Chapter 164 The "truth" of the strange space, the world four years later?
After Shen Ge entered the weird "big mouth", he walked all the way to the depths. After walking for about two hours, he still had no tendency to reach the bottom.
He used a flashlight to observe the passage all the way. The blood-red flesh walls and black blood vessels were still faintly squirming... It really gave the illusion of entering the throat of a giant monster.
Even if this is a giant weird belly, even if the giraffe is weird, it won’t still be in its neck after walking for two hours, right?
"We can't keep walking forever, right?" Shen Ge thought that he had already walked for two hours, and decided to walk for another hour at most. If he couldn't see the end, he would go back.
Then.
Having been gone for three hours, it would be a bit of a loss to go back like this.
Having been walking for four hours, it would be a huge loss to turn back now.
...”
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Since the "collapse" of the invisible realm was ineffective against the flesh wall, Shen Ge did not dare to rashly launch high-explosive bombs, so he first took out two explosive grenades, pulled off the tabs, and threw them forward.
【Characteristics of the uncanny realm: Unfortunately, being in this uncanny realm will magnify one's misfortune infinitely, ranging from eating instant noodles without seasoning packets to as big as meteorites falling from the sky. 】
"It looks like a high-explosive bomb." Shen Ge was about to take out the high-explosive bomb from his backpack when the ground suddenly "squirmed" slowly.
At this time, the huge flesh-and-blood mouth made of hands not far away slowly "lay down" and then merged into the ground.
boom!
boom!
When the smoke from the explosion dissipated, Shen Ge took a flashlight and swiped it at the flesh wall. The blasting grenade that could blow up the security door didn't even leave a mark on the flesh wall.
Shen Ge heard that something was wrong. It was one of the two most severely affected areas in Tuokou City. In addition, he had attracted all the high-level weirdness near Tokyo Tower to this block, which led to the emergence of multiple weird spaces. The underground experimental base is right under Tokyo Tower and cannot be unaffected.
This is strange.
"Huh?" Shen Ge walked to the place where the fleshy maw disappeared in confusion, took the butcher knife and dug into the ground, only to find that it was ordinary soil.
...”
After walking for six hours, he can neither advance nor retreat. The dignified top spy of the Special Strategy Department is now in a dilemma due to a passage.
"System, are you saying that these two situations are the same concept? The former is harmless, and the latter is just a waste, right?" Shen Ge felt that there were too many flaws for a while, and he didn't even want to study the system. Has it evolved again to be able to detect the mysterious realm? I just want to complain about this outrageous feature of the mysterious realm.
However, this journey was not fruitless. At least Xiao Qi detected the presence of very strong occult energy in the passage. Shen Ge charged the Carrion Armor with energy, but the armor was full of occult energy but could not activate it yet. go out.
Shen Ge rarely encounters a time when "hanging through the wall" fails. Since the bug cannot be blocked, he can only explode first when he is indecisive.
Although Shen Ge was wearing a full-body battle armor, he still activated the red mist form for safety reasons. Then, he heard a sound like liquid surging from deep in the passage.
Shen Ge thought for a while and asked: "Can the strange space reaction be detected?"
Although we have long known that "misfortune" belongs to the existence of the concept god, it is really outrageous that eating instant noodles without seasoning packets and meteorites falling from the sky can one day be put together!
【Now mark the weirdness in the current area—】
“Master, the previous strange energy cannot be detected within the detectable range, and it is confirmed that it has disappeared.” Xiao Qi added.
What's even more strange is that the system along the way was in a "dead state" and did not alert him that he was approaching a strange thing or that something strange was coming. For a moment, Shen Ge was not sure whether he had entered the weird belly.
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The uncanny energy of the Carrion Armor was affected by the corrosive liquid and fell down. With such a level of corrosive power, Shen Ge found it hard to imagine that if he had not activated the "red mist form" for safety reasons, I am afraid that the Carrion Armor would have The defense in normal form cannot stop the corrosion.
【There is currently no strange space response. 】
Shen Ge stood up from the flowing green corrosive liquid and jumped ten meters away. Xiao Qi also quickly peeled off the corrosive liquid from his armor.
