Xiao Ai's assessment was spot on. Ding Meng's vision and senses returned to normal, and the dark world became bright again.
When he looked up, he was instantly stunned on the spot.
This was a cave that was identical to the cave where the blood pool was located. The only difference was that it was no longer a primitive cave. It was a square hall, and the floor and walls were made of smooth stone slabs. Ghost Eyes appeared on the four walls of the hall. There were a total of sixteen of them, and they seemed to be embedded in the walls. The red and white light dyed the entire hall with a layer of strange colors.
The Prototype System quickly generated a series of information: Current environment is not polluted, oxygen is sufficient, no toxins are present, and the temperature and humidity are similar to the surface …
Xiao Ai's tone was surprisingly surprised. "The underground map I generated has suddenly lost its effect. It cannot be shown in the current environment. This is a new space. According to my scans and calculations, we …"
She only finished half her sentence. Ding Meng was a little nervous. "What happened to us?"
Xiao Ai's voice was cold. "I'm afraid we are no longer on the Immortal Weaver Planet!"
"Wha — what?" Ding Meng and Little Rascal were completely shocked.
Only the two of them knew the weight of Xiao Ai's words. If the Ghost Eyes were a teleportation portal to the Devouring World, it did not matter whether they were teleported or not. The environment they were in now should be filled with toxins. But did this place look like the Devouring World?
There was only one possibility. The Ghost Eyes were teleportation portals that were more advanced than the technology of the Federal Empire. Little Rascal was sure that among the various teleportation portals of the Holy Grail Federation, there was no technology that was faster, less energy-consuming, and more accurate than the Ghost Eyes.
"Is this an extraterrestrial civilization?" Ding Meng was so shocked that he could not help but ask.
"No!"
An old voice came from behind him. "This is the core of the Dawn Army's base."
If the teleportation portal was shocking enough, then this voice was even more shocking. The voice was less than 100 meters away from him, and he could not sense that there was someone behind him.
Ding Meng slowly turned around. An old man in a rebel army uniform slowly walked towards the center of the room.
The old man looked a little old, but his temperament was exactly the same as Fan Chengying's. His entire body was filled with majesty, which made people feel reverence.
Ding Meng suddenly thought of something and immediately asked, "Quan Jinwei?"
Quan Jinwei was also slightly surprised. "I didn't expect you to recognize me!"
Ding Meng secretly activated his origin ability. "You're the leader of the rebel army?"
Quan Jinwei couldn't help but laugh. "Did the military tell you that?
Rebel Army, Resistance Army, Liberty Wings? "
Ding Meng didn't say anything. He secretly released his telekinesis to investigate. Something even more ridiculous happened. All the telekinesis dots that approached Quan Jinwei turned into nothingness like mud sinking into the sea. There seemed to be an invisible force on Quan Jinwei's body that dissolved them.
Ding Meng finally felt astonished. This Quan Jinwei's strength wasn't below Fan Chengying's. It could even be said that he was more terrifying than all the experts he had met before, including Colonel Feng, Sister Zhong, the group of teachers from Starlight, Headmaster Zhu Bin, and Fan Chengying.
Quan Jinwei seemed to know that Ding Meng was investigating him. He suddenly cried out in pleasant surprise, "Eh, you're actually a fluxer!"
Although his tone sounded pleasantly surprised, Ding Meng felt an extremely dangerous aura. Ding Meng couldn't care less. This time, he increased his telekinesis and released three hundred telekinesis dots in one go. They formed a net that enveloped the other party from all directions. He didn't believe that Quan Jinwei could dissolve such a powerful telekinesis attack.
Quan Jinwei indeed couldn't dissolve it, but the telekinesis dots couldn't see his entire body. After three seconds, Ding Meng's heart sank. His telekinesis vision clearly showed that Quan Jinwei's eyes were emitting a demonic red light. It was completely the same as the ghost eyes on the wall and the flesh eaters in the blood pool. There wasn't the slightest bit of difference.
"He's been infected, and the degree of infection is much deeper than Fan Chengying's!"
Little Rascal's voice also became serious. "Moreover, his body doesn't seem to have any signs of a normal human being."
"But he looks very normal," Xiao Ai said.
As expected, after Quan Jinwei sensed Ding Meng's investigation, a sincere expression appeared on his face. "Your cultivation isn't bad. You can join us."
"Join you?" Ding Meng frowned. "Join the rebel army?"
Quan Jinwei stopped thirty meters away from Ding Meng. "Not the rebel army, but our Dawn Army. We need talents like you."
"Dawn Army seems to have split up long ago, right?" Ding Meng asked.
Quan Jinwei waved his hand and said, "It's not a split. We just want to get rid of those who are useless. We want to purify our army and improve our combat ability. Once you join us, you will obtain supreme power and achieve an unprecedented hegemony. I can guarantee you that you will obtain unimaginable wealth and resources..."
