My Apocalypse Territory-Chapter 311 - 308 Resource Points
Chapter 311: Chapter 308 Resource Points
Chapter 311 -308 Resource Points
The passage was deep, with uneven stone walls on both sides.
Very irregular.
Only the floor of the passage had been smoothed out for vehicle traffic.
It confirmed what Number Eight had said, it was indeed excavated by human labor.
“The passage doesn’t seem to have been blown up?”
Tang Yu muttered to himself.
He didn’t hesitate to enter but secretly activated several defensive props.
…
Click, click, click,
Bald Number Eight walked in the front, Tang Yu followed closely behind with a flashlight, while Eileen and Kong guarded his sides left and right, remaining vigilant at all times.
“How long did you guys actually dig this tunnel?” After walking for several minutes, Tang Yu couldn’t help but ask.
Number Eight recalled for a moment, “…Anyway, it’s very long. We didn’t measure the exact data, and Dr. Zheng… Old Demon Zheng instructed us to dig as long as possible, so we just kept going forward carelessly, until it felt about right, then we dug upwards at an angle and looked for places that could serve as entrances and exits.”
Tang Yu: “…”
The fact that the tunnel hadn’t collapsed made him wonder whether to admire Number Eight and his crew’s luck or just luck itself.
Hearing about their digging process gave Tang Yu a chill; he was worried the entire tunnel might cave in at any moment.
Only the scroll in his hand provided him with a sense of safety, “Good thing, even if it collapses, at least safety is not a problem.”
Suddenly,
Tang Yu smelled a strange odor coming from ahead, his expression changed.
“Something’s wrong!”
The flashlight beam aimed down the deep passage ahead, and several ferocious-faced Demonized Beasts came into view.
Sensing the presence of humans, the Demonized Beasts rapidly charged forward.
Number Eight widened his eyes, swearing, “￥&#&%… How could there be Demonized Beasts here?! Could they have escaped from the material detention room?!”
He looked at Tang Yu and the others and quickly explained, “It’s really not my fault, I’ve made so many trips before and never encountered Demonized Beasts.”
The flying Demonized Beasts were quickly slain by Kong.
Yet, these beasts were unusually strong, one even dodged a lethal blow, forcing Kong to strike again with another sword.
Quite rare.
Tang Yu did not underestimate them, a bold guess forming in his mind.
He quickened his pace, “Be careful, and also, try not to make too much noise.”
After some thought, Tang Yu pulled out a spray bottle containing the juice of the Devil Vine—from his last encounter with the Ancestor Dragon Warrior, he had learned about this quirky plant’s effectiveness and had specifically collected some.
Spraying the nozzle at himself, Tang Yu covered his entire body, turning his silver-white war armor oily purple, and emitting a slightly irritating smell.
He didn’t spare his hair either, spraying until it turned black with tinges of purple, something about it felt off.
Shaking his head, Tang Yu thought this minor issue was bearable; after all, it wasn’t as if it couldn’t be washed off.
Eileen and Kong, not being delicate, took the Devil Vine juice spray and did the same to themselves to mask their scents.
The appearance after spraying looked quite comical.
Prepared, the group continued along the passage.
As expected, they encountered several more Demonized Beasts, all strong. To avoid making too much noise, they struck simultaneously and quickly dispatched the attacking beasts.
One batch, two batches, three batches…
The tunnel was long to begin with, and with Demonized Beasts blocking the way, it took nearly thirty minutes to walk through. According to the leading Bald, they were almost at the end.
Indeed,
Finally, some light appeared ahead.
Tang Yu’s spirits lifted.
Bald Number Eight finally breathed a sigh of relief… Without sight of the research facility, he truly feared being sacrificed on the spot.
…
Tang Yu dispatched the approaching Demonized Beasts with two or three slices of his sword and leaped forward, only to stand rooted to the spot.
Not far in front of him was the passage exit.
A faint light was indeed coming from the exit.
However, beyond the exit was not the heavily guarded, sci-fi movie-like secret research facility he had imagined.
… There was no sign of the research facility at all!
Bald Number Eight’s eyes bulged round as he muttered nonstop, “This isn’t possible, this isn’t scientific.”
Tang Yu walked to the edge of the exit and crouched down, caressing the smooth cut of the edge.
