Noisy.

Busy.

The world of white and disinfectant.

It has been three days since I returned to the city of Mou.

This is the hospital.

The doctor is admonishing Xia Chuluo.

"It looks like you're about to recover, you young people are really strong in recovery, there was an old man who broke a bone and recuperated for half a year before he could get out of bed."

"Try to eat as little painkiller as possible, that thing is addictive, and there are calming drugs."

The doctor said he had seen many patients in his life.

In order to relieve pain or fall asleep, eating those things is addictive and can't quit.

Once you quit, you feel uncomfortable.

The heart is empty.

It will cause irritability, depression, headache, chest tightness and breathlessness, etc., and in severe cases, it is even necessary to find a special institution to quit drugs.

However, institutions are only auxiliary, and they still require strong willpower from individuals.

"There is also a try to rest for a period of time, avoid strenuous exercise, this time or lie in bed more, you see that after lying down for two months, the effect is very significant, just move your limbs on time every day."

"Well, I'll keep lying down."

Xia Chuluo nodded obediently.

I can only see her so sensible in the hospital.

The doctor gave a few more admonitions, and then prescribed some auxiliary drugs.

"Take this list and go to the first floor to get the medicine."

He handed Lu Wen a piece of white paper with mysterious symbols written on it.

Text for medical students.

Mystical language.

Usually, only those who prescribe medicine can understand it.

"Doctor, don't you get the wrong medicine?" Lu Wen asked casually.

"This ...... There really is. ”

The doctor said.

Occasionally, the writing is too sloppy, and the person who takes the medicine can't understand it, so I will contact him.

Sometimes there are too many people in line to get the medicine, and they don't have time to contact, so they take it by feeling.

"Isn't that going to be a problem?"

"No, the people who take the medicine over there also understand pharmacological knowledge, and when they see the other drugs prescribed on my medicine list, they can roughly understand the use of the one he doesn't understand, generally speaking, it won't go wrong, anyway, it's all a minor illness, and it won't be wrong once a year."

The doctor lifted his glasses on the bridge of his nose and replied gently.

"By the way, are you Lu Wen?"

"I am."

"You're here...... Is there such a signed photo, my daughter is your fan, her bedroom is full of your posters, and there is a heart pattern on the bedroom door with your photo, and even your photo is placed on the desk, and the photo of our family of three is squeezed aside......"

The doctor also said.

His daughter had to hold Lu Wen's waiting doll every night to fall asleep.

"She said you were the most special one in the world."

"Ahem...... I just happened to have some photos with me. ”

Lu Wen opened the bag he was carrying.

Then, in Xia Chuluo's strange eyes, he took out a few signed photos and handed them to the doctor.

……

Out of the hospital.

Xia Chuluo had a strange expression, and reached out to find a few photos in Lu Wen's bag.

This is Liang Chen specially looking for someone to shoot Lu Wen.

All angles, different backgrounds.

There is a sense of futuristic science fiction, and there is also an ancient style, how to shoot how handsome.

These photos filled half of Lu Wenxiao's satchel, and their names were signed on them.

"You're ...... now. Are you so proficient in business? ”

"Hmm."

Lu Wen nodded calmly.

Sometimes, those fans have to be pestered, and he can only rely on these photos to get out.

You can't do it.

"How much does it cost to take an ad?"

"It's hard to say, it's all Liang Chen running, I'm probably quite rich now......"

Opposite the entrance of the hospital.

On a billboard erected high, an advertisement for Lu Wen's endorsement was posted.

You can see it when you look up.

The billboard was a bit worn out and had bullet holes in it, caused by the battle between the soldiers and the out-of-control androids during the android riot.

Now there is a bit of a strange public opinion about androids on the Internet.

Many people shouted words like 'androids must go, Lu Wen must stay'.

These three days.

The city of Mou has not changed much.

The wandering androids on the streets are still scattered, but they seem to be more scattered, more and more sparse.

The soldiers' patrols did not stop either.

Patrols could be seen coming and going on every street, heavily armed, walking in the sweltering July heat, with dark skin and sweat on their foreheads.

Most of the people in Mowu were obedient and stayed at home without causing trouble.

The Internet is their battleground.

Someone noticed that there were fewer and fewer androids on the streets.

So I posted.

[Has anyone noticed the movements of those androids?]

[Are they quietly fleeing from Mou City]

But this post didn't get enough attention.

There are two reasons for this.

One is that the people of Mowu are currently using translators to spray each other with other cities, and the whirlpool of public opinion has involved too much energy.

The second reason is ...... Lu Wen limited the flow of this post.

"Public opinion in Mowu City has not stopped in the past few days, and it has intensified, but fortunately, it has been communicated with Keri City and Central City, and the three parties are silent, just let the people make trouble." Lu Wen said.

