Otherworldly Desert Dust-Chapter 512 - 467: The Designer’s Confidence

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The trio made their way straight to the twentieth floor.

Each floor here is actually very tall, equivalent to a skyscraper with a hundred stories, and the interior is quite spacious, about the size of ten stadiums, with a complicated structure.

Sometimes, finding the stairs to the higher floors can be a very time-consuming task, not to mention that each floor is soaked with various mutant specimens. These specimens could be considered the progenitors of those alien species outside, having evolved and transformed to a very advanced state, making it extremely difficult to deal with them.

Finally reaching the top floor, when the three wanted to pass through the metal corridor to reach Zone L, they were suddenly faced with a huge metal door full of numeric digits.

"Can this door be destroyed directly?" Wu Hen asked.

"It's not advisable, look at these concealed pattern devices near the door, once damaged, it might produce a kind of awakening current that would wake up all the soaked specimens on this floor. We can handle a few specimens that have awakened and escaped along the way, but if we face a group of them..." Guo Hong immediately shook his head and rejected the idea.

"Haven't we collected several strings of passwords from those specimens? Let me try." Lu Xian said.

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Lu Xian had collected many password plates, which corresponded to the safes on each floor. With careful observation, she quickly discovered that several strings of passwords matched the numerical arrangement on this great door.

Lu Xian began to enter them at the left side of the door, pressing the numeric digits according to the specimen-derived passwords. After pressing, the metal digits would be embedded into the door, entering a locked state.

A total of seven strings of passwords were entered, and after all were input, the giant numeric door finally responded. However, the display above the numeric door showed a number that made even Guo Hong feel somewhat desperate.

7%!

Unlocking progress: 7%!

One string of passwords accounted for 1% of the unlocking process, and all of these passwords were obtained from powerful mutant specimens.

This meant that to open this door, one would have to collect the passwords from one hundred mutant specimens scattered throughout this exhibition building, kill them all, and only then could they completely open this door leading to Zone L!

"This must be the toughest password setup ever, to crack it, we'll have to kill the mutant specimens on each floor..." Guo Hong said with a wry smile.

It's impossible to take shortcuts and quickly reach Zone L now.

A total of one hundred strings of passwords, each corresponding to different safes on each floor, and only if they managed to collect one hundred sets of these passwords could they unlock the door right in front of them...

And brute force was not an option. The result of any violent attempt would be the awakening of all mutant specimens within the exhibition hall.

"But we don't have much time, the Black Deacon Corps is already on the thirteenth floor; if we go back to each floor to collect those forgotten specimen passwords, we will definitely run into them," Lu Xian said.

"Alas, we were too hasty. We should have bought more valuable information in the black market. The fact that the safes on the eighteenth floor were completely looted indicates that there must be internal passages within this base..." Guo Hong said.

"The Black Deacon Corps is clearing the place, aren't they? This means they probably won't miss any string of passwords. We can first loot the safes on the upper floors to enhance our strength, then pillage the Black Deacon Corps, obtaining the remaining ninety-three strings of passwords from their hands," Wu Hen was not disheartened and spoke calmly.

"Pillaging the Black Deacon Corps???" Upon hearing this, Lu Xian couldn't help but tremble.

That's a fully armed elite unit of a hundred men, daring to carry out a clean-up operation within the Blood Lake Base, which in itself shows how formidable they are.

"That is a good plan," Guo Hong nodded, and then added, "The specimens in the exhibition halls up to the thirteenth floor are all of average strength. The specimens' combat power becomes more terrifying the further back we go. By the time they reach our level, they will have likely lost quite a few members, with damaged equipment and depleted ammunition. If we catch them off guard, we can not only obtain all the passwords but also the resources they've gathered. Along the way up here, we've actually passed by many secret rooms that we haven't opened, and it is unclear what exactly is stored inside..."

Wu Hen smiled.

It was just like someone who had died once; his thought process was unconventional compared to the ordinary Gold Seekers, almost reaching the realm where one would rather stake out a team of men than search an entire city.

"But do they know about the passwords? What if they haven't collected them?" Lu Xian said.

"Don't worry, since they've chosen to carry out a clearance operation, it shows that some of their people have already made it up to this twentieth floor. The empty safes that we opened on the eighteenth floor were probably taken by the Black Shirt Organization, and they've seen this numeric door too. They know that to proceed to the deeper Zone L, they must obtain the passwords from the specimens in each exhibition hall. There might be more than a hundred passwords, but only one hundred are needed to open it," Guo Hong explained.

"That's right, the floor designer was actually very confident," Wu Hen said.

"Confident? Confident in this kind of password design?" Lu Xian asked.

