Chapter 638: Underground Shelter
Just as the crowd was about to pass through the hall door, the nearest wall suddenly brightened up, and a figure appeared on the curtain wall. Hao Ren and the others immediately reacted and looked at the person on the big screen in surprise, it was a middle-aged man with gray hair and a majestic appearance, he was wearing a crisp black uniform with gold trim, and two rows of large gold buttons were buttoned down to the chin.
The man who appeared on the big screen looked at Hao Ren and his party, and there was some surprise in his eyes: "Why are you outside?" ”
Hao Ren had already adapted to the status quo of the ghost town on this planet, but he didn't expect to suddenly see a living person on the screen at this time, and he was startled: "I'll go ...... Are there any people on this planet?! ”
"Anyone else?" The middle-aged man on the screen was stunned for a moment, "What are you talking about?" You ran out of the shelter? Or is it from another region? ”
Vivian reacted immediately and coughed lightly: "We...... We came from somewhere else and there may have been something wrong with the equipment and we got lost here. ”
She was unclear, and out of prudence, she tried to be as vague as possible about the origin of her group. And the person on the big screen didn't seem to think much about it, he just nodded: "Very good, it's good to return to the safe zone safely, I hope you are not affected by the radiation near the engine." The guide will take you to the shelter, after which a civil investigator will ask you about your situation. ”
As the words fell, the large screen on the wall dimmed again, and soon reverted to its original appearance. Hao Ren and the others looked at each other, always feeling a little strange about this person who suddenly appeared, but they couldn't tell where they felt about the disobedience.
"There are still people on this planet?" Lily smacked her lips. The face is incredible.
Vivian touched her chin: "According to the other party, it seems that there is some kind of shelter...... I didn't expect there to be a survivor! ”
The group walked through the hall gate under the leadership of the small machine qì people. Entering a long, red-lit hallway, the Kiqì people motioned for them to walk to the opposite side of the hallway to complete the disinfection. Hao Ren muttered puzzled as he walked: "But this is wrong......"
"It's wrong." Vivien still remembered what everyone had discussed before, "The original sun of this planet erupted 10,000 years ago, but the planet's engine started a hundred years ago, so theoretically the survivors here should have missed the escape window at that time - if there are people alive, then why didn't they set sail 10,000 years ago?!" Did they sleep next to that cooled star for 10,000 years? ”
Lily pouted suddenly: "You think everyone sleeps like you and dies." ”
This husky really doesn't forget to fight with his enemies in his busy schedule.
Nangong May's face was complicated, with a little expectation and a little fear: "Will my parents be in that shelter?" ”
Hao Ren immediately reacted: "That's right! Since there is a shelter here, it is likely that the Nangong couple will also be brought in, just like us! ”
Everyone felt that it made sense when they thought about it, and they all immediately quickened their pace and walked through this corridor. At the end of the hallway, there was already another guide waiting for them. The small machine opened the semi-circular gate at the front of the corridor, and a special small room appeared in front of everyone.
The small room was empty and nothing else was in sight, except for a large column in the center, which was fronted by a translucent glass door with a lift-like device visible - it appeared that the shelter was underground.
In order to go to the shelter along the way, Hao Ren and the others were very cooperative at this time, quietly watching the small machine open the door of the elevator and motioned for everyone to enter. And when everyone walked onto the elevator platform, Hao Ren suddenly saw something in the corner of his eye.
It was a long sea serpent's tail -- May's.
"Wait a minute," Hao Ren's mind stirred for a moment, "May." You've been staying in this shape just now? ”
May moved her tail for some reason, coiling herself into a more comfortable position (a narrow place like the elevator was a bit cramped for her big body, but she didn't have a chance to change into another form just now): "yes, what's wrong? ”
“…… The uncle on the screen just now didn't seem to be curious about your appearance at all. Lily also reacted at this time, she also touched her ears and tail, "In addition, my styling ......"
May suddenly coiled her tail tightly in a ball. She became nervous: "Could it be a trap?!" ”
At this time, the elevator door was closed, and the entire platform began to accelerate towards the ground. Hao Ren glanced at the metal frame and mechanical layer that flashed quickly. Gritted his teeth: "Whatever, let's see the situation." Wait for everyone to be vigilant. But if there is no emergency, don't act rashly. ”
Lily nodded vigorously and pulled out her ice and fire claws: "Don't worry, landlord, I will protect you!" ”
Vivien pushed the husky to the side: "You second thing, hurry up and put your paws away!" This is the elevator...... Oh my clothes! I just have two good clothes! ”
"In this case, you two can't live a little more peacefully?" Hao Ren sometimes really has nothing to do with these two enemies, so he can only lean to the side to hide Qingjing. Izzax, on the other hand, looked down at the floor of the elevator platform: the floor was inlaid with decorative transparent glass, and it was possible to see what was going on below, and now only a faint light could be seen at the bottom of the extremely deep shaft: "It seems that the shelter is very deep underneath." ”
"Maybe it's to maintain the ecosystem with the help of geothermal energy," Hao Ren said with the little expertise in his head, "the shelter scheme commonly used by low-tech civilizations." ”
This deep shaft seemed to have no end, and everyone waited nervously or vigilantly or expectantly in the elevator for a long time. Anyway, Lily's stern strength lasted for five minutes and she couldn't hold on, so she simply squatted on the ground and began to scratch the floor, and when she drew a stick figure of the third puppy on the floor, everyone finally felt the whole car shake slightly, and the sound of the mechanical device locking came from outside.
Itzax looked up: "At least a few tens of kilometers...... I'm afraid it's true that they're using underground magma to maintain the heat of the shelter. ”
With a soft sound of "snort", the door of the elevator slid open to both sides, and Nangong Sanba immediately threw out a small piece of rune paper outside, and the piece of paper turned into a human shadow and walked a few steps outside, but it did not cause any traps or anything like that, and then he raised his crossbow and walked out cautiously: "Safety, keep up." ”
"Your brother is quite reliable occasionally." Vivien said casually to May.
May pouted: "If you don't even have this hunter skill, he would have died in an unknown castle...... Wow! ”
May's words were interrupted by an exclamation of her own, and everyone came out of the elevator, dumbfounded by the scene outside!
I saw that the outside of the elevator was not the low, cramped steel shelter I imagined, and I couldn't see the narrow living cabins stacked up like prisons, and it turned out to be a huge city outside!
The neat and wide roads stretch in front of you, the tall buildings are arranged in a staggered manner in front of you, and you can see the lush vegetation and decorative man-made landscapes between the buildings. Hao Ren looked back and found that the elevator passage that everyone had taken when they came was actually a huge pillar in the city, which was in the middle of a square formed by the intersection of several roads, and in the extreme distance, he could faintly see other similar columns.
It seems that there is more than one entrance to the shelter.
Lily stared at her mouth open for a long time before she could hold back a sentence: "...... As a shelter, this place is an exaggeration. ”
Itzax looked up directly above, the city was not dark, on the contrary, it was as bright as day under the abundance of lights above. Itzax squinted his eyes and saw the rough rock roof and the massive steel support structure through the cracks in the "light web" that simulated the light of the sky: "Rock formations on top...... It's a huge cavern, and I don't know if it's been dug by hand or if the planet is born with such a structure. ”
Vivien immediately looked up at the rocks above and muttered, "Cave ......"
Hao Ren subconsciously replied: "You don't plan to go up and hang upside down to rest, right?" ”
Vivian quickly reacted and shook her head vigorously: "It's okay, I can control it!" ”
Lily looked away, "Whoa, bat." (To be continued......)