I'm trapped in a cube

Li Luo finished reading this slightly special martial arts novel.

She had a strange intuition that this book was not about the martial arts world, but about something that really happened in reality...

"These books are so strange."

...

Without thinking too much, she put these books in place, turned on the electronic screen, and contacted the staff member who took her to get the pain-reducing tablets.

After telling the staff member about Dr. Liu, the staff member sent her a message:

"If you want to solve the obsession, you can go to the fifth floor of the abyss and find a place called Hongguang City. It is said that as long as you enter that city, all obsessions will disappear. If your dream is related to obsession, that place will definitely solve your troubles."

Looking at the message sent by the staff, Li Luo replied with a "thank you".

"You're welcome. I recommended this relic to you. I also have a lot of responsibility for your troubles with this relic."

Before Li Luo could figure out how to reply, the staff member sent another message: "If you qualify to go to the fifth floor, you can come to me. I have a precise way to go to Hongguang City."

Seeing the news about the fifth floor, Li Luo immediately edited a message:

"How do I qualify to go to the fifth floor?"

A moment later, the staff sent a three-dimensional map of the pipeline fortress, and the three-dimensional map marked a location on the fortress: "Anchoring Detection Center."

"You can first test whether you have anchored in the abyss. If you meet the standard, you can directly apply for the qualification to go to the fifth floor."

After receiving the reply, Li Luo hurriedly packed up his things and left the room with the cube.

Although he had walked through the pipeline fortress many times, Li Luo was still not familiar with these winding passages, and from time to time he would walk into some strange forks.

There were no people in most places in the pipeline fortress, only pipelines that looked exactly the same. Sometimes after turning a corner, the fork in the road in front of her looked familiar to the one she had seen before. Li Luo had to stop and confirm her position before continuing to move forward.

Not only that, there were some particularly strange routes.

"Go forward, turn left, go forward again, turn left again, go forward again, turn left again..."

After several times in a row, she came to the same place again, which made her wonder if the map was wrong.

After a careful inspection, she found that the depth here was different, but the pipelines looked very similar, which misled her.

Due to the imperfect lighting, Li Luo had to be very careful. Some pipelines had no guardrails on the edge, so she could only walk on the huge curved surface, and then go around to the inside of the pipeline through other small pipelines. There was a road outside the pipeline, and another road inside the pipeline. The map also guided Li Luo to jump from the intersection of some pipelines to another pipeline, which was extremely dangerous.

Some pipelines were even covered with dust, and Li Luo was a little suspicious whether the route guided by the map was too old.

Fortunately, after passing those dangerous sections, Li Luo returned to the main road. She looked at the map and found that she had unknowingly crossed most of the pipeline fortress and came to the depths of the other side.

There seemed to be more people in uniform here, probably because this was a more core area, but those people looked very busy, moving quickly through the pipeline, and turning into some remote forks without paying attention.

Li Luo observed for a while and continued to move forward.

It was not far from the anchor detection center. After walking along the main road for a while, Li Luo followed the instructions and walked to the fork next to it.

After passing through a short pipeline, it suddenly became clear...

The sunlight in the empty sea passed through the huge hollow in the high place and shone into this dark fortress. This was the first time that Li Luo saw such dazzling sunlight after entering the fortress.

She was even a little uncomfortable. She covered her eyes with her hands to adapt for a long time before gradually recovering.

At this time, Li Luo began to observe the structure inside the anchor detection center.

Countless thick pipes extend vertically into the air, straight toward the sun, and the sun shines in through the gaps in the center of the pipes.

The pipe fortress seems to be slowly rotating, always keeping the huge pipes facing the sun, and the pipes above seem to be blowing wind, blowing away the clouds that block the sun.

The sun shines into the test center. In the center surrounded by the huge pipes, there is a dark hole. After the sun shines into the hole, it seems to be absorbed by the hole and disappears without a trace.

There are many staff members busy around the hole, and they seem to be studying this dark hole.

"Is this the anchoring test center?"

So special...

The oppressive atmosphere in the pipe fortress seems to be instantly dispelled by the dazzling sunlight. The sky is covered with clouds and fog. Li Luo had long been accustomed to the dark feeling, but he didn't expect that there is such a place in the depths of the pipe fortress where he can feel the familiar warmth.

Looking up at the huge pipes, Li Luo was shocked.

"Is this also modified by humans?"

She looked at the vertical pipes while walking towards the testing center, but she was stopped by a staff member not long after.

"Hello, are you here for anchor testing?" The staff member immediately guessed Li Luo's purpose.

Li Luo nodded.

"Please follow me." The staff member took Li Luo in without any nonsense and came to the dark hole.

"Jump down." The staff member said to Li Luo.

"What?" Li Luo did not react for a while.

"Jump down." The staff member repeated: "Jump down from here, and you will know whether the anchoring conditions have been met. Please rest assured that it is safe below."

Li Luo looked at the dark hole and was still a little confused.

"What is this?"

"This is a simulated abyss hole. We simulated the passage from the fourth floor to the fifth floor and created this simulated abyss hole. If your anchoring is not completed, it will be blocked, just like this..."

The staff member took out a pink plastic clip from his pocket, raised it in the air, and let it fall freely towards the abyss hole.

The clip fell gently and fell on the simulated abyss hole.

However, the clip did not continue to fall, but got stuck on the dark abyss hole plane, as if it had fallen to the ground.

"Why didn't it continue to fall?" Li Luo asked curiously.

"It was rejected by the abyss. This is something that should not appear on the fifth floor. It is an unanchored object, so it will be blocked by the abyss hole and cannot fall." The staff squatted down and picked up the clamp.

"If the anchoring is completed, it will fall directly..."

Li Luo nodded and looked at the dark plane.

The sun shone on the abyss hole, but it could not illuminate the contents inside, as if all the light was absorbed by the black hole. In this warm sunlight, the simulated abyss hole gave people an unusually cold feeling.

A little closer, a creepy cold air surged up from the soles of his feet. Li Luo originally thought that it was the temperature control equipment in the pipeline fortress that was taking effect. Now it seems that this cold breath comes from the abyss hole in front of him.

There is a place where even light cannot reach...

"Even sunlight will be rejected by the abyss?"