Chapter 406: Tunnel Under the Tunnel

Meng Chao could smell a humid and rotten scent.

It was like the swamp gas that came out from deep in primitive forests.

Not only was swamp gas poisonous, it was also very easy for it to...

Whoosh!

Zhou Tianshui was like a balloon with a hole in it. As the swamp gas gushed out, his body shrank by nearly one-third its original size.

The next second, the swamp gas that gushed out of his body exploded violently. Green flames rose into the air and nearly hid half of the street.

All the windows at both sides of the street shattered.

Meng Chao was also blown back more than ten meters by the blast.

His retina was touched by the burning swamp gas, and it burned and swelled so much that he could not describe it with words. His vision became blurry once more.

He rubbed his eyes for a long time and found that the swamp gas had turned into sparks of will-o’-the-wisps. They flew everywhere, and Zhou Tianshui was nowhere to be found.

Lu Siya finally caught up.

“You lost him?” she asked.

“Yeah,” Meng Chao said.

“He didn’t suspect anything, did he?” Lu Siya asked.

“Trust my acting skills. He definitely thought that he managed to escape with his own abilities.” Meng Chao smiled slightly.

Lu Siya nodded and sucked in a deep breath. She narrowed her eyes and said, “I ‘saw’ his escape route.”

“Thank goodness for the special tracing chemical I made. It was originally prepared for Gao Ye. I didn’t expect that I would use it for this guy.” Meng Chao felt thankful.

Earlier, he had analyzed things with Lu Siya. Zhou Tianshui was the type of mole that could not possibly be the mastermind who mobilized so many monsters and organized the whole “create a ruckus somewhere else to attack the real target far away with a precise ambush.”

Even if they managed to capture him on the spot, they might not be able to get any crucial information from him.

Right then, Professor Lu Tianxing’s survival remained unknown. The mastermind had yet to show up, so it would be better if they cast a wide net to lure in the fish. They intentionally let Zhou Tianshui go to see whether he would meet up with the mastermind.

Hence, when they clashed, Meng Chao had sneakily smeared the tracing chemical on Zhou Tianshui.

The special tracing chemical contained powder from Red Radiance Jades and Blue Origin Crystals as well as adhesive liquid from Demonic Swamp Lizards.

Ever since they were hit by the Red Radiance Jade tsunami under Raging Waves and escaped from death by hiding in a Blue Origin Crystals cave, Meng Chao and Lu Siya became really sensitive to these two crystals.

No matter what material it was, as long as it had a bit of Red Radiance Jade powder contained in it, they would be able to sense it.

And the Demonic Swamp Lizard was a very interesting monster.

Its power was not great. It could not even be considered a Nightmarish Beast, but it contained a unique skill to confuse and intimidate enemies.

It could secrete dozens of different adhesive liquids and release the scent of Nightmarish Beasts or even Hell Beasts.

When it smeared this adhesive liquid over leaves and shrubs, it would disguise its nest into the nest of a fierce beast, so normal monsters would not dare to get close to it.

And its personal scent was a fragrance that could not be described with words. Once a human had been trained to detect it, even after it had been diluted ten thousand times, they could still smell it.

Meng Chao was a harvester, while Lu Siya was a Spirit Sensor, so they were not unfamiliar with the scent of the Demonic Swamp Lizard. After receiving strengthening training from the abnormal beast research department, as long as they placed spirit energy into their nasal mucus, they would be able to get a really good sense of smell and accurately locate the Demonic Swamp Lizard’s scent.

Besides, with their perception toward Red Radiance Jades and Blue Origin Crystals, Meng Chao and Lu Siya, with just Qin Hu maybe being able to match them, would be able to sense the tracing chemical Meng Chao made. It was much more discreet and effective than the normal tracing chemical the abnormal beast research department made.

Originally, Meng Chao made the tracing chemical to capture the Ultimate Sandworm. He did not expect that he would use it here out of blind chance.

Zhou Tianshui thought that he had escaped.

He did not know that his escape route was like a shining path in Meng Chao and Lu Siya’s eyes.

“We’ll notify the higher-ups and look for more fighters to help,” Lu Siya said.

“No. Notify the higher-ups that they just need to send one person over. I’ll go over first,” Meng Chao said. ” I didn’t smear a lot of tracing chemicals on him just now. If he flees underground, the tracing chemical is going to disappear and we’ll end up suffering a loss even though we’re trying to trick the enemy.

“I’ve smeared a lot of tracing chemicals on myself, so I should last for an hour or two. I’ll chase after him, and it’ll make it easier for you to get them all in one swoop. We’ll be able to get the masterminds as well!”

Lu Siya wanted to stop him, but after thinking about it, she decided to keep quiet.

They had known each other for a long time. Meng Chao was not a person who could be persuaded from his plans with ease.

“Then be careful. Don’t be stupid. Based on the situation right now, the abnormal beasts’ mastermind might be an Apocalyptic Beast. Even Heaven Realm superhumans couldn’t deal with it, so a puny superhuman at the peak of Earth Realm like you won’t be able to handle it,” Lu Siya said. “I’ll go to the captain now and mobilize more fighters, including the captain’s big brother. Once I get Deity Realm Broken Sword Ye Xiaoyue over, I’ll come find you.”

“Don’t worry. I won’t die that easily.” Meng Chao smiled confidently.

