Infinite Ebullience
Chapter 284 - 33 Trojan World and Leaving the Dungeon

Chapter 284: Chapter 33 Trojan World and Leaving the Dungeon

The passageway was damp and dark, but for these five or six people who had experienced a massive battle, it was hardly considered torture. All were calm except for Pang Meiqin.

Tang Zheng looked at the space wristwatch on his right arm, feeling puzzled. The watch was originally worn on the left arm, and logically, after his left arm was blown off by the Rabbit Explosives, it should have fallen off. Unexpectedly, it immediately teleported to his intact right wrist. Could there be some secret to it?

"Yin Shangwu, do you know what’s up with the wristwatch? Could it be a tool used by the Trojan to monitor us?" Tang Zheng shared his findings, growing more certain," Why does the Trojan strongly recommend everyone to wear a wristwatch after the first round of the game for newbies? Could there be the same reason?"

"Congratulations, you’ve discovered a small secret of the Trojan Room." Yin Shangwu’s tone didn’t change, "You should be rewarded with five hundred points."

"Then why are you all wearing them?" Pang Meiqin regretted so much, she wouldn’t have bought the thing if it hadn’t been for its attractive features.

"Could you not buy it? You have to use the wristwatch in many places in the game, such as scanning spoils of war, scanning monsters. Of course, that’s a feature that can only be purchased by a special wristwatch, you guys shouldn’t even think about it. Also activating cards. By the way, the wristwatch is a group detection tool. As long as one person in the team is wearing it, everyone else can be observed by the Trojan." Yin Shangwu didn’t intend to hide this, this kind of intelligence had no value at all.

The rest of them were silent, no wonder the Trojan always knew what they were doing, and could make calls at will, arranging punishing troops to pursue them.

"Wait, doesn’t that mean the Trojan can hear what we’re saying right now?" Pang Meiqin was startled and screamed.

"Of course, but don’t worry, the Trojan adheres to a set of strict rules of operation, as long as they are not violated, you will not be deducted points." Yin Shangwu thought for a moment, unable to find an appropriate word to describe.

"So it can see us when we take a bath or go to the toilet?" Lu Fan blushed in embarrassment.

"Would you watch ants and dust bathing? We’re just toys in its eyes, we may not even be comparable to ants, where does it have the time to care about that?" Yin Shangwu thought little Lolita was simply worrying needlessly.

"What exactly is the Trojan? Who created it and the Trojan Room?" Tang Zheng licked his chapped lips and asked Yin Shangwu.

"Don’t know, otherwise, do you think we would still be at its mercy?" Yin Shangwu smiled inscrutable," Even if you strengthen your body like a god in the Trojan Room, you’re still its toy. There have been conquerors who have rebelled against the Trojan, but they all died. Over time, no one will challenge it anymore. Those conquerors who lived through more than a dozen games either earned enough ten thousand points to leave the room, regain a new life, and return to reality, or they would fight in the game for those non-existent entertainment goods in reality, and eventually meet their deaths in some situations. So, which one would you choose?"

"Go home." The four of them simultaneously said.

"Haha, you will soon find this to be very difficult." Yin Shangwu laughed triumphantly, as if thinking of something amusing.

"How could it be? With Tang Zheng’s power, he just needs to challenge a few more games, that’s it. Also, you, you must have gotten the ten thousand points long ago right? Why do you stay in the game?" Pang Meiqin questioned while also comforting herself, she wanted to find a survival example to motivate herself.

"Points aren’t the issue. I’m referring to something else." Yin Shangwu hesitated and then decided not to reveal the secret to Tang Zheng. Why should Tang Zheng enjoy that when she had struggled with it for so long? Let him suffer, then he will realize the brutality of this game and stop being such a good Samaritan.

"Is this a world created by the Trojan?" Tang Zheng was very dissatisfied with Yin Shangwu’s deliberate concealment, but he also knew that he couldn’t force this woman, so he changed the subject.

"Some are created by it, such as this fantasy world and the first game’s Los Angeles. Others are not, such as the previous game’s Future Japan. The Silver Trojan should be considered the overseer of this world. It can control us, the toys, but cannot control certain worlds, it can only influence them though." Yin Shangwu pondered and revealed the conclusion she had drawn from her own experiences.

"So, doesn’t that mean when we play the game in a relatively real world, the Trojan’s control over us diminishes. At times like that, if we rebel, the success rate will be higher?" Tang Zheng hated this feeling of being toyed with, and his words were purely subconscious thoughts.

"That’s correct. There have been many conquerors who wanted to break away from the Trojan, or wanted to control it and do whatever they wanted, but all of them died. You can try it." Yin Shangwu had seen many restless souls like Tang Zheng, but the Trojan was not so easy to conquer.

"Now the question is, is the Trojan a god or an artificial intelligence? From its style, somebody has set rules for it. Since there are rules, no matter how strict, there will be shortcomings. As long as we find them, we might be able to find the answer." Tang Zheng was pondering the issue, and the pain on his body seemed to subside. He thought saying such things might provoke the Trojan to come out and punish or ridicule him, but nothing happened.

