Chapter 1240: Value for money
One "keep up, it's not far ahead." Zhao Mai looked down at the navigation map on his phone. He had already maxed out the zoom, and there was only a few small dotted lines between him and his destination, which was a distance of more than a dozen meters. In this way, just pass through the room on the other side of the corridor and you will almost be there.
The interior of the fort has many rooms with a large number of various collections, but there are not many staff. Along the way, Zhao Mai only saw some wheeled robots coming and going to clean and patrol, and the living creatures could be counted on one hand. They are all wearing isolation suits and appear to be very cautious when walking. Zhao Mai estimates that the formation of this habit should be related to the dense surveillance around, and there must be a strict boss who likes to look at the screen.
Putting the distracting thoughts aside, Zhao Mai reached out and touched the wall, ready to tear it apart in both directions. "Hey, this wall is a little weird, and it's definitely not the same as the previous ones that rotted when they were torn apart. Belch...... It's so tight, there's not a single void? What is this, a wall made of neutrons?"
There used to be a family called a water droplet detector that used strong interaction to compact protons and neutrons into a single layer of material, which was exceptionally strong, and because there was no molecular activity on the surface, it could be insulated and kept at absolute zero. The one in front of Zhao Mai went one step further, at least instead of using protons, but using neutrons with no electrical characteristics.
If only Diana were here, her Vulcan sword would be able to cut through such walls. For such a substance, which is composed entirely of neutrons, alchemy cannot change it into water or air. Zhao Mai's fingers could not be inserted into the gap between the neutrons. Although Zhao Mai can directly smash this wall with his fist, he will not repair it, and maybe it will trigger the alarm. Fortunately, there is no endless road, and there will always be a solution.
"Let's go find out where the door is. Shrugging his shoulders, Zhao Mai led the group down the corridor, trying to find the entrance to this room. Along the way, I kept going through the walls, and it wasn't until I got on the right path that I saw the nameplate of the room. "To be destroyed 107?" Zhao Mai scratched his head, not understanding why he used expensive time stagnation technology to preserve things to be destroyed. How convenient it would be if he came to do the same thing, either throw it into the sun or give it to Z Worm's refinery for recycling! And he had already seen that many of the things in it would only need to be burned to ashes by lighting a fire, and there would be no need to be destroyed.
Opposite "107 to be destroyed" is Medusa's destination, at least the address given by the navigation is here. Looking at the "egg silo" written on the door sign, the possibility of information errors is greatly reduced. A sturdy coded door blocked them, and it appeared that at least four detection and decryption mechanisms were compounded on the door. Zhao Mai never knew anything like cracking codes or picking locks, so he squinted his eyes and looked carefully along the door frame, finding the transition between the door and the wall. Although a lot of physical knowledge is used on it that Zhao Mai doesn't understand, the door shaft is still the door shaft, just like the Zerg uncle is still the uncle. Zhao Mai pulled hard and pulled the entire door out directly along with the door frame.
"Theoretically, the door is still with the door frame, so it is not called an open door. Most...... It's called the Big Hole. Zhao Mai made a gesture of invitation: "Ladies first." ”
Medusa hadn't rushed in yet, but Alexstasa had gone in first. There are still thousands of time stagnation warehouses in this "egg warehouse", and each one is an egg. With the magical ability to "judge the color of gold coins with the naked eye", Alexstasa found the dragon egg for the first time. She shouted, "Boss, boss, there are so many eggs here, so many, so many!"
"We're not here to rob, don't think about packing and taking away. Zhao Mai saw the eggs in the whole warehouse, and he was also a little dizzy. "Who kept this ass? Does he want to copy an entire race? Forget it, regardless of this perverted idea. Alexstaza, I can go back and help you ask what these eggs are all about, and then buy them for you, what do you think?"
The red dragon nodded, and there were tears in her eyes. Reserve ran to his daughter-in-law with his tail wagging and tugged at her trouser legs, reminding her that there was still serious work to be done to isolate the "female creatures". Unexpectedly, Alexstasa hugged the reserve grain and cried: "Wow...... I knew there were so many eggs, so why did I work so hard to lay them!!"
