The whole weird world is waiting for me to go to heaven

Chapter 950 A Golden Crow (Twenty-Four)
Liu Sheng did indeed lead Yang Lingfeng into the ruins.

As for how to break the lock...

"Ahem, it's just a little computer trick."

Liu Sheng explained it casually.

They were afraid of raising the "OOC index".

Yang Lingfeng didn't understand, but college students these days are smart, and his own daughter always liked to tinker with all sorts of random things, so it wasn't impossible for her to know how to break locks.

At this moment, the two people wearing white protective suits were like water droplets flowing into a river, their presence extremely faint.

Moreover, the staff inside were all busy, going in and out of different doors, so naturally they wouldn't pay much attention to these two people.

This confirms what Zhuo Caiyun said—

The situation is very urgent.

In particular, many people's protective suits were stained with blood, and their movements were hurried and flustered. People kept dragging long body bags past, entering the entrance of an underground palace in the distance, and then coming out empty-handed.

Liu Sheng and Yang Lingfeng were still standing there, looking into the distance, trying to figure out what was going on, when a researcher, dragging two body bags, shouted to them:

"What are you waiting for? Help me out, hurry up and get this to Professor Shen! I can't carry it any further!"

"Oh, oh, okay."

The two agreed and each took one of the items.

It is heavy, that is, the weight of the human body.

The two exchanged a strange look and began dragging the body bag.

There's no need for a guide, because the entrance to the underground palace, where the most people enter and exit, is where the golden threads converge.

The closer Liu Sheng got, the more relaxed and at ease he felt, as if he were enveloped by some familiar energy.

The oppressive feeling brought about by the OOC monster's pursuit also strangely faded away.

However, the clearer this aura became, the more uncomfortable those who shouldn't belong here felt.

Liu Sheng turned to look beside her: "Are you still holding on?"

"Of course," Yang Lingfeng smiled. "My physical fitness is top-notch."

His hearty laughter sounded somewhat weak under his mask, and his expression was obscured. His steps gradually slowed, and he fell behind Liu Sheng.

At that moment, a warning sound suddenly rang out from a loudspeaker at the entrance to the excavation area:

"Attention! Attention! Everyone stop what you're doing immediately and begin identity verification—!"

"We can't stop! Time is of the essence!" Zhuo Caiyun's voice immediately cut in. "Everyone, keep working! We'll be going down to check identities! Anyone who has entered without registration, please cooperate with the investigation!"

Liu Sheng and Yang Lingfeng looked at each other in bewilderment.

However, we have just stepped down from the entrance to the underground palace.

Yang Lingfeng sighed and stopped walking.

“You go in,” he said. “I won’t go in.”

"I can still stand here and help you block them out."

Liu Sheng paused for a moment, then said, "Don't you want to know the truth?"

“I think…” Yang Lingfeng said in a low voice, “but I’m afraid I won’t be able to wait until then.”

He turned slightly, and a large patch of bright red blood had seeped into the lower back of his white protective suit, slowly seeping out and dripping onto the ground as a series of crimson dots.

Liu Sheng certainly remembered.

She had noticed this as early as when she left Zheng Li's house—

There was a gun hole in Yang Lingfeng's lower back.

Perhaps it was when he went to find Yu Meng alone that he was poisoned and exhausted, and was then shot dead by Yu Meng.

Then he selectively forgot about his own death.

It was under this force that the wound slowly and inexplicably healed and stopped bleeding.

But now, it's started again.

"The atmosphere here is too painful for me; I can't go on."

"I can sense an extremely terrifying presence below... Once it really erupts, I'm afraid all the people in Shanhai City, and even Qingyang City, will end up like me..."

"But I believe in you, you can solve all of this..."

At this moment, the bloodstained golden thread extending from his body suddenly became extremely stable, even emitting a faint glow.

But the next moment, the light began to dim and gradually weaken, as if the other end of the connection was slowly disappearing.

"goodbye……"

Yang Lingfeng's voice grew fainter and fainter.

"No, we probably won't see each other again."

With that, he dropped the corpse in his hand and ran outside.

Seeing this, a researcher exclaimed in confusion:
"Hey, why did you leave the body behind? Where are you going?"

But no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't stop them.

What followed was a sudden scream and chaotic footsteps.

Then, a sudden gunshot rang out.

Then came an even more chaotic gunfight.

……

The gunshots faded into the distance.

It's getting quieter and quieter.

Liu Sheng closed her eyes.

Look up into the depths where the golden threads converge.

Without looking back, he dragged the corpse and walked step by step into the deepest part of the underground palace.

