Fantasy Game: Infinite City

"By the way, how do you know that the boss is still alive?"

After the footsteps outside the room disappeared, Zhao Xuan took out the remaining body of Han Zu from the bag. While checking the readings with the scanner at hand, he talked in a low voice with Su Qing.

"The Infinite City system, the internal staff, at least the people in your engineering and R&D departments, should all know that it is essentially made up of a large number of micro-robots. As for the structural details of these micro-robots, I think you should know it better than me."

"You are right. There are a lot of these micro robots. They not only play the role of stable transmission, but also the various strange abilities obtained in the Infinite City are actually due to these micro robots. After leaving the Infinite City, the abilities can still be used. In fact, it is a bug that is difficult to fix. Because at the beginning of the design, it was intended to limit these abilities to the Infinite City. Why did you suddenly mention this? Does this have anything to do with how you know that the boss is not dead?"

Su Qing stretched out a finger and curiously touched the remains of Han Zu's body. It was very dry and felt more like some kind of rock- or metal-based biological body, not like human or animal skin. Moreover, from the gaps and cut surfaces of the wound, there was no blood vessel at all. Even the bones looked very abnormal. Moreover, the wound on this section of the body was slowly and continuously emitting stronger and stronger suction. Su Qing retracted his finger and continued to answer the question Zhao Xuan had just asked.

"But in fact, this is a scam. Actually, it can't be called a scam. It should be said that the people above used some tricks. Regarding the task of jointly developing and maintaining the Infinite City system, didn't you find anything unusual? Think about it carefully."

Zhao Xuan rubbed his chin and thought about the problem with the Infinite City system. After hearing what Su Qing said, he really found something wrong.

"The Infinite City system is jointly developed and maintained by the Engineering Department, R&D Department, Medical Department, and the Biochemical Department, which does not exist on the surface. The Engineering and R&D departments are the backbone of the system. The Medical Department is to make the complex system composed of these micro-robots better adaptable and able to circulate in the human body. The only difference is that the Biochemical Department, if you think about it carefully, should not appear in the cooperative departments. What do you mean, what secrets does the Biochemical Department have that are related to this?"

"That's right." Su Qing nodded and told Zhao Xuan a secret about the Infinite City system.

"In fact, when Infinite City first appeared, if you have some knowledge, you should know that before Infinite City was vigorously promoted, that is, during the testing, there was no system at first. Although there were similar, a large number of micro-robots as support at that time, the robot models at that time were not perfect. They could only maintain the stability of transmission and protect the important functions of the testers. When Infinite City just finished the test and carried out the first promotion, although there was already a system at that time, the system's capabilities were actually not perfect. Until now, the system of Infinite City is still being tested and updated. You should be clear about this, right?"

Zhao Xuan temporarily put down the scanner in his hand, looked at Su Qing, and nodded.

"You are right. In the Infinite City's liability clause, Infinite City's system users and players need to donate their bodies to Infinite Company free of charge after death. This is also the reason. After all, there are quite a few people who died from system errors. In fact, there are more people than most people imagine. In fact, the Infinite City system is not very stable. In fact, the stability can be said to be very low, with less than 40% stability. But generally speaking, the total number of surviving users is still a large proportion compared to those who died. But this is actually very strange. Logically, these micro-robots, since they are machines, should have received a lot of programming and should not make mistakes, but the fact is just the opposite."

"That's because the people above didn't tell you the real reason. That's why the only one involved in this biggest joint work is the biochemical department, which shouldn't be there no matter how you think about it. That is, the system of Infinite City is not made up of micro-robots. The real material of the Infinite City system is a large amount of micro-xenomorphs that our Infinite Company has not yet fully studied. In other words, every user or player of Infinite City, and even employees of Infinite Company who have gained abilities from Infinite City, are being parasitized by a kind of xenomorphs, including you and me, and of course our current boss Han Zu."

"What did you say?!!"

When Zhao Xuan suddenly heard such a secret news, his first reaction was disbelief, but after calming down and thinking about it carefully, it made sense for his doubts at the time.

