Silin and Czedow followed Huimao into the building.
There was a lighting device inside. The area they passed through would automatically light up, and it would only be extinguished after Cillin and the others had completely passed through.
It was obvious that the original owner of this place was a conservationist.
It didn't take long for them to see an elevator. The doors opened on their own when they approached it, and Huimao walked in first. Silin followed suit without hesitation.
The doors of the elevator closed and began to descend.
After Silin and Czedow had entered the elevator, all the lights inside the building were turned off. The only illumination left was a small hill that protruded out of the building's exterior. Other than the noise caused by the Sixth Division's spaceplanes and fighter jets, there was only the faint rustling of the wind.
Shotton and the others found this strange. If they hadn't seen those monsters before, they would've suspected that there weren't any high-level lifeforms here. They had searched so many places, but they couldn't find even the shadow of those monsters. It was as if they had evaporated into thin air.
"Did they burrow into the ground?" a technician asked.
"It's very likely, but the detectors can't detect the situation below the ground. It doesn't match reality no matter how hard they try," said another technician with a troubled expression while looking at the scan.
"We can't use these detectors, so we can only rely on our men to search for them."
For the time being, Shawton did not let his squad members go down. After all, there were unknown dangers below, and the planet's environment was very harmful to the human body. It was very inconvenient for people wearing protective suits to move around, and if those monsters were to come out and attack them all at once, it would be terrible. Therefore, Shawton could not take this risk. He could only hope that Cillin could send a message over as soon as possible.
Silin and Huimao walked out of the elevator. There were several tunnels in front of them, and the elevator was located at the intersection of these tunnels.
Huimao's goal was very clear. He didn't hesitate after exiting the elevator, and he didn't explain too much to Silin. He simply walked in a certain direction without hesitation.
Looking at the construction of these passageways, Silin did not think that they were built by a super civilization. In fact, although these passageways were considered solid and reliable, in terms of technology, they were not as advanced as some bases in the League of Stars.
Turning left and right, Cillin saw some individual rooms, meeting rooms, big dining halls and even big auditoriums, but he didn't stop moving. Right now, Wheeze was running faster and faster, and it looked like it was in a better mood than before. It was even shouting as it ran.
"Sigma! I'm coming! Come out and welcome us! "
Sigma?
Who's Sigma?
Cillin looked to the front. There were no people or animals.
"Hubie Lu, nice to meet you."
As an excited voice sounded, an opening suddenly opened in the wall in front of them, and a robot came out.
If they saw this robot on the streets of the ten trade Sectors outside of Sector Z, they would definitely be laughed at for being an old antique, old, ugly and outdated. However, the robot that appeared here made Celine feel special.
Looking at its appearance alone, this robot looked a little retro. Unlike Czedow's humanoid appearance and smooth movements, this robot didn't even have legs. Its cylindrical torso was a hemispherical thing that could roll in any direction. Its head was also a hemisphere connected to its torso, and a blue bar of light swept around it. This blue bar was probably its "eyes".
What was so special about this robot called Sigma? It had a head and legs that looked like a tumbler?
His tone, his movements, and the change in the blue bar when he spoke.
Its tone was very natural, and it sounded exactly the same as a human's. When it said that it was happy to see Wheeze, the blue light on its blue bar turned into a wavy shape, and it probably meant something similar to a human's smile. Moreover … the worst part was that the bastard was waving its hands up and down like a fledgling flapping its wings when it was running!
Huimao was so happy that he was running circles around Sigma, and Sigma was running circles around it. Even Silin was feeling a little dizzy.
"Say, why don't you two take a break?" Silin asked.
Sigma looked up at Silin and Czedow behind Silin. Then, it let out a "wah" and waved its arms a couple of times around Czedow and Silin.
"The aura of a kindred!" Sigma was so happy that the blue bar on its face turned into a giant wave.
The corner of Silin's mouth twitched. This robot's personality was … similar to a child's.
It was obvious that Huimao had been communicating with this robot all this time.
After circling around Silin and Czedow a couple of times, Sigma stopped in front of Silin. Its blue bar turned into a question mark.
"You're a human? But why do I sense the aura of a kindred? "Sigma asked.
Huimao jumped onto Sigma's hemispherical head and introduced Silin and Czedow briefly. "Silin is a weirdo, but all you need to do is treat him as one of us. Don't worry too much about him."
"Alright." Sigma classified Huimao, Silin, and Czedow as one of their own. Then, he said to Silin, "The air composition and environment here have changed, so you can take off your protective suit now, Silin."
Czedow didn't object to Sigma's suggestion. He had already measured the temperature, air pressure, humidity, and composition of the air. It was perfectly in line with human standards, so there was no need for him to wear a protective suit.
