Chapter 470 Falling into the Deep Sea (13)

Chapter 470 Falling into the Deep Sea (13)

"Om~~"

When Han Zu approached to within five meters, the rectangular device suspended on the base emitted some energy humming. This sound was consistent with the sound the two had heard at the fork in the road before. It can be confirmed that the sound they had heard before was emitted by this rectangular device.

After making the sound, the rectangular device slowly began to rotate. Han Zu temporarily stopped approaching the rectangular device and used his perception ability to cover the rectangular device and the base below it, trying to find some clues. However, the result surprised Han Zu very much, because within the range of his perception ability, he could only sense the base, and could not sense the slowly rotating rectangular device above.

After slowly turning ninety degrees, the rectangular device hummed again and then stopped. After confirming that it had stopped, Han Zu turned sideways and used his flying ability to float up as well. Then he carefully extended his right arm and slowly approached the surface of the rectangular device.

"despair."

A few seconds later, Han Zu stretched out his right hand and grabbed one of the corners of the rectangular device. The base below seemed to have little effect on the rectangular device. Han Zu took the rectangular device down from the top of the base without using any force.

Han Zu did not leave immediately with the rectangular device, but continued to observe the state of the base and the changes in the surrounding space. After all, according to common sense, moving an object of such a shape would generally activate some mechanism.

But this time it seemed a little different. After waiting for a minute, nothing happened. However, Han Zu did not rush to Xin's location. Instead, he used his flying ability to slowly move away from the base. After all, some mechanisms would only be activated after the distance between the objects reached a threshold.

"You leave this space first, and then I'll take this rectangular device out. If there is indeed a mechanism here, I think it may not take effect until it is taken out of the room."

"Okay, be careful."

According to Han Zu's request, Xin left the space where the pedestal was located first, but kept the distance within Han Zu's visual range, in order to avoid sudden danger nearby and Han Zu's inability to provide support in the first time. After Xin left the space where the pedestal was located and returned to the passage, under her gaze, Han Zu also slowly flew out of there after more than two minutes.

The rectangular device didn't seem to be connected to any mechanism. After leaving the base for several hundred meters, the surrounding environment did not change, and the two did not find any enemies nearby. After the surroundings were safe, the two finally had time to observe the details of the rectangular device.

This rectangular device is not very big. It consists of 4 parts. The outermost layer is a 20 square centimeter metal frame. The texture of the metal frame is consistent with the metal structure walls around it, but the color is different. Inside the metal frame, the first layer is a very thin transparent shell. Although the shell is transparent, according to Han Zu's judgment, it is also a metal creation. The smooth surface indicates that this shell is a finely crafted man-made object, but Han Zu did not find any traces of polishing on it, indicating that the maker of this thing is either very skilled or used some advanced polishing equipment beyond the cognition of the two.

Inside this transparent shell, there are some special liquids. The colors of these liquids are very strange. They are not the regular colors that normal humans and Tig people can distinguish. Although Han Zu can see the true state of this color, he cannot describe it to Xin next to him because he does not have the corresponding words. These liquids do not have any energy and cannot be stored, but Han Zu sensed some residual energy on them. He suspected that these residual energies should be related to the innermost core of the rectangular device.

In the center of these liquids, there is a core. Since the liquid wrapping the core can completely block Han Zu's energy, he needs to shake the entire rectangular device to allow the colored liquid inside to gather to one side before he can observe the appearance of the core. Although the process is time-consuming, Han Zu finally saw the full picture of the core.

The core inside the rectangular device is also a metal cube, but its size is half that of the entire rectangular device, only ten square centimeters. The color of the core is similar to that of mercury, but brighter, and there are some irregular patterns on it. It looks like a Rubik's Cube and can be rotated.

"Except for the core, there is no movable part in this rectangular device. I think the other parts besides the core should be some kind of fixed shell to protect the core. Only the inner core or the layer of liquid outside the core should be useful."

"You're not going to take this thing apart, are you?!"

"What else? You don't look like you agree?"

"Of course I don't agree! Let's not talk about whether we can open it or not. Even if you can get the core out, how do you know if it will cause something that we can't handle?"

"Then what do you suggest?"

"Take it with you first. We'll search other places. If we really can't find anything else, it won't be too late to open it later."

Xin's suggestion was indeed very reasonable. After the previous incident with the metal humanoids, Han Zu's view on this giant metal structure became more and more bizarre. He began to think that those metal humanoids should be some special mechanical sentinels, or unique intelligent life forms. If this idea was followed, then the huge metal structure where the two were, and the other two giant metal structures next to it, were most likely the creations of a certain civilization. Judging from the strength of this metal, if Han Zu's guess was correct, then the civilization that created these metal structures, its technological level, at least in terms of manufacturing, would probably be far beyond that of the Tig people.

Similarly, a civilization that can create such a thing must be extraordinary in other aspects. So this rectangular device that looks very important must be very important, so it is not a good idea to destroy it forcibly before figuring out its function.

"Then take it with you. I can put it in... hm?"

After Γ4's help, Han Zu's contractor equipment added a space storage module (backpack). Generally speaking, as long as the size does not exceed the capacity of the space storage module, anything can be put in it, even if the thing does not exist in a solid form. However, when Han Zu was about to put this rectangular device of only 20 square centimeters into the storage module, he was surprised to find that this thing could not be stored in the space storage module. The display on the device page that manages the storage module is "No available items retrieved". In other words, this rectangular device was characterized by the device as a "non-existent" thing.

"this..."

Han Zu told Xin about this situation, and the latter also found it very strange.

