This was a place that felt like a subway car, but Xia Yu looked around and felt he could remove the "felt like"—this was a subway car.
Inscribed on the upper slope of the car was the name of this subway: Supreme Union High-Quality Human Dedicated ark.
Hmm... finally arrived at the intermission area.
Thinking this, Xia Yu set aside the Blazing War Halberd in his hand and slumped into a seat on the side of the subway.
As a Zombie Xia Yu, he wouldn't actually get tired, but he couldn't stop his heart from being weary; as the strongest combat power of this dungeon, whenever there was a battle, he had to be the one to go.
Back then, he had hacked his way from the starting camp all the way here alone, through countless battles, without even blinking—because he was a zombie, his eyes wouldn't get dry.
During this, he had also learned countless monster dishes; the Necromancer named Ximi was his culinary teacher, which was why she called him apprentice.
But the sad part was that he was a zombie and couldn't taste anything, so he had no idea if what he made was delicious.
"Hello, hello, hello! Uh, I think you must find this as baffling as I do right now!"
That noisy voice appeared again.
Hearing this, Xia Yu's heart didn't stir in the slightest; he even wanted to retort, but he couldn't speak, so he could only let a bellyful of complaints swirl in his mind.
"You can call me A Xiang! Well, to be precise, I am an artificial intelligence converted from his personality and memories before he died."
As these words sounded, a pale yellow light screen expanded again. This time, however, it wasn't naike who appeared, but a man with short grayish-white hair, azure eyes, and two scars on his right eye.
"The government's old supercomputers were all like this. Speaking of which, I spent quite some time evading naike's detection, otherwise, she would have deleted me as a program error."
"And because you guys cut a slit in the Soul Barrier isolating the lower levels, I had the chance to transmit myself into this escape pod computer located in the lower levels amidst the chaos."
"I must contact you alone; I need to know if my deductions over the years are correct."
As he spoke, A Xiang's expression was no longer relaxed but became extremely serious.
His voice was equally solemn: "After the doomsday brought by puchui, I think I once met someone who also happened to survive."
"I speculate that I did that person a big favor. That favor caused my memories of him to vanish, leaving only a blurry void. It's as if even the things and messages he left behind are covered by a mass of mist, making them undetectable."
"That is the price for casting the secret ultimate spell, the 'Apotheosis Ritual'."
Hearing this, even though Xia Yu already knew the news, he couldn't help but touch his heart—to be precise, the heart of this body.
Although the heart had long since stopped beating, he seemed to still feel the emotions left inside it—a pleading emotion, begging him to save them.
At this point, A Xiang continued, "In order to bring you from another dimension to our world, to stop that terrifying existence called puchui."
"However, I speculate that the erasure price of the Apotheosis Ritual only removes the caster's existence from the world's cognition."
"We in this dimension cannot perceive the proof of the caster's existence, but you, observing us from a higher dimension, have a way to see what he left behind."
"The original owner of your body must have left some important message for you."
Xia Yu remained silent to these words, not just because he couldn't speak, but also because there was an error in A Xiang's words.
He wasn't an observer, but a descender. Perhaps he was a higher-dimensional being before because he played this game.
But his transmigration at this moment made him descend here directly. However, he might still maintain a higher-dimensional status, after all, his memories were still there.
So regarding A Xiang's words, he had already seen them in the game and knew what the original owner of the body had left behind, but without defeating puchui, everything was meaningless.
Since he had descended here, he wouldn't back down, even if he only had a fifty percent certainty in his heart.
In the game, defeating puchui relied on him being in reality while puchui could only exist in the game. But now, he had also come into the game, so he didn't know if he could defeat puchui.
Everything in the future was blurred and confusing.
But not moving forward because the future was unclear—that would be true stupidity. Besides, he had defeated puchui in the game before, so why not in reality?
So Xia Yu was still optimistic; mainly because he had an optimistic boss, which led to him learning to find joy in hardship.
No matter what the future held, it was enough to work hard on what could be done in the present.
"Alright, before we figure out those mysteries, the priority now is to get you back to Ximi and the others," A Xiang said with a sudden change in expression, smiling.
"Eh, do you think you have a way to persuade naike not to delete me?"
Xia Yu ignored A Xiang's quirky remark and slumped back into the seat, reflecting on past battles and refining his combat skills.
A Xiang stopped talking, and the subway continued to run, with only the rumbling sound of progress echoing around.
[Xia Yu has joined the Chat Group!]
?!
Xia Yu opened his crimson eyes in surprise, his pale purple face full of confusion.
Did he just have an auditory hallucination?
[dark souls iii]: Oh? Another newcomer.
