After flushing it seven or eight times, the nauseating fishy smell finally became much lighter.

"Okay." Chen Xu put down the container in his hand and wiped the water off his face, so that she didn't need to get any more water.

Only then did Yang Jinxia put down the water container, washed her hands, ran outside the greenhouse, and took a deep breath.

"Thank you." Chen Xu followed out.

Yang Jinxia smiled and said, "At times like this, we should support each other. I can't help in the battle, but I can only pass you some water."

While wrung the water out of his clothes, Chen Xu thought silently, not everyone has this kind of awareness.

Many times, you know exactly what to do to benefit yourself, but due to some insistence in your heart, you are unwilling to do it, or you cannot do it.

Just like in the workplace, even though you know it is important to have a good relationship with your boss, you are reluctant to say flattering words.

If he were in her shoes, he would not be able to do that.

Thinking back to the arrogance she unconsciously revealed when she first met her a few hours ago, compared to now, she has quickly recognized the reality, changed her mindset, put down her airs, and took action.

Such a huge change made him feel a chill in his heart.

In this world, there are always mediocre people. He has also seen some successful people who either collapsed or became decadent after losing their wealth and status. There is no one who is not mentally unbalanced.

Among the people he knew, the one who impressed him the most was probably Liu Kun. He was capable and skillful, and he could also put down his pride and show his approachable side to the people under him. He was convinced that such a person could rise to the top.

However, if Liu Kun is placed in this environment, can he achieve this level? Chen Xu suddenly felt the gaze from the side, put away his thoughts, pulled out the pistol from his waist, and said, "Let's go."

The two walked to the door embedded in the mountain. The door was very large, more than five meters high and nearly ten meters wide. From this, it can be inferred that the scale inside would not be too small.

There were dents and scratches on the door, and some rubble was scattered underneath.

Chen Xu imagined the two gorillas angrily smashing the door with stones, and said, "It seems that the two monsters wanted to break open the door, but failed. In other words, there may be survivors inside."

"Yes." Yang Jinxia nodded, "But how do we open the door?"

Chen Xu was also in a dilemma. The door was made entirely of metal, and the two gorillas were so big that their strength would not be small, so they could not break it open. It might not work if he used force, and he was reluctant to use his exoskeleton arm to break the door.

"Let's move these rubbles first, and then see if there is any switch." He said, and went forward to move the stones blocking the door.

Yang Jinxia also came forward to help, and the two of them worked together and quickly cleared all the stones in front of the door.

There was originally a switch-like device next to the gate, but unfortunately it was dismantled and smashed.

The two stood in front of the door, somewhat at a loss.

Suddenly, a synthesized electronic voice sounded, "The gate is about to open, please retreat outside the safety line..."

Chen Xu subconsciously pulled the woman beside him behind him, took a few steps back, and looked vigilantly at the slowly rising metal gate, with the muzzle of the gun pointed inside to deal with any danger that might arise at any time.

The woman behind him clutched his clothes tightly, looking very nervous.

"The gate is opening, please retreat outside the safety line..."

The electronic synthesized sound was still ringing, and the metal door rose to a height of one meter. Chen Xu bent down and finally saw the situation inside. The light inside was very bright, and he could only see a barrel-shaped object behind the door. At first glance, he thought it was a vacuum cleaner.

Apart from this, there is no other person or thing.

Chen Xu was unsure of the situation and did not dare to let his guard down at all, pointing the gun at the barrel-shaped object.

"Two survivors, welcome to Shelter G5232." The barrel-shaped object suddenly made a voice.

Chen Xu was startled, stared at it, and asked, "What are you?"

"I am an L9 chef robot, number 2003." The barrel-shaped object made a sound again.

At this time, Chen Xu's eyes also adapted to the light inside and he could see its appearance clearly.

There are two eye-like parts on its head, with two light green lights in them. There is a display screen in front of it, and when a sound is made, a fluctuating green bar will appear on it.

There is a very short piece of metal on each side of the barrel, which looks a bit inconsistent and is probably broken.

A robot?

Chen Xu was even more surprised, but judging from the appearance, it was not a high-end product. He did not rush in, but first found out the situation and asked, "Where are the people in the control room?"

"Dead, everyone is dead." The voice of the barrel became low.

Chen Xu actually sensed a sense of sadness from its words. Although he knew that it was mostly simulated, he was still a little surprised. This meant that its intelligence level was not low.

"You mean, this settlement is deserted?"

"Yes, sir."

Chen Xu asked again, "How did they die?"

"On the fifth day after the main force evacuated, the mutant ape beasts broke in. Everyone who didn't have time to hide in the shelter was killed. Only five people were left who managed to hide in."

"What happened next? How did those five people die?"

"There was no food left. Most of the food was taken away by the main force. On the day when the mutant apes came, everyone was harvesting food from the plantation. When they came, everyone was running for their lives. No one took much food back to the shelter. Three months later, everyone starved to death."

Chen Xu didn't feel anything after hearing this. To him, this was just a setting. Out of caution, he didn't completely believe it and continued to ask, "There should be more than one robot in the shelter, right?"

"After they finished eating the food, they ordered all the robots in the shelter to go out and attack the mutant ape beasts. In the end, all the attacking robots were destroyed by the mutant ape beasts."

"What about you? How did you survive?"

"My arms were destroyed in an accident and turned into defective products. They were thrown into a warehouse and I didn't receive any orders to attack. That's how I survived."

Chen Xu couldn't find any loopholes in its words. After thinking for a while, he said, "You know we are outside, in the control room, there must be surveillance, right?"

"Yes, sir. I saw your fight with the mutant ape beast. You are the bravest warrior I have ever seen," it praised.

“How long can the surveillance video inside be preserved?”

"I don't have permission to enter the control center, so I don't know."

"Take us in." Chen Xu understood almost everything and decided to go in and take a look. No matter whether it was true or false, he had to go inside to find out.

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