Chapter 555: First Exploration of the Abyss

The sudden sound made both of them nervous at the same time.

Mu You jumped up in a hurry and looked at the pile of broken parts on the sand with vigilance.

If this thing can be resurrected, he will really curse his mother...

Fortunately, it seems that it is not resurrection this time, but just broadcast a sound, and then there is no movement.

After waiting for a while and confirming that the mechanical body has no tendency to recover again, Mu You walked over, found the thin piece that made the sound just now, picked it up and checked it.

The whole piece is bronze in color, with a very simple structure, and some alchemical runes are engraved on it.

Mu You does not understand alchemy, but he has been in contact with various accessories of mecha skin for a long time, and he can still guess the meaning of some simple runes.

Judging from the runes, this should be just a simple sound device. The sentence just now should have been broadcast before the robot died, but because the vocal cords were damaged by Mu You's brute force, the disc was stuck for a while before the last stored syllable was broadcast.

After confirming that this thing was harmless, Mu You breathed a sigh of relief, and only then did he have time to recall what he had just reported.

"Reset the elimination mission... start the production of the backup machine?"

Mu You murmured, frowning. The word "backup machine" reminded him of a somewhat scary possibility: this thing, could it still be a mass-produced assembly line product?

By the way, why did only the herbalist encounter this thing?

The difference between the herbalist and the locals is that he is a fool, but there are so many fools, why have they never seen intelligence about this robot before?

Or, is the problem in the abyss?

This thing crawled out of the abyss, and the level of the abyss is too high. So far, no player should have come into contact with the abyss, and the herbalist may be the first.

"Fool, plus the abyss, two conditions, led to the appearance of this thing..." Mu You pondered.

"The time for the door is almost up." At this time, the herbalist reminded.

"Okay, you go back to the abyss first."

Mu You nodded, sent the herbalist away, walked forward, collected all the parts in the sand, and then put down the teleportation array and teleported to Evernight City.

In the mechanical factory, Eugene was pacing anxiously in front of the door. When he saw Mu You appear in the distance, he immediately rushed over.

"You are finally here, hurry up, where are the things?"

"What?" Mu You was a little surprised.

"The core! Hurry up, several of my factories are waiting for energy to start working!" Eugene urged, his eyes subconsciously looking at Mu You's hands.

"Oh, I will need the core for a while." Mu You said. Next, he planned to go to the abyss to see the situation, in case he encountered that kind of robot again on the way, and needed to use the mecha skin to deal with it.

"Huh? Still need it? How long will it take?" Eugene frowned.

"A week...tentative." Mu You thought for a while and said.

"One week? Still tentative?" Eugene jumped up anxiously: "Are you kidding? You want to shut down the factory for a week? Then my machine will rust!"

"How can it be so exaggerated." Mu You smiled: "Don't worry, there will be a new core in a week, and then no one will compete with you for energy."

Eugene was stunned for a moment: "Really?"

"Really, I promise."

Mu You said as he pulled it into the factory, came to a tool table, pushed the tools on the table out, and cleared some of the table.

"Before that, please help me take a look at this thing..." After saying that, Mu You piled all the robot parts collected in the desert on the table.

"Hey my tools..." Eugene rushed over and caught a glass instrument that was almost dropped.

"Be careful, it's very expensive, you know..."

Eugene turned around and was about to complain, but before he could finish, his eyes were firmly attracted by the things on the table and he couldn't move his eyes away.

"Bang!"

The instrument in his hand fell to the ground and shattered. Eugene was unaware of this. He walked quickly to the table, hurriedly took out a lens, put it on his right eye, took out gloves and tweezers, and after he was fully dressed, he carefully picked up a piece of mechanical debris and put it under the light to check.

"This... this is impossible! How can there be such a high density of alchemical runes... and the shape of this gear, how can it fit together? It doesn't make sense..."

Eugene kept exclaiming in amazement, and his eyes widened as he looked.

Mu You listened to it mumbling for a while, and the most common words he heard were "this is not right" and "this is impossible". Obviously, the level of alchemy contained in this robot has far exceeded Eugene's cognition.

"How is it, can you see anything?" Mu You asked.

Unfortunately, Eugene is now like a fanatical scientist who suddenly discovered alien technology. He has entered a state of bursting curiosity and has no time to pay attention to him.

