Life Game In Other World
Chapter 624: Ivier’s Purpose? (Extra Large - for Monthly Votes)

Chapter 624: Chapter 624: Ivier’s Purpose? (Extra Large Chapter for Monthly Votes)

Main World · Locklen Street

On the silent streets, He Ao’s clone, Hao Yi, sat alone at an outdoor seat by the edge of the street in a 24-hour coffee shop.

Due to the opening of the Ruin, Locklen Street had already been sealed off, with all merchants and residents temporarily evacuated to other places.

For this reason, although the coffee shop was a 24-hour establishment, it was not open for business.

At both ends of Locklen Street, guards from the three major organizations and the gendarmerie were still on duty, blocking the entrances.

Some of them would, during their shift, pretend to glance casually in the direction of He Ao, then quickly divert their gaze.

He Ao, meanwhile, had his computer powered on and was quietly browsing the Research Institute’s report on the Ruin using an access account prepared for him.

The moonlight shone upon the ancient and somewhat dilapidated city, and under the light, an old-fashioned vehicle slowly drove into the street and stopped not far from He Ao.

Then a man with short eyebrows, sunken cheeks, and a Central Earth countenance, who looked utterly unremarkable, stepped out of the car and briskly walked toward He Ao.

Reaching He Ao’s side, the man opened his mouth as if about to say something.

But before the man could speak, He Ao said, "From the Research Institute?"

"Yes, Mr. Hao Yi," the man nodded urgently, "My name is Li Le, Minister He Ao has entrusted me to temporarily take over the duties in Rodan."

He Ao certainly knew Li Le, who was originally in charge of intelligence for the Research Institute in Rodan. After having his identity exposed and being hunted by Moonlight, He Ao and Yang De asked him to leave Rodan to lie low.

After the incident with the Mysterious Shadow, neither Moonlight nor World Tree had many people left in Rodan, so He Ao had him return to continue managing affairs for the Research Institute in Rodan.

Li Cheng left, and as He Ao entered the Ruin, Li Le naturally became the most senior official of the Research Institute in Rodan.

Before He Ao left, he specifically entrusted Li Le with all emergency work concerning the Research Institute while he was inside the Ruin.

Theoretically, he didn’t have much to do; after all, the time the Ruin remained open in the Main World was not very long. Although Explorers were to spend three full days inside, due to the time dilation of twelve to one between the Main World and the Ruin, it actually amounted to only six hours in the Main World.

Li Le originally thought he’d just sleep through those six hours.

Who would have expected that Hao Yi, this imposing figure, instead of disappearing without a trace after the Ruin opened as in the past, had simply stopped at Locklen Street?

At this time, the three major organizations should, by all means, show their stance and establish contact with ’Hao Yi,’ extending friendly greetings.

In theory, it should have been Enko, Moonlight’s only C-level in Rodan, to establish contact with Hao Yi.

But Moonlight chose to stay silent on this matter, so the task of making contact fell back onto the shoulders of the Research Institute.

And so, Li Le, who had just lain down on his bed to take a nap, was summoned by a call from Yang De and rushed to Locklen Street in a frenzy.

Now, somewhat nervously, he looked at Hao Yi, unsure if the great deity before him would lash out in a bad mood and strike him down.

Even though Yang De had emphasized multiple times on the way that Hao Yi was not dangerous, but rather friendly.

But the man sitting before him had slaughtered the entire headquarters of Moonlight. If he was in a bad mood, Li Le wouldn’t live to see tomorrow’s sun.

Ah, if only this one were as amiable as Minister He Ao.

"Are you very afraid of me?"

As Li Le was afflicted with tumultuous thoughts, He Ao, who was viewing the report, asked casually.

"No,"

Li Le stiffened. As an efficient intelligence operative, he had managed to hide his emotions quite well despite his panic. However, his disguise was easily seen through.

Taking a deep breath and glancing around at his surroundings, he quickly asked, "Would you like some coffee? I can go and make some for you?"

"Instant will do,"

He Ao replied casually.

"Of course, of course,"

Li Le nodded hastily. He Ao had unexpectedly made a request, which somewhat settled Li Le’s nerves; if He Ao wanted to use his services, it was very unlikely that he would kill him on a whim.

He Ao bowed his head, continuing with the report on his computer.

A little while later, Li Le came over holding a kettle of hot water, a cup, and a packet of instant coffee. He prepared the coffee for He Ao and placed it before him,

"Thank you,"

He Ao nodded lightly.

"Not at all, if there’s anything you need, just tell me,"

Li Le said eagerly.

Unwittingly, he felt that the ’distinguished’ B-level individual sitting across from him had become much more approachable.

"What time is it now?"

Just then, He Ao suddenly asked in a soft voice.

The report in front of him was full screen, with no place to check the time.

"It is," Li Le raised his hand and glanced at his watch, "12:45 a.m."

00:45

He Ao gazed at the report text in his field of vision.

Onboard the Navigator, the time his true self had experienced was a little over two hours.

The time flow rate was one to three.

