CHAPTER 166: CHAPTER 167: EXOTIC REALM ENTRANCE (3,000 WORDS)

"If there’s a plan, please ensure to wear the power armor back. We’ll make improvements based on the environment encountered, and next time you enter, there should be a significant improvement."

Seems like they’ve taken me as a test subject.

Lu Ren grinned. As soon as he put on this power armor, he realized the problem but chose not to point it out—for this power armor clearly isn’t meant for a Martial Arts Family.

Lu Ren lifted the High-Frequency Vibration Sword in his hand.

"Will it affect this?"

"It won’t!"

The man in the lab coat nodded confidently, his face full of assurance as he adjusted his thick-bottomed glasses.

"To adapt to the complex pulse particle environment inside, we’ve redesigned it and used a reverse-pulse isolation layer. The precision of this High-Frequency Vibration Sword is less than that of the Dragon Machine 46."

Pausing, the researcher commented, "It’s relatively considered clumsy and robust, so it’s quite durable; just use it as you please."

Lu Ren took the High-Frequency Vibration Sword off the weapon rack and held it horizontally, feeling its considerable weight due to the ultra-high density high-strength alloy.

Weighing nearly one hundred and twenty pounds, it could be termed an Alloy Battle Sword, indeed a weapon only usable by a Martial Arts Family.

Its weight could only be handled with ease by a martial artist in the Great Perfection Realm of Fist Technique.

This sword could be considered a Great Sword, but for Lu Ren’s current physique, it’s quite suitable, as it falls within the category of heavy weaponry.

However, due to the adaptability of Basic Swordsmanship to all sword-hilt weapons, he wielded it without any hindrance.

For Lu Ren now, it indeed feels quite fitting.

"Not bad."

His right hand lightly gripped the sword hilt, and despite being separated by a layer of armor, the texture was clearly transmitted to Lu Ren’s hand.

Buzz!

As Lu Ren drew the Longsword, the friction between the metal scabbard and the sword body emitted strands of indigo-colored arcs dancing on the sword surface, presenting an extremely cool image.

The researcher beside said, "This is an addition of positive and negative charge pole technology inside the sword scabbard. Normally, the Longsword in the scabbard stores charge pressure, and once the sword is drawn instantaneously, the stored charge can unleash considerable power along with the pulling force—the greater the accumulated load, the more force needed to draw the sword from the scabbard."

Iaido Sword Drawing Art?

At least Lu Ren felt ecstatic upon seeing it, thinking he resembles a character from a game he played before, Metal Gear.

The director seeing Lu Ren wanting to draw the Longsword hurriedly said.

"Better not try this sword here, the pressure value stored in this sword is at full capacity."

Lu Ren understood that if he displayed his skills here, this equipment room might suffer.

Once he exited the equipment, he instantly attracted countless gazes—black and gray intertwined full-body power armor, helmet styled like a skull, with the latest Black Demon Dual Pistols fitted to the outside of both legs, High-Frequency Vibration Sword slung at the waist.

"Holy... someone actually managed to redeem this set of power armor?!"

"Darn, truly wealthy! No, the points are extraordinary!"

"Corruption! Definitely corruption!"

"I thought it was just a toy."

Amidst the surrounding chatter, Lu Ren’s expression remained unchanged as he turned to Xiao Chen and said, "When do we go in?"

"Anytime."

"Then let’s go now."

Lu Ren raised his eyebrows, said a sentence, and didn’t speak more.

Led by the soldier, after bidding farewell to Xiao Chen, Lu Ren rode the jeep towards the base’s end, which is constructed against the mountain—a massive corridor, through which can be seen incredibly thick alloy doors designed to withstand nuclear explosions, evidently the mountain has been excavated to an extremely vast space inside.

After traveling through this brightly lit enormous corridor for about fifteen minutes, the jeep stopped at the entrance of a huge plaza corridor.

"We’re here."

"Thank you!"

Lu Ren got off the jeep, with the combination of his own weight and the power armor tipping the jeep over five hundred kilograms, causing one side to sink down, and when Lu Ren got off, it returned to its original state.

This made the soldier driving grit his teeth enviously looking at Lu Ren’s gear.

This kind of ultimate soldier equipment is something every man wants to try wearing.

Lu Ren turned to look at this space approximately the size of two football stadiums, illuminated by numerous high-intensity lights like broad daylight, the lighting soft and not glaring, and countless powerful lights were targeted at the center of the plaza, constantly ready to fire.

There were at least thirty automated turrets in operation.

Just seeing these heavy weapons made Lu Ren feel uneasy, his power armor in front of them was ultimately just slightly thicker iron.

There lay an irregular space distortion.

What surprised Lu Ren the most was that beneath this irregular state of space distortion, there was a faint shape that could be discerned.

It was an altar, and he vaguely felt it was similar to the evil altar he saw in the Silent Slaughter World, the difference being, on the ground, those fractured unknown material bricks and stones were carved with patterns of flowers, birds, and fish, though indistinct.

Obviously, this place is extremely ancient, and Lu Ren even suspects it may date back more than five thousand years.

"Kunlun, huh..."

