Zero Chapter. Tick-tock-tock-tock(1/5)
breeze blows
Under the gray-black sky, a small transparent ball with shimmering light rolled around. Some of the dazzling light came from a piece of metal inside the ball. Under the sky was a large expanse of barren sand, with occasionally some strange-shaped black protrusions.
Objects, black dust floating in the air.
The small ball was pushed gently in the breeze, bouncing up and down on the rugged ground from time to time. At this time, the transparent ball stopped at a black cracked tree stump.
There was a sudden movement, the black sand rose slightly, the small ball swayed left and right in the breeze, and was caught in the cracked tree stump. The surrounding ground, the sand was still shaking slightly, and the sand was floating in the breeze.
Suddenly, the sand bulged up, and a snake with a flat triangular head rushed up from the ground. The snake's body was black, with slightly wrinkled triangular scales. The scales suddenly opened, and a stream of water was sprayed out from the gaps.
There were streams of air. The snake was about 20 centimeters thick. It was an extremely weird snake. The scales all over its body were opening and closing slightly. The sharp scarlet snake spit out, and a pair of golden eyes were staring at the cracked tree stump.
A small transparent ball stuck in the middle.
Woo woo
There was a rapid whistle in the sky, and the snake, which was still staring at the transparent ball, was just about to crawl back into the ground when a pair of huge black wings fell from the sky, accompanied by an exploding electric current.
In an instant, the snake's head was pierced, and its huge body in the mud began to twist violently, with yellow sand flying in the air.
"This is Crow No. 817, calling the sand dunes, hoping to send an airboat over. I had a great harvest today. I caught a king snake, haha!"
Gradually, the whole snake began to calm down, and the wind and sand dispersed. With the impact just now, the transparent ball broke away from the tree stump and flew into the distance with the violent impact.
The man who spoke wore a crow protective mask, and his body was wrapped in black leather armor. There were tiny holes in the armor, which looked a bit weird. The armor seemed a little thick, and from time to time there was the sound of gears turning in the armor.
Clicking sound.
On the man's back is a pair of huge bat wings connected to his arms. The wings are closely integrated with the outside of the man's arms. The wings look very thin, but there is a metal tube like a skeleton at the edge. And on the man
Behind him, there is a long double-tube backpack, nearly 1 meter long. The backpack also fits on the armor on the back. At the lower end of this double-tube backpack are two exaggerated trumpet-shaped openings, and the upper end is round.
of.
A 1.5-meter-long gun was inserted into the ground nearby. The body of the gun was oval, only the head of the gun was slender, and there was a hand-held mechanism on the handle of the gun.
"It's just scrap metal!"
The man looked at the metal object that was flying into the distance and flashing in the wind. He looked with joy at the king snake in front of him, with nearly two-thirds of it still in the sand.
Suddenly, when the man was a little happy, the sand at his feet suddenly bulged. Before the man could react, a slanting black shadow rose from the ground. It was another smaller king snake. In an instant, the man
The body was entangled.
"asshole!"
The man said and stretched out his hand to get the spear. However, the next second, the man was pulled to the ground by the king snake that wrapped around his body. There was a crunching sound, and the man's left hand suddenly clenched tightly.
Woo woo
Accompanied by a violent whistle, bursts of violent and rapid clicking sounds, the sound of mechanical gears, and the whistle of water vapor were instantly heard. Accompanied by a violent whistle, the man's body armor sprayed out from the small holes.
White water vapor came out, and the hot water vapor burned the scales of the king snake in an instant. It seemed as if it was feeling severe pain, and the winding force not only did not become smaller, but instead increased.
The whining sound continued, and large amounts of water vapor continued to gush out from the small holes in the man's armor.
"Damn, this is close to 1,000 degrees."
The twisting stopped, and part of the body of the king snake had been dissolved, revealing the dark bones inside and some flowing strange-colored juice. Within a few minutes, the man started retching.
"It's disgusting."
The man struggled hard, trying to break free, but he could only look at the sky helplessly. Under the window of the crow mask, there was a pair of helpless and irritable eyes.
Woo woo
snap, snap, snap
In the distant sky, a black spot moved towards this side. Accompanied by the sound of getting closer and closer, there was a huge airship in the sky. On the surface of the airship was a blood-red crow with its wings spread.
The pattern has the words G29 next to it.
As the airship got closer and closer, the man on the ground still entangled with the dead king snake laughed.
"You guys are here, we have a lot of harvest today, but I got rid of one of them. The leather may not be usable, but the bones are still somewhat useful. Anyway, it is pig feed."
The upper part of the airship was nearly 30 meters long, and a boat with multiple propellers was hung below, which was nearly 15 meters long. As the whistle sounded, the airship slowly landed on the ground, and some people wearing the same clothes came down.
Man wearing crow protective mask.
"Idiot, your steam armor is probably broken. Repairing it is a big expense. We at G29 cannot afford to support a fool like you who always messes up good things."
At this time, several men came over and began to take out a handful of knives. The handle of the knife was a hollow tube with some small air holes. The blade was also a little weird, like a track, with a circle of sharp serrations.
When the object is at the edge, several people press the mechanism under the knife handle.
