Chapter 82 Laboratory

Although Li Yi said so, everyone still did not stop discussing the military achievements when they entered the fourth level.

Tan Haoran said: "In fact, 200 war merits are not bad. Many items that originally required authority to redeem can also be obtained through war merits."

Zheng Xueyuan asked: "For example?"

"There are a lot. For example, the high-energy alien meat we often buy is actually just a low-end version. The high-energy alien meat that is truly raised with divine energy generally requires level 4 authority to purchase. Only level 5 authority can get a free quota per month."

"And with 5 military merits, you can buy one."

"If you exchange it for star coins, you can at least exchange 50,000 star coins for one battle merit. In other words, 200 battle merits are worth at least 10 million."

"Of course, private circulation of war merit is prohibited. If we want to make it valuable, we can only exchange it at the war merit library."

"Fortunately, I heard that the things in the War Merit Library are all good stuff. People outside the fleet may not be able to buy them even if they spend more than ten times the money."

Tan Haoran’s popular science also made Cai Xiaodong more proud.

“This wave is really a blessing from heaven.”

"Cai Xiaodong, you have to treat us at the next party, or I'll kill you."

Cai Xiaodong said reservedly:

"It's just a small problem. A little money is nothing. I, Cai Xiaodong, regard money as dirt. I'll take care of the next party! Pharmacist Wan, don't snatch it from me!"

As they were talking, everyone had already returned to the final location where they had left after the last time limit expired.

…

In total darkness.

With their high-intensity information collection capabilities, the mechas were able to distinguish the details of the huge corridor ahead.

However, as they went deeper into the tunnel, everyone was surprised to find that the amount of usable information they could collect was getting less and less.

This time, it was even more like a blind man walking.

The voice information fed back on the public frequency also gradually became thinner and showed intermittent characteristics.

"Do you want to go deeper?"

Zhang Xuqiang asked solemnly.

Li Yi did not answer, but called AI Xiaochi:

"AI Xiaochi, this tunnel can absorb all kinds of information. Is this the result of your virtual calculation?"

AI Xiaochi replied: "I'm not sure. This is just the feedback information flow given by the control authority of the ruins. I am just presenting it truthfully."

"In other words, this passage may also be a disguise of control authority, right?"

Li Yi said in a deep voice.

Ai Xiaochi replied: "I'm not sure, but I can't rule out this possibility because the advance team has never been to this place and we can't verify each other."

Li Yi nodded slightly and said to everyone: "Let's exit this corridor and act quickly!"

When everyone heard ai Xiaochi's answer, they were already on the alert. Now when Li Yi said that, they naturally no longer hesitated and retreated quickly.

Three minutes later, everyone exited the corridor one after another.

"Li Yi, have you noticed anything?"

The pharmacist asked gently.

Li Yi said: "Not sure, the uncertainty in this place is too high, so I want to change to a path with higher certainty."

"Are there other paths?"

Everyone was excited. Since Li Yi said so, he must have discovered something.

Li Yi pondered and said, "We need to test it. Next, Tan Haoran, I, Yao Shiwan, and Zhang Xuqiang, the four of us will try to dive into the lower layer of the magma and search to see if there is any hidden path."

The four of them are from the God of Fire and the God of Ice sequence. Li Yi's Pluto characteristic also has the ability to freeze, which is just right for exploring high-temperature environments such as magma.

The surface temperature of the magma is not high, about one or two thousand degrees. Although it can melt most metals, it is not a big problem for the divine mecha.

The key is the inner temperature.

Magma often reflects the internal temperature of a planet. Considering the size of the planet, the internal temperature is probably not low.

Cai Xiaodong said: "So the rest of us are just going to wait here?"

Li Yi said: "Stand by first and wait for our signal at any time."

As he spoke, he jumped off the cliff in front of him and fell into the lava.

The other three people followed quickly without hesitation.

After a while, the three also dived in one after another.

Soon, the Pluto mecha continued to sink in the sticky obstruction like a swamp.

After turning on the long-range detection and information collection system, the clear perception range was greatly reduced to only a few hundred meters.

Although you can still perceive things farther away, the clarity is naturally not as good as before, which is equivalent to taking off the high myopia glasses you have been wearing for years.

"Pharmacist Wan, Tan Haoran, Zhang Xuqiang, can you receive the information smoothly?"

"smoothly."

The three of them answered one after another.

"Very good. Each of you will take a position. We will scatter and explore in four directions. If you find nothing, return to the origin and gather within 10 minutes. If you find something, report it quickly on the public channel."

"receive."

The four mechas took quick action.

In the magma layer, everyone's movements were hindered and their speed decreased, but they still quickly moved away from the crash point.

At this time, the internal temperature has reached three or four thousand degrees, and the internal pressure has also increased.

The burden on the driver is quite large.

Three minutes later, Zhang Xuqiang sent back a message: "I found the egg shell of a giant creature here. It hasn't hatched yet. I have avoided it."

