On April 15, they finally dug their way to Torch Dragon.
It had been hidden fifteen kilometers underground—and they had only reached its tail.
As for its head, it stretched for a thousand li, slanting down into even deeper earth, already penetrating the mantle! Fifteen kilometers was a depth ordinary people could never hope to excavate.
With Huang Ji's help, they used the Winged God to violently blast through the mountain. Torrents of plasma melted straight through the surface, drew out the magma, and then kept bombarding downward...
They blasted their way down like that. During this time, Yu Mo Shuo contacted his superiors, explained the situation, and said they were excavating a path to Torch Dragon, which might one day save humanity.
Before long, he had mobilized six thousand soldiers, along with as much drilling equipment as possible, to assist with the excavation.
All six thousand signed confidentiality agreements. Working with Huang Ji, they labored for forty hours.
Huang Ji shattered the rock and extracted magma and rubble, while the military cleared the excavated material piling up near the shaft entrance and went down to reinforce the tunnel walls. Luo Yan and the others also went up and down, helping carry heavy loads and treating it as training.
Only then did they dig a super-deep shaft leading straight down fifteen kilometers!
At the bottom of the shaft, it was cold and eerie sounds echoed. These were actually high-energy waves from Torch Dragon's shielding field, resonating with the shaft walls.
That meant Torch Dragon was still operational. It had not been scrapped; at the very least, it was in concealed standby mode.
"My god, it's huge..." Yu Mo Shuo descended to the bottom as well, stepping onto the alloy scales of Torch Dragon's tail.
The shaft had a diameter of