The stinky garbage processing center not only had to deal with the daily garbage of more than a hundred million people, but it also had to deal with the garbage left by industries and trainers, which would be sealed and packed and delivered to the place.
The air test standards in this place were very different from those in the other spherical towns of Hundred Flowers City. It was a place where the common citizens would never set foot in.
Even the workers in the place had to wear air filtration and circulation masks all day long.
Li Yao and Long Yangjun, on the other hand, were like two unsubstantial ghosts that flashed among the garbage that was as high as a hill, avoiding the eyes of all the workers and the surveillance cameras.
Naturally, no Core Formation Stage Cultivators or Yuanying Cultivators were stationed in such a place. Even the Refinement Stage Cultivators and the Building Foundation Stage were hard to find. With Li Yao and Long Yangjun's Cultivation at the peak of the Yuanying Stage, it would be hilarious if they were discovered by the garbage disposal workers.
Behind them, on the dome above the garbage processing center, devastating alarms were suddenly echoing. The red and white lights were blinking rapidly. The 'garbage cannons' that had been running in rumbling noises suddenly stopped functioning, too.
A lot of workers who were confused ran out of their posts and shouted, asking what was going on.
Li Yao did not need to look back to know that the gap through which they snuck in must've been closed at this moment.
The defenders must've discovered his trick and guessed that they had probably snuck into Hundred Flowers City through the garbage cannons.
It meant that the defenders of a larger scale would arrive very soon.
Also, after being tricked by Li Yao time and time again, those who would come would certainly be the elites of the defenders. Chances were that they were even the 'direct subordinates' that Professor Mo Xuan had secretly developed in the past decades!
In any case, Li Yao did not want to confront his defenders when the Black Wind Fleet might slap the Federation in the face at any moment.
However, instead of running to the central area of Hundred Flowers City outside of the garbage processing center, he snuck into the control base of the garbage processing center with Long Yangjun.
"Why aren't we leaving?"
Long Yangjun frowned and said, "Only in the downtown area under the cover of tens of millions of people will we be safe enough to get rid of the pursuers and take action."
"Wait, I still have some important information to look up!"
Li Yao kicked open the solid alloy gate of the control base. He rushed forward as fast as lightning, seizing every second. He had no time to avoid the staff at all. Everybody felt that two tornadoes were passing by them. Then, they collapsed to the ground uncannily and passed out.
"Trust me. I'm an absolute expert in the field of escape and infiltration!"
Li Yao's voice was very steady, full of confidence and courage. "I chose the 'garbage treatment center' as the entry point. It's killing two birds with one stone!
"It must be noted that Hundred Flowers City is a super city built in the vacuum of space. Air circulation and garbage transportation are the biggest headaches.
"For the cities on the surface of the planet, if there is a problem with the garbage cleaning, it will only be dirty and smelly for a few days at best. But in such a sealed environment, if the garbage that is piled up like a mountain is not cleaned up in time, people will die!
"Therefore, Hundred Flowers City, which is made of almost a hundred spherical towns, must have a set of highly-complicated, precise, and interconnected garbage transportation tubes that lead to every corner of the city and, naturally, to the 'Tinder Base'!
"Also, based on my years of experience in drilling ventilation ducts, the ventilation ducts, the spirit energy ducts, and the garbage transportation ducts are often put together during the design to form a bundled channel system for future maintenance and inspection.
"Even if they are not bundled together, the distance between the two routes will not be too far away!
"After all, the construction of a space city must be precisely planned in advance. Once the planning is completed, the modification and expansion in the later phase will be extremely troublesome. It is impossible for the tubes to be in a mess!"
Long Yangjun was greatly enlightened. "Therefore, as long as we figure out the distribution of all the garbage transportation tubes in Hundred Flowers City, we will be able to trace the distribution of the ventilation tubes and sneak into the 'Tinder Base' through the ventilation tubes?"
"Exactly!"
Li Yao smiled confidently, baring his white and sharp teeth. "The 'Tinder Plan' on the surface is not a top secret project in the military field. Professor Mo Xuan does not want to raise suspicion and will not perform special modifications on a large scale. Therefore, the ventilation facilities of the 'Tinder Base' must be of the civil level!
"Hehe. Professor, now that I've been pushed to this point, it can't be helped. It's time for the 'Little Tyrant of Ventilation Tubes' to show my power again!"
Li Yao rushed out like a tornado. More than ten seconds later, most of the people in the control center were knocked to the ground, except for the manager of the garbage processing station.
To deal with astronomical garbage every day, the manager's level was rather high. He was an admin-type Core Formation Stage Cultivator, too.
However, under the dual mental attacks of Li Yao and Long Yangjun, he naturally did not have the ability to fight back at all. Soon, he fell into the half-hypnosis state and told them everything he knew. He voluntarily retrieved the most detailed map of the ventilation tubes from the control crystal processor.