"Collective hallucination?"

"But I can indeed feel the touch of this rectangular device. How about you try it?"

Han Zu grabbed the rectangular device from below and stretched it towards Xin, who raised her right hand and placed it on top of the rectangular device. Strangely, the tactile sensor of the engineering armor also did not scan anything, but when Xin opened her arm armor and touched the rectangular device with her flesh, she did touch it. The texture of the rectangular device was similar to what Han Zu described to her.

"So this thing does exist, but none of our devices can scan it or recognize it."

“This is the situation right now.”

"So you plan to keep this thing?"

"Is there any room in the backpack on your engineering armor?"

"Yes, there is space for this thing."

"Then leave it with you for now. If you encounter an enemy, it will be inconvenient to carry this thing with you, and it will inevitably be damaged."

The backpack on Xin's engineering armor had a lot of space. Since he hadn't found anything useful before, there was nothing in it at the moment. It was more than enough to put a rectangular device in it. In order to ensure the safety of the rectangular device, Han Zu used some of his own flesh and blood to add a layer of protective shell outside the rectangular device. After doing this, Xin put the rectangular device into the backpack of his engineering armor.

"Okay, we can continue exploring."

After temporarily dealing with the rectangular device, the two continued to explore along the huge passage. Except for some different structures, the entire passage looked almost the same in the dim visibility. If Han Zu had not marked the location of the wall, the two would even think that they were going in circles. This situation of being trapped in a maze made Xin unconsciously nervous.

“Rustle, rustle…”

“Rustle, rustle…”

Half an hour later, the two came to a relatively narrow place inside the metal structure. The metal structure wall here was a little different from the metal structure walls in other places. Han Zu tried to use his right hand to make scratches here as a mark, but the metal structure wall nearby was even stronger than the previous metal structure wall. Although Han Zu was still able to leave marks on the metal structure nearby, it was only a few marks.

"Tuk-tuk."

After knocking twice on the metal wall with different colors, the two found that the metal structure in this narrow position could absorb the surrounding sounds to a great extent. It might be some kind of sound-absorbing material. But in such a position, the two heard some rustling sounds. Judging from the surrounding metal material that can absorb sounds, the thing that made the sound should not be far away from them.

“Rustle, rustle…”

“Rustle, rustle…”

As the sound got closer, the two immediately retreated and left the narrow space. They used the equipment to scan the direction from which the sound came. Although they did not find a specific target, they did capture some signs of movement inside the narrow space, and it was approaching the two people's position.

The two looked at each other, and immediately occupied the advantageous terrain, prepared for battle, and stared at the direction of the narrow position. As the sound got closer, a minute later, the owner of the sound finally appeared in front of the two. They were some mechanical units that looked like spiders, but their bodies were a unique metal cylindrical structure.

Xin used the communication equipment to ask Han Zu whether he wanted to launch the attack first. After thinking quickly, Han Zu rejected this action. He planned to observe these mechanical insects first to see what they were going to do. After all, these mechanical insects were the second batch of moving things besides the previous metal humanoids.

These mechanical spiders slowly crawled out of the narrow space. Their special leg joints were very flexible, and they could change the direction and angle of movement by rotating at different angles. The metal surface of these mechanical spiders reflected a faint glow, and according to the angle of the reflected light, it could be found that the light source seemed to be behind them.

After leaving the narrow space, the mechanical spiders should have discovered the two people's position immediately, but strangely, they did not attack immediately, but slowly circled around Han Zu and Xin, making a slight buzzing sound. Han Zu carefully observed the mechanical spiders, trying to judge what they were doing from their behavior, but the movement of these mechanical spiders was irregular, so it was difficult to analyze their motives from this point.

Suddenly, a mechanical spider broke away from the queue and quickly crawled towards Han Zu's position. Xin raised the plasma pistol in her hand and prepared to shoot, but Han Zu stopped her. Under the observation of the two, the mechanical spider that broke away from the queue quickly arrived at Han Zu's feet, and quickly climbed up his body along Han Zu's legs.

"What is it...doing?"

"I don't know. The energy reaction is very small. I can't guess it."

"The device can..."

"It's useless. This thing can't be scanned."

The mechanical spider that had broken away from the team climbed up Han Zu's arm and stopped at Han Zu's shoulder. It could be seen that it stopped after reaching that position, and one end of its metal cylinder was pointed at Han Zu's face. However, Han Zu did not sense the energy level that could pose a threat, and the opponent did not seem to be preparing to attack Han Zu.

Just when the two were puzzled, Han Zu's contractor equipment suddenly changed. A lot of things that were not sure whether they were words or symbols suddenly appeared on the information screen of the equipment. A large amount of untranslatable information kept appearing, and even interfered with the operation of the contractor's equipment to a certain extent.

Just when Han Zu thought that things might be developing in a bad direction and was about to use high-energy rays to destroy the mechanical insect on his shoulder, the mechanical spider moved again and returned to the team. Soon, the entire team of mechanical spiders left the two people's position and disappeared behind them.

"What are these things I see? Words? Symbols?"

After these mechanical spiders disappeared, a similar situation occurred on Xin's engineering armor. Han Zu used his finger to draw one of the things he had just seen on the ordinary metal structure wall nearby.

"What you saw was similar to this?"

"Yes! How did you know? Did you see it too?"

"Yes, these... words or symbols or something like that should be related to those mechanical spiders. They may be trying to tell us something, but I can't translate what this information is."

"Me too, what about us now?"

"Keep going. There must be more than just these things in such a big place."