Darkness, cold, all kinds of floating wreckage. ● Hiss.
This place was similar to the surface. The only difference was that the remains here … were not stable.
They were swaying like bubbles in water. They did not have a fixed position and were constantly moving before … colliding with each other.
Such was the environment before Rin's eyes. Now, Rin's spider robot squad had arrived at the interior of the gravitational sphere. This place was indeed quite similar to the surface, be it the floating objects in the air or the composition of the substances on the ground.
Rin felt as if she was still on the surface and not underground.
Of course, there was something different about this place. Aside from the floating remains in the air that were constantly colliding with each other, there were also many strange things growing on the ground.
Those things appeared to be … mushrooms. They were around one to two metres tall and were densely packed together like a forest. Rin examined the nearest 'mushroom' and found that its composition was almost the same as the composition of the ground.
In other words, they were not living things. Rather, someone had deliberately used the 'soil' on the ground to pile up these mushroom-shaped things.
Still, that was not the main point. The main point was that Rin wanted to find out where the Star Bus's organ was.
The small piece of organ inside the cave had been dragged back by the Lightchasers. That was right … it had been dragged back, and not floated back. That was because the Lightchasers were only active on the ground and did not really float, which was why they would drag the object along the ground when they brought it back.
That was why Rin could detect the traces they left behind.
The cave of the Lightchasers had an exit that led to the surface and an exit that led underground. The exit that Rin's spider robot had dug out happened to be near the underground exit of the Lightchasers. It was a circular hole with a diameter of over two metres.
Rin had the spider robot scan the area around the hole and was able to detect some remnants … those remnants were the evidence that the Star Bus's organ had passed through this place.
Because it had been dragged back, the organ would be worn down and leave traces on the ground … Rin only needed to follow those traces to find the place where the organ had been dragged back.
With that thought in mind, Lin ordered the Spider Robots to start moving. They checked the traces on the ground. While they were inspecting the ground, they quickly moved through the 'mushroom forest'.
Rin noticed that there were some … large things in between the 'mushrooms'. However, they did not appear to be interested in the spider robot squad.
It would appear that the spider robot squad's disguise was very useful here.
Although he didn't encounter any danger. However, the search process wasn't easy. After walking for over a hundred meters, Lin had to stop.
Because the trail on the ground was cut off, the trail that had been going on suddenly disappeared … It disappeared in front of a strange place.
In front of the mechanical spider, a vast … … lake appeared.
Of course. It wasn't a real lake, but an area of several hundred meters in front of the mechanical spider was covered by a soft water-like substance.
However, when the mechanical spider poked with its forelimbs, it did not pierce through this soft material. Instead, it poked a small hole as if it had stepped on a very elastic jelly.
When the forelimb is raised, the depression bounces back, leaving the soft substance as good as new.
It was likely that the Lightchaser had dragged its organs across the soft substance, but the soft substance might have been 'renewed', which was why it did not leave any traces.
Lin felt that this substance was made of some kind of living thing. It may periodically sweep the surface of the substance to keep it clean.
Even so, there shouldn't be any problems even if there were no traces. After all, Lin had noticed that the Lightchaser had been walking in a straight line all the way here. As long as they walked in a straight line all the way to the other side of the 'soft lake', they should be able to find traces of the organs again.
With that thought in mind, Lin had one of the mechanical spiders run across the soft lake while the others stood by the lake and watched.
After the first mechanical spider ran for a while and found that there were no problems, the others continued to follow it.
This place was quite a large area, mainly because it had lost contact with the ground. Lin felt that the spider's disguise might fail.
She had to take advantage of the fact that there weren't any dangerous creatures nearby to quickly run over.
As she ran across the soft lake, Lin noticed that … there were many things moving within the lake.
They appeared to be fishes, and they also appeared to be swimming in the water. They moved their bodies as they moved forward. They were all different species, and Lin felt that … this soft lake might be an environment that was specially suited for these species.
While Lin was admiring the environment below, the 'other side' in the distance was getting closer and closer. At the same time, Lin noticed that there were no more mushrooms on the ground on the other side. Instead, there was a vast area … filled with wreckage.
The mechanical spiders stepped onto the shore from the soft lake. Lin was prepared to continue searching for traces of the organs here …
Bang!
Suddenly, there was a commotion behind the spider squad. The soft surface of the lake suddenly exploded, and a huge fish-like creature rushed out, instantly biting a spider and dragging it back.
This attack took less than a second, and a mechanical spider was dragged into the soft lake just like that.
It seemed that the creatures here didn't just look like fish, they also attacked like fish. Lin thought as she had the remaining nine mechanical spiders continue forward. They had already detected traces of the organs just now, and Lin felt that the target wasn't far from here.
As for the mechanical spider that was dragged into the soft lake, it was about to start a new round of exploration.
Because it didn't die. Although the fish-like creature that dragged it in was huge, it didn't bite the mechanical spider to death. Instead, it spat it out in the soft lake and swam away by itself.
So Lin wanted to let the mechanical spiders examine the environment here, because Lin also found some familiar things in the lake …
No, it should be called a feeling, this feeling was like …
Thinking, Lin had the mechanical spiders swim to the bottom of the lake.
Moving here felt like moving through jelly. It was a bit difficult, but also … quite interesting.
The bottom of the lake was very deep, and the mechanical spiders couldn't see the bottom even after swimming for a long time. Just as Lin was wondering if the bottom of the lake would lead directly to the surface, she suddenly found something.
This thing was completely white, and it seemed to have been solidified in the jelly-like substance of the soft lake. And this thing was … an organ of the Star Bus.
It was about the same size as the one the Lightchaser had dragged back, and Lin noticed that it was slowly …
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