Volume 10 Bugs Chapter 93: The third underground floor, a miniature world
"This should be a bug..." Feiyin frowned and thought for a long time, then nodded and said softly. However, after a moment, she shook her head and added, "...But, strictly speaking, this can't be considered a bug."
Changgong Sheri was confused by what he heard, and asked loudly with his head tilted, "President, what do you mean by that?"
I stood aside with my hands spread out, looking innocent, waiting for Feiyin's next words.
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When I used a light pulse assault rifle to cause more than 30,000 damage and killed the mechanical guardian Optim Prim with one blow at the last moment, all of us were almost crazy with surprise. My friends who were involved in the sky asked me about the situation over and over again, trying to give a reasonable explanation for what happened just now.
I told them everything that happened without reservation, such as the origin and effect of the skill "All-out Throw", the origin and effect of the skill "Heroic Flash", and all the details that I could remember. I just concealed the origin of the magical boots, and they naturally thought that they should be the spoils of an adventure.
In this regard, Feiyin put forward her own views:
"The problem should be with the skill 'All-Out Throw' and the gun..." Feiyin explained softly, "...The skill 'All-Out Throw' is not built-in to the system, but was created by Jeff himself. Although under the control of the system, special behaviors under certain special circumstances can trigger events of self-created skills, these events and skills should be unique and not universal. Because among the people we know, although the number is not large, there are several cases of self-created skills, but there are no repetitions. Even if we later know how this skill was created, we will not succeed when we try it again. So we say that this skill is a rare special detail that is very easy to be overlooked by programmers."
Although I didn't know exactly what she meant by "system" and "programmer", I understood the general idea and agreed with her point of view.
"...pay attention to the description of this skill, it is 'cause 4 times the maximum damage value + 100 damage to the target', this 'maximum damage value' should be the sum of the individual's attack power plus the weapon's attack bonus, right?" - We nodded frequently - "If it is just an ordinary weapon, this value is very simple and clear, because the attack value of each weapon is fixed. However, these laser guns..." She pointed to the two pistols that Red Wolf still held in his hand - it's really strange, why do they call this thing a "laser gun"? I clearly haven't seen such a text description anywhere - "...It's different from the weapons we have used. The basic attack power of each shot is fixed, but there is a problem here: they can fire many shots in a row!"
"The closest thing to these laser guns are long-range weapons such as bows and crossbows or muskets. Jeff, have you ever used such weapons for throwing?" Feiyin suddenly turned to me and asked.
I shook my head. “The attack power of these weapons is not very strong. They are not as strong as swords, spears and other weapons. I have never used them.”
"What a pity, there is no way to make a comparison..." Feiyin shook her head regretfully, and then continued, "...In fact, it's not that the attack power of these weapons is not strong, but because the lethality of long-range attacks is composed of two parts: weapons and ammunition. Bows and guns only provide a basic damage value, while special arrows and bullets can provide another part of additional damage. Some magic arrows also have some attribute damage. Only when the power of bows and arrows, muskets and bullets is added together can it be compared with other weapons of the same level."
"For these laser guns, the gun and the bullets are one and the same. And it's not just one bullet, but hundreds or even thousands of bullets. I guess when these guns are used to calculate the damage of 'All-Out Throw', the damage value that all the bullets can cause is used as a basic value. Only in this way can the value of more than 90,000 damage be obtained. You see, All-Out Throw plus a critical hit is eight times the damage, 97,000 divided by 8 is about 12,000, and Jeff's gun still has about half of the energy left. At the very least, he can fire another two or three thousand bullets. Each bullet causes three or four points of damage, which should be about 12,000. And if you use an empty gun that has no energy and can no longer fire ammunition to perform this skill, the effect will be similar to that of an ordinary critical hit."
"I guess it was an oversight by the programmers. When they upgraded the system and opened this new dungeon, they probably only considered the effects of the system's built-in skills, and ignored the new conflicts that might arise between the highly accidental player-created skills and this new dungeon with weapons like the laser gun. In fact, there would not be much problem with the application of other skills here, but Jeff's skill is quite special and it destroys the balance, so this should be a bug. But from another perspective, this approach cannot be replicated, and only Jeff has this skill, and this skill is completely in line with the game's set rules. Moreover, Jeff has to pay a huge price to use this skill, and he will lose his only laser gun weapon, so this situation cannot be completely regarded as a bug."
Although I couldn't fully understand the meaning of everything Feiyin said, I subconsciously felt that her guess was well-founded and convincing, at least very close to the truth. In this regard, Changgong Sheri and others who were standing aside and nodding frequently obviously had the same opinion as me.
"Anyway, let's report this bug to the GM first and see if we can get some rewards." Feiyin casually opened her adventure notebook and sent a long message. Then, she waved her hand and took the lead to walk onto the huge lift platform leading to the third floor of the base.
