Round... machine?

This description from Blade instantly set Lu Xi'an's imagination running wild. The first thing that came to Lu Xi'an's mind was the spaceship that Saiyans used to land on Earth in "Dragon Ball".

But this world shouldn't be a fanfiction of "Dragon Ball", otherwise, if a Saiyan were to gain the gene abilities of a B-type Neo-Human, wouldn't that be insanely powerful?

Or if someone suddenly went berserk with a family sacrifice, turning into a blond, neither he nor Yao Wei could handle it.

"What kind of machine is it?"

Lu Xi'an asked while pointing Yao Wei in the right direction.

Without needing his reminder, Yao Wei would check the Resonant Gene Scanner in the car and only turn in that direction once it confirmed there was no danger.

But if there really was a Super Saiyan there, the Resonant Gene Scanner might not detect it, and going there would be courting death.

Hmm... It shouldn't be, the development of the world couldn't be so absurd.

"I... I can't really say, it's just very strange."

Blade thought for a moment and said, "The door of that machine was open, half of it was in the ground, it felt... it felt like it fell from the sky a long time ago, got broken, and ended up like this."

After the earlier events had gradually passed, the kid's emotions slowly calmed down, and he no longer seemed unable to speak.

In fact, as he spoke now, his thoughts were quite coherent.

It seems that his previous emotions were indeed too agitated.

—Lu Xi'an thought this must be the kid's true personality. The current guise was a layer of false disguise.

It must have been developed or nurtured during his time in Jiangnan County.

Fell from the sky... got broken...

Why does it sound more and more like some kind of aircraft?!

Lu Xi'an was both wary and curious, he didn't say more and looked towards the east.

The trees in the east were growing denser, and the vegetation in sight looked somewhat strange, with some seaweed-like plants mixed among the green trees and weeds, reminding Lu Xi'an of Caiyang Mountain.

Could it be that sea water also flooded here?

However, upon closer inspection, the plants here were somewhat different from those on Caiyang Mountain.

When Lu Xi'an first came to Caiyang Mountain, he didn't notice anything special, but looking back now, he could sense the difference from here—

Many plants there seemed to be originally meant to grow in the sea, but the ones here seemed to have evolved, better suited to land.

"How long have you stayed here, has it ever been flooded by seawater?"

To be on the safe side, Lu Xi'an asked Blade again.

The boy named Blade shook his head and replied, "We were too tired, and it was too cold at the time. We hid here for a long time.

"I know what seawater is, there's no seawater here, and I've never heard of this place being flooded by seawater.

"Some people from Jiangnan County have been to the seaside, they say the ground near the sea is often flooded. But this place is far from the seaside, the sea couldn't flood here."

"I see."

Lu Xi'an nodded, feeling relieved.

It turns out that long ago this place was indeed submerged by seawater, but the seawater had long receded completely and wouldn't wreak havoc anymore.

Thus, the plants here transformed into their current state, different from those in Yangcai County.

He asked Blade again: "Since some of you have been to the seaside, didn't anyone discover that round machine?"

Blade said: "They say... only people from Sickness Village would discover it. This place is too close to Sickness Village, unless someone is sick or doesn't know of this place, no one would pass by here."

"I see..."

Lu Xi'an nodded.

He stood up straight, pushed aside the branches pressing in from both sides to look forward, and suddenly saw something that looked like coral appearing ahead.

A vast land coral reef!

Lu Xi'an's heart stirred slightly, hearing the nearby Blade say, "We're here."

It seemed like this was the place.

The camper continued to meander forward, and the "coral reef" originally obscured by branches finally revealed its full view to Lu Xi'an—

It indeed looked like a spacecraft re-entry capsule, with its surface covered in a honeycomb structure, appearing as if metal carbonization had corroded it.

The coral reef shape Lu Xi'an saw before was attached to this surface, seemingly formed by long-term seawater erosion.

As the car moved forward, the bottom of the capsule was also visible.

The bottom had indeed been embedded into the ground, with burn marks and algae calcification clinging together, seeming symbiotic, forming a black-green interlaced mineral vein that looked like a metal skeleton gnawed by a giant deep-sea beast at first glance.

The entire "re-entry capsule" looked as if it was a size larger than the camper, lucky that the vegetation around was tall and dense, and the capsule had long been corroded beyond recognition.

Otherwise, such a colossal object lying here would surely have been discovered long ago.

Hmm... this object has been discovered by many people, which is quite possible. Perhaps the things inside have long been emptied by others, leaving just this frame here, worthless to the people of this world, hence no one visits.

