Life Dungeon Game

A02 said.

"Is there anything else in this lab that might not be damaged?"

He Ao asked casually.

"The time-space jump tester may not be damaged yet,"

A02 said,

"This device is located behind a small door next to the laboratory exit. It is the only device on the Navigator that is connected to the spacecraft's main engine, besides the main control room. It can start the engine, simulate the state of time jump, observe the surrounding space data, and determine whether the nearby spacetime is stable and suitable for time jump."

"This machine can start the engine?" He Ao paused, then asked, "Can it control the spaceship?"

“Theoretically, it is possible,” A02 said in his usual gentle and calm tone, “but the commands to control the spaceship must go through the cockpit, which is currently completely out of contact. Based on the test instrument’s own permissions, it can only control the test start and stop of the engine.”

"Is the ship's engine still working?"

Following the direction of the map previously provided by A02, He Ao continued forward, passing through the gap formed after the two machines collapsed.

"Insufficient data to analyze."

A02 quickly provided an answer.

At that moment, He Ao raised his flashlight and saw a tightly closed gate in front of him. Below the gate, there were two damaged double-leaf door panels lying on the ground.

Based on the markings on the map, this gate should lead to the next corridor leading to the core control room.

The gate appeared to have been closed all along, and the control switch next to it had been completely destroyed.

He Ao stepped forward and pressed the gate. The gate was very hard, and his pressing did not cause any shift.

He knocked on the gate, and a solid, muffled thud came from behind it.

The sound made He Ao think he was hitting a heavy boulder.

This gate is very thick.

He raised his bone sword and slashed it across the gate, leaving only a faint mark.

He Ao lowered his head and looked at the destroyed door panel in front of the gate. "My way forward is now blocked by a very thick gate. This gate doesn't seem to be the original door used normally in this laboratory. Does it have some special function?"

"Sir, you may be encountering the outer barrier door of the core control room. This door is used to isolate the area near the core control room from other areas of the spacecraft and is the outer barrier of the core control room."

A02 Express

He answered.

"The switch for this door has been destroyed. Is there any way to open it?"

He Ao glanced at the switch next to him and asked.

"Sir, you can connect the host that is currently receiving my signal to the switch, and I will crack and turn it on."

A02 said.

"Crack enabled?"

He Ao paused slightly; did the main intelligent gate switch still need to be cracked?

"The barrier gate is controlled by an independent system that is not connected to the main network. Opening and closing require verification of a special password, which is usually held by crew members with high-level privileges and is not stored in my database."

A02 understood He Ao's question and explained.

"it is good,"

He Ao pried open the microcomputer in his hand again, cut open the destroyed outer layer of the switch with his bone sword, and connected the internal circuitry to the motherboard according to A02's instructions.

"Analyzing, please wait."

A mechanical workbench appeared in front of A02's silver-haired girl image on the screen, and then A02 began to tinker with the parts on the workbench in a serious manner, making repair movements.

This looks like some kind of maintenance animation.

How long will it take to completely unlock this door?

He Ao asked.

"About eight to ten minutes, sir."

In the animation, A02 picks up a device that looks like a welding torch and creates sparks on the workbench while responding to He Ao's question.

"After opening this door, how far is it to the core control room?"

He Ao glanced at the pitch-black space around him and asked further.

“Normally, it takes about ten minutes to get there, but considering the obstacles you might encounter, sir,” A02 said while busy with his hands, “it might actually take thirty minutes.”

"If someone reaches the core control room, will you be able to sense it?"

He Ao asked further.

"I can detect if someone is attacking the gates of the core control room."

A02 explained, "The gate is still safe."

In other words, if Iver reaches the core control room and begins an attack, A02 will be able to detect it.

According to A02's previous estimate, it would take Iver about 45 minutes to break the gate, while it would take Heo a maximum of 40 minutes, which should be enough time.

The divine sense covering the bone sword should be able to cut through the gate, but this gate is very thick, requiring a large amount of divine sense, and even He Ao's own divine sense might not be enough.

Given the option of preserving strength, He Ao would prioritize doing so in order to prepare for potentially complex future situations.

After a long and arduous journey, even he was somewhat exhausted.

Of course, each situation needs to be analyzed individually; if all else fails, he will have no choice but to force the door open.

Just as he finished chatting with A02, a dark figure suddenly fell from the darkness above, wielding a large mechanical sword, and slashed at He Ao.

He Ao had been on high alert, and when the attack came, he quickly raised his hand and held the bone sword above his head, blocking the blow with a bang.

However, he slightly underestimated the opponent's strength. The powerful impact instantly pressed the bone sword downwards, and the blade almost touched his nose.

He quickly gathered his strength in his arm and gave a powerful jolt. His opponent seemed not to have expected his strength to suddenly increase, and he lost his grip and was sent flying, crashing into a collapsed machine.

