Two mysterious men in black suits and sunglasses were quietly waiting for Su to wake up. Libovan added Naitika reagent to the cabin air circulation in the special cabin, after inhaling the Naitika reagent.Su would enter into the thinking agility test of the Cloud Metalas System, whether she could break the game and wake up was as a qualification test for each 'ideation wanderer' that would enter the Ante Twins Tower to work for the Ante Company.
One of the mysterious men was slightly taller but had lifeless eyes behind his sunglasses. He hadn't realized that he had heavy eye bags, perhaps because the huge umbrella in Oubel City's sky continuously transported fresh water from elsewhere, causing light scattering here. The colorful beams scattered around after being scattered by sunlight in the bright weather of the desert can be dazzling and cause nausea and hallucinations if exposed for too long under this single tone. Therefore, only late at night or on cloudy days is it normal activity time in Oubel City.
The tall man stood like a bodyguard but looked somewhat dull and tired. Since Oubel City was completed, he has been wanting to escape from this desert. They 'saphenor' are not forcibly implanted with memory chips into their brains like 'ideation wanderer' but natural forgetting makes him feel more and more like an outsider. But what else can he do? Outside is an endless desert full of corpses; only that giant umbrella above his head is a source of vitality.
The other mysterious man was completely different: slightly shorter but with sharp eyes that exuded heat just like outside in the wilderness. Obviously, Ante Company does not lack supporters in this world; they just hide too deeply on this planet Earth; otherwise, how many people would still join this cutting-edge technology company mastering meaningful technology after that great war?
Su gradually woke up from her coma and saw two figures approaching her while her vision could not focus yet due to chemical effects on her brain functioned poorly controlling her body movements as well. She felt herself being supported by someone while looking around trying hard to figure out where she was without success. It wasn't pleasant feeling when consciousness forced its way into one's mind. Su struggled for a while before giving up.
"Brother Yinan..." Su whispered softly although memories became increasingly fragmented under chemical influence making it difficult for her brain cells functioning properly recalling events leading up until now including why she came here searching for Xiu or where she came from or even where exactly she currently found herself located at present moment - all these memories started becoming less coherent as fragments began sinking down into depths akin broken pieces of glass shattering apart.
The slightly taller mysterious figure pulled up his sleeve and looked at the watch whose pointer had stopped moving. His pupils instinctively dilated a bit. After taking a deep breath and calming down for a moment, he spoke out the number to the other mysterious person.
"1 hour 3 minutes 4 seconds," this was Su's final breakthrough score in facing the agility test of the Cloud Metalas system, enough to rank her among the top five players! The two mysterious people were also somewhat surprised because they had seen a player who remained unconscious for nearly five hours but still passed the agility test. Su's time of 1 hour 3 minutes and 4 seconds was almost the best score they had ever seen.
The mysterious man put Su's arms around his shoulders and helped her walk unsteadily forward. Their destination was section C located in Twins Tower, which was inside this circular area that lay open beneath their feet. Dim yellow-white lights intermingled with each other, shining on Vya River not far away where DNA with spiral structures were cleverly embedded on top of Ante's letter "A", making it particularly prominent on one of freighter's decks.Su felt as if she was facing an enormous building even though she hadn't regained her vision yet at this point. However, by judging from low explosive sounds flying machines made when passing over them, she could tell how magnificent this building must be like. She leaned back against sheer willpower without light; A huge umbrella-like tree stretched all over towards sky above them covering Oubel City entirely underneath it just like World Tree that Su remembered - similar to Wisdom Tree which appearing in the famous game 《Plants vs. Zombies》 - capable of absorbing nutrients endlessly while growing bigger.
Su could feel herself being dragged into this huge building by two mysterious men. The tunnel-like entrance gate seemed immeasurably long but what can be certain is that as they went deeper into it, any previously chaotic noises became increasingly rare until everything around them became eerily quiet. For quite some time now, thoughts in Su’s mind seemed to have established an adaptive mechanism while surroundings changed from open environment to enclosed space,footsteps of both men also became solemn, light and orderly.
"Where am I?"
