Volume 1 The Land of the Dead Chapter 98 The Public Enemy of the Machine?
"I was wrong, it turns out that there really is a Gundam. β
Roger looked around at the busy figures on both sides of the submarine slot and couldn't help but sigh.
Roger guessed that this was the place where the Aujin was once built, and on the platform of the harbor, in addition to various conveyors, there were also a large number of standard curved steel plates, which were supposed to be part of the hull of the submarine.
Presumably, the Auguin is supposed to be a test machine for research submarines on the island, but Roger doesn't know why Alexia didn't complete the mass production of the submarine after the success of the Aukin, because the steel plates with excellent corrosion resistance are rusty, and God knows how long they have been piled up there. It is clear that the continued construction of submarines has long been stopped on the island.
On both sides of the submarine, many strangely shaped machines are busy there, some of them are small flying machines with many tentacles like jellyfish, some are spider-like machines with red warning lights, and more are humanoid machines with extremely uncoordinated body proportions.
They have extremely long lower limbs, boxy heads, and tentacles that bulge at the ends, and most of them have metal shells based on white and light blue, with the exception of a few machines that expose the inner workings of wires and gears, which Roger guesses are once broken but no one on the island can repair them.
A tubular laser-like weapon with three chargers folded in half on the left and right of their backs to form a more wing-like structure, with fuel pipes on the soles of their feet, calves, backs, and lower backs that act as power-ups, allowing them to do anything in difficult terrain or even in outer space.
In such an environment, Roger seems to have suddenly crossed from otherworldly magic to the world of interstellar science fiction, which means that Roger has been baptized by Alexia's weird painting style in advance, or now this product will start to complain again.
"Hum~"
The noisy sound like a bee flapping its wings from far and near, attracting Roger's attention from all directions, the kind of 'jellyfish' he had seen before floated in front of Roger, and the red light shot out from the detector on the head of the 'jellyfish', and after sweeping Roger and Gilson, a stiff mechanical synthesis sound sounded.
"Buzz....... Identities have been confirmed, 'Instructor' Gilson and unidentified personnel...... Welcome the Aujin back to port, Logistics 0023 is at your service, please leave the submarine along the escalator, the logistics robot is about to carry out full maintenance on the Aukin. β
Looking at the tentacles of the 'jellyfish' with teeth and claws, Roger didn't know which tendon was wrong, and he wanted to reach out and grab it, sensing Roger's intentions, the warning light of the 'jellyfish' turned scarlet in an instant, and all the tentacles flowed with pale blue plasma in an instant.
"Warning! Warning! Aware of offensive intent, aware of offensive intent, please remain silent for unidentified personnel, otherwise No. 0023 has the right to counterattack. β
"You stinky boy, what are you doing!" Gilson, who was still looking inside the Aujin at the hatch, heard the warning sound, turned around and slapped Roger, "Don't provoke these ancient guardians, they are all lent to our camp by the Silver Saints, I don't want to go to the Saints to catch you as soon as I come back." β
Roger smiled and retracted his arm, indicating that he was not hostile, and with the assurance of Gilson, who had high authority in the Jellyfish, the Jellyfish lifted the offensive stance, but the warning light remained a constant pale yellow.
"Let's go, you've just come back, I'll show you around. β
After saying this to Roger, Gilson said to Thales, who had just come out of the hatch, "By the way, Little Tai, you bring those magicians to our camp, let them rest for the time being, and be careful not to let the group of over-energetic boys in the camp conflict with them." β
"Understood. Pulling the hatch of the submarine, Thales agreed with a bitter face, at this time Xiao Tai just regretted it, very regretful, why he was the first to run out and put on such a drudgery.
The usual instructor's education is to die when you see a magician, and the training is also aimed at magicians, in this case, what is the difference between returning to the camp with a group of genuine magicians and throwing bombs into the fire.
Not to mention how Thales racked his brains to arrange such a group of 'bombshells' brought by Roger, here Roger has been 'escorted' by Gilson down the escalator down the Aukin.
Stepping on the ground, Roger, who had been sailing for a long time, couldn't help but feel a little weak on his heels, just like that, this guy still caught up with Gilson with small steps, looked left and right, and then quietly said: "Daddy, how do I feel that these robots have been staring at me, they shouldn't knock on my stick, right?"