But why would such a spaceship appear here?

When did it appear? Before the disaster or after? Before the war or after?

When it appeared, who was on it? Is there a possibility that the people once inside came down, or were harmed by the people of this world today?

What does it leave behind that might be useful to today's people?

Lu Xi'an thought quickly and asked Blade, "Did you find anything when you lived inside?"

Blade replied, "No, it was too messy inside. There were those old food wrappers, but only wrappers were left, nothing else.

"They found the food outside."

This kid kept saying "they, they." By "they," he probably meant the dead man and woman.

The two servants of Blade probably didn't even have names in Jiangnan County. Blade never formally referred to them, even though he was close to them due to their long-term care, he just kept calling them "they."

Maybe the kid usually addressed that man and woman directly when he needed something, just by saying "Hey"?

Or maybe he didn't call them anything and just got to the point.

--- Of course, you can't blame Blade for this, you can only blame this organization in Jiangnan County, which was extremely inhuman.

The vehicle stopped outside the "return cabin."

Lu Xi'an and Blade jumped out of the car, Yao Wei followed suit.

The two saw many things by the cabin, which had already become part of the local landscape. There were many things like a series of barnacle nests and a pile of petrified curtains.

He looked closely and roughly figured out that the things like a series of barnacle nests were probably the old parachute cords, carbonized from long-term tidal soaking, taking on this appearance.

And the petrified curtains were formed by the nylon parachute surface and mussel shells congealing together.

At one corner of the cabin's bottom, there was a protruding section resembling a nozzle.

Perhaps it's just a nozzle...

A return cabin having a nozzle should be quite normal too.

However, this nozzle was covered with an iron-rust colored stalactitic oxide from above, looking like a solidified scab of old blood.

The cabin's door was indeed wide open, with mottled marks all over and vines crawling everywhere.

The gap between the door and the interior was piled with molted crustacean shells mixed with other messy stuff forming a layer of sediment, looking so unsightly that one couldn't bear to look at it directly.

"Is there any danger inside?"

Lu Xi'an asked Yao Wei.

He had already arranged in advance that if there was any danger ahead, Gou would warn the people inside the vehicle via the central control screen, even though Gou couldn't speak.

He had mentioned this to Yao Wei before, so if Gou detected any danger, Yao Wei would know about it in advance while inside the car.

Yao Wei shook her head and said, "No."

Blade was slightly surprised. This round machine was something these two had never entered, so how could they know if there was danger or not?

However, he was very sensible and didn't ask much, just stood by Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei and asked, "Do you want me to go first?"

He should have seen explorations of unfamiliar environments in Jiangnan County, knowing that in such explorations, weaker individuals are sometimes used as cannon fodder to take the lead, letting the cannon fodder die first if there is any danger.

Given the current situation, he was an outsider and the weakest among the three, it would naturally be his role to take the lead if necessary.

He didn't mind that either, after all, he had been in here before, and there truly wasn't any danger inside.

Even though he had left for a while, things shouldn't have changed much, right? It wouldn't have suddenly filled with new risks just because he left for a short time.

But just as he was about to take a step forward and lead the way, Lu Xi'an suddenly said, "No need, let's go in together."

Blade was slightly stunned, thinking, could this person really be a good guy?! This person previously said something about wanting to be a good person, could it be true?!

But he just thought this in his heart and didn't say it out loud.

It was too unbelievable!

Lu Xi'an led the way boldly into the cabin doorway, Blade followed closely, and Yao Wei brought up the rear.

To avoid exposing Gou, they did not bring Gou inside this time, leaving Gou to handle appearances. However, not only was the cabin door open, but it also had several large gaps allowing light to seep inside.

With the vision of them being Type A Neo-Humans, they had no problem seeing clearly the dim environment inside the cabin.

They saw moss growing on the control panel circuit board inside the cabin, the oxidized copper wires tangled into a network, attached with fungal-like stuff, which to Lu Xi'an's eyes, was reminiscent of the threadlike material on Fungus Stone.

The damp liquid crystal screen surface was crawling with a purple biofilm formed by fungi, and the space seat had been completely hollowed out, resembling something eaten away by ants.

Perhaps there were once termites here, or maybe previously Xuan Xiaocao had controlled those Flying Ants.

Beside the space seat, Lu Xi'an saw the food packaging Blade mentioned—

Aluminum foil wrappers of emergency meals, entangled with vine roots, with compressed biscuit crumbs and fungal spores forming amber-like organic crystals, shining brightly in the beams of sunlight sneaking in through the gaps.

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