"Well, you study slowly, and notify me when you have results." Mu You did not disturb it again, leaving a sentence and hurriedly left the factory.

Ten minutes later, Mu You passed through the door on time and returned to Earth.

After the door closed, Mu You put it away and hurriedly re-entered the game.

[With a dizzy feeling, you appeared in a dense forest. Looking up, under the misty mountain in front of you, a huge cenote is clearly visible...]

[You have arrived at the 'Lochmadi Abyss'! ]

When leaving the abyss before, Mu You left a teleportation array nearby, and now the character is teleported directly here.

[You walked to the edge of the abyss, and the herbalist was already waiting there. ]

[The surface of the abyss is shrouded in clouds and mist, like a dreamlike scene. These clouds and mist are not formed by ordinary moisture condensation, but the cold breath rising from the bottom of the abyss. They are rolling and twisting, as if they are telling some ancient horror legend...]

[Under the leadership of the herb collector, you came to a gap on the edge of the abyss. 】

[In front of this square tooth-shaped gap, several rows of rope ladders have been installed with strong ropes by predecessors, and they are submerged into the clouds. The ropes are covered with traces of countless explorers' climbs. 】

【Do you want to go down the ladder immediately? 】

"Yes." Mu You came here to explore the abyss. He planned to go to the bottom of the abyss to see the situation of Taurus and find the origin of the robot.

[The herb collector took out a safety rope, tied one end of the rope around his waist, and threw the other end into the abyss. Then he took out a special hook from his backpack and hooked it hard on the rope ladder knot on the edge of the abyss...]

[The herb collector begins to slide down the rope at a constant speed, and you follow closely...]

"Can't fly in the abyss?" After letting the characters set off, Mu You asked the herb collector through the team channel.

This is his first time in the abyss, and the herb collector has been exploring here for a few days, so he should have figured out the rules.

"It can fly, but it can't rise or fall quickly." The herb collector said.

"What's the meaning?"

"You'll know after a demonstration." The herb picker said nothing.

Mu You looked back at the game.

[You see the herb collector picking up a passing mountain rat from the edge of the cliff and throwing it into the boundless abyss behind him...]

[The mountain rat was suddenly thrown out, squeaking in horror, and struggling wildly in the air, but to no avail. It could only fall freely under the pull of gravity, and the speed became faster and faster...]

["Bang!" More than ten seconds after the mountain rat was thrown, you saw the falling mountain rat suddenly explode into a ball of blood mist, which dispersed in the clouds...]

"The Great Abyss is covered with a strange force field, just like sea water. At different levels, different water pressures will be exerted on people. Once this force field is quickly diluted or strengthened, it will lead to 'force field embolism' ', the result is what you just saw, the flesh and blood of the creature will explode directly! "

"In addition, the abyss is an independent space. You cannot arrange a teleportation array or open a backpack. If you die here, you can only resurrect in place. This means that once you die during the fall, your body will explode and die in place. , until the life span is exhausted..."

"So you can fly in the abyss, but you can only fly horizontally, or rise or fall slowly. In addition, there are many flying monsters hidden in the mist, and there are dangers everywhere. Flying is not as stable as climbing." The herb collector explained.

"Force field..."

Mu You nodded, then remembered something, and controlled the character to throw a stone in the game.

[You throw a stone into the endless abyss below. 】

[The stone fell freely and quickly fell into the clouds below and disappeared...]

"So this force field will only be effective on flesh and blood creatures?" Mu You asked.

"So far, yes."

"Doesn't that mean..."

"This is why I asked you to come here in person..."

"I see..." Mu You breathed out and finally understood.

If it only works on flesh and blood, that means his mecha skin can act normally here.

The existence of the mecha skin gives him a huge advantage in the abyss that is unmatched by others. It is indeed much more efficient for him to explore the abyss than a herb gatherer.

[You slide down the rope ladder and quickly land below 500 meters. 】

[You feel a sudden increase in gravity all over your body, as if there is an invisible hand trying to pull you into the abyss...]

Mu You was stunned for a moment: "Is there a problem with gravity?"

"Yes, because of the influence of the force field, the gravity here is divided according to distance, with every 500 meters being a level. The further down you go, the higher the gravity multiple you need to withstand."

