Xu Zhi arrived at Gods Heavy Industries headquarters a little later than the others. By the time she got there, chaos had already broken out inside.
Gods Heavy Industries' headquarters was not a single building, but an area that could be called an "industrial district." Dense buildings and countless machines stood across the plains. Merely approaching the place made the air scorching hot, as though innumerable furnaces were burning.
The moment Xu Zhi stepped inside, she immediately felt that she had been "locked onto." It did not feel like a person's gaze or targeting. She guessed that some sort of machine had locked onto her.
The Spirit Vessel's extraordinary abilities did not include anything like [Nightmare], which could render her intangible. Feeling that presence fixed upon her, Xu Zhi inexplicably had a sense that things were "not looking good." Still, it was only not looking good—not terrible or dangerous yet. She could accept it.
Thus, she deliberately avoided the auras of her two colleagues, lowered her presence, and entered the center of the industrial district from the side. It was a monstrous building shaped like a medieval spire forged from steel.
There was only one reason to call it a monstrous building: the spire was simply too massive. It was pitch-black all over, with a faint red glow flashing across it like burning flames. It narrowed the higher it went, and by the point where mortal eyes could no longer reach, the tower had become incredibly slender. It looked as though no one could enter that portion anymore. Who knew whether it served merely as decoration, or whether there were facilities inside that thin spire.
When Xu Zhi stared directly at the enormous "tower," she discovered that it was slowly shifting, as though it had been assembled from building blocks.