7. Penetration

How could one describe the warehouse of a long - extinct or degraded civilization ? Dangerous? Cool? Fantastic ? No, it was just a warehouse. Although it looked a little more futuristic, it was still a warehouse. Rows of shelves on which boxes, barrels, boxes and many other devices are arranged.

It was an ordinary warehouse, Adam often visited such. True, he was there as an uninvited guest, but few people should care. So, Adam needed a lot of so-called "explosives".

Presumably they were in barrels on which toads with crosses instead of eyes were painted, but this is not accurate. First of all, Adam wanted to inspect the warehouse itself, or rather the manager's office.

There are such offices in every warehouse, so they are arranged.

The whole list of items should be there, and there may also be something else useful. Such as, for example, the personal records of the manager, the keys to the containers or a super-duper laser gun from the future! But these are only dreams.

It was easy to find this place, they are usually located in the corner of the warehouse. The door to the burning was closed, but this did not prevent it from being broken down, because the material at the door looked more like wood than metal, although it had a characteristic sound.

Going inside, he saw a table, a chair, several cabinets with books and folders, as well as another door. Most of all, he was interested in books, because there may be so much needed bits of information. But as soon as he opened the cabinet and touched the books, they crumbled into dust.

( Yeah , and what was I hoping for ? What books persist for such a long time ? But still, I wonder how they were able to keep their shape for so long? It will be necessary to study this cabinet.)

Next, he examined the table, on which various documents and books were also lying. This time he decided not to touch them, what if he could read them carefully later? Instead, she started roasting in the nightstands. There he found a strange key, dropped out in the form of either a tail or a horn, it is unclear.

It was cone-shaped, with a pointed end. There were lines running all over the cone, exactly the same as on the buildings. The key also had small protruding parts that ran from the cone to the base of the key.

The key, unlike the books, was perfectly preserved. There was not a drop of rust, cracks, cracks and scratches on it. It's like he's frozen in time.

( Maybe it 's made of the same material as the doors ? If that's the case, then I finally have something to experiment with. You need to find out all the properties of this material, subject it to different loads and so on. It's a pity I don't have a laboratory at hand, so everything would be much easier. )

Adam put the key in his hip bag and continued his inspection. Unfortunately, he didn't find anything else interesting. All that's left here are books that crumble at one touch, and a pile, just a PILE of dust.

The only thing that was interesting here was the door on the side. Usually such doors led to the dressing room, where the personal belongings of the manager were stored.

When Adam got to the door, he didn't see the door handle. The door was cleanly smooth, with a single hole to which a newly found key fitted.

Carefully inserting the key, the door trembled. She instantly became covered with blue stripes and drove away, spitting out the key back to Adam. Going inside, Adam was waiting for something like a workshop-armory.

There was a workbench, a lot of materials were scattered, as well as empty weapon stands.

(Apparently all the weapons were taken away in a hurry. Eh, I won't see my laser pistol. ) – suddenly Adam noticed a little shine under the workbench

" Hmm ? But this is already interesting. "

Digging his hand under the workbench and collecting all the dust on his hands, Adam pulled out a small cylinder. It was completely black, it had two holes on each side. Lines also passed along the cylinder, but this time not blue but silver. And there was only one button in the middle of the cylinder, the temptation was great. And Adam wasn't going to hold him back.

"So, what are you doing, little cute butTOON ! " – a clot of light appeared near Adam's face, slightly uncut his nose.

A pillar of energy also appeared from the other end, which almost burned through his boots. The only couple by the way ! Very expensive !

The color of these swords was yellow, bright yellow. He was like a huge whip. But without spots and without sting.

"Wow..."- Adam carefully swung his lightsaber from side to side

When moving the sword, it made characteristic sounds, sounding like a shudder of air. After playing for a while, Adam turned off the sword by pressing the button again and attached it to his belt.

"Great, now I'm more and more sure that I've entered the world of science fiction. Laser sword, who should I call to complain about plagiarism? " – Adam grinned at his own joke, poor fellow

"It's certainly not a cannon, but it will do too. " - Looking around for the last time , Adam left the office and went to explore the warehouse

Before that, he also, super-carefully, flipped through a couple of folders on the table. One of the revision lists mentions something called "GHZ – 48", marked as an item of the highest importance. Adam didn't know what this thing was, since there was no decryption, but he knew for sure that it was something important, otherwise three toad shards in a row wouldn't be placed next to its name.