In his heart, he added, ‘Before I destroy the apocalypse, I won’t die so easily!’

He tracked down the marks Zhou Tianshui left and chased after him quickly.

He went around the corner, and the tracks actually took a ninety degree turn. They appeared on the wall of a building. Then, they disappeared into a window.

Clearly, Zhou Tianshui had climbed the building and jumped into the window.

If it were not for the tracing fluid, Meng Chao would have chased him down a straight line and would have likely lost him.

Meng Chao followed Zhou Tianshui’s path and moved through the building. Then, he jumped out of another window.

There was an entrance to a subway station right underneath it.

Since there was a monster invasion, all the subway stations used by civilians in the city had stopped operating. The only ones that remained in operation were utilized for military routes and transported firepower at rapid speeds.

That subway station was the same.

When Meng Chao went forward to look, he noticed that the ground lock at the bottom of the metal grails pulled down at the entrance was broken.

Someone had broken it, pulled up the metal grails, crawled in, pulled them down, and made it seem as if the subway station was still locked.

“It’s here.”

Without hesitation, Meng Chao pulled up the metal grails and crawled in.

He jumped down the stairs in two steps and went over the turnstile. He arrived in front of the station and noticed that Zhou Tianshui’s tracks went straight into the depths of the tunnel.

With his guard up, Meng Chao traced the tracks. He walked along the tracks until he was more than ten meters into the tunnel. Then, the tracks turned into a maintenance tunnel on the side.

Meng Chao held his breath and gently pushed open the door to the maintenance tunnel.

It was dark inside. Even when he stretched his fingers, he could not see anything, so he shut his eyes and used his spirit energy to scan the area. He formed an outline of most of the pipes, cables, and maintenance tools.

In the darkness, the spirit flames spread out by the Red Radiance Jades and Blue Origin Crystal powder were a flickering sign. They pointed him straight ahead.

Meng Chao went to the end of the maintenance tunnel and pushed away two toolboxes. Someone had dug a hole in the wall behind them.

Behind the hole was an air well that went straight down.

It was so dark that it looked like it went straight to hell.

Meng Chao looked behind him and found that he had already left behind tracks that were ten times brighter than Zhou Tianshui’s.

Lu Siya should be able to bring dozens of Deity Realm superhumans, hundreds of Heaven Realm superhumans, and one million Red Dragon Army soldiers in time, right?

After assuring himself of that, he made up his mind and crawled into the air well. He used both his arms and legs to crawl down.

The air well was really long and deep. There seemed to be no end to it.

Based on the repairs on the walls, it did not look like it was a hole made by a sandworm. It seemed to have been carefully made by humans.

In the end, he finally reached the end of the air well and went into a horizontal, ventilated duct. Beyond it was yet another collapsed tunnel with all sorts of twisted tracks.

This tunnel was even darker than the maintenance tunnel above him. He felt like he was thousands of meters under the ocean.

Meng Chao used his spirit energy to scan the area and noticed a torn up train buried under the collapsed stones not far away from him.

He went up to investigate and found out that the train was a model from more than half a century ago. It was a design used on Earth.

By the looks of it, this tunnel was a subway that existed on Earth.

When Dragon City transmigrated, it transmigrated alongside it.

But since it was at the borders of the transmigrated area, the space was distorted. The tunnel collapsed, and it was then abandoned as well as forgotten.

To the pests who were skilled in underground activity, it was the best secret tunnel.

Meng Chao crawled into the cracks between the collapsed stones and jumped into the abandoned train’s head.

He moved through the wagons and found a lot of skeletons in the seats.

At the moment the transmigration happened, the subway was still in operation. Many of the passengers were in the wagons, and without knowing anything, they transmigrated to the Other World. Before they could react, space distorted, and the tunnel collapsed, so they died in the depths of the ground.

Transmigration was definitely not something fun.

While walking forward, due to carelessness, Meng Chao crushed a few bones and light snaps echoed in the area.

Meng Chao sighed in his heart when nothing happened. Then, he became even more careful than before as he bypassed the skeletons of his kin from half a century ago.

Suddenly, he went still in the middle of the second-to-last carriage.

Zhou Tianshui’s tracks had disappeared.

There had always been a faint trail up ahead until that moment.

Even though the scent was getting fainter, it was not to the point where it would disappear in an instant.

Meng Chao narrowed his eyes and looked around him warily.

Suddenly, the faint sound of bones snapping came from behind him.

Crack.

Without hesitation, he executed a Scorpion Swings Its Tail and hit something that felt like leather.

That thing fell, but it did not even release a grunt before it charged at him with a momentum ten times fiercer than before.

It was... Zhou Tianshui?

They were in a narrow carriage, so he could not use his weapons. If they were to fight, they had to engage in melee combat.

Meng Chao executed a shoulder throw and pinned the other person to the floor.

But even though he had already caught the man’s hands and legs, a powerful gust of wind suddenly came from behind him.

Thud!

Meng Chao’s spine was hit, and he flew away.

When he turned around and looked, he saw a human-shaped monster.

It had Zhou Tianshui’s face, but its face, chin, limbs, and body were covered in bronze scales.

The limbs were covered in sharp bone spikes while the fingers had turned into sharp claws. And on its back was a tail covered in scales. It looked like a morning star.