Cyber Era Witch
Chapter 887 - 718: Straight Down 5000 Meters

Chapter 887: Chapter 718: Straight Down 5000 Meters

"Jumping into The Scar of the World! That’s too rash!" Tsuchigumo was shocked by this suggestion.

"No matter the expedition team from the company or the people sent by Ottovan, they have all gone to great depths. We can’t catch up by ordinary means; the Golden Soul will surely fall into their hands," Standing Black Hat said seriously.

"Are we supposed to destroy the Golden Soul if we find it?" Tsuchigumo tried to confirm.

"Yes, the Corporate Alliance contained the Golden Soul during the ’Mystery Hunt’ global operation. It’s right down at the very bottom," confirmed Standing Black Hat.

"The Corporate Alliance is truly formidable; none of the mysterious monsters can escape their confinement," Tsuchigumo nodded in agreement time after time.

"The Golden Soul is still very weak now. This is our only chance to destroy it. Once Ottovan releases the Golden Soul... Look, The Scar of the World was made by the Golden Soul itself. It’s not hard to imagine how terrifying it would become if fully unleashed!" Standing Black Hat said seriously.

"Then who hired us? How much money are we doing this job for?" Tsuchigumo was confused.

"One could say we are hired by everyone," sighed Standing Black Hat.

"What do you mean?" Tsuchigumo asked.

"The great changes in Zanges have been discovered around the world, and it is believed that the turmoil in Zanges will severely impact the stability of the world’s gold. Thus, a ’Gold Discussion’ has been established. Before the companies officially negotiate to resolve the Zanges situation, they gathered some funds to hire people to solve the problem from its roots, to kill the Golden Soul. Clearly, we are the strongest mercenary organization nearby," Standing Black Hat spoke with a hint of pride.

"How much, how much money? How much are they paying us to kill the Golden Soul? Don’t accept it if it’s less than five million," Tsuchigumo was curious.

"Five million? Try 500 million!" Standing Black Hat spread his arms wide, "This is the biggest job we’ve ever taken since our organization was founded! I told you we could make a fortune in the City of Gold!"

"We’re going to be rich!" Yizhen Tian laughed heartily.

"Our organization will grow in size! We’ll have a broader range of operations! Our equipment will be even more luxurious!" Standing Black Hat waved his hand vigorously, "From now on, the banner of Renwang Security will resound through heaven and earth, no less prestigious than Nestor Corporation!"

"That’s fantastic!" Tsuchigumo was so startled that he almost forgot he was a man with retirement funds, and he too began laughing foolishly with them.

"Right— You can fly; you can take us down, so we won’t have to free fall," Tsuchigumo looked at the large wings behind Yizhen Tian.

"There’s no time to waste; I’ll fly directly down to scout, and then you all just jump down," Yizhen Tian nodded, "Now that you’re here too, we can go down without any worries."

Tsuchigumo turned his head to look at the camp and found that Cyber Specter was there, currently in that cleaning robot, and nodded at her.

"You guys brought this for me too!" Tsuchigumo was pleasantly surprised.

"Because you said it was something useful for you, and since you’ve helped us a lot, we wouldn’t leave your things behind," Evil Spirit, Namahage, said with hands in his pockets.

"Thank you very much!" Tsuchigumo bowed to her.

"Let’s go; no matter what dangers lie ahead, we must overcome them together," Standing Black Hat came to the edge of the cliff.

The Scar of the World!

The deepest part goes down to 10,000 meters, and the canyon they are currently facing is also 5,000 meters deep.

Tsuchigumo and her teammates were prepared to descend into the pit.

Despite being mentally prepared, standing on the edge of the precipice still made their hearts pound.

The precipice was vertical, as if split by axe and cleaved by sword; the destructive power from the battle back then must have been terrifying, but with the passage of a millennium eroded by wind, those brutal signs of destruction have softened, the sharpness no longer quite so daunting.

It’s too terrifying... this Scar of the World.

"Based on comprehensive geological conditions and historical records of geothermal heat, for every thousand meters descended in The Scar of the World, the temperature rises by about 10 to 35°C," the Evil Spirit, Namahage, gazed into the abyss, "so by the time we reach the bottom, we will be facing an abnormal region with an average temperature of 60 to 100 degrees Celsius. It’s extremely hot and dark, and I have prepared special heat-insulated suits for you all. Make sure to wear them before we go down."

