From the Abyss of Stars

087. The Abyss may deteriorate, but it will never close down.

 

"It's bad! Doctor Anna!"

 

Anna, who was inspecting the Calamity Armament production equipment on the third underground floor, looked up at the pink-haired girl running towards her.

 

"You are... Zexi? How come you're on the third floor?"

 

Zexi was taken aback: "Doctor Anna, I am the logistics personnel you sent to maintain the third floor earlier, did you forget?"

 

"Did I... I’ve been too busy, might have overlooked it."

 

She only remembered that this was Zexi from the logistics department— the professor said she secretly sold some supplies to warlords outside for personal gain.

 

But in reality, such black market traders exist everywhere, so the professor always turned a blind eye.

 

Anna didn't want to be too strict either, since this girl already had a ready-made network, she was most suitable for sales and external trade.

 

"Don't worry, Zexi, what's the matter, speak slowly."

 

Her tone was gentle, unconsciously adopting a manner similar to her teacher's.

 

"Doctor Anna, that Level 5 infected— Li Aozi!"

 

"Now I am the professor." Anna said lightly.

 

Zexi choked, thinking to herself that this was not the time to care about such things.

 

Vanity, pure vanity.

 

No wonder she wasn’t as popular as Nurse Nordley. If the professor hadn't suddenly been killed and Nordley seriously injured, it wouldn't be her turn to succeed.

 

"—Professor Anna." She said, "Earlier, you sent Li Aozi to retrieve the medicine and medical equipment and to rescue the abducted doctors... that guy is back."

 

"Is that so, that's good." Anna nodded.

 

That guy Li Aozi was treated seriously by the professor, reportedly a 'Level 5 Calamity Virus infected', a unique case.

 

But in Anna's view, he was just an ordinary person who got lucky, and the so-called 'infection symptoms' were just some mental illnesses.

 

As for those strange phenomena... they were at most signs of Omega awakening.

 

Anna had never been interested in the professor's "Calamity Virus infection" theory— every elementary school student knows that the diameter of atoms generally ranges from 0.1 to 0.5 nanometers, yet the professor stubbornly believed that the Calamity Virus was smaller than an atom.

 

This was simply unreasonable, a claim that violated the laws of nature...

 

Anna naturally believed that this was just a pretext the professor used to maintain her power and prestige in the Abyss Humanitarian Relief Organization.

 

Because Anna was that kind of person.

 

Regarding Li Aozi's power, Anna was dismissive. If it weren't for Nordley's accident, this Omega user could have been easily handled.

 

It would be better to find an excuse to use his gratitude towards the Abyss and send him away.

 

In this way, within the Abyss Humanitarian Shelter, she alone would enjoy the highest prestige and strength.

 

Now, Li Aozi was back, probably with substantial gains, further proving her wise decision.

 

Thinking about it this way, she might even thank that Li Aozi—

 

"No! Damn, lady, he's on a killing spree! He has already killed dozens of people, the deaths are miserable, if this continues, we are done for!"

 

Zexi urged anxiously:

 

"Doctor Ann—Professor, please think of a solution quickly, we are counting on you now."

 

"Li Aozi, on a killing spree?"

 

Anna was stunned.

 

This information left her momentarily unresponsive.

 

She couldn't understand how Li Aozi, who ate their food, drank their water, and enjoyed national treasure-level treatment in the Abyss, could turn around and attack the Abyss?

 

No reason, no interest, no hatred— only three days had passed, could a person change so much?

 

She immediately picked up the tablet left by the professor and opened the monitoring system: flipping through more than a dozen cameras in succession, the scenes that came into view were almost unbearable to look at.

 

For those severed limbs, Anna's expression was calm, she was just more puzzled: why was Li Aozi so ruthless? Even national enmity and personal hatred wouldn’t justify such brutality.

 

Without the drive of interest, without hatred, who would risk their life to attack the entire Abyss alone?

 

"…Forget it."

 

She didn't see the other party's figure, but did find some male footprints near the elevator.

 

Nordley was no longer reliable.

 

Anna turned her head and looked at the twelve incubators around her—the reactor cables were directly plugged into their bases, supplying them with power 24 hours a day.

 

She knew very well what was inside.

 

They were a group of boys and girls soaked in opaque tanks, the oldest was no more than 15 years old, their emaciated bodies appeared extremely sickly and deformed due to premature and excessive development of Omega energy.

 

But that wasn't important, what was important was that they were ready for production.

 

"These are the latest third-generation Calamity Armament, all top-notch Alpha class combat power, loyal and won't be easily discarded, each armament can be sold for at least 800,000 to 1.2 million."

 

Anna gently slid her hand across the tablet, popped up an operation interface, operated for a while on the screen, and then threw the tablet back to Zexi.

 

"Ah? What do you mean, Doctor Ann—Professor?"

 

Zexi was confused, knowing nothing, she picked up the tablet, only to see a solitary line of text on the screen: "Voice print recorded."

 

"I gave you the control over these Calamity Armaments, now I need to go meet the members of Law III, you are responsible for the ambush here, best to intercept Li Aozi."

