Chapter 74
There is a glowing ladder inside the wall. Go up the ladder and you will reach a floor full of smiling faces.
These smiling faces are made of glowing stones and embedded in the wall.
When Wu Jian looked up and saw this scene, he almost sent him away.
Good heavens, if a few more NPCs come, won’t it become a haunted house of adventure?
Which genius came up with this design?
Wu Jian walked through countless smiling faces. In front of him was a layer of crying faces. If he continued walking forward, he would see faces that were not crying.
From shock to disbelief to speechlessness.
To be honest, if these faces could move, he would have suspected someone was playing a prank.
Just as Wu Jian was thinking about this question, he saw something flash by out of the corner of his eye.
The body stiffened instantly.
Wu Jian complained to himself, "No way, is this crow's mouth really that effective?"
Wu Jian turned and ran away, with faces of various expressions following him.
Especially those faces that are still floating, it's so scary.
Just as Wu Jian was about to rush forward, a hand grabbed him and took him into the next room.
Bang bang bang!
The sound of banging on the door was very loud, but the next second, the sound disappeared.
Wu Jian breathed a sigh of relief and looked up to find that the person who had just come down to rescue him was actually He Nuo.
"Brother He, why are you here?"
"If I don't come, who will save you?"
Wu Jian scratched his face and asked again, "Where is this place? What were those faces just now?"
"The Mechanical City, of course, is all about machines. This is called holographic modeling. It's very popular in the mechanical civilization of the past. If you get tired of one face, you can switch to another."
Wu Jian was shocked and said, "Wouldn't this just be a mess?"
"Not really. Back then, the mecha civilization had individual implants of chips, and the system confirmed it, so it can't be wrong."
Wu Jian lamented that the people of the mecha civilization are also "face-changing masters."
"Come on, I'll take you out."
"By the way, Brother He, have you seen Tang Keke and the others?"
"Tang Keke?"
"Yeah? Am I asking the wrong question?"
"I don't see them. Let's go."
Wu Jian said "oh" and followed He Nuo away.
He did not see that after he left, the door opened with countless
His eyes were fixed on the direction Wu Jian left, with his eyes narrowed as if he was smiling.
Wu Jian followed behind He Nuo, but this time he actually kept up with his pace, and occasionally he had to jog to catch up.
"Brother He, why are you walking so fast today? I can hardly keep up with you."
He Nuo stopped at this point, but as soon as he caught up, he walked very fast again.
Wu Jian could only fly to barely keep up.
"Brother He, aren't we going out? Why do I feel like we're going inside?"
Wu Jian couldn't help but frown when he saw that He Nuo didn't answer him.
"Brother He, I'm not leaving."
"Little dragon, we're only a little further away, let's go."
Wu Jian noticed that He Nuo never turned back and always had his back to him.
"Brother He, why are you acting so weird today?"
"What's so strange about that? Let's go, we're almost there."
"We're here! Where are we? Why don't you say it? Why do you keep emphasizing that we're here?" Wu Jian was a little angry.
He Nuo slowly turned his head.
"To your grave, of course."
Wu Jian took a step back, because he remembered what Phil had told him before he left: there was a kind of anthropomorphic machine here that could disguise itself as anyone. In other words, the He Nuo in front of him was not He Nuo at all, but an anthropomorphic machine?
"You are not He Nuo!"
The next moment, He Nuo's face changed into a smiling human face and approached Wu Jian.
"Your face, I like it very much. Give it to me and I promise to treat it well."
Wu Jian quickly spit out a fireball forward and took the opportunity to escape.
As soon as he turned around, he saw many smiling faces in front of him, densely packed in front of him.
"It's useless. This is the Mask's tomb, and of course, your resting place. I'm very curious about the structure of your body. I'll analyze it carefully later and then replace you perfectly."
Wu Jian avoided the mask, retreated to the side of the pillar, crawled under the table, and looked for an exit.
The human faces made ghostly laughing sounds and formed a face that looked like Wu Jian.
"Are you looking for your friends? They are right here. Can you guess how many of us are your friends?"
"Little dragon, run away." This was Tang Keke's voice.
"Wu Jian, go away. Don't believe what they say." This is Zhao Qing.
