Mystery Paradise: Wishing Power Demon
Chapter 369 - 368: The Underground Solid Wall

Chapter 369: Chapter 368: The Underground Solid Wall

After entering the cave, Chaoyang saw that the path under his feet was covered with planks, and many oil lamps hung on both sides of the tunnel. The ground and walls were extremely damp, and droplets of water occasionally dripped from above, creating a loud ticking noise that resonated distinctly within the cave.

He remembered that Bariff’s work log mentioned that the cave often got flooded with seawater.

The thick rubber hoses laid aside were probably the pumping equipment. This was quite similar to the working environment in mines—once a flooding accident occurred, waiting for the water to naturally recede was unrealistic; it could only be drained using a pump to resume work.

"Tell me, what’s the situation now?" Chaoyang casually asked.

"Not much progress. The seepage gets more severe the further north we go; ordinary people can’t get through that flooded area," the man shook his head. "Did Gleck Academy send the blasting design diagram?"

"Haven’t received it yet."

"Then we really are at a loss," the young man said with a wry smile. "The locals are now openly confronting the company. I don’t know how much longer the Governor can tolerate... Oh, my lord, I’m not criticizing your proposition. Wanting to achieve results in the shortest time is the only way, but many people just don’t understand that."

"Never mind, I just need to get the results," Chaoyang had gradually come to understand the role he was playing. "What do you think the new energy the company is looking for might be?"

"You... You’re asking me?"

"What’s the matter?"

Chaoyang glared at him impatiently.

"No, nothing... It’s just that you rarely discuss this sort of thing with me," the other party even responded with a sense of being flattered. "I guess it might be a Steam Construct, or perhaps... a Divine Relic that emits infinite energy. Otherwise, the company wouldn’t place such importance on this search operation. It has to be vastly superior to the Steam Constructs to give Ransu Company an edge in this energy competition. My lord, do you think my speculation makes sense?"

Well, this man knew quite a bit. He even guessed that Divine Relics could be utilized for such purposes.

But Bariff seemed to know even more.

Unfortunately, he couldn’t extract secrets from a person who didn’t exist.

"Hey, how much further is it to the wall?"

"Ah?" The young man was taken aback, turning his head back with some confusion. "We’ve walked less than fifty meters, there should still be over three hundred meters ahead. Lord Bariff... Do you need something?"

’Your question has raised his suspicions!’ Ailuodi, who shared his vision and perception, couldn’t help but remind him.

"There are no guards on the way?"

"The Guards are all at the bottom of the cave, isn’t that what you arranged?"

"Hmm..." Chaoyang looked around at the environment. "There really are a lot of extensions in this cave, have they all been checked? I wouldn’t want anyone sneaking into the cave from somewhere else."

"... My lord, are you tired? Maybe you could lean against the wall and rest a bit..." For the first time, the young man didn’t answer him directly.

But the man’s suspicious expression had already given the answer—it was an unquestionably foolish question.

"Look, what’s that!?" Chaoyang suddenly exclaimed.

The man turned his head instinctively, and Chaoyang lifted his foot, kicking him right in the hollow of the knee. With his knee sharply bending, the man immediately lost his balance, falling backward and hitting his head hard against the cave wall. To ensure he passed out, Chaoyang dealt another blow to his forehead. With sufficient force, anyone could enjoy a particularly deep sleep.

’What are you doing!?’ Ailuodi was startled.

"What else can we do, but to extract information!" Chaoyang wrapped the man’s arm and dragged him into a dark side path. "And we don’t have that much time either."

Using conversation skills to inquire about information without the other party realizing is a common trope in spy movies. He didn’t think he had such excellent conversation skills, nor did he wish to rely on the other’s stupidity. He was a Demon, and even if his wishing power was completely depleted, the experience gained from using his powers hundreds of times wouldn’t just disappear into thin air.

Once Chaoyang made sure nobody else was around, he cast the Dream Entering Technique on the unconscious man!

The man’s memory labyrinth did not welcome intruders, but such subconscious resistance was like trying to stop a car with an outstretched arm for him. Chaoyang easily infiltrated the depths of his memory. After browsing through it, he stitched in a segment of forged memory.

Fifteen minutes later, Chaoyang arrived at the bottom of the cave as if he knew the way well, which was the excavation area of the mysterious structure. "Guards, where are the guards!"

Immediately, an armed guard carrying a gun ran over. He was also dressed in a Ransu Company uniform. "What can I do for you, Lord Bariff?"

"Little Schockel fell halfway and hit his head. I don’t have time to attend to him; find some brothers to carry him out of the cave and see a doctor."

"Yes, sir!" the other responded immediately.

"Not bad," Ailuodi praised sourly. "The abilities of a Demon really are enviable. If I could turn all those baddies into good people, the world would probably be much more peaceful."

Chaoyang chuckled, "What are you thinking? A person is shaped by their lifetime experiences, not by a few minutes of memory segments. Besides, fabricating memories out of thin air is easily recognized by the brain, which is why I had him fall backwards and get knocked out, just like slipping."

"Then how much wishing power did you use?"

"Well... about thirty to forty percent."

That’s right; the only cost was the wishing power.

The consumption of the Dream Entering Technique was low, making it a power you could use whenever you wanted. However, implanting memories was different; the clearer the memory segment, the greater the wishing power needed. Observing, capturing, overlaying... the whole process used up about four hundred points.

At that moment, he had less than six hundred points of wishing power left.

"So you had already thought it through. Fine, at such a critical moment, I won’t blame you for investing too much. So now, Mr. Demon, this cave is like coming home to you, isn’t it?"

"You could say that," Chaoyang replied solemnly.

Because besides getting a basic understanding of the excavation project, he had learned many other things...

Schockel and Bariff were both professional scholars recruited by Ransu Company with hefty sums of money. Along with them was a fully armed Guard Squad. The company seemed to have confirmed early on that the new energy source was to the east of the City of Defense, and Bariff, showing his merit, found the outer wall of the "mysterious structure" just below the cave in less than a month.

Chaoyang saw a straight wall extending vertically, occupying most of the cave space in the dim light. It reached neither the ceiling nor the floor, showing about two meters above the ground and over twenty meters in length. One end of it extended into the water, making it impossible to determine its full length.

At first, only a corner of the edge was exposed, and the cave was not nearly as spacious as it was now. It was more like a "dog hole" eroded by seawater, into which one could only crawl by kneeling. It became what it is now entirely through human excavation and clearing, bit by bit.

Chaoyang walked to the side of the wall and picked up a piece of rock to knock on it—the surface was hard, and the sound was crisp. Judging from the material, it was some kind of metal wall with a certain degree of rust resistance. He also noticed that many places on the wall were filled with pits of different sizes, clearly made by violent hammering. The deepest one could almost fit a finger into it.

This meant the wall was more than ten centimeters thick.

Additionally, Bariff had tried a combination of steel drill bits and Steam Construct, but with little effect, suggesting its hardness was also extraordinary.

Faced with a wall that was both thick and hard, no wonder they were in a dilemma. Even if they followed Bariff’s plan to use dynamite for blasting, it was still very uncertain whether they could blow a big hole in the wall.