How long have we been traveling in this world?
If we were to talk about feelings, we would not be able to feel it … Because, no matter how long we have been traveling, the sky is the same color. It will not darken, and there will not be any changes.
We have been traveling in this world without night, and with us, there are only some strange creatures …
So, where should we go next?
…
"Stop."
Under the dark red sky, the two mechanical buggies stopped where they were. Blood Mist also stopped writing his' diary 'and looked around the buggies.
The buggie he was riding on was an old one, so there was a clear image inside that allowed him to see the surroundings clearly.
The surrounding environment was the same as before. There were piles of wastes everywhere, and the ground between the hills was full of potholes … No, this was not water, but some kind of viscous liquid.
Beside the mechanical buggie Blood Mist was riding on, there was another mechanical buggie that was almost identical. This was a new buggie, built using the local metal materials and the … jelly machines that they caught. Even though it was new, its functions were not as good as the original.
Blood Mist thought Cryopteris would let him ride on the new one, but to his surprise, Cryopteris let him ride on the old buggie that had better functions while he rode on the weaker one.
As for why … Blood Mist did not ask, but he was more or less … grateful.
However, there were still many problems that could not be solved with just one more mechanical buggie. The most obvious one was … "Gah … Is it impossible to find that ship anymore?"
"The possibility of finding it is getting smaller and smaller, but it will not disappear completely." Cryopteris said, "We have been here for seven days and nights. There is no day and night in this place, or rather, there is something special in the sky that prevents us from seeing day and night … And we cannot contact anything here, be it the Inca swarm or something else … We have to keep moving until we find something useful."
"The detector is reacting." Blood Mist stared at the 3D image before him, and there were many dots on it. "Those jelly machines."
The jelly machines were not the only creatures that the Cryopteris and the Blood Mist had encountered. They had encountered many strange things during this period of time.
These things included huge flying objects, porous spheres that could roll and release electric shocks, shriveled monsters that could crawl quickly, and so on.
However, none of them were like the jelly machines, which followed the mechanical water droplets all the way.
Most of the other creatures did not show any interest in the mechanical water monsters, but the jelly machines seemed to have a rather fanatical 'love' for the water monsters. They kept following them along the way and occasionally launched attacks.
Even though many of them were killed, they never changed this habit … and they didn't know why.
Cryopteris and Blood Mist only discovered that the latest machines were all below 100,000 units. The highest number that had appeared earlier was 10,002 units, but later on, they were all in the tens of thousands.
It seemed like it was useless to know this, but Cryopteris said that the creator of the jelly machine might still be in this world.
"Ignore them … Look over there."
The Cryopteris was not concerned about the jelly machine. It pointed at a direction, and the Blood Mist looked in that direction as well.
There was a very … strange thing in the distance.
It was like … a tree.
A thick column of more than 20 meters tall stood on the ground. There were many 'branches' on the top half of the column, and a lot of waste was stuck on the branches.
The contents of the waste were the same as the piles around it, but all of them were stuck on the branches.
It was the first time they had seen something like this, so Cryopteris said, "Let's go and see."
The two mechanical water droplets ran to the bottom of the 'tree' full of waste. When they looked up, they could see the metal and crystalline substances all on the branches … but at this distance, it looked more like they were growing on the branches instead of sticking to them.
However, these things should not be growing on the branches, so it was better to just assume that they were sticking to the branches.
"Look at that."
Compared to the Blood Mist staring at the branches, Cryopteris stared at the bottom of the trunk. The Blood Mist also looked there and saw a … crystallized creature under the trunk.
The crystallized creature was sitting next to the trunk, or at least the Blood Mist thought it was sitting like an Emerald Dragon. As for its body shape, it was somewhat similar to an Emerald Dragon. It had eight limbs, four of which were feet, and the other four were like hands, symmetrically distributed on both sides of its body. The end of the limbs had a gripping structure similar to fingers. The creature's head looked like a … dragonfly.
It was sitting there motionlessly. As the Blood Mist looked at it in confusion, the Cryopteris water droplets suddenly picked up something and threw it at the creature.
Smack! It was a small piece of metal, and it hit the creature directly. It jumped up as if it was shocked, and at the same time, it also noticed the two mechanical water droplets.
"Gugugu!" Suddenly, the creature let out a strange cry. It stood up abruptly and jumped back. Its limbs moved around as if it wanted to get into a fighting stance.
The creature's movements made the Blood Mist feel rather … familiar. Although it had more limbs and was more than three meters tall, its movements and standing posture were very similar to the Emerald Dragon's. It was different from the other creatures here.
"Gugugu!" The Cryopteris water droplets also made that … strange sound. The creature seemed to be stunned for a moment, then it responded.
Then, the Cryopteris continued to make sounds. They communicated with each other one after another, leaving the Blood Mist stunned. It did not understand at all.
"It's the creator." Cryopteris and the creature talked for a few hundred seconds, then suddenly said something that the Blood Mist could understand.
"Creator … It's the floating rock …" the Blood Mist asked in confusion.
"That's right. It belongs to a group of creatures that live in the floating rock." Cryopteris said, "But it doesn't know why it came here. It didn't come here by itself, but by its ancestors."
"It said that they have been … struggling to survive in this place." Cryopteris said, "They desperately collect resources everywhere and avoid all kinds of dangers. They have been living a very difficult life."
"Later, they used some of the technology they found to create a … machine with an 'intelligent system'. They used this machine to help collect resources, fight, and build buildings. At first, the situation was good, but later, the machine 'betrayed' them."
"The machine suddenly ignored all orders and ran away. Later, they found the machine again and realized that the machine was living here by itself. The machine started collecting resources for itself and creating more offspring. It became like … wild creatures. Although it was not a big threat to them, it no longer listened to orders."
"That's about it." Cryopteris said, "Therefore, this group of creatures continued to live a difficult life. The one before us got separated from its own kind and came to this … tree to rest."
"I see. That sounds like a tragic story," the Blood Mist said. "Then, what should we do now?"
"…"
Before Cryopteris said anything, the creature cooed again. While the Blood Mist was confused, it suddenly saw words appear on the screen before it.
"Can you take me to my companions?"
"I've just updated your database. You can see the translated text now," Cryopteris said to the Blood Mist. "It now believes that we are also creatures of the floating rock that have been lost here, so its mind is filled with hope … It thinks that it can communicate with us and work together with our group to fight against this difficult environment."
"If that's the case …" the Blood Mist said, "We can go find its group. Perhaps one of them has seen our ship before."
"That's true … Let's go take a look."
After making the decision, Cryopteris and the Blood Mist walked together with the eight-limbed creature. At the same time, the creature said that its name was' Guguga ', which meant' brave warrior ', although the Blood Mist did not think that it was brave.
The creature seemed to be defenseless against the Blood Mist and Cryopteris. The Cryopteris thought that it had been in this environment for too long. Whenever it saw a creature that could speak, it would be excited regardless of whether it was its own kind or not. Normally, it would not be vigilant because anything that could threaten it could not be communicated with.
Thus, the three creatures began to wander around this dark red world.
Because this creature called 'Guguga' did not have any clues about its companions, it continued to wander around like before. But at least it understood the various situations in this place, so it was still useful.
For example, it could tell the Blood Mist and Cryopteris to avoid certain dangerous creatures. It could also analyse the direction and climate in the sky.
After travelling for an entire day and night, they discovered that they had learnt many things about this place. The Guguga expressed that it had never heard of something like the Primordial realm, nor had it heard of any creatures or matters that were affiliated with the Primordial realm.
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