Suddenly breaking free from both men’s grip,Su quickly retreated backwards leaning her entire back against a towering rock pillar behind her where there wasn’t any light but only wisps of mist swirling around under its dome-shaped ceiling.
"Don't worry about it,” said Mysterious Man who happened to be slightly taller than others apparently didn’t expect such strong resilience from this girl who woke up so quickly after being unconscious due to mental chaos state . Seeing that Su wanted to run away immediately , he did not dare act recklessly trying instead first using dialogue approach stabilizing emotions within her .
"You don't need to know where you are right now or later."
Mysterious Man who happened to be shorter stepped forward staring intently at Su before him seemingly unconcerned about which direction events would develop next . Outside city walls lay endless desert whereas everything inside has been well-organized since birth. Any opposing forces would inevitably get crushed by giant gears .
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"Not even pretending? Brother,this is blatant kidnapping!" Another mysterious person standing beside him silently complained inwardly never expecting fellow colleagues could drive someone insane too easily .
Su felt that something was wrong, but she wasn't so nervous as to lose her composure. Keeping calm was the best way to handle emergencies.
She first analyzed the cryptic words of the mysterious man, 'you won't be aware of it later', What did that mean? What secrets were hidden in this damn building? Since she arrived at this eerie place, her consciousness had been constantly interrupted. Was there some kind of unspeakable research on consciousness going on?
Her family and past memories seemed to be locked away in a secret attic in her mind. As an explorer, only specific events triggered specific paths that could lead to finding the hidden door beneath the maze.
Suddenly, a very soft force rippled through her heart like a mountain spring meeting the first ray of morning sun. That refreshing tenderness could only be brought by the boy she met when she was young. Su understood that her purpose for this trip was to find that boy again.
At the same time, Xiu who was executing his mission on floor 47 also sensed something. He froze for a moment before his pupils rapidly contracted and then relaxed again with Su's figure appearing in Xiu's pupils .
"My escape plan is about to enter its implementation phase! How did this silly girl get tricked into coming here now?" Xiu cursed loudly while mixing worry into his tone.
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The countdown told him he didn't have much time left; he had already completed designing Oubel City's three-dimensional structure map which was part of his role as an architect tasked with designing liquid helium pipelines from Hoskha Processing Base outside Twin Towers all the way down underground inside Twins Tower - seemingly a huge project. As for what is going on underneath the Twins Tower, the cloud metalas system has set this information to top secret, and the memory chip in the brain will not expose any extra information to the 'ideation wanderer' other than the assigned task.
Xiu put down Oubel City's three-dimensional projection and connected data cables stolen from B-zone room into projection control console before transcribing Oubel City's three-dimensional information onto smart bracelet device. With over four hours remaining until deadline passed for all tasks issued by Cloud Metalas System being completed meant during this period he could go look for younger sister Su.
His bracelet still contained most Ante-related meaning-body research materials collected during previous missions executed as 'ideation wanderer'. The holographic structure diagram recorded during execution task entry would also become one part of their escape plan since having such diagram allowed them smooth progress towards successful completion of their escape plan without getting lost or trapped within Twins Tower complex maze-like interior design layout.
Knowing he couldn't afford any delay due lack of time.Xiu quickly got up and headed towards East Gate E-zone located at Blowing Terrace Square. After multiple executions' exploration reasoning attempts.He already knew that this location was the way to prepare for the 'ideation wanderer' to enter the Intentional-Body Processing Module and finally be implanted with a memory chip to become an Intentional wanderer.
Blowing Terrace Square, dark corridor.
"Yi Nan brother, are you here? I came here to find you!"
Su ran and shouted with all her might. Her originally white cheeks were now slightly red due to lack of oxygen, but her footsteps did not slow down because the strangeness around her and the urgent search for the boy who had been separated from her for almost a year urged her to keep running forward.
Two mysterious people chased after them, creating a tense atmosphere.
Just as the mysterious person was about to catch the girl, two anesthetic tubes quickly pierced their necks from behind. The two mysterious people were backstabbed and fell into a deep sleep.
The girl's eyes were bright and shiny, tears swirling in her blue eyes; the boy's crescent eyebrows relaxed and he laughed heartily too.
After being apart for a year, the two finally reunited.