My Cell Prison - Chapter 1562: 1560: Deepening and Discovery

Chapter 1562: Chapter 1560: Deepening and Discovery

[Elevator No. 7]

The Pope team also embarked on their exploration of the Infinite City… Although they didn’t have the two extra points of Luck Value like Han Dong had, with a Giant passing right by as soon as the game started.

Nevertheless, they had their own efficient way of exploring.

The key point lay in “The Sixth Element – Helen Hillber.”

Due to Helen’s innate special traits, she possessed an extremely high affinity and power over plants… “Ladybug Day” perfectly replicated this ability into the game’s corresponding temporary body.

Just by reaching out and touching the plants of the Infinite City, she could sense the flow of life within and thus determine the specific direction deeper into the Infinite City.

One special characteristic stood out.

The trace Eitr flowing within the vascular bundles gave the plants a collective consciousness, and the level-restricted Helen couldn’t Dominate these plants here.

Following Helen’s senses, the team continued to delve deeper, during which they encountered a lowest-level “Subhuman Species.”

“Is this a Giant?

It wasn’t as dangerous as imagined, or perhaps we just encountered the lowest level variant.

This creature’s intelligence is undeveloped and completely acts on instinct… Simply touching the heart is enough to easily resolve it.”

The Giant, just over three meters tall, collapsed on the ground, appearing entirely unscathed physically, was already Dead and rapidly disintegrating.

In stark contrast to Green killing a Giant, involving disembowelment and being soaked in blood,

There was no trace of blood at the scene, the Giant was intact, and Pope was also neat and tidy… A heart perfectly extracted and even cleaned was floating in Pope’s palm.

The method of killing was quite simple,

Upon initial attack, realizing the trait of Super Fast Regeneration and understanding from staff instructions that collecting Heartblood was important, determining the heart as the crucial point.

Pope transformed his Right Arm into a Void state, penetrating skin, muscle, and bone, effortlessly achieving “Heart Removal” (the entire process simultaneously aided by Hyde Darius applying ‘strong man lock’).

“Killing the Giant” has surpassed the initial exploration requirements; carrying this heart back should allow for mission completion ahead of schedule, completing the team’s official certification.

With the status of an official team, we can gain detailed insights into the Infinite City and Giants’ information, and this heart might fetch a good price, which could be traded in the marketplace for deeper layer intelligence.

Let’s go back.”

Just as Pope decided to return,

Helen was in an unusual state, sticking herself to a massive stalk-like plant… seemingly listening to some sort of sound within the plant.

“Wait… I think I hear a faint sound mixed within the plants, trying to call to me.

The sound source corresponds to a unique life force, about ten kilometers from us. Should we go check it out? This is the first time I’ve encountered such a situation; the previous plants only sensed Common life forces.”

Just as Pope considered whether to pursue the sound with limited information, Dumps offered a suggestion.

“A Fate journey emphasizes ‘opportunity and Qi Luck’, and the overall process is not strictly linear.

An occasional opportunity might lead to a unique route to the endpoint, and once missed, will be hard to encounter later… Since the distance isn’t very far, I suggest we go take a look.”

Pope immediately followed Dumps’ advice, “Alright, let’s set off.”

The closer they got to the sound source, the clearer the sound coming from the plants became, until Helen heard it clearly – “Outsider, please help me.”

When they were less than a kilometer away, the plant coverage in the environment suddenly increased, and some buildings were even primarily composed of plants, stone, and steel only accounting for 20%.

The walls were covered with clusters of mushrooms, and there were even giant mushroom caps several meters high, continuously emitting hallucinogenic substances.

Any living body approaching this area could be affected and easily get lost, even the Giants were not exempt.

Eventually, they found a seemingly bottomless alley,

Current location was close to the boundary area between the Outer City and Inner Layer.

The alley’s top was blocked by dense thorny vines, and aggressive living plants filled the alley, any close approach could pierce the body… even some faces woven from plants were displayed on both sides of the walls, struggling in agony.

However, the plants treated Helen differently here.

As Helen led the way at the front, the plant-formed block structure dismantled itself, actively opening a passage leading directly to the deepest part.

The end corresponded to a building entirely composed of plants, all steel and concrete were replaced by plants, still maintaining the appearance of a high-rise building.

“The sound source is within this building, no… it is!”

As soon as the words left his mouth, the hundred-story building suddenly started trembling,

Extremely sturdy roots emerged from underground, supporting the entire building slowly rising.

A gigantic Eye hidden at the bottom stared at everyone.

The scene was such that even Pope retreated a few steps,

Not expecting the target of the sound source actually to be a plant Giant hundreds of meters tall, totally incomparable to the Subhuman Species they hunted.

As everyone prepared for battle stance,

Helen actively touched the surface of a giant root and gestured:

“No need to worry, it has no hostility… just wants us to help! Something unclean has intruded into its body, and it can’t remove it by itself.

If we can help it get rid of the intrusion, it will provide a corresponding gift.”

As soon as she finished speaking, a prompt sounded in everyone’s heads.

『Infinite City – Side Quest [Giant Tree Ryan needs help!] triggered.

Upon achieving the objective, unique material “Ryan’s tender branches” will be obtained, receiving Ryan’s assistance during subsequent explorations in the Infinite City.

Would you like to accept this Side Quest?』

…

On another front.

Han Dong’s group was following the map’s marked references, continuously going deeper.

Th𝚤𝙨 𝐜hɒpƚꬲr 𝗂ʂ pοѕ𝑡ᥱ𝗱 b𝓎 𝖪ɪƚ𝙚𝗇Օ𝕧є𝗹

The “Giant Heart” hanging on Green’s waist indeed served as an effective lure, attracting three not-so-smart Subhuman Species along the way, all perfectly killed.

Other teams avoided them as soon as they noticed the several hearts hanging on Green’s waist.

When the trio crossed the mapped area, close to reaching the boundary line between the Inner and Outer City.

A long-lost voice came from within:

“Nicholas, I, Count, have made a discovery!

I’ve adapted to this City’s native scent… The air here is mixed with a completely different fragrance, coming from some living entity, yet entirely different from the previously encountered Giants. Shall we follow the scent to investigate?”

“Lead the way.”

Blood droplets seeped from the pores, and the Blood Demon Dog coalesced.

The Split Count’s sense of smell became even more acute, following a unique scent swiftly through the buildings, where the crowded buildings gradually became sparse.

Until they descended from tall buildings into a wide open urban vacant lot filled with grass several meters high.

“It’s right under here! There’s a unique scent.”

Within the tall grass, a hole with a diameter of over a hundred meters opened up, hiding beneath it surely a Giant unlike any other, and possibly treasures.