His expression was a little excited, but the more excited he was, the stronger Ding Meng's intuition of danger became. This person seemed to have a mental problem. After all, he was infected.
Ding Meng calmed himself down. "If you want me to join you, you should at least tell me where this place is."
Quan Jinwei said, "I told you just now. This is the core command center of the Dawn Army."
Little Rascal said, "He doesn't seem to be lying."
Ding Meng probed, "Where exactly are we now?"
Quan Jinwei answered without hesitation, "We are now at the base of Linda's Thorn Planet, twenty thousand meters underground."
"This..." Even though Ding Meng and the other two were mentally prepared, they were still deeply shocked. The teleportation array just now had sent them a hundred million kilometers away. What kind of freakish teleportation array was this?
Ding Meng continued, "What are these ghostly eyes on the wall?"
Quan Jinwei said proudly, "This is our power."
"He's lying!"
Little Rascal immediately jumped out. "The entire Holy Grail Federation doesn't have such high-end technology. His small Dawn Army can't possibly have such power."
Ding Meng nodded. "What if I don't join?"
Quan Jinwei's expression changed. "There are no ifs. You must join!"
Ding Meng smiled. "There are no ifs. There are only ifs!"
Quan Jinwei's voice turned cold. "It looks like I have no choice but to ask you to join right away!"
As he said this, Ding Meng finally sensed that soul-stirring fluctuation. It was none other than the infectious psychic wave. It almost instantly formed illusions around Ding Meng. This time, they weren't demons or ghosts, but all kinds of life forms and civilizations in the universe. Some were beautiful, some were evil, some were cute, and some were terrifying... There were terrestrial creatures, slimy creatures, anaerobic creatures, strange creatures, drifters, energy entities, special entities, degenerate entities... These life forms and civilizations formed a massive stream of information that circled around Ding Meng. Anyone would be deeply attracted to it...
Xiao Ai decisively called out, "Circulate your Origin Energy and increase your psychic power."
Ding Meng was shocked. He had almost fallen for the other party's trap. This infectious psychic power was truly all-pervasive.
Naturally, it wasn't much in front of the universal psychic power. Ding Meng released five hundred psychic power dots, which immediately formed a materialized force field around him. All the illusions were dispersed.
Quan Jinwei felt as if his eyes had been pricked by a needle. He immediately closed his eyes and retreated two steps. He then smiled. "I forgot that you are a fluxer. It just so happens that this kind of ability is exactly what I need."
As soon as he said this, his body trembled slightly, and a formless origin energy immediately left his body. It twisted and folded like a transparent piece of paper and swept toward Ding Meng at a speed that wasn't too fast.
Ding Meng still had some foresight. He knew that this level of origin energy couldn't be dodged. The moment he tried to dodge, it would firmly entangle him.
Ding Meng stretched out his arm and lightly blocked it. After a muffled bang, the air immediately exploded.
Quan Jinwei's eyes lit up. "Eh, not bad. Your strength has exceeded my expectations."
Although he was saying "not bad", Ding Meng was still extremely shocked. This origin energy had shaken him back by more than ten meters, and his right arm was faintly numb. The most astonishing thing was that this Quan Jinwei seemed to have cultivated an Origin Energy similar to the Body Strengthening Technique. When he had been shaken back, Ding Meng had felt that the other party's Origin Energy was exceptionally hard and tyrannical. Moreover, it also contained a kind of confining power, which made his hands and feet somewhat stiff.
It had been a long time since he had encountered a formidable opponent. This time, Ding Meng had encountered an unprecedented powerhouse. He believed that Quan Jinwei's strength wouldn't be lower than that of a champion.
The system's voice:
"Mode has been changed. Current mode is hell level."
"Source core is ready. Conversion rate has been upgraded to 2.0 times. Upper limit of capacity has been successfully set..."
After changing the parameters of the Initial Prototype, Ding Meng didn't dare to be negligent. He operated the seven origin points in his body at full power. The screen showed that his Origin Energy Index had increased to 2,100/4,500 points. Based on the Origin Energy Index alone, he had used the Initial Prototype to raise his strength to the champion level.
Quan Jinwei obviously sensed the eruption of Origin Energy in his body. His eyes lit up even more. "Not bad, not bad. You have a lot of things. I want this armor as well."
This time, he pulled his palms apart, and a squarish golden body of energy appeared. He pushed his palms forward, and the body of energy quickly flew towards Ding Meng.
Halfway through its flight, the body of energy transformed into a huge golden cage with a cracking sound. Based on the trajectory of its flight, it seemed like it was going to trap Ding Meng inside the cage.
Perhaps this wasn't something to be afraid of in the eyes of others, but Ding Meng felt that the strength of this force field was simply unimaginable. As soon as it appeared, Ding Meng felt as if his limbs were filled with lead. This was definitely caused by the dense and vigorous Origin Energy of the Quan Jinwei System.
You want to fight me head-on?
Fine, I'll fight you head-on!
With this thought in mind, Ding Meng rushed towards the golden cage!