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"Correct."

The entire ascent of the spaceship was accelerated continuously by the moon's attraction until it reached a certain speed and then slowly decelerated. It seemed that everything was pre-programmed, and Bai Miao couldn't find the direction to control it manually.

The two broke through Terra's atmosphere and kept getting closer to the moon.

"Space is quite beautiful."

Bai Miao looked out the porthole, admiring the blue Terra.

After nearly two days of flight, the spacecraft arrived on the other side of the moon.

Looking down, Bai Miao saw a giant mountain made of metal blocks standing on the pale lunar surface, looking similar to the metal structures in the volcano on Terra.

Bai Miao speculated that the Wulai civilization first moved into a volcano to isolate itself from the outside world in order to simulate life on the lunar surface. After conducting experiments, they decided to go to the moon to further verify extraterrestrial life, and finally went to the stars and the universe.

The idea was romantic, but the reality was cruel.

As we reached the far side of the moon, the information in the channel became clearer.

"We can't go back... Please come and save us."

"We overestimated the versatility of antigravity technology, believing it could connect and create everything. But it turns out we overlooked the fact that gravity permeates the entire universe, and black holes hundreds of thousands of light-years away can still affect us in the present..."

"We wanted to escape the deep sea, but instead we plunged into even deeper darkness."

"We were wrong, please save us..."

As the spaceship approached the metal mountain, Zhuo Xinzhi suddenly said, "Captain, it seems we're going to crash into it directly. The ship's landing point is the same as the original one, which means we'll land on the top of this mountain."

"What the hell..."

Fortunately, the anti-gravity effect still existed, and the spacecraft's momentum decreased to a safe range after approaching the ground. Apart from causing the spacecraft's landing attitude to deviate and roll sideways along the metal mountain to the ground, the collision did not cause any other damage.

"We have arrived at our destination."

The hatch slowly opened, and Bai Miao gritted his teeth and climbed out, stepping onto the soft lunar surface.

"This is a small step for me..."

The sunlight in the distance was dazzling, and the armor indicated that the outside temperature had reached over 100°C.

There are many detection devices outside the first layer of the metal mountain. When Bai Miao walked in front of the grid, beams of light swept over him.

"Iris recognition successful."

Kaguya's synthesized voice rang out once again.

The first layer of cells appears to have been designed with an oxygen-pressurizing function, which should be the preparation base for the Ulai civilization to explore beyond the moon.

Inside the space, some heavy clothing and instruments were neatly arranged, and Bai Miao also saw a car.

Each grid has a volume of approximately 100 cubic meters, and its length, width, and height are all 100 meters.

The cells on the same level are all interconnected. Bai Miao walked towards the center, constantly calculating in his mind how many cells there were in total.

If every layer were solid... the total number of grids would exceed one hundred thousand.

Does each cubicle house a family?

The way the Ulai civilization lived was a bit like a honeycomb...

Bai Miao guessed there had to be a common area, but when he was about to open the next cubicle, he heard a noisy sound coming from inside.

Is there anyone alive?

Wait, why does it feel so lively inside?

"What are your attributes? Are your mental strength and agility high enough? I feel like something's off about this slot."

"It's alright, but is there danger ahead? But we're here to rescue them."

"After my mental strength increases, I develop something like a sixth sense. I have a feeling that something bad will happen after I open this compartment."

"Then...then should I stay further away? My agility isn't high, and I've put most of my points into intelligence."

"..."

"Why are you looking at me like that? Do you know how smoothly I've been pushing projects forward since adding the AI ​​feature?"

"It's alright, everyone has their own ambitions. You focus on your research and contribute to the country's scientific and technological development. I'll help you take down the enemies in the dungeon, okay?"

Zhuo Xinzhi was so moved by the captain's words that he was speechless.

In other dungeons, who doesn't look down on others for having increased their intelligence?

Zhuo Xinzhi knew that increasing his intelligence would weaken his survival ability, but he was unwilling to give up this opportunity.

Whether reading reports or conducting research on new projects, I'm noticeably faster after adding intelligence.

They might even be able to overcome a technical hurdle very quickly.

"Okay... thank you. I'll treat you to dinner when I get back."

"Don't say such unlucky things... Move back two spaces, and I'll start again."

"it is good."

After Zhuo Xinzhi left, Bai Miao took a deep breath, holding the Holy Sword in his left hand and the Holheim in his right, and kicked open the grid in front of him.

Upon seeing the scene outside the grid, Bai Miao's pupils contracted slightly, and his mental state decreased by 15.

