Free Web NovelChapter 332: Chapter 275: Humanity’s Foundation: Underground City (Part 2)
"Hmm, you’ve got a point. If I hadn’t seen you, kid, tip a female streamer two hundred million, I might have actually believed you!" Li Tiannan nodded.
"PFFT!" Gao Neng sprayed the tea he had just sipped. "What female streamer? What two-hundred-million tip? I didn’t do it!"
"You didn’t? The moment I arrived, I saw you watching a live stream. Besides, the evidence is ironclad. Still trying to deny it, kid?" Li Tiannan couldn’t be bothered with nonsense and threw his phone over.
Gao Neng caught it and took a look.
A text message was displayed on the screen.
"Alert: Your bank card ending in 0568 has been charged 185,000,000 Alliance Coins. Reason for deduction: Unknown."
"..." Gao Neng was speechless.
’I think I know why Li Tiannan showed up in my dorm now. That stupid system! It’s trying to get me killed! There’s even a deduction notification?’
"I’ll give you a chance to explain. Go on. If it wasn’t for tipping a female streamer, then what was it for?" Li Tiannan leaned back leisurely in his chair and spoke again.
"I really didn’t tip a female streamer." Gao Neng was miserable.
"Then what did you spend two hundred million on?"
"I... All right, I tipped a male streamer." ’What else could he do?’ He could only claim to have tipped a male streamer. There was no other way for him to explain it.
’Was he supposed to tell Li Tiannan, "I have a stupid system, and the two hundred million was used to upgrade the Electromagnetic Storm combat technique you gave me"?’
’That would truly be courting death.’
"A male streamer?!" Li Tiannan felt like he was suffocating. The move was so bizarre that even he didn’t know how to continue the conversation.
The room fell into a brief silence.
About two minutes later, Li Tiannan stood up.
"Gao Neng, do you know where you’re going in three days?" As Li Tiannan spoke, he subconsciously took a few steps back, putting some distance between himself and Gao Neng.
"Aren’t we just scheduled for a full-body check-up?" Gao Neng replied.
"Yes, I’m talking about after the check-up."
"After the check-up? I have no idea, then. Aren’t we going back to the Eastern Capital Military Academy?" Gao Neng genuinely didn’t know. No one had told him.
"Back to the Eastern Capital Military Academy? Heh... If we just sent you back to the Eastern Capital Military Academy, what would be the point of the Dragon List competition?" Li Tiannan chuckled.
"We’re not going back to the Eastern Capital Military Academy? Then where are we going? Centralized training?"
"Something like that. What I’m telling you now is that after you enter the Underground City, you must remember not to be too curious. Otherwise, you’ll die!" Li Tiannan’s tone turned serious by the end.
"Curiosity will get you killed? Wait, Master, did you just say Underground City?" Gao Neng froze for a moment, then he noticed the key part of Li Tiannan’s words.
’Underground City?’
’The Human Alliance has an Underground City?’
’How come he’d never heard anyone mention it?’
"Mm, it’s normal that you don’t know about the Underground City. But you should know that underneath the City of Hope lies a giant mine, right?" Li Tiannan replied.
"A giant mine? I know about that." Gao Neng nodded.
The last time he talked to Fang Tangtang about a plan to make money, she had mentioned that if he wanted to get rich, he could consider mining beneath the City of Hope.
’Wait a minute?!’
’Beneath the City of Hope lies a giant mine?’
’And beneath the Dark Night Elf City, there’s also a giant mine!’
’Could there be...’
Gao Neng hadn’t really thought about this before, but after Li Tiannan’s reminder, he suddenly made the connection.
’Both are giant mines.’
’Could it be related to the Great Cataclysm?’
And the biggest question was, Gao Neng remembered that his second attribute could detect giant mines, but he hadn’t detected any ’light’ beneath his feet!
’Is it because I haven’t gone deep enough underground?’
’Wait.’
’Underground City, giant mine?’
"Master, are you saying the Underground City is built inside the giant mine?!" Gao Neng suddenly thought of a very wild possibility.
"That’s right!" Li Tiannan nodded, then added, "But to be more precise, the Underground City is built *from* the giant mine underground!"
