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Chapter 50 "Two in One"
The ice layer is solid, and the pores in it are tiny, which is completely different from the soil layer that the vines entered before.If the soil can still be drilled into the ground by the characteristics of the vine itself, then the ice layer is almost impossible for the vine to enter, unless it is broken violently, but that speed is too slow. Wait until those people have entered the underground city, I'm afraid the ice layer couldn't break through a hundred meters.
"Unless I find and find a hole that can be drilled in, otherwise, even if I can break through violently, the time will be infinitely extended."
It can be seen that the vines are really not frost-resistant, and the voice began to tremble after only coming out for a while.
Zhuang Jiu quickly took it back into his body.
Because it is a place in the extreme north, the daytime here is very long, so there is no concept of time just by looking around.But in fact, it is now three o'clock in the afternoon, and Zhuang Jiu has not even had lunch, and his stomach is starting to growl, but it is covered by the howling wind.
The bread in the pocket of his clothes was also frozen hard by the cold wind. Zhuang Jiu squeezed it and gave up the idea of eating after feeling the hardness.Looking at the cold wind raging around, he asked, "Is there any shelter from the wind nearby?"
Werther shook his head: "When I was flying in the sky just now, I have already searched the extreme north, and there is not even a slightly raised place nearby. If you fly further north, you will find the sea."
"It is possible that the entrance is not in the extreme north." Zhuang Jiu pondered for a moment, "Is it possible that the entrance is there? Is there a difference in height between the sea level and the ice layer?"
"The further you go to the ocean, the height of the ice layer gradually decreases until it reaches the sea level. But because of the snowstorm, there are often huge wind and waves there, so it is not very recommended for my sister to go there."
"And considering that citizens also have to enter, the entrance should not be located in such a dangerous place."
"It makes sense. The most likely place now is the direction we came from, that is, the south of the extreme north." Zhuang Jiu nodded in agreement with his words.
When came here, was thinking about something in heart, and she always felt that the entrance should be in the extreme north, so Zhuang Jiu really didn't pay much attention to the place passed by before. Now that think about it, that place is not an ice layer, but a frozen place.Soil, the entrance does have some possibility there.
Zhuang Jiu returned to Werther's back: "Then let's go back and see, Werther, fly slower and lower the altitude."
"Good sister."
Leaving the extreme north again in the direction of Little cold city, don't know if it was Zhuang Jiu's illusion, she felt that during the flight, the blizzard around her seemed to stagnate for a moment, and then became normal again in an instant.
I don't know if she felt something was wrong.
Far from the extreme north, the ground is a layer of permafrost. The dry and cracked soil is mixed with ice cubes, making the soil extremely hard. Even if you jump hard on it, it may not be able to cause any damage to it.
The wind and snow here are much less.According to Zhuang Jiu's request, Werther flew close to the ground, observing possible abnormal buildings along the way.
As long as it is a solitary building, it is most likely an entrance.
Although there is still wind and snow here, the view on the ground is wide, and it doesn't look like there are stones that can be used to block it or places to leeward.Werther flew with Zhuang Jiu for a long time, and all he could see was frozen soil except the frozen soil.
"That's not okay." Zhuang Jiu shook his head to make Werther stop.The temperature here is slightly better, wrapped in the heat of the fire ore, the village wine took off his gloves and let the vines drill out.
"Try to see if you can drill into the frozen ground?"
Hearing this, the vines spread out against the permafrost layer like a dense net, trying to find possible gaps to enter.However, even though the surface looks like mud, it still encounters the same conditions as the previous ice layer, without any gaps to drill into.
For a moment, things seemed to be at an impasse.
"It's getting late, forget it, let's go back to Little cold city and think about countermeasures." The cold wind almost took away the heat emitted by the fire ore, and standing here, Zhuang Jiu felt that his brain was blown by the wind.Stiff.
Anyway, there are still more than ten days, go back and take a good rest and rectify before thinking about the next countermeasures.
The speed of going back was faster than the speed of coming, and it only took more than two hours to return to the foothold of Little cold city.There was no accident in the house, and the star police probably didn't expect there to be people here, so they didn't come to check.
