Fantasy Game: Infinite City

Just one hour after the reinforcement team left the lake in the center of the radiation anomaly area, a large number of bubbles suddenly appeared in the viscous liquid in the lake.

"Aha!"

Gloria sat up suddenly from the shallows near the shore. An uncomfortable feeling of excess energy, as if it might even explode, replaced all of Gloria's current emotions and thoughts. The only thing she wanted to do now was to release a large amount of excess energy that had been compressed several times and accumulated in her body.

Due to the urgency of the situation, Gloria did not have time to convert the energy into flame fuel and then use the form of flame to expel the energy from her body. Gloria directly began to release her energy outwards with her whole body.

As the massive amount of energy was released, Gloria's body returned to normal. However, the feeling in her body was like she had been running for a whole day and night, and then immediately ate a lot. After Gloria slowly climbed to the shore, she lay on the ground and didn't want to move at all.

However, Gloria discovered something strange. The energy she released just now was of considerable scale. Logically, it should have caused some damage to the surrounding environment. But now Gloria did not find any signs of damage anywhere nearby, and even the sound of an energy explosion was not heard.

This situation was abnormal, but Gloria didn't really want to get up and check it out. However, a few seconds later, Gloria suddenly felt an abnormal flow of energy, which was rapidly surrounding her position in a ring structure.

This situation immediately alerted Gloria. She instinctively wanted to avoid these energies, so she struggled to dive back into the lake. However, the energies that were rapidly approaching from the circular range not only did not lose their target, but instead seemed to have the ability to lock on Gloria. No matter which direction Gloria dodged, she seemed unable to escape this lock.

Soon, this circular energy flow that was invisible to the naked eye hit Gloria. When the two sides came into contact, Gloria was stunned for a moment in confusion, because she found that this inexplicably appeared circular energy flow was exactly the same as the energy in her body, and even this energy flow should have been released by herself.

"Is this the energy I just released? But this time it doesn't feel like it's going to self-destruct like before. It's because the energy has been consumed somewhere..."

Just as Gloria was thinking about what was going on, a stream of information suddenly appeared in her mind.

This stream of information was like a special pulse scanning device, marking a large range of environments and life forms for a short period of time. Gloria's brain quickly processed the information that suddenly poured into her brain, trying to figure out where the information came from. Soon, she found a special location, which was a broken glowing tree trunk.

Gloria remembered that this was when she and Han Zu arrived at the outermost part of the radiation anomaly area. At that time, Han Zu was walking while looking down at the scanning device. Because he did not pay attention to the environment, he bumped into the glowing trunk of the tree and broke it.

"This is?"

Gloria probably already had a conclusion about what this situation meant, but in order to make sure she was not wrong, Gloria decided to try again.

This time, Gloria compressed some of the energy in her body, and then actively dispersed the compressed energy under her skin all over her body, and then instantly released the restraint on this energy. Sure enough, this energy immediately spread outward in a circular shape with herself as the center, and returned to Gloria's body after a few seconds.

Sure enough, another huge stream of information briefly appeared in Gloria's mind. In this stream of information, Gloria got a lot of information, including the movement routes of animals and the signs of weak swaying of plants.

"Pulse scan?! No, it should be radiation scan?"

A new ability has emerged, causing Gloria's mood to constantly change between confusion and excitement. The reason for the excitement is naturally needless to say, and the confusion is due to the inadaptability to the change of identity (referring to the evolution from human/cyborg to other life forms).

After standing waist-deep in the lake for a while, Gloria came to her senses and began to analyze this new ability that had just appeared.

First of all, its function is that the radiation energy pulse emitted by Gloria can detect all information within a large area, and the detection level is very high and very detailed, and can even detect some tiny traces that are difficult to detect.

Secondly, it is about time. Gloria discovered that if this radiation energy pulse touches an object during its duration, it will leave a layer of energy film on its surface. Before the energy film disappears, Gloria can even use her perception of these energy films to accurately grasp the movement direction and all other actions of these life forms. Even if the pulse scan is over, these energy films will continue to exist for more than ten seconds before they disappear.

Then there is the range of the radiation energy pulse. Based on Gloria's several attempts, Gloria can determine that the maximum distance she can scan using this method is exactly the size of the current radiation anomaly area. The entire radiation anomaly area is about the same size as a large residential area in the city, and it is likely to be a few meters larger. Although the range that can be detected is not as exaggerated as Han Zu's range that can sense the entire city, the accuracy and the almost complete lack of time delay are much stronger than Han Zu's perception ability. Not to mention that Han Zu's perception ability is now malfunctioning.

"So this is what it feels like to have such a powerful ability... It feels so unreal."

Although Gloria now possesses a strong physique, with physical athleticism several times superior to that of her cyborg period, and can even use energy to create fire, these relatively simple abilities that can be used as long as there is enough energy are not as shocking as this detection ability that is as precise as a machine. Although Gloria can use this ability easily, this precise ability is difficult to achieve the same effect even with the large number of precision mechanical equipment she used when she was a cyborg in the past.

So after receiving this kind of shock, Gloria felt it was very unreal. If Gloria didn't feel strange when she reshaped her body before, just like when she went through the transformation surgery, and when she was able to release the flame, she just felt novelty, like seeing a new world in the distance. Now, Gloria has officially stepped onto the continent of the new world.