The excavated underground palace was initially dilapidated, with cracked walls and a passageway barely supported by metal supports. Walking through it always made one worry that it might collapse at any moment.

Liu Sheng wanted to carefully observe the faint array patterns on the wall, but unfortunately most of them had been eroded by time, leaving only scattered fragments that could not be identified.

As they went deeper underground, the chilling atmosphere grew stronger, and the tunnel was filled with an eerie, surging energy.

Moreover, this eerie aura was mixed with a strong sense of holiness.

The two forces are clearly in conflict, yet they exist in a strange state of equilibrium.

It's probably that little bit of spiritual energy that's at play.

However, based on the rate of change of concentration and energy density gradient she calculated, the imbalance could happen in an instant, and while it's hard to say when, it certainly won't be too far off.

Currently, these are three forces forcibly intertwined, suppressed to their extreme by some mechanism. Once any one of these forces collapses or becomes unbalanced, it will not immediately trigger an explosion, but it will cause cross-energization.

The destructive power released at that moment... was probably no less than, and perhaps even greater than, the crimson energy sphere within the temple.

Is that why these corpses are needed?

Liu Sheng's heart sank.

She doesn't understand.

Using blood and qi to nourish it, wouldn't that further stimulate the evil qi and make it even more unbalanced?

As they ventured deeper underground, the surroundings became much darker.

However, the number of metal supports for the tunnel decreased, and through the eyes of the tiny tentacles, the entire tunnel gradually became complete.

Extending along the wall are exquisite and intricate murals.

The images were chaotic, with tangled lines and fragmented compositions, as if simultaneously narrating multiple timelines. Liu Sheng felt dizzy after only a few glances.

It's as if whispers are escaping from the painting, gradually entangling your nerves.

And then there are the faint, lingering illusions that creep into the depths of one's eyes.

She seemed to have transformed into a primitive woman, barely clothed except for tree bark covering her private parts, standing among a group of similarly dressed people, dancing some incomprehensible dance around a massive iceberg. Her heart was filled with boundless excitement and awe.

Above them were ten blazing, enormous points of light.

The light spots grew brighter and brighter, and the world began to turn white.

The light gradually blurred her vision, her skin felt like it was melting from the heat, and it sagged heavily, pulling at her trapezius muscles. Even her neck felt painfully constricted, almost breaking...

"Hey, you over there, don't you know you can't look at these murals?"

A muffled voice came from the side.

Liu Sheng suddenly woke up.

The tight feeling around my neck suddenly eased, as if a pair of hands that had been holding me from behind were slowly withdrawing.

Following the sound, a researcher was walking unsteadily up from the depths of the passageway, his protective suit stained with blood and tattered.

The face behind the mask was hidden in the darkness, and the expression was not visible.

Only a pair of eyes, gleaming faintly, gazed at her from the shadows.

"You're new here?"

“Yes, senior.” Liu Sheng nodded. “I was originally guarding the outer perimeter.”

"Damn it, Zhuo Caiyun, she's dragging all sorts of people into this." The man cursed under his breath. "Alright, you can get down now, Professor Shen can't hold on much longer."

After saying that, he turned to walk upstairs, but was stopped by Liu Sheng.

"and many more!"

The man paused, slightly annoyed: "What is it now? This isn't the time to chat."

"I want to ask, what exactly happened to Professor Shen?"

"Professor Shen sacrificed himself to save the world, and you still want to ask what happened?"

The man's voice suddenly rose in pitch.

A chilling aura spread outwards.

However, Liu Sheng said, "So, you also sacrificed yourself to save the world?"

"What?" The other person was slightly taken aback.

"You...aren't you already dead? So if I go in, I'll die too, right?" Liu Sheng said with a light laugh.

The air seemed to freeze suddenly.

After a long pause, the man said, "I suddenly feel that you are probably not one of those military personnel, but rather... the person they are currently searching for?"

A strong killing intent surged forth.

With that sudden burst of energy, he lunged at Liu Sheng.

Even though he had just emerged from the depths of the underground palace, he knew about what was happening on the surface, and even in this darkness, he could clearly see Liu Sheng looking at the murals...

The reason is naturally——
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[Name]: Xu Yu'an - Excavation Site Researcher (Junior Level)
[Analysis Completion Rate]: 100%
[Type]: Clan Monster
[Effect Description]:
(1) Which one is better at physical enhancement: It increases digging efficiency by 1%, but it is clumsy and not suitable for delicate work.

(2) Outstanding doctoral students: staying up late to write papers does not consume mental energy and randomly increases the chances of their supervisors producing results.

