Life Dungeon Game

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The superhumans in the dungeon world seem to be much more irritable than those in the main world, which may well be due to the influence of these delirious ramblings.

"Has the research institute found out what happened?"

He Ao had previously guessed that these whispers were related to the high-level beings in the dungeon world, because after Super Memory was promoted to D-level, some background noise similar to whispers could be heard when it was activated.

This background noise is barely audible in the main world, intermittent in the ruins, but very clear in the instance world.

The ruins clearly have a deep connection with the original Federation of the dungeon world.

“Our current guess is,” Yang De said softly, “that it is very likely related to the ruins. Judging from the frequency with which the ruins have been opened over the past ten years or so, the ruins seem to be ‘approaching’ the main world.”

"This brings up another question: Did you advance to Rank C within the ruins?"

Yang De said slowly.

"It's not entirely within the ruins."

To be precise, only a tiny bit of the Qi produced from practicing martial arts in the ruins pushed him slightly closer to C-rank.

Martial arts are a gradual process of advancement, so he wasn't lying.

“Pretty much,” Yang De said in a tone that he had expected. “Many stable C-ranks only completed their promotion after returning to the main world.”

As he said this, He Ao suddenly thought of the advancement methods in the main world.

Some advanced by relying on secret medicines obtained from ruins, while others advanced by accidentally consuming the remains of high-level alien beasts of the same path in the ruins.

The puppet that He Ao is currently controlling, 'Bandit Hu Wen', was promoted by eating the corpse of a C-level alien beast and completing the promotion in a frenzy of chaos.

This method of advancement is actually very dangerous because the advancement from D-rank to C-rank requires a ritual, and the remains of the alien beasts that have not been prepared into a secret medicine are also heavily contaminated.

Hu Wen must have completed the 'bandit' ritual by chance, consuming contaminated flesh and blood, in order to achieve his promotion.

Lift.

However, whether it was due to the contamination in his flesh and blood or the incomplete completion of the ritual, he became bloodthirsty and violent after his advancement, taking pleasure in killing, which was essentially equivalent to being half-mad.

Those who were lucky might have died in the ruins or mutated into monsters, and no one knows if they even tried.

"You must have found that special potion that can help you advance in the ruins, right? It's said that those potion test tubes are marked with something called a ritual."

Yang De continued, "I don't know what method the humans in the ruins used, but although we can't understand the writing, we can naturally understand its meaning. By following that kind of ritual to advance, there is a high probability of maintaining mental stability."

"Ah."

He Ao nodded slightly.

The writing on those mithril test tubes should be Denis script.

The dungeon world likely has a tradition of using Denis script to write mysterious content.

The 'Collector's' Elixir recipe he obtained in the Rijgit instance was also written in Denis script, though he didn't recognize it at the time.

If it is a standardized, specially produced secret medicine, or a secret medicine for a specific product, it is possible to have Denis script directly engraved on the test tube.

This will enhance its prestige and increase its selling points.

Secondly, Denis script seems to be able to achieve some magical effects, such as the fact that when Heo obtained the 'Collector's' secret medicine, it had the effect of being burned after reading.

He Ao speculated that the Denis script on those test tubes of secret medicines engraved with rituals probably also had some kind of 'disappears after reading' effect.

Since the topic had come up, He Ao casually asked, "Did Minister Yang also use a drug for his promotion?"

“No,” Yang De laughed, “I’m not as lucky as you guys.”

He didn't seem to want to delve deeper into the topic, and He Ao didn't ask any further questions.

The answer is actually quite simple: there are only two ways to advance in the main world – take secret medicine or eat exotic beasts.

Since Yang De didn't take any secret medicine, he must have eaten some strange beast.

Considering that his research institute code name is 'Warrior', and given the research institute's habit of using talent as a code name, Yang De's talent sequence is very likely 'Warrior'.

The warrior's ritual is to live in the face of death, so it is quite possible that Yang De advanced by consuming the corpse of a strange beast during a desperate battle.

No wonder he's so strong.

Compared to other talent sequences, the warrior's combat power is indeed abnormal.

However, He Ao felt that Yang De's combat power was still a bit lacking. If it were He Ao's 'warrior', there would have been no subsequent plot at the sea. He would have killed all those C-level enemies with a single slash.

At this point, Yang De continued to explain, "You should have completed the ritual and advanced to C-rank in the main world, so you may not know that C-rank superhumans can faintly hear those 'voices' in the ruins."

