Fantasy Game: Infinite City

A few minutes later, outside the giant metal gate that was sealed underwater.

Han Zu was heating his right arm, using the intense high temperature to open the rusty gate lock. The surrounding water had completely boiled, with bubbles constantly emerging from the water surface.

The gate lock was quickly melted. Han Zu reached out and fished out some high-temperature resistant residues, then swam to the valve that controlled the opening of the gate.

For some reason, the valve is made of the same material as the giant gate, so even though it looks like it has been ravaged by time, it should still be functioning normally except for some rust on the surface.

When the valve was turned, a loud noise immediately occurred behind the giant gate. As the valve was turned to the bottom, the giant gate was slowly opened. A large amount of water quickly poured into the space behind the giant gate and soon filled it up. After a short while, the water flow calmed down again, and Han Zu also swam through the open giant gate.

Behind the gate is a giant ramp, which is very wide and can even accommodate a bomber or something of similar size. However, the structure of the building is very strange, because on the other side of the gate, all the passages, basically the widest part, can only accommodate two cars side by side, not to mention the various stairs.

While being curious about the function of the giant ramp behind the gate, Han Zu swam up faster. A few minutes later, Han Zu reached the top of the ramp. The special structure temporarily blocked the rising water flow. After climbing up the ramp, Han Zu stood on the ground again.

There is a fork in the road above the ramp, which leads to different locations. Several of the forks have completely collapsed and cannot be used for normal passage. Although Han Zu can use violence to pass through, this will destroy the fork along with the road, and it may also affect the stability of this building, which is not very solid to begin with.

There were three forks in the road left, and Han Zu investigated them one by one according to their distance.

At the end of the first fork in the road was a completely rotten control console. Although Han Zu had never seen anything of similar shape, judging from its location and the size of the remaining parts, this console should be a secondary safety device. To put it simply, it was used to control the channel gate at the location. It could be manually unlocked or all nearby gates could be blocked. Generally speaking, it should also have a high-power communicator on it, but the console in front of him was so rotten that it was impossible to see it at all.

The second fork road led to the second giant metal gate. The gate's closing system must have failed, causing the gate to be unable to close completely, leaving a distance of two or three meters from the ground. Entering the gate, Han Zu saw that the mechanical device on one side of the gate that was originally used to lift the gate had been completely damaged, and the huge metal chain inside had fallen to the ground due to the damage to the wall. After checking the size and strength of the chain, Han Zu determined that this chain could be used in the rescue team's plan.

"Then we are still missing one chain. Let me see if I can get the chain on the other side of the gate out."

Han Zu went to the other side of the metal gate to check and found that this side used a gear set controlled by electronic equipment. Although the gear set was relatively intact, it had some rust on the outside, but the electronic components inside were all scrapped.

Han Zu started to melt the metal gate. After a few minutes, he successfully cut off some parts and used them to nail into the gear set. This way, after Han Zu removed the chain, the gate would not close again.

After fixing the gear set, Han Zu completely dismantled the chain and removed some rust from it. He looked at the length and cut the chain into two strands, which was just right for use. However, the distance between Han Zu and the metal object was a little shorter, which made it easier to control. However, if he needed to cross a larger obstacle, it might take some effort.

Dragging the huge chain back to the fork in the road, Han Zu turned around and took a look. "There is only one fork left. Since we are here, it won't take long to go and take a look."

Putting down the chain, Han Zu walked towards the last fork in the road.

At the end of the last fork in the road was a relatively small room. A large number of parts and items that had rusted into scrap metal were scattered on the ground. It was completely impossible to figure out what those things were. There were some broken metal frames against the walls of the room. They were supposed to be metal shelves or bookshelves, but most of the items were scattered on the ground because the shelves collapsed. However, there were some surviving sealed boxes made of composite materials that survived the ravages of time.

After opening these boxes, some vacuum containers were found with some documents inside. However, Han Zu could not understand the words on them at all, so Han Zu put them back into the vacuum containers and temporarily stored them in his body, intending to let the exploration team or the people in the research center worry about it.

