TRCP 221.2

PART 2

The monkey screamed, covering its face. As Deng Xiao fell, he grabbed its long tail, swung himself up, and landed on its back, pounding its head with his fists.

After two blows, the monkey’s claws viciously swiped at him. Deng Xiao felt a burning sensation on his face; it was probably scratched. He didn’t care and held the monkey tightly, continuing to pound its head. The monkey closed its wings, and the two fell from a height of more than ten meters. Deng Xiao was pinned beneath it, almost spitting up blood. As he struggled to get up, he was suddenly hit on the temple. He felt stars in his eyes.

He dazedly hugged his head, taking several more blows. When his brain cleared slightly, he kicked his leg, spun, and his thick tail lashed out at the monkey’s lower body, breaking its leg bones. Deng Xiao sprang up, grabbed the monkey’s thick neck, and with a powerful twist, broke its neck.

The large monkey died in his arms. Deng Xiao relaxed his grip, involuntarily kneeling on the ground. He shook his head; perhaps his optic nerves were damaged; everything was blurry. He couldn’t even tell if something running towards him was on the left or right.

Suddenly, a white shadow flashed before his eyes, knocking the approaching thing away. Deng Xiao shook his head vigorously and looked up; it was Abu.

Abu used its paw to scoop him up and tossed him onto its back. Deng Xiao lay on its back, gasping for breath.

Since arriving in Beijing, they hadn’t encountered so many powerful mutated creatures in a long time. They had encountered many before because they were weak. Since the team collectively broke through to Tier 2, their biggest crises had almost always been due to sheer numbers. Here, there were too many high-level mutated creatures, not the type that could be killed three at a time with one swing or wiped out with a natural force evolver’s group attack. They needed to deploy fighters to deal with them individually, resulting in excessive combat attrition. After nearly an hour, they had barely advanced, falling into an unprecedented stalemate.

Mr. Sun, under Rong Lan’s protection, rushed over on Bai Ling. He urged, “This won’t work. Everyone provide cover; let Cong Xia find the puppet jade as quickly as possible.”

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In the distance, various mutated animals were quickly chasing after them.

Cong Xia anxiously said, “What do we do? There are no earthworms this time.”

“If the puppet jade is still moving, it means it’s on something. Since there’s something underground, we can go down too!” Cheng Tianbi waved his hand, and the dilapidated house was suddenly lifted into the air, debris flying everywhere. The house shattered. Beneath the wreckage, a seemingly crude stone mechanism was revealed.

Rong Lan said, “I’ll bring Mr. Sun.” With a flash, he darted towards Mr. Sun.

Cong Xia crouched over the mechanism, anxiously searching but couldn’t understand its mechanism.

Soon, Rong Lan brought Mr. Sun over. At the same time, the pursuing mutated animals swarmed forward. Cheng Tianbi and Rong Lan rose to meet them, Mr. Sun studying the mechanism on the ground. Cong Xia couldn’t help and could only guard him with his gun.

More and more mutated animals surged towards them. The quiet forest was soon filled with the sounds of fighting. Zhuang Yao shouted from Abu’s back, “What have you found!”

Cong Xia had no time to explain, fearing something would pounce and devour him and Mr. Sun.

Suddenly, he felt a tremor under his feet. He looked down; the moist soil was bulging; something was sliding beneath it. He quickly jumped back. Everyone was surprised to discover that an entrance was slowly opening in the floor where the house had been. Mr. Sun almost fell but was grabbed by Cong Xia.

The entrance grew wider, eventually revealing a five-meter square underground passage, with stairs leading down.

Mr. Sun paused for two seconds. “Everyone down.”

Cong Xia hesitated. “Is it dangerous?”

Mr. Sun urged, “It’s less dangerous than the surface.”

Cong Xia looked at the overwhelming number of monsters and could only agree, pained.

Natural force evolvers provided cover, and everyone began to move underground. They were desperate; they didn’t care what was down there. If they couldn’t find a place to rest, they would either be eaten or exhausted to death. The five-meter passage, while not blocking many monsters, was still better than facing them in the open.

One by one, they rushed down. Larger animals like Duoji and Abu had some difficulty squeezing through, but the passage was indeed wide enough; they scrambled down.

Under the cover of the natural force evolvers, all the survivors finally entered the passage. Of course, a considerable number of mutated animals followed. Song Qi used spiderwebs to seal the entrance. A mutated yak tried to ram its head into the entrance but was stuck fast. Its massive body blocked the entrance, preventing other animals from moving. It struggled wildly, shaking the entire ground.

They knew Song Qi’s spiderwebs wouldn’t last long, so they quickly moved further underground.

Once underground, they turned on their lights and began to fight the monsters that had followed them. The number had drastically reduced, and their advantage immediately became apparent. They easily killed the remaining monsters.

Once the underground chamber was calm, everyone collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath, hardly believing they had temporarily escaped the nightmarish battle.

After a while, Rong Lan projected a beam of white light onto the ceiling. When they opened their eyes, they were all stunned.

No one expected that beneath this underground city was such a large underground chamber. The chamber they were in was at least six hundred square meters. The walls were made of rough earthen walls, the floor scattered with large and small bones—human and animal. There was nothing else of note.

Cong Xia’s face grew even grimmer. He softly said, “The puppet jade… is deeper underground.”

Liu Fengyu was surprised. “What? But it doesn’t look like we can go any deeper.”

“Think about how we just got down here; there must be a mechanism. Let’s look,” Zhuang Yao jumped up. “This space is too large. Everyone search separately and immediately notify us if you find anything unusual.”

At that moment, Song Qi’s spiderwebs were completely broken, and the mutated animals crowded into the underground passage. Several natural force evolvers guarded the entrance, repelling the monsters in waves. With this “stronghold,” their defense was ten times easier than on the surface.

Others searched the vast underground chamber for a mechanism.

“Ugh, all earthen walls. Haven’t found anything,” Dan Ming said, shining his flashlight while searching.

Cong Xia, Mr. Sun, and Zhuang Yao were beside him, patiently searching. Cong Xia said, “Mr. Sun, let’s search. You should rest.” He clearly saw Mr. Sun was out of breath. A sixty-year-old man, after such an ordeal, his body might not be able to handle it.

Mr. Sun said, “It’s fine, time is precious.”

Unknowingly, they reached the upper right corner of the underground chamber, still finding nothing.

More and more monsters poured into the underground chamber. They listened to screams in the darkness, their ears numb.

Suddenly, someone mumbled, “Hey? There seems to be something here.”

Zhuang Yao was about to speak when they all felt a tremor under their feet. Before they could react, they felt weightless, and before they could even scream, they plunged into darkness.

Cong Xia felt his body falling rapidly like a kite. Then, his body slammed heavily onto the ground. Pain struck him, his vision blacked out, and he fainted.

Author’s Note: Next, we’ll slowly unravel the mystery!