Chapter 1 The Cooperation

Hu Tao and the others had, in fact, seen the war chariot long ago. Ever cautious, they wouldn't overlook any activity around the base.

However, they recognized Li Chenzhou's vehicle. Furthermore, when the Devourers acted alone, they used only Prisoner cage fighters as transportation; on the ground, they moved in large groups.

Therefore, Hu Tao and the others had been prepared to welcome Li Chenzhou back. However, fearing exposure, no one had come out. Now that the war chariot was heading towards the war fortress, an entrance immediately appeared, where Hu Tao and Dugu Tianfeng, the two giants, stood!!!

"Hahahaha! Little Li! Welcome back!"

Upon seeing Hu Tao and Dugu Tianfeng, Li Chenzhou had Gray Bear drive the vehicle into the entrance and stop. The two then got out of the car, and Hu Tao and Dugu Tianfeng greeted them. Hu Tao laughed and said,

"I thought you'd be gone for a month. I didn't expect you to be back in a week. Great!"

"Old Hu! I'm just a level three guy; I'd be cannon fodder!"

Li Chenzhou first nodded at Dugu Tianfeng before turning to Hu Tao, smiling as he said,

"My current position is head of logistics! Don't count on me for combat!"

"Don't just manage logistics! You'd definitely make a great instructor too!"

Hu Tao gave a thumbs up.

"No thanks! Let those 'shrews' handle the instructor stuff!"

Li Chenzhou quickly waved his hand. By "shrews," he naturally meant the members of the Breaking Fated 156 Special Forces team he had initially trained!

He had earnestly trained Breaking Fated 156 earlier because he wanted to lay a foundation here and prove his abilities to Hu Tao and the others. Now that his goals had been achieved, and the members of 156 could train other soldiers with nearly the same effectiveness as him,

Especially since he now had to travel back and forth between two worlds, where would he find the time to calmly train people? Therefore, he hurriedly refused and immediately changed the subject:

"Old Hu, Dugu, this time when I went back, I communicated with my world and told them about your situation here. The higher-ups there think we should cooperate with you!"

As he spoke, Li Chenzhou pulled Gray Bear over and said,

"This is a member of my team. His name is Gray Bear! I only brought him this time, mainly to verify whether our people leveling up here will affect our world's level!"

Li Chenzhou then introduced Hu Tao and Dugu Tianfeng to Gray Bear. The two felt a sense of goodwill towards Gray Bear upon meeting him, especially Hu Tao!

After all, Gray Bear was a special operative and naturally possessed the unique aura of a soldier. This aura might not be very noticeable to ordinary people, but it was quite sensitive among their own kind.

Basically, anyone who had served in the military for a few years could immediately recognize someone similar to themselves. Hu Tao, a veteran who had risen from the lowest ranks, was no exception.

"Hahahaha! Little Li, saying something you might not like to hear, this Gray Bear is more like a soldier than you are. He's the kind who can't hide it, but you..."

Hu Tao laughed, familiarly embracing Gray Bear before turning to Li Chenzhou and saying,

"You're pretty good at everything, but you just don't have that aura! You look like a commoner no matter how you look at it!"

"Old Hu, you can be more confident in your words and remove the 'might!'"

Li Chenzhou replied with a dark expression.

"Might?"

Hu Tao was stunned before finally realizing what he meant. He burst into laughter and then looked at Gray Bear, asking,

"This brother is already level five. How is it? Has it affected your world's level?"

"Don't know yet, I haven't gone back!"

Li Chenzhou shook his head and said,

"I can't just leave him outside, so I brought him here first. During this time, he can familiarize himself with the place. Old Hu, try to tell him as much information as you know. I have to rush back today. After confirming the impact of his leveling up on my world, I'll come back!"

"Of course, no problem!"

Hu Tao said readily and then pulled Gray Bear towards the inside, saying,

"Actually, at this distance, we can teleport directly, but since you just arrived and Little Li has been gone for a week, let's talk as we walk and introduce you both to the place!"

Li Chenzhou and Gray Bear gladly agreed. After granting Hu Tao and Dugu Tianfeng access to the war chariot, the group headed towards the war fortress!

Their current location was not actually inside the war fortress but in the valley's passage.

This passage seemed newly dug, but it was clear that Hu Tao and the others had put a lot of effort into it. The entire passage was spacious and had many forks, like a maze.

"The forks in this passage all lead to dead ends, and there are many traps and mechanisms inside!"

Hu Tao said as they walked,

"The correct path is sorted according to the numbers at the intersections. For example, after reaching the first intersection, we take the third path; at the second intersection, we take the first path.

So, you only need to remember a set of numbers and follow them. The password for this set of numbers is 314159265..."

"314... Why does that sound so familiar?"

Gray Bear was stunned.

"You don't recognize it without the decimal point, do you?"

Li Chenzhou turned back to look at Gray Bear and laughed,

"3.14, isn't that pi?"

"Huh?"

Gray Bear finally realized and looked at Hu Tao, saying,

"The value of pi in the Duoluo world is actually the same as in our world?"

Hearing Gray Bear's words, Hu Tao, Li Chenzhou, and the others all had dark expressions. No one wanted to pay attention to him. Wasn't pi the same in every world?

"How many such passages are there in total?"

Li Chenzhou quickly changed the subject.

"Twelve!"

Hu Tao replied,

"Our war fortress is in the valley, so the passages I created were all made by directly tunneling through the mountain and digging tunnels inside the mountain!"

"You guys completed such a huge project in a week?"

Li Chenzhou said with some admiration.

"We have always been building underground bases. Since the first underground base, each generation has continuously expanded and improved it!"

Hu Tao sighed, somewhat self-deprecatingly saying,

"To be honest, our digging skills are definitely better than rats, and much better. We can actually complete such tunnels in three days. The rest of the time is spent setting up traps and mechanisms."

"Hey? Boss, Little Lei definitely needs this kind of technology. When you go back, you can take some back for him. If possible, it would be even better if you could bring back some machinery for digging!"

Hearing Hu Tao's words, Gray Bear, who was following behind, suddenly said...