Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 369 368. From now on, let’s just call this thing the Mole
What you need to jump from a high platform is courage, and what you need after jumping is wisdom.

The people at the entertainment company never thought that someone could drive a car straight into the artificial cavity. As mentioned before, there was a lava lake underneath the cavity.

Under the entire academy city, due to the major earthquake not long ago, the area that was originally just a cavity is now filled with various lava.

The good news is that this lava flows out and won't erupt because there's not that much pressure underground. The bad news is that this will cause the geothermal effect to become extremely good.

This had nothing to do with the falling Cypher, who was adjusting his posture, avoiding the busy empty tracks as he fell, and then suddenly reached out his hand.

The arm exploded instantly, tearing the skin apart. The mechanical structure underneath it blossomed like a flower and immediately stretched out. All the structures were connected end to end to form a long rope like a whip.

At the end was a palm, which grasped the fixed track on the wall with force, and then Seifer immediately swung out his other hand and fixed himself in the same way.

Then his arms slowly shortened, allowing Cypher to return to orbit - looking up, his vision zoomed out, and the people surrounding the big hole still did not disperse.

However, because the distance was too far, I didn't see Sefer's amazing performance.

While squatting on the track, Laika sighed, "Alas... I've bridged the signal for you. Now you should be able to communicate directly, Red Crossbow."

Then there was a noise, and Xiaoxia's extremely contagious and penetrating laughter came from the communication.

"Ha-hahaha! Did you miss me, teacher? Although the current modification is a bit hasty, it's enough. Leave there for a while, we'll be out through the wall soon!"

As he spoke, Seifer immediately hid behind the track to avoid being hit by the car when it came out.

Just as he was speaking, bursts of rumbling sound came from the large hollow wall. Along with the low sound, the track where Seifer was located... suddenly some cracks appeared behind the concrete wall about ten meters to the side.

Then the mud and sand were squeezed out along with the reinforced concrete, and two metal tracks broke through the obstacles and were built in mid-air. Amid the noisy and heavy mechanical roar, the dirty front end that looked like a meat grinder also rushed out of the wall.

"Oops... it seems to be a little off, but that's just the interference from the city. Come on up, teacher, we should run!"

The winch was still running. In the vehicle that had been modified beyond recognition of its original appearance, Xiaoxia was standing there in a posture of Niohari, still looking so energetic.

"I still haven't heard any good news this time. How about I change my identity next time I come?"

After communicating with Laika, Seifer swung his arms, threw them out with force, and after accurately grabbing the fixed part of the vehicle, he pulled himself back again.

This inhuman impact posture seemed to make Xiaoxia feel... well, frightened for a moment.

The car door closed, locked, and then immediately reversed. It popped its head out like an earthworm digging a hole, then retracted. Even after it had moved some distance away, Seifer heard a shocking and violent explosion from the other end of the passage.

"What did you do?"

"Of course, we're blowing up the unused passages—those explosives we didn't know what to do with before are just being used up like this~"

As they were talking, Seifer followed Xiaoxia to the back of the train. Compared to the beginning when she was alone and even needed to hire people, the train was now much more lively!

All the seats and other things in the car body were removed, the outside of the wall was blocked with metal welded plates, and the interior was filled with a large number of instruments and conveying units, which were busy transporting and processing the excavated materials to the rear carriage.

Most of the materials would be broken up and then fused with other building materials to fill the tunnel and reinforce it. However, this passage itself was crooked and there was no need to use it, so they simply blew it up...

It made sense, but Cypher felt that if she left this guy alone, she'd be able to dig out a third new academy city beneath it in the near future. As the roar approached, the car sped up. Suddenly, Cypher looked at Misty: "Isn't the explosion a little close?"

"It's an error in the calculation."

"But the car is exceeding the speed limit, right?"

"It's an error in the calculation."

"But the alarm is going off, and the others seem panicked." Cypher pointed to the other students in the carriage who were struggling desperately with the various devices, trying to get them to work harder.

"It's... an error in the calculation."

The confident smile on Misty's face somehow resembled 'Alu-sama'. She was also this confident when she was showing off.

Regardless of whether it was an error in calculation, when the train came out of the tunnel from the other end with a whistling sound and smoke and saw the light of day again, Seifer heard the sound of collapse behind him, which was extremely heavy.

The vehicle slowly braked to a stop, and as the mud and sand fell, everyone pushed the door and got out to see... a small section of the high wall that surrounded the entire college city was already covered with cracks.

Looking back, Xiaoxia's face was covered with sweat, almost like rain.

She opened her mouth and thought for a moment, then suddenly burst into a hearty laugh as the words reached her lips. Then she immediately boarded the train: "My mission has been completed. I successfully brought the teacher back. The commission is over!"

"So, now we should exit and repair our new equipment. See you again sometime, Sensei!"

The train ran away carrying mud, all kinds of dirty stuff and gravel found underground, but the tracks on the ground were still left... Considering that it would soon be integrated into the city's rail line, it was not too afraid of being caught.

"Red Crossbow, thank you for your hard work exploring. What valuable information have you obtained?"

It's hard to tell the direct information, but one thing is certain: the entertainment company spent so much effort to build such a satellite city, it is definitely not just for internal gambling expenses of employees.

And there's no need to go to so much trouble to make it so perfect just to send a big star to hold a concert in the college town - it's obviously not worth it.

In a world where profit is paramount, those who invest like this can be called pigs. But the entertainment company certainly doesn't want to be a pig; it has other ideas.

"So I have an idea. Perhaps this company is trying to obtain something, or even more, from the Academy City, such as technology, control of the giant vision gate, and so on."

"It's a very reasonable judgment. Red Crossbow Arrow... Come back to the academy first, and we will continue the analysis."

There are many ways to return to the academy, not necessarily in this body. Seifer asked her to wait and went to find a vending machine.

"However, the above speculation is just speculation. If this entertainment company is modeled after the one in the vision, perhaps they want another type of resource."

After finding a suitable spot, Seifer squatted in, changed to a comfortable position and lay down, saying, "Talent resources are also a kind of resource, Leica."

"...Under the attention of the three companies, you invaded the Academy City as an outsider and took people away from the Academy City. Red Crossbow, do you really think so?"

Excluding those charitable ideas, isn't it natural to have such doubts?
(End of this chapter)