Chapter 350 is here! (12,000 2-in-1 plus more monthly tickets required!)
Woo~
With the sound of a system shutting down, all the remaining defensive weapons of this mysterious laboratory went offline, the muzzles of the automatic artillery dropped, the electromagnetic cannons were powered off and retracted, and swarms of drones in the sky fell like raindrops.
Meanwhile, Lin Xian and Qian Suxun's holographic panels were transmitting information about Grace calculating the key opportunity based on the real-time angle of the fish-lion statue.
[Depending on your location and distance, the best start time is after 23 seconds]
[At this time, it is still within the observation range of the left side of the Colossus, please be on guard]
Grace's voice came, and in the screen, Lin Xian and KIKI clearly saw that the floating giant in the surveillance was slowly rotating. The dark space and fog in the area swept by its front were twisted and deformed crazily. A thin scarlet color appeared on various rotten man-made objects such as houses, streets, electric towers, and traffic light poles. At the same time, fine frost began to condense, and the surfaces of those metals were vibrating at a microscopic level!
After 15 seconds, the colossus began to sweep towards the unfinished factory area where Lin Xian and his companions were. Even though there were hundreds of meters and a wall between them, Lin Xian and his companions instantly felt a deep, piercing fear as if it ignored all obstacles and penetrated through his body. A large amount of dark invading force continued to take away the body's heat and mental sanity. All heart rates began to speed up, and brain waves burst into an abnormal resistance spectrum.
10 seconds
5 seconds
Lin Xian tightly gripped the steering wheel, his eyes fixed on the screen. KIKI beside him had already raised his hands, his eyes filled with wild mental fluctuations.
3 seconds, 2 seconds, 1 second!
The time has come!
boom!
KIKI pushed hard, and the several-meter-high wall was torn apart, along with the lamp posts and barbed wire on the road ahead, all of which were razed to the ground under her power, clearing the way for Lin Xian. At the same time, Lin Xian and Wen Sixuan started the transport vehicles at the same time. The high-energy motors burst out with torque, and the two vehicles rushed out from the darkness and drove towards the gate of the sewage treatment plant!
To the southeast, north, and west, Chen Sixuan, Ning Jing, Xiaoqing, Abai, Qian Dele, Monica, and Amano Ran Ryunosuke were fighting everywhere. Fluctuations of supernatural powers continued to erupt around the sewage treatment plant. The face of the huge humanoid creature in the darkness could not be seen clearly, but its sudden appearance in front of Chen Sixuan and the others brought a sense of horror.
Lin Xian increased his speed to the extreme and rushed through the steel gate that was shattered by the storm of bullets. He rushed straight in, knocking aside various broken robots and barrier pillars along the way, and rushed into the office building.
As soon as they entered, a rotten and musty smell hit their noses. Under the car lights, there was a completely dark factory office building. Rain dripped along the rusty pipes, making hollow echoes on the concrete steps. Lin Xian and Qian Suxun and five other people got out of the car. Although they successfully avoided the observation of the giant statue, all of them could feel an extremely oppressive and weird atmosphere above their heads. The concentration of darkness here was much greater than that of other places.
Buzz~ Shiori tried her best to use her purification ability to help several people suppress the strong invasion of darkness around them.
“This way!”
Lin Xian didn't waste any words and followed Grace's instructions to the middle of the factory. Originally, there was a pile of rotten and collapsed control cabinets, but now the floor had split to the sides, and a circular elevator appeared. Grace stood in the middle of the elevator with her hands behind her back and said to Lin Xian,
[The research institute system has been taken over by me, and no biological targets have been found yet]
"Red Man Trickster, clone, didn't you notice?"
Woo~
At this time, several people stood on it and the elevator platform began to slowly descend.
[This research institute is divided into multiple research areas, and there are multiple secret exits, which are connected to the underground parking lot of Baicheng Commercial Street, Yuxiu Park, and Baicheng Rail Station. Currently, Dancer 1 and ACS are still scanning and exploring below.]
Grace looked at Qian Sujun at this time. [The invasion plan has been completed. Now I will return the command of the ACS robot and the assault mecha to you.]
Qian Suxun smiled faintly: "Okay, thank you for your hard work."
Lin Xian nodded at him and made a brief gesture. Qian Suxun's three heavy armored mechas played a key role this time. If it weren't for these three mechas attracting firepower, they really wouldn't be able to break through such a dense line of fire. Facing heavy machine guns, needle missiles and electromagnetic cannons, Lin Xian and his men's armed power armors could not resist at all.
Qian Su Xun took back the control of ACS. At this time, through the information sent back, his face immediately changed.
"It's much bigger down here than we expected."
"Sending in one to two thousand clones in each batch is not too small." Lin Xian said. He looked at Lu Xingchen who was a little quiet at the side and asked, "How is it?"
"Ah... it's okay."
