Through the conversations along the way, Evan learned a lot of information from Louis - he learned that in this post-apocalyptic world, the power of the Renaissance Society can be said to be second to none, and it belongs to the organization most likely to revive human civilization.

Its main base is located at the bridgehead of the West Road, which is the junction of the two continental plates and an important experimental base of the Machine Empire.

Evan was familiar with it, as the experimental base where the Renaissance Society was located was the hub of the Machine Empire's research and development of gem technology.

If he remembered correctly, it was also the only experimental base on the planet Hyperion to participate in gem research.

......

The night, as silent as stagnant water, and in the depths of the night, a deserted and dead town stood at the foot of the mountain.

It was as if it was completely integrated into the night, and there was no light in sight.

Louis drove the SUV into town, drove to the mine in the northeast corner, and pulled out his silver pass and placed it behind the windshield.

After that, she made a gesture to the crowd that was okay, then slowed down and slowly drove into the mine.

As you walk down the deep, sloping cavern, the cold air in the ground grows heavier and heavier, almost condensing into a gelatinous substance, and tiny ice crystals adhere to the surface of the off-road vehicle, melting into water vapor by the heat released by the engine, and making the windows wet and covered with mist.

After passing through a metal gate that quickly opened, the space in front of it gradually grew larger, but it was shrouded in a white mist that could not be seen, and the ground was nothing but frozen human corpses, and the ground was uneven and full of potholes.

The buggy bumps around on it, giving it the feeling of riding a roller coaster.

"These are not corpses, they are the guards of the Society. Noticing that Michelle's expression was different, Louis took the initiative to explain: "It's freezing like this on weekdays, and if something tries to attack the base, we will dissipate the freezing gas and resurrect these monsters." ”

"Watchdogs? Evan thought the group was thinking.

Passing through the fog area, a huge silver arch gradually emerged in front of it, and on the huge and magnificent arch, neat inscriptions in holy book were engraved. It is like the cold face of the Frost Giant, swallowing frost in the depths of darkness, silently watching all visitors.

The off-road vehicle entered the arch, and this was the base of the Renaissance Society.

After Louis drove the car to the designated area, he found that the president and a few cadres were already standing there waiting for them.

From the outside, the president of the Fuxing Society is a little unattractive, a tall, thin and weak bald little old man; With black-framed glasses on the bridge of his nose, his mustache is delicate and neat, and his face is full of a kind smile, which looks quite friendly.

As soon as Evan got out of the car, the little old man greeted him warmly and shook his hand: "Hello, I'm Nero, the president of the Renaissance Society, and you are very welcome to join our organization. A heritage-level mechanic is bound to bring new prosperity to the base, and I look forward to working with a strong man like you. ”

"Hello. Ivan nodded kindly: "We have the same goal, and we will definitely get along." ”

"As a manager here, I feel compelled to brief you about the organization. Nero said as he turned his body sideways and made a gesture to leave: "Please come with me, many development projects organized need the guidance of a senior mechanic." After the tour, you will be appointed as a senior officer of the organization – and your daughter will be treated in the best possible way. ”

"Of course. Evan knew that he was trying to test his own reality, so he simply agreed.

"Luis, took Miss Nana to the lounge area and arranged the best room. Nero turned his head and ordered, and when he got a response, he smiled and bowed his head to Evan: "Mr. Leric, please follow me." ”

One-one-one-one-one-one

Nero led Evan and the backbone of the organization through the Disc Hall to the core experimental area.

Through a partition door, you can see a long staircase.

The steps are too winding, and the lighting is dim, so that there is a sense of endless flow as people walk through the corridor.

"Due to our limited technical capabilities, we are not able to effectively insulate the heat, so we can't see bright light here. Nero explained this situation.

"Biochemical experiments?" Yi Wenming asked knowingly.

"Yes. ”

Hearing him say this, Nero had already initially believed in his identity, and his face was a little more awe-inspiring: "We have been studying ghosts, and we have found that in certain low-temperature environments, ghosts will appear entities. So we spent a lot of effort catching ghosts, and this is where we have the biochemical lab we have today...... The purpose is to find the ghost's weakness. ”

"Ghosts are not something that can be dealt with with by biological weapons, they are a phenomenon that is impossible to contain on a physiological level. Ivan calmly analyzed.

