The shortcut mentioned by the big tree turned out to be a hand-carved mountain road, and both sides of the road were gray-black rocks with a metallic sheen, and there were traces of polishing on them. Qin Qi followed the big trees and mixed with this slit-like inclined path, climbing for nearly a few hours, the steep slope would hang strong winds from time to time, and the thick sand and dust were almost pervasive, making people unable to see the steps clearly, and there was a danger of falling down the hillside every minute. At this time, Qin Qi could only lie on the mountain road and wait for the strong wind to recede.

When he stood at the edge of the jungle, he didn't even notice that there was such a large mountain peak hidden behind the rolling hills, at least a few hundred meters above sea level. The peaks are full of bare rocks, rugged and barren, and look as black as coal mines.

"Hey, Big Tree," Qin Qi squinted his eyes and shouted upwards, "How long do we have left to get to Horseback Town?" ”

"Come on, we'll be there after this hill." The sound of a large tree was heard under the howling of the strong wind.

"When will the mountain arrive?"

"We're already at the top of the mountain."

"It's already there?" Qin Qi was a little puzzled in his heart, raised his head and tried to open his eyes to look carefully, but the wind and sand blocked him and he couldn't even breathe a few breaths, so he had to lower his head and lie on the steps honestly, waiting for the wind to leave.

The wind blew for half an hour. When the wind stopped, a full two centimeters of dust had accumulated on the top of Qin Qi's head, he shook his head to shake off the dust above his head, and when he opened his eyes, he found that there was a thin mist everywhere, and there was a huge black shadow faintly above.

I only heard the big tree shouting loudly on it at this time: "Qin Qi, come up quickly." ”

After Qin Qi heard the sound of the big tree, he hurriedly climbed up, and only when his feet stepped on the flat ground did he see the structure of the entire mountain top. It was a huge departure from his previous suspicions, and instead of a messy stone floor, there was a tall two-story trapezoidal building, next to which was a huge dusty wheel like a Ferris wheel, and a series of conveyor belts were attached to it, ending in a device like a square box.

Da Shu seemed to have long been familiar with these things, and he didn't have a high level of interest, so he casually found an empty space to sit on the ground, took out the dry food that Qin Qi gave him and continued to fill his stomach. Qin Qi did not stop his pace, because for him, the significance of all this was more than just the discovery of a new place.

There is only one word to describe the feeling that this place gives Qin Qi, weird. Why weird? Because what was in front of him was out of step with the times in which the world lived. The wheel hanging from the edge of the platform was not a Ferris wheel, but a rotating excavator with multiple steel buckets attached, and many of the mountain's characteristic black metallic rocks remained on the conveyor belts; That box-like equipment, after Qin Qi's careful study, could be determined to be a machine that crushed rocks. What surprised Qin Qi even more was that there was also a helipad with a big "H" letter printed on the back of the building, and the colored lights around it were still shining.

"Did anyone just come here?"

Qin Qi immediately looked down at the dusty ground, and it didn't take long for him to find that in addition to the footprints of him and the big tree, there were several footprints on the ground that obviously did not belong to them, and these footprints all had an obvious English letter "M" on them. Looking at this letter M and the surrounding modern buildings and those excavation equipment, if it weren't for the fact that he was still wearing the uniform of the border guards of Changhu Town and holding a long sword in his hand, Qin Qi would have thought that he had returned to his own world.

At this time, Qin Qi's gaze stayed on the door of the trapezoidal building. It was a metal door that was pulled to both sides, and there were no handles or keyholes in the door, so it didn't look like a door that was meant to be opened, but on the side wall of the door hung a square of charred iron sheet, on which the appearance of a keyboard remained.

"What are you looking at?" The big tree suddenly appeared behind Qin Qi, and he was very curious when he saw Qin Qi looking at this door so intently. "This door is hard, I brought my grandfather's hoe last time, and I can't open it."

Qin Qi looked at Da Shu helplessly, he wanted to say something to educate Da Shu about this rude and ignorant behavior, but he couldn't say it, because Da Shu and he were not from the same era in the first place.

"This door is not opened with a head." Qin Qi pointed to the charred piece of iron, "It's a door that opens with a code. ”

"Password?" The tree touched his head again.

"Well・・・・・・ you've entered the password, and the door opens. It's as simple as that. “

Dashu thought for a while, then patted his head suddenly, and looked like he suddenly realized: "I understand!" ”

"You understand?" Qin Qi looked at him with some disbelief.

"You just give the code word, and someone opens it behind the door, right?"

"Okay." Qin Qi almost didn't fall to the ground, he calmed his mood a little, ripped off the charred iron sheet, pulled out the two wires, and held them up in front of the big tree.

"The keypad for this door is broken, but that doesn't stop us from opening it. Usually it can be turned on as soon as the power is on, like this. ”

As he spoke, Qin Qi touched the exposed metal wires of the two wires, and sparks burst out in an instant. With a "boom", the dust billowed and the metal door slowly opened to both sides. Da Shu looked at Qin Qi in surprise, put a hand on his shoulder, and said in an amazed tone: "Qin Qi, you are so strong, you have opened such a difficult door." ”

Qin Qi stood up, patted Dashu's shoulder lightly, and said to him seriously: "It's hard to explain this to you, and your children and grandchildren will know about it in the future." With that, he drew his sword, stepped over the threshold, and entered the trapezoidal building.

