Life Dungeon Game

But now it seems that immortality may not be a good thing.

Because this might mean working without stopping.

He Ao's gaze continued to scan, finally settling on a small machine in the corner. The machine was running non-stop, producing one customized transparent test tube after another.

This test tube appears to be used to store 'gas'.

As He Ao stared at the machine, someone was picking up the shattered test tube fragments and pouring them into the machine along with some small 'marbles'.

He stared at the marble, which looked very familiar. He touched the inside pocket of his coat and found several similar marbles there.

However, his marbles contained a purple mist, while those poured into the machine marbles did not. It seems that this was a device used to create custom test tubes that isolate 'gas'.

Those marbles are the Soul-Eating Beads after they have been used.

He Ao withdrew his gaze, took a step forward, and began to carefully observe the huge machine in front of him.

Generally, these machines have ladders that make it easier for people to move around during maintenance.

He looked up at the smoking crack on the machine. The machine seemed to have been used for a long time, and the cover wasn't closed very tightly, so perhaps he could see something through the gap.

Soon, he discovered steel pipes welded vertically upwards onto the machine from the side.

This appears to be a simple maintenance ladder.

He reached out and grabbed the steel pipes above his head; he wanted to go up and see what was inside the machine.

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Chapter 485 A Gift from the Desperate (Long Chapter, Requesting Monthly Tickets)

Kaya Airport

At the VIP arrival gate, Lina, holding a folder and with her hair in a high ponytail, glanced at the time on her wristband.

Not far in front of her, a huge airship slowly descended from the sky, its jet engines kicking up plumes of smoke and dust that scattered in all directions.

Once the airship had landed completely, Lina quickly walked over, followed closely by a group of security personnel dressed in black formal attire.

The airship's passenger gangway slowly descended and came to a stop. Roger, looking somewhat tired, stepped down the gangway, followed by a girl who appeared to be about fifteen or sixteen years old and seemed rather reserved.

"Mr. Roger."

Lina quickly went to meet her.

"Sorry, I had to take care of something on my way to the airport, which caused a slight delay and made me a little late."

Roger said to Lina with a smile.

"Your safe return is the best news."

Lina responded with a smile, then looked at the girl standing behind Roger, "And this is..."

“She’s my friend’s child,” Roger introduced, turning to the side. “Her name is Annie.”

“Mr. Vian mentioned this little girl, Aini.”

Lina suddenly realized what was going on. She turned her head and looked at Aini. "Hello little sister, my name is Lina. Welcome to Kaya City."

Hello...

Annie responded to Lina's greeting somewhat reservedly.

“It’s her first time away from home, and she’s just been on an airship for so long, she must be a little tired,” Luo Jie said, easing Annie’s embarrassment, before asking, “Is Mr. Vian still awake?”

Upon hearing this question, Lina's attention was quickly drawn back. "Mr. Vian has fallen into 'sleep' again."

"That's it."

Roger was clearly disappointed.

As Lina led Roger and his companion toward the airport exit, she continued, "Mr. Danilo is waiting for you at the Nolanca Group building."

The cold wind blew the strands of hair on her forehead.

She glanced back at Aini, who was dressed in very little clothing, and called over a security guard, "Get this little Aini a fur coat."

"Eh?"

Hearing this, Annie looked up in confusion.

She was about to refuse when Lina interrupted her with a smile, "It's okay, consider it a gift from your older sister. We recently purchased a lot of these coats from Rock City. If you don't like them, you can return them to your older sister later. Wear them now to keep warm."

Then Lina turned to Roger and asked, "Did you bring any luggage? We can have the robots help carry it."

Upon hearing the question, Roger paused, then shook his head. "No."

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Limen Market · Qunxing Pharmaceutical Building

The billowing white steam filled the entire space, and He Ao's figure gradually climbed to the top of the machine.

The other researchers walked in front of the steps beneath him, and out of caution, he activated stealth this time.

Near the top of the machine, there was a small crack from which steam was escaping. He leaned against the crack and glanced at it. He could only vaguely see the fine pipes through the billowing white steam, and could not see the scene inside the machine.

It seems we still need to find a way to get in.

He climbed to the bottom of the stairs, flipped over, and jumped onto the top of the machine.

This machine is approximately

The building is about four or five stories high, with the top only a little over two meters away from the pipes on the ceiling. The dense, thick pipes bend above and go straight into the machine.

He walked to the edge of these pipes and observed them up close.

There were tiny cracks at many pipe and machine interfaces, from which white steam was constantly escaping.

However, these cracks are not large, only thirty or forty centimeters long, but less than a finger's width, and the viewing angle is extremely poor, so you can't see anything through the cracks.

