Soul of Burning Steel

"Tap, tap, tap."

A faint blue light flickered between the steel passages, and a clear and heavy trampling sound could be heard in the flow of magic power.

At this time, under the guidance of No. 3, Joshua and others are heading deeper into the pyramid. Their goal is the [Ecological Cycle Zone] below the central area.

After talking with Moria and the others for a while, Joshua decided to believe what No. 3 said—after all, no matter how suspicious she was, she did not show any malice from the beginning. The only being that can communicate with, Joshua still has a lot of questions to ask her.

Of course, the first goal is to find the [Ecological Cycle Zone]. After all, they don’t know how long they will stay here. The source of food and water is very important. down a channel.

There are countless staggered passages inside the huge pyramid, some of which are illuminated by blue light, and some have been completely extinguished. According to the words of No. 3, due to the lack of personnel maintenance, even if the mobile fortress has the ability to self-regulate, it has accumulated a lot that cannot be repaired after thousands of years. of damage.

"We are passing through the energy storage area, and we are about to reach our destination." No. 3 reported calmly: "The food storage area is on the other side, but after thousands of years, it has probably all been turned into mud."

Above the people is the core dogma area that is in the center and regulates energy transportation, and below it is the living area and ecological cycle area of ​​human life.

The light ahead is getting brighter and brighter, Joshua can feel the more obvious breath of life without the reminder of No. 3, which is completely opposite to the dead and desolate wilderness outside the pyramid, and the corner of Claire's mouth is also Tilting slightly, she also sensed the message of natural existence.

The passage of steel began to expand, the original passage mouth began to become wider and wider, and the flow of wind began to become more obvious. Everyone continued to move forward, and finally reached the end of the passage. The transparent barrier entered a vast space.

The surging breath of life rushed towards his face, Joshua raised his head and stared at everything in front of him.

What came into view was a blue-green world. The huge man-made earth and the sky stretched endlessly before his eyes. Compared with this huge space, their group was as small as ants. Under the blowing of the wind, the lush and exotic plants shake their blue-green leaves and make a rattling sound, while scattered shrubs and weeds are scattered all over the dark brown land.

"Here is the ecological cycle area."

In the voice of No. 3, everyone observed the world.

"It's really impressive." The old dwarf said with emotion, "I didn't expect there to be such a large piece of land inside this pyramid."

He squatted down, grabbed a handful of soil, rubbed it in his hands, and nodded: "The soil quality is not bad, not fertile soil, but it is still within the normal range."

Claire also observed the surrounding environment, fields, forests, hills, cliffs, and the small lake not far away. In this huge space inside the pyramid, everything is available, although compared to the real The world of the world is extremely small, but it is indeed a complete ecological cycle...

No, it's not complete.

Because whether it was Joshua or Rin, Moria or Clare, the four of them found no trace of any animal during a period of observation. What they saw were only some silent ancient trees and scattered Small plants, not even insects.

"Only plants are stable beings."

Seeing the doubts in everyone's eyes, No. 3 opened his mouth to explain, and a calm and emotionless voice sounded: "The artificial natural cycle is fragile, without the adjustment of the Karlisians, it only needs a little mistake, and it will cause unstoppable problems here." The destruction of redemption... In this absolutely safe and closed environment, all animals have exhausted their potential. Repeated inbreeding caused genetic diseases to become more serious, and even made them lose the ability to leave offspring, and gradually moved towards self-cultivation. off."

Speaking of this, No. 3 seemed to be laughing at himself: "It's just like the lingering world outside. In fact, these plants are almost unsustainable. After the extinction of the Karlisians, I tried my best to maintain this ecological cycle area." Stability, while productive, is not huge."

Both Moria and Claire couldn't understand what Number 3 said, and they frowned, while Rin explained to them.

"...Well, indeed, she is right, and the plants here are also dying."

After listening to Rin's report, Clare squatted down and gently touched the grass, leaves and bushes around him, with a light green luster flowing in his hands. She closes her eyes and communicates with this tiny piece of nature.

Afterwards, the elf sighed and stood up. She shook her head, but did not continue to say anything.

And Joshua and Moria were looking around, and their expressions were not much better. Although they had prepared for the worst in their hearts, and the current situation could not be said to be bad, it was by no means optimistic.

"It doesn't matter if there are no animals. Even if it's tree bark, I can digest it and convert it into energy." Joshua frowned slightly. He took a step forward and said to No. 3 in a low voice: What happened to the large pieces of skeletons?"

He waved his hand, and the red grudge kicked up the soil. Immediately, countless pale bones of various creatures appeared in front of everyone, including those of unknown creatures and those of Karlisians. All the bones were covered by a thin layer of soil. , Buried under the ground, most of them are incomparably dilapidated, leaving only a little stone-like wreckage.

Moria, who was also aware of this before, didn't pay attention to these bones. He just stood behind Joshua, frowning, watching with golden eyes the warrior using an unknown language and No. 3 comminicate.

Joshua Radcliffe, the descendant of the deceased who inherited the name of the Radcliffe family, this soldier who has simply returned to his hometown after learning of his father's death, and the warrior who inherited the title has always been able to do everything On a par with miracles, whether it's one person destroying his uncle's team for winning titles, or repelling the Kuroshio twice in a row to close the gate of time and space, and this time he came to this world on the verge of doomsday by accident, and it's also because of the time he brought you. A crystal of steel.

And he can actually speak the language of another world, and be able to communicate with artificial intelligence beings from another world... All this feels so weird, as if it has been pre-set.

"God is above..."

The old dwarf muttered: "Damn it, it's almost like a legend."

Even if he didn't believe it, he couldn't help thinking of the word fate in his heart.

And Joshua is still communicating with number 3.

"The bones in front of you are the remnants of the warriors who fought against Chaos thousands of years ago."

The artificial intelligence with black wings answered Joshua's question: "At the last day of civilization thousands of years ago, they decided to die here without seeing any hope. Not only here, but also in the Church of the Crystal Sun above. Many skeletons, I think you have seen them too."

After a short pause, No. 3 seemed to be processing the information in the fortress, and then said: "There are more bones in the nearby living quarters, and most of them have been disintegrated by magic, and it is their souls that gather in the center of the fortress." The dogmatic area is what gave me wisdom."

"Yeah."

Nodding slightly, Joshua suddenly thought of something, his voice pierced through the armor, and seemed a bit dull: "Number 3, have you been wandering on this land for many years?"

"A thousand and seventy-two years to be precise."

No. 3 bowed slightly: "Of course, if it refers to my self-awareness, then it is only nearly a thousand years old."

"very good."

Joshua was very satisfied with this answer, and he looked directly into the eyes of the artificial intelligence projection: "Then can you explain to us the reasons for those strange phenomena in the outside world? There are also some special regions in this world."

The soldier pointed it out: "For example, the place where the wild gods gather."