Square Machine

Once everything had been laid bare, Mu Mang sighed with both regret and nostalgia. The clan chief, Tuo Shan, wore the same expression.

Mu Mang led Chen Mo to a large rack and lifted away the animal hide covering it. A laser emitter and a gun came into Chen Mo's view, both made of metal.

"Sir, you should know what these are, right? These are machines left behind by our Man Shan Tribe ancestors. There used to be many, but they were gradually lost. The machinery on you is the first machinery I've seen besides these. It is somewhat similar to the descriptions in our ancestors' records."

Chen Mo had his battle armor scan and reconstruct the structure of the Man Shan Tribe's remaining "weapons." Their design differed from Earth's firearms, but their function was similar. They were guns, except they had no ammunition, and the small laser device had no energy source either.

The level of these weapons was comparable to Earth civilization's technological standards.

Seeing Chen Mo carefully study the machinery, Mu Mang removed the translator and handed it to Tuo Shan, signaling for him to explain.

"This is actually connected to our ancestors' history, and to the history of our Man Shan Tribe. According to the records, our ancestors originally lived on a peaceful planet. Later, that planet suffered a disaster and was no longer suitable for habitation, so our ancestors began planning a migration. There were many migration fleets, and our ancestors were one of them. After more than five hundred years of travel, they finally arrived on this planet."

Tuo Shan sighed and continued.

"Our ancestors recorded that seven hundred years ago, during their migration, they encountered an unexpected event in the sky. They called it a 'Space Vortex.' After our migration fleet fell into