American Horror Story, Starting from Falls Town

Chapter 436 This authentic sour and refreshing taste is the real deal.

Based on the map he had seen before, Roy roughly determined that the gunshots seemed to have come from the location of the restaurant.

The gunfire was very intense, clearly not the effect of just two guns; it seemed that all the Russian soldiers had dispersed and then regrouped.

Near the restaurant, Roy heard Mikhail shouting.

Anya translated it, and the gist of it was telling the soldiers to open fire immediately to protect themselves.

Roy suspected that this guy had secretly given a signal to the others beforehand, and then reunited after Roy and Anya left, wanting to cause some trouble.

Perhaps Roy's easy defeat of the Mushroom Man Demon led him to some misunderstanding, making him think that he could also defeat the Mushroom Man Demon by gathering his soldiers.

When faced with real danger, Mikhail could only cower behind his soldiers for protection.

Upon entering the restaurant, Roy indeed saw a mushroom-shaped demon over two meters tall charging towards Mikhail and his men, braving the gunfire of Russian soldiers.

Furthermore, a Russian soldier had been entangled in mycelium by the mushroom-man demon and was being wielded as a weapon.

For this soldier, death was inevitable, as his protective suit had already been torn.

But the remaining Russian soldiers didn't leave, and they stubbornly opened fire.

Actually, the Russian soldier could have escaped, because the Mushroom Demon wasn't very fast. The Russian soldier who was caught was probably just unlucky.

However, Mikhail kept giving orders to capture the mushroom-man demon, so the soldiers couldn't leave.

The incendiary bombs didn't have much effect. The reason they were able to burn the fungus was because Roy had knocked the mushroom demon unconscious. The mushroom demon was still alive and kicking and could easily escape the range of the flames.

Roy makes another heroic appearance, kicking the mushroom demon to the ground.

"What are you doing!"

Under Roy's sharp gaze, even though the Russian soldiers couldn't understand him, they lowered their heads in embarrassment.

Only Mikhail had the audacity to keep rambling on; Roy didn't even want to listen to Anya's translation, which was bound to be unpleasant.

After knocking the mushroom-man demon unconscious with a single punch, Roy walked over to Mikhail and lifted him up.

"What the hell are you doing?!"

Mikhail immediately chickened out and called for help from the surrounding soldiers, but all the Russian soldiers lowered their heads and dared not look at Roy.

"Still screaming!"

Roy punched Mikhail in the stomach, making him vomit on the spot.

Because he was wearing protective clothing, Mikhail vomited all of it inside his helmet.

This tangy flavor is the real deal!
Roy originally wanted to continue cursing Mikhail, but seeing his expression, he didn't really want to anymore, since he couldn't understand it anyway.

"Anya, please translate this for me. This is the last time I'll tolerate your foolishness; there won't be a next time!"

Did they really treat Roy like a babysitter?
Roy protected Anya because she had worked hard last night.

Mikhail and the Russian soldiers didn't contribute anything; Roy had no obligation to protect them.

The Russian soldiers fell silent, and Mikhail was even more speechless; he was nearly suffocated by the stench of his own vomit.

Roy shook his head, released Mikhail, and prepared to receive his spoils.

This time, finally no one dared to complain.

Roy then quickly cleared the floor, took down another mushroom-man demon, and helped the three survivors in the observation room find protective suits and rescue them.

At this point, the 3000-meter level was completely cleared, leaving only a large number of corpses consumed by fungi.

"Let's continue."

To access the 6000-meter level, one needs identification from the supervisor, which means one needs Mikhail's identity.

This time, Mikhail finally didn't mess up and successfully started the downward elevator.

The three survivors did not go down with the elevator; they would wait for it to return, take it back to the ground, and deliver the information to Grigoriev.

It was still that feeling of riding a drop tower. Five minutes later, the nine people successfully reached a depth of 6000 meters underground.

This is a place that 99% of the people on Earth have never been to.