Lu Xingchen nodded at him: "I have been staying in the dark for the past two days. I am already somewhat used to it."
When the elevator descended to the bottom floor, the first thing that came into view was a huge hangar. Inside was parked a medium-sized transport ship of the type they had encountered before. Apart from that, there were only some automated vehicles. Most of the space was empty. There were guide rails for the automated transport line on the ground, extending along the yellow danger signs all the way to the end of the hangar.
When they reached the end of the hangar, the moment the airlock door automatically slid open under Grace's control, the five people's breathing instantly stopped!
Corpse warehouse!
Hundreds of huge transparent culture chambers extended from the ground to the ceiling, densely arranged like oil tanks in a large factory. Each chamber was filled with hundreds of corpses, men and women, most of them were about 20-40 years old. They all wore the same Crimson World work clothes, their brains were embedded with brain-computers, but they had no memory. A large amount of white hyphae grew diffusely like a spider web. Some chambers seemed to have been left for a long time and were already covered with hyphae, while some chambers were empty, with broken glass scattered on the ground, dragging dry brown marks. The few "specimens" closest to the door were liquefying, their skin melting like wax, revealing the dark red muscle tissue underneath.
"These should be the replicas that were 'normally damaged' after being sent in..." Qian Suxun said calmly: "There must be other purposes for the Crimson World to keep these corpses, otherwise there would be no need to store them separately."
The scene was transmitted back to the center of the bunker, and Shinji Mochizuki's voice was heard.
"Corpses have their uses, too. Those clone researchers who came in were also experimental subjects themselves."
"Ah?" KIKI frowned when he heard that. "Even if they are clones, they have their own independent consciousness. They are not robots. Will they be so obedient and fanatical?"
Seeing these scenes, Shiori, who was following in the middle, shrank her neck and walked forward without saying a word, occasionally using the power of purification to provide help to others, not daring to look any further.
"There are definitely individuals who show cowardice, but the Crimson World must have corresponding plans to deal with this situation." Qian Suxun said.
"For example, the memories they import must be the latest version of the over-brainwashed personnel, at the most fanatical stage, in order to reduce the rebelliousness and cowardice of the generated clones. This is similar to genetic screening. They just copy the consciousness versions of the most fanatical and determined researchers in the organization, and they can also classify and sequence them. Once a person's clone has a high chance of rebellion, the original person will definitely be implicated. For them, managing these is as simple as managing programs."
KIKI shook her head: "It's hard to imagine. If my consciousness becomes a program that can be replicated in batches, then am I still me? Is digital life still life?"
After saying this, Qian Suxun looked at her with interest, as if he wanted to say something.
At this time, Shinji Mochizuki's leisurely voice came: "The programming of digital life is essentially the same as the programming exploration of human DNA. Reducing errors and reducing genetic diseases, copying excellent thinking programs and copying excellent scientists, athletes, and artists, what is the difference? Therefore, philosophical discussions about the nature of life are meaningless. It's just that human civilization has not yet developed to this stage. The social model of advanced civilizations must be getting simpler and simpler. Disordered entropy increase is the beginning of destruction. Of course... now is not the time to discuss this issue."
"I have just checked through ACS that the transport ship can be started normally. You can use the vehicle to evacuate later." Mochizuki Shinji returned to the topic.
Lin Xian remained silent. He knew that the people in Silent City were also loyal fans of digital life. However, the problem KIKI just mentioned was also one of the reasons why Shinji Mochizuki's digital life plan was stopped before the end of the world. That was the question about the ethical nature of life.
However, he didn't have time to discuss these things with Mochizuki Shinji. The group continued to move forward quickly. A big door opened and Dancer No. 1 stood in the center, waiting for Grace and Lin Xian and his group. Then the two robots cleared the way and conducted reconnaissance for Lin Xian and his group.
Qian Suxun was right. Under this sewage treatment plant are automated research institute programs. There is almost no living area here. Each laboratory has an automatic transmission channel to deliver a certain amount of energy blocks and water. The laboratory is fully closed and the internal personnel communicate through holographic communication. There is no private space and no individual activity paths. Each test area is isolated and divided. There is an eerie sense of cleanliness here, like a prison full of experimental instruments.
"The difference between a distributed laboratory and my automated laboratory is that there are people and no people. They block any communication other than work."
In the bunker's main control room, Wang Yuezhen looked at the images sent back and analyzed: "If we don't consider it from a humanitarian perspective, to a certain extent, they have initially established a social production model for an intermediate civilization..."
"If they don't treat the other survivors as consumables for the clones." Lin Xian responded with a cold look.
"The irony is that their technological progress is indeed faster than ours." Qian Suxun sighed.
Lin Xian was silent for a moment. He did not continue discussing the issue, but directly released 25 Thunder Falcon drones: "Grace, take over the drones and conduct a comprehensive search."
