novelraw Chapter 631 628: He's Alive
Chapter 631 628: He's Alive
The decision to excavate underground was swiftly pushed forward by Lu Xixi.
Enke, along with the leaders of over a dozen local forces in this war-torn nation, quickly became busy under Lu Xixi's martial coercion.
A large number of laborers were gathered, and almost all the construction machinery in the country was collected.
Lu Xixi then unhesitatingly looted Octopus Monster Company's resources in this country.
She even personally took down three of Octopus Monster Company's field teams!
Then Octopus Monster Company fell into silence—as without the Octopus Monster...
The might of Octopus Monster Company vanished completely.
Moreover, Lu Xixi was now undoubtedly the strongest human in the world.
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Corot was not left aside to idle by Lu Xixi, but was driven to the excavation site as a powerful labor force.
From many angles, he was utilizable, and more so, a powerful Controller has far more destructive capability than a tunnel boring machine!
If engineering planning is disregarded and it's all about mindlessly digging underground, a Controller indeed exhibits astonishing destructive power.
Lu Xixi was in charge of overseeing the work, while occasionally releasing her spiritual power to probe the underground situation and then set excavation coordinates.
In this way, the project proceeded for a month...
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In this war-ridden African country, as the flames of war suddenly ceased, and amid the odd atmosphere, more than a dozen originally warring warlords and local armed forces united and devoted all their might to a single [project]...
The greatest beneficiary, undoubtedly, was Enke.
Enke, being most familiar with Lu Xixi, became the most trusted person among the locals for Lu Xixi.
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Enke, who was already quite capable and talented, frantically recruited people to expand his influence during this process.
His most astute move was getting close to and befriending several Special Ability Users here during this time.
These Special Ability Users had previously looked down on such rural warlords… After all, as Special Ability Users, even if they hadn't reached the top tier, it was not difficult to earn money in the civilized world, where they were considered superior wherever they went.
Such local tyrants who only occupied a small town really weren't worth their attention.
But, after Lu Xixi displayed her familiarity with Enke, these Special Ability Users' attitudes towards him changed.
The common perception became:
Even if Enke was just a lapdog, he was the lapdog of the Star Sky Empress!
The leaders of other armed forces also tried to curry favor with these Special Ability Users but were met with cold shoulders.
Only Enke seemed to become bosom buddies with these Special Ability Users.
The rationale of these Special Ability Users was simple: treating Enke well was equivalent to ingratiating themselves with the Star Sky Empress!
This African war... The current outcome is...
All other Controllers seem to have been wiped out.
Is only the Star Sky Empress left?
Then, the future of the Underground World...
Might inevitably hold the Star Sky Empress in reverence!!
Someone's clearly aiming to be the rightful world number one.
If not currying favor now, then when?
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Enke, at the price of two hundred thousand dollars a year, signed a security consultant agreement with four Special Ability Users.
He effectively obtained four Special Ability Users as enforcers at a low price.
He couldn't afford more—even as a ruler of a poor and backward small town; how much wealth could he have?
In that ragged little town, as the local emperor, how much income could he have annually?
He still needed to develop and maintain the army.
But having four Special Ability Users as enforcers was sufficient!
None of the other armed forces had even one.
Moreover, others could not recruit these Ability Users as he could.
Because these Ability Users knew clearly that Enke was Lu Xixi's lapdog, they wouldn't choose to align with Enke's enemies.
One must consider the owner when hitting a dog.
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Lu Xixi tacitly approved of Enke's little maneuvers—or rather, Lu Xixi didn't care about such matters at all.
As long as Enke continued to organize and mobilize enough labor for the excavation site, Lu Xixi was completely indifferent to whatever else Enke did.
Even if Enke leveled the capital city of this country, Lu Xixi felt it had nothing to do with her.
During this phase, Enke was the Contractor Lu Xixi used to ensure the excavation project went ahead.
Anyone who dared to touch Enke would face Lu Xixi's wrath.
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When the project reached the thirty-seventh day...
