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Chapter 596 - 568 Relic Appears

Chapter 596: Chapter 568 Relic Appears

After hanging up the phone, Li Chen immediately went straight to Lin Yi’s office.

"Wife, I need to step out for a bit. Be good and wait for me at home, okay?"

Upon hearing Li Chen’s words, Lin Yi’s face couldn’t help but show a look of concern, "Going out again? There won’t be any trouble, right?"

"Don’t worry." Li Chen made a reassuring gesture toward Lin Yi and said, "It won’t take very long this time. If everything goes as expected, it should only be a few days, and there won’t be any issues."

"That’s good." Lin Yi nodded, her spirit tense due to recent events, so she couldn’t help worrying when she heard that Li Chen was leaving.

After leaving the company, Li Chen contacted his subordinates in the Nether Army without delay.

"Gather the men; prepare to head out."

This time, Li Chen had a reason he had to leave.

Because this matter was no ordinary one.

It was nothing else.

The Relic in Mong Kok Forest had been found!

When he heard the news from his subordinate, Li Chen was so excited he almost jumped up.

To know, within this Relic, there were several things of great concern to Li Chen.

The Golden Core, the Black monsters, and the four grandpas.

These were not the only reasons Li Chen cared about the Relic. Although he had left, he had always had people scouting that area.

And now, it had finally been found.

An uncontrollable excitement surged in Li Chen’s heart.

...

"Ei, ei, ei, be careful!"

"Don’t damage the interior while moving the stones. The boss said that nothing inside should be touched at all!"

A group of workers were busy at work, and their boss was a square-faced, serious middle-aged man.

As a member of the Nether Army, although he was not as versed in combat as others, his standing within the Nether Army was extraordinary nonetheless.

Not for any other reason than his efficiency in handling tasks.

Maybe his combat power wasn’t strong, but the Nether Army isn’t just a bunch of muscleheads who know how to fight; among them, there are geniuses in various fields.

And he was one of them.

"We must do well with this task. The Lord Nether King once instructed that as soon as the Relic is found, we must notify him immediately," the middle-aged man calculated to himself.

In his view, the Relic was not as simple as it seemed.

After Li Chen came out, he had added details to them about his encounters within the Relic; although it appeared serene, it harbored terrifying risks within.

"Tell everyone to be careful. If anything goes wrong, don’t hesitate, just run," the middle-aged man said to the person in charge next to him.

The workers excavating the Relic had all been arranged by this person in charge.

And he was only responsible for providing the funds and making contact.

"Yes, boss!" The person in charge said with a smile.

Despite the harsh conditions and other difficulties of working in such a place, the pay offered was quite generous—everyone understands the principle that one risks their life for money, and animals perish for food. If he didn’t take this job, someone else would, and fortunately, no problems had arisen thus far.

"Be careful, everyone. The boss said, if you see anything wrong, run immediately!" The person in charge approached the construction site and shouted loudly.

One could see that at the spot they were excavating, a vaguely outlined corner of the Relic had gradually appeared.

Further down there seemed to be a passage, and at that moment, the workers were continuously clearing the dust around the passage, trying to uncover a complete path.

"Boss, we’ve found a wall here!" a worker shouted loudly.

"A wall?" Confusion appeared on the person in charge’s face, "Didn’t you say a passage was found?"

"The passage is blocked, it’s stones from a collapsed wall below. If we don’t clear this pile of rubble, we can’t get through!" the worker shouted back from below.

"Then... clear it away!" The person in charge hesitated for a moment but then spoke up.

He had been here a while, and to be honest, although the client’s offer was really tempting, he also hoped to get the job done soon and head home with the money.

"Alright!" A voice came from below.

Soon, the rubble that blocked the entrance of the passage was gradually cleared away.

A deep and dark passage appeared before the workers.

"What do you think is in there? Could it be worth the boss spending so much money on, maybe an Ancient Tomb?" One of the workers looked at the shadowy passage and couldn’t help but ask his companion.

"Don’t know, just get paid for the work. Our wages here are three times what they are outside!"

"Yes, yes, yes..."

Just then, from the depths of that shadowy passage, a strange shriek was heard.

For some reason, upon hearing this sound, all the workers couldn’t help but feel a chill rise up within them.

"Just now... what was that sound?" Someone couldn’t help but turn his head to ask his companion.

