Chapter 62 My World (Thirteen)

"Why are you following us?" Catwoman stared at Infinite Gravity's chest with hatred and said to Berserker, "I don't know why, but I hate this woman from the bottom of my heart."

"She's not with us, is she?" Berserker nudged Billis, who was walking ahead. "What does killing the Shrike mean? Is there some misunderstanding between you?"

Billy lit a cigarette: "I almost died at the hands of the Shrike. It's not as simple as just deleting a character. I don't know what happened afterward, but I can guarantee that it wasn't me, nor was it Number Thirty-Three."

Billis then turned the conversation to number thirty-three.

Number Thirty-Three managed to squeeze out a few words: "Have we arrived?"

A 500-foot-tall pyramid stands before you; if you weren't told it was a pyramid, someone seeing it for the first time would mistake it for a museum or exhibition hall.

Each floor is guarded by guards, and there is an open opening at the top leading to a lifting platform, about half the size of a football field.

Guided by the shining justice, more than 300 professional heroes gathered on this football field.

"It's not running yet? I can't wait to take down that hacker!" said a hero with one eye bigger than the other.

“He said he’s actually helping us save the world and maintain balance. What an interesting hacker,” said a hero in an exoskeleton carrying a bulging pack. “Assuming he’s right, how are we supposed to face our enemies?”

"You believe what hackers say?" Berserker, who happened to overhear the conversation, focused his attention on the bottom of the pyramid, where a hero was moving at high speed. "Follow the shining justice, don't fall behind, we're going to make a big splash this time."

By evening, the heroes had finally assembled.

The gleaming justice floated in the air, truly dazzling.

The male hero praised his extraordinary strength, and the female hero complimented his youth and handsomeness. Only Billis, flicking his cigarette butt, joked, "I'd really like to know what kind of person this hero is in the real world."

Unfortunately, Infinite Gravity overheard this, and she felt as if she were being choked and tortured: "Hmph! Saying such things is just jealousy. In reality, he must be from a noble family, handsome, and a million times better than you."

"Ah, but I've heard that the role you play in the game world is often the opposite of what you play in real life."

"Believe it or not, I'll crush your head into a worthless pile of mud."

Billis thought this woman would actually do something stupid like abusing her abilities for her idol, so he immediately shut his mouth.

Just then, a violent earthquake struck beneath our feet, causing the order of the pyramid's pillars and the structure of its ladders to change shape. Many sinewy, wriggling things emerged from the platform, twisting and turning in front of us.

Many female heroes, including those affected by infinite gravity, were terrified, but the next scene left them utterly astonished.

A towering tree, imbued with magic, grew infinitely, exuding a chilling desire. It had grown from a sapling less than two meters tall into a divine tree that was about to break through the rain clouds.

And it's still growing; it has no intention of stopping at all.

Ultimately, it was grafted onto the Iron Ring, becoming a bridge leading to the aerial prison.

"Let's go, everyone!"

With a command from the shining justice, the heroic team set off in a grand procession.

Some say that with so many heroes, the prison will surely be burned to ashes, while others say that whoever takes down the hacker first will quickly rise to diamond level.

The people whispering were scattered here and there, all with rare, unapproachable expressions. From a natural perspective, the actions and behaviors of these heroes all underwent subtle changes.

The devil descended, and a sense of jealousy and arrogance arose spontaneously.

"Hero, Hero?" Number 33, who was at the back of the group, grabbed Billis. "Something seems off with everyone."

Billis was by no means a dull man; his views were largely the same as those of the bards, except that he saw some differences.

That is the shining justice. This guy is really unpredictable, and the more unpredictable something is, the more problematic it is.

"Number 33, I ask you, back in the Steam Kingdom, do you still remember that hacker's voice?"

"I can never forget, hero."

"You must have realized that he's not the same hacker as the ones here."

"Oh, that's exactly what I was going to tell you."

"So the question is, where did that hacker go?"

"what you think?"

Billis lit a cigarette and took a puff: "According to an agent's intuition, he has already become a spy and infiltrated our ranks."

What's said can't be taken back, and other heroes might overhear it; someone's already keeping a close eye on the two of them.

The steel ring, located 5,000 meters above the ground, opens its most sinister section—as if welcoming? Or perhaps inviting.

The first group of heroes to arrive at the Iron Ring quickly infiltrated the inner prison. The second group followed closely behind. The third group was a little slower and started arguing with the fourth group that arrived later. The fifth and sixth groups soon joined the argument.

They weren't arguing about anything else, just about who could be the first to eliminate the hacker and become a diamond-level hero.

It was already dark, but the shining justice was as beautiful as daylight. He floated to the front of the group, gave a few simple instructions, and the atmosphere immediately eased.

However, in Billis's view, it seemed that he had made an unnecessary move.

Casting a spell!

Yes, although Billis doesn't use magic, he often sees his wife use it, and the Flash of Justice was indeed using magic just now, not superpowers provided by the Aether equipment.

About ten minutes later, the team was moving into the Steel Ring at a snail's pace.

Billis and his team were among the last to enter. The gleaming justice stared at him for a second or two at the door, and in that second or two, it was as if he had seen through all of Billis's abilities.

The hatch closed, and after the sacred tree brought the hero aboard, it returned to its sapling shape.

The Iron Ring became the graveyard of heroes.

"Could someone turn on a light? It's too dark!"

The berserker walking ahead cursed, and suddenly the walls lit up.

Their location was just above a prison experimental area, where a common purplish-red color adorned the porch, walls, and organic matter. It was hard to say where the light came from; it was as if the steel itself shone.

Because the heroes had arrived quite some time ago, the distance between the teams had widened considerably.

It was deserted and eerily quiet; there was nothing to scout out.

This is essentially an abandoned sky laboratory.

The damp steel in the darkness was covered with serpentine mold, and the small rooms with their locked iron doors were shrouded in a faint, gloomy atmosphere like that of a tomb.

Rows of rough operating tables were covered with faded crescent-shaped mattresses, evenly covered with a layer of dust that had accumulated over the years, and something lay in the middle.

The madman boldly walked over, lifted the mattress, and discovered that it was nothing more than a long, iron-gray hair wrapped around a silver sphere.

The silver had lost all its luster, and it was impossible to even discern what it originally was.

After checking several small rooms, I found that they all had the same operating table, the same hair, and the same silver ball.

As you continue forward, the passage widens until you finally see several different doors, each with hooks that fit tightly together.

The madman tried to pull the iron hook, but found that he couldn't budge it no matter what he did. Suddenly enraged, he raised his axe and started hacking wildly.

"It's time to choose a team leader."

The infinite gravity told the berserker to step aside. She gently touched the hook, and it detached itself due to the shift in gravity.

The door opened, and Infinite Gravity, puffing out its proud chest, said, "How about we elect me as the team leader?"

Berserker was very unhappy, looking as if he had been deprived of the right to fight against hackers, especially since both of them were Gold-level heroes.

"Okay, but you have to beat these two axes!"

"You think you can beat me?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Berserker's two axes suddenly sank to the ground like boulders, increasing in weight at an astonishing rate.

"Don't forget there are other people here!"

The nimble catwoman grew a short, thick tail and a damp mane, and suddenly grabbed the long legs that seemed to possess infinite gravity, catching her off guard.

A dark red stream of blood flowed down his foreleg, flowing continuously.

The skateboarder rushed over and kicked Catwoman in the nose with the skateboard, instantly covering her nostrils and mouth with the hot, sticky stuff.

The catwoman howled incessantly and could no longer get up.

As expected, the Glutton and several of Infinite Gravity's henchmen quickly joined the infighting, plunging the experimental area into chaos.