Chapter 2714: Two Thousand Meters Underground

Pu Yu smiled helplessly, "Why do you think there would be things more valuable than my family heritage in this abandoned section?"

Xu Huo raised an eyebrow slightly, "I heard game zones can be bought and sold; surely your family’s inheritance doesn’t involve an entire section."

"Not that exaggerated, but close enough." Pu Yu said, "Before my grandfather passed away, all his assets were in his hands. Just from what I know, his business spanned nearly a hundred sections across eight Wormhole Points."

"Although he didn’t control the economic lifeline of a section, if he withdrew his business from any section, the commercial activity in that section would shrink by at least a third. With this premise, he could make any unreasonable demands to the section’s Governor."

"My little aunt was very favored before she passed away, and before she passed, he said that his inheritance, except for the portion going to the family heir, would be divided among other descendants to honor his beloved youngest daughter. If my aunt hadn’t died, she might have inherited a larger share than others."

"Even if it’s only a third of the total assets, if evenly distributed, each person would receive a considerable amount."

"Equally distributing is unlikely. At this point, it depends on who holds a more important place in his heart."

"Over the years, the family undoubtedly searched, but a single skeleton in such a place is harder than the direct destruction of a section. Eventually, everyone gave up, and Grandpa seemed to lose hope too."

"But I know, if I truly return with my aunt’s remains, I could gain more inheritance and elevate my status in the family."

Pu Yu paused here, "An elder loving their grandchildren will certainly take more care; our food and living conditions are all well provided, but these things are just appearances and cannot be directly exchanged for other items. If you truly do that, you’d lose face in the family, and the elders would think you’re immature."

"The property I can dispose of isn’t much."

"Modesty," Xu Huo said, "The equipment you’ve outfitted, each piece is top-notch and must have cost a fortune."

Pu Yu didn’t deny it. The accumulation of a Rank-A Wormhole Point player’s family is unmatched by families from later Wormhole Point sections, so in the eyes of ordinary players like Yan Ping, her casual gestures are astronomically priced, but compared to her inheritance, these are merely trivial."

Moreover, it’s not purely about money."

Holding the economic lifeline of a section could extend to countless wealth and unimaginable controlling power. Perhaps all it would take is a casual word from her, and any corner of a section could bloom with her favorite flowers.

The contest isn’t just over inheritance; it’s also about power and status."

"Even if there’s a Secondary Stone vein here, it wouldn’t surpass the place of inheritance in my heart," Pu Yu laughed a bit.

Xu Huo thought a bit more. It’s evident who the high-levels of the Game Government are; the inheritance contest among Rank-A Wormhole Point heirs must also represent the contest for game power. Like Kairo Field, wasn’t he exiled by a large family and thus became the Chief Governor at E27 Wormhole Point?

The representatives of these players at Rank-A Wormhole Points have divided all the game authorities.

"After inheriting the estate, what do you plan to do?" Xu Huo suddenly shifted the topic, looking at this ambitious woman and asking.

Pu Yu raised an eyebrow slightly, "And you, what would you do after becoming a Super Player?"

The two exchanged glances in the faint glow emitted by the luminous insects, and after a moment, both smiled a bit, skipping over the topic.

Unrealized matters, saying anything is futile."

At this time, Xu Huo and the others had already descended to about twenty thousand meters underground, at which distance they could no longer perceive anything on the surface.

The detectors emitted a rhythmic ticking sound, and at such depth, the circular Sky Pit hadn’t changed shape."

"Oxygen is abundant, with no toxic gases." Pu Yu looked at the data feedback from the detectors, "The impurity content in the air is relatively high but doesn’t cause much harm to the players."

That’s what they say, but for safety’s sake, no one removed their helmets.

Soon, they touched the bottom, underfoot were large fragments of rock, seemingly caused by collapse, and a cavity lay dozens of meters beneath the rocks, around to the side it appeared more like a tunnel, and in fact, there were indeed tunnels on either side, very spacious."

They opened a hole and went down, where it becomes spacious. The tunnel is about a dozen meters wide, a dozen meters high, and the rocks covered by dense plantings bore scars that looked like they were gouged out by sharp tools; over time, some places had corrosion marks, and some plants had rooted and grown from broken areas.

"This very likely is an opened space by survivors," Pu Yu said, "If the underground ruins can be accessed freely, Aunt’s remains probably aren’t outside."

At least here, there is hope of finding it.

Xu Huo paid attention to the plants growing on the walls, finding they mostly had very small colorful spots, looking somewhat like grains mixed in, sparse on the front, more on the back.

"Perhaps it’s the characteristics of the stone," Pu Yu looked at the two behind her, "Uncle Qiao, sorry for the trouble."

The man among the two walked over, casually prying a stone piece, then taking out instruments from the luggage compartment to process, filter, and then thoroughly decomposing the composition.

"This is indeed a type of mineral, but not inherent to the stone path; the rock of the stone path is common Rank-B rock, but this type is Rank-A, with extraction value," Uncle Qiao said, "It is well-distributed, likely brought up by plants or perhaps some mutant animal."

"You mean there could be giant crawling species here?" Pu Yu was somewhat surprised, "The scale of this path is quite large."

If dug by mutant animals, the size would definitely not be small."

"The worst result is serpentine species," Uncle Qiao said, "The difference between super high energy zones and normal zones is huge; serpentine species may grow to such scale."

"The Sky Pit outside..." Xu Huo frowned.

"That’s unlikely," Uncle Qiao glanced at him, "The scale and shape of the Sky Pit contradict biological characteristics, more likely they were made by weapons."

"There’s a strange smell in the air." Yan Jiayu, who quietly took off their helmet, said, "A bit fishy, but with a peculiar fragrance mixed in, not like the freshness of the plants in the tunnel, and different from the fishy smell of snake bodies. It’s so strange, can the detectors distinguish what scent this is?"

"There’s little difference between here and the air analysis results in the Sky Pit," Uncle Qiao said.

Xu Huo thought of the Nüwa Stone, thought of the immensely growing mutated plants in this section, and then said, "Stop geological detection, speed up."