On an endless wasteland.

The land here is desolate and frightening.

All that was left on the ground was gray sand and precipitated dust, lifeless.

There was no breeze blowing, just dead silence.

All sounds associated with nature are completely lost here.

Click, click......

In the silence of the wasteland, there was a distant sound of some kind of mechanical structure turning.

The smoke and dust on the ground seemed to be drifting away from some subtle tremor, and some tiny sand and gravel on the ground began to roll.

Bang.

There was a thud, and a mechanical component stepped on the wasteland.

Underneath the mechanical structure are three toes, and behind them is a toe that resembles a heel.

It looks a bit like a bird's claws.

Viewed from below, the entire mechanically constructed leg has no shell at all. The bare bearings, gears, and the bouncing wiring inside are clearly visible.

Looking up, it was a humanoid mech about three meters tall.

The main reason is that the limbs of the device's arms and legs appear unusually thick.

And it looks slightly small in the middle, which is not proportional to the overall shape.

In the head position there is a completely bare cockpit.

It is a humanoid creature with slightly grayish-blue skin.

In addition to her somewhat different skin from that of humans, she also has wide, pointed ears, but instead of standing upright, they droop down and cover her sides.

Stretching out his hand with slightly slender fingers, he lifted the goggles from his face upwards.

I can see the corner of the goggles, and there are some cracks, these goggles have been used for a long time, and the traces of tinkering on them are very obvious.

Her eyes were revealed as the goggles lifted upwards.

The eyes, which are slightly larger than normal people, shimmer brightly.

He opened his mouth, revealing his sharp teeth in the upper and lower rows, and said, "Why do we have to come here to make a round?" ”

There was confusion and more irritability in his voice.

At this time, there was also a mechanically rotating structure behind her, along with the sound of heavy footsteps.

A similar, but somewhat different machine, also went one step further.

In the cockpit, there sat a humanoid creature similar to her.

But the difference between the two is evident from here, and the latter one is clearly a male.

It is still mostly similar to humans.

"Kavala, don't complain, the elder said let's come and inspect, there must be a reason."

Hearing the man's words, Kavala, who spoke, pursed his lips and said, "You will say these useless words. ”

As he spoke, he looked behind his back. She took out a bottle, probably a tube the length of her fingers.

The upper and lower ends are transparent, with a slightly rough mechanical structure in the middle, and there seems to be an interface on it.

The tube glows blue, and a vertical blue line can be seen inside.

You can see that there is magic in it.

"Alas, it's a shame that the magic power is still wasted like this."

Saying this, the man driving the mecha next to him also nodded helplessly.

"Alright, let's go." As he spoke, he drove the mecha with a creaking sound and walked quickly forward.

It is said to be a mecha, but in fact it is more like a wearable device like a mechanical exoskeleton.

Kavala next to him hurriedly followed.

"Waku, what happened to the shaking just now?" Kavala followed, asking curiously.

Vaku shook his head: "I don't know, it's not the first time I've encountered such a situation. ”

Just about half an hour ago, there was a strong tremor in their world, which caused panic among their people.

So the elders asked them to come out and find out if something was going on in the outside world.

For all the living people, including the respected elders, have never experienced such a shock.

Something must have happened, even important.

The wasteland was silent and lifeless.

"I hope the vibration just now will show some magic." Kavala said.

"What are you dreaming about?" Vaku said without hesitation.

But from his expression and words, we can also know that he also has this hope.

Soon the two seemed to be on the edge of the wasteland.

A translucent barrier can be seen at the border, and the outside of the barrier appears to be infinite. It seems to be pitch black again, giving people a vague feeling that they can't see clearly and can't see through.

But the barrier is reflected by the light, revealing a luster like crystals.

"Look, there's nothing. It's a waste of time. Seeing this, Kavala said directly.

Vaku carefully examined the border not far away, and then looked into the distance: "Let's circle the border around here and take a closer look. ”

"Ahh All right. Kavala said helplessly.

Luckily, they're just one of the teams that came out to explore. It's just that they just happen to be in charge of this direction, and they just need to go around the approximate area where they are responsible for this direction.

The two of them began to walk slowly around the border, and in the silent world there was only the sound of machinery turning and the sound of their chatting.

