Chapter 133: The Secret in the Mountain Wall
"You really ...... Decided to go there? That's a trap!" After Asuka left, Moroji looked at Austin with an indifferent face, and his tone was a little hurried.
Austin pulled a smile at the corner of his left mouth, looked at Morogi who didn't know why, and then looked at Anna, who was silent, and said, "You don't have to worry, if Sauron really wants to move me, I may not be able to come back from outside the city." Now it seems that he may really want to cooperate with meโof course, his ultimate goal is definitely not me, but the Holy See of Apocalypse City. The Bone Eater has concocted a not-so-perfect frame, and he needs a messenger to avenge him. There is no doubt that I am that person. โ
"It's not that simple, but now that you've made up your mind, I won't say anything more. Moroji and I won't go, and you'd better get out of any situation without us. Anna smiled, but no matter how empathetic her words were, they couldn't hide the loneliness in her expression.
Some words that seem to explain are often comforts to oneself when there is nothing to be done.
Moroji wanted to say something, but Anna went straight to the door, and Moroji reluctantly got up and chased after him.
"Stay safe. โ
Austin touched his nose and didn't stop it, which was what he wanted to express next. The door opened, and the wind roared in, announcing his existence with a sudden drop in temperature, and vaguely sending a somewhat pale admonition, which made Austin a little stunned.
"Alright, everyone, the irrelevant people have left, now let's arrange the next action. Davix clapped his hands, and the crisp voice attracted everyone's attention and brought Austin's mind back.
"Okay, everybody, come here. This operation is too random, Yin Panther, Blazing Bear, you two order twenty people to go in with us to deal with all kinds of situations, Quiraf, you take Black Wing......"
Early the next morning, Asuka and Austin's team set out from Beiwang City, and without any extra words, they went straight to the outside of the city, re-stationed in the col where they had stayed last time, and after discerning the direction, they opened the hidden mechanism.
As the stone wall slowly parted, Asuka took a deep breath, his lips trembled slightly, suppressing some excitement, and swallowed back the words that came to his mouth, only making a gesture of "please enter".
"You please. Austin responded with a smile.
The stone wall parted and looked like a dark hole from the outside, but upon entering it revealed that it was a gate, and the rocks everywhere in the wilderness concealed the hard military alloy, and the gates and gears controlled the opening of the gate.
Entering the gate was a large hall, and Austin silently calculated in his mind that Sauron had probably hollowed out the mountain when he built the stronghold.
Half of the hall is divided into many small private rooms, full of technological style, not the cold and dark as imagined, but the crowd of people walking in a hurry, each holding a chart with various data records or equipment that Austin can't call out by name. There are naturally many soldiers patrolling back and forth, but more to protect the safety of these technicians than to monitor or guard.
It's like the scientific research department in the courtroom, which is known as a "high-IQ concentration camp".
Austin noticed that the soldiers had no epaulettes or armbands, and were supposed to be Sauron's private army, and he only glanced at the birds' entry and ignored them.
Asuka was obviously a regular visitor to the area, but once inside, he regained his composure, the flush on his long and narrow cheeks receding.
He was obviously not interested in everything here, and smiled at Austin: "I'm sorry, in order not to interfere with the normal progress of some scientific research experiments here, I didn't notify them that there will be distinguished guests, so it's a bit messy, please forgive me." โ
Austin was now relieved that Sauron had now confirmed that he hadn't set up any ambush here. His tone was very firm, but most of the speculation was unfounded. If Sauron was a man who didn't play his cards by the grain, then his previous speculation would have pushed them into the abyss. Fortunately for now, the worst did not happen.
"If you're talking about great projects that are them, or the projects they studied, I'm sorry, I'm not interested. In the scientific department of the Inquisition, I have seen the top technology projects of the dynasty, but unfortunately, I am not a person who delves into technology. โ
Although Austin's heart was filled with joy that he had won the bet, the tone of his voice was as tough as ever.
"Of course, let's be honest, people like us just need to know how to use it, and it doesn't matter how these things come from. Asuka pursed his lips and loudly expressed his approval of Austin, ignoring the reckless and idiotic stares of the staff around him.
Austin was a little embarrassed by the star, and before he could stop him, Asuka continued, "What we're going to visit is down there. โ
With that, Asuka smiled mysteriously and pointed to the ground.
Austin stepped on the heavy bluestone, and could faintly feel the steel plate laid underneath, and felt a little tired of such a pretend mystery, shook his head and followed the bird to a lift.
The lift may usually be used to transport some large equipment, which is several times larger than the one next to it. In order to ensure that Austin would not be unnecessarily suspicious during the meeting, Asuka specially used this elevator to transport him and his entourage down at one time, which was quite a waste of thought.
If the research center in the mountain wall has hollowed out the entire mountain, then the lower part is a more ambitious design, and the space above can only be said to be an iceberg on the surface of the sea, although it has begun to be hideous, but if you don't see the part below the sea surface, you can't imagine how magnificent it is!
The basement floor was reinforced with steel walls and domes, and as soon as the elevator entered it, Austin felt a rush of heat and a pungent wave of water vapor in his face.
There was the sound of a shotgun being loaded, and a nervous warrior was so excited by the environment that he subconsciously pulled out the short gun at his side and looked around like a frightened rabbit.
Blazing Bear glared at him disapprovingly, and slapped his big hand on the man's head, stopping him from making the next move.
After acclimatizing to the environment, Austin found that there were several huge furnaces beside the group, which were rippling with molten liquid metal, flowing out of different pipes according to different needs, for further alloying processes. The pungent smell is the coal used in the furnace and the steam that drives it.
On the other side is the finished weapons workshop, where yellow composite gun bullets and red-painted shotguns are arranged in an orderly manner on the processing track, and all kinds of firearms are also dazzling, with nearly a thousand fortress guns and dozens of heavy guns neatly arranged in one corner.
According to Austin's preliminary estimates, this equipment was enough to arm a well-armed 10,000-man division.
"Lord Zoro's power...... unimaginable. Austin let out a heartfelt compliment, which was obviously not a normal dynastic institution, but a private military industry built by Sauron himself. This kind of accumulation requires the efforts of many generations of families, and Zoro has done this step in the time since he mastered Beiwang City, and he is really worthy of a generation of heroes.
At the same time, Austin also understood the Holy See's fear of Sauron.
However, this is not only evidence of Sauron's collaboration with the enemy and treason, but also proof that he can clear his name. If it was reported that he had privately built a base that could arm 10,000 lambs into wolves, then he would naturally not be able to escape the fate of being hanged. But in another way of thinking, if he can take the initiative to publicize this to the public and use it as a reserve force to resist the southward movement of the Northern Barbarians, then he will be the greatest hero of Beiwangcheng!
And this will all depend on how the investigators sent by Apocalypse City report it.
"These things can enter the eyes of Lord Austin, and it seems that Lord Zoro's efforts have indeed been in vain. But what you'll see next is something you'll never forgetโ"
The elevator was still descending, and the wind was blowing from the ground like a demon roaring.