"Little dragon, the dragon horns are really nice to touch." This is He Nuo.
Wu Jian's thoughts were disrupted by the sudden voice.
He rolled into a corner and said to himself, "They are all fake, don't believe them."
"Little dragon, where are you hiding? Come out quickly, I have chased them away." He Nuo's voice echoed in Wu Jian's ears.
Wu Jian clenched his fists and quickened his pace to find an exit.
He saw a door behind many faces, which should be the exit.
Wu Jian moved slowly along the wall. There were advantages and disadvantages in the dim space.
He could hide in the dark and move around, but he couldn't see the location of people's faces and could only judge their location by sound.
"Little dragon, don't hide. I know you are here. I see you."
Suddenly, a human face emerged from the wall in front of Wu Jian, turned his head and grinned at Wu Jian.
Wu Jian subconsciously threw a small silver ball at the human face.
As the small silver ball exploded, the human face hid in the wall.
Before Wu Jian could catch his breath, the human face saw the energy popping out from the corner of the wall, let out a ghostly laugh, and stuck towards him.
Before Wu Jian could react, his body was completely covered by human faces, and he could clearly feel which faces were trying to stick to his face.
Do you really want to replace me?
Wu Jian's stomach rumbled and scorching hot flames poured out.
The human faces seemed to be afraid of light and hid in the dark when the flames were ejected.
Wu Jian took the opportunity to roll into the corner and took a last look at the door.
That door cannot be approached. The anthropomorphic machine should have calculated that Wu Jian would leave through the door next to it, so it deliberately squatted in front of it.
We have to find another way to leave and can't keep wasting time with them.
When Wu Jian moved closer, he touched something cold. Turning his head, he saw that the wall next to him was made of glass. Does that mean he can leave from here?
Whether it is exported or not, you will know after trying it first.
Wu Jian leaned against the pillar next to him and threw many small silver balls in the direction where he had just touched the glass. There was a burst of explosions and the whole building shook.
It was risky and might anger the anthropomorphic machine, but he had to do it.
While the anthropomorphic machine was rushing over, Wu Jian took a look at the place where he exploded. There were spider-like cracks on his body, but he didn't break open.
Wu Jian smashed the glass with his tail, and the glass completely disappeared, and he took the opportunity to fly away.
The anthropomorphic machine followed behind Wu Jian.
Only when he was in the open space outside could Wu Jian use his extraordinary flying ability to leave the anthropomorphic machine far behind.
During the flight, he avoided tall buildings one after another and, with extreme movements, finally threw the anthropomorphic machine away for a distance. The oppressive feeling was gone, and Wu Jian breathed a sigh of relief.
At this moment, he saw many iron beetle-like machines stacked up below, surrounding a platform, and finally arrived at the suspended station.
The further down we went, the clearer the view became. We saw a long hovercraft lying overturned near the station, the ground covered in wreckage and filled with smoke, a testament to the intensity of the previous battle.
Wu Jian walked around in a circle, and the anthropomorphic machine that followed him humming and refusing to let him leave.
The small silver ball exploded in the anthropomorphic machine.
After only holding out for a while, the anthropomorphic machines changed their formation again.
At this moment, the car at the station entrance was moved away and many laser guns shot into the sky.
Wu Jian was nearly hit, but he escaped by moving away from the anthropomorphic machine.
Human faces kept falling to the ground, splitting in the middle to reveal the mechanical features inside. After a few clicks and the sound of short-circuiting wires disappeared, the anthropomorphic machine completely stopped moving.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the anthropomorphic machine took the remaining human faces away.
The door of the station was pushed open, and Tang Keke, with wolf-tail hair, waved at him.
"Little dragon, this way."
Wu Jian hesitated and did not approach Tang Keke.
He still has shadows about human faces. What if they are another group of monsters with human faces?
Wu Jian did not approach Tang Keke, but just stood on the overturned hovercraft and stared at Tang Keke's face, as if trying to judge whether the person in front of him was real or fake.
"Are you afraid that I'm one of those anthropomorphic machines? Let's exchange secret codes."
"You speak first." Wu Jian said warily.
"Then I'll go first. Big bucket of bubble tea."
