Chapter 221: A Big Cooling

Down. Anxious, really anxious.

Hearing the prompt sound of the star gate's queue-free privilege being activated, Chen Fan had already guessed Lin's current mental state.

Thirty thousand credit points were like a shot of adrenaline, which directly put Lin into a violent state.

But...

The distance between the EL6173 star gate and the EL13697101 star gate can be seen from the number alone - one is a star gate built near the four-digit universe, and the other is a star gate near the eight-digit universe. The distance between the two is probably an extremely terrifying astronomical figure.

Chen Fan subconsciously turned his head to look at Mochi in another cross-universe communication interface.

If he heard it correctly, the EL6173 transit star gate that Lin went to was the star gate previously managed by Mochi.

So, he asked Mashu directly: "Mashu, how long does it take for the EL6173 star gate to reach us?"

Mashu frowned and pondered for a moment: "If I remember correctly, there should be three transit star gates in the middle, right?"

As he said that, he quickly operated on the holographic panel in front of him: "EL6173, EL15671 and EL769361 star gates."

"Conservative estimate..."

"Arrival within 30 minutes."

The moment the voice fell, the warning sound of abnormal space-time fluctuations sounded in the cockpit of [Varilla].

"I will open a wormhole near you first."

Mashu's somewhat sharp voice continued: "In order to reduce the gravitational influence of the large universe bubble, we will perform dimensional upgrading operations near the star gate at that time."

...

On the other side.

In the small universe, Varilla.

The sky was pitch black, the original sun, moon and starlight disappeared completely, and the thick clouds surged rapidly under the storm.

Hailstones as big as fists fell rapidly from the dark sky and hit the ground directly. The sound of branches and trunks being broken rang out continuously in the darkness.

In the pitch black, dots of light emerged in the lush forest.

Varela City. The

fully powered plasma barrier emitted dazzling light in the endless darkness, like a circle of protective shields towering into the clouds, blocking all the hailstones sweeping from the side outside the city.

Layers of white water vapor rose near the Wall of Sighs. They were hailstones and rain directly evaporated by high-temperature plasma.

But the plasma barrier is not as good as the real shield technology after all, and its protective effect is quite limited.

Under the erosion of endless hailstones and storms, Varela City, which was originally about to enter the industrial age, has become a mess.

Huge holes were smashed into the concrete buildings, and deep cracks appeared on the cement paved ground. As for the street lights and monitoring equipment installed on both sides of the street, they were hit unprecedentedly at this time.

The entire city of Varela was extremely quiet. Apart from the continuous collision sound of hailstones falling, there was almost no other sound.

Suddenly, a silver-white spherical drone slowly passed through the dense hailstones. Those hard ice balls had no effect on it at all.

The drone quickly rose, circled the entire city of Varela, and flew straight to the center of Varela.

Four huge pyramid-shaped churches stood on the ground. They were almost the only buildings in the entire city of Varela that still retained their original appearance.

But under the impact of a large amount of hailstones, the surface of the pyramid made of metal also became bumpy.

The heavy church door was closed tightly, blocking all the biting cold wind from the outside world.

When it came to the top of the North Church, the drone's flight altitude began to drop rapidly, and finally, it drilled into an inconspicuous small hole on the side of the North Church.

The hall inside the North Church was empty.

The lights were bright, and rows of server arrays were running hard in the cold and humid air.

...

The underground space of the North Cathedral.

The originally empty underground space was now crowded with people - before the storm came, everyone in Varela City entered the core energy area of ​​Varela City under the command of Xu Huai.

"Twenty-five degrees below zero."

Xu Huai looked at the combined display built by several simple screens in front of him with a somewhat ugly face, on which the high-precision detection images sent back by the spherical drone were quietly played: "The weather is getting colder..."

Talking to himself, Xu Huai looked up at the cylindrical metal object hanging high above the dome, and his worries were slightly reduced.

It was an antimatter battery from the Human Union, and it was also one of the "legacy" left by Chen Fan for Varela City before leaving.

"Fortunately, the energy of the antimatter battery is quite abundant, enough to support our consumption."

Xu Huai turned his head and looked at the various electric heating equipment directly connected to the thick wires, and his eyes showed a look of relief.

This time, the immigrants from the Kukan underground city helped a lot - they not only moved various daily necessities into the underground of the North Church in an orderly manner, but also temporarily manufactured a large number of electric heating equipment.

Although the appearance is a bit ugly, at this time, these electric heating equipment can almost be said to be the hope of the entire Varela City!

"I don't know how long this storm will last..."

Hong Chengdong's worried voice came from the side: "Our daily necessities can only support consumption for about half a month, and the time for escaping is still too tight."

