Chapter 67 Jian Mu
Jing Hongchen also roared angrily, "Leave no one behind." As he spoke, a strong red light burst out from his body. Behind him, a ball of metallic light like a red lotus quickly flipped and combined. In an instant, thousands of red metal tubes only as thick as a finger were pointed into the air.
Jing Hongchen had a red helmet on his head, and a metal mask also blocked his face. Countless rays of red light blasted towards the main body master in the air in the next moment.
The Mingdetang experts who came with Jing Hongchen each used their own soul guides and launched a powerful sniper attack on the Noumenon Sect experts. The two sides engaged in a fierce collision. For a time, the entire underground base was filled with soul power, and violent roars continued to erupt.
Mingdetang underground base.
The violent roar and the shaking of the earth made both sides stop and their expressions changed. If this place collapses, then none of them will be able to get out alive.
“The poison won’t kill you, why?” Jing Hongchen asked through gritted teeth. Suddenly, he seemed to realize something. He shivered and roared angrily, "You bastard. How dare you..." With that, he turned around and ran towards the interior of Mingde Hall. Because he suddenly thought about where the violent roar just now came from.
However, how could the Noumenon Sect, which had already completed most of its plan, let him intervene at this time? A terrifying green storm suddenly fell from the sky. Poison Immortal, who did not hesitate to waste his original soul power, turned into nothingness, and countless terrifying figures went straight towards Mingde Hall and were covered by the strong men.
That Xuan He's aura clearly meant to kill Jing Hongchen, and he turned a blind eye to the attacks of other powerful soul masters.
In desperation, Jing Hongchen had no choice but to turn around and challenge. All he relied on was a powerful ninth-level soul tool. In terms of true strength, he was far from being able to survive. This Extreme Douluo is probably the only one in the entire continent. With peak strength of level ninety-nine, if it were not for the fear of the overthrow of the entire underground world, the Mingdetang experts here would have died at least one-third more.
The battle was rekindled in an instant. Amidst the crazy fight between the strong men on both sides, the number of casualties did not rise much. After all, although they can't attack with all their strength, they can defend! The purpose of Poison is to hold back these powerful men of Mingdetang and create opportunities for their own people.
"Whoosh." Chen Qiye flashed out from the end of the corridor and appeared in a passage.
The soul guide lights on both sides of the passage were flashing continuously at this time, showing the instability of its structure.
This should be the inside of Mingde Hall, right? But why is the Noumenon Sect attacking Mingdetang? ?
While thinking, he walked forward slowly, with his mental detection fully activated, searching forward.
Not long after walking forward, he suddenly felt something in his heart. He ducked into a passage on the left. A dark metal door opened silently, but it was very wide inside. It was a laboratory.
At this time, the laboratory was empty. Judging from the aura left here, many of the strong men of Mingdetang who rushed outside just now should have gone out from here.
Now that he has come in, of course Chen Qiye wants to take a look. Enter this spacious laboratory.
This laboratory is very large. The circular laboratory is a hundred meters in diameter and thirty meters high. When Huo Yuhao walked into it, he was immediately attracted by the huge thing in front of him.
This is a huge humanoid metal body, with a height of fifteen meters. The huge body is entirely made of metal. Although it looks a bit crude, the overall structure has been completed. The chest position is It was open, and there seemed to be something like a seat inside.
After Chen Qiye's detection, he discovered that thousands of core arrays were found on this huge metal man. Moreover, many of the sophistication of these core formations was something he had never heard of. What's even more terrifying is that this giant metal man seems to contain an extremely terrifying energy. These energies are from the metal itself.
Chen Qiye instantly realized that this should be the predecessor of Dousan Mecha.
Chen Qiye No. 2 ‘took’ the mecha without saying anything.
On the other side, Chen Qiye discovered something that shocked him, Jianmu, and it was Jianmu with a huge life energy. Although it was only short, for Douluo Continent, this was probably the same thing as Jianmu. The position of God no longer moves up or down.
Mingde Hall.
Standing in the underground base, Jing Hongchen almost broke his steel teeth. What he saw in front of him could only be described as shocking.
The entire underground base is like land that has just been plowed before sowing, with a mess everywhere. Less than a third of those expensive experimental tables are still intact, and more are damaged beyond recognition. All kinds of rare metals can be seen everywhere, and the underground base is completely riddled with holes.
