My dream connects to three thousand years later.

Chapter 131 Slaughterhouse

As Chu Zhu slowly entered, she looked around and a strange feeling rose in her heart.

The entrance was filled with a damp and decaying smell, moss grew on the cave walls, and the path underfoot was rugged and uneven.

"No, is this really the entrance to a nuclear facility? It looks more like a cave! Even if it hasn't been maintained, it shouldn't be made like this... Or rather, was the initial design style supposed to be a cave-like style? Didn't the person who first proposed this architectural style get promoted? How did they even get it approved...?"

Chu Zhu inwardly groaned, "And what's more, there aren't even any lights in here? I should have chopped some wood and made torches on the spot!"

Although there were no lights, Chu Zhu's extraordinary physique, coupled with the fact that he wasn't too far from the cave entrance, allowed some light to filter through. Therefore, Chu Zhu could still see many things inside.

After walking about thirty or forty meters, a sudden turn appeared.

As Chu Zhu turned around, the scene before her changed drastically!
At this bend, there is a wide-open doorway.

Behind the portal, the originally rough stone wall has been transformed into a cold, smooth metal wall with a texture similar to that of the Nuwa base.

This metal tunnel, though still devoid of lights, is not dark at all! It's as if the silver walls themselves are emitting a soft glow.

"Like the Nuwa base?" Chu Zhu's thoughts flashed by. He stepped into the portal, and the transition between stone walls and metal gave him the illusion of time travel.

As he walked forward, he ran his fingers along the surface of the metal—it had a cold, textured surface! There were even neatly arranged rivets at intervals!

"The construction quality here is inferior to that of the Nuwa Base!"

Chu Zhu asserted that the silver walls of the Nuwa base were smooth and seamless, with no visible joints or welds. It was as if it had been constructed as a single, unified piece... whereas this place was much rougher.

Continuing forward, Chu Zhu soon saw another open mechanical portal—a huge metal iron door suspended from the ceiling! It was clearly made of a special alloy, with sliding connections on both sides.

Clearly, if this portal were closed, it would be completely blocked from top to bottom. To be honest, Chu Zhu had only ever seen such portals in anime and some science fiction movies before... he had never actually seen one in reality.

All I can say about this door is that it looks incredibly cool, but what if it breaks? How do you fix it?

A normal door is connected to the wall by hinges, which allow the door to rotate around a fixed axis, thus opening and closing the door. If it's broken, just work on the hinges.

The door is broken... I'm afraid the only way to lift it is with some heavy machinery... Just thinking about the workload and the scene made Chu Zhu's face twitch.

After walking a short distance, Chu Zhu looked at the downward stairs in front of her, paused for a moment, and continued walking.

Not long after, he saw a similar, now open, huge iron door suspended from the ceiling.

"Were all the doors inside the base open from the beginning? Or were the inner doors originally closed, and all the main doors opened when I opened the outer door earlier?"

Chu Zhu's mind was racing.

His only relief, and also what was strange, was that... there weren't any of those odd forks in the road here!

There is only one road from beginning to end, which is winding and turning, with staircases going down every now and then, and a bunch of open doors.

"Since there's only one road, why build so many doors... It gives the impression that if some emergency occurs, all these huge doors will be closed to prevent anything inside from escaping?"

Chu Zhu paused for a moment. Wait, could this place not be a nuclear facility at all, but some kind of biological laboratory?
That can't be... right?
Chu Zhu's eyelids twitched. Although he wanted to deny it, upon reflection, the reason he believed this place was a nuclear facility was mainly because he had jumped from the chimney and fallen directly into what appeared to be a reactor pool! Moreover, he had heard the AI ​​alarm indicating excessive radiation…

However, if we're talking about real, undeniable, and conclusive evidence, it seems there really isn't any.
After turning several corners and descending three flights of stairs, Chu Zhu's expression finally turned serious. He heard a frenzied roar, along with sounds of impact and screams.

There are living things inside the nuclear facility?!
"What the hell?" Chu Zhu pursed her lips, but quickened her pace.

He wasn't worried about any major dangers in the nuclear facility. Firstly, he could reset it if someone died. Secondly, he had previously assessed the strength of the logistics personnel sent by the Commandery.
Although it's unclear how strong the strongest member of that group is... if it's too dangerous, it's obviously impossible to let Gao Changming, or even ordinary logistics staff who are weaker than him, go in to carry things.

