Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 126 - 101. Beautiful Wish (Middle)

Chapter 126: 101. Beautiful Wish (Middle)

Li Aozi had been searching the third level of the shelter for half an hour.

At this moment, he finally understood why, despite having such excellent infrastructure, no player guild had attempted in his previous life to completely take over Mingji Humanity and transform it into their own stronghold.

"This place has too many secret passages."

Li Aozi crawled out of a secret passage, dragging the body of a young Ersha Armament member in one hand and leaning on a long sword in the other, immensely troubled.

The facts laid out before him were not promising; the small P-205 shelter, yet possessed over forty emergency passages and safety exits, some of which even stretched two kilometers long. When Li Aozi ventured out, he discovered the outside was blanketed in white snow.

If they were to dig into each one, it would take at least two days.

Players tend to lose patience with such thankless tasks, especially with some Mingji Humanity Ersha Armaments scattered around, occasionally launching surprise attacks and guerrilla warfare in the passages, easily frustrating people.

Due to the presence of Pseudo-Humans, Li Aozi was wary and dared not split his forces easily, be it Qiu Ran or Jian Neriya, as both, being below the Alpha Stage, might be attacked and replaced by a Pseudo-Human.

Li Aozi found it somewhat tricky.

Players from his past life had dug too shallowly into the "Not to be Remembered" task, not even deciphering the maps of the two lower levels of Mingji Humanity.

Unlike the streets of Sky Ring and Red Arrow, Li Aozi could locate the position of every Blue Songstress Dance Hall in each city with his eyes closed.

"Tsk, this would be easier if we had a ’Biochemist’ and a ’Mechanic’."

Complaining now was useless.

"Sigh... So tired..."

"Take a brief rest, maintain status, and don’t let your guard down."

Li Aozi observed the weary Qiu Ran and the indifferent-looking Jian Neriya, mentally strategizing.

"What’s certain is that according to the ’Not to be Remembered’ task procedures, the second level is the focus. Xeno and the remaining members of Mingji Humanity are also on the second level."

This posed a problem: to get to the second level, they needed the credentials of Assistant Doctor Anna.

But if Assistant Doctor Anna had already entered the second level, what other ways were there?

Li Aozi felt that the higher-ups of Mingji Humanity wouldn’t be so foolish. Otherwise, a fire accident would doom everyone on the first level.

Therefore, he was sure there were alternative passages left.

Although Assistant Doctor Anna had successfully seized power, it had only been three days since then.

"The Professor could transfer his consciousness to the Infant Eaters of the Outer World, yet Doctor Anna is nowhere to be found... What is she thinking? Handling the Professor’s legacy? Or contacting Frost Plated for support?"

Li Aozi did not believe that Doctor Anna would have so quickly accepted the Professor’s legacy because she simply did not have the capability.

The Professor was a genuine Beta Rank ’Biochemist’, possessing knowledge of dozens of basic disciplines. Others might aspire to inherit all knowledge from a ’Biochemist,’ but even just the gifted presents from them could befuddle anyone without a certain level of intelligence.

Could Doctor Anna’s academic abilities compare to the Professor’s?

The answer was: definitely not.

Even with limited data, the impression Doctor Anna left on players was far from good.

If the Professor was described as a mad scientist and a madman who obliterated conscience, then Doctor Anna was the Merchant who would ask, ’How much is conscience worth?’

Mingji might degrade, but it would certainly not fail.

In his previous life, since Mingji Humanity had not suffered any destructive attacks, players had often fought with Ersha Armaments, reluctantly killing these pitiable young men and women, which also weighed on their consciences.

These mass-produced Ersha Armaments came from the impoverished people of Frost Plated and the Outer World. As they came off the assembly line, they were turned into money and transported to various warlords, bandit gangs, and small country armies.

After all, these Ersha Armaments were obedient, useful, would not betray, and possessed intelligence, which was much more cost-effective compared to regularly maintained smart robots.

There were even specialized traffickers who kidnapped teenagers and sold them to Mingji Humanity to be transformed into weapons.

