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Chapter 386 8 Containers Sacrifice to Open the Gate! Chen Long Personally Names It: The Real Key is

"The door requires the ninth key."

Eight mouths uttered this sentence at the same time.

The communication channel was filled with static.

The surveillance footage on Bai Zhi's side started shaking.

White mist billowed out from the broken door of the core review area.

Rows of storage compartments cracked open, and figures inside stood up, dragging pipes along them.

They can no longer be considered human.

Half of his body was attached to a mechanical skeleton, while the other half of his flesh was ripped open by gray-black contamination, and the suppressing runes of the lamp-bearer were embedded in his chest.

The runes were still glowing.

But they couldn't hold them down.

The first black-armored enforcer to charge forward had just raised his shield when a hand pressed down on the shield.

That hand didn't exert any force.

The law enforcement officer suddenly knelt down, and a suppressed scream came from under his helmet.

"Don't listen!"

The sound of the rat burst from the channel.

"Turn off the speakers! They're using offensive language!"

Shenhou has already rushed out of the temporary data cabin.

Six long metal rods spun around his back.

"Ministry of Punishments, take over!"

"Don't let those eight freaks leave the censorship area!"

The black-armored enforcers immediately split into three rows.

The front-line heavy shields landed.

The middle row of chains is thrown out.

The rear row raised their psionic cannons and aimed them at the eight figures in the white mist.

Boom boom boom!

The gunfire ripped through the fog.

The foremost failed container was blasted back two steps, its chest plate exploding to reveal a pulsating dark purple core inside.

It looked down at its torn chest.

Then he raised his head.

"Selected container".

"Door."

"Chenlong".

With each word it utters, the surrounding pollution increases.

The two men in black armor in the front row suddenly froze, and tiny black spikes sprouted from the gaps in their armor.

Bai Zhi's face turned pale as her fingers flew across the keyboard.

"The spread of spiritual pollution is too rapid!"

"Lord Shenhou, the ordinary penal department can't handle this!"

Shenhou raised his hand and flicked it.

Six long sticks fell at the same time.

boom!

The first nail is nailed to the floor.

The second barrier blocks the left side of the passage.

The third one is horizontal at the top.

The remaining three rods intertwined and rotated in mid-air, forming a temporary cage.

Shenhou stood in front of the cage and cursed at the inside.

"That piece of trash that Chenlong raised dares to talk to me like that?"

He stepped into the white mist.

The long stick came crashing down.

The foremost container head collapsed on the spot, and the mechanical cervical spine was smashed into pieces.

But the next moment.

The dark purple core on the container's chest exploded.

Black slime sprayed onto half of Shenhou's body.

The armor on Shenhou's shoulders hissed and smoked.

"Holy crap!"

He swung the stick again, smashing the second container that lunged at him away.

"This thing gets even dirtier when the shell breaks!"

Bai Zhi immediately shouted, "Don't destroy the core! Damaging the core will release a black tide of decaying starlight!"

Why didn't you say so sooner!

"I just figured it out!"

Shenhou was so angry he almost turned around and cursed.

The third failed container has climbed up from the ceiling.

Its limbs are bent backwards, and it has a mechanical spine dragging behind it.

It does not have a pussamer.

It bypassed the Department of Penalties' defenses and headed straight for the temporary data cabin where Chen Yifan was located.

Bai Zhi saw the trail and her voice tightened.

"It's looking for a star official!"

"wrong."

The rat suddenly interrupted.

"It is looking for the same source of contamination on the star officials."

Chen Yifan was protected by two black-armored law enforcement officers behind him, and the binding rings on his wrists were not completely removed.

He staggered half a step, pretending to be overwhelmed by the pollution.

Deep within the sea of ​​consciousness, the Purple Gold Pagoda remained motionless.

Failed container.

The Dragon Line.

Holy Lord's Source of Life.

Mechanical ignition source.

The items are quite complete.

If we don't take advantage of it, we'd be doing it a disservice since it's offered itself up.

"Protect the witnesses!"

The command from Maotu was transmitted via remote channel.

The two men in black armor immediately raised their shields.

The failed container collided with the shield.

Boom!

The two men, along with their shields, were pushed and slid more than ten meters away.

Its helmet cracked open, revealing a gaunt human face, from which came out broken, intermittent sounds.

"The Ninth Key..."

"Back to... Star Gate..."

Chen Yifan clutched his chest and staggered backward from the impact.

"Lord Shinhou!"

"Why is this thing staring at me!"

Shenhou, who was furious while fighting ahead, managed to reply with a few words.

"You're asking me? I'd like to ask Chenlong's ancestors!"

