"Maybe it's a monster, maybe it's an enemy... We don't fully understand the history of previous generations, right? Maybe people at that time even fought against each other. Anything is possible."
The crowd fell silent for a moment, and a faint feeling called hope began to grow in their hearts.
Their biggest dilemma now is not being buried underground, but having no way to deal with the emperor worms.
Even if they were teleported to the ground now, it would be impossible for them to outrun the worm tide on their own two legs.
But it would be different if there were ancient ruins.
Ancient ruins...if they are well preserved, there is a high probability that they can obtain the tools and weapons they need most now.
The best ones are the creations of the gods, such as the "holy slabs" and "flints", which are also found in the ruins.
The worst.
That is, if that is really the "remains of a fortress".
Could they find the gun components in there?
Is there still a model of the bed crossbow inside?
As long as they have them, as long as they have a few frames, they will have a greater chance of restoring them.
Then use these things to fight the giant insects, at least they will no longer be completely defenseless.
"Don't just stand here, go take care of the wounded first." Smail clapped his hands and gave orders, "Bieber, take a few people to keep an eye on it. We can't rule out the possibility that the beast will follow us down."
"understood."
"Cast, go take inventory of all the healing supplies you can find, and then tell me how many we can save."
"clear."
"Bruce, go and sort out the bodies. Remember, make sure they are completely beyond saving."
"I know."
"Frick." Smail turned his gaze to his colleague.
Frick tilted his head, his lips pursed.
"You're from Wayne, and you've learned more than us." Smail sighed, "Try to find a way to look at those armors and see if there are any parts that can still be used. It would be best if we could gather the three sets of wreckage and put together another set of armor..."
Flick made a shit-eating expression but did as he was told.
"Hart, take good care of your injuries." The white-haired knight looked at Hart and then at Willensel, "...get well as soon as possible. We really need you now."
"You should be thankful that all three hammers fell." Hart smiled.
He didn't think his injuries were serious.
Not heavy for him.
"What's the use..." Smail cursed under his breath.
"It bounced right off when I hit it. I should have brought more gold powder."
"And then..." He finally looked at Master Leia and her apprentice, as well as the trio of detectives standing beside them.
"On behalf of everyone, I want to thank you all for your help."
"Especially Hitzfeld, you saved us twice in a short period of time."
The first was to detonate the lava spring to get out of trouble.
The second time was to wake everyone up from their dreams.
The horror of the emperor worm was far beyond their imagination. Smail now dared not recall what he encountered in his dream.
Hitzfeld and the others pushed him away and told him not to worry too much. After all, there were still so many people alive, and Smail and the others had contributed a lot.
Let alone anything else, just the lantern burning with golden powder... If it weren't for that thing, the giant insect would be able to sweep them all off the cliff with one sweep of its tail.
After saying a few words, Smail went back to work.
There were really a lot of wounded people, many of whom were his subordinates. He couldn't just stand by and watch.
Leah continued to take care of Weilensel, and the detective team, because Hitzfeld was also injured, they naturally got together, Xia Yibing took care of him and Darent was on guard.
"It looks like after dealing with the wounded and the bodies, we'll have to explore the surrounding area."
Hitzfeld's back and buttocks were swollen, so he could only lie on the ground to express his views.
“I hope there really are ruins…”
"..."
"..."
Not getting any response, she couldn't help but turn around to look at her two companions, and found that they were both looking in one direction with dull eyes, lost in thought.
Among them, Xia Yibing was the weirdest, staring at her raised buttocks.
Ah… Come to think of it, when I woke her up, the first thing she did when she looked at me was something was not right…
This weird thing, what on earth did she do to me in my dream?
And Darent.
His eyes turned to the dazed wooden man.
Even this eccentric guy began to remain silent.
Illusion... Memory...
He was probably thinking of his dead lover again.
The more he thought about it, the more annoyed Hitzfeld became with the illusion maker behind everything.
Use the things that humans cherish most to weave lies and lure and tempt them by any means necessary.
This kind of dog, I really want to blow its head off as soon as possible...
"Um... Miss Hitzfeld?"
The girl stopped thinking and saw Kak, the "great director" whose work was stillborn, standing aside with an embarrassed expression.
"Mr. Carker."
She adjusted her posture to sit sideways.
"What's up?"
"Yes." Kak nodded and handed over the two items in his hand.
"This is the gun I saw you holding. I'm giving it to you now."
That's... White Whale!
With his eyes wide open, Hitzfeld immediately took the gun in his hand.
You can’t go wrong with this size, it’s Beluga!
Cark happened to get it?
