The sun is high - #445 - Chapter 444 Machine

“Bang! Bang!”

As it traveled, this crude vehicle, which was pieced together from a variety of materials and discarded parts, kept making noisy sounds.

The two giant rats responsible for pulling the cart worked very hard, especially after noticing the aura of the running rat hidden in Xiuge’s body. The next order ordered them to slow down and rest on the spot. These two giant rats were afraid that they would go straight to their destination without stopping.

As Azifu said, there is an extremely amazing space inside this huge “mountain”. The huge shaft that Shuge saw when he first arrived here and the rat settlement built next to it actually only occupy an area of A very small part of this space.

When the giant rats pulled the vehicle away from the rat people’s settlement, Shuge was able to see more puzzling and strange structures.

In the vast space inside this “mountain”, the first thing Xiuge saw were high walls one after another. These high walls rose from the ground and extended into the deep darkness above.

These high walls are obviously arranged according to specific rules. Their existence divides the vast space inside the “mountain” into multiple areas of varying sizes in an orderly manner. After passing through, it will give people a very serious feeling of being lost.

Fortunately, the rat people have obviously explored these ruins in the past. They have left simple road signs made of luminous crystals piled up and placed in many places. This allows the rat warriors responsible for driving to quickly identify the correct direction.

Azifu curled up in the corner of the seat, “enjoying” the bumps caused by the vehicle, while chatting with Shuge wordlessly: “It’s spectacular, right? The first time I saw such a scene, I’m all a little lost…these relics left by past civilizations and countries are so strange, I can’t imagine what kind of ethnic group has the time and ability to build such a magnificent building.”

While he was talking, the vehicle drove into an area where a large amount of gravel and debris were scattered, which further intensified the bumps of the vehicle. After all, Azifu’s body was still a little old, so he shivered and pulled it from under the seat. He took out a thick black blanket and casually put it on the back of his waist.

Shuge noticed that on this so-called blanket, there were deep shadows unique to the creatures of the Dark Abyss.

Obviously, even this seemingly ordinary blanket is actually a special trophy obtained by the rat people by hunting specific Dark Abyss creations.

“Have you been here many times before?”

“Yes, yes… I don’t know how many times I have been here. I can’t even count them. As for other hunting teams responsible for exploring this place, they have already visited these places.”

Azifu said slowly: “In the beginning, we were still afraid of these areas, but now, some young rats will come to these places to play from time to time, ha… they Isn’t it quite similar to humans to call this kind of fun practicing courage and taking risks?”

“really.”

Xiuge twitched his lips. After coming into contact with the ancient ethnic group of rat people, Xiuge discovered that aside from their physical structure, social composition and some unique habits, the state of the rat people’s settlement was actually different from his own impression. In fact, there are not many differences between the humans, elves and other Vanen groups in the world. Especially after Azifu carried out the overall transformation and guidance of the rat tribe, this bias became more obvious.

“Actually, there are many beasts living here… They are very similar to the monsters outside, but they are not exactly the same.”

Azifu tugged on the blanket that was padded behind his waist and introduced: “General dark abyss creations, no matter whether they are powerful or cruel in nature, are ultimately the aggregation of the cold magic power of this world. Once they are defeated , is eliminated, it will immediately collapse into its most primitive state, but the beasts living here are completely different.”

“Although the bodies of these beasts have been affected and transformed by this world, they still retain their own bodies, just like us. Therefore, we can get some important trophies from them, such as fur, flesh, and blood. Bones, internal organs, etc… these are absolutely scarce in the Dark Abyss.”

Speaking of this, Azifu sighed: “In the beginning, in order to build our settlement and for some rituals that could not be used inside the Dark Abyss, we hunted a large number of people hidden inside this ‘high mountain’ The beasts almost became extinct, and then I issued an order asking them to stop their endless hunting of these beasts and start trying to tame them.”

“Did it succeed?”

“It’s pretty successful. Now, turn the corner ahead, and then you can see our ‘pasture’.”

As he spoke, the vehicle had already arrived at the fork in the road. After following the road signs under the high wall for a further distance, Shuge saw the “Ratman Ranch” that Azifu mentioned.

The so-called ranch is actually a huge area composed of three high walls, or it can be called a huge “room”.

In short, in this space, Shuge saw many rat-man “herdsmen” busy. Some of them were busy grinding the magic crystals brought back by the hunting team into finer powder. Then, they He then crushed a large number of remains collected from the outside world and mixed the two together.

This is the process of making “feed” by the rat people.

Soon, Xiuge also saw the beasts enjoying this “delicious food”.

Their appearance made Xiuge a little surprised.

As Aqi Fu introduced on the road, these beasts were extremely different from the native creatures in the dark abyss. Xiuge could clearly see many familiar shadows of beasts on them.

However, these beasts with distinctive features such as cattle, sheep or rabbits have now become extremely large. On their bodies, the mist of the dark abyss is constantly flowing through, and their eyes have basically become Degenerated, where their eyes originally grew, Xiuge could only see clusters of shadows “embedded” in his head.

And when the rat herders delivered carts of grinded and mixed special “feed” into the pasture, these weird beasts immediately became active, and they rushed towards the feeding place. That scene , it’s really spectacular.

“You didn’t bring me here specifically to see the ranch, did you?”

