The Law of Heaven

Chapter 34 The Truth About Fog Hill

Dragons roared through the mist as they rolled over the cliffs, the torrential rain amplified by their cries, cascading down like a waterfall rising in reverse, accompanied by dust and shockwaves from the collapsing mountains, as if the whole world was trembling and collapsing in a deafening roar.

A terrifying flash flood poured down into the mountains, like a tidal wave.

"That's all I can do to help you."

The dragons dissipated and vanished in the mist, and the terrifying rift in the night sky gradually closed. The slender, girlish figure that was faintly visible disappeared like a reflection in water.

Ruan Qi's projected consciousness gradually dissipated. She had to leave as soon as possible. Fog Mountain was a terrifying place for her. If it weren't for the sudden appearance of a large number of Dead Apostles gathered there, she wouldn't have wanted to come at all.

There are things hidden here that she is very wary of, otherwise she would not have tried so hard to escape to the real world.

Although he helped Deep Blue Alliance out of the blue, Ruan Qi didn't actually think that this group of people could accomplish anything.

The secrets hidden in the misty mountains are very tempting, and few people can resist the temptation. This seemingly well-trained team is probably carrying different orders. They appear to be united, but in reality, they each have their own agendas and are a disorganized mess.

"However, we did find the boss's family. Could it be that he's also interested in the things in the mountains? If so, we won't have to worry about making a deal with him next time."

Ruan Qi's consciousness completely dissipated.

"Bye-Bye."

The majestic dragon's might suddenly vanished.

It was like a sudden flash of lightning and thunder.

As quickly as it comes, it goes as quickly as it comes.

Under the collapsed tree, Aihara emerged, covered in dust and dirt, like a groundhog that had just come out of the ground to forage for food. He exclaimed in shock, "Holy crap, he's not dead?"

He was not eaten.

What, are mirage dragons picky eaters too?
The canyon was empty, with only a shocking trail of thick blood spreading along the mountain path, and broken limbs everywhere, like a bloody meat grinder.

The horde of corpses that had just gathered together was wiped out, leaving only a bloody mess.

When Aihara first learned of the Mirage Dragon's rampage, he had no idea what it meant, but now he was truly shocked.

Such a dangerous creature should just stay in its lair and sleep soundly, and not bother coming out unless absolutely necessary.

I don't know which beast provoked the mirage dragon to go berserk like this, it's really inconsiderate.

"what?"

Aihara was stunned.

He seemed to have seen something incredible.

The mudslide roared and swept through, but the entire squad in the combat sequence escaped without casualties. They raced along the rugged mountain road, heading towards a collapsed cliff.

"Damn it, we actually survived. The Mirage Dragon didn't eat us, what the hell does that mean? Does it think our spiritual quality is too low? I feel insulted!"

"Maybe they just have a stronger palate. Our spiritual essence is too clean, like plain noodles to Him, while those mutated Dead Apostles are more like fried food."

"What, is the Mirage Dragon a fat otaku?"

"Shut up! Look ahead!"

Izawa led his team forward headlong, only to find that what was revealed after the cliff collapsed was a huge, sealed metal door, as if it were embedded in the mountain. Behind it was probably a tunnel that went deep into the mountain!

No one knows how the Germans built such a large-scale construction project here more than a hundred years ago. Just looking at this heavy metal door, it doesn't seem to be a product of that era. It is definitely the work of the immortals.

"Something's not right, Captain."

One of the team members said in a low voice, "This is not our destination. Why did you lead the way here? Although this is not the Wushan we are familiar with, its landscape has not actually changed much in the past hundred years."

Someone else realized: "That's right, when we interrogated those guys who escaped from the misty mountains, we found out their specific route, not that they went this way."

Everyone trusted the captain too much.

No one questioned the route along the way.

"Shut up, stop putting on airs. Most of you volunteered for the combat selection this morning, except for Miss Jiang and Big Stomach."

Izawa, leaning against a withered tree as he climbed the mountain, said irritably, "Don't think I don't know that each of you has received orders from your superiors to come to Mist Mountain for a purpose."

He was panting, his lips hard: "If I hadn't run this way, you guys would have found a chance to leave the group during the chaos, wouldn't you? But in this situation, sticking together is the only way we have a chance to survive."

The fact that Tianli hasn't killed us is a golden opportunity. Without the interference of those Dead Apostles, we can successfully complete our respective missions.

As for that strange tomb, we can investigate it together another time, so everyone can report back.”

The entire team remained silent, panting heavily, but their expressions subtly changed.

Those selected for the combat sequence are not fools; on the contrary, each of them is a highly intelligent individual and a well-trained elite. They must all have compelling reasons for venturing into this place.

Big Stomach was a little stunned. It seemed like all her teammates had come with a purpose, but she was the only one who knew nothing.

Clearly, she's the only one who doesn't understand politics.

They don't understand human nature either.

Deep Blue Alliance's publicly announced mission was to investigate the eerie tomb hidden deep in the Fog Mountain, but it was clear that some high-ranking officials in the company had ulterior motives, actively stuffing people into the team to seek their own interests.

