The Death Knell

The Kasmatanik Steppe is one of the largest grasslands on the planet Fulanluo. It used to be a favorite place for herdsmen. However, thousands of years of grazing have caused it to become like a scar, with some areas with sufficient water resources. There are also meadows in the area, and most of the higher ground is Gobi.

Ground-penetrating radar can find underground cavities. In the eyes of many people, hunting for treasure in Fulanluo should be as easy as picking up money.

However, when they get here, they will find that the entire planet is full of holes, layered on top of each other, just like the internal structure of a sponge. The planet's underground is riddled with holes.

According to calculations, there are tens of billions of large and small underground cavities in the superficial layer alone, and there are even more undetectable in the deep layers. This has forced people to retreat to a more primitive method, which is to use manpower to go down into the caves to look. See what's there.

Of course, most of the time, the robot can just go down, but if something is discovered, it is safer for a living person to go down and observe the fine work in person.

At this time, in an underground cave somewhere in the grassland, there was a lone treasure hunter playing with his new discovery. The drone responsible for lighting was floating silently above his head, but the weak light was not enough to illuminate it. Light up the entire underground space.

He discovered a huge ancient relic, which was a giant bug made of an unknown black alloy. It looked a bit like a maggot or an earthworm, but it was essentially a robot.

The mechanical bug is about several hundred meters long and about six or seven meters in diameter. It has short and numerous arms and legs underneath its body, and its cold body spreads far into the dark underground.

It is rusty, and some lichen plants have eroded its surface, leaving some light brown marks on its joints. It looks like it has been out of service for a long time. I don't know if there is a mechanical failure or a loss of energy.

The special structure under the planet is probably related to this kind of mechanical giant insect. If archaeologists discover it, they may be able to write some new papers.

But the person who discovered it was a treasure hunter who only wanted something that could be cashed in quickly, and a giant robot insect weighing tens of thousands of tons was definitely not one of them, and he had no ability to take it alive while surrounded by wolves. Bring it back to the settlement.

He only had a small hoverbike, which was an old thing that had been resold countless times, and he didn't expect much in terms of load capacity.

But he had a goal at this time, which was that the giant insect had a funny mask-like decoration on its head, which was as funny as a small head mounted on this huge body.

He planned to pry the mask off and take it away. It might be worth some money. A mature treasure hunter always needs to know how to get the most profit.

"Please, please hurry up, come down quickly!"

While using the transmission exoskeleton device on his hand to pry the edge of the mask, he chanted eagerly. His voice echoed in the cold underground cave and was quickly swallowed up by darkness.

As if the prayer had an effect, with a soft click, the mask was pulled off the giant insect's head.

"Oh yeah..." Smiling and nodding slowly, the treasure hunter was intoxicated with inner joy, but his appearance was completely covered by a gas mask.

He turned around and prepared to leave immediately. After all, there was no telling when someone else would come to the door.

But taking away the mask seemed to activate some setting, and the giant mechanical insect revived. The hundreds of pairs of electronic compound eyes on its head suddenly lit up, and the blue light instantly illuminated the entire tunnel.

Of course, the sound of metal friction woke up the man who was immersed in the dream of getting rich. He quickly ran to his motorcycle and dropped a prepared high-level bomb before the giant insect fully started.

The motorcycle rushed out of the robbery cave with lightning speed. The explosion behind him pushed him to roll in the air and blew the head of the giant machine to pieces.

The cave collapsed, and it was probably safe. The man who fell to the ground sat upright with difficulty, patted the loess on his head, took off his mask and breathed.

"Phew, it was so dangerous, I almost couldn't get out."

It was a weather-beaten face that belonged to an outdoor worker, with no features at all. If placed in Gotham, it would be the kind of existence that would not survive a page.

At this time, a young female voice came from behind him: "Actually, it might be better for you to die inside. After all, it is considered burial."

"Wait, Aphra, I..." The man was startled and got up from the ground to explain something.

However, the person behind him didn't give him a chance to explain. With a chirp, a red beam of light penetrated his heart, killing him on the spot.

Seeing the blood of the man lying in the loess staining the ground red, the woman wearing jeans and riding boots smiled and picked up the warm mask from the body, and blew on the steaming muzzle.

"Thanks!"

After saying that, she simply left, taking the most valuable energy spark plug on the man's hover motorcycle with her.

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At the same time, Deathstroke and Harley also arrived in Fulanluo, but they were not teleported to the town, but on the edge of a small village.

At this time, they were surrounded by a group of strange furry animals. These round creatures were like pigs, but had black and white flowers like cows and long trunks like elephants, but they surrounded the two of them and screamed.

Harry, who had changed back to a pink team jacket at some point, rubbed his nose vigorously, looked around with his little head, and said as if he wanted to sneeze:

"Where are we? Afghanistan? Or Iraq? But these cows are pretty cute."

After saying that, she reached out and touched the strange round creature.

"We are not on Earth, this is a grassland planet called Fulanluo, and these are not cattle, but more like tapirs."

"Ah, dream-eating beasts, I know this." Harley wanted to walk out of the herd, but these fat creatures were tightly packed. She tilted her mouth and said with a sinister look on her face: "I just didn't eat. Yes, I wonder if it tastes good?"

As if they understood her words, the livestock immediately dispersed and ran away to eat grass.

Su Ming was wearing his own armor. After all, in the world of Star Wars, it’s not strange to wear any fancy clothes when going out. He smiled and patted Harley’s lower back:

"Let's go, we need to find someone, an archaeologist, and ask her to help me get something. Let's ask around first."

"But do the residents here speak English?" Because he had scared away the livestock, a dwarf in a robe ran out of a mud house not far away and walked toward the two of them anxiously.

Su Ming smiled and waved to the visitor, and replied in a low voice: "They are all aliens, so yes, they all speak English, and they speak it better than us earthlings."