Fantasy Game: Infinite City

In order to complete the exploration of the maze carefully, the two men acted separately. Garcia passed through the maze normally according to the route on the map, while Han Zu crossed the wall composed of short mineral groups and passed through the maze in the shortest distance.

However, there was no difference between the two routes. In fact, the time Han Zu took to pass through the maze was much faster than Garcia who walked according to the route on the map. After the two met, they discussed this abnormal situation.

"I originally thought that if I didn't follow the route on the map, I might be teleported to the starting point of the maze, or some enemies would appear. But nothing happened. Now it seems that the role of this map seems to be dispensable. Did you have any special feelings when you followed the route?"

Garcia thought for a moment and shook her head. When she was following the route on the map, she did not see anything unusual. Similarly, she could see Han Zu, who was walking the shortest distance, and her vision and hearing were not disturbed.

"That's a bit problematic. What's the need for this map?"

Just as the two were struggling, that familiar dark green light appeared again in the distance and lasted for a while. When the light appeared, the maze walls composed of dwarf mineral groups suddenly lit up. Through his powerful perception ability, Han Zu could feel that they emitted huge energy radiation.

"It seems that these huge energy radiations are the reason why we need a map. But I still have some doubts. Because you just passed through the maze for a short time, you could have waited for the radiation to disappear. Why did a map still appear?"

What Garcia said made sense. After waiting for the light to disappear, Han Zu stepped into the maze again. This time, he broke off a piece of ore and felt it carefully in his hand.

"I understand."

"what's the situation?"

Han Zu threw the broken mineral fragments to Garcia. The hand that caught the mineral fragments suddenly began to make some muscle twisting sounds. After careful observation, Garcia found that the skin quickly rotted at the place where the mineral fragments touched, but due to Han Zu's recovery ability, it was repaired in an instant.

"Corrosive? But it doesn't look like it. Judging from the abnormal position, the part in contact with the ore should be aging rapidly at multiples. At the same time, this energy radiation has produced some kind of reaction with something in my body, but I should be sure that the thing that caused the reaction should not be my body fluids. Could it be... the Gift of the Dead Realm? No, it should be diluted, or the Gift of the Dead Realm with a lower concentration."

"Your judgment should be similar. The concentration of the Gift of Death in my body should exceed the value that reacts to these energy radiations, so I did not have any abnormal reaction."

"It is also possible that the intensity of the abnormal reaction is lower than your recovery speed. Wait a minute, I suddenly thought of a bad possibility."

Garcia's expression suddenly became serious. She suddenly approached Han Zu and said something in his ear.

"Now that you mention it, it occurs to me that this is indeed a possibility. But why did you whisper this in my ear? Are there only the two of us here, or do you think someone is following us?"

"There are countless ways to detect information in the Infinite City, just the detailed information we can get. We don't know much about the Infinite Company, so we'd better be careful."

"If that's the case, maybe they are watching us now in some way, so it doesn't seem to matter whether we hide the information or not."

"Not necessarily. Like you said, Infinite Company is not a monolithic entity. Maybe someone is helping us. At least, they are on the same side as us right now."

"Then let's go and see where those lights emitting the energy radiation of the Death Realm are coming from."

Continuing forward along the direction where the light had just come from, we soon arrived at a deeper cave. This should be the last space, as there were no other accessible locations around.

This cave was very different from the previous locations. The ground was covered with luminous plants similar to moss, and there were also many on the walls. They emitted faint fluorescence, flickering slowly like pulses.

"The light should have come from this place just now, but the source of the light may not be these mosses. We need to look for it again."

The two looked around and found a pool of water in the center of the cave. There was dark green mist above the pool, and in the center of the pool, there was a flower growing.

"That's where the light comes from," Garcia said, pointing to the pool of water.

Han Zu approached the pool of water and looked down. Suddenly, ripples appeared on the water surface and a huge black shadow emerged from the bottom of the water.

"This is..." Han Zu looked at the creature in front of him in surprise.

It was a monster shaped like a giant dragon, covered with dark green scales. A large number of plants that looked like the flower were parasitic on the creature, emitting strong energy radiation of the Gift of Death.

The monster opened its mouth and a powerful airflow gushed out, but it was obvious that it had no hostility towards the two people. As its head and neck appeared in the cave, the surrounding moss lit up again, which was the same light that was seen outside the cave before.

"What kind of creature is this?"

Garcia was very curious about the creature that suddenly appeared. She subconsciously reached out and touched the creature's skin. The feeling was very special, just like touching a tree trunk, except that this tree trunk was soft.

"It seems...very uncomfortable? Even in pain. Is it because of the parasitic plants on its body? Should we help it?"

"laugh...."

Garcia, who was about to communicate with Han Zu, heard the sound of flames, and then smelled the smell of cigarettes. He turned around and saw that Han Zu had entered that unique way of thinking again, with empty eyes and dull eyes. But this time he added an action, he put his hand on the creature.

"Wait here for a while, I'll go down and take a look."

Han Zu suddenly pulled himself out of his thoughts and put the cigarette he had just taken a few puffs of to Garcia's mouth. Before Garcia could ask any questions, Han Zu took a few steps forward and jumped into the pool.

"Hoo~~~!"

Not long after, the creature in front of him suddenly let out a huge roar, which was caused by extreme pain. However, even so, the creature in front of him did not attack Garcia next to him. It just lay on the shore, gasping for breath.

"Crash..."

