Fantasy Game: Infinite City

After the people below gathered together, they fell into silence.

The people holding the boxes put them on the ground and handed them to those who had entered the passage earlier.

Those people handed them several things that looked like information terminals, and after the handover was completed, they stepped back for a distance. The people who were holding the boxes were suddenly enveloped by a beam of light that came from nowhere and disappeared into the passage.

"It should be some kind of teleportation device, but it doesn't look like the effect produced when the player enters the Infinite City."

"Look! What are they doing?"

Pastor Maxi and Han Zu hid on top of a high pipe and communicated in low voices. The movements of the crowd below interrupted their conversation.

The men opened the boxes and took out something that looked like irregular fragments.

Several people in research suits appeared in the crowd. They began to carefully assemble the fragments and soon finished assembling them. It was a big door, about the same size as the door of a small villa, except that it looked like it was made of wood.

After the researchers assembled the door, they stood it up and slowly released their hands that were holding the door. After everyone let go of their hands, the door still stood on the ground.

For some reason, this made the researchers very excited. They hugged each other excitedly and even shouted out loud accidentally, but were quickly stopped by their companions.

Those researchers took out some instruments, connected them to the gate, and were checking some data. Han Zu discovered through their actions that these researchers wearing full-face masks looked very confused after seeing the data.

However, they soon left here under the escort of some people, and left some equipment connected to the gate.

There were still a few people left around the gate, probably to guard the gate, but these people soon received the news and left. A few minutes later, everyone left the N-3 channel, and there was no one except Pastor Maxi and Han Zu hiding on the pipe above.

After confirming through the swarm's terminal that there was no one hiding in the dark, Han Zu and Pastor Maxi left their hiding place and came to this strange gate.

Pastor Maxi was checking the remaining equipment, while Han Zu was using the swarm's terminal to search for possible hidden threats.

A few minutes later.

"The passage is safe. There are only you and me at the moment. There are several maintenance robots outside the tunnel that are charging."

"I know those robots. They are the maintenance equipment for the tunnel. Come and take a look at this."

Walking to Pastor Maxi, Han Zu took the device handed over by Pastor Maxi and checked the information on it. There was some kind of parameter on it, which was currently at the lowest threshold.

"This parameter should represent the...how should I say...uh...activity of this gate?"

"Maxi, you mean to say that this door is currently unresponsive?"

"Well, this door must be something special, you see."

Pastor Maxi reached out and pushed the tightly closed door. The door, which should have fallen to the ground, did not move at all, as if it was nailed to the ground.

"you try?"

"Row."

Han Zu restrained his strength and pushed again. Similarly, the door did not move at all. Han Zu glanced at Pastor Maxi, who understood what he meant and stepped back a few steps. Han Zu transformed into a tyrant body and exerted all his strength. He grabbed both sides of the door and exerted force violently, trying to pull it up.

The door didn't move at all.

Changing back into Mr. Tiger's body, Pastor Maxi returned to Han Zu.

"Even you can't move this door. There must be some special power protecting it. By the way, Han Zu, does the Infinite City system have any hints about this door?"

"No, the Infinite City system doesn't show anything, as if this door should have been here originally."

The two thought about it and decided to try to open the door through the door handle. They stretched out a hand each and grabbed the doors on both sides.

"Can't open."

"It may have something to do with the values ​​on these devices. Maybe this thing is like an energy bar, and a higher threshold is required to "activate" this door."

The two men stood in front of the gate and exchanged their views. Pastor Maxi searched all the files in the space station through the terminal. Although he successfully found a log that mentioned the gate, the content of the log was like a ghost painting.

"Professor Charles's Journal

The gate leads to the outside and the door opens in your direction.

The gate leads inwards and the door opens outwards.

After these two short sentences, there were some lines that looked like scribbles with no regular pattern at all, just like a naughty child holding a pen in each hand and scribbling on paper.

"I'm not well-read, so please forgive me, Maxi, but what kind of bullshit is this?"

