Chapter XXXVI: The Sappers

"Whew", with a sound like a rapid discharge of gas, the gate of the fortress trembled and opened to both sides, startling the people of the excavation team as soon as it opened. Behind the door was not empty, but there was a huge machine parked at least four meters high and more than ten meters long, much like Pavatiga's crystal energy four-wheeler, but it was much larger than the crystal energy car, and it was much more than four wheels, twenty wheels supported the body, the texture of the wheels was similar to the giant grass reed resin commonly used to make crystal car wheels, but it was slightly harder, each wheel was an adult height, and these people in the excavation team stood in front of the car, almost as small as ants.

Behind the domineering front of the car is a huge body, the body is two closed compartments, which should be a transport vehicle, and you can't see what is inside, but judging from the degree of deformation of the wheels, there should not be much to load.

Shure stood outside the door with Dack and Mia, and the giant vehicle stopped inside the door, and the two sides stopped facing each other, and neither of them made rash moves.

"I don't think it's commendable to stand in the way of others. After a moment of confrontation, Shure sighed and circled his fingers on his chest," said the Lord...... Well, I haven't made it up yet, but how about we get out of the way?"

"I think it's a good idea, at least don't worry about this thing coming over and running us to death. Duck was taller than himself, and then he was on the opposite side, well, not as tall as the front of the opposite car on the Nightmare Beast, "I don't think I can hit it if I have a physical collision with a head-on charge." ”

"I don't believe it, why don't you try?"

"I'd better try with you, do you want to fight again?"

"Can you two be quiet for a while? Seven days, just seven days after we met, the two of you have officially dueled six times, and there are thirty-eight daily brawls, and you can even bet on the color of other people's underwear. Mia couldn't bear it anymore, and scolded with a straight face, "I know that you are arguing now because you are nervous and want to take the opportunity to adjust your mentality, so you can't find some serious reasons to quarrel?"

Yes, both Shul and Darker were a little nervous.

The three of them are now trying to see if they can enter the fortress, although Duck has gone up before, but it is not a formal way, Shure needs to know whether he can enter the fortress through the gate through the regular way, it is not related to whether the team behind him can get a safe and well-maintained camp, but also can see how important his image or body structure is in the judgment of the fortress control system.

Both of them are entering the Otherworldly Projection for the first time, and it is the first time to come into contact with the artificial creations in the Otherworldly Projection, coupled with the combat effectiveness of the fortress just now, especially the powerful bomb, it is enough to pose a threat to the Gold-Rank Warriors, and anyone will inevitably feel uneasy. But the two, especially Shuer, must not show uneasiness and nervousness, can be anxious, can be angry, can be contemptuous, just can't be nervous, once the leader shows fear and nervousness, the blow to the entire team is immeasurable, so the two can only adjust their mentality by constantly bickering, it's not that the two have incompatible personalities, well, definitely not...... bar.

Even if the command is relinquished, the status of the employer is supreme, and since the employer has spoken, the two mercenaries have to keep their mouths pitifully shut, and the three of them obediently get out of the way. Sure enough, as soon as it got out of the way, the metal vehicle let out a low roar and began to move forward slowly, its wheels pressing against the potholes and bumping up and down, causing the ground to tremble with the body.

Not only vehicles, but also humanoid creatures, but it is not accurate to say that the creatures should be humanoid puppets.

Six full-body bodies made of metal, the body is angular, the lower half is a crawler chassis, the upper half is a humanoid metal puppet, followed by the vehicle and left the camp, these puppets are taller than normal people, the front end of the upper arm has no hands, but connected to different tools, judging from the seam between the end of the tool and the arm, the tool should be able to be replaced at any time, that is, these puppets can control various types of tools, and the role is probably much stronger than an ordinary craftsman of Pavatiga.

"There's no controller in the vehicle, it's on its own. As the puppet passed by, Shur beckoned with a holy smile, "Hi, hello. ”

"Snort", the track of a puppet stopped, and the puppet slowly turned its head. The two eyes glowed red, and the feeling was sweeping around his body, and the nose was just a metal bulge, I don't know if it was useful, and the mouth was even more unnecessary, and it was directly replaced by a metal plate that was buckled on the face and could move up and down like a jaw.

The red light swept over Shure's body, and the metal plate that replaced the mouth moved, just like the opening and closing of the mouth of the Pavatiga when he spoke, and there was a strange sound quality, with heavy artificial traces, and there was no emotion in it, not at all like a biological voice, and the sound came from the position of the puppet's head.

said a string, but unfortunately, not a word was understood.

