"Ah!"
In the huge hole, countless black particles were surging. They formed a black tornado that completely enveloped the Hero who had fallen into the hole.
"These are miniature machines … Are you alright?!"
The Scholar stood at the edge of the hole and observed the tornado from a microscopic perspective. It could see that … the tiny particles were made up of even smaller things.
These things should be miniature machines. In fact, they looked very different from the machines that the Scholar usually thought of. They looked more like soft things that could be put together at will.
In short, they felt like 'liquid metal'.
However, due to the fear that they exuded, the Scholar was sure that they were miniature machines.
"I … I'm fine!"
Even though the Hero's body was completely submerged, the Scholar could still receive its message. "How are you now? Are you hurt? "
The Scholar thought that these miniature machines should have a powerful decomposition ability. They might be able to quickly disintegrate the Hero's mechanical body into powder.
However, the Hero seemed to be fine. "I'm fine. They are attacking me, but most of them are in battle."
"Battle?"
The moment the Scholar asked this question, she noticed that a large number of small dots of light had suddenly appeared in the cave. They mixed with the black tornado and flickered continuously. In an instant, the cave looked like a night sky full of stars … It was very strange.
"This is …" The Scholar looked at the flashing light dots and realized that it was … a creature it recognized.
It was a small civilization's creature. The Scholar had once discovered them while researching the city of Ring. Of course, they had been driven mad at the time.
However, the Scholar had seen the memories of these creatures from some recording devices. These creatures could be called … 'light needles'.
The name came from the fact that most of the things they created emitted light. It seemed to have something to do with the microorganisms on their bodies.
They used light to communicate. Similar to the ground mirror, the light needles were about one centimeter long. They were also creatures responsible for fighting in the city of Ring. They looked like a creature called 'sea urchin'.
Simply put, they were a ball covered in thorns. They could shoot out light from the thorns to control the things they created.
However, the scholars did not know how they were created in the first place. Perhaps the 'light needle' itself was a creature raised by some other civilization …
Because these creatures were very special, scholars had studied them. The Needle of Light was very smart. They were good at making weapons like Mechs.
Now, the dots of light that the Scholar was looking at were the 'light needles' of the mechs he had created. They were fighting against the miniaturized machines.
Because the battle was too fast, it was difficult for the scholar to see how they were fighting. However, he could barely confirm that the light needles were killing the enemies through … what seemed to be a very high-temperature weapon.
Although these light needles were only one centimeter long, they were still very large compared to the miniaturized machinery. However, they seemed to be able to effectively damage the miniaturized machinery. The Scholar saw that the light spots were persevering under the encirclement of darkness.
However, some would slowly … die out.
Bang! Suddenly, the Scholar heard an explosion. The black fog in the center of the cave exploded, and the hero flew out. He landed next to the Scholar.
Although the Scholar had asked this question many times, he could not help but ask, "Are you hurt?"
"Maybe a little … They are still attacking me." There was a lot of black dust stuck to the hero's body. If one looked closely, they would see that they were all miniaturized machines.
"These things are really difficult to deal with!" The hero slapped at the cloud of black dust on his body, and it dispersed like smoke. Then, it scattered on the ground.
At the same time, the black dust on the hero's body did the same. They all fell off the hero's body and crawled to the edge of the cave like a group of slime worms. They fell into the cave.
"Strange …" The hero was confused. "Why didn't they continue to attack? Why did they all run back?"
"Wahhh!" When the dwarf saw all the miniaturized machines on the hero's body fall off, he immediately jumped onto the hero's body with a shout, looking very worried.
"Perhaps this cave has some special meaning to them," the Scholar said, standing at the edge of the cave. "Perhaps something will happen when they come out …"
It could be seen that although the black fog and the 'needle of light' were engaged in a fierce battle, they … did not show any signs of leaving the crater.
In other words, they were fighting inside the cave. The light needles, on the other hand, looked like they wanted to escape. The Scholar noticed that many of the light dots were trying their best to escape from the cave. They attacked the surrounding targets as they flew upward.
The miniaturized machines were trying their best to surround the light needles to stop them from escaping.
"They are indeed trapped here," the hero said. "We can use this chance to attack and destroy them."
