Post-Apocalyptic Survival Modpack

Chapter 94, Section 93: A Hellish Job

"Begin the investigation into the hellish environment."

"Hell Investigation Team Recorder: Giovanni, will keep a record throughout the entire process."

After saying this, Giovanni adjusted his equipment and followed the rest of the team into the Hell portal.

As I entered the portal frame, a wave of dizziness washed over me, enveloping my consciousness.

When the vision clears, all that remains is endless gray-black bedrock and a faint, persistent red mist.

Location: Above the bedrock layer.

Giovanni took a few steps forward and couldn't help but look around.

The first thing I saw was a fairly large ice track.
"That's the Hell Highway, connecting all regions of the world."

Seeing Giovanni's curious expression, the head of the investigation team explained, "This is your first time entering Hell, isn't it? It's normal to be unfamiliar with it."

"Hell, or 'the lower realm,' is a new dimension discovered by the sages. It is different from the world we live in. Walking one meter here is equivalent to walking eight meters in our world. The Hell Highway was built based on this."

"That's it..."

Giovanni exclaimed, "I never imagined there was such a place."

"Was it discovered before the empire disappeared?"

"Yes."

The team leader nodded and, while leading everyone forward, chatted casually:

"In fact, many years ago, the Empire's transportation in this dimension was unilaterally infiltrated. However, due to the lack of high-level combat power and the lack of understanding of the capital's trump cards, a general offensive and reckoning were not launched directly."

"Isn't this world amazing?"

Giovanni nodded.

The eightfold difference in space alone is enough to do a lot of things, not to mention that this is a new world.

Looking at the hellish high-speed highway and some machines and facilities whose function he couldn't recognize, Giovanni couldn't help but say:

"Only an ideal community could accomplish these kinds of projects. What if the Empire had discovered this place first..."

"That's impossible."

This time, not only the team leader, but everyone around him was amused by the idea.

"You don't understand the wise."

"Many people believe that the sages discovered the world, but in fact, after careful examination, there are many signs and phenomena that indicate that the world was actually created by the sages, rather than discovered."

"Although the environment here is harsh, if you come here many times, you will find that the laws here are very different from the places we live in. Its rules correspond perfectly to the abilities of sages, as if they exist for the sake of sages."

As Giovanni listened, his thoughts gradually drifted away.

"So, the sage created a world?"

"What immense power this is."

"Being able to live in the present moment is truly a great blessing."

"That's not necessarily true," someone suddenly said.

"Ok?"

All the group members, including the group leader, couldn't help but look over and frown.

The man immediately realized his mistake and hurriedly said, "No, no, no, that's not what I meant. I don't think there's anything wrong with the sage's leadership, it's just..."

"But we've all seen how the world has changed, haven't we?"

"A long-faced moon, a reversed celestial phenomenon, a world-wide torrential downpour all day... I also heard that a special control agency was recently established, but its work is confidential, and it's said to be nothing good."

"Including our current investigation mission, don't you feel like something has happened?"

The mission of this investigation is, naturally, to investigate the environment of hell.

The main task of the investigation is to conduct as much detection as possible to check for any abnormal phenomena, such as the appearance of new creatures outside of the "Hell Creatures Compendium" or new terrain that has not been recorded.

"I always feel that ever since the world became unified, bad things have been happening, it's like..."

"Be careful what you say."

The team leader stopped the conversation.

However, there are quite a few people who have noticed the abnormality in the world.

"Not necessarily."

Giovanni couldn't help but frown and said, "Why must we deduce conclusions from appearances? Couldn't it be that a sage appeared first to save the world because of the impending disaster?"

"If it were the Empire, let alone any real disaster, just the massive global rainstorm that lasted for a day and a night a few days ago would have caused the Empire heavy losses, leaving scenes of disaster everywhere, and there's no guarantee that anyone would take care of it."

"Like the previous major earthquake, until a month ago the capital was still full of ruins, and the plague was rampant there."

"I know what you want to say, and what kind of inexplicable speculation you have, but before that, you should think carefully about where everything you have comes from, and think about whether you could have survived to this day and have such a good life without the community."

"If I had lived in an ideal community from the beginning, I would be laughing in my sleep every night."

"In my own opinion, living a year in the Community is far more meaningful than living for decades in the Empire."

Even if a disaster really happens, we'll still survive...

There's not enough time to live on.

Who would complain about having too many good days?

Giovanni stopped there.

Those who had just harbored some doubts blushed deeply, feeling ashamed.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little awkward, someone changed the subject and chatted with Giovanni, saying, "You seem to know a lot about the Empire."

"I used to work in the capital, passing on high-level intelligence to the community."

"You were once an intelligence agent involved in infiltration operations in the capital?"

"That's it."

Giovanni responded once and then declined to say anything more, abruptly ending the topic.

Whatever he was before, he is now just an ordinary recorder.