Even if it's running weirdly through the ground, it doesn't move that fast, right? What's more, when it left, the ground didn't react at all.
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“System, scan for nearby weirdness.”
“Master, a very strong mysterious energy has been detected in the depths and is coming here!” Xiaoqi reminded.
What about the giant mouth of flesh and blood?
【The existence of the mysterious realm is detected! 】
However, something strange happened at this time. Shen Ge originally walked through the flesh and blood passage for six hours, but now he actually saw the exit after running for ten minutes!
As soon as he rushed to the entrance, there was a loud "crash" behind him, and the green corrosive liquid spurted out, directly rushing Shen Ge out of the huge mouth of flesh and blood transformed into countless hands.
Is this a stomach-churning effect?
Shen Ge didn't have time to think too much and rushed towards the entrance at full speed. The sound of liquid surging behind him got closer and closer.
【Scanning—】
Shen Ge sighed, so the habit of people from the Celestial Dynasty to "come when they come" is a disease, and it is also a serious disease.
“Disappear?” Shen Ge frowned slightly, confused.
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Shen Ge also tried to use the invisible realm to "collapse" against the flesh wall of the passage, but the thickness of the passage was beyond his imagination. His mental energy was drained almost the moment the realm was opened, so it was a waste of time. A mental apple restores mental strength.
Is it really just a bug that has burrowed into the ground?
Shen Ge was a little confused and asked Xiao Qi to test again, but the answer he got was beyond his expectation: "Report to the master, the strange passage has disappeared."
With a deafening swallowing sound, the entire "throat" started to move, and the flesh walls and ground were squirming visible to the naked eye.
Shen Ge glanced around. He saw the wide underground cave, the stalactites with unique and strange shapes on the cave walls, the withered "carrion" trees all over the cave... It was the same cave he had entered before.
“Reporting to the master, there is no strange space reaction.” Xiao Qi replied.
Obviously the system is different from Xiaoqi's classmates. As a tool of Mo De's emotions, he ignored Shen Ge's complaints and continued to execute his orders directly.
Then, you see the [Map] showing the underground experimental base and the Tokyo Tower area above, both of which are densely packed with red dots.
“The system shields low-level weirdness and parasitized people below level 2.”
【Targets below level 3 have been blocked. 】
Shen Ge was about to sigh that the system was very considerate of you. I asked you to block levels below level 2, but you directly blocked level 2 as well.
But before this thought passed, Shen Ge suddenly realized something was wrong. Since the system had said that targets below level 3 were blocked, the red dots on the system should be reduced.
But there are still thousands of red dots densely packed on the [map], does this mean that there are thousands of strange creatures of level 3 or above around?
“Are you sure the system has detected thousands of Level 3 weirdos?”
【Confirmed. 】
“How about you test it again?”
【Confirmed. 】
“System, sing a song by Jaylen.”
If it is your nature to hurt me, then mercy is my motto. Dog, dog, dog, dog! If you need me to light your way home, I will give you a flashlight. Dog, dog, dog, dog! 】
...”
Shen Ge’s expression was a little subtle at this time. First, the system was really getting better and could actually sing Jay Chou’s songs. Second, it felt like the system was really awesome!
However, Shen Ge took a look at the dense red dots on the map and realized that "Besieged on All Sides" really suited the situation.
There is no way to continue to struggle here. If you want to know what is going on, you only need to go to the ground and take a look.
Besides, the fire that Shen Ge set in the underground laboratory has probably already started. If this underground experimental base likes to have an idiotic "self-destruction system" like in movies and games, then it will be a mess.
Shen Ge canceled the "red mist form" and continued to wear the carrion armor all over his body. He returned to the cave full of eggshells. The strange thing was that all the eggshells in the cave were gone, leaving only a hole in the ground.
Have there been any weird eggshell eaters?
Shen Ge asked Xiaoqi to scan the surrounding mysterious energy, but no strange presence was detected, so he walked to the bulletproof glass and used the invisible mysterious field to "collapse" and returned to the main control room.
The main control room was not much different from when he left, except that there were a few white bones in combat uniforms on the ground, and the surrounding machinery was covered with a thick layer of dust.
