1434: Feilong No. 9 Base

The entire downward passage was constructed from dark, non-reflective special metal, sloping three thousand meters deep underground.

By riding the railcar, Wang Chen and his group passed through the passage and arrived at a spacious hall.

The hall was nearly the size of a standard football field, with a dome height exceeding fifty meters, and no supporting pillars were visible.

Near the dome, a white light cluster, like a small sun with a diameter of ten meters, quietly floated, emitting a soft glow that illuminated the entire hall.

On the ground, silver primal Qi patterns were spread everywhere, their faint glow indicating that they were not merely decorative.

It could be seen that all the primal Qi patterns originated from the four corners of the hall, spreading to cover the entire ground, and in those corners, four huge, furnace-like instruments were placed, with personnel in the same military uniforms as the guards busily working.

Wang Chen noticed that they were placing standard-sized origin stones into the instruments; from what he observed so far, each instrument had “devoured” no less than one hundred standard origin stones.

Seeing this scene, Wang Chen couldn't help but be moved.

Four hundred Empire standard origin stones could sell for a high price of twenty million star coins on the black market.

And these origin stones, placed here, were not even enough to activate the teleportation array; the staff there were still putting origin stones into the instruments, and before this, who knew how many had already been filled.

“Taking this teleportation array once is truly luxurious!”

Wang Chen couldn't help but exclaim.

At this moment, after entering the hall, the guard responsible for leading the way stopped, first glanced at his colleagues around him, and then solemnly said to Wang Chen and the others:

“Lieutenant Colonel Li, please lead the personnel who have not obtained teleportation qualifications to wait here.”

“Director Zhao, Wang Lieutenant, the six of you, please follow me.”

Upon hearing this, Lieutenant Colonel Li and his attendants remained in place, while Wang Chen, Zhao Yunxing, and the others quickly followed the guard.

“The destination for this teleportation is Feilong No. 9 Base, located in the main Star Domain of the Kangjin Star Region, with a teleportation distance of three thousand eight hundred light-years.”

As he led the group forward, the guard introduced:

“The teleportation process requires some time. Please do not make any other movements once the spatial passage opens, otherwise, if you are sucked into the spatial turbulence due to interfering with the teleportation, even a Star Domain-level expert would find it difficult to escape.”

“At the same time, after teleportation, there will be brief adverse reactions such as nausea and dizziness. Do not panic; this is a normal phenomenon and will subside after a short rest.”

While the guard was half-introducing and half-advising, Wang Chen and the others arrived at the center of the hall’s floor and stood in their respective positions as required.

“Attention, absolutely do not move during the teleportation.”

After another reminder, the guard joined his colleagues standing nearby.

Soon.

After confirming that Wang Chen and the others were all ready.

Buzz, buzz, buzz!

The silver primal Qi patterns on the ground lit up, and the restrained violent energy instantly converged. Space was suddenly distorted, and Wang Chen and the others were enveloped without warning by a sudden rising gray mist.

At this moment, within the gray mist, everyone suddenly felt a strong sense of falling, and at the same time, everything they saw before their eyes became strange and dazzling.

...

This year, there were a total of twenty-three thousand five hundred teams participating in the Azure Dragon Great Region Military Region Martial Arts Competition.

Even when evenly distributed among the seven sub-regions of Jiaomu Star Domain, Kangjin Star Region, Ditu Star Domain, Fangri Star Domain, Xinyue Star Domain, Weihuo Star Domain, and Jishui Star Domain, each sub-region had over three thousand participating teams, with the number of participants exceeding fifteen thousand.

So many teams naturally could not all gather in one place, as that would create many management problems, and moreover, the participants were all officers in their prime, full of youthful vigor. Too many people gathered together might cause unexpected trouble.

For this reason, the seven Star Domains under the Azure Dragon Great Region had prepared multiple gathering points for their respective participating teams.

After all, the venues for the preliminary and initial rounds were the same demi-plane; even if they weren't together, it wouldn't affect anything, it just required opening different entrances to enter.

Feilong No. 9 Base was one of the ten gathering points in the Kangjin Star Region. It was located in the main Star Domain of the Kangjin Star Region, situated on a planetary-level fortress responsible for guarding the capital planet.

According to the arrangements, Feilong No. 9 Base would receive two hundred and sixty teams this time, totaling one thousand five hundred and sixty people, including the team leaders.

At this moment.

Inside Feilong No. 9 Base, the spacious and massive training hall, temporarily used as an activity area for participants, was bustling with noise.

Numerous participants, in their early twenties, at most no older than twenty-five, and in the prime of their energetic stage, gathered here, creating a lively and boisterous atmosphere that almost lifted the dome of the training hall.

Although the competition officially began tomorrow, many participants who arrived early gathered around the various arenas, starting their contests and rivalries ahead of time.

Boom, boom, boom!

Piercing collision sounds echoed throughout the hall, primal Qi light shone, and the air was filled with the scent of sweat and hot blood.

It could be seen that different figures were clashing on each arena.

Participants confident in their strength vented their abundant energy, while also desiring to suppress all others here.

“This kid from the Baihua Legion has already fought seventeen consecutive matches, defeating seventeen challenging opponents. He’s really fierce!”

“This kid indeed has something special. His name is Chen Hua, and he has extraordinary talent in terms of endurance. You see, he’s fought seventeen consecutive matches, and there’s still no sign of fatigue on his face.”

“I heard that Chen Hua, who is at Realm Four Peak Stage, is not even the strongest among the five participants from the Baihua Legion. In the last Military Region Martial Arts Competition, the Baihua Legion almost secured a qualification spot to participate in the finals. This time, it seems they plan to wipe away their past humiliation!”

“My goodness, Chen Hua isn’t the strongest in the Baihua Legion? His strength is already at the top tier among those at Realm Four Peak Stage. With his talent in endurance, he might even be able to contend with ordinary Five Realms Initial Stage cultivators…”

“Just him alone might be able to suppress over ninety-nine percent of the participants who have come to Feilong No. 9 Base.”

“And with this terrifying endurance and recovery ability, if a team encounters him in a ring match, most teams might be defeated by him alone.”

“…”

At this moment, beside an arena, many people were discussing animatedly, and when their gaze fell upon a robust young man on the arena, their eyes were filled with apprehension.

Having a Realm Four Peak Stage participant was already at an upper-middle level among all participating teams in previous Military Region Martial Arts Competition preliminary and initial rounds, giving them a chance to compete for a qualification spot in the finals.

And this robust young man, Chen Hua, was not even the strongest in the Baihua Legion team. Didn't this mean...

Above Chen Hua, there was an even more abnormal guy whose strength might have reached the Five Realm, suppressing him?