"Boom!"
The explosions continued, and the surface of the Star Bus was filled with countless black spears. <
These spears damaged its surface and released countless cubes. As soon as these troops appeared, they began to bombard it indiscriminately. They launched their own light orbs to any place within sight.
But their attacks were just for show. These cubes kept running under the light of their own explosions. They only had one goal … to find a way to enter the core.
"Broken Spears …?"
Star Bus and Rin were both watching the situation on the surface, and Rin now felt that Star Bus was a little nervous.
The Interruption Spear was what the Stellar Bus called the things that were inserted into the ground. According to the Stellar Bus, the Interruption Spear could exert a certain influence on the surrounding environment, preventing the black metal from being transported directly to its surface.
However, these spears could counteract this influence, so the black metal could teleport a large number of troops near the spears.
However, this was limited. They could only teleport very small troops, so the cubes that Rin saw were only about ten meters in diameter.
So the black metal used numbers to make up for the lack of power, and they had already teleported thousands of troops near the places where the spears had pierced.
"If we deal with them here, we'll use up too much energy …"
Star Bus seemed to be in a state of hesitation. It didn't want to deal with these small cubes, but if they were allowed to run around like this, it would be troublesome if they found a way to enter the core.
"Let me deal with them."
After Rin said this, the pompoms began to move.
"What … are you doing?" Star Bus's surprised voice rang out. Because it had noticed. A large number of pompoms appeared above the underground forest of needles.
These pompoms were attached to the thorny plants. The plants that were attached to them would quickly wither, and the pompoms would quickly expand.
"Are you killing them?" Stellar Bus's voice became angry. "Stop now!"
"They will die with you," the pompoms said. "If that's the case, let's make their deaths more worthwhile. If you know Atlan's' values' well, you should think so too."
"…" The Star Bus entered a state of silence.
However, Lin did not stop there. The large number of pompoms that were originally used for exploration began to rapidly devour the plants. These plants were all cellular organisms, and Lin could quickly obtain nutrients.
After obtaining enough nutrients, the inside of the pompom began to change. At the same time, some of the pompoms began to dig into the ground. There were also many suitable nutrients and 'materials' underground.
Lin needed to create an army in a very short period of time.
The Star Bus seemed to know what Lin was thinking. It didn't continue to stop her, but even so, Lin wasn't sure if she could create enough troops to resist the cube army in such a short time.
Because the pompoms here … were almost all used for exploration.
"They seem to be approaching the target area."
Through the tentacles of the Star Bus, Rin noticed that some of the blocks running around on the surface were close to the area that Rin had excavated. There were holes that led directly to the underground shelter.
I have to stop them from passing through that area … Lin noticed that dozens of blocks were running towards that area.
Bam! Just as the blocks approached the shelter, they suddenly stopped moving, as if they had hit a transparent wall and couldn't move forward.
And upon closer inspection … The blocks didn't hit anything, but their legs seemed to have suddenly gotten stuck.
Because the blocks' legs were all mechanical. The parts inside seemed to have malfunctioned. Of course, Lin had never seen any malfunctioning Black Metal. It should be something that the Star Bus did.
The moment the blocks got stuck, Lin felt a special brainwave, but it wasn't obvious. Perhaps it was because they were underground, but on the surface, this brainwave had a great effect on the Black Metal.
"I stopped them." While Lin was thinking, the Star Bus said to Lin, "If I want to completely destroy them, I need to consume too much … energy. If you can help me destroy them, that would be the best situation."
"I will increase my speed," the pompoms said. "But, how long can you stop them?"
While the Star Bus was talking, the blocks kept trying to move forward.
But the most important thing was that after they were stopped, the small cubes that were originally running in all directions all gathered in this place.
"I don't know," the Star Bus replied to Lin.
"But from the beginning … I never wanted you to help. You've done a lot. No matter how things go, they will be destroyed with me."
The moment the Star Bus said this, the ground shook again. The blocks that were running felt the tremors and slowed down.