Afterwards, Han Zu returned from underwater with a piece of mineral fragment with blood stains on it in his hand. However, it is not accurate to call it ore, because this thing is more like a mixture of minerals and plants.

"This thing is stuck in the body of this creature. It emits the gift of death mixed with some kind of energy. The abnormal energy radiation it emits makes it unable to heal. This is how these parasitic plants came about. I just saw below that most of its body has been transformed into plants and has penetrated into the bottom of the water like tree roots. Now those parts that have been transformed into plants should be able to be slowly repaired."

Garcia picked up the unique mineral fragments on the ground, and the creature also returned to the water at this time. Looking at the unique mineral fragments in his hand, before he had time to feel them carefully, the strange parasitic plants on it suddenly nailed to Garcia's skin and began to parasitize at a very fast speed. However, when they touched Garcia's blood, they suddenly began to wither and dry, and soon all died.

"How is this going?"

"I'm not sure, but I guess it has something to do with the gray poison gas you were able to exhale earlier. Speaking of which, I think you should try it on this ore as well."

"What about you? Won't you absorb the gift of death contained in this ore?"

Han Zu took back the cigarette, took a puff, and told him what he had just seen and heard underwater, as well as his thoughts.

"Just now, underwater, those parasitic plants seemed to have consciousness and actively avoided me, including this strange ore. It was originally wrapped up by those parasitic plants, but when I got close, they separated by themselves. I pulled the ore out with almost no effort."

"Maybe it's a concentration issue. It doesn't seem to hinder your absorption, right? Or is there some other reason?"

"Well, since I absorbed the Gift of Death last time, I found that I seem to have requirements for the Gift of Death that I want to absorb. This is not my idea, but the effect of the Gift of Death. Although I can absorb these Gifts of Death with impurities, it seems that I can only be enhanced by absorbing the Gift of Death without impurities."

"What else? I guess this isn't the main reason. Is it related to me?"

Han Zu nodded, but he didn't say why. Fortunately, Garcia trusted Han Zu enough and didn't ask any further questions.

"Well, we have gained enough, now it's time to leave. Speaking of which, we still don't know what the specific task is for clearing the level."

"Let's go look for it. Maybe we need to go back to the farm first."

It took some time to return along the same route. When they left the reservoir, they found that there were fewer monsters around, and the few that remained moved much slower. At the same time, the system sent a prompt that someone had defeated the final BOSS in the scene, and the copy had been cleared and they could leave freely.

"It's about time. Let's go too?"

"It seems that there is nothing special here at the moment. Grab the ore and let's go."

A white light flashed, and the two left the copy and returned to the warehouse. Under Han Zu's protection, Garcia immediately began to study the strange ore, preparing to absorb the energy contained in it. However, the outer shell of the ore seemed to block the traction of energy.

"I can feel that if we forcibly destroy the rock shell, the energy inside may dissipate quickly. Perhaps we should try other methods."

During the research, Garcia remembered the gray poison gas released before and decided to try using it. Under Han Zu's gaze, Garcia held the ore in both hands and exhaled a small amount of poison gas onto it.

"It seems to be successful. Let's increase the concentration of the poison gas."

Wrapped in the light gray poisonous gas, some tiny cracks gradually appeared in the ore, and the energy of the Gift of Death with impurities slowly left the ore. Wrapped in the light gray poisonous gas, the energy was trapped in the miasma. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Garcia prepared to absorb the energy.

"Teach me how to absorb energy. Explain it in as much detail as possible."

"First, relax your body, then mobilize the energy in your body, whether it is the source of poison or the energy of recovery, use them as a guide, and let the energy you are about to absorb establish a connection with them."

Following Han Zu's guidance, Garcia quickly mastered the key points and successfully established a connection between the energy in the ore and himself. However, the energy had not yet moved into his body, but remained between the ore and Garcia.

"What next? How do I direct this energy into my body?"

"Continue to relax, don't be nervous, now focus on your original energy, manipulate them to form a net, and then slowly wrap up the energy you want to absorb. After wrapping it, don't rush to absorb it. Slowly try to merge the different energies, and then start trying to let the energy flow naturally."

Following Han Zu's guidance, the original energy and the energy to be absorbed slowly flowed and began to surge into his body on its own. Garcia's body quickly adapted to the increase in energy and began to use the energy he had just absorbed for his own use.

"Now is the last step. Slowly unravel the web of energy and let it form a river. Then we can gradually increase the speed of absorption... Yes, that's it. Once you become proficient, the speed will increase even faster."

It took some time for Garcia to completely absorb the energy contained in the ore. After the energy was exhausted, the ore could no longer maintain its original shape and quickly weathered into sand and dust, and scattered on the ground.

"How's it going? How do you feel?"

"I don't feel anything, and there's nothing wrong with my body..."

Before she could finish her words, Garcia paused for a moment, then her body suddenly lost control and she fell forward. Han Zu caught her. Using his perception ability, Han Zu realized that Garcia's body was digesting the energy it had just absorbed. Since there was no extra energy for movement, she suddenly lost consciousness and fell into a coma.

After putting Garcia on the sofa, Han Zu stretched his neck and prepared to go out. Just now under the pool in the copy, Han Zu actually saw something.

After changing his clothes and leaving the two hounds to guard the house, Han Zu took the car keys and went out, not knowing where he went.

However, there seemed to be a car parked at the back of the warehouse, and I didn’t know who was inside.