Chapter 376 The Cruel Truth
For the next hour, Ye Lan calmly narrated to Lin Xian how the Blue Star Federal Government went from being paralyzed to forming a provisional government after the Apocalypse Day, and how much of the top power of human technology was mobilized to deal with natural disasters and darkness, but what it got in return was still endless despair.
"During the first polar night, our interstellar fleet has tried to break out of the space layer, but without exception."
Ye Lan spoke very patiently, and at this point, Lin Xian finally had a clear understanding of what efforts the authorities had made after the apocalypse.
Nuclear bomb attacks, starship escapes, everything that ordinary people can think of, in fact, the Federation has tried, but all they got in return were tragic results.
Nuclear bomb explosions may be useful for clearing out zombies or strange body tides, but attempts to threaten Xingyuan or S-level and above creatures will have little effect. Firstly, S-level strange bodies almost all have the same defensive force field as the Black Thorn in the Cloud. If they cannot be cracked, kinetic weapons and energy weapons are basically ineffective. The most important thing is that nuclear explosions will instead intensify the expansion of Xingyuan, causing those indescribable creatures to mutate wildly, and often end up destroying human cities. At the same time, a large number of nuclear contaminated areas will be produced, and radioactive dust will sweep the sky, creating a "pseudo-night" state, similar to the special situation where Lin was in the snowstorm on the Parma grassland when strange bodies appeared.
Lin Xian looked solemn and asked in a deep voice, "Professor Ye, what exactly is the Sky Curtain?"
"I don't know. From current research, it is a medium that we cannot understand. It is invisible and intangible. It covers the Karman line. If I have to describe it, it might be like a huge soap bubble covering us."
"Soap bubbles?" Lin Xian frowned slightly. This description seemed a little strange to him. "Our weapons can't break them?"
"For humans, it's easy to break a soap bubble, but what if it's a water flea?" Ye Lan looked at Lin Xian calmly, "For a water flea, a soap bubble is a hopeless barrier that it can't break no matter how hard it tries. For us, the Sky Curtain is like the relationship between a water flea and a soap bubble."
"You are really good at making metaphors." Lin Xian smiled helplessly.
"It is precisely because of this despair that Dawn City gave up the original plan to build 15 underground cities and concentrated all its strength on Dawn City. Chu Zhaonan has given up on resistance. Based on the understanding that 'humanity will lose', all his efforts are now for one thing." Ye Lan continued
"What's up?"
"We will use a "Far Star" class starship with a complete ecosystem and interstellar navigation technology, carrying a human embryo bank and a civilization database, to escape from the Blue Star. We will use the interstellar fluidless fusion engine and three months to accelerate to a cruising speed, which is 15% of the speed of light. We will use cryogenic hibernation technology to spend six generations and 1,200 years to reach Kepler 186f in Cygnus, 20 light years away from the solar system. It is the most blue-star-like theoretically habitable planet discovered so far."
Lin Xian was speechless when he heard this. He didn't know what to say for a moment. After a long while, he spoke in a concentrated voice.
"So Chu Zhaonan doesn't care who he cooperates with, nor does he care whether Xingyuan expands. He just wants to send a spaceship out at all costs?"
"Yes."
"But……"
He was horrified in his heart, and his face changed halfway through his words. He looked at Ye Lan: "So the Phoenix will come to Dawn City, and Chu Zhaonan will recall all the starships in Jinhai. Does it mean that Dawn City already has the means to break through the Sky Curtain?"
“You asked the crucial question.”
Ye Lan said in a serious tone: "In fact, the idea of this plan was proposed by our research team two months ago. I wonder if you have heard about the fall of Qingluan Sky City?"
Lin Xian nodded: "I know about this."
The first time he heard about Qingluan Sky City was when Lao Mo mentioned it to him when he had just entered Yubei City. Later, Wei Kexue briefly talked to him about this catastrophic event, and this crash also made Lin Xian extremely afraid of the sky.