"I don't know either. I checked Professor Charles' information. He has been dead for many years. Judging from the personnel information of the space station, Professor Charles died at least before I was trapped here. And his cause of death is very strange. It was suicide."

"Suicide? How did he die?"

"He went to the door of a docking bay at the very edge of the space station and reprogrammed his butler robot to kick him into space. After closing the hatch, the butler robot also self-destructed."

"Ah? What kind of performance art is this?"

"I don't know, but this is the only information we can find about the gate."

Although the two were puzzled, they both believed that no matter what the function of this strange door was, the most important thing for them now was to find a way to "charge" the door. Just when the two were puzzled, a communication terminal they were carrying rang.

The one connected to Littis' core.

"I know how to increase the energy value."

Liddy's voice appeared again, which surprised Han Zu and Pastor Maxi, because Liddy had said nothing after the core was taken away, but now she took the initiative to speak.

It's not because Littis lost her body and couldn't communicate. When Pastor Maxi installed the Littis core on the terminal, he deliberately took a terminal with an environmental scanning device and a sound system. So although Littis only has a core now, Littis can observe the surrounding environment and communicate.

"Since you took the initiative to talk to us, you must want something. Tell me, let Maxi and I hear if it's worth the price."

"I need a body. I don't mean here, but in the real world."

"Look, I told you Maxi, this woman is definitely not an NPC from the Infinite City."

"What kind of body do you want?"

"As long as I can move freely, it doesn't matter whether I have a human form or not."

Pastor Maxi thought about it and started communicating with Han Zu. They were thinking about whether the deal proposed by Letty was worth it.

"If what she said is true, then this price is actually a good deal. If you ask me, it's a bit too good to be true, Maxi."

"Do you suspect fraud?"

"Well, after all, we don't know who she is, who she works for, or even if her name is Liddis."

"Let me think...we can do this."

Pastor Maxi gestured a few times to Han Zu. The movements seemed to be random, as if they were all meaningless. However, Han Zu, whose brain circuit was very strange, actually understood Pastor Maxi's meaning perfectly and also gestured a few times.

If Han Zu could understand the meaning of this random gesture, it would be understandable, after all, what he was thinking in his head was not normal. But it was a bit intriguing that Pastor Maxi could also understand Han Zu's meaning, which meant that there was something wrong with Pastor Maxi's brain circuit.

"That's it?"

"I can see it."

The same expression appeared on their faces, a harmless, amiable smile, and they agreed to Letty's deal in unison.

"You know I can see and hear what you were doing, right?"

Keeping smiling, Han Zu and Pastor Maxi looked at each other and just nodded.

If Lydia had a brain now, she would definitely be distraught. They were plotting so blatantly and loudly in front of her. Although she didn't know what their random gestures meant, she could tell with her ass that it was definitely not a good thing.

"Although I don't know what you two mentally ill guys mean, I have no other choice now. Let's get down to business."

According to Littis, the way to charge the gate is very simple. Just cover the base of the gate with a few centimeters of soil. Sand will also work.

"So simple? Then I'll go to the Life Cycle Center and get some soil and that'll be all you need to do?"

"No, the soil in the space station is useless. It must be soil or sand found on the surface, and the soil cannot be away from the ground for more than an hour."

Han Zu and Pastor Maxi thought about it and thought that the space station would jump in two days, or to be exact, in a day and a half. There happened to be a rocky planet at the location they arrived.

"I can handle the diplomats, but I'll leave the matter of obtaining the soil to you."

"No problem. By the way, when you mentioned the diplomatic officials, I remembered that I had caused quite a stir in the space station before. How come nothing happened?"

"I blocked the news about the manor and sent some robots to clean up the manor, disguising it as an explosion in the energy system. But as for the general, I didn't have the authority at the time, so I couldn't help you. It's really strange what you said. There's no news at all."

"I know why."

