Cyra quickly followed after him, but the room remained empty, and even after searching for hours, she couldn't detect the so called sub-spaces.
Her only hope was to find another person before they decided to enter one of the sub-spaces.
But then, in the other room, she found a table that was continually emitting red lights. The table was held in place by strong metal claws.
The breached decks contained seven floors. On each floor was one storage sub-space, but as long as they entered one, they could quickly re-enter the selected by using their brackets.
There were rooms, corridors, and large arenas filled with military vehicles, weapons, and hundreds of shelves looking down to the table.
More than half of the existing floor was covered by a giant hole filled with sleeping chambers.
She could even see people walking under her feet, but none of them could sense her. This space was a one-way sub-space.
"What should I do now?"
[I suggest Host clear the armory, then re-seal the doors and lock the room by changing the passwords to random by using your bracelet.]
She decided that it was best to kill everyone in the armory first and then re-seal the 7th floor.
"How do I enter?"
[Host has to jump in.]
After entering the sub-space, the ship became blind and could only remotely detect life signals; this would also happen if Cyra re-sealed the 7th floor.
Because in the lower decks, her sensors were disabled or destroyed, furthermore from the 5th, even life signals can't get through thanks to the armory camouflage technology.
After jumping into the table, Cyra has directly fallen on the floor inside.
She started searching around the armory for many people because she was curious to see how much her cultivation methods have changed.
It didn't take long for her to be detected by other sonar equipment; Cyra was led to a more oversized garage and was surrounded by more than forty armed personnel.
Each of them was wielding firearms that looked similar to hers. It seemed that even if this is was an armory, most of the bigger guns has been moved to somewhere else.
The people who were present weren't seeing Cyra. All they knew is there was something with them inside the room.
Also, there were five cameras fixed to the spot where Cyra was standing; it seemed that someone else was checking her out.
"Who are you, and why did you come here?"
"Jeff, stop asking stupid questions! It must be another hunting dog. This damn ship is a hell of a nightmare!"
"You 2 stop chitchatting and shoot it down," Sounded a voice from one of their bracelets.
"Yes, Sir!" Screamed the 40 soldiers as they aimed their guns at Cyra and pulled the trigger.
The bullets had hit Cyra, penetrating her body, then every one of them has exploded.
This weapon ammunition easily penetrated her barrier but other than that. It didn't do much damage to her. Unlike the weapon that previously could kill her, these were just some simple toys.
She was suddenly realized that the man who fired at her previously wasn't present; it seemed like he went somewhere else.
The only difference was that she has become visible due to the black substance remaining after the Explosion.
Seeing that their weapons were ineffective, they began to panic; just as their leader was about to order a retreat, Cyra stabbed her hand inside him and pulled his heart out of his chest, then proceeded to consume the Essence.
The issue was that she had no idea how actually to do that. As such, the previously acquired heart has landed inside her mouth.
Soon a pleasantly intense meaty flavor enveloped her as the acid melted the heart. The chemical also cooked it within seconds. It was delicious to the point she began to blushing nonstop.
But this has raised the question, are the other part of him is also this good?
Cyra wholly devoured the captain together with his clothes; not even bones have remained.
While all this was happening, the 39 soldiers were motionlessly watching. Their captain was eaten as none of them dared to move.
They were rooted on the spot by the immense fear that they have felt like the black thing eat up him.
At this point, most of the black substance has fallen off her, so she was even less visible, and they were unable to determine if she was still there.
On the other hand, Cyra seriously began to wonder what she was eating. In the end, she couldn't stop herself from asking the system what she was eating.
[Analyzing… creatures]
[…]
[Analyzation complete]
[Amur] [96% Matching]
[Side Note: They are rare, but according to the law, there is no rule against hunting them]
[Origin: Based on the bracelet information, they are a rare breed of humanoids that is unique for its kind, instead of the Earth-like planets, they live in hellish planes with incredibly high temperatures, they are also known to be interested in modifying their bodies.]
[Body Analysis: On the surface, they are just like any average person, but if we were to look deeper into the subject, it becomes evident that something is different because they don't have a fixed rib cage; instead, six retractable wing-like claws rest on each side of their torso]
[Estimated Stats: [Int: 10] [Str: 10] [E:10] ]
Then, Inside the room, people could hear the sound of doors closing, then a new voice sounded inside the room.
"Welcome! As you can see, we haven't expected a guest so soon, but do not worry, even if we didn't prepare for a guest we can still offer a worthy present!"
Not long after The voice said this, an Explosion struck, and the rooms started to explode one by one.
