My Pet Beast is Super Fearsome
Chapter 538 - 537: Statue of Nuwa?

Chapter 538: Chapter 537: Statue of Nuwa?

How big was the space behind the door?

It seemed to be more than twenty meters high, but it was impossible to discern how wide or long it was.

Under the influence of various lights, he could not make out the boundaries of the underground base from where he stood.

Within the range of his sight, various rectangular buildings were lined up in an orderly fashion, and he even saw a lush little park.

What kind of underground base was this? With such a scale, it wouldn’t be amiss to call it a town, right?

The only drawback was that this base city was lifeless, apart from that little park. The buildings, bathed in artificial light, were filled with the ambiance of steel and concrete, and most crucially, he saw no signs of human activity, which was very oppressive.

Shao Zifeng was at an entrance situated in the middle of the space, with a staircase about ten meters high below him. He walked down the stairs, but upon nearing the ground, he suddenly stopped.

Then, he carefully retracted his foot. No one had told him where the research area was; if he stepped down and it killed him, that would be a huge loss.

He took out his phone to call Chen Yixing, only to find there was no signal.

Just as he felt at a complete loss, a small vehicle resembling a tour bus came from the distance and finally stopped steadily in front of him.

The vehicle’s two round headlights blinked, and it emitted a childlike electronic voice, "The underground base service vehicle is delighted to serve you. To board, please swipe your card~"

Shao Zifeng let out a sigh of relief, hurried onto the tour bus, and swiped his card on the card reader in front of the seat.

"Card swiped successfully. Temporary worker cardholder Shao Zifeng, you may select your destination as ’Research Area’ or ’Park.’ Please fasten your seatbelt after selecting your destination."

"This is something else," Zifeng muttered softly as he tapped ’Research Area’ on the display.

It seemed this underground base’s level of secrecy was truly high, to the point where not even service personnel were provided.

"The vehicle is starting. Please sit firmly and hold on. The current destination is ’Research Area’."

After the electronic tone ended, the small car started silently and smoothly shuttle between the steel-like buildings.

Zifeng leaned back in his seat, watching the outside scenery, but the monotonous buildings quickly bored him, and looking at them too much gave him a sense of inexplicable oppression.

At that moment, a touch of greenery appeared in his field of vision, the quaint little park emerged on the roadside not far away.

Seeing the lush trees, he felt a bit more relaxed. The sound of flowing water in the park was loud, and Zifeng’s gaze was suddenly attracted to a statue on the fountain.

The statue was about two meters tall, with the upper body depicting a mature woman draped in a gauzy veil, her delicate chin slightly raised, her hands above her head in a lotus-like posture holding a colorful stone, her long hair falling in front of her chest, and the lower body concealed by the fountain was a coiled serpent’s tail.

Was this, Nüwa?

No!

Or should it be called ’Her Majesty Wa’?

Whether it was the Nüwa from another realm’s mythology who grew tired of molding humans and started flinging clay dots to make people, or the ’Her Majesty Wa’ from this realm, as spoken by the bald dragon, who bestowed the key to a new era to the people of the Great Xia, the Wa Spirit.

It, or rather She, was an extraordinary existence.

The small car zipped along the road, and Zifeng turned his head to look at the statue holding the colorful stone under the lights, his heart suddenly thumping wildly.

It wasn’t because he harbored any strange thoughts—after all, the last one who disrespected Her, under the calamity of Daji, left behind an eternal curse.

It was because Zifeng guessed a possibility.

Perhaps this so-called underground base was the resting place of the "Great Sir Nuwa" that the bald dragon mentioned.

Thinking of this, a surge of impulse welled up in his heart, wanting to use his psychic vision to check if that entity was indeed slumbering here.

However, the psychological shadow left by his rash use of psychic vision in the past temporarily suppressed this impulsive emotion. If the entity wasn’t here, it wouldn’t be a big deal—he might feel a bit disappointed, but if it really was here...

Sst—

As he was indecisive, the car came to a steady stop in front of a building resembling an industrial warehouse.

"Beep~ You have arrived at the research area. Please do not wander around after disembarking. We wish you a pleasant workday."

Shao Zifeng, stepping out of the car, looked in the direction of the park.

Forget about the "spirit of Nuwa"; even if it were him being disturbed during sleep, he’d probably be very upset, right?

After adjusting his mood, Shao Zifeng looked towards the building in front of him, over five meters in height, with walls and a door that also had a metallic sheen. There was an inconspicuous card reader next to the door.

He walked up, swiped his card as if he had done it many times before, and the heavy matte-silver door silently opened.

"Beep, temporary work cardholder Shao Zifeng, welcome to the underground base’s research area. The staff is currently working; please keep quiet, thank you."

Shao Zifeng pocketed his card and peered inside. To his surprise, the building, which seemed quite large, only had an area near the entrance equipped with desks and small instruments. Not far into it, there was a metallic wall.

At this moment, over ten researchers in white lab coats were huddled near the metallic wall, engrossed in something so much so that they didn’t even notice his arrival.

Shao Zifeng stepped forward and looked in from behind the crowd. Through a small window in the metal wall, he saw a serious-looking young man operating a computer by the window, which unfortunately, due to the obstruction of people, he could not see.

Near the computer desk stood an old man with silver hair. He looked into the window, then stood up straight and pushed up his presbyopia glasses. "Xiao Liu, the previous operations were good. Next, grab the item with code B2 and place it in C5."

"Yes!"

The young man complied and typed something quickly on the keyboard, obviously nervous, with sweat beading on his forehead.

There was some commotion among the crowd as a middle-aged man said in an urgent tone, "Code B2 successfully captured, preparing to position at C5. Energy monitor, get ready to start up."

As his voice faded, another person looked down and swiped on a tablet in their hands, "Energy monitor has started up normally, ready to enter working state at any time."

"Good," the old man nodded in satisfaction, leaning over and staring intently through the window, "Place it!"

Shao Zifeng listened in confusion for a while, extremely curious about what they were doing. He squeezed his way closer and finally was able to see the scene through the window.

In a spacious workroom, several powerful-looking mechanical arms were delicately picking up patterned stones and precisely placing them on a workbench covered with these stones.

The sight resembled a brawny man threading a needle to mend clothes; the visual contrast was so striking that Shao Zifeng couldn’t immediately understand what they were doing.

Seconds ticked by, and the young man with the tablet spoke in disappointment, "Energy monitor did not detect any energy fluctuations."

A silent disappointment washed over the crowd, disappointment written all over their faces.

Shao Zifeng blinked and finally realized what they were up to.

Wow, a robot formation.

These top-brass sure know how to keep up with the times.