Jindi knocked on the hard alloy shell and pointed to the front structure. "Look, according to my analysis, its front structure is obviously designed to quickly crush soil and rocks, and the 'mouthparts' on both sides are clearly used to crush large ores. So, this automaton was actually made by our ancestors for mining."
At this point, Jindi looked at Dinger mockingly and said, "Some idiot actually thinks this is a guard robot left behind by our ancestors? He was simply too stupid! How can someone like this be the leader of an archaeological team? Looks like there's really no talent in the green big-eared monsters. "
"Bastard! You say it's a mining automaton, and it's one? Where's the evidence? "
"Evidence? You'll see the evidence later. "
Jindi pursed his lips. Although they really wanted to disassemble the mining robot to study it, there might be more important discoveries ahead, so they threw the mining robot here first. It couldn't run away anyway, and if there was nothing ahead, it wouldn't make a difference to study it later.
The team continued to go deeper into the collapsed mine, and after a while, they came to an underground cavern that had been emptied. They stopped by the wall on one side of the cavern.
"It's here! It must be here! "
Dinger looked at the wall in front of him. There was a twisted crack on the wall, and judging from the shape and material of the crack, it should have been cracked by the impact of the legendary spell, Starfall. The ruins that were originally sealed inside were thus exposed.
He looked at the scroll in his hand. Under the light of the fire, the image of the crack drawn on the scroll was the same as the one in front of him. This was the passage that was exposed after the battle.
"Don't go in first! Let me try. "
Lockmar threw a torch in. The torch flew in and landed on the ground, leaving only a small dot. The gap between the front and the back of the crack was about a few dozen meters, but the soil and gravel in the collapsed tunnel poured into the crack, forming a slope, which saved a lot of effort.
In the dark ruins, the torch's light illuminated the surroundings. Everyone could vaguely see something, but because it was too far away, they couldn't see what it was clearly.
Tang En, who was standing at the back, raised his eyebrows. The Prandal people had also discovered the existence of "air" during their exploration. They knew that people would suffocate and die in a confined space, but they had not figured out the specific cause of suffocation.
But then again, due to the existence of the four elements, in addition to the combustion reaction from the combination of the elements and oxygen, there was also the form of the fire element burning itself to release heat. The coexistence of these two methods was very puzzling.
"The torch hasn't been extinguished. We can continue."
Lockmar waved his hand and took the lead to step into the fissure. He then slid down the slope with the torch in his hand. Everyone watched as his figure became smaller and smaller. Finally, he disappeared into the darkness, leaving only the flickering light of the torch in the darkness.
After waiting for a long time and not hearing Lockmar's response, the people above could not help but shout, "Leader, what's the situation down there?"
"…"
Lockmar, who was at the bottom of the pit, looked at the mechanical construct in front of him and trembled. "… Don't come down …"
"What?"
"I said — don't come down!!!"
Lockma roared and rushed back in an instant. "Retreat! It's full of those monsters! "
"What!?"
Everyone was stunned for a moment. Then, they saw that in the dark cave, a red glow suddenly lit up. The rusty sound of metal rubbing against each other slowly sounded. It was as if equipment that had not been maintained for a long time had finally been reactivated. A slightly stiff mechanical sound echoed in the cave.
"It's the ancient language! It's saying 'system rebooting'! "
Jindi excitedly helped everyone translate the sound, and at the same time, he quickly recorded the sounds in the cave.
"… Synchronous satellite network connection failed … Time synchronization failed … Mission list loading failed … Retrying connection timed out … Connection resetting … Connection failed …"
"… Offline local system rebooting … Rebooting complete … Beginning self-check … Energy system self-check passed … Energy remaining 12% … Energy system charging estimated to be completed in 36 minutes … Self-balancing system error, gyroscope calibration failed … Mining function module passed … Ore screening and smelting module malfunctioning … Furnace temperature abnormal … Self-maintenance system failed … Repair module damaged … Warning, recommended to stop operation immediately, wait for engineers to rescue … Emergency request sent … No shutdown order received …"
The red light below was getting brighter and brighter. Lockmar ran all the way up, and when he saw that Jindi and Dinger were still recording the sounds down there, he immediately roared at them, "Why aren't you leaving?! Do you want to die?! "
Just one construct had already put him in such a difficult position. There were at least ten or twenty constructs down there, how could they win?!
