It was disguised as a cathode-ray tube TV set, according to Jin's preference.
"Oh, I see!
Since the terminal was built here, the old man's freedom of activity has been dramatically improved. So Jin had him use the Peeper telescope to search deep underground.
<. It is in the south side of the basin, near the strong acid lake. There is a cavity around 1,000 meters underground, where many of the <> are being stored.
"What? Did you just say <>? Not golem?"
<> for convenience, because they do not have a control core and are operated remotely.
Jin thought that another name for them would be <>.
<<<>, I see.
The old man seemed to have heard Jin's muttering and decided to use that name.
"...... Uh... What is this < like?"
The magic screen, which resembles a cathode-ray tube television set, brightens, and a is projected on it.
"Oh ......!"
It was enough to make Jin shout out.
First of all, it was big.
The reason why we could tell how big they are is because the wise old man showed us the scale on the screen.
"The biggest one is about 15 meters. ......"
It is the same size as the one Jin made, <. There are ten of them in a row.
The reason why you made such an ambiguous judgment is that <> tends to dislike fighting, so there is a possibility that they do not carry weapons even if they are for fighting.
And its design was very mechanical, just like the giant robots in the robot cartoons that were popular in 20th century Japan.
Having grown up watching such programs, Jin had a kind of strange admiration or sympathy for them.
Not only that, there were also smaller <. There were 20 of them.
These puppets are almost human-sized, if we take your scale as a reference. However, they are about twice as wide. They look like sumo wrestlers in the shape of an anchovy.
"I wonder what they were used for. ......"
He thought, "I'll ask later.
* * * *
"Why weren't these returned to the material?"
Jin asked the old man, thinking that such a large amount of metals could not be overlooked in Hale, where resources were running out.
<
"I see."
The depletion is mainly due to what Jin calls <<<>.
Iron and nickel are sometimes found in meteorites, so they were not so scarce.
"That's right. It would be strange if all resources were in short supply at the same time.
Jin is somewhat convinced.
"I understand that it was not returned to the material. I wonder what it is used for?"
Since he was curious about the results of the analysis of the crystal disk found the other day, Jin decided to visit <> No. 700672. Jin decided to visit the <700672 once.
"You are in Ars now, aren't you?"
That's what happens since the analysis can only be done in . Neige and Rouge were supposed to be with him.
Jin returns to Horai Island with Reiko, and then transfers again with a souvenir of Persica juice.
"Jin-san, welcome!"
Rouge greeted us unusually.
Father is busy with analysis.
Neige also came out and told him so.
I guess it's not over yet. I have something to tell you about ...... Hale.
As I was talking with Rouge and Neige, the 700672 stopped analyzing and came over to me, as if he had heard my voice.
"Oh, Jin-dono, what's going on today? I haven't finished my analysis yet.
"Ah, <>, thank you for your analysis. Actually, we found another underground ruin south of the central basin in Hale.
"What?"
"So I came here to ask your opinion. Oh, here's a souvenir.
Jin explained the situation while handing her a glass of Persian juice.
Oh, I'm always sorry. I've been trying to get a hold of you at ......, so tell me more about what's going on.
Just in time, 700672 said he was going to take a break.
"......," he said.
"Hmm, interesting."
Jin explained, and <>700672 was very interested.
"I don't know if it's coincidence or inevitability, but I found a record of something like that on the I'm analyzing right now."
"What?"
"Two of the crystal disks show that 20,000 years ago, the Masters were using what you call remote-controlled ...... puppets. "It seems that they were using such remote-controlled
In those days, they did not leave the work to the golems and automata under their control, but did various tasks themselves.
"Remote control is an old-fashioned ...... and rather troublesome to use, so I think that eventually it was neglected and no one took any notice of it."
After all, there was a record of <>, but no information on <> it was found.
"Then, is it possible to make use of it, since we are here?
Jin asked the <>.
"Yes? You want to use it for something? It will be no problem. < would have forgotten about it and regarded it as something that doesn't exist."
"Okay, I understand. I will check ...... with my own eyes first, but if it is useful, I will modify it and use it for the good of this planet."
<, he would be able to use it for the good of the planet.
"Oh, that's good. ...... will you be renovating it in Hale? I'm interested too, so please call me when you do.
I'll be interested in that.
I'll be interested to hear from you.
"...... is this the kind of structure ......"
<, Jin and Reiko went to the in the Central Basin to do as much research as they could.
As expected, the material was iron-based. Nickel-chromium steel with <><>.
Rather than muscle system ......, the driving system was an inorganic material, <>.
The <> was the technology used for the <> of the <>, but the <> had also developed an alloy of the same type.
"Hmm, this one is much more efficient than the <>'s one."
Jin was impressed.
"Oh, I'm sure Rubina will be happy when I call her over.
<, he thought that he could invite a few people at a time to Hale.