“The underground area is huge.”
It was probably comparable in depth and scale to an entire subway station.
After descending a flight of stairs, the three entered a straight passage constructed from reinforced concrete and steel.
It was wide enough for a large truck.
Every step echoed deeply through the corridor.
Saitama’s expression softened slightly.
“Kind of exciting.”
His tone was so flat that it was obvious he was saying it mostly for the sake of saying something.
Lu Yao was thinking about something else.
“Constructing an underground base of this scale requires resources, technology, and manpower far beyond what an ordinary individual could support.”
He looked around.
“Genus supposedly developed something resembling a religious organization, but even so, building this is impressive. Dr. Genus clearly possesses considerable resources.”
Though given this world’s strange technological level, perhaps this much was understandable.
Everyday consumer technology here wasn’t dramatically beyond the twenty-first century.
That was why Lu Yao had adapted to daily life almost immediately.
Yet at the same time—
Scientists hidden throughout society frequently possessed technology more than an entire generation ahead.
Combat robots.
Cyborg life-forms.
Artificial monsters.
Autonomous construction robots.
Medical technology capable of saving someone on the brink of death.
If such technology were publicly released or shared with the government—
Humanity could probably colonize the Moon within twenty years.
Give them fifty to a hundred years and perhaps they would even leave the Solar System.
But the people who controlled those technologies possessed almost no interest in doing so.
Most acted from personal desire.
They simply did whatever they wanted.
Of course—
Lu Yao had neither the standing nor qualifications to criticize them.
Strictly speaking, he belonged to the same category.
Ignoring everything he had learned from Yumemi, the supernatural ability Dark Matter alone could fundamentally transform civilization.
One major reason many proposed technologies remained theoretical was material limitations.
If any material could be produced on demand, countless pieces of “impossible” technology would immediately become achievable.
All things were interconnected.
A breakthrough in materials could naturally produce major developments in energy.
Once certain theoretical technologies became possible, the countless stars throughout the universe could be converted into power sources.
If Lu Yao genuinely contributed Dark Matter to civilization—
Regardless of how long it took, reaching Kardashev Type II should be entirely possible.
And yet Lu Yao felt no corresponding obligation.
Partly because he didn’t possess strong ambitions in that direction.
Partly because doing so sounded troublesome and exhausting.
But he wasn’t going to initiate the process himself.
“Most life-signs are deep inside this structure.”
Genos continued performing his role seriously.
“Many signals appear nearly identical. Clones?”
He suddenly raised his head.
“Master. Mr. Lu Yao. Two life-signs are rapidly approaching from ahead. Be careful!”
Since the corridor was straight, almost nothing blocked their vision.
A monster more than three meters tall, resembling an enormous rhinoceros beetle, appeared.
It was holding a man by the head while charging toward them at high speed.
In fact, even before the creature entered their field of view, the echoes of its footsteps had already revealed something was coming.
“Oh. Found them.”
The beetle monster looked at the group.
“There are three. Which one is it?”
“T-The bald one…”
The man in its grip answered.
“Then I don’t need the other two!”
The beetle monster grinned.
“I’ll kill them!”
In this world, did anyone with even a little power automatically become arrogant?
After the beetle monster punched Genos into modern art and immediately attacked Lu Yao, Lu Yao’s lowered eyelids rose.
Slash.
“Huh?”
The beetle monster froze.
Dr. Genus, still being held in its grip, also froze.
The punch had landed—
Or at least it should have.
Yet the ordinary-looking handsome young man remained unharmed.
Instead, the previously clean corridor was suddenly covered in blood.
“Aaaaaaaagh! My left arm!”
The beetle monster’s left arm had been severed.
At impossible speed.
A black mist-like substance mixed with traces of white curled around Lu Yao’s right hand.
“H-How is that possible?!”
Dr. Genus had been thrown aside when the monster lost its arm.
He struggled upright and stared at Lu Yao in disbelief.
Carnage Kabuto.
My strongest creation.
Since the moment of his birth, he has never once been defeated.
Even so-called heroes could barely survive a single exchange against him!
His personality makes him a failed product, but in terms of raw performance he is overwhelming!
Genus couldn’t understand.
“Damn it…”
Carnage Kabuto’s panic didn’t last long.
Extreme anger actually made him quiet.
His muscles swelled.
A body around three meters tall rapidly expanded beyond five.
His coloration shifted into something resembling a purple-and-green mecha.
“You’ve really pissed me off!”
Carnage Kabuto roared.
“I’m going to torture all of you to death!”
He entered Carnage Mode.
“Once I activate this state, I lose my reason for an entire week! My battle instinct won’t stop!”
The severed stump suddenly writhed.
His arm flew back and reattached itself.
The injury vanished.
“Next, I’ll tear you apart! Then I’ll head into the city and keep slaughtering until next Saturday!”
Ah.
He said the one thing he really shouldn’t have.
“N-Next Saturday…”
Saitama’s expression became horrified.
“Starting now and lasting a whole week means…”
His head slowly turned toward Lu Yao.
“W-Was he telling the truth?!”
Lu Yao silently nodded.
The revelation struck Saitama so hard that he temporarily stopped thinking.
“Scared?”
Carnage Kabuto interpreted their expressions completely incorrectly.
“Too late! No matter how much you beg, I won’t spare you!”
He charged.
“Die!”
Carnage Kabuto possessed astonishing physical ability.
His favorite combat method was using what he believed to be unparalleled speed to circle behind enemies or attack them head-on while mocking them.
The corridor was too narrow for him.
So he simply threw a massive punch directly at Lu Yao and Saitama.
“Today was the supermarket sale daaaaaay!”
Saitama’s face twisted with rage.
He punched.
One blow.
Carnage Kabuto—
Whom Dr. Genus had just mentally declared unstoppable—
Became beetle paste.
Uma Musume:Trapped in the Game [ 103 Chapter ]