Universe Infinite Canteen-Chapter 325: My Job

Ma Lu took down the last three guards and then climbed up the rope with Yun Que.

However, after climbing just seven floors, they encountered the Ouroboros Serpent trio again, stopped there because of four nearby cameras.

Seeing this, Yun Que bravely volunteered, pulling out a sniper rifle to take out the four cameras, but Ma Lu stopped him.

He checked the situation on the floor above through the Chessboard Map and could clearly see the laser weapons set up in the corridor, some of which were aimed at the glass curtain wall.

If nothing went wrong, these weapons could likely be linked to the external cameras, and damaging the lenses might trigger these weapons.

Meanwhile, a second wave of guards arrived and began a search on the spot after they discovered that Ma Lu and his team had vanished.

One of them approached the glass curtain wall and peeked out, but before he could look up, Ma Lu had already launched a yellow arc of light, adding the unfortunate fellow to the vomiting troops.

However, this only slightly delayed their discovery, as a previous vomiting person had already stretched his hand to point outside the window.

At this moment, Ma Lu also said to the four Witches by his side, "All right, come over here, stay close to me, and wait for my command. When the time comes, we’ll all rush up together."

"What about those cameras?" Bliss Bird asked.

"Pretend they don’t exist."

No sooner had Ma Lu spoken than more guards arrived at the glass curtain wall, and this time they were wiser. They quickly peeked outside and then immediately retreated, not giving Ma Lu a chance to aim.

They also began to draw their weapons, planning to retaliate. However, when they stuck their heads out again, they found that Ma Lu and his team had already vanished.

Only a lonely rope remained hanging outside The Great Tower’s curtain wall. The guards looked at each other in confusion.

At a critical moment, Ma Lu used his Knight Skill, the Invisibility Cloak.

This skill provided invisibility to all friendly units within one square, but the effect lasted only 45 seconds.

Taking advantage of these 45 seconds, Ma Lu and Yun Que continued their dash toward the top floor.

However, in their invisible state, the four of them couldn’t see each other either. Ma Lu, having just accelerated, collided with Yun Que in front, who then bumped into Bliss Bird.

Their speed slowed down immediately, and Hellhound, who was running at the front, nearly ran out of the Invisibility Cloak’s range and became a live target.

Fortunately, Ma Lu noticed this on the Chessboard Map and called her back in time.

But by the time the five of them had regrouped, they had only climbed up four more floors, and the 45 seconds of the skill were almost up.

As their figures were about to be exposed, Ma Lu quickly launched another Knight Skill, the Second Ignition.

This was an active skill he had acquired after reaching Knight Level 16, which allowed an ability in cooldown to be used immediately.

Ma Lu, relying on Second Ignition, activated the Invisibility Cloak again and continued their climb toward the tower’s peak.

With previous experience, this time they climbed much faster and finally reached the outside of the 211th floor.

Hellhound used her Mechanical Arm to shatter the glass exterior, and the five of them rushed into the building in the last second.

The Ouroboros Serpent flipped on the spot, had quickly crawled back up, and was ready to engage in battle, but when she looked around, she couldn’t help but become startled.

Contrary to her expectations, this 1st Level had no guards or defense mechanisms, not even the corridors or iron doors found on other levels; it was an entirely open space.

It resembled a laboratory, yet the instruments and equipment within it all looked very odd.

Besides that, there was an old man with white hair and a frail figure, naked, slapping a mushroom on the table.

The arrival of Ma Lu and others seemed to surprise him, but his face did not show any panic; he simply continued to slap the mushroom in his hand until the mushroom exuded some brown liquid.

The old man caught it with a kettle nearby, then pointed to a cabinet beside him.

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"I didn’t expect visitors today... Sorry, you had to see such an improper scene. Do you mind if I go and put on some clothes?"

Ma Lu shook his head. "Let’s keep it as it is. I don’t know if there are any hidden mechanisms here, nor can I guarantee that you won’t try any tricks."

The old man heard this and did not get angry; instead, he nodded. "Your suspicion is very reasonable. Moreover, the shame brought about by nakedness is just a product under cultural and social rules. Considering the time point we are in, where everything is crumbling, whether or not to wear clothes indeed doesn’t matter."

The old man paused, then raised the kettle in his hand, "Would anyone like a drink? This Cocoa Mushroom Juice tastes pretty good. It’s my favorite, and drinking it always reminds me of an old friend."

"Who exactly are you?" blurted out the Ouroboros. "Why are you living here?"

"He is Yong Yi." Experience tales at novelbuddy.com

Ma Lu answered her question before the old man could speak.

"Prophet Yong Yi, how is that possible? Isn’t that a figure from over three hundred years ago?" exclaimed the Ouroboros Serpent in shock.

Moreover, there was a statue of Prophet Yong Yi in Compassionate Square. The Yong Yi there was tall and majestic, with a gaze full of determination and hope.

However, the old man in front of them was frail and short, hunched over, his wrinkled skin clinging to his bones as if devoid of flesh beneath them.

Yet, upon closer observation, there was indeed some resemblance between the two, and they both possessed a unique aura of tranquility.

"Interesting," the old man smiled. "I didn’t expect that there are still people in this world who could recognize me."

He then looked at the Ouroboros Serpent, patiently explaining. "When I was young, I met a very special friend, he… was not from this universe. After he died, I inherited his legacy."

"Everything you see here belongs to him, including the hibernation pod by the wall that looks like a flesh-eating plant."

Yong Yi said, "It is thanks to that device that I have survived until now, but over these three hundred years, most of my time has been spent in hibernation… I haven’t been awake for long, and yet, I have still become this old man you see."

"Hehe, that hibernation pod indeed can slow down aging to some extent, but that’s all; even in a hibernation state, I was still aging, just at a slower pace.

"So strictly speaking, I didn’t use it to extend my life. On the contrary, because of the hibernation, I nearly wasted twenty years of my life."

"Then why did you do it?"

"To carry out my experiment," Yong Yi answered succinctly. "I needed to control variables and to record and observe the results of the experiment. Whenever I am awake, I am always engaged in such work."