"Exactly. Nero sighed and nodded.

After a while, the steps were gone, and the team stepped onto a main road paved with thick frost.

If you don't count the ice that has accumulated around you, the road is wide and tall enough for two off-road vehicles to walk side by side, and now everyone can only line up to move forward, which is still a bit crowded. On the left and right sides stood transparent walls, most of which were covered in frost, and only a little outline of the instruments could be seen through the blurred walls.

Most of these devices are energy-powered instruments, and the rest are bio-instruments in appearance.

Ivan glanced at it and knew that the inside of the instrument was soaked in the corpses of low-level ghosts, so he didn't pay too much attention to it.

After walking forward for about fifty steps, there were patches of red light in front of me, which were transparent column grooves, and the light emitted from the bottom of the trough, and there were rare bubbles churning inside. The light shone through the glass of the column grooves, shining on the frost-covered ceiling and on the crowd - making them seem as if they were at one with the environment, and there was a cold and eerie feeling.

"Although there has been little progress in biochemical experiments, our efforts have not been in vain, and through long-term research, we have found the weaknesses of many ghosts. Nero walked over to one of the pillar slots, turned proudly, and introduced to Evan, "This is the highest ghost we have captured...... They are very lethal and almost indestructible, but the high intensity of infrared light can put them to sleep. ”

"It's not that you can't kill, it's that the level of strength is not enough. Ivan walked to one of the pillar troughs, stretched out his hand to brush away a piece of frost, and stared at the three-meter-tall two-headed giant baby in the pillar trough, a trace of purple-black light flashed in his eyes.

“......”

At this moment, the ghost that had fallen into a deep sleep suddenly woke up, stared at a pair of bloodshot gray pupils, and twisted his facial features in pain and let out a silent scream.

Under the horrified gaze of Nero and the others, the body of the two-headed giant baby spasmed violently, and under the action of some force, it rotated and twisted in an infinite clockwise - in just two or three seconds, it was twisted into a slender twist, and finally exploded into a purple-black thick blood with a 'bang'.

Witnessing the ghost turn into a puddle of thick water, Evan looked back at the crowd and explained seriously, "As you can see, psychic power can deal effective damage to it - psychic weapons should be able to do the same. ”

"With mental power alone, you can destroy ghosts of this level...... He really deserves to be a inheritance-level mechanic. At this moment, Nero was already convinced of his identity as a Legacy Mechanic.

......

After this, Nero took Evan to the deepest depths of the Biochemical Laboratory, where the Renaissance Society's top secrets were sealed.

In this small space, there is only one pillar glass sink.

In the liquid-filled slot, a pitch-black rubber leather coat was suspended, with shoulder armor extending outward on both sides of the shoulders and special protective gear on the joints. If you look closely, you can see that it is made up of many small square pieces, and on the surface of each square piece, there are several hair-long black pipes, floating in the water like fluffy and gently rippling.

Gollum...... Gollum......

In the orange condensed solution, strings of fine bubbles regularly condense from the surface of the leather coat, floating at the top of the straight tank, and shattering one by one.

The leather coat was like something alive, wriggling, breathing.

"This is the culmination of a biochemical experiment, and we call it a colonization. Nero whispered, as if he was worried about waking up the leather coat in the pillar trough.

"What's the use of it?" asked Ivan curiously.

"It can make humans ghostly for a certain period of time...... Because there are strong sequelae, it requires the wearer to have strong mental power. Nero replied softly.

"That's a good thing. Ivan narrowed his eyes, looked closely at the black leather coat, and couldn't help but chin slightly.

While he was observing the biochemical suit, Nero walked out of the narrow space lightly, stood outside the door and said, "Mr. Lerick, I have shared the top secret of the organization with you, I wonder if this will gain your trust?"

