Lu Xiao thought about it for a moment: "No need for now, let's hack into Aloy's Focus and see what the other party plans to do."
Without Aloy's knowledge, Lu Xiao completed a direct connection with her Focus.
A male voice with a strange accent appears in Aloy's Focus contact channel.
"Hello, Aloy, although it took a lot of effort, I finally got in touch with you."
Aloy glanced at Lu Xiao, who was looking at her with meaningful eyes, indicating that she should continue communicating with the mysterious person.
Temporarily suppressing his doubts, Aloy asked in a deep voice to the other side of the contact channel: "Who are you? Why can you contact my Focus?"
"It's not important."
The mysterious man diverted Aloy's question: "The important thing is that I plan to cooperate with you to help you defeat Sirius's Eclipse Cult and Shadow Calgar, and solve the man behind the Eclipse Cult."
Aloy retorted in disbelief: "Why should I believe you?"
"I hold in my hands the information you need about the true identity of the 'Shadow' and the methods it plans to use to destroy the world."
Lu Xiao's expression changed, and Aloy also had a look of surprise on his face.
"How did you know?"
The mysterious man sneered and replied: "Stupid question, of course it will be found out."
"Stop beating around the bush and listen to my terms first."
The mysterious man introduced himself: "You can call me Sirens, a scholar who is committed to solving the mysteries of history."
"I can help you, but I want you to do me a favor too."
Sirens said in a calm tone: "Send me the information you gained from exploring the ruins in various places. Also, I want to observe the entire process of your exploration of the ruins of Gaia."
Aloy didn't want to believe the other party's lies, but Lu Xiao nodded to Aloy at this moment, indicating that she would agree to Sirens' request.
Aloy gritted his teeth: "Okay, I agree to your conditions, but I want to see your sincerity first."
"You will."
Sirens said in a relaxed tone: "When you reach the entrance of Gaia's ruins, you will see my sincerity. Contact me here first."
"Wait! I still have questions... Damn it!"
Aloy stamped her feet angrily, and before she could ask a question, the other party cut off the contact signal.
"Lu Xiao, what are you doing again?"
Aloy, who was furious, started to attack like a firecracker: "Why do you agree to his ridiculous proposal?"
Lu Xiao smiled and pressed his hands down: "Don't get excited, you have to learn to control your temper."
Yongzhen walked in from outside the cave at this time, and when she saw Aloy's angry eyes, she deliberately asked jokingly: "What's wrong? Could it be that Lu Xiao took advantage of you to sleep?"
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Lu Xiao rolled his eyes angrily: "Do you think I am this kind of person? Besides, I have no interest in this yellow-haired girl at all."
Patting the snowflakes covering his body, Yongzhen chuckled and kissed Lu Xiao on the face: "You're kidding, what happened?"
After Aloy angrily told the whole story, Lu Xiao's thoughtful expression appeared on Yongzhen's face.
"Could this Sirens be the sage who assisted Sirius in founding the Eclipse Cult?"
When Aloy opened his mouth in surprise, Lu Xiao nodded approvingly and said: "That's what I guessed too, otherwise it would be difficult to explain why Sirens knew the confidential information about the senior leaders of the Eclipse Cult and the 'Shadow'."
After listening to Yongzhen's detailed explanation, Aloy forced herself to calm down, and her brain began to work at high speed.
"If this is true, why did Sirens offer to assist me?"
"Also, why didn't he notice Lu Xiao? He was obviously sitting in front of me."
Lu Xiao shook his head and said: "The purpose of Sirens is currently unknown, but I think it must have some thoughts of revenge."
"As for your second question..."
Lu Xiao asked Aletheia to block the electronic signals between herself and Yongzhen: "Try again, can you use Focus to capture us?"
This is a new function that Aletheia has recently developed. It allows the holder of the Focus to avoid being captured by the enemy Focus for a short period of time, and the duration is only a few minutes.
After some attempts, Aloy asked speechlessly: "What is the principle of this? How come you have so many fancy tricks?"
Lu Xiao smiled and changed the subject: "I would rather know how Sirens hacked into Focus. This kind of technology should not be in the hands of people in this era."
Standing up from the ground, Lu Xiao patted the weeds on his butt: "It's time for us to keep going. If Sirens didn't deliberately play tricks on you, we can contact him again when we get to the ruins of Gaia."
Lu Xiao twitched the corner of his mouth with a half-smile, "I want to see how far his hacking skills have reached."
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The ruins of Gaia are the core of the entire Gaia system. Her computing core and planet transformation system were originally sealed underground.
A big explosion more than ten years ago blew open the top of the Gaia ruins, exposing the entire ruins.
The road to the ruins of Gaia is not smooth, as there are extremely large numbers of mechanical beasts guarding it.
Due to the terrain not permitting, Lu Xiao and others did not encounter Thunder Fang along the way, but the corresponding Storm Bird, the overlord of the air, was difficult to avoid.
"Boom!"
The thunder that fell from the sky blasted a large crater on the ground, and the high-altitude Storm Bird chased Yongzhen relentlessly and attacked.
Considering that Sirens might be hiding and peeking, Lu Xiao did not intend to expose the power that was not of this world.
Aloy has had the experience of hunting the Lightning Eagle before. Although the Storm Bird is several times larger than the Lightning Eagle, both are essentially mechanical birds and have similar coping methods.
Taking advantage of Yongzhen's flexible maneuvering movement to attract the storm bird's attack, Aloy aimed the rope gun in his hand at the air.
"Bang~bang~bang~"
There were three muffled sounds in succession, and the three ropes hit the Lightning Eagle's body and wings respectively. Aloy quickly fixed the other end of the rope on the hook and inserted it into the ground.
This special claw will first maintain a cone shape and rotate deep into the ground. After reaching a certain depth, it will expand the claw to grip the ground. It is a special prop used by hunters in this world to hunt lightning eagles.
The power output of the Storm Bird's body is at least five times that of the Lightning Eagle, and the rope that can pull the Lightning Eagle out of the sky made a squeaking sound.
"Bang~bang~"
Seeing that the three ropes could not trap the storm bird, Aloy quickly added two more shots, finally restraining the storm bird's struggle.
"Crunch!"
Amidst the unpleasant sound of metal friction, the Storm Bird fell crookedly from the sky and crashed into the snow.
Aloy first shot off the lightning generator on the storm bird, raised his spear and shouted, charging towards the immobilized bird.
"Drink!"
"Crack!"
The spearhead made of the same material was inserted into the Storm Bird's head, destroying its core, and the big metal bird finally stopped running.
"Good job."
Lu Xiao clapped his hands and encouraged Aloy: "Although Yongzhen helped attract firepower, I have to say that this rope gun is very useful against air units, and you also grasped the timing of switching weapons very well."
Aletheia suddenly reminded Lu Xiao in Lu Xiao's mind: "Silens hacked into Aloy's Focus again. I'm sure he was nearby and took action after hearing the battle."