During the Cold War, America and the Soviet Union had a tunnel-drilling competition, with one side claiming to have drilled several thousand meters and the other claiming to have drilled ten thousand meters.

In that era when the arms race was at its peak, the two giants really had to compete on everything.

As soon as the elevator doors opened, Roy and his friends saw red spores everywhere and a visible heat wave.

Anya realized something and her expression changed drastically.

"Oh no! The emergency exit must have been opened!"

Roy glanced at the control panel inside the elevator, which displayed data about the elevator's interior environment.

The temperature in the elevator has now reached 50 degrees Celsius and is still rising rapidly.

The 6000-meter level is a work area. Because the temperature deep underground is extremely high, there are special heat-insulated safety doors to prevent the work area from getting too hot.

The fact that the work area is so hot right now means that the safety door used to insulate against the heat is open.

"Anya, what's the temperature here?"

"According to Grigoriev's information, the temperature here can reach up to 200 degrees Celsius!"

Goodness, water can be boiled at 100 degrees Celsius, wouldn't it cook a person at 200 degrees Celsius?

"Will our protective suits be able to withstand this?"

Not all protective suits can withstand extreme temperatures of 200 degrees Celsius, and even if the suit can, the person inside may not be able to withstand it.

Anya hesitated for a moment. She didn't know much about this and didn't know what the performance of the old protective suit she was wearing, which was left over from the Soviet era, was.

Since Anya doesn't know either, there's no need to put her at risk.

"Then you guys stay in the elevator and wait for me. I'll go out and check by myself."

This elevator is a key piece of equipment connecting the entire mine, so its safety is very high. As long as the elevator door is closed, it can isolate the outside high temperature.

"Roy, you'd better be careful!"

This time, Anya didn't ask to go with Roy. After all, in this extreme environment, she would just be a burden and wouldn't be of much help.

"I will."

The elevator doors closed, and Roy entered the 6000-meter work area alone.

Sure enough, not long after entering the work area, Roy could feel the heat; the old-fashioned protective suit was indeed unable to completely insulate against the high temperature.

Fortunately, Roy's current physical condition is able to withstand it; if it were Anya or the others, they might have lost their ability to move.

The work area at 6000 meters was surprisingly quiet, unlike the mushroom-shaped monsters at 3000 meters.

However, the microbial community here is much denser. These fungi constantly spew out red spores, making it difficult to see the environment even though there is electricity and lights in the work area.

Furthermore, the spores would adhere to the helmet, further reducing Roy's vision, forcing him to wipe the helmet frequently. There was also a map in the corridor at the elevator exit of the work area. After looking at the map, Roy prepared to close the safety door first, and then check the situation in the work area.

However, as Roy reached the safety door, a voice suddenly appeared in his mind.

"Oh! Let me see who this is? A lost lamb?"

Roy frowned; the ability to form a mental link was not something an ordinary person could possess.

Could it be that a powerful figure has come from the Hell Passage?

"who are you?"

Roy speaks to the other person in the mental world.

"I am, of course, an omnipotent Lord! Come to me, and I can bestow upon you great blessings!"

Roy sneered, "How dare they pretend to be God."

However, this approach is actually quite effective. If an ordinary believer suddenly hears a voice in their head, they might actually believe this explanation.

Roy roughly deduced that this guy wasn't some kind of demon with a name or identity, otherwise he wouldn't have resorted to such tricks.

"Lord! Where are you now?"

Roy pretended to be a devout believer in an attempt to fool the voice in his head.

"Step out of that security door and into the passageway, and you will see your Lord!"

Roy took the Leviathan Axe from his inventory, walked out of the security door and entered the tunnel. The tunnel was only half-finished, and it was estimated that the accident happened before it was even completed.

The caves surrounding the passageway were filled with red fungi that resembled sea anemones. The dense, red sight was physically unsettling.

But Roy didn't see the so-called "master" here; instead, he saw a unicycle covered in bacteria.

(Alita)

Roy:? ? ?
Cybertronians have been discovered here?

