Chapter 396 "Floor 7" (2)

Chapter 396 "Floor 7" (2)

However, after a few seconds, a strange situation occurred.

Just as everyone rushed out of the big hole and fell into the entrance of the deep pit, the surrounding environment changed from complete darkness to normal light brightness in an instant. The sudden change in brightness made everyone "blinded" for a short period of time. During this period, they fell on some surface. Judging from the touch (two hunters) and the floating degree of the armor (team members), they seemed to have fallen into some liquid, and there was a faint smell of chemicals around them.

After adapting to the change in light, everyone immediately floated to the surface of the liquid and began to investigate the surrounding environment. After seeing clearly what the surrounding environment was like, the team members and the two hunters all showed a certain degree of confusion.

The place where everyone was located seemed to be an oversized indoor swimming pool. The depth of the swimming pool was estimated to be six meters from where they were currently. The walls were made of classic white tiles, and there were some lighting devices that looked like LEDs on the ceiling. Han Zu tasted the liquid and it was just ordinary water. The chemical smell should be some old-fashioned disinfectant. Excessive inhalation is harmful to people, but it is not a problem for him.

The width of the pool was a bit exaggerated, about 70 to 80 meters, and the length was even more bizarre, with no visible edge. Han Zu's abilities returned to normal in this place, and even he couldn't see the edge of the pool, which meant that the length of the pool was at least several kilometers. What was even more outrageous was that within the visible range, the structure of the pool was exactly the same, with no difference at all. Even using the perception ability to detect it, no difference was found. Similarly, within the current limit of the perception ability of 300 meters, there was no life form.

However, except for the exaggerated distance between the two sides of the pool (relative to the width of a normal indoor pool), everything else was normal. The sides and bottom of the pool were all light blue tiles, and the water inside was very clear, so that ordinary people could see the bottom of the pool at a glance. The tiles were intact and extremely clean, exactly the same as the surrounding walls and ceiling. It looked like someone cleaned them every day. There was no wear and tear on the tiles on the four walls of the space within Han Zu's visual distance, not even a small scratch. This was very contrary to common sense. Even the most strictly managed indoor pool would have some minor wear and tear, unless it had just been built, and the construction workers were also very cautious during the construction process.

However, the endless length of the swimming pool made Han Zu dispel his normal thoughts at first glance. This place was wrong no matter how he thought about it, not to mention that they were on a satellite of another planet just a few minutes ago.

"The device anomaly has been resolved and is reconnecting to the control network..."

"Link successful, locating current location..."

"An abnormal space phenomenon has been detected. We are re-establishing the detection node..."

"Unable to eliminate the current anomaly, trying other feasible nodes..."

"Unable to detect valid nodes, the measurement process is interrupted."

"Unknown language detected, translation in progress..."

"Found similar analogies, analogy source: Hunter γ"

"Floor 7."

While observing the surroundings, the team members, unlike the two hunters, first moved to the right edge of the pool, left the pool, and stood on the shore to conduct a self-check of the entire equipment. This strange place seemed to have a high concentration of harmless surplus energy. Their armor and weapons were quickly recharged and restored to their peak state. At the same time, their equipment also returned to normal and connected to the control network, but the strange thing was that although they could connect to the control network, they could not determine their exact location. However, it was certain that this place was definitely not the interior of the planetary erasure facility, because although indoor swimming pools were a common thing in their world, the surrounding architectural style had nothing to do with their culture and history.

There was an extra space on the wall behind them, right at the edge of the swimming pool. There were no tiles at this location, only a half-meter square metal plate with a special text written on it that they had never seen before. But when the device was translating, it suddenly found a comparison with this text. The source of this comparison was the hunter who called himself "γ", who was still floating on his back on the surface of the swimming pool and seemed to be thinking.

"The smell of these chemicals is an inefficient swimming pool disinfectant. Our genes have no reaction to this disinfectant. To us, it just smells bad. The water body test is also normal, just ordinary water, but this level of cleanliness is obviously abnormal."

"There was something wrong with the equipment's exploration of the environment. The length of the pool, either there was something wrong with the equipment, or it really has no end. But from what we can see with our naked eyes, this place really seems to have no edge."

