The Grass Sea Plain, the name of the plain to the west of the Misty Forest, just like the name of the plain, the entire plain is almost covered with lush green grass, if you look down from the peak that separates the plain and the misty forest, the whole plain is like a sea of grass, all the way to the blue sea in the distance.

Unlike the misty forest, which is shrouded in dense fog all year round, the Caohai Plain is a truly beautiful and rich place, with abundant water and grass allowing the creatures on the plain to get enough food, so there are many creatures of different races living on the plain, and there are many intelligent advanced races, making the whole plain full of vitality.

In the very center of the Grass Sea Plain, there is an ancient castle that is alien to the life of the entire plain, and is filled with the smell of heavy metal.

Many creatures on the plains no longer know when the castle appeared, nor do they remember the history of the castle, only that the castle dominates the entire plain.

Almost all the creatures on the Caohai Plain are under the jurisdiction of those cold metals in the castle, and no creature or race can get rid of and ignore those cold machinery, because those who dare to ignore it have long since turned into dry bones and are buried under the abundant water and grass of the plain.

Every day, a large number of mechanical beasts will pour out of the castle, and their nature will be all over the plain, monitoring all the races on the plain, and once they find any disobedient beings, they will directly and ruthlessly kill them.

And every night, the monitoring automatons will return to the castle one after another, and no one knows what the automatons are doing back, and no one knows what is in the castle.

The creatures on the entire Caohai Plain have a kind of fear of the castle, and even those low-level creatures who wander away do not dare to go to the pasture close to the castle to forage for food, and when passing through the castle, those low-level creatures will instinctively choose to avoid the castle and try not to enter the castle within a hundred miles.

No one knows, inside the castle's thick and tall metal doors. There were no buildings at all, no living beings living in them, just huge gears and bearings that kept turning.

The automatons that return at night will pass through a square of gears and bearings, and then travel all the way to the depths of the castle, bringing news to the plains to the mechanical spirits waiting in the depths of the castle.

Hear from the plains that the mechanical spirits will travel along the wide metal bridge, from above the scorching giant steam furnace, to the heart of the castle, where steam gushes from below. It will blur the vision on the way, but the mechanical spirits are already familiar with the path, so they will not be affected at all.

Crossing the metal bridges, the mechanical spirits eventually enter the core of the castle, a massive metal shaft that connects the entire castle and rotates all the time.

At the entrance to the bearing, a figure stood there, quietly scrolling through the messages brought back by each mechanical demon, and there was almost no difference in the slightest difference in the same movements.

Until. The mechanical demon spirit in charge of the boundary mountain handed the news from the side of the boundary mountain to the guy standing in front of the bearing door, and the body of the guy who looked a little rusty suddenly trembled, and then said to himself: "I can't think of it." After many years, someone finally stepped into the plains again. ”

"It's finally here, I've been waiting for this moment for a long time, I didn't expect it. It's really exciting to wait for you after so many years, and I'm looking forward to meeting you. Let's see, what kind of creatures can pass through the Misty Forest?"

As he spoke, the guy standing in front of the huge metal shaft hooked his fingers at several mechanical demon spirits, and several mechanical demon spirits immediately stepped forward and saluted each other very respectfully and said, "Your Majesty, do you have any orders?"

The owner of the Mechanical Castle, the true ruler of the entire Grass Sea Plain, said to several mechanical demons with a smile: "You guys, immediately send people to the side mountain town, be sure to find those outsiders, bring them back to the castle, I want to meet those humans in person." ”

Hearing the words of the owner of the mechanical castle, the mechanical demon spirit gate immediately responded to the order, and turned around and left along the metal bridge without any objections, without wasting even a trace of time.

And those mechanical kings, while looking through the news from other parts of the plain, their thoughts had already flown out of the castle and towards the small town at the foot of the boundary mountain.

Under the order of the mechanical king, the gate of the mechanical castle opened for the first time in the night, and a large number of mechanical beasts rushed out of the castle, and on the backs of those mechanical beasts, there were still mechanical demon spirits, and they galloped on the plain, whistling away in the direction of the boundary mountain.

Such a large number of mechanical beasts and mechanical demon spirits will naturally attract the attention of many races on the plains, but due to the shock of the mechanical castle, no one dares to explore the reason for the dispatch of mechanical beasts.

The creatures on the plains only knew that they were afraid that something big would happen to the entire plain, so a large number of mechanical beasts were dispatched, and even those mechanical demon spirits that did not appear often had already left the castle.

