Chapter 1001: Shock

In a thousand-square-meter warehouse, a person and a bear were like excavators, constantly pounding the ground with fist after fist,

In the huge pit, rubble flew everywhere; the cement floor originally paved with metal plates, under the tremendous force, tore open like white paper, exposing an alloy door.

On the black alloy door, several smears of unidentifiable meat paste were stuck.

"Lin Dui, how many layers does this thing have?"

"Clang!"

A sledgehammer smashed down; the Lingchi wielder's giant hammer, stained with bits of flesh, held in hand, was like a pestle, being pounded into the pit by Zhang Tie blow after blow.

The zombies inside the warehouse, upon rushing out, were grabbed by Xiong Hanzi in one hand, like a bowling ball, and smashed into meat paste.

According to Zhang Tie, it's been a long time since he's hit such cute zombies.

"About four layers..."

Arcane power lifted the rotating longsword; Lin An's right fist, wrapped in a mass of dark purple spiritual energy, suddenly blasted forth.

"Boom!"

Accompanied by a tremendous roar, the second alloy door beneath them suddenly let out a shriek and was instantly blasted open.

After entering the warehouse, he, relying on the True Eye, saw many traces left by humans.

A simple estimate revealed that a week ago, the survivors hiding underground had come up to look for food.

But perhaps because they were too weak or out of ammunition, this group of survivors was actually driven back by three or four zombies.

"Hum"

The sword blade buzzed.

He couldn't be bothered to keep smashing; it looked about done.

A flash of silver light burst in Lin An's eyes; in one breath, using three points of spiritual energy, the Cain's Blade imbued with a ten-meter sword aura let out a sharp screech and drilled straight into the ground.

Like a hot knife cutting butter, the sword blade, accelerated to 30,000 revolutions per second, easily tore apart the underground structure, like a swimming fish.

After discovering the underground structure in the warehouse, Lin An quickly found the passage here.

Likewise, upon seeing the buried passage door underground, he simply didn't bother to look further and directly chose to break it open by force.

After all, the best lock-picking technique is just to smash the door.

As long as one is violent enough, there's no door in this world that can't be opened!

But he never expected that this hiding spot concealed would have so many doors.

Above ground there are supply warehouses; underground can serve as a hiding place and command center.

It seems this place is likely an emergency point of a satellite base for avoiding nuclear strikes; otherwise it wouldn't be so complicated.

"Boom!!"

With a burst of explosion, Lin An, after looking at the last door, recalled the Cain's Blade.

If he weren't worried that using an earth-piercing bomb would vaporize the underground survivors, he would have just used it to blast a path.

But using force works just as well.

Just a few tens of seconds.

Underground thirty meters, three layers of alloy structure doors weighing over ten tons each were easily dealt with. This was with Lin An using only a bit of spiritual energy.

If he exerted his full power, even if the enemy hid a hundred meters underground, Lin An could easily dig them out.

"Screech-screech"

In the pitch-black pit.

Pipes and wires embedded in the rock layer were exposed, with sparks flickering and dropping embers.

Perhaps even the original designers never imagined that there would still be such a way to 'open a door' in this world.

"Come on, let's go take a look."

Facing the door that was both a combination lock and a twisting valve, Lin An chose to temporarily hold back.

After all, at this distance, if he kept drilling downward, he feared he might accidentally kill the people inside.

He casually summoned Xiong Hanzi, and the two jumped into the pitch-black pit.

"What... what... thing is this?!"

"Director! Is... is there a monster above us?!"

The voice trembled.

A group of dirty-white-uniformed survivors looked in terror toward the door leading upward.

As the noise grew louder and the vibrations more intense, the thirty-nine people were like weasels hiding underground, panicking beyond panic.

"Gurgle"

He swallowed dryly, the man called Director, Zeng Hongtian, also looked somewhat panicked at the layered, reverse-locked alloy door.

In his mind, he could almost imagine what terrifying monster lay behind the door.

This commotion is definitely not zombies!

Heaven pities him; although hiding underground without seeing daylight is truly hard to endure, he had never considered the issue of safety.

In his understanding, underground safety, as long as it's not a nuclear bomb planted in the shaft and detonated, nothing exploded in the air could destroy this place.

But he never expected that something now seemed to have drilled all the way here.

"It must be a mutant!"

"Everyone, be careful!"

Straining his thoughts, Zeng Hongtian clenched the pistol at his waist as if it were nonsense, cold sweat pouring from his forehead.

They, having almost no contact with the outside world, had only heard rumors of mutants in chats.

But the mutants rumored outside shouldn't be this fierce...

Could it be... third rank!?

The people behind him heard his words and their faces fell, especially seeing the director instinctively draw his gun and aim, they felt a chill run down their spines.

What a joke, let alone whether the gun would be useful at all.

That gun only has four bullets left total, and with poor marksmanship, it's a struggle to kill even one person.

"Director... we... we should run!!"

"The way those monsters eat people is too horrifying!"

As if hearing a sound from behind the final door, the few female researchers with the weakest mental fortitude cried out in trembling voices.

"Run? Where to run?!"

"The main unit controlling the ventilation ducts is already broken! Even if we crawl through the fan blades, we can't climb up to the courtyard!"

"Thirty meters! Even a monkey couldn't climb that!"

Like a bristled mess, a bearded, stubbled researcher's face was filled with despair.

Even if the military doesn't come to rescue them, it's bad enough—how could they hide underground and still run into monsters?

Amidst the arguing, suddenly a huge roaring sound burst out.

"Boom!"

The door shook, the heavy metal plates bulging inward like dumplings bursting with filling.

As the door deformed, the Survivors behind it screamed in unison.

"Run! What are you looking at?!"

"It's coming in! It's coming in! The monster is coming in!!"

"We're going to be eaten!!"

Trembling, the people seemed to already imagine the terrifying scene of that monster bursting through the door.

The next second, another explosive bang sounded.

Unlike the panicked crowd, the tense director gripping his gun suddenly let out a voice-altering scream.

"Door! Look at the door!"

The crowd stared back in shock, only to see a huge fist imprint on the heavy, dented door.

Their brains seemed to have crashed.

Looking at the distinct knuckles of the fist print, a ridiculous thought entered their minds.

The one who broke the door... was a person?!

Before they could think further, the presence behind the door seemed somewhat impatient.

After hearing an embarrassed mutter, the already battered metal door was kicked open with a single foot.

In everyone's eyes, a thick human leg seemed to be stuck, extending from behind the door.

"Damn it, why is this broken door so soft?!"

"Bang!"

Watching Zhang Tie attempt to control his force to break the door without success, Lin An helplessly swung a palm, shattering the door's hinges.

Accompanied by the rising smoke as the door fell, Lin An curiously looked at the people behind it.

"Hello."

He asked softly, and the dust settled.

He withdrew his arcane power, strands of spiritual energy seeping back into his body, and the dark red in his eyes that signified the True Eye's operation also faded.

Opposite them, the terrified researchers, seeing his dark eyes with a crimson hue in the dim light, screamed.

"Ahhhhhhh!!!!"