Copy 57

"Do you know why I chose you?" Luo Ci sat in the passenger seat of the SUV, his eyes scanning the rearview mirror inside the car.

Su Wanxing happened to be able to see Luo Ci's sharp eyes from the rearview mirror inside the car. She shook her head casually and then turned her gaze to the outside of the car window.

When you arrive at the desert border in a hover car, you must switch to an off-road vehicle to continue driving. It seems that from the moment you enter the desert, all high-tech has turned into scrap metal, which also means that the crisis is approaching and death has become easy.

"It's because I know encryption technology." Su Wanxing briefly recalled the last encryption test in the conference room.

Luo Ci then smiled with satisfaction, "That's just one reason. The second reason is that you don't have any position."

Su Wanxing looked at the rearview mirror again. The unfamiliar face in the mirror made Luo Ci have no doubts. "But after the rescue is over, I will have a position."

Luo Ci's smile paused, and then she gradually regained her composure. "You are very smart."

"Thank you." Su Wanxing accepted the compliment generously.

The off-road vehicle was parked near an area where seven or eight tents were stationed.

Su Wanxing got out of the car and the dust immediately sprayed all over her face. She had to put on her dust mask and goggles again.

As far as the eye can see, there is endless yellow sand. A slight gust of wind is like the tiny wings of a butterfly, which can stir up a violent sandstorm at any time and anywhere.

The area around the tent was crowded with people, and Conway's figure could be vaguely seen. Under his leadership, a small team disappeared into the dust.

"Follow them." Luo Ci handed Su Wanxing a small USB flash drive. "This is a mini compressor. There is a set of sophisticated survey equipment in the center of the desert. You just need to stick this thing on the equipment, and all electronic devices in the desert will be formatted. This is the same as destroying the host. As an algorithm intern, you should understand."

"What's in there?"

"The echo of the planet." Luo Ci explained patiently, "That is the basis for the conservatives to invade the planet."

Seeing Su Wanxing's surprise, Luo Ci found it even more funny. "Don't be brainwashed by the noble rhetoric of the conservatives. Isn't finding a new home the same as invading other planets? They really know how to whitewash themselves."

Su Wanxing took the compressor and followed anxiously. She actually felt that Luo Ci was right, but...

"Zhou Xi!" Luo Ci called her.

Su Wanxing turned around.

Luo Ci took two steps forward and whispered into Su Wanxing's ear: "Don't be clever. There is a monitoring device on the compressor. You can't escape from this desert."

Su Wanxing raised her eyes and looked into Luo Ci's eyes, "You think too highly of me."

"It would be best."

Su Wanxing once again caught up with the small team led by Kang Wei.

In fact, no echo from any planet was detected at all. Su Wanxing just took advantage of some information gap and let Liu Ying lie about military intelligence.

If this were not the case, what would happen to Jiang Keming who was trapped by the wind and sand?

The journey to the center of the desert is indeed not as safe as imagined.

In addition to the sandstorms that blow up yellow sand, we also have to be careful of the quicksand that can be found everywhere. However, the accompanying team has robots that are specifically designed to resist quicksand. Their limbs can be extended, and they can even pull out a person who is trapped in quicksand, thus avoiding some uneasy factors.

On the way, the group met Liu Ying's team.

Liu Ying's dusty figure was looming in the wind and sand. There were only two people following her, and there was not even a robot to resist the quicksand.

According to Liu Ying's electronic communication equipment, her identity in this copy was a member of the desert research team. When the copy began, she was in a confused desert, watching a steady stream of researchers walk into the desert and return disappointed.

The two groups of people met in the sandstorm. Conway stopped first, looking at the people coming towards him with surprise, and then he walked towards them with confidence in a trance.

Liu Ying glanced at the team in front of her twice, and finally set her sights on a thin girl.

Before I knew it, the sand and dust faded and the wind and dust became less severe.

Kang Wei took off his goggles and pulled down his thick scarf. Thousands of words came to his lips, but he only uttered two words slowly, "Liu Ying!"

He did not hide his joy, raised his arms and hugged Liu Ying, his movements were so iron-blooded, tender, and careful. He had not seen her since the end of the last instance.

In the survival game, it is really a luxury to see the person you always think about standing in front of you alive.

Soon, he realized that this was a bit abrupt and quickly gave up the hug, "Long time no see."

Liu Ying nodded, her aura as strong as ever. She watched in silence as the thin girl took off her goggles, and the moment she saw those eyes, an imperceptible smile rose at the corner of her mouth.

After a brief exchange with Conway about the current search and rescue situation, the two teams merged and set off towards the center of the desert together.

However, Liu Ying kept a distance of less than two meters from the thin girl from beginning to end.

-Stop pretending.

Su Wanxing stumbled suddenly, but was held steady by Liu Ying who was standing beside him. “Thank you…thank you.”

Liu Ying did not expose him in person. She said you're welcome and continued to joke using electronic communication equipment.

As long as the distance between two people does not exceed two meters, electronic communication equipment can achieve real-time communication, and it is the kind of pure consciousness communication.

-I picked you out at a glance.

Su Wanxing covered her dust mask with her scarf, but her mouth was actually smiling from ear to ear. She also asked with a playful tone.

-Master's wife, did Commander Kang treat you...

-I know.

-So what do you think?

-Either refuse directly or continue to pretend.

-oh.

-You seem disappointed.

Su Wanxing was not disappointed, but thought that love might change a person's mind. Just like the master's wife had said before that she didn't like anyone, would she change her mind because of Kang Wei?