"Wait, we don't just need to destroy them. We need to find out what they are planning …" The Scholar asked the Cryopteris on her shoulder. "What should we do now?"
"… What's going on?" The Scholar saw that the Cryopteris did not respond, so she reached out to poke it. She noticed that the Cryopteris had entered some kind of … suspended state.
"Disconnected?" The Scholar then realized that this was a sign of disconnection. In other words, the Cryopteris had disconnected from this mechanical body and woken up at the camp.
Why would the Cryopteris do that? And they did not explain it to the Scholar …
"This is …" Just as the Scholar was about to send a message to ask about it, she realized that the connection had been disconnected.
Normally, the Scholar would know when the connection was disconnected, but this time, the Scholar did not feel … anything. This made her feel … very strange.
Perhaps she was affected by the Fear energy … So, the Scholar's thoughts were affected? No matter what, she had a very … bad feeling.
"We should leave this place," the Scholar said to the Hero. "They might be doing something to us."
"Why should we leave?" The Hero was holding a ball-shaped object and was about to throw it into the cave.
"They … Ah!" The Scholar was about to say something when the black fog in the cave suddenly surged up. It was like a giant hand was grabbing at the Scholar.
Seeing this, the Scholar immediately retreated. The Hero saw this and threw the ball-shaped object in her hand.
Boom! With a loud explosion, the black fog was blown away. The miniaturized machines immediately retreated into the cave as if they had given up on attacking.
At this time, the Scholar immediately turned around and ran away. "Anyway, we have to go back first. Don't fight with them … We might not be able to kill them, and there might be more problems!"
"… Okay!" The Hero heard this and followed behind the Scholar. However, after just one step, he heard a scream behind him.
"Ahhhh!" The Dwarf was caught by the black fog again and dragged into the cave.
Gurgle! Seeing this, the Hero immediately ran over and grabbed the Gnome that was being dragged inside, pulling it out with all his might.
Boom! Suddenly, the Hero and the Scholar felt a violent tremor under their feet. A huge crack suddenly appeared on the ground. A large number of miniaturized machines surged out of the crack, completely enveloping their bodies and dragging them into the crack.
"They don't want us to run! Let's get out of here! " The Scholar tried to open the flying device on her body, but she realized that she could not control it. It seemed to be stuck.
She also felt that they were being dragged deeper and deeper, farther and farther away from the ground …
"These things seem to have gone crazy!" the Hero shouted to the Scholar. "Hurry up and grab the wall and climb up!"
Hearing this, the Scholar immediately reached out and grabbed the wall in front of her. Then, she used all her strength to climb up.
Although the miniaturized machines were dragging her down, she felt that the force was very weak. She could quickly climb to the surface.
"They're coming out!" Seeing the light in front of her getting closer and closer, the Scholar immediately used all her strength to climb to the surface. Then, she turned around and saw that the Hero had also climbed out with the Dwarf.
"We have to go back quickly!"
The Scholar realized that the miniaturized machines on her body had all retreated into the crack. Now, she was even more certain that the machines could only stay on the surface for a short period of time. Although she did not know why, it was best to leave this place first.
Then, the Scholar quickly ran back in the direction they came from, and the Hero followed closely behind her.
Seeing that the miniaturized machines did not follow them, the Scholar was slightly relieved.
Although she could directly disconnect from the mechanical body and return to the surface, the Scholar believed that she should not do so until the last moment because the miniaturized machines might be able to obtain some information through the mechanical body.
Therefore, it was best for her to run back directly.
The Scholar could detect that there were no miniaturized machines on her body. Now, she could go back and discuss the problem with the Cryopteris …
With that in mind, the Scholar ran faster and faster. The Hero followed behind her without saying a word. Soon, they ran through the forest and arrived at the potholed plains of the Earth Mirror.
"Why do these potholes look a little weird?"
The Scholar noticed that many of the potholes that used to be clean in the Earth Mirror had accumulated dust.
The Hero said, "There's nothing weird about it. Let's go. Don't we have to hurry back?"
"… You're right." The Scholar did not care too much. She quickly ran back to the camp at the edge of the plains …
PS: Thank you ~ Shangguan Phoenix ~ for the tip ~
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