Shen Ge felt something was wrong, so he took out the contact device and sent communication requests to Fang Mingyue and Luo Jing respectively, but as the red light flashed "beep, beep, beep", even the communication request was not sent.
“Is this the latest technology that can be used to make phone calls across the ocean in a signal-shielded place?” Shen Ge couldn’t help complaining.
Shen Ge thought for a while and asked, "Classmate Xiaoqi, can you connect to the satellite?"
“Reporting to the master, the communicator in your hand is currently unable to receive any signal, nor can it send a signal through it.” Xiao Qi replied.
Okay, this is really blocked.
However, Shen Ge still felt strange. Before, he could receive signals normally even when he was in multiple strange space communicators. Why can't even Xiaoqi's assistant send messages now?
Shen Ge couldn't figure it out, so he simply stopped thinking about it and followed the emergency exit route map that Fang Mingyue told him before, all the way to the hatch at the end.
Seeing the closed hatch, Shen Ge's eyes narrowed.
If Fang Mingyue and others left through this passage, they should have opened the hatch. We can't have the good habit of closing the door casually, right?
Fortunately, it's just a hatch, so it won't give Shen Ge a headache.
Shen Ge unfolded the invisible realm and used "Collapse" to pass through the hatch, then passed through the emergency passage all the way to the upper level, and found that he had arrived at an underground parking lot.
However, this underground parking lot must have been abandoned for a long time. The cars parked here have become "zombie cars" and are covered with a thick layer of dust.
Shen Ge followed the exit sign of the parking lot, but walked through the upward passage and entered the stairwell, only to find that the exit was blocked by collapsed stones.
Shen Ge tried to push the stones, but even with his greatest strength, the stone slabs pressing on them would not move at all. In desperation, he could only expand the invisible realm again, detect the thickness of the stone slabs pressing on the exit, and confirm that it did not look like a **** mouth. The bottomless abyss like the giant mouth's throat, then used "Collapse" to open a gap and jumped up.
When Shen Ge came to the ground, he was surprised to find that he was on the ruins of a collapsed building. It was the scorching sun at this time. The strong sunlight was shining on the carrion armor, and a faint white smoke was rising. However, the carrion armor was actually on the ground. Consume guile energy to "defend".
However, the deception energy decreases very slowly, and it takes several minutes for it to decrease by 1 point. This is almost negligible for the current deception energy reserve and recovery speed of the "LiXiang II Red Mist Armor".
Compared with the fact that sunlight could cause certain damage to the Carrion Armor, Shen Ge was more surprised by the surrounding environment, which looked like ruins after a major earthquake.
Looking around, there is almost no complete building in sight. Rather than the scene after the earthquake collapsed, it is more like the ruins left after the monsters wreaked havoc.
For example, in a building not far away, the walls on the left and right sides are still intact, but the middle part looks like it was stepped on by Godzilla and is dented.
Logically speaking, even if a few level 3 weirdos get together and fight, they won't smash the entire city into ruins in just a few hours.
“Classmate Xiaoqi, here’s an auspicious card draw bgm!”
“Roger that, Master!” Xiao Qi finished her words and started playing the BGM with local characteristics - "Tokyo Sinking".
Ding ding ding ding —
【Congratulations to the host for drawing "Free Points (4%. 】
..."Free attributes (4%. 】
The first two are free points, and the middle ones are the Sakura Self-Defense Force’s standard weapons and throwing objects such as Molotov cocktails, flash bombs, and grenades.
The last two draws were food.
【..."Nissin Cup Noodles x2 (box】
【...“わきx1(barrel)”】
Two boxes of convenience food and a bucket of pure water.
Shen Ge didn't expect to see Sakura. The taste "transmitted" by the system had not changed, and the food he got was still instant noodles.
But what made Shen Ge even more unexpected was that he opened three boxes of instant noodles with different flavors in a row, and without exception, there was no seasoning packet!
...”
Unfortunately, it is indeed terrible!
