As he walked forward, Yu Sheng suddenly felt something strange for no apparent reason—as if the entire world had been reduced to the corridor before him and the dark-red light at its end.
The Black Forest, the orphanage, Boundary City... Everything had grown distant, as though they belonged to another world. Meanwhile, this "world" before him had long since completely collapsed.
His footsteps echoed through the corridor. The cries of a baby came from ahead, but Yu Sheng gradually stopped finding them grating, as if he had already grown accustomed to their presence.
Huli followed beside him, carrying Eileen, who in turn held the squirrel. They passed through the patch of light at the end of the corridor and entered the last door deep within Ankaela.
The "umbilical cord" connection compartment.
A strange and unusual "compartment" appeared before Yu Sheng. Rather than a "compartment," it seemed more like a maintenance structure midway up a massive vertical shaft. Just as the Hunter had described, the floor here was a circular platform. Above it, the ceiling vanished into dimness, while a thick structure composed of two main pipes and a huge number of auxiliary cables and cable bundles hung down from the darkness overhead. It passed through the opening in the center of the circular floor and extended downward.
Yu Sheng cautiously walked forward until he reached the edge of the opening at the center of the circular floor. He looked at the "umbilical cord" before him.
"This looks like a pipeline for transporting materials. And there are lots of cables..." Eileen craned her neck from Huli's arms, gazing curiously at the object before her. "Is this the Dark Angel's 'umbilical cord'?"
Yu Sheng did not answer. He merely gripped the railing beside the opening and carefully lowered his head to look