The 'porous rock construction site' was a large area, where more than a dozen teams were busy assembling energy broadcast antennas and extraction devices. Each such team was supervised by a siren, and there were dozens of slave workers. Due to the huge rocks and complex terrain in the area, there were many surveillance blind spots, and it seemed that the sirens were not too vigilant. They did not seem to think that any enemies would suddenly appear near their home, and this kind of carelessness gave the outsiders a chance to take advantage of them.
A pale-skinned vampire was assembling metal branches under the supervision of the siren supervisor. His team was busy at the edge of the site. The vampire watched as the Siren Overseer swam past him with her crystal halberd in hand. He knew that no one would be able to escape from this place. Even if the free waters were only twenty meters behind him, no one would be able to make it through the layers of invisible maze and reach the surface of the sea alive even if the Siren Overseer let them go. He looked to his side. There were two werewolves in his team. For a Blood Clan, this was a depressing situation. But after the initial conflict, all the races in the team had come to terms with reality. Now, he and the werewolves were safe and sound. Even the cunning shadelings did not have any evil ideas.
The siren supervisor looked at him expressionlessly. The vampire and the two werewolves next to him stared back at her, but they did not stop their work. The supervisor only confirmed the speed of the slave workers, but did not notice the latter's rude stare. She nodded with satisfaction and wriggled to another rock like a snake.
"Unthinking idiots," whispered the two werewolves in unison.
The vampire lowered his head and focused on the most delicate step of the assembly process. But at this moment, a strange female voice suddenly cut into his mind. "Which family are you from, young Blood Clan?"
The vampire looked around in horror. He saw something strange under the shadow of the boulder in the distance, but the voice in his head stopped him from moving further. "Continue working, young Blood Clan. Answer a few questions, and see if we can think of a way to help you."
The young Blood Clan felt the power of a high-ranking Blood Clan from the voice that directly invaded his mind. He asked respectfully in his mind, "Who are you? I am Bruce from the Northern European Abel family. "
"You should have seen my name in your family's books. I am Vivian, the elder of the Blood Clan..."
After a few minutes of communication, Vivian turned around. Lily immediately went up to her and asked, "Battie, Battie, what's the situation? What's wrong with these people? How did they get caught here? "
Vivian nodded. "As expected, it has something to do with the Day of Return. Many otherworldling families believed in the Day of Return and gathered all their clansmen together. Then, they were all captured. But so far, very few otherworldlings have been caught. These Blood Clans and werewolves were only caught in recent years. It seems that the Queen of the Sirens has completely lost control in recent years. She hasn't had the time to launch a large-scale operation on the surface. "
"Fortunately, we found out early." Shaqira's expression was unreadable. "So what are they doing here?"
"To provide energy for the maelstrom. That growing thing is devouring the primitive power of this planet every day," Vivian replied. "These metal pillars are only part of the system. The rest of its components are in the center of Nasaton. The sirens have built a huge magic device there to control the huge amount of energy being collected. The sirens in the city who have not been fully controlled are forbidden to go out. They are used as the 'stabilizer' of the magic device. Every day, they take turns to have their power extracted. Their situation is not much better than the slave workers outside."
"I didn't expect the deep sea to deteriorate to this extent," Hasse said with a gloomy expression. "Have you found a way to enter Nasaton?"
"There is a way, and it's surprisingly simple," Vivian smiled. "Follow behind the human soldiers. Nasaton opens once a day. The 'water corpses' will be sent to a facility in the center of the city to recharge the crystals on their chests. During this process, the water dome will not react to foreign creatures, so we can follow them in. "
Hao Ren was surprised. "That's it? The sirens are just watching us? "
"Do you see the eyes of the sirens?" Vivian pointed to a siren supervisor patrolling the edge of the open space. "They are completely black. These are the sirens who have been completely occupied. They have lost the ability to think and can only act on instinct. A few years ago, Nasaton had its last rebellion. After that, all the people who went out of the city were replaced by these completely occupied sirens. They are stronger than ordinary sirens and more obedient to the giant brain. But the downside is that they have low intelligence and are easy to fool. What we have to do is to grab some sand from the beach near the submarine and then follow the team into the city. In the process, do not interfere with the route of the siren supervisors. These guys will not alert the giant brain, and they will treat us as construction workers. Of course, there may be other accidents after entering the city. We can only adapt to the situation — our primary goal is to enter the city. "
Lily flicked her ears. "I didn't expect that... the giant brain is not afraid of people sneaking in."
Vivian smiled. "After all, no outsider can find Nasaton. This city does not need to be defended at all. This loophole is normal."
Hao Ren nodded. "Okay, you and Lily stay here. We will go to the submarine first."
Time passed slowly. A day in Nasaton was two hours shorter than the surface world, but it was still a little unbearable. Vivian had learned as much as she could about the current situation in Nasaton through mental communication with several Blood Clansmen. However, these slave workers had limited knowledge of the city. It seemed impossible to formulate a safe infiltration route based on the information they had gathered. In the end, they could only let Shaqira lead the way and adapt to the situation as they saw fit.
Finally, the first team of "dead" finished their work for the day. A siren supervisor came to direct the dead to Nasaton, and the nearby dead were also taken away from the scene. When the last group of people left the site, a small group quickly followed.
Following behind the World War II dead, Hao Ren and the rest smoothly passed through the city's shield.
What appeared in front of them was an elegant and strange city in the deep sea —
Nasaton had an incredible sense of "integrity". All the buildings here seemed to be part of a larger facility. The city's ground seemed to be molded into one, and all the buildings were "installed" on the ground. Most of the things here were layered like seashells and corals. The elegantly curved houses and coral towers were arranged in picturesque disorder, reminding one of those deep sea palaces in fairy tales. Although it was strange, it was as exquisite as a work of art.
But this elegant city now seemed lifeless. All the doors and windows of the buildings were closed, and there was no siren activity on the streets. The clear sea was filled with an oppressive atmosphere, and the silence was like a ghost town.
"It wasn't like this when I left..." Shaqira looked sadly at the ghostly state of the city now. "It used to be a lively and peaceful place. The sirens always liked to swim or sing in circles between these pillars... but now it's all changed."
"Don't worry, everything will be fine as long as we kill the gigantic brain," Hao Ren comforted the depressed siren. "The situation is not too bad now. At least everyone is just being controlled, and everyone is still alive."
To prevent other patrolling sirens with higher thinking ability from bumping into them, they did not follow the dead into the city center. Instead, after following them for a while, they changed direction and went to their destination: the palace area.
Shaqira still remembered some inaccessible paths in the city. These places were close to the water circulation pipeline of Nasaton, and usually no one would pay attention to them. It was much safer to move forward from here.
Now the team was moving along a huge alloy pipeline. This pipeline was buried in a groove more than ten meters wide, and the groove itself was the best cover. Shaqira led the way while touching the pipeline beside her. "When I was a child, I would sneak to play near these pipelines, climb in from the water inlet, and then turn into water. I would be flushed inside, and finally spew out from the water outlet at the other end of the city."
Hao Ren was looking at something else.
He looked at a nameplate on the pipeline groove, which was written in squiggly siren text. After translation, it read: Nasaton - Fourth Water Circulation Pipeline, Triple Pressure Section.
Along the way, he saw more signs that could reveal information about the city. When the nameplates and simple facility blueprints were put together, he finally figured out what this place was.
"Your city is a spaceship?!"
(Just asking for a monthly ticket to calm down.)
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