"Don't leave! I hired you to protect us in this situation! "
Dinger was so excited that he even forgot about the grudge between him and Jindi. He hugged Jindi tightly and shook him. "Write it down! The pronunciation of the ancient language is precious information! "
"I don't need your nonsense! I'm already doing it! "
Looking at the two dwarves who had completely forgotten about the danger, Lockmar suddenly understood why so many of his former colleagues were unwilling to be hired by the goblins after working with them once.
Once these fellows were excited, they did not know how to spell the word 'death'!
Their duty was to protect their employers, but it did not mean that they would die!
And now, they were in a situation where death was certain!
"Damn it! I shouldn't have accepted this mission if I knew this would happen! "
Lockmar cursed inwardly. Although he had advanced to grandmaster because of this mission, it would all be meaningless if he died here.
"Woo —"
Suddenly, a strong buzzing sound rang out in the cave, and a gust of hot steam gushed out from the crack.
Then, a sharp alarm sounded in the cave. "Warning, unauthorized unit detected in the mining area … Life signature identification failed … Unprotected unit, local authorization passed, free attack allowed — eliminate intruders!"
Holy shit!
Tang En was stunned to find that the mining robots actually had the ability to identify friend or foe. After discovering that they did not match the database, they immediately launched an attack!
"It turns out that when the furnace temperature rises, they will automatically release pressure to ensure that the internal structure is normal! As expected of our ancestors! "
Despite being scalded by the hot air, Jindi, Dinger, and the other dwarves became even more excited.
With a loud rumble, the dark cave walls suddenly collapsed. More than ten mining robots rushed out from the ruins below and directly pounced on them!
Dinger retreated and shouted, "Lockmar! Take your men and kill them — but be careful not to damage them! These things are treasures from ten thousand years ago! They are more valuable than all of you combined! "
"F * ck your mother!"
Even Lockmar, a Graysian with a straightforward personality, could not help but curse at this moment. Kill them? What do you mean not to damage them? Are you kidding me?!
"Now, it's not a matter of whether we can damage them or not, it's a matter of whether we can survive or not!"
Lockmar looked at the mining robots pouncing on him with a face of despair. How did he end up with such an idiotic employer?
"Cover each other and retreat! Be careful of the flanks, we might be attacked! "
The mining robots played the "Protect the mine" repeatedly as they rapidly approached the archeological team. The disintegrators in their mouths had already been activated, and the spinning grinding wheels and stone fragments made one's hair stand on end.
The mining robot at the front viciously rammed over. With a loud bang, Lockmar was thrown to the wall by the huge force, and his internal organs were numb from the shock.
What a strong force!
Tang En very timely scattered healing waves. Only then did Lockmar breathe a sigh of relief. He struggled to jump down and shouted, "Dinger! Illuminate this place! "
"Got it!"
With a pained expression, Dingo took out a bag and handed it to the Ranger beside him. The Ranger took out a fist-sized light crystal from the bag, tied it to an arrow, and shot it directly to the top of the cave!
After being activated by magic, the light crystal's light illuminated the entire cave, and everyone could finally see the full appearance of the mining robots.
These mining robots were about 30 meters long and five to six meters wide. The sides of their bodies were equipped with many mechanical legs for convenient movement. At the front was a huge entrance used to swallow soil and ores. The inside of the body should be a smelting furnace. After screening the ores, they directly went through the first step of simple smelting, which could remove at least 99% of the impurities. This was also a way to reduce the weight of transportation and increase efficiency.
The outer shells of these mining robots were full of scars, and the original color of the paint could no longer be seen. Only a silver-white alloy base color was left.
If Tang En were to describe it, these mining robots looked like giant centipedes, with densely packed mechanical legs constantly wriggling. Even though they knew that these were mechanical structures, it still made one's scalp tingle.
Tang En gave everyone a buff aura while quickly thinking of countermeasures.
Lockmar and the others definitely couldn't deal with these mining robots now … In other words, if he didn't want them to die here, he had to make a move!
Thinking of this, Tang En planned to make a move, but at that moment, a deafening cracking sound suddenly echoed in his ears. The mine above them suddenly shook violently, and the cave that had just been illuminated by the light crystal was suddenly illuminated by a ray of sunlight. A silhouette bathed in golden sunlight appeared in front of everyone …
Seeing the silhouette that suddenly appeared, Tang En was sluggish for a moment, and then he suddenly became excited!
Aiguin!?
This was simply a heaven-sent opportunity!
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