Chapter 340: Steel Plains
Steam motorcycles run in the middle of the Caohai Plain, which is the most mysterious place in the entire plain, and most of the creatures on the plain dare not approach here.
Lu Xius didn't know much about this place before, and most of the information was sent back by Du Liniang, and when he really set foot in the middle of the plain, Lu Xius finally understood that what was said in those information was not exaggerated at all, but he felt that the intelligence somewhat underestimated the control power of the mechanical castle in the middle of the plain.
As the bikes progressed, the dirt and grass faded away, replaced by heavy metal plates and a ground paved with heavy steel that covered almost a large area of the central plain.
There is no life at all, just the oppressive metal, the steel floor, the steel houses, and the whole middle of the plain is like a world made of steel.
Coupled with the strong smell of engine oil in the air, compared to the half-orc iron warriors encountered before, the middle of the plain has a more visual impact and oppression.
Compared with the entire Caohai Plain, the middle part is like a lonely and arrogant king, standing in the center of the entire plain, so that every living creature on the plain is daunted, and can only hide in the distance to worship it.
Augustine sat on Lucius's shoulder, looked around at the scene, and couldn't help but whisper in surprise: "I can't imagine it, although I already knew it from the intelligence and Mogupatin before, but I really felt incredible when I saw these things in front of me, I can't imagine how this place was built?"
Lucius was also shocked by what he saw, and couldn't imagine how much it would cost to be able to pave such a large area of steel floor.
Whether it is manpower or financial resources, it is a huge consumption, even if all the machinery is used to lay, just the power required to drive those machinery, I am afraid I don't know how much magic crystal will be consumed?
Although the southern part of the Caohai Plain is rich in magic crystal minerals, it is known through guΓ². Lucius knew very well that the use of magic crystals on the plains was still at a very inferior level, and there was no way to fully use the magic energy in the magic crystals, and he would use them directly after rough processing.
The most primitive method of use, not only can not be used efficiently, but will cause a waste of resources, even if the southern plain is rich in the production of magic crystal, but according to the original use method of the Caohai Plain, those magic crystal mines will be exhausted sooner or later.
Thus, laying steel floors. It will definitely increase the consumption of magic crystals, and the price paid in this aspect alone is definitely very heavy, and it can even be said that it will bring irreparable losses to the entire plain.
Lucius whispered a little puzzled: "The will of the mechanical castle, why is such a large area of steel floored?
"What's the secret? I'm afraid it's because the mechanical castle has a rusty will, and wants to show its dominance over the plains, that's why it's doing this meaningless move. β
Augustine scoffed at this, apparently in Augustine's opinion, the steel floor was simply flashy. There was no practical use, and it seemed to Augustine that the equivalent material should be used to make more machinery at such a great cost.
But Lucius did not agree with Augustine. He felt that since the will of the mechanical castle did this, there must be a reason for doing so, and he felt that there was probably some secret hidden under the steel ground under his feet.
The steam motorcycles didn't have too many stops. It travels at an even pace almost all the time, and the bike travels significantly more smoothly on steel than on the plains.
But after driving for many days. Lucius couldn't help but feel a little strange: "Why haven't we seen any trace of Auntie for so long? Could it be that they are not on this plain of steel? But it stands to reason that they should not have evacuated here so quickly." β
Augustine was also a little puzzled, standing on Lucius's shoulder and looking around, and using the telescope built into his eye, he could take in everything in the distance.
But nothing was found, there was no cover on the steel plain, there was nothing to hide, and the steam motorcycles seemed to be the only thing on the steel plain.
Finally, Lucius stopped the Mercedes-Benz motorcycle, sat on the motorcycle and looked around, and found that everything around him was an unchanging layer, and it seemed that it would always be a steel floor, and there was no end to the endless sky, even the mechanical castle in the center of the plain seemed to be invisible at all.
At this moment, Lucius realized that they were afraid that they were lost in the steel plain in front of him, because he couldn't even tell the direction and didn't know where to go.
Hopkin, who was on the motorcycle, woke up slowly, rubbed his eyes and scanned the surroundings, and suddenly sat up from Lucius's arms, carefully looking around.
After a long time, Hopkin turned his head to look at Lucius and asked, "Brother, I, why are we here?"
Seeing Hopkin's appearance, Lucius asked with some confusion, "Why?