[Equipment Bonus]:
(1) Law of Attraction: A legendary mechanism that can make "wishful thinking come true", but requires paying an equivalent price (the simplest one - the life of a creature of the same kind).

(2) Threshold space: It has the ability to passively construct threshold space, which is used to contain fragments of consciousness, seal contraband, maintain layered space, etc.

Note: To actively construct such dreams, one must possess the ability of "lucid dreaming".

[Influence Level]: F
[Analysis and Evaluation]: After studying for so many years, all I got was to dig in the dirt. Unfortunately, I couldn't compete with others. I just wanted to do the work for my mentor so I could get a free authorship!
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【Equipment Add-ons】is a new entry.

However, at this moment, Liu Sheng had no time to think about it.

As the researcher, who had become monstrous, lunged at Liu Sheng, he unexpectedly crashed into a corpse.

He angrily threw the corpse aside, only to see a figure rushing towards the depths of the underground palace.

"Quick, catch her!"

With a roar, the researchers who were entering and exiting the underground palace moved in unison and swarmed towards Liu Sheng.

Fortunately, their physical enhancements were too rudimentary, and Liu Sheng's tentacles continued to wave them away mercilessly.

The OOC index is fluctuating and rising intermittently.

It climbed from 80% to 85%, and it hasn't stopped yet.

The oppressive feeling of fear finally broke through the limit, and the "Boundary of Faith" transmitted from Yang Lingfeng completely failed. Even the dense holy power here could not suppress it.

A sharp scream came from outside the underground palace.

Something extremely terrifying seemed to be slowly approaching, and darkness gradually spread into the underground palace.

A rustling sound rang out.

It's as if a distorted signal is being transmitted.

What followed was something resembling a mosaic humanoid, with indistinct outlines, pieced together from pixel blocks. Every movement was like a slowly dropping frame of video footage, broken, distorted, yet possessing a strange, rule-based power.

Wherever it goes, the strange creatures scatter. If they don't have time to escape, they will be hit and instantly deconstructed into the same mosaic blocks.

The entire underground palace then began to shake.

Even the murals have been eroded, turning into pieces of jumping mosaic, which then peel away layer by layer.

With a deafening roar, the entrance to the underground palace immediately sealed.

Liu Sheng eventually reached the bottom.

However, she had no chance to see what the underground palace of this ruin looked like, nor did she see Professor Shen.

What unfolded before her was a chaotic structure of overlapping spaces.

The original ruins of the underground palace are still faintly visible, along with fragments of array patterns intertwined together. Strangely, however, are also mixed in floral wallpaper, black and white tiles, small green tiles, cement walls plastered with advertisements, old-fashioned red signs, and tangled staircases…

Doors of various colors and shapes are scattered throughout the space; some lie horizontally, some hang upside down, some open on the ceiling, and some are embedded in the corners of the walls, like foreign objects forcibly stuffed into this space.

Liu Sheng watched as a researcher carried a corpse into the room, and then a dark brown iron gate with Spring Festival couplets pasted on it suddenly appeared in front of him and opened.

Go in, then come out.

The aura emanating from him was different.

The parsed result is the same.

As a "researcher" of the tribe's strange creatures.

She finally understood.

Behind these doors should be the so-called "threshold space" passively constructed by everyone.

"Equipment," also known as "immortal artifacts," is not unique at all!
Everyone who has ever entered this site will be "given" a portion of it, which will be stored deep within their body and nurtured, processed, and incubated in this nested space.

[...to contain fragments of consciousness, seal away contraband, and maintain layered spaces, etc.]

It's estimated that it's ultimately for some entity hidden within.

Zheng Qiran left the ruins to go to school, taking the "immortal artifact" with her. As she was devoured first, the "immortal artifact" was transferred to He Tao.

That's why he inherited the door that originally belonged to Zheng Qiran.

Perhaps as "He Tao" is completely devoured, a door belonging to "He Tao" will appear...

Or perhaps it has already appeared?

Liu Sheng looked around, her gaze drawn to one of the doors.

The wall was covered with colorful LBKids posters, and a string of plastic beaded curtains hung at the entrance. Liu Sheng walked over and parted them, making a crisp clinking sound.

Gently turn the doorknob.

Inside was a room exclusively for LBKids, where numerous snow-white boys of varying sizes smiled sweetly at her. Fifteen life-size cardboard cutouts occupied most of the space, leaving virtually no room to stand.

On the bed with fifteen human-shaped body pillows, a girl sat curled up with her knees drawn up, slowly raising her head to look at Liu Sheng.

Two identical faces faced each other.

(End of this chapter)