The failed container raises its hand.

Five fingers split open, and dark purple tentacles emerged.

The tentacles didn't attack the body, but went straight for Chen Yifan's forehead.

Bai Zhi screamed, "Don't let it hit your head! That's a consciousness connection!"

Chen Yifan was a beat too slow.

A dark purple tentacle brushed across his forehead.

The next instant, he leaned back and his knees slammed into the ground.

"Star Lord!"

The black-armored law enforcement officers tried to pull him away.

Chen Yifan raised his hand and pressed it against the ground, his fingers trembling.

"Don't... touch me..."

The worse the outer layer appears, the safer it is.

The moment the dark purple tentacles burrowed into the outer layer of consciousness, the Purple Gold Pagoda turned slightly.

The tentacle stopped.

It originally intended to devour people.

As a result, he plunged headfirst into an even deeper well.

The Purple Gold Pagoda did not reveal its external form, but only opened a crack at the bottom of the sea of ​​consciousness.

The dark purple tentacles were pulled in little by little, crushed, and pressed into scattered fragments.

Sweat beaded on Chen Yifan's forehead, and he let out a low growl.

From the outside, he appears to be being torn apart by pollution.

Looking inside, the tentacle had been broken into eight pieces.

The first scene.

In front of the rotten starry sea isolation layer.

Chenlong stood within the golden causal threads, his body showing no signs of his current decay, and his voice remained steady.

On the other side, the green-haired Holy Lord reached out his hand through the stargate rift.

"I'll give you container technology."

"Give me an inside pass."

The second scene.

A list.

The first eight names were all crossed out with red lines.

The ninth column is empty.

Chenlong lingered on the empty railing for a long time.

The third scene.

A golden dragon pattern was pressed onto the green contract.

The Holy Lord chuckled softly.

"The door opening agreement is valid."

Chen Yifan pressed his palm into the ground.

protocol.

Chenlong was not dragged down by pollution.

He signed it voluntarily.

The failed container was still growling outside, its tentacles constantly trying to burrow into Chen Yifan's forehead.

The more it burrows, the more it loses.

Chen Yifan forcefully suppressed the movement of the Purple Gold Pagoda, and his right hand reached for the short blade at his waist.

The skills of the star officials.

Shadow Thrust.

This is appropriate for use in units at the Chen level.

He suddenly raised his hand, and the short blade pierced the wrist joint of the failed container.

"Get out of here!"

The strike was precise, but it didn't exceed the level expected of a star official.

The container arm tilted due to failure.

Shenhou's long staff came crashing down from the side.

"Lower your head!"

Chen Yifan immediately lunged downwards.

The long stick swept past his head, denting half of the failed container's shoulder.

Shenhou rushed forward and grabbed Chen Yifan by the back of his collar.

"Are they still alive?"

Chen Yifan coughed up blood.

"reluctantly."

"Barely my foot! You almost got kissed on the forehead by it just now."

"I don't want to either."

Shenhou was so speechless he wanted to curse, but in the end he could only manage to utter one sentence.

"You're such a nuisance."

The failed container's shoulder was smashed open, and the mechanical spark inside its body suddenly lit up.

Bai Zhi's devices kept alarming.

"Its core needs to be activated!"

"Don't break it! Don't break it!"

Chen Yifan, panting, looked at the pulsating mechanical core.

The lineage of the Council of Order.

The thing Chenlong used as a smoke bomb.

Just right.

He pretended to be pulled by the contamination, staggered, and pressed his palm against the crack in the chest of the failed container.

"Star Lord! Step back!"

Bai Zhi was so anxious that her voice cracked.

Chen Yifan did not back down.

The moment his fingertips touched the mechanical flame, he stirred the edge of all things that could be stolen.

Do not steal fire.

They only steal the stable structure from the embers.

The mechanical spark suddenly went out of balance.

Chen Yifan withdrew his hand and stepped back, pretending to be thrown back, and crashed into Shen Hou.

Shenhou grabbed him with his backhand and threw him aside.

"Don't fly at me!"

The flame on the chest of the failed container shone brightly to its limit.

boom!

The explosion was suppressed by Shenhou's six-stick cage and did not spread.

The container inside the cage was blown in two.

The dark purple core did not shatter; instead, it was burned into a charred crystal by the fire.

Bai Zhi stared at the test data, completely stunned.

"Has the activity of the pollutant decreased?"

Shenhou turned his head.

Are you sure?

"Sure!"

Gardenia jasminoides quickly amplifies data.

"The mechanical spark went out of control and burned the internal connection structure of the container."

