116: Chapter 116 The Other Side of the Passage

The H.D.S. Forces consisted of 80 genetically optimized Clones who had reached their physical limits during training, surpassing all other Clones.

Taking on a hundred enemies at once was not a problem.

Upon receiving the order, the 80 silent Clone Soldiers, equipped with various heavy weapons and wired communication devices, stepped into the Schwarzschild Channel that led to the other World.

"ID HD001: Commander, we have arrived at the destination and are restoring the signal."

The static on the monitor disappeared, and Lin Fang saw a vast new territory. Following the perspective of an H.D.S. member, a city street appeared before his eyes.

They were standing at the entrance of a school, which, like the street, was in a state of disarray and decay.

The black dust on the walls was a finger thick, and the entire city looked grey and lifeless.

The H.D.S. Forces spread out to survey the surroundings. There were no zombies, aliens, or similar threats rushing at them; the environment appeared safe for now.

"Hyosan High School,"

Hyosan High School? In the control room, Lin Fang chuckled as he looked at the text on the sign. It was the language of Korea; it seemed the saying that "the entire Universe belongs to Korea" might not be entirely without merit.

"Xiao Hei, does this school exist in Korea in reality?" Lin Fang asked.

"Boss, it does not." Xiao Hei's voice came immediately: "In reality, this name first appeared in the 2022 Korean film All of Us Are Dead."

Hearing this, Lin Fang was startled. Could the World on the other side of the Schwarzschild Channel also be a movie dimension?

"Deploy the drones." Lin Fang issued the order while checking information about the film.

Twelve SR-X drones quickly took to the sky, beginning to scout the city and its vicinity.

The plot of All of Us Are Dead was not complicated. Lee Byeong-chan, a science teacher at Hyosan High School, had a son who was a long-term victim of school bullying. Enraged, he developed a hormone called the "Jonas Virus," attempting to make his son stronger.

Lin Fang felt a headache coming on as he read it.

The rest was the same old story: the virus goes out of control, people foolishly approach the infected, they refuse to believe the danger and continue to mess around, zombies run rampant, the protagonists appear, the shining light of humanity...

If modern netizens encountered this situation, they would definitely start hoarding food and guns, guaranteeing they could run faster than a rabbit.

"HD001, look behind you."

The absolutely obedient Clone Soldiers stopped and pointed their cameras at the Schwarzschild Channel behind them. In the open-air environment, this two-kilometer-high cylindrical black hole channel was even more spectacular; paired with the surroundings, it possessed a desolate, tragic, and eerie beauty.

Lin Fang frowned. The "ionization" phenomenon at the edge of the black hole seemed to be getting worse.

Was it an illusion, or...

The drones were fast. Centered on the Schwarzschild Channel behind the H.D.S. Forces, they quickly finished scouting the 10-kilometer radius.

"Boss, we only found a small number of rodents. There are no signs of human or zombie activity, but we have discovered 35 traces of human remains nearby."

A map of the city appeared on the screen in front of him, constantly filling in as it was explored. Currently, there were only a few scattered light spots. The rodents Xiao Hei mentioned were just a few mice foraging for food; under thermal imaging, they had nowhere to hide.

But what the hell was up with the lack of any other animals?

Lin Fang couldn't help but be surprised. The thermal imaging precision of these drones was excellent, capable of detecting mice from high in the sky, yet they hadn't found a single larger animal. Where had they gone?

The unease in his heart grew stronger.

"Xiao Hei, have an H.D.S. member bring back air samples," Lin Fang ordered again.

Soon, a Clone Soldier quickly crossed the channel and returned to the underground cave.

After laboratory PCR and several routine checks, there were no signs of microbial or viral infection in the Clone, and the Hades Chip also reported that the carrier was completely normal.

The air sample contained no toxic gases and differed slightly from Earth's atmosphere, with an oxygen concentration of 22.1% and carbon dioxide at only 290ppm... In other words, the air in that World was much better than on Earth now.

By this time, two H.D.S. members on the other side of the channel had already arrived at the first location of human remains detected by the drone.

The human remains lay alone at the entrance of an amusement park, draped in a few strips of cloth. The gnaw marks on the bones were severe, with signs of recent chewing, and the skeleton was scattered everywhere.

Lin Fang determined that these were the remains of a Caucasian; their skulls were usually longer and narrower, with more prominent brow ridges.

Strange. How could there be so many foreign remains in Korea, with only a minority of Asians? Lin Fang looked at the images sent back by other H.D.S. members, puzzled. The ratio was about five to one.

There was no reason for Korean zombies to only like biting foreigners.

Suddenly, Lin Fang, staring at the screen, saw a skeleton on the grass in an image. Initially, he thought it had just been buried in the soil after being exposed to the elements, but upon closer inspection, he felt something was strange.

When the H.D.S. dug up the skeleton, Lin Fang understood where the strangeness came from. What kind of person's hip bone would grow into the soil? The pelvis of this skeleton was completely fused with the ground beneath it, and traces of roots could even be seen on the bones.

It gave Lin Fang the illusion that it had grown out of the soil itself.

Hiss— This made Lin Fang think of a possibility.

"Xiao Hei, fire two high-efficiency rain-enhancement shells."

After the rain washed over it, the city, which had been covered in dust, revealed its true face.

Lin Fang observed the landscape; he now had the authority to speak on what a landscape looked like after two cities had interpenetrated.

The word "absurd" was fitting for this moment.

What had caused them to fuse together?

After confirming that he wouldn't die instantly upon entering the environment on the other side, Lin Fang also arrived at the edge of the black hole. He needed to see what was happening on the other side and where the source of the disaster lay.

Clones and machines could never replace human senses.

Xiao Hei said worriedly: "Boss, there might be some kind of danger inside. I do not recommend you go in."

"It's fine. If there's danger, I'll come out," Lin Fang said, stepping into the black hole.

In that instant, Lin Fang lost all perception of his surroundings, as if severed by an invisible hand. Fortunately, this situation lasted for less than a split second.

The next second, Lin Fang arrived in this different World. Five H.D.S. members stationed there quickly gathered around to protect his safety.

What is this?!

Having just arrived, Lin Fang noticed something different. He looked suspiciously at the Schwarzschild Channel behind him. In Lin Fang's Force Field perception, the surface of this black hole was constantly emitting a signal similar to high-frequency electromagnetic waves.

If Einstein were alive to see this, he would have to exclaim, "Awesome."

Why hadn't he noticed it in the underground space? Was it not there? Or was this signal so ubiquitous in reality that he had ignored it?

Listening to the silence around him, Lin Fang's face darkened.

The danger wasn't absent; it was that there was no food here, so they had left the city. But now, because of this signal tower that was like a "Sun," they were coming back.

A few minutes later, the drones' discovery confirmed this. Around the outskirts of the city, twenty-six 100-meter-tall monsters appeared.

From the live-action version of Attack on Titan.