Chapter 38 Underground
"Don't move." Accompanied by a crisp reminder, a few red lights shot out from the wall and shone on everyone's head, starting to move slowly from top to bottom. The guns under the roof were always aimed at the intruders, and they would not relax for a second.
"Moriya, remember to always maintain human form in the fortress, and never change it randomly." Shur suddenly remembered this question, "Others should also pay attention, especially the mercenaries, don't burst out the energy in your body casually. After all, no one knows whether they distinguish between enemies and me by appearance or energy intensity."
"Beep, beep, beep", the red light moved until it was under the feet before disappearing, and the guns stretched out from the roof were also withdrawn. The mechanical voice that I couldn't understand was much lower this time, as if it was just coming out in my ears.
"Ha, I've passed the test." Xiu'er nodded confidently, making the ordinary people who followed him feel that everything is under control. As for whether this is true, it is not important at all. "Let's go in and take a walk, it should be safer than imagined and noveler than imagined."
Only then can everyone have the heart to pay attention to the surrounding environment, which is indeed a very novel environment.
The underground part of the fortress looks much larger than the ground part. The exit of the elevator is in a corridor. This corridor alone is nearly fifty meters long. There is a door at the end of the corridor, and the total length must have exceeded the ground building.
The corridor is very wide, with more than 30 people piled up on the corridor, which is just a little crowded. Whether it is the walls or the ground, they are made of solid metal. When they are bounced, they are thick and strong. It seems to be to prevent insects from digging into the fortress from underground.
There are many doors on both sides of the corridor, and all doors are opened and closed automatically. From time to time, metal puppets with the same shape as those outside will enter and exit. There are boxes of strange texture on their arms. Looking in through the opened door, there are boxes of different sizes inside, stacked neatly and there are very few spaces. There is no doubt that these rooms should be warehouses of supplies. Judging from the situation in the house, the supplies here are still relatively abundant, enough for the fortress to hold on for a long time.
When walking around, you will inevitably encounter human-shaped puppets at work, but these puppets never pay attention to the people passing by, making people wonder if they are already invisible.
The mechanical voice in my ear kept talking. Although I couldn't understand it, according to Shuer's explanation, nine different pronunciation rules, that is, at least nine different languages have been replaced within a few minutes. If we count the subtle changes in the tones of the same rule, at least more than 30 accents have been replaced. It can be seen that this is also a world where multiple forces coexist, and it is definitely not just the two races of bugs and the fortress master.
I don’t know if I was annoyed or finally gave up, but the voice finally stopped. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Although the sound was not harsh and the volume was not loud, I would still be annoyed if I listened too much. And more importantly, no one was sure whether the automatic control system would suddenly turn its back after not getting an understandable answer. The traces of the gun mouth can be found everywhere on the roof here, and it is still very dangerous for the control system to suddenly go crazy.
Fortunately, the worry didn't happen, and it was okay for a group of people to stalk everywhere. A fool with excessive curiosity even ran into the warehouse to pry open the box to see what was inside. Even this behavior was not attacked, and there was no voice warning. Although he was immediately scolded by Mia, his stupid behavior also made Shul feel confident that his side was still very high in the fortress, so there was no need to worry about safety for the time being.
The automatic door in the middle of the corridor is slightly larger than the other doors, and it is undoubtedly special.
Sure enough, behind the door was a short corridor more than ten meters long. Then, passing through the exit at the end of the corridor, a square hall of more than forty meters appeared in front of you. There was no one in the hall, only a large number of machinery of unknown purpose, and the lights of various colors on the machine flashed frequently, indicating that they were all in operation.
Among machines, the most common one is a strange table, or a strange platform. There are a few buttons on one side of the platform, and only the occasional lights flash in other places.
"Beep", the prompt sound comes again. As soon as everyone enters the central hall, the prompt sound sounds from the platform in the middle of the hall. Then, the lights in the blank space on the platform suddenly emit light at the same time, and the light is slanted upwards, gathering a little somewhere above.
"Wow." Many people exclaimed in low ejaculation, staring at the platform intently, because after the light converged, a three-dimensional image of human beings appeared on the platform.
It is easy to see that this human being is by no means a physical body, but a phantom made of light. However, the three-dimensional phantom is vividly constructed. Not only is the color and reality, but it is also extremely restored. Even the wrinkles on the clothes when they are physically moving are truthfully expressed. It is hard to believe that this is just a phantom if you don’t watch her appear.
