Right now, they did not even need to use Spirit Sensors. Everyone could sense spirit energy ripples washing through their 108 main meridians and 1,024 branch meridians like waves.
The source of the spirit energy was at the bottom of the cliff, where the subsurface plasma was the thickest.
However, the difference in height was too great, and the spirit energy magnetic field interference here was really bad. When the superhumans activated their spirit flames, they felt as if they were about to fall or lose control. Even Lin Chuan, who had the greatest flying ability, did not dare to rashly fly down to investigate.
They could only grope around the edge of the cliff in hopes of finding a staircase with a rather flat terrain or a place where the spirit energy magnetic field interference was not as strong and the rock stratum was rather stable. Then, they could put down ropes and soft ladders so that they could climb down safely.
The mine explorers could only see the back of the heads of their teammates in front of them and the side faces of their teammates to their left and right. They could also hear each other's heavy breathing and rapid heartbeats.
If they were the slightest bit careless, they would be separated. It was as if they were the only ones left in the quiet underground world.
The spirit energy magnetic field interference affected their vision and hearing nerves, which also caused quite a number of people to see and hear things. Sometimes, when they turned their heads by accident and saw their teammates' pale faces in the subsurface plasma, they would find it strange and unfamiliar. It was as if they were not teammates they were familiar with, but ghosts that came from underground.
Just like that, they endured the fear of the unknown and moved through the subsurface plasma for five minutes. Suddenly, someone noticed that something was off.
There were more of them.
There were only around a dozen of them.
But they could hear the breathing and heartbeats of dozens of people around them.
It was as if there were two mine exploration teams that were moving toward each other in the subsurface plasma at the same time. At some point of time, they had mixed together.
This discovery caused quite a number of people to feel chills run down their spines, and they instinctively screamed.
The screams seemed to be contagious. They moved around the mine exploration team like lightning.
Among the rising and falling screams, nearly half of the voices were incredibly unfamiliar.
No one knew who was the first to attack.
In fact, they could not even tell whether they had seen their real enemy clearly.
Everyone drew their weapons and guns and charged at the seemingly unfamiliar people who had suddenly jumped out of the subsurface plasma.
A hunter from Sharp Blade let out a low growl and stabbed his saber deep into the chest of a hunter from Frenzied Blade, shattering three of his ribs.
The enemy pressed against his abdomen and emptied all the bullets in the mini submachine gun in one go.
The spirit energy bullets were mixed with superbeast bone powder and embedded with crystal fragments. They left his nano fighting suit and organs riddled with holes, and he was reduced to a bloody mess.
A mine explorer from Sky Pillar Corporation had just used a foldable pickaxe to pierce through the temple of a mine explorer from Universe Corporation.
Then, another mine explorer from Universe Corporation used a flamethrower to burn him until he was reduced to a fireball that danced about wildly.
The tragic scenes were seen by the hesitant mine explorers. Even if they did not want to kill each other, they had no other choice. They could only use attacks designed to shatter rocks to crush each other's skulls.
Crazy.
Under the stimulation of the astronomical profit from the Red Radiance Jade mine, the new and old grudges adding fuel to the fire, and the threat of dying without a grave, all the people from the mine exploration teams from Sky Pillar Corporation and Universe Corporation went mad.
They lost their rationality, removed the pretense of civilization, tossed morality and the judgment of the law to the back of their minds, and completely released their desire to kill and destroy. In an instant, humans turned into monsters in human skin, and they were even crazier than monsters.
Perhaps there was only one person who could maintain his last shred of rationality in such a crazed battlefield.
Meng Chao covered his head and bit his lips. He used the pain to fight against the crystal mine's interference to his brain.
But helplessness and grief rose in his heart.
He really wanted to fly into the air and shout at the top of his lungs, "Stop! If you keep killing each other, no one will be able to get the Red Radiance Jade mine! In fact, you'll cause the northern offense to fail, and the plan to develop the new area will be ruined. Even the future of Dragon City and the lives of millions of our comrades will be reduced to ashes!"
Forget about whether they would believe his words. Even if they stopped to listen to him, if they were the slightest bit distracted, their heads might be chopped off.
'Just how did things end up like this?
'Are we really going to fight against each other? Even if I return from the apocalypse, nothing will change?
'No, something's wrong. There's something strange about this fight …'
Meng Chao was dazed.
Suddenly, someone gave him a hard push.
It was Lin Chuan.
His face was covered in blood, and he panted like a wild beast. He tossed a bulging military backpack into Meng Chao's arms.
"Listen up, Universe Corporation's mine exploration team is too strong. We might all die. You're just in Spirit Tattoo Realm. With or without you, we won't be able to change the outcome."
Lin Chuan grabbed Meng Chao's collar and said fiercely, "Don't forget what you promised me. You have to protect yourself. Run while the situation is chaotic.
"Here are the survival items and mine exploration tools I've meticulously gathered. They include mini crystal bombs that can blow up rocks, compressed military rations that can last for three days, and the most detailed map of the route.
