Gao Chu insisted that Ming Yue and the others watch the drug test, intending to lure them into this room and capture them all.
This observation room was painstakingly built by Dr. You Hen, with walls and glass made of special materials, exceptionally strong.
The observation area where Ming Yue and her team were located was even more remarkable. With the press of a button, it could instantly transform into a vacuum chamber, achieving a vacuum state.
All the abilities of espers came from the spiritual energy contained in the air. Without the support of spiritual energy, their abilities were just empty talk.
Qing Ying had warned Gao Chu that Ming Yue's cultivation was unfathomable, and the other team members' ability levels were also very high.
Gao Chu knew his own ability level was too low. Even with the enhancement of the Water of Life, his lightning ability had only barely reached level five.
That's why, when he discovered Ming Yue possessed the Water of Life in Jiang City, he didn't make a move to seize it.
Instead, under the guise of cooperation, he lured Ming Yue's team to Thunder Base, intending to rely on Thunder Base's high-tech equipment for murder and treasure.
"Hahaha, Ming Yue, I know you have a spatial ability, and your space can be entered. It must not be formed by an ability. Hand it over, and I'll let you go. Hurry up and decide. You know, in a vacuum environment, if it exceeds five minutes, it will cause hypoxia, leading to brain death. Even if saved, the brain will be damaged, turning them into living dead. You don't want to be buried with everyone for a spatial ability, do you?"
Watching the pained expressions of Ming Yue's team members in the vacuum chamber, Gao Chu gloated and shouted at Ming Yue. What was the point of having a high ability level? In front of him, with his high education, high IQ, and cutting-edge scientific technology, they were nothing to fear.
The scene before him filled Gao Chu's vanity to an unprecedented degree. His confidence soared, as if he were the unique strongest in the apocalypse.
"What's all the nonsense? When she dies, the spatial ability will naturally detach from her body and won't run away. I told you to spare Shi He Nian's life. Why is he inside? Hurry up and let him out. I need his brain, and it can't be damaged in any way, otherwise, it will be useless."
The wall behind Gao Chu rotated, and a figure burst in, scolding him. It was Qing Ying.
"What's so good about him? I'm no worse than him. Thunder Base is my territory. It's not your place to tell me what to do. I want him dead, and he must die today!"
Seeing Qing Ying turn against him because of Shi He Nian, Gao Chu was enraged. Adopting a master's stance, he forcefully refused.
"Idiot, you really think you're something!"
Qing Ying was very angry at Gao Chu's attitude. Shi He Nian's role in base construction was irreplaceable, and only she knew it. The Gao Chu in front of her was still barking like a mad dog, delaying her rescue. Time was of the essence. If Shi He Nian's brain were damaged, the loss would be immense. Qing Ying gritted her teeth and decided to kill Gao Chu to save Shi He Nian.
However, before she could make a move, she saw behind Gao Chu, inside the observation area. The Ming Yue team members, who had been in pain, were now standing behind the transparent glass, glaring at her with hatred.
"Bastard, they're acting to trick you, you idiot."
Seeing that Ming Yue and the others were breathing normally and showed no signs of hypoxia, Qing Ying understood. This idiot Gao Chu thought he had Ming Yue and the others completely fooled, but in reality, he was the one being played.
"Acting what? You've cursed me twice, and my patience has its limits."
Gao Chu, with his back to the observation room, couldn't see behind him and didn't understand the meaning of Qing Ying's words. He only knew that Qing Ying was calling him an idiot again, and veins bulged on his neck in anger. Purple lightning flickered from his clenched fists, and he was about to attack Qing Ying.
Just then, there was a loud crash in the room. It was Gong Que shattering the glass with a shot. The glass was made of special material and was extremely strong; it could withstand artillery fire without breaking. But what Gong Que held was no ordinary handgun. It had been specially modified by Shi He Nian using a level four crystal core. And the bullets were also made using special technology with crystal cores mixed with the Water of Life. They could even blow the head off a level six zombie with one shot, let alone a piece of glass.
Hearing the sound from behind, Gao Chu turned around and was immediately terrified by the scene before him. He saw Ming Yue and the others less than two meters away, glaring at him. In reality, he had misunderstood. Ming Yue and the others didn't even care about him; their anger was directed at Qing Ying. Especially Gong Que and Shi He Nian. One had all his comrades killed by Qing Ying, and the other was forced to flee everywhere by Qing Ying. Seeing Qing Ying appear today, they wished they could grind her bones to dust and eat her flesh raw. Without Ming Yue's order, all seven attacked simultaneously. In an instant, the small space was filled with attacks of various attributes: wind blades, water arrows, wood spikes, and fireballs.
Gao Chu was stunned by the dazzling array of attacks, especially an evil spirit that Ming Yue casually summoned. It lunged at him with bone-chilling cold wind and a gaping maw. It didn't belong to any attribute and surpassed his understanding.
"It's you? Xuanwu Shield!"
Looking at the evil spirit, Qing Ying suddenly realized that the person who trapped her with an evil spirit that day and emptied the arsenal before her was Ming Yue. However, there was no time to dwell on this now. The sky full of attacks was about to hit them. Qing Ying's mind moved, and a turtle shell emitting a yellow light appeared in front of her and Gao Chu, blocking all the attacks.
"Let's go. Use the base's other arrangements to kill them."
Without bothering to retract the Xuanwu Shield, she grabbed the now limp Gao Chu and, like a gust of wind, crashed into the wall behind them, escaping the room. The reason she painstakingly dragged Gao Chu along to escape was not out of kindness or a genuine desire to save him. Ever since her encounter with Ming Yue at the recruitment meeting of Vermilion Bird Base in Linhai City, Qing Ying had known clearly that she was no match for Ming Yue, let alone with the help Ming Yue had today. She knew that Dr. You Hen had set up many strange mechanisms within Thunder Base. Her purpose in taking Gao Chu was to use these mechanisms to deal with Ming Yue's team.
In the room, the Xuanwu Shield lasted less than half a minute before it couldn't withstand the pressure and exploded. Ming Yue and the others chased in the direction Qing Ying had fled. They were fine in the vacuum chamber because Ming Yue and her team had been prepared. The reason they entered the spatial ability to hold a meeting that day was that Ming Yue didn't trust Gao Chu. Therefore, she had been guarding against Gao Chu. When they entered the observation area and saw so many unfamiliar items, she maintained contact with her spatial ability, planning to hide everyone in the spatial ability if they encountered an unsolvable situation. She hadn't expected that Gao Chu would covet not only the Water of Life but also her spatial ability. However, Gao Chu must not have understood Ming Yue's spatial ability; otherwise, he wouldn't have used a vacuum chamber to deal with them. The purpose of the vacuum chamber was to make them suffer from hypoxia and lack of spiritual energy support. But Ming Yue's spatial ability had ample air. As long as a gap was opened in the spatial ability, air would continuously emerge, rendering the vacuum chamber ineffective. Their feigned suffocation was a play for Gao Chu, hoping he would reveal more secrets of Thunder Base when he got carried away with his success. Unexpectedly, Qing Ying suddenly appeared. Enemies meeting, their eyes burned with hatred, and everyone immediately stopped acting and launched an attack. They exited the observation room and chased all the way to the work area, only to find that all the instruments had disappeared, leaving behind a vast open space. Ming Yue and the others were in the center of the open space, while Qing Ying and Gao Chu had vanished without a trace. Just as Ming Gu was about to warn everyone to be careful, a piercing alarm sounded, followed by a dazzling flash of light that enveloped the entire open space.