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Navigator·Elevator Area

He Ao looked up at the figure behind the opposite gate, observed his puzzled and somewhat surprised expression, and was also surprised, "Ye Yun?"

As he posed this question, his gaze also shifted to the Life Medallion in Ye Yun’s hand while he deployed his Divine Sense, scanning Ye Yun’s body in the process.

The Life Medallion was white, with normal energy flow, indeed belonging to a human.

And the energy density was also C-level.

The only C-levels to enter the relic this time were him, Ye Yun, and Ivier.

There seemed to be no problem, but encountering him here felt a bit too coincidental.

Obviously, the figure opposite thought the same, and as He Ao sized him up, he was also carefully scrutinizing He Ao.

The two of them almost simultaneously crossed the gate and approached each other, but their overall wariness didn’t dissipate.

Eventually, they came extremely close, looked at each other’s guarded eyes, and then shared a smile.

In this mutual guard, their trust in each other actually grew.

"How did you get in here?"

Ye Yun asked, "Have you encountered anyone else before?"

"Hold on,"

He Ao waved his hand and walked straight to an elevator nearby.

At the same time, he carefully examined the area.

The space wasn’t large, with a wall and protruding elevator on one side, and a huge panoramic window opposite the elevator, flanked by two gates on either side.

The panoramic window in this elevator area faced a different direction from the one He Ao saw in the hall; the hall’s window seemed to face the front of the ship, revealing other circular living modules.

The window by this elevator faced the rear of the spacecraft, showing nothing but the vast expanse of deep space.

The view from this side was similar to what He Ao saw from the initial safe house, indicating that its window also faced the rear.

However, He Ao didn’t have time to appreciate this stellar beauty at the moment.

He just glanced at the panoramic window before retracting his gaze, focusing on the elevator in front of him.

Contrary to his expectations, the elevator area that was indicated as highly dangerous on both storage chips actually had a very low level of contamination, and no powerful mutated life forms had emerged.

Had he misunderstood the content of the storage chips?

Or was this elevator area merely considered dangerous in relation to those creatures?

He Ao focused on a monitor by the side of the elevator doors.

This monitor was currently displaying a red exclamation mark. He Ao lowered his head to look at the floor in front of the elevator doors.

There were faint footprints, proving that someone had just passed by.

He Ao turned back to Ye Yun, "Did you see Ivier on your way over from that side?"

"Ivier?" Ye Yun was startled, "He came in too?"

It seemed he hadn’t seen him.

He Ao withdrew his gaze.

If Ye Yun hadn’t deliberately misdirected him, and considering these footprints, Ivier must have entered this elevator.

And this elevator presumably led to the core axis of the spacecraft.

He Ao pressed a button below the elevator display.

The content of the display flickered, changing from an exclamation point to a line of text.

The first two characters, He Ao recognized, were "error."

It seemed there was some sort of malfunction with the elevator.

He Ao stared at the content on the elevator display, and following the appearance of that line of text, an "animation" played.

The animation was simple and easy to understand, first using a red star to mark He Ao’s current location, then it highlighted the elevator cabin in red.

Based on the highlighted location, the elevator cabin was not here, but in the core shaft.

Then, a line of text appeared on the side of the elevator cabin, seemingly explaining what the problem was and why it was out of service.

Subsequently, icons of wrenches and a telephone lit up on the display, as if suggesting that the viewer should contact a professional repair person.

By now, those maintenance personnel were probably gone.

He Ao walked up to the elevator doors, examining the traces on them closely.

Splashes of dark red blood stained the elevator doors, now partially scraped away revealing some fresh scratches.

These scratches were very new.

It looked as if the elevator doors had just recently been opened.

At least shortly before He Ao entered, the elevator had still been operational.

It seemed the worst-case scenario had occurred.

Ivier had used the elevator and, after successfully entering the core shaft, he sabotaged the elevator, cutting off the path for others to follow.

At that moment, Ye Yun stood behind He Ao, his face blank as he observed He Ao’s actions. He seemed to have many questions, but He Ao’s current actions also made him realize this was not the best time to ask. He stepped beside He Ao and asked softly,

"Do you need help?"

"Help me pry open this elevator door, I want to see if I can climb up through the shaft directly."

He Ao drew out his bone sword and inserted the tip into the crevice between the elevator doors, saying softly.

"Okay."

Ye Yun pulled out a long knife, crouched down, and inserted the blade into the gap beneath the elevator doors.

Both pushed at the same time and with a slight noise, the elevator doors suddenly parted to both sides.

A pitch-dark space appeared in He Ao’s view.

"Is there anything inside?"

Ye Yun took out a flashlight, bracing against the wall and leaning halfway into the shaft, shining the light inside.

The construction of this elevator shaft was quite simple, with sturdy alloy tracks in the innermost part and alloy walls on both sides.

Beneath was a pit about half a person deep, filled with various wires and circuits.

Above, not far above their heads, was an alloy plate stained with fresh blood, covering the entire upper shaft.

This alloy plate seemed to be a gate that separated the lower area from the elevator shaft above.

He Ao raised the flashlight toward the plate.

Engraved on the plate was a symbol that He Ao did not recognize, seeming to be a warning icon.