"Don’t know..." His companion’s face was also pale, and excavating such a Relic from the ground, which clearly had been desolate for a long time, but still produced such sounds, was undoubtedly a horrifying matter.

"It’s nothing, let’s continue with our work..."

"Right, right..."

However, before they could continue digging, a scream suddenly rang out from nearby.

Everyone turned their heads to look to one side at the first notice.

There, a worker was struggling fiercely, his face contorted in pain, while behind him, a creature entirely black and indiscernible in species, was impaling him through the chest with a sharp claw, lifting him off the ground.

"Ah!!"

"Monsters!"

"Run!!"

Because it wasn’t just this black creature, many people soon heard, coming from the depths of the passage, a series of clear, audible sounds of animal movement.

The supervisor watched as worker after worker frantically fled, and as one after another black creature appeared at the entrance of the passage, his lips began to tremble uncontrollably.

At this moment, he finally understood why that middle-aged man kept reminding them to be careful.

But this regret seemed a bit late.

As the passage opened, the black creatures began to pour out in large numbers and, upon entering the crowd, they commenced massacring.

Yes, a massacre.

These workers had no resistance against these black creatures.

Even the middle-aged man’s face turned ugly after witnessing this scene.

Although he wasn’t strong in combat, it didn’t mean he had no combat power.

At least compared to these ordinary workers, his combat power was unmatched.

But just now, when facing the black creature, he was unexpectedly thrown aside by a single blow.

He estimated in his heart that even to deal with one, he would probably have to go all out, and the outcome was still uncertain, let alone facing so many black creatures at once.

At this moment, a sudden surge of joy crossed the middle-aged man’s face.

Because he saw, not far away, a figure was rapidly approaching this way.

"Lord Nether King!"

In just a few blinks of an eye, Li Chen had directly arrived beside the middle-aged man from a distance.

"It’s been tough," Li Chen said with a smile as he patted the middle-aged man on the shoulder.

"I’m just doing my duty." The middle-aged man, originally with a grave expression, couldn’t help but smile somewhat sheepishly after hearing Li Chen’s words: "If it weren’t for Lord Nether King saving me back then, I wouldn’t be here today..."

"Alright," Li Chen waved his hand, saying with a smile: "Let’s not talk about the past for now, we have things to do."

Just then, a black creature suddenly teleported to the side of Li Chen and the middle-aged man.

"Bang!"

A fist appeared directly in front of the black creature’s chest.

Without even looking, Li Chen threw a punch that hit the black creature.

Under Li Chen’s terrifying punch, the black creature was actually blown apart.

"Lord Nether King..." Just then, the middle-aged man next to him couldn’t help but ask with some concern, "Did you come here alone?"

"Of course not," Li Chen chuckled and shook his head. With a wave of his hand, a group of people quickly appeared behind him.

"I just walked a little faster, that’s all."

Having said that, Li Chen pointed towards the rampaging creatures, and realizing they were slaughtering humans and drinking their flesh and blood, he couldn’t help but feel a surge of anger in his chest.

"Kill them!"

"Yes!" The group responded in unison.

The next moment, they charged straight toward the swarm of black creatures.

Although their close combat strength might not be stronger than the black creatures.

But there was no need for close combat, because in the hands of these Nether Army soldiers were genuine rifles.

"Rat-a-tat-a-tat!!"

A series of gunshots rang out, and the black creatures were quickly sent into a chaotic flight.

Although they were monsters, they obviously had not left the realm of animals; at the very least, they could still feel pain.

Under the barrage of bullets, the Nether Army hardly had to do much before the creatures were cornered.

Finally, under the aghast gaze of the surviving supervisor, a Nether Army Warrior walked over with a rocket launcher slung over his shoulder.

"Whoosh—"

Boom!!

Accompanied by piercing screams, a group of creatures that almost caused a disaster were completely annihilated by the Nether Army.

Seeing this scene, a smile couldn’t help but appear on Li Chen’s face.

He turned to the middle-aged man behind him and said, "Take care of things here, I’m going in with the rest."

"Yes, my lord!"

The middle-aged man responded respectfully.

Soon, Li Chen led his group straight into the relic.

Last time, he came in a hurry and was unfamiliar with the relic, so Li Chen was somewhat caught off guard in many situations.

But this time was different, this time he had made ample preparation.

"Let’s go! Move in!"