【clear】
Wow~
Under the control of Grace's powerful computing power, 25 Thunder Falcon drones instantly flew out at high speed in all directions. At the same time, the 25 images transmitted back were processed by Grace's quantum computer and integrated into concise information given to Lin Xian.
This is something Lin Xian cannot do at the moment. If he really builds 100 or 1,000 drones, he can only rely on Grace as his assistant. So for Lin Xian, Grace will definitely become an important tool for his mechanical abilities in the future, and he has to pay more attention to her.
"Brother Lin~" Lu Xingchen said at this time: "If there is no other way, why don't we destroy this place? If the power is cut off, the cleaning instructions outside will be..."
"no."
Before he could finish his words, KIKI interrupted him and said, "We don't know what the cleaning device is. What if it is a separate device that only needs a remote control signal to start?"
Lu Xingchen closed his mouth again after hearing that.
At this time, everyone walked to a place that looked like a central hall. The lights were bright, but it was dead silent and deserted. In the holographic screen, dozens of drones appeared in front of Lin Xian through the scanning images calculated by Grace. Under this research institute, except for the transport hangar and the corpse cabin, there were hundreds of various classified laboratories. But the strange thing was that the program control room was not found in such a large underground base, which made Lin Xian feel a little strange.
"Grace, where is the system integration master control?"
[Each classification test area has a separate main control room, but there is no master control room or similar integration center in the control unit. ]
"Strange..." Qian Suxun said, "The Crimson World wants to control the entire laboratory. It is impossible to divide the control into different areas. It is simply not feasible from the logic of automation design, unless they also have an intelligent robot like Crimson No. 3 to perform overall control."
"Xun is right, but there is another possibility."
Shinji Mochizuki said at this time: "A special research institute like this may set up a stealth system independent of all systems in order to prevent invasion by foreign enemies or obtain key backup data. This system will be disconnected from the base after being threatened and perform one-way control, commonly known as..."
"The secret room."
Qian Suxun nodded when he heard this: "It seems that this is very likely the case, but this place is too big."
After saying that, he looked at Grace and said, "Crimson 3, can you find relevant clues from the consciousness information just now?"
[I have searched and found no such setting]
"Those clones only know about the field they are working in. Apart from the Dark Erosion Cell, other research materials are also limited. After all, he is just one of thousands of researchers." Lin Xian looked back at the laboratory with countless passages in all directions like a cage and frowned, "This information is definitely not related to these clones."
"What should we do then?" KIKI looked at the time. It had been 25 minutes since the tide receded, while Chen Sixuan, Ning Jing and the others were still fighting the strange creature outside. Their time was running out.
Lin Xian's eyes were stern, and he walked out immediately and said in a deep voice
"Then we can only use the dumbest method."
After saying that, he stood directly in the middle of the central hall, with his hands facing downwards, and the mechanical heart at maximum power, starting the mechanical scan!
Although this consumed a lot of Lin Xian's energy, he now mastered long-range scanning. As the field expanded rapidly, a large number of circuits and building structures in the entire base began to be rapidly constructed in all directions with him as the center, like a hologram.
Pipes, lines, rails, vents, data connections, information desks, experimental equipment, lights, together with ground steel structures, elevators, passages...
The appearance of this underground secret base in the Crimson World began to appear in Lin Xian's mind without any blind spots.
This linear expansion instantly caused Lin Xian's energy consumption to soar linearly, and cold sweat broke out all over his body. However, there was no other way at this time, and he could only grit his teeth and persevere.
But as his energy was depleted, the crazy dark invasion of fear began to gradually occupy his mind. He felt as if he was falling into an icy cave. Even the bright light dimmed. The bodies of several team members beside him were constantly twisting. Countless scenes of horror and despair rushed towards him crazily.
At this moment, a strong energy suddenly surged into his body, instantly dispelling most of the fear. At the same time, Lin Xian felt a sense of warmth, and even his brain began to clear up.
Shiori!
After noticing Lin Xian's changes, the girl immediately took action and concentrated all her purification powers on Lin Xian to help him perform a mechanical scan.
With the blessing of this power, Lin Xian felt as if he was charged by the energy transformed by the heterogeneous Rubik's Cube. The expansion of the mechanical scan began to accelerate instantly, and at this time, he finally discovered a special area.
This area is at the bottom of these several floors of the secret research institute. Countless cables are connected to a sturdy bunker of about 200 square meters, but these cables are not powered. In one of the laboratories there, there is a secret elevator that goes straight down.
“Found it!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Xian immediately retracted the mechanical scanner, took a group of people to the elevator all the way to the test area on the lowest floor, and then came to a laboratory marked A1, and asked Grace to open the automatic door.
At this time, Lin Xian rushed in directly, and his mechanical ability was quietly activated, activating a hidden switch. In an instant, the original metal wall slowly opened, and a small elevator appeared.
