It was quiet, and the air seemed to stop flowing.

Qiao Erlan's eyes widened slightly, and his eyes looked at it without blinking: the bright light surrounded Lu Jiannian's entire palm, and he also stared at the glowing box for a moment. Unlike Jollan's focus, he knew that the most important thing was what's inside. A constant stream of familiarity that was about to overflow his chest. As if it were its own.

"Open it and take a look." Qiao Erlan's neck was about to be sore, but Lu Jianian was motionless, and she had to interrupt his concentration with a voice.

He didn't say anything, but with his free right hand, he opened the box. Cautious, careful, with imperceptible tension.

The lid of the box was opened with ease, and he didn't force it.

The light spilled out, and after a while, it slowly receded, leaving behind a flat transparent bead the size of a button lying quietly in the box. The millennium-old mechanical core is finally available. Waited for its most honored master.

Moist, as cold as this secret room.

"What is this?" He handed it to Joellan and lowered his arm. Qiao Erlan glanced at it, not daring to touch it, but asked.

"The memory in my head tells me that it is the mechanical core of His Highness Zadeace. A time-flow stone unique to the universe. ”

"Timeflow?" Joellan asked.

"Time ends there, and time begins there, like flowing water."

"Is it a hedron?" Joellan's voice was inaudible.

Lu Jianian's ears are so keen: "It is said that it was the time flow stone that His Royal Highness Zade's Ace and the leader of Xu Yi fought for. The only time flow stone that didn't disappear with that battle. ”

"Then how did it end up here?"

"Maybe it's intentional." Lu Jianian did not say who did it on purpose, but both of them knew that this person was His Royal Highness Zadeace himself.

Two thousand years ago, Zade'as and the mercenary leader Xu Yi stumbled upon the existence of the third space at about the same time. There, they also found the source of time, the time flow stones floating in the void at will.

It's a pity that because the two sides have been hostile for a long time, it is impossible to let go of the old grudge, and immediately because of the fuse of "Time Flowstone", it started a fire in the unstable third space.

As a result, the third dimension suddenly vanished, and only Zade's was able to grasp a time-flow stone and make it into a mechanical core and embed it in his body.

The largest battle between humans and robots ended in the victory of Zadeace.

"Whew~ Are you sure it's Zade's Ace, is that stone made of a mechanical core?" Qiao Erlan glanced at Lu Jianian disdainfully, sarcastic at his words.

"Indeed...... No. It seems that Little Joe is aware of the dirty water that humans have poured on Zadeace. ”

"It's a good idea to know a little bit." After that, I want to get out of here.

The man behind him smiled, the corners of his mouth soft. Keep up with the figure of the girl in front.

……

On Anqi's side, Zhu Mei, who was shot, was about to die. Her breathing was getting weaker and weaker.

Under the dim and damp cave, water droplets come and go.

"Mr. An, you don't want to, don't care about me, you can go."

"Walk by yourself, by yourself." Two sentences, intermittent and weak.

Anzi's original handsome appearance was also a little damaged at this time. A few strands of his well-groomed hair lay messily on his forehead, and his collar was crooked. Nothing is there.

He squeezed her hand tightly, "Don't worry, someone will be here soon." ”

"Hold on."

A few traces of blood spilled from the corners of Zhu Mei's bitter mouth, and her wound was bleeding faster. Shaking his head laboriously, "I—I'm dying." You must, you have to beware of that doctor, he's—he's not a good person. ”

"Don't talk. Mr. Lu will come, and Lan Lan will also come, rest assured. He knew that Qiao Erlan would not leave the two of them behind, no matter what time she was, she was Lan Lan whom he knew.

Doctor? Don't...... Anzi first kept the guess in his heart, if it was really him......

Not long after the words fell, the two people in Anqi's mouth appeared beside them.

Lu Jianian was the first to spot the two of them, and pointed to the hidden direction to signal Qiao Erlan.

"Jumei!" Joellan walked briskly closer, checking on her injuries. The blood is flowing and slowly coagulating.

Lu Jianian half-knelt on the ground, skillfully doing a simple examination for Zhu Mei in the place where An Qi had handled.

He shook his head. Have lost too much blood and missed the best time for treatment.

Her lips trembled, her hands folded, and she prayed the most pious of prayers. It was the first time that Joellan had seen someone she knew die. Only then did I realize that life is really so fragile.

"Zhu Mei ......" whimpered, and he was speechless for a while, and he couldn't say anything in his throat.

"Hold on." Word by word, hiding his face and crying. Obviously yesterday she was a very lively little girl.

"But I'm in pain...... If it weren't for Mr. Ann who had been encouraging me, I, I. She suddenly couldn't lift her breath, and then slowly closed her eyes. The hand lying in the palm of Qiao Erlan's hand also drooped weakly, and it went down smoothly. Those eyes that sparkled with enthusiasm and sincerity were finally covered in darkness. Just like the deciduous forest in autumn, it has experienced the most beautiful and vivid time of life, and people can only watch it fall off the branches.

Lu Jianian bowed his head.

Anqi also lowered his eyes and was silent.

Joellan finally fell on top of her and wept silently. She relived the feeling of her life passing by again. I have only known Zhu Mei for two days, but I am really grateful to this enthusiastic girl and like her very much. Qiao Erlan's grief when she learned that Qiao's father had died had been hidden in her heart, and now the grief has finally broken through.

An Qi wanted to persuade her a few words, but Lu Jianian stopped his hand, and he shook his head. At this time, let him vent, he knows that human emotions can be channeled. What really grieved her to this point was not Zhu Mei's death, but the sad news of her father's death that weighed on her heart and had not fully adapted to it.

By the time she finally recovered, her eyes were red and swollen.

"Let's get out." The voice was hoarse after crying. His eyes are more determined and resolute than before.

The two of them also had this intention.

The three of them took Zhu Mei and walked around and outside the cave. It turns out that the exit from the underground of the ruins is at the foot of another mountain. This exit is difficult to detect. There are a lot of Teng trees planted around, and there are weeds that wither and grow every year, so it is guaranteed that this exit will not be exposed to people's eyes.

Since obtaining the mechanical core, Lu Jianian can not only clearly perceive Anqi, but even know the structure of the entire ruins. However, he would tell Joellan about such things, but he would not share them with Anzi, a hypocrite who was eyeing him. Joellan didn't know why, and acquiesced to it. Regarding the fact that the two knew the way out, she explained to Anqi like this: "We are finding...... Before you, you found an exit by mistake. ”

Is it wrong? Anzi's face still seemed to have the grief of his friend's death. An exit to the other side of the mountain. So easy to find......

It seems that Lan Lan is still unreliable in her heart.