Life Dungeon Game

He Ao didn't know how to explain it to him for a moment. The strongest monster he had encountered along the way was, at most, a slightly larger cannon fodder among the group of things He Ao had met.

"Yes, things are a bit complicated,"

He Ao nodded, looking at the passage Ye Yun had come through. "Your journey here was relatively smooth?"

There are some obstacles, but they are not serious.

Ye Yun said, "There are basically no C-rank monsters. What about you?"

"I also encountered some minor obstacles,"

He Ao nodded, then looked at the passage Ye Yun had come from and said to Ye Yun,

"Then I'll have to trouble you to lead the way. We'll go back this way and take the next elevator. We're probably in a tight time. I don't know if Ivel will do anything in the core area of ​​the spaceship that could affect the entire ship."

From He Ao's observation, there were no viewing windows along the way that Iver walked, except for this elevator area.

The observation windows in this elevator area don't show the entire spaceship; you can only see the stars behind it.

So theoretically, he shouldn't know that this place is actually a spaceship, nor is he necessarily aware that this place is an elevator leading to the core area.

However, he should be able to tell that it is an elevator.

At that time, he avoided the goat monster by betraying his teammates. He had two choices in front of him: one was the area with less pollution, which was the area corresponding to the gate where Ye Yun came out; the other was the elevator, which looked mysterious, hid danger, and was very likely to require complicated operation.

Iver didn't seem like the kind of person who would risk his life, but he chose the elevator anyway.

Iver may also know something that Heo does not.

Judging from his decisive betrayal of his teammates and his unwavering advance, making choices with almost no hesitation, he may even have been aiming for the core area of ​​the spaceship.

He Ao had a bad feeling; the situation at the ruins seemed to be getting more and more complicated.

"An elevator? A spaceship?"

Hearing He Ao's words, Ye Yun was somewhat bewildered.

Chapter 626 Are We Really in the Ruins? (Long Chapter, Please Vote!)

"So you mean,"

The two passed through the gaps in the stacked metal. Ye Yun followed behind He Ao, his tone tinged with surprise, "We're inside a huge spaceship now? This spaceship is very likely one sent by the ruins?"

"That's how it should be at the moment."

He Ao gave a simple answer.

Just now, he briefly told Ye Yun about what he had encountered along the way, but omitted the information about the Second District text and the mechanical core ring.

"Wow, that's awesome! The universe, the stars, the huge spaceship!"

Ye Yun smiled and said, "Before I came into contact with the extraordinary world, I always wanted to become an air force pilot or an astronaut."

"A very nice dream."

He Ao nodded.

"It's a very common dream, after all, so many people dreamed of becoming astronauts when they were young,"

Ye Yun followed He Ao, hugging the angle between a huge metal arm and the wall, and passed through the area. He looked at He Ao ahead and asked, "He Ao, what was your dream when you were a child?"

"dream?"

He paused for a moment, then thought for a moment, "I feel happy when I see more money in my piggy bank."

"Haha, this is my dream now too."

Ye Yun smiled, then paused before returning to the previous topic, "So you think there's something wrong with Iver?"

"have no idea,"

He Ao shook his head. "The current situation is that we are now on a deserted space island. Although we seem to be in good condition, this system is actually extremely fragile. Some 'minor accidents' could easily kill us, such as the oxygen in the spaceship being depleted, or..."

"Our module was simply discarded into space,"

Ye Yun continued, "In an even more extreme scenario, our compartment would disintegrate, and we would be 'dumped' directly into the uninhabitable space, where we would all die silently."

At this point, he continued along this line of thought,

“Iver demonstrated an extremely strong understanding of this ship, and the fact that he destroyed the elevators after entering the core area proves that he doesn’t want anyone else to enter the core area. In the worst case, he has taken control of the ship in the core area.”

"No, even if he didn't control the spaceship, but only obtained a powerful supernatural item that we couldn't fight against, given his personality, he wouldn't let us leave the ruins alive."

Those who can enter the ruins are all outstanding extraordinary individuals selected by the research institute through multiple rounds of screening.

Although in theory the major organizations agreed not to kill each other, in this closed environment, if everyone died, black and white would be decided by Iver's word.

For Iver, eliminating the new generation of superhumans in the research institute, especially He Ao and Ye Yun, who are currently the most promising superhumans to be promoted to B-level, would help him gain more resources and reputation within the World Tree, and would also further weaken the power of the research institute.

This is a risk-free and highly profitable venture; given his current personality, he's almost certain he won't make a second choice.

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Even if the research institute had doubts, they could only swallow this bitter pill.

The good news is that Iver probably doesn't know that Heo and the other man are following him, so he might not be on high alert.

The bad news is that Ye Yun's guess wasn't the worst-case scenario.

