However, due to the explosion in Leprosy Village and the entire lair being locked down, the construction of the lair had already stopped.
The strong excavators were naturally the best source of soldiers for the gangs.
They were originally part of the construction companies under the gangs. Right now, they had switched their pickaxes, impact drills, and rock crushers to weapons that were more lethal to fight against the monsters and maintain order.
The entire construction site was empty. Only a few guards patrolled the area.
"The secret tunnel I discovered is in the depths of the construction site, but we have to go around the guards," A 'Ji whispered.
Meng Chao released a wisp of spirit energy and quickly scanned the area.
Noiselessly, he disappeared into the darkness.
When he reappeared, he had a fat rat with shiny fur and big ears in his hands.
Meng Chao seized the rat's neck so that it would not make a sound.
Then, he aimed it behind the guards and threw it far away.
He used a ball of spirit energy to envelop the rat and formed a spirit energy magnetic field around it that was similar to a cushion.
The rat landed gently on the ground. It was not injured, but it was frightened. It screeched and ran for its life.
The guards' attention was instantly attracted by the rat.
They chased after its tail and went to a corner to investigate it.
Meng Chao and A 'Ji seized the chance to sneak into the depths of the construction site.
"It should be … here!"
A 'Ji said with certainty after feeling around the wall for a while.
Meng Chao touched the spot where A 'Ji had just been searching.
He noticed that there were slight bumps on the wall. It seemed to be the word "Ji".
It looked like it had been lightly scratched by a blade or a screwdriver. Under the dim light, it could not be seen clearly with the naked eye.
Only someone with a keen sense of touch would be able to touch this mark with their fingertips.
A 'Ji said that it was the mark he had left when he escaped from Mutual Gold Coliseum.
Following the markings, it didn't take long for two massive pipes to appear before him.
One of the pipes had a diameter of more than two meters. Rumbling sounds came from inside, and it sounded like howling wind.
Most of the buildings in the lair were underground, so air circulation was naturally a major matter that concerned countless people's lives.
Therefore, the diameter of the ventilation ducts here was more than three to five times that of the buildings above ground. There were also large industrial fans that rotated at high speed inside to ensure that the fresh air above ground could enter the underground unimpeded.
Of course, since the lair was shrouded in flames and smoke, the air underground was filled with highly polluted and corrosive particles.
When he inhaled it into his nasal cavity, he felt a burning pain. Did he inhale too much?
He felt the world spinning around him?
Difficulty breathing?
It was as if his lungs had turned into hard plastic.
Meng Chao and A 'Ji did not intend to enter Mutual Gold Coliseum through the ventilation pipes.
Because the high-speed rotating industrial fans in the ventilation ducts were very difficult to deal with, there were also filters installed with alarm systems, high-voltage electric fences specially designed to deal with snakes, insects, rats, and ants, and other defensive measures.
Ordinary snakes, insects, rats, and ants entering the ventilation ducts by mistake?
They would be electrocuted into ashes in an instant.
Meng Chao and A 'Ji didn't want to taste it?
His skin and flesh were split open by the electricity, and there was a smell of green smoke coming out.
Next to the ventilation duct was a slightly narrower pipe.
Cables, optical cables and crystal cables were laid inside.
It can also reach the depths of the ventilation ducts?
Mechanical and control units for industrial fans?
To be used as a maintenance pipe.
Although its diameter was less than a meter?
To A 'Ji, who was already small and thin?
And to Meng Chao, whose control over his body had already reached the peak?
It was not a big problem.
Before the guards came back?
The two of them bent their backs and crawled into the maintenance pipe.
They groped their way in the dark for more than ten minutes and went through four forks along the way.
A 'Ji said that when he escaped, he left a mark at each fork.
Just as he expected, Meng Chao was on the inner wall of each pipe.
He touched the crooked "Ji" character.
Sometimes, there was an arrow.
Just which fork was it pointing at?
With the help of these marks?
They moved accurately through the maintenance pipes that were like a 3D maze.
They never lost their way even once.
In the end, they reached the end of the maintenance pipe.
Meng Chao looked at A 'Ji.
"Up there."
A 'Ji pointed at the top of his head.
Meng Chao searched around carefully again.
This time, he did not find any marks, but he found a crack in a sealed cover.
There were also four huge nuts.
The nuts were tightened really tightly, and the cover was practically one with the pipe.
But this was not a problem for Meng Chao. He brought out a vial of monster adhesive liquid from his military-grade backpack, which was like a treasure chest, and used a small brush to smear it on the nuts and the crack in the cover.
Very soon, the joint between the cover and the pipe began to emit a 'chi chi, chi chi' sound.
Then, he unscrewed the nuts, which made it much easier.
When he lifted the cover, he saw a shaft that was reserved for him. It was dark and led straight to the ground. It was probably more than one hundred meters tall.
A similar structure could be used as a strong and weak electric well, but it could also be used to transport guns, ammunition, and all sorts of resources needed for survival. When necessary, it could also be used as a temporary escape tunnel.
Unfortunately, the facilities attached to Mutual Gold Coliseum had not been completed yet. There were no ladders or openings for climbing up the walls of the shaft.
The walls were smooth, and there was nothing there.
