Chapter 125 Taking the Initiative, High-Tech Defense Line? That's My Toy!
Red Rock Canyon, located in the no-man's-land on the edge of the Chaos Lands, is shrouded in red poisonous miasma all year round, with chaotic magnetic fields that even satellites cannot detect.
This is the location of the largest underground branch of the Tianli Research Institute.
At this moment, at the entrance of the canyon.
"Is this the coordinate provided by the agent?"
Su Qingyue, dressed in tight-fitting gear and holding the Crimson Flame Sword, looked at the canyon entrance, which resembled the gaping mouth of a giant beast, with a solemn expression. "Such dense Evil Qi, and... it's too quiet. There isn't even the sound of insects chirping."
"That goes without saying."
Mu Qingxue held a compass in her hand, her delicate brows slightly furrowed. "The magnetic field here has been artificially rewritten. There are at least three layers of high-tech defensive nets deployed ahead, including infrared laser matrices, automatic identification machine gun turrets, and there might even be... electromagnetic pulse cannons."
As a powerhouse in the Grandmaster Realm, her perception of danger was extremely keen.
"Should we come up with an infiltration plan?" Su Qingyue suggested. "For example, from the side rock walls..."
"Infiltration? Too much trouble."
Jiang Chen yawned, wearing his familiar pajamas and flip-flops, while carrying that starry-blue pillow in his hand, swaggering towards the main entrance of the canyon.
"I have a habit: when I visit someone else's home, I like to use the front door. Besides..."
Jiang Chen looked up at the gloomy sky. "It's about to rain, and I want to finish this quickly so I can go back and take a nap."
"But those defenses..."
"Defenses? Are you talking about those toys?"
A disdainful smile curled the corners of Jiang Chen's mouth.
He took a step forward, and his figure instantly became illusory.
【Skill Activated: Sleepwalking Steps · Reality-Illusion Conversion.】
【Status: Half-Asleep/Half-Awake (Mental Energy highly concentrated).】
【Judgment: In this state, the host can treat "inanimate objects" in reality as "props" in a dream, allowing for a certain degree of rule distortion.】
"Beep—! Alert! Illegal intruder detected!"
The rocks on both sides of the canyon suddenly flipped, revealing dozens of pitch-black heavy machine guns and laser emitters.
The red laser network instantly intertwined into a web of death, blocking all paths forward.
"Fire!"
The non-existent commander issued the order (AI automatic control).
"Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat—!"
A dense storm of bullets and lethal laser beams poured down like raindrops.
Su Qingyue and Mu Qingxue's expressions changed drastically, and they were about to defend themselves.
But they saw Jiang Chen, who was walking at the very front, suddenly... stretch?
"Three circles to the left, three circles to the right, twist your neck, wiggle your hips..."
Amidst the hail of bullets, he was actually doing... calisthenics?!
A bizarre scene unfolded.
Those bullets fired at him, upon approaching within half a meter of his body, seemed to encounter some kind of invisible, slippery force field, sliding off to the sides and flying past his clothes without even leaving a hole.
And those laser beams were even more outrageous.
Jiang Chen reached out his hand, as if brushing away spiderwebs blocking his path in a dream, and gave a gentle flick.
"Zzzzt—"
Those high-energy lasers, which originally traveled in straight lines, were forcibly twisted by his Mental Energy into curved arcs, bypassing his body!
"The laws of physics... have been rewritten?" Mu Qingxue watched in astonishment. "This is no longer martial arts; this is... a miracle?"
"No, this is the 'I think it can't hit me, so it can't hit me' method of a subjective-idealism cheater." Qingyue retorted, but the adoration in her eyes could not be hidden.
Jiang Chen continued "dancing" all the way until he reached those machine gun turrets.
"This thing is quite noisy."
Jiang Chen looked at the machine gun turrets, which were furiously spitting flames, and frowned.
He reached out his hand and made a "tying a knot" gesture at the gun barrel.
【Dream Manifestation: Bend for me!】
"Snap—Creak—"
That gun barrel, forged from a special alloy, actually bent like a noodle, curving ninety degrees out of thin air without anyone touching it!
"Boom!"
The next bullet fired, causing it to explode right inside the barrel.
Immediately after, Jiang Chen did the same to the others.
One glare, the barrel bent.
A wave of his hand, the turret collapsed.
He just walked and dismantled all the way; wherever he passed, those expensive high-tech weapons were reduced to scrap metal.
"This is too... stress-relieving, right?"
Iliya, who was following behind, picked up a smoking piece of debris and wagged her tail excitedly. "Master, I want to play too!"
"Don't rush, there's a big one inside."
Jiang Chen stopped and looked at the ten-meter-tall alloy gate ahead.
Engraved on the gate was the emblem of the Tianli Research Institute—an eye that had been half-dissected.
"Is this the gate?"
Jiang Chen rubbed his chin. "No doorbell? Then I guess I'll just have to... knock."
He didn't use his fist, but instead raised the pillow in his hand.
【Charge: Waking Up Anger · Battering Ram Mode.】
【Injecting Mental Energy: 30%.】
【Additional Effects: Shock, Shatter, Armor Piercing.】
"Open the door! Water meter inspection!"
Jiang Chen shouted, and the pillow in his hand smashed heavily against the alloy gate, which was claimed to be able to withstand a nuclear explosion.
"Thump—!!!"
A deafeningly dull boom.
The entire canyon trembled violently, and countless rocks rolled down from overhead.
That one-meter-thick alloy gate was like tofu in front of the soft pillow.
First, the center caved in, then cracks spread all around, and finally—
"Boom!"
The gate shattered with a roar, turning into countless metal fragments that shot inward.
The dust settled.
Revealing the massive, sci-fi-style underground base hall behind the door.
And in the hall, hundreds of researchers and guards wearing white lab coats, holding various instruments, were staring at the entrance with blank expressions.
They couldn't figure out how that gate, which couldn't even be blasted open by missiles, was smashed to pieces by a... pillow?
"Good evening, everyone."
Jiang Chen stood on the ruins, clutching his pillow, and revealed a bright smile.
"I'm here to deliver warmth. By the way, who is in charge here? I'd like to have a chat with them about compensation for 'noise pollution' and 'robbing others of their property'."
"If they don't come out..."
A purple light flashed in Jiang Chen's eyes, and the air behind him instantly distorted, vaguely revealing a massive nightmare avatar.
"Then I'll just have to tear this place down and burn it as firewood for my bed."
The entire place fell into dead silence.
Afterward, a piercing red alarm sounded throughout the entire base.
"Enemy attack! S-class enemy attack! Activate final defense protocol! Release... test subject 002!"
A great battle was on the verge of breaking out.
And Jiang Chen just calmly yawned.
"Finally, the main course is coming? I hope it's a bit more durable; don't keep me from my dinner."