I'm not Yingjie

Threat.

Lin is an introverted person, a point that Alicia repeatedly emphasized, and Mei also more or less saw this trait in him. Once he gave up his restraint, it meant that every word he said was a real threat from the real level.

Mei gave up the confrontation and asked another question: "What happened to you just now?"

"..." He glanced at Mei from inside his helmet with an indifferent gaze, and said, "It's just an enemy simulated by the memory of the Paradise of the Past. It's not just mine, there are also similar constructs of the Thirteen Heroes."

"Why? Aren't you all memories? Why do clone-like enemies appear?"

"imaginary enemy."

Lin said something unclearly, turned around and waved, indicating Mei to follow.

imaginary enemy?

who?

Chapter 55: Reaching the lowest level of the Fire Moth, the deepest place

'The Deep Place, to put it simply, is a facility used to imprison some extremely evil criminals or difficult-to-manage experimental subjects. Its existence is not secret. I can give you the coordinates directly, but not everyone can enter now.'

"I was only responsible for the design and construction of the first version. I don't know how the Fire Moth is going to be modified. All the authority has been taken away from me. However... the manufacturer of a piece of equipment is most aware of its flaws."

The sound of the engine gradually died down. Lin, who was not wearing any equipment but a helmet, parked the speedboat in the shadow of the island, climbed ashore with a cable, carefully hid the cable and cleaned up the traces, then walked to the back of a dense giant tree, squatted down, and looked around to investigate.

The so-called backdoor given by Vilvi is actually the transmitting device of the detection system of the island where the Deep is shielded. The detection system she made is at least two levels more advanced than the Fire Moth's own, so generally speaking, as long as it enters the detection range, it will be scanned, but Vilvi specially set up a unique special frequency in the system to hide in the system.

So Lin only needs to find the location of the deepest place according to the coordinates, and then swim over there directly in the modified speedboat.

Lin did some simple back-up work. Now the Fire Moth probably still thought he was in his room, but he couldn't hide it for too long. He had to return to the headquarters in one day at the latest, otherwise he might be discovered by the higher-ups.

Whether looking down or straight ahead, from the appearance, it is just an ordinary island. According to Weiwei, she moved the original building underground, and the entrance will be randomly changed every once in a while, so Lin’s first problem is to find the entrance.

"Wow."

The gentle sound of the sea waves hitting the shore was like the sound of bells in an ancient temple, making people drowsy. After a brief survey, Lin did not find any garrisons and began to move quickly around the island.

The area of ​​the entire island is not large, even smaller than the headquarters base, so Lin didn't spend much time searching the island.

There is no such thing as an entrance.

Lin stopped at the center of the island, pinching the bottom of his helmet and thinking.

Wei Erwei did not ask for any substantial compensation from him, and the condition for her help was that Lin had to personally crack the various mechanisms and devices in the deepest places, and attach the video recording of his cracking.

Her expression in the dark is ambiguous, giving people the feeling that they are observing a variable entering the maze she has set, and as an author they are watching the struggle of the participant.

Therefore, apart from the initial help, Lin did not receive any clues such as what the entrance was, which forced him to put in more effort.

"Prometheus, did you scan the hollow structure?"

[No, the plants on the island show signs of artificial planting, but there are no secret passages or underground caves.]

"..."

The presence of artificial traces meant that Wei Weiwei had not lied to him, but why couldn't she detect the entrance? Could it be that the material used was the same as those bombs that could not be scanned?

Lin raised his head while thinking, the midday sun shone on his helmet. Lin, who did not turn on the sunshade, narrowed his eyes slightly, and his deep black pupils were as clear and boundless as a mirror.

"'I love you, it has nothing to do with you'..." Lin murmured this poem softly. After standing there for nearly half an hour, he raised his legs and ran towards where he first stood.

This poem has been misunderstood as being written by Goethe, but the author is actually another female poet, which is a hint in itself if you think about it. It was probably a mistake for him to focus on the island itself and think that it was the deepest place.

The deepest place may not be this island.

Lin returned to the coastline of the island. He squatted behind the cliff and watched the changes in the water surface.

After about an hour, the sea surface remained the same as it was an hour ago, with breeze blowing and waves crashing, just like any other island.

Lin waited patiently. He was not sure if he would miss it if he looked somewhere else, so he could only bet that the place he was waiting for was the right one.

