Gamers Are Fierce-Chapter 840 - 839: The Horn

Energy, the cornerstone of civilization.

As an entrepreneur managing a business, Liu Wu Dai instantly understood what Li Ang meant.

Just from the data on paper, the amber-like substance is undoubtedly an upper-level replacement for petroleum gasoline,

considering the area and history of the Lost World,

the production process of Amber Energy must have been perfected,

and the overall reserves exceed imagination.

If one could find the production method of Amber Energy and bring it back to the real world, it would certainly trigger a new round of energy reshuffle, even having a strong and far-reaching impact on the Mortal Realm's structure.

The economic benefits contained within are almost astronomical,

even if one quits the competition directly after obtaining the production process, it would still be a sure win.

Liu Wu Dai's mind raced, and he calmed down quickly.

They could figure this out, and so could other players.

The goal of seizing exclusive access to Amber Energy... can only be considered an additional option; the player's mission is still to survive till the last fifty, advancing to the Door Struggle.

Realizing this, Liu Wu Dai's slightly furrowed brows relaxed a little, and he asked, "Secret facilities?"

"For example, still intact hibernation pods of the native residents;

a seed vault storing the seeds of all civilization's plants;

a gene bank preserving DNA samples of all animals;

a repository recording all scientific and technological data from the Stone Age to the Atomic Age;

these are the true treasures."

Li Ang said plainly, "The place where I was teleported out is an abandoned hibernation pod.

Inside the hibernation pods are half-human, half-animal creatures, with conduits similar to those on the walls at the edges of the Lost World on the outside of the pods.

There is reason to believe that the passages inside the boundary walls are responsible for transporting Amber Energy between floors,

while the smaller ducts and conduits transport Amber Energy to different areas within the floors.

However, due to certain reasons, the energy transport function of the ducts and conduits has been abandoned,

only the passages in the boundary walls can still operate normally..."

He thought for a moment with his head down, looked at the analysis results again,

and gently tapped a finger on a test tube filled with the amber energy liquid they had just seized.

A vine thinner than a strand of hair extended to inspect the components of the Amber Energy.

The transformation of the Lost World into this desolate appearance with only remnants of mech beasts, must have been due to some dangerous and sudden large-scale disaster,

leading to the instant destruction of a civilization capable of building magnificent cities and advanced creations.

Perhaps Amber Energy played a part in it.

Liu Wu Dai nodded and asked, "So, what do we do now."

"Three options."

Li Ang replied, "First, stay put, as we're not particularly short of the Identity Verification Device's powder with Red Eye Yellow Moth and others' belts.

Second, move proactively, search for other players. Defeat if encountering enemies, join if encountering allies, and continue the Door Struggle.

Third, the most dangerous but potentially most rewarding option, is to follow the passage to find the source of the Amber Energy. Personally, I think the likelihood of going down is greater."

"The first two options are not very feasible."

Liu Wu Dai shook his head and said, "Staying put obviously violates the system's mechanism to encourage players to fight each other, possibly invoking some sort of hidden penalty.

Continuing to search for players means giving up the hard-earned energy clues and the rich rewards behind them.

As for the third point, why going down seems more likely..."

He didn't finish his sentence before Liu Wu Dai understood the answer himself and immediately said, "You're talking about the noise upstairs...

The Lost World is so vast, and the entire event lasts for 7 days. If players maliciously hide, it's highly possible that nobody would find each other.

That's why the system sets up the identity verification belt, limiting with performance scores during settlement.

If that's still not secure, the system would need to actively compress the player's activity space, forcing player encounters toward the late stage of the event.

The noise from upstairs is likely the sound made when restricting player activity.

Since the sound comes from upstairs, the likelihood of secrets being hidden downstairs is naturally greater."

"Correct."

Li Ang nodded, silently retracting his finger. The result from the Swamp God Power's detection indicated that the amber substance had nothing particularly suspicious,

not like Imulsion (the energy in the game "War Machine") as a parasite,

nor was there a meme curse.

Li Ang quickly calculated in his mind, the energy value of Amber Energy far exceeds that of an equivalent amount of gasoline,

and it's very mild for flesh and blood organisms,

with minimal modifications, Bug Nest units could directly use the diluted Amber Energy.

As for the security guards constantly keeping watch at the edge walls of the Lost World...

With Bug Nest's current forces, a price could be paid to defeat them in battle.

If that's the case, then let's move.

Divine power spread out, penetrating the thick ground, connecting with miniatures in the lower layer of the Bug Nest.

The will of Li Ang spread and diffused throughout the entire Bug Nest in the form of divine power fluctuation.

In an instant,

whether it was the Brain Worms dismantling machinery hidden deep within the Bug Nest,

the Bug Nest Overlord undergoing biological modification and tuning,

or the Worker Bugs and Soldier Bugs without any self-awareness,

all came to a halt.

Bang!

The Spore Tower erupted a large amount of green smoke, as if blowing a metaphorical horn.

The Worker Bugs seized the time to transport biomass to the digestion pool,

the pyramid-shaped hatching Bug Nest continuously produced an endless stream of insect eggs,

on the periphery of the junkyard, that as camouflage, the giant sheet covered in metal debris, peeled off automatically,

revealing hundreds of thousands of various levels of Soldier Bugs.

Buzz—

The brain worms' spiritual energy waves echoed vigorously in the Bug Nest.

Countless, seemingly boundless ferocious swarms of bugs crawled out of the gaps in an orderly manner, marching towards the edge of the Lost World.

In the dimly lit enclosed space, there was only the "rustle" of dense rain,

or the sound of limbs scraping across the metal surface...

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Lost World, 10th floor.

More than thirty drones hovered in the air, the spotlights attached below the drones illuminating the dark space as if it were broad daylight,

also lighting up the "Sunset Gold Smelter", "Geleluo Star", "Sure Win", and "Black Trojan" which composed the Whale Song Quartet of Jingo Iron Horse.

The small teams under the Whale Song Guild, unfortunately, had poor luck and all fell in the Realms Corridor stage. Their most promising players encountered strong contenders like Abel and Amber and were tragically eliminated.

Instead, the luckier, less favored by the rest of the organization Jingo Iron Horse, smoothly passed the "Realms Corridor" stage, advanced to the next round, becoming the only torch of the Whale Song Guild.

The helpless higher-ups of the Whale Song had to increase investment to equip the perpetually poor quartet, enhancing their strength in hopes they might secure a top fifty spot.

And now, these four crouched on the ground, using various instruments to analyze a circular metal security door embedded in the floor with a diameter of twenty meters.