Fantasy Game: Infinite City

"Crack!"

Gloria pulled out a luxurious sword that looked very old from a body that had been dead for a long time, but which had not disappeared and was not in any state of decay, in a structure that looked like an underground parking lot ramp.

The age of the sword refers to the carving style and the materials used. However, the sword does not seem to have been eroded by time.

Two hours had passed since Gloria woke up. Based on what she had seen and heard, Gloria had summarized a lot of relevant information about this strange location.

First of all, she was sure that this place was not a false dream, but in a way, it was not the reality in the normal sense. In this place, time was like an Ouroboros that was randomly cut apart by the turbulence of time and space and then reconnected. In the past two hours, Gloria had seen a large number of products and even people from different eras. There were many so old that Gloria didn't even understand whether they really existed. And there were also many products and lives that looked like they were from a long time ago. From more advanced cyborgs and AI life, there were even several races that spoke human language but looked completely different from humans. Gloria suspected that those guys were very likely the descendants of humans.

As she advanced and fought outside, Gloria gradually figured out some of the mechanisms of how this place worked, starting with the appearance of other life forms.

Gloria noticed that every once in a while, something would fall from the cloudy sky to the ground. The time was not fixed, but it would not exceed 15 minutes. On one occasion, Gloria was near the falling point. Through observation, she found that the falling objects were humans and humanoid creatures, as well as some animals that she had seen and had not seen before. Judging from their clothes and equipment, even if the lives fell in the same place, they were not in exactly the same era.

Secondly, no matter who these guys are, after waking up from the ground, they will leave their original position for some reason and leave in all directions. Once they encounter others, a fight will break out due to various circumstances. The bodies of the defeated party will quickly disappear out of thin air. But their weapons and equipment, or resource supplies will fall to the ground.

So far, Gloria has discovered four different factions, or forces, in the constant battles. These four forces will not fight when they encounter their own people or a single person who behaves similarly to them. If it is their own people, they will greet them in a friendly manner, or act together. Or they will continue their own actions separately. If it is someone else who behaves similarly to them, they will first try to absorb them into their own forces. If they fail, a fight will break out. But if the number of the other party is enough, they seem to recognize the other party as their own faction and will go up to greet them in a friendly manner.

If these four factions encounter people from other factions, they will fight to the death, grabbing territory and things. And if someone attacks them, they will immediately become hostile, regardless of whether the person is one of their own. But strangely, the people in their own faction seem to be very friendly to their own people, let alone fighting, and even quarreling.

These four factions will carry out various activities in the area Gloria is currently walking through. Based on the types of activities they carry out, Gloria roughly infers that this place is very similar to a post-apocalyptic anarchic place, surrounded and controlled by various armed strongholds.

Patrolling, collecting supplies, attacking other factions' bases. The activities of all factions may be slightly different, but they can be roughly divided into these three types. But Gloria discovered at the beginning that everyone would disappear after death, and this cognition was broken half an hour ago.

Half an hour ago, when Gloria was killing a patrolman who accidentally bumped into her, she found two bodies in the patrolman's mechanical mule (a large four-legged robot, about the size of a tricycle, with a cargo box on the back that can hold four adult-sized items).

The two bodies did not seem to be from the same era. Using the equipment left by the patrol, Gloria scanned the two bodies and found that one of the bodies died fifty years ago, while the other was even more outrageous, having died a thousand years ago. The cause of death was even old age.

Gloria didn't know why the two bodies didn't disappear, but since the patrol team wanted to take the two bodies back, maybe they would have some clues.

So now Gloria used the equipment left by the patrol team to find the location of the base where they started, and was steadily approaching. Perhaps there would be something in the base that could answer Gloria's doubts.

Among the various strongholds of various forces, Gloria also discovered one thing, that is, the strongholds are not all empty, with only people and concrete buildings. In the several strongholds that Gloria eliminated, Gloria even found a lot of equipment, such as computers, mobile phones, terminals, and tablets, which were all child's play. Gloria even found a complete manufacturing production line in a stronghold. At that time, Gloria was curious and followed the material search team of one of the forces to see where these equipment that should not be here came from. As a result, after getting the answer, Gloria became even more confused.

Because the team actually returned to the place where Gloria first woke up, and this time, there were several unrelated boxes in that place. Some of them contained munitions, some contained various foods, and one even contained something from the Infinite Company, which contained a high-tech device that was disassembled into parts and whose specific functions were unknown. These things actually appeared out of thin air.

Even from the materials of these boxes, it is obvious that they are the kind of things that have been piled up in the warehouse for years and no one cares about them. And even if there are several boxes stacked together, their ages are completely different, and two of them are even hundreds of years apart. One box is the best-selling snacks five years ago, and the next is a box of rum produced in the Age of Discovery.

"This place is so weird..."

Gloria shook her head and withdrew her thoughts. There were too many things to figure out, and it was not realistic to figure them all out. Besides, she had more important things to do. There were two things to do at the moment. One was to figure out where Han Zu had gone and whether he was the one who made the big noise in the skyscraper, and the other was to find a way to leave here. Neither of the two things was easy.

However, finding out why those bodies did not disappear after so long after death might be a feasible way. Gloria suspected that they might have died before entering this strange place. But for some reason, they were still pulled in. Now, if they find the base that wants to transport their bodies back, they might be able to find the answer. This is also the method that Gloria is more certain of and has a high probability of success. After all, if there are really clues in the base or camp, then she only needs to clear out the enemies in the camp.

