"no problem."
Shen Qiu responded without any hesitation.
Beluk then took Shen Qiu and the others away and headed southwest.
Along the way, Shen Qiu saw teams of Blue Alliance soldiers searching everywhere, unmanned reconnaissance aircraft flying over the sky from time to time, and checkpoints set up at some key street intersections, and at worst, they were equipped with surveillance cameras.
"Boss, these people from the Blue Alliance are serious! If we really fall into their hands, we might be killed!"
"It's good to know, so don't show off."
Shen Qiu moved his lips slightly and reminded Chen Ye in a low voice.
Chen Ye swallowed and said nothing.
…
More than two hours later, Beluk brought Shen Qiu and others to the entrance of the underground laboratory base.
When the defending soldiers saw Belluk, they immediately saluted and made way.
Shen Qiu and the other three followed Beluk in unimpeded. Along the way, they could see bloodstains all over the ground that had not been cleaned up in time, as well as the remains of some weapons.
Shen Qiu couldn't help but narrow his eyes. From the traces at the scene, he felt a very familiar yet strange feeling.
At this time, Anji connected to Shen Qiu's mechanical armor, and the sound rang directly in Shen Qiu's ears.
"Shen Qiu, have you noticed something? The traces at the scene are very similar to the traces left by your previous battles."
Shen Qiu nodded slightly in response to Angie, his eyes becoming more serious.
Soon, Beluk brought Shen Qiu and others to the monitoring room of the base.
"General Belluk!"
A subordinate in the monitoring room immediately stood up and saluted.
"You all go back and rest. I'll take over here."
Belluke waved his hand and gave them orders directly.
The people present immediately followed the order and retreated.
Belluk then walked to the monitoring console and retrieved the images from the laboratory.
Shen Qiu also took a deep breath and prepared himself mentally.
When the video started playing, everyone's eyelids couldn't help but twitch when they saw Shen Qiu appear in the video.
In the video, Shen Qiu's whole body was flashing with purple lightning, and he was killing people ferociously in the laboratory. His actions were quick and decisive, extremely ruthless, and there was no trace of dragging his feet.
Chen Ye took a deep breath and spoke to Shen Qiu in a low voice.
"Boss, why do I feel that this guy looks a lot like you after you went berserk? To be honest, if you hadn't been with us the whole time, I would have suspected that you did it."
"roll!"
Shen Qiu lowered his voice and retorted unhappily.
Chen Ye laughed dryly and quickly shut his mouth, fearing that if he continued talking he would anger Shen Qiu.
Shen Qiu took a deep breath and continued watching the image.
Soon they saw Shen Qiu rushing into the laboratory, and immediately they saw biochemical tanks filled with clones.
At this moment, everyone was dumbfounded again.
Shen Qiu suppressed the shock in his heart and said to Belluke.
"Beluk, you guys are really brave. Not only did you secretly conduct forbidden experiments, but you actually made so many of me. Are you kidding me?"
Belluke seemed very calm and shrugged.
“Isn’t this a very normal thing?”
"That's not normal at all. What's going on?"
"You want to know, so let me briefly tell you what happened. Since the advent of the Night of Apocalypse, a large number of awakened people have been born among us. However, as time goes by, a large number of awakened people have died in the exploration of other worlds and the impact of monsters, and the number of newly born awakened people has become fewer and fewer. In addition, it takes a huge amount of resources to train a qualified awakened person. Gradually, supply and demand problems arise. There is a shortage of manpower and a huge gap. At this time, the people of Book 10 stand up and propose a plan."
"What's the plan?"
"The XK-01 Super Gene Warrior Project. This project is very simple. It uses the technology developed by the Mermaid Island Laboratory and combines it with cloning technology to mass-produce Awakeners as a supplement to combat power."
"How cruel! You have to pay the Awakened to hire them, but you can make your own thugs and exploit them until they die without any complaints."
"That's right. It is precisely because of the extremely high cost-effectiveness that the Blue Alliance Military approved this plan."
"Then why clone me?"
"It's not about cloning you, it's about cloning the strongest people in all departments. After all, they are all clones, so why not clone the best ones? This way, the tools produced will have the best effect."
Belluke replied jokingly.
After listening to what Beluke said, Shen Qiu said helplessly.
"Okay, I won't bother with you about cloning for now. What's going on with Shen Qiu who slaughtered the lab? Could he be one of your own?"
"Boss, you make sense. Maybe they really did produce it themselves, and then shot themselves in the foot."
Chen Ye also echoed.
"Impossible. All test subjects are strictly controlled. Missing one will be a major accident."
"Could it be that the failed products were not disposed of?"
"It's even more impossible. Although I don't like these guys, they are not that stupid to make such a low-level mistake."
Belluke rejected it with certainty.