In the worst-case scenario, Iver, like Rhodes, has already been bewitched by some evil god and become its servant. It's even possible that the evil god who bewitched him is the same one that destroyed the spaceship.

After all, the large number of people gathered inside this spaceship this time doesn't seem like the opening of a normal ruin.

The two regained their composure, stopped talking, and continued forward.

The area Ye Yun came from wasn't heavily polluted. He encountered some small monsters along the way, but they were all dealt with in no time.

The two moved quickly, traversing several areas in a short time.

But when he reached the door of a small room that resembled a small testing room, Ye Yun stopped. He stood in front of the glass window of the door and waved inside.

A tall, slender young woman, about 1.7 meters tall, wearing simple combat pants, with a few strands of red hair dyed and styled in a high ponytail, walked over. As she approached the glass window, her arms and legs were bandaged, suggesting she was injured.

“This door is very sturdy, with many mechanisms locked inside, making it a bit troublesome to open, but it’s perfect as a safe house,” Ye Yun smiled apologetically at He Ao. “This is Yuan Guo; I met her around here.”

"Minister Ye, Minister He?"

Yuan Guo stood inside the safe house and glanced outside through the window. When she saw He Ao, she was clearly pleasantly surprised. She reached out to open the metal door, but He Ao stopped her.

"No,"

He Ao waved his hand, his gaze passing through the window to the inside of the small safe house. The light inside was dim, and there were faint traces of bright red blood on the walls. "We just came to check if you're safe. We're leaving soon."

"Many researchers have been caught up in this situation this time,"

Ye Yun continued, "Take good care of your injuries. We'll escort you there once we're done with our work. With our people together, we can look out for each other."

This is the solution that He Ao and he had just discussed on the way.

Strictly speaking, although the small safe house where Yuan Guo is located is not as sturdy as the safe house He Ao built, and it does not have any powerful supernatural items, the overall level of pollution here is less than that over there, and the monsters are also weaker. Yuan Guo should be safe here for the time being.

So the two decided not to take Yuan Guo over yet, but to go find Iver first, and then see if they should gather the people from the research institute together after confirming that it was safe.

“I’m fine here,” Yuan Guo waved her hand. “Then, Ye and He, you can go ahead and get busy.”

Theoretically, she should be exploring outside, but she is injured now, and this area is far more dangerous than the ruins described in the records, so staying in the safe house is the best option for her now.

Afterwards, He Ao and Ye Yun said goodbye to Yuan Guo and left the small safe house, continuing on their way.

"Yuan Guo is a pretty good girl. She works as a manager in a city near Nandu. When I met her just now, she..."

He fought that C-rank monster to a standstill; he's a capable warrior.

After leaving the safe house, Ye Yun looked back and sighed.

"She comes from a single-parent family. Her mother is seriously ill, and she has two younger brothers. She has been taking care of her family since she was a child. Within the research institute, she is also known for her competence and ability."

He Ao casually replied.

"How do you know so clearly?"

Now it was Ye Yun's turn to be surprised.

"I looked at her file,"

He Ao turned to look at him. "You brought those documents."

"I forgot you were the person in charge this time."

Ye Yun patted his forehead and sighed, "You're so young, every time I talk to you, I always feel like you're still a young junior."

"Strictly speaking, I am."

He Ao nodded, after all, he had only joined the research institute less than a month ago.

Of course, Ye Yun couldn't see this information.

"Alright, alright, I'm not even thirty yet, stop emphasizing that I'm an old man."

Ye Yun shrugged.

The journey was surprisingly peaceful for the two of them. Although there was still blood on the ground and many small monsters similar to blood spiders along the way, these monsters were not very powerful and their level of contamination was not high.

At least that's how it is for Heo.

Based on what He Ao had seen through the observation window, he estimated that the outer ring-shaped cabin had a radius of about one kilometer and a circumference of between seven and nine kilometers.

If there are five pillars in total, and each pillar corresponds to one elevator, then the distance between two elevators should be more than one kilometer.

Although the area they had to traverse to cover the one-kilometer straight-line distance was extremely complex, with many twists and turns, and took a considerable amount of time, He Ao and his team finally saw the gate to the elevator area.

Then they encountered the monster blocking their way in front of the elevator—a group of 'hyenas' whose limbs looked like human hands, but whose heads were mechanical.

There were about twenty hyenas, each with peak D-level strength approaching C-level.

These hyenas working together could easily kill even a C-class enemy.

If Zhang Yusi were with him, He Ao would probably have given her a few words of advice, but this time he was with Ye Yun, who was also a C-level, so he charged forward without saying a word.

"Wait for me!"

Ye Yun watched He Ao's retreating figure and charged towards the pack of hyenas.

A hyena lunged at him, but he held it back with his steel knife. At the same time, he kicked another hyena that was charging at him into the air.