Fantasy Game: Infinite City

After Han Zu's investigation, he found that there was nothing with excessive energy on the huge rock in front of the two men. However, based on Gloria's condition, the most energy-dense area in this area was here. So according to normal thinking, there must be something under this rock, so Han Zu lifted the rock up and threw it aside.

"That's it. Oh... I'm starting to feel a little dizzy again..."

Below the place where the huge rock was before, there is a layer of vibrant moss. As for why I use the word vibrant to describe a pile of moss, it is because it is constantly wriggling.

Han Zu knelt beside the pile of moss, stretched out his hand and gently pressed on the moss. This time, Han Zu felt the familiar energy. Although the concentration of this energy was not high, it had no impurities. Han Zu could be sure that this was the same power as the Gift of Death in his body.

"Didn't you say before that the power in your body is not a gift from the realm of death? Why are you calling it that now?"

"This is actually a misunderstanding I had before. At first, I thought that the Gift of Death referred to a certain thing, but later as I investigated within Infinite Company, I found that in fact, the Gift of Death is just a general name for those extremely powerful energies that always come with negative effects that are greater than the benefits, or similar things. Because these things have some strange features, the top research team of Infinite Company cannot research the specific effects, so this name is used to refer to all things that cannot be studied."

"In other words, the Gift of Death Realm is actually the name of an item entry, not a specific title?"

"Yes, I have found many things that are included in this entry in some of Infinite's experimental bases, from pure energy flow, to substances covered with some unknown energy, or life forms. In short, there are many such things. If the relevant personnel studying these things suddenly make some discoveries, they will remove the things that can be studied out of this project entry. According to the research records I can find, since they started to be responsible for researching this kind of things, until now, more than hundreds of projects have been removed."

"In that case, wouldn't you be able to confirm the remaining things?"

"It's not that simple. So far, there are more things listed under the term "Gift of the Dead Realm" that have not been studied clearly or even have no research ideas than you think."

"That's not what I meant. What I meant was that you could name your... how do you say, the source of your power? Wouldn't it be easier to identify it that way?"

"I've actually thought about it, but I've never been good at naming things, and I've always struggled with naming things. Even if I come up with a name, it's usually pretty corny, so I just don't bother to think about it. Anyway, I know what it is, and that's all."

"Okay, but I think it's better to give it a name, otherwise I won't be able to explain it concisely when we talk about this thing in the future."

"Let's talk about this later. We have more important things to do now."

Gloria observed that Han Zu inserted his fingers into the ground outside the moss, then accurately dug out the soil with moss and put it aside. And right below this piece of soil, there were some moist holes, which should be the place where the moss absorbed nutrients.

Han Zu used his perception ability and these tiny holes as entrances to conduct in-depth investigations. Although there were some problems with Han Zu's perception ability now and he couldn't perceive anything specific, Han Zu developed another use for this faulty perception ability.

"What is the use?"

"You can imagine my ability to perceive as a giant balloon that expands when energy is input."

"You mean, we can use this method to measure the size of some spaces? You have quite an imagination."

Han Zu's metaphor was concise and appropriate, so Gloria immediately understood what Han Zu meant. He should be exploring the source of the nutrients absorbed by the moss through these tiny moist holes.

After a period of time, Han Zu withdrew his perception ability. Based on the secondary use of his perception ability, Han Zu obtained some new information.

"There is a large space about ten meters below. Although it is not very large, it is not small either. Based on my rough estimation of the space below, the several energy abnormalities I have detected before should be connected to this space below."

"Then can I assume that the energy source of the four areas you explored earlier is actually the space below?"

"almost."

"Did you find anything else?"

"I also sensed the flow of energy, but I'm not sure what it is because there are some unknown minerals here. My perspective ability can't see too far away, and there are some places that I can't even see through."

"From what you said, it looks like we have to go down there?"

"Well, how are you doing now? Can you still hold on?"

"I'm fine. After several energy extractions, my body's ability to store energy has increased significantly. But having said that, how much energy can your body store? Why are you fine?"

"I don't know this myself, but according to my last test of my own data, it is about the same as a small nuclear power plant consisting of a single reactor. However, this is only in terms of endurance. If we only compare the energy peak, the nuclear power plant is still stronger."

"..Generally speaking, no one would compare themselves to a nuclear power plant. You really are... By the way, what about me?"

"Do you mean now? Or at the beginning?"

"Is there any difference? It shouldn't be much, right?"

"That's not the case. If we compare energy to electricity, the amount of energy you were able to store at the beginning is almost the same as the amount of electricity that our mobile phones can store now. But now, the energy you can use and store is enough to power a small transport plane, and this increase in energy storage has only been a few hours. And judging from your appearance, there should be a lot of room for improvement."

"So I have to stay in this drunken state?"

"That's not the case. I'm going to teach you a method. You already know how to collect and release energy. Now you can continue to consume this energy to strengthen your senses, reaction abilities, and so on. In short, remember to consume energy no matter what you do. With the energy concentration here, you can be bolder. Of course, you can also use this opportunity to learn how to use energy better and make it as easy as pie."

"Okay, so what do I do now?"

"Dig a hole."

"...I seriously suspect you just don't want to work."

Looking at Han Zu lying on his side on the ground, holding a cigarette comfortably and patting the ground, Gloria was speechless, but Gloria couldn't confirm whether what Han Zu said was really useful or he really just didn't want to work.

