Somewhere in the factory.
In the huge boiler, the flames were burning brightly, and the surrounding space was illuminated red by the fire.
High-temperature heat waves continued to pour out of the boiler, turning the entire factory into a steam furnace.
There was nothing around, no workers, and no piles of coal on the ground. It seemed that there was no need to add any fuel, and the flames in the boiler could burn forever.
Quietly, two figures appeared at the entrance. They looked around and cautiously entered. After making sure there is no threat, go to the boiler.
"This is really big."
Looking up, Chen Xing couldn't help but sigh. The boiler occupies most of the factory building and is connected to the roof. Through the holes in the roof, you can vaguely see the huge chimney towering into the sky.
Countless pipes connect the boiler, sending high-temperature and high-pressure water vapor everywhere.
The seventh princess took out various instruments and equipment from the storage space and tested the surroundings.
"The radiation index is abnormal, accompanied by strong chaotic energy fluctuations..."
"The stuff is right here!"
The seventh princess checked around, and finally her eyes fell on the combustion chamber. All I could see was an orange-red color inside, and the high temperature was constantly radiating out, making it impossible for people to get close.
"Look at me!"
Chen Xing once again showed off his stunts, leaping forward and diving into the boiler like a fish.
In an instant, waves of fire hit his face, and the temperature reached tens of thousands. Chen Xing's eyes glowed blue, and dense runic circuits appeared on his skin.
A torrential rain of fire began to fall in the spiritual sea, and an ancient rune slowly rose out of the sea, and then like a black hole, it produced a huge suction force. The fire rain was pulled and turned into countless fire dragons, which were involved in the runes.
The surface of the rune lit up, and cracks with lava flowing appeared.
But at this moment, something strange happened.
The boiler gate fell down without any warning!
Only a banging sound was heard, and the gate divided the inside and outside of the furnace into two worlds.
When Chen Xing heard the noise, he immediately started teleportation and wanted to leave the combustion chamber. Unexpectedly, he hit the furnace wall and was bounced back.
what happened!
He teleported again, but was still blocked. It was as if there was an invisible force pulling him, preventing him from leaving.
Teleporting failed, so he immediately turned around and checked the gate, only to find that the gate was tightly closed and there was no place to start. He punched it hard, but the furnace wall remained motionless, like a mayfly shaking a tree, unable to make even a single noise.
For a moment, he thought of Sun Dasheng who was trapped in the Bagua Furnace.
But he is not as resistant to burning as Sun Dasheng. Sun Dasheng is made of copper skin and iron bones, while he is just flesh and blood. Although Balrog's first blood brings the ability to be immune to fire, this ability is only a small part of Balrog's body, and there is an upper limit to the heat that can be absorbed.
"Boom!"
There was a dull crashing sound outside. It seemed that the seventh princess noticed something unusual and wanted to use the steam iron fist to break open the boiler.
However, several continuous sounds were heard, but the boiler remained motionless.
In less than thirty seconds, Chen Xing could already feel that the temperature was gradually rising. This is not because of temperature changes in the combustion chamber, but because the flame immunity is gradually losing its ability after absorbing excess heat energy.
The moment it fails, he will be burned to ashes by tens of thousands of degrees of heat.
Thinking of death, cold sweat broke out on Chen Xing's forehead.
what to do? what to do!
The time was too short, too urgent, and there was no time left for him to think.
But the more urgent the situation, the less chaotic it is.
As a man of three generations, he gradually calmed down. According to the seventh princess, the undercurrent relics are in the combustion chamber.
Find it and control it, maybe this is the only way to survive.
Chen Xing turned around and walked firmly towards the center of the combustion chamber.
The temperature is getting higher and higher, and there is a burning pain on the skin. On one side is the immunity that is about to expire, and on the other side is the increasing temperature in the burning center. Under this situation, Chen Xing's ability to resist fire is rapidly weakening.
Wherever the eye catches, it is orange and red, making it difficult to identify the direction.
Chen Xing closed his eyes and sank his consciousness into darkness.
A little light appears in psychic vision. It is the only light in the darkness.
Chen Xing opened his eyes suddenly and rushed over to grab it!
"Uh-huh!"
Severe pain came, like reaching into a fire and grabbing a piece of red coal.
He smelled the burning flesh, but he didn't dare to let go, because this was the only hope!
He seemed to be able to feel the water on his hands evaporating and the bones melting.
He gritted his teeth desperately and refused to let go. Even if his entire arm was burned to charcoal, he would not let go.
