"It's so dark..." Li Wenxi whispered, "Should we turn on a light? If we turn on the light, will this machine detect it?"
"Then don't open it. They should all have red berries, right? Just eat one." Wen Guixin said in the dark.
"That seems to make sense, then..."
"Hey, hey, let's stop it," Qin Fu said quickly. "Red berries enhance night vision. The principle is that it allows people's eyes to receive light more easily, right? Now that you have enhanced your night vision by eating red berries, can you still go out later?"
Xu Xin also said, "I think so too. Let's not do it. Let's just leave it like this for now."
Xu Ying was looking around: "My night vision is pretty good, so I can see roughly. From my observation, there are no offensive weapons here, but there are at least ten surveillance cameras, capturing this small room in all directions without blind spots."
A small room that is about the same size as a bedroom actually has more than a dozen surveillance cameras...
"What do you think this place is?" Lou Fei'er asked in the dark. "Just now, the alien invader poured those scarlet crystal fragments into this machine..."
"Not sure. But the monster might know."
Xu Ying looked at Xu Xin.
At this time, Xu Ying took off the bracelet and stuffed it into Li Wenxi's hand: "Wenxi, take me in, I'll go talk to it. Five minutes, let me out in five minutes."
"Oh, okay." Li Wenxi nodded slightly and immediately touched Xu Xin with her bracelet.
Then, the scene in front of Xu Xin changed from darkness to a whole bright white space.
"Bing!"
When everyone was put into the bracelet, Coco was also put in. When Xu Xin came in, Coco rushed to him and cried.
Xu Xin rubbed Coco's little head.
I didn't let Coco out before because I felt that they were sliding and jumping around, and their movements were very big. If Coco didn't hold on tightly to his cloak and fell out, it would be a disaster.
"Do you want me to take action?" The monster's hoarse and unpleasant voice sounded from behind Xu Xin.
He looked back and saw that the monster was sitting cross-legged on the ground like a human being. Most of its eyes were closed, except for the two eyes on its face, which were open and looking at Xu Xin.
It was wearing a cloak of the Hider, as if it was ready to be released at any time.
"Yes." Xu Xin walked over to it and sat down. "The current situation..."
He briefly recounted the situation to the monster.
"Oh? Is that so?"
The monster hesitated for a moment.
"You guessed correctly. The seven or eight meter tall machine you saw is a storage and processing machine for scarlet crystals. It is also the exit of this underground space."
"If the alien invaders who cut the scarlet crystal there want to get out, they will enter another larger opening and be brought to the surface by machinery."
"Also, if you are discovered, the entrance above will be immediately closed. If you want to get out, you can only rely on that machine. But that machine cannot take you out. If you enter that machine, you will only die."
Xu Xin understood: "So, if we didn't have Xu Ying's ability, if we were discovered after entering, we would be directly locked in here and unable to get out."
The defense of this place is really tight.
If the cutting workers want to get out, they must enter this machine.
It seems that the purpose of this machine's existence, in addition to storing scarlet crystals, is probably more to check the bodies of the cutting workers who are about to leave here to see if they are carrying some scarlet crystals on them to avoid smuggling.
In this way, the scarlet crystal can be guaranteed not to leak out at all.
"It's like this." The monster stood up. "I know everything. Let me out. I'll help you lure those little machines away, and you can continue with your plan."
"You seem to be very calm." Xu Xin looked up at it and said, "This is the final stage of your plan. If this plan can succeed..."
"We can drive these invaders out of your planet." The monster's mouth split open, as if laughing. "I have been thinking a lot here alone. I have long expected this moment to come. The only thing I didn't expect was that you would act so quickly."
Xu Xin's eyes moved.
Just now, it actually called itself "a person".
Is this a change in mentality
Forget it, considering the current situation, I can only believe it.
"Whether this plan can be completed depends on you." Xu Xin also stood up and stretched out his hand to it.
The monster was visibly stunned.
It has thoroughly studied human manners and civilization, and it knows that shaking hands is a etiquette between humans.
But unexpectedly, Xu Xin would want to shake hands with it.
