Life Game In Other World
Chapter 209: The ’Senior’ from 100 Years Ago (Large - , please subscribe, favorite, and vote for monthly tickets)

Chapter 209: Chapter 209: The ’Senior’ from 100 Years Ago (Large Chapter, please subscribe, favorite, and vote for monthly tickets)

This was the first time He Ao came into contact with a transcendent item that had his own "name" in its information.

Other transcendent items came with information about abilities and required sacrifices, and their names were given by people later on, but the Miracle Wand had its own name from the moment it was born.

He Ao picked up the wand and slowly rose to his feet.

The Miracle Wand’s ability was simple: it could release "miracles."

This kind of miracle was somewhat similar to what He Ao understood as "magic."

The Miracle Wand came with four miracles, three C-level, and one B-level.

The three C-level miracles were "Blazing Flame Burn," "Thunder Flash," and "Silence Concealment."

Blazing Flame Burn could summon a powerful flame at a designated location, while Thunder Flash could bring down thunder upon a designated object or area.

Silence Concealment, on the other hand, could obscure the existence of an object. An object obscured this way would not be seen by anyone other than the owner of the Miracle Wand, nor detected by any machines, but only up to three items could be hidden at a time, and the duration of the concealment depended on the strength and quality of the objects as well as the strength of the observers.

These three C-level miracles could be used only three times every seven days, each time freely choosing to release one of the miracles. Overuse was possible too; sacrificing three D-level lives could exchange for an additional use.

As for the B-level miracle, "Mountain Collapse Tsunami," the wand did not convey specific effects of this miracle, which seemed to be a wide-area damaging miracle, requiring the sacrifice of at least five C-level beings, whether exotic beasts or humans, to perform.

Aside from requiring sacrifices to perform miracles, the Miracle Wand did not demand any other price from He Ao. It didn’t need a constant supply of souls or flesh like the Crystal Ball or Magician’s Top Hat, nor did it have specific conditions for use like the Butcher Pistol.

The Miracle Wand’s weekly three "casts" seemed to be without cost.

But how could there be grace without a price in this world? Regarding the cost, the Miracle Wand only transmitted one phrase, "Those who control miracles will ultimately become miracles."

Such vague terms made He Ao hesitant to use it recklessly.

He Ao stored the wand away and looked at the metallic item he had just taken from the dry corpse.

It was a silver object, about ten centimeters long and two centimeters thick, shaped like a shuttle.

At its center was a small screen, half the length of a finger and a finger’s width wide, currently pitch black.

He Ao reached out to touch the screen, which flickered for a moment and then slowly lit up with a menu page filled with icons.

He then skillfully found the settings icon among them, entered it, and changed the language to that of the Second Region. After that, he exited and tapped every clickable area on the small screen.

After some exploration, He Ao discovered that this little device was called a "Spacetime Beacon," capable of anchoring a certain spacetime point and having some kind of "tug machine" transport the holder of the beacon to that location.

However, the anchoring of spacetime points seemed to have its limits, and the machine did not make these clear, suggesting there might be additional material detailing these limits.

After a brief inspection, He Ao activated the spacetime anchoring function, where three recorded spacetime points already existed. It seemed more points could be added; He Ao tapped the "+" sign.

[Would you like to anchor the current spacetime point?]

[Anchoring in progress, please wait...]

[System error, anchoring failed, please contact maintenance personnel.]

...

It seemed that this device had a bit of a problem.

He Ao put away the Spacetime Beacon. He had not found any record of such a spacetime beacon in the Copy World’s data; the ruins, or rather, the Original Federation, seemed to possess some technology that the Second Region did not have.

But if the Original Federation had such advanced technology early on, why were they still cut off by the storm and the sea, leading to a loss of contact between the various regions?

He Ao rubbed his temples and stored the Spacetime Beacon away.

He guessed that the "Tomb Guardian" might have come for the Spacetime Beacon.

But he did not know how Daybreak knew this information or how they managed to forge the authorization of the Tower Commander.

He Ao paused for a moment, clearing the chaos from his mind; he still had too few clues.

After clearing his thoughts, he went to the bathroom to check it out, making sure there were no other items. Finally, he returned to the entrance.

His gaze lingered on the bathroom’s metal door, which was extremely thick, at least thirty or forty centimeters. It seemed that this bathroom served not only as a lavatory but could also be a small safe room when necessary.

Unfortunately, this safe room was not safe either.

He Ao walked out of the bathroom.

He turned on his flashlight, seeing the Central Control Room clearly for the first time.

The Central Control Room was roughly circular, with a giant display monitor and several floating monitors forming a display group at the forefront. In front of this massive display group was a row of silver cabinets with many buttons on top, probably the operation console for some kind of computer.

