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Chapter 248 Underground Fortress Activated
At two in the morning, the city is asleep, but a corner underground is being awakened.

Using the dim light from their cell phones, Su Wanqing and her two companions pried open the rusty iron gate next to the underground parking lot.

A smell of mildew and dust hit the air. The dim emergency lights barely illuminated the abandoned storage area, which was covered in thick dust and hanging cobwebs.

Lu Zhao didn't speak, but took out a handheld device from his backpack and scanned the surrounding walls.

Data streams were displayed on the device screen. "The geological structure is stable and has sufficient load-bearing capacity."

He looked up, a hint of surprise on his face. "Moreover, there's an even larger space down there, which could very well be an old-fashioned air-raid shelter."

Su Wanqing nodded without hesitation. She brought up the pale blue light screen projected by the jade bracelet on her left hand, and a three-dimensional fortress projection appeared on the interface that only she could see.

She selected "Confirm Construction".

[Confirmed consumption of 5000 rebate points. Begin construction of the 'Basic Defensive Fortress'.]

Points were immediately deducted. What happened next made Lin Che and Lu Zhao stop what they were doing.

Without any loud noise or light effects, the surrounding walls, floor, and ceiling began to writhe and deform silently, as if countless invisible hands were rapidly reshaping the matter.

The dust, bound by an unknown force, swirled and settled to one side, revealing a completely new structure.

A few minutes later, the originally cramped and cluttered storage room was transformed into a neat foyer of about fifty square meters.

The walls are covered with dark gray metal reinforcement structures, while the floor has a special material that has both a metallic texture and a frosted stone feel.

Lu Zhao squatted down, using the instrument to examine the ground, muttering to himself, "The composition cannot be analyzed... the atomic arrangement is extremely regular. This is nanoscale material reconstruction, the Weaver's technology. They actually granted you this access."

Once the fortress's foyer was completed, a new guide immediately popped up on the system's light screen, with an arrow pointing to a slightly different colored floor tile in the center of the foyer.

Lin Che stepped forward and found an almost invisible groove on the edge of the floor tile. With a forceful lift, a heavy metal plate was removed, revealing a downward-extending metal spiral staircase.

"Let's go." Su Wanqing took the lead and walked downstairs.

The stairs were not long; after descending about ten meters, the three of them stepped onto solid ground.

It was a huge cavity, the air was more humid, and it smelled of earth.

Lin Che turned on the powerful flashlight in his backpack, and a blinding white light instantly pierced the darkness, illuminating an amazing scene.

This is a spacious circular hall, at least thirty meters in diameter, with a very high dome.

Around the hall, you can see four dark passageways leading to who-knows-where.

Blurry writing and arrows painted in red paint can still be seen on the wall.

Lu Zhao walked to the wall, shone his flashlight on the markings, and examined them for a moment.

"This is indeed an air-raid shelter. Judging from the style of these slogans, it should be a product of the 1960s. It has been abandoned for a long time."

As soon as he finished speaking, a muffled thud suddenly came from the depths of one of the leftmost passages, as if something heavy had fallen to the ground, followed by heavy breathing and suppressed fighting sounds.

The three immediately became alert, and Lin Che suddenly hurled the beam of his flashlight into the passage.

At the end of the beam of light, two figures were locked in a struggle. One tall figure was pinning another, dressed in tattered clothes and resembling a homeless person, against the wall. The homeless person's face and neck were covered with eerie purple markings, which glowed faintly in the flashlight beam.

With a crisp "crack," the tall figure decisively snapped the other person's neck, then released the body, letting it slide limply to the ground.

He turned around, and the flashlight beam illuminated his face.

It's Xiao Ran.

He was stunned when he saw the three people at the entrance of the passage; his face was filled with shock.

He was wearing a tactical vest and brass knuckles, clearly having just been in a fight.

"How did you... end up here?" Xiao Ran's voice was a little hoarse. He walked over quickly, his gaze sweeping over the hall, which had obviously undergone modern renovations, and his brows furrowed even more.

“We’re also tracking unusual signals,” Lu Zhao explained succinctly, adjusting his glasses. “What about you?”

“I’ve been monitoring the military’s secret movements,” Xiao Ran said in a low voice, his gaze sweeping over the jade bracelet on Su Wanqing’s wrist before looking away. “They recently launched Operation Cleaner, secretly moving a batch of special containment devices of unknown purpose.”

I was tracking the signal of one of the groups, and eventually I got to this area, but I didn't expect..."

He didn't finish his sentence, but his meaning was clear.

Just then, Su Wanqing's system interface suddenly flashed, and a new humanoid dot lit up in her team list; it was Xiao Ran.

She thought for a moment, then tried clicking on the light spot.

In an instant, a completely new picture unfolded before her. Centered on Xiao Ran, several colorful movement lines extended out, covering the entire city map.

Each trajectory line is marked with detailed data: risk coefficient, success rate, and possible events.

"The system... has been upgraded," Su Wanqing said softly.

Lu Zhao leaned closer to look at the light screen in front of her, and his expression immediately turned serious.

"This is not a simple upgrade. It is one of the Weaver's core capabilities—foreseeing and intervening in fate."

The system is gradually transferring their technical privileges to you, but this also means that, in the eyes of time observers, your threat level has risen to the highest. You will become their primary target.

Su Wanqing's gaze quickly swept over the routes, her eyes landing on a deep red track flashing with a glaring warning signal.

"Military supply warehouse... This route indicates that there are strong 'time anomalies' around the warehouse, with a risk factor as high as 90%, which is too dangerous."

That route was exactly the direction Xiao Ran had originally planned to go.

Xiao Ran also saw the data on the screen. He was silent for a moment, then looked up, his eyes showing no sign of backing down.

"It is precisely because of the danger that we need the equipment there even more. The military's high-frequency energy suppressors might be able to deal with those things."

He pointed to the corpse on the ground with its neck broken, "I know all the security systems in that warehouse, and I have a way to get in without triggering the alarm."

Seeing Xiao Ran's resolute expression and the alarming risk warnings on the system interface, everyone understood that as their power grew stronger, the risks they would bear with each choice they made also increased exponentially.