Chapter 475 Easy?

Chapter 475 Easy?

Although this is not the area Han Zu had visited before, the old city seems to be almost the same. It is the same deserted city, turbid fog, dilapidated streets, and the always gray sky. Han Zu inexplicably feels like he has returned home.

The common creatures in the old city are still the same old ones, ravens flying across the sky from time to time, mice the size of house cats that do not hide when seeing people. They represent two different forces, the cemetery and the rat removal company. The rat removal company is obsessed with profit and blindly pursues the power that can gain profit, which is contrary to the belief it represents at the beginning. Although he can't remember the name, Han Zu can still remember the guy who sacrificed himself for others at that time.

As for the cemetery, it didn't appear much in Han Zu's life. By chance, he became the head of the external affairs department of the cemetery, but in fact, until now, he didn't know anything about the cemetery. I heard before that the cemetery's power was gradually declining and was left behind by the rat removal company. This might be the most Han Zu knew about the cemetery.

The timeline of the old city seemed to be different from that of his own world, with a gap of several decades. However, doing something here would likely change some things, just like the group of people from the rat removal company who were causing trouble in the undersea tunnel outside City C at that time. They knew about his situation. Although Han Zu was not sure whether such a thing would happen again this time, he decided to avoid dealing with the cemetery or the forces of the rat removal company as much as possible to avoid any trouble.

The ravens did not appear very often, as if they had judged Han Zu and Xin to be unimportant, ordinary people who had strayed into the old city. These ravens were somewhat different from normal ravens, as their vision was blurry for things made of energy. Xin's power sword had been damaged because it was used as a blunt weapon when it was disturbed before, so the energy field blade was not very obvious now, but it did not affect its use. But in the eyes of those ravens, Xin was just holding a strangely shaped metal stick.

As for those big rats that were not afraid of people, Han Zu did not kill them this time, but just kicked them far away. The reason why these rats grew to this size was related to some strange altars. Han Zu did not want to take the risk of being teleported to the location area again because of some rats. He did not have the anchor of the Infinite City on him now.

Following the streets of the old city, it didn't take long for the two to reach the fourth coordinate displayed on Han Zu's device. This place was a residence, and like other houses, the doors and windows were nailed shut from the inside with various wooden boards. Through the perspective ability, it could be seen that, like other houses, the inside was covered with ankle-deep dust and many large rat holes.

But the front of this house is a little different from the other houses. There is a small open space and a shelf built with wood. Behind the shelf is a small platform where people can stand. It is a simple stand for selling goods. Behind the right side of this thing, there is a metal shelf, which is rusty. Judging from its appearance, it is probably a rack for bacon. On the left side, there is a collapsed building wreckage made of stones and wooden boards. There are also some bone fragments in it. It should be used as a fence for keeping animals. It seems that this place was originally a house that sold meat.

The exact location of the coordinates was inside the room. Han Zu made up an excuse, saying that he sensed something, and walked to a window of the house. He exerted a little force on both sides and removed the wooden boards nailed on top. The two of them then climbed in from this position.

The layout of the room is similar to that of the surrounding houses, but there is one difference. The buildings in the old city, no matter what their function is, basically have a basement or a similar place, but this house does not have one. It is not that it is hidden, but that there is indeed no basement structure.

There was a huge hole directly below the old city. Han Zu remembered that there were a lot of strange altars underneath. When he was in the old city, he destroyed all the altars he could find. There was also a hole under this house, but it was not connected to other underground holes. Instead, it turned a corner more than ten meters below and led to the sea outside the fishing pier when the two arrived in the old city. In the old city, everything that restricted Han Zu had disappeared. Using high-energy rays, he quickly cut a passage on the ground leading to the underground hole.

"Where does this lead?"

"There is water more than ten meters below, but it is not groundwater. It should be nearby seawater, so it should lead to the sea outside the old city."

"Do we... have to go back to the ocean?"

"Relax, the ocean here is definitely safer than where we were before."

"you've been to?"

"No."

"?"

Although Xin's head was full of question marks, looking at Han Zu who was eager to jump, Xin was still prepared to ask about the specific situation. But at this moment, a clear sound of surging water suddenly came from below the opened passage. Through the entrance, the two observed that the water level below was rising rapidly, as if bringing something up.

“Hualala~~!!”

Seeing the water level rising rapidly, the two men took a few steps back. However, the thing that was washed out of the passage by the rising water was not an enemy, but a stone.

"Boom, boom, boom."

After the stone was washed out of the passage, it rolled on the ground for several rounds. From the sound, the stone seemed to be hollow. After it stopped, Han Zu walked to it and picked it up. Using his perspective ability, he could see a small metal object, not big, about the size of a tennis ball. Han Zu broke the stone and took it out.

"What is this?"

"Not sure, I'm analyzing it with the contractor's equipment."

"Any results?"

"Yes... um... sort of."

"What do you mean, kind of?"

"This thing... Logically we should know it, at least the complete part of it."

"What do you mean? We've both seen this thing? But I have no impression of it at all?"

"Do you remember the metal plate you found by accident when we were in the ocean?"

"Remember, you mean, this is a fragment of a metal plate?!"

"At that time, I used the contractor's equipment to record the energy signal and material readings on the metal plate. Although no energy was detected on this piece of metal, its material readings were 90% similar to those of the metal plate."

"So, even if this thing is not a metal plate, it is at least something similar? In other words, it comes from the civilization that built those giant metal structures on the seabed?"

"That's what I mean."

