This also makes Xen'drik, the hometown of the giants, a popular adventure destination for adventurers.

When Carl was still receiving basic education, some experts and scholars had made statements that today's civilization is no worse than the giants of the past.

But after seeing what was in front of him, Carl felt that people who said such things were either influenced by some political factors or were just trying to attract attention.

"Oh~ What an excellent smelting technology! And this technique of etching magic patterns... If I can fully understand the technology on this thing, the combat effectiveness of my power armor will definitely be taken to a higher level!"

While stroking the outer shell of the machine excitedly, Carl did not notice that the huge drill was slowly rotating.

But he didn't notice, but Hope did.

So Hope kicked Carl's power armor.

"Look behind! That thing is activated!"

"What?"

Before Carl could understand what was happening, Hope had already grabbed Carl's wrist and threw him directly away from the drill.

She herself leaned against the rivets on the machine and moved quickly in the opposite direction of the drill bit.

"Gurgle~"

As the drill bit stirred, the water flow in the cave began to change direction.

"We have to get out of here!"

Catching up with Carl again, Hope got close to Carl's helmet and shouted loudly.

The water flow in the cave is becoming more and more violent.

The silt at the bottom of the water was washed up and quickly spread throughout the cave.

Visibility in the water is getting lower and lower, and it is foreseeable that it will not improve for a while.

"No! Visibility is too low! We might get sucked into that drill! Hold on to me! I have an idea!"

Realizing that the situation was not good, Carl quickly recalled in his mind the structure of the drill mechanism he had just seen.

Apart from their size, there is actually not much difference between giants and humans in terms of physiological structure.

Therefore, many of the Titans' mechanical designs are completely common with humans.

What Carl has to do is to find the entrance to the machine in a short time, and then use the power of the mechanic to open it, allowing himself and Hope to enter the machine.

Dragging Hope with one hand, Carl swam hard upstream.

He remembered that there was what looked like a gate somewhere in the back of the drill machine.

Carl walked up along the metal plate, searching based on his vague memory and extremely limited vision.

The water flow became increasingly turbulent, and Carl and Hope were swept away by the undercurrent, making it increasingly difficult for them to swim.

Seeing that both of them were about to be carried away by the current, Hope was about to persuade Carl to leave, but Carl shouted loudly: "Found it!"

With his palm placed on a metal plate, Carl felt that his spirit had come into contact with a magical mechanism.

Using his psychic power, Carl tried to quickly understand the operating principles of this magical mechanism.

At this moment, a strong current of water swept in. Carl, who was originally clinging to the metal plate, staggered and was about to be washed away by the current.

"ha!"

At the critical moment, Hope immediately used his Fury.

The 1.6-meter-tall man suddenly grew taller, and his longer arms grabbed Carl and pressed him back onto the metal plate.

But as she grew bigger, the water's resistance to her became stronger.

The fingers that were originally tightly grasping the rivet began to be unable to withstand the resistance of the water flow and slipped off the protrusions of the rivet one by one.

At the critical moment, a blue light flashed on Carl's body, and the mechanism next to him immediately made a sound.

Carl and Hope were "swallowed" directly because they were too close to the gate.

Soon, the gate closed again, and as the mechanism inside the machine operated, the mud and water were gradually drained out. Carl and Hope knelt on the ground, still in shock.

It took a long time for both of them to recover.

"Huh~ I'm saved, so what on earth is this thing?"

After taking off his underwater breathing mask, Hope patted his chest with lingering fear, as if he felt that if he and the other fell behind a little more, they would be sucked into the drill and turned into meat paste.

"I think this is a creation of the ancient giants. This machine might be the equipment they use to mine Khyber Dragon Crystal. Alas, I'm lucky that the foreign languages ​​I chose to take were Giant and Giant Runes, otherwise we might have really died here."

After taking off his power armor, Carl looked at the gate that was at least six meters high and secretly rejoiced in his heart.

The language of the giants is pronounced using the dwarven language, just like the relationship between Chinese characters and pinyin.

After learning Giant, I can basically understand Dwarven as well.

The reason why Carl chose this foreign language elective course was actually a bit of laziness.

Of course, the Giant Rune's optimization effect on magic items was also one of the reasons why Carl finally chose it.

"So what do we do next? Go deeper and then shut down this machine?"

As he spoke, Hope's body gradually returned to normal.

The drill outside was still running. If the two of them went out now, they might be swept into the water.

So, what Hope said is indeed what the two of them are going to do next.

"There's no other way, is there?"

Carl shrugged his shoulders, tilted his neck and began to check the magic mechanism inside.

The combined observation of his naked eyes and psychic power allowed him to quickly find the mechanism to activate the internal gate.

But looking at the crystal plate with several runes, Carl's expression became a little strange.

"I didn't expect that the giants used digital password unlocking mechanisms tens of thousands of years ago, and it looks like it's a touch screen!"

While feeling somewhat strange in his heart, Carl emitted psychic energy and touched the crystal panel.

Psychic power connects Carl to the magical mechanism inside the crystal plate in a special way.

After touching the remaining spirituality inside the magic mechanism, Carl closed his eyes and began to analyze it.

'This mechanism also uses ten runes to set a six-digit password. Hmm~, judging from the magic patterns inside the mechanism, there should be no limit on the number of times the password can be entered. It seems that the exhaustive method can be used.'

After carefully checking the functions inside the mechanism, Carl narrowed his eyes and began to crack the password like a hacker.

Unlike purely mechanical mechanism locks, this special mechanism requires entering the correct rune password before it can be opened.

Many safes today also use this anti-theft method, and even have a limit on the number of inputs.

Apart from the artificer, probably only some wanderers dare to try to open this mechanism.

The psychic energy quickly sensed the structure and magic patterns inside the mechanism. Carl looked at the runes that lit up on the crystal plate and his brows gradually furrowed.

"Clouds, death, flying dragons, enemies, fire, friendship..."

Manipulating psychic energy, Carl injected magic power into the runes representing these meanings one by one.

"Shh~"

With the sound of an airlock opening, the door leading to the interior of the machine slowly opened.

(End of this chapter)