"Wait! Be careful of the danger inside!" Before Charles finished his words, the bandage had already penetrated. He gritted his teeth and hurried to catch up.
When he walked in and saw the scene inside, he was stunned.
Inside this huge metal cover is actually a factory the size of a small town.
The huge workshop factory building is a behemoth made of steel bars and poured cement, and it glows iron-gray under the crew's flashlights.
Some pipes extended from the top of the factory and inserted into the holes in the metal wall next to it. The vast amount of smoke and ash outside, as thick as snow, was all sprayed out from them.
Bandage was still thinking about going inside, but Charles rushed over and stopped him, "Wait! Let the mouse explore the way first! What's wrong with you?"
"I... have heard this song before. Someone very close to me... sang a song."
"Have you been here?" Charles asked.
Bandage frowned as he looked at the factory in front of him. After more than ten seconds, he shook his head with difficulty. "No... No..."
"So you're going to rush in and die? When did you become so impulsive?"
Hearing this, Bandage's eyes became confused. "I... feel that this song... is very familiar... This place should... not be dangerous..."
Charles looked at the factory in the distance hesitantly, then turned to Lily on his shoulder and said, "Let your mouse explore the way first."
"Squeak~Squeak~" As Lily called softly, the colorful mice rushed towards the factory in the distance.
"Stay with me and don't go too far. I feel like something is wrong with you." Charles said to the bandage.
Bandage didn't say anything, but nodded silently, with deep confusion in his eyes.
Not long after, the mice returned, without any danger inside, and they brought various details about the factory.
Judging from the details translated by Lily, this factory was definitely created by humans, with windows and stools and chairs that match people's height.
If it was just a guess before, now it can be confirmed with almost certainty.
"Why did the humans on the surface build a factory like this here? Where are they now?" Charles couldn't help but think of this question.
"Where is the singing? Can you hear where it comes from?" Charles asked the mice.
"No, they said that the sound disappeared after they walked around inside."
Charles touched his chin and looked at the factory in front of him and thought for a few seconds. Then he waved his hand and led everyone to grope forward.
The door of the factory was open, and it was very quiet inside. There was no other sound except the echo of Charles and others' footsteps.
Looking at the equipment with a huge metal shell in front of him, Charles couldn't tell what this factory was doing. He could only judge that it seemed to be some kind of heavy industry.
The ceiling light bulb was not on and Charles couldn't find the switch.
Everyone held their weapons tightly in their hands and illuminated everything with their flashlights.
"It's strange that there are no signs of human activity, but it's so clean." Dipper gently stroked the machine next to him with his finger.
"There's nothing strange about this. There are automatic cleaning robots that clean this place regularly." A female voice sounded behind Charles. It was not the voice of crew member Nelinda.
Charles suddenly felt his hair stand on end. He slowly turned his head and saw a young girl in a beige dress standing gracefully among the crew members.
She is very beautiful and has a pure smile on her face.
The next second, everyone moved instantly, raising their weapons and pointing them directly at her.
"Who... are you?" Charles said, taking a step back cautiously.
"My name is Alice. Hello, everyone. No one has been here for a long time. I thought no one would come here anymore. Let's go this way." Alice said as she walked towards the door of the factory.
After exchanging glances with the first mate, the vigilant Charles slowly followed. At the moment, the other party did not seem to be hostile to them.
"Have you been here long? Are you the only one here?"
"Well, it's been a long, long time. It's not like they're alone, but they have to have special conditions to be awakened. You know, there's not much to eat in this place."
"So what do you usually eat?"
"I don't need to eat. Eating is something only you guys do."
Charles sounded suspicious, which clearly meant that this guy was not human at all.
"Where are we going?" Charles asked again.
"Let's go take a plane. Why are you asking such strange questions? By the way, why are you allowed to bring weapons on board? According to the regulations, this is not allowed."
"Knowing when the surface became—"
Before Charles finished speaking, the other party shook his head impatiently, "Why do you have so many questions? You will know when you get there."
Charles stopped asking questions. He also wanted to know where this woman was going to take him.
After walking in this huge and complex factory for half an hour, the girl brought Charles and others into a factory building. It was very empty inside, except for a heavy airplane that did not look like an airplane.
The plane is very large and looks like a passenger plane, with its tail extending outside the factory.
"Come on, let's go in first. The plane is about to take off." Alice jumped up the boarding stairs, but Charles did not move.
Seeing that the people behind didn't follow, Alice poked her head out of the cabin in confusion, "Huh? Why don't you follow?"
"Can you tell me where the plane is going first?" Charles looked around at the empty factory buildings vigilantly.
He had thought that he would encounter many things in here, but now this kind of thing was beyond his expectations.
Now his mind was full of doubts. This strange factory, this strange girl, and this strange plane, everything here was strange.
"Where to? Home, of course? Didn't they tell you? You can go home once you retire and return to the surface. First take this plane to the central airport, and then transfer from there."
"Central Airport? Retired?" Charles suddenly understood something. He looked at Alice on the boarding stairs and said slowly, "Just answer me a question and I'll go up."
"Okay, just one question at most."
"Where did the others come from to board the plane?"
"Over there, that elevator over there. It's the first time that someone has run outside like you did."
Charles took a look and ran in the direction Alice pointed.
When he pushed open the door, his pupils suddenly shrank, and outside there were rows of neatly arranged transparent elevators.
Below the transparent elevator is a large dark hole. The hole looks very deep, as if it can lead directly to the earth and sea. No, maybe this place does lead directly to the earth and sea.
(End of this chapter)