The essence of life has been started, but the task given by the system has not been completed.

Liu Ergou remembers very well that the system gave a total of three mission objectives at that time.

Explore the ruins, repair the magic circle, and a quest that wasn't revealed at the time.

The exploration of the ruins has been completed for the most part, and now there are only worthless dwellings and the garbage disposal center that has to be further down to explore.

However, this task of repairing the magic array?

Along the way, in addition to all kinds of wonderful machines, Liu Ergou only found the only magic array, which was the one under his feet.

Not to mention whether Liu Ergou's two brushes can cope with this miraculous ancient creation;

There is, looking at the magic circuits on the floor that are often poured out of Mithril, Adamantite, and even a few rare materials that even Dries doesn't recognize......

He just wants to "cultivate", and he has to have money!

However, Liu Ergou looked around the entire hall.

Except for the slightly abrupt pile of slag under his feet, the other equipment in the hall are all neatly and orderly placed according to a certain law.

There is no trace of the hall, which is common in movies, with subjects running out of control and researchers hastily evacuating, leaving behind a mess.

Rather, if it weren't for the fact that all the utensils that were supposed to store the raw materials had obvious signs of human removal, it would have looked more like getting off work.

Turn off the water and electricity, and lock the door from the house.

Obviously, whatever the reason for the original Silver Elves to abandon this base, at least when it came to evacuation, it was completely orderly.

The magic array in the inner ring hall should have stopped running because of the lack of magic power, not damaged.

Since there is no damage, there is no talk of "repair". In other words, the magic circle that needs to be repaired is somewhere else!

Thinking of this, Liu Ergou asked Dress: "What is the 'recycling facility' corresponding to black?" ”

Drissy shook her head, indicating that she didn't know either.

According to the records of the journal, the expedition team actually got the news of the essence of life from somewhere, so they ventured deep into the ruins.

It's just that after discovering the magic array in the inner ring hall, the only archmage in the team thought that he was strong, and he wanted to use his own magic power as an energy source to reactivate the entire magic array!

As a result, due to the excessive amount of magic absorbed by the magic array, this great mage not only ran out of mana, but even the magic circuit in his body was greatly damaged, and his life was in danger!

In order to treat the archmage as soon as possible, the expedition team hurriedly scavenged a few elven weapons and then withdrew from the ruins.

That's the real reason why the expedition didn't try to break the shield in the first place.

Then, on the way out of the Sunset Mountains, the expedition team was attacked by powerful demonic beasts, but it was almost wiped out because one of the core forces, the Great Magister, could not participate in the battle, but this is a story for later.

Therefore, the original expedition team was neither interested nor had time to search carefully in this base, and naturally did not care about places like garbage heaps.

"Alright, let's explore this garbage heap and see what we can gain." Liu Ergou made a decision immediately.

Drissy thought about it and agreed with Liu Ergou's decision.

However, Tufaen didn't understand what Liu Ergou meant for a while, so he couldn't help asking: "The garbage heap?" What's in the garbage? ”

Liu Ergou didn't say anything, just stretched out his hand and pointed to the slag pile on the side.

Tufaun immediately understood and nodded.

The stones of other mountains can be used to attack jade. Tufaun naturally understands this truth.

......

Follow the path you came from. The three of them returned to the teleportation hall.

Surprisingly, the small black door, though extremely heavy, was not difficult to open.

Behind the door is an elevator that is much smaller than the one in the storage area. Liu Ergou made a rough estimate, and it was only four square meters.

However, both the small door at the entrance and the elevator are made of some special metal that is almost black; And around the crack in the door, there is also a heavy ring of closed washers.

After studying for a while, Drissy told Liu Ergou that although he still couldn't figure out the material of this thing, one thing was certain.

Whether it is a black metal plate or a closed gasket, it can effectively isolate the transmission of magic power.

Opening the control panel, Drith pressed a few buttons on the panel according to her experience, and the elevator began to descend smoothly and quickly.

