"Big... Big Brother, where is this place?"
"Why is it light?"
On a lawn, Xiao Xiao, who had just steadied herself, exclaimed in surprise.
"Uh... I'm not sure..."
Ye Feng was equally stunned.
Just now, outside on Serpent Mountain, it was clearly night. But after entering the teleportation array, the scene twisted, and then he and Xiao Xiao landed in a place bathed in daylight.
"Big... Big Brother, are we dreaming...?"
"Ah~ It hurts!"
Xiao Xiao muttered, pinching her thigh hard, and immediately winced in pain.
"This... Is this really an ancient ruin?"
Ye Feng surveyed his surroundings, utterly shocked.
For instead of a dense forest, it was a vast expanse of modern buildings, all sorts of skyscrapers.
The scale of these skyscrapers far surpassed any of the top-tier cities Ye Feng had visited before, and their designs were futuristic, possessing a strong artistic flair.
It seemed, however, that something had happened here, and there were no signs of human activity for a long time. Moss had grown everywhere, cars parked by the roadside were rusted, and even grass had sprouted on their seats...
The skyscrapers were also covered in vines...
"This place... Is this really an ancient ruin... This looks like a city of the future..."
Ye Feng marveled, gazing at a blimp hovering in the distant sky.
"Big Brother, will Sister Yun Yao be alright?"
After looking around and finding no one else, Xiao Xiao became a little worried.
"She should be fine!"
Ye Feng shook his head. "She belongs to Mech City, one of the seven major powers, and she's with the team from Arcane City. She'll definitely know more about this ancient ruin than we do, so she should be safe!"
"Let's explore here first and see what's going on~"
Saying this, Ye Feng walked forward. Xiao Xiao glanced around again and then followed him.
"Big Brother, look there... The energy gun that attacked us outside the ancient ruins!"
As they both jumped onto a large truck almost submerged by weeds, Xiao Xiao pointed to the ground in the distance.
"Let's go and see!"
Ye Feng frowned, jumped off the truck, and cautiously approached the location of the energy gun.
"Damn..."
Turning a corner, Ye Feng was taken aback.
For the entire street was littered with energy guns, along with a large number of broken mechanical parts...
"Big Brother... Are those fallen figures... mechs?"
"They look a bit small..."
Xiao Xiao looked at Ye Feng with a puzzled gaze.
"Xiao Xiao, those aren't mechs, they're robots... uh, they're machines that are similar to humans..."
Under Xiao Xiao's bewildered gaze, Ye Feng strode forward, squatted down, and began examining one of the robots.
"This slot..."
Ye Feng's pupils contracted, for the slot on the robot's chest perfectly matched the size of an Arcane Yuan Coin.
Immediately, Ye Feng inspected several more fallen robots and found that each had a slot on its chest capable of inserting an Arcane Yuan Coin.
Furthermore, Ye Feng noticed a peculiar eye symbol on the left side of the robots' heads, the Eye of Horus, which he had seen on Shen Yunyao before.
"Clang! Bang!"
"Clang! Bang!"
Suddenly, the sound of mechanical footsteps approached from behind a building not far ahead.
Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao immediately hid in a shop on the side of the street.
"Clang! Bang! Clang~!"
The mechanical footsteps grew louder.
"It's one of the robots that was lying on the ground!"
Ye Feng peered through the blinds and saw a robot walking down the street. Its left arm was damaged, and its right hand gripped an energy gun as it swayed along.
"Protecting Civilization Seedling No. 1, ex... eliminate enemy!"
"Protecting Civ..."
The robot's mechanical voice had just begun when it stopped abruptly, and the blue light in its eyes vanished.
"Out of power?"
Ye Feng frowned slightly, flashed forward, and instantly appeared behind the robot, tearing the energy gun from its hand.
"It really can't move~"
Ye Feng muttered, his gaze falling on the one-armed robot's chest. An Arcane Yuan Coin was indeed inserted into the slot.
"Click! ~"
Ye Feng pulled out the Arcane Yuan Coin from the robot's chest and found that the display on it had gone black.
"Arcane energy depleted?"
Ye Feng pondered for a moment, then took out an Arcane Yuan Coin with a value of 123 from his spatial storage and inserted it into the slot on the robot's chest.
"Click! ~"
"Whoosh! Clatter clatter~"
The single-armed robot's previously dark eyes lit up with blue light again. Its mechanical mouth moved, "Protecting Civilization Seedling No. 1, eliminate enemy... Protecting Civilization Seedling No. 1, eliminate intruders..."
"Intruders detected, eliminate, eliminate!"
The robot's mechanical eyes turned, stared at Ye Feng for a moment, then struggled. Its mechanical right arm was about to attack Ye Feng, but Ye Feng pressed it down.
"Xiao Xiao, retreat!"
Suddenly, Ye Feng's expression changed.
After struggling for a moment, the one-armed robot's chest began to emit a red glow from the inside out.
"Bang! ~ Boom!"
Just as Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao leaped behind a large pillar nearby, the one-armed robot exploded.
"What a pity~"
Looking at the one-armed robot that had been reduced to countless fragments, Ye Feng felt a pang of regret, as he had hoped to glean some information about this strange place from it...
"Big Brother, is this the Civilization Seedling No. 1 that the robot mentioned?"
As the dust from the explosion gradually settled, Xiao Xiao's confused voice rang out.
"Roar! ~! Roar! ~"
Before Ye Feng could answer, two dull roars erupted from behind him and Xiao Xiao.
"Intruders detected, eliminate!"
A mechanical voice, identical to the one-armed robot's, followed closely.
The next second, Ye Feng saw a massive figure lunging towards him at high speed.
"Bang! ~ Crackle! ~"
Ye Feng immediately dodged. The massive figure crashed into the large concrete pillar he had just been behind.
The concrete pillar instantly shattered, and the second-floor balcony shook and then collapsed...
"Big Brother, it's a mechanical tiger!"
"Boom! ~"
Saying this, Xiao Xiao unleashed a large ball of flames at the mechanical tiger that was lunging at her.
"Whoosh! ~ Boom! ~"
The fireball, infused with fire-attribute arcane energy, struck the mechanical tiger in an instant but caused no damage.
Moreover, a red light flashed across its body, and the flames were actually absorbed by it...
"Clatter clatter! ~"
Mechanical sounds emanated from the mechanical tiger's body as several gleaming blades suddenly appeared, striking at Xiao Xiao's head, throat, and heart from all sorts of tricky angles.
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