Chapter 686: Ruins Colossus
After handing Tadla over to the reliable Candice, the traveler team returned to the vicinity of the ruins of Gul City.
After solving this problem, everyone was relieved. Su breathed a sigh of relief but felt very tired at the same time.
Kong sighed. Rather than being listless and depressed, he still preferred her carefree and happy appearance.
"The melancholy of growing up." Paimon touched his child's head.
"I feel so tired. I don't want to walk anymore." Su took the opportunity to act coquettishly, "Paimon, hold me and fly."
Even though Paimon tried very hard, his face turned red and he was extremely tired, it was still not enough to lift the girl's toes off the ground.
Sora: "...Don't make things difficult for Paimon."
When Jade and Asarig came over, they saw a tender scene of Sora walking slowly with the girl on his back, while Paimon lay on her back.
Jade was worried and angry. "Again! Those traitors..."
Marcela was the only name on the assassination list given to her by the mistress that had not been crossed out in time.
Sooner or later she would find Adelphi and him and cut them into pieces!
Asarig: "Alas, the tribe has indeed been too turbulent recently."
Babel came to power not long ago through bloody means and conspiracy, and is still fighting openly and secretly to eliminate dissidents.
"We came back to replenish supplies, but we didn't expect to hear the news that you were attacked again. The tribe is in chaos now, and traitors are being hunted everywhere."
Asarig looked at the group of travelers and suggested, "You probably don't want to stay in the tribe anymore. Why don't you come with us to the pipeline?"
Sora agreed, "We also want to find the Ever Oasis as soon as possible and get away from these troubles."
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The place where Jade and Asarig cleaned the pipes was in the Broken Leg Valley, a huge and dangerous area of quicksand where many lives have fallen into since ancient times.
Lilupal's bottle flashed a warning, "The storm is approaching."
Just as she said, in just a moment a strong wind blew from far away, raising dust and making the sky and the earth dim.
Asarig had his mouth full of sand and warned everyone to get out of the way quickly.
There may be sharp objects or poisonous scorpions in the sandstorm, which can be dangerous. If your vision is unclear, you may fall from a height or get stuck in quicksand.
But the traveling team seemed very tired and stood there without moving at all.
The magic bottle spirit emits a bright light, preventing the sandstorm from touching her owner at all.
Su raised his head from Kong's shoulder, "I can't even see the road clearly, Lilupal, clean it up."
"As you command, my Lord." The magic bottle burst out with an even stronger light, and the sweeping sandstorm turned into soft silk gauze and dissipated in an instant.
"This is... the power of the Great Town Spirit." Asarig's expression was extremely complicated, and it was hard to tell whether it was reverence or longing.
The sandstorm that blocked the view disappeared, the air became fresher, and the traveler team continued to observe the environment of the Broken Leg Valley.
"There!" Paimon pointed at the huge mechanical creature in amazement, "Cyclops!"
Kong and Su also discovered that the Cyclops was as tall as a mountain... The ruins colossus was stuck in quicksand, and its outstretched arms were climbing the high cliff, like a giant struggling to get up.
Kong: "I didn't expect that in addition to the rainforest, there are also ruins of Kanreya in the desert." How many such war fortresses are there?
Su: "This thing looks like it consumes a lot of energy. It probably can't be used for long-distance expeditions." So Kanreya is nearby?
Su and Kong looked at each other and then lowered their heads. "I'm tired. I don't want to think and waste my brain energy anymore."
Su & Kong: Let’s find my sister and ask her. She will definitely know everything.
Asarig said proudly: "We rely on this big guy to clean the pipes these days! How about I take you to experience its power?"
Su snorted coldly, "I don't know what you are so proud of. It is neither produced by you nor your property."
Asarig choked, laughed twice and didn't say anything.
Paimon apologized politely, "I'm sorry, we're not in a good mood right now..."
Asarig picked up the steps and quickly went down, "I understand. Alas, you are the distinguished guests of the tribe but have been assassinated many times. It is normal for you to be angry with the Tanit people."
Kong keenly heard something from what he just said.
The Tanit tribe, or Asarig, actually regarded this relic colossus as their own property, and had already mastered the methods of starting and manipulating it.
Led by Asarig, a group of people entered the interior through the broken arm of the ruins colossus.
Asarig: "The basic cleaning is almost complete. Now we just need to find the pipe opening. But if we just grope around randomly, I don't know how long it will take. Lord Lilupal, please give us some guidance."
Lilupal ignored him and floated over to the Traveler Group, "I'll be by your side to help you."
"Well, that's fine," Asarig gave up the operating table, "Every man has a dream, that is to drive a big mecha! Come on, young man, this opportunity is yours."
Traveler Squad: "Uh..."
They both thought of a certain mecha and its pilot.
Asarig instructed Sora with great interest, "Come on! Now you can start the engine, aim, and warm up."
Kong was not as excited and fanatical as Asarig had expected. He just operated calmly and skillfully.
Asarig hissed, "Why do I feel like... you are more familiar with this big guy than I am?"
Paimon: "We've played with this big piece of iron before!" It's no longer a rare thing.
Asarig scratched the back of his head, "Haha, so that's how it is..."
Sora paused the startup sequence, "Insufficient energy to perform engineering operations."
"No way!" Asarige leaned over to take a look, "Isn't there still a long section of this energy bar?"
"That's the internal emergency light source energy," Kong pointed it out to him, "and this one is the driving energy indicator. The record shows that it was consumed not long ago."
Asarig was at a loss. "What should we do now?" They had only cleared out the quicksand in the approximate area of the pipeline and had not yet found the entrance to the pipeline.
Sora left the cockpit. "The Ruins Colossus has two energy systems, and a solid energy block as a backup energy source. I'll go find it."
The road inside this crooked ruins was also at a strange angle. Soon Su couldn't stand it anymore and jumped off Kong's back.
Asarig glanced at the pale and listless girl and once again simulated the plan in his mind.
After spending some time collecting enough energy blocks, Kong successfully activated the Ruins Colossus, and then, with Lilupal's guidance, he smashed a path out of the rock leading to the depths of the pipeline.
A group of people left the ruins of the Colossus and began a new journey of exploration.