"Yes..." Tsuchigumo changed into a one-piece suit made from neoprene and insulating fibers, maximizing dryness and prepared for the high temperatures.

As a High-Ranking Witch, although not bulletproof, she could still withstand high temperatures.

Then... it’s time to destroy the Golden Soul and put an end to this chaos!

Tsuchigumo looked towards her teammates.

President: Standing Black Hat (Dominator with gravity manipulation)

Combatant: Yizhen Tian (supernatural being "Angel")

Scout: Ichinoki Ikuma (High-Ranking magic power of paperization)

Medic: Evil Spirit, Namahage (High-Ranking "Operating Room" magic power)

Indeed, it was a very solid lineup.

A High-Ranking Witch was equivalent to hundreds of soldiers, and the Dominator was a force that not even manpower could contest.

Especially the President, Standing Black Hat, was extremely violent; Tsuchigumo had seen her tearing apart armored vehicles with her bare hands.

It’s a pity that the Dominator, Netherworld Thunder God, isn’t here, thought Tsuchigumo. With him, we would be even more confident in dealing with the Golden Soul.

According to the battle plan, Yizhen Tian fluttered her wings behind her and swiftly fell downward, disappearing into the darkness.

As if plummeting towards the core of the earth.

"What could be down there?" Tsuchigumo looked down.

"Empress Shira once established a very glorious civilization throughout the East Hot Tree Continent, and the whole civilization was destroyed due to her great battle with the Golden Soul. I’m afraid we’ll see many remnants of ancient buildings shattered in the deep pit," stated Standing Black Hat with a grave voice.

About 20 minutes later, Yizhen Tian flew back up, looking somewhat exhausted.

Traveling nearly ten thousand meters was a burden for her too.

"It’s too deep and too dark down there. And as the Evil Spirit, Namahage, predicted, it’s incredibly hot. We need to stay focused," said Yizhen Tian with a serious expression.

"Are there any monsters, or exploration teams from other companies?" Standing Black Hat inquired.

"No, at such depths with no light and intense heat, coupled with violent geological activity, it’s hard to imagine anything surviving there. No other companies have reached the bottom either. Only the influence of the Golden Soul is exceptionally strong; just staying down there for a while filled my mind with information about getting rich," Yizhen Tian pressed her forehead.

"Everyone, put away anything related to money that you have on you, leave it at the camp and don’t touch it again," Standing Black Hat instructed.

"Ah, we’re all quite broke," Ichinoki Ikuma said languidly.

"Me too..." Tsuchigumo touched the cash card in her pocket, which had a huge sum of over 2 million Funds; it was given by Sally.

Without even descending to the bottom, Tsuchigumo was already fantasizing about her wonderful life, moving to Jialong Slope and living in a bachelor apartment.

To avoid the temptation of the Golden Soul, Tsuchigumo handed the cash card over to Cyber Specter.

It placed the card into its storage box, which was originally used for storing fabrics.

"Ready," Standing Black Hat walked to the edge of the cliff, carrying her giant sword, rolled up her sleeves, and with a mighty swing of her robust arm through the air, as if she were about to carve a new wound on The Scar of the World, she called out, "’Gravity Shaft’!"

Her terrifying magic power howled and surged, forging a vertical, purple vortex in the air, before Standing Black Hat led the way, leaping into The Scar of the World!

Under the control of gravity, her descent was very gentle, not seeming deadly, but her body disappeared swiftly.

"Let’s go!" Yizhen Tian flapped his four wings, looking at the remaining people, "Who’s a bit more timid, shall I take you down?"

"I’m indifferent." Evil Spirit Namahage leaped down, jumping into the gravity shaft created by the president, even adopting a head-down, feet-up falling posture.

"Hmph." Ichinoki Ikuma also closed his eyes and took the plunge.

Cyber Specter had countless robots at his disposal, so losing one was no big deal, he took a running start and jumped down.

Yizhen Tian nodded.