"Could it be that someone is constantly maintaining and operating this facility inside? B2 even said that once you go in and close the door, the outside can't break in for a short time? Isn't that nonsense!"

Finally, Chu Zhu passed through the last door, and the space suddenly opened up before her. It was a high platform!
It is nearly thirty meters above the ground.

The metal hall was extremely spacious... Looking at it from afar, Chu Zhu almost thought he had arrived at the Bird's Nest Stadium in Beijing... No, perhaps even the Bird's Nest Stadium was a size smaller than this!
The sheer size of the mountain was so vast that Chu Zhu felt a sense of bewilderment, because from the outside, it was impossible to tell that the mountain covered such a large area.

However, he soon realized that all the turns he had made and the stairs he had descended... might have led him deep underground.

Chu Zhu looked around. The platform he was on was also extremely high above the ceiling.

The ceiling is nearly 100 meters high from the ground to the ceiling!

This platform is located just between the ceiling and the ground.

In the very center of this metal hall stands a massive metal pillar, supporting the ground from top to bottom.

However, Chu Zhu didn't have time to appreciate the magnificent sight.

He glanced down at it once, but his gaze was immediately fixed on it. After a few breaths, cold sweat broke out on Chu Zhu's forehead. He muttered, "What is this thing?"

On the ground, iron chains connected the walls on all sides, firmly binding the monsters.

A very small number of monsters roared and struggled, the chains clanging metallically in their efforts. Yet, they couldn't budge the chains an inch!
Besides, most of the monsters were now huddled in the corners, no longer moving.

Only the slight rise and fall of their chests indicated that they were still alive!

Meanwhile, before some of the monsters lay other monsters, no longer bound. But these monsters had already been disemboweled! Clearly, they were dead…

Moreover, judging from the large chunks of flesh missing from their bodies, and even some broken bones, they might be serving as food for these still-living monsters.
"...?"

Where did he get this?!
Before coming, Chu Zhu had considered many possibilities. He thought he would see a near-future sci-fi-style laboratory, or perhaps a biochemical lab, or even just a simple concrete office? After all, Shenzhou didn't really like anything fancy; practicality was enough!

But what on earth is this barbaric scene where progress and barbarity are intertwined?

Suddenly, a monster spotted Chu Zhu, let out a sharp roar, and lunged upwards with a ferocious expression... However, accompanied by a piercing metallic clang, the slender chains that imprisoned all their limbs and torsos embedded themselves even deeper into their bodies!
Pale white blood flowed from the wounds inflicted by the chains during the violent struggle... but before it could fall to the ground, it froze in mid-air, then, as if it had a life of its own, it rushed away into the distance and landed in a huge open-air water tank placed next to a metal pillar.

The bucket is only about three or four meters high and about ten meters in diameter!
Looking out, Chu Zhu could see that there was now a thin layer of white liquid at the bottom of the bucket.

It's radiated water!
"..."

There was a long silence.

"So that's how it is! No wonder... no wonder B2 said such crazy things before?"

Chu Zhu nodded expressionlessly. So this was... the truth about the radiating water.

He misunderstood from the beginning. Perhaps cultivation was indeed related to radiation, but it wasn't about fighting the nuclear water that came directly from the nuclear reactor. Instead, it was about absorbing the blood flowing from the bodies of these monsters!
"Are they human? Or something else?"

Chu Zhu suddenly thought of something extremely terrifying. If he remembered correctly, the previous timeline of the ruins seemed to reveal that cultivators who were too corrupted would turn into monsters.
If we start thinking from this point... these guys in front of us!
"No, no, no, there should also be native monsters!"

Chu Zhu calmly considered the situation. Even with his extensive experience, he was finding it difficult to withstand the change. The cultivation system had shifted dramatically from its original nuclear radiation origin to one where cultivation materials originated from monsters, or even from the body parts of monsters that had been transformed from humans…

After taking several deep breaths, Chu Zhu reluctantly made her decision and jumped. She landed with a thud!
For a moment, the scene fell silent.

Even many of the monsters that had been lying flat on the ground slowly rose, their gazes fixed on him. Some were fierce, some murderous, some crazed, some calm, and some even puzzled... Hmm?

Confuse?!
Startled, Chu Zhu stared at a strange man with a normal appearance, two heads, and skin covered in scales.

He sat cross-legged against a metal wall, with seven chains binding his hands, feet, neck, and waist.

(End of this chapter)