167: Three Idiots cause chaos at the Truth Cult

"Hahahahaha."

"Director, why are you laughing?" Secretary Liu asked, puzzled.

He had just shown Director Wu surveillance footage of two people knocking out staff, infiltrating the base, and possibly even mixing into the research institute. Why was the Director happy instead?

Did he give the wrong information?

"I'm laughing at their lack of intelligence. Zhou Yan just disguised himself as a scruffy lion to disrupt us, and now his two friends have come to rescue him."

"This is both walking into a trap and proof that we caught the right person."

"Let's go, we'll capture those two and bring them before Zhou Yan, to make him completely give up hope."

The Base Director waved his large sleeve and strode out.

Secretary Liu quickly followed.

"Director Wu, wait a moment."

The Base Director didn't look back.

"Time waits for no one, we have important matters to attend to."

"That... do you want to at least put on your pants before you go..."

At this moment, the Base Director's upper body was formally dressed, his outer robe neat, but his lower body wore a pair of large beach shorts and flip-flops.

"Time is like sailing against the current; there will inevitably be times when one must turn back."

"Even if it's difficult, I have no regrets."

After speaking, he calmly walked back to the clothes rack next to his office and put on his pants.

"By the way, Secretary Liu, did you knock when you came in just now?"

"Huh?"

"Entering a leader's office without knocking! Your performance bonus for this month is gone!"

"Hello, Professor Li."

"I'm not good."

"Professor Li, this report..."

"I don't read trash."

"Professor Li..."

This time, before the person could speak, Wang Yao placed a finger to his mouth, making a shushing gesture.

"Today I don't want to hear you speak; save your voice for me tomorrow."

Wang Yao strode forward, each step firm and powerful, while continuously verbally attacking passersby along the way.

"What's wrong with Professor Li today? He's so irritable."

"Isn't he always like this? He finds fault with everyone."

"True... then what about our experiment funds?"

"Just secretly swipe his card; he'll think it's an automatic deduction anyway."

"Excellent."

Wang Yao, while subtly probing, followed his intuition and gradually approached the place where Yuan Chenling was held.

"Professor Li, no one is allowed in here."

A security guard hurried forward to block him.

Wang Yao, however, continued to walk forward.

The other party could only follow him, trying to persuade him.

"Professor Li, please don't make things difficult for us; this place is really off-limits."

Wang Yao reached into his embrace, making a gesture as if to pull something out.

"I have credentials, move aside."

However, the other party still followed closely, preparing to wait for Wang Yao to show his identification.

Just as Wang Yao was about to pull out his identification, he saw the ceiling.

After knocking down that person with an uppercut, the other guards sensed something was wrong and were about to sound the alarm.

But countless Medicinal Pills had already been flung onto the ground, shattering instantly.

"What is thi..."

Before one person could finish speaking, their body swelled and became congested, their skin turning purple as they collapsed to the ground.

The others were shocked by their companion's tragic state, but then one after another, they also fell down in various colors and conditions, all suddenly afflicted.

Wang Yao had originally been quite confident in his Alchemy skills.

After all, no matter how clumsy a person was, they couldn't possibly fail to learn the four arts of cultivation. Coupled with the 'kindness return plan' where he made rapid progress with the help of Mr. Huo and many volunteers, his skills indeed advanced by leaps and bounds.

However, when Yuan Chenling revealed the truth and seeing Huo Zhongshan's strange gaze, Wang Yao finally realized that his Medicinal Pills had serious problems.

So, not wanting to have wasted his efforts, he turned to refining poisonous Medicinal Pills.

Perhaps he truly had talent, for the poisonous Medicinal Pills he refined had peculiar effects and acted extremely quickly.

This was how the poisonous Medicinal Pills shattered into mist just now, quickly leading to death.

Wang Yao walked to the cell where Yuan Chenling was imprisoned, first trying to swipe an ID card, and after finding it invalid, he directly pulled out his Magic Treasure furnace.

This furnace was a Core Formation-level defensive Magic Treasure given by his master after that Secret Realm, and the strength of the door in front of him was also around Core Formation level, so it was just right to use.

Wang Yao flung the furnace towards the door. When the furnace bounced back, he punched it again, making the furnace strike the door with even greater force.

He then continuously threw punches, making the furnace violently smash back and forth between the door and his hand.

"Boom!"

The furnace embedded itself in the door, and the entire door flew off with a crash, leaving a dent in the wall.

"Senior Brother, I've come to save you!"

Wang Yao's face was filled with an excited smile.

But he didn't see Zhou Yan inside, only a lion stuffing food into its mouth with its claws, startled into opening its mouth wide when it saw Wang Yao break through the door.

