On May 10, at 4: 33: 51 in the morning …
There were still 42 hours to go before the tidal force would be triggered to the maximum in the alignment of the three stars.
In the thirty square kilometers around the Eye of Blood Demon, the main force of the Coalition Army of Demons was no longer hiding. On the seemingly empty land, camouflaged gates were opened one after another. Countless experts of the demon race flooded out of the ground and established temporary camps and arsenals for the final assembly, regrouping, and distribution of weapons.
Devilish warships that looked like giant sharks in the deep sea popped up from the gaps below the ground, too, emitting the most hideous brilliance.
As the logistics base of the Eye of Blood Demon, the alert of Demon Lake City had been raised to the highest level, too. It was almost completely isolated from the outside world. Two more sentry posts had been added. All the personnel entering and exiting had to be strictly inspected. Patrols had been tripled in number, too, monitoring the city from the sky to the ground.
At this moment, only a few outsiders were allowed to enter Demon Lake City.
This included cleaning up the garbage once every morning.
When an army was assembled, hygiene was the top priority, especially when the Coalition Army of Demons was a mixed troop made of thousands of warriors from different tribes.
Those warriors could fly in the sky, swim in the water, or crawl in the mountains. They all had different habits, hobbies, and even excretions.
It was very possible that the excretions of one species of demons could be fatal poisons for another species. They could even trigger a large-scale plague.
Also, there were dozens of times more demon beasts and biochemical beasts than the demon warriors. They might be the strongest slaughter machines on the battlefield, but they could be extremely vulnerable under certain special circumstances. One moment of carelessness, and the beneficial bacteria that were completely harmless to certain demon beasts could become the fatal killers of other powerful demon beasts.
Therefore, in Heavenly Path City, Void Turmoil City, Demon Lake City, the camps of the Coalition Army of Demons, and other areas where demons and beasts were mixed, sanitation, epidemic prevention, and garbage clearance were very important.
In the Eye of Blood Demon, an enormous fleet of garbage clearance trucks would be sent to the city every day. All the garbage generated in the city and the military camps would be transported to a large garbage swallowing base three hundred kilometers away, where they would be processed by various kinds of fungi and insects. The garbage would then be burned at a high temperature and pressure to ensure that it was absolutely harmless before it was buried deep below the ground.
Looking from afar, the enormous fleet, which was dragged by the Gray Rock Worms, looked like a giant earthworm. It slowly crept forward on the ground.
Because of the large amount of garbage they carried every day, the fleet emitted a pungent smell. The smell even condensed into wisps of yellowish-brown fog that floated in the air like rotten kelp.
This fleet arrived on time every day. The garbage cleaners driving the fleet were all familiar faces. There were no problems with fingerprints, voiceprints, and iris tests.
They did not encounter any trouble when they passed through the two checkpoints. The guards at the checkpoint simply glanced at the empty garbage bins and waved their hands to let them pass.
In a place close to Demon Lake City. However, they were intercepted by a new patrol team.
"Stop!"
The leader of this patrol team was a silver-blood noble with a serious and arrogant expression.
He looked sternly at the clumsy sandworms and the smelly dustbins.
Behind him, the guards who were stationed in the Eye of Blood Demon were covering their mouths and chuckling.
The silver-blood noble waved his hand and examined the wrinkles in the middle of every sandworm's fat body with his trusted subordinates. After finding nothing, he jumped into the enormous garbage bin that the sandworms were dragging.
The garbage bins had been used for at least five years. They had been filled with all kinds of garbage every day. Although they were cleaned every now and then, they had been buried at the bottom of the garbage bins for a long time. It was inevitable that a layer of garbage that looked like humus had been piled up.
The stench in the dumpster was ten times stronger than the smell outside. It was like an invisible hammer, hammering people until they saw stars and the world was spinning.
The silver-blood noble regretted it the moment he jumped into the garbage bins. However, since he was already inside, he could only hold his breath and poke the garbage with his long spear.
The garbage that looked like humus had been covered by a hard shell in the first place, which sealed the stink inside. It would have been fine if he had not touched it. But after he poked it and turned it over, the stink was surging out like an erupting volcano. Covering his nose did not help at all. The stink seemed to be crawling into his body through his pores!
The silver-blood demon's face turned from white to green and then from green to purple. He gritted his teeth harder and harder.
After rummaging through four garbage bins that were being dragged by the Gray Rock Sandworms, there was nothing wrong at all. But the patrol team was stained with the stink that could not be washed away. They were not as spirited as they had been a moment ago.
Seeing that there were still more than twenty garbage bins of Gray Rock Sandworms waiting for them to examine, the silver-blood demon's face was even darker than the bottom of a pot.
Right then —
Hum!
From the corner of the fourth garbage bin, a swarm of big-headed green flies flew out. Sloppily, their bodies stained with unknown liquids, they swept toward the silver-blood demon like a visible plague!
BOOM!
The silver-blood demon shrieked and unleashed a cluster of demonic energy, blowing up all the big-headed green flies.