What depresses Jing Hongchen the most is that due to the shock of the previous high-intensity battle, the terrain of the underground base has begun to become unstable, and collapse is not impossible. Now he is directing people to strengthen the underground base, and he will stabilize it first.
Since its establishment, Mingdetang has never experienced such a heavy blow. Not to mention the casualties and casualties, the loss of hardware facilities was astronomical. Mingde Hall is not his own! It is the soul guidance device research base of the entire Sun and Moon Empire! And he is also responsible for the important task of making high-end soul guides. Even with his status in the Sun and Moon Empire, he was still shouldering the responsibility for such a big accident. He had to bear tremendous pressure from the royal family.
“Noumenon Sect, Noumenon Sect!” Jing Hongchen’s eyes spit fire. The previous pursuit was fruitless, and only halfway through the pursuit, the main body of the sect leader was poisoned and the corridor collapsed. The people of Noumenon Sect are flying around.
Jing Hongchen immediately mobilized the army and put the entire city under martial law. But he himself knew very well that this had no practical significance at all. With the strength of the Noumenon Sect's strong men, how could the army stop them?
"Hall Master." Lin Jiayi's voice was trembling as he came to Jing Hongchen and lowered his head, not daring to look at him.
"How is the situation?" Jing Hongchen tried his best to calm down his mood.
Lin Jiayi lowered his head and said: "The situation at the warehouse is not bad. Nothing is missing. All the high-level soul tools in storage are there."
Listening to what he said, Jing Jing Hongchen let out a sigh of relief, finally hearing good news. It seemed that the purpose of the Noumenon Sect's trip was the 100,000-year-old soul beast embryo. They actually dared to use the entire sect's strength to launch a surprise attack. This revenge must be avenged.
"But..." Lin Jiayi said two more words that made Jing Hongchen's heart tighten again. He suddenly turned around and looked at his capable subordinate: "But what? Don't hesitate, say it clearly."
Lin Jiayi gritted his teeth and said with a trembling voice: "But Experimental Subject No. 1 is missing..." "What?" Jing Hongchen felt his eyes go dark and almost fell down when his body swayed. Lin Jiayi hurriedly stepped forward to support him.
Jing Hongchen felt as if the sky was falling, his chest felt tight, and he was so sad that he felt as if he was going to die immediately.
"You, say it again." This time, even his voice became a little trembling.
Lin Jiayi said in a trembling voice: "Experimental Subject No. 1 is missing. Hall Master."
Jing Hongchen said "Wow", spurted out a mouthful of blood, and fell directly into Lin Jiayi's arms.
What does Experimental Subject No. 1 mean? It means that the entire Mingdetang's highest achievement in soul guidance device research, although it is only a semi-finished product, is equivalent to the culmination of the Sun Moon Empire's thousands of years of research on soul guidance devices!
Jing Hongchen looked at Lin Jiayi with a pale face, and his eyes were full of fear. If Mingdetang was attacked by a sneak attack and caused heavy losses, he could rely on his prestige in the Sun and Moon Empire to suppress it. Down the road, Experimental Subject No. 1 was stolen, but he couldn't afford it. This is already a major matter related to the safety of the entire country.
Taking a deep breath and barely suppressing the surging energy and blood in his body, Jing Hongchen whispered: "Who else knows about this?"
Lin Jiayi hurriedly shook his head and said: "I went to Laboratory No. 1 to check in person. After discovering that Experimental Subject No. 1 was missing, I immediately closed the door of Laboratory No. 1, changed the access password, and reported to you."
Jing Hongchen managed to calm down his mood and said: "Well done. No one can know about this."
"Yes." Lin Jiayi hurriedly agreed.
Jing Hongchen’s face turned red and white for a while, and he already hated the Noumenon Sect in his heart. His only hope now is that Experimental Subject 1 itself contains too high a technological content and cannot be used at will. Once the main body is disassembled, a self-destruction device will immediately be triggered. This itself was to prevent theft. Now it seems that the original choice was correct enough.
But even so, the loss of many precious metals is still an astronomical figure. Fortunately, Mingdetang has a very high degree of autonomy. As long as this matter is not exposed, there is always hope of recovery.
