You, a living person, are telling me I've served in the underworld for ten years?

This physical defense was completely ineffective against Chen Yang.

He bypassed the front and chose to climb and jump directly to the top of this huge fortress-like building from the top of a huge steam condensation pipe on the side at a terrifying speed that was beyond the reach of the naked eye!

The building's roof resembles a miniature plaza, riddled with robust ventilation ducts and several exhaust fans with metal mesh covers! Although the energy warning net covers the dome, it seems far less sensitive to detecting pure physical weight and efficient physical movement than to detecting energy dissipation!

Chen Yang lay prone on the cold alloy dome, extending his senses to the fullest extent! Through the barrier of several layers of specially structured alloy inner decks, the internal structure of the building below, energy fluctuations, and the life force of the people were reflected in his keen sea of ​​consciousness like ripples on water.

First floor.

The space is as wide as a helipad, where several heavy-duty ore-processing robotic arms, resembling Transformers, are parked.

Several workers in heavy protective suits were operating on a huge equipment platform, the air filled with fine dust and the smell of machine lubricating oil. The energy reaction was weak, clearly indicating that this was only a preliminary processing area.

The second layer.

It is divided into several neat units, which appear to be employee rest areas, canteens, and general work areas.

Most of the room was dark, with only faint snoring from a few people sleeping in the rooms.

And the third layer!

Like an independent beehive! The energy shielding is extremely strong! The main body of the building is a thick lead alloy sandwich structure! The interior is divided into a core block and several small independent areas around it.

Within the core area, there are three extremely powerful but deliberately suppressed and restrained energy life fields! Like charcoal burning in the darkness, although they try their best to minimize their presence, they still exude an inhuman level of pressure! These are the same chilling and malevolent auras emitted by the elite assassins during last night's attack!

They appear to be on rotation or on duty!

The smaller areas surrounding the core block exhibited noticeable resistance when touched, clearly indicating the presence of multiple shielding formations! The aura within these areas was faint and mixed, suggesting they might be used for data storage or small laboratories.
Behind the core block, an even more powerful and stable energy field, imbued with a cold and decisive will, is like a lurking beast king!

There!

It must be the command center!

General Manager's Office?

Chen Yang's eyes were sharp as knives! The breakthrough point lay in those small areas surrounding the command core! Or... even the area behind the core!

Like a black lightning bolt skimming the ground, he circled around to the back of the dome, choosing a spot in the ventilation mesh where the airflow was exceptionally stable and the mechanical noise was minimal. A nearly invisible thin film of ethereal energy covered the knuckles of his hands.

He gripped the extremely fine rivet seams on the edge of the exceptionally heavy, specially made alloy mesh cover with his ten fingers, and his muscles tensed instantly under the blessing of the "Qingwei Yuanjiang Great Method"!
Crack—Squeak—

The sickening sounds of metal deformation and subtle cracking were perfectly drowned out by the roar of the surrounding massive condensation pipes! The alien alloy mesh, several centimeters thick, was torn open, leaving a gap just wide enough for one person to barely pass through!
Chen Yang braced himself with both hands, and his body slid in like a weightless shadow! Below him was the inner wall of a ventilation duct, which was as huge as a spider web and covered with a thin layer of ice.

Darkness, coldness, and only the low hum of the massive fan blades spinning slowly.

Sliding along the inner wall of the pipe, with a metal mesh panel below, the scene inside the third-floor office is clearly transmitted up!

The cold, white light, with its metallic sheen, illuminates the equally cold alloy floor. The office is not luxurious, but rather imbued with post-industrial minimalism and pragmatism.

A huge, curved metal desk occupies the center position, behind which is a matrix wall composed of countless small special displays, and on the sides are huge alloy filing cabinets and two bastion server units with faintly flashing operating indicator lights.

There wasn't a trace of extra warmth, not a single piece of paper was left out. It was as clean as a sterile operating room, and so cold it chilled the soul.

The most central rear office area features a thick, silver-gray metal double door that clearly possesses multiple spatial sealing capabilities! It is precisely from this door that the aura of a powerful and stable will resides!
Just as Chen Yang lay prone on the ventilation mesh, his sharp eyes scanning the environment below like an eagle, his mind racing as he calculated how to silently break through the mesh and enter the office to explore the most suspicious desks and alloy cabinets for hidden compartments—

A chilling, immense pressure, like an invisible icicle, suddenly pierced through the shadows of the passage behind him without warning!
"Who?! Show yourself!"

