159: Chapter 159 Discovering a Free Boiler

Half a month later.

The changes on Yizhou Island could be described as changing with each passing day; it was as if someone had pressed the fast-forward button.

At the foot of Mount Fuji, the wasteland that was once covered in volcanic ash and devoid of life had now turned into a super construction site filled with a sci-fi vibe.

Under the personal planning of Su Qianqian, the Federation's Chief Scientist, a magnificent building called the Geothermal Spiritual Qi Conversion Station was under intensive construction.

This was no ordinary power plant, but a silver giant tower reaching a hundred meters in height, built entirely from heat-resistant alloy.

Countless thick pipes extended from the tower body like blood vessels, digging deep into the ground, preparing to extract the infinite thermal energy from the earth's veins and convert it into clean electricity and liquefied Spiritual Qi to supply the entire island.

"Attention, Unit 1 Drilling Team! Depth 2500 meters! Rock hardness increasing!"

"Coolant circulation System active! Don't let the drill bit burn out!"

Su Qianqian wore a white hard hat and work clothes, standing in front of the big screen at the command center, her fingers tapping rapidly on the holographic keyboard.

Her gaze was focused and fanatical, as if she were commanding a precise battle.

On the other side of the construction site, the vibe was completely different.

Nalan Ruo was dressed in green, walking barefoot on the scorched earth. With every step she took, a ripple of green light spread out beneath her feet.

"Go, take away the filth, and leave behind the vitality."

She whispered softly, tossing seeds that shimmered with a faint light from her hands.

Ye Xiaocao followed behind her, carrying a huge Spiritual Liquid sprayer, skillfully watering the seedlings that had just sprouted.

On the land behind them, the originally pitch-black, foul-smelling nuclear-radiated soil was turning into fertile black earth at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Mutated sunflowers capable of absorbing radiation sprang up one after another, blooming with golden light against the gray sun.

Wang Dachui was currently lying on a giant rock halfway up the mountain, a blade of dogtail grass in his mouth, watching the bustling scene below, feeling incredibly comfortable.

"Now this is what you call a life!"

"My wives are all so capable, and I'm the only idler. This feeling... it's damn good!"

Ji Taimei sat beside him, checking financial reports on the tablet she never let go of. Hearing this, she rolled her eyes at him.

"You're certainly carefree. Do you know how much money has been burned in the last half month? The wear and tear on those drill bits alone is enough to buy a courtyard house in the capital."

"Oh, money is just money, we'll earn more after we spend it!" Wang Dachui chuckled, reaching out to hug Ji Taimei. "Besides, this is the family business we're building, it has to be done right, doesn't it?"

"You have so many excuses." Although Ji Taimei complained, a smile hung on the corners of her mouth.

Just then.

"Beep—beep—beep—!!!"

A harsh red alarm sounded without warning from the command center where Su Qianqian was, instantly echoing throughout the entire construction site!

"What's going on? Did the furnace explode?" Wang Dachui sat up abruptly.

Su Qianqian's urgent and slightly panicked voice came through the communicator:

"Dachui! Come to the drilling site quickly! Something happened!"

"Our main drill bit is at 3000 meters underground... and it drilled into something!"

"That thing is not rock! It's soft! And... it has life signs! Its energy readings are skyrocketing! It has already broken through the instrument's limit!"

"Soft? Alive?" Wang Dachui was stunned. "Is there a Tai Sui buried underground?"

"No!"

Before Wang Dachui could react, the ground beneath his feet suddenly began to shake violently!

"Rumble—!!!"

This vibration was different from an earthquake; it carried a rhythmic pulse, like a sleeping giant turning over.

The unfinished scaffolding collapsed with a crash, and the workers fled in terror.

"ROAR——!!!"

A deep, ancient roar, filled with tyranny and morning grumpiness, seemed to come from the depths of Hell, rushing straight into the sky along the drilling shaft!

