Fantasy Game: Infinite City

“Click…”

After an unknown amount of time, uncomfortable sounds were heard again in the cave. A group of strange shadows appeared on the rock wall at the entrance. Along with the uncomfortable sounds, some alien insects the size of motorcycles passed through the cave entrance and crawled quickly into the depths of the interconnected tunnels.

"laugh...."

Several of the alien insects walked into the "storage room" deep in the cave, where a large number of cocoons were piled. Inside the cocoons were other creatures they had captured. They were placed here as food reserves.

However, these insects, the smallest of which is as big as a motorcycle, are basically at the upper end of the food chain on this planet, regardless of their race. Except for some protozoa with the ability to fly and some deadly plants, they basically have no rivals. Among them, 70% of the species are poisonous, so they have no natural enemies. Their hunting ability is very strong. They are not trying to avoid top predators, but may be preparing for extreme weather or environment.

Several alien insects spread out and checked the cocoons. They would use various slender organs to pierce the cocoons to confirm that the food was still in the cocoon and had not escaped.

If these alien insects were not so terrifying, this scene would be a very harmonious one. Alien insects of different races gathered together in groups and lived together. They would not fight with each other, but would help each other instead.

"Squeak!"

One of the alien insects made a shrill, sharp chirping sound, calling out to its other companions as it had discovered something unusual.

The other insects in the "food storage room" gathered around and found a damaged cocoon. Judging from the neat cuts on the silk threads, some creature must have cut open the thick cocoon from the inside and escaped from it.

There are a lot of cocoons piled up here, and the fact that only one ran away is not a big problem for them. However, it would be bad if the creature that ran away came back and destroyed the stored food.

After checking the other cocoons, the alien insects left the storage room and sealed the entrance with a sticky substance like a spider web. After doing this, they dispersed through the maze-like tunnels in the underground cave.

Somewhere in the storage room.

Several cocoons piled here moved. Although these spindle-shaped cocoons were piled together, there were still large gaps between them. There were few luminous minerals on the rock wall near this corner. It was relatively dark here, and the gaps under the cocoons were just right for hiding people.

A head poked out quietly, looking around quietly. It was Garcia who had just woken up. In her hand, she was tightly holding a bone fragment. The slightly curved arc and the sharp notch at the tip turned it into a deadly dagger. This was the fragment of Han Zu's head bone that Garcia had used for the "eye replacement surgery" before.

After Garcia confirmed that there were no alien insects here, he quietly crawled out from the gap in the cocoon and sat on the ground leaning against the corner.

About an hour ago, or maybe half an hour ago, Garcia couldn't confirm the exact time now. Garcia, who was in a coma, heard a sound, like someone talking. The voice woke Garcia up from her coma. Before she could figure out what was happening, she was guided by the voice to destroy the cocoon on her body and hide in the place where she had just hidden. Only then did she escape and avoid those alien insects.

Now relatively safe, Garcia wanted to figure out what had happened, so he rubbed his temples, relaxed his body, and began to think.

Han Zu's life or death is uncertain. Although I have transplanted his eyes onto my body, I am still not sure whether this is the right thing to do. I was impulsive at the time and I don't know why I did this. Maybe Han Zu really died because of my action.

Garcia was now captured by these alien insects and taken into the cave as food reserves. The situation was not very optimistic. It could even be said to be very bad.

There is no need to think about what will happen next. He must first find a way to leave this death cave where a large number of alien insects are lurking. Garcia calmed himself down and began to talk to himself.

"Calm down... If it was Han Zu, how would he act?"

However, thinking about Han Zu's behavioral logic is actually useless. If faced with the same situation, what he should do is to use the swarm of bees to scan the entire underground cave first. If he doesn't find anything useful, he will just set it on fire. As for the exit, it doesn't matter at all. He can just smash the rock wall and make an exit by himself.

