Chapter 989 - The Treasure Buried Deep (1/2)

Several boats with the NAC symbol quietly drifted in the middle of Poyang Lake. Soldiers wearing kinetic skeletons stood on the boat and carefully observed their surroundings.

On the wasteland, places with water are always more dangerous than places without water. Behind every plant could be a Mud Crab. A Mud Crab covered with heavy armor could match the deadliest mutant – the Death Claws.

Wearing a black lacquered power armor, Jiang Chen stood at the bow and looked into the bottomless lake.

Ripples disturbed the clear water. If he didn’t receive strong evidence, he wouldn’t believe such an amazing secret would be buried under this lake.

Two thousand scientists with extensive research fields. This “treasure” is crucial for Jiang Chen.

After a while, a Knight walked behind him and bowed respectfully.

“Observers have scanned used the life wave detection device. There is no trace of Mud Crab activity in the area. Our people are ready to go.”

“Then let’s go now.” Jiang Chen ordered.

“Yes!”

Hu Cheng saluted. His fist slamming on the steel armor made a clear sound.

Under the leaders.h.i.+p of the NAC knight, five soldiers wearing amphibious kinetic skeletons quickly gathered at the bow and jumped into the lake.

Jiang Chen stood in the bow and waited quietly until the underwater team confirmed the safety of the lake, and then stepped into the lake.

As a single armor that can cross the nuclear radiation area, the average depth of only ten meters is nothing for the T3 Power Armor. It didn’t take long before Jiang Chen’s feet stood on the soft lake bottom.

A few mutated fishes swam to him and began to bite at the steel armor. Jiang Chen waved his hands and shooed these self-humiliating mutants away before moving toward the location marked on the holographic screen.

Unlike most fallout shelters, this fallout shelter was not doc.u.mented. The circular entrance had a dimeter of ten meters. It was not embedded in the wall but placed at the bottom of a lake.

Time did not leave any rust on its body. The bright alloy made it seem like it was only dropped here yesterday. In the center of this giant round door, T7 was painted.

“This is it.”

A string of bubbles squeezed out from the gap in the knight’s armor. Jiang Chen looked at the knight and nodded. He took out the ruby pendant and walked toward the center of the steel door.

“Let me do it.” Hu Cheng hurriedly tried to stop the general.

As a knight of the NAC, how could he let the general make risky moves?

However, Jiang Chen just shook his head.

“It’s over. The possibility of traps being here is low.”

Fallout Shelter 118 already joined under the banner of NAC. Lu Yihua has no reason to lie.

Only graves need to have traps protecting them. If the purpose of this fallout shelter is to send knowledge and hope to the future, then the person who built the shelter has no reason to put weapons in it.

In the center of the steel giant door, just as Lu Yihua described, there was a circular print engraved into it.

Jiang Chen put the end of the pendant inside and gently rotated it half a turn to the right.

The ruby embedded in this pendant was the key to opening the door. The ruby had been specifically designed and processed so that over ten gigabytes of pa.s.swords could be engraved within it. This encryption method made it so that even a quantum computer’s computing power would not be sufficient in deciphering all the pa.s.swords.

The current followed the silver disc and pa.s.sed through the ruby.

A string of bubbles formed from the edge of the round steel door and pushed toward the surface.

With a slight tremor, the giant door slowly began to sink.

“It’s not quite right here… General, please come out first.” Hu Cheng looked around nervously and immediately stood in front of Jiang Chen. Five soldiers wearing amphibious kinetic skeletons also nervously raised their underwater rifles and watched for possible threats.

“Don’t be nervous, it’s just an elevator.” Jiang Chen smiled and shook his head. He pressed down on the muzzle and indicated for everyone to remain calm.

With the steel giant door slowly sinking, after less than half a minute, the giant door that originally protruded onto the surface became a deep pit. When the giant door sunk to a certain height, the entire giant door clanked into place like a bullet being loaded.