Wu Jian's eyes lit up when he heard Tang Keke's signal: "Buy it for me next time, preferably without Assistant Wang's knowledge."
"No problem!" Tang Keke patted his chest and said, "Come over here, those guys will be back soon."
Seeing this, Wu Jian hurriedly flew towards Tang Keke. After entering the station, he found that there were many people inside, including many faces of alien beast civilization.
But how did Tang Keke and the others get together with the people from the alien beast civilization?
"Are you okay?" Tang Keke looked at him and said.
Wu Jian shook his head: "It's okay, my scales are still hard.
They can’t hit me.”
"Don't go into those buildings. Once you're pulled into the hologram, it's the world of anthropomorphic machines. We can't defeat them."
Wu Jian said: "No wonder, they can't hit me, and I can't hit them either."
"We couldn't fight back even after we got inside, so we finally managed to break through the hologram and get out, and use the station as a safe house. Strangely enough, nothing has taken up residence in the station. Still, it's fine as a temporary safe house."
Wu Jian looked around at the people around him and finally looked at Tang Keke.
"Did you fight with those anthropomorphic machines last night?"
Tang Keke nodded.
"Yes, we fought them, but their health bars were too thick and we couldn't hit them."
Wu Jian sat on the ground to rest, and Zhao Qing came over.
"Do you need me to help you relax?"
Wu Jian shook his head: "No, I just need some milk."
"good."
Wu Jian took out a can of milk from the space and drank it in gulps.
He was halfway through his drink when he heard a laugh. He put down the can, which was bigger than his face, and looked in the direction of the sound. He saw a red-haired girl sitting on a chair in the waiting room.
The girl was dressed simply, with a phosphorescent red whip on her waist, which matched her hair color very well. She had a delicate and flamboyant appearance, and was accompanied by several strong men with bull horns.
"You are Ira's rumored illegitimate child. You are indeed very cute. How old are you? Are you still breastfeeding?"
Wu Jian tilted his head.
Tang Keke leaned close to Wu Jian's ear and whispered, "She is Ira's fiancée, Kurili."
When Wu Jian heard this, he felt a little embarrassed. He had done this before just to save his life. Who knew that he couldn't wash away this character?
"Hello, Miss Curry."
Curry jumped down from the table and came in front of Wu Jian.
Wu Jian retreated in confusion until there was only a wall behind him with no way to retreat. Then someone rubbed his face twice.
Wu Jian:?
Curry commented seriously: "Your face is so nice to touch, a bit like touching jelly, smooth and soft."
She touched Wu Jian's dragon horns again, and when she was about to touch the tail with her other hand, Wu Jian dodged in time.
There was a glimmer of regret in Curry's eyes.
"Don't be stingy, don't you like shiny things?" She suddenly had a green stone in her hand and said, "Here, a meeting gift. I didn't know I would run into you, so I didn't prepare anything good.
This is the only thing I can offer.”
The people eating melons next to him couldn't help but gasp when they saw the crystal stone that Curry gave to Wu Jian.
"Oh my god, a crystal of this purity can be sold for one million, right?"
"More than one million. Green crystals are very rare. There should be more than one million."
"The daughter of the richest person in the alien beast civilization is so generous that she can give crystals worth millions to someone she just met. Why do I suddenly envy the little dragon cub?"
Wu Jian was holding the green crystal given by Curry and was stunned for a moment.
After coming back to his senses, Wu Jian quickly said, "This kind of thing is too valuable. I can't accept it. Thank you for your kindness, Miss Kurili."
"What Miss? Just call me Sister Lili. Also, you accepted all the crystals He Nuo gave you, but why can't you accept mine?"
Wu Jian scratched his face.
"I……"
Curry said, "Okay, don't be embarrassed, just take it if I give it to you, otherwise, I will be angry!"
Wu Jian couldn't refuse, so he could only accept Curry's things. He also took out a lot of food packed in disposable boxes from the space and handed them to Curry.
Someone nearby laughed and said, "People gave him a crystal worth millions, but he gave them some cheap food instead. How shameless!"
