Taking small sips of the bottle of extremely bitter potion in his hand, Xue Ling's phantom ice furrowed his eyebrows tightly, and the feeling of weakness caused by the curse gradually melted in the effect of the magical energy turned into the potion in his mouth, and finally disappeared into his fingertips and hair like a warm stream. Although she understood the meaning of the phrase "good medicine and bitter mouth" very well, the overly sensitive mental and physical resistance was still the white-haired woman who was sitting on the spot drank for a long time, and she tried her best to endure this bitterness, and finally drank all the unknown potions that Duan Qing had stuffed into her before, and at the same time shifted her attention to Shi Ayun who had never stopped moving: "How is it, have you found any useful clues?" ”

"The strength of the three people has not been found, and I naturally will not gain anything by myself." Shrugging his shoulders, Shi Ayun, who looked like he was hanging out, shrugged his shoulders when he heard the sound: "Instead of wasting so much physical strength to find it, it's better to give the woman some peace for you, isn't it?" ”

"My name is Snow Spirit Phantom Ice, not a woman." Reluctantly dispelling the displeasure in his heart and the weakness entangled on the surface of his body, Xue Lingphantom Ice still frowned: "At least the purpose of this room should be explored." ”

"I don't know much about the so-called 'adventures' and the civilizations of other continents, so I don't have much to pinpoint to find." Shi Ayun's expression also became more innocent: "But with my knowledge as barren as the Northern Lands, I can still see what some of these things look like. ”

"This wooden beam, for example—it should have been part of the table legs." Gesturing to a piece of broken wood in his hand that had been eroded by time, the middle-aged man then raised his finger as well: "Or ...... Part of the wooden bed? I know that those of you from other continents don't like to use cloth and leather cushions, but prefer to make household utensils out of something more fixed......"

"That's because we prefer a relatively fixed place to live rather than a day of movement." Moving his shoulders, Xue Lingphantom replied expressionlessly: "Not to mention things like tables, chairs and benches, even the production of food and water, the villages and cities where we gather, we all want to be able to settle down in the right place. ”

"Sounds exciting." Throwing aside the wooden fragments in his hand casually, Shi Ayun continued with a casual expression: "In this way, the way of life of your continent should be completely opposite to the way of life of the tribe here in you...... So why did you come to this place? Do you prefer a day as free as the wind? ”

"If possible, we certainly want our lives to be settled like ordinary people." A little sentimentality flashed in his eyes, and Xue Lingphantom Bing, who was hugging his shoulder, then shook his head vigorously to dispel the picture that appeared in his mind: "And don't be too sure now, judging from the layout of this room, it seems that your ancestors also had such a life, didn't they?" ”

"That's right, at least this place used to be more of a place to rest." Not paying attention to the tone of the other party's words, Shi Ayun's figure gradually buried in the darker vision in the depths of the room: "There are many more pieces of wood like this in this place—sometimes I wonder if they have cut down all the trees on this continent, so that this place has become a vast grassland." ”

"I think it's pretty straightforward." Squinting his eyes at the end of the corridor outside the door, the direction of the connected area where the whistling sound was still heard, Xue Ling's Phantom Ice continued in a low voice, "Of course, if a storm like this is artificially created by your ancestors on this continent, you don't blame anyone else. ”

"I don't know the Kyles, the Morris, or the Rodericks." The voice belonging to Shi Ayun began to sound in another chaotic sound of rummaging through boxes and cabinets: "What's more, there is no grudge between us in the first place, why do I have to find trouble on your head?" ”

"That's not necessarily, you had a quarrel with Duan Qing before, God knows if you two have any grudges in the secret that I don't know...... Not. ”

The casual chat suddenly stopped, and Xue Lingphantom Bing, who was frowning, suddenly realized something abnormal: "Why haven't you come back for so long?" ”

"What did you say?"

"Don't move here, I'll go over there and have a look."

Sensing some worrisome possibility, Xue Lingphantom Ice struggled to get up from the ground, she reached out and touched the white hilt of the sword at her waist and the white round shield behind her back, and forcibly lifted her spirit and turned to the door of the room: "And there is no movement at all......

"Who is it?"

The next room was only separated by a wall from the room she was in, and it was only a slight turn that you could see that the interior of the same dim room was also spreading countless scattered glowing green light around the corner, illuminating a figure huddled there: "Y-huh? You, you-"

"What's wrong with you?"

Worry and anxiety turned into fear and irritability, and a puzzled expression appeared on the face of Xue Lingphantom Bing, who rushed forward in a few steps: "What are you looking at?" ”

"It's nothing, it's just a video." Waving his hand, Duan Qing, who had obviously been silent for a long time, then waved his hand at the other party: "Why are you here?" Didn't you want to stay over there and have a good rest? ”

"I, I suddenly noticed that there was no movement here, and I thought something had happened to you." Moving a little slowly, he walked to the corner where Duan Qing was, and Xue Lingphantasm slowly squatted down with his knees hugged: "What happened?" Where did you find this footage? ”

"Right here." casually pointing to the feet behind him, Duan Qing's expression still did not struggle out of his contemplative state: "There was originally a thing like a surveillance camera in this place, which recorded many events that had happened here, and I was lucky enough to see some of them just now, so ......"