The stalemate lasted for tens of seconds, or maybe a few minutes, and suddenly the whole world became quiet.
The temperature gradually dropped, from the scorching heat at the beginning to the endless coldness.
When he opened his eyes again, the world fell into endless darkness.
"you made it!"
The clear voice of the Seventh Princess came from behind.
Only then did Chen Xing see the object in his hand clearly.
A golden key.
Looking around, the originally endless factory buildings, the patrolling mechanical guards, and the mechanical workers lining up like ants, all disappeared.
In place of all this, there is only the severely deserted land beneath our feet.
"You found the factory manager's key!"
Chen Xing only glanced at the golden key in his hand and threw it directly to the seventh princess without much exploration.
He knew his position very well. In this treasure hunt, he was just a facilitator, and the harvest would naturally belong to the other party.
Of course, the reason why he gave it out so readily was because he did not have enough spiritual energy sources to support the operation of such a huge factory.
The seventh princess looked at it for a while, put it in her pocket, and then bowed slightly to Chen Xing, "Thank you!"
"Let's go, we should go back."
After getting the things, it was time for him to go back and be the Prime Minister of the Red Kingdom. There were a lot of national affairs waiting for him to deal with, and there were a lot of women waiting for his blessing.
"Wait, there's something else."
On the detector's screen, the green lines were beating slightly, indicating that there were still weak psychic fluctuations here.
"over there!"
The two soon found a place with abnormal psychic fluctuations - a wooden hut.
Because the energy core was taken out, the huge factory disappeared like a mirage, leaving behind a lonely cabin.
"Crunch..."
Pushing open the old wooden door, the fluorescent feathered snake flew in.
Under the cyan light, the furnishings in the house were revealed to the two of them.
Old large wooden tables, rows of wooden shelves, and mountains of drawings. On the shelves, on the table, and on the floor, there are drawings of mechanical parts.
After glancing around, the two of them looked at the table at the same time.
Among the scattered drawing tools, a small reflective object stands out, like a little red in the greenery. The difference from the surrounding objects can be seen at a glance. This is a unique attribute of undercurrent relics. It is academically called the "red mung bean phenomenon", which means that if you put a red bean into a mung bean, it will be particularly conspicuous.
Judging from the appearance, it is a monocle used by mechanical designers.
"for you."
The seventh princess picked up the glasses, wiped the dust on them, and handed them to Chen Xing.
Chen Xing didn't say anything and just put it away. Although it doesn't seem to have much use, it is still an undercurrent relic. It seems to be relatively complete and can be used as a fake.
The two returned to the station and planned to return along the same route. Then I discovered that there was another exit at the station.
Now that you're here, it's impossible not to explore.
The two walked up the steps, and before their eyes, they appeared in a primeval forest.
Behind him is an oval space entrance.
"What's going on?" Chen Xing confirmed to the Seventh Princess.
"As you can see, we left the world fragment and returned to the main space." The seventh princess stated.
"Are we still in Green Continent?" Chen Xing observed the plants around him, which were mainly fir trees and ferns common in Green Continent.
"Let me check the coordinates." The seventh princess closed her eyes and faced the sky, as if receiving satellite signals.
Half a minute later, she opened her eyes again, "We are still in the Green Continent, about a thousand kilometers away from the previous space entrance."
"Is there a clear network signal here?" Chen Xing asked curiously. This is obviously an undeveloped place, and there are no satellite signal base stations for popular networks.
"If necessary, I can also receive the World Bank's network signal." The seventh princess replied.
"How did you do it?" Chen Xing couldn't help but ask. The World Bank network, also known as the darknet, exists independently of all human network systems.
"Such a backward signal encryption technology, I cracked it in a few minutes." The seventh princess said casually.
"Okay." Chen Xing said helplessly. Unexpectedly, human technology is so fragile in the face of cyber civilization.
"Wait..." Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something, "Did you just say that we are more than a thousand kilometers away from the entrance to the previous space?"
"Yes." The seventh princess nodded.
"In other words, there may be other stations." Chen Xing deduced.
"It should be, the train track has not reached the end yet." The Seventh Princess guessed, "Theoretically, the perpetual motion steam engine has enough energy to affect the entire railway track and the stations on the road."
Then she shook her head, "No, I should go back, otherwise my father will find out."
"Let's talk about it next time." Chen Xing gave up easily. He was used to kingly protection and felt very uneasy being out there alone.
"There is a rocket base two hundred kilometers away from here." The seventh princess pointed to a certain direction in the dense forest, "Let's go!"