This change only started when Sigma classified Cillin as one of their own. The environment changed very quickly, and it only took a few seconds for it to change completely.
Silin took off his protective suit and sucked in a breath of air. The oxygen and carbon dioxide levels were pretty good.
"Come here, I'll show you around this base!" Sigma waved at them and started walking — no, rolling — forward.
Cillin was very curious as to how it rolled, but when he saw that the exposed hemisphere representing its feet had turned into a tooth shape similar to that of the stairs when it climbed up a flight of stairs, and then climbed up step by step, he understood that the hemisphere representing its feet could change its state.
Silin heard Huimao mention that the underground base was huge, but unlike other bases, this one was well-equipped. It was almost like a perfect underground world, and there was even a large man-made lake.
"Have you always been here alone, Sigma?" Silin asked.
Sigma's voice suddenly turned sad. "Yeah, it's so boring. I have no choice but to enter hibernation. I won't wake up unless an outsider shows up."
"What about those … non-humans outside? We saw them before we came. "
"Oh, you mean Lovag and the others? They are the guardian beasts that guard this base. When there are no outsiders on the planet, they will enter a dormant state. Once an outsider invades, they will wake up and attack the outsiders."
"Lovag?" Silin was a little confused. He had never heard of the word before, nor did he know what it meant.
"Lovag means' knight '. Master created them to protect this base like a knight."
"Which Sector's language is it from?" Silin asked.
"It's not from here. It's from my homeland." Sigma's tone grew even sadder.
"You're not from the League of Stars … are you a robot?"
"Nope."
"Where's your master? He's not? "
"Yes, Master was the one who brought me here. After Master and the others left, he asked me to stay here and guard this place," Sigma said in a sobbing tone, "I was asked to stay by the little miss and the others. To tell you the truth, I really miss them. Master said that I can't leave the base to look for them unless the 'shortcut' is opened one day …"
A "shortcut"!
Olillo's cage, the "shortcut" to new life! It was the same type of star map fragments Silin possessed.
As expected, Sigma's master was the one who left Olillo behind.
Sigma was like a defenseless child. It answered everything Cillin asked, and this was mainly because of Wheeze. Then, it treated Cillin and the others as "one of their own", and that was why it answered almost all of their questions.
It didn't take long for Silin to learn everything he needed.
"Silin, Sigma said that we can use this base!" Huimao jumped onto Silin's shoulder.
"Really?" Silin looked at Sigma.
"Yes. Master said that you can use this base as long as I approve of you. I approve of you!"
From Sigma's tone, it sounded more like he was excited to find a playmate in the future.
"Aren't your master coming back?"
"Nope. Even if he does, he won't use this base. This used to be Master's old base, but he moved it."
According to Sigma, Sigma's master had relocated his base to the planet where the military was currently stationed.
"Do you want a base? Do you? "
Sigma's blue bars turned into two big circles and looked at Sigma expectantly.
Of course! This abandoned base would save the Sixth Division a lot of resources and energy! Moreover, according to Sigma, this base had always been in a state of stagnation.
"There's one problem. This planet's environment isn't good enough. We can't stay underground forever, can we?" Silin thinks said with some regret.
"That's not a problem!" Sigma circled around Cillin once before pointing a finger at him. "Number one, this base was originally above ground, but I had to go into hibernation and let it sink underground."
"So, when your master built the base, it was on the ground, and then you 'sank' the base? How did you manage such a big project? "
"Because I was bored. I didn't have anything to do anyway," Sigma said.
Silin's words were full of vicissitudes. A robot left alone in an old base. What an inspirational story.
Sigma's voice was filled with joy as he raised another finger and said, "My second question. This planet has been modified over a long period of time, and its environment can be adjusted. One of the reasons why the base was built to cover such a large area is that it can affect the entire planet's environment and air composition." Sigma's voice was filled with joy.
"It can be changed?" Silin exclaimed in surprise.
"Of course. It can change the atmosphere, air composition, and air pressure within an hour. That's how it used to be. Before master left, everyone could do whatever they wanted. "The blue bars on Sigma's face floated upward as if reminiscing.
Silin rubbed his chin and beckoned Sigma with a finger.
"What? What's your decision? "Sigma immediately leaned toward him.
After discussing a few things with Sigma, Cillin told Sigma to keep the "shortcut" a secret for the time being. Once everything was ready and their testimony was checked, Cillin finally allowed Sigma to start reorganizing the base.
Outside the planet's surface.
Inside the spaceplane, Shotton stared at the planet's surface on the screen.
It was desolate and devoid of life. There was water and low-level flora and fauna on the planet, but they didn't add much life to the planet, and there were only a few of them. It made the planet look lonely and pitiful.
While Shotton was thinking about something, Silin's communicator connected.