"When the sun comes out, the storm should stop." Jiang Haichuan, who was following Hong Chengdong, responded in a low voice, "It's a pity for those newly built houses in Varela City. Let's not talk about anything else. Just cleaning up the debris is a big project."

"The sun?" Hong Chengdong's eyes were more and more worried, "Can the sun really come out?"

"Why not?" Jiang Haichuan was stunned, and a trace of confusion appeared on his expressionless face. "After the change of the sky is over, won't the sun reappear?"

Hong Chengdong didn't say anything, but silently cast his eyes on the simple display in front of Xu Huai.

He saw clearly just now that the world outside Varela City has fallen into endless darkness.

This is definitely not an ordinary change of the sky!

Thinking of the starship that suddenly disappeared in the sky not long ago, Hong Chengdong's uneasiness gradually increased.

Does this change in the sky have anything to do with Chen Fan?

Like Hong Chengdong, Xu Huai's face was also filled with solemnity.

As the Pope, she had control over Varela City and naturally knew more information:

Chen Fan and the invincible starship had disappeared.

To be precise, they disappeared in this universe.

Just before the change in the sky occurred, the moment the dazzling star transformed from the starship disappeared, the spherical detection drone left by Chen Fan in Varela City issued a signal loss alarm.

Xu Huai remembered a sentence Chen Fan once said: As long as he was still in this universe, this spherical detection drone could contact him.

And tens of minutes after the drone issued the signal loss alarm, the change in the sky occurred.

To say that there is no relationship between the two...

at least Xu Huai doesn't believe it.

"Beep!"

A crisp prompt sound came from the display screen in front of him, and a large number of dense parameters and charts appeared on it. The

bright red warning sign also kept flashing on it.

Xu Huai narrowed his eyes slightly and carefully checked the data processed by the main control computer of Varela City.

Just one glance, her face turned completely ugly - the temperature began to drop gradually faster and faster. If this trend continues, the surface of Varela will soon become a real extreme cold hell!

She took a deep breath and calmed down the anxiety and panic in her heart.

"Uncle Dong."

Xu Huai turned his head and looked at Hong Chengdong beside him: "The calculation results show that this storm will stop soon."

"After the storm slows down a little, you take all the young and strong people and move all the living supplies in Varela City to the North Church."

The smile that just appeared on Hong Chengdong's face gradually dissipated, and his expression became solemn again.

"What happened outside?"

Xu Huai shook his head gently: "I don't know, but the simulation results of the main control computer show that if the sun doesn't appear, there will be a continuous drop in temperature after the storm disappears."

"In a few dozen hours, the surface temperature will drop to minus 100 degrees."

"In a few days, the air on the surface will even turn into solid at extremely low temperatures."

As he said, Xu Huai turned his head and looked at the simple screen beside him.

In the picture, the momentum of the storm has begun to weaken, and the dense hail has begun to become sparse.

But the sky did not clear up.

Dense snowflakes like goose feathers replaced the original hail, rolling down from the sky and quickly landing on the ground covered with a thick layer of ice.

"Then..."

Hong Chengdong listened to Xu Huai's description of the doomsday scene and stood there in a daze: "What should we do then?"

"...Wait."

Xu Huai looked up at the dome above again.

Her eyes seemed to penetrate the thick cables and thick rock layers above the dome, extending straight to the sky shrouded in endless darkness.

"Wait for Chen Fan to appear."

"Only he can solve this situation."

Xu Huai whispered softly.

...

Udar Mountains.

No, maybe it should be called Udar Plateau now-the black tide has eaten away a lot of mountains, and the magnificent mountains have become patches of bald flat land.

The storm and hail have completely stopped.

In the endless darkness, a faint light appeared at the bottom of the only peak on the Udar Plateau.

Several tiny figures struggled to get out of a tunnel.

The high-power searchlight shone straight in all directions, but it could not dispel the extremely thick darkness.

Meng Zhixin, wearing a heavy cotton coat, looked at the heavy snow under the illumination of the searchlight and frowned tightly.

"Something is wrong, there is something wrong with the weather."

"The temperature dropped too fast!"

Meng Zhixin thought for a moment, and gave an order in a deep voice: "Notify all the resistance forces to return to the headquarters at all costs."

"Tell everyone that from now on, no one is allowed to leave the underground city without permission."

After speaking, Meng Zhixin looked up at the deep sky, and a figure that had disappeared for a long time subconsciously emerged in his mind.

"Chen Fan..."

He murmured in a low voice, with a bit of confusion in the depths of his eyes.

In the face of this level of natural disaster, as the commander-in-chief of the resistance army, he felt powerless for the first time.

(End of this chapter)