“Do those metal structures have anything to do with the old city?”

"If we hadn't found this metal, I probably wouldn't agree, but now, I can't say for sure."

A strange civilization that appeared on a liquid planet actually found a connection in the old city. This became a mystery. However, the two knew very little about metal structures and had never seen the civilization that made them, so the clues about this metal creation were temporarily interrupted.

Han Zu didn't think that the things found at the fourth coordinate would be so simple. After all, the previous three coordinates, related events and places were not small, especially the third one, which involved Han Zu with the Tige people, a huge trouble.

The equipment was not interfered with, so there was no error. The fourth coordinate was indeed this location, but there were cases where the equipment could not scan anything before, so Han Zu decided to go down and take a look. However, this time he asked Xin to stay where she was and did not take her down with him.

"Pfft!"

After jumping down the tunnel, Han Zu fell into the cold sea water below. Although the sea water was turbid and dim when he was at the dock, the sea water in the tunnel was very clear, and he could see the bend of the tunnel at a glance. The material of the entire tunnel was the same as the hollow dome under the old city, which was made of stone with rough traces of artificial polishing. This tunnel should have been built by humans, but for some reason, it was not completely repaired.

Following the passage, Han Zu soon entered the ocean outside the old city. Because it was in the shallow sea area near the old city, it was not very deep. Here you can see some rusty metal barriers that have sunk here, as well as some wreckage that looks like some sunken ships. A little further away you can see a lot of old-fashioned mines tied to the terrain structure under the sea with iron chains. These iron chains are fragile and very old.

Outside the exit of the passage is the base of the flood levee above. There are some marine debris here, mostly glass fragments or rum bottles, nothing special. After scanning the surroundings with his perception ability and equipment, Han Zu did not find any clues.

The nearest location to the exit of the passage was the remains of a sunken ship. The wooden structure was rotten and had many huge holes. The metal structure was also rusted and changed color. Han Zu swam in through the hole in the sunken ship, but there was nothing here.

When leaving the sunken ship and preparing to return the same way, Han Zu saw regular water fluctuations on the sea surface above. After a closer look, he found that it was a small boat that was about to leave the old city. There were four or five people on the boat, wearing different clothes, talking to each other and looking very happy. Based on his own speculation and the special equipment scanned by the equipment, he could confirm that these people should be players of the Infinite City.

Han Zu quickly emerged from the sea, and carefully observed the boat under the cover of the thick fog. When it passed the lighthouse on the nearby island, several white lights appeared, covering the entire boat. After a while, the light dissipated, the boat was still there, but the people on it were gone. This made Han Zu confirm that the people on the boat were indeed players of the Infinite City.

This seemingly insignificant situation actually illustrates a problem, that is, during this period of time, that is, more than a year in real time, the operation of Infinite City has not been affected. This also means that Infinite Company, as the owner of Infinite City, has not had any major events. This is good news for Han Zu, as his connections in Infinite Company may still be there.

When Han Zu was about to return the same way, he saw the boat that originally carried the players of Infinite City rowing back by itself. The location of the target was different from Han Zu's direction, but it was roughly clear that it should be part of the beach.

Han Zu could use the contractor's teleportation, so there was no need to use the boat to leave. He didn't take it to heart and returned along the same route to reunite with Xin.

"How about it?"

"There's nothing useful left. Let's go."

"How do you plan to leave here?"

"Well, some locations in the old city are evacuation points in the Infinite City dungeon. We can leave from there. I can use the contractor's equipment to invade the Infinite Company's node and teleport us to the contractor's territory. From there we can leave and return to my world."

This was just an excuse by Han Zu to avoid Xin's suspicion. The evacuation point did exist, but he didn't know which evacuation points were available in the old city. They found a credible location and used the contractor's teleportation technology to return to the contractor's territory, the top floor of the building. Xin went to meet up with the surviving members of the team, Wu, Hai, and Xin Le, while Han Zu returned to his residence in City C. Gloria was waiting there, but the warehouse was in a bad condition. It was obviously damaged and there were signs of fire. The furniture inside was burnt and dilapidated. The car that was originally parked outside was also missing.

"You're back?!"

"Why has this place become like this? Who smashed my house???"

"Strictly speaking, your warehouse was smashed. I don't know the details, but your computer, mobile phone, tablet and other information tools are all gone."

"It seems that we have indeed disappeared for more than a year in reality. This is normal. Since they can't find me, Infinite Company probably thinks I'm dead or missing. They may want to distance themselves from me, but if that's the case, why not just take away those information tools? Why burn down this warehouse?"

"Completely erase your connection with Infinity Corporation?"

"That's... not good! Where's my old house?"

Han Zu immediately thought of his old house in the old city. If Infinite Company really wanted to eliminate its connection with him, then his old house would probably not be spared.

"I've been there, and it's not damaged, after all, there are other residents around, but it's been turned over inside, too. Do you have anything important there?"

"Some pictures of my parents, an old photo album, but other than that, that's it."

"Give."

Gloria took off her backpack from her back, took out some things and handed them to Han Zu, which were the photos in Han Zu's old house.

"These are all the remaining things I found in the old house."

Han Zu glanced at Gloria and nodded.

"Even the furniture is gone?"

"That's not the case. They've just been moved. Although it looks like an ordinary old house, the arrangement of the furniture is completely different from when you took me there before. Oh, and the refrigerator is broken."

"Oh, that's okay. It's an antique that I've used for 20 years. It's broken, so whatever."