"Well, you're right, but I didn't understand a word. Shure continued to maintain the smile on his face, "Now that we want to enter your fortress, you should not object, if you do, just shake your head." ”

Of course, the puppet didn't shake its head, it didn't understand the language, how could it do what Shul said, it just continued to make strange sounds, and it was a series of words of unknown meaning.

It didn't shake its head, indicating that it agreed. Shul said solemnly, "We can enter the fortress." ”

"Is it that if there is no threat from the enemy, you will be uncomfortable?" Mia squinted at Shule, "Do you want me to help you find something to do, such as deducting some remuneration or something?"

"I'm not playing, the Lord says, don't trespass on other people's territory, respect others is respect for yourself. ”

"Did the Goddess of the Dark Moon really say that? ”

"That's true. Indeed, many gods have moral requirements for their followers, and it is not surprising that such content appears in the holy scriptures, "I am a very devout believer, and I will never make up holy words casually." ”

Mia didn't bother to say anything, because the humanoid puppet in front of her, after waiting for a while to make sure that Shure was no longer talking to him, turned away, as if the little episode hadn't happened. In the end, it's just a machine, if it's an intelligent creature, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to leave.

The six puppets divided into two teams as soon as they went out, the four puppets followed behind the vehicle and walked towards the battlefield just now, while the other two puppets turned around and walked towards the large force of the excavation team.

"Get out of there. Frowning at it, Shur said loudly, "Come and concentrate, get ready to go in, don't get in their way, they seem to be planning to repair the outer wall." ”

Indeed, when the excavation team fought with the insects against the outer wall just now, many insect attacks also affected the outer wall of the fortress, although the outer wall is built of a special alloy and has a high hardness, but the insects' claws are sharp, and they have left deep nicks on the metal wall, it seems that if they are given time, they can really tear down this metal fortress with their flesh and blood.

As they said and moved out of the way, everyone watched as the two golems walked to the damaged area, the pincers and saws at the end of their arms retracted, and when they were reextended, they had been replaced by another strange unknown tool. Each chose a notch, and the tools of the golem's arms worked together to begin to mend the wall, and it was impossible to see how the tools worked, only sparks flashing. But the effect is obvious, the damaged wall is quickly leveled under the repair, and finally even becomes as smooth as when it was not damaged, and there is no trace of repair at all.

On the other side, the huge vehicle drove into the original battlefield, several discs stretched out from under the vehicle, the disc should have a strong magnetism, the metal warheads that penetrated deep into the soil and insects were attracted by the disc to break the confinement and fly to the disc, and were incorporated into the carriage along the passage inside the disc, while the four humanoid puppets assisted from the side, as if they knew where the bullet was, cut the insect corpses that were stuck in the warhead, so that the bullet could be sucked into the car smoothly. From this point of view, the fortress has a self-sufficient production system that can produce its own ammunition, so it's no wonder that you can fire at the swarm without worrying about running out of ammo.

"Let's go in too, I think you need to get some rest now. Shuer looked at a few scholars whose eyes had already lit up, and snorted coldly, "Until the situation is clear, no one is allowed to mess with the things in the fortress, especially a few of you." I haven't investigated the matter of everyone falling into the otherworldly projection together, if you cause any more trouble, don't blame me for throwing you out to feed the bugs, I don't think even with the mercy of my lord, I won't object to me doing this. Mia, you can help keep an eye on them, I don't want to run in vain, I have to bring a few living people back. ”

"Well, I understand. ”

"Okay, prepare, form a defensive formation according to the way you left the battlefield just now, the formation is reversed, the ordinary mercenaries are behind, Duck and Saf are in front, pay attention to exercise restraint as much as possible, even if you find abnormal behavior, don't attack rashly, and then make a decision after determining the other party's intentions. ”

The more dangerous the environment, the more important it is for the enemy to attack first, so the mercenaries are thorny in non-safe areas, and once they find hostile behavior, they will directly counterattack, kill those who deserve it, and ask about the intention if they are not killed.

This is the key to the mercenaries' survival, and Shule's orders are clearly contrary to this rule, but even ordinary mercenaries can understand Shule's concerns. It was already chased by the insect tide, and it was not easy to find a shelter, and from the current situation, the other party is not hostile, in case some misunderstandings will cause their own rash attack, so that the other party will regard everyone as a hostile target, then when the time comes, it will be attacked by the insect tide and the mechanical puppet on both sides, and it will really be impossible to cry. In desperation, I can only restrain my habits a little.

When I looked inside, there was no one inside the gate, only an indoor passage that led to nowhere, and there was no black hole in the passage, and there was no light, just like the legendary monster with its mouth wide open. Several high-level mercenaries glanced at each other, released energy to protect their bodies, and cautiously walked into the fortress.