Wu Jian thought about it and decided that what they said was right. Just as she retracted her claws from delivering the food, she glared at the people nearby. The large man behind her stood in front of them, breathing heavily, his clothes bulging with muscle, his fists clenched so tightly that they crackled.
The few people who had originally mocked Wu Jian immediately turned into quails, hiding in the corner and not daring to speak anymore.
After dealing with the foul-mouthed people, Curry glanced at the food in Wu Jian's hand, pointed at himself and said, "Is this for me?"
Wu Jian hesitated, not knowing whether to nod.
Curry directly took the box from Wu Jian's hand, opened a plastic box at random, and saw the brightly colored and fragrant food inside, his eyes lit up.
"Thank you. I tried to grab that hot pot base on the Blue Star official website, but unfortunately I didn't get it. It's nice to be able to taste Blue Star's delicious food now."
Wu Jian thought about it and took out a lot of packaged hot pot base from the space and gave it to Curry.
"Thank you, I like it very much."
Curry opened a box of food and started eating, and gave a few boxes to the big man who followed her.
The big men smiled and squinted their eyes, not as fierce as before.
It's fierce, but it actually has a kind of cute contrast.
Wu Jian took out two more boxes from the space and gave them to Tang Keke and Zhao Qing.
Tang Keke took Wu Jian to a corner and opened the plastic box while saying, "Little Dragon, what food did you prepare?"
Wu Jian explained, "A week before entering the game, I asked the military district's chef to prepare it for me, just in case I had to find food all over again for this training session."
Zhao Qing said as he ate his lunch box, "Thank goodness Little Dragon was thoughtful. Keke and I didn't prepare much food this time."
Tang Keke sighed, "Yeah, I thought this would be the same as the Insect Island dungeon, where I could use whatever materials are available at the training ground. I didn't expect it to be all machines, even the animals. I can't eat them at all."
"yes."
Wu Jian glanced at Curry, who was enjoying herself with her companions without any pretense of being a big lady, and asked quietly, "Why did you end up with them?"
Tang Keke stuffed a mouthful of rice and said, "It's a long story. Zhao Qing and I entered the training ground looking for you, but we fell into the trap set by the anthropomorphic machine. Then, during the fight, we collided with them. We finally retreated to the floating station together. Those three people who were just whining were just following us here, shamelessly doing the hard work and taking advantage of what was readily available. They also like to play tricks on others. If it weren't for the internal strife, we would have kicked them out long ago. How dare they!"
While Tang Keke was speaking, Wu Jian glanced at those people calmly.
The three men were tall, short, and thin. The man with the triangular face was probably the leader of the group. The other two taller and shorter men followed him, stirring up trouble. Half of their heads were transparent, revealing their brains, which occasionally glowed. There was no need for lights inside the suspended station; the three of them provided more than enough light.
"What civilization are they from?"
Tang Keke said, "They should be from the Kaka Star civilization. I heard that most people on this planet look like light bulbs, which is a bit like them."
"KaKa Star Civilization?"
"Haven't you heard of it?" Tang Keke said with a smile.
"No." Wu Jian shook his head obediently.
Tang Keke explained, "This planet has a very small population, only a few tens of thousands. We don't like to join in the fun, so it's normal that we haven't heard of it."
Wu Jian said, "If you don't like to join in the fun, then what's going on with those three?"
Tang Keke twitched her lips, "Maybe he's an outlier in the tribe."
Wu Jian didn't say anything else. He lowered his head and stuffed a piece of his eggshell into his mouth.
Tang Keke saw the eggshell in his hand and said
: "You haven't finished eating the eggshells yet?"
"There's still some left. It should last a month or two."
"Haven't you noticed you've grown taller again? I think what Old Tree said is right. You eat too many different kinds of food, which is why your body has too much strength. It would be good to have some rows."
Wu Jian agreed with Tang Keke's words.
The sky outside the station gradually darkened, and Wu Jian was sleeping soundly wrapped in a small quilt.
The others were also resting, only a few people on night watch were not sleeping.
Tang Keke was carving a wooden stick with a knife. When she heard the sound of wind blowing outside, she stopped.
She stood up and stood at the station entrance for a while. Feeling nothing unusual, she turned back and continued to sharpen the stick.