The people in the team may have been forced or had their own unavoidable difficulties. They knew this trip was extremely dangerous, but they still came anyway, waiting for the right opportunity to act.

"Youqing!"

Izawa roared.

Jiang Youqing's eyes gleamed with a metallic sheen. She raised her right hand and clenched it tightly. Her fair and slender knuckles emitted a faint, crisp cracking sound, like the roar of steel.

There was a boom.

The heavy metal door was pulled open a crack.

After Izawa led his team through the metal gate, boulders rolled down behind them, crashing against the cliff edge with a tremendous roar.

Now that the Dead Apostles were no longer a threat, they threw incendiary sticks into the tunnel. The bright light pierced the darkness, and what they saw shocked them.

This is actually a military fortress!
Inside the dark tunnel, there were metal walls on all sides. The walls were smooth and neat, without even a single gap, making it look nothing like a building from more than a hundred years ago.

“There is airflow in the tunnel, so there should be a ventilation system here, as well as other exits.”

"No abnormalities were found in the air composition at this time."

"No signs of life have been detected at this time."

The intricate tunnels led into the unknown darkness, so the team activated drones to explore and quickly create a map.

"The framework structure is being analyzed."

Izawa murmured, "It's unbelievable that such a relic is hidden in the Mist Mountain."

Jiang Youqing said softly, "Is it really a ruin?"

Her voice was very soft.

The teammates didn't even hear it.

They followed the drone forward, but found nothing along the way; the passageway was spotless.

Compared to the eeriness and danger of the misty mountains, this military fortress was unusually clean, giving the disheveled team a chance to catch their breath and explore at a leisurely pace.

"Caution, there is a large space ahead."

Someone reminded.

At the end of the metal passageway was a pitch-black room. Someone groped around for a moment and found a switch. Pressing it turned on the light, illuminating the darkness.

"There's still electricity here, which means there are still generators running. The Germans really went all out."

The lightning flashed on and off.

When the team finally saw what was happening in the room, they stood frozen like statues for a long time, their backs soaked with cold sweat, and fear exploded in their hearts.

The flickering lights illuminated the petri dishes, and through the transparent glass, naked humans could be seen sleeping in the brown solution. Their bodies were covered with IV tubes and electrode wires, and they wore ventilators, exhaling bubbles.

This is clearly a laboratory.

The huge laboratory had iron ladders and crossbeams on all four walls, as well as sealed metal doors leading elsewhere.

The lights flickered, creating an extremely eerie atmosphere.

"Is this really a product from a hundred years ago?"

Someone whispered, as if afraid of disturbing the things sleeping in the petri dish: "It doesn't look like it at all!"

Izawa's throat bobbed: "I don't think so either. This is a laboratory. The existence of this place is very illogical, but it just happens to explain the state of those four people back then."

Jiang Youqing took a bell out of her pocket.

This is a pink bell with a cat's eye pattern engraved on it, and it's tinkling right now.

This is her living spirit.

It is used to determine whether there are any dead people nearby.

"These are all Dead Apostles."

She said softly, "But..."

The digital screen next to the petri dish displays the vital signs of the experimental subjects, and one data point stands out in particular—Pollution.

Pollution.

The members of the combat sequence are all elites. They know that once an immortal being degenerates into a dead apostle, the level of corruption will be at least 100%, with no upper limit.

However, the data screen showed that the contamination levels of these experimental subjects were all below 100%.

"serum."

Someone murmured softly.

"The serum really exists!"

They were horrified. This was definitely not something from a hundred years ago.

The Germans back then couldn't have had this technology!
At that very moment, the experimental subjects in the petri dish suddenly opened their eyes, their pupils flashing with an eerie gold. They yanked out the ventilators and snapped the IV tubing and electrode wires inserted into their chests.

They roared like wild beasts.

boom!
The petri dish suddenly shattered.

The nutrient solution, thick and fishy, ​​gushed out.

Like a waterfall.

Nutrient solution rained down like a storm, and the naked test subjects strode out, only to be met with a hail of bullets from the combat sequence, riddled with holes.

However, a bizarre scene unfolded: none of the blood-covered test subjects died; they had forcibly expelled the bullets from their bodies using their muscles, and their wounds began to heal.

"All alert!"

Izawa roared, "Yushiki!"

When he turned around, he suddenly froze.

Jiang Youqing has disappeared without a trace!

Even the large stomach has disappeared.

Bang.

The test subject grabbed a team member and slammed him hard against the wall. The hard metal wall was dented and cracked, and a huge shockwave echoed out, like the sound of a bell.

This demonstrates the immense strength of the experimental subject.

The team member's spine was probably shattered, but fortunately, he managed to liquefy himself at the critical moment, collapsing like a puddle of water.

His abilities are very special.

"In that case, let's go our separate ways!"

Seeing this, Izawa's fists burst into flames as he forcefully carved a path through the experimental subjects and climbed onto the horizontal bar.

There was even a control panel on the crossbar, with a laptop on the table and neatly stacked documents.

Izawa inserted a hard drive into his laptop.

The laptop automatically turned on, and the hard drive contained a virus that could automatically steal the information he wanted.

