Chapter 297: Dark Raven Experiment

Chapter 297: Chapter 297: Dark Raven Experiment

Before long, Long Ming had carved out a 50x50 cm square.

Then, Long Ming channeled all his power through his mechanical armor and smashed his fist down on the square.

BANG!

After a tremendous bang, the ground didn’t move an inch.

Seeing this, Long Ming’s brow furrowed. He then threw another punch, smashing it down violently.

BANG!

But the ground still showed no change.

Seeing this, Long Ming didn’t get discouraged. Instead, he focused his mind, concentrating all his Power into his fist.

"AHH!"

Long Ming put everything he had into it, bringing his fist down with brutal force.

BOOM!

Instantly, a hole was smashed open.

Long Ming quickly looked down through the hole and saw a tunnel below. His expression immediately lit up with joy.

He immediately jumped down.

THUD!

The moment he landed, Long Ming ran along the tunnel toward the Dark Crow Laboratory.

「Half an hour later.」

He reached the end of the tunnel and entered a large, square hall.

At the far end of the hall was a metal door, slightly ajar.

Carved onto the metal door were the large words "Dark Crow Laboratory."

Long Ming’s spirits lifted. He walked over and pushed the metal door open.

CREAK...

The grating sound seemed exceptionally loud in the silent environment.

Long Ming cautiously stepped inside, entering a long, dim metal corridor.

The main lights in the corridor were out; only some of the emergency lights were on.

Long Ming moved forward, trying his best to avoid making too much noise.

Soon, he saw a room with its door wide open.

Since he didn’t know where the Genetic Potion was, Long Ming prepared to search from one end to the other to avoid missing it.

He tiptoed to the doorway and peeked inside.

The room was spacious, filled with overturned equipment and metal cabinets scattered everywhere.

Long Ming walked in, seeing all sorts of documents scattered across the floor.

The whole room looked like it had been ransacked.

Long Ming casually picked up a document to look at and scanned it with his wristband.

KCW Polymer Research Report (Fragmented)

Grade: Purple.

Long Ming’s eye twitched at the notification. ’Just a single piece of paper is graded as Purple.’

’How much would all this stuff on the floor be worth?’

However, Long Ming didn’t bother collecting the scattered research reports and instead moved deeper into the room.

Just then, he saw a metal desk.

The desk was covered with various files and records.

Long Ming immediately went over and started rummaging through them, looking for the Genetic Potion.

Unfortunately, he searched everywhere but found nothing.

But then, Long Ming suddenly noticed dried bloodstains on the floor and shredded pieces of a lab coat scattered about.

He immediately started patting down the torn lab coat.

Inside the tattered lab coat, he found a metal ID card.

He picked it up and took a closer look. The metal ID card was printed with the portrait of an old man.

BUZZ—

A notification popped up on Long Ming’s wristband.

ID Card.

Grade: Gold

Note: ID card of Magat, Associate Lead Research Doctor of the Dark Crow Laboratory.

Long Ming’s expression brightened. ’Looks like my luck is good.’

He continued searching the tattered clothes and found a very small metal data drive.

Long Ming scanned it with his wristband.

Magat’s Research Data Drive.

Grade: Gold.

Long Ming immediately stuffed the data drive into his backpack.

"GRROWL..."

Just then, a low, guttural roar came from behind him.

Long Ming immediately spun around.

A ravenous, elite-grade Blood Breath Ant was crawling toward him, baring its fangs and drooling.

Long Ming’s expression turned cold as he charged forward with extreme speed.

The Blood Breath Ant lunged directly at Long Ming.

Long Ming swung his Dark Blade, cleaving down with a single stroke.

CRACK!

The Blood Breath Ant’s body was sliced in half, splattering blood all over the floor.

After dealing with it, Long Ming scanned the room one more time. Seeing nothing else of interest, he turned and left.

He continued down the corridor and soon saw more rooms.

Long Ming pushed open a nearby door on the left. Inside was a complete mess, with toppled lab cabinets and shattered bottles and jars all over the floor.

Long Ming immediately went inside to inspect the fallen glass bottles.

Notifications continuously popped up on his wristband.

Unidentified Lifeform Extract.

Grade: Red

KCS-01 Catalyst

Grade: Red

...

After checking everything, Long Ming was deeply disappointed.

He sighed, left the room, and moved on to explore the next one.

Soon, Long Ming had searched one room after another.

He found many good things, but he didn’t take any of them.

For one, he couldn’t carry them. For another, he was in no mood to collect these items. After all, wealth is worthless compared to one’s life.

’Only the living have the luxury of thinking about other things.’

Just then, Long Ming reached the end of the corridor, and a battered, deformed metal blast door came into view.

Long Ming stopped in his tracks, instinctively sensing danger.

He hid behind the metal blast door and carefully peeked inside.

Behind the door was a massive transit hall.

His vision filled with red dots scattered throughout the transit hall, with a giant red dot in the center.

Warning notifications flashed continuously on his helmet’s inner virtual screen.

"Warning: Blood Breath Ants detected!"

"Warning: Mutated Lord Level Cavern Breath Ant · Ge Weilang detected."

...

Seeing the last notification, Long Ming’s eye twitched violently.

He wasn’t too concerned about the smaller Blood Breath Ants; there were only a little over a hundred of them, and he could deal with them with some effort. But he never expected a Mutated Lord Level monster to be lurking here.

Long Ming’s expression flickered. He decisively and carefully retreated.

He ducked into an inconspicuous room, raised his wristband, and released his mech armor.

Long Ming took off the exoskeleton he was wearing, scanned it into his safe, and braced himself to put on the Dark Beast Armor.

The entire set of Dark Beast Armor activated instantly. The split plates of the armor automatically closed, locking onto various parts of Long Ming’s body.

CLICK!

Long Ming once again felt a sharp pain in the back of his neck.

The neural link needle pierced into his cervical spine.

A berserk will surged into Long Ming’s mind once again.

Long Ming’s eyes instantly turned red. But this time, although he felt extremely uncomfortable, it was still within his tolerance. He didn’t feel like he was about to lose control.

’If I’m not mistaken, the anti-contamination agent that came with it must be working.’

Without a moment’s hesitation, Long Ming charged out.

He quickly rushed into the empty transit hall.

Instantly, it was as if Long Ming had kicked a hornet’s nest.

The Blood Breath Ants stirred, one after another, all turning to face Long Ming and letting out low growls.

At that moment, the seven-meter-tall, twelve-meter-long, and utterly hideous Ge Weilang also rose. Its body was covered in red lumps, and it sported sharp Tactile Blades and pointed fangs. It stared at Long Ming with extreme hostility and roared in fury.

"ROAR!"

The Blood Breath Ants swarmed toward Long Ming.

Long Ming raised his Dark Blade and met their charge, cutting down one Blood Breath Ant after another as if he were slicing vegetables.

...

「Outside the Blood Cocoon, Royal City Ruins.」

Vehicle after vehicle drove up and came to a stop.

After the car doors opened, Qiansha, Qian Luobing, and the others jumped out.

"Father."

Qiansha walked toward Qian Yun, calling out excitedly.