Chapter 224
The underground city has a staggered structure, which is located 500 meters underground. Then it continues to be excavated for hundreds of meters. If you stand on the bottom floor and look up, you will not feel cramped. The environment is designed to be similar to that on the surface.
However, the dark dome is very different from the real sky, especially when you take the elevator down from the ground.
The site of the underground city is outside Area 49, and subsequent excavations are carried out towards the mining area and deep forest.
The place where Lan Yi took Ji Lin down was on the edge of the entire dungeon.
Ji Lin followed him across the wide platform and into a passage. At the end of the passage there was an elevator.
"Usually, we take this elevator to go downstairs."
"If you find it troublesome and you have something urgent to do, you can go down directly using the freight elevator. Your information has been entered, so you can go directly through next time you come."
But the experience of using the freight elevator is definitely not going to be very good.
Ji Lin saw Lan raise his hand and press the display screen next to the elevator. After the fingerprint recognition was passed, the elevator door opened.
With its silver-white metal shell and cabin, this elevator looks similar to the ones seen in the Western Ring Star Belt.
"Okay, I understand."
Ji Lin smiled, and said with some surprise and emotion, "I didn't expect that in such a short time, the construction of the underground city has already taken shape."
After the baptism of the Western Ring Star Belt, Ji Lin's horizons have changed a lot, so he is very shocked by the current appearance of the underground city.
Building a dungeon is not difficult.
Even a first-level civilization could do it if they put all their strength into it, but to achieve this level in such a short time was truly shocking to Chong.
When chatting with Lan Yi before, in order to be more prepared for the quantity of supplies to be purchased later, Ji Lin looked at the rough blueprint of the dungeon.
You have to know that it took only a little over a month from the start of construction to the current state... In such a short period of time, the entire underground city area has basically been hollowed out and supported.
"Not to mention you, even I find it incredible watching it gradually become what it is now."
"It's all thanks to the original Zerg."
Lan Yi said to him, "We didn't interfere with the excavation and construction work."
Ji Lin nodded.
He knew this. Although the construction of the dungeon was not a secret, it was not something that everyone knew.
Even on the 'Gray Mist' forum, only those who received relevant tasks knew some of the inside information, and most of them were asked to keep it confidential and not spread it.
Inside the elevator, the numbers on the panel began to jump continuously, and finally stabilized at 1.
In the end.
Before the elevator door opened, Ji Lin felt a little excited about what the outside would look like.
I've seen the blueprints, and Lan Yi has talked about the construction progress, but no matter how much I hear about it, it's never as real as seeing it with my own eyes.
Ji Lin blinked, walked out and looked around.
Is this the interior of the building? A hall stretching as far as the eye can see, with nothing but supporting columns.
But there are many insects lined up in rows. Unlike the Tianjia Zerg with humanoid form, the insects here have various strange appearances and shapes, and their evolutionary path tends to be practical.
It can carry boxes that are much heavier than itself. It has sturdy lower limbs and powerful upper limbs, and a large hard shell extending from its back serves the purpose of holding the boxes.
Lan Yi pointed to the various passages through which the insects were coming in and out and said, "This is the hall that connects the industrial area and the storage area."
The appearance of the original Zerg is different from that of the Tianjia Zerg. This is known to those who know both. Ji Lin has also searched for a lot of information in the outside world.
But when I actually saw it, I was still surprised by the different directions of evolution of the two.
The real original Zerg is much better looking than the vilified and maliciously modified images in the outside world's movies and TV shows. At least that's what Ji Lin thinks.
Perhaps because they were of the same species, he did not feel the fear or disgust that he should have felt when he first saw the original Zerg.
"They... are really amazing." Ji Lin sighed as he looked at the insects working on their own.
Lan Yi smiled and said, "Yes, they are our best helpers and companions."
As Ji Lin and he walked out, he asked another question he was dying to know: "I've studied past history and know that they only obey the orders of the commanders and rulers of our civilization."
"So who do they listen to?"
As soon as this question was asked, Lan Yi understood what Ji Lin wanted to know.
Unfortunately, although he was curious about this question, he really didn't know the answer.
"I don't know about that. Anyway, Mr. Doctor can command them and make them obey orders and carry out various tasks." Lan Yi smiled.
"I know what you really want to ask, but unfortunately, I don't know the answer either."
"All I can say is, maybe the answer you're looking for is somewhere in the 'gray fog.'"
"However, Gray Mist has always been mysterious. The answer to this question isn't something we absolutely need to know, so... you understand."
Ji Lin was a little disappointed after hearing this.
Any Zerg who has relearned history will be interested in the mysterious existence in history.
——Even if Qi Heng wanted to cover up the records of the Overlord in history, it would be very difficult to do so because the Overlord runs through the entire history of the development of Tianjia civilization. No matter which part is covered up, it will cause problems in the history of civilization.
