The heels of his boots clicked on the ground, making a rhythmic clicking sound. Although Bai Donggu was not tall, he gave people the feeling of a respected leader when he walked towards him.
It seems that only by following him can we find a glimmer of hope in a world full of death threats.
"I think these two are the boundary breakers that Xiao Xiao calls "Border Breakers". My name is Bai Donggu, and I am the mid-level general of ZJ District Dungeon."
A magnetic voice rang in his ears, and a left hand with a white glove stretched out in front of 659, seemingly wanting to shake hands with the other person.
"Shouldn't the handshake ceremony that has existed in China since ancient times involve shaking the right hand?"
After searching for past memories in his mind, and after making sure that he remembered correctly, 659 also stretched out his left hand.
That is, the mechanical arm made of silver-white metal.
Although it seems very rude to extend his mechanical palm to shake hands with others, since the other party has already extended his left hand, 659 can't extend his right hand and let others change it, right? Just make mistakes and simply grab them with your left hand.
Seeing that the palm stretched out in front of him was a mechanical palm with a slight blue light, Bai Donggu was stunned for a moment, and then a slightly apologetic smile broke out on his face.
"Sorry, I can only use my left hand to treat my friends. Please forgive me."
With that said, Bai Donggu grasped the mechanical palm extended by 659 and shook it slightly.
"Passive type abilities..."
659 murmured in his heart, and also raised a kind smile on his face.
"Let's find a place where we can talk. It's not appropriate to stand here."
After letting go of 659's hand, Bai Donggu thoughtfully extended his hand to 173, who was still sitting on the ground, apparently wanting to help him up from the ground.
But somehow, 173 didn't seem to have fully recovered from the previous accident. When he saw Bai Donggu extending his left hand, he used his mechanical arm to support the ground and stretched his right hand towards the opponent.
The moment he came into contact with the white gloves, 173 suddenly felt a burst of warmth pouring out of Bai Donggu's left hand, quickly flowing into his body and disappearing among his limbs.
It was at this time that Bai Donggu showed a hint of surprise on his face, but due to his excellent Qi nourishing skills, he quickly hid the surprise.
But this still did not escape 659's sharp eyes.
173 was pulled up from the ground by Bai Donggu. He looked blankly at 659 beside him, and then turned his attention back to Bai Donggu in front of him.
Bai Donggu didn't move, and 173 didn't make the next move.
The three of them just stood there, their gazes jumping back and forth on the faces of the other two.
The people watching around also stayed where they were, looking at the three people in front of them with doubts on their faces.
"Please also ask General Bai to lead the way."
As if he couldn't stand this slightly weird atmosphere, 659 finally spoke and reminded Bai Donggu.
"Oh, okay, okay, please follow me."
A slightly apologetic smile broke out on Bai Donggu's face again, and he turned around and walked towards the corner of the hall.
659 and 173 followed the white general and looked around at the surrounding environment.
From the moment the two human-faced lizards led them into the entrance of the underground city, 659 and 173's attention has been attracted by various things, so that they have not observed the surrounding environment.
The two people were in the center of a circular hall. To the west of them there was a mechanical gap about ten meters high. It seemed that it should be the gate of the gap that the two entered when riding the human-faced lizard.
Compared with the general entrance, the entrance hall of No. NB Underground City is slightly empty. Densely packed metal square plates form the entire wall of the hall.
You can't tell what material it is made of, but it gives people an unusually hard feeling.
Around the hall, that is, on the wall, there are eight telephone booth-like buildings symmetrically arranged. They are five meters long, wide and high. They are square and square, like eight dice made of metal blocks.
Bai Donggu was striding towards one of the buildings at this time. When the guard in front of the building saw the visitor, he immediately turned around and opened the door of the building.
"The outer door uses a fully automatic control mechanism, but the inner building door needs to be opened manually..."
659 raised his eyebrows, secretly activated the video recording function on his monocle, and recorded everything he saw.
After a harsh friction sound, the door of the telephone booth-like building was opened by the guards, revealing the scene inside.
There are no other furnishings, and there are no people. The interior of the building is just a boxy space. The paint on the surrounding walls peels off, exposing the rusty iron sheet inside.
"This... is an elevator?"
173 seemed to have just woken up from the previous chaos. He stared blankly at the interior of the building and murmured.
"Yes, the traction elevator is the only way to the underground city."
"Hmm...there are eight stations in total, right? Isn't it too few?"
After glancing around, 659 asked.
Although he did not know the specific population of the underground city, as the only entrance and exit of a city, these eight elevators were obviously not enough.
"hehe."
A smile appeared on Bai Donggu's face. He did not directly answer 659's question, but took the lead in entering the elevator.
Seeing that the other party didn't mean to answer immediately, 659 didn't ask further questions and stepped into the car immediately.
Following closely behind them were two guards standing outside the elevator.