As soon as she sat down, she heard another clicking sound, as if the sound of some old-fashioned machine typing a telegram came from inside the wall.
Tang Keke realized something was wrong and leaned close to the wall to listen for a while. She felt that there was indeed the sound of something crawling inside the wall. She patted Zhao Qing's shoulder and picked up the little dragon cub wrapped in a quilt.
Zhao Qing, who was not sleeping very deeply, opened his eyes and turned over to get up after being patted by Tang Keke.
"how?"
"There's something inside the wall. Go wake up the others."
Zhao Qing nodded.
Tang Keke held the little dragon cub away from the wall.
Everyone woke up.
Curry walked out of the crowd and asked, "What did you find?"
"There's something in the wall."
Curry stared at the wall for a while and moved closer to it.
"Miss, we're good to go."
Several bodyguards came forward and said to Curry.
Curry shook his head, pulled out the red whip from his waist and swung it at the wall. It exploded in the air and the wall cracked little by little.
But there was nothing but walls.
The man with the triangular face sneered, "It's nothing. You Blue Star people are just cowards. You're making a fuss just by keeping watch all night."
Tang Keke ignored him and stared at the wall, and found that dirt was falling from the broken wall.
She shouted.
"careful!"
Curry swung his whip, and a semi-mechanical flesh worm rushed out from the wall, avoiding Curry's attack and only peeling off a layer of skin.
"spread!"
This monster is very large, with mechanical scales on its head and grayish-white eyes.
It's likely that living underground for years has caused its vision to deteriorate, causing its eyeballs to turn white. However, it seems to have a keen sense of hearing and attacks everyone.
Wu Jian woke up dazed by the noise and emerged from his small quilt like a cicada pupa. Seeing the giant earthworm appearing in the station, he thought he was still dreaming. He rubbed his eyes and said, "How could such a giant earthworm come from there?"
Tang Keke saw that he had woken up and quickly put him down.
"I don't know what it is, so don't rush here. I'll go and test it out."
Wu Jian was standing there dragging the small quilt, still a little confused. However, when he heard Tang Keke's words, he tilted his head to look at the big earthworm in front of him, took out a small silver ball, injected flames into it, and waited for the opportunity.
The others were also busy dealing with the big earthworms.
Wu Jian saw three people hiding in the dark who had nothing to do with him, and couldn't help but frown.
However, the roar of the big earthworm attracted his attention again, and he no longer paid attention to the three people.
The big earthworm twisted a few times and broke free from the red whip that bound it.
Seeing this, Wu Jian threw out a small silver ball, which exploded in front of the big earthworm.
The big earthworm was frightened and lost direction in its attack.
In just a few minutes, the big earthworm was completely subdued and died beyond all possibility of death.
The big earthworm lay motionless on the ground, and only then did Wu Jian dare to go forward and observe it.
The big earthworm's body is red, and the mechanical scales on its head are worn very smooth, which shows how much help these scales help the earthworm in digging up the soil.
Wu Jian glanced at the large hole in the wall. It smelled of mud and the diameter of the hole was large enough to hold two of him. He could also hear bursts of roaring sounds coming from inside.
"There should be more than one of them, be careful." Curry reminded.
"What kind of earthworm is this? Why is it so big?" Wu Jian asked.
Kurili said, "The mechanical civilization has a species called mud crickets. These insects are good at loosening the soil and helping the mechanical civilization build cities. This insect has the characteristics of the mechanical civilization. It must be the mud cricket that the mechanical civilization didn't take away. Judging from the sounds inside, there may be more than one. We have to leave here."
"What! Leave?" the triangular-faced man retorted, "Will we be safe if we go out? Those anthropomorphic robots are still guarding outside."
Wu Jian glanced at the triangular-faced man who was jumping up and down.
Curry frowned and said, "If you want to stay, no one will stop you."
Triangle Face said: "That's not what I meant. I'm just worried that if we go out, we'll be waited for by those anthropomorphic robots. We stay here at least for
It's a monster to deal with, isn't it? "
"Aren't we here for adventure? Besides, we won't stay here forever. We'll have to leave sooner or later. What's the difference between leaving early and leaving later? If you want to stay here, then stay. We're leaving."
