The Christmas trees near countless homes are filled with blessings and expectations for the new year.
Compared to Manhattan, which had just experienced a disaster and was even busier than usual because of the Hearst Tower fire.
The pale white new moon is printed on the diagonal top of the light blue sky, like a shallow notch.
Although the lights throughout the city are on, the solid skyline is also hidden in the Christmas lights.
On the other side of the mountain is a wide lake.
There was heavy traffic on the elevated road not far from the lake.
Car lights and street lights merge into a stream of light.
Then, they all condensed into a faint point of light at the invisible end of the viaduct.
The entire distance is like a quiet dynamic scroll, and no sound can reach here.
The biggest difference between here and New York State is probably the quietness.
The map information in Suwemby's record of Grace's information passed through the quiet forest.
The two of them walked towards Research Institute No. 76.
But just after going deep into the winter forests in the foothills of North America.
A slight sense of crisis began to emerge.
Based on many escape games and previous experience of opening the core computer room of Hearst Tower.
Su Wen cautiously turned on [Identification] and began to investigate the surrounding area.
at this time.
In the dark blue data scanning block diagram of [Authentication].
Countless black shadows were gradually approaching them.
moment.
The blue Watcher's Sword emerged in Su Wen's hand, and he calmly said to Caroline behind him:
"There is nothing wrong with my reasoning just now.
We are now about to encounter those monsters again."
Miss Hacker nodded.
As a third-level transcendent, although she plays a supporting role most of the time, it is impossible for her to be without any means of attack.
Caroline opened the suitcase where she kept her laptop.
On one side of the box is a laptop.
On the other side are sixteen neatly arranged metal cubes
Along with her issuing the attack command.
moment.
Sixteen floating cannons glowing with silver metal emerged from their dormant form and appeared beside her.
At the same time, the girl simultaneously activated her abilities:
She waved her hand, and a pale green detection ripple instantly expanded with her as the center.
The next second.
All semi-invisible shadows were dyed green.
There is no need for Su Wen to pass the appraisal and compare them one by one.
All those monsters revealed their locations.
[Extraordinary Feature: Full Map Scan]
【Target lock】
[Floating gun attack form determined: second energy level full energy output]
Under Caroline's calm instructions, the sixteen floating cannons began the shuttle cleaning mode.
And Su Wen did not rest.
He calmly swung his sword and pierced the core of each black shadow.
Because there are not many opportunities for actual combat.
So Su Wen started the battle directly through virtual projection and a holographic game.
For a top player who pursues the ultimate.
His request to himself is that as long as he is slightly scratched by the black shadow's attack, he will be able to restart the reading file.
Under Su Wen’s pursuit of perfection.
He read the file a full thirty-three times before completing this arduous task.
But after the last file loading, Su Wen did feel that his reaction ability had improved a lot compared to before.
Of course, from Caroline's perspective.
The handsome gentleman only uses the smallest movements to dodge those extremely dangerous attacks that can even be said to be within a hair's breadth.
Then he killed the black shadow with an extremely clean sword swing without any trace of slop.
This image is indeed extremely elegant and very pleasing to the eye.
Twenty minutes later.
The dark shadows entrenched within the foothills of Mount Moxi were eliminated.
"It's still not as clean and neat as the high-energy power grid that wiped everything out in one second at the entrance to the core computer room of the Hearst Tower."
Su Wen took back the Watcher's Sword.
then.
He looked around carefully under the lighting provided by Miss Caroline and found a path winding through the overgrown weeds.
"According to the analysis of the length of these weeds growing uncontrollably.
This research institute has indeed been abandoned for a long time."
I heard Su Wen say this.
Caroline smiled:
"Even so.
We also didn’t see much of the [reverse world-level color correction effect] caused to nearby ruins when they were left unattended.
This should indeed be an abandoned ruins that even the night watchmen are unaware of."
Su Wen shrugged:
"You should add a premise to this conclusion:
If those dark shadows are not included in the color correction results.
Be mentally prepared.
We are probably going to face pollution monsters whose energy levels are reflected on these black shadows."
He glanced at the system records:
[The current number of random gift boxes remaining: 2]
Then I chose to open another [Treasure Box]
finally.
When repeated extraction reaches the ninth time.
Su Wencai, who silently recited "I am the European emperor, not the non-chief" and continued to suggest himself, finally got a treasure that can cause direct harm and the side effects are not so deceptive:
[Sealed Artifact: Fragments of c12-2022 Glow Torch]
[Sealed object special effects: The fragments of the c12-2022 glow torch have the property of burning the holder.
But when the holder suffers 'burning' damage.
He can also condense into the entity of a glowing torch, burning all 'entities' and 'spiritual bodies'
Note: The danger of this sealed object is that if the fragments of the glow torch are not held by someone within ten minutes, a huge 'solar-like activity explosion' will occur]
See the danger point of this torch.
Su Wen thought so.
Maybe, this isn't such a bad thing.
After ten minutes of walking through the winter forest at the foot of the mountain.
An inconspicuous abandoned ruins appeared at a very small deviation from the fixed point on the map.
Su Wen said calmly:
"It should be right there."
"Be careful."
The two of them walked towards the abandoned research institute in the distance, which was covered with countless weeds and piles of rubble.
The mottled exterior walls of the entire institute have been covered by some unknown vines.
In Su Wen’s appraisal.
Those plants were named [Experimental Plant No. C37 Affected by the Abyss]
Obviously, the functions of this abandoned research institute were no different from what he had just speculated.
That is:
【Life Transformation Technology】
The alloy door of the abandoned research institute is closed.
However, the uneven deformation on the surface shows that it was the result of some kind of creature hitting the alloy door from the inside out in the past.
"If my analysis is correct, Lyceonton should have moved his human experiment laboratory after Research Institute No. 76 was abandoned."
"Then, Mr. Lai Yin, in your opinion, what is the ultimate reason?"
"My initial analysis was 'because the resources of this ruin buried in the research institute have become exhausted'."
Su Wen raised the sealed artifact torch he had just obtained.
Along with the slow decline of your character's health in the game screen.
at the same time.
Under the blessing of [origin point - hyacinth - wind of revival].
He calmly gave the latest reasoning results:
"but.
As it stands now.
There may have been some kind of 'crisis' here that even they couldn't solve."