384: Chapter 384 Lingtian Returns to Ulan Country

Oriental Chen's approach actually carried a potential risk.

The two crucial elements supporting the network's operation, electricity and communication, were entirely under the control of the Mercenary Guild. This could lead to the Guild also facing an antitrust investigation from the Council, with a severity no less than that of the Huatong Chamber of Commerce.

However, he didn't care; if he had to pay a fine, so be it, it would just cycle back into his own pocket anyway.

As of today, the task of increasing the influence of the Huatong Chamber of Commerce and the Mercenary Guild could be considered complete.

Now that conditions were basically mature, he could begin the next phase of the plan: constructing an underground survival base.

It was still the same point: the Settlement had to build an underground base, and they had to do it voluntarily, willing to spend money and resources on its construction.

Even to complete the Space Station's mission, Oriental Chen believed he absolutely could not be a doting mother.

So why would the Settlement's Person in charge spend money to build this underground base? There had to be a reason, so he would inevitably have to play the bad cop and secretly pull some strings.

October 20, 2055.

Early in the morning, an old-fashioned steam train crossed the border and drove directly into Ulan Country.

With watchtowers now deployed, Oriental Chen received the news immediately and opened the real-time feed.

Undoubtedly, this train came from Kultak.

Their target was naturally the iron tower in the Wu La Han District of Batuo City.

Oriental Chen smiled slightly, planning to tease them properly. He could confidently say that anyone who came uninvited shouldn't expect to leave well.

From the border to Batuo City was still over 300 kilometers. At their current speed, it would take at least 5 more hours. During this time, he dispatched planes to transport 100,000 Simulation Spider Robots and 10,000 flying robots there.

In addition, he also had the Bee Queen in Batuo make an extra small gift as a return present for their departure.

At 2 PM, the train arrived in Bato.

Oriental Chen could naturally destroy those trains at any time, but he chose not to. Because he planned to let some people go back, and if he destroyed the train, they definitely wouldn't be able to return.

The train station in Batuo City was in the Bale District, still some distance from the iron tower in the Wu La Han District.

They unloaded all the armored vehicles, cars, and tanks towed on the train, and then spent some time moving supplies from the train cars. After two hours of commotion, they finally set off, heading south.

It was almost 5 PM when they reached the vicinity of the iron tower.

To make it easier for them to find the location, Oriental Chen even drew a warning line on the ground, which was “very humane.”

Sure enough, everyone stopped outside the warning line.

Of course, they weren't stupid; there was always a vehicle leading the way. If there was danger, the vehicles behind would stop in time.

The car doors opened, and everyone got out.

Ling Tian, as the guide, played the role of a tour guide.

A group of people stood in front of the warning line, chattering about something. It seemed these people didn't believe there was any protective circle here.

“Xiao Lin, synchronize the audio,” Oriental Chen said on a whim.

The video itself had no sound, but a bug was implanted in Ling Tian's body, which could synchronize the audio from the bug with the visuals.

This way, a silent movie became a talkie, which was much more enjoyable to watch.

“Ling Tian, is this the protective circle you mentioned?”

“Yes, Master. It's just that there wasn't this line on the ground back then; they must have drawn it later,” Ling Tian explained.

“A chalk line can stop the Dung Beetle army?” the Master asked, disbelievingly.

“Absolutely true!” Ling Tian vowed.

At this moment, someone nearby picked up a stone and threw it into the warning line. The stone flew in successfully and landed on the ground. It then rolled forward a short distance and stopped, completely unharmed.

“It's fine,” the person next to him said.

“Stones have no life; it's certainly fine to throw them in,” Ling Tian rationalized.

“Ling Tian, how long are you going to keep lying? If a stone can pass, then can bullets and cannonballs pass just as well? Didn't you say this protective circle could defend against all attacks? How do you explain it now?” the Master retorted.

“Master, don't worry, let's try it first. How about this, throw a rabbit in and see,” Ling Tian ordered the Modified human next to him.

The Modified human turned and walked to a cage, pulled out a rabbit, and walked back.

He violently threw the rabbit into the warning line, showing no mercy.

The rabbit struggled on the ground a few times, then limped away into the distance, still completely unharmed.

This was strange.

Ling Tian was completely flustered, cold sweat dripping.

“Could this protective circle be Invalidation?” He suddenly had this question.

“What do you have left to explain now?” the Master asked with dissatisfaction, seeing that the rabbit was fine.

“Master, there must be a problem. Yes, yes, the rabbit has no attack power, it must be that,” Ling Tian proposed a new hypothesis.

The Master stared at him, speechless.