Chapter 285
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Chapter 285: El’s Amazing Adventure (Part 3)
After completing the exploration of the plant layer, El’s body continued to descend.
It was already past midnight, and further exploration should proceed more smoothly, as there would hardly be anyone wandering around in the late hours.
Unless their purpose for coming here was similar to El’s.
As his body slowly descended dozens of meters, El arrived at the next layer.
From the perspective of external appearance, the two layers were nearly indistinguishable.
If forced to describe it, it was like two weight plates positioned at a certain distance on a straight bar.
El employed his previous method and turned his body to slip inside.
The first thing to emerge from the ceiling was the boy’s nose, which instinctively sniffed, and then his body went rigid.
El felt like he had entered a restroom; the smell was overwhelming.
To confirm whether he had made an error, he finally poked half of his head down.
Then El witnessed a scene he would never forget.
The vast underground space was brightly lit, with glowing screens forming the ceiling, walls, and parts of the floor.
A few clouds floated in the azure sky, and a blurry sun, distorted due to insufficient resolution, was slowly moving.
Although it showed signs of wear, El could still tell that the screen on the ground displayed a lawn.
And in this illusion, numerous livestock were confined within individual long spaces, with their head movement severely restricted.
The pungent smell he detected was due to countless droppings mixed together.
A teleportation belt carrying some vaguely describable substance passed by each livestock; some chose to take a few bites, while others quietly observed the unchanging sky and grassland around them.
For these animals with limited thinking ability, this place might be the paradise imprinted in their genes.
Hanging upside down from the ceiling, El felt as if he were in a dream, with a cool breeze brushing against his temples, making the blurry illusion almost feel real.
Wait, how could there be wind?
El instinctively sensed the flaw; he quickly looked around and indeed found hidden vents in some parts of the walls.
It made sense; if such an illusion had no ventilation, even these livestock would not be able to stay here.
Looking at the ground where he had no footing, El abandoned the idea of fully entering to investigate.
The structure was similar to the previous layer, and with so many livestock and foul odors, El felt that fully entering would increase the risk.
Moreover, those piles of droppings were immense; even with his Dimensional Shift ability, he did not want to pass through that smell.
This should be the bottom layer.
After carefully checking for any oversights, El prepared to make his way back.
A considerable amount of time had passed; Lin Qingliu should still be waiting for him in the basement.
His gas tank was nearly empty, and since he had only stolen the tank and not the filling equipment, those tanks were a rather extravagant expense for El.
In terms of a building’s structure, the design of the central spire truly exceeded El’s imagination.
The above-ground portion was said to be hundreds of meters tall, while the underground area extended more than a hundred meters down before branching into two huge spaces.
It truly deserves to be called magnificent, but unfortunately, El could not share what he saw with others.
However, as he prepared to leave, he instinctively hesitated.
Since he was determined to do something well, El suddenly felt the need to dive into the very bottom of the entire building for one final observation.
His body sank for the third time, passing through the underground pastures that were actually dozens of meters high.
And beneath this disc-shaped building, there were indeed other things waiting for El.
He saw that beneath the underground pastures, the ground, which should have been filled with dirt and stones, was not as expected.
The spire that passed through the two layers of the building continued to extend downward, seemingly reaching for the earth’s core.
El could hardly believe something so outrageous could exist.
Though he was barely literate, he understood that if human creations could truly be so magnificent, then extraordinary beasts were clearly not terrifying creatures.
Thinking of this, he opened the last gas canister and continued to sink downward.
After nearly a hundred more meters, El finally saw something different.
The spire, which had remained consistent in size and thickness, had transformed here, resembling an inverted funnel.
El searched through his memories but felt he had never heard of this area.
Even though he had seen less than one percent of farms and pastures in Hope City, most people had heard some rumors about them.
After all, it was true that some families occasionally ate vegetables and similar foods; such things could not be hidden.
But this place was different.
Neither those who mingled in the lower city nor the high-class residences El had infiltrated, nor the information he received from Lin Qingliu, had ever mentioned the existence of such a space.
To go in or not to go in?
El fell into thought, instinct telling him that there might be dangers beyond his imagination ahead.
Just then, Lin Qingliu’s figure suddenly appeared in El’s mind.
If, if Dr. Lin were here, what choice would he make? (Of course, he would follow his heart’s desire.)
In an instant, all the experiences he had with Lin Qingliu over the past six months surged back.
Though Lin’s background and strength were a mystery, one thing El was very certain of was Lin’s courage in the face of the unknown.
Thinking of this, El decided to take the risk and explore this uncharted area.
Lin Qingliu, who was lying in the basement waiting for news, of course, had no idea that his image was being infinitely glorified by his little admirer.
But even if he knew, Lin might not choose to expose it; after all, distance breeds beauty. It was hard earned to leave a good impression, and if he shattered it himself, the atmosphere might become quite awkward.
El slowly infiltrated the inverted funnel-shaped area, and after wandering inside the solid structure for a while, he found a suitable landing spot.
This was a circular area, surrounded by unfamiliar computer equipment forming a large circle with a radius of several dozen meters, and each display screen was flashing incomprehensible data streams.
What shocked El the most was the material in the center of this space.
A thick, transparent material resembled a coffin, imprisoning a floating cube at its center.
That object hovered in mid-air, composed of several proportionally scaled-down cubes that seemed to expand and contract over time.
Only at this moment did El realize that all the light in this area, aside from the display screens, came from this seemingly non-glaring magical cube.
