Cyber ​​God: Abyss Walker

"The characteristic of this unusual area is that it recreates past scenes. In other words, the era I lived in before corresponds to the past of this world?"

The scene before him sent a jolt through Wang Yu's heart. Could it be that part of the truth about his arrival in this world had been revealed just like that...?

"That's not right either. Who knows what this so-called reproduction is based on? If everyone knows that what appears in this abnormal area is a 'past scene,' then they must have seen these scenes with their own eyes. In other words, it might be based on their memories."

Wang Yu rubbed his chin. Suddenly, a possibility occurred to him. He squatted down and began to search the corner of the stairs, looking for cracks in the tiles under his feet, scratches between the stair railings, and even small details such as the broken piece of glass on the fire cabinet on the wall.

"Tsk, it's exactly the same as I remember it. There's not a single place that gives me the feeling of 'Ah, so I was mistaken.' Is this place really constructed based on my memories of the past?"

After a quick look around, Wang Yu's expression showed slight disappointment. He couldn't find a single place that didn't match his memory. Every place was in such a perfect state that he felt exactly like this, without even the question of "Is this really how it is?" But that in itself was the biggest problem.

Human memory is a kind of vague information. Even if you try to recall what you did every minute of the day before, you can't completely and clearly repeat it. Not to mention that Wang Yu's middle school corridor is a memory from more than ten years ago. It would be a miracle if he could remember every detail clearly.

Could it be that he just happened to remember every single detail correctly? Wang Yu didn't believe it. There was only one possibility that this place could make him feel that every part was exactly as he remembered it, meaning that this place was actually constructed based on his memory.

"I really thought I'd figured out some of the truth, but there's no way I could have noticed such a simple detail that others who came in here wouldn't have."

Shaking his head, he noted that the mission information in the Star Ring system and the relevant information that Lingqi found online clearly stated that the bunker's abnormal characteristics were a reproduction of past scenes. However, if someone like Wang Yu could see that something was wrong with just a little thought, how could everyone possibly believe that the bunker's characteristics were a reproduction?

"I don't understand..."

Wang Yu pondered for a moment, still unable to figure out why, but that didn't matter. All he had to do was complete the task assigned by the Tide Gang, connect with one of the organizations in this abnormal zone, and obtain an old-era relic from them. As for what exactly it was, he could only find out from that organization by showing his identity.

"The danger comes from the disasters in the recreated scenarios, such as earthquakes, building collapses, and abnormal phenomena, but I'm pretty sure that nothing bad happened in the school buildings during my junior high school years. I don't even think I ever saw anyone fall down."

As Wang Yu walked up the corridor, he paid attention to his surroundings and was wary of any potential danger. The past scenes "reproduced" in this abnormal area were not static; some disasters that occurred at the same time as the scenes would also appear. This was the danger of the bunker. Some disasters were simply unavoidable in a closed environment.

But here's the problem: Wang Yu never encountered any disasters or accidents on Earth and lived a perfectly healthy life until his early twenties. After coming to this world, he hasn't encountered any disasters that happened indoors either. The few times he did encounter such disasters, they were all in abnormal areas.

These anomalous areas all arise because of great beings, and the power of different great beings is not interconnected. In other words, the bunker will not create scenes from other anomalous areas...

"So, there's no way I could have encountered any danger at all."

If things go according to his plan, then this bunker anomaly zone will be absolutely safe for him, as he has no memory of any indoor scenes that would pose a danger to him.

"That would be perfect."

Wang Yu chuckled casually. Although he couldn't be sure if it was really true, it would be the best outcome. He would never let his guard down. He only needed to pass through about ten different scenes to reach his target location.

"tread…"

With his feet firmly planted on the ground, Wang Yu reached the top of the stairs. Turning the corner, he found himself on a different side. Instead of the rest of the teaching building, he was directly facing an escalator leading to the underground, which was running automatically without anyone in sight.

"metro station…"

After searching his memory, Wang Yu confirmed where he was. It was a subway station in his city. As he walked down the escalator, he was surprised to find that the space below was much larger than he had imagined.

