Fantasy Game: Infinite City

Chapter 575 "Training Day"

A few hours later.

After constantly changing positions and clearing out group after group of runaway synths, Adenauer's temper gradually grew furious. Two hours ago, he had confirmed that the runaways of these second-generation synths were not sudden incidents, but deliberate. No matter where these runaway second-generation synths hid, they could be immediately found. Furthermore, Adenauer noticed that the synths who joined later were still normal before they arrived. Therefore, he was 100% certain that someone had used the word key that could control these second-generation synths, actively causing them to go into a runaway state.

Furthermore, Adenauer could confirm through his perception that all the sentries in the vicinity had disappeared, though their bio-energy lingered in the air. Furthermore, the contractor's equipment had previously intercepted some incomprehensible secret communications. It seemed likely that the person who had caused this situation had withdrawn the sentries prematurely and then used the word key to control the synths.

As the battle continued, Adenauer noticed something: the mission issued by the mission system, while indeed a genuine mission, wasn't encoded in the same format as Infinite. This quickly led Adenauer to understand why this mission had appeared so coincidentally. It wasn't issued by the mission system at all, but rather a temporary addition. Combined with the synth riot in the Johor Bahru underground complex, it was reasonable to speculate that this mission was actually issued by Johor Bahru's rulers, perhaps to drive him out.

Although these rampaging synths seemed endless, advancing in Adenauer's direction, he could clearly see during the battle that they weren't fully utilizing their full potential. It was like someone was constantly feeding him, which infuriated Adenauer. He was naturally hot-tempered, but he had to control his emotions to avoid recklessly using his strength and exposing his identity. However, with Adenauer's "normal" strength, the increasing number of synths restricted his movements. He could do nothing but constantly shift positions, searching for the right opportunity to strike back. He could only pointlessly fight these synths. Crucially, eliminating these rampaging second-generation synths wouldn't help him complete the quests required to unlock his growth weapons, and even the experience points earned from their annihilation were minimal, making him essentially wasting his time. In such a situation, anyone's emotions would be volatile, let alone Adenauer.

"wrong!"

However, just before Adenauer's mood became even more irritable, he suddenly thought of a possibility. He was stunned for a moment and stopped moving, but soon a runaway second-generation synth discovered his position. However, this time he did not fight to the death, but directly began to detour through the intricate passages in the underground building complex. He needed some time to think.

According to the current situation, if the rulers of Johor Bahru have the authority to modify the task system, it proves that they must have some connection with the Infinite Company. According to the strange legal clause of the Infinite Company, for ordinary players, they should try their best to reduce the number of players' resurrection times, that is, they will try to eliminate the players in the dungeon.

However, the large number of runaway second-generation synths Adenauer was currently dealing with had been deliberately restrained, to the point that even Adenauer, his sock puppet, could handle them. With proper handling, he wouldn't even be injured. However, he deliberately "suffered a few injuries" for the sake of rationalization. These synths had been using sheer numbers to attack, but they were completely uncoordinated, employing a human wave tactic. They were the driving force behind the second-generation synth rebellion and had no intention of killing him.

But with his current Adenauer alias, this action was undoubtedly a waste of combat power. He had nothing interesting to offer, and expending so much energy only to put himself in a desperate situation was clearly illogical. Furthermore, the Xinshan City dungeon lacked a proper main quest, and the rewards for clearing it were not as generous as those in other legitimate dungeons. Arranging such a large enemy force was completely pointless.

But if you think about it from another perspective, then this matter can be explained. That is, I may have accidentally exposed my identity, or at least made others suspicious.

While Adenauer's disguise wasn't worth the hassle, if it were his true identity, then the synths pouring into the battlefield would have a lot to say about it. Using contractor equipment, Adenauer compared his own strength upon leaving Infinity with the strength and numbers of the elite units in the enemy synth wave, and discovered a striking coincidence.

Each wave of rampaging synths would contain four to six elite synths, whose strength was not restricted. They would occasionally cooperate with each other, and their combat effectiveness at that time was almost equal to their own strength at the time, or at least comparable. This made Adenauer calm down immediately. He didn't believe it was a coincidence. He was more inclined to believe that his disguised identity had likely been guessed by the rulers of Johor Bahru City. Their ability to modify the Infinite City's mission system suggested close ties with the Infinite Company. Therefore, the Infinite Company was likely aware of his identity, or had some suspicions. These waves of synths pouring into the battlefield might be tests conducted by the other side, trying to confirm his identity through these continuous battles.

Thinking of this, Adenauer immediately sped up and tried his best to get rid of the synths around him. He could not stay for long. The longer he stayed in Johor Bahru, the greater the possibility of his identity being discovered. Although judging by the quality of the enemies that had appeared so far, the other party should still be in the stage of suspicion, it was time to leave this copy.

"High-threat unit detected, evaluating combat data... Completed."

At this moment, some high-threat synthetic combat units suddenly rushed into Adenauer's vicinity. According to the requirements of the mission, Adenauer still needed some progress to obtain the permission to pass the level. The progress was not much left, and he only needed to eliminate one high-threat synthetic to fill it up.

However, based on the inspection of the contractor's equipment, Adenauer discovered a trap. These synths that suddenly appeared were divided into groups of two, and each group had the same strength as when he left Infinite Company. This discovery made Adenauer more certain of his guess. At the same time, relying on the strength of Adenauer's pseudonym, it was impossible for him to eliminate all these high-threat synths.

This situation, where he had to suppress his own strength, filled Adenauer with rage, but he managed to control himself and make the right judgment. He didn't engage in direct combat with the high-threat synths, but instead simply shook them off and charged into the mob of runaway synths behind him.