Fortunately, his wait was not in vain. After another hour, exactly three hours and three minutes after Lin recorded coming ashore, the water flow on the surface changed and a small vortex appeared.

Sure enough, since it is not inside the land of the island, it must be deep in the water beneath the entire island.

[Lin, your physical condition does not support unprotected deep diving]

Prometheus's intelligence was improving day by day. In just a few days, she was able to infer from Lin's behavior what he would do next and issue a warning.

This time, Lin did not equip himself with power armor out of personal will. He was basically naked with only a helmet. The air purification system was not an oxygen tube, and he did not carry any diving equipment. Moreover, this was a cold water area. If he were to dive naked, it would probably make his already overwhelmed body worse.

Lin tightened all his sleeves, tried to expel as much air as possible, took a few deep breaths, and said, "Prometheus, record the depth."

【Yes】

No matter how advanced Prometheus is, she is just an artificial intelligence. She cannot interfere with Lin's decision-making and can only obey Lin's will.

After taking a final breath to maintain his air balance, Lin took a deep dive and jumped into the cold, dark sea.

……

Drowning, struggling, having difficulty breathing.

My consciousness was immersed in endless darkness. The salty and humid sea water poured into my nasal cavity. The water pressure pressed on my fragile eardrums. Everything in front of me seemed to be wiped out.

The unknown of the deep sea will always be the most terrifying sense of oppression in human psychology.

It seems that at any moment it will stretch out a huge mouth full of teeth and swallow you whole.

Lin has touched the outer wall, but he still hasn't found the entrance. He has no choice but to continue diving. According to the Prometheus's record panel, the depth has exceeded the world record for naked human diving.

When the pressure reaches a certain level, nitrogen dissolves in the blood. The greater the pressure, the higher the solubility, and the oxygen needed by humans will be lacking, which may eventually lead to blockage and rupture of blood vessels.

Some parts of Lin's body were glowing an unhealthy red, which was a sign of ruptured tiny blood vessels inside the body.

But he remained calm and did not panic. Now, any panic would lead to death.

A ray of light flashed across his black pupils, and Lin suddenly rushed into the light in front of him.

"Oh!"

Lin suddenly returned to normal pressure from the high pressure. The sudden change in environment made him collapse directly to the ground. He vomited out some of the last sea water he inhaled. The reflection on the viewing window made him see that the whites of his eyes were full of scary bloodshot. The eardrum of his left ear seemed to be broken. Along with the pain, the audible sound became smaller, and there was tinnitus from time to time. Some blood seeped out of it.

Soon, Lin adjusted his state. He stood up from the ground and looked at the depth recorded by Prometheus. This would make it much more convenient for him to come here again in the future.

His gaze turned forward.

A long, dark corridor, leading to nowhere.

Chapter 56: Deep Sea, Work, and Request

There are no inspectors.

The passage is spacious enough to roll around in a Titan. Lin speculates that this may be designed to imprison some Honkai beasts in the future, but there is no light, and Lin can only move freely inside by turning on the night vision goggles on his helmet.

He ran in the corridor leaning against the wall, feeling a dull pain all over his body. Fortunately, Lin was already accustomed to this level of pain, and it basically did not affect his movements.

Both the depth and length were quite astonishing. Before Lin even reached the end of the road, he had estimated that the deepest part was much larger than the headquarters base. It was hard to imagine how the woman who spoke with a hint of radio waves could build a building of this size under the water.

Soon, Lin encountered the second problem.

"Still no entrance..."

The road was bare, with no door-like structures, and at the end there was only a smooth, seamless wall.

But this time it didn't take Lin much time to find some hidden hollow structures, but he didn't know how to open them, so he had to stand in front of the wall and knock on them carefully.

It is definitely impossible to break in by force. Even if he can find a way to enter normally, records will be left behind, which will be a headache if he is traced.

This time, Lin planned to "skip class".

"Prometheus, can you hack into this facility and delete the access records?"

[Yes, the doctor implanted a hacker system in me]

Hacking system... As expected, Mei had considered the possible struggle among humans from the very beginning.

[However, my current computing power is not enough to hack into the entire system. I can only unlock part of the system, and the records cannot be deleted.]

"..."

There were less than two-thirds left in the twenty-four hours, and the later he returned, the greater the chance of being discovered. After much consideration, Lin decided to save time for the investigation.

