Chapter 387: Curtain-breaking Device! (10,000)
At 16:50 in the afternoon, there was still one hour and seven minutes left before nightfall.
The sky was gloomy, with thunder and rain coming one after another. The entrances to Dawn City's No. 1 city wall had become a pot of boiling molten steel.
Most of the convoys that originally wanted to leave the city have been reduced to a small number, and many convoys in line have been forced to return to the gathering place due to the critical situation. Now the danger of traveling out of the city in the dark is increasing with the passage of time.
The passages along the city walls in the south, north and west have been completely opened. Hundreds of thousands of disaster victims from the outer city areas have poured into the city like a tide. The crowd is dense and dense. The eyes of the survivors stationed in the outer city areas are burning with madness for survival. The constant and intensive attacks every day have made them extremely sensitive and fearful. The changes in Dawn City and the spread of information about the Xingyuan crisis have left these people with no choice. They rush into the city in a swarm, trying to obtain the protection of the high walls.
The ragged city streets in the outer city gradually became desolate and desolate. The rain began to get heavier, and the original camps and shelters began to become empty. Waste and garbage filled the dilapidated and bloody streets and were constantly washed away by the rain.
In the outermost suburbs, some convoys were still busy packing up their equipment, and doomsday cars were roaring incessantly.
On top of the No. 1 city wall, tens of thousands of garrison troops were fully armed. In the watchtower, soldiers used binoculars to look at the crowd below the hundred-meter-high wall, which was as densely packed as ants and stretched for several kilometers.
At the city gates, garrison soldiers and various mechas were on high alert, and everyone entering the city had to undergo a dark mark detection.
Beep beep.
"Level 1 mark, take away for quarantine!"
"No, my daughter is only six years old, let her in, please!" a man wearing glasses begged.
"As long as there is a mark, the entire city will be in crisis. We will also have armed protection in the isolation zone, so please cooperate." The garrison soldiers shouted loudly to maintain order.
"Then I'll go with her!"
The father picked up his daughter without hesitation and hurriedly handed his luggage to his wife and other companions. Then he was taken away by the garrison amid his wife's crying.
At the end of the world, no one knows whether this hasty farewell will be a farewell forever.
Crowded, noisy, crying, roaring car engines, the several entrances to the city were like a Shura field at this moment.
The 100-meter-high Doomsday Wall is like an urban wonder, completely surrounding the entire Dawn City. Every 500 meters, there are two "Thor's Hammer" 120mm electromagnetic railgun barrels standing in a forest. When charging, blue light moves between the rifling like a thunder snake. This electromagnetic railgun, as a base weapon, is several times more powerful than the G-3 electromagnetic railgun. The densely arranged Great Wall-50 base railgun array fires 210mm self-loading destructive howitzers, and rain flows under the black muzzles.
In addition, various types of heavy artillery, automatic machine guns, 1130, and ultra-high temperature plasma beams on the city wall defense line, large pulse string vibrators, firearms channels, countless isolation nets, plus various heavy weapon sentry towers built every 500 meters in the outer city area, iron wall isolation zones, and the air defense network like a sky curtain deployed in the city, underground missile systems and pulse laser sky arrays together build the steel defense line of Dawn City.
The streets of the old city have long since turned into a steel jungle. A large number of doomsday armored vehicles have blocked the streets and alleys. Defense networks have been set up everywhere, and the city streets, buildings, windows, and gates have been used by survivors to form defensive formations using all kinds of guns and cannons.
The atmosphere of tension and fear continued to spread as night fell, and the intranet was filled with all kinds of negative and desperate news.
[Three Star Abysses surrounded and devoured, is the end of Dawn City coming? ]
[The dissolution of the federal government must be related to the Crimson World. The dungeon can't stop the night at all. The senior officials are all running away! ]
[Many of the big teams have left, and the rest have nowhere to go. What should we do? ]
[Oh my god, someone with a Level 5 mark was found in the isolation zone outside the city. It is said that a sky monster appeared over at Star Abyss No. 7. It must be S-level! ]
Our world is over
【Everyone unite and hold on through tonight, we can move tomorrow! 】
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In the alley of Gallagher Black Market, Lin Xian and his companions looked at the chaotic crowd in the surrounding streets, all with solemn expressions.