"No wonder. Although this joint work is nominally led by the Engineering Department and the R&D Department, in reality, every time whether it is R&D or maintenance, it is necessary to wait for the Biochemical Department to complete their work before it is officially confirmed and put into use to re-update the Infinite City system. So that's how it is..."

"In fact, this work is actually fully responsible by the Biochemical Department. The reason why the Engineering Department is used is not only because those micro-robots can serve as cover and some actual auxiliary functions, but most importantly, these alien creatures that actually make up the Infinite City system are very special. With only appropriate energy stimulation, they can really be programmed like modifying the code of micro-robots. Of course, a thing that can evolve and adapt to the surrounding environment, especially a living thing, will have a greater chance of producing variables. This is also the real reason why Infinite Company wants to get the remains of those players."

"No wonder it's like that. I was a little confused at the time. The abilities in the Infinite City are all kinds of strange and varied. Many of them are completely impossible for those micro-robots to do, but they can work perfectly on these players, users, and even our employees. So it turns out that it's because of these alien creatures..."

"Almost. However, as I just said, these alien creatures are full of uncertainties. Infinite Company has not yet fully studied them, so there will always be some problems. For example, the current split within Infinite Company is essentially due to this reason."

"It's a terrible secret, but it doesn't answer my question."

Zhao Xuan suddenly became serious, completely losing his usual silly temperament.

"Okay, let me continue."

According to Su Qing, since it is a living creature, it is possible that it has memories, the only difference is the length of time. Based on the information Su Qing obtained, she used her connections to obtain an investigation report on Han Zu, which recorded a new world that Infinite Company had not yet completed development, that is, the "copy". This undeveloped place was the alien world that Han Zu had been to, the one that almost killed Han Zu because of the explosion of the spacecraft's energy furnace.

"Han Zu, in fact, should not be considered human a long time ago. Since he absorbed that unknown solution, from that time on, those alien creatures that entered his body would be quickly devoured and assimilated when he used energy. But this does not mean that those alien creatures are really dead and disappeared. As long as Han Zu's body activity is lower than a certain value, he can use specific means to separate those alien creatures from his tissues. Before, he didn't know why he suddenly donated some of his own blood to the Research Department, and the people in the Biochemical Department accidentally discovered this. After reading the memories preserved by those alien creatures, which are essentially the so-called copy of the game video, some important personnel in the Biochemical Department clearly understood everything that happened in that alien world. Since only part of the skull fragments were left after the explosion, they can be completely reborn and restored in a short time, and no memory has been lost. Now there is almost one-sixth of the body left, and he is even stronger than before. It is absolutely impossible for him to die like this."

After listening to Su Qing's explanation, Zhao Xuan fell silent and lowered his head, thinking about something. Su Qing also took this opportunity to silently observe Zhao Xuan's situation. He was also a little abnormal. After learning so many secret news in a short period of time, his reaction was a little too calm. And he was definitely not surprised. He was still able to think seriously, which meant that Zhao Xuan should not be completely unaware of the things he had just said. There was even a great possibility that he was also involved in the work.

Although Zhao Xuan was thinking with his head down, he did not completely block out other information. He also knew that Su Qing must be hiding some secrets that he had not told. He decided to try again to see if he could get more information from Su Qing.

"You are just a member of the Gray Team, at most an operations leader. How do you know so many secrets? You must have a deeper identity, right? You took the initiative to come to work for the boss. Is it to fulfill some secret purpose?"

"Everyone has some secrets that cannot be told. Aren't you the same? According to my intelligence, if you continue to stay in the Engineering Department, you should be able to work under the Minister in a while. Didn't you come here to receive some task from the Minister of Engineering?"

During the conversation, both of them understood that the other was hiding a secret. They came to work under Han Zu, perhaps with their own missions. Although their conversation at this moment was apparently about caring for Han Zu, in fact, it was just a tacit understanding that tore off the disguise under the masks of the two.

Just as Zhao Xuan and Su Qing were staring at each other's eyes and fell into silence, neither of them noticed that on the part of Han Zu's body that Zhao Xuan had placed on the ground beside him, in the area covered by the shadow, a strange eyeball with a hideous shape was slowly turning, its eyes constantly staring at Zhao Xuan and Su Qing who were silently confronting each other beside them. Han Zu, now, has experienced several enhancements from the Gift of Death, and his physical fitness has become extremely strong. In fact, when that strange man appeared near the fountain before, Han Zu had already regained consciousness. He heard all the news since then, of course, including the conversation between Zhao Xuan and Su Qing just now.

