In an endless wasteland.
The land here is so desolate that it's shocking.
There was only gray sand and settled dust on the ground, devoid of any life.
There was no breeze, only dead silence.
All sounds related to nature are completely lost here.
Click, click…
In such a silent wasteland, a sound like some mechanical structure turning came from afar.
The smoke and dust on the ground seemed to begin to dissipate due to some slight vibration, and some fine sand and gravel on the ground began to roll.
Bang.
With a noise, a mechanical object stepped onto the wasteland.
There are three toes under the mechanical structure and a heel-like toe behind them.
Its structure looks a bit like a bird's claw.
Looking up from the bottom, the entire mechanical leg has no shell at all. The exposed bearings, gears and circuits inside are clearly visible.
Looking up, the whole thing is a humanoid mechanical device about three meters tall.
The main thing is that the limbs consisting of the arms and legs of this device look abnormally thick.
Moreover, it looks a little small in the middle, which is disproportionate to the overall shape.
There is a completely exposed cockpit in the head position.
This is a humanoid creature with slightly gray-blue skin.
In addition to her skin being somewhat different from that of humans, she also has large, pointed ears that are not upright but droop down and cover the sides.
He stretched out his hand with slightly slender fingers and lifted the goggles on his face.
You can see some cracks on one corner of the goggles. These goggles have been used for a long time and the traces of repairs are very obvious.
As the goggles moved upward, her eyes were revealed.
His eyes are slightly larger than normal people's and sparkle with a bright luster.
He opened his mouth, revealing two rows of sharp teeth, and said, "Why do we have to come here to inspect?"
There was confusion and more irritation in his voice.
At this time, she also heard the sound of a mechanical structure turning behind her, accompanied by heavy footsteps.
A similar machine, but with some different details, also took a step forward.
In the cockpit, there was a humanoid creature similar to her.
But from here we can clearly tell the difference between the two, the one behind is obviously a male.
They are mostly similar to humans.
"Stop complaining, Kavala. The elders told us to come for inspection, so there must be a reason for that."
Hearing the man's words, Kavala, who was speaking, curled his lips and said, "You only know how to say these useless words."
As she spoke, she looked behind her and took out a bottle of a tube-shaped object that was about the length of her finger.
The upper and lower ends are transparent, with a slightly rough mechanical structure in the middle, and there seems to be an interface on it.
A blue light emanates from the tube, and you can see a vertical blue line inside it.
You can see that there is magic in it.
"Alas, it's a shame to waste this little magic power."
Having said this, the man driving the mecha next to him nodded helplessly.
"Okay, let's go." As he said this, he drove the mecha and moved quickly forward with a creaking sound.
Although it is called a mecha, it is actually more like a wearable device like a mechanical exoskeleton.
Kavala, who was standing next to him, quickly followed.
"Waku, tell me, what exactly happened with the earthquake just now?" Kavala followed and asked curiously.
Waku shook his head: "I don't know. This is not the first time I have encountered such a situation."
Just about half an hour ago, there was a strong earthquake in their world, which caused panic among their people.
So the elders asked them to come out and find out if something happened in the outside world.
Because all living people, including the respected elders, have never encountered such a shock.
Something must have happened, something important even.
The wasteland was silent and lifeless.
"I hope the vibration just now will reveal some magic." Kavala said.
"What are you dreaming about?" Waku asked without hesitation.
But from his expression and words, we can also know that he also has the same hope.
Soon the two seemed to have reached the border of the wasteland.
A translucent barrier can be seen at the border, and the outside of the barrier seems to be infinite. It also seems to be pitch black, giving people a vague feeling of being unable to see clearly or see through.
But under the reflection of light, the barrier reveals a crystal-like luster.
"See, there's nothing. It's a waste of time." Kavala said directly after seeing this situation.
Waku carefully checked the border not far away, then looked into the distance: "Let's go around the border around here and take a closer look."
"Ah! Okay." Kavala said helplessly.
But fortunately, they were just one of the teams that came out to explore. They just happened to be responsible for this direction, so they only needed to go around the general area they were responsible for.
The two of them began to walk slowly around the border. In this silent world, the only sounds were the turning of machinery and the two people's chatting.