So Gloria could only start digging downwards according to the position pointed out by Han Zu. However, when she first tried, Gloria imitated Han Zu and inserted her fingers into the soil, but she could not dig up a piece of soil neatly like Han Zu. Apart from leaving some holes in the soil, there was no substantial progress in the digging work.

"How did you do that? Why can you dig out a whole block of dirt but I can't?"

"Didn't I just tell you that you shouldn't just use brute force, you should use more energy."

Han Zu stretched out his hand and demonstrated to Gloria.

He first inserted his fingers into the soil, and then released the energy in his body into the soil, forming a thin film that covered the loose soil. Then he used his palms to fix the energy film wrapped around the soil, and with a gentle pull, a whole piece of compressed soil was lifted up from the excavation site.

"Bang."

Gloria followed the same method, but every time she was about to succeed, she could not stabilize the energy film, causing the soil to shatter.

"If you find it difficult, use both hands. The energy released by both hands can serve as energy anchor points with the other palm. Once you become proficient in controlling the energy, you can easily do it with one hand. Once you know this, the same goes for other positions."

Following Han Zu's guidance, Gloria began digging with both hands. This time, with a relatively stable energy anchor point, Gloria successfully carried out the digging work. Just when she was about to dig to the predetermined position, Gloria's control over energy gradually became more proficient. Now she can dig with both hands without losing control.

"I have always believed that this kind of subtle control of energy requires years of professional training to master, but I didn't expect that I would learn it while digging."

"That's normal. Professional systematic training certainly has its benefits and advantages. However, for many unexpected situations in daily life, those who are trained in a professional way may not be as good as those who gain true knowledge through practice and are more able to perfectly control their own power, such as the excavation work you are doing now. And if you look carefully at the location you excavated, you subconsciously did something, didn't you? This is not something that special training will teach you."

According to Han Zu, Gloria looked around the area where she was digging and indeed found something that surprised her.

For someone who has never done excavation work before, generally speaking, when the excavation depth reaches a certain level, collapse will occur. Because they have not learned civil engineering knowledge, the excavation angle and direction are generally not conducive to support. The deeper the excavation depth and the larger the scope, the more obvious this situation will be. For example, what Gloria has dug out now.

Gloria dug out a large inclined hole. Logically, with this inclined angle, the hole should have collapsed long ago. However, it was because Gloria subconsciously used the energy film to compact the surrounding soil structure that the stability of this "illegal mine" was ensured.

"Because although you don't know much about civil engineering, or at least very little, you know that collapse is a very serious matter, so you subconsciously used the excess energy to reinforce the structure at this location and avoid collapse. This is an emergency that only occurs in actual operations. Systematic professional training will not allow such a thing to happen. After all, that kind of training will not let you dig a completely unqualified tunnel."

"Do I need to redo it? After all, the position is a bit crooked."

"No need. For you and me, it doesn't matter even if this place collapses. We can just burn a gap with the high-pressure fire column."

"Oh, that's right. Why did you ask me to dig with my hands? Can't I just burn an entrance directly?"

"No one told you to dig with your hands? I saw you did it right away, and I thought you wanted to try the feeling of digging soil."

Gloria felt like a fool, just like those fools who had yelled when they were burned by chili peppers.

But they soon reached the end, and Gloria continued digging with a grim face.

"Wow..."

"There seems to be groundwater underneath."

“It’s an underground river.”

After digging to the designated depth, water began to seep out from the bottom. Han Zu came to the bottom of the pit upside down, used his perspective to observe the location of the water seepage, found a suitable entry point, and used a high-pressure fire column to create a Γ-shaped passage on the side of the water seepage location, connecting to the underground river.

"This way, groundwater won't surge to the surface, and if we need to go back the same way, we can easily find this location."

Following Han Zu, who used his tentacles to quickly wriggle in the tunnel like a giant worm, Gloria followed behind and entered the underground river together.

The temperature of the underground river was very low and it was very turbulent. As soon as they entered the underground river, they were instantly pushed a long distance by the rushing water. The underground river was wide enough and the surrounding rock walls were polished very smooth by the water, so their movement route was not blocked by rocks or the like.

The river water contained a high concentration of pure energy. In order to prevent herself from falling into a drunken state again, Gloria ignited a fire in her body, using the temperature difference to create thrust and move freely in the underground river.

Han Zu was completely different. He stretched out his limbs, retracted his tentacles, and let the underground river water carry him like a fish. However, due to his body size, his speed was not very fast, and Gloria could easily keep up with him.

After a long time, Gloria thought that they had been taken to a far place by the underground river. At this moment, Gloria saw Han Zu making several gestures to her and pointing to a position in front. Light came from that position. It seemed to be an underwater cave with an upward entrance. Han Zu, who was pushed forward by the water flow, finally moved at this time and took the initiative to swim towards the upward cave entrance. Gloria followed closely behind.

When the two entered the cave, they found that it was still flooded with water, but the difference was that there were a lot of luminous underwater plants growing here, which looked like water grass or kelp. The light in the cave was produced in this way.

Han Zu pointed to one of the rock walls, indicating that the thing he was looking for was behind it. Just as he was about to use the high-pressure fire column to penetrate the rock wall, Gloria pulled him back because she had discovered something else.

Gloria pointed to Han Zu's feet. Something that shouldn't be there attracted Han Zu's attention.

A set of damaged diving equipment, which looks very new and should have been launched in recent months.