Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 268 Duke of Flames
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Li Wei stopped on the first floor, and images of the surrounding buildings appeared in his mind at the same time.

These buildings themselves are nothing special, but without exception, they all have their access to the basement sealed off with reinforced concrete.

Coincidentally, the basement passage of this central building was also blocked off.

The central elevator was also sealed off.

Yes, he was certain that the central elevator in the building was still working; otherwise, there would be no need to lock it down.

This place definitely has a secret.

"The survivor camp in the northern suburbs is just a front; in reality, the survivors all live underground."

“There are more than 500 acres of farmland outside the camp, but no mutated birds or beasts have come to cause trouble.”

"Given the various details surrounding this central building, it's hard not to suspect that a massive underground base has been excavated and is connected to the city's underground parking garage?"

"If that's the case, there must be quite a few people hiding here! Maybe even over a thousand, and there should be a strict management system. But why are Li Yue and Liang Yuzhi so certain that Duke Blazing Flame will definitely lose control?"

"If that's the case, does that mean the Ice Duke will inevitably lose control in the future, regardless of human will? But perhaps they can hold out longer?"

Li Wei pondered for a moment, then carefully climbed the steps one by one, and saw many traces of being scorched by the flames. Many doors and windows, many floors had been engulfed by the flames and burned to white. Even some steel door frames or utensils were deformed by the fire.

Without exception, the elevators on each floor were completely blocked off by thick reinforced concrete.

If I'm not mistaken, this situation will continue all the way to the top floor, where the elevator will only be open, which happens to connect with the Flame Duke.

Li Wei hesitated for a while before stopping at the tenth floor, because he had a premonition that if he went any higher, he would be discovered, even if he had a scout cloak.

So, shall we go and take a look underground?

Forget it, we can't go. All the entrances are blocked. The only way to get in is to break through by force, but any sound will alert the Flame Duke.

Fifteen years have passed since the apocalypse, and the survivors below will definitely seal off every possible loophole.

Of course, there must be hidden doors, concealed within the reinforced concrete, but Li Wei was unable to open them either.

Ok?
At this moment, Li Wei suddenly felt a stirring in his heart. He sensed Ah Dai's presence, just five kilometers away.

In an instant, Ah-Dai's perspective shifted, and he caught a glimpse of Li Yue's profile, so close, almost within reach...

Ah-Dai is dozing off on Li Yue's shoulder.

Almost simultaneously, Li Yue also turned her head, her eyes bright, as if she had immediately sensed that Li Wei had entered Ah Dai's field of vision.

"Brother, what's the situation over there?"

Li Wei could hear Li Yueru say this.

But Li Wei could only control Ah Dai to shake his head; he didn't dare to speak or even breathe loudly in this place.

"So you mean we should stay here and wait silently for your signal?" Li Yue asked quickly.

Li Wei immediately made Ah Dai nod, because he was very sure that once Li Yue and Liang Yuzhi entered the city, there was a very high chance that Duke Lieyan would find them.

He hasn't figured out how to start the war yet; he feels this place is more like a den of dragons and tigers.

"Alright, we'll wait here. Be careful over there. If things get too bad, retreat. We've deployed almost all of our elite forces this time."

As she said this, Li Yue grabbed Ah Dai's head and looked around. Good heavens, there were indeed a lot of people.

Liang Yuzhi, Thomas, Lyon, Zhao Xuanxuan, Zhang Jinjun, plus a man and a woman, should be that four-star mountain dweller He Yuying and three-star butcher Julian.

It's all here!

However, now that the camp has level 3 walls and Benjamin, Santiago, Javier, and Javier have all upgraded their first profession to three stars, their strength has already increased significantly.

Benjamin, Santiago, and Javier were all snipers before, and their primary profession was hunter. Although they were not yet familiar with bows and arrows, they could easily snipe mutated birds that coveted their crops using siege crossbows or sniper rifles.

Moreover, there is an electric tank in the camp, which is more than enough for defense than offense.

In short, Li Yue and Liang Yuzhi have really made a big fuss this time.

After thinking for a moment, Li Wei fluttered up and led the way, guiding Li Yue, Liang Yuzhi, and the others to a residential building in the suburbs before disappearing from Ah Dai's sight.

You can't fight street battles in this city; you're easily surrounded.

So we still need to find a way to lure Duke Flame out of the city.

But attracting monsters is a bit dangerous.

For a moment, Li Wei was at a loss and could only wait and see if there was any turning point.

About two more hours passed, and as dawn broke, he had to make a decision; today's battle was unavoidable.

At that moment, Li Wei smelled a very fresh, yet faint, scent of blood, along with faint footsteps, but they were coming from deep underground. He was able to detect them because he had been pressing his ear against the wall.

