This isn't a souls-like game at all.

"Ahem... Lilylu, can you take me to the exhibit storage room?"

Ye Yiyi didn't know where the BOSS room was, so he decided to start looking for it based on the information he got from the key.

"Hey! Are you going to the exhibit storage room, hero?" Lilylu looked at him in surprise.

"Why, can't you go?"

"That's not the case. The transport bay can't enter the storage room, it can only reach the door. If you want to go in, hero, you need to use the key to open the door of the storage room~"

"So you really need a key..."

Ye Yiyi pinched her chin, it seemed that there was no way to find a loophole.

"Where is the key to the exhibit storage room? Where can I find it?"

"The key is on the guard servant guarding the main gate~"

"Okay, take me to the main gate and I'll get the key."

"Okay~"

Chapter 26: The Cocoon of the New Queen of the Internet

Soon, the transport cabin stopped and the door opened.

Ye Yiyi stuck her head out and took a look.

The door faced a wall, with a spacious corridor on both sides. The ceiling was very high, and cold light shone down from above, illuminating the corridor.

"Without the skilled slaves, it seems safe."

Ye Yiyi walked out of the door with the little goblin, and the elevator door closed behind them and turned into a wall again.

"The technical level is really high. There is no trace of the elevator at all from the outside." Looking back, he couldn't help but admire in his heart.

"Where should we go next?"

"This way~" Lilylu pointed to the left.

The left side led to the main gate. Ye Yiyi looked to the right and asked, "Where does the right side lead to?"

"The right side leads to the first exhibition hall. It's well-preserved and the lights are still working. Unlike the second exhibition hall, it's dark and you'll get lost if you go in there."

"Is that so?" Ye Yiyi thought thoughtfully.

"Yes, has Hero been there?" Lilylu was very curious.

"I guess I've seen it. According to what you said, the First Exhibition Hall seems to be undergoing a major cleanup..."

Ye Yiyi recalled the experience of being surrounded and madly surrounded by the skilled slaves.

In this case, the pitch-black exhibition hall with the corpses of skilled slaves scattered all over the floor should be the second exhibition hall.

“Are there only two pavilions here?”

"There are only two exhibition halls. The curator grandfather originally wanted to expand it, but the curator grandmother rejected it by saying that even if the ticket price increased tenfold, it wouldn't even cover the cost."

“…but it’s okay.”

Ye Yiyi suddenly fell silent, and Lilylu also quietly covered her mouth.

Before they knew it, they had walked out of the corridor and arrived at an unusually spacious hall.

In the distance, embedded deep in the rock wall, there was a 20-meter-high metal gate.

At the door, a giant mechanical puppet, fifteen meters tall and covered in heavy brass armor, was standing tall.

"Guarding slaves... so this is what they mean."

Ye Yiyi didn't dare to breathe, and Lililu had already hidden behind him, sticking her head out from under his shoulder to observe secretly.

"Hey, Lily, are you sure this is a guard slave? It looks more like a powerful attacking skill slave to me."

"But this is the guard servant guarding the gate. Lilylu doesn't know what a strong attack type is." The little fairy said in a thin voice.

You do not know?

Ye Yiyi rolled her eyes almost to the sky.

A powerful, skillful servant, a giant mechanical puppet specially crafted for legion-level warfare.

Even in the foundries of the underworld, there are not many such skilled slaves.

As a skillful servant carefully crafted by "Qiaoji Shenji", one of the ancient kings, it not only has no weaknesses, but is also covered in indestructible armor and has a variety of ultra-large-scale, ultra-long-distance, and ultra-saturation attack methods.

In the early and middle stages of the game, this powerful and skillful servant is definitely a nightmare-level BOSS-level enemy!

Of course, by the end of the game, these enemies will be downgraded from BOSS to elite enemies.

But for Ye Yiyi now, the skilled slave in front of him is absolutely impossible to defeat.

Even if he had infinite health, it would not be enough. Even if he used up all his mana bar and the durability of all his weapons, he might not be able to reduce the opponent to half health.

They looked like unintelligent creatures, and even two of them together were not enough to be destroyed by the skilled servants in front of them.

There are several fake BOSSes like Eagle Wing Knight Master, but they are not enough for this thing to crush with one kick.

It's impossible for him to take the key from this thing at this moment!

Unless... using means other than fighting.

"Hey Lilylu, do you know this big guy?" Ye Yiyi retreated to the corridor, grabbed the little goblin and asked in front of him.

"I don't know him~" Lilylu blinked and said innocently.

"Haven't you been working here? How come you don't know him?"

"Lilylu's job is to drive the truck for the director. How come she knows the guards at the gate?"