"this… "
When Shen Qiu heard this, he became more and more confused. This wasn't right, and that wasn't right. So where on earth did this guy come from
At this time, Bei Kailun said in a low voice.
"Captain, look quickly."
Shen Qiu heard Bei Kailun's reminder and looked over. In the video, after killing Dr. Fedri, Shen Qiu walked to the innermost container, stretched out his hand and violently destroyed it, took out the contents and swallowed them in one gulp.
Shen Qiu frowned. At this time, Shen Qiu in the video turned his head to look at the camera with a gloomy smile.
Squeak~
The picture suddenly snowed.
"No more?"
Shen Qiu then asked Belluke.
"That's all the footage from inside the lab, but the cameras outside captured some."
Belluke explained to Shen Qiu.
"Let it out and see."
Shen Qiu was not polite to Belluke.
Belluk then operated and called up the images captured by the hidden cameras in the City of Skeletons.
"This was taken on Duoang Street on the east side of the laboratory, which is near where you and I met."
"this… "
…
Afterwards, Shen Qiu and others and Belluke carefully studied these images.
But after studying for a long time, they didn't find any valuable clues.
"Boss, although these images are blurry and have no special value, it seems that there are still clues."
At this time Chen Ye suddenly spoke.
Shen Qiu and others turned to look at Chen Ye.
"Tell me about it."
"Through these photos, we can at least determine the approximate direction of the other party's movement trajectory."
Chen Ye put forward his own ideas.
After listening to Chen Ye's words, Beluk quickly entered instructions on the monitoring console.
Suddenly, the photos appeared on the screen in order.
The results gradually emerged.
Shen Qiu and others held their breath and waited attentively for the result.
Suddenly a rough voice suddenly sounded.
"Beluke, what are you doing?"
Shen Qiu and others were immediately frightened. Beluke's muscles tensed up, and then he turned around to look over.
General Luo Fuan walked in at some point, but Shen Qiu and the others were so engrossed in their work that they didn't notice him.
"General, I am studying the surveillance video after the incident and conducting various comparisons, hoping to find some clues."
Belluk responded immediately.
"Oh? Are there any new discoveries?"
General Dover's sharp eyes swept over Shen Qiu and others.
Shen Qiu and his companions stood very straight, not daring to make any other movements, for fear that he would discover something fishy.
"General, after repeated investigations, I found that Shen Qiu seemed to be moving towards the Puppet City after slaughtering the experimental base."
When General Luo Fuan heard what Beluk said, his expression became more solemn.
"Puppet City? This is troublesome. The land reclamation over there is at a critical moment. Things in the laboratory have gone wrong. We can't let problems happen there too. Pass on my order immediately and gather all the troops to go to Puppet City?"
"General? What about the City of Bones?"
"The experimental base has been destroyed and has no value. There is no need to stay here any longer. The most urgent task now is to capture Shen Qiu, ensure the successful development of Puppet City, and then use it as a springboard to attack the Royal City. If everything goes well, we can atone for our sins. Otherwise, we will all be blamed for this incident."
"Understood! I will give the order right now to gather all the troops."
Beluk saluted General Luo Fuan, then left with Shen Qiu and others.
…
A few hours later, all the troops of the Skeleton City gathered together and headed towards the Puppet City.
Shen Qiu and his companions, along with Belluke, took an armored command vehicle.
"Beluk, are you sure you want to take over the royal city?"
Shen Qiu asked Belluke with some suspicion.
"Yes! This is also our ultimate goal. It's a pity that the trump card used to attack the royal city was destroyed."
Belluke replied seriously.
"Hey, listen to my advice, that royal city cannot be touched. There are very terrifying beings in it."
Shen Qiu sighed and quickly reminded.
"How do you know? Have you been in there?"
Belluke asked doubtfully.
"I didn't go in, but I almost had a fight with it. I'm still a little scared when I think about its aura now!"
Shen Qiu smiled and replied.
"… "
Belluke was speechless.
At this time, Alan on the side spoke up and reminded with some concern.
"Mr. Shen Qiu, Beluk is sincerely helping you. I hope you won't let him down. The situations in Puppet City and Skeleton City are somewhat different. Although both are cities controlled by the Blue Alliance, we have the final say over most of Skeleton City's defense forces, but we don't have the final say over Puppet City's forces."
"Don't worry, I would never do anything to cheat my friends."
Shen Qiu assured with a smile.
"That's fine."
Alan didn't say much.
…
The next morning.
A huge army marched into the Puppet City.
Shen Qiu followed Beluk, looking at this puppet city curiously. Judging from the appearance of the buildings, most of the buildings here are made of wood and stone, giving people a feeling of a long history.
Belluke lit a cigar, took a puff and introduced it.
"This is the Puppet City. Doesn't it look very retro?"
"Well, it's completely different from the high-tech civilization. What kind of monsters are lurking here? Are they difficult to deal with?"
