Disaster Simulator, global collapse begins.

Although the fast connection only takes about half an hour, now is clearly not a good time to connect to the terminal.

Do you know what year it is now?

I don't know. I'm in the same boat as you. I just entered the view. Why don't you let me touch it?

"Hurry up."

It's that weird feeling of being touched by unseen tentacles again.

Height 179.4cm, weight 64kg, physical age between 17 and 19 years old.

"17 to 19 years old?" Chen Jie, or rather, Chen Jie with Elke's brain, thought at high speed.

He was born in 1990, so this would be between 07 and 09. However, he was in a long period of cold sleep in between, which delayed his physical development. Therefore, the time must have been pushed back to 09.

The exact number of years in the future is currently insufficient due to a lack of information and data, as we do not know what happened or why he did not wake up in the Umbrella base.

Let's continue exploring this place, but be careful.

He took out a piece of soul-like steel from the dimensional rift, hacked into it from another dimension, and transformed it into the shape of a group of cockroaches.

The little creatures began to crawl to various parts of the building and transmit the information they discovered back into SP-2.

The 3D model of the entire building began to be constructed.

The Soul Steel Cockroach discovered the emblem of the World Serpent in the building!

"This……"

Elke, was he really captured by the World Serpent?

Even after hunting geese all day, he still got pecked in the eye by one. Starting with the premise of being captured, Chen Jie roughly figured out the current time.

At least after the events of 2015, following the events of Holiday in the Foggy City!

Because at that time there was no such thing as Elke being captured by the World Serpent, and he also remembered something very important.

This is most likely snake's revenge!

Yes, there is only one truth.

……

Chapter 180 Mysterious Town, Spatial Barrier?

It was agreed that Biora's body would be given to Mebius so that she could return to the Honkai world from the battlefield of the past.

But Chen Jie, this straight-laced guy, said he'd give his body, and that's all he offered.

He took the core gem of the previous generation's Second Herrscher.

This gem is related to spatial abilities, and perhaps Möbius intended to use it in many of his experiments and plans...

So after returning to the world and regaining power, she conceived a plan for revenge, and through theft and robbery, she took Elke's body away from Umbrella.

"Ugh."

Chen Jie didn't blame Xilin for this result.

On one side is the adorable but brainless character, and on the other side is Möbius, who has been harboring evil intentions for 50,000 years.

The difference between the two in terms of their intellect is roughly like comparing a basketball to Einstein.

At this point, some people might wonder, "Isn't basketball brainless?"

That's right! Sirin didn't either. Even with the most luxurious, almost ultimate setup, she only managed to deal the lowest possible damage.

Okay, enough mocking our little cutie. The most important thing now is to figure out what Mebius did to him.

SP-2 was unable to detect any network or satellite signals.

The building's structure was somewhat complex, but thanks to the relentless exploration of the Soul Steel Cockroaches, an exit was eventually found.

Just as he was about to leave, a piercing air raid siren sounded outside.

All the displays in the building lit up with a glaring red countdown.

29:59, 29:58...

What happened?

Chen Jie tried to rush out of the room, but at that moment a group of researchers in white coats walked into the door.

I've been discovered?!

He was ready for battle, but based on his observation from the perspective of the Soul Steel Cockroach, these people didn't seem to be combatants, so he decided to hide a little longer.

The Soul Steel Mech changed its shell shape, and Chen Jie hid inside the ventilation duct.

Yes, it's that sacred place that they infiltrated in movies and TV shows.

In reality, the ventilation ducts of most building central air conditioning systems are so narrow that they cannot accommodate a person walking through them.

However, Chen Jie was also a ruthless person. Taking advantage of Elke's relatively thin physique and the Soul Steel Mech's ability to transform, he forced himself to squeeze in.

Those wearing white coats, let's just call them researchers for now.

They were like zombies, not communicating, moving forward stiffly like puppets.

They split into groups and entered the room, where they began conducting experiments in an abandoned research lab in a very professional manner.

Someone stood in front of the charred incubator, taking out samples one by one to observe them, if it weren't for the air he was holding in his hands.

Some people were weighing medicines on a scale, while others were operating discarded instruments...

The scene was extremely bizarre, like some kind of puppet show.

Only the countdown continues to decrease.

We know too little right now to analyze anything, but continuing to wait like this is definitely not an option!

In the three-dimensional model of the entire building, Chen Jie drew out an escape route through the ventilation duct.

The Soul Steel mech carried him through it, occasionally assimilating some of the more delicate parts, as well as the fans and nets, into Soul Steel-like structures.

Finally, he left the eerie research institute.

