Just as they were about to pass through the door of the hall, the wall closest to them suddenly lit up, and a silhouette appeared on the wall. Hao Ren and the rest immediately reacted and looked at the person on the big screen in surprise. It was a middle-aged man with white hair and a stern face. He was wearing a black uniform with golden trim, and two rows of golden buttons were buttoned all the way to his chin.
The man on the big screen looked at Hao Ren and the rest, and there was a hint of surprise in his eyes. "Why are you guys outside?"
Hao Ren had already gotten used to the fact that the planet was an empty ghost town. He did not expect to see a living person on the screen. He was shocked. "Holy sh * t … There are people on this planet?!"
"There are people?" The middle-aged man on the screen was stunned. "What are you talking about? Did you guys escape from the shelter? Or are you guys from other areas? "
Vivian suddenly reacted and coughed twice. "We … we came from somewhere else. There might be something wrong with the equipment, and we got lost here."
She did not speak clearly. Out of caution, she tried to be as vague as possible about where they came from. The person on the big screen did not seem to think much of it. He just nodded. "Very good. It's good that you've safely returned to the safe zone. I hope you're not affected by the radiation near the engine. The guidance robot will bring you to the shelter. After that, a civil investigator will ask you about your situation. "
As soon as the voice trailed off, the big screen on the wall dimmed and quickly returned to the original appearance of the wall. Hao Ren and the rest looked at each other. They felt strange about this person who suddenly appeared out of nowhere, but they could not put their finger on what was wrong with him.
"There are people on this planet?" Lily smacked her lips in disbelief.
Vivian rubbed her chin. "According to what he said, there seems to be some kind of shelter … I didn't expect there to be survivors!"
Under the guidance of the little robot, they passed through the door of the hall and entered a long corridor illuminated by red lights. The robot signaled them to walk to the other side of the corridor to complete the disinfection. Hao Ren muttered as he walked, "But this is not right …"
"Something's not right." Vivian remembered what they had discussed earlier. "This planet's sun exploded ten thousand years ago, but the planet's engine was activated a hundred years ago. Theoretically, the survivors should have missed the window to escape. If there were survivors, why didn't they set sail ten thousand years ago?! Could it be that they had been sleeping next to the star that had cooled down for 10,000 years? "
Lily curled her lips and said, "Do you think everyone sleeps like you?"
The husky did not forget to bicker with its enemy even though it was busy.
Nangong Wuyue's face looked conflicted. She looked hopeful and afraid, and she said, "Are my parents in that shelter?"
Hao Ren reacted immediately. "Yes! Since there's a shelter here, the Nangong couple might have been brought in, just like us! "
Everyone felt that it made sense, and they quickly walked through the corridor. At the end of the corridor, there was another guidance robot waiting for them. The robot opened the semi-circular door at the end of the corridor, and a special room appeared in front of them.
The small room was empty, and there was nothing else in it except a large column in the middle. On the front of the column was a translucent glass door, and they could see something like a lift. It seemed that the shelter was underground.
To get to the shelter smoothly, Hao Ren and the rest were very cooperative. They quietly watched the little robot open the door of the lift and motioned for them to enter. When everyone was on the lift platform, Hao Ren suddenly saw something from the corner of his eye.
It was the long tail of a sea serpent — Wuyue.
"Wait a minute," Hao Ren's mind jolted. "Wuyue, have you been in this form all this while?"
Nangong Wuyue moved her tail a little to make herself into a more comfortable position (the narrow space of the lift was a little cramped for her big body, but she did not have the chance to change into other forms). "Yes, what's wrong?"
"… The uncle on the screen didn't seem to be interested in your form at all," Lily said as she touched her ears and tail. "And my form …"
Wuyue immediately curled her tail into a ball. She was nervous. "Could it be a trap?!"
By then, the lift door had closed, and the entire platform began to descend. Hao Ren glanced at the metal frame and mechanical layer outside, and gritted his teeth. "Who cares, let's see what happens first. Everyone, be alert, but don't act rashly unless there's an emergency. "
Lily nodded and pulled out her Frostfire Claws. "Don't worry, Mr. Landlord, I'll protect you!"
Vivian pushed the husky aside. "Keep your claws, you idiot! This is an elevator … Oh my clothes! I've only got two good clothes! "
"Can't you two be a little more quiet in this situation?" Hao Ren was really at his wit's end with these two foes. He could only move aside to get some peace and quiet. Y 'zaks looked down at the floor of the lift platform. The floor was inlaid with decorative transparent glass, and they could see the situation below. They could only see a faint light at the bottom of the deep shaft. "It seems that the sanctuary is very deep underground."
"Perhaps it's to maintain the ecosystem with the help of geothermal energy," Hao Ren rummaged through the professional knowledge in his mind. "It's a shelter commonly used by low-tech civilizations."
The deep shaft seemed to have no end. They waited nervously, vigilantly, or expectantly in the lift for a long time, but there was still no end. Anyway, Lily's seriousness only lasted for five minutes. She squatted on the ground and began to scratch the floor. When she drew the third puppy on the floor, they finally felt a slight tremor in the lift, and the sound of the mechanism locking up came from outside.
Y 'zaks looked up and said, "At least a few dozen kilometers … I'm afraid it's as you said. They're using the underground magma to maintain the heat of the sanctuary."
Accompanied by a soft 'chi chi' sound, the doors of the elevator slid open. Nangong Sanba immediately threw out a small piece of rune paper. The paper turned into a shadow of a human walking a few steps, but it did not trigger any traps. Only then did he raise his crossbow and cautiously walked out. "It's safe, let's keep up."
"Your brother is quite reliable sometimes," Vivian said casually to Wuyue.
Wuyue's mouth twitched. "If he didn't even have this little hunter skill, he would have died in some ancient castle … Wow!"
Wuyue's words were interrupted by her own exclamation. Everyone came out of the lift and was stunned by the scene outside!
Outside the lift was not the low and cramped steel sanctuary that they had imagined, and there were no narrow living cabins stacked up like a prison. It was a huge city!
Neat and wide roads stretched in front of them, tall buildings were arranged in picturesque disorder, lush plants and decorative artificial landscapes could be seen between the buildings. Hao Ren looked back and found that the lift passage that they had taken was actually a huge pillar in the city. The pillar was in the middle of a square formed by the intersection of several roads, and in the distance, he could vaguely see other similar pillars.
It seemed that there was more than one entrance to the sanctuary.
Lily's mouth was wide open for a long time before she said, "… As a sanctuary, this place is really amazing."
Y 'zaks looked up. The city was not gloomy, on the contrary, it was as bright as day under the large number of lights above. Y 'zaks squinted and saw the rough rock ceiling and the huge steel support structure through the gap of the' light net 'that simulated the sky. "There are rock strata above … This is a huge cave. I don't know if it was artificially dug or the planet was born with such a structure."
Vivian suddenly looked up at the rock ceiling above in a daze. She muttered, "Cave …"
Hao Ren instinctively replied, "Don't tell me you want to go up and rest upside down."
Vivian quickly reacted and shook her head vigorously. "It's okay, I can control it!"
Lily looked away. "Hey, Battie."
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