"What you said... makes a lot of sense." Ye Yi choked.

"Is there any way to get the key without fighting?" He still didn't give up.

"If we explain the situation to it, it will probably hand the key over to the hero, right?" Lilylu suggested seriously.

"Explain the situation? Are you serious? Will he understand?"

"Sure." Lilylu thought carefully and replied, "The curator said that the guard slaves are easy to communicate with, and they especially like human cubs."

"Where can I find a human baby for you... Wait a minute."

Ye Yiyi suddenly realized, "You mean, that thing can understand human language? It has self-awareness?"

"Why don't you understand? Aren't skilled slaves generally more intelligent the larger they are?"

Lilylu said fearfully, "It once spoke to Lilylu, but Lilylu was too scared and ran away."

“…” Ye Yiyi was speechless.

The skillful slaves in the game have never shown any intelligence!

So, in reality, this thing can communicate?

"I've never seen this before." Ye Yiyi sighed.

"Then go and give it a try."

There is no better way than this.

He put Lilylu back on his shoulder and put away all his weapons.

He then left the corridor and walked towards the guard servants at the gate.

Near the foot, the guard servants finally made a move.

The giant body, which was 15 meters tall, trembled slightly, shaking off a large amount of dust.

"After the war, more than ten thousand years passed before I saw humans again."

The deafening roar, like a huge bell, resonated with the rock hall.

Ye Yiyi's eardrums were itchy from the vibrations, and he was also shocked.

“It turns out it really has intelligence!”

The guard servant moved his heavy metal head and looked down at Ye Yiyi.

"Human of the new era, are you the one who awakened me from my ten-thousand-year slumber?"

"Wake up?" Ye Yiyi was stunned.

"What? It wasn't you who woke me up?" The guard servant seemed stunned as well.

But soon, it discovered a presence that surprised it.

"Lilylu? Why is it you?"

"Woooooooo..."

The little goblin shrank into Ye Yiyi's linen clothes and made a series of frightened sounds.

"Hey, Lily, someone's calling you!"

Ye Yiyi felt a little embarrassed and reached out to pat the small bump on her shoulder.

"Hero, please speak for Lilylu. Lilylu doesn't want to come out..."

"Uh..." Ye Yiyi choked.

This big guy just looks a little big, but he doesn't have any hostility and seems easy to talk to. What are you afraid of, Lilylu?

"It's really surprising, a human of the new era, I didn't expect you to be recognized by the fairies."

The guard servant seemed to sigh silently, and even the way he addressed others changed in his next words.

"Mr. Hero is not a human being of the new era. Mr. Hero is a hero chosen by the kings!" Lilylu's sharp and thin voice suddenly sounded from her clothes.

It was obvious that Lilylu was really afraid of this big guy, but even so, she still explained for him.

This touched Ye Yiyi deeply. It would have been better if Lilylu hadn't huddled in his clothes, making his shoulders itch.

"Hero? Chosen by the kings?" The guards and servants became even more confused.

"Oh..." Ye Yiyi sighed, then explained the Cursed Hall, the Saint, the Unknown Hero, and the purpose of his coming to this ancient site.

The guard slave fell into deep thought.

After a moment, he knelt on one knee and stretched out a metal finger as thick as Ye Yiyi's head.

With a "click", a long white metal stick with a surface covered with depressions and bumps popped out from between his fingers.

"Hero chosen by the kings, I understand what you mean. This is the key to the underground exhibit storage room. Please keep it safe."

Ye Yiyi took the long stick in a daze.

He never expected that he could get the key so easily.

No need to fight anymore?

If this were put in a game, it wouldn't make sense if there wasn't a boss battle!

"I haven't asked for your name yet." He put away the key and looked up.

"You can just call me Xiushanzuo." said the guard servant.

"Rusty Mountain... a strange name. By the way, Rusty Mountain, what do you mean by awakening?"

"When the kings fought the curse, the director went to the battlefield. Before leaving, he instructed us to close the exhibition hall and go into a deep sleep to conserve energy.

"If we win the battle, the director will return and wake us up.

"If we lose the war, the Borderland will be plunged into disaster. Years later, if humanity rebuilds civilization, they will come here and awaken me from my slumber, so that I can tell the history to those who come after me."

Ye Yiyi was a little confused after hearing this, "Then how can I wake you up?"

"Start the energy supply facilities of the exhibition hall." replied Rusty Mountain.

“Where do I start it?”

"The energy supply facility is located deep underground, very close to the exhibition hall's storage room."

"Since you, Rusty Mountain, have awakened, doesn't this mean that the energy source has been activated?"

Ye Yiyi frowned, "Do you know when it started?"

"About four hours ago."