Chapter 473 Falling into the Deep Sea (16)

Chapter 473 Falling into the Deep Sea (16)

While the two were thinking, a large number of noises suddenly appeared from the direction of the exit on the other side. There were strange sounds of breaking through the air, some sounds similar to falling metal, and other sounds that could not be distinguished carefully. These mixed sounds were rapidly approaching the space where the two were. This significant movement immediately interrupted the communication between the two.

"what?"

"It's a large number of metal figures. Go, get down!"

Before Xin had time to look back, Han Zu grabbed her by the neck and dragged her away, rushing into the ramp below. Because Han Zu's speed was extremely fast, they didn't even touch the slope of the ramp and almost flew down. Before the entrance of the ramp left Xin's sight, she saw a large number of metal humanoids flying past at a high speed above. The continuous sounds were still continuing, indicating that this was only a part of it.

With so many metal humanoids, it is not an easy situation to deal with. It is indeed the right choice to temporarily avoid their attack. Moreover, there seem to be other things mixed in with those metal humanoids.

The ramp was very deep, and Han Zu, who was running at full speed, took two minutes to reach the bottom of the ramp. Then he crashed into a certain plane. This plane was very solid. Although Han Zu was running at full speed, he still caused serious damage to the plane, but he did not break it. Han Zu, who encountered such an impact for the first time, was briefly distracted for a second, but this second saved Xin's life. Because of the distraction, Han Zu let go of Xin's hand, which prevented her from being pierced by the fragments of the plane that Han Zu broke.

Climbing up again and shaking their heads, the two began to quickly assess the current situation. There were still strange noises coming from behind, indicating that something was still chasing them, but judging from the distance from the sound, it was still very far, indicating that the ones chasing the two were not those metal figures, because their speed was faster than Han Zu.

In front of them was a severely dented, broken metal surface. This metal surface looked different from the metal outside. They could notice that the broken edges were slowly repairing, and the severely dented areas were slowly returning to their original shape. There were no other entrances around, so destroying the damaged surface was the only way out for them.

After looking at each other, without saying a word, the two men immediately began to destroy the damaged metal plane in front of them. After half a minute of continuous air explosions and blunt impact sounds, the two men successfully tore a hole above the metal plane that was large enough for two people to pass through, and then immediately flew through this position to the space behind the metal plane.

“Dong dong dong dong!!”

Less than a second after the two entered, a lot of crashing sounds appeared behind the metal plane where they were originally. The things chasing them finally arrived and also crashed into the metal wall, but they seemed unable to jump and could not pass through the gap in the metal plane. Han Zu pulled away a few steps and slammed into the metal plane from behind, roughly restoring part of the dent he had made before, and immediately used high-energy rays to shoot the damaged part of the metal plane that had been squeezed together, trying to weld it. The effect was limited. This metal has a high tolerance for energy and the same melting point.

Xin used the faulty power sword in his hand as a blunt weapon to knock away those things that reached the height of the gap by stepping on the bodies of their companions. They were some strange things, and it was not known whether they were living creatures. Their bodies, or cores, were some strange metal blocks, but their limbs, or parts that performed the same function, were some dim energy bodies. They looked like a bunch of rare creatures that only appeared in the deep ocean, where light could not reach. But after Xin destroyed their metal cores, they would immediately stop all activities, making them not look like living creatures, but like some kind of semi-mechanical sentinels.

Han Zu's high-energy ray bombardment seemed to speed up the recovery of the metal plane. The damaged parts on all sides were quickly repaired and the metal plane was re-fixed in the distance. Now only the gap in the square had not been recovered. Han Zu, who no longer needed to hold up the metal plane, finally had the opportunity to attack. He immediately released particle chains outside the gap. He thought that these particle chains with little accuracy could only temporarily block those things that were still trying to break through the gap, but the body structure of those things was very special. When the particle chains hit them, they produced unexpected effects.

"Crackle, crackle, crackle~~~~"

“Boom~~!!!”

After hitting those things, the energy of the particle chain did not dissipate, but remained in their bodies inexplicably. Since Han Zu originally intended to continue attacking until the gap on the metal plane closed to the extent that they could not pass through, he had been transmitting energy. A large amount of energy continued to increase, compress, and could not dissipate, and those things were also stuck together by this energy, making them a huge battery, but Han Zu, who was busy attacking, did not realize this. So after the energy of the particle chain released by Han Zu could no longer be compressed and dispersed by these things, the huge amount of energy triggered a huge energy explosion. The dissipated energy and shock wave directly blew those things in the center into particle ashes, and also blasted Han Zu, who was facing the gap, away.

