They continued on their journey, leaving the gloomy city of death behind.
The world shrouded in darkness was depressing, but fortunately, the darkness was gradually fading away. A huge, operating plasma engine was right in front of them. Its bright light illuminated the entire sky, dispelling the gloomy atmosphere along the way.
Vivian suggested to go closer to the engine to check it out. Hao Ren let the GPS determine the route by itself, and then turned into a slope that gradually went up the steel ridge. As they got closer to the giant engine, more details of the huge facility appeared in front of them. Hao Ren saw that there were actually many mountain roads on the conical shell of the engine. Some faint light passed through the slopes, and there was a large number of radial extension on top of the engine, connecting to the distant land, but they had no idea what it was for.
Just as they were about to reach the engine, the CPU suddenly made a slight noise. At the same time, Y 'zaks also frowned. "There seems to be something in front."
Hao Ren heard this and quickly parked the car by the roadside. Lily took the lead and jumped out of the car, sneaking up to check the situation. She crouched behind a large steel plate and peeked out, then turned her head and waved at them.
The rest of them hurriedly followed. Lily pointed at the opposite side of the road and whispered, "Look! The transport convoy! "
Hao Ren was stunned to see that there was a steel road leading straight to the top of the engine about a hundred meters away. The road was paved with a faint blue light, like a guide rail, and a transport vehicle that looked like a tank truck was bustling back and forth on the guide rail in an orderly manner.
"There's no sign of life …" Vivian frowned and suddenly threw a little bat at one of the transport vehicles. Due to the giant engine, there was an unstable atmosphere in the vicinity, and Vivian's little bat was finally useful.
Speaking of which, the vampire maiden's bat detector had not been used for a long time …
The little bat struggled to maintain its direction in the wind. Finally, under everyone's gaze, it clung to the outer shell of a tank truck. It looked around the car and crawled around, looking for an entrance. Any normal zoologist would start to doubt their life if they saw a bat doing this. But in the end, the bat could only return disappointed, because the car was completely sealed except for the rear compartment.
"There's a hopper at the back of the car. It's probably filled with fuel for the engine." Vivian placed the little bat into her body and furrowed her brows. "There's no entrance to the car, and there's no sign of life. It's probably operating on its own."
Hao Ren thought about it and made a bold decision: follow the transport vehicles on their way back.
Lily boldly walked around the transport vehicles and found that they were still operating as usual, and there were no warning robots on the tracks. So, everyone concluded that the automatic system was "blind." Hao Ren followed behind a transport vehicle that had left the engine. They drove along the long steel road for a distance, and after a few turns, they saw a steel jungle in front of them.
The steel jungle was blocked by a mountain ridge, and they did not notice it along the way.
Hao Ren carefully drove into the area, and a loud noise came from the front. There were dark, humongous machinery and buildings everywhere. It was as noisy and lively as a factory the size of a city. A large number of round cage trucks and other types of transport vehicles arrived from the engine area along a series of tracks, moving quickly through the steel jungle in an orderly manner. Meanwhile, there were also huge mechanical arms and creaking landing platforms operating in coordination with these vehicles, continuously loading and unloading carts of goods.
A roar came from above. Nangong Wuyue looked up in surprise. She saw a steel cube, more than ten meters wide, slowly flying in the air pushed by the thrusters, and seamlessly assembled on a 'mountain of cubes' not far away. These things were probably some kind of automatic container system.
The entire 'factory city' was in a busy state. There were roars of machinery and vehicles everywhere. All kinds of indicator lights and high-power lighting systems also made the place as bright as day. But other than that … there was no one here.
Hao Ren led everyone out of the car, and they casually explored the strange place as they moved forward. They were not worried that there would be any alarm system here that would attract the city's guards. To be honest, they were eager to meet someone. Y 'zaks was even wondering if he should pull a meteorite down and blow it up: he hoped that it would blow up a few locals. But this idea was dissuaded by everyone.
Lily raised her Frostfire Claws and vigilantly walked side by side with Hao Ren at the front of the team. She sniffed and said, "There's only the smell of steel and oil here …"
They passed by an operating loading and unloading platform. There was a control room next to the loading and unloading platform, and the door was open. Nangong Sanba raised his crossbow and went to check the situation. But when he walked through the door, he only saw a bunch of flashing lights and humming machines.
"There's no one here." Nangong Sanba came out of the control room and shook his head. "All the systems are automatic."
Hao Ren sighed and said, "Don't bother looking. I'm afraid the whole planet is automatically operating."
But just as his voice trailed off, a sharp whistle suddenly came from behind them!
Hao Ren immediately turned around and saw a small device in the shape of an inverted triangle rushing towards them. The small device seemed to be a patrolling robot. It quickly circled around them a few times and made a series of electronic squeaks. After a while, it spoke in a normal voice, "Citizen detected."
Nangong Sanba asked subconsciously, "What did you say?"
A series of squeaks came from inside the small machine. "Citizen detected. Health signs are good. Please follow this guiding device to the checkpoint. After disinfection, you can go to the first level of the shelter."
After that, the small device turned and floated in another direction. After a few meters, it turned and looked at Hao Ren and his team. "Citizen, please follow this guiding device to the checkpoint. If you don't follow, coercive measures will be taken. "
Y 'zaks held a magic spell in his hand, not sure if he should blow it up. Hao Ren waved his hand and asked him to put away the magic. "Follow it and see what it wants to do."
They followed behind the inverted triangular robot, taking many turns and going all the way into the depths of the steel jungle. They passed more automatic factories and large machines, and saw countless unmanned vehicles and transport platforms running around. It was such a strange scene. It was as if the owner had died, but the tools he used were still working in the air. Finally, they were taken into a rectangular building, which was finally isolated from the noise and chaos outside.
The rectangular building was bright and clean. The first half of the building was a hall. Its size and cleanliness reminded them of the airport terminal. There were a few small robots that looked very advanced in the hall, cleaning or repairing the equipment.
Lily put away her two claws as if she was worried that she would scratch the clean place. She was much more sensible than the ordinary husky. "I didn't expect there to be such a place on this planet."
"The enclosed facilities always make people ignore the changes outside." Vivian suddenly sighed thoughtfully. "I once fell asleep in the tomb of an ancient dynasty. When I woke up, nothing had changed around me. I thought the world was still the same. But when I went out, I saw that the whole country had become a pile of rubble in the wilderness. If someone had lived in this hall for ten thousand years, I'm afraid he wouldn't have imagined what the city outside had become."
No one knew how to comment on Vivian's sighs. So, Hao Ren could only shrug and follow the little robot to the other side of the hall. Just as they approached the door on the other side of the hall, the wall next to them suddenly lit up, and a figure appeared on the curtain wall!
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