Chapter 500: Exploration (2) (1/2)

[You have entered a restrained Space]

[Your Source Energy efficiency will be reduced to 50%]

[Your Adaptability mitigated the restriction to 10% effectiveness]

[Master is basically only 5% weaker here]

Reading that series of notifications that had a comment from the awakened Incarnation of the 'The World', I couldn't help but smile.

Looking at my left and right, Reinys and Elise slightly frowned at the restriction they received. However, they also eased up after the Flux Energy State mitigated some of the restrictions.

I already told them about the restriction before coming here so… they didn't say anything about it and just prepared themselves for anything that could happen.

Before moving on, I contacted every team of my Companions to check on which part of the Atlantis they were sent.

Well, the random teleportation was only activated due to its current condition. We could actually be teleported to the same places and explore together from there but… there's no point doing that here. It would just hinder everyone's training and their hidden desire to become someone that wouldn't always rely on me or my skills that could overly enhance their strengths.

As we began moving inwards, we were immediately met with a room that has a tall ceiling and a highly sophisticated wide room that truly screams 'future'.

Although they were somewhat filled with moss, no rust could be found in them.

Being thousands of years under the sea that didn't contain any trace of Source Energy wasn't something that could erode it. Well, it rose every once in a while and would disappear again which became the source of the legend of the lost city.

If at first I took the front and the two girls remained behind me, as vigilant as ever, as soon as we reached the area that was brightly lit, Elise and Reinys stepped forward and raised their weapons.

Nonetheless, there's really no danger around so the two soon relaxed.

Back in my past life, I didn't really try to see this place. It's a waste disposal site so this was also the first time for me ever stepping foot in here.

There's nothing of worth that I could take here when we were at our peak. Besides, Yuko's family could provide us what we needed. She became the strongest Sage of the family after all. Due to how she was always exploring with me, she left the management of their Noble House to her parents and close relatives.

With only our footsteps and sounds of breathing becoming the only thing we could hear, we began observing the place.

This wide room we arrived in was brightly lit by a lightbulb that was clearly being powered by Source Energy. The walls were also blinking as if we were in a futuristic sci-fi movie or inside a spaceship that seemed to have its walls filled with devices that were crucial to the ship.

Well, most of these blinking lights embedded on the walls were just a decoration. True, Source Energy was circulating through it to let it light up but there's no grand function for it.

”Reinys, Elise, we're at what you call a reception. Look, there's a desk in front. As for which part of the place we were teleported in… let me check first.” I pointed at the obvious desk that should be manned by someone or an automaton, behind it was a waiting area filled with comfortable seats and further beyond it were doors that lead to who knows where.

On one of the pillars supporting the ceiling was a projected map of the Area powered again with Source Energy.

As I walked towards it, Reinys and Elise followed me, still vigilant that someone or something would pop out anywhere.

I wasn't worried about my Companions that were exploring somewhere inside this place, they trained and better themselves for the past month that passed. Some of them were already so used to each other's abilities that they could complement it with their own, becoming a combination attack that would exceed the power of a Rank 2 Transcendent.