But at the moment when the elevator went down, the four walls of the elevator suddenly opened several hidden vents, and before the three of them could react, the vents immediately began to spew out a large amount of mist!

In an instant, the elevator was filled with a thick fog!

But the fog comes and goes as fast as it comes. Just a few times in the elevator, it was quickly sucked out by a few dust removal ports in the corner.

As the last wisp of fog was sucked away by the dust removal port, the elevator also stopped peacefully.

Washed away by this thick fog, the three of them were not affected except for some panic, and they were even a little refreshed.

Probably some kind of cleaning procedure, right? Liu Ergou can only comfort himself like this for the time being.

Walking out of the elevator, what appeared in front of Liu Ergou was an underground cave the size of a stadium.

Unlike other facilities, the walls and roof of the cave are not covered with alloy plates. In its place, there are large swaths of solid rock walls.

In addition to the rock wall, every few tens of meters, an equally solid rock pillar rises from the ground and supports the top of the cave.

On these rock walls and rock pillars, Liu Ergou saw obvious traces of magic shaping. The sophistication of the Silver Elf Magic Wizard technology has once again been reflected here.

Aside from the rock walls and pillars, most of the cavern is occupied by a huge structure shaped like an upside-down jellyfish.

The numerous black pipes protruding from the roof of the cave are the tentacles of this jellyfish. There are thick and thin pipes, and there are quite a few of them. Liu Ergou roughly counted, and there were as many as four digits!

And these pipes go all the way down, and eventually converge into a huge spherical building, which is the body of this jellyfish.

At the bottom of the cavern, a rather wide, yet rather turbulent underground river is rushing along the paved channel.

The waves crashed against the riverbank, stirring up a mist in the air, refreshing the entire cavern.

In the middle of the river, the banks on both sides bend and elongate towards their own side, forming a clear lake. The lower part of the spherical building is submerged in this lake.

In the center of the spherical building, there is another rather thick white pipe, which stretches straight to the top of the cavern, sinking deep into the rock wall.

In addition, on the rock wall in the direction of the lower reaches of the underground river, there are dozens of parallel black pipes. These pipes are quite large, and at the end of the pipes, a row of oval-shaped tanks are connected.

Several pipes protrude from one end of the tank, connecting to the central spherical building; At the other end, there are also several pipes that go straight into the river. Similar to the sorting "squares" in the storage area, the entire spherical building is completely covered with alloy plates, but replaced with black metal similar to that of elevators.

In front of the three of them, a rock bridge pointed straight to the spherical building, and at the other end of the rock bridge, there was another door that was also black.

This door seems to be the only entrance and exit to the spherical building.

The rock bridge is in the same direction as the underground river and is built directly above the river. Therefore, as soon as the three of them stepped on the rock bridge, they suddenly felt a moist and cool breeze blowing across their faces.

is worthy of the elves who claim to be the children of nature, Liu Ergou couldn't help but sigh in his heart, even a garbage disposal station can be built like a riverside park.

In fact, the staff of the recycling center really liked to come to the rock bridge for a walk in their spare time.

Walking across the rock bridge, Liu Ergou and the three of them came to this black gate.

Like the small door in the teleportation hall, the method of opening this gate is not complicated, and it is basically the same as operating an elevator.

However, it seems that due to the lack of energy, this huge black door opens very slowly. It took five minutes to start before a one-man-wide gap slid along the track.

On each side of the gate, there is a platform attached to a vertical track, which looks like some kind of lift.

And Drith was bold, and looked down on the edge of the rock bridge, and found that at the bottom of the two lifts, there was a floating dock, floating on the artificial lake.

As soon as they stepped through the door, the three of them were speechless by the sight in front of them!

At the feet of the three of them was a rather large hall. In fact, it's not an exaggeration to say it's a square. Because it's the ground that extends out from under your feet that divides the spherical building in two!

Just this huge space is enough to make the three of them lose their minds! And the scene under his feet made Liu Ergou even suffocate his breath in an instant!

I don't know what special material is used to make the whole floor, but it is completely transparent!

