Chapter 1446 Uninvited Guests
Although a third of the building was soaked in sewage, Meng Chao still found a general plan of the mining area on the wall.
From the plan, one could see that the entire mining area, which spanned hundreds of kilometers, was divided into six major areas, which were developed by one or two mega corportations.
The northeast ridge was the boundary. This side of the ridge belonged to Sky Pillar Corporation, while the other side of the ridge belonged to Universe Corporation. The two sides lived side by side and did not interfere with each other.
Although the plan did not draw out the details of Universe Corporation’s construction, as the natural extension of the crystal ore vein, Meng Chao still roughly understood the distribution of the warehouses, mines, and supporting factories there.
In addition, he also found a safety post responsibility list next to the overall planning map. The large-scale industrial and mining enterprises in Dragon City often had to face the beast horde and the attack of extreme weather.
Safety was naturally the most important issue.
It was also because the person in charge of the enterprise was usually a superhuman with a high state and had extremely strong combat strength.
Once they encountered a threat, they had to play the role of a military commander.
Regardless of whether they could actually take the lead or not, at the very least, according to the rules, the managers of the industrial and mining companies at all levels had to partic.i.p.ate in the safety arrangements to prevent the situation of being leaderless when the beast horde attacked.
If they really suffered unnecessary losses, they would be able to find the corresponding person-in-charge at the first opportunity.
In other words, through this safety post responsibility list, Meng Chao could retrieve the names of all the managers sent by Atlas group to this mining area.
Thanks to Lu Siya, Meng Chao was very familiar with the Lu family, which controlled Sky Pillar Corporation.
He saw several familiar names on the safety post responsibility list.
He closed his eyes, and the faces that he had swept past during a banquet or business negotiation one or two years ago appeared in his mind.
Meng Chao recalled patiently and soon found the most suitable target.
He scooped up a pile of mud with both hands.
He pressed it on his face and slowly wiped it.
Along with the slight sound of bones rubbing against each other, his facial features and even the shape of his face underwent a subtle change.
From a slightly immature appearance, which looked like that of a university graduate, he had become a square-shaped face with distinct edges and corners.
There were a few more lines on his forehead that raised his head straight up, and two patches of stiff whiskers appeared on his cheeks. His overall age had suddenly increased by more than ten years.
With the cover of the mud, he looked like a member of the Lu family, like a distant relative of Lu Siya.
After looking at the dirty water for a long time and recalling the words, actions, and habits of his fake brother, Meng Chao nodded in satisfaction.
After digging around in the collapsed ruins for a long time, Meng Chao found a well-sealed first-aid kit.
For Meng Chao, who had broken through to the G.o.dly state, the heart-strengthening drug in the first-aid kit was, of course, even more tasteless than the carbonated drink that had been open for three days and three nights.
However, some simple medical instruments, such as sutures and surgical blades, could be made into a set of rather handy dismantling and harvesting tools after a little modification.
Finally, Meng Chao fished out a set of tattered and stinky protective clothing, a pair of rubber shoes with several holes, and a helmet full of cracks from the sewage. Meng Chao did not even blink as he put all these things on his body. He looked no different from a first-line manager of an industrial and mining company who had suffered an unfortunate safety accident and fought on the frontlines for an entire night. His eyes were red and his eyes were black. He was extremely exhausted.
At this moment, the rainstorm was coming to an end.
Since the thunder and lightning had gradually subsided, the night sky was even darker and deeper than when the thunder and lightning had torn apart the dark clouds. It was so dark that one could not even see one’s fingers. The dark night was the best cover for Meng Chao.
He was like a black snake swimming in the black swamp, setting off a faint black ripple as he silently climbed up the winding mountain ridge.
Red Creek Valley was really like a bright red stream before him.
Even in the pouring rain, it was still emitting a red glow that looked like raging flames.
Meng Chao knew that it was not a real stream.
Instead, it was the traces left on the surface of the ground by the Red Radiance Stone that was distributed in a ribbon.
There was only a difference of one word between “Red Radiance Stone” and “Red Radiance Jade.”
However, it was only the companion ore of the latter, and it was the most inferior companion ore. It was the spirit energy contained in the Red Radiance Jade that was continuously seeping into ordinary rocks after billions of years of geological changes. In most cases.., it had no industrial or cultivation value.
However, where there was Red Radiance Jade, there was often Red Radiance Stone.
The Red Radiance Stone was so large that it was exposed to the surface. It was not far from the water source, and the terrain around it was not too rugged. Therefore, it was not difficult to develop and utilize it.
No wonder Universe Corporation would place their bets there. They were eager to find a Red Radiance Jade vein with astonishing reserves. Meng Chao pursed his lips.
From his and Wolf King’s apocalyptic memories, Universe Corporation and all the super companies that placed their bets on this area would probably lose everything.
But this was not something he had to worry about.
He was still more interested in the purpose of that armed drone and the person behind it.
No, it was not “that drone,” but “those.”
“One drone, two drones, three drones, four drones, five drones…”
Meng Chao looked far into the distance from the ridge. Along with the drone that he had first discovered, he soon found five drones amidst the rolling dark clouds.
