Chapter 9 The Ninth Game World, located in the outermost void-material realm.
Under the deliberate manipulation of Nine Dragons, the entire planet's continents were neatly gathered at the planet's center, forming a standard circle.
At the core of all the compressed continents rose the Central Mountain Range.
There was the center of the world, and the headquarters of Nine Dragons.
As Chen Luo began to fly towards the Central Mountain Range, a subtle change also began to occur.
No, this subtle change had not just begun.
In fact, the change had started half a month ago when Long Jiu ordered all external forces to return.
Only now, as the Great Source began to sense something was amiss and issued a warning, had the change finally approached a critical point...
Gazing at the majestic white mountain range growing ever closer in the distance, Chen Luo's flying figure suddenly halted.
He looked up at the sky with surprise.
Under Chen Luo's gaze, the sun, nearing its zenith, seemed to become distant and blurry.
"The scent of the void... it's getting stronger..."
Knowing that this anomaly was inextricably linked to Nine Dragons, Chen Luo observed for a moment before continuing his flight towards the Central Mountain Range.
And during Chen Luo's pause, on the seven seas, no longer suppressed by Nine Dragons, countless massive rifts tore open with a roar.
Innumerable monsters surged forth from the rifts.
Surprisingly, these rifts did not close immediately, and even showed signs of expanding further.
Monsters, along with colorless and formless void energy, continuously poured out from the rifts.
But no matter what kind of monster it was, upon emerging from the rifts, their gazes were uniformly directed towards the central continent.
For as they arrived in this world, a voice echoed incessantly in their minds:
"Go there... and destroy everything on that continent!"
Amidst the roars of billions of monsters, the waves churned and ships capsized!
The time of destruction drew ever nearer!
Meanwhile, in the newly conquered city by the resistance, Lin Qing and her companions reappeared before the high command of the resistance.
Following a premonition that felt anything but good, Lin Qing had also issued orders for all resistance forces to converge on this city.
With her keen senses, she was like an ant before a storm, seemingly sensing something.
...
Below the vast expanse of white snow that stretched to the horizon, towering mountain ranges, covered in snow, gleamed like divine swords piercing the firmament.
Chen Luo stood suspended in the air above this boundless, magnificent snowy landscape, his silver-gray battle robe flapping in the fierce wind...
Chen Luo took a deep breath, and suddenly, a gale swept through the mountains.
The snow on the peaks trembled with Chen Luo's intake of breath.
But this was merely a prelude.
The next moment!
"Long Jiu!!! Get your ass out here!!!!"
A thunderous roar exploded across the sky, the terrifying sound waves instantly causing the snow on the peaks to collapse.
Beneath the endless avalanches, dark mountain peaks were exposed.
The white divine swords that had once pierced the clouds instantly transformed into the black claws of hell.
But even these black mountains could not withstand Chen Luo's roar for long.
Visible waves of sound relentlessly battered everything below!
Under the celestial being's roar, snow avalanches fell, and mountains crumbled!
When Chen Luo's roar subsided, there was not a single standing peak left on the ground.
The Central Mountain Range, once the tallest in the world, was now a vast expanse of white, transformed into a snow plain!
Chen Luo's eagle-like gaze swept across the vast, flat snow plain.
Yet, even now, no one had emerged from the Nine Dragons headquarters that should have been located there to respond!
The next moment, Chen Luo's gaze shifted, and he saw a silver-gray metal door, slightly raised from the ground, suddenly appear on the flat snow plain.
The light and dark wings behind him slowly dissipated into light, and Chen Luo descended directly towards the metal door.
This trip was partly to ascertain what Long Jiu had done to trigger the crisis of world destruction.
On the other hand, it was also to help his disciples find a way to preserve their souls.
To achieve the latter objective, Chen Luo could not directly punch or summon meteors to blast the underground base to smithereens.
Thud!
Chen Luo landed heavily on the silver-gray metal door. The door was nearly fifty meters high, clearly designed for the convenience of battle armor.
But at this moment, the door was completely sealed, indicating that those inside did not welcome Chen Luo.
Chen Luo sneered:
"Long Jiu, you have the guts to destroy the world! Then open the door for me!"
The next moment, staring at the still unresponsive giant metal door, Chen Luo extended his right hand. His flesh-and-blood palm penetrated the specially forged metal door without obstruction.
Riiip!
The tiny human, with a single hand, tore open the tens-of-meters-high metal door.
Chen Luo casually tossed the half-door aside as if it were a toy.
But the scene behind the door caused Chen Luo's heart to sink.
No light, gloomy, dim.
This was Chen Luo's first impression of the Nine Dragons central base.
And there seemed to be some force hindering Chen Luo's true vision, preventing him from fully penetrating the darkness within.
"As expected of someone who wants to make a big scene, they still have some tricks up their sleeve."
Chen Luo commented casually before leaping directly into the dark base below.
...
Thump, thump, thump.
Chen Luo's combat boots struck the silver-gray metal floor, the echoes reverberating far into the darkness.
Silence, emptiness. This was Chen Luo's overwhelming feeling about the place.
It was completely different from what Fang Zheng remembered.
In Fang Zheng's memory, as the most crucial core base of Nine Dragons, Nine Dragons, with technology and power far surpassing the old era, had forcefully excavated an underground city beneath the Central Mountain Range.
As a Dragon Cavalry General, Fang Zheng could not access all parts of the base.
But having lived here for nearly twenty years, Fang Zheng had estimated the size of this base.
This underground city could accommodate at least a hundred million people. Countless Nine Dragons staff and their families had spent many years in this grand metal underground city.
As Nine Dragons, who occupied the entire world, they naturally would not mistreat their headquarters' subordinates.
Therefore, in Fang Zheng's memory,
Sleepless, prosperous, futuristic, were the best descriptions for this core base.
Except for the critical facilities and levels accessible only with special permissions, the entire base was a futuristic city!
But at this moment, walking through the metal corridors, Chen Luo was absolutely certain.
This underground city of Nine Dragons was dead!