Soon after, Yaoshi Wan also sent back a message: "We found a huge deep cave, a U-shaped cave that can isolate the magma."

Six minutes later, Tan Haoran said, "I found the remains of a divine mecha. The torso is intact, but the limbs are incomplete. It is about 58 meters tall, and the whole body is covered with purple lightning patterns."

"Wait... AI Xiaochi came to inform me. She told me that this is the exclusive mecha of a member of the advance team, a Thor-sequence C-class magnetic explosive mecha."

This information surprised everyone.

Li Yi said: "Tan Haoran, report your location. Everyone, gather at Tan Haoran's place."

After a while, the four mechas gathered at the location discovered by Tan Haoran.

Everyone watched in silence as the Pluto mecha started to explore the specific situation of the mecha.

Of course, in the thick magma, one does not look, but collects a lot of information and imagines the specific picture in one's mind.

Tan Haoran shook his head: "What a miserable way to die. Half of the head of the divine mecha was destroyed."

After a while, Li Yi said, "It should have been bitten off by a giant creature. A 58-meter-class C mecha could be bitten off in one bite. It shows how ferocious it is."

Then, the Pluto Mecha observed the surroundings and collected information.

Then he said, "Pharmacist Wan, report the location of the cave you found and lead the way."

Zhang Xuqiang was stunned: "Is it over? We don't need to take the wreckage away?"

Li Yi said:

"It's enough that the AI ​​Xiaochi has recorded the information about the wreckage. After all, this is just a virtual reality. The cave discovered by Yao Shiwan should be the specific place where the body was dumped, or in other words, the place where this divine mecha escaped."

"What do you mean?"

The three of them asked quickly.

Li Yi said: "It is highly likely that the Explosive Magnetic Mech was bitten off its head by a giant creature before and after it escaped from the cave, and it died instantly. The Divine Mech lost control and fell directly into the magma."

Tan Haoran asked curiously:

"But the two places are several kilometers apart. How is this possible? Is there a vortex in the magma?"

Li Yi said:

"Yes, it is the vortex. Because the internal pressure here is extremely high, the vortex strength is not low if there is a little turbulence. And you can observe the body of the explosive magnetic mecha. There are many traces left by the impact of high-intensity magma vortexes."

"Since the magma beneath us is still relatively calm, this leads to two possibilities."

"The first possibility is that the Explosive Magnetic Mecha was hit by the vortex."

"The second possibility is that the scars on the Explosive Magnetic Mecha that have not yet recovered were caused by an opponent who mastered the magma-type divine skills."

"Since no passage has been found nearby..."

Tan Haoran nodded suddenly: "I see, so the answer can only be the first one."

"Let's go."

…

Go to the cave discovered by Yao Shi Wan and confirm the situation.

Li Yi also sent a signal to the four people on standby, gave their direction, and asked them to gather at the entrance of the cave.

soon.

From under the magma layer, one divine mecha after another floated up, magma dripping from their huge bodies, and they walked step by step towards the caves that were not submerged by magma.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

The entrance of this cave is very large, and can accommodate at least one hundred and fifty-meter-sized giant creatures to enter and exit.

Eight mechas entered one after another, and they looked particularly small.

"Li Yi, is this the path to the fifth level? Should we go in directly now instead of looking for the C-level upgrade pool?"

Cai Xiaodong asked.

Li Yi said: "The original plan was to find the upgrade pool first, but now it seems that the hidden map of the fourth and fifth levels we are in is quite separated from the map found by the advance team. I am afraid there is no way to go directly. In this case, let's go with the flow and investigate the situation of the advance team."

Zheng Xueyuan asked worriedly, "Then we won't be wiped out right away, will we?"

"This possibility is not small, but since we have already gained merit in this battle, it doesn't really matter if we are wiped out, right?"

Li Yi said in a gentle voice, soothingly:

"Everyone must be vigilant. Perhaps the next opponent we encounter will be an unprecedentedly powerful enemy. You may be killed in an instant. But don't be afraid. After all, this is a virtual reality. It will be more beneficial if you die a few more times."

It was the first time that everyone heard Li Yi speak in such a gentle tone, and they immediately got goosebumps.

Nothing else, just scared.

Cai Xiaodong immediately realized and said, "Li Yi, you didn't predict something and give us a shot of prevention?"

Li Yi smiled and shook his head, "Cai Xiaodong, you are confused. How can you predict such an obvious result? If we go there with our current configuration, it will be no different from sending ourselves to die."

"The difference lies in whether we can figure out the cause within this period of time. If we can earn the reward, we will have a place to get our divine weapon."

These words cheered up everyone.

Yes, divine weapon.

Sun Duxiu was confused and asked, "What divine weapon?"

Cai Xiaodong suddenly said:

"You just came out of your trance, you haven't figured it out yet, right? If we investigate the situation and get detailed information about the fifth level, we may be able to get the divine weapon that the headquarters is offering."

Sun Duxiu asked curiously: "What kind of weapons are they?"