As for why she didn't try to solve the problem through dialogue, but had to fight. In fact, Gloria did try it, but after almost being washed in the face by the Tesla cannon, Gloria gave up the idea completely.

Using the equipment left by the patrol team, Gloria quickly found the edge of the base. This base was not simple, because it was not on the ground, but deep underground.

Although all the buildings had no exits, Gloria had tried to find a space inside by destroying the outer wall. Although there was nothing inside, the space was as big as it should be. For example, as long as she passed through a location similar to the ramp of an underground parking lot and broke the concrete wall, there would be a space the size of an underground parking lot inside. However, there was nothing inside, it was bare. Moreover, the space inside various buildings was consistent with their appearance.

The reason why this stronghold is not simple is that it is built in a subway station. There are lights coming from the long downward stairs, and the concrete walls in various places also have traces of human development.

Except for the fact that there was nothing on the walls, the layout of this place was exactly the same as any subway station you could find anywhere. There were stairs, landings, and even a large tunnel large enough for a subway to run. Of course, there were no subways or tracks. There was just this space.

And this subway station-like location, in Gloria's observation, now looks more like a military base than a stronghold. It is full of military-grade technological equipment. Of course, the weapons inside are also military-grade, and there are many armed robots, small self-propelled tanks, and four-legged or six-legged robots that can run very fast and fire micro missiles or use dense machine guns.

"Headache.."

Before coming here, Gloria had only seen this force twice, but both were patrols or scavenging teams. Gloria had never seen the camp of this force. However, it was just a small armed group, and Gloria could not easily deal with them, because in addition to the military-standard clothing and equipment, those guys were more like super soldiers. In comparison, the robots around them were easier to deal with than them. Just throw two electromagnetic traps that Gloria seized from the enemy of another force.

Fortunately, as long as Gloria acted cautiously, it was not impossible to take down this stronghold. Unlike the other faction, those guys, just a lone soldier, almost made Gloria suffer. The level of technology equipment and weapons and equipment was even stronger than that of Infinite Company, and the physical fitness of the soldiers was almost the same as that of Han Zu who could not use his abilities. Gloria had seen their stronghold before, but reason made Gloria avoid it.

Compared to them, this elite force was much easier to deal with. However, if she attacked rashly, Gloria was not 100% sure that she could defeat them. After all, she could not use any abilities now, and her physical fitness was not as good as Han Zu's. She could not withstand the enemy's firepower, at least not for a long time.

But she was not without advantages. Gloria was much faster than them, and she could even dodge the single attack of the high-tech force. Taking advantage of her strengths and avoiding her weaknesses, Gloria hid in the corner of the stairs, quietly observing the movements and behaviors of the enemies in the base below. She was ready to find the best route and assassinate the enemies one by one.

After a period of observation, Gloria roughly figured out the layout of the base. There were 25 human enemies, five of whom were heavily armed, using heavy firepower weapons, both energy weapons and live ammunition. There were three four-legged attack robots, three self-propelled tank robots, all equipped with heavy machine guns. There was also a six-legged robot equipped with an assault howitzer.

At the deepest part of the base, there was a room that looked like it was converted from a container. There was a person inside, wearing heavy military-grade power armor, without a helmet, and using a terminal to check something. Gloria carefully observed the interior of the base and did not find any surveillance equipment such as cameras, but she saw a heavy machine gun connected to an intelligent fire control system. However, it had not yet been started. Based on the energy connection of the fire control system, Gloria was basically certain that the terminal in the room should be the one that controlled that thing.

Based on this, Gloria quickly thought of a way to quickly and safely take down the base. That was to sneak next to the terminal and use the heavy machine gun to deal with others in return.

Just as Gloria was about to take action, she suddenly heard a sound coming from above the stairs. Gloria immediately flipped down the side of the stairs, grabbed the edge, and hid in the blind spot.

Soon, the footsteps were getting closer and closer, and it seemed that a large group of people were rushing towards the stairs. Ten seconds later, a group of guys dressed in strange clothes rushed down the stairs and rushed into the stronghold, shouting wildly.

The people in the stronghold responded immediately, relying on the cover to open fire freely. For a moment, the two sides fought together, and the sound of gunfire and shouting filled the entire subway station. The guys in the container house also came out and started to join the battle.

Gloria took advantage of this time to carefully move up from the edge of the crowd and enter the house. She took away a personal terminal connected to the terminal, and then hid behind the heavy machine gun located high up.

"Now let's see if this thing is as intimidating as it looks."

“BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM~~~!!!!!!”

The terminal was operated to change the target that the heavy machine gun automatically locked onto. When the heavy machine gun opened fire, the whistling sound of the shells overwhelmed all other sounds inside the base. The hissing sound of the heavy machine gun firing made Gloria feel very noisy, but she couldn't stop the attack now, and the back of the heavy machine gun was also the best hiding place, so Gloria could only grit her teeth and hold on.

"Zi~~~~"

After a long time, the machine gun stopped locking onto the target and slowly stopped. After the machine gun lost its lock on the target and stopped working, the entire base was silent. However, for safety reasons, Gloria waited for a minute or two before sticking her head out from behind the machine gun to check.

"Well, it really lives up to the intimidating appearance."

The stronghold was completely cleared out, not only the original armed forces of the stronghold, but also the commandos of other invading forces were wiped out. Gloria locked the heavy machine gun at the exit and came to the container house. She began to use the terminals and computers inside to search for any useful information.