Forced to stand up straight, Jing Hongchen's originally violent mood calmed down in the face of the crisis.
"Jiayi, pass my order. Everyone present today must keep silent. Anyone who dares to spread the news about today will be killed without mercy."
"Send people to include All large auction houses in our country pay attention to all high-end auctions. If Experimental Subject No. 1 is found, they will immediately take it back at all costs."
"In the name of Mingdetang, we will offer it to everyone. The Mercenary Guild and the Killer Guild have issued a killing mission, offering a high price for the heads of all members of the Noumenon Sect."
After saying this, Jing Hongchen paused briefly and said: "The injured Mingde Hall disciple. Except, all members of Mingdetang who are in good health have entered a state of emergency mobilization to repair the underground base as soon as possible at all costs. You told several elders that you will not trouble them to rebuild the defense of Mingdetang this time. Any blind spots appear, understand?”
"Yes." Lin Jiayi agreed quickly. Seeing that Jing Hongchen had regained his composure, he felt relieved.
As if he suddenly remembered something, Jing Hongchen asked urgently: "How are the exchange students at Shrek Academy? Especially the one named Huo Yuhao. Did they suffer any casualties in this battle?"
Lin Jiayi is also a thoughtful person. He had already guessed that Jing Hongchen would ask about this and had already investigated it before.
“At Shrek Academy, Fan Yu and He Caitou went out to conduct soul guidance device testing and were not in the base. The other students were also outside the experimental area, and the initial explosion did not affect them. They They were all very cunning and retreated to a safe area as quickly as possible without participating in the previous battle. Several people were injured, but none of them were serious. Huo Yuhao was also examined by our medical soul instructor. , Although he is in a coma, his body did not receive a strong blow. He was probably knocked unconscious and only needs a period of rest to recover."
"As for Chen Qiye, he has not been found yet. .”
Jing Hongchen breathed a sigh of relief and said: "What, tell them to go down and take good care of them so that nothing goes wrong."
"As for Chen Qiye, hurry up and speed up the manpower to find Chen Qiye whether he is alive or dead."
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After Lin Jiayi hesitated for a moment, he said: "Hall Master, do you think this matter is a collusion between Shrek Academy and the Noumenon Sect? How can the Noumenon Sect judge us so accurately? The location of the underground base, especially the location of Experimental Subject No. 1 and the 100,000-year-old soul beast embryo, is more capable of breaking through the defense of the 100,000-year-old soul beast embryo."
Jing Hongchen glared at him fiercely and said, "Idiot. Didn't I know there was a mole? But it was definitely not Shrek Academy's fault. What are you thinking about? Are the people from Shrek Academy Do you know where our 100,000-year-old soul beast embryo is? They can't enter the real core area of Mingde Hall. Moreover, Huo Yuhao is still here as a hostage. Maybe they are not that stupid. They will applaud later, but this is definitely not what they did. Do you think they have a good relationship with the Noumenon Sect?”
"Okay, hurry up and follow my instructions and try to minimize the negative impact of this incident. I want to enter the palace immediately. It seems that I really need to pay a visit to His Royal Highness. It is really God's will!" With that said, Jing Hongchen gathered his energy and strode away.
Even if Mingdetang has tried its best to suppress the news, how could such a big thing be hidden?
Within a few days, news of the raid and heavy losses at Mingde Hall had spread across the mainland. Although the Sun Moon Empire did not officially say who did it, their target can be seen from the fact that Mingdetang immediately issued a killing order to the Noumenon Sect.
For a time, the continent shook. The three countries that originally belonged to the Douluo Continent all applauded and applauded. Although they don't know the extent of Mingdetang's losses, for them, this is definitely a good thing!
The Emperor of the Sun and Moon Empire was furious after learning about this incident. His condition, which was already in poor health, was getting worse. Jing Hongchen, the leader of Mingde Hall, was severely punished and his title of duke was removed. If Prince Xu Tianran hadn't excused him, the punishment would have been even more severe.
As soon as the attack on Mingde Hall came out, the prices of high-end soul tools on the mainland plummeted, while the prices of rare metals increased significantly. For a time, this incident was widely spread.
(End of this chapter)