Life Dungeon Game

Meanwhile, in a café on a corner of Ellen City.

He Ao's Hao Yi clone logged into the data network jointly established by the three organizations that Li Cheng had given him.

At this moment, this data website only has a rough framework. Clicking on it reveals that most of the data is being uploaded, and only some old data is accessible.

There's a lot of information inside, even less than what He Ao obtained by directly accessing the research institute's intranet using his vice-ministerial privileges.

Of course, not all organizations are fools; they can't believe everything He Ao says. Right now, all they're giving us are empty promises.

The promises will definitely be fulfilled gradually after the ruins are opened.

He Ao logged out of the website and logged into the research institute's official website using the account Li Cheng had given him.

The research institute is quite honest, all

The materials are all open, but you cannot copy or paste them, nor can you browse them too quickly.

The research institute updates its data very quickly, so there must be a dedicated research team doing this.

Compared to the other two major organizations, Moonlight and World Tree, the Research Institute spends the most on research every year, even several times more than Moonlight and World Tree.

Of course, this funding is worthy of the name of the research institute.

The organization was originally established to study supernatural events and strange phenomena, but in the process of research, it has continuously expanded and become a comprehensive organization.

Even so, the research institute still maintains some of the styles established in its early days, such as extensive investment in research and a focus on high-level relationships.

Even in the field operations department, which faces the most external shocks, conflicts of interest, and risks, the senior department heads maintain relatively simple interpersonal relationships.

They're more like friends than colleagues.

Of course, compared to those cutthroat internal power struggles, He Ao himself prefers to be in this kind of relationship.

He casually clicked on a few of the latest updated documents.

I started reading quickly.

Most of these materials are studies on this relic passage, covering everything from the area where it was opened to the time of opening, the opening process, and the scope of coverage.

Well, most of it is useless data and has no real conclusions. It's just obvious hype, just randomly picking a hot topic to scam funding.

However, He Ao did see something that was mentioned in many papers.

This time, the opening speed of the ruins passage is much faster than before.

Based on the research institute's past experience, it usually takes half a month from the appearance of signs of the ruins to the opening of the passage, and at the very least no less than thirteen days.

Even if there are significant changes, the fluctuation will only be one or two days at most on top of the fifteen-day timeframe.

The time required to unlock such a high level of access is often extended. The few times the research institute has recorded that the unlocking took about seventeen days after the signs appeared.

This time, it started in less than ten days.

All the research papers noticed something unusual about this, but no one could draw a definitive conclusion.

He Ao turned his head to look at the completely dark night outside the window.

This may involve the most crucial factor affecting the opening of the ruins' passage.

Something is affecting when the ruins open.

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Deep in the Jodan National Park.

A figure shrouded in night crossed the military police's position, stepping into the blind spots of all the military police, and entered the center of the pit with a flickering figure.

He walked up to the charred corpse and looked down at the words written on it.

The unfinished writing has now been circled and protected by the military police.

This is a word written in the local language of Rhodan, and its meaning is very simple:

[Ruodan]

What does this mean? Is this related to the locals in Ruodan?

Upon seeing this word, the figure looked somewhat bewildered.

"Who is there?"

A flashlight shone down.

It was a military policeman on patrol, his gaze following the beam of his flashlight as he swept over the spot where the charred corpse lay.

It was empty; there was nothing there.

-

At 22 o'clock in the evening.

The bright moon hangs atop the ancient city.

He Ao stood atop a tall building, gazing at the city under the night sky.

The whistling wind from the propeller whipped at his face and hair.

A huge helicopter was slowly descending toward where He Ao was standing.

This building is one of the few high-rises in Ellen City to have a large helipad.

He looked at the helicopter parked in front of him.

As the black transport helicopter came to a stop, a man wearing a gray shirt and work pants jumped down first. He immediately saw He Ao standing motionless under the wings where the rotor blades had not yet completely stopped.

"You must be He Ao?"

He walked over excitedly and extended his hand, "Ye Yun."

"Hello."

He Ao shook hands with him.

Ye Yun was about the same height as He Ao, looked to be in his twenties, had a wide face, and wore a slicked-back hairstyle. He looked somewhere between mature and naive, with a subtle but sharp edge about him.

Behind him, some superhumans who appeared to have been selected disembarked from the helicopter. Several researchers organized them, while others unloaded cargo from the helicopter.

At this moment, Ye Yun cautiously glanced around to make sure no one was watching before lowering his head, leaning closer, and whispering to He Ao, "Could you sign your name for me?"

He Ao: ?

"That's right, my sister is your fan."

Ye Yun looked around again and added, "She wants your autograph."

He Ao: ?

"Why do you need my signature?"

He Ao pointed to himself, somewhat bewildered.

"Don't you know?" Ye Yun's expression was even more bewildered than He Ao's. "You're quite famous in the research institute now. In our department alone, many young girls use your picture as their desktop wallpaper."

What desktop wallpaper photo?

He Ao was even more confused.

"This one."

Ye Yun took out a paper photo from his pocket and handed it to He Ao.

The photo shows a young man covered in blood, standing under a clear sky with mountains draped over his shoulders. Half of his face is stained with blood, and the howling wind blows his hair, outlining his resolute features.

He stood there, looking back. Behind him, it seemed as if there were thousands of troops and horses, mountains collapsing and the earth splitting, but he remained unmoved, like a young and fierce general who had fought to the last moment, watching the final battlefield.

Strictly speaking, this photo does not depict He Ao's full face, but with this composition and the bloodstained cheeks, the person in the photo exudes a heroic spirit, a sense of indomitable courage and boldness. Everyone who sees the photo will be naturally infected and captivated by this aura.

He Ao: ?

He recognized the scene as the valley where he had acquired the Verola; he had turned back to see the effects of the first use of the landslide and tsunami.

However, he was holding Luo Luo in his hand at the time, and Yang De was standing next to him, so he couldn't get into the shot.

Furthermore, if the camera were to pan down slightly, it would capture his tattered clothes, a result of the battle.

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This is

Is it the art of photography?

"Look, this photo of yours was published in the promotional article for the field operations department."

Ye Yun opened her phone and handed it to He Ao, saying, "It's been in the top ten of the trending list for two consecutive days."

He Ao looked at the post Ye Yun had opened, which included a promotional article detailing the Verola's combat achievements. The poster was Ri Mu Chi Chi.

"Sunset Overnight" is Lin Chichi's ID; this girl is quite skilled at writing promotional materials.

Don't you usually browse forums?

Ye Yun was somewhat puzzled.

He Ao shook his head.

These past two days, he's been either cultivating whenever he has free time, dealing with the aftermath of the Mysterious Shadow, or running dungeons; he basically has no time to browse the forums.

He himself is not someone who likes to browse forums.

"Was this photo taken by Wu Lan?"

He Ao looked at Ye Yun.

She finally understood what Wu Lan meant by 'becoming famous'.

"Uh-huh,"

Ye Yun nodded, took out a pen from his pocket, and said with a somewhat embarrassed smile, "He Ao, can you do me a favor? My sister heard that I was coming and waited outside my door all day. I couldn't refuse her. She really likes you and just wants an autograph. She can just sign this photo."

He did seem quite embarrassed.

According to the information He Ao obtained, Ye Yun was also a decisive and efficient person.

"Ok."

He Ao took the pen, turned the photo over, quickly signed his name on the back, and then handed it to Ye Yun.

"Wow, it's so beautiful," Ye Yun said, looking at the signature on the photo. "Did you have it specially designed?"