This place was indeed the exit. Ding Meng was absolutely certain of this.
The exit should be the place where the pipes connected to the outside of the battleship were located. Through the broken gap, he could see that the alloy steel plates at the edge had completely corroded. Ding Meng had jumped out from this gap.
The exit was between two rocks. These hard rocks could be seen everywhere in the resting area of the base. They were huge, ugly, and even somewhat ferocious.
The rock was also on top of a slope. With this slope as the center, it was surrounded by a barren desert. It was different from the weathered wastelands in the base. The desert outside was a true desert. There was yellow sand everywhere. The heat wave made the sand look as if it had been cooked. It was so hot that one's vision was a little distorted.
But what really shocked Ding Meng was not this, but about 300 meters in front of him, there was an indescribable presence of chaos.
A kind of energy flow that looked like a curtain of light, but also like a mixture of air currents, rose from the ground and soared into the sky. From afar, it looked like an invisible membrane. The energy flow in the membrane seemed to be surging and rotating, but after staring at it for a long time, it felt like it was still. He could not tell what it was, but all the heat came from this energy flow.
He stood up and looked around. The whole world was filled with this kind of bright white chaos. It covered the whole sky like an atmosphere, and also the whole earth. Being in this chaos was like being in a fantasy space. Ding Meng had never seen the outside world before, and he could not even imagine it.
Ding Meng sat down on the ground. He suddenly remembered Machine Gun's description.
"I can't describe what the outside world looks like. I can see everything, but I can't see anything. But there's one thing I'm sure of, and that's that there's no way we can escape from here..."
Ding Meng finally understood what Machine Gun meant. Machine Gun could see everything, which meant that he had seen this chaos before. If he could not see anything, it meant that he did not know what the outside world was like.
Ding Meng finally understood why Machine Gun had such a blank expression and empty eyes when he talked about the outside world. It was because the scene in front of them was beyond their comprehension.
Machine Gun was not spouting nonsense. Ding Meng realized that the heat wave was scarily hot. With every step he took, he felt like he could not take it anymore. After walking only 10 meters, Ding Meng retreated to the exit.
"Little Rascal, what's the temperature now?" Ding Meng asked. Strangely, Little Rascal didn't say anything.
"Little Rascal?
Ding Meng called out, but the white dot in the center of his vision did not move at all.
Just as he was feeling perplexed, Little Rascal's voice suddenly rang out, its tone turning serious.
"Detected that the gene body is full of energy. Level 1 memory authorization unlocked. Authorization complete."
The white dot finally began to move. Not only did it move, but what was even more surprising was that the white dot actually began to change. It slowly grew from a dot to a small white disc.
This time, the disc did not stay in the center of his vision. Instead, it slid to the lower left corner of his vision and slowly turned in a circle.
"This is …" Ding Meng was surprised again.
Little Rascal's cheering voice finally rang out. "Hahaha, Ding Meng, congratulations. Because your body is full of energy, it has automatically triggered the system command of the memory. As a result, I have obtained level 1 authorization. Now I can help you even better."
"Oh?" Ding Meng was happy. "Little Rascal, are you now this round thing?"
"What do you mean by 'this thing'?"
Little Rascal was a little dissatisfied. The disc suddenly stood up. "I've leveled up now. Naturally, my appearance has changed even more."
Ding Meng's eyelids drooped. You went from a dot to a surface. You call this change beautiful?
Little Rascal said, "Ding Meng, sit down right now. Activate your telekinesis vision and focus it on a single point. Merge your consciousness into the first layer of the memory."
Ding Meng did not hesitate. He immediately sat down and did as she said. His vision quickly shrank to a single point, and this point slowly wormed its way into the disc.
With a whoosh, a whole new world appeared in Ding Meng's vision.
This was a completely sealed room. A person was standing in the center of the room. Upon closer inspection, this person's physical features were exactly the same as his own. Even the clothes he wore were the same ragged, coarse clothes that laborers wore.
Little Rascal said, "This is a virtual image created by the memory based on your physical features. This is also your primary consciousness space. Watch carefully."
