Passing through the passage, what appeared in the sight of Zhang Luo and Frankenstein was a semicircular hall with a slightly curved cave wall, a naturally formed cave, and the mountain wall could not be so smooth. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"It's the secret base of the Monster Administration again, no, this place ......"

Zhang Luo could feel that there was an inexplicable air of death in this place, and it seemed like it had gone through a long time, perhaps, this hall had existed before the human species appeared.

Through the night vision mode, he saw a gray metal cylinder standing in the center of the hall, with a diameter of about four meters.

“……”

Without saying a word, Frankenstein stepped forward and tentatively reached out to touch the pillar, apparently for the first time he had seen such a machine.

Zhang Luo took off his gloves and pressed his right hand on the pillar, unlike the bone-chilling cave, the metal pillar still had a trace of temperature. And......

"It's a bit unscientific that a metal pillar doesn't rust in such a damp cave."

Zhang Luo said and looked at the place where the bottom of the pillar was connected to the ground, and saw that there was a very narrow gap between the bottom of the pillar and the ground, which was not directly connected to the earth, but was installed in a round hole.

"Bearings." Frankenstein whispered.

"Well, it looks like it can spin." Zhang Luo nodded.

For some reason, he always felt that after entering the cave, his irritability showed signs of flare-up, and his body seemed to be a little hot.

Just when Zhang Luo was still staring at the gray pillar, a roar of rage suddenly came from the right hand side, and the "giant" with its whole body rotting rushed up with its claws, grabbing his head mercilessly!

"."

Zhang Luo pulled out Pandora without looking back, and a missile blasted the walking corpse into a volley, and the viscous plasma fell to the ground, making a disgusting popping sound.

"If you kill him, you won't be able to understand the situation." Frankenstein frowned.

"No, there are already a lot of clues in this cave." Zhang Luo finally took his eyes off the pillar as he spoke, and began to observe the surrounding scene.

There were quite a few human skeletons scattered on the ground nearby, and the number of them had exceeded a hundred. Although it is true that many mountaineers have "disappeared" on Chogori - in fact, they have died on the mountain. But the number of people who didn't find the bodies should be no more than fifty.

And there are obviously too many bones here.

Realizing that the situation was wrong, Zhang Luo bent down and reached out to touch a withered yellow skull at his feet.

"It looks like he's been dead for years." Zhang Luo looked thoughtfully at his right hand stained with ashes.

The structure of the skull just now doesn't look like a modern man, but a bit like an ape, and the corpses here obviously don't all belong to modern mountaineers, but there are also ancient guys.

Zhang Luo continued to observe the scene in the cave, and saw that there was a bed made of human bones against the wall, and a layer of frozen skin was laid on it.

Kicking open a rib that was in the way, he walked to the side of the bed and picked up a thick red notebook from the bed, only to see a name signed on the cover in simple English: "H.T. Hansen." ”

"Could this be ......" Zhang Luo suddenly thought of something.

"I'm not impressed." Frankenstein commented.

"You've heard of Harvick. Talen. Hansen? Zhang Luo looked at the name in his notebook: "This guy used to be a famous mountaineer, an archaeologist and an adventure enthusiast until he disappeared on Chogori Peak in 1992." At that time, he did not know what evil had fallen into, and he broke away from the mountaineering team and planned to climb this extremely dangerous peak alone, and no one has seen him again. ”

"The walking corpse just now, is that him?" Frankenstein reacted immediately.

"Not necessarily, it could be the relic that the monster stole from its victims. Just look at the content. Zhang Luo said as he sat down on the bone bed, turned the first page of the note, and read the contents with Frankenstein.

It looks like some kind of diary, and it was taken from 1992, and since more than 20 years have passed, some pages seem to be missing, and some of the text is a little blurred:

29 May 1992

We finally arrived at the K-2 base camp, where we had a short rest and ready to embark on one of the greatest adventures of our lives. If my guess is correct, I'm going to make headlines around the world this year!

Watching those incompetent climbers nervously tidy up their climbing equipment, I felt that I was full of strength at the moment, and I really wanted to rush to the mountain to find that thing. The human body is so poor that now I can only wait, waiting for the right time to climb the mountain. If only my research wasn't bound by abominable bodies and damn weather.

30 May 1992

It was another damn strong wind, and I had to sit in my tent and wait, feeling like I was going to die. Merciful Lord, please make the weather better here. I just don't want to wait any longer.

June 3, 1992

Although the weather was bad, I decided to go up the mountain today. Lying to those stupid guys that I was going out for a walk, I finally started the trip, and after a long day of trekking, I finally found a place where I could set up a tent. But now I've left those idiots far behind, K-2, I'm coming!

Three months ago, my friend Paul also climbed the mountain, and he made it to the top. Later, he told me that he had encountered a snowstorm on the way up the mountain, and that they had gone up from the north slope and had gone into an 'interesting cave' nearby to avoid danger. If my inference is correct, this 'interesting cave' is supposed to be an ancient structure that has been buried for a long time, what kind of civilization can build a building in such a harsh environment? I'm so curious.

June 5, 1992

It took me a lot of time to get around the north slope, and now my location is about 5,500 meters above sea level, and I have carefully searched the slopes below and at this height, and I have not found a cave, maybe the legendary cave is a little higher? I'll keep looking tomorrow.

7 June 1992

I finally found that "interesting cave"! Although it is very shallow, as Paul said, there are some strange painting lines on the walls of the cave, like the product of ancient people. The inside of the cave is blocked by collapsed stones, which means that there should be traces of human civilization in the depths, what could it be?