Meng Chao touched the roughness of the walls.
He noticed that there was only a simple layer of cement on the walls. The granules were very rough, and they were covered in bumps that were only a few millimeters tall.
With a few millimeters of force, he could easily climb up while dragging things that weighed hundreds of kilograms.
"Do you need me to carry you?" Meng Chao asked A 'Ji.
"No need."
A 'Ji shook his head and said stubbornly, "I can do it."
Meng Chao cast a deep glance at the boy and nodded. "Alright, I'll go up first. Be careful!"
He was like a huge gecko as he quietly climbed up the wall.
There was no glue or adhesive on his fingers, but they stuck firmly to the rough surface of the cement.
Even the military backpack filled with guns, ammunition, and all sorts of resources hung steadily on his back.
Meng Chao climbed dozens of meters in one go.
A 'Ji followed behind him, but his crawling speed was clearly much slower. Gradually, the distance between him and Meng Chao widened.
Meng Chao seemed to be focused and did not notice the movements behind him.
Suddenly, the boy seemed to have run out of strength. His arms trembled, and his palms became sweaty. His hands slipped, and he fell.
When Meng Chao heard the cry of surprise, he immediately went to help him.
Unfortunately, while A 'Ji cried out in surprise, he flailed his arms and legs, which allowed him to avoid Meng Chao's helping hand.
He fell to the bottom of the shaft, and his left ankle let out a crack.
"A 'Ji!"
Meng Chao landed next to him. He frowned a little and looked at A 'Ji's left ankle.
The boy's left ankle was so swollen that it looked like a steamed bun that had just come out of a steamer. It was big and hot.
He grimaced in pain, and tears of pain and indignation rolled down his cheeks.
"I-I'm fine, Big Brother Chao. I can do it."
He struggled to stand up, but he pulled on his sore spot. He grunted, and tears and snot rolled down his cheeks like a flood.
"I-I'm afraid that I can't do it, Big Brother Chao," A 'Ji said with a long face.
"I sprained my ankle. I might not be able to catch up to you. It's also impossible for me to sneak into Mutual Gold Coliseum without being discovered by the guards …"
Meng Chao closed his eyes and searched his ankle carefully for a while. "Fortunately, you didn't hurt your bones. It's just that your tendons are a little strained. You'll recover after resting for a few days.
"Then, stay here and wait for me. I'll leave the first aid kit and food for you. It should be enough for you to last for at least a day and a night.
"If you don't hear from me after a day and a night, you'll probably be dead. Good luck!"
"Big Brother Chao …" A 'Ji said guiltily.
"It's my fault for being so useless. I fell down the shaft. I-I don't know what happened either. If I had listened to you just now, you could have carried me up!"
"It's fine."
Meng Chao smiled and patted A 'Ji's shoulder a few times. "You're still young, so there's no need for you to take the risk of entering Mutual Gold Coliseum. In any case, we're already right under Mutual Gold Coliseum. The straight-line distance between us is less than fifty meters. I'll handle everything from here on out!"
"Yeah, I believe in you. You can definitely do it!"
A 'Ji pointed at the top of the dark shaft. "Climb out of this shaft. You just need to search for the place with the strongest scent, and you'll find a ditch. Walk along the ditch for a while and climb out of the hole. Then, you'll enter Mutual Gold Coliseum."
Meng Chao nodded. He thought about it and asked, "The strongest scent? What does that mean? What sort of ditch? "
"Um …" A 'Ji said.
"It's a drainage pipe or a sewer. We crawled through it in Leprosy Village."
"Is that so?"
Meng Chao narrowed his eyes. "Then, which part of Mutual Gold Coliseum is above this drainage pipe?"
"I think it's a toilet," A 'Ji said.
Meng Chao stared at him expressionlessly.
"No, no, it's not a human toilet. It's a monster's," A 'Ji quickly explained.
"Mutual Gold Coliseum locks up and modifies a lot of fierce monsters. These monsters are huge, and they eat a lot. Of course, they poop a lot as well. That's why their toilets and drainage pipes are really big. It's the most convenient way to sneak into Mutual Gold Coliseum from there."
"Alright … then!"
Meng Chao looked at A 'Ji and said in a profound tone, "I'll deal with you when we're back."
He climbed up the shaft again.
Without A 'Ji as his tail, he moved much faster.
When he reached the top of the shaft, he smelled a thick, pungent scent.
Meng Chao had smelled a scent that was one hundred times stronger than this when he was in a swamp filled with skeletons in the wild.
Besides, when he was in Ghost Tribe's training camp in his previous life, there were all sorts of training courses that surpassed the limits of humans. One of them taught them how to shield their five senses and hide in all sorts of harsh environments like stones.
Mutual Gold Coliseum had just been put into operation.
Many of the entertainment programs had not been opened yet.
There were not a lot of monsters locked up there.
Besides, the excrement of monsters, especially superbeasts that had powerful spirit energy in their bodies, was an incredibly valuable resource.
Just like how many poor places on Earth dried cow dung to be used as fuel, in the lair and Leprosy Village, monster excrement was also worth recycling.
The monster excrement that was sent into the drainage pipes had already been processed a few times, so it was not as smelly as Meng Chao imagined.
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