The dark sky, the cold air … and the ground that was piled up with a large number of metal fragments.
The Starwalker flew slowly in such a place, observing the world around him.
Let's go there and take a look first.
Starwalker saw a small hill in front of it and flew over.
This hill was also piled up with a large number of fragments, but there were many intact fragments here, so it was possible to see their original appearance.
Starwalker stretched out its tentacles and grabbed a metal structure on the hill. Only half of it was left, and it could be seen that it was the side of a mechanical structure.
In fact, most of the metal fragments here were the remains of this mechanical structure. Lin felt that they looked very similar to the mechanical structures that Se had built.
Moreover, there were a lot of them. The ground here and the hill that was nearly a hundred meters high were completely made up of the remains of these structures.
Although it looked like the result of a war, Lin had a feeling that … they had not experienced any major wars. Compared to a battlefield, this place was more like a 'garbage dump'. The mechanical metals here were all abandoned things.
The wind occasionally blew across the plains full of debris, lifting a lot of dust.
While Lin was thinking, the sky became darker and darker. Although the sky here was very dark, some light could still be seen.
But now, this light could no longer be seen. It seemed that the sky was completely covered by something, like clouds. But Lin felt that it was not clouds.
When the sky became completely dark. It also became colder here. Lin felt that the air and temperature here were not suitable for Se's life.
But they were living in such a world. So it was possible that they had adapted to the environment here.
After all, this place was not completely devoid of living resources. The biggest question was … how did Se get here?
'Crash …'
Just as Lin was thinking, the sky that was covered by darkness made a series of noises, as if it was raining, and countless small things fell from the sky.
These small things … although they were not raindrops, they did not seem to be rain at all.
Because it contained a lot of debris, Lin found that the spilled stuff contained liquid and a lot of debris. And a large number of … microorganisms.
These microbes were of various species, including multicellular organisms and unicellular organisms. They flew to the ground along with the dust from the sky and covered the surface of the Starwalker.
Lin carefully studied the species of these microbes. The microbes here were similar to those in the Nucleus Protector's Land.
This showed that there was a connection between here and there.
Lin felt that … there was such a possibility.
Bang!
Suddenly, Lin heard … a rather loud voice. Because this place had always been quiet, a slightly loud voice felt rather 'novel'.
He saw something emerge from a small hill not far in front of him.
This thing was three meters tall and about five meters long. It looked like a mechanical structure with six limbs. His form was almost identical to Arthur's.
This was the same as the structure Se used to ride. Could it be that … there was still a living Se here?
After the construct crawled out, a similar sound echoed around it. A large number of constructs drilled out from the metal fragments that covered the ground and slowly crawled on the ground.
They seemed to have originally lived underground here and came out when the sky 'rained'. Perhaps they were waiting for a large number of microbes to fall from the sky, then they would collect the 'rainwater' that contained microbes and take it back as food.
However, Lin seemed to have guessed wrong.
These constructs crawled slowly on the ground. They would occasionally look up, but when they saw the huge Starwalker floating in the air, they did not have any special reaction. Instead, they continued to crawl forward slowly.
This was very strange … It did not make sense that they would not react to such a huge Starwalker, unless …
The Starwalker flew lower, stretched out its tentacles, and grabbed a construct on the ground.
The moment it was caught, it immediately struggled crazily, using its sharp metal claws to scratch the Starwalker's tentacles.
The Starwalker ignored its attacks and stretched out more tentacles, dismantling it bit by bit. When Lin dismantled this construct into ordinary metal parts, she found that it was … empty.
There was no Se operating it, not even a 'cockpit'. This construct was purely an automatic machine.
That was why they did not react to the Starwalker. However, there were so many automatic machines here, so perhaps Se was continuously creating them.
However, what was the purpose of creating them …
Just as Lin was thinking, she suddenly heard a sound coming from another place. On the ground a few hundred meters away from this group of constructs, the metal fragments there were also turned over, and a large number of constructs drilled out from it.
These constructs looked different from the ones he saw at the beginning. They only had four limbs and were only about two meters tall. Although they were smaller, there were a lot of them, about three times the number of the six-limbed constructs he saw at the beginning.
After they drilled out, they happened to be face to face with each other. The moment they saw each other, they stopped moving and just stared at each other.
This process … lasted for dozens of seconds.
Then, they suddenly rushed toward each other crazily! The hundreds of meters between the two sides disappeared in a short time. The large and small constructs collided with each other, and they attacked each other with their 'weapons' at the same time.
Their weapons included claws, mouths, and tails. Basically, they fought by stabbing, biting, and colliding. They did not seem to be equipped with any other weapons.
While they were fighting, more constructs drilled out from the ground and joined the battle.
This was a large-scale battle. These constructs were all mixed together and attacked crazily, but their attack methods were limited. Moreover, for both sides, the other side's defense was too strong.
Therefore, the battle lasted for a long time. The number of 'casualties' was relatively small, and the battle lasted for a long, long time …
… Just like that, several days and nights passed.
These structures were still fighting on the ground, and the sounds of their collisions continued to reverberate. The structures that were damaged in the battle were still twitching on the ground, and the movements of the structures that were still fighting had slowed down.
The continuous damage caused them to become sluggish, and at the same time, no new constructs joined the battle.
Lin estimated that in a few more days, they would end this battle …
This battle seemed to be meaningless, but they must have some special purpose. The creator of these things was obviously hiding underground.
Before their battle ended, Lin first investigated … the place where they came out from.
The tentacles of the Starwalker dug up a large amount of metal fragments and reached deep into the ground to explore the things inside …
It seemed that these metal fragments were buried quite deep.
And the depths of these metal fragments, compared to the coldness of the ground, was a place with a higher temperature.
And in here, there were more microorganisms. They seemed to like this space full of cracks.
A large amount of metal fragments were piled up here. It was only after they were buried tens of meters underground that Lin found something that was not metal fragments.
It seemed … this was an underground building. This building was very big, and it was hard to tell what shape it was. Lin cut off the roots of the Starwalker's tentacles and let it explore the underground as a lone worm.
Soon, it found the entrance to the building. The entrance was a circular door structure, and it was tightly shut. This gave Lin a feeling that it was similar to the structures of the shelters in Atlan.
Could it be that the Se that created the structure was hiding here?
After the worm broke through the entrance door, it went in. The moment it went in, Lin saw a spacious passage.
It really did look like a shelter, but the two sides of the passage were full of metal parts, and there was light at the top. Following the passage, the worm slowly crawled into the depths of the building.
Occasionally, there were rooms on both sides of the passage, but these rooms were filled with a large amount of structural components.
Unlike the fragments outside, the components here were complete and could be easily assembled into constructs. Other than that, there were also places like the energy room.
Everything here was different from the outside. It seemed to be kept intact and clean. Lin found that there were no living rooms here, but everything here was constantly working.
"Rumble …"
A series of noises sounded in front of Lin. This seemed to be a place that could be called an assembly room.
There was something called a "conveyor belt" that was constantly in operation here. Many components were placed on the belt and transported here from other places.
A large number of mechanical arms were constantly moving on the conveyor belt. They assembled the parts one by one, and the assembled parts were sent to other places along the conveyor belt.
It seemed that everything here worked automatically … The constructs outside were probably assembled here. Although there were only a few mechanical parts on the belt, it was possible to see what they looked like when they were assembled.
Next, Lin continued to explore other places. Generally speaking, this was a "factory" that was constantly assembling constructs.
Lin felt that there should be a Se here, but so far, she had not found any traces of Se, whether it was bones or alive. However, she found some records that they left behind …
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