As the monster flew out, He Ao quickly removed the microcomputer from his arm, glanced at A02 which was still working, hung the computer near the switch, and raised his sword to look at the black shadow that he had just knocked away.

At that moment, a message appeared on the screen of A02.

However, He Ao did not look back at A02 at this moment, but focused all his attention on the monster in front of him.

The monster wasn't very tall, maybe 1.3 meters, and its body was covered in fine, brownish-yellow fur. It had a hunched back and looked like a wild monkey.

It wields a massive mechanical cleaver that is 1.5 meters tall, and its two eyes glow with a blood-red light.

Although this monkey monster was not large, the sense of oppression it brought to He Ao was no less than that of the goat monster he had encountered before.

Moreover, judging from its actions, it is probably quite intelligent.

It was supposed to be the monster that occupied the laboratory, but after He Ao entered the laboratory, it did not attack immediately. Instead, it hid in the shadows, waiting for He Ao to relax his guard and then jump out to launch a sneak attack.

"hiss--"

The monkey monster looked at He Ao, bared its teeth and roared, then swung the mechanical sword it was holding at He Ao with both hands.

He Ao stepped back diagonally, dodging the swinging broadsword. At the same time, he raised his bone sword and slashed at the monster's face.

The monkey monster suddenly leaped up, its body landing on the flying broadsword, dodging He Ao's attack. Then the broadsword landed on the ground, its blade embedded in the metal.

He quickly changed his move, turning his slash into a thrust, and stabbed straight at the monster.

The monster nimbly jumped down from the suspended hilt of the sword, dodging He Ao's attack. It landed on its feet, gripped the hilt, and swung the sword at He Ao's waist.

At this moment, He Ao was very close to the monster. He immediately spun around and swung the tip of the bone sword downwards, throwing it in front of him just before the blade arrived.

The blade and the bone sword clashed once again.

This time, the monkey monster's strength was not as great as before, but He Ao's body was also not as stable as before. Although he managed to mobilize his strength to gather in his arms and legs in time, he was still hit by this heavy blow and took half a step back.

The monkey was quite strong, and the mechanical machete was also quite heavy, even exceeding the monkey's strength.

The monkey's attacks all followed the momentum of the cleaver being thrown out.

It's a bit like a child wielding a heavy sword.

However, the monkey wielded the sword skillfully, successfully combining its own strength with the 'momentum' of the broadsword to create a powerful sense of oppression.

Even with He Ao's combined internal energy, it was only barely enough to block this force.

Just as He Ao took a half step back and had not yet regained his footing, the monkey standing on the ground suddenly kicked the huge blade upwards.

The mechanical greatsword, which had been slashing horizontally, still had its power undiminished. With the added upward force from this kick, it slashed along the blade of the bone sword towards He Ao's hand and face.

At the same time, the sharp blade that was originally hidden in the darkness suddenly burst out with brilliant heat, turning a translucent red color as if burning with flames.

He Ao didn't know what temperature the blade had heated up to in that instant, but he knew that if he were struck at that temperature, even C-grade flesh would be instantly charred and his flowing blood would be instantly dried up.

Just as the greatsword was raised, the monkey monster did not stop its movement. It raised its head and looked at He Ao, its blood-red eyes reflecting He Ao's body.

Oops!

Seeing this gaze, He Ao did not hesitate. He suddenly gathered his strength in his feet, drew his sword and leaped into the air like a dragon. At the same time, the bone sword in his hand was thrown out.

The very next second after he leaped out, two red laser beams suddenly shot out from the monkey's eyes, passing through the spot where he had just stood and striking the collapsed machinery behind him, leaving two molten holes.

Although He Ao dodged the laser attack, the danger was not over. The scorching mechanical blade slashing upwards was still in the air, rapidly slashing towards him.

The broadsword that was originally aimed at his hand has now turned into a slash aimed at his lower back.

The monkey monster had calculated He Ao's movement direction. In that extremely short time, if He Ao dodged backward, he would encounter its laser; if he jumped upward to avoid the laser, he would be slashed by its diagonally upward mechanical blade.

It's a dead end no matter what.

The sharp blade, gleaming with intense heat, suddenly slashed towards He Ao's lower back.

At that moment, the bone sword that He Ao had just thrown also arrived in front of the mechanical monkey monster.

The monkey did not dodge. The sharp sword tip pierced its shoulder, cutting through the flesh beneath the fur, and then made a crisp sound, as if striking steel, as the bone sword was suddenly deflected.

Beneath the flesh and blood of this monkey monster, there seemed to be a layer of hard, steel-like skin.

The monkey monster grinned, seemingly mocking He Ao's overestimation of his abilities. It stared at He Ao, the burning blade already pressed against He Ao's body. It seemed to already see He Ao being cleaved in two, his flesh charred.

There will be more later

Chapter 634 The Stars Are Shining (Two Chapters, 9,000 Words, Seeking Monthly Tickets)