"We need to move forward carefully …"
In the dark tunnel, six skeletal gnomes were carefully moving forward.
There was a thick fog all around them, and countless fragments were flying around. The source of these fragments was … the walls of the tunnel.
The originally smooth walls were now covered with potholes as if they had been corroded.
These potholes represented the source of the fog in the tunnel … The fragments that formed the fog came from the walls. It seemed that something had disintegrated the walls into countless fragments, and these fragments floated in the air instead of falling to the ground, forming the fog that covered the tunnel.
But what was it that did this?
The skeletal gnomes didn't study it. They were focused on moving forward. Although they noticed the potholes on the walls, they didn't pay attention to them.
They seemed to be eager to reach the end of the tunnel … They seemed to have arrived. The skeletal gnomes stopped.
In front of them was another round door, but this time they didn't need to blast the door open because it was already half-open. The fog around the door was also very thin, allowing the light emitted from the gnomes' skulls to illuminate the scene behind the half-open door.
It was a vast space, and the ground was still covered with reflective metal plates. The surface was almost completely smooth, unlike the potholes on the walls of the tunnel.
This also meant that there wasn't much fog in this space, only some fragments that floated in from the tunnel.
But on the ground of this space, there was a scene very similar to the one at the entrance. The ground was covered with skeletal gnomes' 'corpses.' It seemed that they had encountered the same thing at the entrance.
This made the skeletal gnomes even more frightened, but they still moved forward and stepped into the vast space.
The gnome walking at the front used light to illuminate the surroundings, while the five other gnomes behind it spread out and studied the … corpses on the ground.
The corpses were in the same condition as before. The spheres that contained the brains had been removed. The main reason why they were removed and not destroyed was because there were no traces of an attack inside.
So it felt like they had been dug out completely intact. What kind of creature or thing would do this? This place was under attack. These patrolling soldiers were completely unaware …
But Lin was mainly paying attention to the surrounding environment. This place … could already be considered the inner part of their city.
This place looked like a … square. It was about a hundred meters in diameter, and there were no buildings in this open space. There were only corpses everywhere, and some large machines that had fallen on the ground with the corpses.
The Skeleton Gnomes' city was made up of many underground spaces of different sizes that were connected by tunnels.
A normal space would be filled with buildings, but this space at the edge of the city had no buildings. It seemed that … the construction had not started yet.
The large machines that could be seen here were all used for construction projects. However, after this incident, these machines were as motionless as the corpses on the ground.
"Why is this happening …?"
When the six Skeletal Gnomes entered and saw the scene in front of them, they were completely stunned … They didn't know what to do, so they just stood there in a daze.
Indeed, after patrolling outside for a while, they found that their city had become like this. This was a huge blow to these creatures.
But no matter how big of a blow they received, Lin's exploration still had to continue. And with their current state, it might take a while for them to recover, so …
At the entrance of the passage, a pompous ball flew in.
This pompous ball was one of the pompous balls that Lin used to explore the underground. It followed the Skeletal Gnomes to this underground city. This pompous ball was in a hidden state, so it was not noticed by the Skeletal Gnomes. It flew out of the passage and entered this space.
While the Skeletal Gnomes were still at a loss, Lin let the pompous ball go around them and started exploring … First, she explored this spacious place.
Apart from the corpses on the ground, the large machines were more obvious in this square. After checking the corpses on the ground, the pompous ball flew in front of a large machine.
These machines were also skeleton-shaped machines. Moreover, their shapes were very similar to the 'elephant bones' outside, but there were some differences. The most obvious difference was that there was a 'cockpit' inside.
The cockpit was very small, just the size of the Skeletal Gnome's brain. Therefore, the Skeletal Gnomes operated these large machines by taking out their brains and stuffing them in.
But now, there were no brains in these cockpits. Moreover, it seemed that the brains were suddenly taken away while they were operating. The construction materials that were originally transported by the machines were scattered all over the ground.
