Chapter 38: The Metal Monsters from Below!

In the land of Wa, many high-ranking figures regard this machine in the research institute as the divine artifact of Wa!

Indeed, this machine has aided Wa tremendously. For over two hundred years, ever since recorded history, this machine has been discovered, and it can be said to have changed the entire history of Wa!

Its utility is immense.

However, the five individuals who are high-ranking members of this research institute know that this thing, besides bringing immense benefits to Wa, is actually a terrifying danger.

Far from being a divine artifact, it is simply a terrifying monster!

"Twenty years ago, after we opened that passage, causing a drop in internal pressure, those two things of divine punishment appeared!"

"But now, we haven't destroyed the pipeline, so why is the pressure still dropping in this pipeline? Let's hope the things of divine punishment don't appear!"

The five people nervously watched the data on the screen.

These five people were unaware that the reason for the drop in pipeline pressure was not on their end but rather in a place not far from them!

This place connects to the summit of Mount Fuji, a giant lava cave.

A metal pipeline extended from the divine artifact is present here.

And at this moment, this metal pipeline has been violently damaged by something!

The extent of its destruction is even more severe than the damaged pipeline in the Wa Research Institute above!

If those researchers were to see this scene, they would surely be astonished!

Because only they know how tightly sealed the pipeline of the so-called divine artifact is. It's extremely difficult to damage its surface by force, even for those humans in the research institute!

It takes all means to achieve such a thing!

However, this pipeline here has still been damaged!

The existence that damaged the pipeline was none other than the monstrous mosquito that caused a great sensation in Wa a few days ago!

This powerful creature, using its front legs, punctured the metal pipeline with violence!

Jia Yan naturally had no idea that the damage he caused had been detected by the Wa Research Institute!

He just calmly took the basket off the mechanical body and looked at the deep blue solid lying quietly in the basket.

This thing still held a great attraction for Jia Yan!

After undergoing long-term mutations, Jia Yan no longer had much desire for ordinary things!

Jia Yan estimated that if a vial of the original purple liquid were placed in front of him now, he probably wouldn't even glance at it!

It's not that Jia Yan has high standards; it's just that the purple liquid would definitely have lost its effect on him by now.

And now, this deep blue semi-solid still holds great allure for him. This is obviously not an ordinary thing!

Jia Yan looked at the object in front of him, pondering whether he should devour it!

If all his mutations are linked together, they are probably inseparable from the mysterious machinery of the underground world!

In other words, the peculiar air and ecosystem of the underground world may have been caused by the mysterious machinery!

The establishment of factories, the extraction of air rich in certain substances from underground, the production of black liquid, and then the processing of the black liquid into the purple-red potion!

All of this is related, and Jia Yan's journey of mutation, from the purple-red potion to the black liquid, then to the underground world, and the mysterious fluid in the brains of creatures there, is all related to the mysterious machinery of the underground world!

And now, in this land of Wa, Jia Yan has once again discovered something related to the underground world!

This thing seems to be related to his mutation!

The semi-solid deep blue substance!

So, should he try to use them this time?

Jia Yan pondered for a long time.

Until a strange sound, caught by his 'antenna ears', was detected in his hearing!

This made him respond!

"What's that sound!?"

Swoosh...

Jia Yan looked around in amazement, and then finally reacted. The sound was coming from the metal pipeline!

"What's there!"

Jia Yan felt a bit strange in his heart. Could it be that some other machinery had arrived?

But the sound didn't seem quite like it.

Jia Yan approached a little and extended his compound eyes towards the opening he had made in the metal.

Just then!!

Swish!!

In the brief moment of relaxation, Jia Yan felt only an indescribable red light beam shooting out from below the passage!

The speed of this beam was extremely fast, something he couldn't dodge at all!

Puff!

After a crisp sound!

Jia Yan's head was thrown backward!

He was actually hit dead center on the forehead by this red light beam!

The immense attack contained in this beam directly sent his body flying backward!

The force of the attack was so powerful that Jia Yan's body became uncontrollably chaotic!

Boom! Boom!!!

His body soared into the air and smashed into the top of the cave, causing the entire cave to shake violently and rumble!

Boom! Boom!

Crack! Crack!

Countless rocks fell down. This scene was many times more chaotic than the high-pressure explosion in the pipeline before!

It can be seen how terrifying the attack on Jia Yan was!

Under this attack, the top of the cave was hit by Jia Yan and collapsed to a certain extent, and several large volcanic rocks fell to the ground, raising a cloud of dust!

And Jia Yan's body, amidst this mass of rocks, fell to the ground, and then smashed onto the ground, his life hanging by a thread!

After a moment, a body emitting a red light slowly rose from the pipeline.

It was a metallic structure, primarily made of metal, but there seemed to be life inside the metal surface.

Some muscles were moving along with the metal skeleton, and there was even a fiery red heart, directly exposed and constantly pulsating!

Jia Yan already belonged to a terrifying level of monster, but this creature looked even more ferocious, like a demon from hell!

At this moment, this creature passed through the interior of the metal pipe and arrived here.

It pushed aside the transport machinery that had remained underground, then struggled out of the pipeline. It effortlessly squeezed out of the 20-centimeter-wide opening!

That's right!

Although it looked terrifying, this was actually a creature with a relatively small body!

It was only about seventy to eighty centimeters in length, inferior to Jia Yan, but no one would dare to doubt its combat power!

At this moment, there was a tube-like structure resembling a muzzle on top of its forehead, emitting a faint red light.

This structure was entirely made of metal, and this metal was extremely similar to the metal used by the mysterious machinery of the underground world!

It shimmered with iridescence, exuding an indescribable futuristic beauty.

But what was most eye-catching was not the tube itself but the swirling red light inside the tube!

This red light kept flickering, seeming not like light but more like a living organism!

The red light that had previously attacked Jia Yan was shot out from this tube!

If the top Wa scientists were to see this strange metallic structure, they would be absolutely horrified!

Because this metal machine was the source of their so-called divine punishment!

Two such metal monsters emerged through the pipeline in the same manner!

Later, it was a time akin to doomsday for the research institution, with the massacre lasting at least three hours!

Even afterwards, the Wa authorities mobilized a nearby self-defense force unit, but they were unable to stop the massacre by the metal monsters!

Three hours later, the two monsters seemed to run out of energy, and their red lights extinguished.

Subsequently, Wa made significant advancements in scientific and industrial fields due to the research on these mysterious metal monsters, leading to numerous research achievements, ultimately establishing itself as an industrial powerhouse.

As for the massacre and the deaths involved, the Wa authorities covered up the causes and the entire incident!

Even the ordinary citizens were unaware that their country's prosperity was actually related to the underground machinery!

And now, beneath the cavern, this peculiar metal machinery was also climbing up!

The red light at its forehead kept flashing, seemingly detecting if there were any other life forms present besides the black monster it had just killed!

As for that dark monster?

It seemed to have concluded that the monster it had hit with its red light earlier was definitely dead.

Indeed, even if a human had witnessed the previous scene, they would have undoubtedly believed that the black mosquito-like monster was doomed!

But what was the reality?

In the billowing smoke and dust, a black tentacle seemed to be still twitching slightly.

The attack just now was absolutely terrifying!

Even if it wasn't comparable to a missile or a nuclear bomb, it was definitely not as simple as an ordinary bomb.

Moreover, that tiny red light was directly aimed at a half-centimeter spot!

With such ferocious energy concentrated on a small spot, the destructive power it could unleash was truly terrifying...