Love and passion, cutting up the wasteland.

Shi Cha's eyes swept across the faces of the visitors in surprise.

As the largest technology hunter base after Black Scratch, Wolfe is naturally the only mechanic stationed at Depression Lagoon.

In fact, as the chief, in addition to overseeing large projects such as model prediction, he is more devoted to his own personal research.

On weekdays, the people responsible for equipment maintenance and technical support are the ordinary mechanics under them. If the Lagoon loses them, it can be said that the normal "hunting" activities of the entire base will not be able to proceed.

Compared with the armed forces such as the law enforcement team, the number of mechanics present at the moment is naturally not large, there are only about a dozen or so - however, Shi Cha knows that if they are willing to join other lords of the United Cities, each of them will definitely have a trusted scholar who can be relied upon.

Even in an industrial city-state like Kaiton, it was enough to rank among the top seats in the Iron Hand Council of Scrap Masters.

His status and position are evident from this.

On weekdays, they were busy with work and scattered throughout the depression lagoon. Even if not all of them were present now, the possibility of so many mechanics showing up at the same time to greet them, and even standing against the law enforcement team for them, was even rarer than seeing Wolff... At least they had seen him once.

Now that they are here, the law enforcement team will never dare to act rashly.

"Why..." Shi Cha looked at Nan Ding...just because of a letter?

A handwritten letter from the so-called Grand Commander?

Although what can impress mechanics is different from the secular standards used to measure value, a handwritten letter alone can have such an appeal to them. I'm afraid there are not many people in the world who have such ability, right?

The female doctor of Ember smiled and said, "I said there is no problem, right?"

She saluted to the mechanic who was leading the team, and as he smiled, she led the team away with him, forming a line around the law enforcement team.

These white-robed crossbowmen stared at them with a look that seemed to be able to nail a hole in their bodies, but in the end they were helpless.

Firstly, they did not dare to have any conflict with the mechanics. In essence, these bachelors belonged not only to the depression and lagoon, but also to the wealth of the world's civilization. If someone's rheumatoid arthritis happened to come back, it would be okay for the boss, but they would be the ones to take the blame. No one was willing to bear the consequences.

Secondly, when they saw so many mechanics appearing, the law enforcement team felt that the intelligence was wrong: it seemed that this group of foreign merchants really had close contacts with the mechanics, and the initial operation could no longer be carried out.

However, like Shi Cha, they were equally shocked and confused.

Nan Ding's sight passed through a group of mechanics walking with umbrellas, and "caught" a figure who was trying hard to hide under the cover of their loose waterproof bachelor's suits.

Lu Dai was wet all over, her hair was soaked, she was gasping for breath, puffs of white mist came out of her mouth, and her carefully tied braids had come loose and fell on her shoulders.

When she rushed out from the teacher's greenhouse roof, she saw the law enforcement team chasing her away and knew it was too late to catch up.

Besides, Lu Dai was not stupid enough to think that she could convince the other side's violent armed forces by herself - although she was respected, she was not a formal mechanic after all. Strictly speaking, she was just an ordinary resident of Lake Town.

If the other party insisted on playing deaf and dumb, she would be completely helpless.

So, without even having time to open his umbrella, the apprentice rushed directly to the dispatch room and sent a telegram to all the mechanics stationed at the station.

The content of the telegram was also simple.

In just a few words:
"Ancient words, breakthrough."

"Bai Yi, stop them."

This device, 'invented' by a historical Iyo Prize winner, transmitted the message for help throughout the depression lagoon within milliseconds, reaching every mechanic's workstation.

Everyone was intrigued.

Especially after seeing the source of the telegram: there was no reason for them to look down on something that even Wolfe took so seriously.

Lu Dai knew that he had used the teacher's name and his words were somewhat exaggerated, but the information that could be carried in the form of a telegram was limited, so he had no choice but to resort to this last resort in a hurry.

However, she was also keenly aware of the information that Wolfe had just inadvertently leaked: the other party said that this prototype language had been deciphered by his senior brother and all the commonly used characters had been deduced... Wolfe said it lightly, but Lu Dai knew that this was definitely a major achievement that could win the Iyo Prize.

