Chapter 472 Falling into the Deep Sea (15)

Chapter 472 Falling into the Deep Sea (15)

"Has anything been turned on or activated?"

"From the sound it must be there, but I'm still looking for it. Whatever activated it, it must not be obvious. Why don't you try? Your eyesight is much better than mine."

The successful operation of the rectangular device on the last base indicated that Han Zu must have used it to open something, but the two looked around and did not find anything different from before.

"Xin, keep an eye on the rectangular device while I look around here."

"it is good."

After exchanging positions, Xin stayed next to the rectangular device and the base, while Han Zu used his flying ability to quickly check in the space. After checking around, Han Zu found nothing, but just when he was about to slow down and search again, Xin on the platform seemed to have found something.

"This way!"

Xin in the distance waved at Han Zu and pointed in a certain direction. Han Zu quickly flew over to check, but found nothing. And because he found nothing, Han Zu confirmed what the last pedestal was used for. Because this location was originally where the two entered this space, and now the entrance has disappeared. Landing next to Xin, the two talked about the disappeared entrance.

"You were close to the entrance. Did you see what happened just now?"

"No, I confirmed it based on the position of the base. The entire platform has not moved in any way. I am sure that the position just now should be the entrance for us to enter this space. What have you found?"

"The wall with the remains of the gate is gone. When we came in, I left one or two marks on both sides of the gate. Now they are gone. Either a new metal structure wall appeared between the original entrance and our position, or this space has undergone some kind of movement that we are not aware of."

"You mean this space has changed direction and angle?"

"This platform in the entire space feels like a complex control console. We know very little about it, so anything it can do is possible. After all, even with our level of civilization, it is not difficult to create a large mechanism that can be used as a space. This kind of thing is not uncommon in history."

"Are you sure there isn't an extra wall between the entrance and us?"

"Yes, the size of the entire space has not changed. If there is an extra wall, the size of the space will definitely be reduced."

"but..."

"I know what you want to say. You think the new wall might be thin, right?"

"Yes, or it's very close to the original entrance."

"That's impossible. The remains of the gate are protruding inwards. Based on the size of the remaining debris, if the new wall wants to block the previous debris, it must be at least one meter away from the gate. Such a large error cannot be unnoticed, so I still tend to believe that the direction and angle of the entire space have changed."

"But...if that's true, then it's too quiet. Apart from the humming sound after you placed the rectangular device, there were only the two of us in the entire space. In such a huge space, if you want to change the angle, you need a lot of energy supply, or a large and sophisticated mechanical group to do it. We didn't hear the sound of the mechanical group, so we can rule out this possibility for now, but it's still too strange that there is no sound of energy running."

"That's a problem. We seem to be trapped here. I don't see any other exit."

"what?"

In the interval between the two people's communication, Han Zu had been constantly observing the environment of the entire space. When he just returned to the platform, there was still an exit on the other side of the space. Han Zu had been observing that direction, but when he turned his perspective to observe other positions and then restored his perspective, the exit strangely disappeared. From the shift of sight to the disappearance of the exit, the entire time was actually less than half a second.

"You were staring in that direction before. Did you find anything?"

"No, I only looked away for less than half a second, and then the entrance disappeared."

"So this last base is used to change the direction of space?"

“Not sure, but at least it’s related.”

The rectangular device on the base was still rotating slowly. Based on previous experience, it could be judged that the rectangular device had not yet completed its operation. When the metal column and the volume pool were opened before, when the rectangular device fully opened a certain device, it would stop rotating. Now that it had not stopped, it meant that its operation had not yet come to an end. So the two decided to wait and see what would happen next.

“Sizzle~Sizzle~”

“It stopped.”

About five minutes later, the rectangular device stopped working, and the two observed the entire space again, but still found nothing. Just as the two were discussing whether to take down the rectangular device first, a huge upward passage suddenly appeared above the position they had just observed, which was originally empty. It was dozens of meters wide and not low. To enter the passage, the two could only use Han Zu's flying ability.

The route for continuing the search has been made clear, which is to enter the huge passage above. However, before the two continued to move forward, they discussed whether to take the rectangular device away. Although they both agreed that the rectangular device was very useful and wanted to take it with them, the huge passage above suddenly disappeared under the watchful eyes of the two as soon as the rectangular device was removed from the base.

Just as they were puzzled, they found that the entire platform was also disappearing rapidly. In just a few seconds, the platform in the space, the volume pool they had seen before, and other structures also disappeared rapidly from their sight. As a last resort, they had to put the rectangular device back on the last pedestal before the platform completely disappeared. Soon, as the rectangular device stopped rotating, the huge passage above reappeared, but the part that had disappeared in the space did not recover.

"Damn it..."

In order to avoid a similar situation, the two chose to leave the rectangular device here, and Han Zu took them to fly into the huge passage above. When the two entered the passage, the original entrance suddenly disappeared, and the space where the two were previously located immediately lost contact with the passage.

The change in the environment made Han Zu stop immediately. He wanted to observe the current situation, but the moment he stopped ascending, the two of them suddenly appeared in another space.

"What's going on?"

"I want to know where this place is more than this."

The space they appeared in was larger than the previous one. Moreover, if their vision was not affected, this space was absurdly large. Neither Xin nor Han Zu could observe the boundary of the space. It was like a void of spirit prison. Apart from the unknown liquid that could cover their waists and the metal floor made of strange materials, they could not observe anything. There was also a mist around them that did not affect their vision but was very strange.

Han Zu dived into the liquid and observed the metal floor beneath the liquid. This metal floor was completely different from the metal walls and floors he had seen before. It was a granular metal that could not be destroyed. As for why the two of them were inclined to believe that this material was metal, it was because Han Zu could produce sparks by rubbing it. The fact that the sparks were not affected by the liquid was another thing that surprised the two of them.

