Day by day in the infinite game

Chapter 106 106. Underground discovery
Hearing that a side mission had been triggered, everyone was looking forward to it, thinking of the rich rewards it might bring.

Tasks [-] and [-] seem to require careful planning, and task [-] to find a real residence seems relatively simple. There are buildings everywhere on the roadside, and they can all be used as residences. However, is this "real residence"? What is the hidden meaning?
“Do we have to find a house to be considered a place to live?” someone asked.

But that should be very simple, right?You can discuss it with the people here and pay a certain amount of money in exchange for one night's accommodation. Isn't this a good solution.

After everyone rested, they got up and continued moving forward.

While walking along the direction of the clue map in their hands, they carefully observed the ground and walls, looking for any place where there might be clues.

Gradually, the road became narrower and narrower, and the surrounding buildings became lower. The houses were all dilapidated, with missing doors and windows, which formed a sharp contrast with the buildings just at the city gate.There are faint red rust stains on the floor and walls, and the further you go in, the more serious they become.

"Isn't this place abandoned?" Lan Lan guessed, looking at the potholed road and the seemingly unpopular houses in front of her.

While talking, I didn't notice that my left foot stepped on a "floor tile" that had become loose due to years of rust.

The next second, her feet were in the air, her whole body staggered, she lost her balance and was about to fall to the ground.

Tang Qinqin and Mengru hurriedly stepped forward to help her up.

"Why are you so careless?"

As soon as the caring words came out of his mouth, his feet were empty, and the three of them fell together without weight.

The other players only had time to see a hole suddenly collapse in the ground, and when they came to their senses, they hurried over to try to rescue them.

Tang Qinqin and the other three fell from the collapsed ground, and the light in front of them suddenly dimmed.The temperature slowly drops away from the ground, bringing a coolness to the whole body.

When he woke up from his trance, he didn't know where he had landed. The surroundings were dark, and the light from the entrance of the cave could not be seen above his head.

"Where are we now? It's so dark, it must be far away from the ground." Lan Lan lowered her voice and said.

It's dark everywhere here, making people feel scared for no reason.

"We can't go up the original way, so let's go forward and have a look." Tang Qinqin put on a headlamp and looked at the place where they just fell. It was heavily blocked by scattered "floor tiles". The three of them were very It is difficult to ensure that another collapse will not occur during cleaning, and this road will not work.

The three of them put on their headlamps, leaned against each other to encourage each other, and walked forward carefully.

"How come there are passable pipes underground? Is this part of the maze?" Lan Lan guessed.

"I can't tell if this is a defensive fortification like an air raid shelter? Or some kind of pipeline? It's just too wide..."

It was like a long corridor, with walls on both sides extending into the distance, seemingly endless.

Tang Qinqin was a little behind and looked around at the environment in front of him.It is also the same compressed garbage body as on the ground. However, these have visible wear and tear, are dilapidated, and even fall off when touched.

Tang Qinqin found lines that looked like clues on a "floor tile" above his head.

After careful confirmation, they found that it was indeed a clue that they did not have.

"Lan Lan, Mengru, come and take a look."

"What, is this a clue?" The two looked surprised.

"Is it possible that everything we can't find on the ground is hidden underground?"

"Maybe it's a coincidence." Tang Qinqin was still unsure.

"We are still missing seven clues including the one we have in hand." Meng Ru said, "Let's try to contact them again. If we really have nothing to gain from the ground, we might as well go underground to take a look."

Trying again, there is still no signal and the message failed to be sent.

"We only have one clue in our hand, do we have to rely on it to pass the whole level?" Lan Lan was a little discouraged and her mood became depressed.

"It's hard to come back. At least the three of us are together. It's good, isn't it?"

Tang Qinqin consoled him.

"We may be able to find more clues, and maybe we can return to the ground soon. Be happy."

"They will probably come down if they can't find us. We are the vanguard team now, leading the charge. There is nothing to be afraid of."

……

When Song Yuanze and others heard the noise and turned around and ran over, it was too late. When they rushed over, they saw that the collapsed ground had sunk into a large pit, and debris blocked the entrance of the cave.

Everyone spontaneously moved forward to remove the scattered floor tiles, and it took a long time to clear a passage.

From the ground, it was dark in the passage, and the positions of the three people could not be seen.

"Let's go down and have a look." Song Yuanze said and was the first to get into the hole.

Lao Tian followed closely in the footsteps of his boss.

As soon as we entered the ground, the refreshing coolness soothed our skin that had been heated by the sun, making us feel much more energetic.

"Boss, they are not nearby, they should have gone over there." Changfeng, who had already checked the surrounding area, came over and said.

After Song Yuanze confirmed that his brothers were all safe, he strode towards the long "corridor".

……

At this time, Tang Qinqin and the others were trying to pull out a wall brick, because the exposed side of the compressed garbage revealed a piece of damaged and yellowed paper, with words on the paper that they were all familiar with.

"...2235, the first astronomical year of the Yellow Star Calendar...the world's climate changed drastically, floods occurred frequently, locust fires spread...food production in various countries was seriously reduced..." Mengru carefully identified the blurry fonts on the paper, frowning as she read paragraph after paragraph. road.

This is the part they can see currently, the other part is on the side that is pushed into the wall.

This is also the reason why the three of them are tearing down the wall here instead of rushing to find the exit.

They had a vague feeling that the words recorded on this hard-earned piece of paper might be related to the side mission.

Finally, the three people worked together to remove the loose wall tiles.

Mengru quickly took it, turned it over, and looked at the rest of the paper.

"Garbage piles up, cultivated land is occupied, resources are exhausted, and fresh water is polluted... Global food and fresh water reserves are about to run out, and Yellow Star mankind has fallen into an unexpected global catastrophe... After six years of astronomy, the Yellow Star civilization has been glorious for a while Disappear, the surviving humans must begin to adapt to the new living environment..."

After listening, the three people looked at each other with solemn expressions.

"So, this is Yellow Star, and it was once a place full of human civilization? So what is recorded on this piece of paper, is it the secret that made this city what it is now?"

"There are no green plants because there is no land and no fresh water... No wonder we can only eat nutrient solution, but what is the nutrient solution made of?"

"I don't know. Anyway, the effect and the name don't seem to match. They are all sallow, skinny, and short in stature. I'm afraid they won't have the chance to develop properly when they grow up."

"So, what do they usually do?"

"Is the original city in ruins, or is it?" More questions emerged with the information on this piece of paper.

Tang Qinqin made a copy of the text on this piece of paper. The damaged original could not be removed, and he looked a little silly while holding a piece of garbage.

"Then let's move on, maybe we can find more useful clues."

I didn't hear the notification sound that the side mission was completed. It seems that there are still many details about the story behind Maze City that have not been found.

(End of this chapter)