Chapter 1514: The First Appearance of Jiutun

"Alright then, let's listen to Lao Wang; he is knowledgeable and has seen more than us, so listening to him is the right thing to do." Xiao Zhou nodded.

"Fine, we'll go back to build defensive fortifications and bring all the heavy weapons over. I have a feeling a fierce battle is coming." Lao Wang nodded: "Comrades, absolutely do not let your guard down. Although this place is on the seabed, no one knows what kind of things are actually here, so everyone must remain vigilant."

"We'll listen to Wang Ge." Everyone nodded and turned to leave.

Suddenly, the two team members in the lead stiffened and began to tremble violently.

"What's wrong with you two?" The remaining three were startled and quickly raised their guns.

"Yang, Wu, can you hear me?" Lao Wang shouted in a deep voice.

The two people on the scene were trembling violently and gave no response at all.

Suddenly, the two let out a miserable shriek, their bodies floating eerily into mid-air, and then they were hung upside down by a mysterious force.

An invisible black mist circled the two, and as their bodies trembled, their skin shriveled at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Soon, the two became two Dried Corpses, then fell from above and turned into a pile of ashes.

"Run!" Lao Wang roared hoarsely; this thing was no longer something they could deal with.

The remaining three team members quickly retreated outward, and just at this moment, the figure of Jiutun appeared. He licked his lips: "It's been a long time since I tasted the flavor of a living person; this feeling is truly good."

The Wine Gourd hanging at his waist glared with a pair of eyes, appearing somewhat resentful, presumably extremely dissatisfied with Jiutun's act of eating alone.

"Oh, haha, sorry, I forgot about you. I haven't seen fresh flesh and blood for too long, so I forgot for a moment." Jiutun said to himself: "But it doesn't matter, there are still many people outside. Once we go out, this world will be ours."

Jiutun walked with an arrogant, unyielding gait, pushed open the door, and walked out.

"Pass the order down to lock the system for this road," Lao Wang roared, "otherwise we are all going to die."

"But Wang Ge, if we lock the system here, the special alloy door will drop, but someone must go press the button from the outside," one team member said in surprise, "and if the emergency button is pressed, the entire laboratory will be completely shut down; we will enter an emergency state, and it will be very difficult to open from the outside."

"I can't worry about that much anymore. You saw the situation just now; if we don't retreat, we might all die here." Wang Ge roared: "Go in, now."

"Wang Ge." The other two team members were still hesitating; if they left now, they would truly never have peace of mind for the rest of their lives.

Just at this moment, a shrill whistling sound came from the passage in the distance, which caused everyone's nerves to tense to the limit in this instant.

"Go quickly, if you don't leave now, everyone will die." Wang Ge pushed the two into the door and then pressed the emergency button.

An alarm sounded abruptly, and a special alloy metal door suddenly dropped. Several team members stood straight, bowed deeply to Lao Wang, and then quickly left.

Just after the alloy door dropped, a figure flashed, and Jiutun appeared. He tossed his red hair, his eyes flashing with eerie light, and he muttered: "We arrived a step late."

"Who are you?" Lao Wang raised the gun in his hand, staring at the strange man before him. His muscles were tightly tensed; he was clearly nervous to the extreme.

Although he knew the gun in his hand might be useless against him, this was his only reliance, the thing that could give his heart a little comfort.

"Who am I?" Jiutun stopped his steps, his brows locked tight; this question seemed to have stumped him.

"Yes, who am I?" Jiutun said to himself: "This question, no one has asked me for a long time, and I, too, seem to have not spoken to anyone for a long time."

"This is the Huaxia Underground Experimental Base. Those who dare to offend my Huaxia shall die." Lao Wang gripped the gun in his hand tightly and said coldly.

"Hehe, that Celestial Empire is no longer the Celestial Empire of the Sheng Tang period. Although I was sleeping, I know everything that happened in history." Jiutun laughed: "So this threat to me is not great. More importantly, the Dharma Cultivators of Huaxia have declined after experiencing a catastrophe."

"I have awakened at just the right time. Hehe, in this world, the strong have fallen, and everything needs to be restarted. And I came to this world to restart everything here." Jiutun laughed loudly.

"Don't even think about it." Lao Wang sneered, suddenly raising his gun and pulling the trigger.

*Da-da-da*, the bullets flew toward Jiutun. Jiutun slowly raised his head, his eyes flashing with a ghostly green light.

He made no movement, just a single glance, but those bullets stopped, suspended in mid-air, drifting about eerily.

Jiutun reached out his hand, took one of the bullets floating in mid-air, and said leisurely: "So these things are the weapons you humans use now. Haha, they are much stronger than the weapons used when I last awakened, but they are still a bit lacking if you want to kill me."

Although he had been mentally prepared, Lao Wang was still startled. He took a few steps back, staring at Jiutun, his face pale.

"Hehe, your mental fortitude is very strong." Jiutun smiled and said: "Even knowing you are no match for me, you can still maintain such a calm appearance; very good."

"I've seen many people like you." Lao Wang said coldly: "When you came out, I knew that guns would be useless against you."

"Then why did you lock this place and stay behind alone to face me?" Jiutun looked at Lao Wang with some surprise: "Is it because there is something more important inside?"

"The things we have inside are useless to you, but someone will eventually have to sacrifice themselves. Since someone must sacrifice, why can't that person be me?" Lao Wang said indifferently.

"Hehe... alright then, you have let me witness a kind of spirit, the spirit of abandoning oneself for the sake of others." Jiutun nodded slightly, looking at Lao Wang with interest: "How about this, I will give you a chance."

"You take me inside, and I will spare you and bestow upon you some special power. How about that?"

"The system is locked. The alloy of this door is made of special materials. Once locked, unless someone inside is willing to open it, no one can get in." Lao Wang shook his head slightly: "So, you might as well give up on that idea; you cannot get in."