They were also spray-painted with Universe Corporation’s logo and disguised as search and rescue drones. However, their movements were also mysterious. They carried weapons and did not seem to be searching for them. Instead, they seemed to be monitoring something on the ground.
Due to the terrain restrictions, Meng Chao could not see their surveillance targets clearly.
However, based on their patrol routes, it was very easy to determine their general surveillance range.
Meng Chao did not directly rush into their surveillance range.
Although he could easily break through the sound barrier and instantly cover several kilometers.
He also compressed the deafening roar brought about by supersonic speed to the extreme.
However, he was not willing to gamble. After inheriting the legacy of the monster civilization, after a year of explosive development, how terrifying had the filming, surveillance, and image a.n.a.lysis technology of Dragon City evolved to, would he be able to extract vital information from the clues he left behind.
Meng Chao crouched on the ground like a human-shaped spider.
He exerted strength with his hands and feet at the same time. Spirit energy gushed out from his palms and soles, immediately destroying the internal structure of the rock that had been washed away by the torrential rain for a night and was already brittle.
Large pieces of rock, together with mud, immediately slid down from the ridge.
Meng Chao curled up into a ball and disguised himself as a piece of mountain rock. He sank deep into the mud and slid into the valley together.
His cautiousness was quickly rewarded. Crash!
Just as he slid into the valley, a long-lost bolt of lightning spurted out of the dark clouds and instantly illuminated the entire world for about 0.1 seconds.
With the help of the 0.1 seconds of light, Meng Chao discovered that there was another group of uninvited gs about 155 meters to his left.
The light disappeared in an instant.
The Earth returned to its pitch-black state.
The flickering lights in the crystal mine in front of him further accentuated the darkness and deathly stillness in the depths of the valley.
Meng Chao, on the other hand, had already deeply imprinted the silhouettes of the uninvited gs onto his retina. Through the extraordinary computational ability of his brain cells, he enhanced the signals, a.n.a.lyzed the images, and extracted their characteristics.
However, the characteristics of the uninvited gs made him slightly stunned.
“Turan orcs?”
That’s right. Meng Chao clearly saw that this group of uninvited gs all had green faces and sharp fangs, pointed mouths, monkey cheeks, and disheveled hair.
Some of them had deformed and twisted claws, while others were wearing shiny, oily sh.e.l.ls, and even pierced with cold, shiny spikes.
They were not wearing the combat suits or power armors of the people of Dragon City, either.
Instead, they were wearing leather and bone armors in styles that were common among orcs.
“What’s going on? A team of elite Turan warriors is trying to sneak into the crystal mine of the people of Earth?”
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Meng Chao mumbled to himself and soon found something strange.
The five drones were still patrolling above their heads.
The surveillance range of the five blockade lines was exactly the activity area of the “elite Turan warriors.”
The darkness could not block the infrared surveillance equipment of the drones.
The Turan orcs did not have the concept of guarding against high-alt.i.tude reconnaissance.
They must have been caught by the five drones at the first moment.
However, the five drones did not react at all.
They did not send out any alarms, nor did they launch any attacks. They did not even lower their alt.i.tude or show any signs of further observation.
This could only mean one thing.
The elite Turan warriors and armed drones were working together.
The latter was not monitoring the former.
It was protecting the former, ensuring that the former could sneak into the target area without anyone noticing The Turan orcs who know how to use armed drones are really interesting.
However, were they really Turan orcs?
Meng Chao continued to a.n.a.lyze the image information that he had collected in just 0.1 seconds.
At first glance, the bodies of these uninvited gs had all kinds of characteristics of fierce beasts, such as bull horns, lion teeth, tiger claws, eagle wings, snake scales, turtle backs, scorpion tails…
According to the aesthetic standards of Turan orcs, they were simply handsome men with elegant manners. The problem was, wouldn’t it be too exaggerated for so many characteristics of fierce beasts to appear on the same body of flesh and blood?
For the people of Dragon City who had never seen the Turan orcs, they would probably be stunned and leave a deep impression upon meeting them.
However, for Meng Chao, who had roamed in Picturesque Orchid Lake for nearly a year and was talking and laughing with the future Turan King, who was “the most honorable and closest friend of Picturesque Orchid Lake,” the more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt.
“Although there are quite a number of mixed-blood in Picturesque Orchid Lake, and there are many examples of intermarriage between the five great clans, it is perfectly normal for the Minotaur warriors to have the characteristics of a lion or tiger warrior.
“However, because the totem power of different natures will interfere with each other and break out into conflicts, the so-called mixed-blood has its limits.
“Usually, it is already very good for an orc n.o.ble to have the characteristics of two great clans. How can they be like these guys who are attacking the body with the characteristics of more than twenty ferocious beasts?
“Of course, the bloodlines of the rat people are often more chaotic than those of the n.o.bles. Many rat people will have the characteristics of multiple clans and grow reptilian tails and bird wings at the same time.
“However, such rat people, cursed by the Chaos bloodline, are often extremely weak and die young. How is it possible that they are as powerful as the elite Turan warriors in front of us