I'm trapped in a block

Chapter 680 Anchor Testing Center

Li Luo finished reading this slightly special martial arts novel.

She had a strange intuition that this book was not about the underworld, but about something that really happened in reality...

“These books are so strange.”

……

Without thinking too much, she put the books in order, turned on the electronic screen, and contacted the staff member who had taken her to get the pain-reducing pills.

After telling the staff member about Dr. Liu's situation, the staff member sent her a message:
"If you want to resolve your obsession, you can go to the fifth layer of the abyss and find a place called Rainbow Light City. It is said that as long as you enter that city, all your obsessions will disappear. If your dream is related to your obsession, that place will definitely be able to resolve your troubles."

Looking at the message sent by the staff, Li Luo replied with a "thank you".

"You're welcome. I was the one who recommended this relic to you. I am also largely responsible for the fact that you are troubled by this relic."

Before Li Luo could figure out how to reply, the staff member sent another message: "If you are qualified to go to the fifth floor, you can come to me. I have a precise way to go to Hongguang City."

Seeing the news about the fifth floor, Li Luo immediately edited a message:
"How do I qualify to go to the fifth floor?"

A moment later, the staff sent a 3D map of the pipeline fortress, which marked a location on the fortress: "Anchor Testing Center."

"You can first test whether you have anchored in the abyss. If you meet the requirements, you can directly apply for the qualification to go to the fifth floor."

After getting the answer, Li Luo hurriedly packed up his things and left the room with the cube.

Although he had walked through the Pipeline Fortress many times, Li Luo was still completely unfamiliar with these winding passages and would occasionally come to some strange forks in the road.

There were no people to be seen in most places in the pipeline fortress. There were only pipelines that looked exactly the same. Sometimes after turning a corner, the fork in the road that appeared in front of him seemed familiar to the one he had seen before. Li Luo had no choice but to stop and determine his position before continuing to move forward.

Not only that, there will be some particularly strange routes.

"Go forward, turn left, go forward again, turn left again, go forward again, turn left again..."

After several times, she came to the same place again, which made her wonder if the map was wrong.

After a careful inspection, she found that the depth here was different, but the pipes looked very similar, which misled her.

Due to the imperfect lighting, Li Luo had to be very careful. Some pipes had no guardrails on the edges, so she could only walk on the huge curved surface and then go around other small pipes to get inside the pipe. There was a road outside the pipe and another road inside the pipe. The map also guided Li Luo to jump from the junction of some pipes to another pipe, which was extremely dangerous.

There was even dust on some of the pipes, and Li Luo even doubted whether the route indicated by the map was too old.

Fortunately, after passing those dangerous sections, Li Luo returned to the main road. She looked at the map and found that she had unknowingly crossed most of the pipeline fortress and came to the depths on the other side.

There seemed to be more people in uniforms here, probably because this was a more central area, but they all looked very busy, moving quickly through the pipes, and if they weren't paying attention they would turn into some remote side roads.

Li Luo observed for a while and then continued to move forward.

It was not far from the anchor testing center. After walking along the main road for a while, Li Luo followed the instructions and walked to the fork in the road.

After passing through a short pipe, the view suddenly opened up...

The sunlight in the empty sea passed through the huge hollow in the sky and shone into the dark fortress. This was the first time that Li Luo saw such dazzling sunlight after entering the fortress.

She was even a little uncomfortable with it, and she covered her eyes with her hands for a long time to adapt before she gradually recovered.

Only then did Li Luo begin to observe the structure inside the anchor detection center.

Countless thick pipes extended vertically into the air, straight towards the sun, and the sun also shone through the gaps in the center of the pipes.

The pipeline fortress seemed to be slowly rotating, always keeping those huge pipelines facing the sun, and the pipelines above seemed to be blowing wind, blowing away the clouds that blocked the sunlight. The sunlight shone into the testing center. In the center surrounded by the huge pipelines, there was a dark hole. After the sunlight shone into the hole, it seemed to be absorbed by the hole and disappeared without a trace.

There were many workers busy around the hole, and they seemed to be studying this dark hole.

“Is this the Anchor Testing Center?”

So special...

The depressing atmosphere in the Pipeline Fortress seemed to be instantly dispelled by the dazzling sunlight, and the sky and sea were covered with clouds and mist. Li Luo had long been accustomed to the gloomy feeling, but he did not expect that in the depths of the Pipeline Fortress, there was such a place where he could feel the familiar warmth.

Looking up at those huge pipes, Li Luo was shocked.

“Is this also modified by humans?”

She looked at the vertical pipes while walking towards the testing center, but she was stopped by a staff member not long after.

"Hello, are you here for anchoring testing?" The staff member immediately guessed Li Luo's purpose.

Li Luo nodded.

"Please follow me." Without any nonsense, the staff member took Li Luo directly in and came to the dark cave.

"Jump down." The staff said to Li Luo.

"What?" Li Luo didn't react for a moment.

"Jump down." The staff member repeated, "Jump down from here and you'll know whether the anchoring conditions have been met. Don't worry, it's safe down here."

Li Luo looked at the dark hole and was still a little confused.

"What is this?"

"This is a simulated abyss. We simulated the passage from the fourth floor to the fifth floor and created this simulated abyss. If your anchoring is not completed, it will be blocked, just like this..."

The staff member took out a pink plastic clip from his pocket, raised it into the air, and let it fall freely toward the abyss.

The clamp fell gently and landed on the simulated abyss.

However, the clamp did not continue to fall, but got stuck on the dark surface of the abyss, as if it had fallen to the ground.

"Why didn't it continue to fall?" Li Luo asked curiously.

"It was repelled by the abyss. It is something that should not appear on the fifth layer. It is an unanchored object, so it will be blocked by the abyss hole and cannot fall." The staff member squatted down and picked up the clamp.

"If the anchoring is completed, it will fall directly..."

Li Luo nodded and looked at the dark plane.

The sunlight shines on the abyss, but cannot illuminate the contents inside, as if all the light has been absorbed by the black hole. Under this warm sunlight, the simulated abyss gives people an unusually cold feeling.

As he got a little closer, a chilling cold air surged up from the soles of his feet. Li Luo originally thought that it was the temperature control equipment in the pipeline fortress that was taking effect, but now it seems that the cold breath came from the abyss in front of him.

Inside, there is a place that even light cannot reach...

"Even sunlight will be rejected by the abyss?"

(End of this chapter)