"What is this' strange citizen 'it mentioned?"
This was the 'new world' of the Voidfolk. The imam ordered the metal spiders to bring all the useful things they found back to the laboratory.
Not all of the spiders returned to the laboratory, many of them stayed outside.
They were still at the bandit's camp …
There were corpses everywhere, as well as many broken and blown up dune buggies. This was the scene created by the Imam. It thought … this was an ambush planned by the meatball. The ambush was perfect. The Rogues surrounded the entire place while the Imam was looking for something.
The only mistake was that they did not know the difference in strength between the two sides. A group of metal spiders could easily kill a group of bandits without any armor.
But after killing them, the bandit leader's words puzzled the imam. It said that a strange citizen asked them to plan this attack.
"Strange citizen …"
Could it be that the meatball told the bandit group through another citizen and asked them to plan? This seemed to be too much of a detour. The meatball should not have caused so much trouble.
Furthermore, the imam felt that the meatball was unable to completely control a citizen's thoughts. It could only give them hints, and the hints could not make them do anything that went against common sense. For example, they would be courting death if they went to the bandit group alone.
This' strange citizen 'was also very suspicious. Generally speaking, Voidfolk would not believe a stranger's words, let alone a bandit group.
However, the leader did not lie. If the imam knew … there must be such a 'strange citizen' somewhere.
But the imam did not know where that place was, because it was worried. It decided to search for it.
The imam left ten metal spiders behind. It let them climb to the highest point of the camp, above the surveillance tower. This camp had such a tall tower made of metal sheets. It could see very far and at the same time, it could be seen from very far away.
This world was just like when the Voidfolk first arrived. A large wasteland appeared in the metal spiders' vision, but it was different from before.
Occasionally, some potholes filled with water could be seen between the rocks of the wasteland. There were also many furry green creatures growing around the potholes.
These were the evidence that this world was thriving. The water basically gushed out from the ground. And they became the source of life for the plants here.
Of course, the source of water was also the main target of the bandits. This was because the source of water was unstable and could disappear quickly. However, the frequency of the source of water appearing was stable.
In an area, there would often be many puddles. The puddles on the ground would be filled with water in a day and night. Therefore, the higher the frequency of water in an area, the more it would attract bandit groups.
The strength of a bandit group could be determined by the number of puddles around them.
Of course, these Voidfolk also tried to dig deeper to create a stable water source, but currently, most of the Voidfolk did not have digging machines. Therefore, they could only give up on that idea.
The preceptor's metal spider looked around at the puddles around the camp. It thought that if there were any Voidfolk nearby, it would be a good idea. It should be at the puddle.
Bandit groups usually would not rob wandering lone Voidfolk, but would try to attract them into the group to strengthen the group. Therefore, many lone Voidfolk would enjoy the water sources around the bandit group's territory.
Most of these vagrants came from the colonies. They also yearned for a free life. Although many of the people in the colonies had become bandits, there were still a considerable number of vagrants living there. It was just that there were fewer and fewer of them.
And the imam thought that the strange citizen might be one of the vagrants …
Discovered.
One of the metal spiders noticed that the surface of a puddle in the distance was trembling continuously. It was caused by bubbles rising from the water. After a while, a black figure appeared from the water and floated to the surface.
The leader had previously pointed in the direction of the strange citizen to the imam. It was the same direction that the imam was looking at now.
Thinking about it, the imam immediately ordered nine metal spiders to climb down from the tower and move towards the target quickly. The remaining one continued to observe from the top of the tower.
In the distance, the Voidfolk in the water seemed to have noticed the imam's metal spiders approaching. It swam to the surface and wanted to run away.
However, before it could run a few steps, the imam's spiders jumped out from the surrounding rocks and surrounded it.
"You … What do you want?" The Voidfolk raised its hand. It did not seem to be carrying any weapons. Its tone also indicated that it did not want to fight.
"Were you the one who suggested to the bandit group to empty the camp and wait for an ambush?" One of the metal spiders asked the Voidfolk.
"Yes, it was me …" The imam thought that the Voidfolk was lying, but it did not expect it to be so direct.