The reserve grain peeked out from the crook of the dragon girl's white arms, and her mouth was slanted and her tongue was sticking out, obviously a complaining expression. Zhao Mai scratched the top of his head and asked puzzledly, "Wait, the dragon eggs you found from elsewhere are also okay?" I thought you wanted to reshape the dragon clan by yourself!"
"That's what I thought at first, but it's so tiring......" Alexstasa blushed—she was happy, shy, and angry—"I discussed with Ah Liang and decided that as long as it was a dragon egg, I didn't want to choose whether it was biological or not, and it was a success to be able to become a dragon." But, boss, forget about the dragon eggs you conjure with Z worm cells, I'm afraid that after birth, there will be a character of fried teeth. ”
"Don't be so disgusted with fried teeth, what a happy creature!" Zhao Mai pursed his lips and shifted his gaze back to the static cabinet. It is not "to be destroyed", so there is a detailed description of the species classification next to the cabinet door. I don't know what Medusa's eggs look like, but at least I can find out all the Medusa eggs first.
The two beautiful snakes were in a hurry, and in order to prevent the petrified light from accidentally hurting others, they kept wearing sunglasses, and they could barely see anything in this dimly lit room with no lights on. Zhao Mai asked them to calm down for a while, their bodies trembled, and countless small Z flying insects like dust mites were separated, and they began to exhaustively count the goods here. Soon, they found more than a dozen Medusa eggs next to each other, and Zhao Mai led everyone over.
"This is ours, I remember the pattern on it!" the two Medusas identified the target in unison. It is about the size of a goose egg, and the blue eggshell has a pattern of three six-pointed stars, which is indeed very recognizable.
Zhao Mai didn't care about this, just looked at the mobile phone navigation, and then said to the two Medusa: "Look, the current location shows that I have completed the first phase of work, and now it is the second stage, and you still need to confirm this." ”
"Well, thank you. We didn't expect it to go so well. It's the Gold of Destiny, you take it. Medusa took the gold coin from the snake's hair and solemnly placed it on the palm of Zhao Mai, Alexstaza. "I have to ask you to get us out of here safely. ”
"Well, that's as it should be. But you'll have to figure out how to get the eggs out of your own hands, because it's not part of my service. Moreover, now I'm just a driver, plus a bodyguard at most, not a thief. Zhao Mai looked at the fate gold coin, and added: "The time freezer here, all of them are connected together, and I estimate that there will be control facilities." Surely it will be known that you take something from it. Therefore, you must also pay attention to your safety on the way out, but not the same as when you came. ”
"How can we also be of the Medusa clan, we must have the ability to protect ourselves. The two Medusas smiled slightly, then took off their glasses as they stared at the Time Freezer. Not only Medusa's eyes, but also the snakes that make up their hair are aimed at their targets. The two beautiful snakes "worked" together, releasing petrified rays that were ten times stronger than those that illuminated Zhao Mai before.
It is a mistake to think that petrified light only works on living organisms. Think back to the petrified knights, mages, and thieves, they can't all be naked, right? Therefore, the same is true for the time stagnant cabinet.
The cabinet containing the three-star blue egg was completely petrified in an instant, losing all of its original function. At the same time as the alarm sounded, the egg came out of its static state and fell into the stone cabinet, and Zhao Mai's heart twitched. Medusa squeezed her eyes and said, "It's okay." Our Medusa's eggs are neither petrified nor smashed on stones. ”
"So this egg can break stones?"
"How can you be so cruel!" one Medusa pinched her waist to face Zhao Mai, and the other gently twitched her back with her tail. She came to her senses, and together the two snakes smashed the stone cabinet door with their hands, and carefully removed the egg.
"It's great to be alive, alive. One of the Medusa opened its mouth forcefully, parted its upper and lower jaws to near flat angles, and shoved the egg into her throat. Zhao Mai definitely didn't have any bold ideas at this time, but he was a little worried about whether the egg would be digested. But the two of them didn't take the risk to eat an egg, did they? maybe the throat was the entrance to the wonderful storage space?
Forget it, now is not the time to dwell on this issue. Soon after the alarm went off, many sprinklers protruded from the ceiling, making a clanging sound. What comes out of it is not toxic smoke, but a cluster of tiny machines, made up of nano-sized parts, and the final product is slightly larger than the virus. They are almost transparent, able to swim quickly in the air, and together they complete the tasks of reconnaissance and strike. This stuff used to give Z-worms a headache, until Z-worms managed to develop new cooking methods and include them in recipes - the victory of the food chain is the victory of Z-worms, and it has always been like this.
