Origin System, I have a barren mountain

Cheng Yunmo glanced at Ma Dou, whose leather shoes were already too heavy to climb such a high floor, so he took out a pair of cloth shoes from his spatial storage.

The reason there are cloth shoes in the space is because when she was in Xu Kingdom, some people sewed shoes specifically for her because of the supplies she received. The shoes were of particularly good quality.

Ma Dou changed his shoes, picked up the child, and they went upstairs together.

The skyscrapers look terrifying from the outside, but from the inside, although they are not as frightening as they appear from the outside, you can still clearly see the load-bearing walls that are teetering on the verge of collapse after being blown by the wind.

The light inside is naturally not as good as outside; some floors are very dark, with only faint light and shadows shining into the house.

There were skeletons on these floors, clearly indicating that the deceased had been dead for a long time.

Ma Dou originally thought that they might encounter some people in these places who would directly stop them from going to the highest level.

To their surprise, after going through these simple layers, they only saw some skeletons and no living people.

Ma Dou was somewhat puzzled. If the lower levels of the area generally showed signs of human habitation, then the higher levels should have even more people living there.

If everyone knew that the high-rise buildings were the only place where we could return to where we are now, how could we not gather there, but instead gather in the residential areas on the lower floors?

Unless this place is truly dangerous, but he doesn't know where the danger comes from.

As Cheng Yunmo was about to go upstairs after turning the corner of the stairs, suddenly, her foot slipped and she almost fell!

Ma Dou immediately realized what was happening and instinctively reached out to grab Cheng Yunmo.

Cheng Yunmo was also startled. At that moment, he saw that the shoes he was wearing had fallen off.

She didn't really need to wear shoes, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. She sat down in a temporarily safe place and wiped away her sweat.

"My God, it's already like this before it's even on the fifth floor. It'll probably be even more dangerous if we go any further up."

Ma Dou held the child's hand tightly, while his other hand gripped Cheng Yunmo's wrist tightly, afraid that they would fall again if he wasn't careful.

However, the overly tense Ma Dou did not notice that his surroundings had suddenly become eerily quiet.

Cheng Yunmo hadn't noticed anything unusual until the child suddenly stared intently in a certain direction, at which point Cheng Yunmo suddenly sensed something was wrong.

Just as Ma Dou was about to look over, Cheng Yunmo suddenly smiled at him and said, "I think this little kid is a bit sleepy. You take him with you first, and I'll go check on him."

Although Cheng Yunmo had a smile on his face, the unquestionable tone in his voice was also conveyed to Ma Dou.

Ma Dou realized the problem was serious and immediately took the child upstairs.

Only then did Cheng Yunmo turn around to face what was in the darkness.

Nothing in the darkness moved; it was as if everything was an illusion, so quiet that it seemed as if there was nothing there at all.

However, Cheng Yunmo knew that the child hadn't looked in that direction for no reason; rather, she had keenly sensed something was wrong when the child looked.

Cheng Yunmo didn't want to go into the darkness to see what it was; he just wanted to slowly go upstairs and avoid what was in the darkness.

However, the thing in the darkness clearly saw through her thoughts.

Cheng Yunmo's heart tightened, and he had no choice but to stand still and watch the thing in the darkness slowly emerge.

"The child you're protecting is smarter than you; he actually figured out I was here," the thing that emerged said in a very gentle voice.

At this moment, Cheng Yunmo looked at the thing that walked out of the darkness into the light. It was a talking machine that looked like it was made of silkworm machinery and a human heart.

The rest of the character seems to be a cobbled-together figure.

Cheng Yunmo's gaze fell on the constantly beating heart, and then on this thing that was almost indistinguishable from a human being.

"My God, what are you? You're not even a person, but why do you act like one and exist in the mechanical world?"

The things spoke.

His tone suggested genuine curiosity and an innocent, naive demeanor. If no one had seen his face clearly, they wouldn't have found him frightening.

Cheng Yunmo leaned against the railing, feeling inexplicably panicked.

Now, she can finally see what's hidden in those unseen places in the darkness.

Only this one humanoid silkworm machine was talking to her; the rest were fragments of machines she had seen in the neighboring modern town. These machines would attack people frantically once they caught them, and this was the scene she was in.

"You see, don't you? Those fragmented machines are my former children."

The creature seemed oblivious to Cheng Yunmo's gaze, or even what he had seen, and spoke very gently about its offspring.

Looking at the scene before him, Cheng Yunmo took a deep breath. "Are you stopping us? Don't you want us to leave?"

Dongxi was surprised and somewhat puzzled. "Leave? I don't need to stop you, and you wouldn't dare to go any further."

Before Cheng Yunmo could realize what Dongxi meant, he saw Ma Dou, pale-faced, carrying the child, return to the corner.

A swift figure flashed past, and Cheng Yunmo saw a kitchen knife on that figure.

It was a person, but the only strange thing about this person was that a kitchen knife had cut his back, yet the other person didn't bleed at all; it only tore a little bit of his clothes.

At that moment, a gentle breeze suddenly came from behind, and the person behind suddenly attacked.

Cheng Yunmo took out two wooden sticks from his spatial storage, tossed one to Ma Dou, and then swung the stick back to hit the thing in the face!

The object did not retreat at all. On the contrary, because she had just made a move, the fragmented machines she mentioned, which were hiding in the darkness, were now hiding to the side, ready to attack her at any time.

However, it is obvious that the wooden stick is not very powerful.

Ma Dou watched all of this unfold before his eyes, and at that moment, a dense, overwhelming fear welled up inside him.

Cheng Yunmo glanced at the direction of the window. If Ma Dou wanted to be safe with the child, the only way was through the window.

We climbed up the outer wall step by step to the highest point of the building.

However, Ma Dou was an ordinary person and couldn't do that at all.

Although she was a spirit with certain abilities, she had never taken two people directly to the highest place in this way.

The stick was instead grabbed by the other party, causing a small piece to be caught and injuring his arm, from which blood dripped.

Ma Dou's face was extremely pale. He watched helplessly as his benefactor was injured, yet he was powerless to save her.