"How did you know what was going to happen at the camp?" The imam asked. "Where did you find out about that?"
"Where … I don't know …" The Voidfolk said confusedly. "In my head … there has been a voice telling me what to do. This voice is already … No, I cannot say too much."
"Do you know the situation you are in now?" The imam used the method of Voidfolk threatening each other to threaten the Voidfolk. The surrounding spiders all raised their weapons. "If you don't tell us everything, you know what will happen."
"But even then, I will not tell you …" The Voidfolk said. "It has been leading me to survive in this dangerous place, so even if I listen to it, I can continue to live. You will not be able to kill me!"
Bang! One second after the Voidfolk said that, half of its chest was torn apart. As flesh and blood splattered, the body collapsed heavily to the ground.
This Voidfolk was influenced by some kind of brainwave …
This had nothing to do with the meat ball. The imam believed that this influence had been going on for a long time. Perhaps it was just a hint at the beginning, but after the accumulation, it could completely control this Voidfolk's actions.
There were other things hiding in this world. They were manipulating the previous incident in the dark. In fact, the imam now believed that the discovery of his lab by the bandits had nothing to do with the meat ball but was the doing of this hidden manipulator.
But what was this manipulator? In any case, it was very good at using brainwaves …
The imam decided to find it, and now he had a plan.
Because after bringing the meat ball back, the imam's various devices, especially the detection devices, kept having problems, but now the imam had started to assemble new devices.
Using the materials taken from the bandits' camp, the imam created a new set of devices that would not be affected by interference based on the theory of interference.
… This did not take too long.
Soon, the imam completed these new devices. Using them, the imam successfully escaped from the situation where his communication was blocked.
And he could also detect …
There were indeed brainwaves of some kind of creature reverberating in the nearby area. These brainwaves seemed to be 'checking' a large area nearby. Previously, the imam's devices could not detect these brainwaves at all under the influence of the meat ball. The imam could only feel a little, but he could not find the specific location.
However, now he could completely detect and detect the location of these brainwaves.
Then, the imam sent out the metal spiders again to the source of the brainwaves …
…
Was this the place?
Now, the imam's metal spiders had arrived at a place that looked like a cave. Under the imam's detection, the brainwaves were coming from inside.
This cave was at the foot of a rock mountain. The entrance was about ten meters in diameter. It was quite big, and nothing special could be seen from the outside.
After looking for a while, the imam let the metal spiders enter the cave. They crawled quickly along the ground and rock walls, and soon reached the depths of the darkness where nothing could be seen.
This was the location.
A burst of light lit up, and the metal spiders emitted light, illuminating the surrounding environment.
In this place, the most conspicuous thing was the ground … There were a large number of … Voidfolk corpses here.
These corpses had obviously been here for a long time, and basically only skeletons were left … There were many small holes in the skeletons, and it looked like something had drilled in and eaten all the meat.
And the source of the brainwaves was … above.
The metal spiders looked up and immediately saw … a very strange creature at the top of the cave.
This creature was more than six meters in size, and its body parts were like a meat ball. It was almost the same as the imam's current one, but the difference was that it had many limbs around its body. These limbs were very much like the Voidfolk's … hands.
However, it obviously had additional functions. For example, it could lie on the top of the cave like a spider and not fall down.
"Are you the creature that has been sending out brainwaves?"
The imam let a spider ask it a question in the Voidfolk language, and this creature was like the meat ball … It did not answer, but ran in another direction.
Bang!
The rock wall in front of the creature exploded, and the metal spiders shot at the creature.
The main reason was that the imam wanted to threaten it, but the creature did not seem to be afraid at all. It continued to crawl forward, but there was something strange about it. It had been releasing its brain waves, but after the imam shot it, it stopped releasing them.
Although the imam did not know what this behavior meant, he did not want to kill it, so he did not continue shooting. Instead, he let the metal spiders chase after it.
The imam felt that this creature should be the same as the meat ball. Could it be that the fungus had invaded this world?
It would be very clear if he caught it. (To be continued …)
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