However, that was not important. Below the icon were five lines of text in five different languages, explaining the icon, and among them was the language of the second district. The meaning of that line was,

[Vacuum! Extremely dangerous! Do not force open! Do not damage!]

Was the area behind this gate completely vacuumed?

He Ao withdrew his gaze.

The stable air pressure and oxygen inside the spaceship sometimes made him forget that they were operating in space.

Therefore, this gate shouldn’t be tampered with lightly. He Ao did not know whether the area connected behind the gate was a sealed vacuum area, or if it was directly connected to space.

If it were the latter, breaking it would cause air to leak from this area, killing everyone.

Moreover, even Transcendents could not survive in a vacuum, at least He Ao could not rely solely on his physical body to do so for now.

And that alloy plate also looked very sturdy; even if he wanted to destroy it, it would likely be quite difficult.

"What does that line of characters mean?"

Ye Yun, who stood beside him, asked with a puzzled look.

"It seems to be some kind of warning sign for danger,"

He Ao switched off his flashlight, retracted his body, and glanced at Ye Yun, then at the gate from which Ye Yun had emerged, "Did you enter the ruins alone?"

"Alone,"

Ye Yun nodded, "However, I met a research personnel from Nandu on my way, named Yuan Guo. She was being attacked by a group of creatures at the time; this area was too dangerous for her. But we found a relatively safe place, and I asked her to hide there while I came out to explore."

This approach was very similar to what He Ao would have done.

"So what about you? Did you come in alone too? And has this area ever been recorded by the Research Institute? Have we come to a new area?"

After answering the questions, Ye Yun also promptly asked in return.

From He Ao’s earlier reactions, Ye Yun could tell that He Ao seemed to know quite a bit about this special ’ruin’.

"I don’t know much either, but I didn’t come in alone. Zhang Yusi from Beidu and two others from Moonlight appeared with me in a partially enclosed space. It’s a bit complicated to explain,"

He Ao turned and walked towards the gate through which Ye Yun had entered. The space beyond that gate was completely different from the one He Ao had just passed through, which contained the Goat Creature,

it was brightly lit, with less pollution and the creatures on the ground were only some weaker Flesh Spiders. He Ao turned to look at Ye Yun.

There were bloodstains on Ye Yun’s body, but no injuries, prompting He Ao to ask with a hint of confusion, "You didn’t encounter any particularly strong creatures on your way here?"

"I did," Ye Yun nodded, "There was one humanoid creature, I felt that its strength must have reached C-level."

He Ao was momentarily stunned, then asked, "Did it have metal pyramid-shaped arms and spikes on its back?"

"Yes, exactly," Ye Yun nodded, looking at He Ao, "You encountered it too?"

Of course, He Ao had encountered it; those were the underlings of the Sea Anemone Monster he had met at the doorway of his safe house, and there had been four of them at once.

"The strongest creature you encountered was just that one, and there was only one of it?"

He Ao paused for a moment before asking with emphasis.

"Yeah," Ye Yun nodded again, "Dealing with that creature took some effort on my part."

He looked at He Ao with a bit of confusion, "Did you encounter other creatures?"

He Ao: ....

He Ao didn’t know how to explain to him that the strongest monster he had come across on his way here was, at best, just a slightly larger piece of cannon fodder compared to the others he had encountered.

"Hmm, it’s quite complicated,"

He Ao nodded his head, then looked at the passage from which Ye Yun had arrived, "Did you have a smooth journey here?"

"There were some obstacles, but nothing serious,"

Ye Yun said, "There were basically no C-level creatures, what about you?"

"I also encountered some not-so-troublesome obstacles,"

He Ao nodded, then looking at the passage from which Ye Yun had come, he said to Ye Yun,

"Then I’ll have to trouble you to lead the way. We’ll go back through the route you came, heading to the next elevator. Our time is probably very tight; I don’t know what Ivier in the core area of the spaceship might do that could affect the whole ship."

From what He Ao could tell by observing, apart from this elevator area, there were no observation windows along the way Ivier had come.

And from these observation windows in the elevator area, one could only see the stars behind the spaceship, not the ship itself.

So, in theory, he shouldn’t know that this place was actually a spaceship, let alone realize that this elevator led to the core area.

However, he would likely be able to figure out that it was an elevator.

At that time, he had avoided the Goat Creature by betraying his teammates and had two choices ahead of him, one was the less polluted area behind the gate that Ye Yun had emerged from, and the other was an elevator that appeared mysterious, concealed dangers, and most likely required complex operations.

Ivier didn’t seem like someone willing to risk his life and confront danger head-on, yet he chose the elevator without hesitation.

Perhaps Ivier also knew something that He Ao didn’t.

Considering his decisive actions in betraying his teammates and his unwavering advance, making choices almost without hesitation, he might even be aiming for the spaceship’s core area from the start.

He Ao had a foreboding feeling in his heart; the situation with this ruin seemed to be getting more and more complicated.

"Elevator? Spaceship?"

Hearing He Ao’s words, Ye Yun appeared somewhat lost.