Chapter 535: The "Train in the Fog" in the Deep Sea...
"Five thousand points, plus a certain amount of life guarantee, he's willing to make the trip..."
"But I talked to him for a while and cut the points down."
"Now, we only need 3,000 points. What matters most to him is his return. We just need to ensure his safety as much as possible. I think this shouldn't be a big problem for you, Brother Shunzi..."
"Besides, he also wanted to go because he wanted to find out what happened to his teammates..."
"By the way, the reason we're trying to get him is that I've discovered that they're the ones who can currently find the deepest access. Our own team has only reached the sixth floor and can't seem to find the way back."
Keaiduo sent messages one by one, roughly explaining the reasons.
"Three thousand points as a reward? That's not bad..."
Colin had no objection to this. After all, it was a very risky and life-threatening matter, and being able to make it all the way to the eighth floor was acceptable.
Then, he asked another employee of his if he had any requests...
Keaiduo responded quickly, but the person did not ask for points and even said that no compensation was needed.
Of course, if I had a choice, I'd like to get a suitable "Bonfire Golden Seal" or "Light Golden Seal"...
As for security, he did not ask any questions. On related matters, this group of employees who had followed him for two or three months knew his character very well, understood his strengths, and had a higher level of trust in him.
After all, if even Brother Shunzi can't solve it, then any guarantees we make are false...
"Come to think of it, the Golden Seal feels like it would be better to just give 3,000 points and be done with it."
In Colin's opinion, a sufficiently powerful golden mark would be worth more than 3,000 points.
And it's quite troublesome to make this thing...
He wasn't particularly skilled, and it usually took him several hours to do it.
As for the one specially made by Shana...
"I don't even have enough for my own use, how can I possibly give it away? Forget it, I'll find some free time, spend two hours and make something that's close enough."
After thinking about it, Colin decided to get one for the other party himself.
If he used his own mark on himself, it would only add icing on the cake, but if he used Shana's mark on him, the two powers would be superimposed on each other, creating an effect of 1+1 greater than 2.
Without thinking too much, Colin let Keaiduo represent him and agreed to the other party's request. In less than ten seconds, he received a private message from a stranger.
He is an employee named "Xiantian Dahui Shengti".
"Keaiduo said that the matter has been settled, and asked me to join yours, Brother Shunzi. This is our first cooperation, and I hope it goes smoothly. After the matter is over, just give me the points..." "Innate Holy Body of Fighting Dust" greeted.
As for the main content, I have already discussed it with Cornetto before, and I am adding it this time mainly to get confirmation.
"No problem. During this period, I may ask Cornetto to ask you some questions on my behalf. For the rest, I will remind you to come for the mission when the time comes. It will be around nine o'clock the day after tomorrow morning. In the meantime, please make your own preparations."
Colin simply responded with "Beat the Holy Body", then took a moment to create a mark, sank into the office space, and pulled another employee down.
"It's all Orange Cat's fault."
Colin had some impression of this employee. If he was not mistaken, in addition to the weekly "Advent Project", they had also worked together when they went to the world of "Lady Thorns" before. His personal strength was quite good .
But the other party was acting as a signal booster that time, but this time...
"Well, it seems to be about the same. If nothing unexpected happens, we will do the same thing as last time."
As the thought flashed through his mind, Colin shook his head slightly, gathered his thoughts, then looked at the employee who was pulled down and began to ask some specific questions about the "non-existent hospital".
At least we need to know what kind of monsters are there...
However, after a few minutes, Colin frowned. This inquiry did not yield any valuable information.
"Hiss, it seems like my memory of it has become a bit fuzzy since I came out. Thinking about it carefully, it feels like the experience was like a dream. I can't remember the details. I only roughly know that there were a lot of troublesome things in there..."
Orange Cat said, seeing that Brother Shunzi's breath after the smoke was a little strange, he paused and added: "Of course, I have a premonition. Once I arrived at the scene and saw the things, I could immediately think of some of the key points I encountered before."
"Okay."