A cold, sharp shout from a woman rang out simultaneously in the confined space!
The sound possessed a peculiar penetrating power, as if it could cleanse a filthy soul!
Chen Yang felt a chill run down his spine! He realized what was happening instantly!
We've been discovered! How is that possible?!
His aura was completely concealed! His movements were as light as a feather!
There was no time to think! It was almost instinctive!
His body, curled up against the pipe wall, suddenly shot backward like a spring compressed to its limit!

boom!
A pure, blazing white spear of light, imbued with an ineffable will to penetrate and purify! Like a sword of judgment cast from heaven, it narrowly missed the ventilation grid where he had just landed!
The moment the mesh alloy came into contact with that light, it emitted a sizzling, ear-piercing melting sound! Leaving behind a fist-sized cavity with charred, crystallized edges! Terrifying power!

This is an attack that cannot be blocked by physical means!
Just as Chen Yang landed and stood still, the attacker emerged from the shadows.

A woman wearing a tight-fitting silver-gray combat jacket and slim-fitting leather pants! Her figure is taut and fierce!
A head of dazzling, straight golden hair, flowing like molten gold, was tied into a neat ponytail! She wore a specially made half-face soft armor mask that shimmered with pale gold runes, revealing only a pair of ice-blue eyes that were devoid of any human warmth and carried a judgmental light!

She was enveloped in a soft yet powerfully intimidating milky-white radiance, like a skirt made of holy flames! In her hand, however, lay not a holy sword, but a strange, intricately crafted dagger, gleaming with a platinum metallic sheen and flowing with light energy! The light spear from before had clearly been activated from this object!
So strong!

That pure, otherworldly aura of immense pressure rolled in, almost on the same level as the black-robed masked man that Chen Yang had directly confronted! This sense of "holiness" even brought a more pure spiritual impact!
"A filthy intruder!"

The woman's cold blue eyes locked onto Chen Yang, as if locking onto prey, filled with a deep-seated disgust and judgment.

"Desecrated land! Be purified!"

She didn't give Chen Yang a chance to explain! Her figure blurred, leaving a milky-white afterimage in her place! Her speed was unbelievable! The light spike in her hand instantly transformed into an incomparably sharp storm of light blades, tearing through the air, carrying a soul-chilling, evil-dispelling will, enveloping all of Chen Yang's vital points!

Fast! It's incredibly fast!
That's not just physical speed! It also carries a "purifying light" on a spiritual level! It instills a sense of despair that one cannot dodge and can only prostrate oneself in repentance!
Chen Yang's pupils constricted sharply! The instinctive counterattack power of the "Qingwei Yuanjiang Great Law" within his body was almost about to burst forth! But he suppressed it instantly!
You cannot use your Yuan energy!
This is the opponent's home turf! The leakage of elemental energy is immediately exposed!

He could only rely on pure, repeatedly honed physical strength to its limit! His muscle fibers frantically adjusted the rhythm of contraction and explosiveness!

Swish swish!
Chen Yang's body contorted and twisted beyond the limits of ordinary people in the confined space, narrowly dodging three light blades powerful enough to cut through steel! The cold sharpness grazed his cheek, bringing a slight burning pain! The fourth light blade cunningly swept towards the back of his knee!

boom!
Chen Yang could only bend his elbow and brace himself! The moment the light blade made contact with the special work clothes wrapped around the outside of his arm!

Sizzle!
The specially designed cut-resistant fibers instantly charred and vaporized! A sharp pain shot through his arm beneath the fabric! A thin, bloody gash had been torn open! The edges of the wound were instantly charred by intense light energy! The remaining anti-evil will pierced his bone marrow like countless needles! If Chen Yang's physical body hadn't far surpassed that of Vajra, and if he hadn't avoided a direct cut, this blow would have been enough to cripple his arm!
"what?"

The blonde woman seemed somewhat surprised that her attack had failed to sever the other's arm; a hint of astonishment flashed in her icy blue eyes.

She had never seen anyone withstand her Holy Flame Thorns with just their bare body! This person's physical strength was comparable to that of a legendary Titan!

"Who are you?! What right do you have to attack me?!"

Despite the excruciating pain in his arm, Chen Yang roared angrily, attempting to negotiate.

"You are the source of all evil here, producing those wicked potions! You are the true den of evil!"

He dared not use his pure and subtle energy to form a shield, and could only try to sway it with words.

"Sin? You, a filthy soul and stealth disciple, dare to speak of sin? Die!"

The blonde woman's eyes flashed with an icy blue light, her killing intent intensifying!
She was convinced that the other party was stalling for time!
hum! !

