When Jia Yan was attacking the pipeline, it would be false to say that he hadn't observed the interior of the pipeline. But just now, he really didn't see this machine appear!
In the previous pipeline, nothing could be seen at all. And now, this machine, appearing out of nowhere, was slowly moving upward, looking dull and stupid.
It was a mechanical device with pulleys fixed to the inner edge of the pipeline wall. There were three sets of pulleys, forming a triangle, allowing the machine to move up and down along the track on the pipeline wall!
The main body of the machine, aside from having a slightly noisy moving device, was a circular structure with a basket-like object, about thirty centimeters in diameter, embedded in it. At this moment, the machine was carrying the basket, ascending!
Jia Yan saw this machine, and although he wasn't greatly surprised, upon seeing the object loaded on the machine, his compound eyes immediately burst with astonished light!
"This is..." Jia Yan was extremely shocked.
Before Jia Yan could carefully discern what it was, the machine approached.
After a brief moment of contemplation, Jia Yan decided to move his body back a bit!
Although it seemed unlikely that this machine posed any danger, it was always better to be cautious!
The machine continued to rise and approached!
To everyone's surprise, it didn't seem very intelligent.
When it reached the damaged section of the metal pipeline created by Jia Yan, one of its wheels suddenly slipped into the air!
With a crisp sound!
The upward movement of the machine was halted, as one of its wheels slipped into the air, causing its body to be stuck at that point. The wheel spun rapidly but remained motionless!
Watching this scene unfold, Jia Yan moved his body back a bit.
He didn't know if this machine had any attacking capabilities. If it did, then he needed to be cautious!
After all, this thing was related to that mysterious machine!
However, this machine seemed to have no attacking capabilities, and it appeared to lack intelligence. It just kept rolling its wheels in the empty space where it was stuck!
Sss...
The structure resembling eyes on the machine kept blinking with a red light.
Then, without warning, the red light stopped!
The entire machine, along with the motor-like noise, suddenly ceased!
Perhaps it judged that there was a problem with itself and became motionless!
Maybe it was waiting for maintenance here.
Originally, this was the best way, but now there was a giant mosquito beside it!
Jia Yan's compound eyes gleamed brighter.
Then, he flapped his wings slightly and cautiously approached the strange machine.
This machine was made of a metal material different from the metal channel.
The craftsmanship didn't seem to be very exquisite, far from comparable to the perfect machines of the underground world!
As he approached, Jia Yan didn't pay attention to the miraculously constructed machine!
His gaze was mostly drawn to the items in the small baskets on these machines!
The items in the baskets had an incredibly strong allure for him!
Jia Yan felt a slight craving in his body.
He wanted to devour it!
"No, this kind of thing isn't so easy to devour..."
Jia Yan felt a bit indiscriminate in his hunger.
And what was this thing that attracted him so much...
The answer was revealed!
As the machine approached quickly, there was a basket-like structure in the center of its body.
The basket had a linkage device to ensure that no matter whether the machine was moving upward along the metal channel or horizontally forward, the contents inside wouldn't spill out.
And the substance currently loaded in the basket was the source of Jia Yan's attraction!
Hoo!
The large mosquito's black body approached the machine.
His compound eyes looked at the basket.
In this basket...
There was something of a very bright color!
It was a semi-liquid substance!
Like jelly, it kept swaying in the basket.
What was even more bizarre was its color, which was azure!
The azure color emanated from the liquid, directly reflecting the azure color in Jia Yan's compound eyes!
Coincidentally, the blade-like keratin of his forefoot extended in front of the basket!
Upon comparison, the azure color at the tip of the keratin was almost identical to the azure liquid in the basket!
Looking at this item, that kind of crazy craving continued to surge in his heart!
But having experienced similar experiences several times already, Jia Yan easily suppressed his instinctual urge to devour!
"This thing is also azure. Could it be related to the azure crystal I accidentally devoured last time?"
Jia Yan's compound eyes stared at this semi-solid liquid, pondering crazily in his mind!
"However, this azure color, in my perception, seems far less intense than the azure crystal. When I saw the azure crystal for the first time, there was a strong sense of danger mixed with attraction."
"But now seeing this azure liquid, there is no sense of danger at all, and the attraction is far less than that of the azure crystal! I wonder if it's because I've become stronger, or perhaps this semi-liquid is simply not as good as the azure crystal?"
Jia Yan pondered, resisting the impulse to consume this semi-liquid!
Since it was not an overly strong attraction, he decided to think carefully before acting!
The immobilized machine, stuck in the metal channel made by Jia Yan, remained motionless.
Just as Jia Yan was about to take out the basket from the machine, at that moment, the lights resembling eyes on the machine seemed to brighten for a moment!
However, this light quickly extinguished again!
Even Jia Yan, standing beside it, did not notice this unusual phenomenon!
Meanwhile...
In the underground space not far away, workers were busy.
What they didn't expect was that the machine they were working with, referred to as a "divine object" by the upper echelons of Wa, was flashing with light in the pipeline at the same moment!
Inside its body, a certain kind of light also flickered!
Buzzing!
The light flickered, and then the divine object trembled slightly.
The people of Wa have been referring to this mysterious machine as the "divine object" for quite some time, obtaining certain secrets from it.
However, they have never seen the divine object do anything other than stand quietly!
The people in this long room can actually be called researchers from a top research institute in Wa!
Because of the need for confidentiality, this institution has always been the core secret of Wa. Many researchers, after entering the institute, often find it difficult to go home for a long time.
And in this place, only five people are truly the core!
They are even key figures in all of Wa!
Each of these individuals has made a huge contribution to Wa, and their words can even determine the future direction of scientific research in Wa.
But today, these five people seem a bit different. They stand nervously together, looking at the data screen of a machine.
On this data screen, what was originally a stable straight line has now become unstable, even showing a downward trend!
"What's going on? The pressure in one of the divine object's pipelines is dropping! Could there have been an accident?!" A white-bearded old man exclaimed in surprise as he looked at the screen.
The five of them gathered around, looking at these simple lines, unable to discern any differences, but all of them were extremely surprised!
"No, if the pressure continues to drop like this, the scene from twenty years ago is bound to happen again. We must prevent such a thing from happening!" Another person's expression also became serious at this moment!
All five of these top researchers had experienced a similar scene twenty years ago.
Thinking back to the situation at that time, the faces of these five top scientists were filled with fear!