"Wish you success, by the way, if you don’t buy a wristwatch, even if you survive three games, you will never become a conqueror because the Trojan will erase you directly. So, Pang Meiqin, you’re very lucky." Yin Shangwu mocked before no longer paying attention to them.

"I’m also curious about what’s inside the Black Cube. Maybe there’s an alien living in it." Lu Fan was chewing on a piece of chocolate, making an absurd remark.

Even the longest passageway has an end. After resting nearly eight times and walking for almost six hours, the five people finally saw a stone door.

"What should we do now?" Pang Meiqin was a bit worried, afraid she would be sent to scout.

"Just bust it open. If it’s a dead-end, boy would that be fun to watch. It’d be nice to just mold and sprout mushrooms down here," Lu Fan continued sarcastically, trying to lighten the tense atmosphere. And indeed, Qin Yan burst into laughter at such an amusing analogy.

"Idiot, mushrooms grow on tree trunks, not on you. It might grow something like Cordyceps!"

"And maggots!" Qin Yan joined the banter, but grossed herself out in the process.

"Quit pestering me, guys," Lu Fan imagined himself with fungus crawling all over; he cringed at the thought and snorted, "I’m not talking to you guys anymore."

"Haha, let’s take a break for now and get ready," Tang Zheng sat down, took out three AK74s and a drum magazine. Thanks to the Space Wristwatch, it was much more convenient than carrying a backpack, despite the struggle in storing and retrieving props.

"Lu Fan, help me refill the drum magazine." Tang Zheng hung the Bronze Sword around his waist, inserted the Straight Knife into the sheath, and hung the AK74 with a newly refilled drum magazine over his shoulder.

Watching Tang Zheng, Lu Fan wanted to cry. He asked himself, ’Do we really have to fight again? Uncle is already badly injured.’

"I won’t let Tang Zheng." Qin Yan inspected her weapons and grabbed the Howling Reaper. "Give it to me, you can’t make full use of its firepower with one arm."

"Underestimate much?" Tang Zheng saw Qin Yan’s determined eyes, shook his head, and refused. However, Qin Yan paid him no heed, slapped away his hand holding the gun, and grabbed it herself.

"What are you doing?" Pang Meiqin was annoyed. When the Thunderstorm rifle was disabled, the Howling Reaper provided the strongest firepower. She felt Qin Yan was trying to claim it as her own.

"Pang Meiqin, you’re misunderstanding Auntie Qin Yan." Lu Fan opened the revolver gun Yin Shangwu gave her, loaded bullets, buckled it to her waist, grabbed a kitchen knife and the Pepper Grinder, stood in front of Tang Zheng, pushed him backward with her little butt and proudly said, "Go back. Don’t get in the way."

"Little Lolita, do you really think you can be a meat shield with a body like that!" Tang Zheng teased, shaking his head and chuckling bitterly. He was deeply moved by the intention of Qin Yan and Lu Fan, which made him feel obliged to repay them somehow.

"I see a wooden lever, this should work the mechanism. I’m pulling it." After examining the stone door, Yin Shangwu waited for everyone’s preparation, then pressed down the black wooden rod.

With a rumbling sound, the stone door rose, but the other side was still pitch black, much to the disappointment of the women.

"There are steps!" Yin Shangwu stepped on a wooden staircase, about fifty meters long, which started creaking right away.

"There’s wind too, can you feel it? The stench in the air has significantly reduced. There is a smell of rotten wood and it seems to have a hint of horse dung too," Tang Zheng squeezed aside Lu Fan and went on to be the second to step up.

"Cough Cough. The dust is choking." Lu Fan covered her nose and tried not to breathe in. The wooden planks had not been cleaned for a long time and a thick layer of dust had gathered. As she stepped on them, the dust started floating around.

"There’s sunlight." After walking about forty meters, Pang Meiqin excitedly noted that at the end of the staircase, sunlight was spurting in through the gaps of the two doors. They could even see the dust particles dancing in the beam of light.

"Be careful. What’s with the hay on the ground?" Instead of being excited, Tang Zheng carefully observed the surroundings, trying to figure out the condition outside. However, Yin Shangwu couldn’t wait anymore, and gently pushed open the door with one hand.

More warm sunlight poured in like a rising tide from outside the door, and some hay fell on Yin Shangwu’s head.

Probably hearing the squeaking sound of the door opening, a horse snorted and, feeling unease, moved around, making a thump-thump noise. Its hooves landed on the door, closing it back.

"What’s outside?" Pang Meiqin, who was tired of the gloomy environment, asked anxiously.

"Do you want to blind my eyes? Go see for yourself." Yin Shangwu was not so stupid as to look outside, she needed to let her eyes slowly adapt to the sunlight. (To be continued. If you like this novel, please vote and recommend it at qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation.)