Read Novel Full Chapter 1676: Chapter 26: The Other Side of Civilization
Chapter 1676: Chapter 26: The Other Side of Civilization
“It’s Lord Benjamin!”
“Quick! Go save him!”
They weren’t inside that sturdy fortress and didn’t know what was happening within, only knowing one thing—their superior, Warden Benjamin, had fallen into the mine.
This was a figure who could decide the life and death of everyone in the Seabed City Prison underground mines with just a word… Warden Benjamin’s accidental fall sent the supervisors and guards in the mine into a panic.
But the place where Warden Benjamin fell was exactly where the prisoners from the Sea Demon Clan gathered to prey… In the urgency, the scattered guards around instantly picked up their weapons and rushed over.
Benjamin’s fall had incited a large struggle among the Sea Demon Clan, giving the trapped serious offenders a brief chance to catch their breath.
A man with a face full of stubble and a hunched figure quickly picked up the food on the ground, hugged it into his arms, and rolled desperately into a stone ditch on one side.
He didn’t even care how dirty the food was, gobbling it down in large bites.
“Dr. Yoa Xiu.”
At this moment, a steady voice sounded in the man’s ear—causing him to instantly stop eating, and instinctively stand up with a hoarse voice: “Who… who?”
“Dr. Yoa Xiu, I’m Longgang, I’m here to save you this time.” The voice quickened: “Now, don’t ask anything or say a word. If you trust me, do as I say… you have only five seconds to decide!”
“What should I do?” The man responded almost immediately to the voice.
“Follow my instructions… now, leave this stone ditch and move towards the fortress! Remember, try not to attract attention! The mine is somewhat chaotic now, which is a good opportunity for you!”
Dr. Yoa Xiu nodded upon hearing this and immediately stuffed the remaining food scraps in his hand into his mouth, then tried his best to crawl out of the stone ditch.
Now, due to the chaos in the mine, those supervisors and guards did not pay attention to such a frail prisoner—following the voice’s instructions, Dr. Yoa Xiu soon found his way to the dreaded fortress.
The process went smoothly. Although Dr. Yoa Xiu was scared, he successfully arrived at the place the voice indicated. He looked around nervously, but there was nothing, apart from the black rocks and the black rock walls.
“Where… where are you?” Dr. Yoa Xiu lowered his voice and asked.
In the blink of an eye, the stone wall in front suddenly showed some movement—a piece of rock slowly moved, revealing an opening barely enough for an adult to crawl through.
Dr. Yoa Xiu gathered his courage, quickly crawled through this opening, and then saw light—he hadn’t seen such bright lights for a long time, and his eyes immediately became sore.
“Mr. Yoa Xiu, hello.”
Once his vision slightly recovered, Dr. Yoa Xiu saw a man with a firm face, but with heterochromatic eyes… besides, there was a circle of fine blue scales visible on the man’s neck, yet he was wearing the clothes of a mine guard.
Heresy!
In an instant, Dr. Yoa Xiu knew the man’s identity… it was a species born from the crossbreeding between The People of the Underwater City and the Sea Demon Clan.
“Who are you?”
“My name is Longgang.” The visitor, Longgang, said quickly, “I know you have a lot of questions, but if you want to leave here, you can only trust me. Otherwise, you can only remain in this dark and sunless place, where death might be your best option.”
Dr. Yoa Xiu frowned: “Do you know Kaia? My wife…”
“After you leave here, I’ll answer your questions,” Longgang quickly said, “Kaia is one of our organization’s people.”
“As expected!” Dr. Yoa Xiu’s eyes involuntarily narrowed, “What should I do now?”
“Change into these clothes.” Longgang quickly took out a set of guard clothes and handed it to Dr. Yoa Xiu, “Please put it on. For these two outfits and this chance to save you, we’ve already lost three comrades who were infiltrating the Seabed City Prison.”
Dr. Yoa Xiu could feel the heaviness in Mr. Longgang’s voice.
He silently took the clothes and directly changed into them.
According to Longgang, this secret passage was secretly built by his organization over a long period—presumably to save those of their comrades who had been thrown into the mines.
“This might be your only chance to save your fellow comrades, and you gave it to me…” Dr. Yoa Xiu said with a bitter smile, “What exactly do you want from me?”
