Chapter 119 Return to the Southwest
The morning mist in the deep mountains of the southwest was an unnatural blue.
Xiaobai squatted in the woods, touching the crystal clusters growing in the cracks of the ground with his fingertips.
The blue substances shrank back as if they had life, then spread forward tentatively.
"It's spreading 17% faster than it was three days ago."
Tang Jingmo's voice came from the headset. He was standing on a high place and covering the surrounding area with the detection equipment of the 976th Bureau. "The radiation readings have also increased."
Xiaobai withdrew her fingers, and vines emerged from her sleeves, rolling up several blue crystals into a specially made lead box.
The part where the crystal came into contact with the vine immediately turned black and necrotic, but new shoots soon grew out.
"The analysis results of Kunlun Base are out." Tang Jingmo's voice came from the headset again.
"These nanorobots are programmed to operate in two modes: to break down and reconstruct organisms, or... to convert living organisms into energy conductors."
Xiaobai looked up at the sky.
Although it is invisible to the naked eye, they all know that a super storm is brewing on the surface of the sun that is powerful enough to strip away the Earth's magnetic field.
These "blue crystals" left behind by the Watchers will form a global energy network when a storm comes, converting solar radiation into energy waves that cleanse the earth's surface.
Things are more serious than they thought.
"Seventy-two hours..."
She murmured to herself that after returning from the Arctic, this countdown was like the sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of all mankind.
No matter how powerful they are, it is impossible for them to eliminate all the blue crystals in various regions of the world in such a short time.
Tang Jingmo jumped down from the broken wall, stirring up a small cloud of blue dust when he landed.
The edges of his pupils glowed silver, and when his psychic powers were fully activated, he could see the flow of energy that ordinary people could not perceive.
"There is good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?"
Xiao Bai gave him a fist and said, "When did you have the heart to play this? Let's talk about it together."
Tang Jingmo touched the hair on Xiaobai's head and said, "The good news is that we have found a way to block the signal."
He handed Xiaobai a jade slip with ancient runes engraved on it.
"The 'Jianmu' recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas is not a myth, but a quantum shielding device left by ancient civilizations. The Kunlun base preserves the last section of the Jianmu branch."
Xiaobai stroked the jade slip and felt the strange fluctuations contained in it: "What about the bad news?"
"To activate the global shield, it is necessary to activate the Jianmu resonance at specific coordinates on the seven continents at the same time."
Tang Jingmo pulled up the holographic map, with seven red dots distributed on different continents. "And there are still sixty-eight hours left before the solar storm arrives."
Suddenly, an explosion was heard in a valley far away. A beam of blue light shot up into the sky and then dispersed into a strange mist in the air.
That was another scene of a military base being devoured.
"The Watcher is right. Conventional means can no longer prevent the disaster."
Xiaobai stood up, the vines weaving into a complex formation under her feet, "But we have something they missed."
"What?"
"This." She pointed to her heart and tapped Tang Jingmo's forehead. "The most unpredictable part of human beings - the power of the soul, or unlimited potential."
Three hours later, deep inside the most secret "Zhulong" base in China, there are advanced instruments that surpass the times and the legendary "sacred tree".
Xiaobai stared at the "Jianmu" in the incubator - it looked like an ordinary bronze branch, but its surface had a mercury-like luster.
When her hand moved closer, the branches turned towards her spontaneously, as if they had life.
"It recognized your supernatural power fluctuations." Professor Zhou excitedly adjusted the instrument. "The ancient book records that 'Jianmu reaches the sky, and the spiritual roots recognize their master'. It seems to be true!"
Tang Jingmo was holding a meeting with several generals on the other side:
“Among the seven coordinate points, the North and South Pole stations have been deployed.
The sites of Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa and Machu Picchu in South America are guarded by the descendants of ancient local tribes, who have temporarily found a secret method to fight against the "blue fog."
"What about North America and Europe?" The old leader frowned. "They have been infiltrated by the Watchers like a sieve."
"North America has taken the initiative to seek help, and a temporary alliance agreement has been reached." An unexpected voice came from the door.
Su Po was pushed in in a wheelchair, his left eye still wrapped in gauze, but the sharpness in his right eye had not diminished in the slightest.
"uncle!"
Xiaobai and Tang Jingmo rushed over at the same time.
Su Po waved his hand to stop their questioning: "To make a long story short, we discovered the abnormality of the Watchers a long time ago, but we had no idea where to start, and they got there first and imprisoned us until you destroyed the Arctic main control station and we were able to escape."
He held up a data chip, "This contains the locations of all Overwatch facilities, including their main server farm beneath Yellowstone Park."
Tang Jingmo took the chip and inserted it into the computer. Dozens of red dots immediately lit up on the global map: "If we destroy these nodes at the same time..."
"It will cut off the central control of the blue mist." Su Po nodded, "But the Jianmu resonance is the key - when the solar storm comes, only this ancient power can reconstruct the earth's magnetic field."
Xiaobai was already standing in front of Jianmu, holding up the bronze branch with both hands: "Tell me what to do."
Professor Zhou adjusted the seven jade congs surrounding Jianmu: "According to ancient records, Jianmu needs the power of the three elements of 'heaven, earth and man' to drive it.
Heaven refers to the positioning of the stars, earth refers to the energy of the earth veins, and man..."
He looked at Xiao Bai and Tang Jingmo, "We need a pair of like-minded psychics to serve as a medium."
Su Po added: "You will bear a huge energy impact, which is equivalent to carrying the pressure of the survival of the entire human civilization on your shoulders."
Tang Jingmo held Xiaobai's hand without hesitation: "When do we leave?"
This was their original purpose and it was not considered as pressure.
The next fifty-four hours were like a crazy dream.
Xiaobai and Tang Jingmo acted separately and traveled between the seven continents around the world.
Under the Egyptian pyramids, Xiaobai used vines to activate the resonance chamber that had been sealed for thousands of years;
At Uluru in Australia, Tang Jingmo used his spiritual power to awaken the "Song of the Earth" in Aboriginal legend.
Wherever they went, they were blocked by the Watchers.
Time seemed to have pressed the fast-forward button. The present was no longer 1978, but the century before the end of the world due to technological development. There were actually drones and robots blocking them!
Perhaps it was the changes brought about by Dr. He's space-time delivery plan that caused everything to go haywire.
Of course, in the eyes of ordinary people, the world is still the same world. People go to work as usual, and people go to school and listen to classes attentively as usual. What is happening outside the window is blocked intentionally or unintentionally.
In Yellowstone Park, Xiaobai's plant abilities evolved to an incredible level.
The giant tree she summoned directly pierced through the alloy protective layer three hundred meters underground;
On the Siberian tundra, Tang Jingmo's mental shock wave paralyzed the entire mechanical army at once.
But the costs are also accumulating.
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