At the farthest end of the warehouse, he found the cherished yellow barrel, covered with black tape with inscriptions. Adam, without even reading the inscriptions, opened the lid with a quick movement. Inside was a bright yellow liquid, like a liquid sun. She was calmly floundering while Adam stared at her in fascination.

"Oh, yeah! With this, Daddy will find out all your innermost secrets. All that remains is to bring it to the surface and detonate it. If the mind does not work, then a huge amount of force will work. "

The next half hour was unimaginable for Adama. He walked around the warehouse and opened the boxes like gifts on a Christmas tree. In most of the boxes, the contents of course rotted away, or disintegrated into atoms, but in others there were beautiful things. Such as metal plates, strange multicolored stones, parts from mechanisms and much more.

He was ruining leaving everything here, and then pulling the most useful thing to the surface. First you need to deliver the barrel and blow it up, and then disassemble the nishtyaki.

The most difficult thing was to deliver the barrel. After all, when Adam went down, there were steps. He couldn't roll the barrel down the steps, so he had to go the other way.

Adam found empty vials, poured the liquid there and carefully carried them upstairs. Bottle after bottle and the barrel was half empty. But even so, it was still heavy. But Adam didn't need a lot of substance, because he didn't even know how explosive it was. So he decided to check it out.

Adam took a 50 ml bottle and threw it away into the woods. The bottle flew far away, but there was no explosion not in a minute, not in 10.

" Is she really exhausted ? This is a problem, because I just wasted my time moving all these fucking.... "

[ BAM ! ]

While Adam was angrily reasoning, there was a deafening explosion behind him. Turning around, he saw hell on earth. The forest was burning, no, it was disappearing right before his eyes! The trees disappeared in the blink of an eye while all the forest creatures were running around trying to put out the fire themselves.

Adam was about to run for water and extinguish the fire, but to his surprise, the fire suddenly disappeared. Here at one time it burns, burns the forest and animals, and at another time it disappears like a puff.

When the fire disappeared in place of the part of the lech, there was a cozy edge. With burnt grass and burnt animal corpses.

" So it's VERY explosive, but it disappears quickly in small doses? I think I should have checked it right away before carrying all these vials. Adam looked at the thirty vials standing on the ground.

"I think I'll return them, and I'll keep a couple for myself. But I also need to work on the dosage, I don't want to destroy all the records that are inside. " – Adam exhaled and lay down on the grass, he took off his helmet and looked at the setting sun

He covered his face with his hand and clenched his teeth.

(What a terrible world. The more I dig into this shit, the more I start to fear for my life. First it's moving to another dimension, then the attack of a giant beetle, then I met with talking newts, toads and frogs! Damn talking amphibians ! )

Adam removed his hand from his face and sat down, watching the sun disappear behind the horizon. He stroked the amulet that Olivia had given him in an attempt to calm down.

(At first I thought it was an ordinary medieval world with magic, but it's not. Everything is much, much more complicated here! All riddles, forerunners, mechanisms and futuristic equipment. I have more questions every minute. )

Adam covered his face with his hands and took a deep breath.

( What happened to Utopia ? Why is nothing known about past kings ? How did Andreas live for a thousand years ? What happened to the old civilization ? What killed her ? WHO ruined her ? I thought I could find the answers. But I found only more questions.)

The sun has almost set, giving the last sunset rays, giving a feeling of warmth to replace the night and the cold moon.

( What bothers me the most is why am I here? How did I end up in this world in the first place ? Why me and why ? What is my goal? )

Adam looked at his reflection in the helmet, as blurry as his life.

"I can go crazy, with all these conspiracy theories and questions. At this point, I have no choice but to move forward. Step by step, I will unravel this tangle. " – Adam got up and put on his helmet

"I will find the answer to this riddle. But first. " – Adam 's stomach growled like a bear

"I need to have dinner, I've been there longer than I thought. God, I've only eaten one apple all day! Wow! Now I understand why they told me that I was going into business with my head. Adam tapped his stomach and headed for his tent

"First the food, then the research. I hate working on an empty stomach. "

Adam took a packed lunch out of his bag. It consisted of insect soup, insect bread and tea, already without insects.

"Yeah, I definitely have to get a proper meal. I'm sick of these worms already. "

Adam scooped up some soup and looked at the stars. They burned with a bright light, dancing in the endless expanses of space. Their light grew stronger and stronger until they began to rain. They chased each other, playing tag. It was a starfall.

"Wow, it turns out our worlds aren't that different. " – Adam scooped up more soup and hid from disgust

" Damn it ! I hate cold soup ! "