Chapter 125 Grave Digging (×) Archeology (√)
The city lord has fallen into Chen Xingzhi's control, and so have the nobles hiding elsewhere.
The infected people hiding around them showed their fangs one after another, knocked down the nobles who had no defense power around them, and injected the seeds of corruption into their bodies.
When Harold was still alive, Chen Xingzhi would still be worried that he would see the clues and would not dare to act rashly. After all, he did not have the ability to secretly control infected people.
But now, Harold has become his experimental subject. Without his constraints, Chen Xingzhi can extend his minions to the upper levels of Queen City without restraint.
In less than a day, Queen City quietly completed the regime change, and the people in the upper city were completely unaware of it.
All they knew was that the nobles and the city lord had a fight with each other for some unknown reason. During the fight, an incarnation of the void came out. The city lord immediately notified the entire city to take refuge.
Not long after entering the shelter, they received another notification that the danger had been lifted, and Quen City resumed normal production activities.
In the end, the city lord and the nobles reconciled as before, and there was no trace of the fact that both parties had almost beaten their brains out before. The whole incident seemed inexplicable to the residents.
Queen City is as calm as ever. Except for some familiar faces appearing in the upper city area for some reason, nothing has changed.
But for the residents living in the lower city, a place that is almost separated from the upper city, the changes are obvious.
The usual strict system for the lower city is no longer there, some supplies from the upper city are beginning to flow to the lower city, and everything is booming!
Without the blood-sucking power of the city lord and nobles, the entire city of Quen was full of vitality and everything was in competition.
The residents are happy because their lives have returned to stability; Chen Xingzhi and Dayun Tianzun are also happy because they have obtained the advanced technology passed down from their noble ancestors.
"Oh, my god of all opportunities, look at these strong lines and listen to this sweet roar. They are as fresh and sweet as the corrupt soup brewed by Uncle Gray Tide next door."
Dayun Tianzun's eyes shined, like a hunter eyeing his prey, muttering to a knight mecha.
"Can't you turn off the two lightbulbs in your eyes when you touch the mecha?" Chen Xingzhi complained. He was installing the latest nullification engine on his new body.
Originally, this body used an old version of the nullification engine and a miniature atomic furnace obtained from the Great Luck Goddess. However, after he conducted some research on Harold's body, he immediately launched a new version of the nullification engine with more power. It's powerful and can just replace the old version of the Nullifier Engine.
While he was busy at work, Grand Luck Heavenly Lord was not idle either. He was admiring this steel creation while studying the technology contained in it.
"This mecha is so old. An antique that I don't know when it was produced can survive to this day. It's hard to imagine how powerful the civilization that created it was."
Chen Xingzhi was more interested in another point: "How could such a powerful civilization end up in such a situation? I don't know what the 'big tear' that caused them to wander in the void is? And how was it formed?"
"Who knows," Dayun Tianzun shrugged, "Anyway, it won't be caused by us."
Their strength is still too weak. There is no point in thinking about this. The only thing they should do is to realize the interests of the city as soon as possible.
In addition to the Knight Mecha, they also harvested other goodies, such as the living metal inside Harold.
After consulting the unconscious Harold, they consulted his memory and discovered the origin of the living metal.
"Harold is still taking the protagonist's script for love," Chen Xingzhi raised his eyebrows while flipping through Harold's memories, "A commoner boy strayed into an ancient ruins. After experiencing a near-death experience, he won the recognition of the guardians of the ruins with his tenacity and finally got a chance. Slap the nobles in the face along the way and achieve the fourth level.”
"If Harold had not stayed as the captain of the city defense team, but went to the capital of the Northern Alliance to further his studies, he might have achieved greater success."
"Is this an example of being recruited?" Tianzun Tianzun felt that Harold was a bit like a rebel leader who was recruited by the court in the second half of his life. The only difference was that he really gained status and benefits and did not throw them away after they were used up. "A little bit, huh? I found the location of the ruins." Chen Xingzhi projected a map and marked a dot on it, "It's hidden in the mine outside the city."
The two looked at each other, both eager to try.
"Send the avatar down directly? Why don't we just move the mine and send a large force to settle in it." Chen Xingzhi was already ready to send out the earth-burrowing demonic insects.
Dayun Tianzun agreed with him very much and promised to send a mechanical army to assist the work of the insect swarm.
Troops composed of flesh and steel were quickly dispatched outside the city. Earth-boring demonic insects burrowed into the ground one after another, gnawing at the earth and rocks. Together with the huge engineering machinery, they wiped out the mines from the surface of the earth at a speed visible to the naked eye. .
Some minor accidents also occurred during this process, that is, the void cultists lurking in the mine were disturbed by the movement of the mountains, and one by one they jumped out to stop them.
However, when they saw the ferocious swarms of insects and the giant machines that covered the sky and the sun, the words they were about to say were forcibly swallowed.
"Dear heroes, we are just passing by, passing by," the Void Priest said with a smile, "see if you can be noble and let us go."
Before he could finish speaking, a giant laser drill was pointed at him.
The beam fell, and the priest was evaporated, along with the void cultists around him.
"Before, I would take advantage of you if you were valuable, but now you are worthless and you dare to jump out? Isn't this lighting a lantern in the toilet - seeking death?"
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Chen Xingzhi, who had followed to supervise the excavation, chuckled and suddenly saw that a large hole had been blasted out by the laser drill where the priest had been standing, and a faint metallic color appeared underneath.
"It seems that we have just dug it. If we expand the entrance, we can send troops in."
The insect swarm and excavation machinery moved very efficiently, expanding the entrance in less than a moment and pouring into the large hole like a tide.
Chen Xingzhi also mixed with the large army and headed inside.
Before I had taken two steps, a mechanical sound rang:
"Welcome to Section 7 of the Ring Ark. I'm not from here. What kind of monsters are you?"
The mechanical sound jammed, and then it made a sharp explosion like a human being.
"Oh? Since you asked the question sincerely," followed by a clicking sound, an excavation machine suddenly transformed into a human form, "then I will tell you with great mercy."
"I am the Iron-Hearted Exterminator from Cyberlux, and now I want to free your mind and let you join our great crusade!"
"What's this cyber thing?" the voice of the guardian of the ruins became more and more confused, "Forget it, I don't care what you guys are, just leave this ruins quickly, no"
A laser drill was suddenly aimed at the depths of the ruins, and energy began to gather.
The hungry Earth-boring Demonic Insects also roared and stared eagerly.
"Otherwise, don't blame me for inviting you in and entertaining you." The guardian of the ruins simply knelt down and said flatteringly:
"Two distinguished guests, this is not the place for negotiation. Please follow my indicator light and move to another more suitable place."
Unexpectedly, this intelligent life fell to its knees so quickly. Since the other party was so aware of current affairs, the two could only regretfully put away their weapons and praise them as "heroes."
(End of chapter)