Let’s Squander A Billion First!

Chapter 1634: Chapter 1634: Visitors from Beyond the Sky (21)

Zuo Jiu led the way in front, while Brother Hui followed closely, diligently watching him.

Na Xia and Na Dong stood on either side of Chuzheng, their eyes occasionally scanning the surroundings to prepare for any sudden occurrences.

Chuzheng appeared much more at ease, as if she were here for a sightseeing tour to someone unaware of the situation.

Zuo Jiu stopped up ahead: ”It’s... it’s right in here.”

Chuzheng glanced ahead, seeing a wall that seemed to be the outer wall of a gymnasium.

”Take us inside.”

Zuo Jiu: ”...”

”I really don’t know how to get in, I only know this place,” Zuo Jiu was on the verge of tears. ”Besides Mr. He, only Lou Xing knows. If I’m lying, may thunder strike me down!”

”Have you ever seen a thunderstorm?” This being the Underground City, none of these people even knew what the sky looked like.

Zuo Jiu truly didn’t know how to get in; he was still a temporary Special Action Group Executor, and Mr. He hadn’t had time to tell him everything.

”Is it behind this wall?” Chuzheng confirmed with Zuo Jiu.

Zuo Jiu nodded like a pecking chick.

The boss Chuzheng waved her hand: ”Step back and watch me perform a chest-breaking... no, bare-handed door-opening!”

Everyone: ”???”

Three minutes later.

A few people stepped over the rubble and entered a passageway.

Zuo Jiu: ”...”

There was a mechanism behind this! How did she just destroy it!?

When a mechanism can’t perform its function, it’s no longer a mechanism.

Bastard, tell me, can money achieve this?

Chuzheng inwardly asked the King’s Account with pride.

Relying on oneself is better than relying on others!

[...]

As long as you spend money the right way, there’s nothing you can’t do! Hmph!

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”Mr. He, the Energy Crystal defense has been breached.”

The person speaking didn’t even have time to knock and burst right in.

The office was crowded with people, with He Jin sitting in the main seat, discussing the sudden power outage in Zone 2 with them,

”What?” He Jin asked grimly. ”Speak clearly, what happened to the Energy Crystal?”

The informant hurriedly said, ”The Energy Crystal’s defense has been breached.”

He Jin shot to his feet, and the faces of everyone present changed.

Clearly, the existence of the Energy Crystal wasn’t only known to He Jin; everyone here knew about it.

He Jin’s face was ashen: ”Who breached it!!”

”Don’t... don’t know, the cameras didn’t catch it,” the person said.

He Jin: ”...”

He Jin dared not delay and quickly took people to inspect. Their group rushed to the gymnasium and saw the damaged wall, their faces turning as dark as a pot’s bottom.

The Energy Crystal is the core of the entire Underground City and absolutely cannot be compromised.

He Jin and his group went inside and saw numerous guards’ bodies lying in the corridor, sinking their hearts further.

Walking through a long, narrow passage, the view suddenly widened, but the sight before them shocked He Jin and the others.

In the vast area, crystal pillars two meters high were scattered around, with people between the gaps.

On the left was a young, beautiful girl who looked somewhat familiar, probably the one called Qing Dai.

And on the other side was also an acquaintance, Zone 2’s ’richest man,’ Boss Jia.

Seeing Boss Jia indeed surprised He Jin.

Why was he here?

Boss Jia had many people with him, confronting Qing Dai. When He Jin suddenly entered, both groups immediately focused their gaze on him.

He Jin’s face was grim, his eyes scanning the crystal pillars, which were supposed to hold the Energy Crystal, but now the Energy Crystal was gone...

He Jin looked at them with dangerous eyes: ”Who took the Energy Crystal!!”

He didn’t care why they were here; the most crucial thing now was the Energy Crystal.

That thing absolutely cannot be lost, or else the entire Underground City would be doomed.

Qing Dai and Boss Jia said nothing, both looking in another direction.

He Jin instinctively followed their gaze and saw a few more people on the other side.

And these people he also recognized.

They were the ones who previously ran to him to complain, claiming others were aliens!

Chuzheng sat on a chair she procured from who knows where, one hand supporting her head, the other playing with a light blue crystal.

Compared to the tense Boss Jia and Qing Dai, she seemed like an outsider watching a show.

The story began when Chuzheng entered this place.

When she arrived, the Energy Crystal was still on the crystal pillar.

Before she could get a clear look at it, Qing Dai came.

Seeing Chuzheng, Qing Dai thought she was there to snatch the Energy Crystal and attacked without a word.

Then Boss Jia also entered with his people.

In the end, Chuzheng got the Energy Crystal first, and before He Jin came in, Qing Dai and Boss Jia were considering whether to join forces against her, not as He Jin imagined.

”Put down the Energy Crystal!”

The person beside He Jin pointed at Chuzheng and shouted.

Chuzheng pinched the Energy Crystal with her fingertips as she turned it, her clear voice slowly transmitted: ”What if I don’t?”

Just because you tell me to drop it, I should drop it? Do I have no dignity?

”...”

The Energy Crystal was in Chuzheng’s hand, and if she didn’t put it down, they really had no other way.

That thing can support the operation of an Underground City, so one can imagine its immense power.

Now that thing was in her hands...

For a moment, no one spoke, and the atmosphere was somewhat eerie.

”Boss Jia, what are you doing here?” After a silence, He Jin suddenly asked Boss Jia.

Boss Jia smiled: ”Mr. He, do you really think this place is our final destination?”

He Jin squinted, speaking along with him: ”Does Boss Jia have a better destination? You should be well-informed about the situation outside, without needing me to elaborate.”

The entire surface is filled with toxic gases; if humans go up, all they face is death.

Not to mention the constant appearances of alien life... If it weren’t for the Special Action Group risking their lives to handle those, the Underground City wouldn’t have its current peaceful life.

”Mr. He, I wasn’t talking about the surface.” Boss Jia’s gaze was deep: ”It’s about somewhere further.”

Somewhere further...

Like other star systems, other planets...

He Jin frowned.

Boss Jia’s eyes fell on the Energy Crystal in Chuzheng’s hand: ”This stone contains immense energy, and we can use it to leave here.”

He Jin sneered: ”How to leave here?”

Boss Jia: ”There are many ships on the surface, and Mr. He should also have people researching them, right? In all this time, has Mr. He made no progress over there?”

He Jin: ”The ships have limited capacity, and our knowledge of them is too little. Even if we could use the ships to leave, what then? What should we do with all the people in the Underground City, Boss Jia, have you thought of that?”

Without that Energy Crystal, what will happen to the residents here in the Underground City?

”Mr. He is indeed an excellent leader,” Boss Jia coaxed, ”but even if Mr. He doesn’t think for himself, he should think for his family. Do you really want to watch them live here?”

He Jin: ”...”

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