It was obvious that both parties disliked each other.
However, its mouth opened wider, and it held Xu Xin's hand with its eyes closed.
"No, the key is still you. But don't worry, I will lead those things away."
"Hmm..." Coco poked her little head out from Xu Xin's invisible cloak, looked at the monster holding Xu Xin's hand, and blinked.
Xu Xin smiled and nodded. Just as he was about to say something, the scenery in front of him suddenly changed.
It changed from a bright white to a pitch black.
After five minutes, Li Wenxi released him from the bracelet.
"How was it?" Li Wenxi handed the bracelet back to him. "How was the talk?"
"Hmm!" Coco called out softly.
"Oh, Coco is out too?"
Xu Xin said softly: "This machine..."
Xu Xin told them the function of the machine, and then said: "This machine is of little significance to us. However, if it can be destroyed, it should be destroyed. There should be a lot of scarlet crystal fragments preserved in this machine."
If you are going to do it, do it thoroughly.
Most of the previously cut scarlet crystals had been consumed by the four giant ships, and now the newly cut ones should all be in this machine.
As long as they can destroy this big scarlet crystal and this machine, their mission will be accomplished.
"What do you think? Should we leave some for them?" Zeng Tao's voice rang out from the darkness. "If they are all gone, won't they even have the ability to go back?"
If all the scarlet crystals were gone, they wouldn't be able to start their giant ships, and naturally they wouldn't be able to go back.
"Isn't that better?" Wen Guixin asked, "Let these bastards die on Earth instead of going back!"
"Well, that makes sense, as long as they don't counterattack before they die." Xu Ying said.
"What are you afraid of? Let's just live in the world tree in the ocean and see if they dare to fight back."
Xu Xin was helpless: "Now is not the time to talk about this. Okay, get ready, I'm going to release it. You must be careful."
"Don't worry."
"Let it go."
"I'm ready!"
Xu Xin took a deep breath and turned the bracelet.
Then, the monster appeared directly before their eyes.
Xu Xin's eyes had adapted to the darkness, and his eyesight had also improved, so he could already see roughly what was happening in the dark.
As soon as the monster came out, his eyes suddenly shrank: "Why are you..."
Why aren't you wearing your Hidden Man cloak?!
It was clearly still being worn when it was inside just now
Although he wanted to say so, he was interrupted by a sudden and extremely shrill alarm.
“——”
Along with the shrill alarm, the small space was immediately completely illuminated by the frequently flashing emerald green light!
At the same time, several emerald green lights like laser lights hit the monster directly.
There are more than a dozen cameras in this room. If it doesn't come out wearing a stealth cloak, it will of course be discovered immediately!
"My situation is special. In this position, I will be discovered whether I wear the Cloak of the Hider or not." The monster explained quickly, "Why don't you teleport out quickly and look over there."
It raised its twisted arms, which were longer than its legs, and pointed them toward the wall of World Tree roots.
That wall is slowly opening!
And through the loosened gap, Xu Xin and others saw the black muzzle of the gun in the red light!
Oh no, those guns are coming!
Damn, aren’t they afraid of breaking this machine
At this time, Xu Xin's arm was grabbed by Xu Ying, and she also grabbed Li Wenxi's arm: "You guys, hold on to me, I'm going to teleport!"
The shrill alarm drowned out Xu Ying's voice, but her actions made everyone else understand exactly what she was going to do next, and they all rushed to grab her.
Then, a purple-black vortex appeared under everyone's feet.
"Leave it to me."
The moment they fell into the purple-black vortex, the monster's hoarse and unpleasant voice reached their ears.
Then, they appeared on the scarlet crystal.
Appeared around the pit that Zhao Xiaochuan was digging.
At this time, the mechanical jellyfish in the sky were no longer circling around the scarlet crystal as quickly as before, but were flying collectively towards the wall that was opening, hovering in the air in front of the wall.
At the same time, flashing green warning lights appeared on their bodies.
"… What's going on now?"
Zhao Xiaochuan, who stuck his head out of the pit, asked cautiously.