If the previous wave of synthetic enemies could not necessarily confirm his inference, then the appearance of these high-threat synthetics was almost certain. If he did not engage in battle with those high-threat synthetic combat units, then everything could still be turned around. But once the battle started, if Adenauer did not want to be "killed" by those guys, then his identity would inevitably be exposed. So after comprehensive consideration, Adenauer decided to give up further investigation of Johor Bahru City. Anyway, he was not able to get away now, so he might as well leave first.

For Adenauer, dealing with those runaway ordinary second-generation synths was quite easy. After successfully completing the task progress bar, an evacuation area was also marked on the system map of the Infinite City, and this location was not far from him.

"Ping!!!"

After throwing a stun bomb and blinding a large number of enemies around him, Adenauer used his professional ability to summon a weapon again. While constantly clearing out a movable area among the enemies, he began to move towards the evacuation point. After more than ten minutes, Adenauer successfully broke through the encirclement, entered the evacuation area, and left the copy.

"really."

At the completion of the mission, Adenauer noticed that his gains prior to arriving in New Mountain City had been normal. However, there was something wrong with the experience gained from dealing with the rampaging second-generation synths. While superficially, the data appeared normal, the experience gained from such continuous combat was actually being added together. This confirmed that the synth rebellion was not an official mission from Infinite City, but rather a unique situation in New Mountain City.

To ensure he wasn't exposed, Adenauer didn't immediately exit Infinite City, but he also didn't continue the dungeon or do nothing. He left the settlement space and headed to the player lobby, deliberately choosing a location with few people and many obstacles. This way, if someone discovered his identity, they would take advantage of the fact that he was still in Infinite City and come looking for him. Choosing a location with few people and many obstacles seemed disadvantageous to Adenauer, but in reality, with the help of his clairvoyance and the contractor's equipment, Adenauer could confirm their whereabouts in advance, assuming someone was indeed looking for him.

However, after staying in this position for more than an hour, nothing happened, which made Adenauer feel a little strange.

“Is it really a coincidence? Or is it just that the Johor Bahru city officials want to reduce their losses?”

Given the Unlimited Company's methods and speed, over an hour was a long time. If they hadn't made any move for that long, there was only one possibility: they knew nothing. Although Adenauer knew that something major was happening within the Unlimited Company and that they might be short-staffed, based on his previous experience with both the Unlimited Company and the Ferdinand family, he knew that no matter how busy they were or how short-staffed they were, they would never give up the opportunity to approach him.

"Looks like I'm overthinking it."

After waiting for a while and confirming that no one was approaching his position, Adenauer also used the contractor's equipment to hack into some communication channels of Wireless Company, which were the ones he had used when he was inside Wireless Company. It turned out that all the communication channels he had used, whether encrypted or not, had been abandoned. According to the time of the most recent communication, it can be confirmed that these channels were last used a few months ago at the earliest.

Furthermore, while the contractor's equipment was exceptionally advanced, it was still considered technological. Infinite wasn't simply a tech-focused entertainment company, as the public generally believed. Therefore, even with the contractor's equipment, Adenauer couldn't currently access any important internal intelligence about Infinite. While ordinary employees' terminals or other technological devices could easily gain full access, their knowledge wouldn't even be as comprehensive as Adenauer's, making monitoring them useless.

Although he could roughly determine that his identity had not been exposed, for safety reasons, Adenauer decided to reduce his recent visits to the Infinite City and stay out of the spotlight. It just so happened that he had other things to do this time, such as the item that could create large-scale gravity anomalies he had obtained from the mysterious people at the dock, the two items that radiated the same energy as the Gift of Death Path he had obtained in the town, and the plant sample that he had automatically absorbed.

Of course, there was also the woman who appeared in the laboratory of the underground research institute in Johor Bahru. She seemed to have left something behind. Although I couldn't be completely sure, it should be something left for me. I haven't got it yet.

"Locating area... Completed."

Using the contractor's equipment, Adenauer quickly located Johor Bahru in the real world. It was somewhere in Europe. Across a large area outside that location, Adenauer discovered numerous large-scale cognitive jamming devices, forming a network that could encompass the entire country. Upon understanding this, Adenauer quickly corrected a misconception. In Johor Bahru's case, it wasn't that Infinite Company had intercepted the past timeline, but rather that numerous cognitive jamming devices had been installed across a large area. The network formed by these devices had distorted the area's interior to decades of past time. In reality, Johor Bahru's construction dated no more than three or four years ago. As for the effort involved in deliberately maintaining society as it was decades ago, it was likely related to other research projects within Johor Bahru.

Now that the detailed coordinates of Johor Bahru have been confirmed, Adenauer can use the contractor's technology to teleport there at any time. He plans to wait for a while, otherwise if he goes there immediately, it will still attract the attention of people inside Johor Bahru.

"It's a good opportunity to study other things."

After regaining his original appearance, Han Zu stretched his body, which was tense from suppressing his strength for a long time. Vast energy burst out from his body and quickly spread throughout his body, allowing him to relax.

The activity was almost over, Han Zu came to the place where the two objects emitting the energy radiation of the Gift of Death were stored, and absorbed all their energy. In order to prevent any accidents, Han Zu came to the bottom of the secret base, sank himself into the water, and waited for the change to happen.

But this time seemed different. He waited for a while, but nothing happened.

"Maybe the power in my body is already strong enough, so the reaction is smaller now?"

To be on the safe side, Han Zu waited for a while, but nothing happened. He then left the water and returned to the base.

"So what exactly is this thing used for?"

Han Zu came to the thing that could create large-scale gravity anomalies and began to study it.