Dragon's Origin

Chapter 237: It Won't Work in the Tunnel (Part 2)

The reason it felt soft was because Wang Sheng used the Tai Chi technique of deflecting force. He had anticipated the female boss being bounced away, so he stood behind her in advance, ready to act.

However, the hammer and chisel weren't so lucky. The female boss directly let go and they flew out, crashing into the stone wall on the other side. But upon impact, the hammer and chisel seemed to hit something extremely elastic, bouncing back and forth on the wall several times before finally running out of force and falling down.

With the fragrant and soft jade in his arms, Wang Sheng couldn't help but be a little moved. Fortunately, it was only for a moment. His steely will allowed Wang Sheng to gently put the female boss down, bending over to pick up the fallen hammer and chisel, which also served to slightly conceal his embarrassment.

Being held in Wang Sheng's arms, the female boss felt a sense of security standing behind him, almost losing herself in it. During the internal strife within Baoqing Yu Tang, how much she wished for such a broad and safe embrace behind her? Alas, it was not to be.

Wang Sheng let go of her to pick up the tools, and the female boss suddenly felt a little lost. How wonderful it would be if Wang Sheng could hold her a little longer! What an unromantic fellow.

"How did you know?" The female boss watched Wang Sheng put the hammer and chisel back into his storage ring, unable to resist asking.

She knew that Wang Sheng hadn't tried even once along the way, nor had he carefully observed anything. So how did Wang Sheng know that the chisel wouldn't work at all?

"Just pay attention to observation." Wang Sheng didn't play coy. He used the individual combat terminal to light the way and continued along the tunnel towards the underground space.

The female boss carefully observed along the way but didn't find anything unusual about the stone walls on either side. No matter how she looked, she couldn't figure it out. In the end, she couldn't help but ask.

"It's right if you can't see anything unusual." Wang Sheng replied with a smile, "Think about it, why is there this tunnel?"

"To enter the earth fire vein, to resist foreign invasions." The female boss quickly stated the purpose of building this tunnel.

"That's right, to resist foreign invasions." Wang Sheng snapped his fingers in praise, "This shows that this tunnel has been attacked by outsiders many times, including the assassin from the Divine Might Prison not long ago."

This deduction was valid, especially since the two had just dealt with the assassin from the Divine Might Prison a few hours ago, using the formation in this tunnel.

At the thought of the formation, the female boss suddenly understood a little. Wang Sheng obviously sensed the female boss's state and asked with a smile, "Do you understand?"

"Understood!" The female boss really understood.

Since this tunnel had been invaded many times, yet there were no traces left on the walls, ground, or ceiling, this fully demonstrated the power of the formation in the tunnel. Not only could it eliminate invading enemies, but it could also protect the tunnel itself from harm.

It should be known that those who could invade the tunnel were probably not mediocre. Even if the formation was powerful, it couldn't prevent them from retaliating. The previous assassin had also lasted for several minutes. In those few minutes, wouldn't it have been enough for them to attack the surrounding tunnel with weapons?

But the tunnel didn't leave a single trace. From the outside to the inside, from the inside to the outside, Wang Sheng and the female boss had walked through it twice, yet they hadn't found a single scratch. Then the protective effect of this formation was evident.

Even a full-strength strike from a master with a weapon couldn't leave a trace. Trying to chisel open the tunnel with a hammer and chisel was probably just a joke. Even if the offensive formation wasn't activated, the protective formation was definitely always running, just like the formation that preserved medicinal effects. Anyway, with the earth fire vein constantly providing energy, there was no need to worry about insufficient formation energy.

The female boss was completely convinced. Although they had to be good at observing words and expressions in business, that was looking at people and people's hearts. Moreover, the female boss was obviously not skilled enough in this area, otherwise, she wouldn't have been at a disadvantage in the internal strife of the family. But in carefully observing the surrounding environment and making judgments and analyses, giving the female boss a hundred horses wouldn't allow her to catch up with Wang Sheng even if she rode them in shifts. The gap was too big.

One was a high and mighty female leader who was pampered and protected by bodyguards at all times, while the other was a seasoned sniper who had to go deep behind enemy lines and was constantly in mortal danger. Although careful observation sounded simple, one was just observation, while the other was a matter of life and death. The results of their observations were definitely worlds apart.

"Then can't we do anything in this entire tunnel?" Although she had guessed the result, the female boss was obviously unwilling and asked Wang Sheng with a bit of wishful thinking, hoping to get an answer that would make her happy.

"Of course!" Wang Sheng replied without hesitation, "We can only find a way when we get to the underground space."

Compared to Wang Sheng's indifference to taking action in the underground space, the female boss was thinking completely differently. If they were to start digging from the entrance, the distance to the ground would be at most a few feet or at most a few dozen feet, making it very easy to dig. However, if they were to take action in the underground space, then the distance to the ground would probably not be a few dozen feet.

It should be known that this tunnel was a stone staircase all the way down. Even if it turned countless corners in terms of direction, the height was completely genuine, always going down. Even if a layer of stone steps was only half a foot high, how many thousands of steps would there be after a dozen miles? Calculating this way, the distance from the underground space to the ground was probably three or four miles?

A few feet deep tunnel was easy to dig. Not to mention Wang Sheng, even the female boss herself, who had never carved stone before, could dig it out in a day or two. But a few miles deep tunnel, and not straight up and down, how long would it take to dig? The female boss wanted to ask, but seeing Wang Sheng's face showing no panic, she suppressed her question.

The previous few times had made her appear as if she knew nothing in front of Wang Sheng. The female boss no longer wanted Wang Sheng to think she was shallow and ignorant. Even if she didn't understand, she would slowly observe and slowly wait, and wouldn't rush to ask. With Wang Sheng by her side, it felt like even the biggest things had solutions, and there was no need to worry. This feeling was really good.

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The two walked all the way to the underground space and stopped at the tunnel exit.

Wang Sheng turned off the flashlight, using the natural light of the lava here for illumination, so as not to have to grope in the dark when going out without lighting equipment.

"Give me three days." Wang Sheng stroked the stone wall at the tunnel entrance, closed his eyes and felt the power of the formation on the mountain wall, and said to the female boss, "You are responsible for opening the first half of the formation in the tunnel, don't let anyone in."

The female boss nodded quickly, Wang Sheng simply rested, then took out the hammer and began to knock on the tunnel entrance.