"Oh? What do you see? This time, Xue Lingphantom Ice became really interested: "Is it an interesting story?" Tell me, tell me. ”

"It's not funny, it's a little sad." Shaking his head deeply, Duan Qing continued with a heavy face: "There are a lot of details that I can't figure out, the amount of information in the conversation between them is too much, I need to sort it out." ”

"At least tell me your conclusions." Pulling the other party's arms and body hard, Xue Ling's brows furrowed again: "Could it be that our previous guesses are correct?" ”

"I don't know." Taking a deep breath, Duan Qing, who had thrown the orb device in his hand aside, then also stood up from the ground with difficulty: "Everything-"

"It's better to let the professionals answer."

Following the direction he was looking at, a tall figure also reappeared at the end of the corridor with heavy footsteps at this time, and the loud sound of movement followed by the appearance of a mechanical figure belonging to Kyle II, slowly blocking the door of the room where Duan Qing and Xue Lingphantom Ice were: "You are here, visitors. “

"I, we didn't mean to hang around." Hurriedly waved his hand forward, and Xue Lingphantom Ice also took the lead in his own voice: "We just, just...... Uh, just take a look at ......"

"It doesn't have to be so difficult to explain, it's also a natural behavior." Stretching out his hand to stop the slightly flustered expression and movements of the woman beside him, Duan Qing continued with a calm face: "After all, it will be very idle to stay here all the time, and it is normal to walk around and take a look. ”

"Your movements seem a little more unnatural by comparison, Kyle II." He pointed to the tall black shadow blocking the doorway, as if the oppressive feeling that was close at hand did not exist at all: "Is it my delusion?" I always feel like you're not moving and walking as loud as you are now. ”

"With over 20 percent of the area being damaged, I had to give up some of the features I needed to maintain comfort." Without the slightest hint of concealment, Kyle II replied without hesitation: "For example, the mute function - the researchers who live here prefer a quieter environment, so they deliberately made me with a sound-dampening modification in my joints and moving parts. ”

"Did the researchers here invent you?" So Duan Qing also showed a "really so" expression: "Do you know more about them?" ”

"They're not here anymore." There was still no emotion in the electronic synthesized voice, and the tall figure then replied in the same words: "In the process of repairing the magic circuit, I have checked the other rooms in this rest area, unfortunately, not only is there no food and water suitable for a class of life, but even the staff who are supposed to work here have disappeared. ”

"Of course, even if there are no accidents, a person's lifespan is at most a few decades." Duan Qing spread his hands and replied, "For you who have passed thousands of years, no normal life can resist your existence. ”

"This underground research room should have been closed a long time ago."

He came to this conclusion while looking indifferently in the direction of Kyle II: "I thought you should be very aware of this, but from your previous understanding of the concept of 'time', it seems that you do not have such a consciousness. ”

"To be precise, it's the intelligence of this laboratory." Kyle II, who replied to Duan Qing, did not pause or deny it: "Even if the staff who are researchers are still within the lifespan range of a class of lifeforms, they will have their successors, and the functions here should continue to function." ”

"In fact, it's been abandoned for a long time." Pressing his forehead, Xue Lingphantom Bing, who seemed to understand the content of this conversation, also lowered his head and said, "Why haven't you found out about this fact?" ”

"On January 1, 1156, my duties changed." The electronically synthesized voice calmly answered the question of the Snow Spirit Ice, and Kyle II spoke again as if he had thought about it for a long time: "Since this day, my role has changed from guarding the underground core area to guarding the underground reception area, while taking care of the local security and maintenance work. ”

"I won't leave my work area until I have new instructions." It recounted the facts that stunned Duan Qing and the others in an extremely normal voice, as if this was a matter of course for itself: "In the 6 months and 15 days since 2766, I have never been back here. ”

"But, but—" His voice trembled and he wanted to say something, and after sipping Snow Spirit Phantom Ice for a long time, he finally took the lead in asking something like this: "But I remember you once said that this laboratory is currently operating normally." ”

"This lab is currently functioning normally." Nodding his square head, Kyle II still replied in the affirmative: "The experimental area and the power area 3 are currently operating stably, and the operation of the other areas is also in line with the basic supply requirements - I will still come to this conclusion if the state of the energy supply circuit can be detected." ”

"I see, I've really lost to you." Sighing deeply, Duan Qing, who was holding his forehead, then said in a helpless voice: "Your designer must not have thought that there would be a mistake in such a place, causing you to not find anything abnormal for so long...... No, since it's a reception area, haven't you received any humans visiting this place for so long? ”

"Nope." Kyle II's voice became more swift in reply: "You are the first visitors I received, visitors. ”

“……”

Another unspeakable silence continued in this small room, and the eyes between Duan Qing and Snow Spirit Phantom Ice also collided together after their respective contemplations, and the gray-robed magician who clenched his fist vigorously then released his tight mouth, and at the same time raised his head towards Kyle II again: "In short, you should also see the current situation, there has been a big problem in the underground experimental area, and the undead creatures gathered in the connected area may have already killed all the humans here." ”

"The skeleton threat may have been an accident." Kyle II replied in an electronically synthesized voice, "As long as I remove all of these threats, the core may be able to work again." ”

"It's definitely not an accident, and you're unlikely to find any other survivors here." Duan Qing said without hesitation: "Things are definitely not that simple, you'd better take us to the experimental area to have a look." ”

"I have other evidence on my hands to prove it."

He pointed to the round, broken device at his feet, his voice emphasizing affirmatively.