Lydia suddenly spoke up and said that there was a strange force field in the space station, and its influence range almost covered the entire space station. Its function was to force all living things on the space station to modify the cognition of some serious accidents and rationalize the events.

Of course, it had no effect on Han Zu, Pastor Maxi, the dead general, and Littis herself.

This strange force field did not just appear on the space station as if following some rules, but it had a source.

The force field generator is right next to the main engine of the space station and is powered by the main engine.

"There is no information about this force field generating device in the space station. At least I have never found it during the time I have been trapped here."

"This force field generator has existed for a long time. It has existed almost since the space station was built. But I don't know why it was installed here."

Littis also didn't know the function of the force field generator.

"Then let's not worry about it for now. The most important thing is to open the door first."

What happened next went very smoothly, even unspeakably smoothly. When the time for the space station jump arrived, the space station successfully jumped to the designated location. The problems with the jump that Han Zu and Pastor Maxi had expected did not occur.

Pastor Maxi successfully dealt with the diplomats, and Han Zu also successfully brought back the required soil from the rocky planet below the space station. To be on the safe side, Han Zu also brought back the same amount of sand.

Returning to the location of the gate and spreading the soil at the designated position, the data device connected to the gate began to change, and the value slowly increased. After an hour, it reached the highest threshold, and a strange faint light appeared in the crack of the gate.

Han Zu and Pastor Maxi were sure that that color was not something that could be recognized by the human eye, and you couldn't even describe it.

"After reaching the highest threshold, the gate can be opened for about 12 hours. After that, the gate will break into pieces and disappear. After a period of time, the pieces will appear in different locations in the same area. You still have some time."

Han Zu and Pastor Maxi took out cigars and discussed while smoking them.

"Let's not talk about whether it opens inward or outward. If we get separated, how are we going to communicate?"

"I am in a research institute in a small country. Its coordinates are... My body is in facility number..."

Pastor Maxi told Han Zu the detailed address of his body, which made Han Zu a little strange. Normally, he should tell where he is, not where his body is.

"Is this related to what you said before?"

"Well, if you can get out through this door, you can come find me if you are interested. By the way, Han Zu, I decided to take Lidi with me."

"Be careful. But what if I can't return to the real world? I can leave at any time. Although there is no one in the "reality" I am in except me, it is still reality after all. What will you do, Maxi?"

"If I can't get back to reality, I'll be teleported back to my office, which is what I've always done."

The two continued chatting for a while until both of their cigars were finished.

"It's almost time, Maxi, are you going that way?"

"I want to leave here, so I'm going to open the door inside, what about you, Han Zu?"

"What~ Then I'll go take a look inside this so-called place. I'll drive outwards. Who's going first?"

"Decide in the most traditional way?"

"also."

Han Zu and Pastor Maxi stood in front of the door and played rock-paper-scissors. Pastor Maxi won.

Standing in front of the gate, with his hand on the door handle, Pastor Maxi turned his head and said something to Han Zu.

"Just in case this is the last time we meet, I wish you all the best, Han Zu."

"Same to you Maxi, if we could meet again, we could probably become very good friends."

"I don't quite understand why two men could be so mushy."

"This is called mutual respect, liquid metal man."

"gone!"

Pastor Maxi pulled the door handle and opened the door towards himself. The door had a huge gravitational force and sucked Pastor Maxi with Liddy in, and then the door closed.

"Take care Maxi. I should go check it out too."

Han Zu was not as polite as Pastor Maxi. He turned the door handle and kicked the door open to the outside. Unlike Pastor Maxi, it seemed that someone kicked Han Zu in the butt from behind and kicked him into the door.

Han Zu turned his head, but didn't see anyone.

"Quite vindictive."

"boom!"

The door was closed quickly and forcefully, as if venting dissatisfaction.

Twelve hours later.

Cracks suddenly appeared on the gate and expanded rapidly and uncontrollably. The wooden gate broke into several irregular pieces, which scattered on the surrounding soil and quickly disappeared.