The entire subway was reproduced by this unusual area. Except for the absence of people, everything was exactly the same as I remembered. The subway trains had automatic doors that opened and closed, and even the station signs had time-based announcements.

"Snap..."

With his hand resting on the open subway door, Wang Yu's intense curiosity compelled him to impulsively board the deserted train and see what unknown destination it would take him to.

"Heh, what am I thinking?"

He took his hands down, letting reason prevail over impulse. Those who disappeared in the bunker probably didn't exist. Wang Yu didn't need to think about so many things. He just needed to keep going and complete the mission once he reached his destination.

Keep walking forward, ignoring the empty trains traveling through the tunnels, heading to who-knows-where. Ahead is the subway exit station; once you pass it, you'll reach the next scene.

After turning the corner once again, the space in front of him suddenly became extremely narrow, only wide enough for one or two people to pass through. The air was filled with a particularly familiar stench. It was the toilet corridor of a shopping mall, with one end leading in and the other leading out, and the men's and women's toilets in the middle. The stench emanating from inside was the reason why Wang Yu had such a deep impression of this place.

He took a deep breath, feeling somewhat helpless. So what if it stinks? If he could really go back to this place, it would be better than staying here where he would be caught and have parasites stuffed into his head. But he guessed that was just wishful thinking.

He moved forward toward the exit that he could see from the end of the corridor. But when Wang Yu was halfway there, he did not notice anything unusual. There was nothing abnormal in the sound, the sight, the touch, or even the smell. But the speed of everything around him suddenly slowed down in an instant.

"What?!"

Wang Yu maintained a basic level of vigilance at all times, but the escapees suddenly launched their attack without his knowledge. He couldn't recall any catastrophic events happening in the toilet corridor, not even a sewage explosion.

"where?"

During the slowed-down time, Wang Yu tried his best to observe everything in sight, attempting to find out where the danger he had not noticed came from, but just like before the escapees launched their attack, he could not see anything, and there was nothing unusual that could be detected.

"Behind or below?"

Unable to confirm whether the enemy was invisible, he temporarily assumed that the enemy was in his blind spot. The moment the time slowdown ended, Wang Yu suddenly rolled forward, and at the same time took out a bottle containing a bright blue liquid from his waist and put it into his left hand as a "transformation device".

"Mutation start!"

As the notification sound rang, a layer of faintly glowing, dust-like substance rapidly spread across Wang Yu's skin. He shook his arm, and this glowing dust, resembling dandruff, proliferated from his skin and spread outwards, completely filling the small space.

"Found you!"

Being alert to everything around him, Wang Yu immediately noticed that the spot where he had been standing was suddenly outlined in the air by these glowing dust particles, forming a half-human shape. It looked like an invisible entity poking half its body out from underground, trying to grab Wang Yu.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

He drew his gun and fired rapidly. Several bullets pierced through the invisible humanoid figure, but did not produce any real impact. The being, whose shape was outlined by glowing dust, seemed to completely ignore the collision of physical matter.

Damn it.

The bullets couldn't cause any damage, which was troublesome. However, the abnormal contaminants that he had emitted could adhere to the other party, which meant that the invisible humanoid was also an abnormal creature. Could it be that the bunker was furious because it couldn't harm him with a simple "recreated scene"?

"No, this thing can go through walls, and we can't pinpoint its location accurately with just this dust."

Wang Yu wanted to run away, but then he suddenly realized that this being could travel through walls. Running rashly without knowing how many there were could very likely cause him to crash directly into the strange creature that suddenly emerged from the wall, without any chance to react.

The dice in the void tumbled up, revealing numbers; Inspiration check passed.

In an instant, the world before his eyes changed. A kind of intuitive feeling joined the picture composed of intuitive colors, and the abnormal creatures that could not be seen directly appeared in Wang Yu's eyes. They were thin and beardless black figures with no facial features, only six empty holes in place of eyes, ears, nose and mouth, twisted and strange.