Zhao Mai is not afraid of this thing, but one dragon, one dog and two snakes are not so strong in tolerance. Once they are close to a cluster of micro-machines, they will not be able to deal with them unless they have a strong enough ability to attack the internal shroud. Hearing the snort of the sprinkler, several of the guys looked up, but only Alexstasa could see the small flying insects, and she immediately began to gather flames in her throat. The other twin snakes and one dog only sensed it, and had not yet been able to identify the enemy.
"You don't have to breathe fire, these enemies can't get close. "The "body chips" that Zhao Mai released still have enough energy, just transfer them back to defense. Modeled after the neutron wall outside, these guys formed an inverted bowl, following Zhao Mai while preying on those nanometros.
"Now that the alarm has been sounded, let's go out from the nearest place. I'll take a look at the navigation...... The closest overhead is only the height of a four-story room. Zhao Mai thought for a while, and then said, "However, we are here to get eggs, not to demolish the house." In order to reduce their losses, let's fly up the corridor. ”
Anyway, I have to follow Zhao Mai and be protected by his "dandruff bowl". When the group came out of the egg silo, they were immediately surrounded by a group of wheeled combat robots, and dozens of laser launchers carried out inhumane aiming. Zhao Mai waved his hand to say hello, first returned his hand and stuffed the door frame back into the doorway, and then sealed the gap where the nanomechanical body might come out.
"Surrender immediately!" the group of machines repeated in different languages, but they all fell on Zhao Mai's ears. All robots have a uniform logo on their bodies, which is a black planet with a white aura.
"No surrender. And I have a few words to say to your controllers. Zhao Mai clapped his hands and said, "We came in and took the egg belonging to Medusa, just one." Then, we're ready to go out now. You can calculate the cost-effectiveness ratio, how much value an egg is worth investing in the pursuing force. Of course, there are also some hidden values in this, such as rules and deterrence for future generations. I won't bother to calculate, just a friendly reminder that this investment is definitely a bottomless pit that will not recover any benefits. ”
It seems that I have never seen such a thief who is so ashamed, and even the combat robot was stunned for a moment. Zhao Mai took advantage of this time to raise his hand and point upward, using the wind to directly penetrate all the floor slabs, making a needle-eye-sized void. With this hole, he was able to accurately sense the condition of each layer. Luckily, there was still a corridor above the hallway, and there was no one on it, all the way to the roof.
"Okay, catch me. As soon as Zhao Mai's words fell, the robot fired. They shot out laser beams that were both penetrating and burning, and then they were blocked by Zhao Mai's psychic barrier. The light was distorted, circled around several people to the opposite side, and then left the psychic field and flew out.
After a salvo, the opposing accomplice's rays accurately avoided the original target, and all fell on the friendly forces, and the robots themselves eliminated themselves. In the bursts of explosions, Zhao Mai had already taken off with everyone, tore open the ceiling, passed over, repaired it, and then continued to tear.
It is estimated that they don't have many robots here, or they don't want to send them to death, so it wasn't until Zhao Mai arrived outside the fortress that a second wave of blockers appeared. This wave is just a person, not tall, with horns on his head, sitting in an eggshell flying machine. It's not like a combat vehicle, it's just some kind of means of transportation. The little man kept putting on a weird and treacherous smile, and he looked at Zhao Mai while laughing. He wore an earmuff with a monocle LED mirror on his left ear, which was supposed to incorporate some kind of battlefield analysis device.
"The combat power is really good, two rare original Medusa, but unfortunately you are not my opponent at all. Well, the Red Dragon's transformation into a human form is a bit tricky, but the Dragon's weakness is too obvious. What kind of species is this, it's very similar to a dog, and its combat power is actually higher than that of a dragon, is this a malfunction?" the guy sitting in the egg muttered to himself, his left hand tapping on the earcup.
Zhao Mai waved his arms vigorously and shouted excitedly: "Look at me, look at me! Tell me quickly, what is my combat strength!"