Forty millenniums of cul.., p.622
Forty Millenniums of Cultivation, page 622
Zi! Zi! Zi! Zi!
The hundred and eight bronze towers released immense electric arcs one more time.
Ten seconds later, all the captives except Han Tuhu and Suo Chaolong were lying on the ground, cramping like shrimps.
When the remaining electric arcs focused on the two leaders for three seconds, they also ended up foaming and bulging out their eyes. They, too, fell to the ground as if they were having a seizure.
Li Yao was practically weeping.
His plan could not be postponed. The hole that he had dug in the drainage canal would be discovered before long, and the Fire Ant King was definitely not able to endure 'Mad Medic' Lu Wuxin's torment on his braincells, which had nothing to do with his willpower.
Everything would be screwed if he waited until tomorrow!
What could he do now?
Li Yao regretted that he had not contacted Han Tuhu earlier and asked him to be patient.
Dozens of soldiers of the Nether World Watch appeared again, dragging the paralyzed captives back underground. Such fights seemed to take place every few days, and the guards were already familiar with the job.
Right then, a shocking change broke out!
When a few soldiers of the Nether World Watch walked to Han Tuhu and Suo Chaolong, the two leaders, who should have been concussed because of their previous fight and also suffering from electric shock, jumped to their feet simultaneously.
"Do it!" the two of them bellowed at the same time while they accelerated to their maximum speed, which was three times higher than previously!
They had been concealing their capability!
After multiple rounds of genetic modifications, they had a higher capability than that of the normal soldiers of the Nether World Watch. The soldiers had also been under the illusion that they were mortal enemies and thought that they were heavily wounded. Caught unprepared, the soldiers were hit precisely!
Chapter 938: Rats in the Cage |
Chi!
One of the soldiers of the Nether World Watch was going to drag Suo Chaolong's legs, only to be strangled when the captive turned around abruptly.
The soldier was struggling hard, but Han Tuhu moved behind him quietly and stabbed the sharp claw into the back of his head.
The claw, stained with blood, pierced out of the soldier's mouth. He was killed instantly despite the enhancement of the demon cores on his body!
Suo Chaolong and Han Tuhu looked at each other but did not say anything. Their hands moved fast and took off the armor and the weapons on the soldier within a breath!
Their capability was higher than that of the Nether World Watch in the first place. With the help of the weapons, they were even more daunting as they lunged to the flanks with a roar.
"Control the gate. Do not let the gate be closed!"
Most of the other captives also jumped to their feet, roaring wildly with brutality beaming out of their eyes. Both the federal soldiers and the demons were tensing their muscles and veins. The most ferocious waves of spiritual energy spurted out of their bodies while they lunged toward the soldiers of the Nether World Watch, who were utterly dumbfounded.
The captives had all gone through extraordinary mutations after dozens of insane experiments. They had also seen their closest comrades being killed in the pain and suffering every day and knew that they would inevitably come to such an ending one day.
They had all considered themselves to be dead people and, therefore, were fighting in the most desperate and fearless way. If they could not escape, they might as well get a clean death!
The soldiers of the Nether World Watch were terribly outnumbered. After slaying a few captives, they were soon swallowed and torn apart by the crowd, their weapons stolen!
In the meantime, shocking changes seemed to be happening deep inside the captive camp below the ground, where roars, as if some ferocious beasts had just been let loose, were echoing.
In a moment, a black tide surged out of the underground!
More captives!
The federal soldiers were mixed with the demon captives. There were also soldiers of the Blade of Chaos who had just been captured. They had different appearances, different bloodlines, and strength of different attributes, but they shared the same purpose.
Get out of the place, or die valiantly in battle!
For a moment, the alarms were all ringing. Ominous lights were flashing in the sky of the captive camp. The frost thorns were growing and waving the twigs crazily.
In the corners, a few inconspicuous teleportation arrays gradually revealed themselves, shipping a large batch of fully-armed soldiers of the Nether World Watch to the area!
Those soldiers were similar to the one whom Li Yao had observed in the 'weapon test field'. They were all wearing strengthening necklaces that had stored drugs of multiple colors. The blades and weapons they carried were combinations of magical equipment and demonic artifacts, half of which was metal and half was flesh and blood!
Zi! Zi! Zi! Zi!
The hundred and eight bronze pillars released powerful electric arcs and weaved a deep blue web again, locking every captive that was wearing the conductive shackles!
However, the captives who had completely ripped off their disguises did not fall to the ground as they used to. The electric arcs did not work on them at all.
Some of the captives were even devouring the electric arcs in great satisfaction, as if they could transform the electric arcs directly into spiritual energy!
BOOM!
The furious torrent crashed into the newly-arrived soldiers of the Nether World Watch heavily!
Most of the captives were unarmed, but they held the absolute advantage in numbers, with three to four captives attacking one soldier of the Nether World Watch. Teeth, claws, tails, horns—the inhuman modifications had endowed them with natural weapons all over their body!
Han Tuhu and Suo Chaolong, the two leaders, were cooperating so neatly, one on the left and the other on the right, that they seemed to be comrades who had fought side by side for decades. They made the arrowhead of the torrent.