Shen Ge had no choice but to make two bowls of white instant noodles and eat them. He was now on the rooftop of an abandoned building. The reason why he chose a high place was that he had a good view and could easily observe whether there were any high-level weird things. Second, Weiyi generally does not have the habit of climbing stairs, so he is not afraid of being disturbed by Weiyi when eating.
Shen Ge ate instant noodles and rested for a while. The sun went down in the evening, and he found that the sunlight burning the carrion armor was no longer so aggressive.
According to the detection and analysis of Xiaoqi, this situation is because the sunlight shining into this area has been affected by the "unfortunate" strange realm. Therefore, direct sunlight will have a certain lethality on living bodies, and even weirdness cannot avoid the strange realm. The power of sunlight.
Because of this, even the fourth-level weird turtles choose to hide underground when the sun is shining during the day, which shows the horror of "misfortune"!
Shen Ge stood up and stood on the rooftop and looked into the distance. Looking at Tuokou City in ruins, he felt an ominous premonition.
This place gave him the feeling of being in a strange space with chaotic time and space in Luhu Water City, but even level 5 monsters existed here, and it was different from that strange space.
What's more, after double verification by Xiaoqi's classmates and the system, there are only "unfortunate" mysterious realms here, and there is no mysterious space, which negates this speculation.
“It can’t be that the giant mouth of flesh and blood is a miracle of time, sending me to the ‘doomsday’ four years later, right?” Shen Ge’s face darkened, he didn’t want to be a time traveler.
Night gradually fell. Since breaking through level 3, Shen Ge's strong mental power has greatly reduced his sleep time. In addition, he still has many doubts about the situation at this time that need to be verified, so he plans to continue in this abandoned city. Go explore.
At this moment, he suddenly noticed several "light beams" appearing in the distance, like a group of people using flashlights to search for something.
Shen Ge thought for a moment, then immediately jumped off the abandoned building and ran all the way in the direction of the group of people. When he was close, he turned on "Invisibility" to avoid being discovered by the other party.
After approaching this team, Shen Ge found that there were six of them in total, two women and four men, wearing special clothing similar to the uniforms of the Sakura Self-Defense Force, but the clothes looked a little old.
Shen Ge followed them for a while, and through the translation of classmate Xiao Qi, he learned that they were searching for resources, mainly food, in the ruins.
Shen Ge thought for a while, found a secluded place and used the "collapse" to go to the room on the lower floor of the building. Then he changed into the combat uniform of the Special Strategy Department and took out a uniform from his backpack that he had taken to the Self-Defense Forces base. Change into it, then return to the surface to find the group.
When the team entered an abandoned building, Shen Ge used "collapse" to get through the wall, went around the building and canceled "invisible", and then raised his gun.
Shen Ge whispered something in a low voice and almost mouthed something. Xiao Qi, who was covering his neck, immediately caught what he wanted to say, and then imitated the voice of a man of the same age and said it again in standard Sakura dialect.
“Stop, don’t move!”
Being swept by the tactical flashlight beam on the assault rifle, the people on the opposite side immediately raised their guns. The leading woman replied: "Wait! Don't get excited! We are counter-terrorism fighters affiliated with the second battalion of the Sakura Reconnaissance Regiment. Let's come I’m just looking for some food here, no harm done!”
Sakura Reconnaissance Regiment Second Battalion?
Before Shen Ge came to Sakura, he read the Sakura-related information that Cheng Shengnan gave him and had a certain understanding of the construction of the Self-Defense Force, but he had never heard of this number.
At this time, one of them noticed that Shen Ge was wearing the clothes of the Self-Defense Forces, and found that his clothes were relatively new, and asked in confusion: "Where did you find this equipment?"
"What's the meaning?"
"Are these the clothes of the former Self-Defense Forces? After Takuchi was mysteriously destroyed, the United Nations re-approved our establishment of troops, and the Self-Defense Forces' numbers have been canceled a long time ago!" the man said matter-of-factly.
Shen Ge thought for a while and came up with an explanation: "To be honest, I am a guard in Area A-2 of the Self-Defense Forces' underground experimental base in Tuokou. I fell asleep in the dormant cabin due to an experimental accident. It’s been a while, I just woke up a few days ago...”