When entering an unknown new world, generally speaking, there are two complex emotions mixed together: one is curiosity about unknown things, which will trigger a strong desire to explore. The other is doubt about unknown things, and if this emotion is not handled well, it will turn into an irremovable fear.

Fortunately, Gloria is not the first pioneer to step into the "new world", she has a guide.

"Oh, my guide is still soaking in the lake!"

Gloria's curiosity and excitement about the new power finally came to a halt at this moment. She recalled that before she fell asleep, she heard the sound of a heavy object falling into the water. Now that she thought about it, it was probably Han Zu. Gloria finally remembered this and began to look for Han Zu. Gloria remembered that the last time she saw Han Zu was in the center of the lake. At that time, Han Zu was absorbing the last bit of slime in the water like a fish.

Moving towards the center of the lake, the depth of the water soon exceeded Gloria's height. Gloria began to swim in the lake, and her strong physique allowed her to quickly reach the center of the lake from the shore.

But looking around, Gloria did not hear Han Zu's voice. She thought that Han Zu might have sunk to the bottom of the lake like herself, so she used the pulse detection ability she had just obtained to conduct a detailed detection of the entire lake and the radiation abnormality area. Sure enough, she found Han Zu at the bottom of the lake, lying face down on the bottom of the lake, motionless.

A bad thought suddenly appeared in Gloria's mind, followed by a gradually deepening fear. Gloria dived into the water, quickly approached Han Zu's position, and soon arrived beside Han Zu.

Gloria put her hand into the gap between Han Zu's body and the bottom of the lake, trying to turn him over first, but she found that she couldn't do it no matter what. This was very wrong. Although Han Zu's actual weight was completely different from his appearance and very heavy, Gloria's current physical fitness made it impossible for her to completely move him. Gloria used both hands to push hard, stepped on the bottom of the lake with both feet, and tried hard to turn Han Zu over, but she couldn't do it. This time Gloria realized that it was not because of any strength, something must have happened to Han Zu.

"Om~~"

But at this moment, Gloria heard a strange buzzing sound. Although the sound was unfamiliar, Gloria had heard a similar sound before.

When she was in Han Zu's secret base, Gloria had seen a large device. She had no idea of ​​its specific function, but when the device was running, it would generate a strong magnetic field. When this magnetic field took effect, it would emit a similar low humming sound.

Gloria also lay down at the bottom of the lake and tried to move Han Zu's body again. This time, accompanied by another buzzing sound, Gloria was surprised to find that an electric current-like energy appeared in Han Zu's body, firmly attaching him to the ground at the bottom of the lake. It seems that this is the reason why Gloria could not move Han Zu.

Through the mutual perception of the same energy, Gloria was able to determine that Han Zu's body and personality traits were normal, which meant that Han Zu was still alive, but just fell asleep or fainted and entered an unconscious state. However, the concentration of energy released by Han Zu's body was strangely higher than before, but not to an outrageous degree.

Although there shouldn't be any problem, it didn't seem right for him to just lie at the bottom of the lake like this, so Gloria tried to knock Han Zu, hoping he would wake up. However, after a long time of effort, Han Zu still lay at the bottom of the lake in the same position. The powerful radiation magnetic field was still taking effect, and Gloria had no other options for the time being.

Han Zu couldn't wake up for the time being, so Gloria prepared to return to the shore first. Han Zu had said before that if he fell into an unconscious state for some reason, it would be best to keep a distance from him, because he didn't know what would happen when he woke up.

So Gloria swam up, preparing to float to the surface of the lake. But at this time, Gloria remembered the scanning device she had brought with her. She had given that thing to Han Zu before, but he said that if he had an abnormal state, it would probably damage the scanning device, so she put it in the gap of a rock near the lake, but Gloria didn't see the specific location, and it seemed unlikely to ask Han Zu now.

Fortunately, Gloria had acquired a new ability. Using this ability, Gloria found the exact location of the scanning device in just a few seconds. It was not far from her own position and was right by the lake.

After returning to shore, Gloria quickly found the scanning device. The scanning device was well sealed and would not be damaged by contact with liquid, so Gloria planned to take it down to scan Han Zu's condition.

"Abnormal radiation interference has been detected. The system is unavailable. Restarting the device."

However, as soon as she opened the scanning terminal, an abnormal prompt appeared on it, so Gloria could only wait for the device to restart. Half an hour later, the device restarted successfully. Gloria took it and walked into the lake again.

"Where is his position?"

"Abnormal radiation interference has been detected. The system is unavailable. Restarting the device."

However, Gloria, who was using the radiation pulse to relocate Han Zu's exact position, found that the terminal in her hand malfunctioned again the moment the pulse appeared and began to restart. Gloria was stunned for a moment, and then immediately realized what had happened.

"This thing also has the effect of EMP?!"

Gloria was so happy that she wanted to try it again immediately, but she stopped the idea in time. Although this scanning device was not a valuable thing, it was still very useful after all. It would not be a good thing to break it.

At least not now.

Gloria took the scanning equipment, dived into the lake again, and swam towards Han Zu.

"?"

Gloria, who was approaching Han Zu's position, was suddenly very confused, because Han Zu was no longer lying face down on the bottom of the lake, but floating in front of Gloria, but still hadn't woken up.

"An abnormal magnetic field has been detected."

"Unknown radiation anomaly detected."

The scanning device suddenly started ringing continuously like a broken alarm clock.