Werther came to Little cold city before, and brought a small blue ore-powered generator by the way. When the two returned, Tang Panpan was just boiling water to cook dumplings. When he heard the sound, he was startled., if Zhuang Jiu hadn't made a sound, she might have run away with the pot in her arms.
"Sister, I was scared to death. I thought the star police over there were patrolling." Tang Panpan breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked, "How is it, sister? Did you find the entrance to the underground city?"
Zhuang Jiu shook his head: "We originally guessed that the entrance should be in the extreme north, but we couldn't find the place after walking around, and the vines couldn't get into the ground to check. We can only come back and think of a way first, and we'll talk about it tomorrow."
Tang Panpan didn't understand these things, and he couldn't help. He couldn't talk to her, so he could only look at the water in the pot.
She is just a little burden who came here because Zhuang Jiu said that she would bring her here. According to her own position in her heart, she should be regarded as a support staff now. She only needs to ensure that Zhuang Jiu eats and drinks.The task has been successfully completed.
It's freezing cold outside, and it's a lot better to go back to the house.Zhuang Jiu hurriedly held a fire ore in one hand to warm up his body, and it took a long time to relax a lot.
Werther didn't need to eat or rest. After sending Zhuang Jiu back, he talked to her and returned to the extreme north, ready to conduct a carpet search.
Zhuang Jiu moved a small bench and looked at the dumplings rising and falling in the pot in a daze.
Finally found the pot lid scattered in the bag, Tang Panpan quickly closed the lid, and the rising white steam was also covered.Seeing Zhuangjiu's distraught look, she stretched out her hand in front of Zhuang Jiu with some doubts, "Sister, what are you thinking?"
Zhuang Jiu came back to his senses, and smiled softly, "I remembered that someone had made dumplings for me like this before. Speaking of which, most of the dishes I still cook now are watched by her first, before I slow down.Slow to learn."
What happened in Zhuang Jiu's house was widely reported on Xingwang.com when she was awarded the title of Genius Mechanical Girl. Although Tang Panpan didn't pay attention to these things, he also heard about them and knew that she lost her parents when she was young.
Hearing what Zhuang Jiu said, she naturally knew that the person Zhuang Jiu was talking about should not be her parents, so there was only one possibility left.
She said enviously: "It seems that my sister and that friend should have a good relationship, right? I used to want to have such a friend who could have dinner together at home and go shopping occasionally, but I didn't expect that I would be calledI was assigned to work in the lead city where I didn’t have any acquaintances, and I agreed with my sister to rent a house together, so there was no follow-up.”
Zhuang Jiu shook his head: "No, that person and I are no longer friends."
Tang Panpan looked up at Zhuang Jiu in astonishment, "A person as good as my sister can say such things. It seems that that person must have done something outrageous or unforgivable."
She paused, and suddenly showed a smile: "But it's okay, sister, don't you still have me by your side now?"
She held Zhuang Jiu's hand affectionately, and unconsciously leaned her head over and rubbed her head: "Sister, do you think we are two good friends camping outside together?"
"The past is over. Sister, you don't care much about me around you. Instead, you miss the people in the past who can't even be called friends now. Then I will be jealous!"
She hummed softly pretending to be angry, "In this case, I will ignore you for three seconds!"
After finishing speaking, she didn't hold back herself, and suddenly laughed, and the whole room was filled with her cheerful laughter.
Infected by Tang Panpan's laughter, Zhuang Jiu couldn't help a smile on his face.Gently rubbing her head, she suddenly asked: "How do you get along with your former friends?"
This is indeed a difficult question for Zhuang Jiu.
She had almost no friends before, and was more of a business partner, so sometimes she would seem a little at a loss for Tang Panpan's sudden intimacy, and she didn't know whether to refuse.
And she didn't know whether such behavior was normal among friends.
She had secretly discussed this issue with Werther before, however, an AI and a person similar to an AI could not find any answer to such a question after all.
