Chapter 172: Battlefield-type Curtain Weak Point

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"Sixth test... testing the plasma-type thermobaric bomb weapon."

On the edge of the curtain's weak point, a maintenance personnel team was crouching in a pit on the ground. Then, a light flashed in the distance, about six or seven skeletons were blown to pieces, a small cloud of smoke rose, and apart from that, there was nothing else.

Several people watched silently, and then immediately ran toward the edge of the curtain. Behind them, humanoid skeletons began to appear one after another, and as these maintenance personnel ran outside the curtain, they stopped their actions again.

Guan An Continent Peninsula curtain weak point.

Appearance time: 37 hours ago. Appearance location: The junction area between the Guan An Continent Peninsula and the mainland. Curtain weak point range: An irregular circle with a diameter of one kilometer. The internal space is currently unknown; the detected range is already about ten times the size detected from the outside.

This curtain weak point is suspected to be a reenactment of an old battlefield, but inside there are only various skeletons and ghosts. Almost all thermal weapons, technological weapons, and technological creations cannot be used normally.

The faces of the few people who left the curtain weak point were all ugly. The leader said, "Sure enough, all technological weapons will be significantly weakened inside..."

Another person asked, "What about the special combat team? They've been here for twelve hours, why haven't they arrived at the curtain weak point yet?"

Someone explained and complained: "They are surrounded by a bunch of government agents and reporters... Who the hell came up with the idea of filming a movie for publicity? Isn't this making the whole world pay attention?"

"Otherwise what? A bunch of celebrities from this world arrived in the same area at the same time. If there's a reason, it's fine; at least people in this world will make up their own minds. If there's no reason, believe it or not, it won't just be these people paying attention."

Just as several maintenance personnel were arguing with each other, a figure suddenly appeared from the darkness ahead. Several people hurriedly shut their mouths, each pretending to be a traveler. But the person coming out of the darkness had a title above their head. Upon seeing this title, several people immediately went up to meet them.

"Mr. Wu, we've waited so hard for you, looking forward to you with eyes wide open." The leading maintenance person immediately reached out and shook hands with Wu Pifu, saying, "Did Mr. Wu and the rest of the special combat team arrive separately?"

While speaking, three people walked out of the darkness one after another. They were the three Dan Jin powerhouses: Zhou Qingqing, Tai Anzhi, and the Evil God.

Wu Pifu said helplessly, "No way. Outside the hotel where we were staying, it was like a battlefield. There were agents everywhere, plainclothes police everywhere, and reporters everywhere. If we didn't disperse, we wouldn't have been able to get through at all."

The Evil God said at this time, "Where are the monsters you mentioned, and that so-called Hidden Corner?"

The captain of the local maintenance team looked at Zhou Qingqing and the three of them, showed a smile, and said, "We can enter at any time, but let's wait until everyone is here before entering. I'll also tell you about the situation inside."

Wu Pifu and the others naturally nodded. The captain said, "The... Hidden Corner's external size is an irregular circle with a diameter of about one kilometer, located in this area. We checked historical data, and this is the center of the battlefield of the Fan Sai War. It is said that there are still many mass graves underground here, so the fortunate thing is this: it has been developed into a park, rather than a residential area or a busy downtown area."

"This Hidden Corner expands once every day at 12:00 AM. The expansion speed is based on a percentage, expanding about 10% to 15% of its existing range every day. This is an exponential growth, and two-thirds of this park is currently occupied by the Hidden Corner."

Zhou Qingqing asked curiously, "Then how do you stop citizens from entering the park? By logic, hundreds or thousands of people should have already been dragged into the Hidden Corner."

Several maintenance personnel looked at each other. The captain said frankly, "We blew up a natural gas pipeline that was supposed to pass through the park, and at the same time acquired a natural gas company in the city, as well as related maintenance chain companies. Then we cleared some personnel relationships in the municipal government and took over the maintenance work of this pipeline. This way, we could reasonably seal off the park."

