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The deep-earth drilling vehicle was running at full speed, drilling a tunnel through the underground rock strata.

Inside the cargo hold, dozens of Western paladins huddled together.

These people had high-pressure restraint rings around their necks and were wrapped in specially made heat-insulating suits that Barron had thrown at them.

"Hold on tight, everyone!" Barron stomped on the dashboard and pushed the joystick wildly.

"The temperature is about to break 3,000 degrees! At that depth, the drill bit is prone to overheating, and that's when you guys, the bullies, will have to step in!"

Paladin Austin struggled forward, shouting, "Lin Feng! We represent the core fighting force of the West, and you're making us dig in the dirt? This is a violation of human rights!"

Lin Feng sat in the passenger seat, the Star Dragon Annihilation Spear beside him. The Nether Dragon coiled beside him and exhaled a smoke ring.

"human rights?"

Lin Feng didn't even turn his head: "When you were trying to take advantage of the chaos in the East China Sea, dragging most of China down with you, you're talking to me about human rights?"

Austin countered, "That was the Speaker's decision; we were just following orders..."

Lin Feng kicked the railing.

The railing was electrified, and the restraint rings were immediately activated.

"what!"

Austin was so shocked by the electric shock that his eyes rolled back and he trembled on the ground.

"Stop talking nonsense with me," Lin Feng said. "You only have one identity right now."

"A fully automated mining machine that can breathe!"

Barron dragged out several large boxes and kicked them over.

Tools were scattered all over the ground.

"A top-grade heat-insulated ion pickaxe!" Baron boasted, patting his chest. "When the machine stops, you guys use this to break through those high-hardness, heat-resistant rocks up there. Anyone who slacks off, I'll adjust the temperature of their neck restraint ring to be the same as the lava outside!"

Five minutes later, the car came to a stop after a bumpy ride.

The temperature in the carriage rose rapidly, and the alarm started beeping.

"We've reached the active magma layer." Barron patted the control panel. "This stuff is too hard; drilling directly will ruin my drill bit."

A door was opened at the bottom of the vehicle, and a wave of heat rushed in.

"Get down here!" Barron brandished a large wrench. "Get to work!"

These dozens of people looked at each other, but didn't move.

Outside is an underground river of lava; anyone who goes down there will immediately turn to ash.

These people have been injected with advanced gene-enhancing drugs; they'll be severely damaged even if they go down.

Lin Feng got up, picked up his gun, and walked over.

Before the two paladins in the front row could react, they were kicked out of the cabin door one after the other.

The two landed on the rock, and were so hot that they jumped up and down.

"Hot! Hot! Hot!"

Lin Feng pointed the tip of his gun downwards: "Everyone take a tool. If you can't clear a path for me within one minute, I'll help you blend in."

Austin bent down and picked up an ion pickaxe. The body created by the gene serum was originally meant for killing monsters, but now he was forced to swing a pickaxe.

when!

The sound of hammering echoed through the underground passage.

The paladins lined up and wielded their ion pickaxes at the front.

The falling debris was sucked away by the machine.

"Left! Left! Push harder! Haven't you eaten, you bunch of white pigs?!"

Barron stood on the hood of the car and shouted through a megaphone, "Hey you, big guy, if you don't work harder I'll electrocute you!"

As Austin tapped, sweat dripped down his face.

He was supposed to be a team leader, but now he was working illegally for a contractor, with a ruthless supervisor standing next to him.

This group of people dared not be slow.

The modified body still functioned well under such high temperatures, managing to carve a path through the rock face ahead despite the intense heat.

The car following behind slowly drove forward.

The airflow changed as soon as a thick layer of rock was broken through.

The scorching heat hit my face.

Waves surged in the lava river ahead.

Several magma-like monsters crawled out.

They were covered in red stone armor, looked like pangolins, and breathed out high-temperature poisonous fire.

"Fire Poison Beasts!" Barron shouted from the hood of the vehicle. "They love to devour high-energy minerals!"

Austin took two steps back.

"Retreat?! What retreat?!" Baron cursed. "I hired you guys as human shields! Push up! If you scratch my car, you'll pay with your lives!"

The Fire Poison Beast opened its mouth wide and spewed a mouthful of poisonous flames onto the paladins in front of it.

The heat-insulating suit made a hissing sound.

"Lin Feng! We have no weapons, we can't win!" Austin yelled at the top of his lungs.

Lin Feng leaned against the car door: "Isn't that ion pickaxe a weapon? Aren't you using gene serums for melee combat?"

He had no intention of making a move at all.

Forced into this situation, the paladin had no choice but to pick up his pickaxe and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the monster.

The underground passage was in complete chaos.

The fire-poison beast slapped him with its claw, sending him flying against the stone wall.

The Nether Dragon poked its head out and watched the Westerners being chased and rolling on the ground, letting out two sneers.

After several knights died, the remaining knights, in a fit of rage, joined forces and smashed the heads of the monsters with their ion pickaxes.

Austin leaned on his pickaxe, panting, wanting to take a break for a while.

"Keep digging." Lin Feng tossed the spear in his hand.

Austin didn't dare to speak and turned back to continue knocking on the rock wall.

After six hours of intense road clearing, several of these people were exhausted and injured.

With a loud bang.

The last rock wall in front collapsed.

High-energy fluctuations, far exceeding the temperature of magma, surged out through the gap.

"It's open!" Barron jumped excitedly from the front of the car.

Lin Feng got out of the car, stepped over the Western knight who was lying on the ground, and walked to the edge of the gap.

Before us lay a massive, hollowed-out cavern.

A golden crystal floated in the middle of the cavity.

The surface is engraved with array patterns, and mysterious chains extend from the crystal, piercing into the surrounding void.

This is the Earth's core high-energy reactor, the energy core of Blue Star, and this crystal has been shackled.

Lin Feng's Star Core Realm Qi and Blood Perception spread out, but as soon as it touched that layer of golden light, a violent repulsive force bounced the perception back.

"My God, the starry sky..."

Barron stood to the side, the reading on the detector in his hand off the charts.

"This isn't some ordinary energy node...this is a planetary lock!"

"Planetary Lock?" Lin Feng turned his head to look at him.

"This is a super array used to seal off the energy of an entire life-bearing planet, forcibly halting its evolution!"

Barron was so anxious that he spun around in circles, clutching his beard.

"No wonder the spiritual energy purity on your planet is so low, no wonder it's so difficult to break through even above the star core! The entire primordial energy of your planet is locked up here by this thing!"

Lin Feng understood.

This shows that the reason why Earth has not produced a powerhouse surpassing the Martial Emperor for thousands of years is because someone has locked down and blocked the path.

Lin Feng took a step forward.

"Don't get too close!" Baron shouted, "There's a counterattack mechanism hidden inside that energy barrier!"

Lin Feng didn't stop.

He walked to the outer edge of the crystal.

The mental energy transformed into a fine needle, probing into the golden halo in front.

The golden crystal emitted a booming sound as soon as it touched the halo.

The entire Earth's core trembled.

A human-shaped phantom appeared in the golden light inside the crystal.

The man was wearing tattered armor and holding a broken sword upside down in his hand.

The moment Lin Feng's spiritual power clashed with it, the illusory figure opened its eyes.

A powerful aura erupted from the phantom.

Lin Feng paused for a second.

"Anyone who trespasses the boundary marker shall be executed."

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