Clearer killing machines…”
And did not deploy stronger bioengineered beings to strangle!
Elsewhere, Su Mo and Qian Chengxue ran through the interlayer.
Unfortunately, just as they had not gotten far, Qian Chengxue looked back and saw swarms of mechanical spiders catching up.
“They are catching up!”
“I know,” Su Mo replied gravely, his head also aching now.
At that moment, Su Mo saw a light to the side and, without a second word, changed their escape direction.
Their luck was truly good, for there was a ventilation outlet ahead, seemingly at the end.
Su Mo swung Ink Frost, slicing open the vent cover in two quick strikes.
“Get down!”
Qian Chengxue deftly jumped down, landing steadily on the ground.
She glanced around and saw the room was filled with operating mechanical equipment, likely a machine room, and spotted no danger.
“Come down quickly!
There are no enemies here.”
Just as Su Mo was about to jump down, a sharp metal tactile blade swept over.
Instinctively, he raised Ink Frost to block it.
The tremendous force sent him flying.
Su Mo, still unreactive from being launched, suddenly felt arms catch him, and he felt as if he had hit something soft, with a fragrance filling his senses.
Coming to his senses, Su Mo found himself in Qian Chengxue’s arms.
At that critical moment, she had caught him, and both had crashed heavily to the ground.
Su Mo quickly scrambled up and apologized awkwardly.
“I’m sorry.”
Just then, there was a loud bang!
The sharp metallic tactile blade furiously chopped at the ventilation shaft as the giant mechanical spider tried to forcibly squeeze through.
However, its size was too large and the exit too small, so it became stuck and couldn’t get out all at once.
“Let’s go, hurry out of here.”
Qian Chengxue also got up, and spoke calmly.
“Okay!”
The two of them quickly scanned their surroundings and soon spotted a steel door not far away.
They ran toward the exit, flung open the engine room door, and rushed out.
The dazzling light directly hit their eyes.
Su Mo and Qian Chengxue instinctively raised their hands to cover their eyes.
They had been in a dim environment for a long time, and it was somewhat uncomfortable to move into a bright area suddenly.
After about ten seconds, their eyes gradually adjusted, and they were completely shocked by what they saw next.
Both of them emerged into an underground hollow cast from steel, at the bottom of which lay a forgotten giant mechanical city.
At a glance, this forgotten city was populated by various steel buildings, at the center of which stood a grand domed structure.
The eeriest scene was the brightness of various lighting fixtures throughout the city, making it seem like a living city.
At that moment, they were standing on a high slope at the edge of the city.
“What’s going on, how could there be a city underground beneath the Praying Dragon City?
If this is a real city, then what is above?”
“I’m not sure, but this city looks quite eerie!”
Crack!
A loud noise interrupted their thoughts.
Su Mo and Qian Chengxue turned to glance at the engine room door.
The giant mechanical spider, too large to get out, began retracting forcefully to make way for the incoming smaller mechanical spiders.
“Let’s go!”
Su Mo shivered and led the way sliding down a slope.
Qian Chengxue did not hesitate to follow closely behind.
Both of them clumsily slid to the edge of the city and ran into it, entering an inner street.
The streets here were no different from the streets of a real city, made of concrete.
On both sides, a vast amount of green plants were growing lushly, without any sign of withering.
There were all kinds of shops on both sides of the street, and the windows were plastered with various big discount posters.
Ahead in the street, some people’s backs could be seen.
A family of three, dressed in stylish clothes, hand in hand, the child in the center holding a floating balloon.
The entire city gave a sense quite different from the external city; it was simply poles apart.
Su Mo and Qian Chengxue were both stunned.
Does anyone really live in this city?
They quickly hid beside a street seat.
“It seems there are people ahead, should we get closer?”
“That’s a bit problematic, if there are indeed living people, they are most likely hostile.
After all, we seem to be invaders right now.
It’s best not to let them spot us.”
Su Mo replied with a headache.
“If there are living people, we need to contact them, try to resolve the misunderstanding.”
Qian Chengxue shook her head and replied calmly.
“You’re right, but it appears to me it won’t be that simple.
Because if there were truly living people, they would have approached us by now.
It’s impossible for them to have stayed silent so far unless they are trapped here.”
Su Mo stated his hypothesis outright.
“Unlikely, the possibility you mentioned is too low,”
Qian Chengxue immediately denied.
“Why?”
Su Mo asked curiously.
“It’s simple, the scene in front of us is too harmonious, which in itself seems rather eerie.”
“Now that you mention it, I’ve noticed that too.
How about I find a place to hide first, then grab someone to check?”
Su Mo suggested directly.
“Okay, let’s do that.”
Qian Chengxue didn’t have a better idea and could only agree with Su Mo’s suggestion.