"Carry it on your back and circle to the edge of the cliff. Look for a place to climb up and go back the way we came. When you reach the place where the wall collapsed, see whether there are any gaps. Then, you can crawl over or blast open a path."
Meng Chao looked at everything Lin Chuan had prepared a long time ago.
Meng Chao shuddered.
He stared at Lin Chuan. "Big Brother Lin …"
Lin Chuan misunderstood what he meant and punched his chest. "I'm not asking you to run away. I'm giving you an incredibly difficult mission. You must escape the underground alive and report what happened here to the Supernatural Tower. You must tell the world the truth. Shen Yulong from Universe Corporation was the first to attack us. We had no other choice, which is why we were forced to fight back.
"That way, even if Shen Yulong succeeds for the time being, he will definitely be punished by the law. You and the families of the people who died here will all get benefits from the right to mine the mine first.
"Do you understand? Don't just stand there. Go! If you don't leave now, it'll be too late!"
Lin Chuan's words were sincere. His brotherly love for Meng Chao was clear in his words.
Meng Chao gulped and said, "Big Brother Lin, if I leave, what will you do?"
"Don't worry, I'll be fine."
Lin Chuan laughed heartily. "Don't forget that my beast soul is the Undying Bird. When I was in the depths of the wild, I fought at the borders of life and death. There were a few times when I had one foot in Hell's Gate, but I managed to fight my way back. Shen Yulong is just a good-for-nothing rich kid, so how could he have the right to take my life? Enough with the nonsense. Go, or else, don't blame me for not acknowledging you as my brother! "
Meng Chao gritted his teeth and made up his mind.
"Alright, Big Brother Lin, listen to my last words. I'll leave immediately."
He stared into Lin Chuan's eyes and spoke like a machine gun. "The fungus we ran into earlier is known as the Stone Statue Fungus after it's injured. It's called the Stone Statue Fungus, because its sticky liquid can turn its victims into stone statues and make them unable to move." The arthropod-type monster lurking in the depths of the Stone Statue Fungus is known as the Ten Thousand Blade Flying Spider. As its name implies, its spider webs are like thousands of invisible blades.
"As for the spider with the largest head and a Stone Statue Fungus growing on its back, it's known as the Demonic Stone Statue Spider. It's a rare evolved mutant, and it's the common leader of the Stone Statue Fungus and Ten Thousand Blade Flying Spiders.
"This is a small piece of information I read on the monster forum by accident. Big Brother Lin, you have to remember it!"
Lin Chuan was slightly stunned. He asked in puzzlement, "Alright, I'll remember it, but why did you suddenly mention this?"
"It's nothing."
Meng Chao felt as if his throat was blocked by ice. His voice instantly became five degrees lower.
Without batting an eyelid, he tightened his grip around his chain sabers and adjusted each muscle fiber in his fingers so that he could execute force perfectly.
At that moment, a gunshot rang out.
But the bullet traveled even faster than the gunshot. It was like a fierce bolt of lightning that arrived in front of them.
It was the enemy's four-star superhuman, the lone gunman, Li Xin!
"Dodge!"
Lin Chuan's pupils shrank to the size of two needles. He endured the pain that made him feel as if his brain was going to explode. His Undying Bird instantly surged to its limit and spread its burning, bloody wings to form an arc-shaped energy shield that protected Meng Chao.
Boom!
The crystal bullet contained Li Xin's great spirit. It clashed violently against Lin Chuan's Undying Bird, and piercing sparks flew out.
Both sides were four-star superhumans and Heaven Realm superhumans.
Li Xin had been lurking for a long time. He had been observing, calculating, and locking down on Meng Chao.
But Lin Chuan had to protect Meng Chao, who was only a one-star superhuman. He was caught off guard and suffered a setback.
"Cough!"
He coughed up a mouthful of blood, and his face instantly turned stark pale. Even the Undying Bird's bloody wings became dull.
"Why aren't you leaving?"
Lin Chuan shouted at Meng Chao. His expression was so fierce that he looked like a savage demon who crawled out of hell. Then, without turning his head around, he revealed his entire back to Meng Chao and charged in the direction of the gunshot. He tried to close the distance between them so that he could engage in close-quarters combat with Li Xin.
Meng Chao hesitated for a moment. Lin Chuan and Li Xin disappeared into the subsurface plasma.
The fight to the death between Heaven Realm superhumans was not something he could interfere with right now.
He could only stare at Lin Chuan's vanishing back with a dumbfounded expression. He extended a trembling finger and squeezed his eyeballs in an attempt to wipe away the information that Kindling had created at the top of his vision.
[Special citizen Lin Chuan has received your guidance, and his understanding toward the unknown monster has increased. Increased contribution points by 1.]
'I knew it.'
Meng Chao's heart clenched in pain.
His neighbor, senior brother, and idol, Lin Chuan, had turned from a pseudo-heroic citizen to a special citizen!
I'll send you the fourth update. I'll slowly pay off my debt.
Today is the beginning of the month, and the value of the tickets is very high. Don't hold back. Come for me. let's see just what sort of miracles we can create this month. ROAR!
ROAR!
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