"The Underground City is built *from* a giant mine?" Gao Neng’s eyes went wide. The word order was only slightly different, but the meaning was worlds apart.
’An underground city built out of ore!’
’This must be the true foundation that allows the Human Alliance to stand against hundreds of other races, right?’
’How terrifying!’
Gao Neng originally thought that with his several billion, he was already extremely wealthy. But compared to the wealth of the Human Alliance, what did a few billion even amount to?
A bold idea rose in Gao Neng’s mind.
’A city built from ore.’
’If I were to mine it...’
’How much would it be worth?!’
’Just thinking about it is a little exciting.’
Li Tiannan obviously had no idea what Gao Neng was thinking. If he did, he would have slapped this guy who wanted to mine the Underground City to death on the spot.
He glanced at the sky outside.
Li Tiannan didn’t seem to intend to stay any longer.
"Alright, I’ve said what I needed to say. After you enter the Underground City, remember my words: curiosity kills!" Li Tiannan finished speaking and prepared to push the door open.
"Master, I have one more question." Gao Neng saw Li Tiannan about to leave and quickly spoke up.
"Hm? What is it?" Li Tiannan stopped.
"About Fang Tangtang, is she..."
"A human-shaped nuclear weapon! That’s all I can tell you. As for the rest, it’s useless for you to know." Li Tiannan cut Gao Neng off.
"Then will she be in danger?"
"Of course. If there was no danger, Fang Yuan’s son wouldn’t have died. However, you should be thinking about yourself right now, because you are also considered a ’potential human-shaped nuclear weapon.’"
"I’m a potential human-shaped nuclear weapon?" Gao Neng’s mouth fell slightly open.
"What else? You were hit by a neutron bomb and came out fine. That can’t be explained by any normal talent, unless..."
"Unless what?"
"Unless you can prove that your body has mutated to the point where it can withstand a neutron bomb!" As Li Tiannan said this, his body vanished on the spot.
"..." Gao Neng stared at the spot where Li Tiannan had disappeared. He understood that this time, it probably wouldn’t be so easy to muddle through.
The full-body check-up in three days was not going to be pleasant.
Of course, that wasn’t the main point.
The main point was the Underground City that Li Tiannan had mentioned.
’Curiosity kills?’
’What does that mean? It means the Underground City holds opportunities, but also danger. Extreme danger, at that—where mere curiosity can get you killed.’
’And now, he seemed to be facing ’enemies on all sides.’’
’My talent is too domineering!’
’That’s a crime in itself!’
’No, I still have three days. I need to get a little stronger. It would be best if I could break through to the sixth rank in one go. That might give me some ability to protect myself!’ Gao Neng collected his thoughts and then closed his door.
He felt that he needed a combat technique manual right now.
A blade technique.
Preferably an intermediate-rank or higher one to replace his Half-Step Kill. After all, if he wanted to become stronger, he needed a more powerful combat technique.
Something like the Huashan Ancient Sect’s *Life-taking Linked Three Immortal Swords* or *Thirteen Forms of the Gentle Breeze*.
Half-Step Kill...
It was still a little too weak.
As he was thinking this, he spotted a book out of the corner of his eye. Looking closely, he saw that there really was a secret manual next to his ruined computer.
"Huh? Did a secret manual just fall from the sky?" Gao Neng’s eyes lit up. He immediately walked over, picked it up, and saw two large words written on it.
*Tyrant Blade*!
’Left by Li Tiannan?!’
Gao Neng quickly figured it out. No one else had been here besides Li Tiannan, and only Li Tiannan would silently leave a secret manual like this.
’Acting all high and mighty.’
’He got it.’
Of course, Gao Neng didn’t know that besides silently leaving behind a secret manual, Li Tiannan had also silently swiped one of his Magnetic Crystal Ores.
「In mid-air.」
Li Tiannan was flying along gleefully. ’Serves you right for tipping a male streamer, kid! Since you’re so rich, my conscience wouldn’t let me leave without swiping a stone from you!’
"BEEP!"
"Alert: Your bank card ending in 0568 has been charged 240,000,000 Alliance Coins. Reason for deduction: Unknown."
"..." Li Tiannan was speechless.
’Gao Neng, I’m really going to kill you...’
’You’d better believe it.’
