An invasion from the Abyss? I, a demonic cultivator, laughed.

Chapter 112 Head

"boom!"

With a muffled thud, Chu Xiu fell to the ground.

Everything was pitch black, and the air was filled with a faint, rotten smell, like an ancient tomb that had been sealed for many years.

"Crack."

A faint light rose beside Chu Xiu; it was from a glowing item he had obtained.

Bright light illuminated the dark underground. In front of Chu Xiu was a long passageway, at the end of which was a downward elevator.

Just then, the mission notification sounded.

[Arrived at the destination.]

[Mission Update: Locate the person in charge of the shelter.]

"The person in charge?" Chu Xiu frowned.

He could sense that the oxygen content in the air was very low, which most likely meant that the shelter's ventilation system had been damaged. It was hard to imagine that any human could survive under such circumstances.

But who says the person in charge has to be a person?
Without thinking further, Chu Xiu walked to the elevator and pressed the button. As expected, there was no response; the entire shelter's energy system seemed to have collapsed.

He ripped open the elevator door with both hands and tore it open with a loud, teeth-grinding metallic creak. Chu Xiu leaped forward and plunged down the deep elevator shaft.

After falling about thirty meters, he crashed heavily onto the top of the elevator at the bottom. Chu Xiu casually swung his perfect-quality sword a few times, instantly destroying the elevator's top panel. He then fell down and officially entered the shelter.

Before you is another long corridor. After passing through it, you enter the living area. On both sides of the corridor are a large number of vacant rooms, including offices, residential areas, children's playgrounds, and so on.

However, these places were now deserted, with only scattered documents on the ground and a thick layer of dust on the table, suggesting that some great disaster had occurred here long ago.

Chu Xiu approached a wall in the children's playground and examined it closely. There were large patches of dried blood and sharp scratch marks on it, as if some kind of creature had been imprisoned there and desperately scratched itself with its fingernails.

Chu Xiu continued walking forward and discovered another large field, but all the crops planted there had withered and died. In the corner were two charred corpses, which looked like a mother holding a child.

"I wonder what exactly happened here."

Chu Xiu had many guesses popping into his mind, such as the infiltration of the ghoul's curse, causing ghouls to appear inside as well; food shortages causing people in the shelter to fight and kill each other; and an accident that occurred in the shelter, damaging the life system, etc.

Just as Chu Xiu was pondering, he suddenly caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of his eye and abruptly turned his head to look at the ceiling!

There, a camera was silently pointing at Chu Xiu, but because it had lost power, the lens was drooping, like a listless person.

However, Chu Xiu had just clearly noticed a flash of light from the camera.

"That's interesting. Is there still energy left?" Chu Xiu smiled.

He never doubted his senses; he was certain that what had just happened was not an illusion, and that the people in charge of the shelter had clearly become aware of his presence.

However, he never intended to hide, and continued to venture deeper into the area.

Just as he arrived at a crossroads, he suddenly heard a slight "buzzing" sound from the motor running. Immediately, the entire shelter seemed to come alive, with incandescent lights lighting up and all four cameras at the entrance activating and pointing at him.

The next moment, two panels on the ceiling suddenly flipped open, and two upside-down flamethrowers fell down, spitting fierce tongues of fire directly at Chu Xiu!

Driven by high-pressure liquid fuel, flames reaching 3,000 degrees Celsius can shoot out for 30 meters! Directly covering the entire walkway!

However, Chu Xiu reacted extremely quickly. The moment the ceiling flipped up, he had already leaped backward to avoid the scorching flames. At the same time, he fired a series of bone-piercing nails. With two loud "bangs," both flamethrowers were pierced and burst into flames on the spot.

His expression darkened slightly. If he hadn't dodged in time, he would have been burned by the flames. Although it wouldn't have caused him any fatal damage, it would have left him in a rather disheveled state.

At that moment, a cold female voice rang out from the corner speaker: "Intruder, leave immediately, or I will use force to remove you."

Chu Xiu sneered. So this is the first time they've started threatening someone after seeing how easily he's neutralized their attack? If it had been an ordinary Awakened One, they would have been burned to a crisp in the 3,000-degree Celsius heat.

Chu Xiu asked, "Are you the person in charge here?"

However, the other party did not answer, but only repeated: "Leave immediately, or I will take measures to remove you."

Seeing that the other party was unwilling to communicate, Chu Xiu stopped talking and continued walking forward. A cold snort came from the loudspeaker, and at the same time, an iron door in front of him suddenly rose up. A humanoid ghoul wearing heavy plate armor rushed out from it, wielding a battle axe and roaring as it charged toward him!

Chu Xiu didn't move. The Heavenly Demon Hand appeared, and with a punch like playing whack-a-mole, he smashed the corpse demon, armor and all, into a pile of meat patties.

Blood splattered everywhere, like a squeezed tomato, covering the entire wall.

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This scene silenced the "person in charge" of the shelter. After a long while, her voice rang out again: "Outsider, what do you want? Gold or food?"

“I don’t like people who hide,” Chu Xiu said calmly. “If you’re willing to show yourself, maybe we can talk.”

The other end fell silent, seemingly deep in thought, before finally sneering, "Outsider, don't be ungrateful. Do you think this is all the defensive measures the shelter has?"

"Besides, you can't possibly find my location. I'm giving you one last warning: leave immediately."

Upon hearing this, Chu Xiu didn't bother to say anything more. He took out the Yin Wind Banner and waved it, and a large number of ghosts surged out, exploring in all directions. After a preliminary exploration, he discovered that the shelter covered a considerable area, and it would be quite time-consuming for him to search it alone.