"What do the words on the metal plaque on the wall mean?"

"Floor 7. There are several possibilities. The first is that it is the seventh floor, but the equipment did not find any other building structures above or below. It could also be area on the current floor, but based on our scans here, that doesn't seem likely either. After all, it's too big."

"Can it be detected behind the wall?"

"Yes, but... there is nothing."

"What does nothing mean? The void?"

"No, it's just... nothing."

"what?"

Wu's test results for the surroundings left everyone in the team confused. However, after they tested themselves, their expressions were the same as Wu's: there was nothing behind the wall.

"None found."

Even their equipment said so, and because they didn't find anything that could be described, even the equipment's statement was just an ambiguous one, saying that they didn't find "anything".

Han Zu and Gloria also discovered that nothing could be observed outside the wall, but their current focus was not on this, but on how they came here. Since it was a fall, there should be at least a hole above, or some abnormal energy node, or at least their energy residue. But Han Zu floated on his back on the water, looked up and saw that the tiles on the ceiling not only had no gaps, but also no unique participating energy. Although this space was full of surplus energy, the types of these energies were no different from the energy in a normal indoor swimming pool, and naturally there was no specialness. And although there was a lot of surplus energy, it was very scattered and not enough to support the generation of an unstable space node.

Looking behind them, just like in front, there was no end in sight, the tiles on the wall were not worn out, the water was clear and the bottom was visible, the LED lights were arranged regularly, the brightness of all areas was the same, and there was no problem with the shadows cast by the lights. Everything was normal. But it was this normal situation that made everyone feel extremely abnormal and awkward.

"Hey!"

Wu on the shore called out to the two people still in the water and gestured for them to come over. After reaching the shore, everyone gathered together and began to communicate through the translation of each other's equipment. The current situation was indeed too strange, and there were no useful clues around. At this time, internal fighting was the most undesirable behavior.

At least not now.

Although everything seemed safe and there were no problems at the moment, no one could confirm what would happen next, so after a brief negotiation, both parties confirmed to extend their partnership. Han Zu was even more frank and pointed out directly that he would not attack any of the team members until they left this place. Of course, the premise was that the team members did the same.

"I'm OK."

"That's fine."

"But we found this. It seems to be written in your language. Maybe you have some clues."

Han Zu looked at the metal sign on the wall. It said Floor 7, but the text was not in the Dragon Country language. Gloria could also confirm that it was not in Spanish, let alone English. Although the contractor's equipment could translate it, they were not familiar with this language. So they used the contractor's equipment to search for all the languages ​​on Earth. It turned out that the text used for the word "floor" was not any common or popular text, but a language used by a small country that was incorporated into other countries because of a local war 30 years ago. Because even before being annexed, the country was not established for a long time, only 15 years, and the unique official language they created was annexed before it was fully promoted. Therefore, except for some scholars who study languages ​​and young people in small countries at that time, this language has almost never appeared on a large scale. Even now, there are only people who have seen this language, including linguists. If we only count the people who can use it proficiently, the number is even less than .

"This is indeed a certain kind of writing among our race, but it is a language that only a very small number of people can use. We also need a translator to understand it."

Hai nodded quietly at the side of the hunter. He was always on guard against the hunters and was confirming the language based on the voices used by the two hunters. He did find all the languages ​​used by the Earth civilization, and among them he found the language used by the two hunters, which was called Dragon Language. What's interesting is that although all the information about this planet called Earth can be searched in the Domination Network, the source of this information is a branch of the traitors. There are some doubts here. According to common sense, this planet is most likely the "base" of this branch of traitors, and it stands to reason that these traitors with similar technological levels will not upload such important information to the Domination Network, not to mention that the information is very detailed. Although there are some things that cannot be retrieved in the Domination Network, even so, it is not normal.

"Could it be that these traitors leaked this information on purpose? But what is the reason?" Hai thought to himself. Perhaps he should tell Xin and Wu his speculation, but now is not a good time. The two hunters can use the traitors' equipment, and they may have a deep connection with the traitors. If so, their plot may be very big, so big that it is not something the team can handle. The two hunters are now with the team. If they rashly tell the news to other team members, it is likely to go wrong.