Tang Panpan tilted his head and thought for a while: "That's too much... I'll just pick out the things I remember and tell you about them?"
Zhuang Jiu nodded.
The water in the pot boiled, and when the dumpling skins were round and almost opened, Tang Panpan quickly scooped them up with a colander: "Come on, sister, try it first."
Knowing that the temperature here is very low, Zhuang Jiu and the others keep everything simple and don't pay that much attention to food.
Even without dipping sauce, the two still had a good time eating.
Little cold city gets dark for less than 4 hours this season. Tang Panpan was still a little excited after dinner, and was still sharing with Zhuang Jiu some interesting things that happened with her friends before going to bed.
The next morning, Zhuang Jiu woke up early.
Tang Panpan’s sleep quality on the other bed was still as good as that in Leisure Winery. When Zhuang Jiu got up together, she saw her turn over in the bed with the quilt in her arms, and a slight snoring sound could be heard from her bed..
Looking at her thighs that were almost completely exposed outside the quilt, Zhuang Jiu shook his head in a good mood, covered her with the quilt, closed the curtains that were somewhat transparent, and walked out the door lightly.
Werther is in the living room, just packing up and preparing to make breakfast.
"Good morning! Sister woke up so early today!"
"I have something on my mind, I haven't slept for too long." Zhuang Jiu nodded, "How is your investigation going?"
"I found the entrance to the underground city, but it was guarded. Werther tried to go in but was almost spotted. Fortunately, he left in time. But because of this, there is no way to know what is going on underground."
Zhuang Jiu nodded when he heard the words, and looked at him seriously: "Fortunately, you didn't go in completely. That place will collapse at some point. Even if your body is as strong as a block of iron, I'm afraid you won't be able to resist the moment.The pressed down, the weight of the soil layer with a thickness of 3,000 meters."
"Thank you sister for reminding me, Werther will be more careful next time and will not rush in."
"It's okay. Now that the location is determined, it will be much easier. We will think of other ways when we get nearby."
I looked at the time and it was only half past five in the morning.Because of the excitement last night, Tang Panpan's sleep time did not reach six hours at this moment. Zhuang Jiu thought about it, although he wanted her to sleep a little longer, but in order to ensure her own safety, he still had to wake her up when she was about to go out.
During the chat with Tang Panpan yesterday, Zhuang Jiu learned a lot.Especially between her and her friends, between Zhuang Jiu and Qian Xieyi, the completely different ways of getting along with each other made Zhuang Jiu understand a lot.
The purest friendship between friends is not connected with money or material at all.
Sometimes just a simple chat is enough to maintain the relationship.
How to get along with friends, it seems that Zhuang Jiu will have to learn from Tang Panpan in the future.
But now, she needs to finish the task at hand first.
When she was about to go out, she woke up the sleepy Tang Panpan. She stared blankly at the ceiling for a few minutes with a smile on her face, and finally came to her senses. Tang Pan, who was holding the quilt like a ghost, was about to float to the bathroom.Hope, Zhuang Jiu has quick eyesight, rescued the quilt in her unconscious holding hand in time, and threw it back on the bed.
Now you can leave.
Today, she added an extra sweater than yesterday, Zhuang Jiu took another cloth bag and put it on her chest, filled it with fire ore, and finally put on the coat, scarf, mask, goggles, etc.Let Werther lift her into the air.
At this point, Little cold city was quiet, and even the star police who patrolled daily hadn't woken up yet.
While flying, Werther reported the situation of Leisure Winery to Zhuang Jiu.
"When I got up in the morning to water rice and other crops, I found that the rice was growing very well today. The average height increased by 0.1cm in one night. And the seedlings seem to have changed. According to the book, if this change continues,In about another month or so, the rice should be fully mature."
"Then when I go back, I can just collect a wave." Zhuang Jiu nodded, "Are the hens okay? Previously, Tang Panpan instructed them how to get food every day. Now that she's gone, I don't know if the hens can still do it."Get used to it."
"It does seem to be in some trouble, and the hen hasn't come back yet. If you really need help, Werther should be able to help guide you."