Seeing that he wouldn't back down, the voice immediately shut down, followed by a series of clanging sounds as all the doors in the shelter were sealed shut.

These iron gates were all cast from high-strength steel that was more than ten centimeters thick, making them extremely sturdy. But to Chu Xiu, they were no different from decorations. He unleashed the Berserk Demon Hand, and with one punch, a huge dent appeared in the center of the iron gate, and the lock bent. With another punch, the lock broke completely, and the entire gate flew out.

Chu Xiu was like a bulldozer, rampaging through the shelter.

Here, flamethrowers, automatic turrets, and other defensive weapons are scattered everywhere, along with many strange ghouls wielding human weapons.

After Chu Xiu kills these ghouls, their equipment will drop directly, which is different from ordinary monsters.

Of course, these corpse demons posed no threat to Chu Xiu, and he could take them down with a single punch. However, a few exploring ghosts fell into the traps in the shelter and had their souls shattered.

What's even stranger is that he searched the shelter for more than half an hour, turning it upside down, but he couldn't find a single person.

This made Chu Xiu thoughtfully stroke his chin.

"Is there a secret room? No wonder you're so confident."

"You think you can stop me with such a small trick?"

Chu Xiu sneered and changed his strategy, causing the ghosts he was searching to transform into spirit forms and crawl into the ventilation ducts to search, while others infiltrated the cracks in the walls and searched along the electrical circuits buried in the walls.

Even if there are hidden rooms in the shelter, it is impossible to completely isolate them. Ventilation vents and power transmission will inevitably leave traces.

As he expected, after another search, Chu Xiu successfully discovered a hidden passage leading even further down on the fourth underground level!

It was hidden behind a desk in a rather large office.

"boom!"

As Chu Xiu unleashed a punch, the cement wall behind the desk was shattered, revealing a downward staircase.

At this moment, the voice rang out again: "Outsider, the secret chamber is guarded far more tightly than you imagine. It's not too late to turn back now. Name your price, and I'm willing to give up some supplies."

"However, if you insist on going forward, don't blame me for going easy on you."

Chu Xiu ignored the threatening voice and simply walked down the steps. The voice cursed angrily and then muted itself again.

Chu Xiu followed the secret passage and successfully arrived at the deepest part.

This is a spacious and bright laboratory. Unlike the messy other areas, it is very clean, obviously because someone cleans it regularly. Glass walls separate square experimental areas, which contain a large number of experimental instruments that Chu Xiu does not recognize, but which look very sophisticated.

Chu Xiu casually clicked on a computer and was surprised to find that it had no operating system. No, to be precise, its operating system seemed to be undesigned for humans. There was no desktop, no icons, no text, only a large number of 0s and 1s.

Is this some kind of special encryption method?

Chu Xiu didn't think much of it; he wasn't good at using his brain in areas outside his expertise, and simply continued walking forward.

At the end of the laboratory, there was another iron door. Just as Chu Xiu was about to go in, the iron door opened by itself. A slight rolling sound came from behind the door. Chu Xiu's heart tightened. Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately curled up and lunged forward. At the same time, the Heavenly Demon Hand appeared, like two shields protecting his front!
The next moment, accompanied by the sound of gunpowder exploding, a large number of armor-piercing shells poured out!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Amidst the deafening roar of gunfire, a terrifying storm of metal instantly destroyed everything in the laboratory! Wherever the cannons passed, all the equipment was smashed, and even the sturdy bulletproof glass walls shattered instantly under the fierce barrage!
Countless fragments fell to the ground, making a crisp "crackling" sound.

A few seconds later, the deafening firing stopped, seemingly due to the muzzle overheating. Chu Xiu looked up with a serious expression and saw a burly ghoul emerge from behind the door. The ghoul was wearing heavy exoskeleton armor and carrying what appeared to be a machine gun salvaged from a fighter jet, its six 20-centimeter caliber barrels glowing red-hot.

This large machine gun, specially designed for aircraft, is powerful enough to destroy a heavy tank!
Although Chu Xiu tried his best to dodge, he was still hit by more than a dozen shots, and the surface of the Berserk Demon Hand even cracked! This made him even more horrified.

At this moment, Chu Xiu noticed something else, and his gaze sharpened.

The rear half of the machine gun was almost fused with the arm of the ghoul holding it, and the ammunition belt was even deeper into the ghoul's body. There was a huge cyst on the back of the ghoul, which seemed to be used to store bullets!
Chu Xiu suddenly realized that all the ghouls he encountered in the shelter seemed to be like this, fused with human weapons!
"Unfortunately, although the weapon is powerful, the basic strength of this ghoul is rather ordinary."

Knowing what was going on, Chu Xiu suddenly charged out. The ghoul immediately turned its cannons around, and the six cannon barrels began to rotate. However, Chu Xiu's speed was much faster than that of the ghoul. The moment he charged out, the enhanced Blood Curse Bone-Piercing Nail shot out and blew the ghoul's head apart with a "bang".

"boom."

The ghoul's corpse fell to the ground, and an item exploded from it.

Vulcan Cannon (Perfect)

"This is a good thing." Chu Xiu happily guarded it.

This thing is especially useful when dealing with some large creatures.

Then he walked towards the iron gate at the end.

The loudspeaker blared again, and this time the woman's voice softened, pleading with Chu Xiu not to advance any further. She offered him plenty of food, weapons, or anything else he wanted.

But Chu Xiu paid no attention to it.

He passed through the iron gate, walked along the corridor to the end, and as he forcefully blasted open another large door with his Heavenly Demon Hand, a spacious hall appeared before him.

(End of this chapter)