"It's really difficult. There are puppet monsters everywhere here."
"Puppet monster? What kind of monster is that?"
"They are puppets made by humans, but they are different from ordinary puppets. They are embedded with gene modules. Depending on the embedded gene modules, they can exert different abilities. In a sense, they are no different from awakened ones."
"Embed a gene module? If we defeat a puppet monster, won't we be able to obtain a gene module?"
"That's the theory, but it's not that easy. If you can't crush and kill the puppet monster, a long, high-intensity battle will consume the power in the gene module, and all you'll get is a defective product, or even a scrapped one. And when the puppet monster is in desperate situations, it's easy for it to launch a suicide attack."
Belluke explained to Shen Qiu.
"I see."
Shen Qiu nodded.
"Also, although this world civilization seems outdated, their combat power is extremely strong. Furthermore, I will tell you a secret. All the remaining laboratory ruins in this world were not built by them, but by an advanced civilization."
Beluke lowered his voice and spoke to Shen Qiu.
When Shen Qiu heard what Beluk said, he looked at him in surprise.
"Are you saying that this laboratory was built by an advanced civilization?"
"That's right. After investigations by many of our researchers, we also discovered a surprising secret. This advanced civilization was very friendly in its early days and got along very well with the civilization here."
"Wait, if they were friendly, why would they mess up the worlds?"
"This is what's so intriguing. After a long period of research, our people finally came to the conclusion that this advanced civilization might have internal problems. Either there was an internal split and radical factions took over, or they also encountered some kind of change, or they were completely destroyed, which eventually caused problems for all the civilizations they radiated."
"I see."
"The most important thing now is to take over this world. There is a lot of information about that civilization left in this world. If we can successfully take it over, we may be able to find the world where the advanced civilization is. Then we can go to that world and uncover the truth. Maybe we can find a way to end the source of the disaster. You know, the coverage of the singularity in our world is constantly expanding. If it continues like this, our world may follow in the footsteps of the three collapsed worlds."
"Wait, you said three? Didn't only one world collapse? I haven't heard of any other world collapsing?"
"It's normal that you don't know. These are all top secret information of our Blue Alliance. Who would tell you?"
Belluke replied with a hint of sarcasm.
"Alas~"
After listening to what Beluke said, Shen Qiu felt a little emotional.
"Are you surprised?"
Belluke asked with a smile.
"I am indeed surprised, but why did you tell me so much top-secret information?"
Shen Qiu looked at Belluke with some curiosity.
"No reason. I just think highly of you and think you can be trusted. Also, the sky is about to fall. I don't want to be like those idiots, so pedantic and stingy."
Belluke laughed sarcastically.
"All right."
Shen Qiu replied with a wry smile.
…
Soon after, a huge force arrived at the temporary military camp in Puppet City.
"stop!"
Belluk raised his hand and signaled all troops to stop.
At this time, General Luo Fuan came over, and Shen Qiu and others quickly stood up when they saw him.
"General!"
Belluk saluted Roveran.
General Rovian immediately gave orders to Belluk.
"All troops will be stationed to rest and settle down, then go to the United Front Hall for a meeting."
"clear!"
Belluke responded seriously.
General Rovian then turned and left.
Belluk also began to settle his subordinates.
Shen Qiu and his companions stood there silently. Now the Puppet City was full of people from the Blue Alliance, and it would be difficult for them to act privately. It would be better for them to follow him, which would make it easier to find that guy.
At this time, the sound of footsteps and a contemptuous voice were heard.
"Hey, isn't this Belluk?"
When Belluke heard this contemptuous voice, he couldn't help but frown.
Shen Qiu looked in the direction of the voice and his eyelids twitched, but soon returned to normal.
I saw a group of people walking over, led by a man wearing a general's uniform, with distinct features and a handsome appearance, but also revealing a hint of evil.
There were two people standing next to this man, one was Dogs, a representative of the Gruno Group, and the other was the eighth star envoy, Thor Otis.
"Buzfa, what are you doing here?"
Belluke sneered back.
"Of course I came to see you. I heard from the people down there that you were here, so I rushed over as soon as possible."
"The weasel is paying New Year's greetings to the chicken, but he has bad intentions!"
"Whatever you say, you're going to be in trouble anyway. Dr. Fedeli is dead, and you're in charge of the security of the City of Bones. You can't escape this responsibility, right? By the way, you really know how to give me surprises! We've been working hard on the front line to open up the wasteland, and nothing has happened. But you can't even keep your nest in the back. Isn't this too unreasonable?"
Buzfa said sarcastically with an evil smile.
"What's it to you?"
Belluk sneered in reply, not taking Buzfa's words to heart at all.
While the two were mocking each other, Otis's sharp gaze was fixed on Shen Qiu behind Belluk.
