Chapter 77 Weird Inventions
"What a bunch of lunatics! So unreliable!" Lin Ziyu couldn't help cursing. She swore that she would never go on a mission with the people from the manufacturing club again.
Zeng Li looked around and said, "Actually, most... some... a small number... a very small number of them are still reliable, such as him, for example--" Zeng Li shut up.
"What should we do now?" Lin Ziyu looked at everyone and asked helplessly, "Did anyone hear what he said clearly?" Does he really have to repeat it?
"The only thing here that's okay is the City Hall... well, barely standing. Let's go in and take a look." Yun Xiang suggested directly. Senior Tong You said a lot of things, which were actually the same as the information they had collected. The giant lizard deliberately didn't attack, and there was something fishy about the City Hall.
"Listen to you, everyone be careful."
"This should have happened long ago." The Manufacturing Society members were the first to rush into the city hall, their demeanor showing no sign of caution. Sure enough, the three-story city hall was essentially a skeleton, like a frail old man, teetering on the brink of collapse in the wind.
The hall's buildings were either damaged or weathered, with holes in the roof, covered in cobwebs and dust everywhere. The ground was covered in sand, more than two feet thick, so thick that if you stepped on it, you would sink half a leg in.
The Talisman Makers hesitated, wondering whether to go in or not. Looking back, they saw a new group of mutant giant lizards surrounding them, so they had no choice but to go in. You Hao was the first to rush in, now studying a load-bearing pillar—it was truly seamless.
There were various patterns engraved on the pillar. You Hao stubbornly believed that it was the structural diagram of some machine. He took out a piece of white paper and began to copy it, completely ignoring the mutant spider that was less than two meters away from him, staring at him hungrily.
The mighty spider was ignored, so it used its own silk as a swing and flew over to attack You Hao.
Without even turning his head, You Hao pulled out a weapon resembling an energy gun and fired a backhand shot, catching the spider squarely in the abdomen. The spider, struck, retreated back onto its web, adjusted itself, and swung toward You Hao again. This time, it was shrewd, dodging the energy cannon. But the cannon, as if it had eyes, caught up and fired another shot into its abdomen, knocking it back.
The spider was stubborn and had its eyes fixed on You Hao, so it ignored everyone else who came forward to provoke it. This back and forth was strangely funny.
Unable to bear the annoyance, You Hao's little universe finally exploded. He retracted the head of the gun and transformed it into a cylindrical energy cylinder. "Bang", a metallic suction cup spurted out of the cylinder mouth and directly sucked the spider's abdomen. The spider hurriedly retracted its legs and kept struggling to break free from the suction cup. However, the more it struggled, the tighter the suction cup stuck. When the spider gave up struggling, You Hao hung the cylinder on his waistband and continued his research.
The unfortunate mutant spider was dragged around on the ground by him. Sometimes it slid to a low place and was buried in the sand, and sometimes it hit a pillar and made several consecutive jumps with a "bang".
Yun Xiang looked up and found that Senior Tengchong had already jumped onto the roof without him noticing. The already shaky roof was riddled with holes with every kick. It was obvious that he had overestimated the roof's load-bearing capacity and underestimated his own weight.
"Boom!" As expected, Tengchong fell from the roof, but he had a magical tool, holding a dragonfly-shaped aircraft in his hand, and fell wobbly, feeling unsafe. So, he launched another attack on the roof.
Senior Bie Nao was the most boisterous and a destructive person. He was practically indiscriminate, tearing down anything he saw that was protruding, regardless of its value. Adhering to the principle of leaving nothing untouched, he always managed to reap some rewards. Forget senior Tong You, he'd be chatting with one person, harassing another. Anyway, if you guys were working, I'd chat with you; if you weren't working, we'd chat together. Yun Xiang even doubted he had the time to gather supplies.
Senior Zeng Li fully demonstrated his good nature, going wherever support was needed and being the busiest person here. The other seniors gathered in groups of three or four to search, and since they were unfamiliar with the area, they could not be seen at first.
"Huh? Where are Xie Yu and the others?" Yun Xiang turned around and saw Xie Yu and the other two tinkering with a machine.
Yun Xiang walked over. The machine was quite large, with a 1.5-meter-long bracket underneath, fixed to the ground by Chu Xu and Jin Jiamin. A cone-shaped body similar to a transmitter was installed on it, with the pointed end facing downward, higher than the ground, and the round end facing upward, at a 45-degree angle. There were three blades inside the round end, which looked like the electric fan of Yun Xiang's era.
Xie Yu took an energy source and placed it in the groove of the base. Then he turned on the switch, and the entire machine began to spin. An unexpected noise was heard. As the machine spun, a strong gust of wind was stirred, and the sand on the floor began to shift subtly. Xie Yu observed it carefully and then turned up the speed again.
"Rustle!" A large area of sand began to flow, but the effect was still a bit poor, so Xie Yu simply turned it to the highest level.
"Boom!" A whirlwind formed on the ground, rolling up the sand and making it flow everywhere in an irregular manner.
You Hao, who was sitting next to the pillar, was the first to be affected. In a panic, he let go of the spider and used his suction cup to stick to the pillar to steady himself. Unfortunately, the spider was caught in the tornado, leaving its life or death to fate.
"Ah - me!" Tengchong hadn't finished cursing when his dragonfly aircraft completely failed. He hurriedly bent the wings of the dragonfly and hooked them around You Hao's ankles, barely avoiding being blown away.
Don't make a fuss, but he's quite clever. He climbed up the stone platform, stood up and jumped, just enough to catch Tengchong's waist. Liu Yang's newly installed rope came in handy. As he slid towards Tengchong, he took Tong You with him. So, five people were hung on a load-bearing column one after another. How long they could hold on was up to their lives. Anyway, no one would let go at this moment.
The others were not as lucky as them. Those who were not far from the door and windows were blown out directly, and those in the hall were blown to the corner of the wall. The most unfortunate ones, such as Zeng Li, were caught in the whirlwind and disappeared immediately. Only the four people standing next to the machine were firmly protected by the safety shield projected by the machine and were not affected at all.
This scene happened in a flash, and Yun Xiang and the other three were stunned. Even the creator Xie Yu was extremely surprised.
"Xie Yu, you bastard! I knew from the beginning that you were up to no good!" The hot-tempered Tengchong was the first to start cursing, and as if setting a precedent, everyone started cursing at the same time.
Xie Yu felt a headache after hearing this, but he didn't refute it. Who was he to blame for the miscalculation? He wondered what had happened to the president and the others. This thing wouldn't kill anyone, but it would definitely cause some trouble.
"Shut up!" Lin Ziyu covered her forehead and forced her eyes open. She had used too much force just now and not only did she hit the wall, she also fainted. When she woke up, she heard a lot of noise and her brain almost popped out.
When Lin Ziyu was fully awake, what she saw was not the team members, but a pair of huge sharp eyes and a long tongue.
"Oh my god——" Lin Ziyu screamed for the first time in her life. It was so scary.
(End of this chapter)
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