“Base?”
“Wait, you mean, there is a base under Tuokou City?”
"real or fake?"
“Haven’t you heard of it?”
A few people looked extremely surprised.
Shen Ge continued to try to talk: "It's not surprising that you don't know. The Tuokou underground experimental base was built before 2020 and has been engaged in research on weirdness. In order to avoid the weirdness causing panic among civilians, it has been kept secret. I Seeing that you are also wearing Self-Defense Forces uniforms, why don’t you even know this?”
The leading woman pulled down her mask, revealing a delicate face, but there was a scar from her left eye to her nose, which looked a bit scary.
“Brother, do you know what year it is now?”
Shen Ge pretended to be confused and asked, "What do you mean by that?"
"We suspect that you have been sleeping in the hibernation capsule for several years. The Self-Defense Forces were de-numbered three years ago, and now it is... June 14, 2028!"
June 14th, there is no problem with this time, it happens to be the third day that Shen Ge comes to Sakura to support, but... that is June 14th in 2024!
But this woman is talking about...2028!
Shen Ge was shocked when he heard this. He had indeed guessed it, and it was the worst result. He had really come to the "doomsday" four years later!
All of this must be related to that huge mouth of flesh and blood!
The woman looked at Shen Ge again and said, "I am the operations captain of Search Team 3. Maple Flowers has vegetables. What is your name?"
Shen Ge said: “I’m the ‘Tony Eagle’.”
"Mr. Tony, can you tell us in detail about the situation in the underground experimental base? Our investigation team was originally here to support Tuokou City, but we have been trapped in the strange area for a year. Strange things are rampant here, and there are cannibals everywhere. Monster. Our supplies are almost gone. If there is an underground base, it means there is emergency food..." Fenghua Youcai said excitedly.
Shen Ge sighed: "I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you... The entrance to the underground experimental base is just two streets away, but in the afternoon two giant strange battles caused a rain of meteorites, and the area was destroyed. I'm afraid everyone who entered the base The entrance no longer exists.”
"...How could this happen?" Fenghua Youcai said in frustration.
They also observed the meteor shower while hiding in the stronghold during the day, so they did not doubt the authenticity of what Shen Ge said.
Fenghua Youcai suggested: "Mr. Tony has just woken up from the base, and he must not know much about the world. Why don't you come back to the base with us and make plans?"
"That's fine." Shen Ge guessed that the world he came to four years later had a lot to do with the flesh-and-blood maw. If he wanted to go back, he would have to find another way to find the flesh-and-blood maw.
Fenghua Youcai said that their investigation team has been trapped in Tuokou City for a year, and maybe they know some clues related to the flesh and blood mouth.
However, it seems that a few people have no intention of returning to the camp directly, but are preparing to continue looking for food. According to Fenghua Youcai's explanation, there are still more than 40 people in their group, but the food reserve is only enough for two days.
Shen Ge could only patiently accompany them to search for food. It was not until dawn that everyone returned to the base with a few boxes of cans they had finally found.
The base of the investigation team was established at Qingquan Women's University, not far from Tuokou City. The team leader was a man named Watanabe Natsuki.
Fenghua Youcai led the team to search for resources, but brought back a strange man, which surprised everyone in the group.
Because according to their experience this year, there should be no living person in the entire Tuokou City. Even if there are survivors, they should stay away from the city at this time and live somewhere outside the city like them.
"Unfortunately" From time to time, there will be a natural disaster in the mysterious realm, whether it is a meteorite, a tsunami, or the most common earthquake in Sakura.
A year ago, the investigation team led by Watanabe Xia Peng originally only tried to come in for search and rescue. Who knew that after entering the treacherous territory, they would not be able to go out again.
The reconnaissance team has also gone from the original number of thousands to only about forty people left alive.
No one knows whether they will be able to see the sun tomorrow. They just hope that they can survive until the day when Sakura finds a way to solve the strange "misfortune".
In fact, Natsumi Watanabe, as the leader of the group, knew that a month before they entered Tuokou, his sister Natsumi Watanabe sneaked into Rong City, Datianchao, to steal a strange sixth-level corpse. It was said that he was a special person who could "seal" strange abilities. Weird, once successful, it may be possible to solve the "misfortune".
