dark moon

Chapter 228 Underground
"Don't move." Along with a crisp prompt, several red lights shot out from the wall, shining on everyone's head, starting to move slowly from top to bottom. The guns under the roof were always aimed at the intruders. He won't let up for a second.

"Moria, remember to always maintain your human form in the fortress, and don't change randomly." Shuer suddenly remembered this question, "Others should also pay attention, especially the mercenaries, don't explode the energy in your body casually. After all, no one knows whether they distinguish between friend and foe based on appearance or energy intensity."

"Beep, beep, beep." The red light moved all the way to the feet before disappearing. The firearms protruding from under the roof were also retracted. The incomprehensible mechanical voice was much lower this time, as if it was coming from right next to the ears.

"Oh, I passed the test." Xiuer nodded seemingly confidently, making the ordinary people following him feel that everything was under control. As for whether it was really the case, it didn't matter at all. "Let's go in and have a look. It should be better than imagined." It’s safer and more novel than imagined.”

Only then did everyone pay attention to the surrounding environment. It was 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 50 meters long. There is a door at the end of the corridor. The total length must have exceeded the ground building. .

The corridor is very wide. There are more than 30 people piled in the corridor. It is only slightly crowded. Both the walls and the floor are made of solid metal. After being flicked, they are thick and strong. It seems to be to prevent bugs. Dig your way into the fortress.

There are many doors open on both sides of the corridor. All the doors open and close automatically. From time to time, metal puppets with the same shape as outside will come in and out. There are also boxes with strange textures on their arms. Look inside through the open doors. There are boxes of different sizes inside, stacked neatly, with very few gaps. There is no doubt that these rooms should be material warehouses. Judging from the situation in the room, the materials here are relatively abundant, enough for the fortress. Hold on for a long time.

When walking around, you will inevitably encounter humanoid puppets at work, but these puppets never pay attention to the people passing by, making people wonder if they have become invisible.

The mechanical voice in my ear kept talking. Although I couldn't understand it, according to Shuer's explanation, nine different pronunciation rules had been changed within a few minutes, which was at least nine different languages. If you count, Subtle changes in the tones under the same rules as above, which means at least 30 different accents have been changed. It can be seen that this is also a world where multiple forces coexist, and it is by no means just two races: bugs and fortress masters.

I don’t know whether it was because they were tired or because they finally gave up. The voice finally stopped, and everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief.Although the sound is not harsh and the volume is not loud, it will still be annoying if you listen to it too much. And more importantly, no one is sure whether the automatic control system will suddenly turn against it after not getting an understandable answer.Traces of gun muzzles can be found everywhere on the roof here. It is still very dangerous if the control system suddenly goes crazy.

Fortunately, what we were worried about did not happen. A group of people wandered around without any problems. There was even an idiot who was overly curious and ran into the warehouse to pry open the box to see what was inside. Even this behavior was not done. Being attacked without even a voice warning.Although he was immediately scolded by Mia, his stupid move convinced Shuer that his team was still at a very high level inside this fortress, and 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 there is no doubt that it is special.

Sure enough, behind the door is a short corridor of more than ten meters long. Then go forward through the exit at the end of the corridor, and a square hall of more than 40 meters appears in front of you. There is no one in the hall, only a large number of machines of unknown purpose, with various functions on the machines. The lights of three colors flash frequently to show that they are all in operation.

Among the machines, the most common one is a strange table, or it can also be called a strange platform. There are a few buttons on one side of the platform, and only occasional lights flashing in other places.

"Beep", the prompt sound came again.As soon as everyone entered the central hall, a tone sounded from the platform in the middle of the hall. Immediately afterwards, the lights in the empty spaces on the platform suddenly emitted light at the same time. The light shot diagonally upward and converged into a point somewhere above.

"Wow." Many people exclaimed in low voices, staring at the platform intently, because after the light converged, a three-dimensional image of a human appeared on the platform.

It is easy to see that this human being is by no means an entity, just a shadow made of light. However, the three-dimensional shadow is constructed vividly. Not only is the color indistinguishable from the real thing, but the degree of restoration is extremely high, even when the body moves. The wrinkles on the clothes were realistically displayed. If I hadn't seen her appear, it would have been hard to believe that this was just an illusion.

Yes, she, this is the image of a woman. She looks very delicate, but her expression is colder than Mia. The style of her clothes is obviously different from Parvatiga, but the material is strong, the shape is serious, and she is neat and capable and meticulous. Everyone has a common judgment in mind about their dressing style - military uniforms.

