The Informal Tomb Raiding Diary: She is the occupant of the tomb!-Chapter 449 - 332: Power Supply Room

Gu described this building as the key to the Evil Spirit’s survival, but as we made our way here, we haven’t encountered any obstruction by the Evil Spirit.

"Are you sure we’re not in an illusion?" Before grabbing the valve, I turned to Gu and asked.

"Maybe we’re lucky and managed to avoid them," Gu said.

"Lucky? I’ve seen many lucky people, and luck won’t prevent them from facing danger, it only helps them escape death."

"You think we’ve had it too easy?" 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

"Don’t you think so?"

"Regardless, we’ve reached this far, so let’s give it a try."

I nodded, acknowledging his point, there’s no harm in turning the valve.

Gu counted to three, and we simultaneously turned the dial, one second per turn, and after a full rotation, the door creaked open. I backed up two steps, watching the door slowly open, light flashing from within, like numerous indicator lights blinking.

Once the crack widened, I could see that the flickering objects weren’t indicator lights; they were living things, seemingly human, but with disproportionately large heads, the size of washbasins, sitting atop the bodies of eleven or twelve-year-old children.

With such body proportions and such thin necks, wouldn’t their heads topple them face-first into the ground when they walked?

However, looking closely, their heads seemed almost weightless because their bodies were semi-transparent, and it was easy to see what was inside their heads and stomachs.

Inside their heads, I saw only some thin lines, with light points moving between the lines. These points of light were the flickering ’lights’ I saw.

I couldn’t see their facial features. Inside their bodies, there were organ-like tubes, with arms and legs, but their hands only had three fingers, and their feet only had two toes.

They had wire-like things connected to them, extending downwards, and on the floor, there was a well-like opening. The bundle of wires from the Big Heads dropped down into the deep well.

Enclosed by the wires, there wasn’t much room for a person. I estimated only a child under three could crawl down through the gap between the wires and the well wall.

There were twelve Big Heads in total, sitting on stone chairs arranged in a circle. The stone chairs were integrated with the ground and immovable, with the Big Heads secured to the chairs by metal clasps on their limbs, necks, and abdomen.

The wire pit was at the center of the circle formed by the stone chairs. I squatted at the edge and looked at it, asking Gu, "Is this what you’re talking about cutting off?"

"Yes," Gu responded, having checked the wall after entering the door, then coming over to the stone chairs upon hearing my question, looking at the wire pit.

"So, just one cut?" I asked, pulling out my dagger and gesturing toward the bundle of wires.

"Get out! They’re mine!" The one rushing in from outside was Little Red, whom we hadn’t seen in a while.

But the way it spoke was completely different from before, and I quickly moved aside as it rushed straight toward the wire pit in the center of the ground.

Even if a robot needs a charge, it shouldn’t be desperate to the point of hysteria, right?

Where did it learn to curse?

Moreover, one of its eyes was flickering, like a bulb with a faulty connection. I wondered if it was malfunctioning because a robot malfunctioning is akin to a human mental breakdown, with serious consequences.

"What are you doing?" Gu didn’t know Little Red’s true identity. Seeing Little Red trying to pull the wires bare-handed, he bounded over in two steps to kick its hand away.

However, Little Red was faster, twisting its wrist to grab Gu’s ankle, rising and swinging, throwing Gu aside.

Boom—

Gu was flung against the wall with a thud and was dazed when he hit the floor, struggling to get up unsuccessfully.

Little Red’s one eye continued flickering, seemingly signaling me, as if to say ’I’m being sabotaged, I’m blinking for help’.

But even so, I couldn’t repair a robot. Forget robots, even if the home computer broke, I’d only know to reboot it.

Thinking about rebooting, I didn’t even know where Little Red’s power switch was, leaving me with no way to start.

However, given Gu’s strong reaction to it tampering with the wires, I thought it better to stop it, just in case it ripped the wires and electrified the entire room. That would spell trouble for Gu!

"Don’t move." I released a spark at Little Red, who was once again reaching for the wire bundle, controlling the distance precisely so it wouldn’t burn the wires, only its hand.

"Ah—" Little Red screamed.

Robots don’t have pain sensors; this reaction further proved that its current state was very abnormal.