The ruler who guided the Zerg to develop the Tianjia civilization and has lived throughout the history of the Tianjia civilization, and the commander who accompanied the Tianjia Zerg and commanded the entire original Zerg.
If they were still there, the Tianjia civilization would not have ended up like this today.
Now that some clues related to them have appeared, how can Chong not be curious and excited? If it were not related to the "gray fog", rash exploration would make them unhappy. Ji Lin could not help but want to investigate.
Is the Overmind really as described in history? Could it possibly cause all the Zerg to chase after him recklessly?
Just one order can make the entire civilization move for him and start a war involving several civilizations and several star fields?
Perhaps the Tianjia Zerg ten thousand years ago could answer "yes" without hesitation, but for Ji Lin, who had never seen the Overlord and could only vaguely imagine the Overlord's appearance from history books, he was a little hesitant.
However, even so, when the word "dominate" is mentioned, a surge of emotion still arises from nowhere.
After leaving the hall, the outside was empty and I walked along the flat road.
Soon, they arrived at a simple platform.
Lan Yi glanced down at his laptop and checked the fastest train arriving. "The train will arrive in about five minutes. Let's wait here."
They stood on the platform and could see metal tracks on one side below. There were several similar platforms.
While waiting, a train stopped at the next platform. Except for the front carriage, all the carriages behind were empty.
"Long-distance material transport relies mainly on these trains," Lan Yi explained, like a tour guide. "Before, there weren't too many, and they only traveled back and forth to a few fixed locations."
"The locomotives among the supplies purchased this time are probably in preparation for increasing the number of trains." Ji Lin remembered his work content very clearly.
Lan Yi hummed, "As long as the vehicle body for transportation is equipped with counterweights, it can be manufactured in the industrial zone, so it's not included in the purchase list."
At the platform, the original Zerg were carrying various supplies.
Ji Lin was watching when he heard Lan Yi's voice.
"The car we're waiting for is here."
A train slowly pulled into the station.
This one is different from the previous one. There is a compartment in the middle. Although it is also very simple, at least you can sit down.
Sit and wait for loading.
I don’t know how much time passed, but the car slowly started moving.
Although he had seen the more prosperous and technologically advanced Western Ring Star Belt, Ji Lin still felt a sense of novelty at this moment... and an indescribable sense of pride.
Building something from nothing, all this seems simple, but it is not easily achieved.
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Most of the area the train traveled through was deserted and dark, with only the lights on inside the carriages.
They drove like this all the way until a faint light came on outside. Without Lan saying anything, Ji Lin knew that they were almost at their destination.
Then, after getting off the train and leaving the platform, he witnessed another use of the original Zerg.
When they got out of the car in front of the office building, Ji Lin was still a little dazed.
He looked at the taxi going away, and said to Lan Yi with a complicated tone: "The other party must be very interesting to think of such a use."
Lan Yixiao: "Find it interesting? Then you can meet the bug who came up with this idea soon."
"This is currently used as an office space. All Zerg members involved in the dungeon construction and civilization revitalization projects come here. However, because everyone's situation is different, only a few of us are here at the moment."
"You'll be able to see it all when you get up there later."
After passing through the service hall on the first floor, they walked up the stairs to the second floor.
"Once the construction of this area is completed, it will be converted into a public area, making it easier for Zergs who can't solve problems online to come on-site and handle them..."
Second floor.
The office area was completely deserted.
"Usually when we come here, we pick a seat and can directly connect to the office system. Those who come here frequently will have their own seat."
"Let's go to the third floor. They're in the big conference room there."
Ji Lin nodded to show that he understood.
He thought about his job as a transport captain and realized he had no need to work here. So he just glanced at it and followed Lan Yi upstairs.
Outside the meeting room.
Lan raised his hand and knocked on the door, and after a while the door opened from the inside.
The one who opened the door was Luo Shen, who was closest to the door.
The first person Luo Shen noticed was not Lan Yi standing in front of him. They were all old friends, so what was there to see?
The first person he went to see was, of course, Ji Lin who came with Lan Yi.
Lan Yi brought Ji Lin into the meeting room.
Ji Lin looked at the people present. Not only were they all female insects, but he didn't recognize any of them.
He observed inconspicuously, and unconsciously took a second look at the black-haired female insect sitting in the upper position. Even if she was just sitting, she was a head taller than the other female insects present.
Such a height is naturally easy to be noticed at a glance, but it seems that it is not just because of this reason.
Ji Lin thought to himself and took a step forward at Lan Yi's signal.
Now is not the time to be nervous.
He smiled and introduced himself to the female insects present, saying, "Hello everyone, I'm Ji Lin."
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