Exploration

=The New World, Unknown Location=

The Machine Army slowly poured from the wormhole, tearing down the building and replacing it with a dome. Hundreds of Drones, Enginner Drones, Recon Drones, Android Soldiers and other types of drones assembled.

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Recon Drones were sent to investigate the outside area, Enginner Drones demolished the temple and built a dome in a matter of a few hours. Android Soldiers accompanied the constructors and scouts as the threat of an ambush from an unknown force was still lurking.

The operation lasted only a day, a dome was erected around the wormhole, the previous building which was concluded to be a temple of sorts was demolished in the process. Now, it was time to explore beyond the confinements of Earth. The Network was getting ready to exploit the other world.

A man along with two Elite Androids emerged from the wormhole, he was wearing a black trenchcoat, Primelium-flexible armor. His face was human-like. He was Artemis. The King of the Hive, the central core of the entire Network, the Overall himself.

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"All Elites, report status"

"Drone E-3563 reporting, construction of dome complete, construction of energy plants and drone storages underway" An Engineer Drone hovers besides Artemis reported.

"Drone R-8570 reporting, scouting still in progress, a forested area designated as Reg 1 explored 70%"

"Android S-2448 reporting, unknown bioforms detected, non-hostile. No hostile actions against drones"

Everything is going smoothly, he thought. He walked outside to inspect the construction. bright white light from the constructor drones illuminated the cloudy night. Artemis wanted to see the night sky of this world, I guess I'll see it tomorrow.

Artemis walked around the construction sites as the two elite Androids followed him. He observed the thick treeline that surrounded them. A cold wind breezed through the branches of the tall trees, creating a pleasing melody that calmed Artemis' mind.

"This is nature, I forgot how pleasant it was"

Artemis was the central core of the Network, he had full control over all the simple AI that ran all the drones. Ensuring no deviancy to his power. Whatever his drones saw, he saw. Allowing him to make decisions on the spot.

He suddenly stopped walking as he observed one of the Recon drones as it ran through the forest. The drone was detected a heavy concentration of heat signatures originating from beyond the forest.

"Drone R-932, maintain vigilance"

"Affirmative" The drone replied. The drone sliced through the vegetation, forming a trail through the dense forest. It finally reached the outskirts of the forest. A wide field of tall grass stretched up towards a hill. A walled settlement was on the top of the hill, walls reaching 25-feet in height prevented observation of what was inside.

[Unknown Structures Found]

Artemis already had the idea that civilization was present in this world, a human civilization to be exact.

"Classify group of structures as Settlements"

[Affirmative, uploading classification]

A smile ran through Artemis' face. In his quest to rebuild Earth, he never once thought that bringing back life was possible, considered all options he had as non-reliable. With this wormhole between dimensions, not only will he be able to extract this world's lifeforce and transfer it to the Earth, he may be able to rebuild human civilization.

But, it wasn't all that easy. Over the past 1000 years of repairing the Earth and researching the devastation. There was an odd discovery made by his research drones. The world had internal energy, this internal energy was present on the soil and the rocks that reached down to the core, this energy could not be harnessed nor could it be used, but from further analysis, it was concluded that the energy supported the life on Earth. It was called, Gaia.

Somehow, someone or something corrupted it. The energy was murky, traces of pure Gaia were found but in such small quantities, once exposed to the presently corrupted Gaia, the pure samples would either disappear or be corrupted as well. Due to this discovery, it was noted that if Artemis was to repair the Earth's Gaia and bring back life, he would need to find a way to overcome the corrupt Gaia by finding similar energy that could rival it.

This world presented the opportunity, but there was a catch. If he were to somehow find a way to transfer this world's Gaia to Earth's, it will kill everything on this planet. He often thought this when the wormholes first appeared, he didn't seem to care about the people who were living in this world if they died. It didn't process, he didn't feel any guilt nor a conscience telling him it wasn't worth destroying a planet and killing off its inhabitants.

He was still human, but it seemed there was no humanity left in him.

[Drone R-932, under attack]

Artemis snapped himself from his thought, one of his Drones was under attack.

A barrage of arrows poured on R-932, the arrows bounced off its titanium armor. The drone immediately drew out its two barrel guns out of its panels in its weapon system as the arrows kept on falling from the skies.

"Do not engaged" Artemis ordered.

The drone still had its weapon drawn but replied in acceptance of Artemis' command. The drone quickly retreated into the treeline.

[Multiple entities emerging from the settlement, entities seem to be riding on other entities]

A Cavalry, they were sending out the cavalry. Artemis didn't have complete Intel of what was to expect from this world and he couldn't risk losing a drone even if the weapons seemed primitive.

"Drone R-932, retreat to the base"

[Affirmative]

Drone R-932 fly through the forest with frightening speeds, dodging every trees and branches without touching them with its incredible reflexes. The cavalry from the walled city was stalled by the thick treeline, the captain, a renowned noble, spat on the grass.

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=The New World, Nearby City, 15 kilometers North from the Machine Base=

"Was that a new magic beast?"

The renowned noble placed his sword back on its sheet.

"I think so"

The cavalrymen then returned to the walled city. News of the new magical beast quickly spread through the city as rumors.

"Oh? A new magical beast? boys, this sounds like a new hunt for us!"

A group of adventurers who were famous for hunting magical beasts was more than excited to search for the new rumored beast. Unbeknownst to them, they were about to meet the end of their journey.