"No, his confidence actually stems from the mutant specimens he created. He firmly believes that these alien species are the most perfect in the world, and that most people wandering in the Desert Dust could not possibly defeat them. Even if they manage to overpower a few with evolutionary flaws, they definitely won't be able to defeat them all. So, it is certain that within this exhibition hall, there must be a few Ultimate Mutants, whether in terms of evolutionary progress, combat power, or killing skills, they are the top-tier," Wu Hen explained.

Climbing up, floor by floor, Wu Hen had already felt a strong aura of design intent.

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It's like the craftsmen of the imperial mausoleums, who, while building the tombs, also considered the problem of future tomb raiders and intruders. They knew it was impossible to remain completely undiscovered and impossible to lock every gate tight; invaders were bound to find a way in.

So the tomb craftsmen would set up numerous mechanisms inside, all of which were meticulously laid out from the invaders' point of view.

The Blood Lake Base was no exception.

Its heavy metal gates had opened a crack, as if welcoming the invaders.

Every floor had a vault, and as long as one killed the Mutant Specimens inside the display jars, they could take the products developed from their genetic research; if these trinkets were not enough to satisfy the invaders, unwilling to call it quits, then they could try to challenge all the Mutant Specimens in the exhibition hall. That is, until they killed the Ultimate Mutant that the Life Organization took the most pride in and displayed in the most conspicuous spot on each floor...

If they could indeed do that, then the mysterious L Sector's gate would open for the invaders, letting the truly strong appreciate the ultimate truth of the Life Organization!

The Constructors were so confident, almost generous, and they seemed to enjoy this game with the invaders.

Truth be told, Wu Hen was somewhat curious; who exactly was the divine being that had designed this, someone who had already grasped the essence of Ascension Transformation.

"But in the end, this place has been abandoned, ultimately overtaken by those mutated species. That confident designer you speak of probably died in the disaster that broke out decades ago." Lu Xian said.

"People die, but what they leave behind remains. I'm sure he left a significant legacy in L Sector for the true strong who could solve everything." Wu Hen said.

"But this place is often visited by Gold Seekers, and some of our predecessors may have already taken a part of the passwords. If we can't gather a hundred of them, we still won't be able to get in," Lu Xian also expressed her doubts.

Some display jars had long been damaged, and the Mutant Specimens they contained were nowhere to be found.

If this was indeed a design requiring exactly a hundred specimen passwords, then over the years, if any potent Gold Seeker had taken even one, the gate to L Sector would be closed forever.

"It depends on whether the Black Shirt Organization is as omnipotent as they say; let's hope they brought the passwords that have already been lost," Wu Hen remarked.

If it truly was a strict design requiring a hundred passwords, then, as Lu Xian said, they could never unlock it completely.

But the Black Shirt Organization, since they sent such a formidable force to clear the field, likely had purchased the missing passwords from the black market; otherwise, they would've made such an effort in vain and, in the end, have to turn back just like everyone else.

Furthermore, there could be more than a hundred specimen passwords, but the digital gate only required a hundred to open.

Regardless of the situation, they were determined to loot the Black Deacon Corps.

Even if they had to retreat, they would take everything from this place and search for other clues to unlock the mysterious L Sector.

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The trio found a resting room on the twentieth floor.

The sofas in the resting room were spotless, with robots cleaning regularly, so despite being ruined for decades, it felt like a brand new tech corporation.

After a lengthy fight, they needed to rest.

It was unknown how many days it would take for the Black Deacon Corps to clear up to this twentieth floor, but they'd rest and lie in wait for those enemies who were stocked full of supplies.

"Before dealing with them, you two better evolve to Sixth-Rank Life," Wu Hen cautioned.

The Black Deacon Corps had many members, and Wu Hen was worried he couldn't handle it all on his own.

With the strength and equipment of Guo Hong and Lu Xian improving, they could already help him quite a bit, and there were certainly some big shots in the Black Deacon Corps. If he were to focus on dealing with them, he'd inevitably be harassed by other members of the Black Deacon Corps.

"There should be Life Pearls on these floors…" Guo Hong, dark circles under his eyes, slowly stood up.

"I don't need much rest. You two stay here and rest; I'll look for them and try to make sure you two evolve to Sixth Rank before we confront the Black Butler," Wu Hen offered.

Lu Xian rubbed her bleary eyes, thinking she had misheard.

"We don't necessarily need Sixth-Rank Life Pearls; we've also consumed a lot of Fifth Rank, and if we have enough, I think I have a chance to step into the Sixth Rank," Guo Hong said.

"Okay!" Wu Hen nodded.

He himself had already reached the upper limit of this environment's improvement, unless he could secure Seventh-Rank or Eighth-Rank Life Pearls.

But Guo Hong and Lu Xian still had a lot of room to grow. Their increased combat effectiveness would also add two key pieces to Wu Hen's strategy in the game against Cangling.