Izawa scanned the documents one by one, then put them all into his backpack and continued his sweep.

Finally, he somehow managed to open a frozen storage facility, took out a blood sample packaged in a test tube, and then turned and left as if he had found a treasure.

Others in the team were doing similar things, all trying to gather information in their own way.

The test subjects were indeed very strong, but they could not inflict fatal damage on these well-trained elites.

The so-called unity is just an illusion. Most of the people here are here on secret missions. Some even killed the test subjects, put them in body bags, and ran away.

It's actually quite funny.

This is clearly a team where everyone has their own ulterior motives.

There wasn't a single honest person among them.

Aihara, standing in the shadows, shook his head.

He followed the group in and witnessed this absurd scene firsthand, and for a moment he even felt like laughing.

"No wonder Ruan Qi said that the company was rotten and could not accomplish anything significant. He was absolutely right."

Aihara sighed.

Indeed, it's no wonder that Deep Blue Union is just a company, founded with the intention of private profit. Everyone who comes together is pursuing their own interests.

Rather, it would be very strange if a hero actually emerged from this group, willing to sacrifice himself to save the world.

Master Zhou is right. Immortals are just ordinary people who are stronger than themselves; they still cannot escape the constraints of the secular world.

The wages of avarice is death.

Aihara also realized that Kiriyama was indeed not the place he should be at the moment. Although his strength was in no way inferior, his experience was seriously lacking.

If you really come with this group, you'll get ripped off.

"Something really isn't right here."

Aihara is also a bit at a loss right now.

His current plan is to continue tailing him.

If someone in this group dies, he helps with the burial, collects a burial fee, and licks the bag clean.

The equipment these elites possess is very valuable.

If Aihara sells the money, they can raise enough to buy the ingredients to make the incense for the gods, and then Xiaoqi's illness will be cured.

He climbed the iron ladder and squeezed through a door.

As the team leader, Izawa ran in this direction, and three of his teammates followed him through the door.

After squeezing through the door, Aihara ran wildly along the narrow metal passageway, unleashing his senses.

At that moment, he froze.

At the end of the passageway was a huge pool of mercury. A naked person was vaguely soaking in the pale steam. Logically speaking, the mercury content in the air he was breathing should have been enough to kill him, but he still maintained strong breathing and a heartbeat, like a wild beast.

The mercury pool was encased in a glass dome. Izawa, carrying a bag and holding an automatic rifle, ran past it. He realized something was wrong, but he could only continue his escape and had no time to think about anything else.

But in that instant, just as Izawa was about to cross the glass-enclosed mercury pool, he suddenly froze.

Because there was a man standing behind the mercury pool.

The man, dressed in a white lab coat, sat behind the control panel. His black hair was neatly combed back, his face was handsome and refined, and he wore gold-rimmed glasses with a gentle smile.

More than a dozen assistants in white coats were also operating their computers, casting strange glances at them.

It was as if Izawa was a rat that had wandered in.

The moment their eyes met, all was silent.

Izawa was horrified. He had long realized that this was not some centuries-old ruin, but a laboratory that had been rebuilt in the industrial ruins constructed by the Germans.

But what he didn't expect was...

He encountered this group of people so quickly!

"good evening."

The man smiled slightly.

Without hesitation, Izawa discarded his gun, and a reddish-hot color appeared on his right hand, flowing like magma.

Flame Fist!

Suddenly, Izawa's vision blurred.

A sharp pain shot through my right arm.

In his shock, he caught a glimpse of his right arm flying into the air, spraying blood.

The man's smile was right in front of me.

The man's scalpel was dripping with blood.

Bang.

Izawa was blasted away by a kick, sliding down into a corner like a stray dog, coughing up mouthfuls of blood.

The man smiled and stretched his ankles, glancing at his combat uniform. He chuckled, "The Deep Blue Alliance's combat force, huh? Not bad at all."

Aihara, standing in the passageway, instinctively stopped. This scene truly shocked him, and he could no longer move forward.

Izawa's strength should be at the Reincarnation stage, and the quality of the ancient artifact he fused with should not be low, but he was killed in one move.

Who are these people in the laboratory?

"It's a pity that after all these years, we've finally been discovered. It's all the fault of those guys who broke in a while ago and leaked the news."

The man crouched down and said softly, "Let's close the net. We've been short of experimental materials lately. These elites from the Deep Blue Alliance are just right."

The assistants nodded slightly, and someone helped the seriously injured Izawa up and injected him with anesthesia.

For a fleeting moment, the man seemed to realize something and looked down at his chest.

The dense array of red dots locked onto him.

Aihara also sensed a murderous intent.

It was eerie and cold.

A resolute killing intent!
On the steel frame directly above the mercury pool, Jiang Youqing, wearing a baseball cap, stood with her arms outstretched, while dozens of anti-materiel sniper rifles equipped with scopes hovered in mid-air.

"Calling headquarters, this is Jiang Youqing, the captain and sole member of the decapitation squad. I have uploaded the footage I have seen and issued action orders to myself."

She said softly, "Execute the killing."

She lowered her head, her cold eyes revealing a sharp edge, and locked onto the man below, beckoning with her fingers.

boom!
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