bookbashuk Chapter 174 The Flesh Cavity Two Meters Underground!
Chapter 174 The Flesh Cavity Two Meters Underground!
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The communication channel was filled with harsh static from the microphone, followed by Lei Zhan's heavy breathing.
"Commander! The rock strata are gone! A hundred meters below the China World Trade Center, it's all flesh! Living flesh!"
Lei Zhan's voice trembled violently, "When the monitoring probes were fired down, all they captured were blood vessels and dark red muscle tissue. The entire foundation of the southern part of Dongjiang City has been hollowed out! That obelisk didn't just sink; it drove right into it!"
Jiang Ming stood in the command cabin of the heavily armored fortress and casually turned down the volume of his communicator.
He turned his head and looked at the holographic radar screen on the main control panel.
The terrain map scanned by radar has completely changed.
The area, which should have been a solid rock formation and a groundwater system, now presents an extremely irregular cavity structure.
The ultra-high-energy red dot representing the obelisk is hovering at a depth of about two thousand meters underground, and is radiating energy outward at an extremely stable frequency.
"Switch to the monitoring screen."
Jiang Ming spoke into the communicator.
A few seconds later, a blurry video window popped up on the main control screen.
Those were live images taken by a military geological drilling rig.
There was no soil or rocks in the shot.
All I could see was a thick, dark red liquid and huge blood vessels so thick they could outrun a heavy truck.
These blood vessels are covered with chilling golden vertical pupils, which contract and expand rhythmically in an extremely dull manner.
The obelisk's rough base was deeply embedded in these muscle tissues, and the dark purple light shimmering at its tip was continuously being transmitted deeper into the veins.
"Brother Jiang, did you see that?"
Chu Tianfeng's tone was filled with a deep sense of helplessness, "There's no way to fight this. The monsters hiding down here are probably bigger than the entire city of Dongjiang. I've already ordered a full retreat; this place can't be held. Even if the headquarters sends nuclear bombs to bombard the area, they won't be able to penetrate the two-thousand-meter-deep underground flesh layer."
"retreat?"
Jiang Ming chuckled and tapped his fingers twice on the control panel. "Brigadier General Chu, your military is a large and powerful organization. You can run away when you encounter a tough nut to crack. But for my small business, I've finally landed a big order. There's no reason for me to let the money slip by."
There was a two-second silence on the other end of the communicator.
"What...what do you want to do?"
Chu Tianfeng swallowed hard. "Brother Jiang, don't joke around. In that environment down there, even powered armor would be corroded into molten iron by the strong acid. No matter how tough your tank is..."
"I'm hanging up now. Wait for my good news."
Jiang Ming immediately cut off the communication.
He turned to look at Marlowe in the driver's seat.
"Boss, are we really going down?"
Marlowe rubbed his hands together, showing no fear whatsoever; instead, his fleshy face trembled with excitement.
"We need to find a place to test the firepower of the newly installed module."
Jiang Ming pulled the seatbelt over and fastened it. "Activate the Phantom Camouflage and minimize the noise from the Source Engine. Let's go raid the bottom of that obelisk."
"Okay!"
Marlowe slammed his hands up the control lever.
hum-
The Silver-class Heavy Fortress emitted a very low hum.
The newly assembled [Phantom Adaptive Optical Camouflage Armor] was activated instantly.
The surface of the steel behemoth, weighing tens of tons, shimmered with a hazy gray light.
In less than two seconds, the tank's rugged armor outline, its menacing twin gravity cannons, and even the golden source material tentacles dancing under the chassis all vanished into thin air.
From the outside, the repair shop's open space was completely empty.
Only the occasional crushed stones on the ground prove that a colossal creature was parked here.
Heat source shielding.
Radar stealth.
Visual deception.
100% perfect stealth.
"Chen Qi, turn on the Abyss Gravity Field Generator and adjust it to the reverse repulsion mode."
Jiang Ming stared at the radar screen. "Target: Guomao Building sinkhole."
"clear!"
Chen Qi quickly entered commands from his gunner's position.
The air around the tank momentarily distorted.
A powerful anti-gravity field enveloped the car body.
Marlow floored the accelerator, and the heavily armored fortress sped straight out of the repair shop, hurtling towards the southern city defense line with an almost ground-hugging speed.
Military soldiers along the way were retreating frantically, and the streets were filled with heavy trucks and armored vehicles.
Unbeknownst to anyone, an invisible armored vehicle was leaping over them at a speed exceeding 150 kilometers per hour, just meters above their heads.
In less than ten minutes, the tank returned to the edge of the ruins of the China World Trade Center.
The once flat ground has now collapsed into a deep abyss with a diameter of over 500 meters.
The pungent smell of blood and the strong odor of sulfur surged up from the bottom of the pit, making it impossible to open one's eyes.