Immediately after, a thick column of black smoke mixed with the smell of sulfur erupted, dyeing the sky ink-black.

"Damn! This movement! It's not a Tai Sui, it's the ancestor of the Tai Sui!"

Wang Dachui's expression changed. Without a word, he picked up Ji Taimei, exerted force with his feet, and the whole person shot out like a cannonball, instantly sending her to a safe high ground.

"Wife, stay there and don't move! I'm going to see which blind fool dares to tear down our home!"

After saying that, Wang Dachui flashed away, taking General Leng Feng and Nightingale, who had just arrived, and rushed directly toward the crater that was spewing black smoke.

Arriving at the scene, the sight before them made everyone gasp.

The drilling shaft, which was tens of meters in diameter, had now been forcibly cracked open by a terrifying force!

The originally calm magma lake was churning violently like boiling water, with red magma being thrown hundreds of meters into the air.

"Crash—!!!"

Accompanied by the explosion of magma, a massive, suffocating black shadow slowly rose from the ground.

The first thing to emerge was a huge, hideous snake head!

It was as big as a truck cab, covered with thick, shield-like dark red scales. Two scarlet eyes scanned the surroundings like searchlights, spitting flames from his mouth.

But this was just the beginning.

Immediately after, the second, the third...

A full eight huge snake heads of various shapes emerged from the magma one after another!

Some were spitting green poisonous mist, some were wreathed in purple lightning, and some were howling with white cold air...

And beneath them was a connected, mountain-like massive body that completely filled the entire crater.

Level 6 Peak Vicious Beast—[Yamata no Orochi]!

This Vicious Beast, which had existed in ancient myths, had awakened after the Great Cataclysm and occupied this volcano as his lair.

He had been sleeping and healing, and just now, he was having a sweet dream when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his butt!

It was as if someone had stabbed him hard with a needle!

Who could stand that kind of morning grumpiness?!

"Who is it?!"

"Which humble insect is it?! How dare you stab this god's tail with a needle?!"

All eight snake heads spoke at once, their voices like rolling thunder, shaking the surrounding engineering mechs and shattering the glass.

"And you dare to break ground on top of my head?! Do you want to die?!"

Yamata no Orochi was furious.

Sixteen scarlet eyes locked onto the fleeing engineering mechs on the ground and the towering drilling tower.

In his eyes, that was the culprit!

"Destroy it! Destroy it all!"

"BOOM!"

One of the fire-attribute snake heads opened his mouth and unleashed a thick blast of magma, directly bombarding the silver geothermal conversion tower.

"Oh no! That's the core equipment!" Su Qianqian shouted in pain from afar, "That one cost 300 million!"

"300 million?!"

When Wang Dachui heard this number, his eyes turned red.

"You beast! Dare to tear down my home? And dare to burn the country's money?!"

"I think you're tired of living!"

Wang Dachui no longer hid his strength. His blood and Qi roared like a Dragon, golden light flashed, and he directly activated the first-stage combat form of the [Ancient Sacred Body]!

"Get... out of here!"

He leaped up violently, intercepting the magma blast in mid-air.

Without any fancy moves, it was just a simple punch!

"POW!!!"

The air was compressed into a cannonball, colliding violently with the magma blast.

Fire rain splashed across the sky. Wang Dachui was shaken by the impact, flipping twice in the air before landing steadily. Except for a few singed hairs, he was completely unharmed.

But that blast had been forcibly dispersed by him, and the conversion tower was saved!

"Yo, isn't this the legendary Yamata no Orochi?"

After landing, Wang Dachui didn't rush to attack. Instead, he put his hands on his hips and looked up at the behemoth that was dozens of times taller than him. His face not only showed no fear, but instead revealed a... look of surprise, as if he had found labor.

"Perfect! My palace is still missing someone to stoke the boiler, and I think you're quite suitable!"

"Big size, strong firepower, and it comes with eight nozzles. It's practically a natural heating System!"

