Viewed from space, the Aitken Basin is a three-level circular staircase with a flat bottom and two peaks, one large and one small, standing in the center.
As the "elevator" descended, Li Liang discovered that the bottom of the basin was actually full of large and small potholes, forming small craters. It looked like a giant meteorite hit the moon and then shattered, sputtering around, and the basin The center is actually a vast mountain range.
The "elevator" leads to a brightly lit canyon among the mountains, where green forests blow in the wind, white water surges into the valley, clouds and mist linger among the cliffs, and there is a bay of mirror-like green water at the bottom of the valley, with rugged rocks in the lake.
The vitality is incompatible with the desolation and death around it.
It wasn't until the "elevator" reached the top of the canyon that Li Liang saw clearly that the canyon was located inside a transparent shield. The material of the shield should be similar to the "elevator", which was also a kind of metal.
Subsequently, the "elevator" entered the shield along the beam tube and landed on the cliff at the edge of the canyon.
The sergeants who came to report their duties stood up one after another.
Li Liang followed Jin Ji out of the "elevator".
The gray-white rocky ground is covered with moss, and a corner of the building is faintly exposed in the dense forest in the distance.
He stopped, a little surprised.
Where is the "tight security" Enbridge talks about? The Zhuos headquarters in front of me seemed completely undefended. There were no heavy weapons in sight, and there were no patrolling robots or spaceships.
In addition, when she first met Li Xiaozi, she once said that since the appearance of the Gate of Spiritual Principle, more and more Zhuosi people are obsessed with the power of spirits. However, the spirits here are extremely thin, almost nonexistent.
Jin Ji beside him, including more than a dozen sergeants who were accompanying him, also stood there, turning their heads to look into the depths of the canyon.
Following their gaze, Li Liang saw a pyramid-shaped building by the lake at the bottom of the valley. The exterior of the building was covered by vines and vegetation, blending in with the surroundings. It would be overlooked if you weren't paying attention.
"It's not normal," Jin Ji said the "old saying" poorly, with a curled tongue and a strong uptown accent.
Li Liang didn't squint: "What?"
"The headquarters is closed," Jin Ji, whose thick beard obscured his expression, frowned, approached an older colleague, and whispered to him face to face.
The sergeant major looked solemn and kept shaking his head. After a moment, he greeted the others and walked together towards the white building in the forest.
After they walked some distance away, Jin Ji straightened his beard and said, "I don't know what happened. Defense, there should be defense, but now there is no more."
Li Liang glanced at the dazzling shield above his head: "Did the Galaxy receive any special orders?"
"No, Heroic Spirits." Jin Ji mixed his mouth and simply changed to Shangcheng District's language and said a series of words. The "subtitles" showed, "The Galaxy is currently controlled by the Heroic Spirits. My emergency response force is responsible for maintaining the internal security of the mothership. , did not receive any special orders.”
"Where is the heroic expeditionary force?"
"One part is deployed between the Earth and the Moon, and the other part is deployed in the orbit of Mars."
Tight on the outside and loose on the inside, I have a bad feeling.
Could it be that some kind of change has occurred in the "New World" due to the arrival of Cain? The heroic spirit of Dros has a chance to win and no longer cares about the defense of the headquarters?
Li Liang closed his eyes again. There were no signs of Horcruxes or Taoist magic circulating in Ling's vision, and the Lings here were indeed very few, several times poorer than the earth or space.
He imagined possible situations, such as being discovered by the defense system when he stepped out of the elevator, being surrounded by the bodyguards of the heroic spirit, facing a powerful magician or sorcerer, or the heroic spirit guessing that he would come alone and waiting for a long time.
Either situation meant danger, but he knew better that compared to risking all the power of the Marginal Business Department with Andre, he at least had room for maneuver if he took the risk alone.
However, he never expected to encounter such a strange situation.
Opening his eyes, he looked at the white building in the distance and asked, "Where is that place?"
"Joint Staff of Deep Space Defense and Interstellar Expeditionary Forces."
"Go and have a look."
Jin Ji hesitated for a moment and then led the way.
Soon, the two caught up with the sergeants and entered the dense forest together.
The trees on both sides of the stone road are tall and tall. The wind coming from nowhere passes through the forest, and the tree crowns rustle, making the forest seem more and more quiet.
All the sergeants majors were wearing tactical outer armor and their steps were heavy.
More than ten minutes later, a white single-story building appeared in view. It was built on a huge rock. It had a regular geometric shape in appearance, and part of it was hanging out of the rock.
The suspended part of the facade is made of glass curtain wall, which reveals the orange light inside.
The group of people climbed up the stone steps and came to a closed wooden door.
The older sergeant major looked around, and instinctively touched his waist, where weapons were supposed to be hung, but it was empty. He made eye contact with his colleagues, and then stepped forward and knocked on the door.
After a moment, the door opened from the inside.
Standing in the door was a pure white robot with no facial features, a head like a pure white duck egg, and slender limbs. The metal structure in the translucent shell was clearly visible, and blue and red lights flashed in the chest.
Li Liang had seen this kind of robot in the bunker of the China-Beijing New Order Joint Meeting.
The robot moved stiffly and moved sideways to get out of the way.
The sergeants majors filed in.
After passing by the robot, Li Liang looked back. Although the robot had no eyes, he clearly felt that the robot was staring at him.
He looked back and looked around the hall. There is a column with a diameter of more than ten meters in the center of the rotunda. There is a ring of grooves more than one meter high from the ground, which emits orange light.
The sergeants stepped forward and stood in front of the groove, leaning slightly. A blue light lit up in front of each of them, illuminating their faces.
At this time.
A bald man wearing a plain gray robe came out from behind the pillar.
The sergeants turned around and stood at attention, raised their right hands, palm forward, thumb curled back, middle finger, ring finger and little finger together and separated from the index finger.
The bald man responded with the same raised hand, then turned his eyes and looked at Li Liang.
Li Liang remained motionless.
It's not that he doesn't want to raise his hand, but he can't do it. His index finger and middle finger are wearing double-ring rings, which are in the same finger cuff of the tactical gloves.
Jin Ji on the side didn't know the reason, but he reacted very quickly and immediately leaned forward to explain.
Li Liang glanced at the subtitles and saw words like "Chief of General Staff" and "Order".
The bald man walked over slowly.
Under the full-coverage helmet, Li Liang looked up and down at the approaching man.
This man was in his thirties, with a Chinese face, smooth and pale skin, without a trace of wrinkles. His gray robe was almost uncut and wrapped casually around his body. His calves were strong and his feet were bare.
All in all, except for the lack of hair and eyebrows, this person's appearance and clothing were very ordinary, but Li Liang felt very uncomfortable.
When the bald man stood in front of him, he finally realized something was wrong.
This person has no emotions.
Whether calm or indifferent, normal people's expressions and eyes will always reveal emotions inadvertently, androids always have a thinking expression, while robots' eyes are dull and dull.
Only the bald head in front of him, the muscles on his entire face were relaxed, and there was no emotion in his eyes.
