That was: wait quietly.
That was right. In Su Wen's analysis, a mechanical tide like this should not have been a normal occurrence. Otherwise, this little girl could never have climbed up here.
Time passed bit by bit.
According to Su Wen's estimate:
After at least half a System Hour had passed, the countless pieces of discarded metal trash on the surface were finally churned up completely by the earth, raising waves of gray dust.
In an instant,
an incomparably massive mechanical hand, as though it could shake heaven and earth, surged forth from the abyss beneath the long-slumbering ground.
It came with deafening roars and a heart-palpitating force.
Only then did Su Wen truly understand that the tremors and unease they had felt were all caused by the awakening of this giant hand.
Its movements were most likely governed by preset programming. After casually grabbing a huge chunk of metal scrap, the giant hand suddenly shot toward the dim sky.
And as the giant hand finally appeared, many figures that had previously been hidden amid the chaotic heaps of discarded metal emerged before Su Wen one after another.
They were raggedly dressed, their faces filled with the hardship and longing of survival.
Yet most of them even wore enormous tattered hats. Many clutched one or two relatively intact pieces of metal scrap tightly in their arms, hope gleaming in their eyes.
Then, without hesitation, they jumped into the hollow extended by the giant hand, as though it led to an unknown world.
The little girl standing beside Su Wen also wore an expression of anxiety and unease at this sudden turn of events.
Her gaze shifted back and forth between Su Wen and Jiang Menghan.
Clearly, she desperately wanted to follow those people, but her awe and fear of