Roy immediately recalled what Grigoriev had said before: the reason the Russians established a base here was because they observed a meteorite falling in this area.

So that meteorite was this Cybertronian newcomer? And it fell 6000 meters underground all at once.

Roy was a little confused, but this was not the time to think. The unicycle, which could barely be identified as purple, was already rushing towards him, and the laser gun in his hand was already charging up.

"Damn it, why do we always have to fight every time we encounter these Cybertronians?"

Roy quickly dodged the gunfire from the purple unicycle. If his protective suit were to break, he wasn't sure if he could withstand the red spores in the air, so it was better not to take the risk.

Fortunately, Roy didn't go too far from the safety gate; he went straight back to his work area.

The purple unicycle was going very fast, and the bacteria on it didn't affect its speed. Roy soon heard the sound of tires behind him.

"Hey! I know your sister, we don't need to fight!"

While shouting, Roy quickly switched Leviathan Axe into folding shield form, and in a turn, he just managed to block the laser from the purple unicycle.

The purple unicycle didn't stop there; it was already unleashing its firepower on Roy.

With no other option, Roy had to use the Ghost Wolf's super explosive power to suddenly appear in front of the purple unicycle and smash it to the ground with a shield bash.

Claudia is controlled in the Silent Hill world because Alessa's inner world power has a strong corrosive effect on non-living things, which is why she can be controlled.

The reason why the purple unicycle in front of us was controlled is unknown.

Could it be those red bacteria on my body?

Unable to determine the exact cause, Roy could only remove the red bacteria from the purple unicycle.

The purple unicycle seemed to resist, so Roy broke its weapons and then delivered a shield bash, which finally made it behave.

A few seconds later, the purple unicycle, perhaps broken, fell to the ground and remained motionless.

After thinking for a moment, Roy directly contacted Claudia using the brand, seeking her help.

Roy: Claudia, I think I've found your sister, but she's being controlled by something and we can't communicate with her at all.

Claudia: My sister? What color is she?

Roy: Purple!
Claudia: That's my sister Alita! Roy, please, please don't hurt her!

Roy glanced at the broken gun barrel at his feet.

Uh, this shouldn't be considered harm, right?

Roy: You'd better tell me how to get your sister back to her senses, or I'll have to kill her!
Claudia: Every Cybertronian has a reboot button. You can press that reboot button to restart Alita. It's located in the rotating joint in the middle!
The so-called rotational joint is the part of the robot that connects the upper and lower body, somewhat like the human waist, but its performance is definitely much stronger than that of the human waist.

Roy quickly located his waist, then found the restart button and pressed it.

Claudia: That area is a rather private part for female Cybertronians, Roy, you really need to be careful!
Roy: ...Why didn't you say so sooner!
This left Roy speechless, because Alita restarted very quickly, and Alita, who had just restarted, saw Roy's hand on her restart button.

"What are you doing!"

Alita instinctively reached out to slap Roy, but luckily Roy reacted quickly and blocked her hand.

"Alita, wait! I know your sister Claudia! You just lost control, and she's the one who told me how to reboot you!"

Roy quickly clarified the situation, which prevented Alita from slapping him a second time.

"Do you know my sister?"

"Yes, I know not only your sister Claudia, but also Bumblebee. They are both my friends!"

With the addition of the names Claudia and Bumblebee, Alita finally believed Roy.

"Could you please take your hand back?"

"Sorry, I forgot for a moment."

Roy withdrew his hand, looking slightly embarrassed.

"What happened? My logs from the last few months are a complete mess!"

"I think when you entered Earth, you accidentally fell deep underground, where a special fungus covered you, causing you to lose control!"

"So that's how it is! I can vaguely remember hearing some strange noises all the time!"

Upon hearing this, Roy's heart stirred.

"What did that voice say?"

“He claims to be ‘Lord,’ but I don’t know what ‘Lord’ is.”

Well, of course, the Cybertronians wouldn't understand anything about Christianity.

"Do you remember where the thing that was talking to you is?"

"of course I remember!"

(End of this chapter)