Chapter 1092: The First Gate

"After I returned from my job, my home was forcibly demolished. The town's top official and the village chief colluded to tear down my house under the cover of night, and my parents and younger brother were all crushed to death," Qu Xiang said. "Then I killed them, along with the village bully and the driver—over thirty people in total—before fleeing the country."

"After leaving the country, I was tracked by the police and set up by someone, which is how I ended up locked in here. Originally, they were going to transfer me back to my home country in these next few days."

"Get familiar with the environment here, then lead me out," Chen Yu said indifferently.

"There is a stone gate that weighs several thousand catties. Without a massive amount of high-yield explosives, we cannot get out. That is also the only exit from our core area," Qu Xiang said.

"Just lead me there. Once we are out, I can clear your identity," Chen Yu said. "I guarantee you can return to your country, but you must not kill any more innocent people."

"Not a single person I have killed was innocent," Qu Xiang said.

"Fine, let's go," Chen Yu nodded.

Qu Xiang stood up and led the way, while over a dozen prisoners behind him rose, wanting to follow.

Chen Yu turned his head and unleashed a powerful Divine Sense. These dozen or so people couldn't help but shiver, and they retreated a few steps.

"I never said I was taking you along," Chen Yu glared at them coldly, then turned and left. Once outside, he sealed the entrance to this place with a single sword strike.

Following the passage, they felt their way forward for about ten minutes until they finally reached the edge of the inner gate. This place was originally a passage, but after the active defense system was activated, the passage was sealed by a stone weighing several thousand catties. The rest of the area was solid Mountain, and for an ordinary person to try to get out, it was truly harder than ascending to heaven.

Chen Yu moved his hand, and Lichen appeared in his grip. His current strength was not enough to break through the Mountain itself, but for a single giant boulder, he still had ways.

Just as Chen Yu's mind stirred, he sensed movement outside the giant boulder; there should be a group of people waiting for them out there.

"What's wrong, Brother Chen?" Tang Xue saw the slight hesitation in Chen Yu's expression and immediately guessed that something was definitely wrong.

"There is a group of people outside pointing guns at us. Step back a little; once I break the gate, we'll deal with them directly," Chen Yu said.

Tang Xue nodded and retreated a few steps. Although Qu Xiang didn't understand what was going on, seeing Tang Xue retreat, he also hurriedly stepped back a few paces.

Chen Yu raised his True Qi. The Lichen in his hand emitted a faint glow. Breaking the stone was not difficult, but the force had to be controlled well, otherwise, it might affect the Mountain structure.

As the radiance on Lichen grew more intense, Chen Yu pointed his right hand, and the Lichen in his hand emitted a crimson glow. Immediately following a loud 'Boom—', the giant boulder was shattered by his sword strike.

On the other side, there had originally been a group of people guarding, but at the moment the boulder shattered, a crisscrossing Sword Qi burst forth. Before the group could even see what was happening, they were sent flying in all directions by the rotating Sword Qi.

Chen Yu stepped out, exiting the first gate.

Qu Xiang looked at everything before him in shock. Chen Yu's strength truly made him feel stunned; a stone weighing several thousand catties could actually be split open by a single sword strike from Chen Yu—was this even something a human could do?

Aodeli was already waiting outside, surrounded by layers of guards.

Chen Yu didn't waste words. His figure flashed, and he surged into the group of guards. Accompanied by a series of muffled groans and screams, the guards fell to the ground, and he had already grabbed Aodeli by the collar.

Aodeli was scared out of his wits. He had originally thought that with so many people guarding him, no matter how powerful Chen Yu was, he wouldn't be able to harm him in the slightest. But he never dreamed that Chen Yu would reach his side in just a single flash.

In front of Chen Yu, these guards of his were almost no different from decorations.

Tang Xue walked up to Aodeli, retrieved a controller from him, and regained control.

"Tang Xue, you dare to betray the God Lord? You won't have a good end!" Aodeli roared hysterically.

*Slap! * Tang Xue swung a slap across his face, leaving Aodeli's mouth bleeding.

"Whether I have a good end or not is my business; it's none of your concern. You actually dared to delete my permissions just now—I'll kill you right now," Tang Xue said coldly.

She pointed her right hand, and a sharp thorn hovered over Aodeli's brow. As long as Tang Xue's mind stirred, she could take his life instantly.

"No, don't kill me!" Aodeli immediately cowered. The guy trembled as he lay on the ground, clutching his head with both hands: "Killing me won't do you any good."

"Take us to the laboratory," Chen Yu said indifferently. "Destroy all the data, as well as those half-finished Experimental Subjects of yours."

"Oh, no, if I do that, the God Lord will kill me," Aodeli began to shiver, his face full of terror.

"If you don't do it, we can take your life right now. Do you want to consider it?" Chen Yu smiled.

Tang Xue moved her hand, and the sharp thorn moved a fraction closer to Aodeli's forehead. Aodeli was so scared he let out a shrill scream.

"I'll take you there, I'll destroy it immediately, please don't kill me, I don't want to die!"

Although this guy was loyal to the God Lord, he was by no means someone who viewed death as a return home. Perhaps foreigners were all like this; in the face of life and death, what loyalty? What national righteousness? All of it was thrown to the side, and only their own little lives were the most important.

Aodeli climbed up and led Chen Yu and Tang Xue to the laboratory.

He opened the computer, destroyed all the experimental data, and then pointed to a red button: "This is the destruction switch. As soon as this switch is pressed, all the Experimental Subjects inside will be destroyed."

"Brother Chen, do we need to destroy them all?" Tang Xue looked at Chen Yu.

"Everything the God Lord researches already violates the Heavenly Dao and moral principles, and these people have no way to recover to normal now. Rather than letting them live like this, it is better to destroy them directly; it can be considered a release."

As Chen Yu spoke, he walked to the button and pressed it without hesitation.

They saw that the culture tanks were immediately injected with a large amount of blood-red liquid. The half-finished bodies in the tanks rolled in agony for a moment before dissolving into pools of blood.

"God Lord, I was forced to do it, please don't blame me. If I hadn't followed orders, they would have killed me," Aodeli knelt on the ground, muttering to himself.

Suddenly, the large screen in the laboratory flickered slightly, and an old man wearing a mask appeared.

This old man was the God King, but the difference was that this time he was wearing a mask, and he was still busy at the operating table.

In front of him lay the corpse of an animal, though it was unclear what kind. He held a sharp scalpel in his hand, dissecting the body piece by piece.

Soon, the corpse in front of him became a pile of scrap. The God King sighed slightly, threw the scalpel aside, reached out to disinfect his hands, and only then did he slowly look up.