Don't blame Roger for being careful, on the way he climbed down from the hatch of the submarine, all the guardians who passed by him without exception turned the warning lights into pale yellow, and in Roger's perception, there were at least dozens of detection methods including magic detection and optical scanning to monitor him, which made the sensitive Roger with his senses like a man.
Gilson snorted lightly and said, "Who let you mess around just now, the intelligence level of these ancient guardians is not lower than that of humans, your actions are obviously on their alert list, it's useless to find me for this kind of thing, you should be glad that their alert level for you is not high, otherwise ....."
In the shadow at the end of the cave trough, Roger thought it was the location of the rock wall, it was a beehive-like structure, and in each hexagonal lattice was sleeping a well-equipped 'jellyfish' machine, if there was really a foreign invasion, the dense mechanical ocean would be enough to destroy any enemy who did not have the ability to fly.
Although he has faced a similar torrent of steel composed of law enforcement teams in the ruins of Amanda, the threat to Roger from the two is definitely not an order of magnitude, if he really encounters such a mechanical force in the ruins, Roger will definitely run away without saying a word, at least he has to point out the Star Destroyer Cannon in his own technology tree.
Knowing that those ancient guardians were staring at him, Roger hurriedly changed to a serious expression, and almost raised his hands to show that he was a good citizen.
"Ding~"
has adapted to Alexia's high-tech painting style, facing the elevator that appeared in front of him, Roger's heart has no waves, and he quickly pulled his father into the elevator, and the surveillance from the guardians disappeared.
With a long sigh of relief, the elevator began to carry the two of them up smoothly, and then Roger patted his chest and said to Gilson: "Daddy, these robots, no, the ancient guardians are all made up by the wild people on the island? β
Seeing Gilson nodding in agreement, Roger said suspiciously: "That's weird, why haven't I ever heard them talk about the Silver Saint Clan before? And then after only three hundred years, they suddenly crooked the technology tree like this? β
"Dear Elder, that's because these technologies are also just retrieved by us. The unhurried voice sounded abruptly, and the old voice was easily reminiscent of the image of a wise old man.
The elevator had stopped at this time, Roger squinted, and it took a long time to get used to the slightly dazzling light from the outside world from the 'Cando One', outside was a smooth and orderly square similar to the parking platform, an old man with white hair was standing respectfully at the elevator door, and the passers-by saw the appearance of the high priest, and they were guessing Roger's identity.
"Are you...... The High Priest of the Silver Saint Clan's generation?" Roger glanced the old man up and down a few times, although it was a question, but his tone was unmistakable.
"The fifty-second High Priest of the Silver Holy Clan, Gegrul, greets the elders here, may your light shine forever like silver. β
The priest named Gegrul bowed and bowed, his white whiskers hanging to the ground.
Roger also returned the salute according to the rules of the Silver Saint Clan, and one old and one youngβbut Roger was the old oneβstood at the elevator door and stared at each other.
"Haha, Gegrul, you're still the same. Gilson smiled heartily and walked up and gave Gruul a big bear hug, which made Roger, who was watching from the sidelines, take a breath of cold air and run away from the old man's small body.
Although he has been frozen for hundreds of years, Gilson's awakening is really only a matter of nearly a hundred years, so his actual age is not much different from that of Gruul, so there is no gap between the two.
"Welcome back, Your Excellency Gilson. The person speaking changed to Gilson, and Gruul's demeanor was obviously a little more relaxed, "Please forgive the high chief of Arugo for some 'special circumstances' to deal with, and he was not able to come back to meet the two. β
"It's been said many times that you don't have to be here to meet us every time. Gilson said with some grumbling, "It's too out-of-the-box." β
Gegrul shook his head and said in a deep voice, "Any returning warrior needs to have a grand welcome ceremony, especially a 'guest' like this lord. With that, a deep gaze drifted to Roger.
"You talk, leave me alone, I'm still on the blacklist. Roger waved his hand and pointed to a pair of mechanical guardians who walked by, and unsurprisingly, they all showed a vigilant posture as they passed by Roger.
"Leave that kid alone. Gilson glared at Roger fiercely before he said to Gruul, "What is the special situation on the island that needs to be dealt with by the high chief of Arugo himself?"
Gruul's old face flushed, and a trace of embarrassment crossed it, "It's Tina's little girl, she ran away from home again." β