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A-Sync Company's research institute is located in the United States of America.
Stepping out of the underground research institute, the warm sunlight shone on Yang Tao's body, and he took a deep breath of the slightly sweet air.
"The air in this lead-rich place is just sweet!"
The K-version worldview is that A-Sync Company accidentally discovered a way to the Backrooms, thus beginning research and activating portals multiple times.
The first five experiments all ended in failure, but the sixth experiment successfully opened a portal to the Backrooms.
Little did they know, although the first five experiments failed, they brought the Frontrooms and Backrooms closer in 'distance.' After A-Sync Company's first experiment, the global missing population surged, and after the sixth successful experiment, the missing population reached a peak.
It was as if more and more bugs were connecting the two worlds.
Drinking an Invisibility Potion to refresh the duration of his status, he summoned a magic broom and set off along the highway towards the nearest town.
Thanks to the magic broom's incredibly high speed, Yang Tao arrived in a city in just a few minutes.
Without hesitation, he landed on top of a tall building, summoned a wooden door, and returned to the Main World.
Several new wooden doors appeared on the Mist Wall again. Yang Tao took out some signs, labeled them with the level names, and affixed them above the wooden doors.
"Go find Eric…"
Yang Tao really wanted to know what kind of expression Eric would have if he knew he could go home.
Just as he was about to head to Level 4 Abandoned Office Area, he noticed an unmarked wooden door among the wooden doors leading to other worlds.
'New World?'
After some consideration, Yang Tao decided that finding Eric was more important for now, temporarily putting the New World aside.
Passing through the wooden door to Eric's office, Yang Tao pushed open the office door with a serious expression and walked into the office, saying gravely, "Eric, I have something that needs your assistance."
Eric, startled by the sudden opening of the door, heard his serious words and immediately opened a drawer, took out a silver-white Desert Eagle, stood up, and said without hesitation, "Let's go."
Yang Tao nodded slightly and extended his hand to summon a wooden door. Eric took out an M4, which Yang Tao had given him for self-defense, from his storage bag and walked through the wooden door.
Seeing Eric's appearance, Yang Tao, who was walking behind him, couldn't help but chuckle twice.
If he truly needed Eric to carry a gun to the front lines to support him one day, then he must already be dead.
Completely dead.
Eric, hearing the laughter, turned to look at Yang Tao, but could only see Yang Tao's serious expression.
Preemptive strike.
"What's wrong?"
Eric also frowned and said, "I just heard a strange laugh. Is the Overworld affected too?"
With that, he took out a barrel of milk from his storage bag at his waist and gulped it down.
Yang Tao: "…"
Leading Eric to the wooden door leading to the Frontrooms, the sign here didn't say things like "Real World" or "Frontrooms."
Instead, it said "Source of All Evil."
And it was in bold and enlarged font.
This was also a function Yang Tao had just discovered.
"Let's go."
Yang Tao reached out and opened the wooden door, stepping into the Frontrooms, with Eric following closely behind him.
Once the wooden door disappeared, Eric seriously asked, "Yang, what happened?"
"I discovered a special world?"
"A special world?"
"Yes, this world has a person named Eric."
Yang Tao spoke with such a straight face, and Eric listened incredibly intently, completely oblivious to the barely suppressed amusement in Yang Tao's eyes.
"The same name as me? So… what's special about him?"
"Special? Does being missing count? He joined A-Sync Company and participated in an experiment, but his whereabouts have been unknown ever since."
Hearing the name A-Sync Company, Eric was stunned, his eyes filled with disbelief, and he just stared blankly at him.
Eric was very smart; he instantly understood why Yang Tao had brought him here.
Because of this, he stood frozen in place.
Yang Tao saw Eric's expression, a bright smile appeared on his face, and he waved his hand in front of him, saying, "Hey, Eric, snap out of it."
"Yang, I…"
Eric's voice was already tinged with a slight sob. Yang Tao immediately opened his arms and gave him a big hug, softly saying, "Eric, congratulations on coming home."
When he let go, Eric was already in tears, his emerald green eyes now red.
"Yang, thank you. I really didn't think I'd ever have this day to come back…"
"Haha, I understand how you feel, but Eric, I'll send you home first. If you want to integrate into a normal life, you still have many things to face…"
Yang Tao summoned a magic broom, patted the spot behind him, and took out an Invisibility Potion.
"Let's go. The sooner you go back, the sooner you can reunite with your family."
…
In a small town in Florida, Eric's home was there. Yang Tao controlled the magic broom to slowly land at the entrance of a small villa.
"Eric, go!"
Eric, who had been on the magic broom for half an hour, dismounted, his legs went weak, and he almost fell to the ground.
Ever since Eric arrived above the town, his gaze had not left his home, and he walked step by step towards his house.
Yang Tao looked at Eric's back, sighed softly, summoned a wooden door, and returned to the Overworld. He didn't like such deeply moving scenes because his eyes would get sand in them.
"Should I go check out the New World?"
Walking towards the new wooden door, Yang Tao, who was already accustomed to it, reached out and gently pushed it open.
The azure sky had some clouds, sunlight, and a beach, but no beautiful women. A slightly salty sea breeze blew in his face.
"The New World looks good…"
He stepped through the wooden door and onto the beach.
"You have arrived in the world of One Piece."
"It's not the pirates and the government that are wrong, but this world!"
"Please explore the current space. Exploration progress: 0.01%"
"One Piece, Luffy?"
Yang Tao had some understanding of One Piece; although not as much as Naruto, he generally knew it. There was no helping it; it was too famous.
'To get exploration value, I have to follow the ship… But playing along with the ship, wouldn't that be boring?'
Just thinking about sitting on a rocking boat at sea made Yang Tao feel like life was unbearable.
But there was something urgent to do now.
He walked to the sea, took out an empty bucket, and filled it with seawater.
"Seawater containing trace Sea stone factors."
"Sea stone can be refined through the Tinkers' Construct furnace."
"…"
Gazing at the endless sea, Yang Tao pondered slightly:
'Is Sea stone free now?'
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