Colin waved his hand, estimating that the "Innate Holy Body of Ashes" should be about the same, and he could only remember the general idea.
It seems that this must be some protective measure taken by "Bonfire Company"...
"Oh, there's one thing I do remember. The enemies over there are troublesome, but the real trouble lies in how to get to the next floor. It's not a simple matter of walking up the stairs. I have the impression that when I was carrying out this mission, it took me a long time just to find the hospital gate..." Orange Cat tried his best to describe the impressions he remembered.
The details are unclear, only the impression remains...
"Is it difficult to find the door? But the door shouldn't be a problem. After all, many people have gone in. Besides, the mission does mention that the difficulty lies in how to get to the next level, not the anomalies within it."
Colin thought of the "Note 2" of this task. The content on it was one more than what Orange Cat said, asking him to pay attention to the hall.
"Why do I feel like none of them are that reliable..."
After asking a few questions without any hope, he ended the meeting directly.
The reality here was the same as he thought. The situation of the one who beat the gray saint and the orange cat was not much different, but the impression was more profound. They mentioned some immortal anomalies, "be careful of the doctor", "don't respond to it" and so on.
But that’s all.
Asking him to say more was like a veil covering his memory, and he couldn't recall any specific details.
"The only person left who hasn't been found is probably 'The One Who Never Surrenders'..."
Colin opened the parchment and looked at the other person. He could see that this guy had just posted a few words in a fun-loving "retarded chat room"...
Then, as if punching in, more than ten minutes later, @柯林's internal employee account posted: "@654321, please, I really can't hold on any longer, Brother Shunzi, as long as you can come and rescue me, I will be yours from now on. I also have information about orange equipment and tens of thousands of points..."
After he posted it, some people immediately followed it.
"Oh, isn't this Brother Buqu? Didn't I just see you spraying me so hard? I saw you were in good spirits, how could you not hold on..."
"That's right, just like the grandpa and grandma who were fighting for seats after square dancing, they start pretending when they get back to Brother Shunzi's place?"
"Come to think of it, you're not using these points to trick people into coming in and then ripping them off, and then adding layers of extra cash to cheat them, right?"
"Hahahaha, stop teasing me. If I ever transform into my abnormal form, I'll crawl into your bed on the first day..."
“…”
Faced with these slanderous words, "The Man Who Never Gives Up" of course refuted them, saying things like "It's impossible, it's all accumulated by myself", "I occasionally have the opportunity to do small tasks", and "I have never lied to anyone".
However, Colin felt that if that thing became abnormal someday...
It seems hard to say.
While thinking and checking, he collected as many posts as possible about "The One Who Never Surrenders"...
Compared to the earliest time, Brother Buqu's words now seem to be a bit more aggressive , as if he will ask for it if he can, and forget it if he can't. There is an inexplicable feeling of powerlessness.
"Does this mean that his condition has stabilized now?"
Colin was lost in thought. He had wanted to have Cornetto communicate with the other party...
But after thinking about it, I still didn't do it because of some inexplicable uneasiness.
This person's situation is very complicated. If he knew I was going there, it wouldn't necessarily be a good thing. I mentioned to the two employees before that they seemed to have had contact with him during their mission, but they were not sure...
However, what shocked Colin secretly was that one of them had only reached the eighth floor, and the other the sixth, but both claimed that after entering, they had had unofficial private contact with the "Unyielding Brother" on the eighteenth floor...
This is a bit weird.
If the other party can reach the sixth or eighth floor, then why would we need rescue?
"I have to be careful. Whether or not to contact him depends on the situation after the investigation is completed. If necessary, I will contact him. If not, I won't communicate with him for now. At least I can't let him know I'm coming in advance."
Colin suppressed the urge to communicate with the other party.
At the same time, I also reminded Keaiduo not to make any unnecessary moves. Even if it was just trying to get information indirectly, it would be best not to let the other party know...
After a few more hours, Colin, who hadn't gained much, could only sigh:
"It seems that intelligence gathering and other tasks can only go so far..."
