Chapter 570: Laboratory
“Noisy,” a man’s faint voice emanated from the Capsule Ship. Qin Luo’s expression turned cold, and he frowned, about to say something more.
In the next instant, the silver ground gate barrier beneath his feet suddenly shook. The halo at the center of the barrier rippled like water, spreading out layer by layer. The once solid ground gate transformed into a silver-white lake, and the Capsule Ship began to sink.
At the same time, a red glow on the surface of the silver lake intensified. This was the Dragon race’s Spirit Robe, the Lock of Realms, exerting its power, forming the final password protection to prevent the Capsule Ship from entering. Qin Luo’s gaze was calm, and he sneered inwardly. As expected, the Capsule Ship only sank a tenth of the way before it got stuck, unable to move. The red glow grew hotter, forming a repulsive force that threatened to send the Capsule Ship flying.
“Bang!” The red glow dispersed like mist flow, and the Spirit Paper attached to the center of the barrier was abruptly flung into the air. Qin Luo’s expression was slightly taken aback. Before he could react, the Capsule Ship had already sunk instantly, disappearing beneath the lake, as if ignoring the Lock of Realms!
“What the hell?” Qin Luo was somewhat bewildered. Logically, the Lock of Realms was equivalent to adding another password to a safe, and he had nested five Locks of Realms on top of it. Even a God-tier genius would need a lot of time to crack it. But now, it seemed to have been instantly solved! Even if the other party also knew the Lock of Realms, they couldn’t have done this, as the Lock of Realms could only encrypt, not decrypt.
“Buzz—!” As Xia Feng gained access to the barrier, he retracted the barrier’s energy, and the channel supplying power to Qin Luo’s surrounding light gate defenses was instantly severed. The six light gates, which had formed a cubic matrix, twisted and trembled, collapsing instantly and dissipating into spiritual light.
Qin Luo’s face changed drastically. His legs felt weak, and he subconsciously took half a step back. Terror flashed in his eyes, and he turned to flee, no longer possessing the composure of a moment ago. Seeing him try to escape, Xia Feng used the Saint Hand Guanyin to materialize a right hand from a distance, grabbed Qin Luo by the neck, and lifted him high.
Qin Luo had used his remaining Spirit Particle quantity on the Lock of Realms, and he was at the end of his rope, unable to resist. He flailed his limbs in mid-air, his face turning purple, his expression one of horror. He never expected the situation to change so quickly. And he couldn’t understand how the other party had managed it!
He struggled to let out pleas for mercy from his throat, his voice filled with panic: “Senior! I was wrong! I genuinely know I was wrong!!”
“Slap!” His head was violently slapped to the side, leaving a bright red handprint on his left cheek. While filled with humiliation and anger, and before he could say anything more, his neck was forcefully twisted and broken out of thin air by three hands—”Crack—” The intense pain made Qin Luo howl in despair, then abruptly stopped. However, he did not die, and his Illusory Spirit Body emerged from his body.
Jin Yanghong, who was standing in the distance, quickly said in a deep voice, “Your Excellency, please be lenient.” Qin Luo’s spirit body flickered, sometimes dissipating, sometimes condensing, his expression ferocious and terrified: “Senior, the people of the Jin Yang clan are devils who deserve to go to hell! I truly know I was wrong! Please, don’t hand me over to them!”
His roars were annoying. Xia Feng ignored his pleas and merely glanced at the ten nuclear-powered submarines behind Jin Yanghong before dropping the dying youth onto one of them and saying calmly: “If there’s nothing else, you should leave.”
Jin Yanghong cupped his fists and nodded: “Of course, the Jin Yang clan has no intention of offending. We apologize for the disturbance.” “Goodbye,” he said, then turned and left, dragging the terrified, roaring youth.
