A bizarre and terrifying experience; I messed up the dungeon world.

Lin Qi opened her eyes. She gripped the hilt of her knife. She stood up. She thought, the mission is over. It's time to part ways.

Five people stepped out of the cabin.

They stopped in their tracks.

The area outside wasn't the underground base they had entered from. Nor was it any of the familiar city ruins.

Beneath my feet lay a red desert. The sand was dark red, like dried blood.

The sky was devoid of the sun. It was purple.

Two enormous moons hung in the sky. One was white. The other was black.

At the edge of the desert, stands a colossal black pyramid. From its summit, a beam of red light shoots straight up to the heavens.

A-Jie stared at the tablet. The screen was filled with gibberish. "GPS malfunction. Magnetic field disorder. We are not on Earth."

Han Yingying stared at the black pyramid, gripping her straight knife tightly.

Lu Chen twirled the butterfly knife between his fingers before retracting it into his sleeve.

Lin Qi looked at the purple sky. Lin Qi thought, this deal...it's never going to end. Chapter 99

Red desert. Purple sky.

Wang Jianguo stepped on the sand. The sand was hard. He put his gun back in its holster. "There's not a soul in sight here. What are we going to eat?"

A-Jie tapped the tablet screen. A green code appeared on the screen.

"This is Earth." A-Jie looked up, adjusting his black-rimmed glasses. "The Pacific Ocean. The bottom of the Mariana Trench. Eleventeen meters deep."

Lin Qi stood three meters away. Her short knife was sheathed at her side. She looked at A-Jie. Lin Qi thought, this bookworm is talking nonsense. There's no water at a depth of over ten thousand meters. Only sand. This defies the laws of physics.

Han Yingying walked forward, a straight knife in her hand.

"Zero has digitized the seawater," Han Yingying said, her voice flat. "The space here has been folded. The water pressure parameters have been rewritten as gravity parameters."

Lu Chen followed on Han Yingying's right. He tossed the metal disc in his hand.

"The gravity is three times normal," Lu Chen said. "To conserve energy."

Wang Jianguo took off his coat and threw it on the sand. He was wearing a tight-fitting vest underneath, the fabric creating a ripped line around his stomach. He turned to look at Lin Qi. Lin Qi was only wearing a black sports bra, with dried bloodstains on her collarbone.

"Hey girl, aren't you cold?" Wang Jianguo leaned closer. "I have some clothes here."

Lin Qi placed his right hand on the hilt of the knife. He pulled it out half an inch. The blade gleamed.

"Get lost," Lin Qi said.

Wang Jianguo raised his hands and took two steps back. "What a temper."

Lin Qi thought, this fat guy is a good-for-nothing. Besides his strength, his brain is full of lewd nonsense. If a fight really breaks out, he'll be the perfect shield.

A tremor came from beneath the sand.

A-Jie looked at the tablet. "High-energy reaction underground. Three in number. Approaching rapidly."

Han Yingying stopped in her tracks and gripped the knife handle with both hands.

"Deep-sea mechanical aberration. Level 105," Ajay reported. "The tail spike carries a high-voltage current. Don't get stung."

The mechanical scorpion swung its giant pincers and charged towards the five people.

Even under three times the force of gravity, the scorpion remains extremely fast.

Han Yingying rushed forward. She slashed diagonally with her straight knife. The blade struck the scorpion's left pincer. Metal clashed. Sparks flew. The scorpion's exoskeleton was very hard. The knife only cut in an inch.

The scorpion swung its tail, its stinger aimed at Han Yingying's head.

Lu Chen moved. He flung out his butterfly knife. The purple blade precisely sliced ​​into the joint of the scorpion's tail. Lu Chen flicked his wrist. The blade severed the internal wiring. The stinger veered off course, embedding itself in the sand. High-voltage current was channeled into the ground, scorching the sand into a glassy state.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Han Yingying made a horizontal cut with her knife, severing the scorpion's left pincer. Blue engine oil sprayed out.

Lin Qi stood still, observing Han Yingying and Lu Chen's movements.

Lin Qi thought, three times the gravity. The two people's movements remained perfectly unchanged. Their muscle control was terrifyingly precise. What level of enhancement fluid had they been injected with? Or... were they not human at all?

The second scorpion charged at Wang Jianguo.

Wang Jianguo drew his large-caliber pistol and fired three shots at the scorpion's eyes. The bullets struck the metal casing and ricocheted off.

"Bulletproof," Wang Jianguo cursed. He threw down his gun, pulled a giant axe from his bag, gripped the handle with both hands, and swung it at the scorpion.

The axe blade struck the scorpion's right pincer. Wang Jianguo was jolted back three steps and landed hard on his backside on the sand.

The scorpion raised its stinger and lunged at Wang Jianguo.

Lin Qi drew her twin swords. She pushed off with her feet, leaping into the air and using Wang Jianguo's shoulders for leverage. She thrust her swords towards the base of the scorpion's tail.

Three times the force of gravity pulled her downwards. Lin Qi fell with the force. The blade sliced ​​two long gashes into the scorpion's back, revealing the red lines inside.

"Fatty, throw the grenade." Lin Qi landed. He rolled. He created distance.

Wang Jianguo got up from the ground. He pulled out a hand grenade, pulled the pin, and precisely inserted it into the opening on the scorpion's back.

The two lay down.

A muffled thud resounded. A large hole was blasted through the scorpion's back. Parts were scattered all over the ground. The scorpion twitched twice. Then it went still.

Lin Qi stood up and brushed the sand off his body.

Lin Qi thought, "The cooperation is alright. This fat guy may be lecherous, but his execution is quite good."

The third scorpion was dealt with by Han Yingying and Lu Chen working together. Han Yingying's straight knife pierced through the scorpion's mouthparts, penetrating its central nervous system.

The battle was over. The five continued their journey toward the black pyramid.

Two hours later, they reached the foot of the pyramid.

The pyramid is constructed from black metal blocks. There are no gaps. The surface is smooth. A red beam of light shines from the top, reaching into the purple sky.

Ajay walked to the bottom of the pyramid. He reached out and touched the metal wall.

“There’s no door,” Ajay said. “It’s a closed physical model.”

Han Yingying walked to the wall. She raised her left hand. The red line on her wrist pierced her skin, twisting in the air.

The metal blocks on the wall began to move, moving aside to reveal a downward passage. The passage was illuminated by white light.

"Let's go." Han Yingying went inside.

Lin Qi watched Han Yingying's retreating figure.

Lin Qi thought, she can control the buildings here. She and that system called Zero are from the same source. If she completely betrays us, none of us will survive. I need to find a way to get her gene sample. Selling it on the black market could fetch a lot of money.

The passage is long. It slopes downwards.

White light seeped from the walls on both sides. The walls were made of a semi-transparent material. Blue liquid was flowing inside.

Wang Jianguo was at the very back. He tapped on the wall with his hand.

"This thing looks like a big fish tank," Wang Jianguo said.

Ah Jie was holding the tablet. The garbled text on the screen turned into regular wavy lines.

"This is coolant," Ajay said. "We're inside a giant server. The heat emanating from here is enough to boil seawater."

Han Yingying walked at the front. Her steps were steady. The straight knife dragged on the ground, its tip scraping against the metal floor with a grating sound.