Seeing the two people move again, Han Zu's eyeball quietly sank back into the remains of the body, without letting Zhao Xuan and Su Qing notice anything unusual, and continued to secretly observe the two's movements and monitor their conversation.

"You and I each have a secret mission, and we both need to continue to stay with Han Zu. At least on this point, I think we should be able to reach a consensus. Since we can come to Han Zu, it proves that we are both on the chairman's side. No matter what our respective missions are, at least we can be considered to be in the same boat, so this conversation between us..."

"What conversation?"

"Yes, what conversation?"

"So what should we do next? Find some life forms for him to absorb? This might expose our identities."

"It seems that you are not completely ignorant, Zhao Xuan."

Su Qing smiled rarely and temporarily gave up his poker face, but Zhao Xuan did not respond. Instead, he took out a pack of cigarettes from his backpack and lit one.

"We can put his body back to the fountain first. That way, even if he wakes up after recovering, he will just think that we thought he was dead. We can only leave him alone and continue the mission."

"Exactly what I thought."

At the same time, some slow growing sounds were heard from the wound on Han Zu's body. This was Han Zu cooperating with the two's plan.

"It seems we have to hurry up. He is really strong and has already started to regenerate. It has not even been half an hour, right?"

"Let's go."

After making sure that there was no one around, Zhao Xuan and Su Qing, carrying Han Zu's slowly regenerating body, returned to the fountain and placed Han Zu's remains back into the destroyed reservoir of the fountain.

"So what do we do next? Do we have to search the building for those who are still alive?"

"Of course, there is no conclusion yet regarding the traitor and the 'freak'."

After confirming that there were no traces of the second arrangement at the scene, Su Qing and Zhao Xuan returned to the building where Han Zu had sensed the survivors and began searching. Han Zu, who was in the outdoor fountain reservoir, used his perception ability to confirm that Zhao Xuan and Su Qing's attention had completely shifted to searching for survivors, and immediately began to repair his body at high speed. After two baptisms, the flesh-eating liquid could no longer hurt Han Zu, but instead became a nutrient that accelerated his recovery. After absorbing a large amount of liquid, Han Zu's body quickly returned to its original state. It seemed that due to overnutrition, his body became much larger and had exceeded two meters. It reached about two meters three and two meters four. After this recovery, Han Zu did not rush to catch up with Su Qing and Zhao Xuan, but waved to the shadow by the wall.

An arm suddenly stretched out from the shadows, holding a pack of unopened cigarettes.

"Did you hear everything?"

"Yeah. It's certain that they have no connection with the board, but the people behind them may not be certain."

"So what do you think..."

"You decide for yourself. I only care about the news of the traitor."

"Row."

Han Zu took out two cigarettes, put one in his mouth and handed the other into the shadow. A flame lit up in his palm, lighting the two cigarettes and illuminating the face of the mysterious man in the shadow who was talking to Han Zu.

Perhaps, except for Han Zu, this person is completely unfamiliar to everyone in Infinite Company, including everyone in the chairman's faction. Apart from the fact that she is a woman, no other information is known. This person was sent to Han Zu by the chairman himself on the night when Han Zu captured the "Night Owl" member in the base. She was responsible for finding out about the traitor and has been following Han Zu ever since then. But except Han Zu, no one knows of her existence.

"What's the chairman's attitude?"

"The information from the traitor told me that you have the final say on the rest. Killing the two of them is totally irrelevant. The report on this matter will only show that it was an uncontrollable accident."

"Let's just act with them first. Of course, the business won't be delayed."

"You might need a new set of clothes, or at least a pair of pants."

"It will arouse suspicion. I'll just have to take some of it off someone later."

"It's up to you."

After a few minutes, the only lit cigarette butt in the shadow fell to the ground. Silence returned to the shadow, and the mysterious man had disappeared.

Han Zu stood up, stretched his muscles, walked naked into the previous building, and began to walk towards Zhao Xuan and Su Qing.