"You've had a meeting?"

"Hmm."

"I don't even know."

"After all, I'm in a special position now."

"What will happen to these androids, and where are you going to take them?"

"It's hard to say, the current plan is to be more south, but there is a little bit of a situation at the moment, if I'm not mistaken...... I'm getting closer to the truth. ”

……

Three days away.

Lu Wen traveled day and night, without stopping.

Androids don't get tired, which is a big plus.

There were a few extreme weather encounters along the way, and overall it was quite smooth.

At least the car is not deformed.

"Woo ——!"

The vehicle was parked on the ice.

Anti-slip wheels are installed, but it's still a little slippery.

The snow storm obscured the view, and the view was white, with the occasional black stone or two.

Lu Wen got out of the car and closed the door.

He was carrying a black backpack.

Before leaving, he turned his head to take a look.

If you guess right, you don't know how long it will take to come back.

Upon returning, the car was estimated to have been submerged in a blizzard.

"Huhu...... Whew......"

Wind.

Very windy.

Mixed with hard snow...... It is more appropriate to say that it is ice particles, and it hits Lu Wen.

Lu Wen lowered the body surface temperature.

He did not dare to heat up the situation.

If the snow melted on him, turned into snow and then condensed on the surface of his clothes or shoes, it would cause him a lot of trouble.

That's it.

Brave the wind and snow.

Forty-five kilometers on foot.

Lu Wen's speed was very fast, and he sometimes ran in small steps.

If it weren't for the natural traps that could appear at any time on the local ice, he could run at full speed without having to worry about his physical strength.

Five hours later.

The destination has arrived.

Ice crevasses.

"Very smooth cracks, no protrusions or dents, more like man-made."

Lu Wen stood on the edge of the rift in the ice.

The fissure is about two meters wide, smooth on both sides, and immeasurably long, spreading to the end of the field of vision.

It was as if there was a giant holding a hundred-mile-long knife and cutting a gap in the ice.

Bottomless.

The wind howled through the chasms, sometimes rushing and sometimes slowing, as if some terrifying monster was sleeping in the chasm.

Lu Wen took a deep breath.

The icy wind swirled back and forth in his respiratory system.

The cold can wake people up.

He pulled out two daggers and leaped forward.

Rapid fall.

The wind whistled in my ears.

The whiteness of the ice and snow on both sides is rapidly receding, as if the whole world is rewinding.

Lu Wen's coat was blown up.

This feeling of free landing didn't last long.

The tenth second of the fall.

Lu Wen stretched out his hand and stabbed the short knife into the ice on the right side.

"——!"

The tip of the knife only scratched at the ice, pulling out a long mark.

The scraped ice slag fell into the bottomless chasm, and was soon swallowed up by the darkness.

The knife failed.

Didn't stab in.

The strength is not enough.

The speed of the fall was too fast, and the direction was not adjusted well.

But Lu Wen is an android.

His body is strong enough and can mediate his limbs better than that of humans, so that every ounce of strength can be reasonably distributed.

Twelfth second.

Lu Wen saw the opportunity.

Pierce again.

"W-w-"

A screeching grinding sound.

The tip of the knife cuts through the ice and stabs a little.

But it still failed.

These layers of ice do not know how many thousands of years they have existed, and they are so hard that even special military daggers are difficult to pierce into them.

But Lu Wen knows the main reason.

"The direction is not adjusted well."

During the fall, it is difficult for the body to adjust.

"If only this body could fly."

It's a pity that this can only be thought about.

Floating City used to have an army of hundreds of thousands of flying robots.

But those robots are not constructed like androids, and consume a lot of fuel for each flight, which makes it necessary to leave enough space inside the robots.

The space inside Lu Wen's body was occupied by weapons.

"Again."

Fourteenth second.

"Phew!"

This time it's in the right direction.

The tip of the knife plunges straight into the ice, deep inside, leaving only the hilt.

Lu Wen gripped the hilt of the knife firmly.

Speed plummets.

It only slid down for a moment, and then it came to a complete stop.

After a short break.

Lu Wen adjusted his body posture and pulled out the short knife.

Falling again.

It stops again after seven or eight seconds.

After repeating this three or four times, it finally bottomed out.

The bottom is almost as similar to what Lu Wen imagined.

Dark.

Silence.

and icy metal.

Beneath this crack in the southern ice, there is an artificial metal corridor.

The corridor is narrow.

It's not a meter wide, though.

It's more like it's embedded in the ice, and most of it is covered with rust.

White frost covered the metal railing on one side of the hallway, glowing faintly.

What Lu Wen saw in front of him, if it was known by those cities on the ground, it was estimated that it would cause an uproar.

