"Is there a way to open it?"

[Luori Rongjin], wearing ancient armor and possessing handsome features but with a receding hairline, frowned slightly and asked his companions beside him.

[Tie Ding Neng Ying], wearing a suit and a mosquito larva headgear, shook his head silently and whispered, "Judging from the sonar detection results, the entire security door is made of composite material at least 5 meters thick.

Its strength is even more terrifying than the building materials of the Lost World, resistant to pressure, explosion, high temperature, and corrosion, with extremely strong sealing properties.

I suspect that even if Michael himself came, he probably wouldn't be able to split this door open.

As for prying..."

[Tie Ding Neng Ying] raised his head, and the soft mosquito larva headgear twisted slightly. "There are three vertical grooves of different shapes on this circular security door, presumably requiring three different keys.

Moreover, we have already tried using 3D-printed keys of various materials, but none of them worked.

It's highly likely that we can only open this security door by finding the original keys...

Could you please stop messing with my headgear?"

[Tie Ding Neng Ying] turned his head and looked expressionlessly at [Ge Chán Luo Xing] behind him.

"Sorry,"

[Ge Chán Luo Xing] smiled awkwardly, retracted his hand that had been scratching the mosquito larva headgear, rubbed his hands, and said with lingering interest, "But the feel of your headgear is really good, soft, fluffy, and more comfortable than a pillow."

The mosquito larva headgear worn by [Tie Ding Neng Ying] is made of cotton, with an overall gray-white-blue color, about 74 centimeters high, and the neck part of the mosquito larva alone is half a meter long.

When worn on a person's head, the user needs to see the outside world through a transparent plastic film.

Because the material is soft, it sometimes shakes back and forth, quite comically.

"..."

[Tie Ding Neng Ying] glanced at [Ge Chán Luo Xing], held the sides of the headgear with both hands, put the mosquito larva headgear back on properly, and continued, "We saw the energy pipelines at the edge of the 10th floor, which are connected to this security door.

If there is anything valuable left in the Lost World, it is likely hidden under this door."

"Keys..."

Black Mu Ma frowned and suddenly said, "Is it possible that they are with the security guards?

Didn't we test it just now?

Some security guards' bodies contained things like comics."

"Hmm?"

[Luori Rongjin]'s eyes narrowed, and he slowly said, "There is such a possibility.

If this door can be opened, and the system wants us to open it,

then the key to the door will not be hidden in some corner of the huge space..."

Before he finished speaking, [Luori Rongjin]'s wrist watch suddenly vibrated, emitting a dazzling red light.

This was a warning sign—the hidden cameras that Jing Ge and his team of four had placed on the 10th and 11th floors detected thermal radiation and object movement trajectories.

Guests were arriving.

[Luori Rongjin] gave his three companions a look, and the three immediately turned off the mechanical creations they controlled.

The drone swarm in the sky stopped the rotation of its propellers and landed on the protrusions of the dome and walls;

The vertical light strips inserted into the ground also stopped emitting light, and the 10th floor space fell into dim silence again.

[Luori Rongjin] pressed his watch and shared the images captured by the surveillance camera to the team channel.

[Ge Chán Luo Xing] and Black Mu Ma silently put on their goggles, while [Tie Ding Neng Ying] projected the images onto the inside of his mosquito larva headgear.

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Lost World, 11th floor.

In the empty and desolate pit, twelve figures appeared out of thin air.

Four hunched figures were shrouded in tattered gray robes. The edges of the gray robes constantly dripped with foamy transparent liquid, reminiscent of the mucus on the surface of fish.

Four beasts: a lion with a red mane and golden rings on its feet, a snake with purple horns and a waist as thick as a bucket, a giant turtle standing upright with one eye, and a fox with dark golden fur and a thin sword in its hand.

Four humans: a green-robed Confucian scholar, a Taoist priest in a long gown, a monk with closed eyes, and a dark-skinned youth with a bare upper body and a skull necklace.

"...Heh."

The little fox with a metal thin sword in its hand stood up, first looked at the delicate belt tied around its waist, then looked at the belts around the waists of the other figures, and said with a playful smile in a foreign language, "The system is thoughtful, specially making the belts so well-fitting.

Even Sui Ya's waist can match."

"Hmph."

The snake with purple horns, red and black scales covering its body, and bright patterns all over, flicked its tongue and said coldly, "If you utter another word, I'll let you taste the flavor of stomach acid."

"Oh?"

The little fox tilted its head. "Are you threatening to swallow me,

or inviting me to cut you open and eat raw snake slices and snake offal?"

"Enough."

The lion with the red mane roared in a low voice, interrupting the argument between the two companions.

It took a step forward, and its huge paws stamped plum blossom-shaped footprints on the solid metal ground. "Scholar, where are your people?"

The scholar closed his eyes and concentrated for a moment, then opened his eyes and said softly, "The environment here is very different, and the geology is special, so remote sensing spells may be weakened.

I can only vaguely sense that the fellow practitioners from the Academy, Liwei Mountain, Jingnian Sect, and the Demonic Sect have landed on various floors respectively.

As for the members of the Holy Church,

and the beast herd you lead, Desolate Lion,

I can't sense them at all."

"You are searching for Qi to find the Familiars and the demon beasts, so naturally you won't be able to find them."

The lion's throat made a low sound. "Forget it, it's fine if we're scattered.

As long as we can carry out the mission.

Find the transcendents of this world, kill the strong, and capture and imprison the weak, until there are fifty people left, triggering the final door competition."

"..."

The dark-skinned, sturdy youth raised his head, sniffed, and frowned. "There was a battle here before. The residual energy fluctuations are only equivalent to those of an inner sect disciple of the Demonic Sect.

If the players in this world are only at this level, it will almost be a massacre."

"Don't be careless."

The young Taoist priest reminded, "The prosperity of our world is built on tragic sacrifices.

Two hundred years of eternal night were exchanged for twenty years of recovery.

Hundreds of millions of creatures perished, which is why we have this generation of world walkers who far surpass our predecessors.

This world is the heart of all worlds, and its accumulated foundation far exceeds the Three Realms we are in.

Underestimating the enemy and being arrogant

is a small matter if an individual perishes,

but it would be a great matter if it ruins the Three Realms' century-long plan and renders all sacrifices futile."

"Daoist Dan Chen is right."

The scholar nodded. "We..."

His voice stopped abruptly, and the scholar's expression changed drastically. He suddenly threw out a handful of needle-like flying swords, instantly crossing a hundred meters, spinning in a certain wall crevice,

cutting off the surveillance camera that the Jin Ge Tie Ma four had hidden there earlier,

carrying the broken camera and quickly flying back to the scholar's hand.

"..."

The scholar moved his palm, looking at the camera, which was no bigger than a bean sprout, and said with a gloomy face, "I was careless.

The skills of this world are very different, and I didn't even notice it."

"Oh, this."

Desolate Lion said casually, "I found it when I first came."

The scholar was stunned. "Then you..."

"If I don't let them watch long enough, how can I lock onto their location."

Desolate Lion's divine sense surged out like a flood, and an invisible force lifted the camera from the scholar's hand, slowly bringing it closer, aiming it at its lion face.

The beast's mouth revealed a ferocious smile, and it whispered to the other end of the camera, "You think so, don't you?"

On the 10th floor of the Lost World, [Luori Rongjin]'s body and mind fell into an ice cave. With trembling fingers, he instinctively pressed the button and cut off the connection with the surveillance camera.