June 8, 1992

After a day of digging, although both hands were bleeding, I thought my work was worthwhile, and the walls deeper into the cave that had just been dug out were also textured, and the material seemed to be gold! If that's the case, not only will I be in the news, but I'll also be able to make a fortune!

12 June 1992

I was exhausted when I finally dug the cave, but when I saw what was going on inside, I immediately gained strength again. Is this really something that humans can make? Such a huge and majestic machine? However, some of the dry bones scattered inside seem to be the workers who built the building back then, and how did they die? Could it be that it was sacrificed? Or are you buried in this tomb? No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a grave.

13 June 1992

I feel a little uncomfortable, strange, is it because this place was closed as soon as it was built, and the air inside is not circulated? It seems like I'm still too impulsive and should have waited another two days before coming in, but it doesn't matter, it's nothing for the huge success that is coming.

June 15, 1992

I was wrong, it turns out that this machine-

The handwriting that follows is illegible and illegible.

"It's terrible." Seeing that the account was too unreadable at the critical point, Frankenstein shook his head.

However, at this time, Zhang Luo's face suddenly became solemn, and he immediately asked, "Do you have a Geiger counter that can measure radiation values?" ”

"What's wrong?" Frankenstein looked at his face.

"I think I know why this thing turned into a monster and why I'm not feeling well." Zhang Luo lowered his voice and said his inference:

"In this cave, there is a super radiation that can kill people."

――Even with your own constitution, your body will have problems when faced with strong radiation, let alone the arrogant mountaineer. Obviously, after discovering this cave, that guy lived in it for a while, and then mutated under the super strong radiation, and then turned into a giant monster that resembles a walking corpse!

Hearing his words, Frankenstein immediately took out a small Geiger counter, only to see that the red light on it suddenly turned on, and at the same time began to make a "click" sound similar to metal friction.

"The radiation levels are really high." Frankenstein spoke.

As a cyborg, she is almost immune to radiation, so she doesn't react at all. But...... Zhang Luo's situation is different.

"." Zhang Luo scolded as he took off his heavy mountaineering suit, took out a set of white radiation protective clothing that looked like a spacesuit from the storage space and put it on his body.

Although when I wore it here, my body was already contaminated with radiation, but now I can't care about it so much, and the radiation value that is enough to turn people into monsters is not something that ordinary protective clothing can resist, only this special clothing can block it.

Putting on Frankenstein's special radiation protection suit, Zhang Luo finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the discomfort on his body also weakened slightly.

"Thank you, Mr. Hansen, otherwise I might have capsized." He smiled.

After ensuring their own safety, a new question arises, why is there strong radiation in this cave?

"What exactly does this machine do? Can you see that. Zhang Luo said as he stood in front of the pillar again, staring at the pitch-black column.

Although it was the first time he had seen this thing, he always had an inexplicable sense of familiarity, and he always felt that the gray cylinder seemed to be seen somewhere.

"Gaia Engine." Frankenstein spoke suddenly.

"That's right, this is it!" Zhang Luo shouted.

-- In the basement of Donrosk City, in the control room of the Gaia engine, there is also a gray cylindrical "reactor". If it weren't for the fact that he was a little dizzy under the strong radiation, Zhang Luo would not have forgotten this incident.

And after Frankenstein reminded him, he immediately discovered that the ancient machine in this cave did have a subtle resemblance to the Gaia engine. If the underground of Donrosk City is the control end of Gaia's engine, then here it is......

"I've heard before that ancient 'nuclear reactors' have been found in Africa." Zhang Luo laughed: "It seems that there should be something similar here, but it is just a 'nuclear power plant' that provides energy for Gaia's engine." ”

Even if the gods made the engine, they still need to be powered, and now it seems that they have strayed into the Gaia engine energy supply device hidden in Chogori Peak by chance!

Frankenstein nodded slightly, turned his gaze to the blood left by the walking corpses on the ground, and commented, "Poor. ”

"yes, he thought he had found some treasure, but it was actually an ancient power station." Zhang Luo said with emotion.

That being said, if archaeologists do discover this place, it will certainly cause a sensation. The "world headlines" that Hansen said in his diary should indeed be realized, but it won't be on for a few days......

Thinking of this, Zhang Luo took out a few small remote-controlled bombs from the storage space, turned around and walked to the location of the hole.

"It's time for us to go." He said.

He knew that by the time this thing started working, the amount of radiation that would burst out would probably be even more terrifying, and at that time, even the radiation protective clothing would be difficult to resist, so it was better to leave quickly.

Moreover, now that the Gaia engine is in the hands of its own faction, it is a good idea to completely block the entrance to the cavern in order to ensure that this "power station" can continue to operate.

Zhang Luo installed the bomb at the entrance of the cave, and when Frankenstein came out, he stood not far away and pressed the detonation button of the remote control in his hand.

Bang!

There was a dazzling flash of light inside the cavern, and then it quickly collapsed, and the heavy snow and stones blocked the entrance to the cave, sealing the poor mountaineer and the hundreds of corpses in the cave inside, along with the ancient machines.

"Goodbye, man, I'll remember your great deeds."

Zhang Luo said and put Hansen's notes into the storage space, and gave a very non-standard military salute to the place that turned out to be the entrance to the cave. Then look up at the steep slopes above.

Now that you've solved the problem about the Savages, it's time to find the mechanical monk who lives in seclusion. (To be continued.) )