The number was countless; these dark and thin figures were embedded in the walls all around, in front, behind, left, right, above, and below. They seemed to be the bricks and tiles that made up this space, filling every crevice.

The instant Wang Yu's intuition confirmed his passage, he saw the figures within the walls. Immediately, those figures turned their faces, which had been facing different directions, towards him. Their empty eyes locked onto Wang Yu's location, and their limbs began to move slowly, crawling and moving through the walls towards him.

A chill ran down his spine. When he saw these wall-dwellers, all of them saw him too. This space from his memories was actually filled with these strange wall-dwellers. Without hesitation, he rushed towards the exit. Wang Yu didn't want to experience what it felt like to be touched by these guys.

With agility and skill, Wang Yu used his superior physical abilities to dodge the slow-moving wall-mounted figures that crawled out of the walls in the narrow passageway, quickly moving to the next scene. He used wall-mounted leaps, slides, and somersaults. Many times, the wall-mounted figures were about to touch Wang Yu, but in the end, they still failed to reach him.

With a powerful stomp, the final burst of acceleration propelled Wang Yu straight out of the area's exit. Then, in the next instant, he lost his footing; there was no place for him to stand outside the exit.

"What?! Holy crap!"

Even if he wanted to stop, it was too late. He couldn't stop the momentum of his body. The exit of this place was the diving platform of a swimming pool he had been to before. Coming out of the door, there was a diving board and a swimming pool. Wang Yu rushed out of the diving board and fell into the pool below.

Yes, none of the places in his memory had ever been the site of a disaster, but under certain conditions, even "safe" places can become dangerous. Falling into a swimming pool is certainly not a dangerous thing, but what if there are people trapped in the walls below?

The densely packed people inside the wall crowded into the swimming pool, reaching out their hands to Wang Yu who was falling from above. Wang Yu, who was in mid-air, had no way to adjust his position. The cable he threw with his telekinetic power failed to catch the swaying and water-stained smooth board.

"Thump!"

His entire body, along with his backpack, crashed into the water, and the size of the splash he made was definitely deserving a zero.

"Ugh!"

Before Wang Yu could even begin to struggle, his body was grabbed by several hands from within the wall. A strange sensation spread throughout Wang Yu's body, and he was pulled directly to the bottom of the swimming pool by the group of people within the wall, sinking deeper and deeper.

"This feeling... A Hidden One?"

That strange feeling was strangely familiar. Although his consciousness was no longer clear, his body instinctively remembered the feeling. The feeling of being dragged to the ground by the person in the wall was extremely similar to, or rather, the same as, the etherealization of the Abyss Ritual. Only the form and intensity of the expression were different. In comparison, the Abyss Ritual was much more powerful.

"My inspiration is already high enough!"

With a roar, Wang Yu suddenly threw the remaining die.

Willpower check passed.

"Crackling sounds!"

A seemingly illusory sound arose, and numerous chains, perhaps real, bound Wang Yu's body, locking his position—no, pulling him upwards, or perhaps, causing the people in the wall beside him and the entire scene to sink.

Wang Yu's body became illusory and untouchable to those people in the wall. Their hands passed through his body, and he watched as they and the scene plummeted at high speed, while he broke through these scenes and kept "relatively rising".

Before he could figure out what was going on, his hands suddenly touched the solid ground. The surrounding environment was no longer the familiar place he remembered, but a place that looked like a research institute, with people walking around.

"Huh? You're not one of our security personnel, nor are you any experimental subject, and certainly not any researcher. You're also unlikely to be that director we've never met. Could it be that you came up from below?"

A middle-aged man wearing a white coat, who was writing something down with a pen in his hand, saw Wang Yu suddenly appear in front of him. He did not show much surprise. He squatted down in front of the wary Wang Yu, carefully looked him over, and kept talking to himself.

"Okay, according to the regulations, we researchers need to explain the situation here to anyone who enters this area by going around the main gate."

Ignoring the gun that Wang Yu was rapidly loading, the other person continued talking to himself.

"You can call this place a shelter."