Starting Off Survival With A Small Treehouse

Chapter 1316 - 670: Small Crimson Crystal (Part 2)

Some of the muzzles of these guns were directly aimed at the door they had just entered through!

Faced with these dark gun muzzles, cold sweat appeared on Xu Xin’s forehead.

They had indeed found what they wanted here, but those things were actually aimed at them!

And they were laser guns!

Facing these, the difficulty of dodging was Hell level!

Who could be faster than the speed of light?

"Don’t panic, Brother Xin," Zhao Xiaochuan said in a low voice, "We’re just stones. No, we’re just air. They couldn’t randomly shoot at the air!"

As someone with special abilities, Zhao Xiaochuan was more confident than Xu Xin.

Xu Xin nodded, without speaking.

Don’t speak unless necessary to avoid something really happening.

Fortunately, they had Zhao Xiaochuan’s ability; otherwise, they would have been shot by those machine guns the moment they entered.

Speaking of which, how come Keke managed to sneak in just now and was fine?

Did it think that its target was too small?

At this time, Xu Ying had already walked deeper inside, and Xu Xin and Zhao Xiaochuan quickly followed.

"Keke, what exactly did you discover?" Xu Ying said in a low voice.

"Eee..." Keke responded softly, turned its little head to glance back, saw Xu Xin and the others catching up, and then continued running forward.

It weaved through the machinery, leading the way.

Xu Xin looked at the surrounding machines.

"Is this... a drone assembly line?" Xu Xin thought to himself, "Is this the production line industry of the alien invaders? It seems similar to humans’..."

Why did it feel just like a human technology assembly line...?

Ahead, Xu Ying and Keke had already stopped.

Xu Xin and Zhao Xiaochuan quickened their pace and walked over.

"This is..."

A... metal platform?

Xu Xin looked around. The area they were in should be the center of this factory.

And in this location, there was a metal platform embedded in the ground...?

On the platform was a hemispherical metal dome, like the ones covering steaming hot dishes when they’re first brought to a high-end restaurant. Something was underneath it.

This metal dome seemed to be saying, there’s something good inside, quickly open it...

"Don’t."

Thinking of this, Xu Xin placed his hand on Zhao Xiaochuan’s impatiently outstretched hand.

Why did this feel so much like a trap?

"Eee!" Keke climbed into Xu Xin’s arms, burrowed into his cloak, and waved its little paw, "Eee!"

It was signaling Xu Xin that there was no danger, that it was alright to open it.

...Is that so.

Indeed. In normal circumstances, who could enter the very center of a factory surrounded on all sides by dark gun muzzles like this?

Who would set a trap at the center of a factory anyway? It should be at the entrance if set anywhere.

It seemed he’d overthought it.

"I’ll do it."

Just as he was about to reach out to lift it, Xu Ying stepped forward, grabbed the handle on the top of the dome.

"I’ll do it."

She tried to gently lift a small gap in the dome.

"This is...!"

A blinding scarlet light leaked out from the gap, and just this little gap illuminated the entire factory!

At the same time, mechanical sounds came from all directions.

"Not good!" Xu Ying grabbed the two people beside her, ready to teleport them out.

"No, wait," Xu Xin stopped her.

The calm reaction of Keke in his arms made him feel that there was no danger around.

If there had been danger, this little fellow would’ve jumped up and cried ’eee eee eee’ already.

He looked around.

Because of Xu Ying’s movements, the dome covered the red glow once more, and the surroundings returned to normal.

The sounds of mechanical operation around them also gradually diminished, then slowly stopped.

"Why did these machines start to operate just now?" Zhao Xiaochuan asked with some lingering fear, turning to look at the metal dome, "What is under this?"

"...Could this be the switch for these assembly line machines?" Xu Ying muttered, then once again grabbed the handle on the dome and gently lifted it open.

The dazzling red glow shot out from the gap as she lifted the dome again.

Around them, the mechanical sounds started once more.

The three looked around, sure enough, the machinery around them that was bathed in the red glow began to operate automatically.

As Xu Ying gradually lifted the dome completely, the three shielded their eyes with their hands.

So dazzling!

Could this thing be...!

Xu Xin took out a pair of sunglasses and put them on, barely able to look directly at the source of the red glow.

It was a crimson crystal, about the size of a walnut, embedded in the center of the platform.

This blinding light was completely emitted by this red crystal.

"Such a small piece... can it really have such a terrifying illumination intensity?" Xu Xin murmured to himself.

The surroundings had been completely turned scarlet by this tiny piece of crystal stone.

And because this factory was made of extremely smooth metal, the red glow reflected almost undiminished off the ceiling, floor, and walls.

The result was that the entire large, single-story factory was illuminated by the glow from this red crystal, covering all areas.

And this factory also turned from the utter silence when Xu Xin and others first entered to became noisy.

The machines started to work automatically, the spotlights on the factory ceiling turned on, scanning the surroundings, and the laser guns by the walls... even started to roam around!