Chapter 817 - Investigated the Fettered Dimension (2/2)

Right now, on top of Fenghuang, a large aircraft was delivering the refugees to the colony.

Underneath the Fenghuang colony hid a huge underground base. Bai Li, Wang Chen, and people handpicked by the latter had all gathered in there.

“Ms. Bai, these are all the peoples selected by me according to the president’s preference. For now, half of them are gunners who are battle-tested, while another half are all civilians. There are also more than two thousand backup names in my list, which could be called in anytime,” Wang Chen reported.

“Okay. Standby for now. We don’t know when Qin Feng will come back with a suitable location. He hasn’t responded so far.”

“If that is so, then I will have someone train the civilians first. This would at least prepare them for future battles.”

“Good idea!” Bai Li nodded. She then said, “Have you prepared the lab for Professor Z as told?”

“It’s done. I have it set up right next to our lab. Their activity there would be under surveillance 24/7.”

“Great!” Bai Li nodded in satisfaction. Since Z wanted the resources from Qin Feng, and to restrain Z from doing nonsense or dangerous experiments in the future, Bai Li reckoned why not have Z work under their watch?

It was better than having him experimenting in places that they had no eyes on.

Besides, if Qin Feng managed to exploit the Fettered Land first, then they would be in a favorable position.

Qin Feng could use it as a chip to negotiate with Z as an equal rather than an inferior.

They were now waiting only for Qin Feng’s instructions. Bai Li would create a tunnel to connect the two dimensions as soon as Qin Feng’s words returned.

The wait lasted for three days.

***

Inside the Fettered Land.

After Qin Feng drove the truck out of the city, he gave up on driving due to the bumpy road. He threaded through the outermost forest cautiously on foot.

The forest was largely different from what he imagined it would be. He began to explore the Fettered Land.

Without the protection of the dark runes, Qin Feng was ambushed by beasts every few minutes. It was a thrilling walk.

He needed two days to finally trek through the forest. A large landscape opened up in front of his eyes.

He was following a stream, which suddenly plummeted at about a hundred meters ahead of him.

He quickened his pace and stepped on a giant boulder. Qin Feng looked down and realized he was on top of a waterfall.

The waterfall plunged for at least eight hundred meters before it reached the bottom. A light fog was swirling around the waterfall. If the stream was a river, then this would be a majestic fall.

Instead, it was just a stream less than two meters wide. The water flowed by calmly.

‘It could have been once a wide river here.’ Qin Feng made the assumption based on the old riverbed trail that measured about a hundred meters wide. Moreover, the stones at the bottom of the waterfall had a smooth surface, a sign of constant erosion by more powerful flows.

Either the river had branched off, or perhaps the landscape had changed due to crust displacement. Eventually, the great river had now been trimmed to a two-meter-wide stream. The water flowed down through the rock cleft and hardly made any notable sounds.

The stream merged with a small pond at the bottom of the cliff. Qin Feng saw a herd of unicorns filling their thirst at the side of the pool. Most of them were D3-tier, with the head of the herd a D7-tier beast king.

He then gazed up across the huge plain that extended beyond the horizon. The grassland in front of him was nurturing various species of ultra beasts, which scattered all around the robust land.

*Translator’s note: chi (赤), huang(黄), cheng(橙) correspond to red, yellow, and orange color, respectively.