Chapter 179 Breakthrough

Regardless of whether those mutated soldiers had any real combat ability, they certainly wouldn't allow anyone to enter the holy land forbidden area at will. Hao Ren didn't want to cause unnecessary chaos, so he decided to take a clever approach: "Terminal, you sneak in first, then teleport us in."

After remotely sensing the internal situation of the Ancestral Furnace, the data terminal shook its body: "I'm afraid that's not feasible. That reactor is in a fragile state of equilibrium. It's only barely shut down due to insufficient energy. The subtle energy fluctuations caused by teleportation will reactivate the core, and this place will be blown up."

"The combat power of the mutants shouldn't be strong," Nangong Sanba squinted at the Blood Servants. "If we're quick and accurate enough, we should be able to disarm these people without bloodshed."

"But that would alarm the people in the Royal City, and then the entire Ark world would probably be in chaos. This is the Ancestral Furnace," Nangong Wuyue was a little worried. "What if we go in and find that the reactor can't be repaired? And even if we repair the reactor, we haven't figured out how to solve the social problems here."

"We'll talk about the social problems later. If it really doesn't work, I'll have the drone forcibly drag the Ark to... Aioi or Tanagrus, and then directly dismantle their Ark shell," Hao Ren smacked his lips. "There will be a lot of subsequent troubles, but the advantage is that they will be in a state of bewilderment for a long time, and society is easier to rebuild in a state of bewilderment. As for now, the most important thing is to get this reactor sorted."

His meaning translated to: post-disaster reconstruction of values is easier than correction. Hearing this ambitious plan, Lily and Vivian didn't react much, but the Nangong siblings were stunned. The two of them held back for a long time before saying in unison: "...That's bold."

The data terminal muttered, "It's getting more and more like Xi Ling style."

"Then let's just barge in openly," Vivian clapped her hands and swaggered towards the Blood Servant warriors. "I bet no one will dare to come in to pursue us after we break through the gate, after all, even the Blood Servant warriors can't withstand the radiation environment inside."

The Blood Servant Warband stationed in front of the Ancestral Furnace should be the most famous and feared warriors in this world. It is said that their blood is poisonous, their bones are as strong as steel, and scorching light flows in their skin and muscles. Before being summoned by the gods and ancestors early on, these pale-skinned giant mutants were even invulnerable and completely invincible. Everyone firmly believed this, so the bravest warriors in the Four Kingdoms couldn't hold their swords after seeing the huge figures of the Blood Servants—but at the same time, the Blood Servant Warband was also the most combat-lacking warriors in this world. Although few dared to openly point this out, everyone knew that a Blood Servant warrior probably wouldn't really fight someone once in their life. No one would trespass into the forbidden area of the Ancestral Furnace. Even a madman knew that it was a place where living people were forbidden to set foot. The tall and mighty Blood Servant warriors guarded a gate that would never be attacked, using their bulk to deter this place, but they would never see blood in their lives.

Therefore, when a Blood Servant warrior saw a woman leading a few strangely dressed people striding across the steel axis and walking towards the forbidden area, his first reaction was not to draw his long sword, but to be stunned.

It wasn't until the other Blood Servant warriors were gathered that a tall, pale mutant soldier shouted loudly, "Stop! Forbidden area!"

The mutant soldier's voice was hoarse, with a beast-like rough tone. Radiation had damaged his vocal cords and caused abnormal proliferation of his throat muscles. This warrior was only nineteen years old, but he was already a veteran—the veteran meant that he could only live to serve in this place for another five years at most.

Vivian and Hao Ren walked to a place less than five meters from the guard, almost in unison, "We want to go in."

The Blood Servant warrior was stunned on the spot. Probably no one had ever really broken into this forbidden area, so the guard completely forgot how to react when he saw the trespassers for the first time. It wasn't until Hao Ren continued to walk forward that he suddenly woke up and drew his long sword with a whoosh: "Someone is breaking through!"

"We're here to repair the reactor!" Nangong Wuyue shouted from the back of the team, "Calm down!"

The Blood Servant warrior's response to this was to swing his long sword down on their heads: "Trespassers die!"