Shuge turned to Azifu and asked: “Although this model is important and interesting, it seems to be somewhat different from the destination you mentioned before.”

“It’s just the only way to go. In this ‘maze’ made of high walls, not all roads are smooth… There are many places that are damaged and collapsed, and some roads are blocked by huge debris. “

Azifu smiled and said: “Young people are easily anxious, but when I first came here, I was similar to you. All I could think about was Van En. It’s a pity, I can only think about it.”

So, the rat warrior driving the car fed a piece of crystal to each of the two giant rats responsible for pulling the cart, and then the vehicle started moving forward at high speed again.

As the vehicle goes deeper, more details belonging to this ancient ruins are revealed.

After passing through a dilapidated “hall” and entering a new wide passage, Shuge discovered that in the darkness above his head, there were some new structures that felt both familiar and strange to him.

Those are tracks fixed to the top of the passage.

Yes, tracks.

Xiuge could see the usefulness of these structures at a glance, because their appearance was too typical. In Xiuge’s real “hometown”, the distant world that he was extremely familiar with, this kind of structure was installed directly inside the building. The tracks are often used to transport some heavy and troublesome supplies or heavy objects. Even in today’s Vanen workshops and factories, similar tracks also appear. Although the power used by the two is very different. , but the final functionality is highly similar.

However, the metal tracks that Xiuge saw now were really huge.

They are firmly fixed at the top of this space. Their surface is smooth, and there are some neat grooves and engraved lines on the sides. This is in line with Xiuge’s imagination of the kind used to carry heavy or expensive materials. The tracks are basically the same.

This discovery intensified Xiuge’s curiosity about this “mountain” and the civilization that created it.

The strange light source “embedded” on the top of this wonder building, the complex structure inside which requires a huge amount of manpower, material resources and technical level, the huge elevator shaft and metal track that are obviously used to transport large quantities of materials or large and heavy objects , plus those beasts that live inside the building and whose ecology obviously violates the ordinary rules of the dark abyss…

There are various indications that this abnormal and strange “peak” that has always remained in the Dark Abyss Wasteland is likely to have carried some unimaginable magical functions in the past.

When Shuge questioned Azifu about what he saw, the once legendary poet and now wise prophet fell silent.

Azifu thought for a long time before finally speaking: “This is why I must take you to the depths no matter what, even though so far, my decision to move the tribe here is correct. But I know very little about the habitat we have chosen…Everything I see and touch here continues to challenge my knowledge.”

Azifu raised his hand and pushed up his reading glasses: “When I really stepped into the deepest part of this ruins for the first time, I almost couldn’t believe my eyes… You know, I have come into contact with so many There are so many long-lost magics and rituals, and I have glimpsed countless wonders of the distant past through this, but those scenes are still incomparable to what I see here.”

Azifu licked his lips: “Those scenes really made me feel shocked and desperate.”

“What do you see?”

“Don’t worry…we’ll be there soon.”

As he spoke, Azifu looked around, then he raised his hand and summoned a magic light ball for lighting. Affected by the nature of magic, the color of the light ball looked quite eerie and cold, but under its With help, a large number of details in the surrounding environment can also be revealed.

So Xiuge saw that there seemed to be various traces of damage on the high walls on the left and right sides of this wide road.

Huge scratches, damage and gaps caused by explosions or some kind of brute force impact, scorched black spots caused by strong corrosion or high temperature…

Traces like this were all over the sides of the passage, and some huge metal rails also fell off the top and were smashed into the passage.

Soon, as the vehicle passed through a bumpy road intersection, Shuge finally saw the wreckage left over from the distant war.

He couldn’t help but widen his eyes.

It was a huge shadow standing in the center of the passage. As the vehicle continued to approach, the outline and details of the shadow were finally revealed in the light created by Aziv.

So Xiuge saw a huge metal machine that had been scrapped and lying on the ground.

Azifu noticed the change in Shuge’s mood, so he ordered the soldier driving in front to stop the car. Then Shuge turned over from his seat and came to the wreckage of the machine in three steps and two steps at a time.

Under the illumination of the light, the heavy metal chassis revealed a dark and heavy color. From the sides and rear of the metal chassis, five thick metal limbs extended respectively. And in this huge mechanical part, It is a slightly bulky-looking cabin, with some almost indistinguishable metal accessories set up on its sides and front. Judging from its appearance, it should be a severely damaged heavy weapon.

On the front of the cabin, Xiuge saw an astonishing black hole – at some point in the distant past, this huge war machine equipped with thick metal armor and a variety of deadly weapons was hit by some terrible force. , that power not only tore apart its armor and destroyed its core, but also caused all the crew members in the cabin to evaporate and die on the spot.

“…”

Xiuge stood there in silence. He stared blankly at the scrapped machine in front of him that seemed to span several different dimensions at the same time. His usually tenacious and active thinking suddenly fell into a state of stasis.

“It’s been lying there since I first entered here. I don’t know what it is, and I don’t have the ability or courage to research and judge it.”

Azifu came to behind Shuge leaning on his metal crutch. He whispered: “Young man, after I heard you talk about those unheard of vehicles and weapons, this was the first thing that came to my mind. So I decided to bring you here to see…how is it going, have you gained anything?”