In the spacecraft's control room, Sephiroth, after touring the vessel's interior with the four women, returned to the side of the Moon Mechanism's body.
"Marigold, try channeling electricity! I want to know if he is dead or damaged."
"Oh!"
Marigold nodded, extending her right hand. A blue thunder arc jumped in her palm, forming a razor-snake. From the air, the snake extended its body and swam toward the Moon Mechanism. The tip of the snake's tail was still connected to her arm.
Marigold wasn't sure of the robot's capacity. If the current released was too large, it could destroy its internal circuits. So, she chose a controllable lightning transformation to continuously channel the current.
Crackling—!
In an instant, a layer of blue thunder and lightning wrapped around the robot's body.
Only after three seconds, Marigold waved her hand.
Immediately, the Moon Mechanism lying on the deck slowly opened its eyes. It looked at its broken right arm, then with its left hand, it held its body and stood up.
It bowed its head slightly toward Marigold with a respectful expression, and said softly, "God (Kami-sama), No. 156002 is ready to serve you. What are your instructions?"
"Huh!? You know me?" Marigold tilted her head, confused.
"Our former God once said that they would bring energy back to the Birka Ruins. Aren't you the God who gave us energy?" No. 156002 asked with a slightly doubtful tone.
"Uh!?" Marigold scratched her head. Just as she was about to deny it, she met Sephiroth's sharp gaze.
She finally nodded. "That's right! From now on, I am your God!"
"Take us to the Birka Ruins! We will wake up your companions."
Hearing this, No. 156002 only glanced at Sephiroth with slight doubt, then turned to look at Marigold.
"Whatever he says in the future is equivalent to my command. Listen to him!"
"Yes!"
No. 156002 nodded, walked out of the spacecraft, and climbed onto the deck of the Star Ark. He pointed toward the approaching moon.
"The location of Birka is there…"
Soon, under the guidance of No. 156002, the Star Ark landed in the middle of a dilapidated old city ruin.
After Sephiroth and the others got off the interstellar ship, they looked at the architecture of the houses before their eyes. Although severely weathered and damaged, they could still see an architectural style similar to Shandora, the Golden City.
This made Sephiroth secretly speculate that the Shandia Clan, who lived in Shandora hundreds of years ago, must have had some relationship with the Moon People, although the exact connection was unknown.
After a while, No. 156002 led everyone into a damaged stone building, walked down a dark corridor, until they reached a large, round metal door, and stopped.
"How do we open this metal door?" Marigold pinched a thunder ball in her left hand for illumination, and knocked on the metal door with her right hand.
She turned to look at No. 156002 next to her, but the latter shook his head, saying he didn't know either.
"I'll take care of it!"
Sephiroth slowly drew his long sword and made three gentle slices on the metal gate, cutting a Dimensional Tear.
Click!
When the door opened, a strong musty smell stung their noses.
"You all wait here first." After speaking, Sephiroth took a deep breath and walked in.
A moment later.
Rumble—!
Mechanical noises came from the inner part of the metal gate, echoing through the corridor.
Sephiroth, on the other side of the gate, had fumbled and found the door-opening mechanism, opening it directly from the inside.
The dark room, combined with centuries of decay, made everyone outside the door hesitate for a moment before stepping in.
"There's a power supply system inside. You can channel electricity for lighting."
"Understood!"
Marigold nodded, waving a large ball of thunder and lightning. Under her control, the winding lightning quickly spread and flowed into the wires and conduits.
Buzz—! Buzz—!…
Lights quickly lit up on the ceiling, making the entire underground space brightly illuminated as if it were daylight, revealing a magnificent underground metropolis.
Not far away, there was an emergency cabin containing Moon Mechanisms armed with spears. They were all in a state of death due to a long-term lack of electrical energy.
Under Marigold's power supply, the robots woke up one by one. They quickly lined up and stood before her in neat steps.
The number of robots was dense—at least four to five thousand units!
"Kami-sama!" (In unison)
Seeing this scene, Marigold opened her mouth slightly in surprise.
Sephiroth looked at the rows of robots in front of him, and the corner of his mouth lifted slightly.
As long as the Eclipse Syndicate controls this intelligent robotics in the future, I believe I can unleash a super industrial transformation in this New World.
Hmm!… I collected samples of Kaido's flesh and blood during the previous battle. When the company's technology matures, I might be able to create Seraphim-like creations! When the time comes, I'll bring more than a dozen Kaido-made artificial humans and beat him up. I wonder what Kaido's expression will be like then.
Hancock raised her hand, stroking a few strands of hair on her forehead. With a curious expression, she stared at Sephiroth.
"What will we do next?"
"Naturally, search for the scientific and technological knowledge of this ancient city!" Sephiroth replied.
For the next two days, Sephiroth and the others carried out all kinds of excavation—cough!—historical site rescue work. Due to the extremely long passage of time, many books and materials had become brittle, turning to powder upon touch.
The books had essentially become unreadable scrap.
However, Sephiroth ordered the robots to carefully carry the books, along with the cabinets and shelves where they were stored, onto the Star Ark. In addition, he also brought back some useful mechanical samples to be placed on the Star Ark.
In the end, Sephiroth stopped relocating items when the Star Ark was so full it was almost overloaded.
In addition to bringing two thousand robots with him, he also left nearly three thousand robots in the underground city, placing them in an inactive state and temporarily guarding the city, awaiting his second arrival.
At this point, Sephiroth returned to the New World (the Pirate King planet) with satisfaction, carrying a large ark full of loot and knowledge.
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