Wu Pifu widened his eyes.

Blow up? Acquire? Clear relationships?

No, the maintenance personnel are really all talents, right?

This is playing quite fancy!

On the contrary, Zhou Qingqing and the three of them all nodded. Tai Anzhi even praised, "As expected of professionals, and decisive enough."

The captain continued calmly, "According to our calculations, in at most two days, the entire park will be completely covered. Then, after another five days, half of the urban area will be covered. In fifteen days, this peninsula will be gone... So we must solve this Hidden Corner incident immediately!"

Everyone looked at Wu Pifu. Wu Pifu pondered for a moment and said, "Wait until they all arrive, and we will enter tonight. We will strive to solve it completely tonight. Besides these, is there any other intelligence support?"

The captain said, "Yes. Regarding the internal situation, we haven't been idle either. Basically, with the support of our maximum capability, we have explored to the limit. First, the entire internal space is very huge, more than ten times larger than the external contour of entry."

"Second, the internal space's geography and terrain are still the junction area between this peninsula and the mainland. Judging from the buildings, it is extremely similar to the Fan Sai battlefield of more than twenty years ago."

"Third, the monsters inside are various skeleton monsters and a small number of ghosts: humanoid skeletons, dog-shaped skeletons, tank-shaped skeletons..."

"Wait a moment."

Wu Pifu raised his hand and asked, "What the hell is a tank-shaped skeleton?"

The captain said helplessly, "I have described it as accurately as possible. It is a tank-shaped skeleton monster—tanks, armored vehicles, self-propelled artillery, etc., composed of bones. The shells fired are also bones. The power is naturally not as good as gunpowder shells. They are somewhat similar to the solid shells of the early period. They are slow, but the power is not small. You must be careful."

"Fourth, inside, almost all technological weapons will have their power weakened by more than 99%. Even those with too weak power, such as individual firearms, cannot be used. And these skeleton monsters also follow this rule. For example, the tank-shaped skeletons I just mentioned, although they fire long-range attacks, their power is far inferior to real artillery shells."

"Fifth, there are suspected to be two core locations. The closer you are to the core locations, the more skeleton monsters, ghosts, and various special skeleton monsters there are."

After the captain finished these five points, he looked at Wu Pifu and said, "This is all the information we have collected."

Just as the captain was speaking, eight more martial artists arrived one after another. Wu Pifu said, "Okay, thank you for your hard work. When everyone is here, we will enter. The goal is the two suspected core locations."

Everyone waited for about ten minutes. With the arrival of the last martial artist, there were sixteen people in total, including Wu Pifu. Counting Wu Pifu, there were four Dan Jin and twelve Hua Jin peaks.

These latecomers also learned about the intelligence of this curtain weak point from the maintenance personnel. When they heard that almost all technological means were prohibited inside the curtain weak point, their expressions were quite interesting—as if shocked, and as if pleasantly surprised. The expressions were inexplicably complex. At this time, Wu Pifu walked at the very front, with the others following closely behind. Under the gaze of several maintenance personnel, they entered the curtain weak point.

Watching them enter, several maintenance personnel also retreated quickly. After all, it was already late at night, and their appearance here was quite strange in itself.

On the way, someone asked the captain, "Can it work? Not to mention the others, we have seen many powerful Dream World natives, but that Mr. Wu Pifu... he looks very weak."

The captain shook his head and said, "Wake up. That is the negative effect of the title. Can a weak person have a title? Even if Chu Minghao brought you to obtain a title, he would need to confirm that you have this qualification. What I am worried about is not Mr. Wu Pifu's strength, but other things..."

Several maintenance personnel were very strange, and they all asked.

The captain was silent for a moment and said, "The point I am worried about is a bit strange, perhaps I am worrying too much, that is... will there be natives of this world who are more eager for the world outside the curtain?"

Several team members looked at each other, each puzzled.