As it got closer and closer, even Cyra was caught up in it. As the sub-space exploded, every living thing has been spit out of it.
It was only Cyra who made it out alive as everyone else has died in the Explosion.
The Explosion now broke the originally intact table into two halves, and space inside collapsed and disappeared; no longer having any connection to it, the table became meaningless.
Yet, in the end, Cyra has thrown it inside the book of the earth; maybe it could be useful for her kids in the future.
Moving forward, she sealed the floor and changed every password, then continued to descend further down.
There were still six floors remaining to explore, and it seemed that she has already alerted its inhabitants.
Her bracelet has detected her killing and defeating a captain tier prisoner. With this achievement, she was promoted from a tier 0 adept to a tier 1 Ghost. On top of that, her bracelet gave her tier 2 rights.
Also for killing her stats has risen from[Str: 5000.50] [Int:2000.20] [E: 1001,10] [S: 5]
System what are stage 2 thresholds?
[Based on my understanding, the necessary human thresholds are the following:
Stage 2 Essence Fighter
Rank 1 (150)
Rank 2 (200)
Rank 3 (250)
Rank 4 (300)
Rank 5 (350)
Rank 6 (400)
Rank 7 (450)
Rank 8 (500)
Rank 9 (550)
Rank 10 (600)
In theory, the Host should be pretty much capable of getting stage 4 being at the peak of stage 2]
The next floor was similar to the previous one, only this time Cyra didn't see inside. After entering it, she was confronted by a colossal warehouse.
Seeing that there was not a single soul inside, she began to fill up her empty storage rings with the boxes and items stored there.
Most of the boxes contained food or liquid Essence, it seemed to be designed as a battery, but she had no idea what they used them.
It took her a little bit more than two weeks to clear the whole place out; well, most things were missing; as such, it wasn't that hard of a feat.
She once more performed the securing of the floor and continued downwards.
Cyra repeated this on the 5th, 4th, 3rd, and 2nd floor as everything and everyone was missing from these floors.
It seemed to be that the so-called criminals were ready for her arrival. As she entered the last floor, there was one fundamental difference.
There was notable; instead, a black ball was floating above a pillar; looking inside the ball, she could see a planet enveloped by a big city.
Why is there a planet inside? Are there other planets in sub-spaces like this?
[Thanks to Host current Tier, I gained access to information related to that. It seems that every five floors have a planet housing a self-sustain system capable of generating energy for the ship.]
The planet is the reason why I'm sent here so early?
[This indeed seems to be the case. The ship must be scared of losing its primary energy sources. As such, it took drastic measures to deal with the treat by granting Host the QDW]
After 1-2 second hesitation, Cyra jumped inside, but this time unlike before, she just appeared on the surface of the planet.
Where am I? Asked Cyra as she looked at the darkness around her.
[Host is on planet Wasp-1, this is one of the many sub-space planets that provide energy to the ship, the planet entirely covered by a hive city]
So I'm underground then?
[That indeed seems to be the case as there is no natural light source]
Cyra's chain of thought was disturbed by a hollow scream of strange beasts who were rushing towards her.
In this strange environment, she has no longer restricted her self and unleashed her brain to its peak.
Even without force control, she was capable of perceiving the strong creatures that were attacking her.
[Analyzing… creatures]
[…]
[Analyzation complete]
[Hawk Nightmare] [1% Matching]
[Side Note: I named it based on the fact it resembles a Hawk, there is no information about this creature, it's unique to this place]
[Origin: - ]
[Body Analysis: - ]
[Estimated Stats: [Int: 350] [Str: 500] [E:100] ]
While the system couldn't provide much information, she learned more about them as time passed. It became evident it was impossible to create body analysis because there were way too many differences between each Hawk Nightmares.
The only features they have somewhat shared were bird-like heads and monkey-like bodies with four long arms.
Each of their arms had extreme gripping power, as they were jumping together towards her; every time they grabbed something, it was shattered to dust within seconds.
While they might seem substantial, Cyra has easily defeated them, but their meat wasn't as good as the humans she had eaten previously, yet she wasn't too concerned about that now, so she eventually ate all of them.
She was soon incredibly overwhelmed by hundreds of thousands of Hawk Nightmares. One night her bracelet has begun vibrating then started projecting an event upon the sky, which in return has caused the creatures of the darkness to gather around her.
She eventually got tired and had decided to fly; she had no problem killing all of them. Still, on the one hand, she found it rather unnecessary as hunting them down one by one would have been easier. For the other reason, she was somewhat interested in seeing what's going to happen in the place projected by the Hologram.
A temple has appeared; inside, countless young ladies were kneeling before an older man.
