Global Abyss: My Skills Can Enhance Infinitely

"Hello, we are the pilots of the 'Tango Wolf' Hunter mecha, my name is Chengtaro, and this is my brother Jiro."

The two men, both sporting mustaches, finally descended from the mecha.

What Hozuki Gengetsu could see, they could confirm as well.

These ninjas could breach monsters' defenses, and likewise, given the chance, they probably could attack the weak points of the mecha's joints.

However, their side didn't have many effective countermeasures.

After all, these mechas were not designed for combat with humans, their primary targets being the tough-skinned monsters.

Gauging that the previous cooperation had been quite smooth, and there seemed to be no conflict between them, they eventually chose to come out to understand the situation on this side.

"Nice to meet you, I am Hozuki Gengetsu, the Mizukage of Hidden Mist Village, um, it's a bit complicated to explain right now…"

Hozuki Gengetsu seemed to be trying to organize his words.

"It's not that complicated, we are likely from worlds captured by shards of the Abyss..."

Chengtaro said with a smile, seemingly wanting to clarify a bit.

"Eh? You know about the Abyss?"

Tao Yu was somewhat surprised—were there Pioneers from this direction? Or was there some other reason?

"Uh, so you already know about it, huh? Have you also met Reincarnators?"

They asked with some curiosity.

"Reincarnators?"

Hozuki Gengetsu thought there might be a mistake in designation—they should be Pioneers, but Tao Yu also spoke up,

"We are somewhat different from Reincarnators, at present we have only heard of them through other companions, not sure how you encountered them? Nor do we know what situation your world is in now? Or how did you get here..."

With Tao Yu's query, the two parties began to gradually exchange information...

...

"I see, you chased after this monster to come near here? A mecha that can be driven on water, huh."

Tao Yu looked at the Tango Wolf with some surprise; he hadn't expected the mecha to be an amphibious model.

"Correct, our world was invaded by monsters, and Hunter mechas were the method we found to respond. Later, a group of people who called themselves Reincarnators visited our world. Each of them possessed some strange abilities, and in the end, they assisted us in closing a rift deep in the ocean..."

Chengtaro began to understand that Tao Yu's side was not working with the Reincarnators, but their situations seemed to be somewhat similar.

"Are you saying that after completing the task, the Reincarnators left and haven't come back?"

"Yes, but they tasked us with collecting the remains of monsters. The next time they come, they can exchange information and other valuable things with us."

Chengtaro looked at the monster beside them.

At that moment, Tao Yu also felt that the monster's Yuan Force was converging, as if it was gathering at the horn on its head.

The Reincarnators likely also needed these items of Yuan Force, but it wasn't clear yet how they used them.

For now, it seemed that they had a different approach from the Pioneers who directly settled in the Abyss; they seemed to just complete the task and then take off.

From the commission, it appeared that they might have a chance to return to this world, effectively making the points where they enter the Abyss interchangeable.

"The World Will of Earth is quite strong, it seems. It can probably keep dispatching Reincarnators into various shards, unlike the will of this realm, which takes responsibility for just a return trip after the initial dispatch. Moreover, it has already started to infiltrate into the old Development Zones of this realm."

Tao Yu pondered within his heart; perhaps the two worlds have different methods of handling. From what he learned from the wealthy lady, Earth's Reincarnators don't seem to have 'gifts', the boons of this world.

This probably is why the World Will of Earth can afford to deploy and retrieve them as it pleases while the Starshine realm emphasizes more on the autonomy of the Pioneers, and Earth's side seems to feature stricter management.

"Since the gateway is closed, there shouldn't be many monsters left, right?"

Tao Yu inquired.

"Not necessarily, because the 'Precursor' civilization that deploys monsters has initiated deployment in a neighboring world shard. Thankfully, for now, the barrier of our world's will has prevented the entry of these monsters. I am part of an excursion to hunt them down.

"That is to say, we are concerned that one day the barrier might not hold, allowing the accumulated monsters to pour in. We have been trying our best to eliminate these monsters, and if there's a chance, we gather some materials to sell to those Reincarnators when they return."

Tao Yu did not withhold anything.

And through casual conversation with them, it was confirmed that the current drop locations for the so-called 'Pioneers' monsters were exactly adjacent to the Land of Water, the 'Future Water World'!

At present, they were also unclear about the specific number of monsters, but even though they had been trying hard to hunt them down, it seemed that their numbers were still on the rise.

Hearing this, even Hozuki Gengetsu couldn't help feeling a headache coming on.

Monsters like these were quite a hassle for ninjas to deal with!

Handling one or two wasn't bad, but the uncertainty in their numbers made it a bit of a blind grab.

"Exploding Tags are all money, sigh..."
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Hozuki Gengetsu did some quick calculations, and it also made him feel like spitting blood.

For low and middle-ranked ninjas to deal with these monsters, Exploding Tags would be the best choice, but the thought of the consumption made his scalp tingle.

"Then I wonder if there are spatial cracks here, and if it's possible to try closing them?"

"I'm afraid that's difficult, as our nuclear bombs have failed, the rate of chain reactions has drastically reduced, and weapon-grade nuclear materials can only just be used for generating electricity.

The Reincarnators brought some kind of tool with them that temporarily restored the activity of nuclear bombs, and then we used them to bomb the Pioneer on the opposite side, making them shut down voluntarily. We have no way to deal with the cracks on our side."

"The location?"

Tao Yu inquired curiously.

"No discovery yet because we haven't built a large number of detection platforms here. This place is supposed to be an ocean world covered by floods, overall similar to ours. But it was an unexpected encounter with you guys this time."

"So your propulsion system is nuclear-powered, then?"

Tao Yu looked up at the mecha.

"Yes, the delay in the chain reaction allows us to directly insert weapon-grade nuclear fuel, which is actually good for the nuclear battery."

"The Abyss is our common enemy, and indeed we need to work together to overcome it," Hozuki Gengetsu said righteously at that moment.

But inwardly, he was furiously complaining.

Why does his world not have any world barriers?

In the beginning, he thought it was a good thing because they obtained Marley.

But now, it seemed that in an Abyssal environment, having world barriers was exceptionally important.

Who knows what on earth is going on with the neighbors!

Could such enormous monsters like Temor really be coming out of the sea?

The Land of Water's advantage of being surrounded by sea suddenly became a major disadvantage.

What used to be natural fortifications turned into environments where monsters could emerge at any time, putting them at a disadvantage all of a sudden.

Compared to that, Tao Yu's world seemed to have the option to attack or defend for the time being.

"Let me check the specific information about this monster's drops. No objections, right?"

Tao Yu pointed at the monster's horn lying nearby while also looking at the mecha.

In fact, he had also felt the presence of Yuan Force on the mecha, which was a mechanical item infused with Yuan Force.

There must be many parts inside that were illogical black technologies.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be possible for them to leave their world and still defy the laws of physics.

"No problem."

In another's territory, the Tao brothers didn't dare to raise any issues and knew how to act according to the circumstances.

For them, the monster's drops were useless, so it was better to agree generously.

A wise man submits to circumstances...