In the small town next to the mountain, Lecius and the others chatted with Renault not over, Renault was still talking about some things on the plain, it seemed that he had a very rich understanding of the plain, and a lot of knowledge In Lucius's opinion, I am afraid that most of the creatures on the plain may not be really cleared, but Renault can say a thing or two.

It's like Lucius asking, "Are those mechanical beasts going back to the Mechanical Castle every night? just to bring back news?"

Renault's reply was a little unexpected: "Of course not, those mechanical beasts need kinetic energy support, so the group of mechanical beasts that have been running outside for a long time need to return to the castle every night to replenish their lost kinetic energy." ”

This answer was a bit unexpected, and Ogufodin couldn't help but interject and ask, "How do you know that those mechanical beasts are going back to replenish kinetic energy?"

Renault seemed reluctant to say anything about Augustine's questioning at first, but after hesitating for a long time, he finally told his unique experience: "That's because I once dismantled those mechanical beasts, saw the structure in their bodies, and knew that the kinetic energy storage device in their bodies is limited. ”

"What? You've dismantled those automatons? So, how is that possible? Didn't you say that the whole plain was under the watchful eye of those automatons? If you dismantled them, wouldn't you be captured back to the mechanical castle?"

Hearing this, Christine couldn't help but exclaim, obviously Renault's answer made her feel a little incredible, and the others were also full of doubts and doubts.

But Belletti suddenly walked up to Renault, grabbed Renault's palm and looked at it for a moment and said, "He didn't lie, he used to be a machinist, and he has been engaged in machining and manufacturing for a long time." ”

This time everyone was surprised again, and Lucius pondered for a moment in surprise and said, "Speaking of which, you can know a lot of things that are unknown on the plains, and you can explain that you are a person who escaped from the mechanical castle, or that you grew up in that castle, right?"

Renault smiled bitterly when he heard this, lit another inferior cigarette, took a puff and said: "Huh, I really didn't expect it, but let people know my secret, you are right, I did grow up in that mechanical castle, and I also worked in the workshop in the castle for many years, and then I escaped by chance." ”

"How is it possible? If you escape like this, won't you be captured by the mechanical castle? Or do you know so much that those machines won't kill you?"

In response to Caroline's continuous questions, Renault took another puff of cigarette, looked at the stone statue in the square outside the window, and said, "Yes, if you escape from there, you will indeed be captured, and even killed by the mechanical beast mercilessly." ”

"Hu ......" spit out the cigarette and continued: "At the beginning, there were nearly 1,000 partners who escaped, but unfortunately, I was the only one who managed to survive in the end, and those former old buddies all died on the way to escape, only I managed to escape, escaped here, and got the shelter of the stone statue." ”

No one interjected, everyone listened to Renault silently, and everyone present could clear the sense, Renault seemed to miss his former companions, and those memories that had long been buried by him were constantly being reopened by himself.

"You may not think that the castle is actually a huge machine, full of machines from the inside out, looking at the mechanical spirits and robots, they will be maintained day and night. ”

After two more puffs of cigarettes, Renault continued: "And we, the children of the highly intelligent race who have been captured in the castle since childhood, will be raised in a special place in the castle, and then there will be mechanical demons who will teach us to read and write, and then give us all kinds of mechanical knowledge. ”

"After that, we'll be assigned to workshops where we'll need to be like machines, producing all kinds of mechanical parts day and night, or assembling large numbers of mechanical spirits and automatons. ”

"It was a truly dark day, and every day people would die in the workshop, and the bodies of the dead would be carried away by the mechanical spirits watching us, and thrown directly into the center of the mechanical castle, a huge furnace that constantly spewed hot steam, and for a long time it was consumed by the flames and burned to ashes. ”

"There, we are just treated as machines, but if we are to be machines, why should we be taught so much knowledge in the first place, let us have our own ideas? It is really a painful torture, and we are suffering both physically and mentally all the time. ”

Listening quietly to Renault's recounting, the expressions of everyone present became heavy, and they could all really feel Renault's anger at the suffering.

After Renault finished speaking, no one spoke in the room for a long time, and everyone fell into pain and grief, not knowing what to say, or what kind of words could comfort Renault at such a time.

In the end, it was Lucius who stood up and said, "Everyone has everyone's suffering, and I sympathize with your suffering, but you seem to have done something that you shouldn't have done, you took advantage of us, involved us in a disaster, and wanted to take revenge by our hands, right?"

As soon as Lucius said this, everyone looked at Renault in surprise, and the latter smiled and said, "You have already noticed? It's a pity that it's too late, those mechanical beasts and mechanical demons in the castle are already on the way, and they will come soon." (To be continued......)