But that senior brother is unknown.

Even the University of Mechanics has not made its proto-language vocabulary public, and there are only sporadic discoveries, based on previous research.

It's as if it's deliberately hidden.

Now, apart from his teacher, probably only his senior brother and the author of the letter know this set of archetype words.

Lu Dai once suspected whether the person who wrote the letter was her teacher's senior brother, but she knew Wolfe. If that was the case, the other party would not hide anything and would have spoken frankly.

From this perspective, the wording of the telegram he sent was not exaggerated. After all, it involved the interpretation of ancient prototype language.

The premise is that she can really find the author of the letter, and pray that the poem is not copied from some relic by the author, and the author himself knows nothing about ancient language...

Why does it feel like there are more and more gaps to be filled... Lu Dai felt dizzy.

At this moment, she also felt a gaze falling on herself, and subconsciously met the gaze, and then became flustered.

Lu Dai faced Nan Ding from a distance.

She didn't know what she was hiding from, but she felt inexplicably embarrassed. Then she saw the female doctor's mouth opening and closing silently, and then she understood her lip shape:
"Ms. Pufferfish, you look more like it now..."

It is an aquatic creature after all.

The rain poured down, and Lu Dai was completely deflated.

……

……

Inside the central drilling shaft, the wind was howling, and tons of rain fell from the sky almost every second, falling into the abyss that was several hundred feet wide.

The bottom of the abyss leads directly to the underground of the depression lagoon, which was once an oil vein. The four walls are wrapped with steel, and even the surging lake water outside the platform is blocked out.

Since the depletion of crude oil, the original production line equipment in Huzhen, including the largest central mine, has been shut down. No matter how expensive the huge mechanical facilities were originally, they can only be abandoned like a dragon slaying, waiting to slowly rust and collapse in rain and wind erosion.

However, the cavity formed by the central mine itself is now occupied by people coming and going with ladders going up and down.

Because it is the legendary Community No. 0 - the gang war that once took place in the downtown area was a competition launched by the selected candidates to compete for the management rights of this core community.

Survival of the fittest.

The corpses of the defeated turned the lake red. Then everyone went about their business.

As the most core community, it has the most guards here, but compared to the huge hole itself, they are still too lonely and scarce.

On this vast and empty drilling wall, there are two aliens as tiny as reptiles hiding in it, crawling slowly.

"I didn't expect that we would actually come up... Xiaolu is good, he has some skills." A woman in a black tights looked at the abyss below, extremely excited, "I say, since you have decided to surrender, are you interested in following me?"

"Following you..." a playful voice came from behind her, "Won't that mean I'll have to go hungry for two out of three meals?"

“How can you talk like that!” The woman pretended to be angry and said, “Don’t think that you are the only one following me now. I am still very powerful in the Black Scratch… It’s just that you can’t see it now!”

The two were none other than Lin Ji, the Black Scratch Inquisitor who had infiltrated Community 0, as well as the Lord of the Swamp and the Flash Land, the Red King of the Blood Blade, the First Fire who ignited the embers... the Nameless Lu Beiyou.

——Lu Meng thought.

He used his stealing skills of "Master Hands" to steal the key to open the elevator door when he passed by Duen, the manager of Community No. 1, and lured him to the dance hall where Bo and Chad were lying in ambush.

If the two of them were to face Duane alone, the outcome would be hard to predict. However, with Bo's best lurking ability and Chad's frontal combat ability, there is no chance of failure in their plot against the opponent.

As for himself, with the key in his hand and the appearance of a guard, it would be no problem for him to sneak into the elevator and successfully open the upward passage.

The situation on the battlefield was ever-changing. Lu Meng knew that with the combat skills of the two men, if they saw that he did not meet up as agreed, they would definitely not wait there foolishly, but would go to the next location first.

He looked at the back of the person in front of him.

In comparison, it was more important to follow this reckless prosecutor who was traveling the same way as him and confirm her whereabouts.

It can be considered an unexpected surprise.

After listening to Lin Ji's boasting, he just smiled and said, "That's really amazing."