What a lucky guy!
There were many tumbles and crashes during the escape process. She had no time to care about the beluga whale, nor could she think that the beluga whale was more important than human life.
Now that she can find it back, she is really happy.
As for the other item?
Well……
"Is this a film?" Xia Yibing asked on behalf of the girl.
The object in the other hand, a jumble of dark brown strips, could only be film.
"The equipment is destroyed." Kak nodded, sounding very frustrated. "This is all I can salvage."
"Then you'll show it to us?"
"Oh, that's it!" Kak was cheered up.
"If we keep these films and bring them back like this, some of them can be developed into photos, so I guess it's not a complete loss."
"and then?"
"Here." Kak pointed to a spot in the middle of the film.
"When I checked them myself, I found that a few of them were... not right."
"I'm not sure... I haven't looked for Knight Smail yet."
"I just want Miss Hitzfeld to show me this and this..."
"what are they?"
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I know the culprit for the computer crash, it's the Dogecoin Sogou input method.
Everything gets stuck every time. Even if it doesn't get stuck, it still freezes many times. It's really scary.
You said that your crappy input method should just work properly, but why do you have so many fuzzy sound intelligent analysis? The familiar idioms are pushed to the second place by fuzzy sounds, and this function cannot be turned off. It's really disgusting.
In addition...someone in the comment section mentioned that this book cannot be found for the time being. In fact, there have been rumors recently, so it is necessary to protect it.
Everything will be fine once the storm passes, don't worry about it.
Chapter 58 Red Light
Because Hitzfeld was not particularly familiar with these things, Xia Yibing finally took over the film to check it.
But the girl did not just sit there and wait, she also moved closer and watched the woman unroll the film bit by bit.
Sarah's technological development is rather distorted, with some technologies being particularly advanced and others clearly lagging behind the times. In Hitzfeld's opinion, the development of photography technology tends to be the latter, because Xia Yibing once told her that the earliest camera may have been invented two hundred years ago.
According to this timeline, the reason why Sarah has mastered camera technology today is not due to their own efforts, but purely due to archaeology, just like battery technology.
Hitzfeld stared at the film negatives as he lost his mind.
The underground cavity was not completely dark, but there was a faint, strange red glow spreading in the network. It was because of the basic lighting that she could see the person falling from above after she fell and opened her eyes.
Now, because of this lighting, they can catch a glimpse of the general contents of the film through the reflection of light.
Although it is very blurry, it is indeed recognizable. Most of it is natural scenery on the plains.
Then, at the twentieth grid, a strange, long and thin shadow appeared. There were many grids related to it. After Hitzfeld identified it for a while, he thought it might be the tiny worm that attacked the team during the day.
Ah... During the day I was amazed at how big a worm could grow, but now I begin to think it is "small".
With the corner of his mouth curled, Hitzfeld couldn't help but glance at Kak.
This thing doesn't seem to be anything special, right?
Is it worth showing them?
"It's at the back." Kak saw her confusion and quickly pointed at the film. "It's still at the back, very far back... We took this photo when we were falling from above."
"Gap..." Xia Yibing and Hitzfeld looked at each other and suddenly realized that what Kak said might be extremely important.
First of all, you have to know... they are now trapped underground. Not to mention how to explore the ruins, they can't even figure out their exact location.
There were spider web-like muscle networks all over their heads, which looked more like the nest of some creature. These things spread from the top of their heads to the end of the distance, blocking their vision to a large extent, making it impossible for them to see the distant scenery clearly.
Maybe standing higher would be more helpful, but it would be extremely difficult for them to stay awake while falling. Even for Hitzfeld, she had no time to pay attention to the environment at that time.
Xia Yibing immediately pulled the film back, passing through those horrible, blurry... grids that were probably taken during the emperor worm attack, and suddenly stopped when it reached a dark red grid.
"That's it." Kak nodded, "Start from here."
From here until the end, all the film grids have this dark red background color.
This should be related to the lighting in the cave. The strange red light makes the film reflect with a similar color.
Hitzfeld and Darent were frowning as they watched from the side. They couldn't quite understand the film, especially now that the light was dim and most of the images in the grids were blurry... Those should have been random shots taken by Kak while he was tumbling and falling.
But Xia Yibing could still see the difference. She also took care of her companions' feelings and took the initiative to point out the film that she found strange: "Here... and here."
"Did you notice? The light changes."
Hitzfeld saw that.
It was not the monster she had imagined, but "light"... The films should have been blurry like the others, but somewhere in a corner there seemed to be something extremely bright and dazzling, causing them to reflect a group of strange radiating patterns.