“Crash…crash…”

The two did not show any changes after coming into contact with the liquid, which proved that the liquid was at least harmless to them. However, the completely identical environment also made them unsure of which direction to move forward.

The unchanging environment made both of them feel that something was wrong, so they left the liquid surface and used Han Zu's flying to move in the air. After moving at the highest speed for an hour, there was still no change in the environment, so they stopped again.

"The liquid below is vibrating, please be careful."

The two stopped and looked around. Xin discovered that the liquid below suddenly began to vibrate noticeably. Just as she reminded Han Zu, the liquid level below suddenly continued to rise and instantly covered their heads. The height at which they were suspended was at least two meters above the liquid surface. It was very strange that the liquid level below suddenly rose to this height.

The two people wrapped in the liquid wanted to escape from the liquid surface. Han Zu immediately climbed vertically at full speed, but even at this speed, they could not leave the liquid surface. Not only that, when Han Zu's speed reached the limit, he suddenly felt that his feet touched the metal ground below.

"what's the situation?!"

"The ground is rising, too?"

Before the two could continue to wonder, the surrounding environment changed again in an instant. Before they could react, the empty and silent environment like the spiritual prison suddenly disappeared, and was replaced by another equally strange environment.

This newly emerged environment also has no end in sight, but unlike the previous environment, the terrain here has different slopes, and the ground has become a bronze-colored soil, or a material like mud and sand. In this endless space, every few meters there will be a huge metal pillar that is dozens of meters high and more than ten meters thick. There are also hundreds of metal branches of different sizes on these metal pillars, making this place look like a strange metal forest.

Although there is no light source in the unknown above, the brightness here is as bright as a summer afternoon, and the temperature is neither too high nor too low, just right. Whether it is the trunks of those giant metal trees or those metal branches, there are lines of different sizes and shapes, just like the lines on the metal plate they got at the beginning.

"Qiang!"

Han Zu used his finger to cut a hole in the giant metal tree next to him. From the broken hole, a resin-like liquid flowed out. This liquid was colorless, but had a strong fragrance and was easily absorbed by the skin of the two people. However, after absorbing this liquid, the two did not find any obvious changes in their bodies, but they did have a strange feeling of fullness. It was like eating a lot of food.

"Dang Dang!"

"This thing is indeed metal, and it's solid, so how come there's a resin-like liquid?"

"What the hell is this place?"

"Is the ground beneath our feet just dirt that looks like metal, or is it metal residue in the form of dirt?"

A lot of questions filled the minds of the two people. The size of this space seemed to even exceed the size of the metal structure where the two were, which made it even more suspicious.

"Boom!!! Boom!!!"

Just when the two were confused, the entire space shook violently, and an equally loud noise was heard. The deafening sound brought the two back to normal from their confusion. The surrounding environment did not change, but the loud noise was still echoing.

"what's the situation?"

“Boom!!! Boom!!!!”

"Me neither...wait, look around!"

Amid the loud noise and the violent vibration that had begun to affect the two people's standing, the surrounding environment became abnormal again, and the surrounding scene began to fluctuate, like a disturbed holographic image, appearing and disappearing from time to time.

"This is an illusion! We have been affected by something, and the surrounding environment is fake!"

"But we just touched these giant metal trees. The touch on our hands is not fake, right?"

"Buzz~~!!!"

Han Zu immediately gathered the energy in his body and released high-energy rays towards the trunk of one of the giant metal trees. An unexpected scene appeared. The high-energy rays directly passed through everything on the path and were blocked by something more than 20 meters away. This penetration does not mean that the high-energy rays shot through the giant metal trees, but because they did not really exist, they passed directly through these false illusions and hit the real metal structure wall more than 20 meters away.

“BOOM!!! Boom!!!”

“BOOM~~!!!!”

As the collision became more and more violent and the sound became louder, the interference to the surrounding environment became more serious. After a huge sound of damage, the surrounding illusion could no longer hold, and the surrounding space returned to its original state. The two then realized that they had never left the space where the rectangular device was stored from the beginning to the end.

"It's these damn mechanical spiders!!"

After their senses returned to normal, they found that they were covered with the same mechanical spiders as before. These mechanical spiders almost submerged them, and their bodies continuously released certain frequencies of light and sound. These certain frequencies of light and sound were the real reason why the two fell into hallucinations.

"boom!"

"Buzz!!!"

Han Zu hammered the ground with both hands and released the particle chain at the same time, destroying the mechanical spiders that were entwined on the two men. After eliminating them, the two men realized that the things in this space had not disappeared at all. The rectangular device was still on the last pedestal, and the actual opening position of that pedestal was a downward ramp under the platform.

"Boom~~~"

The violent vibrations in the entire space were still continuing. This was not an illusion. The metal structure must have suffered great damage. These violent vibrations and noises unexpectedly made the two realize that they were hallucinating, which helped them.

"Did something attack the giant metal structure we're in? Could it be one of those Leviathan creatures?"

"It can cause this level of noise and vibration, probably, but why would those Leviathans attack an immobile object? These giant metal structures are not their food."

"If it's not them, could it be related to the underwater drone we encountered before we came in?"

"This possibility is more reasonable."

"Should we go check it out, or should we first go to the location where this rectangular device is actually turned on?"

Both options are feasible. If they investigate the cause of the violent vibrations in the metal structure, and if the source is indeed related to the underwater drone, then the two may be able to find other civilizations and use their technology to leave here. If they choose to enter the ramp under the platform, they may also find something useful.

"Let me think..."

Faced with two options that were both feasible but uncertain, the two decided to think about it first and not rush to make a choice.