Even the elites of the Nether World Watch were no match for the captives.
Li Yao felt that his blood was boiling while he watched.
There was hope again!
He activated the mini marrow crystal bombs without any hesitation!
…
At the south of the lone island, the control center of the Nether World was displaying the picture of the great prison break precisely from almost a hundred different angles, thanks to the most state-of-the-art magical equipment and demonic artifacts of both the Blood Demon Sector and the Heaven's Origin Sector. Crystal processors were mixed with biochemical brains, and the light beams were working together with the neural electricity imaging system triggered by the biochemical brains.
Lu Wuxin, Despot, and Swirl, the three commanders of the Nether World Watch, were watching the live stream rather casually.
"Master Lu, you are indeed a prophet. Those guys were truly hiding their strength," Swirl said with a smile.
"Of course."
Lu Wuxin half lay on the seat comfortably, placing his legs on the desk, while he declared gloatingly, "I am absolutely confident in my modifications. If those guys could survive dozens of modifications of mine, how could they be as weak as they previously demonstrated?
"However, they were all too dishonest. No matter how we tested them, they would not try their best. Even if they did, the 'potential' deep inside their bodies could never be tested by us.
"Therefore, we might as well loosen the management on purpose and give them a few fake messages, fooling them into thinking that they had a chance for an unprecedented prison break. Look. How spectacular, how brave, and how brutal. All their potential is being triggered. Haha. Hahahaha!"
Despot stared at the light beam and said coldly, "I didn't know that even the high-voltage electric arcs would not be able to put them down!"
"Those who are adapted to the environment survive. Those who don't, die." Lu Wuxin licked his lips and chortled. "The death rate in the captive camp is very high. The guys you are seeing right now are the survivors of tens of thousands of captives. The weak ones who could not resist the high-voltage electric arcs were exterminated a long time ago. The survivors are the strongest of them!
"After my modifications, their cells have become highly adaptive. Maybe in the beginning, they really could not resist the high-voltage electric arcs, but after an electric shock every few days, the endurance of their cells has been gradually enhanced.
"It is safe to say that the electric shock was also a form of training. A very special one!"
Despot sniffed and said, "That explains a lot. No wonder Han Tuhu and Suo Chaolong have been restless enough to raise a riot every other day. Turns out they were training their anti-electricity abilities!"
"There's more than that. I'm afraid that they were also communicating with each other and discussing their prison break while they were fighting. In the meantime, they could also learn each other's combat pattern so that their cooperation would be more flawless in the real operation," Swirl said in a smile.
"I anticipated that there would be a prison break. I also anticipated that the captives would be fearless of the electric shock. But I did not see it coming at all that Han Tuhu and Suo Chaolong, the two dangerous figures, would let go of their grudge and conspire with each other!"
With craziness shining inside his eyes, Lu Wuxin mumbled, "Han Tuhu and Suo Chaolong are two of my most immaculate masterpieces!
"Han Tuhu was born in a military family of the Star Glory Federation. His ancestors have been serving the army for five hundred years. Finally, when it came to his generation, he was appointed as the commander of 'Flying Tigers Legion', the best rapid response troop of the Heaven's Origin Sector. He was one of the best soldiers of the Star Glory Federation!
"Suo Chaolong, on the other hand, was a noble of the Kingdom of Lion Butchers. His Blood Lion Battalion gained its fame through mountains of corpses and oceans of blood. They were the representatives of the best warriors of the Blood Demon Sector!
"The two of them are certainly not the muscly, brainless boors. My previous modifications have significantly developed their brains, too. Their wisdom right now is significantly higher than during the 'Battle of Dawn'. Naturally, they made the best choice according to the environment and the conditions!
"It is safe to say that they are the perfect, ultimate warriors in my mind!"
Lu Wuxin rubbed his hands earnestly.
"Excellent. Excellent. If the soldiers that we manufacture in the end all boast combat ability, awareness, and wisdom as good as theirs, who will ever be a match for us?"
"Indeed. Even the Nether World Watch seems to be no match for them," said Despot jealously.
Lu Wuxin smiled and said slowly, "There's no need to be impatient. As I said earlier, the big riot is the final test of the specifications and the combat parameters of this batch of experiment subjects. The new weapons that we developed recently will also be tested to check if there are any flaws.
"After we have obtained detailed data and ensured the stability and safety, we will perform the same modifications on the Nether World Watch so that you will all grow into the strongest warriors!"
Despot gnashed his teeth. "I have always been the strongest!"
"Forget it. Why are you bothered by the rats in the cage?" Swirl flapped her wings softly, spraying hazy powder on Despot's body.
Lu Wuxin turned around and asked a white-robed demon, "How is our data collection?"
"The parameters of the experiment subjects in a real-life combat have been fully collected. The comprehensive combat performance of every experiment subject has been improved by 77% on average compared to the regular tests. Moreover, we have discovered 155 new changes that we had not found before and 87 new techniques."
The white-robed demon was wearing two biochemical chips. Endless data was jumping quickly on his retina.