However, He Ao also discovered that these cracked areas basically all showed signs of severe corrosion.

These metals cannot safely store the diluted gases from the Fountain of Youth; they will still corrode.

Judging from the number of these cracks, the damage caused by these leaking steam should not be as great as a complete overhaul, so Qunxing Pharmaceuticals let these cracks exist.

He bypassed one pipe after another.

The surrounding life force was so strong that He Aoneng could feel the moisture condensing on his face and hands.

Living in such an environment for a long time, even without drinking from the Fountain of Youth, one would probably be transformed into some kind of monster by these forces.

If these cracks were intentionally left due to cost considerations, then it's unlikely that there would be cracks large enough for a person to fit inside.

However, such large machines should have access passages leading to the inside for easy maintenance. When He Ao was circling the machine, he didn't see any such passages, so the passages are most likely located at the top of the machine.

As he walked forward, he scanned his surroundings and finally spotted a circular maintenance door near the center of the machine.

The access door has a round handle fixed to it, which seems to be able to be pried open directly.

He walked to the access door, squatted down, and found a mechanical keyhole on the edge of the round door.

The keyhole was unusually coated with a layer of mithril, presumably to prevent it from being corroded by the power of the Fountain of Youth.

He Ao reached out and pulled the ring, applying slight force, but the entire circular door remained completely still.

He straightened up, thought for a moment, then stood up, quickly ran to the edge of the machine, squatted down and pressed his hand on the machine, channeling his divine sense into his palm.

As his divine sense gathered in his palm and touched the machine's outer shell, a tremendous roar suddenly exploded inside the machine. The pipes inserted into the machine trembled, and countless white steam gushed out from the cracks in the pipes.

As he expected, there was a large amount of 'qi' inside the machine. Even through this huge machine, the qi could sense the presence of divine consciousness and cause a disturbance.

The roaring sounds instantly attracted the attention of the researchers below, who quickly converged on the edge where He Ao was standing.

At the same time, He Ao flashed to the other edges and triggered riots one by one with his divine sense. While everyone's attention was drawn to the sudden riots, he returned to the center of the machine.

This time, he once again channeled his divine sense into the machine, causing a violent riot in the center of the machine. However, the researchers below had already been drawn to other areas of rioting.

He Ao used his divine sense to figure out the latch mechanism of the door, then drew his short sword.

After cutting the latches, and then pulling slightly on the ring on the door with one hand, the round door was suddenly lifted up.

A long, vertical staircase leading downwards appeared in He'ao's field of vision. The bottom of the staircase was completely covered by white mist, making it impossible to see what was behind it.

He Ao held onto the long ladder, closed the circular door, and then quickly descended the ladder.

After descending about four or five meters, a vaguely visible steel plane appeared in He Ao's field of vision.

However, this does not seem to be the bottom of the machine, as the long ladder continues to extend downwards.

After a moment's thought, He Ao jumped onto the steel platform.

The entire plane was surrounded by flowing mist, with only some fine pipes visible in the field of vision, but He Ao could clearly feel that the mist was flowing in a certain direction.

He gripped the short sword in a reverse grip and moved forward along the direction of the flowing mist. Some hazy aura surrounded him; it was the 'qi' dissipating in the air.

After a moment's thought, He Ao began to absorb the air from the atmosphere according to the methods of martial arts training.

Pete's martial arts talent was not good; his body's 'circuit' was blocked, and he could not pass through the energy he normally absorbed.

However, what permeates this fog is not the most basic energy, but 'qi'.

As He Ao breathed, this energy flowed into his body without restraint. Although this energy was different from the energy He Ao himself had condensed, it quickly adapted to his body and began to evolve into a state that He Ao was familiar with.

Then Heo began to guide the flow towards the blocked lines.

A tremendous force surged through his body without restraint, accompanied by a sharp pain that shot through him from the inside out. He felt the previously closed pathways being torn open, and the energy began to flow along those pathways.

At the same time, his previously stagnant physical attributes began to slowly improve.

This is the energy dissipating from his body changing his body.

However, these improvements in physical fitness are insignificant compared to He Ao's current state, so he did not focus on improving his physical fitness. Instead, he guided the Qi to circulate rapidly within his body.

Meanwhile, he continued to go deeper inside, and the deeper he went, the more gas dissipated around him.

He Ao mobilized the Qi that entered his body to circulate within his body, and then gathered it at the soles of his feet and the top of his head.

Intense tearing pain surged from inside his body, but he remained calm, suppressing the pain as he continued to push deeper.

This time, after walking only a few steps, neatly arranged 'glass containers' appeared in his field of vision through the fine mist.