Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 895 Dai Luoli Arrives (6K)

【Tower of Wisdom】.

It is a key scientific research unit of Taitai County, a joint research and production base for artificial intelligence, and a special scientific research institution approved in the second batch of the Information Technology Institute.

It is a large-scale scientific research and industrial park covering more than 50,000 acres. At the very center of the industrial park, a 500-meter-tall silver-white giant tower stands straight. A fleet of transport drones works tirelessly day and night, carrying containers back and forth on the established tracks, continuously injecting resources into this world.

In the early morning, after finishing their last cup of coffee, the researchers head to their workstations. They might pause in the corridor to chat briefly with familiar colleagues, but after five minutes at most, it will all be over. Everyone is giving their all, hoping to gain a glimmer of hope for the future.

They shouted, they believed, they existed.

Those newly produced papers and theoretical expositions, the concrete application of every new technology, the arduous path from theory to engineering product—these are the cornerstones that have paved the way for the Academic Council's future, born from countless sleepless days and nights.

Reinforcement learning, intelligent control, algorithm iteration, network architecture, and updates to frameworks and protocols.

The road never ends.

We can only move forward.

Only forward.

"--Um."

Song Shi opened his eyes.

Sensing the subtle changes in the environment, he made a judgment: "Pretty accurate, exactly depth 4."

Not far away, Ai Lu and the others also stood up.

The cold wind howled from all directions, and as far as the eye could see, there was only pure white, an endless expanse of frost and snow.

Even the sky lost its color, turning a pale white like a snow-covered river, with snowflakes falling softly.

—Current Abyss, Depth 4.

The unknown domain is tentatively named "Great Glacier".

At just the right moment, a pop-up window providing information from Lapis Lazuli appeared before everyone's eyes.

In the virtual network world of the Abyss, this visual service can be experienced without a prosthetic eye.

"I'm still analyzing the exact landing point." The lapis lazuli was running at high speed: "Preliminary judgment is that it won't be too far from the 'Tower of Wisdom' domain."

—That was a discussion that took place not long ago.

Lapis Lazuli stated that if he were to descend to the vicinity of the Divine Tower's domain following the normal procedure, he would definitely be detected, since the latter's abnormal fluctuation monitoring matrix is ​​not just for show.

In order to minimize the risk of being detected in advance, their group had to adopt a more special and unconventional method of descent.

Although geometric spatial distance is meaningless in a place like the abyss, Lapis Lazuli could only give a somewhat inappropriate example in order to help everyone understand better.

If we compare diving to sailing, then the normal way to dive is to travel on a fixed route, but the way it will dive is to abandon the boat altogether, jump into the sea at any shore, and swim and drift with the ocean current to its destination.

The disadvantages are that the landing point cannot be accurately determined and it is very dangerous, while the advantage is that it is difficult to detect.

Then they plunged headfirst into the abyss.

"This is a filter device, which can reduce the pressure from the abyss to some extent."

As Lapis Lazuli analyzed the network, his robotic arm tapped the screen, and a multitude of topological structures silently bloomed, expanded, and solidified, transforming into three streamlined, palm-sized metal discs that floated toward the crowd.

"The noise in my ears." Ai Lu tucked the jacket inside and carefully felt the difference: "It's much less."

"Not bad."

Chu Tonglu examined the disc, made a cut in his chest with his index finger, and inserted it: "Hmm, it's quite effective."

He's at the third level of "Transcendence," but he has little talent for network technology; he can only say he knows how to use it. Before the abyss of Depth 4, this "knowing how to use it" is barely worthwhile.

"I don't need to."

Seeing the disc floating over, Song Shi flicked his index finger, sending it flying back to the lapis lazuli.

"The pressure from the Abyss at Depth 4, with its redundant psionic energy and tainted information, is indeed quite stimulating," Song Shi said casually. "But for me, it's just a stimulus. Well, okay, it hurts a little, but it's not a big problem. In fact, it helps me perform better."

"After all, the best way to perk yourself up," Song Shi chuckled, "is to make a cut on your arm, isn't it?"

"We've locked onto the direction," Lapis Lazuli suddenly said. "Follow the arrows."

Suddenly, a string of orange arrows appeared in front of Song Shi, round and parallel to the ground.

"Remember, don't lose track of them. I've placed anchor chain locks on you, but this is depth 4, and there's still a risk of them going off the chain."

Lapis Lazuli continued adding materials, dividing the snowfield before everyone into a green grid pattern, filled with numerous alarming red patches: "There are numerous fissures beneath this snowfield, essentially a broken 'data channel.' Do not touch them, or you may be randomly teleported to other areas."

call--

A biting, cold wind howled in our face.

This isn't just a metaphor; these cold winds produced a literal, bone-chilling pain. Things generated by data, those that appear as skin and clothing, offered almost no resistance.

It's like someone is secretly pouring ice into your brain-computer interface while you're asleep.

However, the group was moving quite fast.

No, it's not just slow, it's actually quite fast.

With Lapis Lazuli by their side, these obstacles were all within an acceptable range. In fact, the blizzard actually served as a cover, giving them a greater chance of evading the Tower of Wisdom's monitoring and allowing them to move forward quickly.

"Wait a minute."

As they crossed another rugged glacier, Song Shi suddenly raised his hand.

He closed his eyes, and quietly, wisps of firelight emerged from the glacier. These flames were incredibly thin, almost invisible.

They drifted away slowly like willow catkins, gradually fading into the distance, and then extinguished in the cold wind.

"The opponent has spread their divine sense, and they are no ordinary opponent." Song Shi reopened his eyes, carefully assessing his previous feelings: "The third ring of [Consensus]. Just considering this network of divine sense alone, it can be described as intricate and complex."

He nodded slightly: "There's no need to consider continuing to sneak around. If we go any further, we won't be able to hide from them."

"Um?"

Upon hearing this, Chu Tonglu stepped forward and also crossed the glacier.

The next instant, his pupils contracted slightly.

"This is."

In the endless frost and wind, on the pale earth, a colossal pillar made of steel, with no end in sight, resembles a majestic sacred mountain reaching to the sky.

But it doesn't start from the horizon and disappear into the sky.

On the contrary, it was as if someone had rammed this giant pillar straight into this vast snowfield from the sky.

On the overlapping ring structure, countless black cables were taut, and on the outermost iron-colored armor plate, two huge gray-white characters were printed.

Deep-sea diving track construction.

——【不周】.

(End of this chapter)