"Don't move. With a crisp chime, several red rays of light shot out from the walls, shining above everyone's heads, moving slowly from top to bottom, and the guns under the roof were always aimed at the intruders, and they would not let go for a second.

"Moria, remember to always remain in human form in the fortress, and don't change randomly. Shuer suddenly remembered the question, "Others should also be careful, especially mercenaries, don't casually burst the energy in your body, after all, no one knows whether they distinguish between friend and foe by appearance or energy intensity. ”

"Tick, tick, tick", the red light moved until it disappeared under his feet, and the firearm sticking out from under the roof was also retracted, and the unintelligible mechanical voice was much louder this time, as if it was coming from his ears.

"Heh, it's passed. Xiuer nodded confidently, making the ordinary people who followed him feel that everything was under control, as for whether this was really the case, it didn't matter at all, "Let's go in and take a walk, it should be safer than imagined, and it should be more novel than imagined." ”

At this time, everyone had the heart to pay attention to the surrounding environment, and it was indeed a very novel environment.

The underground part of the fortress is much larger than the ground part, and the exit of the elevator is in a corridor, which alone is close to fifty meters long, and there is a door at the end of the corridor, which must have exceeded the total length of the above-ground building.

The corridor was wide, and more than thirty people were piled up in the corridor, but it was only slightly crowded, and the surrounding walls, whether it were walls, or the floor, were made of solid metal, and they were thick and strong, apparently to prevent bugs from digging into the fortress from the ground.

There are many doors open on both sides of the corridor, all doors are automatically opened and closed, from time to time there will be metal puppets with the same shape as the outside in and out, and there are boxes with strange textures on their arms, look inside through the open doors, there are boxes of different sizes, stacked neatly, even the gaps are very few, there is no doubt that these rooms should be material warehouses, look at the situation in the house, the materials here are still relatively abundant, enough for the fortress to last for a long time.

As you walk, you will inevitably encounter humanoid golems at work, but these puppets never pay attention to the people passing by, making people wonder if they are invisible.

The mechanical voice in the ear has been talking non-stop, although I can't understand it, but according to Shuer's explanation, within a few minutes, nine different pronunciation rules have been changed, that is, at least nine different languages, if you count the subtle changes in pitch under the same rules, then at least more than thirty accents have been replaced, it can be seen that this is also a world where multiple forces coexist, and it is by no means only the two races of bugs and fortress masters.

I don't know if I was annoyed or finally gave up, but the voice finally stopped, and everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Although the sound is not harsh and the volume is not loud, it will still be annoying to listen to too much, and more importantly, no one is sure whether the automatic control system will suddenly turn against each other after not getting an intelligible answer. Traces of the muzzle of the gun can be found everywhere on the roof here, and it is still dangerous for the control system to suddenly go crazy.

Fortunately, the fears didn't happen, a group of people wandering around were fine, and even an overly inquisitive idiot ran into the warehouse to pry open the boxes to see what was inside, and even this behavior was not attacked, and there was not even a voice warning. Although he was immediately reprimanded by Mia, his stupid actions also made Xiuer confident that his level was still very high inside this fortress, and there was no need to worry about security for the time being.

The automatic door in the middle of the hallway is slightly larger than the others, and there is no doubt that it is special.

Sure enough, behind the door was a short corridor more than ten meters long, and then through the exit at the end of the corridor, a square hall of more than forty meters appeared in front of me, there was no one in the hall, only a large number of machinery of unknown purpose, and the lights of various colors on the machines flickered frequently, showing that they were all in operation.

The most common of these machines is a strange table, or strange platform, with a handful of buttons on one side and only occasional lights flickering in other locations.

"Di", the chime is here again. As soon as everyone entered the central hall, a prompt sounded from the platform in the middle of the hall, and immediately after, the lights in the blank space on the platform suddenly emitted light at the same time, and the light shot diagonally upward, converging into a point somewhere above.

"Wow. Many of them let out a low exclamation of surprise and stared intently at the platform as a stereoscopic image of a human appeared on the platform after the light converged.

It is easy to see that this human being is by no means an entity, just a phantom composed of light, but the three-dimensional phantom is constructed vividly, not only the color is no different from the real one, but also the degree of restoration is extremely high, even the folds on the clothes when the limbs are moving, if it is not for her to appear, it is hard to believe that this is just a phantom.

Yes, she, this is the image of a woman, her appearance is very exquisite, but her expression is even more cold than Mia, and the style of the clothes on her body is obviously different from that of Pavatiga, but the sturdy material, serious shape, and neat and capable and meticulous dressing style, everyone has a common judgment in their hearts - military uniform.