Yes, she is a woman's image, with a delicate appearance, but her expression is even colder than Mia. The style of the clothes she wears is obviously different from that of Pavatiga, but the sturdy materials, serious shapes, and neat, capable and meticulous styles of dressing, everyone has a common judgment in their hearts - military uniforms.
"Pa", Phantom's right hand was horizontally placed on her chest, her heels were tightly closed, and even a sound effect of the heels colliding. At the same time, the mechanical sound was released again, just like her expression, without any emotional expression.
Even Mia thought that Shur was going to ignore the mechanical sounds trying to talk like before, but she didn't expect Shur to react this time.
Facing the Phantom standing upright after the salute, Shuer waved his hand absent-mindedly with a condescending expression, and casually issued a syllable that no one could understand. The Phantom seemed to have received some command, and saluted again with a snap, and disappeared on the platform, and the lights on the platform immediately returned to silence.
"You..." Several high-level mercenaries showed ghost-like expressions. What's the situation?
"Don't be so surprised. I have read several linguistic books and learned some superficial knowledge. I didn't expect it to be used here." Shuer said quite modestly, as if he had just done something insignificant. "I just had a conversation with the humanoid puppet and listened to the mechanical sounds in the fortress several times. It was what the Phantom Lady said just now, and it happened to summarize a little pronunciation rule. I guess that syllable should mean asking for good. It seems that I was right."
Superficial knowledge? The genius believes in you. But everyone is too lazy to pay attention to this guy's excuse. Who can be without a secret?
"Tsk tsk, the expression is very good, the most standard attitude of the senior military leaders towards the bottom." I don't know whether to mock or praise, Dark said astonished, "Why are you so skillful? Is there a similar atmosphere in the church now?"
"Ha, who knows?" I have commanded the troops a hundred times more than you before. Are you afraid? Shuer brought up the topic as if nothing happened. "If nothing unexpected happens, this should be the central control room. The location we came here just now is probably the material storage area. Well, from the architectural style of their square, the other three sides should lead to three different areas. I think, there must be a living area. Weapons and equipment, which can be used at any time, must be stored separately from ordinary materials, and they must be independently outside the living area. A separate area will be designated to store. What is the function of the remaining area?"
It is a research area.
This is the conclusion drawn after checking it out in person.
The material storage area is the research area. As soon as you enter, you will find that the internal style is obviously different from other areas.
The outside is the original silver-gray metal, but the study area is white, and all the places are painted white, monotonous, but with indescribable solemnity and holiness.
"Praise the Lord and praise the gods." Shur stood up thinking for a moment, smiling faintly on his chest, "This is a good idea."
"how?"
"I was thinking that after I went back, I painted several treatment rooms in the temple white, and the effect should be better than before."
"White?" Mia had a stern face, but a teasing smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. "From the size of the temple room, it will cost a lot of money to paint it thoroughly."
"The Lord said that you should act with a simple heart and not take too much skill." Xiuer said seriously, "The Lord's words are the truth. It is indeed a little simpler, and it is better not to change the color."
"Why haven't the God's punishment arrived yet to kill you?" Dark made a contemptuous gesture, "I will definitely be our Dark Moon Goddess at that time."
"What is studying here?" Completely ignoring Dark's curse, Shur looked around the doors of each room as if nothing had happened.
"Study bugs." When I arrived at this place, Militi seemed to go home. Although the advanced level of research equipment and the principles were different, for a vital expert, there was no barrier to understanding. "A variety of bugs, many species have specimens."
"Wait, all kinds?" Shuer seemed to hear a very subtle word, "Are there really many kinds?"
"No, you misunderstood." Militi shook her head, "most of them are real bugs, very small ones."
"Oh, that's fine."
"Don't be too happy too early, there are more than the big bugs we see." Militi immediately poured a basin of cold water, "There are at least three kinds in it. I think there must be more than these. There should be other kinds."
"Hiss, let's see." Under Militi's guidance, Shuer broke into a room. Sure enough, there were three large bugs soaked in strange liquid.
The first one is the one that I saw not long ago and I almost vomited. The second one looks like a cockroach that has been enlarged dozens of times. It doesn't seem to be aggressive, but it's just a little larger. As for the third one, it covers the body of a thin carapace, two pairs of dragonfly-like wings, long spikes behind the tail, and mouthpieces that are easy to eject.
"Tsk, there are indeed flying bugs." Shure sighed, "I hope they haven't come to the projection world to travel."
"In addition to the corpses of insects, there are also humanoid creatures." With the assistance of death energy, Militi can find the corpses without looking at them one by one, "Do you want to see?"
Chapter completed!