Industrial Cthulhu doesn't believe in the end times.

Chapter 201 Mutation
So what if it involves a plan of natural disaster scale?

Although Su Xun holds an important position, he still has countless meetings every day, while Pei Che and his group are running around everywhere, seemingly destined to be poor, lowly employees.

Unless a natural disaster strikes, people should still go to work.

The crowd gathered again, and Xiao Zhenru, Lin Hai, and the others looked at Yin Danyi with some strange expressions.

They weren't quite sure what communicating with the spirit of the mine meant, and information involving the level of natural disasters hadn't been made public.

The group of fourth-tier extraordinary beings just felt that this kid had gotten ahead of them and reached the fifth tier ahead of time.

After a brief rest, the group continued up the mountain, but this time more people were separated along the way to explore the surrounding mineral deposits.

Normally, mining similar deposits requires fighting against those ghostly spirits of the mineral veins. The mining environment is often quite dangerous, and it can only be done manually by a few high-level superhumans. Now that this problem is gone, we can finally use proper methods.

Since vehicles can enter the secret realm, how about learning about large mining excavators?
At that time, this secret realm alone may be able to exceed the total crystal production of the previous life. And will other crystal deposits be able to be operated in the same way as here?
These are things that need to be investigated and planned later. In short, this trip to the secret realm has yielded fruitful results and can be said to have been worthwhile.

Now, by following the guidance of the oracle bone in Tao Yue's hand and finding what is hidden behind it, we will have accomplished our mission.

This mountain contains a vast number of spiritual energy crystals and numerous mineral veins. When these no longer become obstacles, the mountain becomes empty and unobstructed.

Those extraordinary beings and mutated beasts who were even more dangerous than the alien species in the previous life no longer exist, so the journey has been incredibly smooth.

For extraordinary individuals, the steepness of the mountain itself is not a problem. Although the mountain is high, as long as there is no danger, they can reach the top of the mountain quickly.

However, something unexpected happened: the place was completely empty, not even a single ruin existed, and there was nothing of value whatsoever.

"So this is what you meant by 'ah, what's waiting for us there'?" Xiao Zhenru mimicked Tao Yue's expression and tone, her sarcasm obvious.

“This shouldn’t be happening,” Tao Yue said, ignoring her and looking at the oracle bone in her hand with great confusion. “I clearly felt that I was in this place, so how could this be…”

Su Xun was also clueless about this, so he turned to Yin Danyi and asked for her opinion.

Yin Danyi hesitated for a moment, then said somewhat uncertainly, "Is it because... you're too weak?"

Tao Yue immediately fell silent, her little fists clenched tightly, wanting to be angry but not daring to.

Lies don't hurt, but the truth is the sharpest knife. As the only Tier 2 person present, Tao Yue got angry for a moment, but in the end, she looked at Su Xun pitifully.

"..."

Su Xun kicked Yin Danyi, then took the oracle bone himself, but found no clues.

"Never mind if you can't find it." Seeing Tao Yue's low spirits, he comforted her and returned the item to her. "You've already gained a lot this time. With the oracle bones in hand, the secret realm won't disappear. You can study them slowly later."

Tao Yue had no choice but to accept this fact. Seeing this, Xiao Zhenru and the others didn't say anything more and turned to go down the mountain.

But at that moment, something unexpected happened!

A star high in the sky suddenly shone with extraordinary brilliance, echoing the oracle bone in Tao Yue's hand. Tao Yue clutched the oracle bone, looking bewildered. In the next instant, she ran two steps and threw herself into Su Xun's arms! "Take him back!"

At this moment, Su Xun felt a strange pull. He only had time to leave behind this sentence before everything went black and he was swept away from his original spot by a powerful force.

The concentration of spiritual energy in the surroundings suddenly increased, and a strange, disorienting sensation filled the area of ​​perception. It was as if they were surrounded by water or shrouded in fog. Su Xun was very familiar with this situation; they were descending! Deep into the bottom of the secret realm!

So that piece of oracle bone was actually a targeted teleportation ticket to a special location at the bottom of the secret realm?
Tao Yue must have felt the pull, and at the crucial moment she subconsciously hugged Su Xun, but inadvertently brought him in.

Su Xun wasn't too worried about the outside world. Before they came, they had considered many possibilities. In their previous life, it was not uncommon for people to be suddenly teleported away, so they had made corresponding action plans.

After all, it was an opportunity confirmed in a previous life, not a dangerous place where death was certain.

Tao Yue, who was hanging on her body like an octopus, had lost consciousness. Her second-tier strength was indeed too low in this place, and she could not withstand the slightest movement. Su Xun used his spiritual power to protect her as much as possible, which also bound the two of them together.

He did not resist the force pulling him, but went with the flow, and in just a moment, a blurry scene appeared before his eyes.

The ground seemed to form beneath their feet, and the clouds simply dissipated, leaving the two in a new scene. Su Xun could no longer recall the scene at the bottom of the secret realm, but felt that what was in front of him seemed somewhat familiar, like a place he had been to before but had forgotten.

The fog had lifted, though it remained dim, and the stars overhead shone even brighter.

They were still on a mountaintop, but this mountain was much taller than before, and the ground below could not be seen. The most conspicuous thing was the countless ribbons of blood-red water floating between heaven and earth in the distance.

That is the Floating Sea. We are now close to its 'source'. At the bottom of this secret realm, they are as red as real blood.

All around were countless broken walls and ruins, like countless buildings of a once prosperous civilization now in ruins. There was no sense of distortion or error piled up like in shallow secret realms; it was truly indistinguishable from reality. Of course, it was even more likely that even Su Xun's eyesight would not be able to discern the difference.

Su Xun put down Tao Yue, which was hanging on her body. She was still tightly clutching the oracle bone in her hand, the golden light on it had already subsided.

Using his own power, Su Xun slowly helped regulate the disordered spiritual energy in his body. This was a little trick that many survivors who were injured on the battlefield in his previous life had learned. Almost everyone knew it, but now, apart from the civilian superhumans who often wander outside the safe zone, only military doctors would take the initiative to learn it.

"Well……"

Tao Yue reacted quickly, slowly opening her eyes. When she saw it was Su Xun, her face flushed red.

"Commander-in-Chief, I didn't mean it! Let me explain!"

"It's nothing." Su Xun rubbed the other person's head: "Just eat more in the future."

"...Ahhhhh, don't think that just because you're the commander-in-chief you can...I can..."

The little girl stammered for a long time without getting to the bottom of it, and Su Xun smiled.

With just the two of them here, and without so many eyes watching, Su Xun no longer had to keep a straight face and act like the 'commander-in-chief'. He felt a rare sense of relaxation.

(End of this chapter)