Life Game In Other World
Chapter 625: Are We Really in the Ruins? (Seeking Monthly Pass for the Big - )

Chapter 625: Chapter 625: Are We Really in the Ruins? (Seeking Monthly Pass for the Big Chapter)

"So you’re saying,"

As the two weaved through the gaps in the metal pile, Ye Yun followed He Ao, his tone carrying a hint of astonishment, "we are now inside a huge spaceship? And this spaceship is most likely one sent out by the relics?"

"That seems to be the case for now."

He Ao replied simply.

Just now, he had briefly told Ye Yun about the events he had encountered along the way, but he had omitted details about the second area’s script and the Mechanical Core ring.

"How cool, the cosmos, the stars, a vast space cruiser,"

Ye Yun chuckled, "Before I came into contact with the Transcendent world, I always wanted to become an air force pilot, or an astronaut."

"That’s a nice dream."

He Ao nodded.

"I should say it’s a common dream. After all, too many people wanted to be astronauts when they were younger,"

Following He Ao closely around a corner created by a massive metallic arm and the wall, Ye Yun passed through the area and looked ahead at He Ao. "What about you, He Ao? What was your dream as a child?"

"Dream?"

He Ao’s tone paused for a moment, and he pondered briefly, "I was very happy to see the money in my piggy bank increase."

"Hahaha, that’s also my dream now,"

Ye Yun laughed, and pausing momentarily, he circled back to the topic at hand, "so do you think there’s something wrong with Ivier?"

"I don’t know,"

He Ao shook his head, "The current situation is that we are on a deserted space island. Although it seems like we’re in good shape now, the system is actually extremely fragile. A ’minor accident’ could easily kill us, such as the oxygen being expelled from the spaceship, or..."

"Our compartment being ejected directly into space,"

Ye Yun continued his words, "To make things even more extreme, our compartment disintegrates, and we are directly ’dumped’ into the uninhabitable vacuum of space, where we would all die silently,"

With these thoughts, he continued to elaborate,

"Ivier has shown too strong an understanding of this spaceship. Moreover, after he entered the core area, he immediately destroyed the elevator. This indicates he doesn’t want others to access the core area. The worst situation is that he’s taken control over this spaceship in the core area.

"No, even if he hasn’t taken control of the spaceship and has just acquired some powerful Transcendent artifact that we can’t counter, given his personality, he wouldn’t let us leave the relics alive."

Those who are allowed into the relics are excellent Transcendents selected through rigorous screening by the Research Institute.

Theoretically, the various organizations have agreed not to kill each other, but in such a closed environment, if everyone dies, it would be just a word from Ivier as to whether it’s true or false.

For Ivier, eliminating the Research Institute’s next generation of Transcendents, especially He Ao and Ye Yun - the two Transcendents currently most likely to be promoted to C-level - would help him gain more resources and recognition within the World Tree and further weaken the power of the Research Institute.

It’s a venture with no cost that offers only gains. Given his current behavior, it’s highly unlikely he would choose any other path.

Even if the Research Institute harbors suspicions, they can’t do anything but swallow the loss silently.

The good news is, Ivier should be unaware that He Ao and his companion are right on his heels, so perhaps there wouldn’t be stringent precautions.

The bad news is, Ye Yun’s speculation is not the worst-case scenario.

The worst-case scenario is that Ivier, like Rhodes, has already been seduced by some Evil God and become its servant. Moreover, the Evil God that seduced him might very well be the same one that destroyed the spaceship.

After all, the gathering of so many people inside this spaceship doesn’t seem like a normal relic activation.

The two stopped mulling over these thoughts, ceased talking, and continued forward.

The area Ye Yun had come from was not heavily polluted, and they encountered a few small creatures along the way, but all were quickly dealt with.

The two moved quickly, traversing several areas in a short period.

But as they reached a door to what appeared to be a small inspection room, Ye Yun stopped. He stood in front of the glass window of the door, waving to someone inside.

A tall young woman, about 1.7 meters, wearing simple combat trousers and a few strands of dyed red hair tied in a high ponytail, walked over. She approached the window, her arms and legs wrapped in bandages, appearing to be injured.

"This door is very sturdy, with many mechanical locks securing it, so it’s a bit troublesome to open, but it’s suitable as a safe room," Ye Yun said with an apologetic smile to He Ao, "This is Yuan Guo, I met her around here."

"Minister Ye, Minister He?"

Inside the safe room, Yuan Guo looked out the window and when she saw He Ao, there was a clear hint of surprise. She reached out to open the metal door, but He Ao stopped her.