"To be honest, is it my illusion? Why do I always feel like something is looking at me? I have goose bumps." Kavala rubbed his exposed arms hard with his hands and couldn't help but say.
Hearing this, Waku rubbed his eyes and looked around. After making sure there was nothing unusual, he turned to look at Kavala.
"Are you sure you're not feeling wrong? Are you a little too tired?"
Kavala glanced at her and said, "I can't be wrong. Besides, I just slept for a while before coming here."
Waku nodded, then frowned and looked around with a slight vigilance.
Feel the strange feeling that Kavala said, although Kavala seemed a little unreliable. But as a member of the same team, Waku clearly understood that his teammate would not joke in such a place.
Now is not the time to joke.
After checking for a while, Waku just stood there in his mecha, seeming to be thinking about something.
"What are you thinking about? Maybe it's just my illusion. Look, this place is desolate and there is no trace of anything."
As soon as she finished speaking, she felt a chill coming from behind her.
His eyes widened and he turned his head sharply to look behind him.
At some point, a man who looked a little different from them appeared behind him.
He just stood behind them and stared at them.
"Who are you? Who are you?" Kavala yelled, driving his mecha backwards repeatedly, and the mecha's pair of arms were raised directly at the man who suddenly appeared.
One arm had something protruding out that looked like the muzzle of a gun, while the other arm was directly ejected into a spiral drill.
On the other side, Waku also reacted very quickly and stood with Kavala. He also flicked out the weapons on his huge arms and pointed them at the strange man.
But his weapon was obviously a little different.
"I don't mean any harm, don't be so nervous." Alka looked at the two of them and said in a calm voice.
"Back off! Back off quickly!" Waku warned loudly.
His reaction was somewhat unexpected.
Looking at this situation, Alka felt a little helpless.
Why are you so nervous?
The figure disappeared in an instant. The two men only felt their eyes blurred, and they didn't even have time to drive the machine to launch an attack.
Then they felt themselves unable to move, and when they looked down, they found that they had been pulled out of the mecha without knowing when, and were still tied with white ropes.
There was a faint pink smoke all around, and it seemed that the place where they were had changed dramatically in an instant.
The number of Alka in front of them also increased from one to several.
Lucilia, Xiadeti and Simon were all beside Alka, looking at Kavala and the other person with curious eyes.
"Who are you? Why are you here?" Waku looked at himself and was unable to move. He already knew that the two had no means of resistance, so he looked at Alka and asked.
Hoping to get some news.
"We? We are the Compass Eye treasure hunting team." Alka introduced himself with a smile.
"You can call me Alka. They are my teammates. They are..."
Following Alka's introduction, Lucilia, Xiadaiti and Simon all smiled and greeted them. The attitudes of the four seemed unusually peaceful.
If the two people in front of them weren't tied up.
However, their attitude at least calmed the two captured people down a little.
No malice has been seen yet.
"But why are you here? Are you outsiders? Did you come in from outside?" Kavala asked impatiently.
There was no longer any fear of being caught suddenly in his voice, but instead there was a hint of excitement.
"Yes, we came in from outside." Alka said without hesitation.
From the effect of his answer he could tell that the two men were very shocked by his words.
It can even be described as unbelievable.
Seeing that the two men seemed to want to ask something else, Alka quickly reached out to interrupt them.
"You've asked us so many questions, now it's our turn to ask, isn't it?"
After saying that, Alka looked at the two of them and said, "Are you, Vastwa people?"
This was a question that Alka was quite curious about. He had never thought that there were life forms and a civilization in the inner space of the Heart of Vastva.
But after knowing this, the first question that Alkadi thought of was that this might be the part of the former Vaswa city-state that was left here.
They have already confirmed that the Broken Island outside is actually a small part cut out of the ancient Vastva city-state.
That is to say, contrary to what he thought, the larger part did not break or sink into the deep sea, but was still in the space of Vastva's heart.
In other words, if this is true, this group of Vastwa people have lived from the time when God was here to the present day.
Living in a closed world.
Thinking in this way, Alka felt that it was too exaggerated, but this was the only possibility.
Hearing Alka's question, Waku and Kavala looked at each other and saw the information in each other's eyes.