Jin Yanghong actually wanted to kill the four people in the Capsule Ship to silence them. After all, on the surface, only one of these four was a Venerable. However, after seeing how easily the other party had cracked the Dragon race’s Spirit Robe, he changed his mind. The Jin Yang clan’s human experiments were not a very secret matter among the empire’s higher-ups, and some super-large factions vaguely knew about it. But everyone tacitly kept silent. Since these four had the resources to build a base at the bottom of the sea, they were likely members of the elite, and knew how to follow the rules of the power factions’ games. Of course, the most important thing was that the immediate task was pressing. Breaking through the underwater base would likely take a lot of time, and Jin Yanghong was too lazy to cause more trouble.
Xia Feng calmly watched the ten nuclear-powered submarines turn and follow Jin Yanghong away. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief. If Jin Yanghong had been determined to silence them, the barrier of this underwater base, even if strong, wouldn’t have held for long. Now, it was perfect. Qin Luo would likely be handed over to Ye Li Dongjun by Jin Yanghong, becoming the second enslaved Dragon King-level Divine Half-dragon. As for the third Dragon King-level, he didn’t know if Ye Li Dongjun had related plans. He could only hope that Ye Li Dongjun had a perfect plan and could successfully achieve Holy Solution, Xia Feng thought earnestly and sincerely. After all, he hadn’t plundered any Spirit Artifacts after they’d achieved Holy Solution yet.
While contemplating, Xia Feng looked at the laboratory. The underwater laboratory was not large, only about the size of ten bedrooms, more like an oval capsule embedded beneath the seabed. The decor was very sci-fi. The air was filled with a pungent odor, a mixture of chemical reagents and Spirit Material reagents, causing physical discomfort.
Miss Mu seemed to like this place. She wandered around, rummaging through things. Her beautiful eyes, hidden behind half-frame gold-rimmed glasses, scanned page after page of experimental reports, quickly browsing and deep in thought. Xia Feng called her a few times without a response. Seeing Miss Mu engrossed in the experimental data, he had no choice but to order the two Saintesses.
“Feng Jianyi said the Sky-Mending Stone Embryo was used as a table leg. You two find it. I’ll look for the Primordial Stone.” As for the same frequency ring, he planned to find it secretly. After all, Miss Mu didn’t know that the transaction included this item. The same frequency ring was a trump card, and he couldn’t let Miss Mu discover anything yet. He had to get it before Miss Mu finished reading the data.
Xia Feng glanced at Miss Mu, who was diligently studying experimental reports at the experimental table, then turned to the safe at the deepest part of the laboratory. He took out the blood collection test tube given by Feng Jianyi, dripped a drop of his blood into the safe’s card slot, and quickly entered the sixty-four-digit password given by Feng Jianyi.
“Click—click—” Footsteps sounded quickly from behind, approaching step by step. Xia Feng’s heart tightened. He silently turned to look, and the pure little face of the Snow-skirt Woman appeared in his black eyes. “Cha Naixue, are you itching for a beating again?”
“?” Cha Naixue’s pure, smiling eyes flickered slightly. “No, what did I do wrong! Honestly, you always take your anger out on me.” The more she thought about it, the more annoyed she became. She muttered, “I knew you’d take it out on me. You have the guts to be this fierce with Mu Qingtong.”
Xia Feng glanced at her, his gaze gradually becoming dangerous. Cha Naixue subconsciously took half a step back, pursed her lips, and slammed the Sky-Mending Stone Embryo onto the safe with a thud, then turned and ran.
“Click—” The safe door finally opened. Xia Feng didn’t even look, directly reaching in and throwing everything inside into the Nascent Ten Space before finally feeling at ease, sensing what the items were. Feng Jianyi hadn’t played any tricks on him. There were two Primordial Stones and a silver ring engraved with ancient patterns, which was the same frequency ring. Xia Feng tossed the Primordial Stones and the Sky-Mending Stone Embryo, lost in thought. Next, he needed to find a safe place to Ascend to Venerable. As for the First Fruit Position, which A-class Spirit Robe should he choose?