"I have lost contact with all my bodies in the outside world, and I really have to rely on myself."

In the middle of the fall.

The connection has been broken.

Lu Wen's body is now in an isolated and helpless situation, and he can't get any news from the outside world.

The outside world can't get any news of him.

A few days ago, after seeing the video brought back by the Southern Expedition, he guessed that this ice should be part of the so-called 'truth' beneath this ice.

So here he comes.

It's a risky move.

But it's better to take the initiative than to be deceived by the number six or three.

"Boom."

Lu Wen landed on the metal corridor.

This corridor is winding.

Attached to the side of the ice.

There is a certain inclination, and the further you go, the deeper you go, and there is no end in sight.

It seems to extend into some ancient ruin.

There are no lights in the hallway.

Only cold and dark.

These two things are enough to strike fear into the hearts of any human explorer.

"Hoo ......"

"Hoo ......"

It's still the wind.

Echoing in this empty corridor that doesn't know how deep it is.

Repetitive sounds, endless corridors, both of which can easily give the illusion.

It seems like just go down here.

You can uncover the unknown and mysterious corners of the world, dig up the ancient gods, and find those unknown treasures.

Lu Wen advanced.

The journey has only just begun.

He walked down the hallway.

Walked for more than ten minutes.

The ice on both sides is gone.

This corridor extends deeper, leading to the underground.

Deep, dark rocks replace the ice, which are hard, smooth and devoid of any attachments, with the occasional mark or two of man-made chiseling.

The coldness seemed to be fading.

Lu Wen could feel that the temperature on the surface of his body was not so low.

The wind is also slowly getting quieter, and now it is close to nothing.

The silence, emptiness and darkness are eroding the seemingly never-ending corridor.

Lu Wen's footsteps were very light.

But the dull pace grew louder and louder.

Bits and pieces, echoing in his ears, as if they were going to drill into his brain.

"If you really want to change to an ordinary human explorer to come here, I guess I have already begun to retreat." Lu Wen thought so.

Endless darkness.

Aloneness.

The sound of reverberating footsteps.

There was only one person, but it seemed as if there were hundreds of people walking.

"Where did you say that there are so many footsteps, it's just the two of us."

"Who knows, this corridor is so strange, stop talking, and your voice will stack up later, and it will be even more uncomfortable then."

The sudden voice in front of him startled Lu Wen's heart.

There are people here.

The corridor is narrow, no more than a meter wide, and the only way to move forward is to go backwards.

The two men spoke in a strange language.

It was hundreds of years ago, and the language of the West still had some northern accents, and the tongue was curled.

The voices in front of him were getting closer.

I can already see some light.

Lu Wen looked up.

The corridor is very high, six or seven meters long.

Without hesitation, he propped his body with his hands and feet, and immediately climbed upward.

The stone walls were smooth, but his strength was skillfully controlled, and with the help of the ant robots, he quickly climbed to the top.

Lu Wen leaned his feet up as much as possible.

Without the knapsack, his entire back would have been pressed against the cold rock at the top of the hallway.

【Simulate the surrounding environment】

Lu Wen gave instructions to all the ant robots.

At that time, Yin Long's nanorobots could perfectly blend into the surrounding environment, and could be turned into decorations on the villa, and even the surrounding grass and trees, the softness of swinging with the wind could be simulated.

Lu Wen didn't notice that part of the turf he had been stepping on was made up of nanobots.

Dr. Jiang's ant robot can't be so perfect, but it's enough.

One by one, the little ants suddenly took action, covering his whole person with his backpack, without missing any corners.

Once the little ones are covered, they begin to simulate the black color of the surrounding rocks.

They can also make the scene behind the covered person reflect on the front, creating an effect similar to invisibility.

It didn't take long for the light to come.

Two ordinary flashlights.

One tall and one short.

The two of them are very peculiar, their limbs seem to be a little uncoordinated, and their facial features are also crooked, looking at ...... Some of them are like deformed children in the outside world.

The two were whispering.

"Those humans on the ground were too lucky this time, and they didn't get hit hard."

"Haoyue's side also swore that it would cause heavy losses on the ground."

"Alas, I don't know when I'll be able to witness the coming of heaven."

"That day won't be too far away."

"At least the floating city floating in the sky has fallen, and without that city, the threat on the ground is much smaller."

“……”

As they spoke, they walked underneath Lu Wen.

No anomalies were found.

Didn't look up either.

It seemed that the corridor had been lonely for too long, so they didn't expect visitors to arrive.

After the two of them walked away, Lu Wen slowly moved down.

This time he was more careful.

Release a batch of ant robots.

[Explore 500 meters ahead, 300 meters ahead, 200 meters ahead]

[Explore the rear 500 ......]