—This was no longer the original passage exit, but rather everything ahead of the passage had been ‘swallowed’ by some tremendous force.
What he now saw in front of the exit was a massive void, similar to a sinkhole, and the passage exit was located on the cliff of the sinkhole.
Tang Yu looked up, above the void, a light red mist lingered.
His face turned somewhat ugly, as the suspicion in his heart finally turned into reality.
“Where did you previously lure the Demonized Beasts from, was it not far from the research facility?” Tang Yu asked.
Number Eight came to his senses, thought carefully, and said, “We originally planned to enter the mountains, but we encountered quite a few Demonized Beasts a few kilometers, possibly ten kilometers away from the entrance. Later, we changed our minds and attacked those Demonized Beasts… Later on, I don’t know how it happened but the crowd of Demonized Beasts grew larger, and even fearsome giants appeared…” freewёbnoνel.com
He paused, his mouth gaping open as he stiffly turned his head and stuttered, “Are you saying… are you saying that the whole research facility was swallowed by the Abyssal Rift?”
Tang Yu couldn’t believe it either.
Not long ago, his assistant had told him that an Abyssal Rift might emerge within a large Sanctuary and once it happened, they could only rely on city walls to fend off the Demon Tide, for a Sanctuary focused on external defense, that disaster would be catastrophic.
However, Dr. Zheng’s entire Sanctuary had now been swallowed by the Abyssal Rift!
Can you believe this likelihood?
Tang Yu did not believe it at first, but the fact was right before his eyes, he had to believe it… On the cliff opposite the Abyssal Rift, he could vaguely see another passage entrance, and to confirm it, Tang Yu specially climbed up to the surface with grappling hooks, then circled to the other side, but that passage led directly to the surface.
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After nearly an hour of exertion, Tang Yu stood at the edge of the Abyssal Rift, his feet on the dark red ground.
Red mist floated overhead, and below, Demonized Beasts continuously climbed up along the rift’s cliffs.
Tang Yu observed for a while, and it seemed that no matter the type of Demonized Beast, they all inherently possessed climbing ability. Even in humanoid form, while climbing, their combat power was hardly inferior to when standing upright.
“The length of this Abyssal Rift, by my estimate, exceeds two hundred fifty meters. If it were not by chance that most Demonized Beasts, including the three Transcendent-level Demonized Beasts, were lured into the Territory by Bald and the others, it wouldn’t have been possible to approach the Core Area of the Rift easily.”
Even though endless streams of Demonized Beasts kept emerging, compared to the tens of thousands before, they weren’t at the same scale, and with the power of the three men now, they were sufficient to handle it.
Let alone the three giants, if they didn’t step into the Territory, killing them would be as difficult as reaching the heavens.
Tang Yu felt the inadequacy of his own strength.
“But since there’s an existing Abyssal Rift right here, without a cluster of Demonized Beasts, it cannot be missed.”
It wasn’t just because this location was close to the Territory and could easily trigger a Demon Tide… The Abyssal Rift itself was akin to a large Resource Point.
As long as they could defend the Rift’s opening and kill the emerging Demonized Beasts.
Soul power, Source Crystals, and some precious materials from the bodies of the Demonized Beasts—it was an inexhaustible supply.
Lindong officials controlled an Abyssal Rift, and they were overflowing with Source Crystals; that was just from a one-hundred-fifty-meter level Abyssal Rift, while this one was at least two hundred fifty meters, perhaps even reaching three hundred meters.
The output of Demonized Beasts was greater, and naturally, it was also harder to defend.
Tang Yu stood at the edge, peered into the bottomless Rift a few times, shook his head, and retreated to a distance.
He walked around the Rift a few times, surveying the surrounding terrain.
Before long, he built a Sub-territory fortress at a suitable location.
Shortly after, a first-level city wall that enclosed the entire Abyssal Rift was erected, with various defense constructions standing all around.
“Materials are lacking, this is all I can do for now. Ordinary Demon Tides are not a threat, but if by chance another Transcendent Demonized Beast climbs up…”
Tang Yu shook his head; a new large Spell was nearly completed, the power of the defense constructions might also find a way to be enhanced, at worst, they could learn from the Lindong officials and set up large Energy-gathering Cannons along the defense line; after all, for him… for Kevin, Energy-gathering Cannons weren’t exactly high-end technology.