However, the premise of all this is based on Han Zu's strong physical fitness. Even if Garcia knew the logic of Han Zu's behavior, it would be useless. Han Zu's condition was unclear, and he could not change his form like before. He did not have Han Zu's abnormal physical fitness or powerful weapons. He could not leave violently like him. He had to think of other ways.

As for the special virus that Han Zu had mentioned before, Garcia couldn't sense it and didn't know whether it was still effective. Otherwise, he would be able to use it to confirm whether Han Zu was still alive.

"What should I do now? What should I do after I escape the cave? Should I leave here? If so, how should I leave?"

Garcia felt a bit of a headache facing the series of questions he asked himself. Knowledge was like this: the more he knew, the more he thought, and the more he thought, the more troubles he had.

But Garcia shook his head and stopped thinking. Sometimes overthinking can be harmful to yourself. If you don't do things yourself, you will never know whether they are right or wrong.

Garcia walked to the entrance of the cave and used the bone fragments in his hand to cut through the sticky spider web-like substance. He looked at the numerous tunnels outside and couldn't tell which one was the way out.

Standing in the middle of the fork in the tunnel, Garcia closed his eyes and felt the circulating air, trying to use this method to determine which way out.

However, there was flowing air in these tunnels, as if each one led to the ground, and Garcia returned to the starting point again.

"Whatever, just pick one."

Since every road is similar and there are no clues to be found, just walk randomly. Garcia chose a tunnel and walked in. The soil on the ground was covered with traces of varying sizes and depths. It should be a tunnel frequently used by those alien insects.

The journey was safe. No alien insects were encountered and nothing strange happened. After more than ten minutes, Garcia passed through the tunnel and successfully left the underground cave and escaped from the base camp of the alien insects.

Garcia quickly left the cave entrance and hid in the weeds in the distance. She found it a little hard to believe how smooth things had just gone. But now she understood why Han Zu had made some unusually simple choices before, and even thought of some hasty behaviors.

"That's right. The more you think, the more mistakes you make."

Finding nothing else unusual, Garcia left the place and prepared to try his luck somewhere else, hoping he could find a way to leave.

"This place is so big, how can I find it? I don't know what Han Zu's condition is like, and whether the black shadow has been dealt with..."

"Regional map unlocked."

"Oh, it's ok. The Infinite City's system unlocked the area's ground...system?!!"

Garcia was stunned. She suddenly found that she could use the system panel of Infinite City. However, Garcia had never been a player of Infinite City. If Han Zu had not taken her out of the rat removal company and told her these things, Garcia would never have known what Infinite City was.

Han Zu once mentioned a deduction in a conversation with himself. He believed that a game (Infinite City) and a company (Infinite Company) that were extremely well-known in the real world (Han Zu's world) were unknown in the world related to the copy, even the huge rat extermination company was the same. And through his own experience, it can be explained that those copies are some transformed worlds. Therefore, the reason why the lives in them do not understand Infinite Company and Infinite City is probably because of their distorted cognition. Therefore, they cannot understand the existence of Infinite Company. Even if they see it with their own eyes, their own cognition will distort them into other things.

He said that the Infinite Company divided people into different classes, and the world was similar. So the humans in Han Zu's world who could be used, or used as test subjects, should be similar to superior horses, while the humans in the copy should be inferior horses. Logically speaking, they were not qualified to become "players" of the Infinite City.

Garcia, who was essentially unqualified, was staring in a daze at the system panel of the Infinite City that only he could see, and was speechless for a moment.

After a brief moment of daze, Garcia immediately began to study the system. Now Garcia urgently needed it to provide help and information.

Most of the system is locked, but it is not completely unlockable. The system panel in front of Garcia is like a novice who has just started the game and is receiving a tutorial. As long as he completes some guidance items, he will be able to use it normally.

"Garcia Borgia"

"Level: 40"

"Project blocked"

"Project blocked"

"..."

"Weapon: Alien Fragment (Temporary)"

"Health:"

"..."

