An Invisible Dark Web Quietly Woven

Condensation beaded along the inner walls of the metal pipes, sliding soundlessly over the Nano Combat Suits and refracting the faint red glow from the distant security checkpoint.

Leon raised his right hand in a tactical gesture, and the team behind him immediately fell silent.

The first checkpoint was just ahead—

It was a crescent-shaped automated platform. Six sets of infrared scanners swept in precise intervals, while intersecting laser grids traced lethal geometric patterns through the damp air.

"Children's toys."

Mike quipped over the encrypted channel.

As he spoke, Mike's fingers moved swiftly before him, and several drops of liquid metal seeped from the wrist of his Nanosuit.

Like living spiderwebs, those intelligent particles silently crawled along the pipe wall toward the control panel.

When the seventh scan interval arrived, the liquid metal precisely seeped into the cooling vents of the main control chip, reconstructing the alarm logic circuitry within moments.

"Handled."

Chris gave a slight nod and used the widening pipe to circle around ahead, becoming the first to pass through the motionless laser grid.

Ripples like those on water spread across the surface of his Nanosuit, perfectly mimicking the temperature and reflectivity of the surroundings.

Leon and the Special Operations Group members passed through one after another like shadows, without even stirring a ripple in the stagnant wastewater inside the pipe.

The surveillance monitors still displayed an empty pipe. It was looping footage planted by Mike, and it would run for a full seventy-two hours.

After passing the checkpoint, the pipe's diameter abruptly widened to three meters.

Hot, damp air carrying the stench of chemical agents rushed toward them. This was clearly the wastewater treatment hub of UED headquarters.

Massive treatment machines operated in the darkness, diverting domestic sewage and industrial wastewater into different pipelines.

The droplets condensed