"Of course. Evan retracted his gaze and followed: "Don't worry, I'll give you what you want." ”

One by one, one by one

After visiting the biochemical laboratory and reaching a consensus, Nero directly granted Evan the status of a senior cadre and put him in charge of the mechanical industrial area.

In the Machinery Industrial Zone, Evan happened to have the opportunity to contact Xiaoxi's parts, so he directly agreed.

Within a few days, he found a place to store Xiaoxi's parts, and then casually found a reason to lend the parts.

Back in his room, Evan handed the black metal sheet to Michelle and urged, "Here you go, this is Xiaoxi's part, and I will put it back when I run out." ”

"Got it, got it. ”

Michelle took the metal sheet, and the depths of her pupils lit up with a blue light again, piercing through the barriers of time and space, overlapping a pair of silver-gray eyes.

......

Black Moon, a hypergravity laboratory.

The space covered by the condenser flickered and flickered, and the messy fragments of light swayed slightly on the surface of the metal inner wall, and there were ripple-like void fluctuations everywhere, leaving countless deep notches on the inside of the Black Moon.

The whole space with the light flickering was silent, and there was a sense of tranquility in the air.

In a sudden moment, the hatch of the laboratory instantly popped open, and Xiao Ai's figure appeared inside the Black Moon.

Seeing that the neutron mechanical protozoa complex was still in place, she breathed a long sigh of relief, her anxious face softened a lot, and then activated the Judgment Gauntlet, using the power of the Space-Time Gem, and waved away the anomalies in the laboratory.

"Xiao Xi!Are you thereXiao Xi!?Tell me what all this is about, did Caroso kill me?" Xiao Ai asked loudly, looking at the dome full of condensed mirrors.

After a while, Xiao Xi's weak voice came: "It is suspected that the attack of the Primal Light, please prepare for emergency evacuation...... I can't take any signals from the outside world, and I've lost contact with the Machine Empire. ”

"Are you sure?" Xiao Ai obviously didn't believe it.

"Whether or not Carroso is here, but it is a fact that the Mechanical Empire is under attack, and this force is beyond our capacity, so please take refuge as soon as possible. ”

"No, I can't leave now!I have to go to the gem research and development base!" Xiao Ai clenched his left fist, stroked the space-time gem with his other hand, and said calmly: "Xiao Xi, you are going to activate the neutron mechanical protozoa, before you leave here, I must go and see the research and development of gems." ”

With that, she activated the Judgment Gauntlet and vanished as a phantom.

......

At this moment, Michelle's vision suddenly darkened, getting darker and darker, like a thick fog that could not be dissolved.

Immediately after, he felt that he was caught in a huge whirlpool, and it seemed as if he was the only one left in the whole world, drifting in the boundless darkness.

Negative emotions spread in the darkness, like an invisible tide, slowly approaching, eroding his calm heart little by little.

"Hiss!!"

Michelle gasped, opened her eyes suddenly, and looked at Evan with some panic: "Unexpected situation...... Everything was fine at first, and all of a sudden I was in a whirlpool...... Endless drifting in the dark. ”

"Be careful! What the hell did you see!?" Ivan stepped forward and grabbed him by the hem of his shirt, forcing him to calm down.

"I saw Eru Romei return to the Black Moon, and she asked what happened to Nozomi...... Nozomi tells her that the Machine Empire has been attacked by an unknown force and asks her to take refuge as soon as possible. But she refused to evacuate immediately...... Before leaving, she checks on the progress of the other two gems, seemingly intending to leave with them. ”

Speaking of this, Michelle seemed to realize something, and her slightly dazed eyes suddenly became sharp:

"No! it's not that I'm swallowed up by the darkness! it's Eru Lomme who is swallowed up by the darkness...... The last scene I saw should be the perspective shared by Xiaoxi and Eru Lomei. In other words, they didn't have time to leave, and were eventually swallowed up by a huge whirlpool and are drifting in the dark!"

"Are you sure?" asked Ivan earnestly.

"I'm 70% sure! They're not dead...... Drifting in the dark. Michelle replied firmly, then changed the conversation, and said with some hesitation: "But I don't know exactly where it is, maybe it's still in this world line, maybe it's in its dimension." ”

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