"Honestly, is it my delusion? Why do I always feel like something is watching me? Goosebumps are up. Kavala rubbed his bare arm vigorously with his hand and couldn't help but say.

Hearing this, Vaku rubbed his eyes and looked around, making sure there were no anomalies, before turning his head to look at Kavala.

"Are you sure you didn't feel wrong? Could it be that you are a little too tired? ”

Kavala glanced at her, "I can't feel wrong, and I just slept for a while before I came." ”

Vaku nodded, then frowned, looking around slightly warily.

Feel the strange feeling that Kavala is talking about, even though Kavala seems a little unreliable. But as a member of the same team, Vaku clearly understood that his teammate would not joke in such a place.

Now is not the time to joke.

After checking it for a while, Waku flew his mecha and froze in place, as if he was thinking about something.

"What are you thinking? Maybe it's just my delusion, you see this place is desolate, there is no trace of it. ”

As soon as she finished speaking, she felt a chill coming from behind her.

His eyes widened, and he jerked his head to look behind him.

At some point, a man appeared behind him who looked a little different from them.

He just stood behind them and stared at them.

"Who are you? Who are you? Kavala roared, piloting his mech back and forth, one of the mech's arms raised directly at the man who suddenly appeared.

One arm protruded like a gun, and the other ejected straight into a spiral drill.

Waku on the other side reacted in a very timely manner, and quickly stood with Kavala. The same weapon on his huge arms was flicked out to the strange man.

But his weapons were clearly different.

"I have no ill intentions, so I don't have to be so nervous." Arka said as he looked at the two of them. The voice was calm.

"Stand back! Stand back! Vaku warned loudly.

His reaction was somewhat unexpected.

Looking at this situation, Arka was slightly helpless.

Why are you so nervous?

The figure disappeared in an instant, and the two of them only felt their eyes glaze out, and they didn't even have time to attack with the machine.

Then they felt that they could not move, and when they looked down, they had been dragged out of the mech, and there were white ropes tied to them.

There was a faint pink smoke all around, and it seemed as if the place they were had changed dramatically in an instant.

The Arka in front of them also changed from one person to several.

Lucilia, Shadetti, and Simon were all next to Arka, looking at Kavala with curious eyes.

"Who are you? Why is it here? Vaku looked at himself and couldn't move, already knowing that the two had no means to resist, and looked at Arka and asked.

Hope to get some news.

"We? We are the Compass Pupil Treasure Hunt. Arka smiled and introduced himself.

"You can call me Alka, they are my teammates, they are ......"

With Alka's introduction, Lucilia, Chardetti and Simon all laughed and said hello, and the attitude of the four of them seemed unusually peaceful.

If it weren't for the fact that the two people in front of them were in a state of bondage.

However, their attitude at least eased the mood of the two who were caught a little.

I haven't seen any malice yet.

"But why are you here? Are you outsiders? Did you come in from the outside? Kavala asked, a little impatiently.

There was no fear of being caught suddenly in his voice, but a hint of excitement.

"That's right, we're coming in from the outside." Arka said without hesitation.

From the effect of his answer, he could tell that the two of them were shocked by his words.

It can even be described as unbelievable.

Seeing that the two of them seemed to want to ask something, Arka hurriedly stretched out his hand to interrupt.

"You've asked us so much, it's time for us to ask, isn't it?"

After speaking, Arka looked at the two: "Are you guys, Vastwa?" ”

This was one of Arka's more curious questions, he had never thought of the existence of life forms and a civilization in the inner space of the Heart of Vastva.

But when he found out, the first question that came to Arka's mind was that this might be the part of the former city-state of Vaswa.

The Broken Isle outside, as they had confirmed, was itself a tiny fraction of the ancient city-state of Vastva.

In other words, unlike what he thought, the larger part did not break or sink into the deep sea. It's still in the space of the Heart of Vastva.

In other words, if it is true, these Vastewa people have lived from the time of God to the present.

Live in a closed world.

Thinking about it this way, Arka thinks it's too exaggerated, but it's only possible.

Hearing Arka's question, Vaku and Kavala looked at each other for the information in each other's eyes.