"Primarch: HP is extremely low, unable to move (locked down)"

Except for the level, health points and weapons in hand, other items are locked, and the map that appeared in the prompt before cannot be opened. Garcia looked around, fortunately, he didn't see any other creatures. He can use this time to look at the things that can be investigated on the system panel.

There wasn't much to investigate, and the levels and health points weren't anything interesting. Only the weapon descriptions and the items of that original body were available for viewing. In that order, Garcia clicked on the weapon descriptions first.

"Weapon Name: Alien Fragment (Temporary)"

"Damage type: physical/viral"

"Attack Speed: Fast"

"Attack Range: Short"

"Equipment conditions: Primarch authorization"

"Equipment description: A fragment of a skull bone that originally belonged to a powerful mysterious individual. Although the cell activity on it has not completely disappeared, it has weakened to a very low level. The remaining cells on it can no longer absorb life energy to reorganize and repair themselves, but now they carry a deadly virus. Fortunately, this virus does not seem to have any effect on you."

Garcia carefully observed the bone fragment in his hand. He had not had time to look at it carefully before. Using his knowledge of living research, Garcia could tell at a glance that it was a bone fragment originally belonging to the side of the left eyebrow bone. The curved arc and irregular shape made the bone fragment look like a strange ritual dagger. The depression at the tip had become something like a blood groove. No matter what was attacked by this fragment, as long as it was a living creature, it would be in big trouble.

The bone fragment felt a little cold, but not freezing. The temperature did not seem to change with the time he held it. Instead, it was very cool and comfortable. The slightly rough texture prevented it from falling off easily, but the tip was smooth and sharp, and could easily pierce the flesh and skin of a creature. This was a handy weapon, if it was not originally a part of Han Zu.

Garcia tried to put away the weapon, but he couldn't put it into the weapon's equipment slot and could only hold it in his hand. It might be related to the temporary state behind the weapon.

And that "original body" most likely refers to Han Zu. Judging from the above description, Han Zu should not be dead yet, or at least not completely dead, which made Garcia breathe a sigh of relief.

"It's okay, I'm not dead yet. There's still a chance."

Clicking on the project description of the original body, a three-dimensional "Vitruvian Man"-like image of Han Zu appeared on the left half of the interface, slowly rotating to one side. Except for the left eye, which had no abnormalities, the other parts had turned black. The color contrast should be used to distinguish the damage to the body.

"Primarch:???"

"Status: Activity is less than 5%, unable to act"

"Introduction: A variable that shouldn't exist"

There is very little introduction to the original body, and judging from the text introducing the original body, it even carries a hint of hostility. Garcia began to suspect that this system might not be a lifeless thing.

"Task A: Kill??? Mission Level: Easy"

"Mission β: Repair??? Mission level: Extremely difficult"

Not long after clicking on the original project, two task prompts suddenly popped up on the system. Although there was no confirmed name, Garcia knew that this one??? It should be Han Zu.

"Before, on the island of the Rat Removal Company, no matter what, even though his goal at the time had nothing to do with me and I was just an additional item, his actions saved me after all. If the Infinite Company wanted to use this method to turn me against the government, it would be a bit insulting."

Without hesitation, Garcia rejected the mission to kill ??? and immediately accepted another mission.

However, doing so may have caused the anger of certain beings. After accepting the task, the system panels in front of Garcia suddenly disappeared, and there was no effect when trying to summon them.

"Damn, you're so petty."

However, it didn't take long before the system panel reappeared in front of Garcia, and the information on it was more detailed. Although the locked project had not changed much, Garcia always felt that there was something different about the system panel that appeared this time.

"This feels like... it doesn't seem like it was designed by a single group of people. It seems that Infinite Company is indeed divided into three factions."

Using the online map, Garcia locked onto an important location and left a mark on the map. He then walked towards his destination while trying to use the Infinite City's system.