Chapter 130 The Madness of the Ulai Civilization

Behind the grid is a huge hollow space, indicating that this metal mountain is not solid. Even if each grid houses one or more families, there is a common living area in the very center.

The metal is bronze in color, with a hint of silver.

But this space was filled with red threads of varying thicknesses.

Like mycelium, it spreads across the ground and around every square near the interior of the space.

The exoskeleton armor's air purification function operated at full power the moment the grid opened, but Bai Miao still smelled a strong stench of blood.

Even just the smell of blood triggered Bai Miao's blood frenzy.

However, what caused Bai Miao's mental state to drop drastically was not the blood vessels that were being stretched everywhere, but the shadow that was constantly writhing in this huge space.

Bai Miao was unable to describe what he saw in words. He only knew that this small mountain, which was a thousand meters high, was the product of countless people's flesh, blood, internal organs, and bones mixed together.

With the help of the faint fluorescence, Bai Miao could see that on the surface of the mountain, human heads of different appearances were floating up and down in liquid flesh and bone, muttering obscure and monotonous tones.

At the base of the mountain, countless feet of varying lengths and thicknesses extend out, supporting the mountain's movement.

"Gulu gulu..."

Countless arms broke free from the cliff and stretched out toward Bai Miao, as if pleading for help or inviting him.

Suppressing his discomfort, Bai Miao looked up, trying to see where the summit of the mountain was.

At the very top is a metal block with anti-gravity capabilities. Under the light of the metal block, only the upper body of a girl with long black hair is exposed outside the mountain peak, and her fair skin is covered with a network of scarlet blood vessels.

"Kaguya!"

Bai Miao tried to wake her, but there was no response.

"Come...join us..."

Bai Miao heard a somewhat sticky voice in the channel, completely different from the unfamiliar male voice he had heard before.

"On the moon...it's so boring...we...are immortal..."

"Pain... brings stimulation..."

"We blended together...it was so joyful..."

"Ah ah ah ah ah!!"

The piercing scream caused Bai Miao to immediately shut down the communication function and retreat to the previous square, vigilantly observing the movement of the mountain.

"Captain... what's inside?"

Zhuo Xinzhi also received the communication just now, and his eardrums were sore from the vibration.

But he still obediently turned his back to Bai Miao and did not look inside to see what was going on.

"You can think of it as the people of the Ulai civilization going mad. They relied on Kaguya's ability as an immortal medical pod to connect themselves with others, and eventually the entire civilization was connected."

After a period of calm, Bai Miao recovered from the shock of seeing the mountain for the first time.

This thing is composed of all the humans of this civilization, and it undoubtedly has some mysterious corruption. If one's mental strength is not strong enough, one might also be attracted and merge into this mountain of flesh.

Compared to this, Jero, the butcher in Abyss Street, is the worst of the worst.

"They're all still alive even though they're all connected?"

"No...they just threw all the blood vessels out and laid them on the ground to play with...this thing has a heartbeat inside, I can feel that it's a living thing..."

Where is Kaguya, the one we're looking for?

"She's at the very top, but she seems to have lost consciousness and is relying entirely on pre-programmed functions to sustain the lives of everyone in this civilization...?!"

While Bai Miao was explaining the innermost layer to Zhuo Xinzhi, he suddenly noticed that the blood vessels inside were actually spreading inwards.

So Bai Miao simply closed the grid, blocking the space between the inside and outside.

"That mountain of flesh hasn't shown much aggression yet, it's mostly acting on instinct, but to be honest, I don't have much confidence in dealing with that thing."

too big.

It reaches a height of one kilometer, and its base radius is completely invisible from Bai Miao's perspective.

Even if Holheim could blast a huge hole in the mountain with a single shot, it would be a drop in the ocean for this mountain.

Melee weapons can melt flesh and blood, but Bai Miao was certain that this thing couldn't absorb all of this mountain's worth of energy.

Furthermore, the risk of close combat is too high; a bone or an arm could suddenly appear anywhere on this mountain at any time.

Or it could be several sections of intestine.

"Anyway, let's... go up first and see if we can rescue Kaguya directly from the top."

Bai Miao felt very unsafe staying on the first floor.

Zhuo Xinzhi nodded. He wasn't good at fighting, so he listened to Bai Miao in everything.

"How much mental strength do you have? Seeing that thing directly deducted 15 points of mental strength, and that's after I had damage reduction and seen a lot of disgusting things. You should be prepared to lose more than 20 points."