Life Dungeon Game

boom--

It was also a crisp sound.

He Ao's lower back collided with the sharp blade, but the expected scene of flesh being burned did not occur. Instead, He Ao used the momentum to roll and charge towards the monkey monster.

What held back the blade was simple: it was the miracle wand that Heo carried on his waist.

Although the Miracle Wand is a staff, as a B-grade extraordinary item, it has high hardness and toughness. He Ao used to wield it to swing people around, and it was sufficient to temporarily block attacks.

As the monkey monster watched He Ao charge at it empty-handed, it was surprised that He Ao was not injured, but it did not retreat. Instead, it used one hand to support the mechanical greatsword that had fallen to the ground and the other hand to grab the bone sword in the air.

It knew very well that Heo, without weapons, had almost no chance of defending itself.

It easily grasped the bone sword, but at this moment, He'ao was extremely close to it.

It's now!

He Ao raised his hand,

Get things from the air!

The bone sword that was originally held tightly by the monkey monster instantly appeared in He Ao's hand.

His divine sense covered the sword blade, and the powerful force of the super memory was instantly applied to his body.

The sharp sword light cleaved through the darkness from top to bottom.

Accompanied by a crisp 'sizzle' sound, as if steel was being cut.

The monkey monster paused as it tried to retreat, its movements halting, its narrow body split diagonally in two.

The massive mechanical sword clattered to the ground, and the scorching blade gradually lost its heat.

This sword strike shattered the monkey monster's two energy gathering points in one blow.

In fact, the monkey monster's combat power, defense, agility, and even weapons are no weaker than He'ao's.

But that's how real battles are; every move is deadly, and if you make a mistake, there's no second chance.

If He Ao hadn't anticipated the laser in the monkey monster's eyes and hadn't used his miracle wand to block the blade, he might be the one lying on the ground right now.

Unfortunately, there are no ifs in this world.

With a sharp bone sword slicing into the body that was a mixture of machinery and flesh, He Ao pulled out the gray energy block from the monkey monster's body.

Harvest.

There were a lot of these energy blocks, a quarter of what he had worked on for so long, and the blocks were also quite large.

This monkey's abilities all appear to be energy-intensive skills, and it also has more stored energy than other monsters.

He put the energy blocks into his bag, making the already bulging bag even bulging, and then he picked up the mechanical sword on the ground.

This broadsword was extremely heavy; even he had to exert tremendous effort to lift it with great difficulty.

He Ao looked at the blade, which was still warm. Despite the intense heat, the metal of the knife had not oxidized or deformed at all.

This is a fine knife!

He Ao held the knife in front of him. The blade was mostly mechanical, and there was a button at the connection between the handle and the blade, which seemed to be the button to activate the knife's heating function.

He continued looking down and found a hidden cover at the end of the hilt. He lifted the cover and saw writhing flesh inside.

He tentatively threw one

A gray energy block went in and was quickly swallowed by the knife.

It seems this knife is also a product of pollution, and it can also be fed with gray energy blocks.

He closed the lid and began to move the knife along with it.

Instead of returning to the gate, he walked back to the three spacetime beacon correction devices he had just passed.

He used his bone sword to pry open the outer shell of the still-operable correction device, then stretched out his right hand, and thin black threads emerged from the mechanical core ring and disappeared into the correction device.

Soon, the thin wire connected to the wiring of the corrector, and He Ao also felt the sensation of controlling the machine.

This machine is not connected to the internet and has no artificial intelligence.

He raised his hand, and a time-space beacon appeared in his palm.

This spacetime beacon was different from the pile of spacetime beacons he had seen on the ground before. Its screen was lit up, and the system language had been set by He Ao to the language of Zone 2.

This is the time-space beacon he found when he first entered the ruins.

It was something the 'boss' had specially sent to infiltrate the ruins to obtain.

Three spacetime points have been recorded in this spacetime beacon, but they seem to be unreadable. He Ao had already tried it before; clicking on these three spacetime points would display "[System Error, Unable to Read]", and clicking on adding a new spacetime point would also display "[System Error]".

He Ao entered the ruins this time with one of his purposes: to find the instrument that could repair this time-space beacon, which he had specially placed in the pirate's treasure chest before entering the ruins.

After taking out the spacetime beacon, He Ao used his bone sword to cut open the damaged access port of the correction device and put the spacetime beacon inside.

