Chapter 32: Return to the Dragon's Lair
As we continued to advance deeper into the desert, the scenery around us gradually became clearer, the mist rising from the rain gradually dissipated, the clouds were rapidly fading, and the rain had stopped a long time ago. If the sun's rays shine down directly, then the instantaneous temperature change can easily damage the parts of the body, after all, the technology of this world has not yet reached the level where it can completely resist the changes of the natural environment.
"It's time to speed up, once the clouds clear, this body will be damaged because it can't stand the temperature change, and I'm sure it's in a similar situation over there." When the precipitation stops, we have already established a connection again, so that it is easier to communicate and it is possible to ask something again from its mouth.
Since they were all reincarnated, it was inevitable that they would talk about their hometown, and with my deliberate actions, the conversation was quickly steered in this direction. My memories of my past are very vague, and there is nothing to hide from this fact.
But as for the things that happened before my death, the dark red robot said the same thing as me, saying that I don't remember much. But it obviously hesitated for a moment when it said this, which was tantamount to telling me that there were no three hundred taels of silver here.
I don't know why it kept silent about everything it had done, but I was just curious about this information and didn't affect what happened next, so I didn't ask any more.
And in the conversation, I also deliberately mentioned the reason for the resurrection,
"Hmm." The dark red robot simply agreed, and then quickened its pace. With the last experience, this trip was obviously much smoother, and before the clouds had completely dispersed, the black desert came into view, and at the same time, there was a circle of peaks that reached into the sky.
"How do you get in, it looks like it's at least a thousand meters high, even a few short mountains can't be climbed in a short time." The dark red robot asked, looking up at the mountains truncated by the clouds.
"There's a shortcut to get in, just follow me."
Walking quickly to the foot of the mountain, the clouds had cleared, and we walked in a counterclockwise direction towards the relatively low peak on the right. The desert sun was so blazing that it took less than twenty minutes for all the moisture in the sand to evaporate.
There were few detours, and soon we saw the stream hidden in the desert.
"This is it, go up the stream and you'll see a cave where you can enter."
"How did you find out about this kind of place?" The dark red robot asked.
I smiled, "It's a coincidence, anyway, let's hurry up and get in." ”
The cavern was still as dim and cramped as I had remembered, and as soon as the two of us robots leaned in, the light was blocked.
"It's dark inside, and it'll be even shorter in the back, you follow me and listen to my command, this section will take a while."
"Okay."
Although it saves a lot of time when I know the route, I only have a general impression of how long this section of the road will be and how long it will take to get there.
The interior is a straight line, so it is less difficult to go inward, and the route is judged by the sound of the stream, and soon ten minutes have passed.
"Stop." I didn't continue to move forward, and I listened to the sound of the water flowing from a constant speed to an accelerated fall, and I knew that I might have encountered a very strange counter-current waterfall.
"There's a waterfall in front, we'll have to jump off, and you'd better throw that cloak here, and you won't need it in the back."
"Waterfalls? The robot's body is afraid of water, so if you jump, ......"
"It's okay, although it's a waterfall, but you won't touch the water after jumping down, and you won't be able to explain it for a while, if you can trust me, I'll go down with me."
The dark red robot seemed to hesitate, but this state only lasted for a short time, and then nodded in agreement: "Okay." ”
There was a sound of fabric rubbing behind me, which wasn't unexplainable, but at this time, one was a waste of time, and the other was saying that, which was also a way to confirm whether it really believed me. As I expected, it was wary of me, but I'm sure it would let my guard down if it was safe to get down there.
Disconnected, the data cable is afraid of water, and no one can guarantee that it will not be stained with splashed water droplets when it falls. Without saying anything more, I jumped first.
Twenty meters seems high, but in fact it reaches the bottom almost instantaneously. Just like in my memory, when I was about to fall into the lake, I was pushed and levitated by an inexplicable force. Looking to the side, so did the dark red robot.
It seems that nothing in the Dragon's Lair seems to have changed as much as it has elsewhere, at least not yet.
Rolling over and falling to the ground, reaching out to lift the dark red robot down, we made the connection again.