"Smack", the phantom's right hand is crossed in front of his chest, his heels are pressed together, and there is even a sound effect of his heels colliding, and at the same time, the mechanical sound is issued again, just like her expression, without any expression of emotion.

Even Mia originally thought that Shuer was going to ignore the mechanical voice that tried to talk like before, but she didn't expect Xiuer to react this time.

Facing the phantom who stood straight after saluting, Shul waved his hand absentmindedly with a condescending expression, and casually uttered a syllable that no one could understand, and the phantom saluted again with a snap as if he had received some order, and disappeared on the platform, and the lamp on the platform immediately fell silent.

"You ......" Several high-ranking mercenaries all showed ghost-like expressions, what is the situation?

"Don't be so surprised, I've read a few books on linguistics and learned a little superficial knowledge, but I didn't expect to use it here. Shul said quite modestly, as if he had just done a trivial thing, "I had a conversation with the humanoid puppet just now, and I heard the mechanical sounds in the fortress a few times, it was the words that the phantom lady said just now, and I just summed up a little pronunciation pattern, I guess, that syllable should mean hello, it seems that I guessed correctly." ”

Superficial knowledge? But everyone doesn't bother to pay attention to this guy's excuses, who can not have some secrets?

"Tsk, the expression is in place, the most standard attitude of the middle and high ranks of the army towards the bottom. I don't know whether it was mockery or praise, Duck stammered, "Why are you so skilled, is there a similar atmosphere in the church now?" ”

"Heh, who knows?" "I've commanded a hundred times more troops than you before, are you afraid?" Shuer casually opened the topic, "If nothing else, this should be the central control room, and the location where we came over just now is probably the material storage area." Well, judging from their square architectural style, the other three sides should lead to three different areas, I think, there must be a living area, weapons and equipment, which may be used at any time, must be stored separately from the general materials, and it must be independent of the living area, probably a separate area for storage, what is the function of the remaining area?"

is the study area.

This is the conclusion of having seen it for myself.

Directly opposite the material storage area is the research area, and as soon as you enter, you will find that the interior style is significantly different from other areas.

Outside, both the walls and the floor were the original silver-gray metal, but the research area was white, and everything was painted white, monotonous, but with an indescribable solemnity and holiness.

"Praise the Lord, praise the gods. Shure stood thoughtfully for a moment, smiling faintly and drawing a circle on his chest, "That's a good idea." ”

"How?"

"I was thinking that when I went back, I would paint a few of the temple's treatment rooms white, and the results would be better than before. ”

"White?" Mia grimaced, but a mocking smile appeared at the corner of her mouth, "Judging by the size of the temple room, it will cost a lot of money to paint it thoroughly." ”

"The Lord said, Act with simplicity of heart, and do not be overly deceitful. Shuer said solemnly, "The word of the Lord is the truth, and it is really a little simpler, and it is better not to change the color." ”

"Why hasn't the divine punishment come and beat you to death yet? Duck gestured disdainfully, "I'll be sure to be with you Dark Moon Goddess when the time comes." ”

"What are you studying here?" Ignoring Dark's curse completely, Shure casually looked at the doorways of the various rooms.

"Study bugs. Arriving in this kind of place, Miridy is like returning home, although the research equipment is different and the principles are different, but for a life science expert, it is not easy to understand, "all kinds of insects, many species have specimens. ”

"Wait, all sorts?" said Shuer, as if hearing a very subtle word, "are there really many kinds?"

"No, you're mistaken. Miridy shook her head, "Most of them are real bugs, very small ones. ”

"Oh, that's fine. ”

"Don't get too excited, there's more to the big bugs than we see. Milita immediately poured a basin of cold water, "There are at least three of them, and I think there must be more than that, there must be other kinds." ”

"Hey, I'll take a look. Under Miriday's guidance, Shul broke into a room, and sure enough, there were three large bugs soaked in a strange liquid.

The first one is the one that I almost vomited when I saw it not long ago, and the second one looks like a cockroach that has been magnified dozens of times, and it doesn't seem to be aggressive, but it's just a little bigger. As for the third, it is covered with a thin carapace body, two pairs of dragonfly-like wings, a long spike behind the tail, and mouthparts that facilitate jetting.

"Tsk, sure enough, there are flying bugs. Shul sighed, "Let's hope they didn't travel to the projection world." ”

"In addition to the corpses of bugs, there are also humanoids. With the help of death energy, Milit can find the corpse without having to look at them one by one, "Do you want to see it?"

"No, find the living quarters first, you need to rest now. "Looking back at a group of ordinary people, the potential stimulated by fear is fading, and everyone is exhausted," said after the rest of the matter. ”