Abyssal Kingdom

Wei An and Li Yingquan asked a few more questions, and Guiling answered them briefly.

It sounds like the "sanatorium"-style mutation in City of Ashes should have only fragments, less than a certain volume—within [-] cubic meters—because such a "mineral deposit" was found, a level jump occurred.

Under normal circumstances, no matter how large a building is, it is impossible to have intelligence. He made a simple analogy. If a large house wants to have will, it needs to have smart devices, make complex connections, and be able to learn.

"Evolution path" is an extremely scarce resource, and only existences with extremely high levels of power can provide it.

In this kind of place, the dead body is like rotting wood in the forest, attracting all kinds of things, and the same is true for "T Ward".

That is the authority and power that really needs to be contested.

"This 'evolutionary path' is inside the corpse, so it grows here, slowly tearing it down and swallowing it?" Wei An said.

"Yes, it got it, so it produced intelligence." Gui Ling said.

While speaking, whimpering came from a certain area above, and there was also the faint sound of saws, which continued to permeate and spread in the complete darkness.

"What the hell is this place..." Li Yingquan said.

He couldn't go on, the topic was too difficult, he started talking again, and said, "There is a good doctor here, who has been taking good care of me..."

"Is that doctor named Ellie?" Wei An said, "When we came down, she was still talking for you."

"It's her," Li Yingquan said, "I've seen her in three different forms. When I first came here, I wanted to escape. They took me down. I saw a... person who had just undergone surgery, that is She, they said because she helped a patient escape, she was too restless. Before you came over, there was one of those half-headed monsters who came to me, completely devoid of human elements, and that was her.

"Then you..." He gestured towards Guiling, "Burn it. That's right, I know what's being repeated here, but...she should be destroyed forever, completely asleep."

Gui Ling looked at him.

"If it can comfort you," he said, "this character has a prototype, did not die, escaped from the original institution, then worked in a large hospital, did a famous study, married, and lived a good life. .”

Li Yingquan looked at him, there seemed to be a slight light in his eyes.Or it could be an illusion, because the whole thing sounds extra bullshit and unreal in a place like this.

"This is a movie." Wei An said to Li Yingquan.

Li Yingquan was startled for a moment, then turned to look at him, Wei An's expression seemed to be chatting with someone at an ordinary party.

"Movie?" he said, looking up at the dark space above again, "ah, that makes sense, I just said that some of the people in this shitty place are unrealistically bright..."

"Yes, it's a fantasy repeated by a corrupt mind," Wayne said.

He raised his head, and felt that this darkness was really a bit like watching a movie, but it was just a too big horror movie, with characters, plots and rules mixed together, it got brains, and in this way, it continued to perform and savor a nightmare.

"By the way, I also saw your doctor," Li Yingquan said to him, "'Dr. Xu', when he was trapped down there for surgery, he kept asking him where his friend was... and told him that he could do anything , his friend is innocent..."

"We are cannon fodder in the movie," Wei An said. "I am roommates with 'Dr. Chen'. His contract is about to expire. I am new here. I am curious about everything, and I think this world should be friendly and fair."

He narrates the plot in a soft tone, making the setting seem like a gentle tea party.

"'Dr. Chen' took this job just to make some money," Wei An said. "He just got married, and the other was his high school classmate, who was very pretty. I went to the cafeteria with him yesterday and someone asked about it, and he replied It is very natural, saying that he has bought a house, which is a set he has always liked, as if there is really a new life waiting for him outside."

He glanced at Guiling, who was staring intently at the building in front of him again.

"Ah, when I escaped from below... I saw him too. After the operation, he looked terrible..." Li Yingquan said.

"I got him involved, he just wanted to spend the last three months." Wei An laughed, "My character has a strong sense of justice, and I always feel that I have a crush on him, otherwise why would I only look for him? Let's spend more time together."

He smiled so naturally that Li Yingquan also smiled unconsciously.

Gui Ling glanced back at him, apparently disagreeing with his interpretation of the movie, Wei An smiled at him.

He talked about the relationship history of these two characters for a while, some of which he asked Gui Ling before, and some of which he made up by himself, and sighed that he also wanted to get married.

In this environment, the whole chat was a weird daily routine.

Gui Ling did not participate in this chat, and was still staring at somewhere in nothingness.

Wei An glanced at him, and suddenly felt that he seemed a little different from usual, not like he was just waiting for the T Ward to appear.

"Doctor Chen," Wei An said, "what's the matter?"

"The memory usage is more than 50%," Gui Ling said in a low voice, "Why so much?"

He was almost talking to himself, Wei An was taken aback for a moment, and realized that he knew what he was talking about.

Yesterday, in front of the crack on the "wall", the Great Wall of Illusion said that repairing that thing would take up the... memory of the Guiling system?

