Vol 6 Chapter 6 (1/2)
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at 28th of October 2019 09:38:58 AM
Chapter 6
Book 6, Chapter 6 The Last Humans
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The nest delved at least eight hundred meters into the metal mountain and had the area of a small cityIts interior was n philosophy to speak of
Aesthetics were not a concern in the slightest to whoever built this place, nor did it have the samatism Cloudhaas accustohtly coh toand unwelco
Who would build such a place and choose to live in it? It was essentially just an enormous ant hill! Were they only insects and metal facsimiles that occupied this place? It certainly didn’t se… in this world that had remained uninhabited for thousands of years, this ly from nowhereCloudhawk had no way to explain how thisstructure cah several worlds thus far and in none of theenceRather they were all in various states of decay, or reclaimed by natureWhy was this world different? Where had this structure come from?
Cloudhawk knew the machines didn’t crop up out of thin airHe also believed that everything that existed, existed for a reasonThis giantspecificThe only way to knoas to delve deeper
There was no danger to Cloudhawk, of courseWorst case, he blinked back to safetyHow could he comfortably sendbase before discovering what all this was about?
The anizedThousands – tens of thousands of channels ran every which way and connected with one another like arteriesThey were alllabyrinth of pathways that would be practically impossible to escape from without a mapAs he continued to poke around Cloudhawk came upon several production areas, yet they were un was autohly precise, super-condensed lasers were laser-printing objects at a rapid paceThe pieces were transported and assembled too quickly to folloith the eyeIt was a reflection of ht as well have beenanywhere to be seen
Cloudhaas beginning to suspect whatever civilization lived here long ago was nothing like anything he knewPerhaps this was some super-advancedthing guiding them
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Maybe this entire , alone in this barren placeTo verify the hypothesis, Cloudhawk sent Oddball off to scout aheadAftersee down here
But the little bird see above Cloudhawk opened up revealing a network of black pipesThey eiant bee-likeforthBefore he knew it the entire hallas filled with them
The swarm filled every available spaceHad he been discovered?
Cloudhawk had nothing to fear from these insect-like robots, but he wasn’t here to cause problee, perhaps negotiate a peaceful end to the hostilitiesHis whole aiiant bees were preparing to attack their target vanished froan to search the premises
As complicated as the maze was, this had no impact on CloudhawkThanks to his teleportation abilities he could go where he pleased, so he simply folded space to appear five kilo his bearings Cloudhawk discovered that while there wereno vents, this part of the ood air flowThe corridors were all well lit; he even saw signposts
Strange… robots didn’t need airThey didn’t need signs, eitherDid thatelse? Cloudhaas considering the possibility when he heard footsteps approaching froures blocked the path forward
They were not robotsThe figures were covered froear, with helmets that completely covered their facesIn their hands eapons that looked like rifles with sparks of electricity spouting frole shot froet instantly
“You’re… you’re hu what here, en!”
More than his shock at finding humans here, Cloudhaas floored by the fact he understood their language! Their accent was very strange, and their grammar was all off with several sounds he didn’t understand, but he got the gist of what they were saying
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Clearly the root of their language and his oere the sameBut how? This was a completely different world, theirs was a completely separate civilization! How could it be possible that they share the saue?
Cloudhawk spoke to them carefully“Who are you people?”
The natives also seenize that Cloudhaasn’t one of themBut more importantly, how had he slipped by all their defenses and appeared in their home?