"No need,"

He Ao waved his hand, his gaze passing through the window to the dimly lit interior of the cramped safe room, with faint traces of fresh blood on the walls, "We just came to check if you’re still safe, we’ll be leaving soon."

"Many from the Research Institute have been dragged into this situation,"

Ye Yun continued, "Take care of your injuries, we’ll escort you over once we’re done. It’s better when our people are together for support."

This was the plan that He Ao had just discussed with him on the way here.

Strictly speaking, the small safe room where Yuan Guo was not as sturdy as the one He Ao had managed, nor did it contain powerful Transcendent items, but the overall level of contamination here was less than there, and the monsters were weaker, so Yuan Guo should be safe here for the short term.

Therefore, the two had decided not to bring Yuan Guo over immediately. They would first find Ivier, and once safety was assured, they would then consider whether to gather all the people from the Research Institute together.

"I’m fine here," Yuan Guo waved her hand, "Go ahead with your tasks, Minister Ye, Minister He."

Theoretically, she too should be out exploring, but as she had gotten injured and the area was much more dangerous than the recorded ruins, hiding in the safe room was actually the best choice.

After saying farewell to Yuan Guo, He Ao and Ye Yun left the little safe room and continued forward.

"Yuan Guo is quite impressive. She’s in charge of a city near Nandu. When I met her, she was exchanging blows with that C-level creature, a warrior capable of fighting," Ye Yun looked back at the safe room and remarked after they left.

"She’s from a single-parent family, with a seriously ill mother and two younger brothers. She’s been taking care of her family since she was young. She’s well-known in the Research Institute for being both capable and combative," He Ao casually added.

"How come you know so much about her?

Ye Yun was now the surprised one.

"I looked at her file,"

He Ao turned to glance at him, "You were the one who brought the file."

"I forgot you were the lead on this operation."

Ye Yun smacked his forehead and sighed, "You’re so young, every time I talk to you, I still feel like you’re a junior."

"Strictly speaking, I indeed am."

He Ao nodded, after all, he had joined the Research Institute less than a month ago.

Of course, these were details Ye Yun couldn’t have seen.

"Enough with that, I’m not even thirty yet, stop emphasizing that I’m an Old Geezer."

Ye Yun shrugged.

The journey for the two turned out to be unexpectedly calm. Although the ground was still covered with blood and there were many small creatures like Blood Spiders on the way, these creatures were not very powerful, nor were they highly contaminated.

At least, that was the case for He Ao.

According to what He Ao had seen from the observation window before, he estimated that the radius of the outer annular chamber was a little over one kilometer, with a circumference ranging between seven to nine kilometers.

With a total of five pillars, each corresponding to an elevator, the distance between two elevators should be just over one kilometer.

Although the straight-line distance of one kilometer involved traveling through very complex areas, taking many detours and a lot of time, He Ao and Ye Yun finally saw the gate to the elevator area.

And there, they encountered the creatures blocking the elevator—a group of ’Hyenas’ whose limbs looked like human hands, yet whose heads were mechanical skulls.

About twenty of these Hyenas, each about at the peak of D-level, close to C-level in strength.

These Hyenas, working in coordination, could easily kill an average C-level Transcendent with ease.

If Zhang Yusi were at his side, He Ao would probably have a few reminders for her, but this time he was accompanied by Ye Yun, who was also C-level, so without another word, he drew his sword and charged forward.

"Wait for me!"

Ye Yun, watching He Ao’s retreating figure, also charged towards the group of Hyenas.

A Hyena leaped at him aggressively, which he parried with his steel blade, and simultaneously, he kicked another Hyena rushing towards him into the air.

Then, with a strong push of his shoulders and elbows, he flung the Hyena that had clamped onto his blade away, and stepping forward, he lifted his blade and sliced the airborne Hyena in two.

At the same time, he spun around and cleaved the Hyena that he had just kicked away and was charging at him again.

Then, he looked up, excitedly wanting to show his achievements to He Ao.

That’s when he saw He Ao, already strolling casually a dozen meters away, his bone sword truly flowing like shining light, following the movements of his wrist.

Not a single Hyena could get close to He Ao because the closer one would be split into two by the sword light in a blink of an eye, becoming two sections of a corpse scattered on the ground.

Ye Yun counted roughly, and along the path that He Ao had taken, there were already the corpses of a dozen or so Hyenas.

Watching that smooth sword light, Ye Yun was bewildered.

Could it really be this silky smooth?

He tried to mimic He Ao’s movements, swinging his long blade.