In the center of the room, there is a unique instrument. Although its shape and material are very unfamiliar, Han Zu vaguely feels that this device should be very important, and it may even be the most valuable thing in this building.

Because there is no damage on this device except dust.

The device was intact, although the control console that controlled it had rotted into a pile of scrap metal. However, Han Zu carefully observed the structure of the device and found that as long as an energy furnace was reconnected and a control console was added, the machine should be able to be restarted.

However, this is not Han Zu's expertise, so he has no need for this device for the time being. Han Zu noted down the specific location of this room in the building, then returned to the fork in the road, took the chain back to the ramp, and returned to the location below the exploration team's camp underwater.

After returning to the exploration team's camp, Han Zu first welded an iron chain to the huge metal structure that he got from somewhere, and transformed it into a rickshaw that could accommodate all members of the exploration team, but of course, without wheels.

When the members of the exploration team began to enter the "rickshaw" one after another, Han Zu pulled the leader of the exploration team aside and started chatting with him. He also told him what he had just seen and heard, but Han Zu did not mention the documents he had found.

"Hmm... Based on your description, that device is most likely a teleportation device. I think after we get back and get our equipment ready again, we might send someone to take a look."

"Then you must be more prepared next time."

"This incident was indeed an accident. The place we were supposed to arrive at was not this place. Someone tampered with the three-dimensional coordinates on the transmission device, so our equipment and weapons were so simple."

The person in charge took out a box of cigarettes from his pocket, took out one and handed it to Han Zu. The two of them puffed smoke and continued chatting.

"It's a pity that I'm just a scientific researcher with no combat ability. Otherwise, if I could find those guys who tampered with the coordinates, I would make them pay the price. We can't let our brothers die in vain."

"You can leave this matter to me." Han Zu said abruptly.

"What? Really?!"

"Well, we are now in the same faction, and we all work for the chairman. You may not know this, but I am now the head of all the scavengers under the chairman. Oh, and of course, you can also call me the "head of the γ department."

"Scavenger? The chairman doesn't have any scavengers under him? Also, how come I've never heard of this γ department? After all, I'm also a veteran under the chairman. Is this γ department newly established? What does it mean?"

"Oh, about that. When you go back, you can ask and you will know. To be precise, this γ department has not been officially established yet. Currently, I am the only one in the γ department."

"what?"

After smoking a cigarette, the confused leader was the last to board the "rickshaw". After confirming that all members of the exploration team were on board, Han Zu welded the entrance again to ensure that there would be no water leakage. Then he came to the front of the rickshaw, put the chains around his shoulders and waist, and pulled this huge metal creation into the rainstorm.

Inside the "rickshaw".

"It seems that our rescue workers have done some processing on this special vehicle. These positions can allow air to pass through normally while preventing rain from outside from penetrating in."

"Doctor, why can't we just teleport away? Instead, we have to use this relatively troublesome way to move?" a soldier asked.

"This location, coupled with these heavy rains, has severely interfered with the signal between us and the headquarters. Even communication is a problem. If we rashly transmit, I don't need to tell you the consequences, right?"

"So where are we.. oh.. going now?"

Heidi also asked her own question, but now Han Zu had begun to speed up, and the metal creation became a little bumpy, almost causing Heidi to lose her balance.

"We should now be returning to the landing location when he teleported here. Logically, that location should be the most stable place for the teleportation anchor. Once we reach that location, we can go back."

"Boom boom boom!!"

"what's the situation?!"

The sudden loud explosion outside attracted everyone's attention. The person in charge looked out through the observation window on the welded metal door of the metal creation and found that Han Zu was using biological rockets to attack the group of monsters approaching them while pulling them at high speed. Han Zu's firepower was sufficient, and those monsters could not get close to them for a while.

Soon, after about a few hours, the metal creation stopped. Han Zu reopened the welded metal door and walked into the middle of the creation.

