The ruins beneath Sunset Castle are where the Zero Dawn project originated, but it was not where Elizabeth's research team ended up.
All the way to Elizabeth Sobek's office, Lu Xiao and the others only found some records recording the communication process between Elizabeth and Gaia.
It can be seen from these audio records that Gaia gradually began to have feelings during the learning process.
She likes to read human poetry, watch operas, and see beautiful scenery. Except that she does not have a human body, Gaia's emotions gradually grow to be the same as humans.
"Speak of it."
Yongzhen suddenly remembered something and said to Lu Xiao with some confusion: "On the way to Meridian City, Aloy and I discovered some metal structures that looked like large flowers."
"These structures have no other purpose. They seem to be made just for viewing. Could it be..."
Lu Xiao pondered and nodded: "Maybe it was made by Gaia."
"After the demise of mankind, Gaia will be the last intelligent being on earth."
"For hundreds of years, Gaia, who has emotions, will definitely feel alone and lonely. Perhaps these metal flowers are a way for her to relieve her mood."
Lu Xiao only skimmed through the conversation between Elizabeth and Gaia, but Aloy was very serious about saving all of Elizabeth's voices in his Focus.
After reading Gaia's last words, Aloy already understood his life experience.
When facing a desperate situation, Gaia chose to clone Elizabeth's genetic factors. It is difficult to say whether Gaia's selfishness was involved in this.
Genetically, Aloy and Elizabeth are almost the same person, but from an emotional and ethical perspective, it is not an exaggeration to say that Aloy is Elizabeth's daughter.
Aloy, who has longed for family affection since childhood, collected all the information related to Elizabeth as much as possible, and even the text records without audio were copied by her.
"boom!"
The sudden violent vibration above their heads forced the three of them to lower their center of gravity. A large number of stalagmites hanging upside down from the ceiling broke and fell during the vibration.
"Boom boom boom!"
After calling Yongzhen and Aloy to hide under the console, Lu Xiao turned on his eagle vision to scan the ground.
The shadow Calgar soldiers who were standing above them had long since disappeared, and their eagle vision could not detect any fluctuations in life.
The shaking did not stop, but intensified as time went by.
"Not good."
After thinking for a moment, Lu Xiao guessed what might be happening above.
"Sirius plans to let his mechanical army blow down this ruins and bury us all alive inside."
"What?!"
Aloy retorted incomprehensibly: "How could it be? This is illogical!"
"The little prince and queen were rescued. Shouldn't Sirius capture us alive and ask about their whereabouts? There is no reason why he would kill them without hesitation!"
Lu Xiao's eyes flickered: "This shows that in Sirius' eyes, the little prince and queen are no longer useful. He probably thinks that he has gained enough power to fulfill his ideals."
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"Sirius! What are you doing!"
Bahawa led thousands of Shadow Calgar's soldiers to stand in front of the palace gate and angrily questioned Sirius below the palace wall.
"I told you to capture them alive! The whereabouts of the Queen and Your Majesty must be tortured from the intruders!"
Sirius, who was wearing full armor, raised his head and looked at the furious Bahawa, with a strange smile on his lips.
"Are you teaching me how to do things? Bahawa."
Sirius's attitude made Bahawa alert. He quietly made a gesture with his left hand behind his back, and his subordinates immediately began to take action after receiving his signal.
A large number of shadow Calgar soldiers poked out from the palace wall, aiming their bows, arrows and Otheran weapons at Siris below.
Bahawa emphasized with a gloomy look: "Sirius, figure out your identity."
"I am the auxiliary minister with full authority from the Sun King. As the military commander, you are also under my jurisdiction."
"Ha~ Really."
Facing the threat of weapons on the city wall, Sirius smiled indifferently and slowly retreated to the position of his mechanical army.
"I'm not interested in your machinations. Since Itamen and the Queen are no longer in your hands, your use value ends here."
"Fire!" X2
Both sides shouted the attack orders almost simultaneously.
A melee broke out near the outer wall of the palace. With the powerful defensive firepower provided by Oselan, Bahawa's troops could still rely on the city wall to hold on for the time being.
But the destructive power of the mechanical army far exceeded Bahawa's imagination. Not to mention the Lightning Eagle and Storm Bird swooping down from high altitude, those two huge war machines alone posed a great threat to the solid city wall.
The two Death Messengers seemed to be equipped with endless weapons. When the firepower was fully activated, they were like two mobile fortresses covered with thorns, destroying the integrity of the city wall crazily.
Now that he had completely broken up with each other, Sirius had no intention of hiding it in front of Bahawa.
In just a few minutes, the walls of the palace lost their defensive role, and the commanding advantage of Bahawa's troops was gone, completely exposed to the firepower of the mechanical army.
Seeing Bahawa panicking and trying to escape under the protection of his personal guards, Sirius smiled cruelly: "Goodbye, High Priest Bahawa."
"呲呲!"
The large thunderbolts spewed by the Storm Bird lit up the top of the city wall, and the burnt smell drifted out in the wind. Only a few humanoid charred bodies were left in the direction of Bahawa's escape.
After getting rid of Bahawa, Sirius returned his attention to his feet.
"Continue to attack, destroy the ruins below, and use this victory to show our power to the entire world!"
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"Ahem!"
Ziwu City, scheduled meeting point.
Aloy was the first to rush out of the portal. When she breathed fresh air again, she couldn't wait to cough out the smoke she had inhaled into her trachea.
Lu Xiao and Yongzhen followed closely and walked out of the portal. A large amount of dust continued to pour out from the other end of the portal.
It wasn't until Lu Xiao closed the portal with his backhand that the three of them finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The meeting point chosen by Yavid was by the small lake behind the palace. When the three of them returned from Sunset Castle, Yavid himself was waiting by the beautiful lake.
He bent down and helped up the three people who were staggering. Yavid did not bother to express his gratitude for the rescue of his family. He asked Lu Xiao first with a solemn expression: "What happened?"
Lu Xiao dusted himself off, shook his head and said: "Sirius has obtained a huge machine army, which has completely expanded. It is expected that he will launch an attack on the territory of the Kingdom of the Sun in the near future, no more than one month at the latest.
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Yavid clenched his fists tightly, and then loosened his fists in frustration: "Although a large number of troops have been deployed at the border junction between the Kingdom of Calgar and the traitors, we are faced with hordes of war machines..."
Lu Xiao sighed and said: "Let's buy as much time as possible. We have obtained important information from the ruins under Sunset Castle. Next, we have to go to the last ruins to get targeted killer weapons."
"As long as we can get rid of the black hand behind the mechanical army that controls everything, Sirius will be nothing more than a lone wolf who has lost all his allies."