I’m Trapped in a Cube - Chapter 177

Old Xu’s reasoning was irrefutable.

On one side were the Shell People, alien creatures that had been harassing Oasis City, and on the other was the Wishing Fountain that might create huge crises for Oasis City. Either way, humans would benefit.

“Don’t worry. If anything unexpected happens, I’ll immediately stop the operation,” Old Xu said confidently.

Then he walked forward, coming to the front of the Shell People, clearly having become the Shell People’s leader.

“Brothers, follow me!”

Walking through the winding waterways, the Shell People group quickly found a crack leading to Oasis City’s artificial waterways. Old Xu led the Shell People surging in.

“This way!”

Old Xu quickly distinguished their current position, taking seven turns and eight bends in the sewers before arriving at a cave entrance sealed with a large iron door.

“Once we exit this cave, we can reach Oasis City Park.”

A Shell Person stepped forward, grabbed the already rusted door lock, and shells spread along his hand, instantly crushing the lock to pieces.

He led the Shell People sneaking out from the cave entrance.

First they circled from outside the cave into the park’s grove, then from the grove to the garbage station near the core area, threading through small alleys behind the garbage station, finally standing at an alley entrance beside the plaza.

“Are there no guards at the plaza?” Li Xiangyi asked in confusion, looking at the empty plaza. “No one guarding the fountain?”

Old Xu nodded, “It’s just an ordinary plaza. Why would there be guards? That fountain isn’t erupting now either, it’s just an ordinary water pool.”

Li Luo asked quietly, “Why are Oasis City’s sewers built so wide? And with special exits?”

“These are the original air defense facilities. The early Oasis City had many dangerous aerial creatures that would frequently attack Oasis City. They gradually decreased after Oasis City developed,” Old Xu said, touching the wall somewhat nostalgically. “Originally this was designed for use as an air raid shelter, but later it was converted to artificial waterways due to urban development.”

So there was such a history.

Worthy of being an old-timer of Oasis City, Old Xu chose a particularly hidden route.

Along the way, they could still see destruction left by the previous earthquake. Many facilities were damaged and hadn’t been repaired yet.

The cave entrance outside the park hadn’t seen anyone pass by for a long time. It seemed that because of the previous earthquake, no one was in the mood to stroll in the park.

As he spoke, the Shell People had already opened the gate. It was night outside. Old Xu looked at the sky and said to the Shell People behind him, “Wait a bit longer.”

After waiting for some time, Old Xu gave orders to the Shell People, “We can attack now. Don’t scatter when you get outside, follow me!”

“This section has no surveillance,” Old Xu suddenly said to Li Luo and Li Xiangyi.

“How do you know?” Li Luo was somewhat surprised.

Old Xu was silent for a moment, then said without any concealment, “I wanted to blow up the fountain before, then avoid surveillance and sneak back home, but I haven’t put it into practice yet.”

So this was indeed something he could do.

Old Xu observed from the alley entrance for a long time before saying to the Shell People behind him, “The plaza is ahead. Spread out and seal the entire plaza with a shell dome!”

The Shell People heard the order and obediently surged toward the plaza.

“Don’t leave weak points!”

Old Xu walked around the perimeter, checking whether the shell walls at each location had defects.

The person who had once tried every way to break the dome had now become the commander creating the dome.

The dome back then was to seal the humans in the plaza; now it was to block the humans outside the plaza.

“After building the perimeter, quickly seal the top. The anomaly here will soon attract the outsiders’ attention!” Old Xu kept urging, and the Shell People also worked hard to create shells.

They used every ounce of strength, using hands and feet, sticking to the shell walls and constantly making the shells spread.

Old Xu knocked on the wall that was constantly thickening and hardening, murmuring, “Much harder than the wall that sealed us back then.”

After the foundation at the bottom of the shell wall was established, the wall roots kept extending underground, and the top also began curving and extending toward the plaza center.

These Shell People were urged by Old Xu to speed up, and the dome was also rapidly closing.

“Put in more effort! You can’t cut corners on top either! The top must be made just as thick to prevent outsiders from breaking through weak points.”

In this instant, Old Xu was like a real Shell People leader, filled with righteous indignation toward the outsiders.

If one didn’t know the inside story, Mo Ling would really think Old Xu was a Shell People “hero” leading his compatriots in doing something earth-shattering.

Unfortunately, this was all just deception.

Soon the dome was completely sealed, but Old Xu didn’t let the Shell People stop. Instead, he had them continue reinforcing.

“Not enough yet! Make it harder, and the underground must be completely sealed too. The outsiders have ways to enter from underground!”

He even carefully walked around in a circle, seemingly using his ability to sense weak points in the walls.

“Very good! Leave a few people to continue reinforcing. Everyone else, follow me to destroy the fountain.”

Old Xu shouted again, leading the Shell People charging toward the fountain.

“Together, let’s fix this spring water in place! Use shells to block all the rock cracks!”

Old Xu understood this spring extremely well.

This was an intermittent geyser.

Intermittent geysers formed because high-temperature underground water vapor rose to the surface through rock cracks. As the temperature dropped, it began condensing into water.

After accumulating for a certain time, the intermittent geyser would erupt, which was why it had regularity.

Sealing the rock cracks was equivalent to cutting off the spring water from its source.

Old Xu wanted to eliminate it root and branch.