However, they didn't stop. The blocks that were stopped at the very front also started to move forward slowly. Some of the blocks were already close to the shelter.
There was a huge pit here. In the pit, there were many things that belonged to Atlan, such as buildings and vehicles. There were also many caves in the pit. Some of the caves led directly to the underground shelter, and after reaching the shelter, they would reach this underground forest of needles.
However, the path in the middle was very 'bumpy', so Lin thought that it wouldn't be easy for them to reach the underground. But now, more and more blocks were gathering. It seemed that as their number increased, the Star Bus's ability to stop them became weaker and weaker.
While it was weakening, a large number of cubes ran to the hole that Lin had dug out and scattered around to explore the area.
"That is …"
Lin noticed that the caves that could have led to the underground … had all disappeared.
The blocks kept searching. They ran into the ruins of Atlan, flipped over their vehicles, and drilled through the buildings. But they couldn't find a way in.
It seemed that the Star Bus had made the holes disappear. It had this ability?
Lin thought that the Star Bus shouldn't be able to control these small details. It could only control the large-scale movement of the ground. But it seemed that it could do very small things.
But … the blocks obviously wouldn't give up. Since there was no way in, they planned to create their own path. These creatures began to dig quickly on the ground.
They first used their light orbs to bombard the ground before continuing to dig. And their digging speed was quite fast.
Lin still didn't know if the Star Bus had completely sealed off the tunnel, but this could at least delay it for a while, allowing Lin to quickly create more troops.
Lin had now created a portion of the troops. They still looked like pompoms, but they had changed quite a bit internally. These pompoms quickly flew to the exit of the underground jungle and flew along the tunnel that led to the surface.
At the same time, Lin also saw that the blocks had dug the way to the underground shelter. The Star Bus seemed to have only closed the holes near the surface, but the underground tunnel was still there. And the tunnel that the blocks dug … led to Shelter 13, which was the shelter that Lin had first found.
After digging the tunnel, a large number of blocks quickly went underground. The tentacles of the Star Bus didn't follow their progress, so Lin had to observe them on her own.
…
'Crack …'
This was a dark underground space. A small sound echoed here.
The pompoms hiding in the dark had already seen …
In the rock tunnel before her, a group of small blocks were crawling quickly.
They were much smaller than the ones she had seen before, each only one meter long. And they were originally the ten-meter blocks.
As they got closer, Lin realized that the ten-meter blocks were actually made up of ten blocks. After reaching the narrow tunnel, they spread out.
They had now reached the depth where the group of mentally degraded Atlans lived. The result of the two sides meeting was easy to predict.
So, Lin told the Star Bus where the blocks were. "They are here. You should be able to bury them easily." Now, all that was needed was for the Star Bus to collapse the cave, and they would all be buried underground.
"I can't do that."
The Star Bus directly told Lin. "Some of the deeper caves … are uncontrollable. If you forcefully squeeze the tunnel here, it will affect other places and may cause the entire underground environment to collapse."
Lin understood … The Star Bus didn't directly control these tunnels. Instead, it used other underground structures to move the entire underground, so it couldn't control some places.
So … Lin could only fight on her own.
'Boom!'
After a loud explosion, a large number of rocks fell from the top of the tunnel. The blocks running at the front were instantly hit by a large number of falling rocks and were buried under the rocks.
The cubes behind all stopped in an instant, and they quickly dug out the fallen stones.
Was this how they faced the collapse? It felt very …
'Crack crack.'
Lin suddenly saw that after digging out the rocks, the blocks grouped together again. They lined up behind one another and continued to move deeper into the tunnel.
What was the point of doing this?
While Lin was observing, a large number of pompoms also flew to the underground shelter. A small number of pompoms in the tunnel had been observing the blocks.
As long as the blocks entered a certain place, they would be completely destroyed.
The Star Bus didn't seem to be paying attention to this place.
It was paying attention to the void … It was very close to its goal. It floated in the sky.
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