Along with the eternal night sky, the abnormal sound of the starry sky caused by the rays of Metis star sand gradually faded away.
The snow mountain environment that maintains the 'Border Gate' has completely melted.
The world gradually returned to its original appearance.
But if an astronomer compares the star map of the North Atlantic Ocean with the background light just now.
Perhaps we can find a picture of the world that is very different from the Hubble telescope observations, but in the same cosmic background.
Three hours passed.
In the kingdom of eternal night.
Deep in the abandoned mechanical transport yard of the royal capital, somewhere unnoticed.
There was an obvious airlock movement sound from a steam valve.
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In the shadows, the sealed gate was quietly opened.
Rendell was the first to come out, and she looked at the scene in front of her.
The entire royal capital seemed to have been ruthlessly destroyed. The originally towering buildings were now only ruins. Among the ruins, only the mechanical structure of the royal city still stood.
The royal capital is a huge mechanical castle, composed of countless gears, pipes and pistons, as if it is a living machine.
Its outer wall is made of black iron and is inlaid with huge gears, which rotate slowly and make a low roar.
Rows of steam locomotives roared back and forth on the city wall, dragging long tails of smoke and drawing tracks in the darkness.
"We have entered the inner city of the royal capital."
Rendell connected the communication.
The group of them entered the inner city of the royal capital, going deeper than where Su Wen and Luoshan currently were.
The steam locomotive we just saw was originally an important means of transportation in the royal city, connecting various areas together.
But now, the locomotive is not transporting supplies. Instead, mutants are being transported in each carriage.
When Rendell saw this scene, she had a little bad premonition:
"It seems that the purpose of those cultists is not only to help Trevicorn be promoted, but also to control the Kingdom of Eternal Night together.
Contrary to what we think, this is just a condition for his betrayal."
What exactly did you gain?
To allow Trevicorn to gain such high-level attention after his betrayal."
Hear the captain of the sentry's question.
The middle-aged man carrying the sick man raised a possibility with an uncertain tone:
"We found a more advanced mechanical civilization on the fourth route.
And among them.
A large part of some physical materials related to the core of mechanical autonomy were taken away by NASA of the US federal government.
We obtained the most precious sample No. 3.
And the job of keeping the samples falls right into Trevicorn's hands."
"Autonomous machinery?"
Rendell's voice couldn't help but have a hint of heaviness:
"Are you going to use the 'Oath of the Keeper of Secrets' and rely on the sublimated genealogy of Rossis and Missha to carry out research alone?
never mind.
None of this matters.
No wonder Mr. Rhine asked us to collect low-level engineering robot cores infected by the Kuroshio in the snowy mountains."
Jiang Menghan immediately thought:
“But the scientific side itself and the research direction of religious testing are different.
If the traitor of the Sentinel chose to cooperate with Les Unton, I would probably be more convinced.
unless.
Do they want to create a controllable [Black Tide Mutation]?"
Could it be that……
Jiang Menghan has already thought of some possibilities.
Although she was extremely reluctant to make this inference.
But in [Dawn System Communication], as a life scientist, Croshan stated this possibility seriously:
"You are right.
They will infect the body.
As a ‘sub-unit’ under the control core.
In other words, that is something that the broad scientific community cannot admit: treating the human body as a [biological part]. Unfortunately, I have confirmed it from the microstructure."
"Although I understand how crazy these cultists are and how much they despise life."
Lendl's eyes ignited with shaking flames,
"but now.
I just feel like what I just did is not enough.”
"Yes. From my personal point of view, they are indeed a bunch of beasts."
Croshan, who was wearing a white coat, held a coffee stick in her mouth and yawned and said,
Not long after.
The researcher lady added,
"You should first find a place to hide for ten hours.
Thanks to Mr. Rhine for his contribution.
My antibody research has made a qualitative leap, and at least we can save those mildly infected people and contacts."
Hear his name.
Jiang Menghan asked with a slightly concerned tone:
"Rhine, how is he now?"
"I guess I'll wake up soon."
Crossan glanced to her right, where the handsome gentleman was lying on the sofa covered with a thin blanket, breathing evenly and sleeping.
Shelly lay beside him and fell asleep unconsciously.
(Tsk, he looks so handsome even when he’s asleep, why don’t he go to film an idol drama?)
She complained silently in her heart, while slowly shaking the injection with a light blue shimmer in her hand and adding with a sigh,
"Let him have a good rest.
Next.
It is probably difficult to have such a large amount of time to adjust and rest.
As for what you should do in ten hours, you should already have a plan."
Hear her say that.
Rendell raised his head and carefully observed the late night scenes in the inner city of the Kingdom of Eternal Night:
Huge mechanical arms are waving in the air. They are driven by huge pistons and are staggeringly powerful. These mechanical arms are used to hoist and carry heavy objects, showing the glorious industrial power that the royal city once possessed.
In the center of the Royal City, combined with the map, the location of its huge steam core can be determined, which is the energy source of the Royal City. This core is composed of countless pipes and valves, and steam flows through it, making a harsh hissing sound.
Because Misa came to the Kingdom of Eternal Night first, she gave the information she collected before her team members were seriously injured:
"The 'Place of Worship', 'Star Observation Hall' and 'Big Library' in the royal city."
Cultists regard the three places as holy places, where they perform mysterious rituals and control the entire royal city with the power of steam.
And thanks to the hidden legacy left by the former drifters.
The Abyss sect, unable to understand their writing, could only choose to control the few remaining royal families to conduct evil experiments.
But those survivors probably won’t be able to hold on much longer.”
Perhaps he didn't expect that they had sneaked in here.
Even though the surrounding area was occupied by the cultists of the Sleeping Sect, they did not set up sentries in every corner of the royal city.
Only occasionally, cultists wearing black robes and masks would patrol vigilantly.
Their presence adds a strange and terrifying atmosphere to this huge mechanical city.
Jiang Menghan observed what was happening in front of her, and she said calmly and rationally:
"Rhine once told me before falling asleep that we should try our best to keep moving at the same frequency."
"Do we need to meet him first?"
Rendell asked, crossing his chest.
The iceberg girl shook her head:
"No, I want to wait until the development of Croshan is completed.
But our next action goals should change.
The mechanical power of the Kingdom of Eternal Night is based on the invention of the steam engine by James Watt, the first industrial revolution in the world, as a subsequent extension of the primordial civilization.
Limited by the existence of the door.
The Kingdom of Eternal Night has also been using the knowledge brought by the former drifters from Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
in other words.
Destroying the steam core of the royal city is our most important task at the moment.
Roiss, when Mr. Rhine wakes up, activate the first batch of robots that have been prepared."
"no problem."
The engineer lady gave her answer seriously.
Then she seemed to remember something again. She raised her hand carefully,
"If we complete the mission, we will see Mr. Rhine.