Gao Wu insists on cultivating immortality.

Twisted steel bars, hanging from large chunks of cement, pointed diagonally toward the dark, inky sky. This was actually a collapsed building; the remaining dozens of meters of the structure had been twisted into a towering spiral by some force, standing out starkly amidst the vast ruins.

Some neon signs were haphazardly placed in the middle, some of which were still shining, illuminating the Chinese characters on them.

The video feed in front of Gao Wu displayed various scan data. Because his gaze lingered on the sign for a moment, the video feed showed that it was a luminescent fungus, slightly toxic, and not edible...

The ruins stretched across the land, reaching the edge of the field of vision. Gao Wu estimated that the ruins covered at least several thousand square kilometers, forming a super-huge urban area.

If it's just a game setting, a massive, ruined city is just more data. But if what we're seeing is real, it means at least hundreds of millions of people were destroyed in this vast urban area…

Gao Wu strode forward in his Mountain-Breaking Star Armor, which stood nine meters tall and weighed fifty tons. With a single step, steel bars would twist and deform, and cement would crumble and fly away.

Gao Wu, riding a giant star armor, left a long and deep trail of footprints in the city ruins.

When Star Armor activates anti-gravity, energy consumption increases tenfold, which also greatly increases mental burden.

In anti-gravity mode, one can leap and fly, and even briefly hover in the air, making it suitable for high-intensity combat.

His mental strength could easily withstand the consumption, but the Star Armor's energy blocks were insufficient, and the high-speed movement also caused great wear and tear on the Star Armor.

In Abyss Mode, there aren't as many energy blocks available to consume.

Although Gao Wu's spiritual power is strong, it can only affect the game pod level and cannot be connected to the Star Armor via network data.

Everything he sees and perceives is transmitted to him as various signals through network data.

Simply put, everything is relayed through network data, and he can't tell whether the abyss in front of him is real or fake.

The heavy, muffled footsteps of the star armor echoed through the air.

Gao Wu hadn't gone far when a giant corpse monster, nearly twenty meters tall, charged towards him.

The corpse monster looks very similar to a human, except that its body is abnormally large, its skin is like moldy cured meat, and a lot of rotten flesh keeps falling off.

The monster's head had a pair of huge eyes that looked like green lanterns, emitting a ghostly green light that was filled with eerie energy.

The giant corpse monster was more than twice the size of the Broken Mountain Star Armor, and the huge difference in size made the corpse monster feel oppressive.

The Abyss game mode only offers a first-person perspective, meaning you observe the zombies through Star Armor.

Inside the cockpit of the Star Armor, Gao Wu is surrounded by dozens of light screens. The main light screen is the view in front of the Star Armor, and there are also corresponding light screens displaying the view in various places behind it.

There are also some light screens displaying scanning information, such as the source power level of the opposing zombie being seven, which corresponds to a level seven star armor.

Gao Wu uses a smaller version; the Broken Mountain Star Armor is the basic model, only level three in terms of Star Armor level.

A large amount of red text popped up on the screen, reminding Gao Wu to retreat immediately, and a somewhat piercing alarm sounded in his ears.

Gao Wu turned off the alarm and charged towards the giant corpse monster.

The metal star armor slammed into the ground, and the immense weight of the impact brought a powerful sense of force that was incredibly awe-inspiring. Even though it was a data simulation, Gao Wu still felt a great sense of satisfaction.

The Corpse Monster punched the Broken Mountain Armor with all its might. Although it looked slow, it was actually because its body was so big that the punch was very fast.

Gao Wu didn't even activate the anti-gravity mode; he simply manipulated the Mountain-Breaking Star Armor to roll forward as the Corpse Monster threw its punch.

The corpse monster's giant fist smashed a deep crater in the ground, but Gao Wu, riding his star armor, rolled over between the corpse monster's legs.

The billowing dust did not obscure the corpse monster's senses; it immediately turned around and swung its fist in a sweeping motion.

Gao Wu then adjusted his position again and came behind the corpse monster. He used the corpse monster's bent calf as leverage to push off.

The fifty-ton Mountain-Breaking Star Armor crushed the outer skin and flesh of the Corpse Monster, instantly causing the rotten flesh to unfold like blooming bluish-black flowers. The Corpse Monster's bones, which were harder than steel, withstood the weight of the Mountain-Breaking Star Armor, but its body still swayed uncontrollably.

Using the momentum, Po Shan Xing Jia leaped up and swung his spear in a wide arc, the tip of the spear sweeping directly at the giant head of the corpse monster.

The ten-meter-long metal spear weighed a full five tons, and the kinetic energy of its high-speed strike was terrifying; the monster's head immediately exploded.

Dark blue flesh and putrid brains flew up to a hundred meters away...

The ghoul with most of its head shattered swayed and fell to the ground with a thud.

Gao Wu landed smoothly, and the screen showed that the corpse monster no longer had any source energy reaction. Only then did he go over and turn the corpse monster over, digging out a fist-sized bluish-black energy crystal from its chest.

The reason why such a huge corpse monster can move freely is entirely due to the condensed energy crystals.

According to the game's mechanics, these energy crystals can be sold for money in stores or directly exchanged for the energy blocks needed for Star Armor.

Ordinary zombies only have energy crystals, while only mutated zombies may have special biological tissues condensed on their bodies.