As soon as she finished speaking, the human figure in the center of the room became transparent and then enlarged. Ding Meng noticed that the figure's heart seemed to be flashing with light.
The heart was quickly enlarged to the size of a human body. Ding Meng was finally able to clearly see that the flashing object was a dot of light. The dot of light seemed to be embedded in the heart's aortic valve.
Ding Meng asked, "What is this?"
Little Rascal explained, "This is the origin energy supporting the origin energy in an Origin Ability user's body. Its function is to upgrade your body and make you stronger. All Origin Ability users have this origin energy in their bodies. Simply put, it is the origin of an Origin Ability user."
Ding Meng asked curiously, "All Origin Energy users have it?"
"Yes, but having it is one thing, and cultivating it is another," Little Rascal explained.
"If you want to open up the origin, you need to channel your Origin Energy to shape it. Only once the shape is successful can your potential truly be unleashed, and you will be promoted to a true superpower."
Ding Meng was overjoyed. "This is the so-called cultivation technique?"
Little Rascal said, "Correct!"
Ding Meng couldn't wait any longer. "Then let's begin."
Little Rascal sneered, "Don't be happy too early. Cultivating isn't as easy as you think."
After saying this, the dot of light on the aortic valve was immediately enlarged to the size of a human body. Upon closer inspection, it looked like a sphere. In reality, once the microscopic world was expanded, the inside of the sphere was filled with dense lines. It was abnormally complex.
Compared to this, the three-dimensional map of the main mining area from the machine gun paled in comparison. This was because these weren't just simple lines. Looking at it from different angles, they formed a complex and profound pattern. It was like a planet full of vitality. One had to use Origin Energy to reconstruct the structure of its internal meridians in order to make it emit the source of life that was full of intelligence.
"This......" Ding Meng was dumbfounded. "Isn't this thing a little too complicated?"
"Complicated?"
Little Rascal was dissatisfied again. "Normal Origin Energy users need to meditate for a long time just to enter the consciousness space. After entering the meditative state, they also need the help of the Sensory Pod to see the effects of the cultivation technique. Moreover, most cultivation techniques are smart chips, not biotech memory chips. Then, the Sensory Pod will perform a virtual comparison before the initial cultivation can begin. If there's a problem with any part of the process, everything will have to be redone. You might not know this, but normal Origin Energy users can't meditate for too long. If they reach a critical point, they'll be forced out by the Sensory Pod …"
Ding Meng was dumbfounded. Little Rascal couldn't be bothered to pay attention to his astonishment. It continued to ramble, "The K-virus has transformed your body into a super gene body that can directly absorb Origin Energy. Your telekinesis vision can also directly enter the microscopic world. As long as you remember the internal structure of the origin, you can mobilize Origin Energy and directly cultivate. You don't need to meditate, you don't need external assistance, you don't need the Sensory Pod, you don't need the Sensory Pod, you don't need the Sensory Pod, you don't need the Sensory Pod, you don't need the Sensory Pod … Tell me, how many troublesome steps has the K-virus saved you?
You were so lucky to have been chosen by the main program number one to become the lucky one, but now you're telling me that it's complicated … "
Little Rascal continued to ramble on. Ding Meng didn't retort or ignore it this time. He was indeed provoked by Little Rascal's words.
He had always envied those Origin Energy Users and Origin Energy Warriors, but he didn't know that their extraordinary abilities were cultivated under such complicated and even harsh conditions. Compared to them, it was just as Little Rascal had said. He was one in a million lucky ones. If he thought that the structure of the origin was complicated just by looking at it, then he deserved to be sent to the Black Gold Base, because he really was a piece of trash.
"Stop talking," Ding Meng suddenly interrupted her.
"What?" Little Rascal was stunned. "Are you angry?"
"No."
Ding Meng's expression was serious as he replied in a deep voice, "It's not complicated. It's very simple. Let's start now."
Little Rascal laughed again. "Right, this is the image of Ding Meng in my mind."