The Ruin Guard heard Zhong Baiye calling loudly to it from outside, but it had no intention of paying him any attention.
After calling for quite a while and getting no response from the Ruin Guard inside, Zhong Baiye prepared to use his trump card.
"Listen up, Ruin Guard! If you don't come out, we'll burn this place to the ground!"
As he shouted those words, Zhong Baiye felt like the villain in a movie. Beside him, Shenhe couldn't help laughing.
Although saying it was rather embarrassing, his threat provoked a strong reaction from the Ruin Guard inside.
The moment it heard that Zhong Baiye intended to burn the place down, it couldn't sit still any longer. It immediately marched to the doorway on its mechanical legs and faced off against him.
When Zhong Baiye saw that the Ruin Guard hadn't attacked right away, he immediately guessed that it was self-aware.
Then Zhong Baiye addressed the Ruin Guard seriously.
"We only came here for a research journal inside. If you give it to us, we'll leave immediately."
The Ruin Guard clearly understood him. It turned its head as it considered whether to do as Zhong Baiye asked.
Only after a long while did it speak to Zhong Baiye in a peculiar voice.
"How... do I know... you... won't... trick me?"
After listening to the Ruin Guard's halting words, Zhong Baiye immediately tossed it several mechanical cores.
Zhong Baiye had removed these mechanical cores from other Ruin Guards. Although this one had a consciousness of its own, he had noticed that its chest was badly corroded and falling apart.
He gave the cores to the Ruin Guard not only to demonstrate his sincerity, but also to see how it would use them.
When the Ruin Guard saw the mechanical cores Zhong