For a moment they didn't know whether they should answer it. This question seemed important, yet not very important.
"Look, I could have gotten information directly from your brains, but I didn't do it out of kindness.
I am just asking you politely and even answering your questions. This is enough to show my goodwill."
Alkar said as he looked at the two of them, and under his control, two streams of light pink smoke had already entered their ears.
They could feel that the smoke seemed to be spying on the memories and information in their minds.
"Okay, stop now, I get it." Waku said quickly.
After hearing his words, the two pink clouds slowly faded away from their ears.
"Yes, we do call ourselves Vastva people, and this is also the city-state of Vastva."
"As expected." Alka nodded and said in understanding.
"But their appearance is so different from what we learned from the murals and what we saw from the statues. They don't even look like the same race." Lucelia said while sitting on Alka's shoulder.
The height of the Vastwa people is about two meters, with four pointed ears, sharp teeth, and long limbs.
Although I can still see some subtle features in the two people in front of me, the differences between them are really huge.
"Not like it?" Lucilia's words made Kavala a little confused.
A statue made of clouds and mist appeared in front of the two people.
At this time, Alka casually arranged a statue that he had seen in the museum before, which seemed to be a hidden eye.
"Aren't Vastwa people supposed to look like this? Why are you so different now?" Alka asked, looking at the statue.
"This is what our ancestors looked like. Tens of thousands of years ago, our ancestors should have looked like this. But now as time goes by, we have degenerated," said Kavala.
What he said made Waku next to him look at him in surprise.
"Don't look at me like that, this is an opportunity."
Alka did not interrupt the conversation.
Instead, he came to the two unmanned machines that were standing there in front of everyone.
Simon had been curious about these two machines for a long time. After seeing Alka coming over, he hurried over and began to observe the two machines.
"Hey, what are you doing? Stay away from my little rock." Kavala said quickly, watching Simon's actions. He looked a little excited, as if he was about to rush over.
However, she was unable to stand up because of the huge pressure on her shoulders, which made her sit on the ground and unable to move.
Xiadaiti squatted next to Kavala and put his arm on her shoulder: "Don't get excited, how about being quiet?"
Looking at Xia Daiti's smile, Kavala inexplicably felt a kind of powerful aura. Under such momentum, he had to nod.
Looks a little pitiful.
"Little Stone? I have to say, this name is really tasteless." Simon inspected the machine in front of him and complained by the way.
Simon quickly finished inspecting the humanoid machine in front of him, and probably learned a lot about it. Then he began to touch the other one next to it.
He could see that the two machines were identical in their main structure, but had more personalized modifications in their details.
Seeing Simon's operation, the owner of the machine, Waku, was clearly mentally prepared. He silently turned his head away, deciding not to see it and not to be bothered.
After a series of operations, several transistors with blue energy lines appeared in Simon's hands.
"Magic battery?" Looking at the transistor, Simon roughly understood its function.
"It's amazing that such a small amount of energy can drive such a large mechanical device, and except for the main core, all other parts actually use mechanical structures.
I have to say it is a very impressive invention, but why do we do this? It is meaningless, right? "
Simon's tone was full of confusion.
"Why? Of course it's to reduce the consumption of mana. What else could it be for?"
After hearing what Simon said, Waku couldn't help but say to him.
"Reduce reliance on mana consumption..." Simon said, pondering.
Alka felt the surroundings and stretched out his hand to wave it: "Don't you feel it? The magic here can be described as non-existent."
It seems that the space inside this treasure has not been exposed to the magic power of the outside world for a long time, causing the magic power inside to be almost completely consumed.
The magic power in the air was simply terrifyingly low.
It's like a sponge that has been almost wrung out of its moisture.
When Simon heard this, he felt it and instantly understood the reason for this structure.
There is too little magic power here and it cannot be compared with the outside world.
Thinking of this, he looked at the two people tied up in the clouds, and immediately found something wrong.
He quickly turned to Alka and said, "Quick, collect these dream clouds and let them go."
There was urgency in his voice.
"Ah?" Alka was a little confused, but he took action immediately. The smoke that filled the surroundings disappeared in an instant and was sucked back.
Both were also released.