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Now that the target has been chosen, Lloyd begins to get busy.

He first controlled the 'sled battleship' to slowly approach, and then appropriately released the constraints on the space storm, allowing it to absorb and clean up the nearby space turbulence, helping him save some energy.

It was not until the 'sled battleship' came to a range that could be covered by inspiration that Lloyd controlled the space anchors on the hull to shoot out in all directions, firmly fixing the 'sled battleship'.

Then he was inspired and began to explore the situation inside the 'landing point'.

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The emergence of mental pollution is perfectly reasonable, but the fact that its intensity is so low was somewhat beyond Lloyd's expectations.

Maybe it's because this storage area is relatively remote? And there's nothing dangerous stored there?

“It’s a good start.”

Lloyd spoke up and told his teammates the good news first.

Then he extended his inspiration further and explored the situation in the storage area.

The 'look' of this place is similar to the current engineering department warehouse, both of which are very modern and slightly sci-fi, with shelves neatly arranged around and small robots for handling lying on the ground.

Lloyd also found a lot of equipment on the shelves that he had never seen before. They still maintained a certain degree of luster and were not as old as he had expected. After recycling, perhaps they could be "recycled"?

However, the space inside is also quite messy, with many space cracks and turbulence. The entire area is still a bit fragmented, and Lloyd needs to piece it together first.

Fortunately, there were no materials to be recycled, so the pieces could be put together more carelessly. It didn't have to be as detailed and exquisite as the previous library, so it didn't take too much time.

About half an hour later, Lloyd nodded to his teammates around him, then opened the portal and prepared to be the first to walk in.

But Professor Latio reached out to stop him, and a muffled voice came out from the transforming armor to persuade him:

"You must correct your bad habit of always being the first to do things."

After saying that, he took the risk without hesitation and was the first to walk into the portal.

Lloyd was protected by two other doctors from the medical team before he was allowed to go in.

This made him laugh and cry for a while...

Soon, this team of ten people arrived at this long-sealed storage area.

"Safety!"

"Safety!"

The medical team quickly checked the surroundings and responded one after another.

The golden Professor Toledo couldn't wait to rush to the shelf next to him, picked up a palm-sized part from it, and rubbed and appreciated it in his hand.

"This precision and smoothness are so beautiful! It's really beautiful! If we can get this finishing technology back now, many problems can be solved."

The other three professors were also checking the goods around them and said:

"What's stored here are some basic parts that are still usable. Is there any way to bring them back? And these robots that can't move on the ground, if we dismantle them, we can find some parts that can't be made now."

"Look! We finally found a replacement part for this gear set. Those old antiques in the department can finally be saved!"

"I have some simple devices here, which should have been invalid... This kind of circuit layout will not work correctly even if it is restored 100%. Sigh... This is all caused by the pollution of knowledge."

Seeing their excited or regretful expressions, Professor Latio turned around and asked Lloyd for his opinion through the private communicator inside the transforming armor:

“Want to recycle?”

"Well, I'll go to the front to clear the road first. Everyone, hurry up and recycle some of it."

Lloyd said as he took out a set of space equipment from the storage bag on the waist of the transforming armor and arranged a set of stable space channels on the spot.

Simply throw the things that need to be recycled into it, and they will fall into the storage area of ​​the "sled battleship".

So everyone got busy. The professors were responsible for selecting recyclable materials, while Lloyd, under the protection of two doctors, went to the front area to clean up the space turbulence there.

However, just as he was about to start, he heard a faint sound like a camera being activated.

A cargo robot on the ground that had been unable to move seemed to move slightly?

"Hmm? Did you hear anything?"

Lloyd asked quickly.

The two doctors shook their heads and asked cautiously:

"Is there any movement?"

"Maybe...something is watching us?"

"I see, Captain. Professor Lloyd said that something seems to be watching us?"

"Okay, then smash everything with eyes."

Professor Latio gave a very simple and crude instruction, which did not seem like a choice a doctor would make.

But Lloyd didn't object, he just felt a little amused.

Then the doctors of the medical team took out their melee self-defense weapons and began to destroy the cargo robots on the ground.

Lloyd originally thought that the professors of the Engineering Department would stop this rude act of "destroying cultural relics", but after hearing the whole story, they actually said happily:

"That's great! We were worried that it would be difficult to dismantle these things and get the parts. Now that we have your help, it will be much more convenient."

Uh... you guys don't have much respect for the ancestral things in your department?

Lloyd laughed again, but his hands were not idle. He continued to clear the space turbulence in front of him and pieced the broken space together again.

Soon, another area was cleared and we could move forward.

So the professors from the engineering department behind them immediately threw away the spare parts and materials that they had not yet recovered and followed decisively.

There is absolutely no such plot as being annoying and asking everyone to wait for a while, or letting others go first and then catching up.

All I can say is that we are all normal people and are very clear about the role we play in this operation. It is definitely not a "white female scientist who has suffered various traumas."

In this way, the entire team moved forward steadily, only recovering resources that could be recovered in time, without any delay.

Soon, the outer storage area where the main parts were stored was roughly cleaned up, and we could continue to go deeper.

During the entire process, there were no dangers or enemies encountered, and even the mental pollution was relatively less severe.

