The Breach Leading to the Surface

The third batch of support sent by the Demon Race to Shahai City was a force that the Demon Race's Lantiao Central Military District had originally planned to dispatch.

The purpose was to ensure the smooth evacuation of researchers from the Laboratory in the Shahai City.

This includes 30,000 army troops and a large aircraft carrier.

According to the Demon Race army's plan, combined with the existing city defenses of Shahai City and the two batches of reinforcements previously sent, they should be able to handle most of the battles.

Although war has been officially declared.

However, it is clear that the thinking of the high-ranking officers of the Lantiao Central Military District the Demon Race is still stuck in a period of mutual friction.

This led to their flawed decision-making.

They never expected that the enemy's attack was so fierce, and that they were aiming to destroy the city.

In addition, the deliberately triggered sandstorm caused most Psychic Energy communicators to shut down, greatly hindering the spread of information.

Therefore, when the third batch of reinforcements arrived, all they found was an empty battlefield.

And the broken walls and ruins of the eastern city wall of Shahai City.

The Demon Race leader immediately had a bad feeling.

After arranging for his soldiers to investigate the battlefield situation, he immediately led a group of men straight to the Laboratory.

Midway through, he also took the time to notify the aircraft carrier to stand by in the offshore area outside the port in the West District of Shahai City.

They marched quickly and soon reached the edge of the West District harbor.

The harbor in Shahai City is no ordinary place.

As mentioned before, this is a deep-water port capable of accommodating warships.

Even before the war broke out, all of the Demon Race's warships were on missions and had already left port, so they were not docked here.

But that doesn't change the inherent superiority of the harbor.

The port of Shahai City sits on a unique topography.

The sea cliffs, submerged by seawater, embrace the harbor.

The slightly raised cliffs on all sides form a natural barrier, making this place easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The seabed is deep and flat, and there are no strong ocean currents to disturb it, which provides an excellent environment for ships to anchor.

More importantly, the average depth of the water here exceeds twenty meters, enough to support those massive aircraft carriers.

These conditions enable the harbor to accommodate a large number of various fleets every day.

In the past, ships sailed by day and night, and this bustling scene attracted everyone's attention.

Therefore, the fact that there is a Laboratory entrance located in the sea and on the sea cliff is little known.

At this moment, the leader of the Demon Race reinforcements led a group of soldiers across the edge of the harbor and continued towards the higher part of the fault sea cliff.

It only stops at a certain specific location.

Immediately afterwards, the team leader led a group of people and jumped into the sea without hesitation.

Sinking, sinking...

Ten meters, twenty meters, thirty meters!

A moment later, at a depth of thirty meters below sea level, near the seabed, an irregularly shaped cave appeared.

The cave wasn't large, only one meter wide and two meters high, and it was pitch black inside.

This unassuming cave is the main entrance to the Shahai Laboratory.

No one intended to waste any time, and they immediately went inside.

The passage sloped slightly upwards, and after walking for a minute or two, the seawater receded completely, and the passage began to dry out.

Three more minutes passed, and a stone wall appeared in front of them.

It seems that this is the end of the cave.

The leading officer stopped in front of the stone wall, took off his thin black leather gloves, and placed his palm on it.

The fingerprint was recognized instantly, and the stone wall automatically lowered.

On the other side of the wall was the end of a long corridor on the sixth floor of the Shahai Laboratory.

Looking around, you can see Laboratories with different functions on both sides of the corridor.

At this moment, the entire Shahai Laboratory was deserted and in complete disarray.

Upon seeing this scene, the leading officer's face instantly darkened.

If they were all still here, it would be fine, but as it is now, it seems they have all disappeared.

There's a reason why the officer thought that way.

These researchers valued their lives more than anyone else, so even though they wanted to evacuate as quickly as possible, they first tried to escape using other ships.

Once they are sure they are far away from the Shahai City, they will proactively contact the military to pick them up.

The researchers are all intelligent and self-aware.

He knew all too well how extensive his knowledge was, and how poor his survival skills were during wartime.

Running around recklessly is no different from courting death.

The fact that they are nowhere to be found now indirectly means that something has happened to them.

"Search!"

"Yes!"

At a command, the soldiers quickly and orderly entered the Laboratory and began to inspect Laboratory contents.

This Laboratory is quite large, covering a very vast area.

For safety reasons, each floor was arranged in a somewhat spacious manner.

Therefore, it is almost impossible for someone to hide in a corner and spy on others.

However, Lu Qianyu still cautiously left a small number of Mechanical Insects on guard in various places.

Now, these Mechanical Insects are putting their purpose to use.

Lu Qianyu quickly noticed the soldiers' search.

He quickened his pace, bagging the useful information he found, sealing it, and placing it into his Spatial Ring.

After completing this series of actions, Lu Qianyu did not hesitate at all and immediately got up to find Yan Fei, who was also gathering intelligence.

He didn't say anything, but simply gestured, indicating "The situation has changed; evacuate immediately."

Upon seeing this, Yan Fei instantly understood.

Without hesitation, he stopped sifting through the documents, and with a wave of his hand, he pocketed all the paper materials.

These materials are very disorganized, and it's unclear whether they contain any crucial information.

Therefore, it is necessary to take it to a safe place for a thorough inspection.

The two silently made all their movements and quietly left the deepest layer underground.

They had to hurry and get to the sixth floor before the Demon Race upstairs found the vicinity of the microbial cultivation room.

With the Mechanical Insects clearing the way, the two of them reached the sixth floor in less than a minute.

The microbial cultivation room is located opposite the Laboratory entrance, closer to the city center, and has not yet been found.

They retraced their steps.

After leaving the narrow cave, Yan Fei stopped moving forward and turned back to put something at the cave exit.

Lu Qianyu knew what it was just by glancing at it.

A miniature version of the Psychic Energy Cannon projectile.

Also known as "landmine".

After setting the trap, the two quickly left.

They needed to report to the nearby intelligence outpost, so they didn't have time to waste here.

About four minutes after the two left, soldiers found the microbial cultivation room.

He froze on the spot as soon as he opened the door.

The dark, gaping hole in the ceiling stared back at him.

The soldier immediately realized what had happened, hurriedly turned around, and went to report his discovery.

"Report! A hole leading to the ground has appeared in the microbial cultivation room on the east side of the Laboratory!"

A moment of surprise flashed across the face of the leading officer.

Immediately afterward, disregarding everything else, he headed straight for the microbial cultivation room.

He had a premonition that the deserted place was definitely related to the hole leading to the ground.