Shen Qiu also thought to himself that something was not right. He had a strong feeling that Otis seemed to have noticed him.
In fact, Otis noticed that Shen Qiu was abnormal at first glance, and had an unusually familiar feeling, so he quickly recognized him.
Shen Qiu couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
"I didn't check the almanac before I went out!"
Now he is in the Blue Alliance base camp. If he is exposed by Otis and everyone besieges him, it will be enough to make him suffer.
But surprisingly, Otis did not expose Shen Qiu, but instead turned his eyes away from Shen Qiu.
At this time, Dogs, a representative of the Gruno Group, spoke up to mediate.
"Admiral Buzfa, Admiral Belluk, calm down. We are all family members. There is no need to hurt the harmony."
"Humph! More trouble than success."
When Admiral Buzfa saw Dogs acting as a peacemaker, he snorted coldly and stopped his ridicule.
Seeing this, Dogs quickly changed the subject and asked Belluk.
"Admiral Belluk, did Shen Qiu really come to the Puppet City?"
"It's likely that he ran over here."
Belluke nodded slightly and replied.
"That's troublesome. Shen Qiu has always been lawless, and he has a very bad relationship with us. He might interfere. Now the laboratory has been destroyed and the doctor has been killed. The super gene warrior project has to be shelved. The loss is extremely heavy. If we don't make up for it somewhere else, we will have no way to explain to Speaker of the Oroco Council."
Dogs said with a very serious expression.
"I see."
After hearing what Dogs said, Belluk's expression gradually became serious.
"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's go to the United Front Hall. The emergency meeting is about to start."
Dogs said to Belluke with a smile.
When Beluk heard this, he turned and said to Alan.
"Well, I'll leave this to you. I'm going to the United Front Hall."
"no problem!"
Alan nodded in response.
So Beluk followed Doges and others and walked straight towards a towering stone building in the middle of the camp.
When Shen Qiu saw them leave, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He had originally thought that he was going to be exposed.
"Boss, Belluke is in a meeting. Do you want me to eavesdrop on it for you?"
Chen Ye asked in a low voice.
"Forget it. Now is not the right time. If we are discovered, it will be even more troublesome."
Shen Qiu weighed the options and gave up.
"Too."
Chen Ye replied awkwardly.
A moment later, Belluk and others entered the stone building.
Inside the stone building, officers were anxiously discussing combat matters.
"Those damn puppets are so difficult to deal with. They are as slippery as loaches and won't fight us head-on."
"Don't even mention it. We are attacked every night, and they never get tired."
…
At this time, after Belluke and others came in, they all found a place to stand quietly and wait.
Not long after, General Luo Fuan and Vice President of Sita Group, Faberka, walked in.
"General, you are here!"
…
Many officers present saluted.
General Luo Fuan nodded slightly, then walked to the front of the group and asked.
"Where's Commander Adomah?"
"I'll be there soon."
Buzfa immediately replied respectfully.
Not long after, an old woman wearing a blue general's uniform, with a wrinkled face and a very old-fashioned expression walked in.
Adoma walked up to General Rofuan and greeted him respectfully.
"General Rovran, you are here."
"Have you found any trace of Shen Qiu?"
"We sent out a search team as soon as we received your message, but so far no trace of the enemy has been found."
"I see. Tell me about the current situation, how far we have progressed in the land reclamation, and what obstacles we have encountered."
Luo Fuan asked directly to the point.
Adomah waved her hand, and a thumbnail map of the Puppet City appeared in front of everyone, and she introduced it calmly.
"Although we have only occupied half of the Puppet City, we are only one step away from victory, because the Puppet Castle in the center is right in front of us. However, we have encountered strong resistance and cannot get close to the Puppet Castle in a short time..."
Belluk listened to Adoma's introduction and looked at the projection of the puppet castle. The entire exterior of the puppet castle was made of black stone, like a ghost castle. It covered a large area, but it was not as magnificent as the Giant Castle. A large number of unknown green plants were planted on the outside.
After introducing the general situation, Adoma continued.
"General Luo Fuan, give us another three days, and we will attack the Puppet Castle as soon as possible."
"We don't have time to waste here. We must take it down within a day, otherwise something bad will happen, Belluk!"
General Luo Fuan narrowed his eyes and shouted.
"exist!"
Belluke immediately stood up and responded in a deep voice.
"I order you to lead the vulture troops to attack from the left and cut into the left side of the puppet castle."
Luo Fuan gave the order directly.
"yes!"
Belluke took the order directly.
"Buzfa!"
"exist!"
"I order you to lead the Black Snake troops to attack from the right and cut into the right side of the Puppet Castle."
"yes!"
Buzfa immediately obeyed the order.
"I will lead the rest of the troops and attack from the front!"
Luo Fuan gave the order directly.