The site had become a massive, chaotic pit!
Due to the brute-force excavation, the pit had collapsed many times over these thirty-plus days.
But each time, Corot, this free labor, would use telekinesis to forcibly support the pit, ensuring that the collapse didn't cause major damage or human casualties.
Lu Xixi's approach was straightforward.
Don't fear collapse; just maintain it with telekinesis and then use even more violent force to smash downwards!
Slam out a bigger, deeper pit!
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On the twenty-fifth day, Lu Xixi received an unexpected reinforcement.
This reinforcement came from none other than the Octopus Monster Company!
This made Lu Xixi feel quite incredulous, as she had previously unabashedly looted the Octopus Monster Company's warehouse in the vicinity for supplies and had wiped out several of their field teams.
In the chaos, Octopus Monster Company not only didn't retaliate, but came groveling?
But soon, Lu Xixi figured out the situation.
The one choosing to grovel before the Empress was an elder within the Octopus Monster Company.
Just like Bai Jing was an elder back then.
With the simultaneous disappearance of Octopus Monster and Nolan, this giant, the Octopus Monster Company, was in a power vacuum.
The increasing volume of information coming back from Africa stirred the Elders' Council, which had been kept in check by Octopus Monster's bloody suppression, into action again.
The Emperor had died.
The Emperor's proxy had also died.
Within the Elders' Council, who wouldn't want to be the new Emperor?
The Underground World relied on force, not on lineage or seniority.
It depended on power!
So, they naturally had to find someone with sufficiently strong power as their external support.
Thus, without surprise, they chose Lu Xixi.
With all the top Controllers wiped out or severely injured, there was no doubt the foremost person of the era was the Star Sky Empress.
Hence, the elder from Octopus Monster Company sent someone to grovel and, after delivering a batch of supplies, expressed a request for cooperation with Lu Xixi.
Lu Xixi took less than a minute to respond: I need a large number of technical personnel, engineering staff, and construction machinery!
Whoever provides them will be my ally!
Then...
This colossal machine, Octopus Monster Company, began to operate frantically under some forces' instigation.
Within a week, eight engineering teams were airlifted here at the fastest speed possible, incurring astronomical transportation costs!
Then came a large group of technical engineering personnel.
Heavy transport helicopters were almost constantly hovering and shuttling back and forth over the massive construction site day and night.
The newly joined engineering teams immediately dove into work, rapidly boosting the excavation efficiency.
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On the fifty-ninth day of the excavation project.
That night, the massive construction site was lit up with all kinds of lights, making it as bright as daytime.
Working around the clock, this place had gathered more than thirty thousand workers.
The elder from the Octopus Monster Company had mobilized a vast amount of funds to ensure logistical support here.
For this purpose, they even resorted to extraordinary means, utilizing the strategic food reserve of a nearby small country.
A massive amount of food, materials, and tools were transported here.
Every day, more than two hundred transport trucks traveled back and forth on the transportation roads.
Everyone was pushed to their limits in terms of strength and energy.
After two months of nonstop work in shifts around the clock, finally, on this night, they were close to the target!
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Lu Xixi relentlessly exerted her spiritual power, frantically searching the underground area.
At this moment, she stood at the bottom of a massive pit.
This pit covered an area as large as a football field, shaped like a funnel.
But the bottom of the pit was narrow, just enough to accommodate two or three people standing here.
Looking up, only the sky could be seen, and the deep pit was over three hundred meters tall.
This place had collapsed many times, and it could still collapse at any moment.
The excavation of such a project, aside from the tremendous difficulty, also presented a huge challenge in transporting the excavated soil.
Even Corot, this powerful labor force, was now showing signs of exhaustion, having lost weight noticeably.
Lu Xixi's spiritual power crazily explored the depths beneath her feet, and then she took a deep breath.
"It's here."
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That night, everyone on the construction site was ordered to evacuate.
In the middle of the night, a loud bang echoed from the bottom of the pit, followed by the sensation of the earth trembling continuously.