"Let me think about it. There are quite a few basic D-level or C-level melee weapons, as well as flying equipment, land gliding equipment, and long-range weapons. They can connect with divinity and activate powerful functions. They are also ancient technological items. Just looking at them makes people drool."

Cai Xiaodong knew everything about it and explained it in detail.

Tan Haoran smiled and said, "You remember it quite clearly."

Cai Xiaodong said calmly:

"Of course, the weakest members of the group right now are Zuo Ying and I, and Zuo Ying at least has special auxiliary skills, so of course I want to earn a divine weapon and improve my combat power."

…

As they were talking, they went deeper and deeper into the cave, and gradually came to the entrance of the cave.

There was a faint light ahead.

Along the way, Li Yi observed the traces on the ground and said, "The opponent is a huge creature with a body length of about 150 meters. It is proficient in using divinity and has a high defense-breaking ability. It is very difficult to deal with. Zuo Ying, can you confirm the smell? Has the position ahead dissipated?"

Zuo Ying observed for a while and said, "Far away, the smell is very faint."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the difficulty wasn't hellish right from the start.

Li Yi smiled and said:

"Everyone, don't worry too much. At worst, we can switch to high-intensity training. This is much more dangerous than our actual combat training, and it's definitely worth it."

As he spoke, the Pluto mecha came out first and quickly stepped out of the cave.

A not very wide space appeared before everyone.

On the left and right rows, there are huge cages that are hundreds of meters high, giant eggs, and huge transparent culture tubes.

There is a straight road ahead, leading to a building only about thirty meters high.

Behind the building, there is a huge passage that extends to nowhere.

"Damn, is this the laboratory of the ancients?"

Everyone could not hide their shock.

It is hard to say that this structure and layout is not a laboratory left behind by ancient people.

Li Yi observed for a moment and said, "This place may be a laboratory left by aliens, or in other words, a laboratory left by civilized species other than ancient people."

Yao Shiwan's heart was slightly moved: "Is it because these devices are inconsistent with the style of ancient technology?"

Li Yi nodded and said, "That's right. It just so happens that I did some research this week to get the divine light bullet, and I have some experience with the style and manufacturing characteristics of ancient technology."

"The biggest problem with these objects is that they are not divine items. They are all made by taking advantage of the slow change of the material inside the ruins. They directly use a large amount of drugs to force these ancient creatures into a deep sleep."

"Looking at these marks on the ground and some damaged parts, the advance team must have been somewhere else and accidentally awakened the sleeping giant creatures, and were killed one by one."

"And the Explosive Magnetic Mecha that escaped was killed here by another giant creature that had already awakened."

Pharmacist Wan asked: "Li Yi, how can you be sure that the one the magnetic explosion mecha encountered had already awakened?"

The Pluto mecha pointed to a black object under a broken culture tube in front of it. Li Yi said, "Look, what is this?"

Tan Haoran was surprised and asked, "Is this the fist of the magnetic explosion mecha?"

"That's right. The key point is that the ground is first cracked, and then the broken fist of the magnetic explosion mecha is on top. Then you can see the traces of nutrient solution on the ground, which is not there yet. This means that the giant creature has already left the culture tube before this."

As he spoke, the Pluto mecha pointed to the huge pillar behind the culture tube and said:

"Then, it attached itself to a huge pillar, half awake, until the magnetic explosion mecha accidentally broke into the place."

Sun Duxiu asked: "Attached to the huge pillar? Could it be a giant snake-like creature?"

Li Yi shook his head and said, "It feels like a slime creature, or a giant jellyfish, or a giant squid. The evidence is the traces of movement around it, which are more like wriggling than the twisting of a snake."

As he spoke, the Pluto mecha suddenly ejected its insertion bay and fell to the ground.

"Li Yi, why did you come down suddenly?"

"It's safe here for now. I'm going to go check out the lab."

"Zuo Ying, you and Sun Duxiu are responsible for the alert. Everyone else can come down. Let's search the contents as quickly as possible."

Pharmacist Wan said worriedly:

"Even so, you don't have to come down by yourself. After all, your startup time is less than ten minutes. What if an enemy suddenly arrives? What should we do?"

Li Yi smiled and said, "I have some understanding of ancient technology. It would be a waste for the rest of you to go there. It would be a pity if you missed some important information."

Cai Xiaodong couldn't help but ask: "But you said this isn't a laboratory left behind by other civilized races?"

"Yes, but this does not affect the possibility of the presence of relevant information about ancient technology, because this civilized race must also be studying ancient technology, otherwise they would have built a laboratory here."

Li Yi said calmly: "Don't worry, I have already confirmed the traces and the sleeping state of the giant creatures around. Those who can wake up have already woken up, and the slime creature has escaped from here, so it is probably not going to come here to cause trouble, so this place is safe for a short time."

Of course, Li Yi was just fooling them.

It's safe in theory, but risks still exist.

However, if the information is not collected quickly, the subsequent risks will be greater.

That's why Li Yi asked everyone to get off the plane and search.

(End of this chapter)