It was not until this moment that Li Yao and Long Yangjun finally realized why the Union Army launched such a merciless attack at them the moment they saw them.
"A brutal spy squad of the Imperium was trying to sabotage the deep friendship between the Xing Yao Federation and the Star Ocean Republic. They snuck into the starship that the delegation of the Star Ocean Republic was on and executed fatal sabotage on the starship, completely interfering with the starship's jump course and making the starship lost in the turbulence of the four-dimensional space!
"At this moment, two spies of the Imperium are still lingering in the Hundred Flowers Space Zone. It is very possible that they have snuck into Hundred Flowers City during the chaos!
"The two of them are equipped with powerful Battle Crystal Suits. They are both cunning, cunning, and highly dangerous bandits. All units will report to the temporary command center the moment they are discovered and stop them at any cost. They must not be allowed to sneak into the city and jeopardize the safety of the hundred and fifty million citizens!"
It was an order that the garbage processing station had just received. That was why they were shutting down the garbage launch ports in a hurry.
The order was signed by the garrison of Hundred Flowers City and the branch of the Secret Sword Bureau.
An elite tactical squad was also lunging at the garbage processing station to strengthen the defense of the place.
"We have to speed up!"
Long Yangjun frowned harder and harder. "It seems that Professor Mo Xuan has completed the full infiltration and control of the military of the Hundred Flowers Space Zone and the Secret Sword Bureau. Once we are stalled by the tactical squad, it will be very difficult for us to retreat in one piece if the main troops are attracted!
"Monster Li, have you found the layout of the garbage transportation tubes and the ventilation tubes?"
"It's done!"
Li Yao exclaimed in delight. His eyes glittering, he smiled like a weasel who had just stolen a hen. "As I expected, everything is under control. The tubes here are in a classic layout. The garbage transportation tubes, the spiritual energy transmission tubes, the crystal cables, and the ventilation tubes are all tied together. If you find one of them, you will find all of them. Also, the layout and direction of the 'Tinder Base' block are clear to you. Even the most detailed data has been marked. It is almost effortless …"
Li Yao's voice was more and more rigid, and his face was more and more awful, as if he had just been pecked by a hen.
Long Yangjun raised her eyebrow. "What's the problem now?"
"Uncle."
Taking a deep breath, Li Yao tried to ask the manager of the garbage treatment center, who had opened the most confidential interface for him in the half-hypnosis state and displayed the entire layout. "Why are most of the ventilation tubes in Hundred Flowers City in the honeycomb design? Every enormous tube has hundreds of thin tubes, and every tube is only the thickness of a finger? The honeycomb design was one thing, but every time it reached a critical point, it was refined with a transparent material, which could be seen clearly from the outside! How much higher is the cost of construction? Isn't it too wasteful? "
The manager of the garbage treatment center was half-hypnotized. With both ignorance and pride on his face, he held his head high and said, "It is all thanks to the enlightenment of Senior Li Yao, dominator of three Sectors and Vulture!
"Senior Li Yao is an expert of infiltration himself. He snuck into the enemy's core through all kinds of tubes and executed decapitation operations many times!
"Every case of his infiltration has become a classic textbook in the military academies of the Federation. Before he left the Federation, he also gave lectures on tube defense and breakthroughs in the major academies in person!
"Therefore, with Senior Li Yao's personal experience and tutelage, the Federation attaches great importance to the defense of the tubes, especially the ventilation tubes! The best defense is to adopt the honeycomb design when the tubes are established at the beginning so that no human being can sneak in! "
Li Yao: "…"
"Oh. In that case, Senior Li Yao is truly far-sighted!"
"Not just far-sighted," the manager of the garbage treatment center said. "His plan is flawless! Under the spiritual guidance of Senior Li Yao, the tube defense technology of the Federation has been developing rapidly in the past hundred years. Right now, even a mosquito cannot fly into most of the tubes in Hundred Flowers City! "
Long Yangjun turned her head inch by inch and glared at Li Yao.
Li Yao coughed and touched the back of the manager's head softly, releasing a stream of spiritual energy and making him fall asleep.
"… Fellow Cultivator Long, look," Li Yao said, "I was a famous person in the Federation a hundred years ago. I really don't remember such trivial things as giving a few lectures in a university!"
"Stop talking. I need some peace and quiet."
"No," Li Yao said. "Don't give up hope so quickly. We are not at the end of the road yet. Maybe there are other solutions … other … don't … ah!"
Long Yangjun was rather shocked by his shock. "What are you up to now?"
"I was wrong. We were almost all wrong! The 'Tinder Base' can't be Professor Mo Xuan's nest! His nest is somewhere else! "
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