The gear mechanism inside the knife handle, which is nearly 10 centimeters long and 4 centimeters wide, began to move. Along with the steam spurting out, the serrations on the blade began to rotate rapidly, making a whining sound, and soon several
The man took a knife and cut the body of the king snake that was entangled with the man on the ground, and the juice splashed on everyone.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Dragon Curse, I think you still have time to go home. After all, your brother seems to be not having a good life now. Ibrasi is just here
It's a waste of time, for the sake of that research, he has made Mine No. 39 a burden to our Shimmer City."
At this time, the man named Dragon Curse, who finally broke free from the restraints, stood up. The woman in front of him came over and kicked him. The metal frame on the edge of the bat's wings was already in shape, and some black liquid continued to drip out.
"It's leaking, bastard, you're in trouble now, you guys hurry up and take this stupid pig back."
A group of people carried Dragon Curse into the airship on all fours, and then a few people stayed behind, planning to dispose of the carcasses of the two king snakes first. Many parts can be used as production parts. This harvest
For G29, it is very good.
The wind is still howling. Under this gray-black sky, there is nothing. The small transparent ball is still rolling in the wind. At this time, the wind begins to become fierce. Before, the small ball begins to rise in the wind. Below is a big black
In the forest, there are many strange plants growing in it, as well as some dark animals wandering in the forest.
There are many forests like this in this land with only wind and sand, but this is what the locals call it a "forest", perhaps because they have never seen a real forest.
After the ball floated for a certain distance, it crossed a forest. At this time, not far away, on a sand dune, there were huge metal pipes rising from the ground to the sky. There were some small ones on the surface of the pipes.
holes, but these small holes are only for huge pipes, which are actually pipes with a diameter of one meter.
Puff puff
One side of the dune suddenly bulged, and then the sand spurted out like a gush of water. A large amount of sand rose up, and the small ball sank into a small opening of the huge metal pipe, and slowly fell towards the dark bottom.
Go down.
There was a rustling sound, and at the bottom of the huge tube was a pair of intertwined and wriggling black and red vine-like things. But after the ball fell, these black and red vines began to curl up and spread out in all directions.
The ball fell.
At the dark bottom is an open flower like a sun disk. When the ball fell, a large amount of sand also fell down, and the open sun flower suddenly shrank.
October 31, Year 2276, 5:43 pm
Dang Dang Dang
A young man with a tired look and an unshaven beard was carrying a shoulder bag and a package of things on his back. The sound came from the metal object contained in the bag the man was carrying hitting the guardrail next to it.
The man's cheeks were shiny and covered with sweat and dirt. He looked very tired, but his expression looked extremely happy and relaxed.
The man was walking on a long metal walkway built in the sky along the mountain wall. From time to time, some sand would fall down with violent roars, making the man look gray and disgraced. He could only shake his hair and slap his cheeks.
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This trail built along the mountain wall is nearly 3 meters wide. Under the man, there is a flowing water. The color of the water is somewhat black and there is a pungent stench. Next to the small river, there is a
rail.
This was a huge, diagonally long underground cave. The light inside the cave was a little dim. When the man raised his head, he saw a huge transparent cover that emitted a faint light.
On the opposite cave wall, there are terraced fields from bottom to top, in which potatoes are grown. There are solar lamp poles on both sides of the terraces. During the day, the only crystal luminous cover above is used to supply the plants.
At night, the sun lamps will light up, and terraces like this can be seen everywhere in Shimmer City.
This long, circular underground cave with a diameter of more than 500 meters is the center of Shimmer City. It is also the junction point connecting all mine cities, the only place where steam trains must pass, and it is also the place where sewage is collected and treated.
The entire cave looked extremely empty. Long Yu stopped at the guardrail. He had been walking for five days and was about to return to his home, Mine No. 39. All the mine cities are located in the central area called Kimberley.
The surroundings are connected by tunnels, and steam trains are the only means of transportation in Shimmer City.
But the price is not cheap. Long Yu carefully opened his satchel. Inside was a small metal box. After pressing the button of the box, the lid popped open and there were a number of items wrapped in black and red vines.
There was a look of relief on Long Yu's face. He had not seen his wife and two children for more than half a year.
"They should be a little taller!"
The place where Long Yu went to exchange for work was in the remote No. 103 mine in the west. In the entire Shimmer City, things were exchanged for things. At this time, a whistle sounded. As soon as Long Yu looked over, he saw
There was a touch of steaming white water vapor, and a steam train carrying guests and supplies roared past.
"It's too expensive to get 10 eggs. If you get 5 eggs, it's almost the same."
Long Yu put his hands on his chin and watched the steam train roaring past with a smile.
At this time, the black and red vines crawled out of Long Yu's backpack, and immediately the vines began to burn without fire. Long Yu was startled and hurriedly closed the box. He was startled and almost died.
The black and red vines in the metal box are the power of the gods in Shimmer City. This power that facilitates the lives of residents is called A Kuang Guo. It is a power given to humans by the gods after the high priest Laika communicated with the gods.
It's just that the power of the gods seems to be afraid of light. As long as it comes into contact with a little bit of light, it will fly into ashes and disappear.
With his legs unable to walk even one step, Long Yu sat on the edge of the mountain wall, longing for him in his heart. His wife and children should be living a better life now, because Long Yu would send things to them every month.
To be continued...