The platform slowly sank into the ground, and the light around it gradually dimmed. Not long after, a new lower space appeared in front of us, and the light became bright again. When the lifting platform finally landed steadily on the ground, we walked out.
At this time, we had the opportunity to observe this brand new underground base.
The space on this floor is much larger than we imagined. On the one hand, the area of this floor may be larger than the previous two floors. The more important reason is that this floor is no longer like a huge building made of countless metals and filled with various corridors and rooms, but an open and bright natural space.
There is a large area of dense bushes near us. If we walk a distance ahead, we will come to a large forest of tall trees. To the right of the forest is a swamp, and to the left is a grassland. A clear underground river runs through it and merges into a small lake at the edge of the grassland. At the end of this entire underground space, there is a white snow-capped mountain. The entire mountain is covered with various plants that adapt to different climates from bottom to top.
Not only that, hills, deserts, Gobi, plateaus...you can find corresponding areas for all kinds of landforms and environments in the world in this place, where you can find almost all animals and plants under this environment.
The walls of this floor were also unusually high, with the lowest part of the edges being as tall as a hundred people, and the ceiling was a huge arc-shaped dome that arched upward from the periphery to the center. There was a device at the top of the dome, and I don't know if it was exerted with some magical power or used some incredible technology, but the device actually emitted warm, sun-like light all the time. It was precisely because of the existence of this huge light source that the plants here could grow so lushly in this deep underground world.
It’s not just the artificial sunlight. You can even feel all kinds of climates here: in some areas where hydrophilic plants grow, there is rain—of course, this is obviously not real “rain”—falling down from the ceiling to irrigate them fully; and in areas where plants that are more suitable for dark and humid environments are planted, there is a large cloud-like thing suspended above them to reduce the sunlight exposure; even on the top of the snowy mountain, you can even see the falling snowflakes and condensed ice…
If you were thrown into this environment directly, I guarantee you would never guess that this is a man-made environment. This is simply a miniature version of the natural world, everything here is so natural and harmonious, you can hardly find any traces of artificial carving.
The electronic map shows that the core location of this layer is called the "Biological Gene Bank", which is in a cave below the snow mountain. Passing through the gene bank is where the supercomputer Darmos' main brain is stored, which is also the ultimate goal of our trip.
Walking on this green land full of primitive interest and natural scenery, we don't have to worry about getting lost. Apparently, in order to allow the second-level mechanical guardian to pass smoothly in the transport vehicle state, our enemies once built a wide road here that was large enough for it to pass. Although this road looks like it has not been used for some time, and the wild grass in the middle of the road is almost higher than the calf, for us, it is still a broad road leading us to victory.
Here, we still encounter many enemies, but they are no longer mechanical puppets with metal heads holding various guns, but some dangerous beasts living in this natural environment. In the bushes, there are many strong defensive thornback wolverines and hard-jawed lizards with amazing attack power and capable of causing tearing damage. Sometimes some giant hooked thorn scorpions full of poison will crawl out from there to block your way.
The main enemies in the dense forest are those tusk boars, strong cave bears and jungle leopards that can hide their whereabouts, but the most troublesome ones are those agile and cruel long-armed apes. These animals that always climb trees always act in groups of three or five, and whenever you enter their territory, they always like to throw the huge nuts on the trees at you. Whenever I was hit by the nuts they threw and was bleeding, I missed the assault rifle that I had just thrown as a hidden weapon. Without its help, I could only walk in front with a shield and be a living target, without the ability to fight back. On the other hand, the dark elf assassin Red Wolf was much stronger than me. The two pistols he carried with him all the way gave him ample opportunities to fight back. Although the magician Feiyin, the demon warlock Dingding Xiaoge, and the dwarf priest Changgong Sheri lost their guns, these three magic professionals themselves have the ability to attack from a distance. With their protection along the way, we finally rushed out of the forest.
That road did not lead into the swamp, but to the grassland on the other side. Here, strong man-eating lions and groups of spotted wolves were our main opponents, and sometimes some sharp-beaked vultures would swoop down to cause trouble for us. However, the king of this small grassland was not them, but a beast called "Jiadiosaurus". It should be a reptile, with a thick and solid hard skin on its body. It runs very fast, has the skill of charging, and its attack power is also quite strong. However, this powerful creature mostly wanders alone, and at most only two or three of them travel together, so for us, these guys are not too difficult to deal with.