"Pa", Phantom placed her right hand across her chest and pressed her heels together. There was even a sound effect of heels colliding. At the same time, the mechanical sound came out again. Just like her expression, there was no expression of any emotion.

Even Mia originally thought that Shuer would just ignore the mechanical voice trying to talk to her like he did before, but she didn't expect that this time Shuer would react.

Facing Phantom, who stood upright after saluting, Shuer waved his hands absently with a condescending expression, and casually uttered a syllable that no one could understand. Phantom, as if he had received some order, snapped. He saluted again and disappeared on the platform, and the lights on the platform immediately returned to silence.

"You..." Several high-level mercenaries looked as if they had seen a ghost. What was going on?
"Don't be so surprised. I have read a few books on linguistics and learned some superficial knowledge, but I didn't expect it to be used here." Shuer said very modestly, as if he had just done an insignificant thing. "I just had a conversation with the humanoid puppet, and listened to the mechanical sounds in the fortress a few times. Those words that the phantom lady said just now, I just summarized some pronunciation rules. I guess that syllable means hello. It seems I was right."

Superficial knowledge?Only ghosts believe you.But everyone was too lazy to pay attention to this guy's excuses. Who doesn't have some secrets?
"Tsk, tsk, the expression is spot on. It's the most standard attitude of the top military officers towards the bottom." I don't know if it was a mockery or a compliment, Dak said, "Why are you so skilled? Is there a similar trend in the church now?"

"Oh, who knows?" Are you afraid that the troops I have commanded before are a hundred times larger than yours?Xiuer brought up the topic nonchalantly, "If nothing else, this should be the central control room. The location we came to just now is probably the material storage area. Well, judging from their square architectural style, the other three sides should lead to Three different areas. When I think about it, there must be a living area. Weapons and equipment that may be used at any time must be stored separately from general materials, and they must be independent from the living area. A separate area will probably be designated for storage. , what is the function of the remaining area?" It is the research area.

This is the conclusion I came to after personally viewing it.

Opposite the material storage area is the research area. As soon as you enter, you will find that the interior style is obviously different from other areas.

Both the walls and the floor outside are the original silvery gray of metal, but the inside of the research area is pure white. Everything is painted white, monotonous, but with an indescribable solemnity and holiness.

"Praise the Lord, praise the gods." Shuer stood thoughtfully for a moment, then smiled lightly and drew a circle on his chest, "This is a good idea."

"how?"

"I'm thinking that when I go back, I'll paint some of the treatment rooms in the temple white. The effect should be better than before."

"White?" Mia said with a straight face, but a teasing smile appeared at the corner of her mouth, "Judging from the size of the temple room, it would cost a lot to completely paint it."

"The Lord said, act with a simple heart and don't be too clever." Shuer said seriously, "The Lord's words are the truth. It is better to be more simple and not change the color."

"How come God's punishment hasn't come yet and beat you to death?" Dak made a contemptuous gesture, "I will definitely kill you Dark Moon Goddess when the time comes."

"What is the research here?" Completely ignoring Dak's curse, Shuer looked around at the door of each room as if nothing had happened.

"Research bugs." When she arrived at a place like this, Militty felt as if she had returned home. Although the research equipment was of different levels of advancement and the principles were different, for a life science expert, there was no obstacle in understanding, "Everything is different." There are all kinds of insects, and there are specimens of many species.”

"Wait, various kinds?" Shuer seemed to hear a very subtle word, "Are there really many kinds?"

"No, you misunderstood." Mirity shook her head and said, "Most of them are real bugs, very small ones."

"Oh, that's fine."

"Don't be too happy too early. There are more big bugs than the ones we see." Militty immediately poured a basin of cold water on them. "There are at least three kinds of them. I think there must be more than these. There should be other types."

"Hiss, let me take a look." Under the guidance of Militi, Shuer broke into a room. Sure enough, there were three large bugs soaked in a strange liquid.

The first one was the one I almost vomited when I saw it not long ago, and the second one looked like a cockroach magnified dozens of times. It didn't seem to be aggressive, but it was just a little bigger.As for the third one, it has a body covered with a thin carapace, two pairs of dragonfly-like wings, long spikes at the back of its tail, and mouthparts for spraying.

"Tsk, there are indeed flying bugs." Shuer sighed, "I hope they don't come to travel in the projection world."

"In addition to the corpses of bugs, there are also humanoids." With the help of death energy, Militi was able to find the corpses without looking at them one by one. "Want to take a look?"

"No, find the living area first. We need to rest now." Looking back at a group of ordinary people, the potential inspired by fear gradually faded away, and everyone was exhausted. "We will talk about the rest after rest."

(End of this chapter)