Well, no. Su Wanxing was ignorant about love, even a little scared, and had never imagined what it felt like to like someone.

-Stop imagining that.

Su Wanxing cheered up and replied:

-Master's wife, I am being monitored now, so I cannot have much contact with you. Luo Ci probably knows you well, so we should be careful.

-Yes, I see. We are getting closer and closer to the center of the desert. Recently, the sandworms have been active frequently, resulting in an increase in quicksand. Jiang Keming and others are therefore trapped in the survey base. They are not in danger of life at the moment, but hiding in it all the time is not a solution. The food will eventually run out.

-Sandworms? Bugs again?

-What's wrong? Is there something wrong?

-Nothing, I just feel like there are too many bugs in this world. But what are sandworms?

-As far as I know, sandworms survive by absorbing nutrients from the yellow sand. Wherever they pass, the place becomes drier. Over time, this affects the soil quality, thus exacerbating desertification.

"ah!"

As she was speaking, Su Wanxing suddenly felt her feet go empty, as if there was a huge abyss waiting for her to fall into. In just a few seconds, her feet seemed to have stepped into a swamp and kept sinking.

To be honest, if you really encounter the terrible quicksand, no one can stay calm at the first moment. Su Wanxing is the same. Her body seems to be continuously pressed down by an invisible force. She feels extremely panicked and grabs out with her hands at a loss, which also causes her to sink even faster.

"Don't move!"

Liu Ying's powerful voice awakened Su Wanxing's remaining sanity.

Su Wanxing immediately stopped the frenzy of his hands. Although his feet seemed to be firmly stuck by powerful suction cups and he could not move at all, he had no other choice but to use static to control dynamic.

Quicksand is a non-Newtonian fluid, and becomes stronger when it encounters stronger forces. If you twist it more and more panickily, it will only accelerate the speed of death. If you pull it too hard, it may cause the body to break in two.

Su Wanxing remained rational and slowly leaned back, trying to increase the contact area with the quicksand as much as possible.

Conway also rushed over to comfort them, "Don't panic, the robots are very experienced, they will do their best to protect us even if they have to sacrifice themselves."

Several robots surrounded Su Wanxing. They raised their mechanical arms in an orderly manner and stretched them into the quicksand one by one.

At that moment, Su Wanxing could feel a slight looseness below his waist, probably because the robotic arm was extending infinitely. The robot's eyes were glowing green, and it must be calculating the digging depth.

After a while, Su Wanxing's feet were caught, and several robots worked together, and she was carried out by three or four pairs of mechanical arms!

The moment his feet touched the ground, Su Wanxing collapsed for a moment. If it weren't for the robot's rescue, ordinary people would probably have only the fate of waiting for death. Only those with strong willpower could compete with death for time.

The quicksand pit that had just sunk returned to its original state the moment Su Wanxing left. It was as if it had never swallowed a living person, as if it was just a trap set by the god of death when he was bored, waiting for a lucky player to win at any time.

"That's a sandworm!" Liu Ying stared at the bulge on the ground seriously.

Su Wanxing looked over immediately. All he could see was the desert surface constantly sinking and bulging, forming a strange trajectory.

After experiencing the pain of being nearly buried alive, Su Wanxing would carefully observe the ground with every step he took and would never step on a concave place again.

Just like that, with every step accompanied by an atmosphere of agony, the group finally arrived at the center of the desert.

There is a solid building here that is intact, but it still cannot escape being buried by the sand and dust.

Kangwei knocked on the door of the survey station, and Jiang Keming's face appeared in front of the public.

Su Wanxing and Liu Ying both breathed a sigh of relief.

After entering the survey station, Jiang Keming began to reflect on the strange phenomena he had encountered recently. "We are not trapped by quicksand, but we can only enter the center of the desert but not leave."

While listening, Su Wanxing followed Luo Ci's instructions and attached the mini compressor to one of the devices.

"What do you mean you can only go in but not out?" Conway was puzzled.

Jiang Keming: "When you came in, you only encountered quicksand and sandworms. Robots can help us solve these problems, but when we went out, we encountered...blockages, or barriers."

Everyone looked puzzled.

One of the researchers added: "It's like... the barrier in the fairy tale drama! It blocks us inside, and we can't get out even if we want to!"

After hearing this, everyone's expressions became more serious.

Conway decisively asked the trapped researchers to pack up their things and go out to take a look no matter what.

The researchers basically had nothing to pack. After all, they had been trapped for so many days and were no longer able to take care of so many things. They just left without delay.

Sure enough, just as Jiang Keming said, the large army was trapped!

There was clearly nothing in front of him, Su Wanxing was very sure, but no matter whether it was a human or a robot, as long as it moved forward, it would be hit.

It was as if there was a transparent, harmless glass ahead.

"It's just as expected! We can't get out...we will starve to death..." Some researchers have completely lost confidence.

Su Wanxing followed the large group around a full circle and observed this seemingly invisible obstacle several times. After looking at it so many times, he even vaguely saw some strange shadows.

It seemed that behind the obstacle, there were some dark, strangely shaped shadows, either wriggling or floating.

"ah--"

"Commander-in-Chief Kang—"

Finally, a scream drew Su Wanxing's attention. She glanced sideways and saw that Kang Wei was sucked in!

Sucked in by the weird barrier!

Su Wanxing rushed over subconsciously, but was frightened by the game announcement passing by and slowed down his pace.

As long as you set a player as your special focus, you can receive all real-time announcements about the player, including death notifications.

The game announcement says:

Conway's death