The engineering teams and laborers, who had retreated two kilometers away, felt the ground shaking.
In the direction of the pit, the thunderous noise continued, and some sharp-eared individuals seemed to faintly hear the sound of rushing water...
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Above the pit, only Lu Xixi, Corot, and a few special ability users remained.
Everyone else had evacuated.
At this moment, in the pit below, after the explosion, the ground twisted and cracked open, and a massive amount of underground water gushed out uncontrollably!
The pit quickly filled with a fierce current...
The dangerous whirlpool in the water, with Lu Xixi's eyes tightly closed, her spiritual power desperately infiltrating the turbid waters below, searching madly.
Finally!
Lu Xixi suddenly opened her eyes, with a peculiar expression on her face!
Then, under the stunned gaze of the people around her, Lu Xixi suddenly leapt from the pit, like a sharp sword, diving into the muddy, turbulent stream below...
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It took more than ten minutes before Lu Xixi's figure finally broke through the water!
The Empress's hair and clothes were drenched, but after leaping from the water, her form spun in the air and landed on the edge of the pit.
Then, instantly, a force surged through her body, evaporating the moisture away.
Breathing heavily, Lu Xixi finally placed an item in her hand gently on the ground, and then shouted, "Self-healing serum!!!!"
A box of top-tier Healer serum was handed over to Lu Xixi, who immediately withdrew a few steps with a sense of awe, watching the ground in front of Lu Xixi.
The wet fur, matted together with water and mud, appeared as one dark, shapeless mass.
Lu Xixi quickly took some water, rinsed it off, and then lifted the item, injecting a dose of Healer serum.
After rinsing, the general outline of the item could be seen.
Standing not far away, Corot's facial muscles twitched violently!
This is...
A cat!
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A frail body, lacking the plump, chubby appearance of the usual Gray Cat.
This cat now looked like a stray city cat rummaging through trash cans,skin and bones.
Lu Xixi pressed a hand on Gray Cat's body, and with a rapid infusion of spiritual power, finally breathed a sigh of relief!
It's alive!!
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She gently cradled Gray Cat in her arms.
Then, Lu Xixi glanced at Corot, with a hint of mockery in her eyes.
Without saying a word, Lu Xixi soared into the sky and vanished into the night.
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Two hours later, in the Mayor Mansion, a thoroughly cleaned Gray Cat, its frail and bony body wrapped in a soft towel, finally stirred its eyelids slightly before slowly opening its eyes.
Right in front of it was the face of Lu Xixi, with a pair of anxious eyes.
Gray Cat opened its mouth, seemingly letting out a soft, painful meow.
Lu Xixi frowned, thought for a moment, then brought Gray Cat closer to her hand.
Gray Cat then made an effort to pull itself together, and...
It brought its nose to Lu Xixi's fingertip and took a deep breath.
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It seemed like just a simple breath, but Lu Xixi's expression changed slightly!
With Gray Cat's breath, Lu Xixi clearly sensed a trickle of Life Element from her body flowing into Gray Cat!
Lu Xixi composed herself, no wonder...
No wonder Gray Cat always said it liked being near Chen Nuo and herself.
Because it needed to absorb the Life Force dissipated from the strong.
Usually, it only absorbed the dissipated part.
But that last breath was a bit too intense.
Lu Xixi roughly felt that the Life Element Gray Cat absorbed in that one breath was enough to sustain a battle with a Controller, requiring recovery from injuries once or twice.
After that one breath, the initially murky eyes of Gray Cat seemed to clear up slightly.
It appeared to have a faint trace of awareness.
Quickly, Lu Xixi leaned close to Gray Cat's ear and asked, "Where's Chen Nuo! Gray Cat, where's Chen Nuo?! Where is my husband?!"
While speaking, Lu Xixi's fingers trembled slightly, filled with fear and anxiety.
Finally, Gray Cat's mouth moved slightly.
It seemed too weak to even speak.
With great effort, it managed to utter three words.
"He's... alive..."
Then, Gray Cat closed its eyes again, sinking into slumber.