This elevator looked very small, and it would be quite crowded for several people to stand in it. To be on the safe side, Lin Xian asked the Grace twins to go down first, and they would go down after taking over the system of the main control room.
Sure enough, when Grace completed the takeover, Lin Xian and a few others took the small elevator down and found that there was a main control room filled with a large number of control cabinets. However, the more bizarre thing was that in this main control room full of various cables and cabinets, they actually found a living area.
This living area is located right in the middle of the main control room. It is an area surrounded by a circular glass curtain wall. In addition to a number of monitoring computers, there is also a bed, a simple toilet, and many food supplies are placed on the display cabinets around it. There is even a TV next to the bed playing an old movie. The tables and the floor are dirty and messy with many leftover food packaging and empty cans. It looks very sloppy and messy. There is even a fair-skinned, 1:1 ratio mechanical silicone doll lying on the bed, with the active parts pointing straight towards the ceiling. One can tell at a glance that the person living here must be a man.
“There’s someone here!”
"Grace." Lin Xian said immediately
Instantly, several people dispersed, and the mecha's system scanned through, but found nothing.
Qian Su Xun walked to the front of the TV, reached out and touched the still warm bowl of instant noodles, and said in a stern voice: "This guy is here. When we attacked the upper floor, he should have noticed it, so he cut off the system access between the main control room and the upper laboratory."
KIKI looked around, but the radar system of the power armor still saw nothing. Shiori also tried to use her special ability to find it, but Qian Su Shun interrupted her: "Shiori, this is a person, don't waste your special ability."
"It's strange. This place is not big. How could a living person disappear? Could he be some kind of invisible person with special abilities?" Brother Huo didn't believe it. He walked outside and swept several tiny flames towards the shadow corners of the cabinet servers.
KIKI watched him do this and couldn't help but remind him, "Hey, be careful. If it burns out, we won't be able to find the cleaning device."
Unexpectedly, as soon as she finished speaking, a scream suddenly sounded in the shadow of a cabinet in front of Lu Xingchen. In an instant, Lin Xian and others rushed over and saw a black shadow with flames on its body rolling out from the shadow in the corner. But the strange thing was that even though this person had appeared in front of them, Lin Xian's power armor radar system still did not recognize his existence.
"Who is this monster?" Lu Xingchen spoke first. Unexpectedly, he really pulled out a 'person' from the darkness with a fire.
KIKI immediately used his telekinesis to control the man. As soon as he caught him, he heard him begging for mercy.
"Don't... don't kill me, don't kill me, I'm useful, I have information!!!"
"KIKI." Lin Xian inexplicably felt that the voice was somewhat familiar, so he called KIKI. KIKI grabbed him out of the shadows. At this time, when the lights on the power armor of several people were shone, they found that this was a fat man who looked to be in his thirties. He wore a mechanical collar around his neck and casual clothes. It was obvious that he was not a combat personnel.
But when Lin Xian and KIKI saw this guy's face, they both stared at each other and couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise at the same time
"It's you!"
"Ah??? Do you know me?" The fat man's face was full of fear. When he saw these people in power armor, he suddenly felt that his life was coming to an end.
Lin Xian shone the flashlight on the fat man's face, and at the same time opened his power armor mask, and said with a look of surprise
"You are really lucky, man."
The fat man's eyes went dark due to the strong light of the flashlight. It took him a long time to adapt and his pupils focused. After seeing Lin Xian's face clearly, he was stunned and his face turned pale.
“It’s actually… you guys!”
The man in front of him was none other than the fat guy Zhou Lei who betrayed Qian Yu in Beiwan and stole Lu Xingchen's RV in Yubei!!!
"Didn't you steal Brother Huo's RV and run away? How could you still be alive without going up the sky corridor?" KIKI also recognized him, and immediately she said, "Even the radar can't detect you, so you're a mutant."
Lin Xian was also extremely surprised at this moment. He didn't expect to see this guy in the underground control room of the Crimson World!
This Zhou Lei, in Beiwan Town, formed an alliance with Qian Yu, Lin Xian, and Dalou Shasha of the Black Dragon Team at that time, and prepared to break out of the Beiwan fog. Later, this guy secretly colluded with Tang Hai and Feng Yuming, turned against them in the middle of the night, killed Qian Yu, robbed half of his heavy-duty team and fled. As a result, they were wiped out by the Black Crow Four before their power could expand. Relying on his words, he managed to survive in the murderous four-man team and became a small leader. As a result, the Black Crow Four were killed head-on by Lin Xian, Shuqin and other teams in Yubei City. This guy stole Lu Xingchen's Doomsday RV and ran away at the critical moment, so Brother Huo joined Infinity.
Logically speaking, of the people in the entire Yubei City that night, only the tens of thousands of people who rushed to the high-altitude corridor should have survived. Lin Xian really couldn't imagine how this guy survived in Yubei City with the strange tide, nuclear explosion and the existence of corpse chasers?
