Chapter 335

"Zzzzz—"

The I-beams forcibly pierced through the rock layer, startling the two people in front of the ruins; they looked at the metal rod protruding from the rock layer with faces full of suspicion and uncertainty.

"Ding—"

After the I-beams completely pierced through the rock layer, they suddenly shot straight into the karst cave and smashed heavily onto the ground, emitting a loud "clanging" sound that echoed in the cave.

A fox head covered in dust poked out from the hole in the rock layer.

The two were dumbfounded, looking at the white fox.

"What are you looking at? Haven't you ever seen an albino red fox born in a major agricultural country digging a hole?"

"Look at you, acting like you've never seen the world."

An Sheng saw the two people wearing ceramic factory uniforms, looking at him with dazed expressions, and he immediately scolded them before surveying the surrounding environment.

This should be a karst cave, or some other type of cavern; An Sheng wasn't sure, but there were lights everywhere his gaze reached, and the ground was even paved with a layer of concrete.

The karst cave was reinforced with concrete, arched concrete structural columns supported the roof, and what made An Sheng feel most strange was that in one corner of the cave roof, there was clearly a patch-like layer of poured concrete.

That might be the large hole where the collapse occurred back then, trapping Wang Ya and the others in the ruins.

After this gang of thieves occupied the ruins, they blocked the collapsed cave and re-excavated a tunnel that could accommodate small trucks.

"The fox... the fox spoke! No, that's not right!"

"He is definitely a Xia Kingdom beast-transformed warrior; quick, quick, go notify Supervisor Bena."

After the initial daze, the two ran toward the ruins in a panic; when entering the Spirit Grain ruins, they didn't forget to press the emergency button in front of the ruins' gate, causing the retrofitted hydraulic device to start and seal the entire gate shut.

Although An Sheng saw their actions, he didn't bother with the two who had muttered a few words and run off.

The entire tunnel had collapsed, and the ceramic factory was already shrouded by reconnaissance satellites; this group of foreigners stealing the Spirit Grain ruins had no way to fly, and An Sheng felt the current situation was like catching a turtle in a jar.

"It's safe inside, everyone come over!"

After surveying the interior of the ruins and confirming there were no visible traps, An Sheng jumped down from the rock cave, landing on the concrete ground with a height difference of about thirty meters.

Jin Qianbao poked its head out from the rock cave, and the dark green venomous snake coiled on its body also examined the cave; after the two spirit beasts confirmed there was no danger, they also jumped out.

Immediately after, Wang Qiqi and the snake woman walked out; when entering the karst cave, the snake woman thoughtfully carried Wang Ya, who was following behind, into the ruins as well.

The lumberjacks all knew that the existence of these Spirit Grain ruins could not have been discovered by Master Fuli.

He had never even been to the Tiechuan District, so how could he have discovered these ruins? The only explanation was that Master Fuli heard it from someone else's mouth, but they didn't know who Master Fuli had heard it from.

And as Master Fuli called for Wang Ya, everyone in their hearts knew who the discoverer of the ruins was.

However, no one pointed this out.

As the discoverer of the ruins and a top student who had suspended her studies in Northwest Archaeology, Wang Ya's knowledge could definitely play a big role here.

It was a case of alignment of granularity.

"Here, there have been great changes..." Entering the ruins, Wang Ya looked sideways at the location of the original ground collapse; concrete had been poured there, and the BMW SUV she had driven before was still in the same place.

However, the A-pillar and B-pillar were deformed, and its position had changed from being overturned to being placed normally.

Wang Ya reminisced for a moment, raised her hand, and pointed to the circular tower-like building, saying:

"Originally, there was a circle of stone pillars surrounding that low tower-like structure, forming a ring. That ring should have been some kind of defensive mechanism; it would spray out blue-purple thick fog, and some very terrifying pea shooters would also spread out from the soil underground."

Wang Ya thought for a moment and used a very easy-to-understand phrase to describe the ruins' defensive measures.

Although the ring and stone pillars had now been dismantled by the tomb raiders, and even the ground where the terrifying plants would grow had been poured with concrete, Wang Ya still identified the original appearance of the scene.

"That bunker-like round tower isn't as simple as just a few floors above ground; I just saw two people running toward the underground building."

Master Fuli, who had walked to the I-beams, explained to the others.

Although the two ran fast, when the gate was completely closed, An Sheng still saw the two run to a wall with cover, hold onto something like a handrail, and run toward the underground.

From this, it could be seen that the main body of this building should have been built underground; it should have gradually risen from the underground with the movement of the earth's crust.

"Go!"

Although he didn't have his giant hammer with him, it didn't affect Master Fuli grabbing the I-beams and using them as a battering ram to strike heavily against the bunker gate shaped like a round tower.

"Clang—"

The power sufficient to make a hundred-ton king tilt its head was added to the I-beams. The I-beams collided violently with the black gate, emitting a loud noise, but when the two collided, an extremely bizarre thing happened.

The seemingly fragile black gate didn't even shake when struck by the I-beams; instead, the tip of the I-beams instantly flattened.

The force of the counter-shock came from the I-beams; the steel bars that had bundled the I-beams couldn't withstand the counter-shock generated by the collision of the two at all, snapping one by one, and even numbing the meat pads on Master Fuli's paws.

"What the hell?"

Failing to blast open the bunker gate with one strike, An Sheng's gaze revealed a trace of surprise, as if in disbelief.

Although the battering ram made of bundled I-beams was a bit inferior, it shouldn't be that it couldn't even leave a trace on the gate, right?

Could the steel used to cast the gate be this hard?

"It's cast from Spirit Grain metal."

Seeing Master Fuli stunned, Wang Qiqi explained the origin of the metal gate in front of them: "Judging from the patterns on the gate of these ruins, it should belong to a building from the late period of the previous spiritual power era. The time span is about eight thousand to ten thousand years ago; it is the tribal era known in archaeology to have the most prosperous spiritual power recovery."

Wang Qiqi stroked the patterns on the gate, feeling the coating and the bumps on the gate, and spoke about archaeological knowledge.

"Yes, the fortress gate is a special alloy cast from spiritual power metal. Back then, in order to open this gate, we spent two full months, and in the end, we were helpless against it and took the ventilation duct..."

While Wang Qiqi was talking about the gate, a monitor hanging on the building suddenly emitted a young female voice, agreeing with Wang Qiqi's explanation, and when Wang Ya heard that broken Xia Kingdom common language, a look of shock appeared on her cheeks: "Bena?"

"Yes, my good friend Xiaoya," the voice module of the monitor continued to transmit:

"I don't suggest you continue forward. After we entered here back then, we were amazed by the sturdiness and safety of these ruins; therefore, we installed a large amount of C4 in all possible entry channels."

"If you continue to break in, you will trigger an explosion. As your good friend, I must remind you that the entire fortress is packed with high explosives."

While Bena was speaking, the surveillance camera stuck to the gate looked at Wang Ya; her tone carried some emotion, as well as some unknown sigh.

As if she didn't want Wang Ya to appear here.

(End of this chapter)