Mechanical Flesh

When Qi Yuan returned to the frontline base, there were only ruins left, and all the combatants had left.

After the No. 9 War Fortress was destroyed, the frontline base also lost its meaning. Naturally, the Black Steel Shelter would not waste a lot of resources on a meaningless base.

"The two of them have been entangled here for so long, and so many people have died. I didn't expect it to be nothing in the end. Instead, Seraph took advantage of it." Ah Jiu said in a low voice.

Ah Jiu is very aware of the value of mechanical ruins, which is something that even the supreme controller covets.

When Qi Yuan fully digests the harvest of the mechanical ruins, even if he can't match the supreme controller, he won't be too far behind.

"What do you mean by taking advantage, the mechanical ruins are mine!" Seraph protested.

Qi Yuan walked in the abandoned front-line base, stretched out his hand to caress a piece of discarded metal, and found that a thick layer of ash had fallen on it, the entire base had no breath of life, and even some insects and beasts remained. Apparently it has been abandoned for a long time.

Qi Yuan frowned slightly. It shouldn't be long since he left, but this place seems to have been abandoned for a long time. What's going on?

With the data center, even if there is no calendar clock, I should be able to accurately calculate the passage of time, but everything in front of me reminds me that I have made a mistake in calculating the time.

Qi Yuan activated the area detection and scanned the entire venue, trying to find some clues of time, and finally found some abnormalities in the combat conference room of the central tower.

Qi Yuan stepped up and came to the combat conference room.

The entire combat conference room has been emptied, and even the holographic projection map has been removed. There are scattered waste papers everywhere in the conference room. There is only a thick metal round table firmly fixed in the center of the conference room.

The three legs of the round table were deeply embedded in the floor of the room. This was obviously the handwriting of Duanmu Longxiang. It should be to fix the round table and prevent the things on it from falling.

Qi Yuan approached the round table, and there was a mechanical clock on it, which was making a ticking sound, but the time of the mechanical clock did not change, as if time had been stopped.

Like the three legs of the round table, the base of the mechanical clock is also embedded in the round table.

Duanmu Longxiang, is this a message for me?

Qi Yuan was a little surprised. He walked near the round table and stopped. The seemingly primitive mechanical clock suddenly shot out a light curtain and swept towards Qi Yuan.

Qi Yuan knew that this was the identification method left by Duanmu Longxiang, so he stood still and let the light curtain sweep by.

"Identification passed, welcome back, Researcher Qi Yuan." A soft electronic sound came from the mechanical clock.

Then the hands of the mechanical clock began to rotate rapidly, one circle after another, and when it was finally frozen, the time on it was frozen at 453 hours, 32 minutes and 12 seconds.

Qi Yuan frowned slightly, and soon understood the meaning of this time.

Nearly twenty days, have I been away for so long?

After the time was frozen for a few seconds, the mechanical clock suddenly disintegrated and collapsed, and at the same time emitted blue arcs, spreading on the metal table.

Wherever the arc spread, it left black traces, and finally merged into a piece of information.

"Qi Yuan, we have been waiting at the base for three days. Because the condition of the wounded is getting worse, we can't wait any longer. If you can come back alive and see the message I left, you can look for it under the stone statue in the center of the camp. , I buried a one-way encrypted signal transmitter in the ground there, after you use it to send a message, I will receive the message soon, and I will come to pick you up in person, this place is far away from the Sanctuary Mountain, Don't go out alone!"

The information only existed for a few seconds, and the spreading thunder suddenly scattered, and finally dissolved the entire metal round table, turning it into a pool of flowing molten iron.

Looking at the melted and then slowly solidified molten iron under his feet, Qi Yuan fell into a brief silence. He obviously only left for less than three days.

But a full twenty-one days have passed outside. Where did this disappearing time go?

Is there a time disorder when passing through the passage into the ruins?

Qi Yuan recalled the feeling when he crossed the passage, as if it was only a short moment, but it seemed that a very long time had passed. During that process, all his abilities seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep, and he was completely Lost control of time and space.

There is a problem with the space of the mechanical ruins. Its entrance is obviously located underground, but above the mechanical ruins, there is a sky shrouded in clouds.

Qi Yuan tried hard to recall for a while, and then remembered that after he entered the mechanical ruins, he seemed to have not found its boundary. Although he did not deliberately look for it, it was obviously unreasonable.

Therefore, there must be a problem with the space of the mechanical ruins, otherwise it would be impossible to exist for such a long time, but only the mechanical royal court discovered their existence. Moreover, with the strength of the mechanical royal court, if there is no problem with the space, they can be cracked by violence. There is no need to explore with such complicated means at all.

As for the issue of time, it is even more obscure than the issue of space. Qi Yuan never thought of how he was affected. If only his perception of time was affected, it would be fine. If it involves the speed of time, it would be terrible.

At least, Qi Yuan has never heard of the ability of that high-level powerhouse to affect time and space.

Time and space are like the two cornerstones of this world. If anyone can affect the existence of these two cornerstones, then they can really be worthy of the title of supreme controller.

Qi Yuan came to the side of the stone statue in the center of the camp, moved the ten-ton stone statue away, and found the signal transmitter left by Duanmu Longxiang from a depth of ten meters underground.

The camp is very far away from the Black Steel Shelter, there is no satellite support in the sky, no base station transmission on the road, and there are interferences from various insect force fields in the red area. It is not an easy task to transmit information, like this The equipment for one-way transmission of information is not only expensive, but also the limit of what Black Steel Protection Technology can do.

Qi Yuan picked up the signal transmitter and observed it for a while, but did not activate it immediately, but put it away, and then embarked on the return journey alone.

With the two seventh-level existences of Ah Jiu and Seraph, although the red area is dangerous, it is enough to deal with it.

In the corner of the camp, Qi Yuan found a complete military motorcycle, which was obviously left by Duanmu Longxiang on purpose. Although he didn't want Qi Yuan to travel through the wilderness alone, he also thought that Qi Yuan might not listen to him, so In the end, such a means of transportation was left behind.