However, Chen Jie did not let his guard down at this time. He first used Soul Steel to promote his body's metabolism and repair the injuries caused by squeezing into the ventilation duct. Then he activated the camouflage mode.

The color of the mech's surface changes like a chameleon, altering with the surrounding environment, much like camouflage.

Without being discovered by those strange researchers, they also brought out the Soul-like Steel through the vent.

These are all precious resources, especially in a place where the current situation is unclear. We can't keep consuming the supplies in the dimensional rift.

These soul steels were used to kill a large number of common flying insects such as flies and mosquitoes.

The insects flew out in groups to explore and transmit their observations back.

With Elke's brain, he could observe and record more than thirty different perspectives at the same time, then summarize and unify them, and model a large area of ​​the surrounding area in his brain, making him a veritable human supercomputer.

This looks like a small town.

It was daytime, but the sun was not visible in the sky; a dim light was cast through the thick clouds.

It's not normal that we still can't receive any network or satellite signals.

If this were on Earth, it would be impossible to not receive a signal unless the World Serpent interfered with or blocked it using special means.

Besides that, Chen Jie has now started to consider the extremely low probability possibility of the brain in a vat, such as Mebius taking out Elke's brain to study it... It's not like she's incapable of doing such a thing.

"This is difficult."

How did it end up in the hands of that green snake spirit?

Faster than StarCraft players, they switched screens, micro-managing all the flying insects exploring the outside, with some venturing outwards without looking back, searching for the end of the area where the signal was blocked.

They split into several smaller teams, flying freely through the town, and then controlled a small number of flying insects to enter various buildings.

There are people in most buildings!

The reason this person is in single quotes is because they, or rather, they are exactly the same as the researchers we saw before.

It imitates human work and life!

Shopping in a supermarket with empty shelves, pretending to work while staring at thin air, relaxing in a bar...

There was no DJ, no magic ball, just a group of people celebrating silently.

It had become so bizarre that Elke's brain was about to overload.

Unable to analyze...

Unless you catch one!

After recovering a large number of flying insects and resynthesizing them into Soul-like Steel, Chen Jie created two mechanical guards.

He set his sights on a lone dog strolling on the edge of town.

Strike, capture, and swiftly kidnap the target into an empty, unoccupied house.

One mechanical guard was transformed into a restraint device, while the other became a detection instrument; Chen Jie operated it remotely throughout the entire process.

Body temperature is normal, metabolism is normal, and all body data are normal!

If you only look at the data, the subject is a perfectly normal human being.

If we ignore his behavior...

After taking a small genetic sample, Chen Jie made a bold decision: to release the person.

After being released from confinement, he walked out of the room as if nothing had happened, returned to the spot where he had been shopping, and resumed his interrupted activities.

Something's wrong, something's very wrong.

All the screens in town were displaying that scarlet countdown; 12 minutes left, and nobody knew what would happen.

Chen Jie's psychological limit is 10 minutes. If he hasn't reached a conclusion by then, he will probably try to leave the town or release the Soul Steel Plague. In short, he will make many more radical choices.

Almost simultaneously.

The Soul Steel Flying Insects, which were exploring upwards and outwards, brought bad news.

There is some kind of invisible barrier that prevents them from continuing to explore outwards (upwards).

He released several more burrowing insects to explore the ground, while the flying insects that had reached the barrier moved close to it.

The shape of the entire barrier was outlined.

A sphere with a radius of two kilometers centered on the town center.

They were isolated by such a huge and invisible dome.

……

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Chapter 181 The Honkai Descends, Herrscher of the Rock

In any case, it would be foolish to stay in this eerie town.

He left some of the Soul Steel Flying Insects to continue exploring the town and underground. He transformed his SP-2 into a pangolin-like shape and began to leave from underground.

In short, get to the edge of the cover first, and maybe you can break it open by manpower.

With 5 minutes left on the countdown, the Soul Steel Bug, which was digging into the ground, also encountered an invisible wall. In addition, the flying insects exploring along the cover around it confirmed that the entire cover had no gaps and was a complete sphere.

With 3 minutes remaining, the flying insects exploring the center of the circle calculated by Chen Jie still hadn't found anything resembling a core.

This is not a good sign, so we need to consider keeping the barrier outside the barrier.

There are 2 minutes left.

Chen Jie arrived at the edge of the barrier.

It is incredibly hard to the touch; even the Soul Steel Nanomolecular Saw, which can easily cut through reinforced glass, cannot make an inch of progress.

He tried to use the Phase Shuttle skill of the Key of Dimensions to teleport outside the barrier.

Failed!

However, he did not gain nothing. Holding the Key of Dimension, he sensed a shared aura from the barrier.

Both are spatial powers, and both are the authority of the Herrschers.

So……