Chapter 253: Exit!
The Sherlock they just met was a caveman, and he was later transformed into an alchemist. Most of his organs have been replaced by machinery.
According to Sherlock, he only needed a very small amount of energy to maintain his daily needs. The main source of energy he had was refined ore, and a piece of ore could support him for half a year.
— Do you know this place well?" Su Xiao asked Sherlock.
— Except for some confidential places, I know this place well. Just a second... Sherlock walked over to one of the desks and pulled a yellowed sheet of paper out of a drawer.
— This is a map of the polygon, and this is our current location.".
Su Xiao noticed a marked spot on the map that was an emergency exit.
— We are in the seventh research hall, which is mainly responsible for creating alchemy creatures. The emergency exit isn't too far from here, but it will be difficult to get there. There are creatures like me working in this hall, and we are not suitable for fighting because we were created specifically to help with some experiments, but there are creatures that were created for fighting. If you were to enter the second hall, you would already be dead, " Sherlock held up the map and actively pointed at the locations on the map.
— What's in the second hall?
— A monster that can destroy the empire, but the royal family members did not allow it to go outside because of their fears, so it was placed in the second hall.
Su Xiao felt a headache. — How strong is this monster compared to the overseers?
Sherlock looked at Su Xiao in surprise. "The warders? Are you kidding me? He was made for fighting, you know?
Su Xiao nodded, and Sherlock continued, " The monster we're talking about can turn any Teigu into a pile of useless iron in a matter of minutes.
Su Xiao's head started to hurt even more. — Such a strong creature definitely has powerful perception and we can't get past it, right?
— Don't worry about it, he's asleep. In fact, it hadn't moved in four hundred years.
— Seriously?
— Of course, I've lived for six hundred years after all, and I know a lot about this place — " Sherlock puffed out his chest, his expression full of pride.
— Let's leave this place as soon as possible.
— Sherlock took out a gray cloth bag and started packing, and Su Xiao noticed a purple flash in his bag out of the corner of his eye.
Sherlock hoisted his bag onto his back and walked forward with long strides. "Follow me, the guards only patrol three times a day.
Su Xiao didn't say anything, but he didn't relax either.
Just like Sherlock said, he really knew this place very well.
Once, a thousand years ago, it was a good, prosperous place, but now it has been destroyed.
There was once an alchemist living in each compartment, but at one point, the royal family poisoned the alchemists ' food, and more than 95% of the alchemists died.
After that this place became a restricted area and except for the members of the royal family no one could come here.
All of this was due to the fact that the royal family began to fear the abilities of alchemists.
In the outside world, however, alchemists began to be hunted down and killed, and only a few managed to survive.
When there wasn't even a single alchemist left in this place, this place was simply forgotten by the royal family.
They didn't dare destroy the previously created monster due to it being too strong, and naturally, they had other reasons as well.
Under Sherlock's guidance, their journey went very smoothly. After passing through a corridor full of passageways, Su Xiao's group arrived at a spacious room.
Unlike what he had imagined, there were no cars or anything like that. They were in front of the entrance to a cold metal room that was several thousand square meters in size.
And such a huge room was empty.
— And where is this monster? Su Xiao looked around and didn't see any monster.
Sherlock pointed to the ground. — He's right under our feet, don't make too much noise, even though he's been sleeping for 400 years, I'm not sure when exactly he'll wake up. Too much noise can lead to the fact that we are just unlucky and he will wake up abruptly.
Hearing" bad luck", Su Xiao's heart sank.
As they started walking forward, they soon found themselves in front of a diamond-shaped metal door.
At the bottom of the door was a face with a large mouth.
— This is the emergency exit, kid, come here, " Sherlock said, and signaled the Emperor.
— The emperor pointed to himself. — What... what do you want me to do? The Emperor didn't really want to cooperate, as he noticed Sherlock's hostility.
— Sherlock pointed at the large mouth in the metal door, and the Emperor immediately shook his head.
Su Xiao didn't beg him and just moved forward. — If you don't do it yourself, I'll help you.
But the emperor didn't move, so Su Xiao immediately charged forward.
— Don't kill him, he must be alive, " Sherlock said hurriedly.
Five seconds later, Su Xiao covered his mouth with his hand to stop him from screaming, and grabbed the emperor's hand with his other hand, then shoved it into that door's mouth.
He tried to pull away, but it was useless.
*Click!*
The eyes on that door's face opened.
— Let me handle the rest, I'll do it in the best possible way in thirty seconds." The path to freedom was right in front of him!
The emperor, on the other hand, seeing that nothing had happened to him, stopped struggling and Su Xiao immediately let him go, as he was no longer of any use.
*Boom!*
Suddenly, the floor vibrated, and Su Xiao felt his legs go numb, and Sherlock fell to the floor altogether.
— What happened?
— The monster must have woken up, " Sherlock said fearfully.
— Hurry up and open the door.
— Yes, that's right, we need to escape, " Sherlock quickly turned the eyeball that was on the door.
*Click*
The metal door started to slowly open, but apart from the sound of the metal door opening, something could be heard approaching them very quickly under their feet.
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