The ground trembled.

Catherine and the Ice Bear Abyss felt a noticeable shake, and the scrap cleanup seemed to begin. The two looked at each other, stood up and walked towards the door of the shop.

In the alley, Catherine saw that casting was already waiting not far away. Catherine looked back at the shop where the giant mouth was, and the figure of the wolf-shaped robot puppet was slowly coming out of the shop. There was no movement in the direction of the conference room, neither mountains nor clouds appeared.

Cast walked over to Catherine's side. The representative of the Device Club was armed with Iron Feather behind his back and an arc gun in his hand. The Ice Bear Abyss had told Catherine that cast limbs could be reassembled into blades, hammers, or other tools. Moreover, the device club produced many small expendable weapons, such as oil bombs and the like, which were hidden in his body. This guy can be seen as a small arsenal.

"Are you both ready?" said Casting as he approached the two.

"No problem. The Ice Bear Abyss laughed. He raised the blazing cutter in his right hand, and with a "dang" sound, he slashed at each other with the arc gun in his left hand.

Catherine nodded. In addition to the two flying shields around her waist, the air cannon was leaning behind her.

Giant Mouth also walked over. He was the most unsociable of the crowd, and he never had the weapons and equipment he asked for from Screw Alley. So Catherine was a little curious about how the Giant Mouth could keep himself safe in the air.

The shaking became more and more intense, and the shaking amplitude of the building where Screw Alley was located became more and more intense.

The mountains still did not come, but the clouds appeared. She came in through the main entrance of the screw alley, with iron feathers installed behind her, and stood by the big iron gate with her wings open and waved to everyone, which was eye-catching.

Casting said, "It looks like we're going outside." He was the first to walk towards the clouds. Catherine and the Ice Bear Abyss followed behind the caster, and the Giant Mouth was the last.

As she walked out of the iron gate, Catherine did not see the ornate "rest corridor" she had seen when she and the Ice Bear Abyss had arrived, but instead a sparse metal passageway. The passage is not long, more than ten meters, and there is a large gate at the end. There was a small gate on the gate that could walk one person, and the small gate was open, and the mountain stood by the door.

"Now that you're all here, we can head to the starting point. "The mountain was the first to walk out of the small gate. The crowd followed him.

Outside the door was the large platform on which Catherine had arrived. It's been a few days since I've left Screw Alley, and now standing on the platform and looking up at the top of the building that has sunk into the clouds, Catherine has a new look. Behind the gray clouds was probably the solid top of the box. Somewhere on the top of the box, there's a hole for peeping into, and it's the exit that the three forces of Gear City have spent hundreds of years trying to find. But even if you do find this exit, will you be able to escape from the box?

Catherine sighed secretly.

A relatively large docking pedal slowly descended from the clouds and docked to the platform. "It's a lift board that goes to the roof, and it can take two people at a time. Yama stood up and looked at the others.

"I'll do it first. "Casting stepped forward and stood beside the mountain. The lifter shakes and rises upwards.

Catherine and the Ice Bear Abyss are the second batch. The shaking of the building caused by the tremor of the ground never stopped, and Catherine felt her center of gravity shake as the lift plate ascended. If it weren't for the lifter firmly attached to her feet, Catherine was afraid she would have fallen.

The lifter plate passes through the "clouds". Catherine realized that it wasn't really a cloud, but a mist of steam ejected from the building. I don't know what the hell is going on in this building, and it emits so much steam.

Above the fog is the roof platform, from which you will feel that the sky is within reach. However, this is only an illusion, and the sky dome is much higher.

When Jukou and Yun also reached the top of the building, Shan pointed in the direction of the outside of the city and said, "There is the waste disposal site over there, and you can estimate when the first phase will end based on the frequency of shaking under your feet, and there are still about a few hours left." ”

Turning around, he pointed to the five tall buildings in the city. "These are the five buildings we chose to build the Tower. From now until the end of the first phase, you must make your way to the top of the tower during the construction process. Theoretically, at the same time as the first phase is over, the tower will also be built. At the beginning of Phase 2, the Sky Quest Tower will be launched. After that, it depends on your luck and strength, and it is up to you to be able to climb the molten steel inlet and gather information about the exit. ”

After speaking, Shan nodded to everyone present and left on the lift.

"Guys, although we are all on an improvised team, we had better choose a conductor. As soon as the mountain departed, the casting immediately spoke.

Neither Catherine nor the Ice Bear Abyss disagrees with this, teamwork requires a leader, and this is especially important for temporary teams.

The giant mouth, who didn't speak much, spoke at this time. "I don't want to be commanded by anyone. ”

Jukou's words made the scene a little cold. After a while, Yun said, "Then you will be the commander." In terms of years in Gear City, you were originally the longest one here, and you also participated in the previous two exploration programs, so you have a lot of experience. After speaking, Yun looked at the casting.

Cast both hands and spread out. "I don't have an opinion, it's enough to have a conductor, it doesn't matter who it is. ”

Jukou said: "It's too troublesome to be a conductor, I'm not interested." ”

"It's more troublesome without a conductor. Cloud retorted.

Yun and Jukou's eyes met, and they had no intention of backing down.

"Then let this fuel be the conductor. Giant Mouth suddenly raised his forelimbs and pointed at Catherine.

Catherine and the Ice Bear Abyss, as newcomers, are not actually suitable to be team commanders. No one expected this finger from the giant mouth.

"You don't want to be commanded by anyone, but you'll listen to Catherine?" asked Casting.

"What she means is what I mean, and I empower her to command. Giant Mouth's answer was ingenious.

"I agree. Yun first said.

"I agree. Casting followed suit.

Catherine looked at the Ice Bear Abyss, and the old barbarian nodded and said, "You can command it." ”

Catherine smiled bitterly in her heart, being a team commander is not an easy task. If the team members are familiar with each other and willing to cooperate with each other, the job is still easy to do, just like she did when she was the head of the Chur mercenary group. But at the moment, everyone present is obviously not in the same camp, there is still some hostility and competition between each other, and they do not have the absolute strength to subdue everyone, and there is no difference between being a team commander and being roasted on a fire. This team command is obviously a product of compromise, and it can't be pushed off even if you want to.

"I'll command, I'll command. Catherine recognized the reality, "What are we going to do next?"