"Stoke the boiler?!"

Although Yamata no Orochi didn't quite understand modern vocabulary, he understood the contempt and insult in the man's tone.

He, the dignified guardian god of Yizhou, an ancient Vicious Beast, and a Level 6 Peak overlord, was actually treated as... a tool for stoking fire by a human?!

"Mere human... how dare you insult a god?!"

"Die!"

All eight snake heads roared in anger simultaneously.

"Wind, Fire, Thunder, Lightning, Poison, Acid, Light, Dark!"

Eight completely different elemental attributes gathered in his mouth, turning into a destructive energy storm that swept toward Wang Dachui like an overwhelming force!

This power was enough to level a city in an instant!

"Wives! Let's start the raid!"

Facing this world-destroying attack, Wang Dachui was not afraid at all. Instead, he shouted excitedly:

"This thing has thick skin, no need to hold back! Just don't kill it; we still need it to work!"

"Understood!"

General Leng Feng could no longer hold back. Her figure flashed, turning into a sharp cold light as she shot into the sky.

"Cold Abyss · Breaking Stream!"

The long blade in her hand struck precisely at the snake head that was spitting poison.

"Splat!"

Cold air erupted. Before the snake head could even close its mouth, it was frozen into a big block of ice. The poison was stuck in its mouth, choking it until its eyes rolled back, coughing crazily.

"Damn insect!"

Yamata no Orochi was furious. Another lightning-attribute snake head turned its direction, opened its mouth, and spat out a thick bolt of lightning, trying to strike General Leng Feng.

"Hey! Where are you looking? Your opponent is me!"

Wang Dachui roared, stomped his feet on the ground, and like a human nuclear bomb, he jumped directly onto the back of the snake!

He wrapped his arms around the thick neck of the lightning snake head, his feet kicking hard against the snake's body, his muscles knotted and veins bulging:

"Twist your neck, you!"

Super strength erupted!

Wang Dachui forcibly pulled the lightning snake head and made it deviate from its direction.

"BOOM!"

The lightning shot wide, leveling a nameless hill nearby, sending rocks flying.

Nalan Ruo on the ground also made her move.

Although she wasn't good at direct head-on combat, her crowd-control ability was unmatched.

She pressed her hands to the ground, and countless thick, dragon-like iron birch vines with metallic luster on their surface emerged from the cracks in the rocks around the crater. Like chains, they tightly bound the tail and lower body of Yamata no Orochi, firmly fixing it in place, unable to drill back into the magma to escape.

Ye Xiaocao jumped between the vines like a ghost, specifically throwing things at the snake heads' eyes.

That was the—[High-Concentration Capsaicin Smoke Bomb]—specially made by Su Qianqian for self-defense!

"Bang! Bang!"

The smoke bombs exploded in front of the snake's eyes.

"Awoo! My eyes! Spicy! So spicy!"

Yamata no Orochi shook his head frantically in pain, tears and snot streaming down.

He was strong, but he couldn't handle this group of people who didn't play by the rules!

Cutting heads, choking necks, sprinkling chili powder! Is this a battle of gods? This is clearly a street brawl!

"I don't accept this! I am a god! I will kill you all!"

Yamata no Orochi twisted his body frantically. His massive power snapped countless vines, trying to shake off Wang Dachui on his back and then swallow all these despicable humans!

"You don't accept it? Then I'll beat you until you do!"

Wang Dachui rode on the snake's back, being tossed left and right, but he was like a piece of sticky candy, stuck firmly on it.

He looked at the eight dancing heads, suddenly had an idea, and a wicked smile flashed in his eyes:

"Wife! Cooperate with me!"

"This thing has too many heads, it's too messy! Let's braid it! Let's see how it bites people then!"

"Braid it?" General Leng Feng stopped in mid-air, stunned for a moment, then instantly understood, a cruel smile curling on her lips.

"Good idea!"