After spending so much time together, they had let down their guard against each other - at least on the surface.

Be more casual in your speech.

"You don't believe it when I hear it, do you?" Lin Ji jumped, grabbed the safety rope hanging from the drilling rig, and swung up: "If you have ambitions and want to work hard, based on your achievements this time, I can definitely recommend you to the inner circle. If you can be favored by a watcher, I don't know how many years of detours you can save."

"Even if the opponent is Alke...it's not impossible, right?" After she landed steadily on the next scaffolding platform, she turned around and shouted, "Catch him!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a black shadow swung over, and Lu Meng reached out and grabbed the tail end.

The first thing I got was the safety rope I just got.

The two men did not take the regular route still used by Community No. 0. The places they climbed were the passages that old workers used to go up and down the mine for inspection and maintenance, but they have long been abandoned.

Even this safety rope is so old that even though the fibers haven't aged yet, they are covered with old moss and are slippery and sticky.

Lin Ji did not throw the end of the safety rope to him directly as she had done in the past. Instead, she took the rope off the hook, wrapped it around her arm, and anchored it with her legs.

It was clear that the examiner was worried that the original steel hook would rust and would not be able to bear Lu Meng's weight.

The other party has been walking in front all the way, both because he is confident of his strength and also because he wants to explore the way.

Lu Meng didn't point it out. He grabbed the rope and jumped up, landing steadily. Then he said casually, "But I am lazy by nature and don't like to work hard... After I get out this time, if I just want to live a stable life, what should I do?"

In order to respect the other party's kindness, he did not rely entirely on his own strength to jump over, but instead borrowed some strength from the safety rope.

"I didn't expect you to be so light..." Lin Ji muttered, and then after hearing Lu Meng's words, she pretended to stretch: "Isn't that better? People in this world always like to work hard, but in the end they get nothing. If you don't want to work hard, just be like me, eating and sleeping all day, and when you get up, go to the big library to borrow a little figure painting to read. The cafeteria is free... Isn't life just as leisurely and comfortable?"

"If you really wanted to be lazy, why would you come here?" Lu Meng said.

As the Inquisitor of Black Scratches, even if he had other companions to assist him, no matter how many there were, they could not compete with the entire Depression Lagoon.

What's more, this is a job that offends people.

Judging from what Lin Ji has done along the way, he doesn't seem to be lazy at all.

"Hmph...that's another matter." The examiner responded vaguely, as if something had been revealed. He tilted his head casually, secretly observing the guard from the corner of his eyes.

She was a little surprised: if the other party's status was really low and he didn't understand the organizational structure of Black Scratch Town, then it would be fine if she was not tempted.

But even when he mentioned Alke's name, his expression remained the same... No matter how ignorant he was, he wouldn't be that ignorant.

Within their Black Scratch, this sword master is so famous that they are jokingly called the "Star" Watcher, with either ridicule or envy - since ancient times, fame does not necessarily mean strength, but no matter what, this one is absolutely worthy of the name.

After thinking about it, Lin Ji shook his head again.

I thought with a little self-mockery:

"But if the Sword Saint really takes a fancy to me at this time, it really wouldn't be a good thing for ordinary people..."

Just as she was slightly lost in her thoughts, she suddenly heard a whisper beside her ear: "Be careful, someone is coming!"

Almost at the same moment, the examiner also reacted. She raised her whip-kick and kicked the man in the crotch. Then with a loud "bang", she punched the man in the neck, knocking him out directly without him even being able to scream.

A guard on patrol.

"Thank you." She wrapped the other person up with the safety rope and threw him into the hole behind her. They were now passing through a bridge.

There was no sound of anyone falling into the cave. After a moment, Lu Meng walked out of it, having changed into a guard's uniform.

"The fact that we've met people from the community means we're getting close to our destination," he said. "Their patrol frequency and alert level will also be tightened... They're on guard against something."

As if to reflect his words.

The huge, empty drilling site above my head suddenly became dark.

A huge shadow slowly descended...it turned out to be a huge wooden ship with sails hooked by lashing ropes.

Fall from the sky.

(End of this chapter)