With a look of horror on his face, Hopkin looked into the distance and said, "This is the terrible steel plain, the lost place where the mechanical castle was built, and it is said that everyone who steps here will eventually get lost here, and finally slowly become the dry bones of this steel plain." β
"Don't scare us, little girl. Hearing this, Augustine suddenly felt creepy, and looked around in fear, only to feel that the empty steel plains around him seemed to have some terrible sense of oppression.
Hopkin shrunk into Lecius's arms and said, "Do you think I'm lying to you? Won't you see for yourself? Do you think we'll be able to get out of it now?"
"Oh my God, what are we going to do? What are we going to do? Lucius, how could you break into such a place? Are we really going to die on the cold plains of steel? Oh my God......"
Augustine's howl made Lecius a little unhappy, and with a shake of his shoulder, he lifted Augustine off his shoulder, and said to him with disdain: "You are a mechanical god, capable of self-power, and will not die, what do you have to fear? β
Hopkin also raised his head when he heard this, and sneered at Augustine: "That's it, look at your appearance, do you still have a little bit of the bearing that a mechanical god should have?"
Seeing that even Hopkin despised him, Augustine flapped his little wings behind his back, and soared in front of Lucius and Hopkin, saying, "You two are going to target me together?
Hearing Augustine say this, Hopkin immediately retracted into Lucius's arms, obviously she was still scared, after all, this steel plain is notorious, in Hopkin's mind, if she is really trapped in it and can't get out, then she will really become a dry skeleton on the steel plain, so she is afraid.
However, Lucius was not afraid, but said unusually calmly: "There is nothing to be afraid of, the so-called what comes is safe, not to mention that we may not be able to get out." β
This time it was Augustine's turn to say disdainfully: "Cut, you don't comfort us, there is no end to this endless place, and it is obvious that a special spatial magic has been applied, how can we get out?"
It was Hopkins in Lucius's arms, who also questioned Lucius's words, and still shrank in Lucius's arms, and did not raise his head to speak, obviously Hopkin did not think that they could go out, even if Hopkin still trusted Lucius, but the facts in front of her still made her feel that there was little hope of going out.
Lucius patiently explained to Augustine: "This is not a special space formed by space magic, in fact, this should be a special energy field, and we will be lost when we are in the field. β
"Energy Field? Doesn't that mean that the TongguΓ² Field, in fact, the Will of the Machine Castle has already sensed that we have entered this steel plain?"
Hearing this, Lucius nodded: "Well, it should have been discovered a long time ago, but the will of the mechanical castle should not be able to completely control us, after all, the energy field makes us lost, and it actually deceives us in our senses, obscuring our true senses, making us think that we are lost here." β
"Sensual deception?" Hopkins suddenly looked up from Lucius's arms, looked at Lucius with a puzzled face, and his brows furrowed, as if he had thought of something.
There was a moment of silence before he continued, "Brother, I remember that my father once told me that the Iron Plains was actually a huge hoax, and that only one thing was true. β
"That's the sky above us. Lucius and Hopkin spoke almost in unison, revealing the flaws of the so-called Iron Plains hoax.
When Hopkins heard Lucius's words, he immediately exclaimed, "Ah, it turns out that you have already discovered it, brother?"
Lucius stretched out his hand, gently scratched Hopkin's little nose, and said with a smile: "Hehe, I also just found out, since the sky above our heads is real, then we will definitely be able to get out of here, but if we want to get out, we still need to use some things." β
With that, Lucius turned over and got off the motorcycle, and took Hopkin off the motorcycle, took out several metal stakes from the metal box on his waist, rubbed those metal stakes on the steel plain, surrounded himself, Hopkin, and Augustine, and then took out various tools from the metal box on his waist.
Seeing the metal piles planted around him, Ogufodin fell down and asked in confusion: "What are you doing all this? Do you want to destroy the energy field of the Steel Plains?"
"No, the field of this steel plain is extremely strong, we are in it, it is impossible to destroy it, I just interfere a little to protect us from the will of the mechanical castle through the field and monitor us. Lucius fiddled with his tools in response to Augustine's doubts.
Hearing Lucius's explanation, Augustine didn't ask any more questions, flapped his little wings and slowly fell, standing aside with Hopkin, observing Lucius's next moves.
Seeing Lucius dismantle the steam motorcycle, both Hopkin and Oguferdine were puzzled, but they didn't dare to bother, so they could only wait quietly. (To be continued......)