"Hmm? What?"
Hearing KIKI's words, Lu Xingchen was stunned for a moment. How could he be involved in this?
So he fixed his gaze on the fat man's face, which seemed extremely unfamiliar and yet inexplicably familiar.
Suddenly, his face changed, he took a deep breath, and cursed
"You are a wicked thief!!!"
Lu Xingchen realized that this guy was the one who stole his precious car, leaving him without clothes to wear. When he thought of this, Lu Xingchen felt a mouthful of blood gushing out, and he was about to run away. "God has eyes, fate is reborn, today I swear to kill you..."
"Brother Huo!" Just when Lu Xingchen was about to go berserk, Lin Xian immediately called him.
Sensu Shun and Shiori, who were standing by, were also quite curious when they saw this scene.
"Shinji, you didn't expect there would be a living person here, right? Heh, it looks like he's an 'old friend' of Lin and the others..."
"Not really an old friend..."
Lin Xian didn't waste time. He looked at Zhou Lei and said coldly:
"I'll give you two minutes. If your information is useless, I'll make you die completely."
"I say, I say!"
Zhou Lei was shocked and terrified. When he saw that the other party was actually Lin Xian, he immediately complained in his heart. Why did he run into this guy everywhere? If it was someone else, he might be able to deal with him, but the man in front of him had seen him betray many times and knew his mind. He had to suppress the last bit of luck he had. After thinking for a while, he swallowed hard and said
"Captain Lin, I'm telling you everything I know. Can you spare my life?!"
"1 minute and 58 seconds." Lin Xian looked at the time and spoke in a cold voice. He didn't want to bargain with this guy at all.
Zhou Lei's face changed drastically, and he quickly said
"The top leaders of Crimson World and Dawn City are colluding with each other. They have come up with something that is expanding Star Abyss No. 5!"
After saying this, he looked at Lin Xian's expression without any change, and immediately broke out in a cold sweat. He continued
"They are studying the evolution and cloning of superpowers here, but this approach is wrong. Superpowers cannot be cloned at all. However, they have developed a device that can control zombies and human beings. They are also planning to try using this device on superpowers, B-level, A-level, and giant bodies..."
Hearing this, Lin Xian raised his finger and aimed the mechanical energy cannon at Zhou Lei's forehead, immediately preparing to store energy.
Woo~
A cold sound of electric current was heard.
Lin Xian's action made Zhou Lei's pupils dilate, and he shouted
"And more..." He said as he hurriedly tried to struggle out of KIKI's telekinesis, but found that he could not move. He could only use his eyes to signal a blue-light device in the center of the main control room not far away, and shouted with dry lips: "There is the latest data summary of this institute. It is a comprehensive backup of the latest progress of all 930 laboratories here."
"Wow~"
Qian Suxun looked disdainful and said, "You mean that the Crimson World left all its research results here and let you, a talented person, be responsible for protecting them, right?"
“No no no!!”
Zhou Lei quickly explained: "These assembly data will be verified and recorded with the outside world every 12 hours, otherwise they will be automatically destroyed... Because... because the people they send in are all researchers who don't know the latest research progress, and they need to continue the file here. First, it is to prevent leaks. Second, only specific "people" can go out each time. They need to conduct internal and external information review, and I am mainly responsible for guarding here, monitoring all batches of replicas and external verification..."
Lin Xian frowned when he heard this: "Why do you know all this, and why are you here?"
"Yes, most of the people sent in don't survive. Everything here operates automatically. How have you survived so long here?" KIKI also asked directly.
"I... I just said that the people they sent in are all researchers who don't know the progress of the research. They must be unaware of all the situations here, including the location and the content of the experiment. After coming in, they must be tested for survival and psychological examination, and then they can receive the latest research progress and start working. I'm here because they need someone like this to supervise and isolate the replicants, and also to... ensure that the system is not invaded."
Zhou Lei had a lifeless face and said a lot in one breath. Lin Xian and the others understood that Zhou Lei was the "double insurance" placed here by the Crimson World. He was also the "loop learning" object of the AI intelligence in the base. This ensured that if the system was invaded from the outside or encountered some kind of supernatural interference, there would be a living person who could forcibly disconnect the important main control center below to ensure the security of the data. Even if he died, the recorded data would be automatically destroyed after 12 hours, and the Crimson World would have nothing to worry about.
In addition, he has an important task, which is to monitor those clones. Although the brain is controlled through memory and mycelium, the technology of the Crimson World is essentially not mature enough. The original object's consciousness is often disturbed, or the researchers' consciousness bodies spontaneously show resistance, rebellion, cowardice, deception, etc. But what these awakened clones don't know is that there is a living person here monitoring them!