With a soft hum, the machine began to run.

Theoretically, the machine's screen should light up at this point, displaying something like "Please wait" or the waiting time.

However, the screen of this machine is now completely damaged, and its exterior is also in a terrible state, so it is estimated that there will be no chance for it.

However, He Ao directly sensed the approximate time required from the mechanical core ring.

Four minutes.

I don't know if it's because He Ao obtained the highest level of access, but the time required to repair the spacetime beacon was less than the time indicated in the tutorial above.

In those brief four minutes, He Ao placed the mechanical blade on the ground, sat in front of the machine, and waited quietly.

In his mind, it was like watching a slideshow, replaying everything that happened before and after the opening of the ruins.

He also had a crucial clue: he was missing a thread connecting all the events.

This clue may be very simple, but it is probably something he hasn't yet understood or is aware of.

The silent darkness was like a cloak draped over him.

Four minutes passed quickly, and with a crisp sound, the spacetime beacon that He Ao had thrown in was ejected.

He Ao calmly caught the spacetime beacon and disconnected the mechanical core ring from the correction device.

The spacetime beacon's screen remained lit. This time, He Ao clicked on the first of the three anchored spacetime points again, and a pop-up window appeared.

No spatiotemporal coordinate reading device detected if you are using an older model.

The device can jump directly using the expanded coordinates. Should we directly expand the spacetime coordinates? (Warning: Do not attempt to memorize spacetime coordinates or use any device to record spacetime coordinates.)

He Ao chose 'Expand'.

A dazzling light shone forth, followed by a 3D projection of countless intertwined symbols and patterns, filling the entire dark space and He Ao's field of vision.

This is, spacetime coordinates?

He Ao stared at the symbols and patterns, briefly activating his super memory to scan them at a glance.

In that instant, terrifying, distorted, and chaotic whispers exploded in his ears.

These whispers, chaotic like notes played haphazardly by a disordered symphony orchestra, countless different shouts, different murmurs, and different giggles overlapped and echoed in He Ao's mind.

He staggered and fell to the ground, which was stained with blood.

In that instant, he felt as if he had returned to the previous instance where he used Jess's body to peer into the truth of the world, only now he was closer to the very bottom of the world.

Blood, glowing with a grayish-purple light, spilled from his eyes, ears, nostrils, and the corners of his mouth, outlining his face like that of a demon from hell.

At this moment, he finally understood why the spacetime beacon's notes warned against memorizing spacetime coordinates.

Because this spacetime coordinate itself signifies the underlying rules of the world, and the pollution originating from the most fundamental source.

Even if someone possesses memories beyond the average person, like him, this pollution would overwhelm their reason and drive them to madness.

However, for He Ao, this level of pollution was still within his tolerance range.

He deactivated his hypermemory and also retracted the unfolded spacetime coordinates.

He staggered to his feet, and although the process was somewhat dangerous, he remembered the time and space coordinates he had just used.

This proves that, at least for him, spacetime coordinates are not unmemorable.

After a short rest, he opened the other two spacetime coordinates stored in the spacetime beacon, but both spacetime coordinates displayed the same thing.

[Coordinate data is corrupted, please re-enter.]

It seems there's something wrong with the data, but after so many years, it's normal for things to go wrong.

He pointed to the last '+' sign, which means adding new spacetime coordinates.

[Should we anchor the current spacetime point?]

A pop-up window appeared, and He Ao selected 'Yes'.

Previously, when this spacetime beacon was damaged, He Ao had to wait a while before it would display the system error message. This time it was much faster, but it was still not good news.

[Anchoring failed. Please place the spacetime beacon near the device that has read the spacetime coordinates.]

This little thing doesn't seem to be able to directly read spacetime coordinates...

Spacetime coordinates can only be stored near devices capable of reading them.

So it's just a storage device?

He Ao retrieved the time-space beacon into the pirate treasure chest, wiped the blood from his face, sheathed the bone sword back on his back, and thoughtfully dragged the mechanical greatsword back to the gate.

The gate was not yet open at this time.

He looked down at the A02 image on the screen.

There is a line of text displayed on the screen right now.

[Sir, your microphone and...]

The speaker is down again...

This happened during his first encounter with the monkey monster; the line was loosened by the shock.

He plugged the microphone and speaker cables back in.

"A02, how much longer until the gate opens?"