Chapter 185 The Price of Suppressing the Energy

"Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz..."

A shrill alarm echoed throughout the base. At the same time, a synthesized female voice announced:

"Attention all personnel! Extremely terrifying energy buildup detected, imminent eruption. Its power is sufficient to destroy the entire base. Impassable. All base personnel must evacuate immediately!

Attention all personnel! Extremely terrifying..."

The electronic voice repeated the same message. Everyone except Li Chenzhou was in shock.

This electronic voice came from the base's intelligent system. Although artificial, it had never been wrong. So... the base was going to be destroyed?

Even the arrogant Liu Xiawei was terrified. Energy sufficient to destroy the base? After countless years of construction in the Duoluo world, this underground base was already enormous, housing over two million people—equivalent to an underground city.

Furthermore, to prevent attacks from the Devourers, the base was not only over a hundred meters underground but also reinforced with special metals, making it a veritable fortress. How terrifying must this energy be?

Everyone's eyes focused on the sphere in Li Chenzhou's hand. Needless to say, the alarm was triggered by the sphere in the young man's hand, but… could this sphere really possess such power?

"See? I warned you before to consider it carefully. I didn't want to take it out either, because suppressing its energy eruption comes at a great cost!"

Li Chenzhou held the metal sphere with one hand, smiling at Captain Jin.

"Also, let me remind you, don't try to snatch this thing from me. I know you're all much higher level than me, but you won't be able to take it. It will only cause it to erupt prematurely. Then, your base, along with everyone inside, will instantly turn to dust!

The good news is, this death will be painless because it will happen so fast that your pain receptors won't even have time to react. You won't even know you're dead!"

"Boy! If it explodes, you'll die here too! So don't use this thing to threaten us. Suppress it now! I promise I won't make trouble for you again!"

Before Captain Jin could answer, Liu Xiawei spoke first, his eyes fixed on Li Chenzhou, unable to conceal the hatred and murderous intent within.

"Hahahaha! If I were you, I wouldn't say such a stupid thing!"

Li Chenzhou looked at Liu Xiawei with disdain.

"We can create such powerful weapons, do you think we wouldn't have a way to escape? This isn't for suicide. Using something so powerful for suicide would be a waste, wouldn't it?

Of course, you don't have to believe me, because I might just be bluffing. Want to try? Just a reminder, once this World-Extinguishing Thunderstorm Ball is activated, you only have the first ten minutes to suppress it and cancel the energy release. After ten minutes, even I won't be able to control it!"

"Captain… Captain Jin! What do we do now?"

Hearing Li Chenzhou's words, Liu Xiawei turned pale and quickly turned to Captain Jin, asking.

Liu Xiawei was no longer as arrogant as before. His personality wasn't innate but cultivated by his father in the family.

His smooth sailing life had long made him forget the fear of death. But now, the constant electronic voice reminded him that his life might have entered a countdown...

He was, of course, already beyond level five, now a level nine ability user. Therefore, even if others could escape the base, he couldn't leave because once outside, he would be detected and captured by the Devourer's cage fighters.

Either be blown up with the base or escape and be caught by the Devourers. He didn't want either of those outcomes.

Looking at the terrified Liu Xiawei, Captain Jin was disdainful and furious.

Damn it, wasn't it you who came in arrogantly wanting to avenge your son and bring him back to your family that led to the current situation? Now you're asking me what to do? You deal with the trouble you caused yourself!

"Boss! The source of the alarm is here with me. We only have ten minutes. I'll explain it briefly, and then you quickly ask for instructions. According to that guy, if we don't solve this problem within ten minutes, then our base is definitely done for."

Captain Jin ignored the trembling Liu Xiawei, took out his communicator, and reported to his superior, briefly explaining the situation. At the end, he looked at Li Chenzhou and said into the communicator, "Boss! The other party says... suppressing that World-Extinguishing Thunderstorm Ball will come at a great cost, and we'll definitely have to pay it!"

The alarm had already turned everyone in the base into frightened birds. Generally speaking, this kind of situation could only mean one thing: the Devourers had broken in.

Therefore, the entire underground base was in a panic, everyone acting as if the end of the world had arrived, with chaos everywhere.

So, after hearing Captain Jin's words, the person on the other end of the communicator finally understood the situation and quickly replied, "Ask him what the cost is. I'll report to my superiors first!"

Then, the other end immediately hung up and began reporting to their superiors. Now that they knew it wasn't a Devourer invasion and there was a way to solve it, they had to quickly spread the news, or there might be big trouble!!!

"Mr. Li Chenzhou, my superiors want to know what price we have to pay to suppress this World-Extinguishing Thunderstorm Ball and prevent it from erupting?"

Captain Jin also hung up the communicator and then stared at Li Chenzhou, asking.

"The same thing: energy. Give me a lot of energy, and I can suppress it!"

Li Chenzhou said, "Mutated crystal cores will do, but because this World-Extinguishing Thunderstorm Ball has too much energy, suppressing it and preventing it from erupting will require at least five hundred level nine magic cores, or the corresponding number of lower-level magic cores!"

"Five hundred?"

Captain Jin nodded, not showing too much shock on his face. This relieved Li Chenzhou and made him secretly rejoice. When he first opened his mouth, he had planned to ask for fifty, then he thought that this world was so advanced, was fifty too petty?

So, Li Chenzhou's words became a blatant demand, directly multiplied by ten, and after saying it, he felt uneasy.

What if the other party refused very simply, then what would he do? It was definitely impossible to change his mind temporarily. Fortunately, judging from the other party's expression, they didn't seem shocked by the number, just a little embarrassed, which meant... there was hope!!!