Chapter 853: Chapter 59: Captains Assembled
Gu Shen recalled what he had heard earlier.
In the Investigation Corps team, there was a monster, an extremely powerful “Transcendent”.
He silently mouthed the name, and for some reason, Chi Huo faintly flickered.
Could it be that the dangerous person hinted at by the cross pendant wasn’t the only one?
Every Transcendent on this list was a formidable force not to be underestimated!
Before meeting them, Gu Shen dared not relax his vigilance. He didn’t know who was friend or foe. His exceptional participation in the reboot mission might provoke dissatisfaction among the geniuses of the North Continent.
Gu Shen sent greetings to both “Living Fish” Fisher and Zhong Yuan.
These were the only two acquaintances he had here.
He understood both of their personalities well and had good relations with them… Being new here, it was necessary to take the initiative to greet them.
The immune testers in this building were truly powerful, aside from Meng Xiao, others were unnecessary for Gu Shen to offend, and perhaps by connecting with these two, he could get to know other captains in the building.
Fisher quickly replied.
“Gu, I never expected to meet you in such an occasion…”
Living Fish was surprised at Gu Shen’s arrival but also warmly welcomed him, jokingly mentioning that, unfortunately, he was currently changing the water in the “fish tank” above his head… and after changing the water, he had an online meeting for Deep Scale City to deal with some Fortress chores, leaving him no time to meet Gu Shen today.
This guy should be busy and didn’t reply at all.
Gu Shen felt a bit bored, his idle tranquility made him restless, and suddenly he thought of the “simulation battle cabin” Aluer mentioned.
The thirty-seventh floor wasn’t far from where he was.
Gu Shen had seen the simulation battle cabin developed by Hua Zhi, a chamber large enough for an adult to lie fully extended. Once inside, complete the connection, and the chamber would seal…
This chamber had a drawback.
That was, it easily caused fluctuations. The stronger the spirit, the harder it was for the Deep Sea Network to fully bear it. It wasn’t that Deep Sea lacked the capability; the Federation had deprived Deep Sea of the ability to bear a powerful spirit.
Deep Sea was dispersed to the Five Continents.
Its computational power was also dispersed to the Five Continents… The most important task was to ensure each branch could link steadily.
The construction of the deep water area was such that every Transcendent could contribute a tiny wisp of spirit to form it!
This tiny wisp of spirit was a symbol of identity and proof of passage.
Countless Transcendents contributed computational power to Deep Sea, and Deep Sea fed the network back to them.
Yet, if Deep Sea had the complete and tangible capability to bear a powerful spirit… unforeseen circumstances of devouring might occur.
The battle cabin before his eyes was very similar to the one developed by Hua Zhi.
But it had one drastic difference!
“The spirit network on this floor is disconnected.”
Chu Ling said seriously, “It’s similar to the blockade policy adopted by Gu Castle Fortress, ensuring stable internal links of the spirit network with a local area network, while ensuring that a Transcendent’s spirit would not be consumed… Thus here, it can fully bear a Transcendent’s spirit for maximum simulation combat, but such a method is destined not to be popularized.”
So… this was a battle cabin specifically crafted for elites!
Gu Shen sat inside the chamber.
He closed his eyes and initiated the spiritual link… He seemed to feel the bumpy sensation of linking to Deep Sea for the first time.
The world became unprecedentedly silent.
He opened his eyes again.
Turning his head, he now saw not the narrow chamber holding him but an expansive icy world.
The cold wind was biting, with a slight sting of frostiness.
This was beyond the reach of a “toy”.
Before Gu Shen floated the prompt of the system panel. The battle cabin had automatically equipped him with “Fourth-Order Source Armor” according to his current spiritual power and recommended an AI opponent with Fourth-Order Source Armor for combat.
Due to the spirit network blockade.
The source armor duel inside the simulation battle cabin… without face-to-face connection with another opponent, it could naturally only be a “single-player game”.
Gu Shen drew a long knife from the source armor.
He familiarized himself with running and jumping a bit.
Amid the distant wind and snow, the shadow of an AI opponent slowly coalesced.
Before the battle began, the world around him blurred.
A string of [code] swarmed out of the wind and snow, piecing together into a vague image of a girl in a white dress.
The [code] gradually disappeared.
The girl’s image grew clear and real.
Chu Ling reached out to touch the snowflakes here, marveling, “The North Continent Army’s idea is pretty good, but it needs refinement… If they seek a real network blockade, they surely can’t let me find a gap to slip through.”
Pinching a handful of crushed snow, rolling it into a snowball, Chu Ling floated onto a large stone. Her hand propped her chin, and the falling heavy snow swept through her long hair and dress.
She lightly tossed the snowball, hitting Gu Shen’s source armor.
Chu Ling blinked, showing a mischievous smile she never had before: “It’s too boring in the carriage. Let me enjoy your source armor performance.”
(PS: 1. Sorry for the wait. When I say burst, there will be a burst. This time it’s a big chapter, delayed for quality assurance during revisions. 2. Asking for monthly tickets again!)