Super Island Tycoon

Chapter 1194: Chapter 1193: Escape

The gatekeeper reluctantly opened the door and let Li Pu in. ”Scientist Lin, seeing you here again, how have you been? Just in this short time, you’ve brought yourself here?” Li Pu said with a sinister smile on his face.

”Is there something you need?” Jiang Cheng didn’t want to pay attention to Li Pu.

”Haha, indeed so aloof. Not able to protect yourself, yet still being tough-mouthed here. Let me tell you, Mantasha isn’t easy to deal with.” Li Pu moved forward, looking down at Jiang Cheng sitting on the bed.

”And you? Why are you here?” Jiang Cheng felt that Li Pu’s visit must have his own purpose.

”Me? Haha, I’m just here to see how you’re doing. But surely you’re worried about your friends now, huh.” Li Pu said.

”How are they?” Jiang Cheng asked. ”They are safe for sure, but Li Pu, what are you doing here?” Mantasha interrupted Li Pu, saying, ”Of course, I’m here to see if he’s behaving. Boss, what is your plan for him?” Li Pu said respectfully.

”When did my matters need your interference? You just need to prepare for the scientific symposium in the Imperial Capital three days from now. Leave the rest to me.” Mantasha said unhappily.

”Yes, then I’ll leave first.” Li Pu lowered his head with a flash of discontent in his eyes.

”Mantasha, what are you planning? Where are my remaining companions?” Jiang Cheng felt Mantasha was indeed a dangerous figure.

”Rest assured, they have all gone. I’ve kept you here just to appreciate your talent. To be honest with you, Mr. Lin, I am not from Kai Ao Country, I am from Li Country. The people of Kai Ao Country are vulgar and narrow-minded, they still don’t know about our existence, while our nation is prosperous, advanced, with many sophisticated technologies. Soon Kai Ao Star will be unified by us. Mr. Lin, a talent like yours shouldn’t be wasted. Your true value can only be realized in our country.”

As Mantasha spoke, her enthusiasm for her country became increasingly evident.

”You told me all your secrets, aren’t you afraid I’ll tell others?”

Jiang Cheng felt that since Kai Ao Country knew little of Li Country’s existence, and Mantasha had been hiding her strength and identity in the Dark Cosmos all along, wasn’t she afraid of him leaking her secrets now?

”Haha, do you think no one knows? Many of the old leaders in this country already know of our existence, they are just powerless. They are just waiting for death now.” Mantasha said contemptuously.

”Are you planning to start a war?” Jiang Cheng felt the situation might become severe.

”That’s not for you to be concerned about, Mr. Lin. This planet has been too peaceful over the millions of years.” Mantasha said slowly.

”Then what about me? Are you planning to imprison me?” Jiang Cheng asked. ”Why would we do that, Mr. Lin? As long as you join us, we’re family, we’re friends. Where’s the talk of imprisonment?” Mantasha said with a smile.

”Why me? I haven’t been here long, do you know what I do?” Jiang Cheng was very curious about this.

”No matter where you come from, just from that ring of yours, I know you’re not ordinary, Mr. Lin. So we choose you as our partner, together we can unify Kai Ao Star.” Mantasha said with some excitement.

”Ambitious indeed,” Jiang Cheng thought, ”If you know I’m not ordinary, you should know your methods can’t confine me.”

Jiang Cheng chuckled lightly and said.

”Mr. Lin, do you know how many people are guarding here? Do you think you can leave under my watch?” Mantasha laughed contemptuously. ”You must have heard about the person who photographed the strange fruit years ago, a scientist, hehe, he was also a formidable scientist. He was just as arrogant as you when he first arrived, but eventually, he couldn’t leave, and now he has obediently become one of us.” Mantasha said confidently.

”You pride yourself on being civilized and advanced, yet you constantly use such base means to coerce people. I cannot associate with people like you.” Jiang Cheng finally understood where those missing people had gone.

”Alright, as you wish, you have plenty of time to slowly think it through. Until you make up your mind, stay here.” With that, Mantasha left.

Jiang Cheng’s doubts were now all clear. The Dark Cosmos has been ruled by Mantasha and her hidden country all along, and they coerce some excellent scientists to work for them. Mantasha’s confidence also made Jiang Cheng understand that getting out would not be easy.

Jiang Cheng first took out his locating watch, worried he might have been transported to an uninhabited desert or someplace, Jiang Cheng saw.

The locating watch showed 30 degrees east longitude, 25 degrees north latitude. Jiang Cheng’s locating watch can precisely track all the places Jiang Cheng has been to and record them here.

Jiang Cheng saw that this place was still the previous Dark Cosmos, relieved. Luckily, it was still in Xinao Country; otherwise, this would have been a bigger problem.

Jiang Cheng knew there were many guards outside his door, and he had to be careful of anyone coming in, so his actions had to be quick and utterly unnoticed to escape.

Jiang Cheng took out a small replica of Earth from Jiezhi he made during his leisure time; luckily, this replica could modify its own size anytime. Jiang Cheng picked up the light pen and wrote down the dimensions of ’5 meters long, 2 meters wide, and 2 meters high’ on the door, just enough to fit in this small room. Jiang Cheng sat in the hatch first, used the dissolving agent of the model to dissolve the layer soil, and then Jiang Cheng felt a noticeable sinking sensation. After some shifting, Jiang Cheng found himself in the ground below this room.

Jiang Cheng looked around and was surprised to find it was the same underground passage as when he first entered the Dark Cosmos. As he looked at the glass, he felt a wave of nausea, realizing that everything he did might be under Mantasha’s watch. In that small room, Mantasha must have used something to observe him. Suddenly, an alarm sounded, and Jiang Cheng saw a large group heading his way from afar. Oh, once entered this passage, if there’s glass penetration, Mantasha can see him here, ”OMG, this is completely under Mantasha’s watch. No wonder she said he couldn’t escape.”

”Jiang Cheng thought. He set the destination to the hotel address where he previously stayed, immediately started to escape, driving the model quickly forward. He saw through the display screen that the figures behind him were getting further away, breathed a sigh of relief, thinking they couldn’t catch up to him. Jiang Cheng felt a bit smug. If it were a normal underground route, such a short distance could be covered in seconds.

But now Jiang Cheng distinctly felt a strong resistance in this passage, significantly reducing the model’s cruising speed. However, he was almost out of the passage when he saw a strange, large unidentified metallic object ahead, forcing him to stop.

”Mr. Lin, we meet again, haha.” Li Pu said from atop the metallic object, looking at Jiang Cheng.

”What are you doing?” Jiang Cheng raised his guard, sensing hostility.