After gathering intelligence, it's not impossible to say that nothing was found, but it also seems that there wasn't any key information...
The biggest feeling he got from the whole understanding was that it would be fine if the mission was not in-depth. Once it was in-depth, it would probably not be much different from something like the "Out of Control Copy".
But in the "out-of-control copy", strength is just an entry ticket.
Unless one can achieve a crushing victory, in this kind of situation, the stronger one is, the easier it will be...
"call."
After taking a long breath, Colin checked the time and began to prepare himself as best as possible.
…
A day and a half later, on the morning of February 28, under a deserted stretch of high seas, Colin, covered in flames, fell into the water like a seagull and then slowly dived.
After about ten minutes, in the dark ocean, with the help of the flames emitted by himself, he saw an arched seabed. In addition to the dead corals, there were also some broken ancient ruins on the seabed.
There is an ominous atmosphere in the air...
"It doesn't seem to be a big problem."
After a quick observation to confirm that it had little impact on him, Colin landed quickly. As he landed, he felt an inexplicable feeling of penetrating some kind of boundary.
He seemed to have entered a closed space...
However, in the firelight, the anomalies in this area seemed to shrink back in instinctive fear.
Almost half an hour later, Colin suddenly noticed that a gray fog had begun to appear in the dark sea around him, and it was quickly becoming thicker...
Soon, when the gray fog covered everything around, a monotonous, hollow, and piercing flute sound came from the end of the gray fog.
Following closely behind was a train that was coming with a clang-clang sound without stopping.
The gray fog did not separate the sea water, but only diffused and covered the surroundings. This also meant that the train was soaked in water at this moment. However, the water pressure thousands of meters below had no effect on the train.
It was as if it didn't exist at all, unable to even crush the thin layer of the train window.
"This damn thing... is really magical." Colin muttered in his heart, and then after a trance, he found that the train had slowly stopped.
“Click.”
The car door opened.
The sea water seemed to be blocked by an invisible force and could not flow in.
Colin was not surprised to see this, nor did he waste time watching. He took a few steps and walked to the intersection of the carriage and stood still. Then, with flames surging in his eyes, he glanced around and sensed several dark shadows.
"Please stay in the corner."
He spoke in a calm tone, politely extended his finger and pointed to the corner, with fire in his eyes.
Under the radiation of the flames, some of the sitting "figures" hesitated for two seconds, and then walked to the lower left corner of the carriage helplessly under the scorching heat and sat together in a row.
After casting a flame to block them there and prevent them from escaping, Colin found a place to sit down.
These things themselves don't have any intelligence, they're more like instincts. However, while being close to instincts, they also have a slight understanding of human language...
"It's time to summon people."
Colin dug up this incident and assigned tasks to the two assisting employees...
In less than a few seconds , the two employees who had been on standby since early morning immediately agreed to the invitation of the "support mission" and appeared directly in the train compartment.
The moment they appeared, the train doors slowly closed and the train started moving again.
After the train disappeared from the seabed, strange, dark, starfish-like creatures poked their heads out from various parts of the ruins, as if trying to confirm whether the human who had brought them such a great sense of oppression had left...
However, as soon as he popped his head out, he saw a ball of flaming fire in the place.
With a loud bang...
Violent flames erupted beneath the deep sea.
The flames, in an illogical manner, engulfed the place in an instant, purifying all impurities.
…
"It's okay, the threat has been resolved..."
Colin withdrew his gaze from the already gray car window, turned his head, and looked at the two people sitting not far away:
"The mission has officially begun. Have you two remembered anything now?"
"It's all Orange Cat's fault" and "Innate Dust-beating Holy Body" looked at each other and shook their heads, but then, the Dust-beating Holy Body spoke first:
"I remember right now that we went there, seemingly directly via a 'support mission', without taking a train or other steps..."
"Me too." The orange cat nodded in agreement.
"It's not the train? Then maybe the method provided by 'Ms. Rabbit' is the correct way to enter?"
Colin nodded thoughtfully, trusting "Ms. Rabbit's" arrangement even more.
