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#211 - Chapter 211 Mechanical Fortress
“Aooo! Aooo! Aooo!”
Amidst countless screams, a large number of Lesser Demons and Imp Mistress Carolines were hurled into the deep, dark tunnel.
It was because of their fearless sacrifice that the Abyss Lord finally managed to clearly see the "enemy" who had taken down his subordinates at the bottom of the tunnel.
However, the appearance of this enemy was beyond Wu Wei's expectations.
But at the same time, his appearance also matched the description given by the Neil person earlier.
The structure of the opponent's body was indeed worth mentioning and belonged to the "monster" type!
A non-flesh and blood construct monster...
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“Hmm? Is this a... robot?”
Appearing in Wu Wei's War Vision was a mechanical lifeform with red glowing eyes.
However, its current condition was not good.
Not only was its body covered in rust, but it was also cracked into two parts from the middle.
Its lower body had disappeared without a trace.
As for its remaining upper body, it was holding a streamlined gun, aiming at the Lesser Demons falling from the sky.
Swoosh! Swoosh!...
As several red bullets streaked through the air, several Lesser Demons were hit head-on and directly turned into dust, unable to even scream.
Although Lesser Demons were cannon fodder in the Abyss camp and were considered trash in all aspects,
the damage capability of this individual weapon still made Wu Wei take notice.
In the current era of Lords, after the decline of technology, the value of this individual weapon might not be lower than that of any mythical weapon.
If the demons under Wu Wei could thoroughly research it...
Therefore, Wu Wei quickly made a decision.
“All Lesser Demons who haven't died from the fall, destroy that robot and secure the area.”
“But the gun in its hand must be kept intact!”
Although the value of this robot was also high, Wu Wei clearly valued the gun more.
So Wu Wei naturally prioritized preserving the gun and chose to destroy the robot, which had been running for an unknown amount of time.
However, just as Wu Wei's order was issued, this mechanical lifeform made of steel suddenly emitted a sound similar to an alarm.
The very same machine that was just holding the gun and shooting at the Lesser Demons in front of it, collapsed powerlessly to the ground the next second.
Clearly, there was not enough energy left in its body to support its continued operation.
“Oh?”
Seeing this scene, Wu Wei immediately stopped the group of Lesser Demons who were about to pounce on it.
“Order change!”
“All surviving Lesser Demons, devour the bodies of the other dead Lesser Demons to restore stamina and health.”
“After recovering, continue to explore deeper into the tunnel.”
Then, Wu Wei summoned several Laurent Demons who had been circling nearby, and asked them to use their flying ability to go down to the bottom of the tunnel and bring the robot that had stopped running and the gun out of this tunnel.
Since these two orders were carried out simultaneously, by the time the four Laurent Demons flew to the bottom of the tunnel, the Lesser Demons had already eaten their fill.
However, while these Lesser Demons were devouring the corpses of their companions, Wu Wei successfully used the vision of these Lesser Demons to scan the environment at the bottom of the tunnel, gaining a preliminary understanding of this land.
The bottom of the tunnel was an area with a large amount of strong radiation.
Although the radiation level here was already exceeded the standard, under the influence of this environment, a small number of plants and animals still survived.
However, the appearance of these plants and animals was very different from the appearance of the plants and animals in the Green Cage world itself, and they were terribly deformed.
Moreover, on the edge of this tunnel, there were several Neil corpses that had turned into bones.
Judging from their appearance, they were most likely the companions of that elderly Neil person who was seduced by the succubus.
However, Wu Wei noticed a detail, that the cause of death of these Neil people was not due to being executed by that robot.
Because the robot's gun would have obliterated the enemy's corpses, the Lesser Demons were an example.
But the bones of these Neil people were very complete.
Moreover, the cause of death of these Neil people was that they were mutated and died suddenly in a short period of time after being exposed to a huge amount of radiation.
Wu Wei could find clues from their bones.
In addition, the composition of the environment at the bottom of this tunnel also gave Wu Wei some new guesses.
【This tunnel was clearly not formed naturally.】
Wu Wei thought to himself as he looked at the traces in the tunnel.
【Judging from these traces, this tunnel is more like it was formed by a meteorite hitting the ground.】
【But...】
【The Green Cage world itself is an ultra-small plane, and there are no satellites in this plane.】
【Then, how were such traces created?】
While Wu Wei was still thinking, the four Laurent Demons successfully brought out the wreckage of the robot and the gun.
Thump!
The wreckage of the robot fell in front of Wu Wei.
And three of the Laurent Demons were so tired that they almost collapsed.
Although this robot was only similar in height to an ordinary Neil person, because it was a mechanical creation, it took three Laurent Demons just to pull it up.
The streamlined gun was also brought up and held in Wu Wei's hand.
“Drew, what do you think?”
After obtaining these existences with extremely high research value, Wu Wei first asked the undead scholar Drew.
“What do you think of the technological level of this ancient civilization under the tunnel?”
“It's not easy to tell, my Lord.”
But unexpectedly, Drew was unable to make an assessment.
“I'm sorry, my knowledge of technology has not reached such a high level yet.”
Drew separated a part of the soul fire from his body, and then used these soul fires to dissect the robot in front of him.
“Due to insufficient knowledge, I am temporarily unable to give you a sufficiently detailed answer.”
“But I must remind you of one thing.”
“There is no charging device on this robot.”
“This also illustrates a very important point.”
Drew pointed to the edge of the tunnel and gave his explanation.
“The reason why this machine was able to persist for so long is due to these weak radiation, because these radiations seem to be able to charge this machine.”
“In other words, if there really is the so-called ancient civilization ruins under this tunnel, then it is very likely that it is still in operation!”
“Because the closer you get to the bottom of the tunnel, the higher the intensity of these radiations!”
At this time, the first batch of surviving Lesser Demons had arrived at a deeper place.
And what appeared in front of them was a huge fortress.
A fortress made of machinery!