"The fall of Qingluan Sky City was a huge loss for the Phoenix Order. That battle was the most tragic of the rescue plans led by the Phoenix Order after the Apocalypse Day. More than 420,000 people died or went missing. Qingluan Sky City entered an airspace with a large number of atmospheric creatures. There were at least two S-level weird entities and multiple A-level special-level attacks. Hundreds of thousands of people fought hard, but still could not avoid the disaster. Later, we sent rescue and investigation teams from both the Dawn Center and Phoenix City. Through the information storage of the wreckage that sank into the deep sea, we found that before the crash and sinking into the Pacific Ocean, Comrade Xu Linchuan, the commander-in-chief of Qingluan Sky City, had issued an action order to rush into the high altitude of the atmosphere at an unconventional inclination."
Lin Xian frowned: "Run away?!"
Ye Lan said calmly: "On the contrary, Comrade Xu Linchuan did this not for survival, because we found a large number of broken limbs and tissues from an S-level weird body on the front deck of Qingluan Sky City."
Lin Xian's expression changed: "Are you saying that Qingluan Sky City crashed an S-class into the Sky Curtain? "
"Yes."
"Then?"
"We originally thought that this should be the first war in which humans killed an S-class monster. But the problem is that, from the sensors that were salvaged, we found that when Qingluan Sky City collided with the Sky Curtain, the S-class monster mysteriously disappeared."
"Disappeared?" Lin Xian's head buzzed when he heard this, and he immediately reacted and stood up.
"You mean, an S-class monster can pass through the Sky Curtain?!"
Chu Yan on the side looked up at Lin Xian, her eyes seemed to be saying that you don't need to get excited, after all, Professor Ye won't see you stand up.
Lin Xian felt Chu Yan's gaze, so he sat down again and continued, "Or do all S-levels enter from outside the Sky Curtain?"
His guess was not groundless. The reason why the sky was dangerous was because there was a great terror hidden in the clouds. Combined with what Ye Lan had just said, this was indeed very possible.
Ye Lan heard what Chu Yan said and said patiently
"We have proposed this idea since the Qingluan Sky City incident. If an S-level strange body can pass through the Sky Curtain, it means that the barrier covering the Karman Line is likely some kind of hyperspace technology or biological force field."
"I understand." Lin Xian immediately thought of something: "Dawn City recently killed an S-level creature, so you suspect that Dawn City is planning to use the remains of this thing to break through the curtain?!"
Ye Lan shook his head: "The Phoenix Society has conducted relevant experiments a long time ago. We used S-level wreckage to launch spacecraft, but it didn't work. This also includes the wreckage of the black thorn in the cloud that you destroyed in Xilan City."
"Then why?" Lin Xian felt a little confused.
Bang~
At this time, Chu Yan pressed the switch, and a small cylindrical freezer slowly rose in the middle of the conference table. In the middle was a transparent culture dish. Lin Xian looked over and discovered that it was actually a dark erosion cell!
"Many of the actions of the Crimson World are under our surveillance." Chu Yan said to Lin Xian at this time: "The Phoenix Society actually knows more about Xingyuan and the Crimson World than you do. Do you remember the remains of the gray fog strange body that you followed me to see before? These cells are active tissues extracted from the "action brain" of the Crimson World. They were later urgently sent to the No. 5 Xingyuan White City Research Institute for heterogeneous cultivation. So we suspect that Dawn City is planning to use this thing to pass through the veil."
Hearing this, Lin Xian couldn't help but ask, "How can such a small organization lead the interstellar fleet to escape?"
"We are not sure about this. The Crimson World was the first to obtain this tissue, and they used an overly cruel research plan. Obtaining active tissue is already a big step forward. They may have already possessed this technology." Chu Yan said.
"I don't understand. If humans have such a plan... isn't it a good thing?" Lin Xian said with a complicated expression. "What I mean is, we can temporarily ignore whether this problem is developed by the Crimson World or not. As long as it can solve the crisis of mankind, we can use it. Or do you just want to use my power to obtain this technology from the Crimson World?"
"No."
Ye Lan's face was serious: "This is not the point we are worried about. After obtaining the Dark Erosion Cells, the Phoenix Society has made a lot of discoveries here, but the problem now is that we are worried that the Crimson World or Dawn City will connect the mycelium to this cell. If they do this, it will be tantamount to opening Pandora's box, because this may be an action made by humans against darkness that will lead to the destruction of all mankind!"
Lin Xian was startled, and thunder exploded in his heart. He suddenly remembered the riot in the Tiangu Tower caused by Tang Yun's return to the mycelium survival capsule in Yijin City. At the same time, he also remembered what Ding Junyi had told him just a few hours ago.