It was a big day in the anchor's church as it was the day that they decided who would bear their current high priest seeds.
Countless families have gathered for the selection to offer a bride and show goodwill towards the temple.
It was then that another significant event shocked everyone present; there was a map showing where the people who were watching were. It mapped their actual level.
What shocked everyone present was that there was a signal coming from below the gates of darkness. Someone was watching them from the darkness.
It was that moment that the high priest has spoke up - "For thousands of years, the anchor has been quiet, but tonight it has sent us a signal marking the arrival of a new dawn!" Then the high priest has attempted to turn on Cyra's camera to see her face.
Cyra was still invisible; while the bracelet had no detection abilities other than showing her location as such, the crowd only saw the Hawk Nightmares that were gathering under her.
Not long after the video feed ended, a panic has broken out, as the believers were scared from what was down there.
"We all going to die!!"
"There are hundreds of those things down there. The end is near!"
"Everyone, please calm down. I high priest Ceon will personally look into this matter. As faithful believers of the anchor, please everyone calms down, the anchor won't let any harm befall us."
Most of the families who previously didn't appear, sent brides including the royal families, as there was nothing they could do. The church made every single crusade as such; even they wanted a bite from the glory.
One by one, more and more families arrived before the temple, but this time the high priest was nowhere to be seen.
"High priest Ceon, you should go and meet the royals, or the Lords will be angry!"
"We don't have time to do that; we need to find that person!"
"What person? There was only the darkness from hell!"
"That's where your wrong father Enor; that was a brand new bracelet; otherwise, the feed wouldn't have been so clear that we could see everything!"
"Let's say you're right, but that where is the owner of the bracelet?"
"Probably wearing it, I don't know how he did it, but since the arrival of the invaders, we know that there are many things that not as impossible as we previously imagined!"
"That's true; what do you plan on doing with this person?"
"I will go down and meet this invisible entity myself!"
"That all right, I was about to suggest... wait, what did you just say?"
"I will go by myself!"
"Not, you need to choose your bride!!"
"Than any suggestions about what to do?"
"I think we should declare a crusade against the shadow beings than lead the army against the invaders!"
"Aren't you worried about the creatures in hell?"
"So far, we only have information about a few. There must be a reason why the shadows can't reach us, so no, I'm not worried at all, but on the other hand, you should be..."
"Oh, why is that?"
"As I said before, we could lead a crusade to the levels occupied by the invaders, but there will still be more than 3000 levels that you have to descend alone."
"Those are worries for the future. Do you have any idea who we should select as a bride?"
"The family with the highest rank present, otherwise it would be way too problematic explaining to them our choice."
"Oh yes, let's go start the selection."
"After you!"
The system is it possible that the so-called anchor they keep mentioning is the ship?
[Host is right, it more than likely, it seems that unlike the Amur, these people can't leave, and they must have been communicating with the ship if they needed anything.]
Before actually going upwards, she decided to look around the floor. Now there was still dirt under her feet; looking higher, she could see metallic structures reaching the clouds without an end; after the broadcast has ended, she has easily shaken of the nightmares that were initiated after the light.
Her first few days of exploration went without any problems. She runs across dose birds here and there, but she has quickly eaten them then continued her journey.
It was not until the 5th day that things have begun to change as red clouds have appeared on the skin. It didn't take long until it started raining; the rain falling from the sky was molten iron like substance. Putting aside how dangerous it was to stay in the open, it was a beautiful sight worthy to see it.
Cyra hid inside a cave that was safe from the rain and waited out until it has ended.
Not far from the cave, she discovered the remains of a colossal whale-like creature. It also had eight pairs of giant wings all over its body.
The molten iron preserved it in a recognizable state thanks to the constant raining.
As it has fallen to the ground, it burned through some part of the earth until it cooled down. After cooling down, it became rock hard for a short amount of time.
After the storm moved away, the land was once more enveloped by darkness. The iron like substance started to shatter until it became similar to the dirt. She was walking on until now.
She had to face it that if she wanted to hunt for Essence, she had to go higher as the creatures that lived on this level were mere to few to satisfy her needs.
After realizing that there was nothing worthy here anymore, she began to fly upwards, leaving behind the planet's surface, also known as level 0.
She was immediately facing an issue that prevented her from directly flying up as the storm that she encountered previously was still present up in the sky.
She was frequently hit by flying particles of iron and other minerals that were falling on her. Because they were still hot, they stuck to her body instead of falling off, making it impossible to fly up as they were cumbersome and started pulling her body apart.
She landed and chosen another approach to leave by climbing one of the mountains. Whenever a storm came, she hid inside a cave.