"Charge!"
In the tunnel formed by small pipes, a large number of small golden creatures were crawling forward at an extremely fast speed.
Crystal lizards. They had formed a huge army and were constantly moving forward, taking care of all the hostile creatures on the way. The crystal lizards running in front kept moving their bodies, telling their peers how to move. Because there was no time to communicate with each other in a hurry, the leading crystal lizard used a movement to tell its peers what to do.
However, they didn't just have one leader, but many. Basically, the ones running in front could be regarded as commanders. They would tell the crystal lizards behind what to do.
And these body movements could also be translated into language. For example, now, the crystal lizard in front of the spy made some movements. It meant, "Something has been found in front that needs to be taken care of!"
In front of them, a crawling gauntlet appeared.
Bang —! At this moment, a sound resounded throughout the tunnel. The gauntlet flew out and slammed heavily into the wall behind it.
All the crystal lizards were equipped with weapons. This was a type of machine that they had made themselves. It was something that could be carried on their backs, similar to a turret. It could shoot out solid spherical objects, and it used its tail to operate the firing operation.
The power of a large number of crystal lizards firing together was enough to send a gauntlet, which was much larger than itself, flying.
The gauntlet didn't seem to be "dead" yet. It used its fingers to push against the ground and get up, but the crystal lizards had already pounced on it, surrounded the gauntlet, and dismantled it bit by bit.
Lin watched them dismantle it. Sure enough. Inside the gauntlet … there was nothing.
Although Lin still didn't know what had happened when she saw a hole in the back of the gauntlet last time. But now, it was obvious that there was nothing controlling the gauntlet.
"Attack! Attack! "
After dismantling the gauntlet. The army of crystal lizards immediately turned to the other side and continued to charge into the depths of the tunnel.
At this moment, another sound came from the tunnel in front of them. Another gauntlet appeared in front of the crystal lizard army.
"Attack it!" The crystal lizards with weapons on their backs rushed forward again. They not only carried cannon-type weapons on their backs, but also cutting and chopping types or heavy impact types like hammers. They were all carried on their backs by a set of complicated machinery. The limbs and tails under their bodies could be used for operation.
The gauntlet was extremely fragile in the face of the crystal lizard army. It was quickly dismantled by the crystal lizards, and the fragments floated in the passage.
Lin continued to follow them. Along the way, they would often encounter a lone Armguard, but they would all be dealt with by the Crystal Lizards in an instant.
Although they were very strong in combat, Lin still felt that it was a little strange.
Previously, Lin had learned that the crystal lizards would not dispatch such a large army. When they went out to hunt or search for energy, many of their kind would often be preyed on by the wild creatures here, so they would not dispatch a large army to hunt down that creature.
However. Why did they have such a big problem with the gauntlets here? Why did they have to deploy so many troops?
"Metals will riot," a crystal lizard told the spy. "This is a story passed down from the past. Every time that creature wakes up, the metal will start to fight back. We thought that it was just a legend, but we didn't expect it to be true. You're really from that place, you actually discovered it! "
They believed that there was a dangerous creature at the core of this huge metal mass, and that the creature was the culprit that controlled the gauntlets.
That creature was usually in a state of hibernation, but when it woke up, it would cause a phenomenon called 'metal riot'.
Simply put, the machines and buildings that the crystal lizards normally used would attack them.
It seemed that the creature could not only control the Voidfolk's gauntlets, it could also control the crystal lizards' machines.
But for the crystal lizards, this was something akin to a legend. They had never seen it before, so when they saw the gauntlets moving, they immediately thought that it was the work of the Voidfolk.
After Lin told them that it was not the work of the Voidfolk, they thought of this' legend 'and immediately dispatched a large army to attack that creature!
Their decision was quite casual.
But this way, Lin would be able to find out what that creature was. Perhaps it was a creature similar to a Brain Spirit, or perhaps …
"There's a huge object ahead!"
The army of crystal lizards suddenly stopped. In front of them, there was a … Voidfolk.
"What is this?" This Voidfolk seemed to be one of the Lost Ones, and it was not one of the ones that followed the captain. It probably came in from somewhere else.
It also saw the densely packed group of crystal lizards on the ground. It nervously drew its weapon and said: "I just saw a few gauntlets that could move on their own. Why is there a large group of golden bugs now?"
