Rumble!
The armory … had been activated.
Along with the rumbling sound, missiles shot out from the opened streets, flying high into the sky.
"They'll … aim at the three-legged pillars wandering around the city and blow them to smithereens. That way, the awakened elites won't be threatened by them …"
In the control room of the military building, the Mechanical Dust Crocodile looked at the information displayed on the screen. It was like a hero who was about to die but had completed its mission. It yelled, "I did it! It doesn't matter if you kill me now! Our race … will recover sooner or later! "
Although it was yelling, the Shi Realm didn't attack it. It only said calmly, "You should carefully … confirm the direction of the missiles."
"What?" The Mechanical Dust Crocodile was shocked. It immediately touched the screen, and the target of the missiles was displayed.
The name of the destination … was exactly the same as the coordinates of the Tree God.
"How can this be?" The Mechanical Dust Crocodile said in fear, "Did you do this? Did you hack the armory long ago and adjust the coordinates of the missiles? "
As the Mechanical Dust Crocodile said that, it constantly adjusted the screen. It seemed to want the missiles to turn around, but the screen kept saying, "Error, unable to reset the target."
"Ahhh! Why can't I change it? I should have all the permissions! " The Mechanical Dust Crocodile was completely flustered. It constantly adjusted the screen, and when it realized that there was no way to change it, it turned around and looked at the Shi Realm.
"You … I'll kill you!" It screamed and lunged at the Shi Realm. It slammed into the Shi Realm's defense and was sent flying.
"Did you really do this?" The Scholar looked at the scene before her and asked the Shi Realm in confusion, "Did you take control of the armory long ago and set the coordinates?"
"That's right. The coordinates have been set." The cannons above had stopped firing as if they had run out of ammunition. The Shi Realm slowly floated to the screen that the Mechanical Dust Crocodile had just controlled and touched it gently.
"Originally, the location of the Tree God was only one of the many coordinates recorded in the missiles, but now, it has been changed to the main coordinate, so the missiles will fly towards that coordinate by default," the Shi Realm said, "But this wasn't done by us. It was … it."
"It?"
The Scholar walked over and looked at the screen. It found that the screen showed a vast indoor space. In this space, a large number of missiles were neatly arranged.
Next to one of the missiles, there was a … Dust Crocodile. It was constantly adjusting something on the missile.
"It is … that Dust Crocodile?"
The Scholar recognized the Dust Crocodile in the image. It was the elite that had cooperated with the Three-Legged Hashirama for the canned food. At that time … it was rescued by the Three-Legged Hashirama, and then there was no news of it.
This was because the scholar's eyes had a 'detail recording function'. It would record the details of the things that the scholar had seen and prompt the scholar when he saw the same thing again.
This way, even if the Scholar forgot what the Elite Dust Crocodile looked like, it would be able to remember it immediately because of the prompt. It would be able to confirm that it was the Elite Dust Crocodile.
Is this elite still working with Three-Legged Pillar? Why are you adjusting the missiles? Furthermore …
"You're saying it set the coordinates?" The Scholar asked the Primordial realm.
"That's right." The Primordial realm expert said, "The missiles that were launched earlier were all aimed at 'god'. That's mainly because they've been set up."
"We discovered the underground armory a long time ago," said the Primordial realm expert. "However, at that time, we weren't sure … whether we should use these weapons for anything. Afterwards, we noticed it. It had always been moving in and out of the armory and adjusting the missiles."
"... It was setting the targets for the missiles. Only after we learnt about the legends of 'god' did we discover that it was setting the coordinates for 'god' to all the missiles," said the Primordial realm expert. "It had already set up several armory locations, including this one. Moreover, it seemed to have quite a high level of authority. Once it's set up, it can't be changed from here. It can only control whether or not the missiles are launched."
"As a result, we investigated it further. We discovered … that it's a believer of 'god'. It should be doing this to obtain the guidance of 'god'," said the Primordial realm expert.
"Really?" The Scholar was rather surprised. They had come into contact with the elite before, but it did not act like it was a believer at all. Although they had not come into contact for long … the diary did not mention this.
Perhaps the elite had always been adjusting the missiles behind the Three-Legged Pillar's back, or perhaps it was the Three-Legged Pillar's instructions?