At a command from Kurili, several big men led the way in front, and she put away the red whip and left.
Wu Jian, Tang Keke, and Zhao Qing followed Kurili out of the station. The others looked at each other, hesitated for a moment, and then followed Kurili out. Some chose to stay.
Seeing that he couldn't keep the person, the man with the triangular face had no choice but to follow.
In the mechanical city late at night, there were no animals on the road, only Wu Jian and his group of people walking.
"Go south. I looked at the team map. The area over there is more spacious and there are few buildings." Tang Keke suggested.
Curry looked at the route marked by Tang Keke. He didn't object, but was just confused.
"You said the south is empty. Why is it so empty? The Mechanical City is huge. There's no need to leave such a large empty area."
Tang Keke glanced at the map on the aerial panel and fell into deep thought.
Curry added, "Of course, I also think heading south is a good option. However, the south is open and may not be of much help in my search for the Energy Cube and the Mechanical Heart."
"The south isn't an option, but the north is. The buildings are shorter, so you can get a better view. Unlike here, there's a pit with every step, and the houses are full of holographic traps."
"Alright, let's go to the north first. If we can't find anything, we can look south."
Click, click!
Suddenly, a clear sound came from underground, causing everyone to stop.
"The mud crickets are coming, everyone be careful."
Tang Keke had just finished speaking when her feet suddenly felt loose and something was coming!
The ground cracked open and a mud cricket emerged.
She swung the hammer and hit the big earthworm.
The big earthworm's brain was knocked crooked and a piece of the scale on its head fell off.
Just as Wu Jian was about to go over to help, a big earthworm emerged from under his feet, bit his tail and pulled him down.
Big earthworms appeared one after another, dragging people into the cave.
The big earthworm that dragged Wu Jian into the hole had its head exploded, and Wu Jian crawled out of the hole, shaking off the dirt on his head.
After dealing with the big earthworm in front of him, he ran to Zhao Qing and dealt with the big earthworm that was entangled in Zhao Qing's body.
The big earthworm exploded, and mud-like blood splattered everywhere.
Wu Jian shook off the mud on his body in disgust and pulled Zhao Qing up again.
"Are you okay?"
Zhao Qing shook his head.
Tang Keke was surrounded by several large earthworms. Hammer held off the earthworms' attacks and shouted to the two men, "I need help. Come and help me."
Wu Jian and Zhao Qing hurried to help Tang Keke.
But as the two of them got closer, people from the Kaka Star civilization came towards Wu Jian and the others.
"We're here to help you."
Wu Jian and Zhao Qing were entangled by three people and could not move forward for a while.
Seeing that Tang Keke could no longer hold on, she spit fire at the three of them, and the scorching air wave pushed them back. Wu Jian took the opportunity to throw several small silver balls, which exploded around Tang Keke. The large earthworm dodged, giving Tang Keke a chance to avoid it.
Tang Keke avoided the fatal bite and took the opportunity to counterattack.
Wu Jian restrained the three people and pushed Zhao Qing out.
"Go help Tang Keke."
Zhao Qing hesitated for a moment, then hurriedly ran towards Tang Keke.
Wu Jian's small silver ball returned to his hand, and the next moment he threw it at the faces of the three people.
The three of them dodged Wu Jian's attack and angrily asked, "What do you mean?"
Wu Jian retorted, "What do you mean?"
The triangular-faced man said, "We came here to help you out of kindness, and you actually want to kill us?!"
Wu Jian faced three people alone and was not afraid at all.
"Help? You're doing more harm than good. You didn't see my teammates were in danger, and you're blocking my way to prevent me from getting closer. What does that mean?"
"We obviously mean well!"
"No need, can't you go help others?"
"Humph, we're so kind as to come and help you."
The three of them walked away.
Wu Jian walked towards Tang Keke's position. The mud cricket had been dealt with, but Tang Keke's arm and hand were injured and she was taking medicine.
Tang Keke saw Wu Jian coming over, glanced at the position of the three people, frowned and said, "There's something a little weird about those three."
Wu Jian said, "There's something very wrong with these three. Not only did they stop us, but they also turned the tables on us. Be careful. I think they're targeting us on purpose."
