Chapter 471 Falling into the Deep Sea (14)

Chapter 471 Falling into the Deep Sea (14)

After the group of mechanical spider-like metal life forms left, the two continued to move forward along the narrow position. In the gradually narrowing passage, a kind of light began to appear. This light was the light reflected from the metal life forms before. The source of the light seemed to be at the end of this narrow passage. Because the surrounding metal structures had the effect of shielding energy, Han Zu could not directly observe the scene at the end of the passage.

“Sizzle…”

According to the two men's estimation, when they arrived at the center of the passage, their equipment experienced serious interference. Not only that, Han Zu's perception ability also began to send wrong signals from here on, forcing Han Zu to stop perceiving the surrounding environment.

"This interference is not normal, it is not the type of interference we have experienced."

"It's not like there's something wrong with their signals, but it's like there's something wrong with them. But you and I both know that this seems unlikely."

"Should we continue to move forward?"

"Of course, I would rather not be able to do anything than face danger."

The two continued to go deeper along the long and narrow passage. The closer they got to the end of the passage, the more serious the interference with their equipment became. When they really reached the end of the passage, the contractor equipment on Han Zu suddenly went into a completely shut down state due to energy depletion, and the engineering armor worn by Xin also completely lost power and could not be controlled. The energy core of the plasma pistol strangely went offline, and even the force field generating device of the power sword inexplicably lost its function.

"Can you still move?"

"Yes, probably because of you, my strength is much greater than before, and I can still move in the engineering armor, but this engineering armor is heavier than most heavy armors. Continuing to wear it will only greatly weaken my mobility. I think it's time to take it off."

"Don't forget to take out that rectangular device."

In order not to affect his activities, Xin had to leave the engineering armor. Although Xin's sense of security decreased a lot due to the loss of the protection of the engineering armor, his movement speed also increased at the same time. The two offset each other, and Xin's condition was still good.

"Under the current circumstances, it would be safer for you to keep this thing."

"Row."

Taking the rectangular device out of the engineering armor, Xin handed it back to Han Zu, who used some tentacles to hang it around his waist.

Xin's plasma pistol was already a decoration, but the power sword was still usable. Although it had lost its force field generator, the power sword was made of a solid piece of special metal. Although it had lost its ability to cut and pierce, it could still be used as a blunt weapon, so Xin still carried it with him. This power sword was not Xin's own weapon, so without armor, it was a little too big for Xin to hang around his waist, but it was still feasible to carry it on his back.

After solving this problem, the two entered the end of the passage. It seemed to be a huge room. There was a clear light coming from a corner inside. The color was consistent with what the two had seen in the passage before. It should be the light source.

Unlike other locations inside the metal structure, obvious signs of damage can be seen here. There should have been a gate where they were, but now only a few fragments remain in the original position. The gate must have been destroyed a long time ago, so the two people could not determine the specific reason why the gate was destroyed based on the location of the damage.

"Squeak~~~"

Although the gate was broken, the remaining parts were still extremely strong. So instead of dismantling the remaining parts of the gate, the two chose to jump in from the gap above. The moment they entered the gate, they instantly felt the gravity several times that of the outside. Since Xin had little experience with this kind of sudden drastic change in gravity without armor, he was knocked to the ground by the changed gravity before the climbing action was about to be completed. Although the strengthened body would not be harmed by the change in gravity, the adaptation process would take some time.

Han Zu didn't change much. He could use the bioforce field to maintain the gravity around him at a normal level. Of course, even without using the bioforce field, his strong physique was more than capable of handling this situation.

"Are you okay?"

"It's okay. There was no warning for the change in gravity. I just can't get used to it for a while."

"Adapt yourself more. If we can't find a way to help us leave here, we will need to go to the other two metal structures. If your engineering armor can't be restarted, you will have to swim like me. You have to know that the pressure in the ocean outside is also very high."

