When Poison and Filth Melt into Purity

As Chen Chuan looked at the four passages before him, Red Dust's voice came at just the right moment. "Scanning in progress."

With the Domain Field shielding material broken, Fu Mu's Domain Field could enter this place unhindered, allowing her to make use of it.

A moment later, a structural map of the area appeared on Chen Chuan's World Token. Three tunnels led in different directions, but the destination of one was shrouded in gray. He could not make out what lay inside, only that it occupied a sizable space.

There was no need to guess. The target had to be there.

He asked, "Will the Domain Field intrusion alert that thing?"

Red Dust said, "Before an Active Consciousness Entity enters combat, it needs to absorb large amounts of High-Energy Nutrients. To conserve energy, it usually remains dormant at minimal consumption. Since the last security threat, the Municipal Council has stepped up its purchases of High-Energy Nutrients and kept the Government Affairs Hall under constant watch.

"There's a chance the Guardian Spider is in an intermediate state of autonomous wakefulness. If so, it may react within five minutes of the Domain Field intrusion."

Her explanation seemed lengthy, but they communicated mentally, so Chen Chuan understood it in an instant.

"Five minutes?" He nodded. "Plenty of time."

He looked at the metal door to the middle tunnel. Platinum light emerged around him. At this point, he no longer needed to conceal himself.

The next instant, he vanished and appeared at the far end of the tunnel.

Behind him, the heavy metal door had been torn apart like thin paper. Layer after layer of shielding partitions along the way had been smashed through, and he had punched a massive hole in the wall of the innermost structure. Air was forced out of