Wei An asked him about it at the time, and Gui Ling said he was fine.He's okay with everything.

"What happened?" Wayne said.

He froze for a moment, Gui Ling's face was cold, if he was a crazy monster before, or a server with ease, but at this moment, he looked like just a gloomy young man, powerful and unhappy, Wei An was a little unsure what to say to him.

Gui Ling looked at nothingness, still talking to himself, not expecting any understanding.

"This memory usage is almost impossible for a nine-level system," Gui Ling said, "There are other things behind this time frame..."

Wei An listened to him, he didn't understand the ancient civilization system, but he felt very bad.

He was about to ask more details when Gui Ling turned to look at him and said, "I have to investigate this."

"Investigate what?" Wei An said.

Gui Ling looked at him and said softly, "This is my business."

Wei An felt that these words were simply too strange, Gui Ling never had any business of his own, all his business was to serve the contract administrator, he wanted to completely lock himself up in a passive and indifferent state.

"This investigation authority is higher than the contract," Gui Ling said, "I will handle it myself, and it will not affect your affairs."

"A higher authority than the contract?" Wei An raised his eyebrows, "The Ministry of Science never mentioned this, they don't know at all. They say you were created by them, but it's not right, you have nothing to do with the ancient civilization Knowing too much. And this—is it something you want to do yourself?"

Gui Ling was silent and didn't want to talk.

Wei An had a lot of questions to ask, and at this moment, the fish swam silently.

Gui Ling stared ahead, the gloomy wind brushed his skin, Wei An saw a light in the dilapidated corridor ahead.

Lights in T Ward.

At this time, the tidal repulsive force field has basically subsided, the zenith is lower, and they are closer to the "earth" of the corpse.

It won't take long before the building will be completely pressed back to the body, and it won't take on this barren and dilapidated form again until the next "tide" comes.

While walking, Wei An couldn't help but look at the extremely deep dark river valley above the corpse, what was in it... He stared at it for a long time, trying to figure out what it was based on some kind of mentality.

Although far away, his vision seems to have evolved these days, and when he stares long enough, he can still see.

It wasn't water or mud that shimmered slightly in the building's overflowing light. What was on this "god" corpse was... a huge, dull metal chain.

It was completely corroded, and had sunk deep under its weight, in the form of a metal riverbed or vein, winding and leading nowhere.

Wei An stared at it for a while, feeling uncomfortable just staring at it. The chain was too heavy, making it hard to breathe.

After a few seconds, he said, "What is that?"

"What?" Gui Ling said.

"The one in the valley..." Wei An said.

"That's the original form of the contract." Gui Ling said.

The information in his words made Wei An's scalp tingle, Li Yingquan also leaned over to look at it, and said, "Is that a chain?"

"Hmm." Gui Ling said.

Wei An unconsciously pulled down his collar, as if this kind of thing was wrapped around his neck.Then he went to see Guiling again.His contract—is it in this form?

Li Yingquan muttered a dirty word, then fell silent.The residents of the Federation are familiar with the concept of "God", which is supreme and holy, but this lock is so terrifying.

Everything in this ancient world is full of blood and madness.

"This technology has had a lot of bad development in the later human society," Gui Ling continued, "T Ward has taken a lot of core technologies from it."

Wei An felt that there was something in these words that disturbed him, but he was not sure what it was.

But at this time, Guiling had already arrived not far from Ward T, and he hovered the fish beside a dilapidated corridor tens of meters away.From here, the lights of the time bureau can be seen staring at the darkness ahead like a single eye, looking for prey.

Gui Ling stared in that direction with extremely focused eyes.

He gave a quick overview of the process.

The first hall is where its control is weakest, where it is most efficient in stabilizing the space.

Wei An and Li Yingquan stay there, he will go directly to deal with it, they are safe within 3 minutes, but after it is attacked and finds itself unable to escape, it will start to evolve rapidly.

"Steady for 10 minutes," he said to Li Yingquan, "is that okay?"

"I can feel it," Li Yingquan said, "the space is closed, it's difficult to enter—"

"Introduce a 'bud point', and it will grow." Gui Ling said, "This is not a real tree, it has a fixed program for multi-dimensional stability, and you can mobilize energy with authorization."

Li Yingquan looked at him for a while, as if thinking about this sentence.

Finally he said, "Well, 10 minutes."

He looked ahead again. He was not someone who had high expectations in the world. Up to now, the answer given to him by life is still "It's better to die".But in this hellish space, you always want to do something.

So Guiling's request is very convincing, and he has never discussed this point.

Gui Ling left his floating fish, walked up the dilapidated corridor, and walked forward, as if he had done this countless times.

The lights of the time bureau are half-bright and half-dark, right in front of him. I don't know what the situation is, but it is his most important battlefield.

Wei An and Li Yingquan followed behind, and the fish disappeared silently behind him, swimming into the void.