"Jump."
Jiang Ming gave the order.
Without hesitation, Marlowe drove the chariot off the edge of the cliff.
The feeling of weightlessness hits instantly.
The tank plummeted straight down into the abyss two thousand meters below the surface.
"Gravity field, ten times the reverse repulsive force!"
The speed of free fall suddenly slowed down, and the tank, weighing tens of tons, seemed to be supported by an invisible giant hand, descending steadily and rapidly.
The light on both sides of the pit wall grew dimmer.
The rock strata quickly disappeared, replaced by constantly writhing, dark red fleshy walls.
Large amounts of acidic mucus dripped from the flesh walls, hitting the vehicle's optical camouflage armor and making a hissing, corrosive sound.
[Toxin-infused armor triggered.]
The armor surface automatically sprayed out a layer of neutralizing gas, easily deflecting the acid without leaving a trace.
It descended 1,500 meters.
The surrounding space suddenly opened up.
The chariot hovered in an extremely vast underground cavity.
The system panel was flashing red light frantically at the edge of Jiang Ming's line of sight.
[Core of Overlapping Region Discovered: Abyssal Bed (Lv.55-Lv.60)]
[Regional Characteristics: Extreme Corruption, Gravity Disorder, Mother Hatchery.]
[WARNING: Extremely high concentration of Abyssal Origin Substance detected!]
Jiang Ming saw the scene before him clearly through the holographic screen.
This is not an underground cave at all; it is inside a creature of indescribable size!
The top and sides of the flesh cavity were covered with thick nerve bundles that emitted a ghostly green glow.
In the very center, the black obelisk, tens of meters high, is upside down embedded in a giant heart with a diameter of over a hundred meters.
The heart was a sickly purplish-black color, and with each beat, it caused violent tremors throughout the entire underground space.
The runes on the obelisk were flashing wildly, forcibly injecting massive amounts of energy into the heart.
Around the heart, thousands of abyssal creatures lay densely packed together.
They are in a dormant state, their bodies connected to blood vessels extending from their hearts, frantically absorbing nutrients.
"Ming-ge... this is a fucking weapons factory."
Chen Qi swallowed hard, his voice low.
Jiang Ming's gaze did not linger on the monsters.
His gaze passed over the obelisk and fixed intently on the center of the giant heart.
Encased in purplish-black flesh, a faint, pure mechanical blue light shone through.
The light stood out starkly against the surrounding grotesque flesh and blood, possessing a cold, sophisticated, and technologically advanced beauty.
The scan results from the live radar popped up immediately.
[Unknown High-Dimensional Mechanical Remains (Gold - Legendary)]
[Status: Being assimilated by the Abyss Source (42% progress)]
[Note: This is a technological product not belonging to the current dimension, containing an extremely terrifying energy matrix. If completely assimilated by the Abyss, it will give birth to catastrophic mechanical monsters.]
Jiang Ming's eyes lit up.
This trip was definitely worthwhile.
These monsters from the abyss are actually using the life force of the entire city to try and corrupt a legendary mechanical piece of equipment!
"Boss, are you in or not?"
Marlowe stared at the enormous heart, his hand already on the weapon's fire button.
"No rush."
Jiang Ming calmly observed his surroundings. "The obelisk's energy transmission hasn't finished yet. That piece of mechanical debris is embedded deep inside the heart. If we try to snatch it by force, these thousands of dormant monsters will wake up instantly. No matter how strong we are, being surrounded by thousands of level 50 or 60 monsters will leave us badly injured."
He opened the system synthesis panel and glanced at the storage ring.
When he was purchasing goods at the South City Armory, he casually took dozens of barrels of military-grade high-concentration solidified gasoline, as well as a batch of directional blasting mines used for blasting rocks.
"Chen Qi, switch the Abyss Annihilation Gravity Cannon to 'Gravity Collapse' mode."
Jiang Ming quickly dragged the materials into the crafting menu. "Marlow, drive the chariot directly above the heart. Be careful not to rub against the blood vessels."
Lifted by the anti-gravity field, the chariot glided through the air like a ghost, hovering silently directly above the giant heart.
Jiang Ming looked at the new item that popped up on the synthesis panel, a cold smile curving his lips.
Synthesis successful!
[Obtained: Abyss Enchantment - Extreme Bloodfire Bomb Set (Purple - Rare)]
[Characteristics: Upon detonation, it generates a temperature of 10,000 degrees Celsius and has an accompanying abyssal energy detonation effect. Deals 300% true damage to flesh and blood targets.]
Jiang Ming stuffed the bombs, which were as big as water tanks, directly into the tank's bomb bay.
"Chen Qi, listen to my command."
Jiang Ming stared intently at the blue light at the center of his heart.