"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I'm afraid I would never have believed that there was such a place, and I had seen a lot of worlds, but this is the first time I've seen such a fantastic cave." The dark red robot muttered to itself.
"The world?"
"Oh, nothing, just marveling at the magic here."
It seems that it is still deliberately hiding something from me, but it doesn't matter, and I have to be more careful then, God knows if the order of the three passages is disrupted.
"I don't think it's convenient to talk like this, what should I call you?" The dark red robot's tone was noticeably softer than before, and it seemed to really trust me.
"Just call me J7, that's what the creator of this body calls me, so what should I call you? Do you use a model, too? ”
"Call me by my name, my name is Bars."
"Bars, actually, I've always had a question for you."
"What?"
"We are all reincarnated, and we are all robot bodies, we should all follow our own makers, how the hell did you act alone, and where did you get those batteries?" This has really always made me curious, if there is any special way to get the battery recharged, I believe that there will be a lot more freedom in the convenience of movement.
"It's nothing, my maker was killed by me." Bars's tone seemed understated, as if he were talking about something very ordinary.
"Why, because of the restriction of freedom?"
"There's a reason for that, the purple guy is pretty much the same, my maker often asks me to do something, which has a big impact on my plans, I have to kill him and snatch the remaining batteries, only then can I make sure that what I'm going to do won't be interfered with. When you went to look for me at the Robot Station, you must have seen the notice on the bulletin board. ”
"So you did that?"
"That's right, they're just people from this world, they have nothing to do with me, as long as they don't interfere with me, I won't deliberately provoke them, and it doesn't matter if they hinder me and kill them."
As for Bars to answer like this, in fact, I have somewhat guessed some, except for this, it is difficult to think of other ways, although what I did was not so direct, but in essence it is no different from him, we are actually unscrupulous people for our own interests, maybe I am even worse. It's just that everything I did was boiled down to resurrecting Cher, isn't that an excuse? Sometimes I even wonder if I'm doing it for Cher or myself.
But no matter what the process is, as long as she can be resurrected in the end, it is enough.
"It's best not to touch the plants in here, it's better to be careful at this point, look, the front is the exit."
After turning a corner, the scenery in front of me brightened. With clear water, green grass and trees, we reached the interior of the basin. This time, the remaining electricity is enough to be active for a long time, and it can probably last for about two hours.
"I didn't expect this kind of scenery to be inside this dragon's lair." There was a hint of surprise in Bars's tone.
"I didn't expect it when I first came, and the environment here has no signs of destruction, and it doesn't look like there are dragons living in it at all."
"What's next, the scope inside this dragon's lair is so large."
I pointed to a large tree not far ahead, "The bottom of that tree is hollow, and you can reach the inside by following the roots, and if you go deeper inside, you will see three passages, and the crystal is in one of them." I paused for a moment and continued, "It stands to reason that there should be a huge dragon guarding the interior, but this time it rained in Tisball, and the guardian dragon should follow the dragons to attack Tisball. ”
"I see, let's go."
All the way to the bottom of the tree, the roots of the tree quickly slid to the bottom, and after seeing the suspended lake, Bars was shocked again.
I passed sideways in the same way, and I didn't go far before I came across the fork in the road that had made me stumble.
"Come with me, be careful after entering, although I have been here once, but the previous experiences are different from the past, and I can't guarantee that the passage we will enter next will be the same as before."
"So, if you go into the wrong way, is there any danger?"
"It should be like this, anyway, be careful, this time we are two people, there should be no big problem."
We slowed down and entered the first passage side by side, and it was still so quiet, so quiet that it felt so dark that even the noise in the air seemed to disappear.
It's a little too quiet, and even though it was like that before, I always felt that something wasn't quite right.
"Be careful, you always feel that something is wrong, just in case you disconnect the connection first." With that, I withdrew the cable.
The glow from this crystal seems to be a little too dim, wait, what is that?!
I looked in horror not far ahead, and at the end of the passage, a huge figure covering the entire passage was prostrate on the ground, a pair of huge wings could be felt even when folded, and the pair of huge eyes like large electric lights were slowly opening......