Chapter 62: The Male God
The shield machine's cutterhead spun rapidly, grinding the body of the Rat Whisperer Elder into a pulp and spilling it to the ground.
The entire TBM then emerges from the dirt below and lands onto the platform.
Its length is almost ten meters, and with a diameter of two or three meters, it is definitely a behemoth in the Iron Country.
The entire EPB is surrounded by toothed rollers that allow him to move in any direction.
Gragra ...... The sound of ......the Geiger counter suddenly sounded, and Shen Feng glanced at it, almost reaching more than two hundred.
This TBM is powered by a nuclear reactor!
This kind of micro-reactor technology is generally used in nuclear submarines, and it is the first time that Shen Feng has heard of it on a shield machine.
However, at this time, the shield machine was like a child who had received a toy, rolling back and forth on top of the rat whisperer elder who had turned into a puddle, painting the gears and cutterhead all bright red, and then began to slowly turn its body and look at the humans around it.
It's like, it's a cat playing with mice!
Shen Feng stared with bated breath, trying to send out brainwaves with a silicon-based brain, wanting to detect the operating system of this shield machine.
At this point, he finally understood where the new tunnels in the subway system came from.
This EPB has been digging everywhere, digging the whole ground like an apple that has been hollowed out by bugs!
It is precisely because of its existence that the Iron Nation can continue to expand its territory and become a complete world underground!
What exactly drives it?
As the probe of the shield machine poked over, Shen Feng's face was solemn, and the cold hairs on his body stood up, ready to fight or flee at any time.
It was the first time he felt fear after entering the Iron Country.
You must know that the cutterhead of the shield machine can even chop granite, and his body is only slightly more difficult to cut even after petrification.
He had no idea if the TBM was completely out of order, or if it was being operated by someone, if the other party was hostile......
"Male God...... It's the male god ......" Looking at the shield machine that suddenly appeared, Firefly said with a confused look in his eyes.
In her eyes, there was the worship of the male god by the traditional residents of the Iron Country, as well as the rational understanding of the ancient civilization after Shen Feng's purification and baptism.
Male God?
Shen Feng frowned, and immediately found that the shape of the shield machine was very similar to the male characteristics.
Obviously, these tribesmen of the Iron Nation gave the shield machine a name for fertility worship according to its shape, and really regarded it as the object of fertility worship.
The remaining dozens of rat whisperers were prostrate on the ground at this time, frantically shouting at the shield machine in front of them, as if they had encountered a devout disciple of the true god.
"Ask the male god to purify!"
"Xiongshen, please take me to heaven!"
"I want to live in the ancient days of heaven!"
Their shouts managed to get the TBM's attention, and the massive cutterhead spun and the probe was directed towards the rat whisperers.
The rat whisperers had even completely forgotten about Shen Feng and Firefly, and swung the long whip in their hands with an excited face and slammed it on the ground, making a loud noise.
The EPB was drawn like a child, as if trying to see what it was.
It was only as soon as his body leaned over, and the spinning head of the knife immediately turned the rat whisperers into red dust, leaving only a red mark.
Shen Feng only felt creepy, for the fanaticism of those rat whisperers.
The fireflies on the side were also dull at this time, and they took two steps forward with words in their mouths.
Shen Feng immediately dragged her over, opened the bow left and right to "snap" two big mouths, and said solemnly: "It's a machine, not a god!" ”
At the same time, he grabbed the firefly and climbed directly to the top bulge of a nearby wall, observing the shield machine below.
He also understands Firefly's reaction.
After all, for those who live in the Iron Nation, the ability of the TBM to "create" space out of thin air is a miracle in their eyes that is the same as God's creation of the world.
And these precious spaces that have been opened up are also necessary for the long-term sustainable survival of underground people.
For them, space is about survival as much as water and food.
After hundreds of years and generations of legends, the shield machine has also been completely deified and has become the male god of the Iron Country!
It's just that this thing can continue to operate for hundreds of years, and in terms of energy, the miniature reactor barely makes sense, but who will help it rest where it is damaged?
What is the purpose of its continuous excavation?
Or is everything just random movement aimlessly?
He ...... Isn't it really God? Firefly said stunned.
During the years when she lived in the Land of Iron, she was taught about the male god from childhood to adulthood, and in her heart, she completely regarded the male god as a powerful god second only to the great god of Jingwei and the god of the east wind.
And living gods!
It's just that after getting along with Shen Feng during this time, she also understands what is called the operation of a machine, so she fell into a deep contradiction and confusion.
At this time, the shield machine seemed to have had enough, and the huge gear teeth rotated, driving the body of the shield machine to drill through the soil below, all the way down.
Shen Feng had already made a decision at this time, immediately put down the fireflies, looked at the corridor that the shield machine had just opened, and said:
"The place it is going to is likely to be the country of zero, let's keep up!"
As he spoke, he jumped into the tunnel he had just opened, and rushed towards the tail of the shield machine diagonally below.
Firefly gritted her teeth and had to follow.
While excavating, the TBM compresses and compacts the excavated soil into a mud brick-like thing and spreads it aside, so the speed is not very fast, but it is definitely not slow.
Shen Feng followed behind the shield machine, and could even see the vague "Sany" trademark on the shield machine.
After following for more than ten minutes, it was already possible to determine that there were no sensors behind the shield machine, so their presence was completely incomprehensible.
His silicon-based brain was running at high speed at this time, and he wanted to enter the control system of the shield machine through brain waves, find enough information, and even directly control the male god of the underground man.
It's just that there is a certain degree of radiation interference on the outside of the shield machine, and it is not so easy to enter for a while.
Shen Feng and Firefly followed closely behind the shield machine, wandering around the entire Iron Country, breaking into the territory of one tribe after another, or receiving worship and feasting on blood, or passing through with disdain.
The tribe of cars that live in abandoned trains, the tribe of lizards that crawl like lizards, the tribe of water that collects groundwater, the tribe of fierce beasts that live by hunting other tribesmen, and so on.
Every underground human settlement was an eye-opener for Shen Feng, but it was creepy.
He couldn't imagine what his world would be like if it were like this.
Soon, Shen Feng found that the shield machine no longer stopped, but went all the way down, seemingly deliberately guiding him forward.
Almost a day later, the TBM again broke through a downward barrier and plunged into the tunnel.
Shen Feng and Firefly immediately jumped into it in the same way, and just as they were about to leave the corridor, a large white net appeared at the entrance of the cave from top to bottom, binding them firmly.
A group of enormous underworldns poured in, their bodies glowing softly in the darkness, wild and sexy.
In the center of this space is a stone pillar similar in shape to the shield machine, which seems to be the totem worshiped by these underground people, and it is full of sacrifices.
"Mother." Firefly said as she looked at a glowing woman with a delicate figure in front of her.