The dark purple light on the obelisk suddenly dimmed, then burst into an extremely dazzling burst of light.
The assimilation progress jumped to 45%.
A crack appeared in the flesh on the surface of the heart.
It's now!
"Disarm! Fire!"
Om-!
The optical camouflage on the surface of the tank vanished instantly, revealing the menacing metallic reflection of the Silver-class heavy fortress within its underground cavity.
Almost at the same instant his invisibility dissipated, Chen Qi slammed down the bomb-throwing button.
The [Extreme Blood Burning Bomb Set], the size of a water tank, slammed into the crack that had just appeared on the surface of the heart with perfect accuracy, accompanied by a piercing whistle.
"Raise!"
Jiang Ming shouted.
Marlow yanked the control lever, and the thrusters at the rear of the vehicle spewed out a violent golden tail flame, propelling the vehicle hundreds of meters into the air with tremendous recoil.
boom--!!!
A blinding, dark red fireball exploded inside the giant heart.
The explosion of 10,000-degree Celsius heat mixed with abyssal energy produced terrifying destructive power within the confined space of flesh and blood.
The purplish-black heart, a hundred meters in diameter, suddenly expanded into a sphere, and then large swaths of its surface muscle tissue were completely torn apart and carbonized.
A heart-wrenching scream echoed through the underground space.
The thousands of dormant monsters attached to the heart were mostly vaporized by the shockwave and high temperature generated by the explosion.
The rest were also blown to pieces, their limbs flying everywhere.
[Defeat Abyss Hatchery (Lv.50) to gain 30000 experience points!]
[Defeat Abyss Hatchery (Lv.50) to gain 30000 experience points!]
……
System notification sounds flooded Jiang Ming's screen like a waterfall.
But he didn't have time to look at it at all.
As the heart was shattered, the black obelisk embedded in it lost its support and collapsed to the side with a loud crash.
And the [unknown high-dimensional mechanical artifact remnant] that had been hidden deep inside was finally completely exposed.
It was an extremely regular silver-blue metallic octahedron, its surface covered with intricate spiral lines that were difficult to see with the naked eye, radiating a soft yet undeniable halo.
"Go and bring that thing up!"
Jiang Ming gave the order.
From beneath the chassis of the chariot, a dozen golden source material tentacles suddenly emerged, shooting towards the metal octahedron like lightning.
Just as the tentacles were about to wrap around the octahedron.
A sudden change occurred.
Although the portal at the base of the obelisk was closed, the obelisk itself suddenly emitted a visible black ripple.
Four terrifying figures, each over five meters tall and shrouded in heavy black armor, tore through the surrounding space and stood in front of the metal octahedron.
The live radar emitted an extremely sharp alarm.
【Abyss Guard (Lv.55 Elite)】
[Danger Level: Extremely Lethal]
[Characteristics: Spatial Lockdown, Absolute Defense, Blessing of the Abyss Lord.]
Four massive black swords, each the size of a door panel, swung down simultaneously.
Ding ding ding ding!
The dozen or so source material tentacles that Jiang Ming had extended were actually severed by the four giant swords.
Although the tentacles regenerated instantly with the help of the [Immortal Source Engine], the chariot's action of stealing items was forcibly interrupted.
"Quick reaction."
Jiang Ming looked down at the four Abyss Guards below, who were radiating terrifying pressure, and snorted coldly.
A level 55 elite monster, on the surface of Earth right now, is absolutely an invincible existence capable of sweeping through an entire military region.
Their "absolute defense" property can even ignore direct hits from ordinary heavy artillery.
But in front of Jiang Ming, these four tin cans were the perfect live targets.
"Chen Qi, charge the secondary guns. Let them see what a dimensional reduction attack really looks like."
Jiang Ming leaned back in his command chair, his tone indifferent.
"Roger! Abyss Annihilation Gravity Cannon, fully charged!"
Chen Qi rubbed his hands together excitedly and immediately locked onto the four Abyss Guards below.
On the top left of the tank, the twin-barreled heavy cannon covered with dark red magic patterns emitted a tooth-grinding mechanical whirring sound.
There was no roar of gunpowder exploding, nor any blinding beam of light.
Only two fist-sized, black gravity collapse projectiles, so dark they could swallow light, were silently fired from the cannon barrel and landed lightly on the heads of the four Abyss Guardians.
The four Abyss Guardians raised their greatswords in unison, attempting to shatter the two black orbs with brute force.
However, at the moment the gravity collapse projectiles made contact with their greatswords.
Buzz—Click!
An absolute torsion field with a radius of thirty meters was formed instantly.
Ten times the gravity!
This is not just ordinary ten times gravity; it is a collapsing force field that incorporates the demonic energy of a level 50 Abyss Lord.