But out of his expectation, the big-headed green flies were like juicy grapes. After they were blown up, the bright green juice splashed everywhere and almost splashed on his body.
The silver-blood demon's face immediately turned from the bottom of a pot to a sheet of white paper. He jumped out of the garbage bin in embarrassment, his eyelids twitching nonstop. Glancing at the twenty or so garbage bins behind him, he said solemnly, "Let them through!"
Twenty minutes later, the garbage clearance team arrived at the garbage dump in the suburb of Demon Lake City.
Huala! Huala! Huala!
Some insect-type demon beasts, which looked like flies but had been enlarged tens of thousands of times and had eight claws, flapped their transparent wings and grabbed the garbage that had been piled up as high as a hill and threw it into the garbage bins.
In the ninth garbage truck, half of the new garbage had been filled.
Li Yao and Fire Ant crawled out of the garbage dumps without a sound.
They were both wearing fully-enclosed membrane suits, which made them look like two slippery loaches. Even their eyes had been covered by chips carved out of black crystals to ensure that there was not the slightest gap.
As for their breathing, they were relying on the compressed airbags that Li Yao had designed temporarily to make sure that they would not be contaminated by the smells of the outside world.
It was not that they were scared of the stench of garbage, but that the smell would be very difficult to wash off once it touched their body, which would be detrimental to their infiltration later.
"Shua!"
The two of them slid out of the garbage bins like two shadows and moved quickly under the cover of the garbage that had been piled up as high as a mountain.
With the strength of the superlative Gold Core Stage and the Demon Emperor Stage, it was natural for them to enter a place like this.
They had successfully infiltrated from the fifth alert area to the fourth alert area!
Next, they would break through the fourth alert area and enter the third alert area!
Five minutes later, the two of them appeared in Demon Lake City, twelve kilometers away from the garbage dump.
The stinky membrane suits were stored in their Cosmos Rings, making sure that no traces were left behind.
The two of them pretended to be two secret treasure merchants who could be seen everywhere in Demon Lake City. According to the map of Demon Lake City and the structural design of the Eye of Blood Demon that Jin Xinyue had provided, they searched quickly and soon found the entrance of the backup ventilation tube.
It turned out to be a forbidden military zone guarded by a team of the Coalition Army of Demons.
Other than the backup ventilation tubes, there were also dozens of backup teleportation arrays, three emergency escape routes, and five emergency asset delivery tubes.
The purpose of their design was that, should the Eye of Blood Demon suffer an accident such as an earthquake or an explosion, the specialists working at the bottom of the lake could still escape to the surface through the backup teleportation arrays and the emergency escape routes.
If they could not even escape, the backup ventilation tubes and the asset delivery tubes would be able to deliver air, water, and food so that the workers at the bottom of the lake could survive for a longer time.
Li Yao and Fire Ant pretended that they were in a secret treasure deal one kilometer away from the forbidden military zone.
Li Yao, on the other hand, released Neltharion and observed the entire forbidden military zone from the high altitude.
Fire Ant had his own methods, too. He released almost a hundred bugs and perceived the situation in the forbidden military zone from various directions.
"There are two patrol teams in total. They are patrolling according to fixed routes. However, they are not elites, and they are not very vigilant. Perhaps, they did not expect that somebody would intrude into the Eye of Blood Demon at all and were just pretending!"
Fire Ant narrowed his eyes.
"The backup ventilation tubes have four entrances in total. According to the structural design provided by Jin Xinyue, the No. 2 ventilation tube that is closest to the hospital in the third alert area is the closest one. The exit is almost right above the hospital."
Li Yao calculated quickly. "If I take action when the two patrol teams are far away from the No. 2 ventilation tube, I should have 26 seconds.
"The entrance of the ventilation tube is covered in a very dense barbed wire that was welded to the surface directly. It has been a long time, and there is a layer of rust on it. But it is not a problem for me. The problem is that I have also observed a fan that is spinning very fast half a meter into the ventilation tube. It should be used to block the intruder.
"The three blades of the fan are like three sharp blades. Any creature that wants to crawl into them will be chopped into pieces.
"Twenty-six seconds. It is impossible for me to deal with both the barbed wire and the fan."
Fire Ant pondered for a moment and said, "According to my observation, the speed of the fan is about 1,500 rpm. If I can reduce it to around 800 rpm, will you be able to crawl through the gap?"
Li Yao thought for a moment and replied, "If it is reduced to less than 1,150 rpm, I will be able to crawl through without being hurt!"
"Alright. Let's check the time. We will take action in thirty seconds!"
Fire Ant paused for a moment. Then he suddenly extended his hand to Li Yao.
Li Yao was dazed for a moment. Then he understood what he meant. He smiled and extended his hand, too.
The two of them held each other's hands tightly.
Sneak into the Eye of Blood Demon right under the nose of hundreds of thousands of elites of the Blood Demon Sector and destroy the largest teleportation array in the history of the Blood Demon Sector!
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