However, the creature that took away their brains did not leave any traces. Of course, they couldn't be sure if it was a creature or not.
After looking here for a while. Lin found that the state of each machine was basically the same, so Lin let the pompous ball fly under the walls around the square.
There were many entrances on the walls, and these entrances led to different areas of the city.
Soon, Lin found an area that she wanted to go to. This area was called the 'teaching area'. She should be able to see something like history there.
The patrolling soldiers had never entered the teaching area before, so their knowledge of history was very limited. Lin had to go and see for herself.
The entrance here was a circular door with a diameter of three meters. Unlike the previous door, the door here could be opened 'manually'.
The pompous ball poked a small hole in the center of the door. Suddenly, the door rumbled and slowly … opened.
'Bang!' The moment the door opened, a large amount of fog rushed out from inside, instantly enveloping the pompous ball.
This was … a miniature machine.
The fog that rushed out from behind the door was made up of miniature machines, but they were not complete miniature machines. There was a large amount of other debris mixed in.
And these miniature machines were now … in an inactive state. They were all motionless, mainly because these machines did not have any tasks.
The sound of the pompous ball opening the door attracted the skeletal gnomes. They immediately ran over, and Lin immediately let the pompous ball fly into the passage.
This passage was the same as the one before, filled with … fog. However, the fog here was mixed with miniature machines, and the walls of this passage did not have any … scars.
No matter which passage it was, the fog was very strange …
The skeletal gnomes did not enter the passage. Instead, they waited at the entrance. They were very afraid now. The pompous ball opening the passage was a very … frightening thing for them.
Because they did not know what opened it … the pompous ball easily reached the other end of the passage, which was the teaching area.
After opening the passage, Lin could see … the scenery inside the teaching area. This place was also a very wide square like the previous place. However, there were many neatly arranged columns in the square.
These columns were more than two meters in diameter and connected the ground to the top. These columns were actually the place where the gnomes learned.
The gnomes learned by removing their brains and placing them on these columns to receive a steady stream of information.
Even though the gnomes had never been here before, they knew the general situation here. The pompous ball flew to the nearest column.
Lin Sanjiu could see that there were many holes of the same size on the surface of this column. These holes were originally used to place the brains.
At present, these holes were all empty. It would appear that when the incident happened, no gnomes were here to learn.
However, it was more likely that after the incident, the gnomes here had their brains dug out.
Regardless of which side it was, the column here was not damaged. Thus, Lin could still learn some things through it …
After thinking about it, the pompous ball placed the pompous ball into the holes on the surface of the column …
The pompous ball could imitate the gnomes' brain to send and receive signals, allowing it to observe all the information stored inside the column.
Although Lin wanted to look at the history of these gnomes, she did not have the time to look at this. Lin first looked at the recent events.
Due to the fact that the pillar also had a surveillance function, Lin slightly adjusted the time of day and soon found … … the scene when there was no problem.
At that time, in this teaching area … … there were still many students studying. Their brains were embedded on the columns and the entire space was very bright.
Lin adjusted the time slightly. Suddenly, Lin saw something strange happening here … …
Fog suddenly filled the entire space. The fog rapidly increased and soon, it covered the entire place.
Lin's view was located on one of the columns. However, she was not limited to any one column. She could freely adjust her view to all the columns in the room.
However, no matter which column Lin adjusted her view to, all she could see was thick fog … …
It could be said that the fog had covered the entire teaching area. After 1,000 seconds … … Lin noticed that the light here had dimmed.
It was as though the fog had turned off the lights.
However, she could still clearly see the surrounding environment. Only, she could only see the dark environment. She could not see through the fog.
Lin noticed that after 3,000 seconds, the fog began to slowly thin out. Then, it began to disappear bit by bit.
The fog did not drift away. Instead, it simply disappeared into the air … … that was how it appeared in the video recorded here.
There were also the brains that were originally embedded on the columns. They too, disappeared. (~^~)
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