Han Zu helped Xin up, and then made a speech that could not be considered comforting in any way. Xin, who had intended to treat this as a joke, immediately became serious. If the situation really developed as Han Zu said, she would have to think about a lot of things and face a lot of situations. Even if she excluded the battle and a series of environmental issues, in terms of speed, Xin's current state could not keep up with Han Zu's movement speed.

"I'll think about these things later when they really happen. What I'm more curious about now is, what kind of place is this?"

Han Zu's curious gaze temporarily diverted Xin's attention. Following the direction of Han Zu's sight, Xin began to observe the appearance of this space again.

This space was larger than I could imagine, and the walls around it were gleaming with strange light, as if some unknown energy was flowing. Directly in front of me was a huge platform, which looked like a metal structure wall. On the platform were many metal pedestals that were the same as the space where the rectangular device was located before, except that these pedestals were empty.

On the side of this platform, there is an open container, or volume pool, the size of an indoor swimming pool. Inside is some liquid metal at a very low temperature. Due to the temperature, the metal is in a viscous state, and some parts have condensed into solid metal blocks.

In other locations of this space, there are many metal structures of different sizes and shapes. They seem to be connected to the metal platform in the center of the space. The connecting medium is some metal pipes of different shapes but with clear edges and corners. According to the current environment, they should be connected to the empty bases on the platform. However, because the platform covers these metal pipes, the perspective ability cannot penetrate these strange special metals, so the two do not know which metal structure these bases are connected to.

"If we are not mistaken, the elements that open these bases are the rectangular device we took away before, or at least something similar."

"I understand what you mean. You want to put this rectangular device on those bases. We don't know the exact purpose of these bases. Although it is very likely to be dangerous, to be honest, I am also very interested in this special mechanism."

"So the question now is whether this rectangular device can actually be used, and if so, where should we start trying it first."

Without the help of equipment, they could only use the most primitive method, observing one by one, but these bases on the platform, except for the height, have no difference in shape and size. As for the operation of the rectangular device, it is based on the understanding of floating on the base, and the two did not find any usable description or available operation position on the base.

"What should we do now?"

"Then let's try them one by one. We have plenty of time anyway, and we can always figure out what these pedestals are used for."

After confirming the order, the two decided to try from left to right. Han Zu performed the actual operation, while Xin was responsible for observing the movements around so as to determine at the first time what position each base was connected to. Soon, Han Zu walked to the first base, holding the rectangular device, and put it on.

"What did you find?"

"No, I didn't see anything move. Maybe it takes a while?"

"I don't think so. The rectangular device also didn't react. It didn't float up. Maybe these bases don't use a unified energy source? I'll try something else."

The first base did not respond to the rectangular device that Han Zu placed on it. After waiting for half a minute and making sure that there was no movement around, Han Zu took back the rectangular device and placed it on the second base.

"what about this?"

"I didn't see anything useful."

After trying more than ten bases in a row, there was no change in the entire space, no sound, no energy fluctuation, and of course nothing was turned on. There were less than five bases left.

"what about this?"

"Still no movement."

"How many pedestals are left to try?"

"Except the one you have now, there are three in total."

"Do you think it might be because of the layers of the rectangular device's shell?"

"Shouldn't it? After all, we found the location of the rectangular device earlier. It can be operated on the base. Are you going to disassemble it now?"

"There are three bases left. Try that first. If none of them work, remove the outer casing of the device and try again."

Han Zu placed the rectangular device on one of the remaining three bases. This time, after being placed on the base, the rectangular device emitted some energy buzzing sounds. The buzzing sounds gradually stabilized, and the rectangular device finally floated up and began to rotate slowly and steadily. This time it seemed to be successful.

"This volume pool over here is moving, and it seems to be heating up."

The edge of the volume pool observed before had some slowly flickering energy lights. When I looked closer, I could see that the partially solidified liquid metal inside was slowly beginning to melt due to the drop in temperature. I reached my hand out to try and found that the inside of the volume pool was rapidly heating up.

