Chapter 147: Prototype Machine (1/2)
GOR Chapter 147: Prototype Machine
“It is… Tian Lie!” Roddy’s eyes were bulging out.
“The Angel Killer!” Chen Xiaolian’s face sank.
Tian Lie’s powerful voice was actually capable of penetrating through the thick metal vault door, just like that of a devil.
Who knew what kind of technique he was using.
Unless… it was as Nicole had said… he could transform his body into a stream of data?
“He… how could he have caught up to us here?” Roddy stared with widened eyes.
“Clearly… this fellow is much tougher than we had imagined!” Chen Xiaolian spat out furiously. “Hurry up and go!”
The both of them ran back to Fujino Masayoshi’s side and heard another loud bang coming from behind them.
BOOM!
This time, the impact caused the middle part of the vault door to twist inward!
The bottom area had clearly been pried open slightly. Light could be seen spilling inside from the other side.
“Guild Leader, what is that…”
“Shut up!” Roddy cut off Nagase Komi’s question.
Chen Xiaolian grabbed hold onto Fujino Masayoshi. “Is there any other exit here?”
“Eh? No…” Fujino Masayoshi’s face distorted in distress. “If there was another way, I would have ran off and not end up being trapped inside…”
Chen Xiaolian’s eyes were blood shot. He swivelled around and examined the demonstration hall. He then pointed toward another vault door. “Where does the door lead to?”
“That… I cannot enter… I do not have the clearance!” Fujino Masayoshi’s face grew more distressed. “I am telling the truth! I do not have the clearance to open that door… my status is not high enough! I am really not lying!”
Clearance?
Chen Xiaolian and Roddy glanced at each other, their eyes lighting up.
No clearance? Fret not! Roddy is here!
“Hurry!”
Without bothering to give an explanation, Chen Xiaolian dragged Fujino Masayoshi up and the four of them charged toward the door.
Roddy quickly utilized his Mechanical Heart upon the door and it was opened.
Fujino Masayoshi stared with bulging eyes. Seeing Roddy’s miraculous act of opening the door, he was left speechless.
Chen Xiaolian was surprised to find that there was no passageway or stairs of sort behind the door.
Instead, they found…
Something that resembled an elevator?
However, this elevator was oval in shape.
“Hurry up and enter!”
The four of them rushed inside and Chen Xiaolian quickly pressed the green button on the left wall of the elevator.
Weng!
The elevator shook for a bit and the doors then quickly closed.
During the final moment when the doors were closing up… Chen Xiaolian spied the deformed metal vault door being blasted off!
Tian Lie’s shining bald head emerged through the doorway. His imposingly robust body was glowing with a silvery metal sheen. He stepped forward, his gaze falling onto them.
Weng!
The doors closed up.
Next, Chen Xiaolian suddenly felt the ‘elevator’ accelerating. With a “weng”, it catapulted forward!
It turned out to be some form of railway car, speeding rapidly through a tunnel!
The gravitational pressure that resembled those evident when an aircraft was ascending could be clearly felt.
“This… where does this tunnel lead to?” Chen Xiaolian grabbed onto Fujino Masayoshi.
Fujino Masayoshi was terrified and he quavered. “It… it is the warehouse for the prototype machine! Heavens! I will be shot to death for this! I do not have the clearance to enter that place!”
…
BOOM!
After his punch had sent the closed door flying, Tian Lie caught sight of the oval shaped tunnel inside.
“You really do know how to run!” Tian Lie licked his lips. “I just love this hunting game! My dear prey, here I come!”
After saying that, Tian Lie jumped into the tunnel. Taking a deep breath, he took off, sprinting madly through the tunnel!
…
Weng…
The pod shook and they could clearly feel it decelerating.
After the pod has stopped, its doors slowly opened up.
The four of them quickly ran out from the pod and Chen Xiaolian quickly said. “We need to hurry up and move! That fellow will be catching up to us soon!”
Before them was a double door. Roddy’s face appeared pale as he opened the door. Then, his body staggered. Chen Xiaolian went forward to prop him up. “What happened?”
“I have been using my skill too much. I feel a little weak,” Roddy frowned. “It seems I may soon be reaching my limit.”
“We need to find a way out of here as fast as possible!” Chen Xiaolian knitted his eyebrows.
“I can still walk on my own. There is no need for you to help me.”
After saying that, Roddy gave a faint smile. In his hand was another beam weapon taken from the demonstration hall. “If that baldy catches up to us, then we will let him have a taste of this weapon.”
After the doors were opened, Chen Xiaolian and the others were shocked by what lay before their eyes…
This place… appeared like a huge… warehouse?
The ceiling was shaped like a dome with a height of over 30 meters!
This place was simply a giant underground warehouse!
Its walls, floor, all of it exuded a metallic lustre.
Smooth and spotless!
The humming sound of vents came from up above their heads.
This giant warehouse was extremely immense and dark. Only the gate area was set up with luminescent lights. However, the illumination from those lights was too weak and they were unable to see too far ahead.
“This is… just what is this place?” Roddy took a deep breath. “They actually built such a large space under the ground.”
“This is… this is the research institute’s most confidential area. Not even the Japanese Prime Minister has the clearance to enter this place…” Fujino Masayoshi appeared on the verge of crying. He gripped his head tightly. “I am so dead! I am definitely dead! I will be shot to death! I won’t even be given the chance to commit seppuku… wu wu wu wu wu wu wu wu…”
“Most confidential?” Roddy’s eyes flashed. “Is this the prototype machine that you mentioned? What is that thing?”
“Do not ask me that! I have never stepped foot inside this place,” Fujino Masayoshi cried out. “I have been here for nine years, but I have never entered this place! The tunnel we came through was one specifically made for researchers. One that I have never once came through! I… wu wu wu wu wu…”
“Shut up! Hurry up and move it!” Roddy kicked Fujino Masayoshi from the back. “If not for us, you would have died for sure! If you want to die, then wait until you get out of here. Can’t you think for yourself?”
The four of them walked inside the warehouse for a moment. Chen Xiaolian retrieved a tactical flashlight and took the vanguard position.
After walking for around 100 meters…