I have an Apocalypse City

Chapter 603: Chapter 603: The Gate

At this moment, Song Jian had no idea that several other players had entered the duplicate where he was. He made his way along the metallic corridor towards the deepest part of the floating base, quickly arriving at the largest laboratory marked in the discarded diary.

This laboratory had no number, but the researchers in the base referred to it as Laboratory Zero.

The floating base had been unused for a long time, many of the room’s entrances had lost their resistance. However, the laboratory in front of Song Jian had all its facilities intact. Even the two laser cannons at the laboratory entrance were still operational. Caught off guard, Song Jian was severely attacked twice, losing over 1,900 of his over 2,000 vitality points. He almost died, inducing cold sweat across his forehead and a wave of fear.

“Damn it, I assumed that all internal defenses in the base are defunct, disregarded this place too…how careless!” Song Jian exclaimed. He sat at a curve in the metal passageway, taking out supplies and started to recover his vitality points.

“The diary did not lie; this must be the lab for studying the life vines, the most important place in the entire floating base. Otherwise, its defenses would not have been preserved this well!” Song Jian reflected.

These two laser cannons would indeed pose a threat to Song Jian if operated by someone, but currently, they could only act defensively and couldn’t stop Song Jian at all.

With a thought, a pitch-black figure appeared before Song Jian. It looked almost identical to him, even its equipment.

Abyssal Phantom Clone!

A phantom clone made using the Abyssal Power has seventy percent of Song Jian’s attributes and skill power and also inherited all equipment attributes;

Swish, swish~

A white light suddenly appeared under the clone’s feet, and a chill emanated from its feet. Its body was also covered in a layer of gray–black, appearing like a dark shadow. At the same time, Song Jian mirrored the actions of the phantom clone.

Swish~

The clone rushed towards the laboratory door. The lightning-fast figure couldn’t react in time, and the clone was directly transformed into a cluster of black fog, slowly dispersing, after being hit by the laser cannons.

Song Jian had already reached his attack range at this point. The long sword in his hand was swung forward, sending a golden Sword Qi towards the left laser cannon;

While the two laser cannons were turning their barrels to lock onto the returning Song Jian, the one on the left side was directly hit by the golden Sword Qi and exploded;

Following the release of Light Strike, Song Jian immediately held his long sword horizontally to his chest. As he saw the right laser cannon’s muzzle flashing, he directly used the “Sacred Parry” skill;

Whistle~

A dazzling laser shot towards Song Jian. His body shone with a golden glow as he instinctively parried;

Bang!

A loud boom; the rapidly advancing Song Jian’s body jerked to a stop as he felt a strong force from his sword, causing him to stumble backwards two steps before releasing this force;

The laser which was originally shot towards Song Jian disappeared into thin air, but soon it reappeared in midair, retracing its path and directly destroying the right laser cannon;

With both laser cannons destroyed, the entire passageway lit up with glaring red lights, and an alarm suddenly sounded;

“Alert, alert! A humanoid life-form has breached the laboratory! A humanoid life-form has breached the laboratory!”

An emotionless mechanical voice echoed throughout the passageway. The door to the laboratory, originally made of tempered glass, suddenly had two metal alloy doors descend over it from above and the left, blocking the entrance completely.

Song Jian sneered, swinging his sword towards the metal alloy door;

Ding~

A dull sound echoed as sparks scattered, leaving Song Jian’s arm numb. Looking at the metal alloy door, only a white sword mark remained on the surface. As he lightly brushed his hand across, the white mark disappeared, leaving only a shallow sword mark on the door.

Song Jian was taken aback. What on earth was this material made of? His Crimson Fire Heart Ape Sword with the colorless Sword Qi had only left such a shallow mark?

“This…this material seems to be the same as the chains that bound the fallen puppet beast!” Song Jian, touching the cold metal alloy door, showed a surprised look in his eyes.

“No wonder it’s so hard but thinking that such thing could stop me is rather naive!” Song Jian laughed, continuing to hack at the alloy door;

His newly gained Holy Sword’s passive talent was, “when using a sword weapon, the damage increases over time, up to 100%”. And during attacks, he could trigger the “Indestructible” effect. He could cut through anything in the world with a single blow;

Thump, thump, thump, thump~

In the metallic corridor, a dull sound of hacking echoed. Song Jian kept hacking for over thirty times before finally triggering the “Indestructible” effect;

Crack~

A slight noise sounded, and incredibly, the robust metal door cracked open, leaving a sixteen-inch gap through which one could see the other metal door inside.

“Damn it, my sword!” Song Jian suddenly noticed that after triggering the “Indestructible” effect, although he managed to open a gap in the metal alloy door, the durability of the Crimson Fire Heart Ape Sword in his hand dropped drastically by over thirty points. It won’t last for more than two more rounds, rendering the sword useless.

The Crimson Fire Heart Ape Sword and the Golden Demonslaying Sword were Song Jian’s most potent weapons. Even the Ant Emperor Ancestor Set didn’t have any weapons. If he wore out the Crimson Fire Heart Ape Sword here, it would be too tragic for Song Jian;

Moreover, judging by the metal alloy door, despite the over a foot-long gap made by hacking, if he wanted to destroy the entire gate, he would need to trigger the “Indestructible” effect, at least a dozen times. By then, even if the Crimson Fire Heart Ape Sword was worn out, he still wouldn’t be able to break open this gate, even if he were to wear out the Golden Demonslaying Sword.

Also, don’t forget, there are two metal alloy doors, after breaking one down, there is still another.

“If the door cannot be hacked open, but if it was the chain that bound the fallen puppet beast, it would probably be cut easily!” Song Jian suddenly remembered the four black chains he had seen binding Hesmant.

Song Jian, heartbroken, glanced at the Crimson Fire Heart Ape Sword, his gaze wandering to both sides of the metal passageway.

“The door is made of special meteorite alloy, but I don’t believe the entire laboratory is built from such alloy. Since I can’t enter the door, it’s just the same if I enter from other places!” Song Jian squinted, rushing toward a metal room on the side.

…