The primitive natural scenery, the ferocious beasts running around, the combination of swords and shields, the coordinated battles of magic and divine arts... I have to say that the environment of this layer of space is so similar to the world we came from seven thousand years ago that I can't help but feel a sense of familiarity. Since we have been operating the energy weapons here for a while, our movements were indeed a little stiff at the beginning, and our cooperation with each other seemed a little awkward. But soon, our bodies quickly recalled this way of fighting that completely relied on our own abilities, and gradually adapted to the intensity of the battle here. Before long, those natural creatures that looked exactly the same as seven thousand years ago could no longer stop us. We followed the road through the grassland, crossed the river, broke through a desert, and then climbed over a hill, and finally came to the foot of the snow-capped mountains. There, we finally saw the only object with a clear artificial smell in this layer of space: a silver spiral metal door .
To our surprise, the ones patrolling the gate were no longer bloodthirsty beasts, but various intelligent races: humans, elves, trolls, minotaurs, vampires, demons, etc. Although they were all intelligent races, they were obviously completely different from those outside who were driving high-tech vehicles and fighting bravely with the mechanical army controlled by supercomputers: they wore tattered and dirty animal skin armor, held simple weapons made of branches, bones and stones, and sat around several bonfires, looking like a primitive tribe composed of members of different races.
I don't know where these guys came from, just like I don't know where all the natural life in the third underground base came from. At first I thought they might be prisoners imprisoned here, but later I found that this was obviously not the case: their actions here were not restricted, and they were even allowed to use some simple weapons, which was definitely not the treatment a prisoner should enjoy; and what was particularly strange was that they didn't seem to use language - or rather, they didn't use the common language we were familiar with - but used some whistling sounds with no rhythm or tone to convey simple information to each other.
It's really strange, their behavior is just like those uncivilized and primitive savage tribesmen recorded in archaeological books in the barbaric era, which are between intelligent life and wild beasts. However, even in our time seven thousand years ago, those guys had long ceased to exist. Why, seven thousand years after the highly developed science, in this world controlled and manipulated by sophisticated machines, would these primitive and backward lives appear?
These barbaric guys didn't leave me enough time to think. As soon as we appeared, they regarded us as enemies without hesitation and launched a fierce attack on us with crude weapons. At the beginning of the battle, our opponents' fighting skills were very crude, and some guys didn't even know how to use the instinctive talents of their respective races. But as we moved forward, the enemies we encountered became stronger and stronger. Not only were they able to use their racial talents skillfully, but they had also mastered some simple fighting skills. Even after we entered the cave gate, some guys of different races and using different weapons could already use some simple tactics to cooperate with each other to fight us.
It was a bloody battle, and unfortunately we had to kill all the enemies inside and outside the cave - although we had done similar things countless times before, but that was on the battlefield between two countries, two continents, and two civilizations, and I never regretted it. But now, in this new era of racial integration and national unity, such massacres always make me feel a little guilty and sad.
Passing through the area controlled by this mixed tribe, we gradually went deeper into the cave. This cave was also larger than I imagined. There were about a thousand transparent vessels neatly arranged inside. These vessels were connected by some huge tubes. A kind of sticky yellowish liquid flowed out of these tubes and filled the vessels. What was shocking was that soaking in these liquids were various animals and plants. From seeds to embryos, from embryos to babies, from adult elves to old and dying humans... everything was there. These poor lives were wrapped in many thin tentacles and had some hoses inserted into their bodies. I didn't know whether they were alive or dead. If they were alive, I couldn't see any signs of life; but if they were dead , their faces and skin did not have the slightest cold and stiff death.
I have an absurd feeling: these things don't look like normal life forms. They are like some kind of... I don't know if you can understand what I mean... something that is "manufactured". They are obviously alive, but they are not natural products. They are like those armored vehicles, those mechanical puppets, those beam weapons and other things, which are "produced", and those transparent vessels filled with light yellow viscous liquid are a special tool for "producing" them.
The hoses with liquid flowing in them continued to extend along the cave, and finally gathered in a huge metal warehouse. There was a strange sign on the side of the metal warehouse, with some words spelled out in red light: "Nacherniya Type III Biological DNA Information Collection and Storage System".
Naichenia, if I remember correctly, this should be the name of the goddess of nature!
——How did she appear here?
Just as I was wondering, a face suddenly appeared on a display screen outside the metal cabinet. It was a human face, which seemed ordinary at first glance, but if you looked closely, you would find that this face was very strange, even creepy:
From this face, you can't tell the age of this person at all: he looks like a newborn child, but also like a strong young man, but at the same time his eyes reveal the wisdom and depth that only belongs to the elderly. In fact, you can't tell whether this is a man's face or a woman's face. From a side view, he is full of masculine beauty, but when you change the angle, you can find many feminine gentleness.
At this moment, a voice that was as indistinguishable as the face and mixed with multiple characteristics echoed throughout the cave:
"Hello, guests from the surface world. I am the host here, and they usually call me..."
"...Daremus!"