"Thanks for your hard work. After all, you can be regarded as our neighbors, and occasionally you need help." Zhuang Jiu nodded.
The blizzard in the extreme north seemed to be a little smaller today, and the sun also broke through the thick clouds and sprinkled on the ground.However, the temperature was too low, and the heat did not improve much, so neither the permafrost nor the ice showed any signs of melting.
But when the weather is okay, Werther's flight speed can be increased a lot.
The two quickly arrived at the place where Werther had discovered the problem yesterday and tried to enter.
This is a place nearly 10 kilometers away from the edge of the extreme north in a straight line. The ground is still so hard that only an ice ax or a hammer can knock a little off the frozen soil. On the frozen soil, there is an endless space without any plants orTraces of the presence of other things.
"Is it right here?" Zhuang Jiu looked around suspiciously.
The surrounding scene was far from what she had imagined. She originally thought that there must be at least a few people guarding it closely, or that there must be at least a few low buildings, but she didn't expect that there was nothing.
Werther took her into the air at a very high speed, and the color of the outer armor also began to change, becoming a color similar to the sky and the blizzard.
When the distance was widened to a certain extent, he continued to fly a little distance north before stopping: "Sister, they are right below here, but we can't get close for the time being, someone is coming out."
While Werther was speaking, things began to change underneath.
The originally cracked soil suddenly cracked a black gap from the middle, and then the gap widened, exposing the dark brown corridor in front of the two of them.
Two men in star police uniforms poked their heads out furtively. From their appearance, they seemed to be the two star policemen in Little cold city who were used to protect the citizens of Lead City.
Being far away, coupled with the whistling wind nearby, Zhuang Jiu couldn't hear what they were saying.But fortunately, there is Werther next to them, who can accept their sound waves and automatically convert them into their timbres for the winery, as if those two people were really talking next to them.
"Is it really necessary to receive so many people? Those survivors can just be sent to other cities, and they can't afford it? Why do you bother to receive them here?" The voice sounded relatively young, and it seemed that thisPeople may have just entered the Star Police Department.
A relatively old voice said: "You are stupid! This is a place that has not been fully put into use! In other words, this underground city has not obtained the occupancy certificate at all. Those people are here to test the water. If there is no problem, then naturally everyone is happy, if there is a problem after moving in, it will be even better."
"However, in order to make them have problems, I have already done my best. As long as there is a slight earthquake, the underground city will collapse, and these people will all die here!"
The young star policeman was stunned when he heard such words, and could hardly restrain his astonishment: "Why did you do this! How could you murder these millions of people so cruelly!"
"Stupid! This is also what the alliance means, otherwise you think I would be so bold?" He slapped the young star policeman on the head, "How much food did you get yesterday?"
"One, one bag of instant noodles."
"That's right. The more people survive, the less we can eat. In the end, there will be less and less food. Wouldn't it be you or me who died? But if all these people die, then the remainingShouldn’t the supplies be shared equally among us? When the time comes when ammunition and food are really exhausted, the alliance will definitely be able to come up with a solution to the food. Can you use your brains!”
The older star policeman cursed and took the other away, and was soon covered by the snowstorm.
"Is it all recorded?"
"All recorded."
Zhuang Jiu nodded: "Very good, I will send this paragraph to all the citizens of the alliance after I get back."
Before the tunnel was completely closed, Werther brought Zhuang Jiu down directly.
The entrance of the corridor is a pattern of permafrost, so the problem was not discovered before.Looking inside, there is a relatively flat downhill, and there is a blue or purple light strip next to it. The light shining on the whole passage is a bit strange and dazzling.
After the light strip meanders to the corner, the road behind cannot be seen.
Werther cracked the password of the entrance switch at an extremely fast speed, and soon opened the closed switch again, and the corridor was exposed to the eyes of the two of them again.
No matter who the two go, I'm afraid there will be some danger.But the vine is different, according to Zhuang Jiu's thought, it can even be completely retracted into Zhuang Jiu's body within 0.5 seconds.
It is the best choice now to use it to explore the way.