I know···

The information you gave me beforehand, which you thought I knew, I didn't know at all.

Of course, He Ao couldn't actually say, 'I already knew,' he quickly concluded.

"So you're guessing those 'sounds' came from the ruins?"

"Yes, there is actually another piece of supporting evidence."

Yang De said slowly.

Following He Ao

I felt my phone vibrate; Yang De had sent me a picture.

He Ao clicked on the picture; it was an old-fashioned train speeding across the sea in the twilight.

Twilight, sunset, the sea reflecting the sunset, and an old-fashioned train crossing the sunset between the sky and the water—all these elements create a rustic and beautiful atmosphere.

"The train in the picture is called the 'Vilola,' a transnational train that departed from the Republic of Jorra in the West and traveled across most of the West to Velola, the capital of the Kingdom of Ankana. The journey took seven days and seven nights and passed through seventeen countries. It was hailed as one of the most scenic trains in the world at the time."

Yang De explained.

"then?"

He Ao grasped the key words.

"Yes, this train mysteriously disappeared while it was traveling twenty years ago, and all the passengers on board also went missing."

Yang De explained.

He Ao: "Twenty years ago? I remember the ruins only appeared eighteen years ago. What is the relationship between this car and the ruins?"

"Yes, the relic passage was first opened eighteen years ago, but the relic's impact on reality did not begin eighteen years ago. In fact,"

Yang paused for a moment, then sent another document to He Ao, "According to our information, someone saw this vehicle in the ruins."

"Inside the ruins?"

He Ao opened the document.

The time ratio between the ruins and the main world is 1 to 12. It disappeared 20 years ago. If it is really in the ruins, this car should be more than 200 years old. However, judging from the photo, it is still as clean as new, as if it was just maintained yesterday.

However, since it appeared in the ruins and is now in the main world, this vehicle is probably not as simple as it used to be.

He Ao opened the documents.

There are two sets of documents, from staff members of two different research institutes.

One photo is from six years ago, and the other is from last year; both were taken by people who entered the ruins.

They were all transported to a desolate wilderness far from the city, and they all encountered the car on the road. They were all surprised to find a car from the main world in the ruins.

Some explorers boarded the vehicle, then the doors closed and they left. They never returned, nor were they teleported out after the ruins were destroyed.

“This vehicle is dangerous; we believe it may contain a Category B pollutant,”

While He Ao was looking at the documents, Yang De continued, "In fact, a B-level director of the research institute had already gone to look for it once. It is very cunning and seems to be able to sense the aura of a B-level director. It disappeared before the director arrived."

"So it's wandering around now?"

He Ao flipped through the documents.

"It has a certain ability to travel through space, and the places it appears in now are all places with particularly beautiful scenery,"

Yang De sent another document to He Ao.

"We used a pollutant that has a certain 'predictive' ability to determine its likely location next."

"Based on our previous data, it will stop to let some people get on the bus, but we don't know what the conditions are for stopping and getting on the bus."

"According to intelligence, it seems that a C-rank from the Tia Empire tried to get on the vehicle, but the door was not opened."

"What do you need me to do?"

He Ao flipped through the document Yang De had sent him regarding the possible stops of this Class B train.

Location and stop time.

He knew that after all that buildup, now was the real event.

People don't visit temples without a reason. Since Yang De is in such a hurry to find him, he must have something to ask of him.

"We plan to deploy C-level agents to intercept it when it penetrates deeper into the Central Plains, and then have B-level council members take action to see if we can stop it. We haven't decided on a specific time yet. Are you available within the next six days?"

A simple, crude, but potentially effective plan; the research institute likely still possesses some pollutants that could affect the train's operation.

"Yes, just contact me when the time comes."

He Ao nodded slightly.

"Okay, I'll contact you again once the details of the plan are finalized."

Yang De said quickly, then hung up the phone.

Ten minutes of setup, thirty seconds of actual business.

He Ao smiled and shook his head. He placed his phone on the table, and the page he was browsing was showing the location and time when this train would next appear.

Aranonotti Island, 6:50 a.m. local time.

It is hailed as one of the most beautiful places to see the sunrise in the Western Hemisphere.

He briefly activated his super memory and memorized the information.

The world around him flickered for a moment, and the uncontrollable, needing-to-be-pacified power of hypermemory seemed to grow stronger.

The time he has to complete the ceremony is not unlimited.

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Alarno