With that in mind, the Scholar asked the Primordial realm expert, "Did you discover that it had come into contact with the Three-Legged Pillar?"
"Do you … recognise it?" The Primordial realm expert said, "It has indeed come into contact with the Three-Legged Pillar, but its adjustments have nothing to do with the Three-Legged Pillar, because it …"
At this moment, a message appeared in the upper right corner of the screen. Afterwards, the Primordial realm expert extended his hand and tapped on the message. The image immediately blurred.
"What is this?" asked the Scholar.
"It's an encrypted message," said the Primordial realm expert. "Every time it finishes adjusting the missiles in the armory, it will send a message to the building controlling the armory … Come here."
The Primordial realm expert drifted towards the Mechanical Dust Crocodile that was still lying on the ground. The Mechanical Dust Crocodile had not moved the entire time, but when it saw the Primordial realm expert approach, it immediately leapt up and asked, "What do you want?"
The Scholar felt like the Mechanical Dust Crocodile had been playing dead the entire time after it was sent flying. Perhaps it wanted to do something, but the Primordial realm expert's sudden arrival forced it to get up.
"Obviously, I want you to see the encrypted message sent by the elite," said the Scholar calmly. "With your authority, you can directly view the message. It'll be much more convenient that way."
"It's a traitor!" said the Mechanical Dust Crocodile. "It's working with the Three-Legged Pillar! You actually knew about the traitor the entire time! And you didn't tell me at all … You really are in cahoots with the invaders! "
"It's not a traitor," said the Primordial realm expert. "You … come over and take a look at the message."
The Mechanical Dust Crocodile seemed to hesitate. It glanced at the Scholar before looking at the blurred screen. Then, it said, "Alright … I'll go take a look."
As if the conflict from before had never happened, the Mechanical Dust Crocodile and the Primordial realm expert arrived before the screen together. After the Mechanical Dust Crocodile touched the screen slightly, a voice rang out. "Detected that you have sufficient authority. Do you wish to read this message?"
"Yes."
The Mechanical Dust Crocodile responded gently. The blurred image suddenly cleared up, and a large number of words appeared on it.
This was … something similar to a diary, and it was quite different from the diary the Scholar had seen before. It recorded many things the Scholar did not know about.
This elite Mechanical Dust Crocodile … As it turned out, when it was carrying out the mission of the Three-Legged Pillar, it had been secretly … adjusting these missiles.
The main content of the diary was more or less like that.
…
"Any creature that can see this message … I am one of the awakened elites."
"After I woke up, the scene before me was completely different from what I imagined …"
Next was a description of the general situation of the Mechanical Dust Crocodile City.
"Just as mentioned, there is no food in this city. I have to work for them to get food."
"But that's not my goal … What do they want? I've always wanted to know this. What is their goal in invading us? In order to know this and … survive, I … joined them. "
"They've always made me do some strange moving work, and they're not willing to say anything. They'll only say something at certain times."
"That is … when I killed my compatriots."
"I'll confess in the future, but right now, I have to listen to their arrangements …"
"I think I should use other methods to understand them. I have an advantage now, and that is, they won't pay attention to me."
"Occasionally, I'll see them on the streets, those three-legged things. They won't attack me or talk to me, so I can follow them and see what they're doing."
"I also want to know how they woke up … and all kinds of secrets, so I've been investigating them … So, I secretly followed them to some places. Most of the time, they gather in the underground streets of the city, and they live there and eat … rock prawns."
"They don't do anything special, and this makes me very confused, except for one thing, and that is …"
"Often, some of them will leave this city, and they seem to have gone to somewhere far away. So, their numbers here are getting smaller and smaller."
"However, when their numbers reach a certain level, they will increase again. That's because those that left before come back, and they often bring something with them, like vehicles or weapons."
"These things are foreign. I recognize them, so … they seem to have gone abroad."
"Once, I entered an … airline company. I found a newly developed remote control aircraft that could be used, so I used this aircraft to go to a neighboring country to investigate."
"I found out … What are those three-legged things doing there? They're digging up a large number of weapons from the ground, and they're piling them up to blow them up."
"Why are they doing this? I don't know … Maybe it's to destroy our resistance. "
"And I know that their next target is our country … Our country's weapons will be destroyed by them sooner or later."
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