"I think we are good. A lot of captives and soldiers of the Nether World Watch have been killed. They are all the most valuable assets of the Nether World and should not be wasted easily." Lu Wuxin waved his tentacles and commanded, "Change the 'Devil Taming Thunderous Array' to the intense magnetic field mode and end the test!"
"Understood!"
The antennas on the forehead of the white-robed demon, which were responsible for the transmission of telepathic thoughts, shivered slightly. He typed quickly on the light beam. Then, it could be seen that, in the surveillance picture, the entangling electric arcs on the hundred and eight bronze pillars suddenly dimmed, as if they were about to vanish!
"What's going on?"
Han Tuhu and Suo Chaolong, who were fighting a bloody battle in the captive camp at the north of the lone island, had no idea at all that they had been trapped in a pathetic test since the very beginning.
They only felt that the electric arcs that were bombarding their bodies had suddenly weakened, which significantly reduced their pressure.
Seeing that the electric arcs on the bronze pillars were dimming, they were both overjoyed.
"The goddamn barrier has run out of spiritual energy!"
"Let's go. Let's go. Let's get out of the place!"
Countless captives were shouting excitedly while they charged at the frost thorns unstoppably, their blood boiling.
However, in the next second—
Chapter 939: Miracle |
The electric arcs that entangled the hundred and eight bronze pillars turned from deep blue into pale white. They were shot toward the dense icy clouds in the sky of the captive camp, congregating into a ball of lightning that looked like a miniature sun.
It was not until the ball of lightning ripped apart the icy clouds that everybody discovered a hundred and eight pieces of silver, round magical equipment floating in the sky of the captive camp like brilliant stars.
As the ball of lightning transmitted the electric arcs toward the 'stars' continuously, the entire sky was brimming with glamorous runes.
An invisible magnetic field slowly fell and enshrouded the entire captive camp.
On the surface of the electromagnetic locks on the necks, wrists, and ankles of the captives, the spiritual stripes were shining splendidly again.
In the next second, the locks all turned into the most powerful magnets!
BAM!
BAM! BAM!
The locks on the wrists and ankles of the captives collided brutally. Restricted by the powerful magnetic field, they were like steel that had always been welded and could not be split apart at all!
The locks of several captives were even attracted to each other because the captives were too close, making them look like conjoined twins!
Right now, their hands and feet were tied up. They could not walk or punch, and they could only wriggle forward like caterpillars. How could they draw out their combat ability at all?
Even if some of them burnt their soul and bombarded their cells to exploit the craziest strength, managing to divide the electromagnetic locks on their body, they were still as slow and irresponsive as a snail because of the bondage of the powerful electromagnetic force. It was as if several muscular men were clutching their hands and feet. One moment of carelessness, and their hands and feet would be stuck again. Even the simplest tactical movement was now seriously difficult!
Han Tuhu and Suo Chaolong, because of the confinement of the electromagnetic force, were panting like two oxen, as if they were fighting while carrying thousands of tons of weight on their back!
Shua! Shua! Shua!
A horde of soldiers of the Nether World Watched appeared in the teleportation arrays at the corner of the captive camp again. Wearing heavy armor, they pushed to the center like an iron city wall!
Under the tremendous pressure, the soldiers of the Blade of Chaos, who were at the rear of the battle formation and commanded by Yuchi Ba, the master of the Skeleton Island, were the first to collapse.
The soldiers of the Blade of Chaos were still new to the place. They were unfamiliar with the environment and unused to the frigid weather. Furthermore, they had received no modification or anti-electricity training. Just now, they had been on the brink of unconsciousness because of the electrification and only managed to keep fighting with their willpower.
Right now, their hands and feet were tied up by the electromagnetic force, and they could not split them apart. How could they fight any longer?
The soldiers of the Nether World Watch bashed them hard and knocked them into the crowd of the federal soldiers and the demon captives.
Very soon, everybody was faltering. It was a huge mess.
In a moment, other than Han Tuhu and Suo Chaolong, all the captives were attached together by the electromagnetic force!
"Well—"
Han Tuhu and Suo Chaolong did not expect that the barrier array still had such an effect. Their eyes bulged as they struggled to raise their fists in fury.
But with the interference of the electromagnetic locks, their speed and strength were only one tenth of before. In the blink of an eye, they were blown to the ground with the special forks of the Nether World Watch elites!
BAM! BAM!
The electromagnetic locks on Han Tuhu and Suo Chaolong were stuck together, too, turning them into yet another pair of conjoined twins.
Their fall marked the end of the 'magnificent' prison break.
The only things left on the ground were dead bodies and the screaming captives who were crying for help.
Suo Chaolong and Han Tuhu were confined together, face to face. Suo Chaolong raised his head hard, and the air that he exhaled was frozen into crimson ice in midair. With a hideous face, he suddenly bellowed, "I said that the lowborn chaotic-blood demons were not reliable at all. Why did you have to bring them? If they hadn't been such a nuisance, some of us would have had a good chance to get out instead of being kicked back like losers!"