"Just keep an eye on them. Are you two hurt?" Tang Keke said.
Wu Jian shook his head.
Zhao Qing helped Tang Keke check the wound, and seeing that it was almost healed, he said: "This time it is still
Fortunately, no bones were injured, otherwise, even with the healing potion, you would be in pain for a long time."
Tang Keke smiled and said, "It's okay, I'm lucky."
The mud crickets were dealt with, and Curry came over with a whip on his waist.
"Are you okay?"
"fine."
The others each supported their teammates and gathered together.
Wu Jian squatted in front of the mud cricket, staring at the mechanical scales, then stretched out his claws to lift the scales, and found that the scales were empty.
Wu Jian felt strange and turned over another insect to take a look.
Mud crickets are almost all the same, there is nothing behind the scales, it is empty.
So what controls them?
Wu Jian called out to Zhao Qing.
Zhao Qing, who was talking to Tang Keke, heard the little dragon's voice and responded.
"What's wrong?"
"Zhao Qing, where's your scalpel? Cut this thing open and see."
Zhao Qing asked doubtfully, "Open it?"
Wu Jian nodded: "Yes, let's cut it open and see, there might be something unexpected inside."
Although Zhao Qing didn't know why Wu Jian said that, he still followed his words and cut a hole along the body of the mud cricket.
The smell of mud crickets is not pleasant. In addition to the smell of soil, there is also a smell of motor oil, which is stuffy and unpleasant.
Wu Jian reached out and pried open the mud cricket's body.
Zhao Qing's dissection technique became more and more skilled, and his dissection route was very smooth.
When Wu Jian pried open the mud cricket's body, a bloody thing jumped out of it.
"What?"
Tang Keke stepped on it, and with a "pop" sound, liquid splashed everywhere.
When she lifted her feet, the soles of her feet were covered with sticky liquid, which made her feel nauseous.
“It looks a bit like brain flower.”
Wu Jian scraped at the mucus, which was red and white, and indeed looked like brain flower.
At this moment, he suddenly remembered that he had just seen that there was nothing behind the scales. Could it be that the mud cricket's brain had moved from the brain to the heart?
"Open another one and see clearly."
Then, another one opened, and the thing that jumped out of the mud cricket's body did look a bit like brains, but this thing had thin tentacles and didn't look like brains at all.
“Why is this thing so weird?”
Curry put the whip in a circle and picked open the brain flower
I took a look at the corner of .
"No, this isn't the brain of a mud cricket. It's more like a virus parasitic on the mud cricket. It first eats the brain, then moves down the esophagus until it reaches the mud cricket's stomach, where it takes up residence. Without the mud cricket's knowledge, it naturally replaces its consciousness."
Listening to Curry's narration, Wu Jian remembered what Phil said.
People in the mecha civilization cannot lose their emotions too much, otherwise they will be controlled by the system. It's like a parasitic worm that eats up your brain and your organs bit by bit, and finally successfully replaces you and takes control of your life.
Wu Jian shook his body, and goosebumps came over his heart.
"So the real things that attacked us were these parasites?" Tang Keke found it a little unbelievable.
"right."
While everyone was observing the parasite, Wu Jian continued to dig in the mud cricket's body, and finally took out a medium-sized energy stone.
"They have energy stones in their bodies."
Everyone turned to look at Wu Jian.
Wu Jian stretched out his claws, and a brown energy stone appeared in his claws.
"Brown energy stones are extremely rare, so everyone dig for them. Ten minutes, get out of here. We're making too much noise, and something might attack us."
After Curry finished speaking, he took his bodyguards to dig for gems.
Wu Jian and the other two dealt with eight mud crickets and got all eight energy stones, and the others also got quite a few.
While they were retrieving the energy stone, the three people from the Kaka civilization kept hanging around. Wu Jian found them annoying and sent them away.
The three men were still cursing as they left.
Wu Jian ignored it and put the energy stone in the space.
Not long after, the three people from the Kaka Star civilization clashed with the alien beast civilization and almost came to a fight.
The reason for following them was that the three people from the Kaka Star civilization didn't kill a single mud cricket, but actually wanted to take advantage of them and dig out the energy stones while they were not paying attention.
