My brother is so cunning

Chapter 922 Underground World
Meanwhile, deep within the strata of Jambudvipa, in a giant underground cavern in the mantle region.

Rather than describing this as a super cave, it's more like the underground world where subterranean people live, as depicted in some science fiction novels.

The cave extends from its bottom to its top, reaching a height of several hundred meters, while the underground world covers an area of ​​several hundred square kilometers.

Hanging from the top of the enormous cave are many enormous mutated fireflies, each the size of a bus. Their sharp claws cling to the crevices in the rocks, firmly securing their bodies, and the light-emitting organs at their tails emit a bright, incandescent glow.

Countless fireflies, arranged in neat rows, resembled ceiling lights, illuminating the entire cave and bringing light to this hidden space tens of thousands of meters underground.

The cave has a warm and humid climate, with a layer of humus soil covering the ground. Ferns stretch out their giant feathery leaves, and fluorescent giant ferns and mushrooms dot the fern forest. There are even clear streams flowing by.

The ecological environment is many times better than the surface that has been arid for decades, like a paradise on earth.

Generally speaking, the temperature of the Earth's mantle layer is between 500 and 4000 degrees Celsius, but this underground secret realm has a pleasant climate and moderate warmth, which is quite suitable for the survival and reproduction of organisms.

Moreover, it is completely illogical that such a huge underground space would not collapse under the enormous pressure from the ground.

This underground ecosystem was successfully established thanks to Wen Rui's assistance, who provided the anti-gravity unit support structure and the Netherworld Shadow temperature control system.

At the edge of the vast underground space, countless tunneling worms and burrowing worms continue their tireless digging, while the engineering version of Ultron robots buries gravity control units in areas where earthwork has been completed to counteract the enormous underground stress and prevent collapse accidents.

Occasionally, after precise calculations, the Ultron robot would open the jar that sealed the Shadow of the Underworld, releasing the Shadow of the Underworld to penetrate the rock wall and continuously absorb the high temperature from the outside, maintaining the heat exchange balance of the underground space.

At the very center of the underground world stands a futuristic building that clashes with the surrounding ancient rainforest environment. The building has simple lines and many metal pipes that connect to the outside world, some extending deep underground and others connected to a giant liquid storage tank next to it.

This is a giant high-tech gene biomodulation factory. Wenrui has carried out a comprehensive upgrade and modernization of the entire Mosquito Daoren industrial chain. The previous small workshop-style smelly, dirty and chaotic situation no longer exists.

Inside the factory, rows of crystal petri dishes are neatly arranged, allowing a very direct view of the growth of the modified organisms in the culture tanks.

The outermost hundreds of cultivation tanks contain individual elite magic mosquitoes. After a period of growth, these individuals have matured and are about to leave the production line to join the army of magic insects.

Wen Rui's divine avatar is currently in a laboratory in the core area of ​​the factory. The laboratory has ten culture tanks, and the modified biological individuals in each culture tank are completely different in shape and size.

Wen Rui's clone held a tablet computer, intently searching for data on the screen. He moved between the culture tanks, occasionally adjusting the control panel to inject compounds or enzymes into the samples, precisely controlling the growth of the experimental samples.

In the midst of their busy work, a series of hurried footsteps came from the corridor outside the laboratory. Wen Rui's clone stopped what he was doing and looked at the automatic airlock door of the laboratory.

Inside the airlock, visitors who had undergone strict disinfection procedures rushed in as soon as the airlock door opened, holding an ancient mirror that shimmered with golden light. "We got it!" they exclaimed excitedly. "Hmph, let's see if those chanting monks are still willing to spend money on data traffic!" Wen Rui sneered. "They only take in and never give out, used to begging for alms, huh?"

As he spoke, he reached out to Mosquito Taoist, who respectfully and decisively presented the treasure he had just acquired, without showing the slightest reluctance.

After taking the ancient mirror, Wen Rui examined it for a while, then nodded and said, "Very good. It would be a waste for the Western Sect to keep this treasure. Only in our hands can it play its greatest role and create boundless merit."

Mosquito Taoist swallowed hard and stammered, "Master, if we obtain this treasure, will our plan truly succeed?"

"I don't know. Practice makes perfect. We'll only know after we try."

Under Wen Rui's control, the metal floor of the laboratory opened, and a magic artifact bracket that had been prepared beforehand rose up. The ancient mirror could be perfectly embedded in it, and after being embedded, countless wires automatically connected to the ancient mirror.

After installing the ancient mirror, Wen Rui asked with a smile, "Do you know the origin of this magical artifact?"

"It seems to be a magic weapon that the Buddha once used, and it is very important, otherwise it would not have been stored in the holy place where he attained Buddhahood, and his personal disciples would have led two teams of 108 Arhats to guard it heavily."

Mosquito Taoist pondered for a moment and replied, "Master, you are clearly so short. You weren't even born when the Tathagata attained Buddhahood. How could you know the origin of this magic treasure?"

“You’re the one who’s short!” Wen Rui said unhappily, “Although I have only been an enlightened being for a short time, my knowledge is far from shallow.”

At this point, Wen Rui proudly said, "Our Jie Sect was founded when Hongjun established the Heavenly Dao. Since there are many disciples in the sect, the library records all kinds of Bagua since the beginning of the world. Not to mention what magic weapons Tathagata used, even the color of the first poop he took when he was born is recorded by the predecessors of the Jie Sect and put in the library."

"Oh, by the way, here's a bit of gossip. When Tathagata was born, he didn't point one finger to the sky and one finger to the earth as recorded in Buddhist texts, saying that he was the only one worthy of respect in heaven and on earth. He just cried a few times. Compared to other infants, the only difference was that his merits were exceptionally high, and he was blessed by the Heavenly Dao. His purple aura soared into the sky, which was quite an unusual phenomenon. That's what attracted the attention of my Jie Sect elders, who recorded him in the Jie Sect's archives."

Of all the religions in the Three Realms before the Investiture of the Gods, the Jie Sect had the most disciples, and their cultivation levels were generally higher.

The higher one's spiritual realm, the wider the range of one's divine sense and the broader one's activity range.

No matter how big or small the events occurred on the primordial land, they could not escape the eyes of the disciples of the Jie Sect. When Tathagata attained Buddhahood, Wen Rui was indeed not yet born, but when Tathagata was born, at least a thousand disciples of the Jie Sect had already become immortals for a long time.

Putting aside how absurd it is that a newborn baby can speak, even if he could, in the primordial world where celestial beings are as common as dogs and golden immortals are everywhere, wouldn't he be afraid that the immortals of the Chan and Jie sects, who never value human life and have committed so much killing that they have caused a great calamity to befall the heavens, would capture him, stew him into clay pot rice, and eat him for nourishment and beauty?

(End of this chapter)