"What's the situation?" Shotton asked.
"You'll know in a moment, Captain. For now, have everyone go to the sky and don't leave anyone near the ground. I'll show you what we got in two minutes. "
Silin's tone was very certain. Although Shotton was puzzled, he temporarily suppressed his doubts and ordered everyone to go to the sky. Once everything was ready, everyone stared at the scene below. The people on the starship also stared unblinkingly at the image on the screen.
The glowing hills on the planet's surface grew brighter and brighter. Then, the ground began to shake even more violently than before. Even the rocks and sand on the surface were pushed away.
Then, the base that had been hidden underground for hundreds of years finally saw the light of day again.
Everyone in the Sixth Division stared blankly at the magnificent building that stretched as far as the eye could see.
The base gradually grew taller and taller. The surrounding area was completely covered in sand, but above the sand, the high-rise building of the base looked like a leader, guiding the underground parts of the base upward.
An hour later, as the sand layer gradually dissipated, everyone finally saw the underground giant under the illumination of the hill-like light. It looked like an earth dragon bursting out of the ground. It was as solemn as a military fortress.
"Si … Silin …" Shotton's voice sounded a little hoarse. He seemed to know what was going to happen next. His heart rate sped up subconsciously, and he couldn't find his composure just yet.
"Wait, Captain. We'll talk later."
What else?!
Shotton and the others held their breaths. They stared at the situation on the ground.
One minute, nothing.
Five minutes later, there was still nothing.
Ten minutes, twenty minutes …
"Silin, what's going on? There's no movement? "Shotton finally couldn't help but ask. It was rare for the Sixth Division Captain to be so impatient.
Before Silin could answer, some of the technicians on the starship excitedly told Shotton, "Captain, the planet's atmosphere has thickened! According to the monitoring data sent back by the detector, the planet's habitability is changing from C-class to B-class habitability! "
In other words, this giant could change the planet to B-class habitability. It could also change it to C-class habitability.
Who would have the ability to do so?
Thump thump, thump thump …
Shotton could hear his own heartbeat and warm blood flowing through his veins.
Finally, Silin's voice came to Shotton.
"Captain, the transformation is complete. There's no need to wear the protective suit now." Following Silin's voice, a flat landing field appeared in the base. It was practically a temporary port.
"Good … good!"
Shotton landed the spaceplane on the ground and stepped out of it. He didn't wear the protective suit.
The base's purification had calmed down the sand and dust. Now, the proportion of the various elements in the air was the standard, and the temperature was only slightly colder. For Hunters like Shawton and the others, this was nothing more than normal.
Cillin was already waiting at one of the landing field's entrances. When he saw Shawton, he briefly explained the base to him and then introduced Sigma to him.
After listening to Silin's explanation, Shotton's first words were, "Are you willing to join the Sixth Division?"
What followed was a string of child-abduction excuses that turned the blue light on Sigma's face into a dizzying circle.
Sigma didn't know what decision to make, so it turned to Huimao. "Hubeilu, are you a member of Vanguard Division Six?"
"Of course! I'm still a core combatant!" Huimao said while looking up from Silin's shoulder.
Core combatant my ass! Not far away, Kari curled his lips.
However, Kari and the others' reactions weren't within Sigma's consideration. It only accepted the opinions of its "own people". Little did they know that Huimao was also abducted by Silin.
Every member of the Sixth Division went crazy when they saw the fortress that covered one-fifth of the entire planet.
It was a blessing in disguise!
The A Squadron allowed the B Squadrons to move freely, choose freely, and build their own temporary strongholds. This was also a test of the ability of the B Squadrons. Every once in a while, someone from the A Squadron would visit the temporary strongholds of the B Squadrons for inspection.
Shotton was already looking forward to the A Squad's arrival. He couldn't help but wonder how they would react when they saw this magnificent sight.
Sigma was more than happy to see the Sixth Division move in, but the first problem they had to solve was compatibility.
Lovag was a guardian beast herd with a chip inside its body, so Sigma needed to modify the chip's information so that both sides could live in harmony with each other.
Back when the base was still underground, the guardian beasts' food came from the nutrient fluid stored in the underground base. Since the nutrient fluid was limited, the guardian beasts would go underground and hibernate whenever no one was around. But now, the Sixth Division didn't mind sacrificing a lot of food just to get along with the guardian beasts.
Since they decided to set up a temporary stronghold on this planet, the first thing they had to do was build a satellite defense network.
That being said, it had nothing to do with Huimao. Right now, Huimao was very conflicted because he noticed that Silin, Czedow, and Sigma all started with the word "Xi". Does that mean I'm being ostracized? No, I can't be too different. But do I really have to change it to Hubeilu? That sounds so bad!!
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