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Chapter 1029 - 681 Bottom Nest

Chapter 1029: Chapter 681 Bottom Nest

Through the small crevice in the rock wall, Li Changhe could see.

The three-armed girl hid in the corner, holding a Tang Hengdao in her hand, skillfully and quickly scaling the fish.

First, she poured the fish blood into a clay jar, then swiftly tore off the fish flesh and shoved it into her mouth.

A look of bliss appeared on her face, and all three eyes narrowed with pleasure.

If one disregarded her extra arm and eyes, this might just be a starving person eating raw fish.

But the image of the three-armed girl sent shivers down one’s spine.

This feeling of deep discomfort, almost human but not quite, made Li Changhe frown.

"Is this what the residents of the Bottom Nest are like?" Li Changhe asked in a hushed tone.

"We are also encountering them for the first time," Yang Ming replied softly, "To think... it’s such a state."

Yang Ming and the other soldiers thought they would encounter the so-called swarm of insects, but they didn’t expect to see such a revolting, malformed creature.

However, Li Changhe also noticed the hengdao in the other party’s hand.

It was clearly the equipment of the Great Tang or the Chenhai Empire.

In this world, only the soldiers of Chenhai could wield a hengdao.

Although the upper echelons of Chenhai had hidden the existence of the Great Tang and constructed a false history to deceive the next generation,

they ultimately inherited the pride characteristic of the people of the Great Tang, who viewed all other countries as barbarians.

Their exchanges with other countries were extremely domineering, not to mention sharing their weapon forging technology.

Where had this three-armed girl gotten it from?

The previous scouting teams hadn’t had any conflicts with the people of the Bottom Nest... had they?

"General, that is indeed our hengdao," Yang Ming reminded.

"Mm, I see it," Li Changhe responded softly. At the same time, he scrutinized the badly notched hengdao in the three-armed girl’s hand. With his Physique Attribute, he could clearly see the patterns and nicks without needing to activate the Hawk Eye Magic Eye.

And... the characters etched on the blade.

Li Changhe asked in a low voice, "Do you still have the custom of engraving names on your weapons?"

"Indeed, especially the disciples of military families like to inscribe words on their weapons," Yang Ming said. "Did you see the characters, General? What are they?"

Li Changhe turned to Guo Yi and said, "It’s etched with the character ’Guo’. It might come from one of your relatives."

Indeed, there was a relative of Guo Yi among the exploratory team back then.

It was his aunt. As a disciple of a military family, despite being a woman, she had acquired formidable martial skills and eagerly partook in the exploratory task.

Unfortunately, she was supposed to infiltrate Xuan City, but eventually went missing.

Guo Yi was startled to hear that his aunt’s weapon—or rather, a relic—was being used to kill fish, and his expression changed slightly. He felt a surge of anger in his heart.

Even though Guo Yi had been quite young when his aunt joined the mission,

he always remembered her as a heroic woman of valor, adroitly brandishing her knife, earning high praise from even the armored warriors.

Regrettably, as a daughter, she could not become an armored warrior.

So, she actively joined that exploratory mission, only to never return. Before her father passed away from illness, he regretted agreeing to let his aunt take part in that mission.

And now, in this moment, Guo Yi had found his aunt’s relic. How could he allow it to be defiled by outsiders?

Guo Yi peered through the crevice at the three-armed girl, thinking that he must take his aunt’s relic with him.

However, as he looked at the face of the three-armed girl, he felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

After a few seconds, Guo Yi’s face turned deathly pale.

He slowly turned back to Li Changhe and said, "General... she looks so much like my aunt. No... she looks exactly like the aunt in my memory!"

Li Changhe’s face slightly changed, and after a moment of silence, he asked Yang Ming, "Where is the exit?"

"There is no exit. Our plan is to break through this wall," Yang Ming responded quickly. The wall wasn’t very thick, and with the help of a ballistic crossbow, they could chisel out an exit.

The problem was that the three-armed girl was right there, and the moment they acted, she would surely notice.

If she called for her companions, their stealthy strategy would fail.

"Alright. Leave it to me," Li Changhe nodded, then, to everyone’s surprise, he walked toward the rock wall and his body actually passed directly through it.

This was... Earth Travel Technique.

As the only legacy left by his father, Ghost Hand, the Earth Travel Technique allowed Li Changhe to pass through mud and rock.

Though it was only effective on ordinary rocks and not on reinforced concrete, passing through a rock wall was not an issue.

No sooner had Li Changhe stepped out from the wall than he executed a swift Shadow Step.

He appeared directly behind the three-armed girl.

The three-armed girl was still enjoying her delicious fish, when suddenly she heard a bell chime in her mind. She turned around subconsciously, swinging her sword.

But Li Changhe caught the blade in his hand.

The three-armed girl was obviously terrified by Li Changhe’s sudden appearance, and as she leapt backward, she opened her mouth to shout out to her kindred.

But she found her arms and legs bound by strong strands of hair, and at the same time, a beautiful figure appeared in front of her, pressing a hand against her neck and causing her to faint.

After that, Li Changhe took out the Seal of the Heroic Spirit and placed it on the three-armed girl’s forehead.

The Seal of the Heroic Spirit began to autonomously absorb the three-armed girl’s energy, deepening her unconsciousness.

Li Changhe then released a black hawk, surveying the surrounding buildings, and after confirming there was no one’ nearby.

He walked up to the rock wall and gently kicked out.

Abyssal Stomping!

The Abyssal Stomping, targeting non-living entities, had a pulverizing effect, and with just a gentle kick from Li Changhe, the rock wall began to crack and shatter.

Only then did the armored warriors surge out and take up positions in the vicinity for guard duty.

Meanwhile, Guo Yi ran up to Li Changhe’s side, and looking at the face of the three-armed girl, Guo Yi’s complexion grew paler.

"It really is her... her face... is still the same as it was ten years ago," Guo Yi looked at the three-armed girl, his mental state starting to collapse: "How did she become like this? It shouldn’t be like this!"

His aunt, who had been missing for ten years, had turned into such a monster, and this powerful shock made Guo Yi’s emotions very unstable.

"General, this..." Yang Ming began to speak, "How should we handle this?"

Li Changhe did not respond but continued to control the black hawk, looking down upon this vast underground space.

The place where Li Changhe and his people were now was the so-called ’Bottom Nest’ perimeter, and also the middle of a stone pillar.

The ceiling of the Bottom Nest was several tens of meters away from Li Changhe and his companions.

Below where Li Changhe was standing, there was a space of unknown depth, and the sound of flowing water could even be heard.

The glowing minerals on those bizarrely shaped buildings shone like thousands of lights, casting eerie shadows.

Dozens of huge stone pillars, each several meters thick, supported this peculiar world.

Li Changhe noticed many ’people’ of equally strange shapes moving about on those stone pillars. Some had an extra hand, others an extra leg, and some had arms so thick they were bigger than their bodies.

This scene, which would only appear in the most absurd nightmares, was now unfolding before Li Changhe’s eyes.

This was the Bottom Nest!

The den of monsters.

"How many people have you harmed?" Li Changhe uttered with a solemn breath.

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