I write obituaries for the gods.

Chapter 51 Gamma-level Encounter

Now Lin Chen completely understood why Captain England had gotten lost inside—it was a complete maze.

Moreover, it's not a two-dimensional maze; it's a three-dimensional maze, with three passages of different heights on one wall.

"The Foundation's database contains a computational model of the 'Archives'," Louis's voice came through amidst loud noise. "It's an ever-changing archive maze; the structure changes with each piece of information that enters."

"They've even mastered the evolution model; it seems they really were the ones who pulled the bunker into the warp," Li Zhanyi said softly.

"What a bunch of psychopaths," Lucy said, frowning.

The ability to casually pull an entire region into subspace is truly terrifying.

The more you investigate the foundation's motives, the deeper the waters become.

"Louis, what's the next step?" Jiang Zhengge asked.

"At the entrance to the third floor ahead, turn right, then turn left to the end..."

So, guided by Louis, the group made their way through the winding, labyrinthine archives.

Shen Xuanyi had explained that the documents about the Ironhorn Bridge were located in the deepest classified archives of the archives room. After it was transformed into a subspace ruin, that area was located in the very center of the entire bunker.

It is also the deepest part of the bunker.

Along the way, Lin Chen forced himself to look away from the file shelves, afraid that he would see any written media.

Every now and then, he would see a bright red book made of human skin by the roadside, clearly belonging to the investigators who had come in to explore earlier.

Next to those human skin books, Lin Chen found some useful things, such as the remaining sanity stabilizers they had used.

This is the only thing we can pick up. The other supplies have all been severely corroded by the subspace. For example, their firearms have become so deformed that the butt of the gun has replaced the muzzle, and the muzzle is pointing at them.

"No wonder no one dared to take orders after that," Li Zhanyi muttered. "This place is too eerie..."

In the blink of an eye, the group had been navigating the maze of the archives for thirty minutes.

"Replenish sanity stabilizer." Jiang Zhengge made a gesture.

Lin Chen took out a syringe, pricked his arm, and felt the coolness fill his body again.

"Louis, how far are we from the target location?" Lucy pressed her earpiece.

"It's very close, at most a ten-minute walk."

"It's been surprisingly quiet along the way," Jiang Zhengge said in a low voice. "Aside from the 'archivist,' are there no child entities?"

"Oh dear, don't jinx it," Li Zhanyi quickly waved his hands, "It's always... warning! Above our heads!"

The girl suddenly raised her head, her eyes flashing with a ghostly blue light.

She saw a dark shadow fall from the sky and land on Lucy's head—

"Bang!"

Lin Chen looked up, and a shotgun shell had already been fired.

Almost simultaneously, the figure that had fallen from the overpass was smashed to pieces by him.

"Pat-pat".

A tattered book made of human skin lay on the ground, its tentacles twitching weakly from the pages, like a dying octopus.

"There's more!" Lucy exclaimed.

A book with its own leather cover climbed down from the filing shelf. Its pages were wide open, and red and white tentacles stretched out from between the pages, giving it a powerful climbing ability.

"It seems that the human skin book will become a spirit if it stays in the archives for too long," Li Zhanyi said, raising his pistol and firing repeatedly.

As they fired at the oncoming tide of human-skin books, they retreated towards the classified archives.

The closer they got to the classified archives, the more human skin books appeared, like a horde of zombies swarming in.

Fortunately, their physical strength is not high, and firearms are enough to shatter them into pieces.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

After turning another corner, a long corridor came into view.

Lin Chen looked towards the other end of the corridor and saw hordes of human skin books attacking from the ground, ceiling, and walls, making a disgusting "creaking" sound as they climbed.

Many people died when the Foundation dragged the entire bunker into the warp...

Lin Chen frowned, took a fragmentation grenade from inside his trench coat, and threw it out.

"boom!"

The flames briefly engulfed the group of human skin books, but soon, more human skin books pierced through the flames and rushed towards the crowd.

Seeing this, Lucy emptied the light machine gun's ammunition belt, rushed forward, and swung her hands—

"boom------"

Flames erupted from her palms, spreading rapidly across the walls and burning all the way to the end of the corridor.

Jiang Zhengge and Lucy switched positions; he stayed behind, constantly throwing projectiles at the human skin book that was attacking from behind.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

"It's all burned! Let's go!" Lucy shouted.

The group rushed towards the end of the corridor, stepping on the still-burning embers.

However, at that moment, a human-skin book emerged from under the charred corpse of its companion and rushed towards the group.

Lin Chen raised his shotgun and fired a shot at its body, but it was too late.

The human skin book opened wide, and before it shattered, Lin Chen saw a line of words printed on it:

"...I can't escape, Mom..."

The next second, accompanied by the howling of the wind, a figure appeared behind Lin Chen.

"......!"

Lin Chen abruptly drew his axe; his enhanced reflexes, amplified by the two projections, instinctively propelled him toward the uninvited guest.

"clang!"

Only after the axe clashed with the black claws did Lin Chen get a clear look at the attacker—

A file clerk in a suit with striking eyes!

Its posture was elegant yet fierce, but Lin Chen felt as if he were carrying a huge bag of sandbags on his arms—even though the other party was only using one hand.

Five seconds before the attack, Li Zhanyi "predicted" this moment and raised his gun to fire in advance.

"Bang!"

The bullet hit the "archivist" in the head, but only a little black liquid splattered out.

"boom!"

With a tremendous impact, Lin Chen was thrown away. He slammed his axe into the ground to barely stop himself.

Almost simultaneously, everyone focused their fire on the "archivist"—

"Da da da da da da!"

The "archivist's" body flickered continuously, dodging most of the bullets, while a few struck its suit, leaving a line of characters:

7.62x51mm...M80...

9mm pressure bullet...

Those characters, the data of the bullets that hit it, were converted into information and printed on its suit.

Upon closer inspection, Lin Chen discovered that his suit was covered with various data!

It can turn humans into books made of human skin, recording their life stories, and it can also transform attacks into information...

Its capability... is "information technology"?

"Da da da da!"

Before Lin Chen could continue thinking, accompanied by continuous flashing, the "archiver" appeared in front of him once again.

This time, it swung its claws and slammed them down towards Lin Chen—

"clang!"

Lin Chen parried the attack with his tactical hand axe, while simultaneously drawing a shotgun with his other hand and pressing it against the "archivist's" neck.

"Bang!"

Black blood spurted out, and the "archivist" staggered back a few steps, his neck now covered in dense characters that read "23mm deer bullet".

It gracefully wiped the blood from its neck, flicked it aside, and began to accelerate once more.

Damn... Lin Chen was dumbfounded by how durable this thing was.

How do I kill this thing?

......