"Okay, we've arrived. Let's set up a communications team and notify the headquarters to teleport you away. This metal creation turns out to be a room for some unknown purpose. The place is large enough, so there's no need to go out. It's raining outside right now."

Using the two signal amplifiers brought by Han Zu, the process of setting up the signal group was much faster this time. After more than ten minutes, the communication loop was successfully established, and the clear communication sound from the headquarters finally reached everyone's ears once again.

"It's nice to see you again, Beta Squad. We are locating the transport anchor and will be able to take you home soon."

"Doc! Come look at this!"

When the leader of exploration team β was talking to the headquarters staff, Heidi at the side suddenly shouted, attracting the leader's attention. Heidi was observing the surrounding environment through a floor-standing scanner with some researchers. It seemed that there was something important, because everyone's expression, including Heidi, was unusually serious.

The leader of exploration team β and the staff at the headquarters immediately realized the seriousness of the matter. The leader immediately walked over to Heidi and asked them what they had discovered.

"What's going on? What happened?"

"Doctor, according to the scanner's observations, there is a huge abnormal storm moving towards our current location at a very fast speed, and it is also carrying strong abnormal thunderstorms. According to the storm's forward speed, the storm will reach our location in 27 minutes."

"We are unable to establish a teleportation anchor point for the time being. We are experiencing extremely strong spatial interference. This may be related to the abnormal storm you mentioned. I suggest that you leave that location immediately and find another safe place. This will at least allow us to set up a teleportation anchor point normally."

"Everyone hold on tight, we need to change seats."

Han Zu left the metal creation and welded the entrance again. Looking up, he could already see the outline of the abnormal storm in the distance. The continuous rainstorm seemed to have been affected by the abnormal storm and became even bigger. The number of raindrops also increased by more than three times. It was more like someone was pouring water with a huge bucket than a rainstorm.

As the metal object began to shake again, Han Zu led everyone to quickly move away from the direction of the storm. This time the exploration team had built a signal amplifier, so they did not lose contact with the headquarters.

The rainstorm in the night covered the earth, and it was pitch black. Suddenly, a dazzling lightning flashed across the sky, followed by a deafening thunder. The doctor looked at the sky from where the sound came through the observation window on the metal creation, and saw that the abnormal storm was slowly approaching behind them.

Lightning flashed through the clouds like silver snakes, illuminating the entire night sky. Each lightning brought huge energy, as if it was about to tear the sky apart. The center of the storm continuously released powerful electric currents and strong winds, blowing the surrounding rain curtains randomly like countless pieces of cloth hanging in the sky.

Everyone could feel through the increasing turbulence of the metal creation that Han Zu was also speeding up. He was trying to take everyone as far away from this terrible storm as possible. His dull and powerful footsteps were particularly clear even in the pouring rain and the sound of lightning and thunder. However, the storm did not seem to let them go, and it chased everyone at a slow and firm pace.

The howling wind made it almost impossible for Han Zu to open his eyes completely. He could only squint. Raindrops fell like bullets, hitting Han Zu's body, and even made him feel like he was hit by a large-caliber bullet. The lightning became more and more frequent, and the surrounding environment was illuminated more and more times.

The remaining members of the exploration team β didn't know if they could escape the storm, nor did they know what would happen if they were swallowed by the storm. But Han Zu still led everyone to run, because he knew that if he stopped, he might not be in any trouble, but the members of the exploration team might not be, especially since they were still in a metal object. If they were struck by lightning, the consequences would be disastrous.

The power of the Gift of Death was activated, and bright flames came out of Han Zu's body. He quickened his speed again and continued to run wildly. Perhaps the storm behind him was tired of chasing them, and the storm gradually changed direction and stopped chasing them. Han Zu also gradually slowed down after completely leaving the storm's route.

Finally, they stopped at the edge of a body of water. The environment was too dark, and the heavy rain showed no signs of stopping. Even Han Zu couldn't tell whether the water next to them was a small lake or an ocean.