By the time Rick had searched the entire government building, his brow furrowed as he stared at the handful of metal debris in his hand.

There is still some harvest at the bottom, but there is no gain at the top, as if it was deliberately collected, there is nothing left, personal belongings, office supplies, nothing, Birick's face is clean.

Instead, in some very dark and dark corners, Rick found a large number of debris and debris of metal objects.

His index finger and thumb twitched the metal shards, and Rick's eyes darkened slightly, and his expression became a little ugly.

I have worked hard to find a way to get in and out of this place, but not for the sake of these metal slags.

Could it be that these things have become like this because they can't withstand the ravages of time? But no, even the cheap metal items on the ground floor are not too damaged, how can the more advanced ones on the upper floor be damaged, and they are still artificially piled up in the corner, it feels like eating meat, leaving the remaining bones aside.

"Snap"

There was another soft sound, and Rick didn't move this time, just standing still and waiting for something.

For more than an hour, Rick stood quietly in place, and the soft sound would ring every ten minutes, and then it would ring once in a few minutes or so.

Rick still stood still, silently for a while, and then decided to leave.

When he stepped again, the noise sounded again, as if he had spotted Rick preparing to leave. The noise became a little hurried and uneasy.

Rick waited quietly. He didn't believe it was any kind of soul-like shit. This kind of thing that wants to attract the attention of others, but does not dare to show its true face, appears several times in Rick's memories of the abyss.

The abyss produces something like this, where a new species or life form arises from being trapped in a very closed environment.

They have been trapped in a closed environment for a long time, and when they suddenly find out that there are other living beings, they will maintain a very vigilant, but very yearning contradiction.

If you want to see it too much, then he'll go into hiding. This will only change if he shows up on his own.

This kind of creature trapped in one place is very simple, and he only wants to contact new humans or other creatures out of instinctive thoughts, because their lives are so simple, so single that if there is no blank paper mind, normal humans or abyssal creatures will collapse.

In such a single environment, it is easier for the kind of creature whose mind is a blank sheet of paper and can't think about anything to survive.

But as soon as something intrudes into their peaceful lives, they react in two ways. Either directly provoke their ferocity and attack outsiders.

Or full of curiosity. Want to come into contact with outsiders.

Rick's situation at this time is the second one. And based on the metal residues Rick himself found, this answer was even more convincing to him.

Rick didn't pay any attention to the noise behind him, instead quickened his pace, trying to get out of here.

It is rumored that many people who are as lucky as Rick are just ordinary people, but because they communicate with those creatures for the first time, they become friends or partners of each other, and they don't get any benefits.

So Rick knew that he had to force the other party out at this time, since he couldn't even detect the other party with the perception of his second-order professional, then if Rick showed that he wanted to communicate, the other party might leave here because of fear or some reason.

In the face of the unknown, in addition to curiosity, there is also fear. The best way to make the other party give up their fear of themselves is to show kindness, but no matter how much kindness Rick has at this time, if the other party does not appear, it will be in vain, so the first priority is to force the other party from the dark to the light.

Rick's appearance of being ready to leave was very useful, and the noise in the corner was undisguised, as if something was following behind him.

But Rick didn't stop his pace because of this, and if he suddenly stopped his pace at this time, it was likely to scare the other party away or even provoke the other party to become hostile.

Rick continued to walk until he reached the entrance on the ground floor, where he stopped slightly opening the door.

The sound behind him really became a little excited and hurried, and Rick opened the door, and then turned around slowly, very slowly.

Sure enough, there was nothing left behind him.

Rick frowned slightly, wondering if he might just leave.

The creature behind him is very curious at first glance, and it is estimated that it is not too strong, otherwise it would have attacked Rick, an outsider, a long time ago. After seeing that Rick had no hostility, or that he didn't feel hostility and killing intent on him, the other party still didn't dare to show his true face, it was estimated that it should be a relatively weak thing, otherwise he wouldn't have said it so carefully.

The door was wide open, and Rick waited quietly for a while, and found that the other party seemed to be hiding out of fear, and he lost the slightest interest.

If it's a powerful creature, Rick is still interested in touching it, even if it's a little weaker than himself. However, seeing that the other party is so timid, it is estimated that the strength should be very weak, Rick didn't have time to play hide and seek with the other party, so he immediately turned around and left, this time he really left.

He has limited time, and it is already a very generous act to be able to waste so much time on this strange creature, but it is a pity that the other party is too timid to even dare to communicate face-to-face, which makes Rick completely lose interest.

Quickly exiting the office building, Rick searches for another target.

He really doesn't have much time, at most four hours a day to search, if it goes by the way, it will take at least a week to complete the search for the more important buildings here, and it can't be discovered by those mad dogs of the galaxy, otherwise once the other party is prepared, it will really be over.

Rick doesn't think that he is invincible in the world when he is promoted to the second order, on the contrary, the more he is promoted, the more Rick feels weak.

In the bridgehead base, Rick, a second-order professional, is at most a squad leader like cannon fodder, and he can't be said to be popular, but it's not much stronger.

But in contrast, the third order is very rare, I don't know if it's because the third order is a watershed, anyway, the third order of professionals is very rare no matter where they are.

Thinking that the old man with runes had been unable to break through for so many years, Rick had a few realizations.

Just as the portal was about to close completely, a red shadow suddenly emerged from the crack.

It stands to reason that this kind of speed and reaction will not fall, but the other party is magically weird and falls, not only falling, but also the body is very uncomfortable with twitching.

Seeing this, Rick didn't look surprised at all, but looked at the other party's twitching body and observed.

A very compact body, at first glance, looks like an active part, but it is very different.

The volume of the active parts is a little larger than it, and the shape of this product is also very interesting, like a bunch of bouncy balls put together, very cute.

The round limbs, the round little belly, the round head, the whole outline is full of roundness.

After waiting quietly for a while, the round little head finally lifted up from his chest.

is still round facial features, round expression, with two jewel-like round eyes, which is very pitiful.

The little guy may have lived in that government building for too long, and suddenly came into contact with the outside world, both physically and mentally, and this feeling is like the feeling of a person who has been in prison all his life and is suddenly released, but the reaction to this little guy has become this uncontrollable body and convulsions.

Rick had already expected this situation, since the other party was very timid, then he would definitely not be able to break through the life-threatening portal defenses. The portal's defenses are not only against outsiders, but also for people indoors who have not been identified. Such a double layer of insurance can only appear in government offices and some more important buildings, and the rest of the houses are very common single defense measures.

So when Rick found out that this little thing might have been trapped here, he had his own idea, because the sudden contact with the outside world would have a great impact on this timid creature.

So now the other party just looked at Rick with a round and innocent expression.

So Rick didn't do anything excessive, and just picked up the little guy with his hand.

It stands to reason that this little guy is covered in metallic luster, and it should be a cold and hard metallic texture, but as soon as Pu started it, Rick's expression moved, and the other party was actually soft, and even had a very warm body temperature.

Just like holding a bare puppy, after the other party came into contact with Rick's body temperature, it seemed that he immediately calmed down, and looked at Rick in a daze, his two big round eyes were full of curiosity.

"Babbling"

Opening his mouth startled Rick, the sound of the active parts was exactly the same, if it weren't for the other party lying quietly in his arms, Rick would have wondered if the other party was pretending to be those active parts.

It's a very magical little thing, obviously a metallic body, but it has body temperature and intelligence, unlike those of its kind, full of madness and excess.

Rick doesn't know why the little guy is trapped in a government building, but he knows that this little thing can communicate.

But this was clearly not a good time to communicate, so Rick quickly hid back into the depths of the passage. (To be continued......)