"Break through this door, Prometheus, and monitor for any micro cameras nearby."

【Yes】

……

"Klein, compile the data from this experiment and give it to me before 6 p.m. today."

"Yes, doctor."

Mobius casually placed a thick data book on the experimental table that was already piled up like a mountain, gave some instructions to the green-haired girl who was working hard with her pen, then picked up the coffee and took a sip with relish.

The green-haired girl, who was also wearing a white coat, looked dazedly at the pile of documents that was almost burying her, and subconsciously agreed.

This scene is quite reminiscent of a medieval landlord whipping his slaves.

"Wow, Senior Sister Klein has taken on most of the work as soon as she arrived." Dan Zhu pretended to add a few entries on the blank roster and whispered to Cang Xuan beside him.

Although they joined the company earlier than Klein, Klein's degree, her age, and the fact that she came from the same college as them were enough for them to respectfully call her "senior sister"... Besides, she would help to revise the report, so it was right to show some respect to her.

Cang Xuan was doing data statistics seriously, staring intently and lowering his voice, "Shh, keep your voice down. The doctor has pushed all the work to Senior Sister Klein today. Be careful that she doesn't like you. Even if she gives you one tenth of the work, you will have to work overtime until tomorrow."

"Alas--"

"I don't know what the doctor is going to do today. With so much work, I guess he'll have to eat instant noodles in the lab again. Oh, I kind of miss that helmet guy now. The food he cooked is so delicious."

"Yeah, and if he were here he would probably help."

"I heard that he was at the scene of the attack on the Fifth Branch. He may be injured and recuperating now."

"You two seem to be having a lot of fun. Do you want to help Klein share some of the burden?"

Mebius's voice, which carried a hint of coldness, appeared above their heads, frightening them so much that they didn't even dare to raise their heads and wrote hard. Danzhu was even so nervous that she wrote the names of several figures.

Mebius looked at these two lab funny guys in silence. Now the efficiency of the entire laboratory is 1, then Klein is 1.5, and these two guys together are -0.5. It's not that she doesn't want to assign work to them, but she is worried that she will get data that will make people suspect that the experimental subjects have been replaced.

But she did have to go out for something today, and there were only a few people who could pull her out of the laboratory.

She tightened her lab coat. She had made slight changes to some of the lab coats she used, but when she thought of Lin's observation skills that almost made her underwear burst out, she started to wear only normal lab coats.

Walking down the hallway at headquarters, the facial expressions of those who saw her were enough to make a comedy, but Mebius simply pretended not to notice.

She was tired of hearing the words alien, monster, cold-blooded creature. Before Lin came, these words were used specifically to refer to her, but after Lin came, some words became his exclusive nouns.

After all, different people, but the same freak.

"..." Mebius wiped his face, feeling a little confused.

Just now she actually felt that Lin might be able to understand her feelings because they were similar people.

No, their philosophies were completely different. With his original human supremacism, it was impossible for him to get along with her. If there was anyone who could share similar ideas with her, it might only be...

Mebius stood in front of the office and knocked on the door.

"Please come in."

She pushed the door inwards, an amused smile replacing her face.

"You are truly noble, to ask me to come to you in person. By the way, is this little follower of yours bound to you?"

"He is a layer of insurance. Of course, I also have my own personal reasons. I don't deny that." The long-haired girl picked up her glasses and put them on, nodding to Mebius. "After all, the Fire Moth has no rules that prevent members from dating."

"…You called me here just to talk about these things?"

"Of course not, Dr. Mebius." May smiled, "But if you want to talk, you can."

"..."

"Let's get to the point. Dr. Mobius, I invited you here to prevent the possibility of walls having ears. After all, the Fire Moth's attention to you and me is at the highest level."

Mei looked at the already impatient Mebius and placed a seemingly insignificant document on the table.

"This is a proposed 'Fusion Warrior'."

The casual words made Mebius's expression change. She glanced at the information, then looked at the smiling Mei, and sneered: "It was drafted so quickly. It seems that what happened in the fifth branch is more shocking than I thought."

“This is the first version of the plan. Subsequent improvements and changes may take several years, but the biggest problem is not how to improve it, but how to implement it.”

"...I see, that's why you called me here."

"Yes, we have encountered some minor problems, and Lin is currently investigating the nature of these problems."