"The liquid metal in this tank... I seem to have seen it somewhere before."

Xin looked at the liquid metal inside the storage pool and felt that it was somewhat familiar, but was confused for a moment and couldn't remember where he had seen this thing. Han Zu, who walked over from the platform, quickly recognized the identity of the liquid metal.

"These liquid metals that are being heated up are exactly the same as the liquid metal debris left behind by the metal humanoid after I killed it. They are most likely the same thing."

"But these liquid metals did not turn into metal humanoids. Are you sure they are the same thing?"

"The old way, you'll know if you try it."

The temperature of the volume pool was rising very fast. Now the metal inside had completely liquefied. Because of the high temperature, it was glowing. Han Zu took off his contractor's robe and went directly into the volume pool naked. The volume pool was not small, but not very deep, about the same depth as a bath. For other people, these liquid metals with deadly high temperatures were no different from taking a bath for Han Zu.

"Is it the same composition as the remains of the metal figure?"

"They should be the same thing. They feel the same to the touch. I'll try to see if I can absorb them. If I can, it means that the liquid metal in this volume pool and the metal figure should be made of the same material."

After trying, Han Zu found that the liquid metal could indeed be absorbed by him. After absorbing it, the dull and heavy feeling on his body proved that the liquid metal in the pool was made of the same material as the metal figure. So under Xin's watchful eyes, Han Zu absorbed all the liquid metal that could be absorbed in the pool, and emptied the pool.

"Qiang~~"

"When~~"

After emptying the storage pool, Han Zu's entire body became a little sluggish. Although it felt heavy, it was only heavy and not stiff. However, when he climbed out of the storage pool, the friction points on his entire body made metallic friction and collision sounds.

"You sound like a tin can right now."

"It adds a little entertainment, I think it's OK."

"how are you feeling?"

"It's hard to say. Other than the body feeling a little heavy, there's nothing to compare it to. Let's try again later."

Putting on the contractor's robe again, Han Zu returned to the platform and removed the rectangular device. After it was moved away, the volume pool immediately stopped heating and returned to its original silence.

"Om~"

After placing the rectangular device on the next base, the rectangular device floated up again, which indicated that the rectangular device had activated something again. Xin looked around and found that behind Han Zu's position, a metal structure rose from the platform below. It looked like a square pillar. The pillar was not big, only one meter high and more than ten centimeters wide.

"What's on it?"

"Some irregularly shaped grooves, all curves, no edges or corners."

"Can you tell me what they are used for?"

"I'm not sure. There's no reaction when I touch them, and injecting energy into them has no effect. Can you come and take a look?"

Xin went to the location of the metal pillar and found the irregular curved grooves that Han Zu mentioned. These grooves were very narrow, even less than one centimeter. These grooves were very long, covering most of the entire metal pillar. However, these grooves were independent and not connected to each other. Moreover, there was a deeper hole at the end of these grooves, extending into the interior of the metal pillar. However, since the interior of the metal pillar could not be observed, the two could not figure out the function of this metal pillar.

"Perhaps we are lacking something necessary?"

"Most likely, but we have no idea what the required thing looks like, so we have no idea where to start looking. I think we can leave the matter of the pillar for later."

After the rectangular device was retracted, the metal pillar quickly returned to its original position. The position where the metal pillar appeared on the platform was perfectly fitted, and there was no sign that a pillar had existed here before.

"Now there is only one base left. If this base is useless, we can set our sights on confirming the function of the metal pillar."

"Anyway, there are still many places inside this metal structure that we haven't visited. We don't have anything else to do right now, so I'm fine with it."

The rectangular device was placed on the last base, but this time, although the rectangular device started to work, the two did not see anything activated around it.

"It's no use?"

"Wait a moment. The rectangular device will be able to operate. Perhaps it will take some time to activate this base."

"Om~~~"

As soon as he finished speaking, a clear buzzing sound appeared in a corner of the space.