"This is exactly what I'm curious about. After my research, I found that this cell has a completely different form of cell body from the creatures on Blue Star. The most important thing is that it has the ability to absorb the invasion of darkness and is completely unaffected. The only problem is that the Crimson World has to place it on a piece of living human flesh and blood to maintain its activity. Otherwise, it cannot be brought out of the Star Abyss. So I think this thing is very likely..."
"A true dark creature!"
If the S-level creatures are real dark creatures, then the connection through mycelium will undoubtedly completely open a channel between humans and darkness. Lin Xian simply couldn't imagine how terrible this would be.
Ye Lan said seriously at this time
"The Phoenix Society came here for two purposes. First, to wipe out the Crimson World Adventist group headed by Julius and Zhou Mingyuan. Second, to take over Dawn City. Regardless of whether Chu Zhaonan's Vanguard Plan is successful, we have the responsibility to complete the final transfer with these millions of people. So I need your mechanical ability to cooperate with Chu Yan's White Night Front team to enter Dawn City. Before it gets completely out of control, control the Dawn City's intelligent brain and automated defense weapon center to prevent anyone from taking the survivors hostage or launching attacks on humans, and control the disaster and harm in advance."
"Wait, can't we stop this from happening?" Lin Xian said in a heavy tone. "I mean, the Pioneer Project may be related to the Dark Erosion Cell Technology, but the connection to the mycelium, maybe..."
Lin Xian tried to sort out his thoughts, but he found it more and more funny. The more he dealt with the Crimson World, the more he knew that this behavior that was enough to destroy humanity was not difficult or burdensome for that group of lunatics. In addition, the Dark Erosion Cells were originally discovered by the Crimson World, and the utilization of mycelium was the main research direction of the Crimson World. He couldn't think of how to stop this group of fanatical adventists from opening Pandora's Box.
"I know this may sound frustrating to you." Ye Lan said calmly, "When we intercepted this dark erosion cell, we were already prepared for the worst."
"What are you preparing for?" Lin Xian asked.
“Welcome to disaster.”
"This may be the eve of the demise of human civilization, but as long as there are people still alive, the Phoenix Society must stand up. You are familiar with our program." Ye Lan spoke to the void, but it seemed as if she saw Lin Xian's fear at this moment. Her tone was calm and her words were pessimistic, but with a firm and decisiveness.
"Stand up, do we still have a chance?" Lin Xian sighed when he heard this.
"Captain Lin, the world will not get worse." Ye Lan said at this time: "From the arrival of the apocalypse to now, even though we have less and less time, everything is developing upwards, whether it is the survival rate of the survivors or our means of coping. Although we have not seen the light, as long as we believe that dawn will eventually come, then the fire of human resistance will not be extinguished."
"Even if there are only 9 months left in the world, or we wait until that damn crimson world dedicates its brains to the dark creatures, and then wait for us to gather at the poles and let them hunt us?!" Not knowing whether it was anger or helplessness, Lin Xian's emotions were a little out of control at this time. He shouted loudly, but forgot that only Chu Yan could hear this voice.
Chu Yan looked at Lin Xian quietly, then turned back to relay what happened to Ye Lan, her eyes somewhat complicated.
"That means we still have nine months to build the starship, nine months to perfect the breakthrough of the Sky Curtain, and nine months to keep more people alive." Ye Lan said in a narrative tone: "Everything is not over, right?"
Lin Xian's face was gloomy at this time. He had guessed Phoenix's purpose from the beginning, but he never expected that this purpose would be accompanied by an extremely sad yet helpless development direction.
After a long while, he let out a long sigh and spoke.
"I join your plan and will start immediately."
"Thank you so much."
…
I don’t know if it was because of excessive energy consumption, but after communicating with Ye Lan, the connection between Lin Xian and Chu Yan’s consciousness did not end. So after seeking consent, Chu Yan brought Lin Xian to the high tower on the deck of the Zhentian ship.
The sunset is approaching. Looking south from Qingbo City, you can vaguely see the tall Dawn City Twin Star Towers and the black city walls in the fog.
"Bai Yefeng? What kind of organization is this?"
Lin Xian asked.