Although the command network can be used normally, the location here is uncertain. Even if the rescue message is sent, the support may not be able to find them. Once the two hunters have any backup, it will be a great threat to the safety of the team. I have witnessed the combat effectiveness of the hunters with my own eyes. To be honest, if the team loses two or more people, then the chance of winning against the two hunters is basically zero. The most important thing is that he doesn't know whether the traitors' equipment on them is regular. Although in previous experience, the equipment used by the hunters cannot invade the equipment protocols of the team members, but the team cannot invade their equipment either. The hunters are likely to be covering up or disguising. If the message is sent rashly and intercepted by them, the result will be bad.

Hai fell into deep thought. He had to think of a way to get rid of the two hunters and tell his inference to the other team members, at least Xin and Wu. At the same time, he had to find a chance to send this information out through the control network. But how to do it was a problem.

Just as Hai was staring at the water in thought, he heard a slight sound of someone knocking on armor. Turning his head, he saw that it was Wu who had taken off his helmet and held it in his hand. His fingers were casually tapping the side of the helmet as if he was bored, making some irregular slight noises.

But when Hai heard the sound, his eyes suddenly lit up, and then he pretended to move his arms, naturally put his left hand on Wu's shoulder, then opened the protective panel of his helmet, revealing his face, and gently tapped on Wu's armor with his fingers.

In fact, the two were using a code that they had developed during the training period to be lazy, and only the two of them understood the exact meaning to communicate secretly. They were so bored that they set specific movements for each word, including not only the frequency of finger tapping, but also some body movements and facial expressions. They even incorporated yawning and coughing into this "code language". However, this thing, which was born out of boredom, played an extremely important and key role in their previous mission. And because this "code language" is very complicated, Xin, as the captain of the team, although she knows what they are doing, even she can't fully understand what they are saying.

Soon, through this set of codes, Hai informed Wu of his speculations and the information he searched in the Tongyu network. Wu immediately began to think about corresponding countermeasures. A relatively risky but very feasible method appeared in Wu's mind.

"I'm going to contact my brother first, otherwise he might think our team is dead."

He said this casually, seemingly in a relaxed manner, but in fact, he and Hai had been observing the movements of the two hunters. However, they were not concerned about this matter at all, as they were communicating with Xin about the surrounding environment. So Wu openly used the command network to connect to Xu, and directly chatted with Xu who appeared through the holographic communication, which everyone around could see.

"Hey! Xu, we are still alive. Surprising! Isn't that surprising?"

"call...."

Seeing that no one in the team was injured, Xu breathed a sigh of relief, looking like he had let go of a burden.

"How are you now? Where are you? We couldn't find you inside the facility. What happened?"

After informing Xu in detail of what happened inside the facility, Xu asked people to investigate the information of the facility while continuing to talk with Wu.

"Where are you located? I'll pick you up right away."

"Well, we're not actually sure where we are."

The scanning results of the equipment were sent to Xu, who also had a serious expression. Although this situation was very rare, it was not without precedent. Although with the technology of their race, there were very few places that could not be entered and exited freely, but it was indeed not completely impossible. And those who entered these locations basically had only two results, either the whole army was wiped out, or they could never come back. In short, the situation was very bad.

"Don't worry, Xu, we won't end up like that. We still have two hunters to help us. Besides, you know me. I've always been lucky."

After a few more words, Wu ended the call. Xu, who was far away on the spaceship, let out a long sigh with a solemn expression.

"Captain, what's wrong with you? Your brother is still safe, and we still have hope of finding them."

"That's not what I'm concerned about. Wu may have some information to tell me, but it's difficult for him to pass on the information right now. It may be related to those two hunters."

"But Wu looks normal to us, right? He doesn't feel threatened or anything."

"You have known my brother for more than five years, right?"

"Yes, but what does it matter..."

"When have you ever heard him call me by my name instead of brother?"

"This... now that you put it that way, it seems to be true!"

"He must be in trouble... Be smart, little brat, I will find a way to find you..."

Xu clenched his fists into the sleeves of the captain's robe.