The danger of mutated zombies is undoubtedly ten times greater. For ordinary players, mutated zombies are nothing short of a nightmare.

Once a Star Armor is destroyed, it will cost a lot of money to buy a new one.

For an ordinary person, encountering this once would bankrupt them, and they would never have the chance to explore the abyss again.

Although Gao Wu was not afraid, mutated corpse monsters were extremely rare, and not something he could encounter whenever he wanted.

This ruin is called the Corpse Monster Ruins, and it is famous for producing huge, disgusting and ugly corpse monsters.

This is also the area most popular for ordinary players to explore. Gao Wu wandered around for another half hour, killing three ordinary zombie monsters and encountering several other players.

Several players enthusiastically invited Gao Wu to team up, but he refused. He sensed that they were clearly being malicious, but he had no interest in causing trouble in the game.

Even without malicious intent, he didn't want to team up with ordinary people; it was too inefficient.

After playing for nearly three hours, the system reminded Gao Wu that he had to quit.

Gao Wu's spiritual power is strong, and the Star Armor has not used the anti-gravity combat mode. Its energy consumption is also not large, so it can continue.

However, Gao Wu was just trying it out, and he came out of the game pod.

After playing the Abyss mode once, he felt something was off. The Broken Armor was indeed difficult to use.

The Mountain-Breaking Star Armor, as the basic model, features thick, heavy armor with excellent defensive capabilities. The Heavy Mountain-Breaking Spear is also significantly more powerful.

Against other Star Armor of the same level, these are all advantages. However, against Corpse Monsters, they become too clumsy. The advantage in defensive capabilities is also not apparent because Corpse Monsters are of a very high level and can destroy a Mountain-Breaking Star Armor with a single punch.

A speed-type star armor would be suitable for him, as his powerful mental strength would allow him to maximize his advantages.

Long spears are too cumbersome; knives or swords are much more convenient. Although the increased risk at closer range is not a problem for him.

Gao Wu suddenly had a thought and summoned the Book of Immeasurable Merit. He discovered that his merit had actually increased by more than ten million...

He had read in the previous world that killing could sometimes bring merit, especially killing the Blade Demon Bai Ke, which earned him nearly a million merits.

He remembered the amount of merit very clearly. This sudden increase of over ten million merits could only have come from the corpse monster…

The corpse monsters that can provide merit points could not possibly be simulated monsters. So, is Abyss Mode actually an actual exploration of the Abyss?
Gao Wu was both shocked and somewhat excited.

What's shocking is that this technology is truly incredible; it actually allows people to pilot star armor into the real abyss to slay monsters and evil gods. According to this description, it should be a kind of subspace.

It seems that there must be a demon god behind the entire civilization, and an exceptionally powerful one at that.

After all, the population of the Federation is too large; according to incomplete statistics, it should be several trillion...

With so many people offering their faith and prayers, the demon must be extremely powerful.

Only such a powerful demon god could connect the game and reality.

Putting aside everything else, just providing players with real star armor for entering the abyss costs an astronomical amount of money.

No wonder the player's Star Armor was damaged and they had to pay to buy a new one.

Since it's a real abyss, there will inevitably be more realistic feedback. For example, a powerful evil god might very well use the data network to kill the player...

Gao Wu sighed inwardly, thinking that the original owner of this body had lived a muddled and wasted thirty years of his life.

The good news is that the abyssal monsters provide a lot of merit. Keep in mind that he only killed very ordinary corpse monsters, and just a few of them provided tens of millions of merit.

Once he reaches a higher level, it's not impossible for him to slay even more powerful monsters and evil gods and accumulate trillions of merits, right?

With the blessing of trillions of merits, the Yang Spirit should be able to directly pinpoint the location of the physical body.

However, the abyss is so strange. If he really levels up, he might have to establish a connection with the demon god behind it...

Could it be that the so-called Qi in this world resides within these demons and gods?

Gao Wu still couldn't figure it out, but he realized that this world was so vast and the power levels were so powerful that he knew this matter would be difficult to handle.

The Nine Cauldrons are not a game, but a divine artifact that gathers the Nine Qi. The Nine Cauldrons themselves do not rank different worlds according to their difficulty.

So, he jumped directly from the ancient world to the future. Perhaps, this world is the real future?
After all, parallel universes can evolve into different timelines. He is subject to time constraints in his own world.

However, he can jump to the future of another parallel universe because the flow of time is different in both...

The more Gao Wu explored, the more curious he became about the world.

The door was pushed open again, this time without knocking.

Two burly men in black uniforms barged in. Han Bing, who was following behind, looked helpless. She said to Gao Wu, "Mr. Gao, these two are from Qinglin Security Company."

A burly man in black looked down at Gao Wu and said, "Our manager wants to see you. Come with us."

Han Bing hesitated, but Gao Wu didn't seem to care about such details. He nodded and said, "Okay."

He then said to Han Bing, "I've transferred the room and board fees for the past few days to you."

Han Bing hurriedly waved her hand: "It's just a small amount of money, forget it, forget it."

She then asked with concern, "Aren't you coming back?"

Gao Wu laughed heartily: "Someone wants to invite me, it must be something good! I won't be coming back..."

The two burly men in black looked rather strange. They had invited many people before, and every single one of them had a gloomy expression. This was the first time they had seen this guy so happy...

Has this guy been spending too much time at the club? Does he have some misunderstanding about their security company? (End of Chapter)