"Yes!"

...

"President Ai, Master Mang asked me to..."

Biaozi ran to the side and was just about to speak when Ai interrupted him: "I've already received the information from your Mechanical Eye. The device on the second floor is indeed a main operational component of the 'Cosmic Receiver'."

"To be cautious."

"Nothing in this square can be damaged."

"Go to the second floor and use the Mechanical Eye to thoroughly scan the red instrument from every angle, down to each nut, and then I'll teach you how to dismantle it."

"Understood, President Ai!"

...

After running several laps.

Biaozi finally stood in front of the red instrument on the second floor, drenched in sweat, with a somewhat tense expression. The ceiling height is not too tall at only three meters, which is sufficient for a typical experimental base, but it seems somewhat cramped compared to the almost hundred-meter height of the train tunnel.

And this red instrument in front of him.

Occupying a full 10 square meters, all-steel structure, two meters high, painted with red paint.

It's a big guy.

There are two hoses extending from the instrument, connecting to the ceiling.

"First, take this apart..."

Biaozi squatted on the ground, carefully using the wrench in his hand to turn the nuts fixing the instrument to the ground, while Li Shiji assisted in directing from the side.

Although so much time had passed.

But the nuts didn't have much rust, looking like they had only been in place for two or three years, so unscrewing them wasn't too difficult.

It took more than an hour.

"Phew..."

Biaozi stood up from the ground with weak legs, wiped the sweat off his forehead, partly from fatigue and partly from fear, as Master Mang clearly valued this instrument greatly, and if it got damaged, he could pretty much say goodbye to everything.

The main instrument was finally dismantled.

Four or five other instruments with screens were connected by red and blue wires to this instrument, and they were also taken down.

What remained were the two hoses leading to the ceiling.

One of the hoses was easily pulled down, roughly seven or eight meters long.

But the other hose was difficult to pull.

He tried tugging it a few times without success.

"Biao," Zhang Yi stepped forward and said gruffly, "want me to have a go? I'm strong."

"Are you out of your mind?"

Biaozi angrily pushed Zhang Yi to the side: "Showing off your strength, if you break it, you and your brother can meet where you broke it below!"

"Everyone stay put."

"Li Shiji, keep an eye on these two blockheads."

"I'm going to find Master Mang for further instructions."

...

Soon——

Biaozi returned and looked at Zhang Yi and Zhang Er: "You two come with me, Master Mang said this hose might lead to the surface, we'll take the elevator to check outside."

"No problem."

Zhang Er grinned, patted his chest confidently, and said, "Any problem, leave it to us brothers."

"..."

Biaozi rolled his eyes at the two, worried they might damage the instrument with their clumsiness.

He then led them towards the 'Life Elevator' on the first floor.

After inserting a level 1 Energy Stone.

The elevator doors quickly opened.

The three of them stepped in, the doors closed, and since the elevator was transparent, they could easily see the top and bottom of the elevator shaft and the surrounding constantly flashing red warning lights.

"Phew..."

Biaozi exhaled lightly, then lit a cigarette as he leaned against the railing, feeling a slight unease about the elevator; it was very deep, and when he looked up, he couldn't see its end.

The control panel also didn't have any floor buttons.

"Biao, you're not supposed to smoke in the elevator, right?"

"Well, but it's Doomsday now, everyone here is already dead, so smoking one doesn't hurt, does it?"

"Oh, okay, smoking is harmful to health."

"Don't worry, you'll probably die before I do."

The elevator ascended rapidly.

He could even feel his heart start to race, and the elevator's speed was increasing, with the flashing red lights in the shaft forming two solid lines.

"What the hell..."

Biaozi gripped the elevator railings tightly in panic, looking at the speedometer on the elevator screen.

"120km/h"

"Which elevator displays speed anyway?"

He felt all his blood rushing to his head, feeling short of breath and panicked, holding on to the railing with wide eyes staring upwards, wondering if they might get thrown out any moment?

Isn't it supposed to be a Life Elevator?

Could it be a trap?

He clutched the 'Train Ticket' in his hand tightly, thinking he should have brought a parachute, considering there's a 'Parachute Production Line' in the train, but he never used it; he'd have to practice in the Combat Training Virtual Space how to use a parachute once they got back.

This way, they'd have more ways to handle unexpected situations in the future.

Then——

The elevator's speed gradually slowed, and the end of the shaft revealed itself. Soon, the elevator came to a stop, accompanied by a ding as the doors opened.

"Phew..."

Biaozi wobbled a bit, stretched his legs to get rid of the weakness, wiped the sweat from his neck, then looked at the two in the corner just about to speak, but seeing the scene outside made him expressionless and silent.

"What's wrong, Biao?"

Zhang Yi and Zhang Er crawled out of a refrigerator, gazing at Biaozi with admiration: "The elevator was moving so fast, we felt uncomfortable, so we hid in the fridge. But you, Biao, had no issue whatsoever, truly admirable!"

"..."

Biaozi looked expressionlessly at the two; he had been staring at the elevator shaft, not noticing them at all. He actually wanted to say, "How do you come up with these ideas if you're not as stupid as you seem?"

But he decided not to say anything.

Instead, he coldly remarked, "If you can't handle a little discomfort, you're no man. Double your training when we get back; there will be harsher conditions. Will you hide in a fridge every time you face adversity?"

"What kind of man just runs away?"

"Come with me!"

With those words, he stepped out of the elevator first, looking around.

The Life Elevator was set up alone on the ground, around them a valley maybe half a football field in size, surrounded by low hills a few hundred meters away.

A square-like formation.

It looks like a square ashtray.

And he immediately noticed the instrument resembling an old 'signal receiver' exposed on the ground, a concave circular instrument, but it occupied a large space, with a base of 3 meters in length and width.

A hose emerged from the ground connecting to this instrument.

No wonder he couldn't pull it down earlier.

The hose was fixed to the instrument.

This instrument also no doubt needs to be taken back, but it's so large, it clearly won't fit in the fridge. Biaozi took out the Mechanical Eye from his pocket, approached the instrument, and scanned each detail.

Planning to consult President Ai first when he got back.

And then come back to dismantle it.

...

He made six to seven trips back and forth.

Not only needing to dismantle the outside but also much inside, successfully taking apart the instrument resembling an old signal receiver, squeezing it into the fridge, then dismantling and setting aside the hose to be pulled through below later.

...

"Come, one, two, three, lift!"

The red instrument was whole, not needing to be dismantled, but it couldn't be anyway.

Zhang Yi and Zhang Er's faces turned red, neck veins bulging, lifting one side each and heading outside with the red instrument.

"Careful, watch your step!"

Biaozi cautioned, directing carefully: "Hey, someone, pull that wire out of the way, don't trip over it."

"Take it slow, no rush, yep, keep going, go!"

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