Over the past year, Watanabe Xia Peng has often used this incident to motivate the soldiers, but after a year, everyone has become numb and just wants to live day by day.
Especially today, a long-awaited "meteor shower" appeared in Tuokou City again. I don't know if it will fall on Qingquan's head tomorrow.
After Watanabe Xia Peng met Shen Ge, he asked him a lot about the Tuokou underground experimental base. In fact, he secretly led the team into Tuokou City several times just to find the entrance to the base. Unfortunately, he was beaten back by the strange , or the entrance found has collapsed.
After learning that the place where Shen Ge came out was also buried by today's meteorite rain, Watanabe Xia Peng was extremely disappointed, so he asked Fenghua Youcai to take Shen Ge down to rest.
Fenghua Youcai took Shen Ge to a clean dormitory, briefly explained to him the situation of the investigation team and the stronghold, and then took out a piece of shriveled bread to entertain him.
Shen Ge also wanted to get some "future" information from Fenghua Youcai, so he generously took out two boxes of cup noodles and gave them to him.
“Hey, you also have such good things as cup noodles!” Fenghua Youcai’s eyes lit up.
Shen Ge took off his gas mask and put it on the table. He smiled and said, "I got these from the base. I thought I could go back at any time. If I had known better, I would have gotten more."
"It's true..." Fenghua Youcai looked at Shen Ge and was suddenly startled. This was the first time she saw Shen Ge's appearance under the mask. Her eyes lit up when she saw the instant noodles, but now she was even brighter.
“What’s wrong?” Shen Ge asked.
Fenghua Youcai hurriedly tore open the cup noodles, and then was stunned: "Ah - I can't be so unlucky, there is no seasoning packet in the cup noodles?"
However, Fenghua Youcai just complained and went to boil water to make noodles. She also made a bowl for Shen Ge and had no intention of leaving. She stayed in the dormitory to chat with him.
From the experience of the investigation team in the past year to daily life, we finally talked about Shen Ge's name: "Mr. Tony, your name is very special. Big Eagle, do you want to soar in the sky like an eagle? Well, if it's not weird, Break out, Daying, you will definitely become the commander of the base!"
Fenghua Youcai was very familiar with switching the name of Shen Ge from "Mr. Tony" to "Daying", which seemed very affectionate.
"Your name is very nice, and I feel very familiar with it?" Shen Ge said.
Fenghua Youcai asked with surprise: "Really?"
“Yeah, I met someone named Fenghua, and I also met someone named Youcai...”
Fenghua Youcai was about to ask where she met Shen Ge when she suddenly heard a special alarm sounding in the stronghold.
Since the monsters are very sensitive to sound, the "alarm" of the stronghold is a kind of firework similar to a sky cannon, which will be launched to a long distance and explode. On the one hand, it can lure away weirdos and weirdos, on the other hand, it can also "warn" the soldiers.
"No! There are weird people attacking the stronghold, Da Ying, come with me quickly!" Fenghua Youcai hurriedly picked up the weapon and rushed out of the dormitory.
As soon as I ran out of the dormitory, I noticed that the ground was shaking violently.
Fenghua Youcai explained to Shen Ge while running: "...It's another strong earthquake, and it is estimated that there will be another tsunami soon. We must leave here as soon as possible."
"Tsunami? But aren't we in Qingquan? It's a long way from the sea, right?" Shen Ge asked doubtfully.
Fenghua Youcai explained: "You may not know how many years you have been sleeping, Eagle. A few years ago, a huge strange thing appeared in the sea and swallowed the entire field... Shinagawa District is gone too, and it has become a sea area. . In other words, east of the clear spring is the sea."
“What’s so weird and scary?” Shen Ge asked.
Fenghua Youcai shook her head: "I don't know, I just know that it is a high-level weirdo from the deep sea, which is higher than the one in Tuokou City!"
"etc!"
Shen Ge was shocked: "Isn't the weird one in Tuokou City the same as the weird one who swallowed most of Tuokou?"