Newcomer? What newcomer?
Just then, the chat history refreshed, and Xia Yu saw that sentence saying Xia Yu was disgusting at a glance, immediately feeling a surge of anger.
[Xia Yu]: As soon as I enter the group, I see someone saying I'm disgusting! Who the hell are you!
But the next moment, the page automatically jumped to the group announcement. Just as Xia Yu sent that sentence, he saw the announcement. After reading it, Xia Yu had only one thought.
This is the golden finger after transmigrating? This is way too slow! He's already pushed to the final boss, and this thing just arrived!
Wait, so the person who just scolded Xia Yu was himself? Scolding himself?
[Xia Yu]: Ah, so it was all me. Dammit, why would someone call themselves disgusting!
After a brief retort, Xia Yu fell into thought. Could these other "me's" help him defeat puchui? But logically, since the Chat Group can connect to myriad worlds, isn't it higher in level than puchui?
But the Chat Group has no means of attack, so he still has to rely on himself?
Thinking of this, Xia Yu directly asked in the Chat Group. After some explanation, he didn't act coy and directly asked for help in the group.
[Xia Yu]: So, please help me!
[clash of clans]: Your world sounds a bit familiar. Which world are you from?
[Gourmand Dungeon]: Forgot to change my name, I was too eager just now. Sorry.
[nier: automata]: It's fine, understandable. After all, I was also in a crisis when I first joined the group, almost starving to death in the desert.
[clash of clans]: Gourmand Dungeon, huh? Another domestic game.
[soul knight]: What? Looking down on domestic games?
[do you want to cultivate immortality]: Someone's looking down on domestic games?
[Genshin Impact]: Say that again?
[Tale of Immortal]: Ahem, I also look down on myself.
Domestic Game Xia Yu:???
Why the hell did you betray us? But looking at the other's name, The Xia Yus fell silent again. Well, Tale of Immortal really is a bit... [tomb raider]: Stop, drop this topic. As long as a game is fun, it doesn't matter where it's from.
[marvel]: To be fair, true.
[Gourmand Dungeon]: What the hell? Have you guys gone off-topic? I have a major crisis over here! Give me some attention!
[resident evil]: The Chat Group can travel between worlds. Why don't you just come to my world and give up on that Earth of yours that's destined for destruction?
[Gourmand Dungeon]: Earth doesn't matter, it can be destroyed for all I care, but they can't be hurt. So I can't leave this world. They're all people who are doing their best to survive, so I want to save them.
[resident evil]: Then there's no other way.
[resident evil]: It seems we can only find a way to defeat that higher-dimensional evil god. Luckily, the opponent only dropped a single drop of soul rather than descending completely.
[Gourmand Dungeon]: Indeed. If the opponent's main body descended, I would probably only be able to find a way to leave this world. A single drop of soul isn't enough for complete despair.
[soul knight]: But after all, that's a higher-dimensional evil god. Even if it's just a drop of soul, do we really have a way to defeat it?
[resident evil]: There's nothing impossible. After all, our strength is no longer low. As long as we integrate our power, even if we can't defeat it, we can force it back.
[resident evil]: And as long as we force it back, we can gain some breathing room. By then, it should be enough for them to escape that Earth.
[Gourmand Dungeon]: Thanks.
[marvel]: No need for formalities, we're all ourselves. Helping oneself and relying on oneself is only natural.
On the subway, Zombie Xia Yu felt his long-cooled body actually warm up again.
[Gourmand Dungeon]: The current plot has reached puchui's return. I've already boarded the express called the ark, which is actually a subway, and I'm headed to Ximi's side.
[nier: automata]: Let me recall.
[nier: automata]: Crap, isn't the next boss the Apocalypse Baby?
[Gourmand Dungeon]: Exactly. But with my current strength, it should be a 70-30 split, me 70, him 30.
[elden ring]: Hiss, already that powerful? Did you also start at max level?
[Gourmand Dungeon]: What do you mean start at max level? I fought my way up bit by bit, and my strength increased while cooking monsters.
If it weren't for the fact that The Xia Yus had played the game Gourmand Dungeon, Zombie Xia Yu's words would have definitely left people bewildered.
In the game Gourmand Dungeon, enemies are monsters, but these monsters can be turned into delicacies through cooking. By eating these delicacies, one can gain miraculous power boosts.
In other words, the higher the grade of the dish eaten, the stronger one's strength becomes; the stronger the hunted monster, the stronger one's own strength will be.
This game is actually quite good. If everyone is interested, you can go support domestic games. Speaking of which, I guess this counts as an advertisement, though unfortunately, there's no advertising fee.