Undecorated metal plates are laid up and down, left and right in the corridor. The magic patterns on the metal plates flicker with the rhythm of breathing, which looks very sci-fi.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Carl always felt that he had traveled to a purely science fiction world again.

"Don't just stand there, find the switch of this thing quickly, we have to stop the drill outside!"

Seeing that Carl was standing there motionless, Hope slapped Carl on the back, causing him to grit his teeth in pain.

"Okay, okay, I'll be right there. Alas, why can't you girls understand the power and beauty of this kind of metal machinery?"

Rubbing his back that had just been slapped, Carl walked forward while muttering.

"You girls? Besides me, is there anyone else like this?"

Hearing Carl's mumbling, Hope quickly approached and asked in a strange tone.

"That's the genius I told you about before. He was studying as a machinist halfway through his studies. He only attended a few days of classes but got first place in the exam."

"Why are you asking that?"

Carl looked at Hope strangely, as if he didn't notice the weirdness in Hope's tone.

"No, it's okay. Are you close to her?"

Turning his head away, Hope tried to control his tone and tried to find out more information about the other party.

"Ha! I am her thigh pendant. She is a mage of the School of Transmutation. She usually makes alchemical potions for me to sell."

"But the Artificer class she chose is the Fieldcrafter. I designed her Iron Guard and gave it a name, Heavy Armor Bunny."

As they were talking, the two of them had already passed through the corridor and arrived at the driver's cab in front.

Looking at the seat and operating table that were higher than he could jump up, Carl opened his mouth, and was suddenly surrounded by a feeling of powerlessness.

The operating console is a fully mechanical structure, and Carl's psychic power cannot press the buttons on it.

"Tsk, why are giants so tall?"

Height is the Achilles' heel of boys.

Although Carl is only 14 years old and already 1.7 meters tall, he still feels a little discouraged when looking at these things in front of him.

Hope, who was standing by, thought that Carl was looking frustrated because he couldn’t reach the console above, so he patted his chest and said:

"Do you want me to carry you up there? You should be able to get there by standing on my shoulders, right? If that doesn't work, I can still use Berserk twice more today."

Looking at Hope's serious face, Carl's eyebrows twitched twice. For a moment, he couldn't tell whether the other party was serious or just kidding him.

But when he thought of the tomboyish character Hope had always shown, Carl smacked his lips twice and nodded in agreement.

This experience of stepping on a girl's shoulders was the first time in Carl's life.

The awkward feeling forced Carl to decipher the functions of the buttons on the console as quickly as possible, but the more anxious he was, the more likely he was to make mistakes.

After three consecutive failures, Carl gritted his teeth and climbed up directly by pulling a button on the console.

'I should have brought some climbing rope with me when I went out.'

Carl felt as if his heart was being cut by a knife when he thought that his poor camp might be exposed at any time.

He spent a lot of time and effort to build it bit by bit!

"Click"

Just as he stood firmly on the operating table, Carl didn't know what he stepped on.

The tracks that were deeply stuck in the mud began to move, and amidst the violent shaking, the machine actually slowly moved forward.

Inside the cab, the energy core containing orange-red liquid energy began to operate.

Carl's exploration dragon mark reacted strongly to the orange-red liquid energy.

"Could this be something that is obtained by purifying the energy of dragon crystal? The wizard tower of Akanix is ​​only powered by the elemental pool, but this thing is actually equipped with liquid dragon crystal?"

Feeling impressed at the extravagance of the ancient giants, Carl quickly stepped on the same spot again, then leaped towards the lever next to him.

The moving drill truck suddenly braked, and Carl and Hope were almost thrown out.

The drill and tracks stopped working.

"It seems that this pull rod is the mechanism to control the drill bit, and that place just now is the button to control the opening and closing of the crawler track."

Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, Carl loosened his hand and fell off the pull rod.

Hope caught Carl from below, and the two looked at each other, then sat on the floor together.

"It's finally over! This has been such torture."

What was originally an ordinary investigation turned out to be like this. Such a result made Hope and Carl feel tired and mentally exhausted.

"Although I was prepared that this dungeon might not be simple, I never expected that even the creations of the ancient giants would appear."

"Tell me, the reason why you inexplicably mastered the power of the Giant's Way is possible because of this machine?"

Lying directly on the floor, Carl looked at Hope beside him and told him his guess.

"I'm afraid it's more than that. The reason why those giant mushrooms can produce Eberron Dragon Crystal and petrify each other may also be related to this thing."

Looking up at the energy core, even though Hope couldn't sense any dragon crystal, the liquid energies felt so similar to dragon crystal that she naturally guessed their origins.

After saying that, they both fell silent.

"I think..."*2After dozens of seconds, both of them spoke at the same time.

The wonderful tacit understanding suddenly brought a look of relief to Hope's face. She closed her mouth and signaled with her eyes that Carl should speak first.

"Well, I want to stay here for a while. The application of runes by giant civilization has always been the source of inspiration for my design of power armor. If I can figure out some of the principles behind it, my combat effectiveness should be greatly improved."

Hope blinked at Carl's words.

"Well, that's actually what I wanted to say. The runes of those giants contain some special power. I feel like I'm resonating with them, so I wanted to discuss with you about staying here for a little longer."

When the crisis had not yet been resolved, the two naturally tried every means to leave.

But now that the crisis is over, it would be a waste not to make use of this place.

"Well, you stay here first. I'll go back to the cabin and bring back everything I can use."

Considering that it was not easy for Hope to travel back and forth, Carl took the initiative to take on the task of returning to the cabin.

When the two of them went out before, they didn't think they would stay outside for too long, so they didn't bring much food and water with them.

Now that I have to stay here, I naturally have to go back and bring everything I can.

Compared to here, there is a risk of exposure at the wooden house at any time.

(End of this chapter)