Behind the cabinets were a fan-shaped arrangement of seats, divided into two groups with desks equipped with monitors in front of each, creating a wide aisle between them. It was in this aisle that He Ao and the Tomb Guardian had fought, and now the body of the Tomb Guardian lay in the middle of the aisle.

He Ao calmed himself, carefully searching for that thing which kept drawing him.

Guided by the pull, he moved forward, weaving through the dense arrangement of seats.

The skeletons in the Central Control Room were few; it was uncertain whether there were originally few people, or if everyone had fled when the crisis occurred.

He Ao finally reached a sealed metal door opposite the bathroom. The attraction that was pulling at He Ao emanated from behind this metal door, and as he approached, the allure only intensified.

Simultaneously, accompanying this attraction was a terrifying sensation that made He Ao’s hairs stand on end, as if some fearsome monster lurked behind the door.

There was a wheel-like turntable on the metal door, similar to a ship’s helm. Inexplicably drawn, He Ao reached out to give the turntable a spin.

The turntable didn’t move, as if it was stuck.

At the same time, a piercing alarm went off on the turntable, and a red ’×’ lit up in its center—apparently signifying forbidden entry.

He Ao released his hand and stepped back a couple of paces.

He stared blankly at the turntable before him, realizing that for a moment, he had lost control of his body. A stubborn obsession had compelled him to try to open the door and seize whatever lay within.

But paired with the attraction, there was likely a fatal danger.

Yet, in this world, rewards are always accompanied by risks. Even if he did not enter now, he needed to gather enough intelligence first.

He had a premonition that the key item for advancing in the later stages of Super Memory might be inside.

Leaving the turntable, He Ao activated Super Memory for a closer examination. The turntable seemed to be an independent system, unconnected to a display like the one near the metal door.

He shut off Super Memory and walked over to the edge of the metal wall, tapping it gently. It responded with a dull thud, indicating the wall was also very thick.

It seemed a violent breach was out of the question.

He Ao pondered for a moment.

No display, no independent control system—perhaps there would be some record on the main control system.

Information about this door, what lay behind it, and what might be contained within could all potentially be found in data logs or records.

He approached a row of silver cabinets and examined the series of buttons on them.

The symbols used in the ruins were somewhat similar to those in the Copy World, allowing He Ao to quickly find the power button.

But when he pressed it, the main display did not light up; it remained silent as if dead.

Meanwhile, metal doors and certain displays within the tower were still functioning properly, proving the internal power supply system of the tower was operational.

If there was power but no response, could the machine be broken?

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He Ao contemplated and closely inspected the cabinets. Judging from the layout of the Central Control Room, these cabinets likely housed the mainframe of the central computer.

After circling around halfway, He Ao found an uneven gap on the edge of a cabinet. Grabbing the gap, he forcefully yanked, tearing off the cabinet’s back panel.

Behind it lay a dense array of electronic components.

He Ao removed the back panels of all the cabinets and started examining the parts closely.

He actually had a basic understanding of these electronic devices; Roy, the character from his third official Copy World experience, although a decadent restaurant boss and a middle-aged man, had also graduated from the well-ranked Dawn University in the Federation and once specialized in developing compatible hardware for smart bracelets during his youth, accumulating substantial knowledge in hardware.

With Roy’s memories, He Ao naturally had some knowledge about these devices as well.

However, it seemed that the technology of the Federation in the Copy World had diverged from that of the ruins, though they shared the same origins.

Thus, He Ao could still vaguely discern the general role of these components and their respective regions in the system.

If it was a simple issue like loose wiring, He Ao could attempt a repair.

All the parts of the central computation computer were linked by intricate circuits, forming a complex electrical structure.

Following these circuits, He Ao moved forward, intending to check if there was an issue with the central processing unit first.

After about half an hour, he finally traced the circuits and found the location of the central processor.

But when he looked at this spot, he was stunned for a moment,

The place where the central processor should have been was empty, and the wires that should have connected to it were thrown aside haphazardly, as though they had been abruptly unplugged.

The wires used in the tower were likely specially crafted to ensure the electronic devices would last for hundreds of years without issues, but they could not completely protect against dust accumulating on the wires.

He Ao carefully examined these unplugged wires and noticed that they were less dusty than the others, and seemed relatively newer.

However, ’new’ here was only relative to the ancient wires that hadn’t been touched in centuries; in fact, these wires were already thick with dust.

This indicated that the central processing unit was very likely taken during the time after humanity’s extinction in the ruins and before He Ao’s arrival.

Based on the proportion of dust accumulation, He Ao guessed this event happened roughly a hundred years ago.

At that point in time, someone had visited the Central Control Room and taken the central processing unit from the core computer.