"Tsk."

"Yuan Chenling, come with me, I'm here to save you."

Wang Yao instantly showed a look of disgust, then changed back to a smile the next second.

"Hey, you bastard, did you just 'tsk'!" Yuan Chenling was already at Foundation Establishment, so he couldn't have missed that momentary expression.

"Never mind that, let's go save Senior Brother first." Wang Yao grabbed Yuan Chenling and started to leave.

"Boss was also captured?"

Wang Yao's body stiffened.

"What do you mean 'Senior Brother was also captured'? Weren't you two captured together?"

"What together! Boss turned me into his likeness to distract those people, and then he ran off himself!"

"Tsk."

"Hey! You bastard, did you 'tsk' again!"

Ignoring the bristling little lion, Wang Yao only felt regret. If he had known earlier that it was Yuan Chenling who was captured, he should have brought Sage Xiao for help.

Yuan Chenling, however, keenly sensed his emotions.

This scoundrel must have thought the boss was captured to come here, what a hypocrite!

Before Yuan Chenling could start cursing, Wang Yao had already pulled him behind him.

"What's wrong?"

Yuan Chenling peered from behind Wang Yao, seeing a Cultivator in special armor standing ahead.

"You really are a bastard, killing so many of my subordinates."

"I didn't intend to do anything to you, but now you've angered me."

"Surrender obediently, and I can torment you less. And you, Zhou Yan, don't think you'll have an easy time either!"

"What does that have to do with me! How many times have I said I'm not Zhou Yan!" Yuan Chenling roared from behind Wang Yao.

An impact wave responded to him, scaring him into shrinking back again.

"He came to save you, how could it be fake? You still want to deceive me!"

Wang Yao looked at that strike just now, cold sweat seeping from his back.

This was different from fighting Old Ma in the Secret Realm before; this was a genuine Core Formation Cultivator, wearing the kind of armor from the Eastern Region that could enhance combat power.

On their side, there was only Yuan Chenling. The situation was very troublesome.

"Hmph, mere Cultivators, times have changed!"

The Base Director prepared to knock the two unconscious with one strike.

"Look behind you!" Yuan Chenling suddenly shouted at the Base Director.

"What an old-fashioned line, only you people from the Northern Region still use it."

The Base Director showed a cruel smile. His Divine Sense had been probing the surroundings; how could he not know if someone was behind him?

"Then what about behind you?" A mechanical voice came from behind.

Feeling himself covered by a huge shadow, the Base Director froze.

He stiffly turned his head and saw a tall mech staring at him.

"Dragon Bone Prototype? How could it be here?"

Then he was sent flying by a punch. Before he passed out, his eyes stared straight at Yuan Chenling and he said,

"Zhou Yan, I will curse you!"

After saying that, he passed out.

Yuan Chenling looked back, feeling somewhat like crying but no tears came.

"I told you I'm not Zhou Yan, you bastard!"

But now was not the time to complain. Yuan Chenling turned his head and looked at the thing in front of him.

Wang Yao and Yuan Chenling were even more vigilant now.

One Core Formation Cultivator in special armor was already troublesome enough, and now there was another big guy.

However, soon, the mech's chest hatch opened, and a familiar person was sitting inside.

"Don't panic, it's me!"

Seeing that it was Sage Xiao, Wang Yao finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Where did this big guy come from?"

"From that room where the eggs were kept. I saw parts soaking in jars, took them out, and assembled them according to the diagrams on the screen."

"Incredibly awesome!"

The man and the lion quickly climbed onto the mech's shoulders, and with Sage Xiao, they rampaged through the entire base, causing chaos.

"By the way, Brother Xiao, how can you operate this thing?"

Hearing this, Sage Xiao in the mech grinned.

"This thing isn't difficult to operate; just knowing how to punch and move is enough. So I figured out the basic operations with a little deduction."

"The strength standard of this thing is equivalent to Late Stage Core Formation. When we go back, I'll refine it, and then I'll also be a Late Stage Core Formation expert!"

Feeling Sage Xiao's excitement, Wang Yao and Yuan Chenling also felt a bit jealous.

This mech looked ugly at first glance, but the shields it deployed and the punches it threw were terrifyingly strong, and its performance in this base was like entering an uninhabited land.

The more they watched, the cooler they thought the mech was, and they also wanted to acquire one.

"Had enough fun, little mice!"

A long spear instantly pierced the mech's leg, and spiritual energy spread throughout the entire mech. In less than two seconds, the mech became paralyzed and fell to the ground, ejecting Sage Xiao.

"My newly acquired Magic Treasure, Daoist Priest!"