Griffin the griffin carried Lin You, descending from the sky, galloping quickly through the dark tunnel.

Sitting on the back of the griffin, Lin You turned on the ghost energy instrument and illuminated the surrounding environment.

Griffin's eyes could see in the dark, and he didn't have to turn on the light.

But Lin You, as a human being, his eyesight is not so good, and he still needs a little light source to illuminate the surroundings.

If there was no problem with his memory, Lin You remembered that when he rushed out of this road, there would be a small light source in the passage every other distance to illuminate the pitch-black underground, so that it would not be as dark as now.

Of course, the premise is that Lin You's memory is fine.

"I don't have Alzheimer's, and I can't forget it so quickly in such a short period of time...... When he came out, there was indeed light in the passage. ”

He patted Griffin on the back and asked, "Am I right?" ”

"Whew~!"

Griffin raised his head and shouted, in the affirmative.

"So, who turned off the lights after just such a moment?" Lin You was a little puzzled.

Although he doubted, he couldn't waste time, relying on his keen senses and cue system, and his pace was not slow.

Riding the Griffin on, he didn't stop for a moment.

……

above the ground.

The man with glasses and Nahoya had reached the fourth level of the spire.

The two of them cautiously observed in the corridor while slowly moving forward in case anything unexpected happened.

"Compared to the first three layers, the resistance encountered in this layer seems to be much weaker......"

Nahoya pondered, turned her head and asked Jiang Ping next to her, "There are mechanical bodies stationed on each floor, but this layer is slightly less, do you feel it?" ”

"That's true," Jiang Ping nodded, "It's strange, according to the information we have received, the higher up this tower is, the more important it becomes...... It stands to reason that this shouldn't be the case, right? ”

"The more this happens, the more careful you have to be!" Nahoya reminded.

"Hmm!" Jiang Ping nodded heavily.

Suddenly, he seemed to sense something, and his expression tightened.

"What's wrong?" Nahoya was a little nervous.

"Someone came up with us......" Jiang Ping frowned.

Subsequently, he activated his natural skill "Vision Sharing" and shared the images he saw through the "Tracking Technique" with Nahoya.

Nahoya frowned as she watched.

"Why is there another mechanical body on the second layer?" There was some surprise in her tone, "We've searched every room before!" All enemies should have been cleared! ”

"Yes, something is wrong with this tower!"

Jiang Ping nodded and analyzed: "But in this way, those latecomers will encounter some obstacles, and they will not be able to catch up with us smoothly and avoid some troubles." ”

"But if we want to retreat, we will run into obstacles," Nahoya said, looking around, "It's completely enclosed, with thick walls everywhere, and there are no windows to escape. ”

"yes...... After all, robots don't need to open windows. Jiang Ping agreed.

He then used the "tracking technique" to monitor the movements of the contestant on the second floor.

"The other party's talent type is a wild talent, and after changing form, it is a gorilla, I don't know what level it is...... Ah, he's so ugly, King Kong......"

Jiang Ping sighed while watching the other party's battle, "Oh? Dare to single-handedly take on a group of mechanical bodies, it seems that his combat effectiveness is not bad! ”

"Don't look at it, let's move on." Nahoya urged.

"Ah......h

"What's wrong?" Nahoya asked.

"Dead ......"

"Huh?"

"That gorilla died, so ...... so fast"

“……”

Nahoya didn't speak, but put away her smile and looked serious.

A moment later.

"Let's move forward." She said.

Jiang Ping answered, stretched out his index finger and middle finger and pushed his glasses upward, following Nahoya's footsteps, walking deeper into the corridor.

The contestant was dead, and he didn't pay any further attention to the situation on the second floor.

However, in the second level of the square tower.

Next to the fallen contestant.

Several small spider-like robots came out of the surrounding room, from all corners.

They come up to the contestant, emit a red light from their eyes, and from top to bottom, they begin to scan the contestant.

["Collector Number" BS-2118, scanned and uploaded...... The target organism has entered a near-death state, the brain tissue is intact, and the bone tissue is damaged by 4%, and can be remodeled for the second degree...... The data has been uploaded. 】

【……】

[The instruction of the "Zhi Brain" has been accepted, and the "Fusion" ...... is being arranged]

It wasn't long before a slight metallic grinding sound sounded, and the wall near where the contestant had fallen turned open!

Subsequently, several large mechanical bodies emerged from within.

When they came up to the dying contestants, the "spiders" automatically backed away and gave up their spot.

Immediately afterwards, a robotic hand stretched out from the large mechanical body, easily grabbing the contestant's body.

A hatch opened in the center of the large mechanical body, and from a distance, it looked like a giant mouth, and with a slight drop of the manipulator, the dying human was put in.

The hatch closes, and a loud noise comes from the cabin, as if some kind of work is underway.

It didn't take long for the hatch to open.

A puff of smoke billowed out of it, filled the hallway with a vomit-inducing stench of burning.

But mechanical bodies are not afraid of smells.

When the smoke cleared, a lot of blood gradually oozed out of the cabin, dripping onto the ground and slowly flowing down the cold steel floor, staining it red.

Then, a humanoid mechanical figure wrapped in steel stepped out of the cabin.

His movements were stiff at first, but then he walked more and more fluidly, and soon he was on a flying stride.

At this point, the large machines began to report back to the "intelligent brain".

[The transformation project has been completed, and the humanoid body, codenamed "Modified Man" CH-001. 】

["Human Brain Tissue", designated "H-4539", has been obtained, and the data has been uploaded.] 】

【……】

[I have been instructed to go to the ninth layer and carry out the operation of "H-4539" and merge into the "Smart Brain" network. 】

……

After some "communication" with the "Brain", the large mechanical bodies entered the wall and left.

The "reformer" who remained stood stunned for a while.

Then, as if it had received some command, it immediately took action.

It ran up the corridor to the fourth floor of the square tower, and the road was unimpeded.

At this moment, Nahoya and Jiang Ping had successfully killed some of the enemies and came to the entrance of the stairs from the fourth to the fifth floor.