Fantasy Game: Infinite City

"What were you going to say, Gloria?"

"I was trying to tell you not to open this suitcase, why were you so quick?!"

"What's wrong with this briefcase? It's everywhere in some locked rooms in this building. Oh, by the way, I forgot to mention that basically every ten floors or so, there will be some locked doors in the stairwells or other places in this building, made of various materials. Inside are many boxes made of the same material as this briefcase, but with different shapes and capacities. Inside are weapons, ammunition and the like, and occasionally complete armor."

"Then this one must be different, because this was placed here by a contractor who asked me to give it to you. Just when you cleared the 168th floor, I hadn't agreed yet. I asked him a lot of questions, but he didn't answer. He left before I saw you come back. And even though he disappeared into thin air, I didn't sense any residual teleportation energy."

"Contractor? The one you saw, what did he look like?"

"It looks like a mechanical life form, with muscles that seem to be made of flowing solid metal. It's half a head taller than you, and very thin. Or should I say, very narrow? It's wearing a sleeveless robe, and its voice sounds like some kind of intelligent assistance system, a mechanical sound, but it seems that it speaks with intonation and tone."

"That's right. The body shape or material is similar to the one I met before, but the height and body shape are different. They are not the same person. The one I saw was very wide and very short, probably only about 1.311 meters tall."

"What's in that suitcase? It's not going to be a problem, is it?"

"It's... um... to be honest, I don't know what it is, but it looks very similar to liquid metal."

Seeing Han Zu's puzzled expression, Gloria also moved over. When she looked inside the suitcase, she adopted the same attitude as Han Zu.

Inside the suitcase, there was a thing that had no precise shape and was constantly and slowly wriggling, a mass of liquid metal. After seeing this thing, Gloria immediately grabbed Han Zu's arm to prevent him from touching it directly.

"what are you doing?"

"To prevent you from getting impatient."

"I'm not talking about the way you grabbed my arm. I'm asking why you're sending me energy?"

"Ah? I didn't send you energy? Wait, why is that thing gone?!!"

Just a few tenths of a second after Gloria grabbed Han Zu's arm, Han Zu felt a familiar energy being transported into his body from the position where his arm was grabbed. Because the characteristics of this energy were very similar to his own, Han Zu was sure that it was not his body that was producing more refined energy, so the source of this energy could only be Gloria, but she did not transport energy to Han Zu.

If Gloria hadn't been keeping an eye on the suitcase, it might have taken Han Zu a while to figure out what had happened. But despite the sudden change, Han Zu didn't seem to care at all.

But Gloria didn't seem to think so at all.

"Uh, what are you planning to do with this laser weapon?"

"Let's cut off your arm. God knows what those guys who call themselves contractors are up to."

"Let's not talk about whether this thing can cut my arm. That energy, or that liquid metal-like thing, if it has energy properties, it would have spread throughout my body by now. I think it doesn't make sense to cut my arm or not. Besides, even if I have to cut it, I have to use this."

"Om~~"

Just when Gloria thought that Han Zu was going to cut off her arm with the high-pressure fire column, Gloria discovered that the humming sound produced by the compressed high-concentration energy did not come from Han Zu's mouth, but from his eyes. Gloria just raised her head and found that Han Zu's eyes had turned dark gray, and there was a high-energy reaction coming from his eyes. Before Gloria could react, two laser-like beams of light that emitted more surplus energy than the high-pressure fire column slid past Gloria in an instant. Although Gloria was still some distance away from the two beams of light, she only felt her face burning. Whatever was shot out of Han Zu's eyes, it was extremely dangerous.

"Boom."

Half of Han Zu's arm fell to the ground. The cut was very flat. Gloria looked at the ground nearby and saw two very deep cracks.

"Cyclops? Heat vision?"

"Probably neither, but the effect is similar."

"Forget it, it's not important. How do you feel now?"

"It's ok, I didn't..."

"Zizi.. Zizi.. Buzz~~~"

At this moment, a 20-centimeter-long thin line similar to that made of liquid metal appeared on the inner side of Han Zu's arm starting from the wrist. After the thin line stopped flowing and extending, some tiny branches began to appear from its left and right sides, densely packed, like some complex electronic components.

"It looks like a complicated technology tree. I mean the appearance."

"I said those contractors must be doing something wrong."

When the branches stopped growing, it looked like there was a complex silver tattoo on the inside of Han Zu's half arm. Han Zu was curious and was about to reach out to touch it, but Gloria held his other hand and prevented him from getting close to the half arm on the ground.

"I just want to see, why are you pulling me?"

"I was holding you just now, and you got caught. If you take the initiative to touch it this time, who knows what will happen?!"

"Why do I feel like you suddenly care about me?"

"Nonsense, I still need you to get out of this damn place!"

"That's why, no other ideas?"

"boom!"

Gloria gritted her teeth and hit Han Zu with her knee for making fun of her relaxed attitude at this time. Although it didn't have much effect, it did help her vent her emotions a little. Gloria was so nervous, but Han Zu was like a lazy office worker, not caring at all.

"@￥%……!@￥"

At this moment, a unique sound suddenly appeared from the half of Han Zu's arm on the ground. Neither Han Zu nor Gloria had heard this sound before, but from the position of the pause and the length of the sound, they could roughly tell that this should be some special language unknown to the two.

"Buzz~~zizz... Language learning completed, switching successful. Adapting... Program interrupted, modular position not connected."