They don't know for a moment whether to answer or not, which seems to be an important question, but it doesn't seem to be a very important question.

"You see, I could get information directly from your brains, but I didn't do it as a gesture of kindness.

Instead, I am asking you politely, and even answering your questions, which is enough to show my kindness. ”

Alkar looked at the two of them as he spoke, and under his control, two puffs of faint pink smoke had already penetrated into their ears.

They could feel the smoke seeming to peek into the memories and information in their minds.

"Alright, stop, I see." Vaku said hurriedly.

Hearing his words, two pink clouds slowly faded from their ears.

"That's right, we do call ourselves Vastva, and this is also the city-state of Vastwa."

"Sure enough." Arka nodded and said clearly.

"But their appearance is too far from what we know about the murals and the statues, and they don't look like the same race." Lucilia said as she sat on Alka's shoulder.

The Vastwa people are about two meters tall, with four pointed ears standing up. Sharp teeth, slender limbs.

Although some small features can still be seen from the two people in front of them, the difference between them is really big.

"Not like?" Lucilia's words left Kavala a little confused.

A statue made of clouds and mist appeared in front of the two of them.

One of Arka's random statues at this time appears to be a hidden eye.

"Aren't Vasteva supposed to look like this? Why are you so different now? Arka asked, looking at the statue.

"This is what our ancestors looked like, and tens of thousands of years ago, our ancestors would have looked like this. But now over time, we have degraded. Kavala said.

After saying this, Vaku next to him looked at him with surprised eyes.

"Don't look at me like that, here's your chance."

Arka did not interrupt the exchange between the two.

Instead, in front of everyone, they came to the two unmanned machines that were standing in place.

Simon had long been curious about these two machines, and after seeing Alka's past, he hurriedly ran over and began to observe the two machines.

"Hey, what are you doing? Stay away from my little rock. Kavala watched Simon's movements and said quickly. He was a little excited, and seemed to be about to rush over on his feet.

However, there was no way to get up, because there was a huge pressure on her shoulders, which made her sit on the ground and unable to move.

Shadetti squatted next to Kavala, his arm pressed on her shoulder: "Don't get excited, how about being quiet?" ”

Looking at Xia Daiti's smile, Kavala inexplicably felt some kind of powerful aura, and under such momentum, he had no choice but to nod.

It looks a little pitiful.

"Little stones? I have to say that the name is really tasteless. Simon inspected the machinery in front of him, and complained in passing.

Soon Simon finished inspecting the humanoid machine in front of him, probably knowing a lot. Then he began to touch the other one next to it.

He could see that the two were identical in the general main structure, but with a more personalized transformation in their respective details.

Seeing Simon's operation, the owner of this machine, Vaku, was obviously mentally prepared. Silently turned his head away, deciding not to be out of sight and out of mind.

After a pause, several transistors with blue energy lines appeared in Simon's hands.

"Mana batteries?" Looking at the transistor, Simon had a rough idea of what it does.

"It was possible to drive such a large mechanical device with such a small amount of energy, and all but the main core was used.

I have to say that it is indeed a very powerful invention, but why is it done? Doesn't it make sense? ”

Simon's tone was full of confusion.

"What's why? Of course, it's to reduce the consumption of mana, but what else? ”

After listening to Simon's words, Vaku couldn't help but say to him.

"Less reliance on mana consumption...... Simon said, muttering.

Arka felt his surroundings and stretched out his hand and shook it: "Don't you feel it?" The magic here can be described as nothing. ”

It seems that because the space in this treasure has not been in contact with the magic of the outside world for a long time, the magic power inside has been almost completely consumed.

The magic in the air was simply terrifyingly low.

It's like a sponge that has been almost wrung out of moisture.

Simon felt it when he heard this, and instantly understood the reason for this construction.

There is so little magic here that it can't be compared to the outside world.

Thinking of this, he looked at the two people who were tied up in the clouds, and then immediately noticed that something was wrong.

Hurriedly turned to Arka and said, "Quick, quickly put away these dream clouds of yours and release them." ”

There was eagerness in his voice.

"Huh?" Arka was a little puzzled, but he immediately took action, and the smoke that filled the surrounding area disappeared in an instant and was smoked back.

The two were also let go.

(End of chapter)