Huh?
"Buzz!"

The elevator started moving. Li Wei listened intently, his eyes flickering slightly. Sure enough, his guess was right; the elevator seemed to be ascending from a very deep underground location. He roughly calculated that the underground depth was about fifty meters, meaning it was twenty meters below the surface.

This is quite a large project.

The elevator continued without stopping until it reached the top. With a loud bang, the elevator doors slowly slid open, but then there was no further movement.

Li Wei listened intently and waited, pressing his ear against the elevator shaft. He felt as if he had discovered some secret of this survivor camp.

Thirty seconds passed, and a heavy footstep sounded from the top of the building. Actually, it wasn't that heavy; an ordinary person wouldn't be able to hear it at all. But Li Wei's hearing was now incredibly sharp. He could even deduce from the footsteps that the person must weigh at least three hundred kilograms. But he wasn't a monster because he was walking on two feet, and both the distance between his steps and the distribution of his strength were very much in line with human physical characteristics.

Of course, he should be very tall, close to three meters?
"boom!"

The person entered the elevator cage.

He was bending over, and he was emitting some kind of eerie panting.

"Tear!"

He was tearing open some kind of plastic product.

"Gudong!"

He was drinking some liquid—no, he was drinking blood.

At this moment, Li Wei could suddenly smell a stronger, fresher scent of blood.

"Gudong!"

He's still drinking; he's already drunk at least 1000 milliliters.

"Gudong!"

Two thousand milliliters.

After finishing the drink, he continued licking it. Because he could hear the rattling sound of the plastic, Li Wei pictured a large blood bag in his mind.

Instead of drinking human blood directly, he had people in the underground base donate blood, and then he drank it. Was this method used to reduce radiation levels?

So he is the Duke of Flame. He is providing protection for the natural beings underground, and the natural beings in turn provide him with blood to stabilize his sanity.

The truth of everything flashed through Li Wei's mind in an instant.

"Dangdang!"

The elevator doors closed and began to descend. Two thousand milliliters of natural human blood per day?

So the number of individuals listed below is actually quite large.

Li Wei's heart stirred slightly. In an instant, he switched Ah Dai's perspective and made Ah Dai take off. He couldn't go and lure the monsters himself; that would be tantamount to courting death.

So we need to see if we can lure this Flame Duke out.
In the blink of an eye, Ah-Dai flew into the sky and circled towards the central building. Almost at the same time, Li Wei also saw a pair of blood-red eyes and a towering figure at least three meters tall. However, the next second he was forced to disconnect from Ah-Dai because Ah-Dai seemed to be frightened and fluttered away in another direction.

Li Wei hurriedly put Adai back into the pet card, because if Adai escaped beyond a five-kilometer radius, it would be too late.

Just then, a terrible sense of crisis struck: Oh no, we've been discovered.

Li Wei was startled. He immediately ripped off his scout cloak and put it back on. Then, he rushed to the window and jumped out of the empty window the next second.

Almost simultaneously, a swarm of fiery red fire bats roared in through the window and instantly coalesced into a towering three-meter-tall figure. He was covered in crimson scales and had long, waist-length hair, all of which was fiery red, making him look like a demon from hell!
The instant Li Wei jumped down, he turned back and met the gaze of the Flame Duke. In that instant, he felt a wave of dizziness, somewhat like a mental shock, but it wasn't a big problem, far less terrifying than the mental shock from the Spider Banshee.

However, what impressed him most was that the Flame Duke's blood-red eyes did not contain any madness or savagery, but instead carried a kind of mockery!
What the hell?

In the blink of an eye, although Li Wei jumped from the tenth floor, he was actually very careful.

As I passed the eighth floor, I grabbed the window to cushion the impact, and the next second I rushed into the seventh-floor window.

Behind him, a blazing flame, like a fire dragon, shot out, almost igniting Li Wei.

"Oh!"

After landing and rolling, Li Wei sprang up and sprinted towards the opposite window. However, he only ran three steps before suddenly turning around and jumping out of the window again.

Almost immediately, the fiery red shadow appeared in the window on the seventh floor opposite.

If Li Wei hadn't turned around, she would have bumped right into his arms.

"what?"

The red shadow exclaimed in surprise, then leaped out of the window again in the next second, its movements as swift as the wind.

But this time, he didn't find Li Wei on the sixth floor, because Li Wei was climbing on the window of the ninth floor, like a big ape, constantly climbing upwards!
It's very fast, almost one floor per second.

But just as he climbed to the fifteenth floor, he had to jump down again, as the powerful and eerie Flame Duke had once again transformed into a flame bat and caught up with him!

His speed far surpasses Li Wei's, especially with his ability to transform into a fire bat, making him extremely difficult to deal with.

(End of this chapter)