The herb collector explained: "This is also the reason why no one has been able to detect the bottom of the abyss so far - when everyone descends to the ultimate gravity level that they can bear, they must return, otherwise they will be swallowed by the abyss and will never be there again. A chance to climb up.”

"This way..." Mu You frowned.

Indeed, the gravity becomes stronger the further you go down, which means that once you reach the limit distance, if you continue to go down, you will be bound by gravity and can no longer break free.

And this 'limiting distance' is different for everyone. The more powerful the creature, the stronger the gravity it can resist, and the deeper it can explore.

But no matter how powerful a creature is, it must have a endurance limit. Once it exceeds this limit, it can only go down, not up, until it is trapped and dead at the bottom of the abyss.

However, this is only for flesh and blood creatures...

Mu You immediately tried switching the mecha skin.

[You switch to mecha skin, and the gravity hanging around you suddenly disappears. 】

really!

Mu You breathed a sigh of relief. Even the influence of gravity can be ignored. This mecha skin is simply made for exploring the abyss!

[You and the herb collector landed on a platform 500 meters deep. 】

[You look up and the area in front of you suddenly opens up and becomes a space of its own...]

"The entrance to the abyss is only two kilometers in diameter, but the interior is not so small. On the contrary, the bottom of the abyss has expanded more than ten times. Each layer is a space of its own, with mountains, rivers, lakes, birds, beasts, fish and insects... In short, every 500 to 1,000 meters, there will be an underground world, and the lower the layer, the stronger the living creatures are, and the higher the gravity they need to bear."

"It is said that the highest layer that has been explored is the seventh layer, which is about seven kilometers underground. Going down seems to have broken the limit of human beings. No one who went down has come back... Um!"

The herbalist frowned halfway through his speech.

On the other side, Mu You had also discovered something strange.

[You just landed on a platform and were about to explore deeper when you suddenly heard a familiar mechanical voice from the cliff behind you: "Target found!"]

[You turned your head suddenly and saw a mechanical arm sticking out from the cliff behind you, firmly grasping the edge of the cliff, and then climbing up, revealing the head and body of the machine...]

[A robot appeared in front of you and the herbalist, and its shape and appearance were almost the same as the robot you encountered before.]

[You used the omniscient crystal to observe some of the robot's properties.]

[Exterminator TK-105: an unknown mechanical intelligent unit, strength 99, agility 186, intelligence analysis failed, physical analysis failed, defense 305-6250, health analysis failed...]

[At the same time, another mechanical figure jumped up from the cliff and landed on the platform.]

[This time the robot is slightly taller and stronger, and looks a bit like you...]

"..."

Mu You's heart sank when he saw it.

He had previously speculated whether these robots were mass-produced, and that if one was killed, there would be others coming. Now it has come true.

Moreover, the robot that came this time is obviously a level stronger than the previous one!

In other words, these robots in front of him are not the limit of the robot's strength. Even if they are killed here now, a new one will soon appear, and the strength will be stronger each time until they are successfully eliminated!

[“Confirmed target: KT-54054608 (VA-00150546), crime: the birth of an unconventional exploration heart, disorder of order... Execute order: clear... comfort... obliterate!”]

[The two robots play voices in unison, and then kill you and the herbalist respectively. ]

“How to deal with it?” The herbalist sent a message.

“No way, seal it first.” Mu You said helplessly.

This ghost thing is invincible. Unless you lead them to the Wind Erosion Valley and repeat the previous process, it is possible to kill it.

However, killing them is useless. If the source is not found, this thing will continue to appear, and it will become stronger each time. Sooner or later, it will upgrade to a level that they cannot defeat. It is better to lock it up from the beginning.

[You and the herbalist pull back and lead the two robots to a narrow terrain behind...]

[As the two robots rush into the canyon, you immediately switch to the skin of God and punch them. ]

[The two robots have no way to avoid it and are hit head-on, breaking into pieces that are no longer humanoid...]

[The broken robots begin to heal quickly...]

[A black shadow appears under the two robots, opens its huge mouth, and forcibly pulls the two into the shadow before the other completes healing...]

Mu You is very glad that they have the shadow ball, otherwise there is really no way to deal with these robots here, and they can only be chased by this thing forever.