The holy light surrounding her suddenly surged! Behind her, a pair of enormous phantom wings composed of pure light seemed to unfurl in the void behind her! The entire office area was enveloped in this sacred yet oppressive light!
That will of judgment surged several times over! Chen Yang felt as if he had fallen into a molten silver ocean, his whole body enveloped in a viscous and scorching "purification" power, his movements momentarily slowed down!
In that very moment!

The blonde woman bent her knees slightly, her entire being striking the ground like a comet! The light spike in her hand condensed into a point of extreme white light that pierced through space and time! It carried the ultimate power to penetrate stubborn rocks and purify everything! As if teleporting, it pierced towards Chen Yang's brow!

Damn it!

Chen Yang cursed inwardly! Pure physical strength was simply not enough to dodge this attack! Using Yuan Power would reveal his position, while not using Yuan Power would result in instant death!

A life-or-death situation!

A thought flashed through Chen Yang's mind like lightning!

We can't use our elemental power! We can only open a "door"!
His mental focus sank into his sea of ​​consciousness, and like a key, he suddenly turned open the core imprint of the Sumeru Bead hidden within, which was inherited from Li Rou!

"bring it on!"

Chen Yang neither dodged nor evaded! He even spread his arms wide and charged straight at the incoming beam of light!
Less than a foot in front of his brow, a barely perceptible yet profoundly deep, soul-devouring dark door silently opened! Inside the door was pure, incomprehensible chaotic starlight!

puff!
Like a drop of water falling into a calm lake!
That destructive beam of light, along with the figure of the blonde woman behind it, exuding an aura of overwhelming power and carrying dazzling holy light wings!
He was violently "sucked" in by the suddenly opened "door"! There was no earth-shattering collision! No energy explosion! Chen Yang's outstretched palm, which met the attack, only stirred up a speck of dust!
next second!
Chen Yang's body also vanished from the spot in an instant, like a bubble!
The entire cold, clean office instantly fell into absolute silence! Completely empty! Only the lingering smell of burning and a faint ripple in the air quickly dissipated.

……

Sumeru Space!

The vast, shattered stars and meteorites still floated in the dark, void. At the center, the Tree of Life, formed from the divine power of Li Rou, quietly emitted a soft, emerald light. Suddenly, two figures crashed into this almost frozen, deathly silence!

A moment of intense disorientation appeared in the holy light in the blonde woman's eyes!

That seemingly inevitable thrust lost its target due to the sudden change in environment! The immense inertia carried her uncontrollably forward for dozens of meters before she finally regained her footing not far from the Tree of Life!

She looked around, her icy blue eyes instantly filled with unprecedented shock and confusion!

Dead silence! Fragments of icy stars! A strange, divine tree brimming with life!
Where am I?! I was just in that filthy core office of the underground base!
Chen Yang, who appeared right after her, hovered not far away opposite her. The wound on his arm was slowly healing, and his eyes showed a hint of lingering fear after the close call and a calm composure in control of the situation.

"Welcome to...my 'small space'."

He did not use any magic for the time being, but simply spread his hands, indicating the vast emptiness around him.

"Illusions and illusions?! A cheap spatial maze trick? Hmph! Under the light, demons and monsters will surely reveal themselves!"

The blonde woman snapped back to reality, her cold blue eyes flashing with a fierce light of judgment!
She simply couldn't believe such a bizarre spatial transfer! The light spike in her hand was raised once more! Her entire body radiated a holy light like a blazing white torch!

The illusory wings behind him coalesced once more!

A vast, purer holy flame, imbued with the will to cleanse the entire void, began to coalesce!
She wanted to burn this eerie "illusion" and the "blasphemer" before her completely!
"it's useless."

Chen Yang spoke coldly.

"This is the real 'small world'. The rules resonate with me."

His mind stirred slightly.

hum!
The space seemed to tremble slightly!
The immense holy light gathered by the blonde woman vanished without a trace!
The pure light energy flames that were powerful enough to incinerate armored vehicles in real space were now flickering and compressing violently like a candle in the wind! As if being squeezed hard by an invisible sponge, they could not form an effective shock wave!
That power of cleansing evil was like hitting an invisible, sheer cliff, and was forcefully bounced back! The backlash made her groan, and the light of her Wings of Holy Light dimmed a bit!
The laws governing this space clearly do not acknowledge the will of any external "gods"!
"impossible!"

A flicker of shock and uncertainty finally crossed the woman's eyes! (End of Chapter)