I’m Trapped in a Cube - Chapter 176

Hearing the Shell Person’s answer, Old Xu was also stunned.

“Our group can’t shake the outsiders at all. Why are we still doing useless work?” Old Xu asked in confusion.

Although these Shell People’s invasion methods were insidious, at most they could cause some casualties and partially affect Oasis City’s operations. They couldn’t completely eliminate all humans.

After clearing out the invading Shell People, Oasis City could still rebuild facilities and resume operations. As long as there were still people, nothing couldn’t be started over.

On the contrary, humans would become more vigilant against Shell People invasions and strengthen their defenses.

After the invasion, both sides would be hurt.

Hearing Old Xu’s question, the Shell Person gave the same answer, “Our ancestors all did this, so we must do the same as our ancestors.”

The Shell People seemed to care very much about what their ancestors had entrusted to them. They were very stubborn. No matter how Old Xu tried to guide them, they all said they would follow the mirage vapor’s instructions.

They didn’t care whether what they did was useful, didn’t know if they could really rescue their god, and didn’t care if they would lose their lives in the invasion.

After seeing the virtual images in the mirage vapor, the newborn Shell People’s brains seemed to only think about one thing, how to complete the mission?

“Seventeen days?” Old Xu was stunned.

So these Shell People only had a lifespan of seventeen days?

No wonder they were unwilling to develop civilization, because they simply couldn’t develop civilization.

These short-lived Shell People were even similar to tools, constantly practicing the obsession that mirage vapor had preserved all along.

After hitting the south wall, the Shell People race not only didn’t turn back, but kept thinking about how to hit it to break the south wall down.

“Yes.”

“Why isn’t there enough time? The god has been trapped for so long already. Being trapped a little longer wouldn’t make a difference, right?” Old Xu asked back.

Old Xu heard his words and was very confused, “Weren’t we just born?”

“It’s not that the god doesn’t have enough time, it’s that we don’t have enough time. We’ll die soon, and we need to leave this attack’s experience for our descendants,” the Shell Person said seriously.

“We still have seventeen days, then we’ll die.” Although it was common knowledge, the Shell Person didn’t doubt Old Xu but patiently answered his questions.

This obviously unreliable suggestion made the Shell People below think for a long time before they answered, “Not enough time, no good.”

Mo Ling listened to their conversation and suddenly understood.

So the Shell People valued the content recorded in mirage vapor so much because if they didn’t follow the mirage vapor, it would be equivalent to not following what their race had always persisted in.

And their current obsession was to “fix the outsiders in place.”

Perhaps mirage vapor was originally just the Shell People race’s way of passing down their civilization, but it had instead pulled the entire Shell People race into a death loop, making them constantly repeat previous failures.

They might have long stopped caring about the god’s safety and were just persistently guarding the mirage vapor’s obsession.

So he tried another approach and talked to the Shell People below about other attack methods:

“What if we first develop here, and when we develop to a civilization level sufficient to shake humanity, then we attack humans?”

No wonder the previous Shell People were all so eager to attack Oasis City, and after the attack hurriedly left their experiences for their descendants.

Old Xu also understood, he simply couldn’t shake these Shell People’s thoughts.

This was a brand burned into their minds.

Or rather, their civilization carrier was the mirage vapor left behind by generations of ancestors, connecting Shell People of different eras through mirage vapor.

And in this process, that obsession also continuously deepened.

Old Xu was stunned for a long time before coming back to his senses.

He roughly understood that these Shell People’s obsession simply couldn’t be changed. This was a trait carved into the Shell People race’s souls.

He tried again to suggest that the Shell People attack from the front to reduce Oasis City’s losses, but was immediately rejected. Their ancestors’ experience told them this wasn’t feasible.

Although these Shell People were foolish, they completely remembered all the information in the mirage vapor. They wouldn’t accept Old Xu’s completely unreliable suggestions.

Seeing that all his various attempts couldn’t take effect, Old Xu also seemed very helpless, but he didn’t give up.

Suddenly, Old Xu seemed to think of something and asked the Shell People, “Have we ever attacked that fountain in the core area?”

“No, the core area is very dangerous,” the Shell People below answered seriously.

Old Xu found a breakthrough point and continued from there.

“That fountain is the core of all of Oasis City. As long as we destroy it, all of Oasis City will collapse, all the outsiders will die instantly, and then we can fix them all in place!”

Old Xu spoke off the cuff. Since these Shell People didn’t know what that fountain was for, he conveniently used a strategy of using one wolf to devour another.

“Although the core area is very dangerous, we should also try. Even if we fail to attack that fountain, we can leave experience for our descendants.”

“This time we won’t fix other buildings. We’ll hide from those outsiders, and our target will be that fountain.”

“When night comes, we’ll infiltrate the core area plaza directly through the waterways, first use a shell dome to surround the plaza, then directly attack the fountain. How’s this proposal?”

The Shell People below fell into thought again. Old Xu’s shell head looked at them expectantly.

Before long, approving voices came from below.

“Agree.”

“Agree…”

The Shell People all agreed until all the Shell People supported Old Xu’s suggestion.

But they all still stood motionless in place, as if waiting for something.

When some Shell People looked toward Li Luo and Li Xiangyi, the two realized they were also Shell People now and needed to express their opinions.

“Agree.”

“Agree.”

The two said in unison.

“Depart!”

Old Xu’s tone sounded very excited. After this shout, these Shell People all walked toward the nearby waterway in unison.

After Old Xu jumped down from the shell pile, Li Luo asked in confusion, “Are you really going to lead these Shell People to attack the fountain?”

“Why not? We can both destroy the Wishing Fountain that keeps creating dangerous Relics and reduce the damage this group of Shell People causes to Oasis City.”

“Even if we fail, the Shell People who run back in the future will still spread the false information about the fountain, so they’ll keep attacking the fountain from now on.”

Old Xu became happier as he spoke, confidently comforting them, “Don’t worry, this group of Shell People can’t stir up any big waves. There won’t be any casualties either. I’ll watch over them.”

He changed the subject and asked, “If you concentrate now, can you sense the water flow patterns of the entire waterway? This seems to also be a Shell People ability.”

Li Luo and Li Xiangyi quickly tried to sense it.

“We can indeed feel it.”

Old Xu nodded, “I’ve found several connection points leading to Oasis City’s artificial waterways.”

He raised his hand and gestured in the air in front of him.

“I designed Oasis City’s artificial waterways. No one is more familiar with them than me. I’ll have the Shell People infiltrate the plaza directly.”

“Let them perish together with the Wishing Fountain.”