Seeing this, Nangong Wuyue shrank to the ground, hugging her head. Immediately afterwards, a cloud of water mist rose into the sky, obscuring the sun. Amidst the water mist, the huge sea serpent woman hissed and raised her figure from the mist: "Let's make it clear first! We're really here to repair the reactor!"

The Blood Servant warriors were already slashing up with their long swords. They were shocked to see Nangong Wuyue's subconscious transformation. Someone shouted, "Witch! It's a witch! Sound the alarm!"

Lily picked up a brick from the ground and slapped it on the guard's face, then kicked another one away, while valiantly fighting in all directions, constantly muttering, "Be merciful, don't hurt anyone, be merciful, don't hurt anyone..."

Hao Ren waved his spear to block the two long swords beside him, forcibly breaking a path through the Blood Servant warriors' siege and striding towards the metal gate in front of him. At the same time, a piercing alarm sounded through the sky.

A large number of lights quickly lit up in the direction of the High Tower Royal City, and more Blood Servant warriors rushed out of the nearby barracks. These soldiers were all pale-skinned muscle giants with bulging blood vessels. They were naked from the waist up, holding giant swords, and ran towards this place like berserk beasts. Some warriors were even emitting wisps of heat: radiation sickness made their body temperature higher than ordinary people, and even on this night before the arrival of winter, they were still not afraid of the cold wind. This kind of formation of running barefoot in the cold wind was really amazing!

To be honest, Hao Ren was surprised that these people exposed to radiation would be so strong: if they were Earthlings, getting radiation sickness in this environment would probably only lead to a weak death. Not to mention developing a body of muscles, they would probably have trouble even standing up. But the humans in this Ark, although they looked very similar to Earthlings, probably had some special physical structures. In the presence of radiation, they exchanged lifespan for such strong muscles, which was really surprising.

But in any case, the Blood Servant warriors were still mortal beings. Their waves of attacks could not stop the invaders' footsteps. Hao Ren casually threw out a stun grenade, blocking the reinforcements rushing out of the barracks, while Lily quickly slapped away every warrior within range of her brick attacks. Nangong Sanba even seemed to have nothing to do. He only kept switching the Leta Fuka in his hand, striking all kinds of poses, each pose standard and handsome—Hao Ren couldn't help asking him: "What are you doing?"

Nangong Sanba continued to strike poses while shouting loudly, "Pretending to be busy!"

But what the Blood Servant warriors feared most was not Hao Ren, who kept throwing strange props, or Lily, whose brick swung with the force of a tiger, but Nangong Wuyue, who kept shouting "Don't hit me!" from beginning to end. The sea monster girl's transformed appearance was really fierce. The three or four-meter-long giant snake figure was like a monster that had run out of mythology in the eyes of the superstitious and ignorant Blood Servant warriors. They surrounded Nangong Wuyue in waves, and then were scared back in waves. Nangong Wuyue, the coward, was frightened and lost her color. After struggling for a while, she finally noticed her idle brother, so she wrapped Nangong Sanba with her tail and used him as a shield: "Brother! Help!"

Nangong Sanba screamed in the air. Hao Ren was a little moved by this: "He's really busy now..."

This thrilling and exciting section of breaking through the checkpoint did not last long. Soon Hao Ren came to the door of the central control station. This door was connected to a huge, inclined pipe that extended to the inside of the reactor, like a curved and strange elevator. The artificial gravity in the enclosed space was set according to the terrain, so the gravity field in front should be perpendicular to where Hao Ren was standing now, so the building structure in front of him was somewhat unique.

Hao Ren reached out to the door. This time, Vivian took the initiative to conjure a small bat flashing with electricity without being reminded: "Tell me, how many volts and amps, DC or AC?"

Hao Ren pushed the door: "...The door is open."

Vivian: "..."

"Stop!" the few remaining Blood Servant warriors shouted loudly, "That's a forbidden area!"

Hao Ren turned his head and gave a smile that was as reliable as possible: "Don't worry, we're really here to fix this thing... Damn it!"

Lily had just emerged from the state of brick-wielding frenzy and asked casually, "What's wrong?"

Hao Ren pointed in the direction of the Royal City: "Acquaintances are coming, shouldn't we say hello?"

Looking in the direction he was pointing, they saw some people running towards this place, and the one running at the front of the crowd was Willie.