But then, he was attacked by a Hyena that emerged from the darkness and aimed for his neck.

Luckily, he reacted quickly, executing a withdrawal cut and cleaving the body of the Hyena, thus avoiding injury.

"Can’t learn it, can’t learn it."

He shook his head and reverted to his own brutish fighting style.

However, there weren’t many Hyenas left for him.

After he had killed another Hyena.

Click—

Accompanied by a crisp sound, the gate slowly opened.

The brightly lit elevator area appeared before the two men.

This time, the elevator area was still eerily empty, with no monsters in sight.

He Ao approached the elevator. It displayed no error messages, and he tentatively pressed the start button. A green upward arrow appeared on the elevator screen, followed by the doors slowly sliding open in front of him.

This elevator was operational.

"So,"

At this point, Ye Yun also walked into the area. He glanced back at the starry sky outside the viewing window of the elevator area, pausing briefly before asking softly,

"He Ao, do you think we’re really inside a relic?"

"Don’t know."

He Ao shook his head and stepped into the elevator.

If they were inside a relic, when the three days were up, the relic channel would transport them back to the main world.

But if not...

Ye Yun shook his head and followed He Ao into the elevator.

The interior of the elevator was cylindrical in shape, made entirely of silver metal.

Next to the door of the elevator was a faintly glowing control screen with several buttons, and the elevator was surrounded by enormous viewing windows embedded in its walls.

The elevator floor was not just empty space; it had rows of seats arranged together, each equipped with safety belts made of metal weaving.

He Ao walked to a seat next to him, where the armrest bore a symbol that seemed to indicate the need to fasten one’s seatbelt.

After pondering for a moment, he sat down and fastened the seatbelt.

"Is there a specific use for this seatbelt?"

Ye Yun walked over to sit beside He Ao, casting a glance at the metal-woven safety belt.

Bloodstains were everywhere in the elevator, and clumps of dark red material covered the buckle of the safety belt.

The buckle at Ye Yun’s seat was broken, so he tied the seatbelt to the armrest instead.

"It’s probably to secure the body?"

He Ao mused in response.

"Secure the body?"

Ye Yun seemed puzzled.

At that moment, a gentle female voice began to echo through the elevator.

"@￥*!@#——@"

First, there was a burst of gibberish, followed by some language that He Ao couldn’t understand. After going through those once, the female voice repeated in the garbled language of the second district,

"@#Prepare for@# ascent, we will soon @ enter a state of weightlessness, please @#fasten your seatbelts@￥%."

Although the pronunciation of the second district’s language in the audio had differed from that of the present Federation, He Ao still understood the majority of the message.

The announcement was then broadcast in three other languages before the elevator doors began to close slowly.

As the elevator doors were closing, Ye Yun, who had secured himself with the seatbelt, seemed to remember something and suddenly smiled,

"He Ao, I have a sister who’s probably about your age. She’s currently studying at a university in Dongdu. She’s also a member of the Research Institute and your fan. Her birthday is in a couple of days."

He paused slightly in his speech, "I don’t know why, but I’m feeling a bit homesick."

"Hmm."

He Ao glanced at him but said nothing.

The elevator doors in front of the two men closed fully, accompanied by a faint vibration.

Above their heads, there was a sound of some sort of hatch opening.

The elevator started to ascend slowly.

During this process, He Ao felt his body getting slightly lighter.

The elevator continued to rise, but it didn’t leave the ring-shaped chamber; instead, after going up a short distance, it stopped.

In a daze, He Ao heard the sound of a hatch closing beneath his feet.

It seemed that such partition hatches actually had two layers.

Between the two layers of hatches, there was a transitional space. When the elevator ascended, the first layer of the hatch opened, connecting the transitional space with the air-filled cabin. At this point, the elevator entered the transitional space.

Then, the first layer of the hatch below the elevator closed, isolating the transitional space from the air-filled cabin below it. At this time, the air inside the cabin wouldn’t leak.

Next would be the opening of the second layer of the hatch, which connected to the vacuum elevator shaft. Once the second layer of the hatch opened, the transitional space would connect to the vacuum elevator shaft, allowing the elevator in the transitional space to enter the vacuum elevator shaft.

As the first layer hatch below the elevator was already closed at this moment, there was no need to worry about the air from the cabin leaking into the vacuum due to the elevator’s passage.

This method effectively isolated the vacuum from the internal environment of the spaceship, while also allowing the spaceship’s occupants to move freely between the two environments.

At this time, He Ao heard the sound of the hatch above opening.

Then, the elevator ascended rapidly.