"Vine." Just as Zhuang Jiu called it from the bottom of his heart, the vine rushed out consciously, a straight green vine stretched towards the inside at a very fast speed, and after a while, it went around the bend and continued to crawl forward.
At the same time, Zhuang Jiu also closed his eyes.
The first perspective of the vines appeared in the form of pictures in front of Zhuang Jiu's closed eyes.Walking along the passage shrouded in light, surrounded by repetitive monotonous blue-purple images, but the further you go in, the temperature gradually begins to rise, and the vine's originally stiff body is much more comfortable, and immediately chats happily with Zhuang Jiu.
"What are you going to do? If the dungeon is too big, I guess there's nothing I can do to help you."
It paused and said suddenly: "Are you going to give me that rice machine gun? I have been greedy for it for a long time, this thing is so handsome!"
"I do have this plan, but I heard the chat between those two people just now, and the collapse of the underground city may have other secrets, so I have to trouble you to find out the way first, and after looking at the general situation, we will consider the next thing.”
"It's okay, it's on me!" The vine cheered happily, and rushed inside even faster.
The limit length of its main body can be extended to about five kilometers, but if branches are added, or the thickness of the main body is reduced, it can be extended even longer.
Just as the vines can hear Zhuang Jiu's thoughts, Zhuang Jiu can also perceive part of the vines' data.Sure enough, when it extended to about ten kilometers, it finally became clear.
Although it was a very dark place, the vines had always had good eyesight, so the Zhuang Jiu had no problem seeing the picture.
This is a city that seems to be full of life. Although the artificial sun has not been turned on yet, the electronic screen next to it is so large that it covers the entire outer wall of the underground city and the sky.
In addition, false flowers and grass can be seen everywhere, and the houses are painted in green or pink colors, and they are built to look like grass, flowers, tree houses, rivers, and even places as far as the eye can see, Zhuang JiuAlso saw a colorful house marked Candy House.
Seeing the scenery of the underground city, Zhuang Jiu immediately understood that the alliance's construction of the underground city was fake, and their original purpose should be to build a "greenhouse"!
A greenhouse that exists only in the good and the unreal, as well as dreams and hypotheses.
I just don't know whose idea this underground city is.
The entire underground space is so large that you can't see the boundary at a glance. Just looking at this size, it may really be able to accommodate the existence of millions of people.
If it weren't for that person's hands and feet, it might really be the best choice for those people in Lead City to live in.
According to the detection after the vines hit the wall, the outer wall of this underground city is made of iron and crystal ore, with a thickness of at least 20 meters, capable of resisting 9Level and above earthquakes will not collapse.
Therefore, there were problems in the underground city in the previous life, and it was because that person did some tricks in it!
After sharing the picture he saw with Werther, Werther immediately finished the analysis.
"If there is a second-level earthquake detected on the ground, then the earthquake that can be felt three kilometers underground will be relatively larger, but if such a thick crystal ore is used for pouring, it is reasonable to be able to withstand it.”
"If it is true as those two people said, then there can only be a problem in this underground city. There should be one or a few places on the outer wall of the crystal mine that are too impacted, but now because of his hands and feet, causingThose places have become weak points. Just find this place and attack it, and the underground city should be able to collapse.”
Zhuang Jiu suddenly fell silent.
The shock struck, causing the underground city to collapse.
What to do after that?
Those citizens of Lead City who migrated could only live in Little cold city after seeing the collapse of the underground city. However, the climate there was extremely harsh, and they couldn’t grow crops outside the city for self-reliance like 700 years ago. After a long time,As long as the alliance cuts off the food supply, their lives are still in danger!
But the dungeon just watched is different, and the Alliance is right about at least one thing.
The ground of this dungeon is indeed using what they call red soil, and even the vines continue to extend underground, and it is found that the soil further down is still suitable for growing crops.
After a while, as if she had made up her mind, she slowly said, "If those weak points are filled and the crystal ore is recast, will the underground city continue to exist and not collapse?"
The author has something to say:
Vine: Tsk, lost another chance to use the rice machine gun to be cool.
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