Since ancient times in Huaxia’s mythical legends, Kunlun has always been said to be the heavenly realm of Immortal God, the Taoism Field of the Primordial Celestial Venerable, and the residence of the Queen Mother.

Throughout Huaxia’s mythological history, Kunlun is always vast and magnificent, majestic and unmatched, the road straight to the Celestial Realm.

So, is this here the road leading straight to the Celestial Realm?

Lu Ren gazed at the irregular distorted area in front of him.

This should be the entrance to Kunlun, the entire range probably measuring around fifteen meters across.

At this moment, the entire inner plaza of the mountain body seemed extremely busy, the sound of commotion constant, countless cutting-edge technological devices continuously monitoring this stable yet irregular distorted domain, and a significant number of people coming and going wore white lab coats, indicating they were researchers.

And at the very edge, there were martial artists who were physically imposing, their Essence, Qi, and Spirit somewhat listless, their bodies covered with wounds, were busy recuperating.

It seemed like they had just returned from Kunlun.

"Lu Ren?"

A suddenly familiar female voice made Lu Ren feel very familiar.

Turning his head, he saw it was Chen Lan, the receptionist girl from the Southwest Security Bureau, who practiced the Butterfly Dance Fist, having met a few times; he remembered they had exchanged WeChat contacts, and she had added him to one or two work groups.

Although he was essentially the king of lurkers, having not said a word in over three years.

His aloof image was fully displayed...

Lu Ren nodded: "It’s me."

Chen Lan was quite delighted.

"Great, the leader of our Southwest Security Bureau has finally come over, I’ve been looking forward to you for so long, Sister Li mentioned several times that you’d come, and I’ve been waiting and waiting until now!"

Lu Ren was quite surprised at the words and under the guidance of the Dragon Mechanism’s system program, he reached out to slide open the control panel connected to his neck and shoulder armor, unveiling his mask, and looked toward Chen Lan.

"What’s the reason for hoping I would come."

Chen Lan stared starry-eyed at Lu Ren’s power armor without stopping, enviously said: "I remember this is the power armor developed by the Dragon Mechanism Laboratory, right? It seems it has been updated 46 times. If it wasn’t for energy constraints before, there should have been a formed product three years ago, but I didn’t expect it to be held back until now."

Chen Lan quickly replied: "Of course it’s the martial arts world from other regions, looking down on us in the Southwest, constantly provoking. You know how those martial artists who practice Fist Technique have fiery temperaments and can’t stand it, but unfortunately each one gets beaten up.

In the Southwest martial arts realm, only you are under thirty years old and such an accomplished martial arts top expert; you need to go and be the supporting pillar of the stage!"

Lu Ren was indifferent: "Not interested; besides, I’m not the only martial artist under thirty years old in the Southwest with Great Perfection Realm of Fist Technique."

It’s just that the only one within the Security Bureau under thirty with Great Perfection Realm of Fist Technique is him.

Yet, with his current vision, he had no urge to fight these juniors, having already figured out which fist technique faction sent shooters to attempt to assassinate him in Baoguang Temple, but unfortunately, Ji Quanzhen had dealt with it in advance.

He just had to pay visits to the various factions after going back this time...

Ugh, talking nonsense before even entering, just like the typical example of Li Ziqing!

The Hidden Kill Swordsmanship Stream had been crushed by him, the Dragon Elephant Rock Stream due to membership issues was completely different from traditional fist technique factions, but Wu Qi who intercepted him earlier was definitely suspicious.

If he went in and encountered him, he must eliminate the opponent.

"Huh?!" Seeing that Lu Ren had no desire at all, Chen Lan looked quite disappointed.

"I thought there would be another dragon versus tiger battle."

Lu Ren thought for a moment: "Who else is here from the other martial arts realms?"

Hearing this, Chen Lan immediately became excited again: "Li Kan from the Wudang Sect who practices True Martial Demon-Vibrating Fist is here, in Great Perfection Realm of Fist Technique, and I heard he’s two years younger than you.

And also from the Western Imperial Domain of the Taoist Sect, Luo Shou who practices Killing Fist is here. Now that you’ve appeared, wow, I really can’t imagine what kind of collision this will lead to."

Seeing Chen Lan with an expression as if she’s going to miss out, Lu Ren shook his head speechlessly.

Women, are always like they fear the world isn’t chaotic enough.

After slightly adapting to the Dragon Machine 46 model, Lu Ren sighed somewhat; it still has significant limitations.

This power armor should be designed specifically targeting ordinary physique.

Martial artists, in order to unleash their extreme states, with their bodies operating at high speed, muscles extremely swell, and their bodies undergo certain changes, thereby breaking through original physiques.

This set of armor is very useful, but if it requires him to apply his ultimate power, this power armor becomes a bind instead.

Accompanying the excitement of novelty passing, Lu Ren finally began to critically examine the shortcomings of this set of power armor.

For ordinary people trained, this armor is indeed a huge help, but for martial artists who have reached the Great Perfection Realm of Fist Technique, if they wish to unleash their ultimate power, then it’s probably necessary to go into burst armor mode.