Chapter 514: Chapter 337: Moment of Awakening
[Deep underground, in the construct ruins of the Black Spire]
At this moment, Su Mo is still cutting the door of the Black Spire, a task that has persisted for several days.
The material strength of the Black Spire is exceedingly high. The cutter of this Earth Navigation Spaceship was developed in the future based on the Moon Concealing Arm Blade, using the same high-frequency particle oscillation technology.
Even so, the cutting process remains incredibly slow; after these few days, the circular cut is still not fully closed.
At this moment, the communicator sounded, and Future’s faint voice came through: "Boss, this city has gone mad. Millions of border people have been abandoned outside the walls with no one caring, while the elites of the giant enterprises are swaggering away with official protection, with private cars and chartered flights. It’s like a holiday... How did the world become like this?"
Su Mo rubbed his eyes, reddened from fatigue, and said softly, "It’s not that the world became this way, it has always been like this."
"I will get in soon, shutting down the beacon is the only way to truly end this."
Not long after Su Mo’s words, the cutting work that had lasted for several days was finally completed.
The cutting beam, shining brightly, completed a full 360-degree circular cut. With a mechanical suction cup pulling it away, a round hole just large enough for a human to pass through appeared on the construct building’s door.
Due to the membrane-like barrier blocking the space, the temperature was normal, but there was no oxygen for humans to breathe.
Su Mo donned the oxygen gear he had prepared earlier, took the large toolbox he needed, and adjusted the communication unit to the corresponding state, saying, "Future, Qi Ling, cutting work is done, I’m ready to enter the tower."
Qi Ling: "Go ahead, Future and I are always here."
Su Mo maneuvered the Earth Navigation Spaceship to dock in parallel with the cut opening and opened the hatch to enter the interior of the Black Spire.
Even though Su Mo had visited this place many times when playing games before his crossing, a game is just a game, no matter how good the graphics card and the resolution, what he saw was still just a screen.
But when he truly witnessed the wonders inside, the shock was indescribable.
In front of him appeared a deep corridor, with grotesque, twisted giant mechanical creations standing on both sides, their surfaces glimmering with a faint glow, forming many regular geometric shapes, if looked at closely, each pattern was composed of countless tiny parts,.
As Su Mo appeared, they started to move abnormally, those geometric shapes seemed to come alive and began to spin, ultimately converging into a substantial energy beam attack.
This scene was within Su Mo’s expectations, part of the normal course of events in the original plot.
This automatic defense mechanism of the Black Spire targets intruders; any non-construct entering the corridor will be attacked.
Thus, attempting to explore the depths of the Black Spire using drones or robots to replace manpower would not work, as they could not escape the strikes from the defense system. Su Mo had to come in person.
However, for the current Su Mo, these defense systems were not a big issue.
He simultaneously activated the Mad Corpse Blood Code and the Crimson Rose Blood Code, with the blood factor and Frenzied Corpse Rigid Bone fusing together, forming high-strength blood crystal bones, creating a defensive layer around him.
The energy beams striking against it could only leave deep dents, unable to penetrate it, and those dents were filled again as Su Mo further refined it.
He just withstood the energy beam assaults, passing by these defensive machines, and reached the end of the corridor.
Exiting the corridor, he was confronted by an unimaginably colossal stone pillar, with circular steps distributed across its surface, each of which was independent, constantly changing, either ascending, descending, or rotating.
Seeing this, he couldn’t help but smile knowingly.
Here it was, the "relic platformer" that internal test players angrily criticized as infernal.
This is a level that simultaneously tests puzzle-solving and operation skills; players must calculate the patterns amidst the ever-changing steps and execute precise operations to ensure they don’t fall when jumping.
Misstep once, and it’s back to the save point.
Su Mo had been stuck in this cursed place for two whole days, dying hundreds or thousands of times.
Su Mo focused his attention, took a deep breath, and watched those winding, ascending changing steps, while utilizing his super memory ability to compare them with the "game strategy" in his memory.
Soon, the sight before him began to match the shadow of his memory, then he took a big step onto one of the steps.
Although Su Mo was carrying all sorts of heavy equipment and toolboxes, his powerful body strength still made his movements fluid, continually leaping amidst the changing steps.
The further up he went, the more complex the structure of the steps became, sometimes turning into a spiral staircase, sometimes floating platforms, and occasionally intersecting bridges, forming an enormous three-dimensional maze.
But with Su Mo’s super memory ability and proficiency from countless practices in his previous life, he leaped like a bird, quickly reaching the top of the maze.
"Phew... passed in one life." In this world far removed from human civilization, isolated from the world, he joked to himself.
Su Mo looked ahead, seeing only a deep tunnel entrance. The core control room of the entire Black Spire was there.
This was the hub of the Black Spire, with a temple-like giant mechanical construct standing at the center, which was the control platform, devoid of any physical buttons or switches, replaced by mysterious symbols in the form of particle images hovering in the air.