One person asked, "Isn't this mental illness? Inside the curtain is a peaceful human world, and outside the curtain are ghosts, horror, grotesqueries, etc. running rampant. What kind of mental illness would crave the outside of the curtain?"

The captain shook his head and didn't explain.

On the other side, Wu Pifu led the group into the curtain weak point. As soon as they crossed the curtain, except for Wu Pifu and Zhou Qingqing, everyone's expression changed. Although the scene in front of them hadn't changed much for a while, they immediately felt the difference keenly.

!

The Evil God spoke first: "This is... it feels like stepping into a different world. Very strange. It's the first time I've felt this kind of thing."

Amidst the voices, everyone had already seen the open land ahead. This was definitely not inside the park. And this land was full of craters and broken walls everywhere. In the distance, there seemed to be dense smoke. Everyone could even smell the obvious smell of battlefield smoke.

After walking another tens of meters, dense individuals began to appear in the smoke. Sure enough, as the maintenance team captain said, dense humanoid skeletons stood up from the ground. Most of them were just skeletons, and a small number of skeletons were wearing tattered military uniforms, holding broken bayonets or engineer shovels, etc., looking at the group with empty pupils.

"There really are things beyond common sense!"

Some martial artists praised, and there was an inexplicable joy in this voice.

Except for Wu Pifu and Zhou Qingqing, all martial artists moved forward. The Evil God laughed and said, "I'll try the quality of these things first."

While speaking, the Evil God stepped on the ground, and his whole person had already dashed more than a hundred meters away. With a slap, a hit, and a bump, more than a dozen skeletons fell apart immediately, and the bones were smashed to pieces. The remaining skeletons made a creaking sound of bone frames and surrounded the Evil God. However, their movements were sluggish and slow, not even as good as ordinary people. For the Evil God, these skeletons were just targets.

Suddenly, at this moment, there was a cannon sound in the distance, and a black shadow the size of a basketball flew through the air. The Evil God's eyes condensed, and he subconsciously wanted to reach out to block it. But at this moment, a series of cannon sounds rang out, and dozens of such black shadows bombarded them at the same time.

Just then, Wu Pifu's figure moved, blocking directly in front of the Evil God. Boom, boom, boom—most of the black shadows landed on the ground, blowing small pits out of the ground, and a few landed on Wu Pifu's body. Sparks actually flew out, he didn't move at all, and all the black shadows were blown to pieces.

Everyone hurriedly looked at the black shadows and found that these black shadows were also white bones, but they were spherical, about the size of a basketball. They hurriedly looked at Wu Pifu again, confirming that Wu Pifu took the artillery shell with his physical body, and it was truly unscathed, not even a white mark on his skin.

"Good fellow, is this the Human Immortal Martial Dao!?" The Evil God exclaimed.

And Zhou Qingqing and Yang Shaojun both had light in their eyes. Yang Shaojun almost shouted, "Coach, I want to learn this."

"Prepare for battle!" Wu Pifu was too lazy to explain. He looked into the dense smoke, where dozens of giant objects more than three meters high were crushing over from the distance.

Just as Wu Pifu led the fifteen martial arts experts into the curtain weak point, a Supreme Empire special action team was gathering in a residential area outside the park.

"Confirmed the location of two of them. From the inference, they are all heading into this park." An intelligence officer said.

The captain of the special action team asked, "What about the others?"

The intelligence officer lowered his head and said, "Lost track."

The captain didn't blame anything. Others might not know who their tracking targets were, but he knew. Being able to confirm the whereabouts of two people was already beyond his worst expectations.

"Team gather!"

The captain shouted loudly.

Soon, an elite team of eleven people gathered in the courtyard. They were all equipped with the most high-end electronic equipment, assault weapons, full body bulletproof status, and two of them were even wearing the most high-end exoskeleton armor.

"Don't be afraid of alerting the enemy. No, on the contrary, we must alert the enemy. We must test what their purpose is!"

"Action, carpet search toward the park direction!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 173 =====