The noise that made Lloyd alert did not appear again. It seemed that it was just made by a robot that was not yet "dead"?

Lloyd felt much more at ease, but several hours had passed. He had been thinking and calculating intensively, so he needed to take a break and discuss the next direction.

"We currently have two options. One is to go through this route. It looks like a road that leads directly to the core area on the map?"

Lloyd pointed at the three-dimensional map in front of him, drew a line on it, and discussed it with the old professor beside him.

"Strictly speaking, this is not a road, but a conveyor belt for transporting resources. In the past, various minerals and parts were continuously delivered to the autonomous array in the core area through these conveyor belts, and then processed by it."

One old professor gave Lloyd a brief explanation, while another old professor pointed to another passage and added helpfully:

"Here, you can enter the storage area, which contains many technological gems. Although they may not be operational, if they can be brought back, they should have considerable research value."

The third old professor gave Lloyd advice from another perspective:

"If we encounter the worst-case scenario, where the core area is completely destroyed and we are completely unable to recover the autonomous array, we can try to look deep in the storage area. That would be a worthwhile trip, right?"

After the three of them finished speaking, they didn't say anything else. They didn't rely on their seniority to make decisions. Instead, they handed the decision-making power to Lloyd. They were only responsible for providing professional analysis and suggestions.

This is what experts and scholars should do, instead of being curious about something and wanting to touch it, or taking something back home because they have never seen it before.

Lloyd nodded, but did not rush to make a decision. Instead, he took out a few matches from his pocket and threw them away.

The matches were scattered on the ground, vaguely pointing to the depths of the storage area.

"Then let's go here first."

Lloyd pointed in the direction of the matchstick and added:

“This conveyor belt can indeed go directly to the core area, but the space along the way is more complicated and fragmented, and it takes a lot of time to clean up, so it’s better to take a detour and recycle as much as possible.”

"Okay, I see. Do you want to rest for a while? I can see through your armor that you are still a little tired. Would you like some wine or dessert?"

"No, I've already had the spicy juice."

Lloyd said, standing up from the floor.

He did not immediately choose to use various energy-replenishing potions to recover.

Because these drugs generally have drug resistance, continuous use in a short period of time will not enhance the efficacy, but will bring various side effects, so they must be used when they are most needed.

For now, I will just rely on nature to recover from this mental fatigue.

Anyway, Lloyd's life level has been strengthened several times, so it won't be difficult to recover.

So he began to clear the space at the back, and soon opened up a safe passage to the depths of the storage area.

The crowd continued to move forward until they were stopped by a heavy alloy door.

Professor Latio was the first to try to push the door.

The transformable armor on his body suddenly cracked into several gaps, and there were breathing holes like fish gills, from which a wisp of white steam spurted out. A low roaring sound like some kind of engine starting up could be heard from inside the entire armor.

However, even if he put all his strength into it, the alloy door remained motionless.

"This... doesn't seem like it can be opened by ordinary means."

Another doctor beside him ejected a psychic blade from his wrist and tried to scratch the door with it, producing a large area of ​​fine metal sparks.

"Don't waste your energy. It's impossible to open it by physical means."

The old professor at the side said this, and he moved closer and patted the door with his hand, making a solid muffled sound.

"The alloy used to cast this door is said to be the hardest metal in the world. Its other properties of acid resistance, corrosion resistance and explosion resistance are so exaggerated that it is unimaginable. It's a pity that the relevant technology has long been lost."

Another professor next to him also said:

"So the only way is to find a way to open it, or use a portal to get through?"

“Not very safe.”

Lloyd shook his head and rejected the second option.

"The spatial structure here is much more fragile than before. The portal may be unstable and may even destroy the stability here."

As soon as he finished speaking, Professor Toledo next to him suddenly interrupted:

"Well... let's find out how to open the door. Is it this control console?"

As he spoke, he walked to a vertical control console, reached out to brush away the dust on it, revealing some mechanical buttons and levers that looked quite primitive.

"Huh, the department was still using this style of control device?"

"Yes, at that time, we liked this kind of mechanical style more, and even the more traditional it was, the more we loved it, so this kind of retro design remains in many places, even though we had mastered more advanced technology at that time."

"Then I really like this traditional hydraulic rod plus gear design. Let me see..."

Professor Toledo said with a little excitement, and began to study the various buttons and levers on the console, and then tried to pull down one of the red ones.

Nothing happened...

"This is the emergency opening lever, but it should be inoperative. This door no longer has the power to push the gears. We have to find its power source first."

As he spoke, he waved to a doctor nearby and asked him to hand him a screwdriver.

Now that he was in a golden state, he naturally did not carry any tools, but fortunately Lloyd had considered these in advance and asked the medical team to bring a tool box containing some common cooking utensils.

Professor Toledo took a screwdriver and clumsily disassembled the outer casing of the console, then began to study the complex circuits and transmissions inside.

Then he knocked on the floor along the distribution of the lines, looking for the hollow part, and lifted it up to reveal the line pipes laid inside.

In this way, he gradually found a basement and went in. Inside was a set of energy storage devices that provided power to the alloy door.

"Here it is. Do you have any batteries with you? An older model would be best."

"I have it, but you have to figure out whether it's new or old."

Lloyd said as he threw him a storage bag filled with various batteries he bought with credits.