Those past experiences are not worth mentioning; the empire is gone, it's meaningless.

"what?"

As the team continued their reconnaissance, suddenly someone pointed into the distance and asked, "What's that?"

The group looked over.

On the bedrock, a worm more than half a meter long was wriggling. The investigation team discovered it at the same time as they found the worm.

"Am I seeing things? It seems to have appeared out of thin air."

Is this kind of bug listed in the Hell Creatures Encyclopedia?

"no!"

The recorder, Giovanni, gave an immediate and quite confident answer.

"In other words, it was an abnormal creature."

squeak!
The worm suddenly let out a strange cry, startling everyone. Just as the investigation team was on alert, the worm ran away and began to wriggle wildly on the ground at an incredible speed.

Without hesitation, the team leader took the lead and chased after them.

The others immediately followed, but the insect was too fast and its body was too thin, making it difficult to catch in a short time.

Even if it flies right in front of you, it will slip through the gaps and disappear somewhere, making it hard to see.

"Damn, how can it run so fast!"

Should we launch an attack?

"Wait, our priority is control. This bug hasn't shown any threat yet."

Click.

As they were talking, suddenly, the insect on the ground split open, becoming thicker, and a bunch of tentacles grew from its head for crawling, just like a squid.

It suddenly stopped, turned around, and unexpectedly grabbed the group leader's head, starting to bite him frantically.

"Team leader!"

The team members were all taken aback by this sudden change.

However, before the group could make a move, the group leader grabbed the bug off his head, ripped it off, and slammed it to the ground.

"Don't worry, it's fine. This thing isn't a big threat. Even if it gnaws at me for a few more minutes, it won't be able to break my shield."

"Come quick, help me lock it up!"

A group of people quickly sprang into action, taking out a cage and trapping the suddenly mutated insect inside.

The team leader, having free time, immediately had everyone, including himself, drink a bottle of milk to prevent any accidents.

These bugs are disgusting. Although they were protected by a shield and didn't cause any damage, it would be terrible if they were poisonous and could spread through the air.

Have to guard against it.

Clearly, this is an abnormal creature.

Without delay, the investigation team immediately turned back and transported the insect back.

At the gates of hell, the group underwent a cleansing process and drank a bottle of milk before returning to the mortal world.

Due to the discovery of the unusual creature, the group voluntarily went to quarantine as required.

Standing at the door, Wang Ji looked at the insects that had been returned, his feelings complicated.

"An evil entity evolved from a death worm, originating from... a prion infection."

This is the module that he manifested.

"No wonder we couldn't find the source of the infection; it must have gone to hell."

It's unbelievable that it would appear in hell.

"Does this mean that these things will follow anyone who comes along?"

There are indeed people stationed in Hell, but not many. They are mainly responsible for maintaining the Hell Highway and some machines and production facilities.

As for the Hell Highway, in today's densely populated era, the traffic is actually not that high. After all, people's social circles are only so big, and it is estimated that not many people will have the need for long-distance travel for some time to come.

Wang Ji was not in a good mood.

Hell doesn't seem to be a pure land either.

Moving to Hell would likely cause even more trouble, since the mortal world is already under complete control, but Hell is not. Neither its infrastructure nor its environment can be changed in a short period of time.

The thought of the undeveloped environment and unexplored areas of hell gave Wang Ji a headache.

But then there's that inexplicable moon in the real world, forcing him to make this preparation.

dilemma.

But we can't just do nothing.

The construction of Hell has begun.

The world is in chaos, and even hell is infected.

Thinking about it carefully, these are simply two cesspools that can never be cleaned!
Thinking about the two places, the present world and hell, Wang Ji couldn't help but slump into his chair. As soon as he relaxed, he couldn't stop himself from continuing to slump.

In order to maintain the survival of the world and the normal life of humanity, Wang Ji has devoted a great deal of energy during this period.

His boundless energy gave him inexhaustible motivation, but it also gave him an exceptionally clear understanding.

Because they have inexhaustible energy, they know that there is little that can be a perfect or even slightly long-lasting solution to the current situation, and everything they do can only delay the arrival of destruction.

Unless the root cause is addressed directly.

As long as humanity exists, the end of the world will exist.

Therefore, theoretically...

Wang Ji shook his head.

It's a dead end.

After sealing up the source of the newly contained prion infection—the evil facehugger evolved from the worm—Wang Ji arrived in the old capital, climbed the Four Towers of Miracles, and attempted to find Oswald, or someone else, to discuss the matter.

However, they discovered that the tower was empty.

Osvid was unusually absent, and MagicNet Communications did not respond.

"Has something gone wrong?"

Wang Ji stopped moving, sensing something was amiss, and immediately activated the magic network for location tracking.

The signal is intermittent and very poor.

Looking at the final displayed coordinates, Wang Ji raised his head and looked at the moon.

Oswald's position was right there.

(End of this chapter)