"It's very dangerous." The crystal lizards in the front row made a gesture: "Do that!"
At this moment, all the crystal lizards gathered together and operated the machines on their bodies. These machines began to move under the control of the crystal lizards. They connected to the machines on the back of the crystal lizards nearby, and then connected to the crystal lizards next to them …
Just like their buildings, the weapons and machines on the back of the crystal lizards could also be combined. When all the machines of the crystal lizards were combined together, they would form an incomparably huge … machine.
It was a two-meter-tall, three-meter-long mechanical crystal lizard.
This machine appeared to be made up of small mechanical parts. Through the gaps between the parts, one could see many complicated passages inside. The crystal lizards were in this passage, including Lin's spy. Although the spy was not carrying the machine, he was still inside.
"What? This … "The Voidfolk in front was obviously frightened. He could not help but take a few steps back.
"Get rid of it!" As for the crystal lizard's machine, it began to move forward. Countless tiny machines were pieced together to form a leg that was raised high and took its first step …
Bang! The moment it took the first step, the Voidfolk activated the weapon in his hand. A bullet shot through the crystal lizard machine's chest, and a large number of small mechanical fragments flew up.
However, the machine did not stop. It took another step, two steps, and its movements became faster and faster. Soon, the entire machine pounced on the Voidfolk like a ferocious beast!
Along with its footsteps, countless bullets hit the machine. As parts flew, the crystal lizard machine arrived in front of the Voidfolk.
Bang! Under the violent impact, the Voidfolk was sent flying and crashed into the wall behind him.
The machine pounced again and bit the Voidfolk's head with the hole on its head that was exactly the same as the crystal lizard's head. The crystal lizards in the machine began to move. They crawled out of the machine and crawled all over the Voidfolk's body.
"Ahhh!" The Voidfolk spent the next moment screaming and in pain. Lin watched as the crystal lizards attacked all the joints of the Voidfolk's armor. Some of the crystal lizards' weapons were not synthetic machines, so they used those weapons to open up the joints of the Voidfolk's armor. As long as there were air leaks, the Voidfolk would not be able to breathe.
After the Void Dwellers stopped moving, the crystal lizards quickly dismantled the armor on their bodies. Everything was in a state of fragments by them.
No wonder Black Metal liked them. Lin realized that these crystal lizards might be the best 'experts' in operating machines.
After dismantling the armor, they returned to the assembled crystal lizard machine. They repaired the wounds on the machine while controlling it to continue moving forward. It seemed like they had no intention of dismantling it back to its original form.
When attached to a large machine, the speed of movement was also much faster. As they moved deeper into the forest, many armguards that were moving alone appeared along the way.
Because only the gauntlets could move when the armor was separated, they could only see the gauntlets running around. Every time they encountered a gauntlet, the machine would 'eat' them, and the crystal lizard would immediately disintegrate them completely.
As more and more handguards appeared, Lin noticed that the surrounding passage had become wider. It seemed like … they were approaching the core.
"This is the core."
When one of the crystal lizards told Lin that, the machine stopped moving.
In front of the passage, a wall made entirely of thick metal appeared. Unlike the walls made of pipes, it looked rather sturdy.
"Split up!"
The crystal lizards immediately started moving. The assembled giant machine separated under their control. Countless parts returned to the small mechanical backpacks and weapons on the back of the crystal lizards.
Then, the crystal lizards climbed onto the sturdy wall. Although large objects could not pass through the wall, there were many small holes on it. The crystal lizards crawled through the small holes.
This place looked strange. It seemed like a passage specially built for the crystal lizards.
The crystal lizards seemed to have never studied why this place existed or what kind of history it had. They seemed to take everything here for granted.
Except for the creature that caused the 'metal riot', the crystal lizards seemed to have a lot of opinions about it.
So, the crystal lizards came here …
After walking to the wall, Lin saw a space made of countless pipes. Like the pipes outside, they were only a few millimeters in diameter. These pipes were densely packed and all gathered in one direction.
In the center of the pipes was a strange-shaped object. It was shaped like a heart and about one meter in size. It looked like it was made of copper metal.
"This is that creature!"
The moment the Voidman saw it, he immediately aimed the weapon on his back …
Bang!
Thousands of tiny warheads flew towards the target … Heavens.
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