"It's a small secret organization jointly established by the Phoenix Order and the North American United Front. Since I'm the only psychic discovered so far, I'm mainly engaged in intelligence acquisition and star exploration." Chu Yan replied calmly.
"The concentration of the dark invasion in Xingyuan is so high, can you withstand it?"
"I am immune to the dark invasion. Not completely, but my resistance is higher than everyone else's. This is because the dark invasion mainly targets the infection of the mental will, and I am a mutant in this area. This is why the Crimson World has been using my clone for research."
Lin Xian looked at her in surprise: "No wonder they want to use your image, it turns out you are their treasure!"
At this moment, he finally realized that Chu Yan's supernatural power was simply amazing. No wonder the Crimson World regarded her as an important target. For this group of adventists who wanted to deify themselves, Chu Yan was definitely an important treasure.
"Unfortunately, the clones don't have super powers, but they don't seem to be giving up."
"Why?"
"I don't know." Chu Yan looked at Lin Xian: "I want to ask you a question, what do you think of Chu Zhaonan's pioneer plan?"
Lin Xian was somewhat surprised why Chu Yan would ask such a question. He just sighed helplessly and smiled: "What can I think? Yes, he is noble. He is the ultimate practitioner of rationality over humanity. He gave up the remaining humans to complete the great salvation of civilization and save the fire of civilization. Unfortunately, I am just an ordinary person. From Chu Zhaonan's perspective? I'm sorry, I have never been the president of the federation. I have not experienced what he has experienced, so it is difficult for me to empathize with him. I can't be so cold and ruthless at all costs."
At this point he looked up at the sky and smiled helplessly: "I really wish I didn't know about this, so that even before I die in despair at the end of the world, I will still have the will to fight hard."
"Professor Ye knows that you will be hit hard. Yubei and Xilan, you have fought hard to get to this point with your burning desire, but we need your mechanical abilities to help us now, so I have to tell you the truth." Chu Yan said lightly.
"I know." Lin Xian nodded.
"But what Professor Ye said is quite right. It's not the end yet. Think about it on the bright side. If Chu Zhaonan succeeds, we at least have hope of breaking through the Sky Curtain, right?"
Chu Yan said sternly: "If the mycelium is connected to the S level..."
"I know, I know. Just let me pretend to be optimistic. Don't you want me to have fighting spirit?"
Chu Yan smiled slightly and remained silent.
Lin Xian felt a little dizzy. Night was about to fall and he knew he was about to wake up. But things had come to this point. Since he had agreed to the action with the Phoenix Society, he had to hurry. In other words, Lin Xian had to hurry to Dawn City overnight.
"Let me ask you a question."
"explain."
"You only found me?" Lin Xian smiled. "A city of millions of people in Dawn City wouldn't tell me that the Phoenix Society and the North American United Front were counting on my actions, right?"
"Do you really think of yourself as a savior?"
Chu Yan looked at him and said calmly, "Part of the Crimson World evacuated from Jinhai and entered Zen Pass. We suspect that part of them may be in Dawn City. It will take drastic measures to clean them up. Moreover, to take over Dawn City, even without Chu Zhaonan, there is still Zhou Mingyuan's ruling group and Lu Tianye's garrison. With millions of people, convoys, alliances, forces, and the black market, it's so complicated. You have only seen the tip of the iceberg of what the Phoenix Society is going to do."
Lin Xian was surprised and asked, "Oh, by the way, have you guys from the North American United Front arrived as well? Where are you?"
Chu Yan glanced at him with a smile, and then did not turn around.
"After you enter Dawn City, go to the Deli Tour Club. My people will contact you. Oh, and remember to conceal your identity."
…
Jinhai, Huanxing Train Factory, Infinity Car No. 1.
The time has come to 19:00, the sky has long been shrouded by the dark tide of Xingyuan, and strange sounds are everywhere in the city streets of Jinhai. Lin Xian sits on the bed, staring at his hands in a daze.
"We're all going to act together, so what's the harm in telling me more... this woman."
"Forget it, forget it. Now that I'm on the same side as the Phoenix Society, it's time to use my mechanical abilities. Professor Ye, oh no, Commander Ye." Lin Xian stood up and stretched. "Let me take over the intelligent brain and automated weapon system of Dawn City."
"But I didn't say I would pay it back..."
(End of this chapter)
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