This corridor is just too weird.

All the footsteps are superimposed on each other and constantly reverberate.

Even if you have good hearing, you may not be able to hear whether the footsteps are your own or someone else's.

Just a little careless in Lu Wen.

As he walked, he thought about the meeting and conversation with Number Six and Three during this time, and what Yin Long had said, and did not pay all his attention to the corridor.

[500 meters ahead is normal]

[300 meters ahead......]

【Ahead......】

【Rear ......】

The little ants quickly fed back the data.

Safe.

Lu Wen continued to move forward.

Luckily, he's mechanical and has a strong sense of time.

If you are a human being, you may get lost if you walk for too long in this dark corridor with no end in sight.

They forget the concept of time, and gradually become numb and lose their vigilance.

After advancing for more than an hour.

Lu Wen finally came to the end of this corridor.

【Elevator shaft】

[three]

[Can be used normally]

[No one uses it]

[Safety]

[No monitoring]

【……】

The little ants keep giving feedback.

Three elevator shafts, not running, one of the cars was on it, and the remaining two were not raised.

The two of them came up by elevator just now.

Lu Wen came to an elevator shaft at the very edge.

This elevator did not rise.

Only an empty steel cable could be seen.

Below is an endless abyss of darkness.

"The elevator shaft is dug directly into the stone wall, and it is very deep, and the air pressure must be controlled, so there should be passages at the bottom and on both sides."

Lu Wen knew that the place where the elevator led should be the so-called truth.

But he certainly couldn't swagger down the elevator.

That would be tantamount to self-defeating.

He could only go down through these two elevators that did not rise, imitating the bridges in those movies, and climbing down the tightrope little by little.

"If there's a passage big enough for me, everything will go well."

But it also requires a bit of luck, and if you climb halfway up and there is an elevator going up, it will be very troublesome.

【Detection Below】

Lu Wen passed the instructions to the little ants.

At this time, it is better to let the ants explore the way.

Anything to guess is unrealistic and too dangerous.

Little ants slowly climbed down the edge of the elevator shaft.

Lu Wen is not in a hurry, what he has is time.

[Detected creatures 500 meters behind]

【Two Creatures】

The little ant detected in the back suddenly sent such a message.

Lu Wen sighed.

It seems that he doesn't have time.

The two guys are back.

The end of the hallway wasn't a good place to hide, and he could certainly go back into the hallway and climb to the top little by little, as he had just done, but it was dangerous.

This kind of place close to the elevator shaft.

In case those two creatures had a whim and wanted to check it out.

Then there's no more to play, you can only kill them.

But then it was exposed.

Aside from this accidental ice crack, Lu Wen didn't know that there was any other place to lead below.

Maybe No. 6 and No. 3 knew, and there should be other No. 1 to approach him and induce him to come down, but Lu Wen didn't plan to be with those guys.

As the Three said last night, the six of them are not united, suspicious of each other, and uncertain.

I don't trust them internally, how can Lu Wen trust them?

Lu Wen gave an order for recycling.

Then he jumped.

Trying not to make any sound, he grabbed the elevator cable and slid down gently.

All the little ants were helping him.

Voices began to sound above their heads.

"Did you just hear anything?"

"No, what else could there be in this place but the footsteps of the two of us?"

"Maybe there's something wrong with my ears."

"Don't be suspicious, go back early, this passage is in such a cold place, there are thousands of meters of ice outside, it is for those robots, it is impossible for humans to find it, our passage is in the north, a warm place......"

Lu Wen went down a little bit.

Deep silence.

Space is tight.

It was dark and there was no light.

Still alone.

This is a true Jedi for claustrophobia.

The fear in the hearts of human beings will be infinitely magnified, and certain terrifying images will constantly flash in their minds, and they will fear that some monster will appear below, or that the walls on all four sides will suddenly shrink and squeeze, and the despair will be unimaginable.

[There are still 300 meters below]

[Safety]

【Looking for an exit ......】

Lu Wen moved very slowly.

Ten minutes later, he finally came to the bottom.

At the bottom is the elevator car, with a metal top.

Lu Wen guessed correctly, there is indeed a passage on the stone wall on one side to reduce the wind pressure.

At regular intervals, an entrance will appear on the wall.

All the passages have been probed by the little ants, and the final result is that the bottom passage is the safest, and the exit is unmanned and very hidden.

Lu Wen drilled into the passage, the passage was just the right size, just enough to move slowly.

It's still dark.

【The exit is 1,200 meters ahead】

There are two turns, so there is no light at this end of the passage.

But the little ants had already crawled to the end of the passage.

They gave Lu Wen feedback on what he saw in front of him.

It was a piece of light.