Chapter 309: Black Chest
Wei Huo and the others had completely hidden themselves. They were searching for information in the volcano. No one could find them. The main reason was that the five Atlanteans were all in seclusion. That was why the non-Legendary Atlanteans could not find them.
After observing the surroundings of the factory that was extracting the Soul Refining Water, they gathered again. The golden armor said in confusion, “Although there are Epic-ranked Magma Worms in the magma flow, it’s not extremely dangerous. It’s easy for prisoners to survive for more than 10 days here. It’s not unusual for them to survive even longer.”
At that moment, Wei Huo said, “We haven’t explored all the places here. Besides, these prisoners are all Normal-ranked prisoners. We’ve never seen a Rare-ranked prisoner. I believe this place is definitely not that simple.”
Xiao Liang said, “That’s right. This is a place used to refine Soul Refining Water. It’s a really important place. Did we really see the whole picture when we sneaked in so easily?”
Wei Huo said, “Let’s split up and check the situation.”
The four of them separated and started investigating the volcano.
The factory that refined Soul Refining Water was huge. From the outside, it looked at least as big as an ultra-large mountain. The interior was naturally larger, as more machinery and platforms had been built underground.
Wei Huo did not go far to investigate like the others. He closed his eyes and entered a state of thoughtlessness. His Divine Sense slowly spread out, and he caught a faint aura.
It was an aura coming from the depths of the magma. It was… the aura of an imposing expert!
Wei Huo opened his eyes and stepped into the magma. He sank into the magma and kept going deeper. The super high temperature invaded Wei Huo, but Wei Huo used his domain to isolate the magma.
The current temperature was only about 1,000 degrees. It was a huge threat to ordinary people, but it could not threaten Wei Huo. However, as he continued moving deeper, the surrounding temperature became higher.
When the temperature reached 2,000 degrees, Wei Huo saw a huge black chest wrapped in magma that was made of the carapace of a black insect.
There was a chain at the top of the chest. The chain was also made of the black insect’s carapace.
Wei Huo’s golden eyes saw through everything. He saw a total of 12 people in the huge black chest. They were all prisoners with Rare-ranked strength.
Wei Huo was confused. What was going on with these prisoners? Where was the black chest taking them?
The prisoners in the black chest were all unconscious. Despite the temperature, Wei Huo took a step and entered the black chest.
Soon, the black chest stopped descending. It seemed like it was being led northwest by something.
Wei Huo saw through everything. He saw a new chain holding the black chest and pulling it northwest. After being pulled for a few minutes, the black chest hit a wall.
It was a pitch-black wall, a wall made completely of black insects, and a wall that could not be seen!
Wei Huo could not help but feel surprised. How many black insects had they had to hunt to build such a wall? Why had they built such a wall?
At that moment, a crack appeared on the black wall. Soon, a huge suctioning force sucked the black chest containing the prisoners and some magma around them.
The prisoners did not wake up despite the violent shaking. It seemed like they had been injected with a large dose of sleeping medicine.
This could happen in the underwater world. One would fall asleep immediately after being injected. Even Epic-ranked creatures were not spared. Even one’s soul could fall asleep. It was a terrifying sleeping medicine.
Wei Huo only knew about the Mystic Yin Ice Soul Skill, as it could affect souls.
After the black chest was sucked into the black wall, it started floating up. About 30 seconds later, magma emerged from the black chest and was grabbed by a weird device. The device lifted the black chest and sent it to a platform. There was nothing special about the platform. It was just a square platform about 20 meters long. The only difference was that there were 12 paths on the side of the platform. These 12 paths were distributed evenly on the four sides of the platform.
At that moment, the black chest was smashed against the square. Then, a cold voice was heard. “Wake up, you damned scumbags!”
The previous few twists and turns had not woken the prisoners up, but this voice did.
This was the terrifying sleeping medicine of the underwater world, the Soulless Powder.
The Atlanteans had their own language. If it was translated into Mandarin, it would probably be called that way. This medicine could make an Epic-ranked creature sleep soundly. Even its soul would not wake up. However, only a specific unlocking command, such as the snap of a finger, a sentence, or touching a certain part of the person’s body, would wake a person up immediately.
After the cold voice was heard, the prisoners in the black chest woke up. As soon as they woke up, they started attacking the prisoners around them. A strong prisoner grabbed another prisoner’s neck and lifted him up.
At that moment, the cold voice said, “Have you forgotten the rules here? If you kill others and violate the rules, you will die too!”
The strong prisoner snorted and released the prisoner. He then said, “You’re lucky, shortie.”
The shortie looked at the strong prisoner with a poisonous expression but did not say anything.
At that moment, the four sealed doors around the black chest opened. Wei Huo and the prisoners walked out of the black chest and looked at their surroundings.
Wei Huo did not speak. He wanted to know where he was. Why had they built such a place and brought the prisoners here?
At the same time, he had turned into an ordinary Atlantean. Even his prison uniform had been transformed.
At that moment, that cold voice came from all directions again. “You have committed a heinous crime, scum. Even if you die 100 times, it will not be enough to repent for your sins. However, the mighty Volcano King gave you a chance. A chance to obtain freedom, money, and even power. You have to survive first.”