After Zhou Lei finished speaking, he looked at Lin Xian and the others, and said with a struggling look on his face
"I know you won't believe it. Not only you, but the Crimson World will never believe in someone like me. But the reason why I was chosen is because... I am a person of divine revelation."
"Have you joined Divine Revelation?" Lin Xian asked.
“I didn’t want to join!” Zhou Lei said with a miserable face, “After the encounter with you guys in Yubei City, I turned around and encountered a huge sky jellyfish. I almost died. As a result, the jellyfish was burned to death. I drove out of the city and hid in a warehouse of a supermarket on the outskirts of the city. Later, Yubei City fought all night and there was a big explosion. The warehouse collapsed. Then, I picked up a candle…”
"Then I was inexplicably found by a group of people called Holy Revelation. This group of people was a bit evil. It turned out that they found that the candle was actually a taboo. As long as the candle was lit, I could hide in the shadows without being discovered. Even the weird body couldn't see me. But as long as the candle burned out, I would die... Later, they asked me if I wanted to live, and I said yes... Then, I was sent here..."
Lin Xian was surprised and amazed when he heard this: "So if the candle burns for one month, you can live in here for 12 months?"
Zhou Lei nodded.
"What candle can burn for a month?"
Zhou Lei: …
"You're talking nonsense, Brother Lin. Let me burn his candles first!" Brother Huo said bluntly.
“I… I really didn’t lie to you!!!” Zhou Lei begged for mercy immediately after hearing this: “The people of Holy Revelation told me that I would die if I left Xingyuan, because my life is in their hands, and they also saw the effect of this forbidden object on me, so the Crimson World arranged me here. In fact, I know that I am just a pawn of the Crimson World and Holy Revelation. Otherwise, how could I have lived here for so long… Captain Lin, am I right???”
Qian Suxun narrowed his eyes when he heard this: "This can explain why the radar can't find him, and why he can live in this abyss for so long. Is it a taboo? Heh."
Zhou Lei's words sounded a little strange, but the logic made sense, and in Lin Xian's opinion, there was no point in him lying about this issue, because Lin Xian didn't care about the conspiracy of the Crimson World and Dawn City, the research data, or why Zhou Lei was here. He only cared about the upcoming cleansing plan, otherwise all the intelligence secrets and research data would be meaningless.
So Lin Xian said directly: "Since your work is so important, you must know where the cleaning device of the Crimson World is?"
"Cleaning device? What cleaning device?" Zhou Lei was confused when he heard this.
"Incite the strange bodies to riot and cleanse the entire city." Lin Xian said quickly: "You won't tell me you don't know?"
Zhou Lei reacted immediately after hearing this. He looked at Qian Suxun and Shizhi next to Lin Xian and said quickly, "They are from Silent City, right? Aren't you here to steal the research materials?"
“Don’t change the subject.”
Zhou Lei suddenly became anxious: "I didn't change the subject. There is no cleaning device here at all, because the purpose of the weird body riot is not because of you. We...ah, the Crimson World has indeed been eyeing the people of Silent City for a long time, but this is not the main purpose of the Crimson World!! "
As soon as Zhou Lei's words came out, the eyes of Lin Xian and others changed slightly, even Shinji Mochizuki, who was standing in the main control room of Xishan Bunker, stared at him.
Zhou Lei looked up at the clock in the control room and said hurriedly, "I don't know much, but the spatial chaos that broke out several times here was not aimed at you. It was because the Crimson World was using some ghost device or some forbidden object to expand the Star Abyss, and it was filling it with human lives. Many people died. Every time that device was activated, all the strange bodies in the entire No. 5 Star Abyss would riot. Didn't it happen the day before yesterday? From here to the west, the swamp lakeside of Butuo Lake fought all night. Didn't you feel it?"
Lin Xian took a breath and said, "What did you say?!"
Isn't Butuo Lake the current location of the United Train's front line? He immediately turned around and exchanged glances with Qiansu Shun and KIKI, and they all seemed to understand something.
The so-called cleansing plan sounds like the internal shock of the Star Abyss caused by the Crimson World using the Merlion to induce the abnormal expansion of the Star Abyss!
Qian Suxun frowned and said to the communicator
"Shinji, the situation is more troublesome than we thought."
"Oh, I know what you want!" Zhou Lei saw the expressions of Lin Xian and the others, and immediately reacted, and said quickly: "Every time I want to carry out this kind of expansion, I will receive an order to enter silence in advance, and I need to disconnect the main control room and the upper-level research institute. So if I receive an order here, you will be safe hiding here as long as there is no dark mark."
Lin Xian took a deep breath, his face completely gloomy. Under the current circumstances, they could not stop Xingyuan's riot at all.
It seems that Zhou Lei doesn't seem to know that the research in the Crimson World has attracted creature No. 01, nor does he know that the instruction he received this time may be the last one.
Lin Xian looked at the time at this time. 40 minutes had passed and they only had 20 minutes left.