“The Sixth Institute.” Longgang spoke in a low voice, “We want to know what happened at the Sixth Institute, Doctor… the Kingdom Government charged you with treason. Afterward, half of the Sixth Institute was destroyed, and many people died. We’ve made inquiries in many ways but couldn’t find out the truth… After that, you were imprisoned. So, we speculate that you might have encountered something at the Sixth Institute.”
Dr. Yoa Xiu looked at the passage ahead, frowned, and said, “The Sixth Institute is just an ordinary medical research facility.”
“Doctor, every year, all newborns are sent to the Sixth Institute for vaccinations.” Longgang said solemnly, “Such a place is not ordinary at all!”
“If I can safely leave, I will tell you what happened on that day at the Sixth Institute,” Dr. Yoa Xiu replied in a deep voice, “But first, I must see Kaia!”
“You’ll see her shortly,” Longgang smiled confidently and then forcefully pushed open a metal door less than a meter high, “This is the tunnel for transporting minerals to Undersea City, our escape route.”
Perhaps it’s really possible.
Dr. Yoa Xiu’s eyes showed a glimmer of joy, “So, Benjamin’s fall was your doing? To distract those supervisors and guards?”
“No.” Longgang shook his head, “This wasn’t my original plan… In fact, I hadn’t even had time to carry out my original plan. But obviously, the warden’s fall was more effective than the chaos I intended to create.”
“Don’t you find it strange?” Dr. Yoa Xiu immediately frowned.
Longgang said, “It’s strange, but I can’t think of any conspiracy that would lead to the warden of the Seabed City being devoured by the Sea Demon Clan… Perhaps something abnormal did indeed happen within the fortress.”
Dr. Yoa Xiu said nothing.
The conveyor belt carrying the minerals was slowly rising… He looked up, with each second feeling exceedingly long and nerve-wracking.
“We’ve arrived!”
Finally, the speed of the conveyor belt gradually slowed down—reaching the top.
Longgang directly pushed open the lid above his head and was the first to crawl out. After a moment, Longgang reached out from outside and pulled Dr. Yoa Xiu out.
“Really out…” Dr. Yoa Xiu looked around somewhat incredulously—here were enormous magical energy machines, processing the minerals conveyed from underground.
Of course, such a workplace would naturally have guards… But at this time, there was no one in sight.
“Today is the opening ceremony and the first round of the preliminary match for the Flywheel contest, even the Emperor will attend.” Longgang smiled at this moment, “The supervisors here are slacking off at this time… You should know, during the contest period, the people of Undersea City are indulgent like that.”
“How do we leave here next?” Dr. Yoa Xiu asked nervously.
“Come with me.” Mr. Longgang gave a reassuring smile, “Everything is ready… soon, we’re going to give this Undersea City Emperor a huge surprise.”
As he spoke, he grabbed Dr. Yoa Xiu’s arm, heading towards an exit within the workspace—simultaneously, Mr. Longgang took out a box from his pocket.
A long-distance communication tool.
Mr. Longgang quickly spoke into the box, “It’s me… the target has been successfully rescued. Lewis, you can start taking action now, please reply when received. Lewis, please reply when received!”
Mr. Longgang’s hand was pressing on the lock panel in front of the gate, but as the communication device stayed silent for a long time, he involuntarily stopped.
“What’s happening?” Dr. Yoa Xiu stepped forward nervously to ask.
“I don’t know…” Mr. Longgang frowned, the gate before him was slowly opening with his activation—but just at this time, the scales around Mr. Longgang’s neck suddenly stood up!
His heterochromatic pupils instantly expanded, and Mr. Longgang stretched out a hand to grab Dr. Yoa Xiu’s shoulder, retreating violently!
But a black whip, at this moment, shot out like a venomous snake from the small gap opened by the gate! At such speed, it directly caught up with the retreating Mr. Longgang, and even coiled directly around his neck!
Tighten!
Mr. Longgang was tugged down to the ground, along with Dr. Yoa Xiu!
The gate finally opened, a girl in a silver robe, at this moment, pointing to one end of the black whip, approached with a smile, “Good afternoon, Dr. Yoa Xiu, and… Mr. Longgang of the Destiny organization.”
