Gamers Are Fierce-Chapter 841 - 840: Mosquito Larvae
"Is there a way to open it?"
Wearing ancient armor and looking handsome but sporting a Mediterranean hairstyle, [Sunset Gold Smelter] furrowed his brow and asked his companion beside him.
[Sure Win], dressed in a suit and wearing a mask, silently shook his head and said softly, "From the results of the sonic detection, the safe door is at least a 5-meter-thick composite material panel,
with strength even more terrifying than the building materials of the Lost World, pressure-resistant, explosion-proof, heat-resistant, corrosion-resistant, and extremely well-sealed.
I suspect that even if Michael himself were here, he might not be able to cut open this door.
As for prying..."
Sure Win looked up, and the soft mask wriggled a bit, "This round safe door has three vertical slots of different shapes; it probably needs three different keys.
And we just tried using 3D printed keys of various materials, all to no avail.
The original keys are likely the only ones that can open this safe door...
Could you stop pulling on my mask?"
Sure Win turned his head, looking expressionlessly at [Geleluo Star] behind him.
"Sorry,"
Geleluo Star smiled awkwardly, retracting his hand that was scratching the mask, rubbing his hands, still unsatisfied, "But the feel of that mask is really nice, soft and fluffy, more comfortable than a pillow."
The mask worn by Sure Win is made of cotton, predominantly grey, white, and blue, about 74 centimeters tall, with just the neck of the mask itself being half a meter long,
and when worn by a human, the user needs to see the outside world through a thin transparent plastic film.
Due to the softness of the material, it sometimes sways back and forth, looking quite creepy.
"..."
Sure Win glanced at Geleluo Star, steadied the mask with both hands, and continued, "The energy pipeline we saw on the edge of the 10th floor connects directly to this safe door.
If there's anything of value left in the Lost World, it's probably hidden under this door."
"Keys..."
Black Trojan furrowed his brow and suddenly spoke, "Is it possible they are with the security guards?
We tested earlier,
some of the security guards have things like comics in their bodies."
"Hmm?"
Sunset Gold Smelter squinted his eyes and spoke slowly, "It's possible.
If this door can be opened, and the System wants us to open it,
then the keys won't be hidden in some corner of this vast space..."
Before he finished speaking, Sunset Gold Smelter's watch suddenly vibrated, emitting a glaring red light.
This was a warning sign — the hidden cameras placed by Whale Song on the 10th and 11th floors detected thermal radiation and movement patterns.
Visitors had arrived.
Sunset Gold Smelter exchanged a glance with his three companions, and they immediately turned off their mechanical creations.
The drone swarms in the high sky stopped their propellers, landing on the dome, protruding parts of the walls;
The vertical light strips embedded in the ground ceased to glow, and the 10th floor's space fell into darkness and silence again.
Sunset Gold Smelter pressed his watch, sharing the footage from the surveillance cameras to the team's channel,
Geleluo Star and Black Trojan quietly put on their goggles, while Sure Win projected the footage inside his mask.
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Lost World, 11th floor.
In the vast, desolate pit, twelve figures appeared from nowhere.
Four hunched figures cloaked in broken gray robes. The edges of the gray robes continually dripped transparent, foam-filled mucus, reminiscent of the slime on fish bodies.
Four beasts. One was a male lion with a crimson mane, wearing golden rings on its four paws, another was a purple-horned, barrel-thick python, another a one-eyed giant turtle standing upright, and another a fox with dark golden fur, holding a thin sword.
Four humans, one in a blue scholar's robe, a Taoist in a long coat, a closed-eye monk, and a dark-skinned young man bare-chested, wearing a skull necklace
"... Heh."
The small fox holding a metal thin sword stood upright, first glancing at the small belt tied around his waist, then at the belts around the other figures' waists, joking in an Otherworldly language, "The System indeed is considerate, making the belt so fitting.
Even suitable for Crushed Fang's waist."
"Hmph."
The python with a purple horn, covered in red and black scales and adorned with bright patterns, flicked its tongue, coldly saying, "Say one more word, and I'll let you taste how stomach acid feels."
"Oh?" 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮
The small fox tilted its head, "Is that a threat to swallow me,
or an invitation to open you up, feasting on raw snake meat and snake giblets?"
"Enough."
The male lion with the crimson mane growled, interrupting his companions' quarrel,
It stepped forward, planting its massive paws on the firm metallic ground, leaving plum blossom-shaped prints, "Scholar, where are your people?"
The scholar closed his eyes in concentration for a moment, then opened them, speaking softly, "The environment here is strange, and the geological conditions are unique, making remote sensing spells potentially weakened,
I can only vaguely sense that my peers from the Academy, Mount Liwei, Jingnian Sect, and Magic Gate have all fallen on different floors.
As for the members of the cult,
and the beast group you're leading, Desolated Lion,
I can't sense them at all."
"You're using gas tracking to find sentient and Monster Beasts, naturally, it's not working."
The lion's throat emitted a deep sound, "Never mind, being separated is fine.
As long as the mission can proceed.
Find the world's Transcendent beings, kill the strong ones you meet, capture the weaker ones until only fifty remain, triggering the final door contest."
"..."
The sturdy young man with dark skin raised his head, sniffing the air, and frowned, "There was a battle here before, the residual energy fluctuations are only comparable to an inner disciple of the Magic Gate.
If this world's players are at this level, it would nearly be a massacre."
"Do not let your guard down lightly."
The young Taoist reminded, "Our world's prosperity is built on brutal sacrifices.
Two hundred years of eternal night, in exchange for twenty years of revival.
Countless beings perished for our generation to traverse the world, surpassing our predecessors.
This world is the heart of multiple realms, its foundation far exceeds the three worlds we're in,
Underestimating it arrogantly,
The death of an individual is a small matter,
But ruining the century-long plan of the three realms, flushing all sacrifices down the drain, is a big issue."
"Daoist Danchun is right."
The scholar nodded in agreement, "We..."
His words halted abruptly, his expression changing drastically as he suddenly flicked a thin-needle flying sword a hundred meters, in a twist cutting the surveillance camera hidden by the Whale Song quartet in the wall seam,
Quickly bringing the broken camera back to his hand.
"..."
The scholar fiddled with the camera in his palm, its size barely bigger than a bean sprout, his face darkening, "I was careless.
This world's technology is different, I hadn't noticed."
"Oh, that."
Desolated Lion remarked casually, "I noticed it when I first arrived."
The scholar was stunned, "Then why did you..."
"If you don't let them watch long enough, how will they pinpoint their position."
Desolated Lion released a flood of Divine Thoughts, the invisible force lifting the camera from the scholar's hand, slowly bringing it close, aiming at its lion face,
The beast curled its mouth into a sinister smile, murmuring to the being on the other side of the lens, "Wouldn't you agree?"
Lost World, 10th floor, Sunset Gold Smelter felt as if he was plunged into an ice cave, his trembling fingers instinctively pressing a button, cutting off the connection with the surveillance camera.