However, in his past life, Ersha Armaments had been widely distributed; all over Frost Plated they were in use, and players were unaware of who had invented these sinful weapons.

And Doctor Anna had played a role in aggravating this issue.

By the way, when planets were being bombed in his previous life, this woman had survived by going into space and shamelessly sold a lot of medical knowledge and drugs to players. Later, she kept switching sides between enemy factions and her own civilization, definitely playing both sides.

Thus, Li Aozi believed, Doctor Anna would likely choose to contact Frost Plated.

"If we think about it from this angle... then the person to contact would be Third Rule."

Li Aozi frowned slightly.

Honestly, he was not eager to engage in frontal combat with Third Rule at this moment.

On one hand, the Third Rule agents generally possessed formidable combat abilities and were of high quality, with Gamma and Beta Rank powerhouses in their ranks.

Li Aozi may not care about the Fourth Rule, but the network of the Third Rule was spread across various Outer World gathering places.

On the other hand, there were quite a few of David Lyn Faction’s people undercover within the Third Rule — most of them who shared ambitions with Frost Plated were not in the military but rather here.

He had planned to poach the legendary David Lyn, a first-rate political and military figure, but such individuals needed a team and connections to be most effective.

If he accidentally harmed allies, that would not be good.

Since Doctor Anna had gone to contact the Third Rule, how should he extract Doctor Anna from there?

"Let me think... previously, Physician Chen Siqi mentioned that the Third Rule relies on the Metro Brotherhood’s railways for transportation,"

"If that’s the case, then Mingji Humanity definitely has an operational subway route to facilitate discreet communication and transport."

"If Doctor Anna didn’t go to the second level, she must have gone to wait at the subway station for support from the Third Rule."

Li Aozi rubbed his temples, starting to recall the subway routes controlled by the Metro Brotherhood.

Truth be told, so many years had passed, and much of his memory had faded.

Especially since the organization of the Metro Brotherhood’s routes was so complex, he thought hard but couldn’t recall them.

Subway... subway...

As Li Aozi paced back and forth on the spot, he suddenly remembered something.

"Wrong, why should I recall along the routes?"

He stopped in his tracks, deep in thought.

"P-205 Shelter is from before the old era, which means there were specific subway station names in the old era!"

Li Aozi had a flash of insight, suddenly enlightened.

Although he could not remember the specific routes, the cities and locations of Azure Star in the old era were instant teleportation points for players in the past, and he had a deep impression of them.

"Let me think, P-205... corresponds to Godzilla no, it’s—Krasnya Yagre Station!"

He set a direction, then crouched down, knelt on one knee, and placed his palm on the ground, releasing Gravity.

Gravity probing.

Gravity prospecting was a relatively common method in geological exploration.

Because the planet itself isn’t truly a regular and uniform sphere, with high mountains and deep valleys, in fact, the gravitational forces in various geological structures differ. Using this principle, one can locate natural oil and mineral deposits based on the variations in gravity.

Li Aozi did not use oppressive gravity; instead, he sent the gravity he released downward like water, carefully sensing the differences in gravity between the underground cement, steel bars, and permafrost.

Suddenly, he felt a distinctly different gravity.

"This gravity contains metal... it’s the rails, there is a void here! It’s the subway station!"

Li Aozi’s eyes brightened as he looked up, right in front of him appeared the main gate of a passage.

"This is it!"

Li Aozi immediately rose to his feet, signaled to Qiu Ran and Jian, and kicked towards the gate in front of him.

Crack!

However, before he could kick, the gate opened inward, and a young man with black and white hair and a stern gaze lifted his hand, accurately blocking his kick.

"Impolite."

The young officer pushed him away discontentedly, and before Li Aozi could question him, he steadied himself and looked up to clearly see the man in front of him, immediately exclaiming in surprise:

"Oh my, damn!"

—Isn’t this Masked Rider Du Zexin?

Li Aozi was quite surprised.

Mainly, how could this staunch believer in the David Lyn Faction with bushy eyebrows and big eyes be here?

Out of curiosity about this major character, Li Aozi couldn’t help but ask:

"...have you also fled to the Outer World?"