"What do you think? Can you touch this place casually?" Lou Feier raised her hand and hit her on the head.
Zeng Tao covered her head: "Okay..."
At this time, several other people were trying to look inside through the gaps between the roots.
Xu Xin discovered that there was indeed a gap of about one finger between these entangled roots.
However, because the roots of these world trees are at least tens of centimeters or even more than one meter thick, this finger-wide gap cannot be seen from a distance.
But up close, it can indeed be seen relatively clearly.
Compared to other places where the fit is tight and even partially deformed due to being too tight, this place is indeed very different.
Through these gaps, Xu Xin could even hear faint mechanical sounds coming from inside.
"There really is something inside." Xu Xin touched his chin.
"What could be in here?" Wen Guixin said to herself.
"It should be the exit, right?" Qin Fu speculated, "This place definitely can't be one that only allows entry but not exit."
Xu Xin nodded.
That's what he thought too.
How do alien invaders get the scarlet crystal out after they carve it out from the inside?
Do I have to jump more than ten meters high, get to the "spiral slide" above, and then climb up while spinning?
Although it shouldn't be a problem considering the alien invaders' physical abilities, it would be too troublesome.
So, there must be another exit here.
This should be it.
but……
How to open it?
"Try touching it?" Zeng Tao suggested.
"You definitely can't open it by touching it..." Li Wenxi said softly.
"Just give it a try. There is no other way now." Zeng Tao looked at Xu Xin.
Xu Xin nodded.
Zeng Tao immediately reached out and grabbed the thick roots.
It really didn't work.
"I'll try harder!"
She inserted her finger into the gap, which was as thick as a finger, and began to apply force.
The roots deformed slightly under her force, and opened from a gap the size of a finger to a gap about the size of a fist.
Everyone looked back and saw that there was no change in the mechanical jellyfish and turrets.
Zeng Tao had already used up all her strength at this time, her little face flushed red, and she gritted her teeth and tried to pry it open.
"Okay, let go." Xu Xin patted her head.
“Hmm…!”
Zeng Tao immediately let go of her hand.
The entire root returned to its original shape the moment she let go.
"This is too difficult to open..." Zeng Tao rubbed her red fingers and said aggrievedly.
Zeng Tao couldn't open it even with her strength, so what should she do?
"Or, let's just release it here." Xu Ying suggested, "It may not be safe in here."
"But this place is too dangerous." Wen Guixin pointed at the densely packed artillery batteries around them. "It feels like those artillery batteries can turn on us at any time. If we are discovered, we will be bombed into ashes."
Everyone was in deep thought.
What to do...
"Hey!" Li Wenxi suddenly cried out in a low voice, "Look, is one of those alien invaders coming over here?"
Everyone looked and saw that one of the three alien invaders was holding the metal basket above his head and moving towards them.
Are you really coming?
Xu Xin and the others were surprised at first, and then delighted.
Is it...going to get inside this wall? It should be able to open this place!
Everyone tacitly gave up this position and waited silently for the alien invaders to approach.
Soon, it moved over here and stopped in front of the wall entangled with roots.
Then, an amazing scene happened.
This wall made up of the thick roots of the World Tree actually spread out slowly in all directions like a mutated vine!
These roots were retracted into the surrounding walls, revealing the scenery behind the walls.
Xu Xin and his companions saw that the space behind the wall was not large, but rather very small, about the size of a bedroom. There was no passage leading to the outside world as they had imagined. Instead, it was very high, nearly ten meters, equivalent to three floors.
The most surprising and eye-catching thing among them is a huge machine that is seven or eight meters tall and occupies most of the space!
The alien invaders moved forward into it.
Everyone looked at each other and followed.
Then they discovered that the alien invader carrying the metal basket poured the dozens of scarlet crystals the size of fingernails that only covered the bottom of the basket into a small opening in the machine.
"Ka-ka-ka"
The machine made a sound, and the opening into which some scarlet crystal had been poured slowly closed.
The alien invaders then collected the metal basket and returned the way they came.
...So this is where the scarlet crystal is processed and preserved?
No one spoke, nor did they follow the alien invaders, but stayed here.
After the alien invaders left this small space, the roots of the World Tree that originally formed the wall gathered and entangled again, and the wall was formed again, trapping Xu Xin and others inside.
This small space became pitch dark, and the only light was the flashing red dot on the machine.
End of this chapter
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