And that's the brutal truth—unless you could poof away in a puff of smoke or the 'Metal Storm' suddenly glitched out, no amount of Taoist magic or secret techniques could save you from getting obliterated by those twin death machines!
When Shawn Young was the last one standing under those monstrous 'Metal Storm' panels, he could feel cold sweat trickling down his hands. Luckily, when the scanner hit his metal badge, it gave a friendly "beep-beep" and the subway doors slid open.
Shawn hurried inside, flopped into a comfy chair, and let out a long breath. His back was drenched in cold sweat—felt like he'd just danced with death at the gates of hell.
The subway finally started moving. Through the window, Shawn eyed those terrifying 'Metal Storm' panels again, secretly plotting how to snag them! Just like last time in Pakistan with the m guó Thunderbolt armored system—get it home, let the weapons experts reverse-engineer it, and boom, China's military tech would leap ahead!
But first, time to ride the subway deeper into the underground base. The 'Metal Storm' expansion system had to be somewhere in a control room down below. If he could find that spot, maybe he'd get his hands on some juicy intel.
As the silver Bullet Train zipped further underground, Shawn lounged in his seat, watching the scenery whip by. Lights outside streaked past like glowing dragons, twisting and turning—he almost felt like he was heading to another world!
After about twenty minutes—who knew how many kilometers deep they'd gone? Shawn guessed at least dozens! The subway finally slowed to a stop, doors slid open, and bright lights flooded in. Outside, a misty spray barrier waited; researchers had to get disinfected, then dried off by an automatic system before heading out.
Shawn followed the researchers, passed through the disinfectant mist and drying system, and stepped out in his biohazard suit—bone dry. The scene outside floored him. He never imagined that under an ordinary building, there could be an underground city this massive!
It was bright as day down there, with snowy white beams lighting everything up. Turns out, the deepest part of rìběn's underground hid its biggest secret—a sprawling subway network as tangled as a spiderweb!
Shawn realized the train he'd taken was just one of many identical Bullet Trains in the area. Who knew where the others went? Looking up, he saw station signs marked with Chinese phonetic characters.
Even though Shawn couldn't read Japanese, he recognized those Chinese characters—"Tokyo," "Osaka," "Kobe," "Fukuoka," and other rìběn city names.
He snuck a glance back at the station he'd just left. The sign read: "rìběn Navy + Yokosuka."
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