“You are!” Mr. Longgang’s expression slightly changed at this moment, “The Silver Moon Witch under the Emperor… Liuge!”
The girl merely replaced her response with a smile, then raised her hand, and the black whip rolled waves towards Mr. Longgang, followed by a terrifying electric shock hitting Mr. Longgang’s body.
He screamed tragically… and the electric shock continued uninterrupted. Dr. Yoa Xiu, fearful and unable to muster the courage to resist.
Until Mr. Longgang finally lost consciousness, collapsed on the ground, motionless.
The girl only then slowly retracted the long whip, chuckling as she said, “Alright, the real drama is about to unfold next… Dr. Yoa Xiu, would you like to join in on the viewing?”
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Undersea City, Flywheel Race Arena.
As the cheering confetti stopped firing, the entire arena experienced a slight tremor—simultaneously, the platform began to move away, followed by a spiraling track slowly ascending.
Like a giant snake.
Circle after circle… the spiraling track kept ascending, quickly reaching a height surpassing the highest point of the arena, yet still continuing to rise!
Eventually, when this gigantic spiraling track was elevated to the height akin to the Undersea City’s White Tower, it completely ceased rising.
No obstacles, just a spiraling ascending track, yet once again igniting the passion of the Undersea City residents!
The rules of the race are very simple, the first thirty contestants to reach the summit will advance to the next round of finals… during the race, there are no rules.
“Haha! It truly is this World Snake track! My Flywheel excels at bend acceleration, it looks like it will come into play!”
Accompanied by the firing of the starting gun for the race, those Flywheels specializing in bends and climbing capability burst out instantly, with maximum speed, pulling a gap with the main group.
When the frontrunners had already climbed to the third bend, Reya, positioned last in the rankings, was finally allowed to start his Flywheel.
He’s not aiming for the championship of this race… but at the very least, he needs to pass the preliminaries and enter the final—whether it’s the last to summit, it’s acceptable.
“Asla, fight alongside me!” With a hand on Asla, the Flywheel he sat upon, Reya took a deep breath and started it instantly.
The airflow instantly sprayed out, lifting Asla, Reya stabilized his posture, the entire process without any sign of sway.
“Truly solid fundamentals.”
Just at this time, a voice of admiration suddenly came from the Emperor beside Reya at the last starting point.
This almost caused Reya to lose his maintained balance… remembering that this Emperor was right beside him and was once the race’s overall champion, Reya couldn’t help but feel a bit apprehensive.
“Don’t be nervous, young man.” The Emperor smiled slightly at this moment, “I will accompany you, enjoying the scenery on the front half.”
Though he said so, the Emperor’s Flywheel still hadn’t started… Reya, experienced in Flywheel research, could tell that the Emperor’s Flywheel was just an ordinary model from the market, though performance-wise it posed no problem, against opponents who had frantically modified theirs for competition, it’s really…
“Young man, not starting yet?” The Emperor suddenly chuckled.
Reya hurriedly glanced at the lead Flywheels, they had clearly climbed to the fifth bend position by now, giving him a shock, and he rushed towards the first bend on the track.
“Such a green kid.”
Louis XXXIX smiled, and then the Flywheel beneath him started slowly—he would set off last, and then summit as the first.
Meanwhile, a pillar, just then, suddenly ascended rapidly from the center of the spiraling track—it instantly ascended to the finish line of the track.
The surrounding dazzling light screens focused at the top end of this gigantic pillar.
Here, a cross-shaped execution platform stood erect… someone seemed to be hanging from this cross-shaped execution platform at this moment… a man with his head hung low.
Above this man’s head, there even hung a massive guillotine.
This sudden situation caused both inside and outside the venue to fall into silence instantly.
But the host’s voice also rang out at this moment.
“Respected citizens of the Undersea City and contestants of this race! A reward from the Kingdom Government! The identity of this man hanging is that of a felon charged with treason! His name is Mr. Longgang! As you all can see! The first contestant to summit and cross the finish line will trigger the guillotine above this felon’s head to fall! He will claim the honor of executing a traitor—!”
The scene… instantly erupted with nearly frenzied cheering.
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PS:(30/82)
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