However, after a brief buzz of energy, the voice on the half arm turned into Han Zu's native language, and there was no error at all. The voice sounded like it simulated some common intelligent assistance system, so it was a mechanically programmed female voice.

"So that thing is an AI? What did the contractor give me this for?"

"I don't know, but I think it's better for you not to touch this thing. Just burn this half of the arm."

Gloria didn't trust this thing from the contractor at all, so her attitude towards it was to destroy it, but Han Zu didn't seem to think so. At least his method was different.

"There's actually not much difference between keeping an unclear thing and throwing it away, and we can't be sure that burning half of my arm will destroy it. In this case, it's better to keep it. At least if there's a problem with it, we can find it earlier. As the saying goes, it's easier to dodge an open spear than a hidden arrow, right?"

"I'm not from Dragon Country, I don't think so."

"Then can you please let me go first? I plan to reattach my arm and see what this thing is. If there is really a problem, it won't kill us both here."

"So I can't persuade you... Forget it, what am I talking about? I've seen before that I can't persuade you. If you want to try, then try, but I won't let you go. If you die, I can't deal with the Ferdinand Family or Unlimited Company by myself. It's better for me to die here with you."

"Why are you so pessimistic? Maybe nothing will happen."

“Kala, kaala…”

Some tentacles grew out from the place where Han Zu's arm was broken. Because of the building, the tentacles grew much slower. Fortunately, the half arm on the ground fell in front of Han Zu, so the tentacles quickly touched the half arm. After a slight wriggling, the tentacles reconnected the half arm to the body. Soon, Han Zu's arm returned to its original state. He moved it twice and it seemed that there was no problem at all.

"The modular location is connected and the program is continuing to run..."

After his arm was connected back to his body, the mechanical sound appeared again. Han Zu could feel a force of energy spreading throughout his body and soon reached every corner of his body. However, the liquid metal "tattoo" on his wrist stopped growing after spreading to the entire arm. Now Han Zu looked like he had an entire tattoo on his left arm with no dead angles and a very strange pattern.

"Adaptation successful. Basic operation test in progress."

At this moment, Han Zu suddenly found that something similar to a UI suddenly appeared in his eyes. It looked like he was playing a completely immersive game. This UI-like thing could also automatically give various data based on what Han Zu observed. It was a bit like the system UI of the Infinite City that he had seen at the beginning. However, what Han Zu saw now was more advanced than the Infinite City or even the Infinite Company.

"Learning energy types... Process interrupted, no energy response detected. Process priority changing... Change completed."

“This thing is definitely not native local technology.”

"What did you say, Han Zu? What technology? Did you see anything?"

Gloria was always next to Han Zu, so even though Han Zu's voice was very low, she could still hear it clearly.

"Wait a moment Gloria, let's go to the 169th floor first. Once I clear the 169th floor and reach the safe area before the 170th floor, I will explain it to you."

"Are you really okay? Or should we leave the building and find a safe place?"

"No, just do as I say."

"it is good."

Gloria followed Han Zu up to the 169th floor. During the time, she found that Han Zu's eyes seemed to be slightly dull, but at the same time, Han Zu was constantly observing various positions, and would stop from time to time to observe from a different angle. But because there was nothing but concrete nearby, Han Zu's strange behavior made Gloria more and more nervous. Just when she was about to ask Han Zu again whether his condition was normal, Han Zu had already stepped into the battle area on the 169th floor. Gloria lost contact with Han Zu again.

Outside the door on the 169th floor, Gloria paced back and forth anxiously. She thought that something must have gone wrong with Han Zu, but she didn't know what the problem was. Without the specific information of the problem, she couldn't come up with a solution. Just as Gloria began to scratch her hair, the contractor she had seen before suddenly appeared in front of her again.

"Hello."

"You guy! What on earth did you give Han Zu?!"

"this."

Just as Gloria was about to question the contractor, he unexpectedly took out a suitcase with the same material and appearance, but this one was smaller. The contractor still placed the suitcase on the ground between the two of them.

"This is for you. But it's not as effective as his. We have limited materials, and we can only make one prototype that can adapt to the energy he has. But the effect of this one is exactly the same as his, except that the adaptability to energy is much worse than his. But it won't affect its use. Sorry."

"So what the hell is this... Damn it!"

Before Gloria could ask again, the contractor disappeared again. Again, no energy remained. Gloria still did not touch the suitcase, and she began to recall the contractor's appearance just now.

"The physical features are exactly the same, so they should be the same person, but I feel like his tone is more emotional, although the difference is not much. Am I overthinking?"

After thinking it over again and again, Gloria decided to open the suitcase. Although she did not trust the guys who called themselves contractors, if he was not lying and the things in the suitcase were the same as the things in the suitcase he gave to Han Zu, she might be able to find out what effect this thing had on Han Zu.

"Huh! It's a knife anyway, come on!"

Gloria took a deep breath and suddenly opened the suitcase. The things inside were the same as the things in the suitcase given to Han Zu, which were all liquid metal-like things, but hers were smaller. Just as Gloria was thinking about how to remove this thing, it disappeared, and Gloria also felt a very familiar energy, very similar to her own energy, but she was sure that it was not her own energy, being input into her body. Because her right hand was close, a similar situation as Han Zu appeared on Gloria's right arm.

Gloria's situation is not much different from Han Zu's, but Gloria only has something similar to a mechanical pattern tattoo on her right wrist. It is not as exaggerated as Han Zu's extra tattooed arm.

"Adaptation is successful, and basic operation testing is in progress."

"Come on, let me see what you are!"