With a harsh friction sound, the elevator door was closed tightly. One of the guards waved his hand at a camera diagonally above the elevator, and the elevator trembled violently and began to slowly descend.
Only then did 659, who was standing aside, notice that there was not even a single button in the elevator car made of rotten iron in front of him. Except for the cameras distributed in the four corners, almost no electronic equipment could be seen.
There isn't even a display showing how many floors the elevator has descended.
However, precisely because there is no other electronic equipment, when the elevator descends to a certain depth, the light source in the hall completely disappears above everyone's heads. Only the weak red light of the four cameras illuminates the car, which is barely enough for the car. The people in the compartment can clearly see what is in front of them.
No one spoke in the car, and only the occasional creaking sound came from the dim environment.
After an unknown amount of time, the elevator seemed to have reached the bottom. After an abrupt pause, the two guards standing by the door stepped forward and opened the elevator's grating door, one on the left and the other on the right.
What appeared in front of everyone was a dark passage. If it weren't for the dim lights on both sides of the road, 659 would even think that the elevator had malfunctioned and stopped at the wrong exit.
"It's so dark..."
173 looked at the deserted corridor and shrank his neck.
"In order to reduce energy consumption in the underground city, electricity consumption will be reduced as much as possible in non-essential locations."
"How much electricity does lighting cost? Is it necessary to save so much..."
173 said disapprovingly. After all, in his timeline, the technology of nuclear fusion had already been conquered, and the energy source of electricity was almost plentiful.
"The energy in the underground city is limited, and there is no other way. If you save a little here, save a little there, you can get a lot more energy in the end."
Bai Donggu didn't feel angry because of 173's words. Instead, he smiled, with a sense of joy in the bitterness.
"
Is it possible that your city is not equipped with the corresponding nuclear fusion power generation device? "
659 caught the core of the problem and asked from the side.
"Nuclear fusion power generation device, haha, let's talk about it later."
While speaking, Bai Donggu had already taken the lead to step out of the elevator. Although the corridor was dark, he could still look down on the road under his feet.
After the three people left the elevator, the two guards returned to the car and closed the elevator door again.
Amidst the creaking sound of the traction elevator, the three of them soon arrived at the end of the corridor. A thick iron door appeared in front of them, also rusty.
"Granite, this underground city is dug quite deep..."
With the faint blue light on the mechanical arm, 659 looked at the rock walls around the corridor and said.
"Don't look at the facilities in this underground city that are so old. These are all buildings before the disaster. But I didn't expect that it would now be the last place for human beings to live."
Bai Donggu didn't look back. He responded lightly and reached out to touch the iron door in front of him.
I don’t know what he did on the door. Anyway, with a burst of mechanical sound, the heavy door slowly opened, revealing an opening that could only allow two people to walk forward side by side.
"Welcome to Dungeon ZJ."
There are no bustling crowds or bright lights. Behind the heavy iron gate is a circular square. The overall layout is similar to that of the entrance, except that the ceiling at the entrance is an arched dome, while inside the square is It has a flat roof, and there are many regularly arranged load-bearing columns standing in the center.
Although there were not many people in the square, one or two people could still be seen under each thick load-bearing pillar.
These people were sitting or standing. Some had a small shed in front of them, while others had just a simple white cloth in front of them.
However, there are all kinds of gadgets in front of everyone. It seems that this square should be a place for trading.
Bai Donggu led the two of them forward, straight through the center of the square.
While walking, Zhang Heng-659 also took a look at the items sold at the stalls. Most of them were bones and leather. A few stalls had stones of different shapes. Only two stalls had stones of different shapes. Drawings and parts.
Although there are many stalls in the square, most of them are sellers, and there are few buyers wandering among the stalls.
"Are these residents of the underground city?"
173 looked at the surrounding stalls and asked Bai Donggu.
"Yes, they are all residents of the underground city. This is the NB Trading Plaza. When there is no emergency, the surrounding residents will come here to set up stalls and buy or sell the supplies they have obtained."
"I see that most of the stalls are filled with bones and leather. Could it be..."
659 took up the topic and continued to ask.
"Most of these are the bones and skins of exotic animals, obtained by hunting in the wild."
"Exotic beast?"
When 659 heard these two words, his pupils shrank and he looked carefully at the stall vendors around him.
The residents of these underground cities all have pale skin and thin limbs, which are obviously the result of malnutrition and not seeing sunlight for a long time.
Can such a weak underground city dweller hunt and kill strange beasts?
Although it is unclear about the development of the Alien Beast Tribe in this timeline, at least judging from the previous encounters with the Shadow Insect Swarm, the Alien Beast Tribe is not easy to mess with.
Although the life energy level of shadow bugs is the rare Omega level, this does not mean that other alien beasts are ordinary cats and dogs.
If ordinary people encounter, let alone fight against, anyone who can escape from the mouth of a strange beast will be considered to be very lucky...