But the good thing is that this huge energy should not be able to destroy the metal plane. Instead, it increased its repair speed again. The half-person-sized gap was quickly closed within a minute, successfully isolating the two people from the outside objects. Although there were still a few things that were not affected by the explosion and rushed in before the gap closed, Xin dodged the impact in time. She swung the main body of the power sword, which had become a blunt weapon, and turned these things into metal garbage.

"How are you?"

"It's okay! I just did it to myself, it's a small matter."

Han Zu slammed his hands on the ground, and used the recoil to stand up, leaving two fist marks on the ground. He moved his body twice, and the dull heaviness he had felt before was disappearing, but the metallic friction sound when he moved was still there.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The things behind the metal plane continued to hit it for a while, and when they found that they could not destroy the metal plane, they left immediately. The two people who were temporarily safe had time to observe what this place was.

This space does not look too big, about the size of half a football field. In the center is a huge empty pool with nothing in it. On the edges of both sides of the empty pool are two rows of things that look like tables. The surface above is covered with thumb-wide, complex lines, but these are different from the lines they have seen before. These lines are raised. Through observation, it can be noticed that each line is not connected, but exists independently. On each line, there are some things that the two people accidentally saw before, which they don’t know whether they are words or symbols. Although they cannot be sure whether they are the same thing, they look consistent in style.

At the top of the empty pool is a metal column with a circular hollow structure in the center. The surface is smooth and there is nothing on it, but at the edge of the hollow circle, there are also things that are not sure whether they are words or symbols.

"Things on both sides are... some kind of control console?"

“I don’t know, but it certainly looks like it.”

"What's this empty pool for? And the hollow pillar across the way?"

"How about giving it a try?"

It would be absolutely foolish to rashly touch something completely unknown, but this space did not have any exit, and the two currently had no other goals to accomplish, so they could only foolishly begin to try to touch the things around them.

"Om~~"

The two guessed correctly. The things on both sides of the empty pool should indeed be some kind of control consoles. When the two ran their fingers over those lines, the lines quickly lit up, and the touched lines immediately sank, and some raised things with words or symbols reappeared. These things can be pressed down, but not only that, they can also slide to the sides and even be taken out.

"So this is a real control panel, but how do you activate it? Push down, slide the sides?"

"Besides taking them out, I think both of the other scenarios are possible."

"Then let's try them one by one."

Han Zu pressed an object in front of him, and a beam of light quickly shot out from the pressed position to both sides, making some energy buzzing sounds. However, the two looked around and nothing seemed to have happened.

"Zizi~"

Seeing that it had no effect, Han Zu slid it to the left, and the bottom of the empty pool suddenly opened, revealing a complex metal pipeline. Apart from that, nothing else happened. He slid it to the right again, and the bottom of the empty pool closed again.

"So this button is used to open the bottom of the empty pool."

"It doesn't seem to be of any use."

"Who knows? Just remember it. Maybe it will be useful later."

Including the one that controls the switch at the bottom of the empty pool, there are a total of thirty-five positions available for operation, but 29 of them are useless. The remaining six, the first is to control the switch at the bottom of the empty pool, the second is to turn on the lighting equipment in this space, the third is to change the gravity control of this space, and the fourth is to inject some kind of liquid into the huge empty pool in the center of the space. The reverse operation can drain the liquid. The fifth is used to open the hollow metal column, but it only controls opening and closing. This metal column looks like a movable decoration and seems to have no practical function. The sixth is also used to control the metal column, but it controls the angle of the middle metal ring, and the sixth can only be used when the hollow metal column is opened. If the two people did not happen to open it a few seconds apart, they probably would not have discovered the function of the sixth one.

"I think the liquid that can be injected into the empty pool must have an effect."

"I think this hollow metal column should have some important function. After all, it is located in the center of the control consoles on both sides."

“Perhaps there is a connection between the two?”

"There must be some, but we haven't found any other interconnected controllable positions except the two switches that control the metal pillars. How about turning on these two things first and then try the others?"

"also."

Using the console, the two first refilled the empty pool in the center with liquid, then opened the metal column and adjusted the angle of the central metal ring a few times, but nothing happened. So the two kept these parts open and started testing other switches on the console again, but after spending several hours and trying several times with different combinations, nothing happened.

"Maybe we need to turn on all the switches at once?"

"It doesn't work. I tried."

"How about adjusting the angle of the metal ring?"

"It's no use. I've turned the thing seven or eight times, and it doesn't work at any angle."

"Did we forget something?"

