Chapter 264 First Day of Underground Reconnaissance
An ordinary demon monarch would find it much more difficult to advance underground than me. They can only go up to 50 kilometers deep. Any further and the rocks are too hard for them; they will be too slow. To an ordinary demon monarch, going 50 kilometers deep underground is equivalent to traveling thousands of kilometers on the surface. Therefore, third Firmament demon monarchs are typically within 50 kilometers of the surface.
Fourth Firmament demon monarchs will usually be about 50 to 100 kilometers from the surface because of King White Treasure’s constant reconnaissance. Meng Chuan nodded slightly. Earth Net also searches for demon monarch lairs. Although they can’t be compared to King White Treasure, they can roughly figure out the unspoken rules of where demon monarch lairs are located.
The underground was vast. It would be very difficult to find demon monarchs 100 kilometers deep underground without any powerful reconnaissance methods.
Meng Chuan flew up and reached a depth of 40 kilometers underground.
Let’s begin. At a depth of 40 kilometers underground, Meng Chuan kept his Divine Eye of Lightning open. He used his electromagnetic domain to probe his surroundings. Following that, he transformed into a stream of light and flew west. He began a blanket search.
There were many demon monarchs in the human world, but the land was vast. Since most of them hid 100 kilometers deep underground, finding their underground lairs was akin to searching for a needle in a haystack! Earth Net typically followed the traces of escaping demon monarchs. If one was lucky, they could discover a demon monarch lair.
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One had to be capable of scanning large areas and be extremely fast to be efficient when conducting a blanket search of the underground. Otherwise, it would be better to wait for the demon monarchs to attack the cities.
Whoosh.
With the sensory feedback of his electromagnetic domain, Meng Chuan could ensure that he flew in a straight line.
So many demon monarchs have infiltrated the human world, yet.i.t’s still so difficult to find them underground. Meng Chuan flew as his electromagnetic domain scanned a 1.5 kilometer-area around him. Even so, he didn’t discover any demon monarchs.
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Meng Chuan flew at high speeds, pa.s.sing through countless rocks. At 40 kilometers deep in the ground, everything was rock.
After flying for 15 minutes and over 5,000 kilometers, Meng Chuan finally discovered a demon monarch lair.
Oh? When he discovered the demon monarch lair with his electromagnetic domain, Meng Chuan was pleasantly surprised. This was because he had flown more than 5,000 kilometers underground and was constantly scanning. With just rocks everywhere, it was a test of patience.
At that moment, Meng Chuan was pleasantly surprised. The electromagnetic domain enveloped the lair. This lair was nearly 1.5 kilometers above Meng Chuan. It was a cave palace dug out from rock. Inside the palace were more than 100 ordinary demons, five second Firmament demon monarchs, and two third Firmament demon monarchs.
“Come, have a drink.”
“Let’s drink.”
The seven demon monarchs were drunk.
“Demon Monarch Fox, you have done a good job stealing wine from the human race,” said Demon Monarch Elephant, who was sitting at the main seat of honor.
“Brother, this is just a little trick of mine. I can sneak into human cities to charm mortals and easily obtain large amounts of fine wine. It’s actually more troublesome to sneak into the cave abode while carrying the wine,” said Demon Monarch Fox with a smile. Beside him, a lesser demon was diligently pouring wine for him. These ordinary demons were personally brought to the cave abode by the demon monarchs. It was impossible for ordinary demons to come so deep underground by themselves.
These hundreds of ordinary demons would not leave once they entered the lair. They only had one purpose-to serve the demon monarchs.
“If we have a storage bag, it’ll be much more convenient.”
“How can storage bags be so easily obtained?”
“Let’s drink.”
These demon monarchs drank alcohol, reveling in their inebriation.
They could only hide underground in the human world. It was easy to steal alcohol, but if they wanted to slaughter humans, they would attract G.o.dfiends. They would then be risking their lives.
“There’s only one G.o.dfiend team in the surrounding two or three prefectures. We slaughter some mortals and immediately flee. Those G.o.dfiend teams won’t be able to catch up to us.”