"Why do you want to take our energy stone without even moving a hand?"
"Nonsense, we didn't take it."
A furry, pointy-eared boy stepped forward and said, "I saw you take it with my own eyes, thieves!"
"Who are you calling the thief? We didn't take anything!"
Curry had just finished digging the energy stone when he heard the crowd making noise and frowned slightly.
"Captain Ku, they didn't use any strength at all.
, why are you digging our crystals?"
"Why aren't we using any strength? We just helped the Blue Star people, but they were so stingy that they didn't even give us a single energy stone."
"If we don't give you the Blue Star, you have the right to poach us?"
It sounds like the alien beast civilization and the Kaka Star civilization are arguing, but in fact the Kaka Star civilization is diss Blue Star.
Wu Jian smelled a hint of conspiracy.
"Help? Stopping us and watching our teammates almost die in front of us, is this what you call helping?"
The triangular-faced man said somewhat unhappily, "That's because your teammates weren't strong enough. How can you blame us? You said your teammates were almost killed, but you still managed to kill eight mud crickets. That's quite impressive. One more than the Alien Beast Civilization team."
The people of the alien beast civilization frowned.
Tang Keke and Zhao Qing looked at each other and had a bad feeling.
Wu Jian said: "I have to thank you for this."
The triangular-faced man was puzzled.
Wu Jian continued, "If you hadn't been making things worse, those mud crickets wouldn't have seen Keke all alone and wanted to get a piece of the action. They were killed instead. Isn't that what we deserve? But as a thank you, these corpses are given to you. Also, you took someone else's energy stone, so return it to them immediately. Do you really think you can steal something just by dragging someone else into this trouble?"
Wu Jian pretended to throw the small silver ball, and the triangular-faced man subconsciously stepped back. The energy stone that had not been placed yet rolled from the man's arms all the way to Wu Jian's feet.
"You blow me up!"
Wu Jian said innocently, "What's the big deal? On our Blue Planet, this is called a surprise attack."
He picked up the energy stone and threw it to the cat-eared boy.
"Look carefully next time."
Curry coughed. "Ya Lian, are you going to leave on your own, or do I have to whip you? Yin and Yang have entered my team? Do you really think I, Curry, am a vegetarian?"
"Ku…"
"Get lost, don't force me to beat you up."
The three people from the Kaka Star civilization were finally kicked out of the team.
Watching the three people leaving, Wu Jian breathed a sigh of relief. He could continue to act good from now on. Using his brain was really a headache.
Turning around and looking at Tang Keke and Zhao Qing's shocked eyes, Wu Jian tilted his head.
"What's wrong?"
Tang Keke and Zhao Qing shook their heads.
Wu Jian asked, "Then why are you looking at me like that?"
Tang Keke sighed: "There is always a feeling of "I
It feels like a child has grown up in the family."
Zhao Qing nodded.
Wu Jian: "...What do you mean, you think I'm stupid?"
"No, I just feel emotional."
Wu Jian snorted twice.
In fact, he was a little nervous, wondering whether this situation was good or bad.
Wu Jian was stunned, then shook his head.
I never thought that one day I would worry about whether my brain was working properly. Is that outrageous?
Forget it, after this training session is over, I'll go ask Lao Shu and see if it has something to do with the fact that I've cut off other energies and am trying to unblock the complex energies in my body.
At this time, they had left the place where they had just fought and came to a dazzling place.
The buildings here are all alternating black and white colors, and there are black and white eyes floating in the sky, sliding up and down, just like a God's perspective.
A message suddenly popped up on Wu Jian’s panel.
[Heavenly Eye: It is watching you. Once you enter here, nothing can escape its eyes.
Holographic Arena, best of three rounds. The winner is Party A, and the participants are assimilated. If the winner is Party B, they pass.
Tang Keke frowned: "What is that, a holographic arena?"
Wu Jian finished reading the rules. "That is to say, we have to complete the competition within the time specified. Sky Eye is the referee."
As soon as he finished speaking, a huge arena appeared in front of him, and standing opposite the arena was a group of mecha-like bears?
Wu Jian murmured: "...Is this considered cheating?"!
(End of this chapter)
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