"This must be a backdoor left by the Council of Order."

Shenhou looked at Chen Yifan.

"Did you touch it just now?"

Chen Yifan leaned against the wall, his breathing erratic.

"It grabbed me... I pushed it away."

Shenhou stared at him for two seconds.

"That dog is really tough; it managed to push the switch."

Chen Yifan lowered his head.

"This subordinate didn't expect it either."

The sound of a mouse interrupted.

"My inner voice is fear."

Shenhou immediately retorted with insults.

"Of course! Aren't you afraid of this thing kissing your forehead?"

The mouse paused for a moment.

"I won't let it kiss me."

"Get out."

Chen Yifan lowered his head and refrained from replying.

The situation in the core review area has not improved.

Shenhou smashed two, blew up one, and left five.

The breakable container shell releases more pollution.

The black tide climbed upwards along the cracks in the passage, and the suppression runes on the walls gradually went out.

The contaminated black-armored law enforcement officer began to convulse.

Someone knelt on the ground and repeated the container's words.

"Door……"

"The Ninth Key..."

"Chenlong..."

The Rabbit remotely took over the Celestial Array.

"All personnel, retreat to Line 3."

"Bai Zhi, activate the purification array."

Bai Zhi raised her hand and entered the key.

"The purification array will cover the censorship area and suppress all sources of contamination within it."

Shenhou blocked the two containers with a single blow.

"Press! Press it down now!"

"There are people from the Ministry of Penalties inside!"

"I made them cancel! If they can't, it'll be considered a work injury!"

The channel was filled with the cursing of members of the Penal Department.

"Lord Shenhou! Could you please speak behind our backs?"

"Run if you can, play dead if you can't!"

After Shenhou roared, the six long sticks spun around simultaneously, forcing the five failed containers back into the breached storage compartment area.

The purification array of the Rabbit descended.

Layers of white light pressed down on the core review area.

The Kuroshio Current was forced to retreat.

The five failed containers simultaneously raised their heads, their bodies emitting the sound of bones dislocating.

They did not resist the monkeys.

They turned in the same direction.

Bottom of the star gate.

The rat suddenly spoke, its speech much faster than usual.

"Wait a minute."

Rabbit responded: "We can't stop."

"I heard you."

Shenhou continued hitting and yelling, "What did you hear now? Speak up!"

There was a half-second pause on the rat's side.

"Deep within every failed container, there is the same voice."

Bai Zhi's fingers stopped.

"Whose?"

The rat uttered two words.

"Chenlong".

Only alarm sounds remained on the adjudication channel.

The mouse continued, "He's summoning them."

"Go to the bottom of the star gate to offer a sacrifice."

"The purification array can only suppress the black tide, not the summoning."

"They're not running around randomly; they're being recycled."

Rabbit immediately switched to the bottom-level monitoring of the celestial dome.

In the direction of the decaying star sea, black pollution began to surge outside the isolation layer.

The stargate fissure is expanding.

Bai Zhi's device displayed a red alert.

[Stargate pressure is increasing.]

[Internal sacrifice link activated.]

[Objective: Failed container debris.]

Shenhou's face darkened.

"Does that mean the more we smash, the more offerings we send over?"

The rat replied very decisively.

"right."

The stick that Shenhou had raised stopped in mid-air.

Why didn't you say so earlier?

"I just heard you clearly."

"Your hearing is delayed at crucial moments, isn't it?"

The rat ignored him.

Chen Yifan leaned against the wall, his fingertips still burning from the dark purple tentacles that had been swallowed.

The fragmented memories are not over yet.

He continued to suppress it, not letting the outside world notice anything unusual.

But the last scene floated up on its own.

Before the decaying starry sea.

Chenlong stood opposite the Holy Lord.

A green pact burned between the two.

The Holy Lord spoke: "Star officials can serve as temporary keys, but they are not reliable enough."

Chenlong raised his hand, and the threads of cause and effect wove a name in the air.

Chen Yifan's breath caught in his throat when he saw those three words.

Chen Yifan.

Chenlong's voice came through clearly.

"The one who can truly open the door for me is not a star official."

"It's Chen Yifan."

The video cuts out.

At the same time, the remaining five failed containers in the core review area suddenly stopped struggling.

They all turned their heads at the same time.

Through surveillance cameras, through passageways, and through layers of arrays, everything was aimed at the "Star Official" inside the temporary data cabin.

Bai Zhi's expression changed drastically.

"They are recalibrating their targets!"

Five cracked mouths opened simultaneously.

"Wrong target".

"Change the key."

"Search... Chen Yifan."