“Mm, speaking of which, it’s still faster to acc.u.mulate credit in the human world.”
“It’s just that the days are somewhat stifling. In a few more days, we will go out and slaughter once more. This time, we will definitely slaughter more than 10,000 humans.”
“Flee after we slaughter some. If we end up fleeing too late to slaughter more than 10,000 humans, it’ll be too late for regret.”
The demon monarchs chatted and drank.
“What’s that?” The demon monarchs were suddenly taken aback.
Resplendent dark-red streams of light appeared in the hall at lightning speed. They tore through the demon monarchs’ heads.
“Not good.”
“Human G.o.dfiend!” Only the two third Firmament demon monarchs reacted, but they were unable to dodge. The Darkstar Quintessential Essence penetrated their heads.
In the blink of an eye, seven demon monarchs and more than 100 ordinary demons died in this demon lair.
Killing these demon monarchs means saving lives. Meng Chuan appeared in the hall with a cold expression. When he heard the demon monarchs’ conversation, he became even angrier. Every demon monarch had too many human lives on their hands.
Whoosh.
With a wave of his hand, Meng Chuan stored the seven demon monarch corpses and their items in his Grotto-Heaven Magic Bead.
In just 15 minutes, I killed seven demon monarchs. It’s indeed much faster than on the surface. When he was in charge of six states, he only received one rescue mission every half-month. Meng Chuan wouldn’t be deployed when ordinary demon monarchs attacked cities. He was but one person, after all. Meng Chuan would usually fly around Jiang State Capital and intercept the demon monarchs when he discovered them. Even so, killing 200 to 300 demon monarchs a year was already pretty good.
Continue.
Meng Chuan continued flying.
The Great Zhou Dynasty was vast. The route from east to west spanned 10,000 kilometers long. Further west was the Black Sand Dynasty.
After flying 10,000 kilometers, Meng Chuan only discovered one demon monarch lair.
Continue.
Meng Chuan continued flying the same 10,000 kilometers. From the west to the east, it was parallel to the route from before. This was also the rule of a blanket search. He basically didn’t miss out on anything by scanning the area over and over again.
Meng Chuan didn’t find a single demon monarch lair on his second 10,000-kilometer stretch.
He continued flying!
For more than 12 hours, Meng Chuan continued to scan the underground with his electromagnetic domain. He traveled the 10,000-kilometer stretch 20 times. At 40 kilometers from the surface, he traveled 10,000 kilometers 16 times! At a depth of 80 kilometers underground, he traveled 10,000 kilometers four times! He traveled at a depth of 80 kilometers underground in an attempt to find fourth Firmament demon monarchs.
Clang!
He broke through the soil and soared into the sky.
Meng Chuan flew towards Jiang State Capital from the East Sea. It was already a dark evening. He couldn’t hide the fatigue on his face. Although it was very easy for him to maintain the Divine Eye of Lightning, he still felt extremely exhausted after 12 hours. His Essence Soul was somewhat dispirited. He had to go back and rest.
Whoosh.
Meng Chuan flew through the clouds. At that moment, he realized that it was actually very relaxing when he didn’t keep the Divine Eye of Lightning active.
Soon, he arrived at Jiang State Capital. Meng Chuan flew down and returned to Meng Manor’s Lake Heart Pavilion.
Liu Qiyue was already waiting in the hall. There were plates of food on the table. “He’s here.” Liu Qiyue’s eyes lit up. Invisible flames immediately seeped into the food, raising the temperature of the food. Meng Chuan arrived in the hall, and he took in the aroma of food; it was fragrant. “How fragrant,” praised Meng Chuan. He was quite satisfied that he could smell the fragrance of piping hot food after an exhausting day.
“You’er and An’er just finished eating and went to rest,” said Liu Qiyue. “How was your first day out?”
“Tiring, but enjoyable.” Meng Chuan sat down and finished the tea that his wife prepared in one gulp. He smiled and said, “Today, I discovered 11 demon monarch lairs. I killed 116 demon monarchs and thousands of ordinary demons. I finally understand how King White Treasure killed 20,000 to 30,000 demon monarchs a year by himself.”