The Defense Works at the Space Channel were built to extremely high standards and were exceptionally sturdy. Even amid the terrifying shockwave of the nuclear explosion, they had suffered little damage, making them the only building nearby still standing.
Perhaps the danger level of this Space Channel was relatively low.
The place had merely been sealed off, and no military personnel had been stationed here yet.
He stepped on the thick layer of dust covering the floor and entered the hall.
Inside the oval-shaped passage, a huge iron door blocked the entire way forward.
He took Shell Girl out of his arms, set her on the ground, and walked forward.
After loosening up his body, he bent down and reached his fingers toward the gap beneath the iron door. He pried open the concrete on the floor and thrust his fingers deep into the gap.
He drew a deep breath. His plastic shoe soles instantly split apart, his feet sank deep into the ground, and a cloud of stone dust rose. His face flushed crimson, the veins on his neck stood out one by one, and he put forth all his strength.
Yet the thick iron door did not budge in the slightest.
"It's so heavy. It must weigh more than five tons!" Chen Shouyi released his grip and brushed the dust from his palms, thinking to himself.
"Looks like I'll have to get serious."
He fetched his hiking pack, took off his clothes and underwear, and stuffed them inside.
Then he looked at the shameless, foolishly adorable Shell Girl, who had been staring nonstop at his crotch, and said irritably:
"Stop looking. What's so interesting? Fly farther away."
This little peeping Tom had already seen it before, anyway.
"Oh!"
Shell Girl obediently answered and slowly flew into the distance.