Below the floor, the lower half of the spherical building, several massive pipes penetrate the hemispherical metal walls and form a neat circle near the transparent dome.

At the base of the spherical shell, a metal pillar that almost resembles a tower stands in the center, and eight metal arms extend out of the surrounding area.

At the end of each metal arm, there is a huge brush-like structure that adheres tightly to the spherical shell. And whether it is a tower pillar or a metal arm, it is engraved with an extremely complex magic array!

Liu Ergou didn't know that if he could break the shield that protected the essence of life without destroying the magic circuit, then he would see a miniature version of the magic array exactly the same as the one in front of him on the stone platform below.

In general, the second half of the spherical building resembles a giant wok, with its own blender; And Liu Ergou and the three of them are like three ants lying on the side of the pot at the moment.

You can imagine what a magnificent sight it will be when this recycling center is fully operational!

As far as the eye can see, at intervals on the floor, a disc-shaped structure pierces the floor and connects the two sides of the floor.

At the bottom of each disc, a pipe sticks out of the floor, connected to a raised platform in the center of the hall.

It was these structures that provided a reference for the three of them to see, which allowed the three of them to retract their minds.

Otherwise, standing on this transparent land, overlooking the magnificent structure that is hundreds of meters deep and even kilometers wide under your feet, you will really think that you are about to fall into this abyss immediately!

Barely controlling their minds and not looking at the scenery under their feet, the three of them walked to the high platform tremblingly, and their legs were very weak all the way.

When viewed from afar at the doorway, the high platform does not seem to be very conspicuous; Compared to the sea of nothingness beneath our feet, this high platform is like a flat boat.

And when the three of them walked to the side of this high platform, they reacted, not that this high platform is too small, but that this spherical building is too big!

Even the "flat boat" in front of him is fifty meters square!

On this high platform, there is also a magic array. However, unlike the complicated magic circle on the huge tower pillar at the foot, the structure of this magic circle is quite simple, but the construction idea is very novel.

Observe, analyze, discuss, verify. At this moment, Liu Ergou and Drith are like two scholars who are obsessed with the mysteries of magic.

Soon, the two came to the conclusion that the purpose of this circle was only one, which was to "sort out" the disordered energy into an orderly state, and then direct a quantitative output.

As for where the output energy went, a straight upward pipe in the center of the circle had already explained the answer.

It's just that the function of this magic circle is only to "sort out".

Judging from the huge machinery under their feet, it is obvious that the waste in the base is transported here and converted into energy through some method. And then to achieve the purpose of recycling.

However, the magic energy recovered through this method will inevitably carry various properties depending on the original material. Judging from the design of the high platform, this circle does not have the ability to transform or eliminate attributes.

Therefore, Liu Ergou speculated that in the upper part of this spherical building, there must be other structures to achieve the transformation or elimination of magic attributes, and the fact was just as he guessed.

However, since he didn't find any way to the first half, Liu Ergou had to dispel the idea of going up to find out, and instead studied the Gaotai Circle with peace of mind.

After studying for a while, Liu Ergou also had some eyebrows.

In fact, the circle can be divided into two parts. The former has the function of absorbing surrounding energy, and the source of energy is naturally all kinds of garbage recovered and decomposed in the second half.

Even without the energy provided by the second half, this absorption circle can still slowly absorb the discrete magic energy in the atmosphere; And the underground river that rushes in the cave has undoubtedly continued to bring new energy to the area over the years.

The function of the latter is to sort out the energy absorbed by the former, convert it into initially controllable energy, and then transport it to the magic array in the upper half for further purification.

Thinking of this, Liu Ergou and Delisi also understood. The reason why the life essence in the experimental hall can still maintain its growth very slowly even when the alchemy circle is not running is probably due to the energy that this recovery center has slowly replenished for thousands of years.

However, due to the significant pressure on the mana circuit caused by channeling energy, and the fact that no one has maintained it for thousands of years, this part of the mana circuit has been completely melted down, and the energy conversion has stopped for some time.

What Liu Ergou wants to repair should be this part of the magic array.