 

Anna turned and left without looking back, seemingly heading to deeper underground.

 

"Professor, is this enough? Professor! Don't go! Take me with you—"

 

Doctor Anna had always been stable, now in the blink of an eye, she was gone.

 

What about me?

 

Zexi cried, turning her head to look at the twelve incubators, she was full of doubt:

 

"What should I do, I don't know anything, Professor Anna, aren’t you setting me up?"

 

Ding Dong—

 

Just when Zexi was at a loss, a sound suddenly came from the central elevator not far away.

 

"Eeek!" Zexi was already on edge, quickly hiding, poking her head out to observe quietly.

 

The elevator slowly opened, revealing three figures of different heights.

 

Oh no, they are here!

 

"Damn it, three people, how can I stop them!"

 

Zexi felt something was wrong, hurriedly grabbed the tablet, and sneaked away.

 

Holding the tablet under her arm, she didn’t notice a line of text appearing on it:

 

[Command received, beginning execution]

 

"Clang clang clang!"

 

Nomi came in laughing, carrying a wrench, curiously looking around, especially at the small nuclear reactor in the center:

 

"Not bad, there's an old-era fission reactor, but the flag on top needs to be replaced with ours from the Rose Army."

 

Qiu Ran followed closely, cautiously looking around, she had no combat power and was even more careful in this environment.

 

"Mr. Li Aozi, why are we on the third floor?"

 

She noticed the painted symbols on the wall and asked puzzledly.

 

"Nurse Nordley's authority only reaches the third floor, just as well, we can send you to take the subway out first."

 

Li Aozi didn't mind, his mission was to slaughter the entire Abyss.

 

According to Dr. Chen Siqi and the hidden nature of the second floor—he suspected the professor's avatar was on the second floor.

 

"Leave..." Qiu Ran was surprised: "Hey, didn’t you say you would let me exchange Omega for leaving?"

 

"Being able to survive this far is your skill, I didn’t care for you."

 

Saying this, Li Aozi glanced at Nomi.

 

The original plan was for Nomi to clear the way and himself to reap.

 

But instead, Nomi was cursing all the way and never caught up, always watching Qiu Ran from behind.

 

He had killed 59 members of the Abyss, only 50 left... then the mission could be completed.

 

"Luckily nothing went wrong," Li Aozi calculated, "According to the strategy from my previous life, I remember the final boss is a bio-modified beast on the second floor, immune to gun attacks, Beta class, with 5800 HP, 【Strength】 and 【Constitution】 both above 60."

 

Not hard to defeat.

 

Li Aozi had never done this mission, but even players from the Frost-Plated Republic who trained there didn't find it hard, so it must not be difficult.

 

After all, in Frost-Plated, there were very few people who could level up.

 

Nomi innocently put her hands behind her back:

 

"What's up? Why are you looking at me... don’t tell me, do you find Nomi cute?"

 

"Cute my ass, you average girl."

 

Li Aozi rolled his eyes.

 

Although the task difficulty is Scary, equivalent to an S-level torment, Li Aozi trusts the experiences summarized by players from his previous life, which were gained through countless lives, so they can't be wrong.

 

Just as he was confident, Li Aozi suddenly felt something was off.

 

The environment around him made him shiver, and the instruments flashing orange warning lights instinctively made him think of words like "out of control."

 

Nomi carelessly turned around, and with her reconnaissance ability as a guerrilla team member, she didn't notice anything unusual.

 

"There are footprints here, Anna probably went this way."

 

He looked around, and the twelve egg-shaped devices surrounding the reactor seemed somewhat familiar to Li Aozi.

 

At first glance, they reminded him of the mother nests of demons from outer realms, but upon closer inspection, they resembled the portable bio-pods used by 【Biomancers】.

 

The latter are generally used by 【Biomancers】 to deploy elite bio-beasts from outer orbit, but they also have some adjustment and repair capabilities.

 

Nomi didn't find the footprints' trail, scratched her head, and shifted her attention to an egg-shaped pod.

 

"What's inside this, is it an egg?"

 

She walked up curiously.

 

Li Aozi's pupils shrank, he suddenly thought of something, quickly activated gravity, and shouted:

 

"Don't go near, No—"

 

"Huh?"

 

Nomi turned her head, and the gravity instantly captured her body, her toes left the ground, and she flew towards him.

 

Thankfully—Li Aozi calmed down— in a rush, he used 8x gravity, although this would break Nomi's neck, with her self-healing ability, she would at least be out of danger.

 

Bang!

 

The door of the bio-pod suddenly exploded, and in the next moment, a hairless girl slowly raised her head, a strange smell like explosives instantly filled the air.

 

Her eyes focused, instantly locking onto Nomi flying towards Li Aozi in mid-air.

 

Buzz—

 

Nomi's eyes showed confusion and surprise, she slowly turned her head, looking at her body swelling up, her skin cracking, and intense energy bursting out from her body.

 

Boom!

 

In the next moment, Nomi's petite body exploded into fragments in front of Li Aozi.