"Then, see you below!" Yizhen Tian made a victory sign to Tsuchigumo, then spun around and swiftly skimmed downward, vanishing from sight.

See you below...

Tsuchigumo was stunned.

Wait a minute! Why is it assumed that I would have the courage to jump down?!

And why did everyone go down?!

What if everyone dies from the fall?!

It’s so deep, and there’s no telling if this gravity shaft is safe!

Tsuchigumo stood at the edge of the cliff.

Just gazing down into the deep darkness made her legs weak, her heart panicked, and her brain dizzy. Even the bravest person wouldn’t dare to look directly into The Scar of the World.

Thinking of her 2 million retirement funds, she shouldn’t be risking her life.

But then she realized she had just stuffed her cash card into Cyber Specter!

"My money!" Tsuchigumo took a leap forward, falling into the gravity shaft.

Whoosh—

It felt just like a high-speed elevator descending, Tsuchigumo feeling herself rapidly dropping!

Although the president’s gravity shaft reduced the falling speed and fear, her heartbeat still accelerated.

There was light around her at first, but soon she entered infinite darkness.

Jumping into The Scar of the World, thousands of kilometers deep...

Gradually, she felt boredom and terror intertwine in her heart because it was just too deep—the sheer free fall would take ten minutes to reach the bottom. Now relying on the gravity shaft, it would take about thirty minutes to arrive at the base.

She unconsciously raised her head, realizing she was miles away from the exit light!

She kept falling, not knowing when she entered the infinite darkness. The others were far away, seemingly already swallowed by the darkness, and Tsuchigumo was next.

The feeling of terror overwhelmed everything.

There was no sound, and Tsuchigumo tried to make noise, but her throat felt choked.

One thing was certain.

The closer to the bottom, the more visions of Golden Township appeared.

Tsuchigumo kept dreaming in her daze, as if illusions dragged her into the future, where she saw herself in her most ideal life.

Not retiring in Jialong Slope, not sunbathing in an apartment, nor teaching Ninjutsu to Little Fool; it was actually herself becoming a Ninja Master, highly admired in the village, with eight giant spider legs growing from her back, and a physique as impervious as a real spider.

But always... there was always a thorn poking her!

Tsuchigumo suddenly awoke, Spider Sense!

There was danger, and extremely strong danger at that, she looked down, only to see the bottom glinting with gold.

Close to the bottom? At least there wasn’t an endless expanse of darkness below.

Just then, Tsuchigumo felt her descent speed up significantly! Complete weightlessness!

The president’s gravity shaft had vanished!

Tsuchigumo’s hair stood on end.

She was falling from nearly five thousand meters! A person can break bones falling from just a few meters, and hitting the bottom now would shatter her to pieces!

She rapidly sprayed spider silk towards one side of the rock wall, the highly viscous silk quickly catching onto the rock, barely dragging her body to a halt!

Her body stopped falling, her arms feeling a tearing pain.

Tsuchigumo hurriedly shot out more spider silk, continuously pulling herself towards the wall, while her body hurtled towards the cliff due to inertia.

Bang!

She extended her gigantic appendages from her back, stabbing them into the cliff like an anchor, securing herself firmly onto the rock wall.

It’s hot... deep below, as if the very bottom was magma.

At the base of The Scar of the World, with no light and scorching heat, alongside unknown dangers.

President! You’ve killed someone! Tsuchigumo had a myriad of complaints against Standing Black Hat in her mind.

Why jump into The Scar of the World! It’s too dangerous!

She cautiously used her appendages to climb down the cliff face, always ensuring a strand of sticky silk touched her abdomen and the cliff, useful like a safety rope.

It’s good to be a spider, moving straight up and down was relatively easy.

She couldn’t help but continuously look at the very bottom, where several lights twinkled. What were they? Gold? Was the bottom of The Scar of the World all gold?

It must be gold, after all Golden Soul itself was hidden here.

After about 10 minutes, she finally approached the very bottom.

Then she saw clearly what it was.

What she saw instantly caused her to stop breathing, her blood nearly freezing.

It was Standing Black Hat, Yizhen Tian, Ichinoki Ikuma, and Evil Spirit Namahage, one line of companions all turned into gold.