"Whoa!"

Gray held the katana in his hand and with one handsome slash, he cleared away the overgrown weeds in the cave and created a barely passable road.

"Gray, be careful when using it. The blade will chip easily if it hits a stone, and it will be difficult to repair."

This deep water curtain cave is covered with rocks and weeds are growing wildly. It is obvious that no one has set foot in it for many years. When the waterfall existed, the climate here was humid, the light was dark, and countless stalactites hung upside down and grew slowly. But since the moment the water receded,

Since then, weeds have spread through the dry water curtain and penetrated into the cave.

I have confidence in the weapons manufactured by the colonist system, but I also know Gray's arm strength very well. Under the huge force, the blade hit the stone pillar, and I don't know if the durability of the samurai sword can withstand it.

"I like this knife very much." After Gray came in, he resigned from his position in the UC shock department, regained his cold expression, and walked ahead to clear the way.

It can be seen from his skillful movements that he is quite familiar with the use of weapons. Every move he makes is quite imposing, and his hand holding the knife is as steady as a mountain.

With this almighty feeling, maybe he could really be a butler, Afu, he really deserves to be Alfred!

"This cave is bigger than I thought." I followed him, holding the Holy Sword of Physics in my hand, tapping along the way to detect the traces here.

According to the principle that the depth of the plunge pool is consistent with the height of the waterfall, the water curtain cave behind the waterfall should have been riddled with holes all over the cliff. I guess that there are many more holes under this filled plunge pool.

Similar to caves, this is just the best hidden one among them.

The air in the cave has been unable to circulate for a long time, and it has a fishy smell unique to rotting plants, but it does not cause lung discomfort.

Due to the lack of light source, we could only walk outside the rugged cave, always being wary of the stalagmite obstacles under our feet, which made the walk very difficult.

But just around the corner ahead, a strange shadow caught my attention.

The light leaking in from the vegetation on the cliff that we broke through creates a perfect right angle that cannot exist in nature!

"Is this a...shelf?"

What Gray and I saw was an iron frame leaning against the mountain wall at the corner. It was a two-meter-high double-layer structure. The main body had rotted in many places and seemed to fall apart at the slightest touch.

There are several worn-out clothes hanging on the upper layer of the iron rack, all of which are dim in color, but the canvas texture, dark blue, and black buttons can still be seen. On the lower layer are an iron safety helmet, two belts, a pair of trousers, and a bolt.

The ancient miner's lamp on the waist, the self-rescuer, and then the long mud boots.

At the bottom of the shelf, there are still scattered mining tools such as shovels, pickaxes, and hammers. These tools were originally supposed to be hung on the wooden bars of the bracket, but as a result, the wood was eroded by bacteria and could not bear the weight, so it broke in the middle.

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It can be seen from the aging marks of the iron frame and wood that the cave was abandoned between 20 and 30 years ago, and never more than 50 years ago.

"Boss, these should be the equipment of the former miners. I don't know why they are placed here. It looks like no one has used them for a long time."

Gray picked up the miner's lamp and tried to light it, but found that the dilute sulfuric acid in the lamp box had leaked out and could no longer be used. Most of the other clothes were seriously damaged by the humid air in the cave, and the long mud boots were used by miners to prevent moisture.

The sawdust on the feet became a place for mushrooms to grow.

"Gray, let's stop here. This is our base."

I stopped Gray, who still wanted to explore, and checked the environment on the spot.

The Water Curtain Cave has come to an end here, and there is only a moss-covered stone wall in the deeper part. From the corner where the shelf is to the deep stone wall, the total area is about seventy or eighty square meters, which is considered a spacious space.

Even in this closed environment, people will not feel depressed.

And this iron frame also proves that this is a suitable hiding place.

Judging from the old miners' clothes and mine tools above, they must be the things left by the first batch of miners who landed on the island. Over the years, the cave has been cleverly hidden deep in the vegetation on the cliff, and no one else has discovered it, so we decided to

Meets the site selection requirements for secret bases.

In fact, the early Batcave was a cave underground in Wayne Manor. At that time, the Batcave did not even have an elevator. The old butler and Batman built a steel furnace underground to smelt the equipment and metals that Batman needed.

"This plot is so restored...don't you think so, Gelfred?"

"Boss, what are you talking about?" Gray also gave up arguing and accepted his identity as Afu's butler.

"Let me introduce my plan. I will build a base here that can meet various needs." I leaned against the cave wall, called up the blueprint function of the colonist system, and began to lay out the layout that only I could see.

dotted white line.

“Let’s first talk about the structure of the Batcave:

Intelligence room, weapons depot, workshop, collection room.”

"The intelligence room relies on computers. We can only use paper to store data. When the time comes, you will bring the completed drawings and I will create a device to store them. From now on, this will be the First Dimension.

It’s a manufacturing base.”

"The weapons room is very simple. Ten steps from here, I will build a weapons platform to store various experimental and actual combat weapons. This way I can avoid the eyes of the town."

"The workshop will occupy the largest area of ​​the cave. Various workbenches need to be gradually improved, including but not limited to the forging table, sewing table, stone cutting table, manual processing station, and preferably a medicine table to prepare medicine for the injured.

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"As for the collection room, it is completely useless at the moment. Do we need to collect trophies after defeating the enemy? Only monsters would display trophies like this. These things should belong to the victims."

After complaining about Batman's quirks, I felt completely refreshed and laid out the blank lines in the cave.

As soon as I enter the door, I will renovate the ground and the mountain wall, and place various workbenches. However, the raw materials for the workbench can only be collected from outside and made on the spot. Carrying them there with great fanfare will make too much noise.

The last and deeper place will be set up as an information room - a table and two chairs for the two of us to chat here, euphemistically called exchanging information.

The original iron racks of the miners will be replaced by weapon racks and storage racks to store the weapons we designed and prevent them from aging in the open air.

I plan to store all the weapons I can make on hand here. Once the momentum goes wrong, I will be able to come up with a variety of weapons that are sufficient to cope with the situation.

In the deepest part of the cave, near the corner of the stone wall, I plan to place a bed here and reserve storable food such as potatoes and pemmican to ensure that I won't go hungry for ten days and a half.
Chapter completed!