"Let's look for it. I'll look for the ceiling and you look for the ground."

After spending several hours searching every corner of the space, they found nothing. They did not leave anything behind, which directly interrupted the clues. However, they still believed that the metal column and the metal ring in the center must have some connection with the liquid in the pool.

"Perhaps the metal pillar itself is capable of movement?"

"I tried, but I couldn't push it. It should be integrated with the ground."

"You didn't try to lift it?"

"The control consoles on both sides can control the opening of the metal column and the angle of the central ring. I think there should be something like a pipeline underneath? Wouldn't moving the metal column upwards damage the pipeline at the bottom?"

"That's true. I'll look for it again."

Although Han Zu instinctively refuted Xin's statement according to common sense, it made him think. The interior of this giant metal structure cannot be thought of with common sense. Just like the rectangular device before, it has no actual connection with those bases, but it can still activate the mechanism.

"Maybe this thing can really be moved?"

"Move what?"

"Just now you said, let me try to move the metal pillar."

"Didn't you say it might damage the pipeline below?"

"According to common sense, this is indeed the case, but what if this common sense is wrong? Do you remember the rectangular device from before?"

"remember."

When the rectangular device was mentioned, Xin quickly realized that there was no common sense in this place, at least not the common sense of the Tig people and humans.

"I'm going to move the metal pillar out of the way."

"Where are you going to move it?"

"Since we both believe that this metal pillar is related to the liquid in the pool, we might as well throw it in."

Normally, this behavior is completely insane, but it is not normal here, and there is no common sense at all. Without any debate, the two of them immediately reached a consensus.

Xin first closed the metal pillar, then Han Zu walked behind it and stretched out his arms, just enough to grab the edges on both sides of the metal pillar with his fingers. Because he was not sure of the weight of the metal pillar, Han Zu slowly exerted force and tried to move the metal pillar upwards.

For Han Zu, the weight of the metal pillar was much lighter than he had expected, just a little more than two tons, less than two and a half tons. After the metal pillar left the ground, the narrator Xin immediately walked over and squatted to check. He did not find any connection at the bottom of the metal pillar. Their guesses were correct.

"But why couldn't I push this thing before? According to its weight, I should be able to push it easily."

"The bottom of this metal pillar is covered with small protrusions of about five centimeters. There are grooves on the ground where it was originally located that are consistent with the protrusions. When you pushed it before, you didn't use all your strength, right?"

"No, I just tried it because I didn't know the situation at the bottom before and was afraid of damaging the connection below."

"That's right. The material of this metal pillar is different from other metals we have seen here before. Based on the strength of other metals, it makes sense that this thing is difficult to destroy. In addition, you didn't use your full strength. These slots dispersed the lateral force, so you couldn't push it."

"I'm going to put the metal pole into this pool now."

"Go slower, and try not to damage the metal pillars and the central ring."

Han Zu hugged the metal pillar, slowly left the ground and floated in the air, changing the angle in the air and steadily sank the metal pillar into the liquid. The liquid quickly submerged the metal pillar, but after the surface was covered by the liquid, the metal pillar did not sink further, but floated in that position. But still nothing happened.

"Try spinning the metal ring?"

"I'll get it."

“Try every angle.”

Xin came to the control console and first opened the metal column to allow the metal ring to move normally. The opening process went smoothly. There was indeed no need for anything to connect the control console and the metal column. After the metal column was fully opened, Xin began to control the metal ring in the center, slowly changing the angle of the metal ring. Most of the time nothing happened, but when the metal ring reached an angle vertical to the liquid surface, the metal ring that was half above the liquid surface suddenly began to float upwards and stopped above the liquid surface.

"The switch won't work. Do you see anything?"

"This metal ring is drawing the liquid from below and making it rotate around it."

Walking over to check, Xin discovered that the liquid absorbed by the metal ring, after circling the ring structure, entered the ring and formed a thin film. Then, the liquid film remained still, but the metal ring began to rotate, and the speed of rotation became faster and faster, and finally it was so fast that people could mistake it for being still. After that, the liquid film suddenly emitted light, and then suddenly changed from liquid to energy body. The two could feel a large amount of energy fluctuations gushing out of it.

The two looked at each other and stepped into the pool. When they stood on the metal pillar floating under the water, the metal pillar did not sink, just like a stable land. Approaching the rotating metal ring, Han Zu carefully raised his right hand and slowly stretched it into the energy film. His palm did not appear from the other side of the film, as if it was absorbed by the energy film. Slowly withdrawing his palm, the palm was intact and without any damage.

“So this thing is a…”

"A fucking portal??"