traveler among pirates

Chapter 56

Hughes walked over to a metallic figure in the shape of a woman.

The metal man has a peaceful expression on his face, and his body is relaxed as if he is sleeping.

Hughes carefully inspected the internal structure of her body, "Even the organs and internal organs in the body are exactly the same as those of humans!"

Hughes felt more and more that the country in this castle was definitely weird.

There are not only these metal men near the entrance of the passage, but also some robots. These robots have different shapes and different manufacturing processes.

Best of all, Hughes couldn't even see the difference between them and humans based on their appearance alone, and only the joints of the body could be seen to have traces of mechanical transformation.

And some of them are even in the square mechanical shape, which is dull and has no aesthetic feeling.

Hughes looked at these metal men and robots with some strangeness. Their bodies were all made of metal, but they didn't seem to be decayed, they were almost brand new.

And some nearby mechanical parts have different degrees of aging and corrosion.

Hughes didn't find anything more outside. He looked at the passage in front of him and walked in. No matter how strange the outside is, as long as he goes inside the castle, he should be able to know part of the truth.

Various noisy mechanical sounds came from the passage.

Hughes pressed his hand on the inner wall of the passage. The wall is not completely solid, and the thickness of the iron wall is astonishingly more than ten meters.

But this is also normal, if there is no such a thick iron wall, it will not be able to stop those terrifying Neptunes from the sea.

There is the sound of gears turning inside the iron wall, as well as the sound of a large number of mechanical operations.

Hughes guessed that there should be a set of large-scale mechanical operation programs inside the steel wall, which is the set of efficient mechanical programs, so that this huge steel castle can move smoothly on the sea.

Ka Ka Ka!
Hughes stepped on all kinds of garbage on the passage with a knife and walked in.

The passage was very dark, and because the passage was dug directly from the wall, the passage smelled of rust everywhere.

There were bursts of mechanical vibrations from the surrounding walls.

drop!
A drop of water fell on Hughes' hand. The water drop was dark red and full of rust.

Hughes walked through this winding passage, and at the end of the dark passage came a light.

Hughes took a deep breath, the air was filled with the smell of heavy metal.

There are towering iron towers everywhere in front of the eyes, and the overall appearance of the iron towers is dark black. The format of the iron towers is monotonous, without any decorations.

Almost every iron tower has only a few iron windows and a gate. The windows and iron gates are of the same style. This country gives people a serious sense of depression.

Hughes walked to an iron tower. The iron gate seemed to be welded together and could not be pushed open at all.

On the street, all kinds of trees and plants on the side of the road are gray-black metal objects, and even the weeds on the lawn are made of metal.

The buildings are iron towers, the floors on the streets are also iron plates, and even the decorative trees and vegetation are made of metal. The whole country is shrouded in gray and black shadows.

The rusty smell in the air irritated Hughes' nose all the time.

Hughes took out a dark red metal half mask from the bag behind him and put it on his face.

The heavy metal air is purified by the plants in the mask and transformed into fresh air with a faint smell of grass.

"There's not even a single person in here."

Hughes' knowledge spread out, except for one location of the steel castle, Hughes couldn't perceive it smoothly, and Hughes didn't perceive any life signal in the rest of the place.

Hughes jumped onto a steeple, and looking around, there were oppressive and gray iron towers and chimneys that breathed mist everywhere.

The whole country is gray and gray, here Hughes can only see gray and black.

Hughes took off a tile from the roof and cut it from the middle. The inside is also the same gray metal as the outside.

Hughes jumped off the iron tower, came to the main entrance of the iron tower, stretched out his hand and pressed on the iron door, and exerted strength with his arms. After a burst of cracking, the metal door was forcibly pushed open by Hughes.

call!
A burst of dust poured out of the house, Hughes took a step back, and fanned the dust away, and when the smoke cleared, Hughes walked in.

The iron tower is not as monotonous as Hughes imagined. There are all kinds of furniture inside, but the furniture is also that kind of dark metal.

Hughes walked to the kitchen aside, there was actually some food on the table inside, and the food was the same.

Hughes glanced at the food on the table, drew out the autumn water and stroked the food, the food was divided into two halves, it was still the same, even the inside was made of metal.

"Mmm~"

Hughes tilted his head and looked at the scene in front of him, he already had some ideas.

Hughes opened several doors. The study, bathroom, and storage room were all the same. Hughes opened the last room.

It was the bedroom. The quilt on the bed in the room was abnormally bulging. Hughes walked over and used the autumn water to push the quilt away.

The quilt was also made of the same metal. The metal quilt was completely lifted and fell on the floor. A large cloud of dust filled the bedroom and made a harsh crashing sound.

And under the quilt are two metal figures who are sleeping soundly together, and two women are snuggling up to each other.

"Sure enough." Hughes took a look and then backed out. Seeing those two people, Hughes also confirmed his guess.

This country should have been a normal country before, but then I don’t know what happened, everything in this country turned into metal.

This crisis came so suddenly that everyone ended their lives in their sleep without any precautions.

"But why are the machines inside the wall still operating?" Hughes' eyes narrowed slightly, "Unless there is something still active in this country, it escaped the disaster and survived."

Hughes didn't know if the survivors were human beings. After all, even Hughes felt a little depressed and uncomfortable in this kind of place after staying for a long time.

Hughes looked at the only place in the distance that could affect his perception, thought for a while and walked over.

Hughes is still a little interested in why the country has become like this.

Here, Hughes didn't even want to drink wine anymore, feeling that if he took a sip, there would be a mouthful of metal in his mouth besides the wine.

Walking on the road, Hughes stopped suddenly, he frowned slightly, he felt something was wrong.

Hughes raised his hand and slowly clenched his fist. Although the appearance was the same as usual, Hughes still keenly felt that something was wrong.

"The movements are a little stiff, and the reaction is a little slow."

Hughes did not ignore this point. You must know that there are unusual things everywhere in this steel castle. Hughes glanced at the metal man sitting on the chair by the road and thought of something.

"Did that mutation start from inside the body?"

Hughes scratched his palm, the blood that should have been bright red was a bit dim, Hughes looked at the blood flowing in his hand thoughtfully.

"Like some kind of virus, it should not be transmitted through breathing."

Hughes was still very confident in his mask, Hughes took out a bright red plant from his backpack and chewed it in his mouth.

Hughes frowned tightly, with an uncomfortable expression on his face, "It's so hard!"

However, the effect of this plant is still very obvious. Just for a moment, the blood flowing out of Hughes' hand is no longer dark red, but bright red again.

(End of this chapter)