The inside of the trapezoidal building was pitch black, and only a few small dots of light could be seen within his line of sight, Qin Qi fumbled around the wall next to the door for a long time, and finally let him touch what he wanted - the light switch. Subsequently, the lights filled the entire building, and although the scene surprised Qin Qi, it also brought him disappointment.

This is the first floor of the trapezoidal building, surrounded by monitors - not ordinary monitors, the monitors in Qin Qi's memory are all things with long back heads, and these in front of him are all thin layers, basically the thickness of a piece of glass, and there is a certain transparency. But the fly in the ointment is that all the monitors have been damaged to a certain extent, there is still a pile of paper ashes on the ground that has been burned, and all the cabinets have been hollowed out.

Qin Qi climbed up the ladder to the second floor. Probably because of the trapezoidal shape of the building, the second floor is much smaller than the first floor, with a small bed and a few sets of changing clothes. The clothes should be overalls, with the powder of black rocks remaining on them, Qin Qi slashed the clothes a few times with his long sword, and found that the clothes were not damaged at all, so he packed one of the relatively clean clothes in a cloth bag.

The situation in the room on the second floor was similar to that on the first floor, and there was basically no information that would allow Qin Qi to find out who this place belonged to and where it came from. However, fortunately, after Qin Qi's carpet search, he still found a few surviving clues under the mattress. It is a sheet of bright yellow metal, the size of paper, with neat Chinese written on it:

Purge the plan

Important instructions regarding the secret reception of war refugees (formerly the Space Station of the Five-Dimensional Space 1034): The colonies are to immediately and unconditionally carry out the following orders:

(1) Destroy all information receivers connected to the Galactic Republican Alliance;

(2) Destroy all scientific and technological buildings and equipment, and stop the teaching of scientific and technological knowledge;

(3) All refugees shall immediately evacuate the colonial cities to the places designated by the Provisional Government, and all refugees shall carry only a small amount of daily necessities.

After the above order is issued, the corresponding rules will be issued, and it is hoped that the heads of the colonies will strictly implement them.

Space Station Committee

After reading this "paper", all the elements about this place in Qin Qi's mind collided in an instant. The space station, the huge sewers in Changhu Town, the library about the imprint of the gods, the disk, although Qin Qi did not understand what the space station was and what the specific imprint of the gods was, but there was one thing he had basically figured out, that is, these things hidden in this world were not born out of thin air, they all came from the number 1034 five-dimensional space station written on the document, a high-tech place, and moreover, it has a higher technology than his own world.

"What is this?"

Qin Qi was once again taken aback by the way the big tree suddenly appeared. He turned back angrily, spread his hands, and made a helpless gesture toward the tree.

"Big tree, come up to me the next time you speak, so we can have a 'pleasant' chat."

The big tree put his hand behind his head again and said, "Isn't it pleasant for us to chat now?" ”

"Big tree, I didn't mean that, this ・・・・・・"

"Hey," Da Shu suddenly became excited again, he pointed to the thing in Qin Qi's hand and asked, "What is written on it?" The words are beautifully written. ”

Qin Qi pushed the paper towards his face. Da Shu stared at it seriously for a long time with his eyes wide open, and said a few words to himself, Qin Qi thought he understood, but he didn't expect him to suddenly turn his face to Qin Qi.

"I just read it, but I didn't understand it."

"Don't care," Qin Qi stuffed the paper into the cloth bag, "It didn't write anything." Can you tell me how to get to Horseback from here now? ”

"You've got to get out."

Qin Qi followed the big tree out of the trapezoidal building. The whole top of the mountain was big or small, and after a while they came to the end of the mountain. The two stood on the edge of the cliff and looked at each other with pity. Seeing that the big tree didn't react at all, Qin Qi changed his questioning eyes, but the big tree still stood in place with a smile on his face and looked at Qin Qi like a pillar, without saying anything. In the end, Qin Qi was a little impatient.

"Big tree, how do we get to Horseback?"

"Right here."

The big tree smiled even more innocently than before.

"What? Over here! Qin Qi looked down the cliff, it was dark below and there was no bottom at all, and the diffuse mist covered the entire cliff layer by layer, making people feel like they were crumbling.

"Big tree, you don't want me to jump from here, do you?

"How do you know? You're too smart. ”

Qin Qi saw that the big tree was talking like he had picked up a treasure, his face was full of joy, and he immediately had an ominous premonition. He glanced around, only to find that the entire top of the mountain, except for the road he had just climbed up, was actually a cliff! There is not even a single iron rope here, and if you really want to jump, this shortcut does feel like a "shortcut".

"Qin Qi, I'll jump first, you follow me." The big tree made a posture of jumping down, and before Qin Qi could respond to him, he rushed out like a wild wolf and disappeared into the mist outside the cliff.

"This buddy・・・・・・" Qin Qi looked at the big tree and jumped out speechlessly, shook his head, and immediately took one foot back, put the iron glove on his left hand, took a deep breath, and jumped out at the speed of a sprint.