"Xun, Lin."
Shinji Mochizuki's voice came: "Quickly check the assembly backup information, there must be complete content here."
Lin Xian and Qian Suxun looked at each other and immediately prepared to act.
"Code." Lin Xian pointed to the blue information cabinet and said to Zhou Lei.
Zhou Lei's eyes flashed with panic: "Captain Lin, you won't kill me just because I told you, right?"
"Your life hangs on a candle. You live here every day. Are you still afraid of death?" Lin Xian asked back.
Zhou Lei's eyes dimmed. He understood the meaning of Lin Xian's words. He seemed to be deflated. He whispered, "Verification code 5A6H0. Captain Lin, after you succeed, can you let me live in this damn place for a few more days?" As he spoke, tears streamed down his face and he began to cry loudly, "This fucking apocalypse has tortured me to the point where I am neither human nor ghost, but I really want to live a few more days, wuwuwu..."
On this side, Lin Xian and Qian Suxun ignored his screams and successfully took out the assembly backup inside. Then the ACS robot and Grace linked up again and began to extract useful information.
[Forbidden Item SIID-04: Merlion Statue]
【Discovery location: Lion City】
[Appearance features: three 16-meter-high sculptures, with lion faces and fish tails, and the statues' eyes emit a red light of fear]
[Evaluation Feature 1: Direct visual observation will cause a large amount of fear power to invade and teleport to the observer's location.]
[Evaluation Feature 2: By taking it out of the Star Abyss and Polar Night Area, the [Black Edge] phenomenon will be triggered at the edge of the Star Abyss, causing the Star Abyss to expand abnormally, and at the same time transferring the anchor point of the existence in the area. This phenomenon will only occur after the Star Abyss is stable.]
[Containment conditions: Observer died, no containment conditions have been found yet. ]
Soon, Grace derived information about the forbidden objects catalogued in the divine revelation.
At the same time, Shinji Mochizuki also retrieved an important piece of information.
"Lin, it seems that this is not the first time they have expanded like this. The bad news is that the next area of expansion for the Crimson World is Luling."
"Luling?" KIKI looked at Lin Xian in surprise and said, "East?!"
If the abnormal movement outbreak started from the direction of Luling, then wouldn't they be walking right into someone's trap if they escaped from Xingyuan eastward via orbit?
Lin Xian's expression suddenly changed when he heard this, and he immediately had the urge to curse.
At this moment, not only Lin Xian, but also Ning Jing, Qian Dele, Chen Sixuan and others who were fighting desperately outside the sewage treatment plant in the channel all took a deep breath, and the breath of despair rushed to the sky!
"I don't understand..." Brother Huo looked at Zhou Lei with anger and said, "You evil villain, you said that the Crimson World and Dawn City are colluding. Then, by accelerating the expansion of Xingyuan, isn't Dawn City courting its own death?!"
“I, I, I, I… I don’t know?” Zhou Lei also cried helplessly, “There are not many normal people in this fucking Crimson World and Holy Revelation. You know after dealing with them, they are just a bunch of evil people!”
"Lin." Qian Suxun also felt that the others were a little confused at this time. He looked at Lin Xian and said, "Time is running out. Let them go down here to avoid the strange body first. When the tide rises later, they will have no chance to get rid of the dark mark."
Lin Xian nodded and immediately shouted to his teammates who were taking out food
"I'll ask Grace to come out and cover you. Everyone, retreat first."
The current situation is not a problem of cleansing orders at all. They can only wait for the arrival of the Xingyuan riot.
Soon, with the help of Grace and Dancer No. 1, Chen Sixuan and the others finally escaped safely, and now they all came to the underground control room of this crimson world.
"Under this situation, it would be useless even if we flew to Baicheng via magnetic levitation? There are wolves in front and tigers behind, and there is also a Star Abyss Overlord in the sky?!" Qian Dele was not wearing power armor, and his body was covered with dust and unknown strange blood plasma.
Monica was also exhausted, and with the help of Shiori, she calmed down a bit. She expressed her thoughts: "Maybe we can avoid this riot and find another opportunity to leave?"
"Yes, the people of Silent City have been hiding in the West Mountain Bunker for so long, and they are doing fine, right?" Chen Sixuan also said, "As long as we don't have a mark, we don't have to worry about being targeted."
Ning Jing nodded: "I think so too."
Lin Xian looked at Qian Suxun and said, "The problem now is not just about our joint train and the Xishan bunker, right?"
"What's the meaning?"
Chen Sixuan and others also looked at Qian Suxun at this time, and found that Qian Suxun, Tian Yelan and others all had gloomy expressions.
At this time, the voice of Shinji Mochizuki came through the communicator.
"You're right, Lin, the original plan no longer works."
Shinji Mochizuki stood in the main control room, looking at the solution information that Grace kept sending back. His tone at this time was obviously heavier than before.