At this time, Zhao Xiaochuan had stopped cutting. Outside the pit, Wang Lei and Jin Yue looked at the place where the scarlet jellyfish gathered with serious faces.
Jin Yue has also turned off the silencer in her hand.
"The monster has been released. It will help us lure away these small mechanical jellyfish." Zeng Tao explained, and then said with a little lack of confidence, "But... will it succeed? How is it going to lure away all these small mechanical jellyfish?"
"Hmm..." Keke poked her head out from Xu Xin's arms and tilted her head, "Hmm?"
“It’s unrealistic to lead them all away, but as long as they can help us share some of the burden…” Before Xu Ying finished her words, the surroundings changed dramatically!
Countless artillery batteries suddenly fired at the half-open wall of the World Tree's roots!
“BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!
”
The firelight was dwarfed by the glow of the scarlet crystal, but the deafening sound, echoing in this enclosed space the size of a football field, made everyone's heads buzz.
At the same time, shells kept flying over the heads of several people and bombarded the half-open wall.
The turret close to the wall fired directly at the wall, while the turret separated by a scarlet crystal fired like a mortar, sending its shells tracing a parabola in the air!
For a moment, the air in the entire underground space was filled with shells flying towards the wall at high speed!
“BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!
!
”
The roar continued.
Under the scarlet crystal, the three alien invaders who were working stopped working and began to tremble in place.
This sudden scene seemed to have frightened the three of them quite a bit.
At this moment, Xu Xin's arm was grabbed.
It’s Li Wenxi.
She was saying something loudly to Xu Xin with an anxious look on her face, but because there were roars all around her at this time, she also pointed in the direction opposite to the bombing location.
Xu Xin couldn't hear anything at all and could only look in the direction she pointed.
Then his eyelids drooped.
I saw that in that direction, the wall formed by the roots of the world tree was slowly loosening!
There's actually a room over there!
What's in there
At this time, the roar of artillery shells had begun to become much sparser.
Because the small space where the monster was located had been attacked enough times, thick smoke filled the cave entrance. Through the smoke, Xu Xin and his companions could vaguely see the roots of the World Tree that were somewhat broken by the bombardment around the cave entrance.
But in the blink of an eye, one second after the shells stopped attacking, the somewhat damaged roots of the World Tree had been completely repaired.
Xu Xin looked back again and saw another hole.
The cave was fully visible under the dazzling light of the scarlet crystal.
The object in the cave reflected the luster of metal and seemed to be another huge machine.
…same thing
No…
This machine... why does it feel like it's moving
"Oh my god! Is that guy so strong?!"
Wang Lei's voice drew Xu Xin's attention back here again.
Most of the smoke at the cave entrance had dissipated, and everyone could see everything in the cave through the smoke.
The monster was standing at the entrance of the cave, unharmed.
Its eyes were still open, and its mouth was split open to the back of its head. It looked like an alien about to emerge from the smoke, giving off a very oppressive feeling.
It walked out of the cave.
The turret did not continue to attack, probably because the person controlling the turret felt that the power of the turret could no longer cause any harm to the monster.
"later… !"
Li Wenxi's voice rang out.
Everyone immediately looked back subconsciously.
I saw more than a dozen... pitch-black pipes extending from the fully opened hole at the back
Then, more than a dozen extremely thick scarlet smoke were released from the pipe!
"Isn't that red fog!" Lou Feier exclaimed in surprise.
She is so familiar with this thing!
She was addicted to Red Mist back then.
At the same time, a series of "clicking" sounds were heard from the core entrance of the World Tree above them.
When I looked up again, I saw that the entrance had disappeared.
It's closed!
Everyone's expression suddenly changed.
Are they going to cover this place with red fog
"Don't be afraid." Xu Ying spoke at this time to calm people's hearts.
"If you are exposed to the red light and inhale the red mist at the same time, your mutation will be accelerated and you will be directly controlled. I'm afraid the alien invaders will be no exception. But not only do we have protective films on our bodies, we have also been injected with genetic drugs. This method will not work on us."
At the same time, she looked at the monster at the entrance of the cave.
"I don't know what it will do."