I have a city in another world

Chapter 7101 Circuit Peril
The fifteen-minute break passed in the blink of an eye.

Tang Zhen took the lead and walked into the depths of the mist, his steps unhurried, his clothes fluttering gently in the tangible air currents.

The Blood Demon Sect cultivators exchanged glances, their eyes filled with a mixture of greed and apprehension. Their recent gains had delighted them, and they were now eager to follow suit.

The senior sister in red looked at Tang Zhen's back, her eyes flashing with an inexplicable light.

The moment they stepped into the mist, the surrounding scenery was completely transformed once again.

Beneath their feet was no longer broken earth, but a suspended metallic wasteland. The ground was paved with an unknown dark silver alloy, covered with densely packed circuit patterns that occasionally flashed with eerie blue electric light and emitted a soft "buzzing" sound.

At first glance, it looks like a giant circuit board with all sorts of electronic components, yet it is the size of a building.

At the edge of the wasteland stood a colossal mechanical tower hundreds of feet tall, its body covered with cannons and gears, and a huge purple crystal embedded at its top, radiating a chilling energy fluctuation.

On the other side of the metal wasteland lies a floating rainforest, with vines coiling like dragons and leaves that are an eerie dark red. Among the trees, one can vaguely see transparent flying insects, whose wings flutter and scatter specks of fluorescence. Wherever they land, the alloy ground is corroded into small holes.

Two completely different fragments of the world mix and merge here, the coldness of machinery colliding with the eeriness of the rainforest, where danger lurks everywhere.

A Blood Demon Sect cultivator couldn't resist reaching out to touch the circuit patterns at his feet, but Tang Zhen stopped him with a calm voice just as his fingertips were about to touch them: "Don't move."

The cultivator froze, then awkwardly withdrew his hand.

Tang Zhen squatted down and lightly touched the circuit pattern with his fingertip. A barely perceptible current surged into his fingertip and then quietly dissipated.

He frowned slightly, a knowing glint in his eyes, then stood up and pointed to the area between the mechanical tower and the floating rainforest.

"There should be a safety passage over there."

Upon hearing this, the Blood Demon Sect cultivators looked in the direction Tang Zhen pointed and indeed saw a narrow crack at the junction of the two world fragments. A faint seven-colored halo flowed through the crack, and the scene behind it could be vaguely seen.

"Let's go." Tang Zhen took the lead and walked towards the gap, his steps still steady.

The Blood Demon Sect cultivators quickly followed, but this time, no one dared to act on their own. They held their breath and scanned their surroundings warily.

They had only taken a few steps when the circuit patterns on the metal wasteland suddenly lit up, the eerie blue electric light surged several times over, and streaks of electricity shot out like venomous snakes, rushing towards them.

At the same time, the transparent flying insects in the floating rainforest seemed to be startled, buzzing and flapping their wings, swarming towards the group, the fluorescent light falling from their wings weaving a corrosive net in the void.

"defense!"

A Blood Demon Sect cultivator leading the group frowned and gave a low shout, taking the lead in summoning a Blood Fiend Shield. The others also took out their magical artifacts, and a blood-red light screen instantly unfolded, protecting everyone inside.

The electric arc struck the light screen, producing a deafening roar, causing the light screen to shake violently and ripple.

The fluorescent light of the transparent flying insects landed on the light screen, making a hissing sound, and the light screen dissolved at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"I can't hold on any longer!" a cultivator roared, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth, clearly indicating that he had exhausted his spiritual energy.

Tang Zhen seemed to have anticipated this. He raised his hand and waved, sending several electromagnetic interference missiles flying through the air and landing precisely on the circuit nodes in the metal wasteland.

This is a product of modern cultivation technology, capable of releasing strong electromagnetic interference waves, specifically designed to counter mechanical traps.

"Om-"

The chaff exploded, and blue electromagnetic waves spread out, instantly dimming the circuit patterns on the metal wasteland, and the rampant electric arcs also dissipated.

At the same time, he flicked his finger, and several streams of insect repellent powder turned into dust and drifted away in the wind.

This insect repellent powder is made from ambergris mixed with the juices of hundreds of poisonous insects, and it has a deadly deterrent effect on flying insect-type monsters.

Upon smelling the insect repellent powder, the transparent flying insects emitted sharp screechs and scattered as if they had seen a ghost, disappearing without a trace in moments.

The crisis was fleeting.

The Blood Demon Sect cultivators breathed a sigh of relief, their gazes towards Tang Zhen now filled with even greater awe. They knew in their hearts that if Tang Zhen hadn't intervened, they would likely have already turned into pools of blood by now.

Tang Zhen ignored everyone's gaze, followed the metal lines under his feet, walked straight to the seven-colored gap, and gently pushed the void with his hand.

The gap slowly widened, revealing the scene behind it—a secret realm of stars, with countless stars suspended within it. Exquisite palaces floated in the starry sky, and various magical treasures hung at the entrances of the palaces, shimmering and dazzling.

"Are these all treasure troves?"

A Blood Demon Sect cultivator gasped in shock, his eyes wide with greed.

Before the words were even finished, some cultivators couldn't contain themselves and were about to rush towards the Starry Sky Secret Realm.

"Wait a minute." Tang Zhen spoke again, his voice still calm, yet carrying an undeniable power.

He pointed to the seemingly tempting treasures in the starry sky and said calmly, "There's a trap."

Upon closer inspection, everyone discovered that a faint black mist was swirling around the treasure vaults, emanating an aura that could devour souls.

"It should be Soul-Devouring Mist!"

The senior sister in red had a solemn expression. "Once it's touched, the soul will be directly devoured, with no chance of rescue!"

Everyone was immediately terrified, and their gazes toward the treasure vaults changed from greed to fear.

Tang Zhen took out a compass, lightly touched it with his fingertip, and the compass needle spun wildly, eventually pointing to a silver star in the center of the Starry Sky Secret Realm.

"That's the core of the formation."

As soon as he finished speaking, he lightly touched the ground with his toes and flew towards the silver star.

Stepping on miniature stars, they moved with lightning speed, without pausing for a moment.

The Blood Demon Sect cultivators dared not delay and quickly followed.

The soul-devouring mist in the starry sky, like a living thing, rushed towards the group, displaying various ferocious appearances.

Everyone dodged away, determined not to get involved. When they passed by the treasure vaults, they only looked at them but dared not enter.

The journey was smooth and unimpeded, and the group soon arrived on the silver star.

At the center of the star is a star core, the size of a fist, silver-white in color, radiating incomparably pure star power.

The surrounding Soul-Devouring Mist seemed to originate from this star core.

Tang Zhen raised his hand, grasped the core of the star, and gently pulled it out.

In an instant, the Soul-Devouring Mist receded like a tide, and all sorts of treasure vaults were no longer under defense.

The Blood Demon Sect cultivators could no longer contain themselves and cheered as they rushed toward the exquisite treasure vaults.

They even fought over it, drawing their swords against each other on the spot for a single magical artifact.

Tang Zhen looked at the chaos before him, a cold glint in his eyes, but he did not stop it.

He put the Star Core into his pocket and cast his gaze into the deeper part of the Starry Sky Secret Realm, where there was an even deeper rift, from which came a heart-palpitating pressure.

Clearly, that is the true core of the dimensional secret realm.

Ignoring the Blood Demon Sect cultivators scrambling behind him, he flashed and flew towards the rift, disappearing into the vast starry sky in an instant.

The Blood Demon Sect cultivators were so engrossed in the ecstasy of seizing the treasures that none of them noticed that their "guide" had already quietly departed.

Only Feng Jiu Kui and the senior sister in red followed silently behind.