The reason is not difficult to guess, because he had already told Lin Xian.
City No. 2 of Silent City is currently in Luling Forest!
Lin Xian's mind was in a mess at this time, his eyes flickered, he glanced at Zhou Lei who was tied up in the corner, and then said to Mochizuki Shinji
"Tell me about your plan."
"I do have a new plan." Shinji Mochizuki's voice sounded: "Lin, your suspension leap plan remains unchanged. When you arrive at Wangshankou, in addition to the plan to lure the enemy, I will release one of the four floating cities to you. It will be enough for thousands of you to escape. Of course, the premise is that there is enough time."
Lin Xian's heart sank when he heard this. He looked up at Qian Suxun and the others and said, "You're not planning to evacuate, are you?"
"It seems so."
Sensu Shun smiled slightly, as if he didn't care about life and death. After hearing Mochizuki Shinji's plan, they immediately understood.
"If City No. 2 is involved, we will definitely go and rescue our residents."
Amano Ran also clenched her fists and said sternly, "That's right. If that's the case, then there's no point in us evacuating. We might as well rush into the depths of the Star Abyss. With our strength, we might be able to rescue a lot of people."
Ryunosuke said nothing, expressing his attitude silently. When Shiori, who was completing the purification for Ning Jing and the others, heard this, she immediately took two steps at a time and stood next to Sensu Shun. The little face under the power armor mask was nervous and determined.
As soon as these words were spoken, an extremely heavy and heroic atmosphere came over. Ning Jing, Chen Sixuan, Qian Dele and others all looked at Qian Suxun and the others in disbelief.
Unexpectedly, the situation took a sudden turn and the original evacuation plan suddenly became like this.
On Lin Xian's side, Mochizuki Shinji did give him a plan for the successful evacuation of everyone, a floating city, where perhaps all members of the entire joint train fleet could survive.
Seeing the decision made by Sensu Shun and others, one could instantly feel the almost fatalistic influence of Shinji Mochizuki. What kind of person could make a group of people like Sensu Shun choose to follow him to death without hesitation? In this case, the plan proposed by Shinji Mochizuki for Lin Xian instantly infected him with a sense of pride!
22:00, 5 minutes left until high tide.
"Lin Xian..." Chen Sixuan's voice came. She looked at Lin Xian, wanting to say something, but didn't.
Lin Xian knew that she wanted to ask about Mochizuki Shinji's plan. This was indeed a good plan to survive. Abandon all trains, have everyone enter the small floating city, and escape from the Silent City's plan to lure the enemy. The thousands of them plus the hundreds of people on Hu Lushou's side would have a great chance to leave.
"Lin." Qian Suxun looked at Lin Xian and said solemnly: "Let's follow this plan. After the tide ends, it will be the last chance. You need to complete the train jump and transfer personnel to the floating city within 1 hour. We will also start the Silent City to prepare for the enemy."
Zhou Lei, who was tied up in the corner, was listening to the conversation of these people with a startled look in his eyes. With his sharp temperament, he immediately realized that a major accident was bound to happen in Star Abyss No. 5. And this time, it might not be so easy for him to survive, because the main control room was lost. For the Crimson World, he was no longer valuable. Maybe the people of the Crimson World and the Holy Revelation would directly extinguish his candle. Thinking of this, his eyes kept flashing, and he was thinking about how to survive...
Everyone's eyes were focused on Lin Xian, and the atmosphere in the control room was heavy.
Lin Xian lowered his head at this time, his mind full of troubled thoughts.
Axai, Star Abyss, Time Dilation, Cleansing Plan, Merlion Colossus, Abnormal Expansion, Star Abyss Behemoth, Flesh and Blood Colonization Suit...
Countless huge troubles weighed on his chest in this short period of time, making it hard for him to breathe.
At this time, Lin Xian slowly looked at Grace with a concentrated gaze. He kept gathering all his thoughts, and then his brows slowly raised.
Suddenly, he broke the silence and whispered to Shinji Mochizuki:
"Mochizuki Shinji, I appreciate your kindness, but I suddenly have a plan that you may be interested in. Would you like to hear it?"
"Oh?" Shinji Mochizuki, who was alone in the control room, heard this and smiled in confusion.
"It won't be another bold and risky plan."
"right."
"More daring than your magnetic levitation leap plan?"
"It's a hundred times crazier than that. Maybe I can save all 100,000 people in your Silent City No. 2!"
Before Mochizuki Shinji could reply, Sensu Shun suddenly lost his composure and looked at Lin Xian in astonishment. Amano Ran beside him asked in surprise, “What did you say?!”
The smile on Shinji Mochizuki's face froze slightly, and he asked in a serious tone:
"Where do you need my Silent City to fly to?"
Lin Xian's eyes were slightly fixed
"Here!"
(End of this chapter)
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