"As the polar night expands, I'm afraid Jinhai will be affected first." Ning Jing said to Lin Xian at this time.
Lin Xian immediately said to Ning Jing: "Sister Jing, you and Qian Dele contact Jinhai and ask the Union Train and Sky Train to prepare tonight and drive into Shuguang City at dawn. Now that the Federation has been disbanded, no one will take care of us."
"The communication nodes between Shuguang City and Jinhai are controlled by the Federation and should be in the hands of the garrison troops now. Our information may not be able to be sent over." Jiang Yun said at this time.
"Then let's fly back." Qian Dele said seriously, "There are always more solutions than problems. If we don't send a train, there's no way we can move so many people."
Ning Jing nodded, and then said to Lin Xian: "Don't worry, Captain Lin, I will work with Qian Dele to find a solution."
"I'll go take care of the Star City Orbital Station and the Silver Star." Jiang Yun also said immediately: "The joint train is coming in, and we need to defend it. With so many of us, we need a large base."
"Okay." Lin Xian looked at Lu Xingchen and Monica, "Then Huo Ge and Monica will go to assist Jiang Yun and Director Jian. It will only be me, Shizhi Kiki, and Captain Zhou who will infiltrate here."
"No problem." Monica crossed her arms and her tone was quite serious.
"Brother Lin, don't worry."
Monica and Lu Xingchen are both good at large-scale combat. Lin Xian expected that the situation at the Star City Rail Station might be very complicated. If Jiang Yun was leading people to confront and seize the car, he would have a better chance if he took these two with him.
Jiang Yun nodded after seeing Lin Xian's arrangement: "Alright, then wait for my signal. If there is any change, go back to the previous apartment building. If successful, everyone will meet at the track station. There should be no other survivors there except the Wen family and Zhou Mingyuan's people. The large train team evacuated quickly. Now I guess the only one left is the Silver Star hidden by the Wen family."
"Captain Lin, Chu Yan and the Night Walker team are working in sync with us." Zhou Jin pointed to the huge underground strategic fortification passage that was like a spider web on the map of Dawn City. "We'd better split up to search for several important areas. Now we have to race against time. In addition to finding the curtain-breaking device, we also have to find the person who connects to the mycelium. This person should not be an ordinary person. In addition..."
He looked at Lin Xian and said, "And there is the defense control center of Dawn City."
Lin Xian said in a deep voice: "Are you worried that the Crimson World will control all the weapons in the city and point their guns at the survivors and the Iron Guard Brigade?"
"We cannot rule out this possibility. With the dissolution of the Federal Parliament, we are not sure who has the control over the intelligent brain center. Our Phoenix Society is going to take over Dawn City, and we must gain control of it," Zhou Jin said.
"Then act quickly."
Lin Xian immediately arranged for everyone to take action. Ning Jing, Qian Dele, Monica and Brother Huo left with Jiang Yun.
Lin Xian brought KIKI, Shizhi and Zhou Jin's special forces team out of the underground parking lot of an abandoned building. He released dozens of construction drones to cut the ground at a specific location and dug a passage of several meters. Soon, they drilled into the concrete dome of a large underground fortification. Then Lin Xian operated the drone to directly cut a passage. A dark hole appeared below, and a large military tunnel appeared in front of everyone.
"My goodness, your mechanical abilities are really amazing for infiltration missions."
The several special team members around Zhou Jin were all stunned, and the female investigator Xiao Yan couldn't help but complain at this time.
"Is it that the mechanical defense door or specific device is useless to you?" Information expert Li Su asked at this time.
"Don't talk too much." Zhou Jin scolded in a deep voice, and the few people immediately put away their curious tone.
"There are a lot of surveillance and detection devices down here, but I've taken care of them all."
Just when Lin Xian was about to release the drone for investigation, a swift sound of breaking through the air suddenly sounded from the passage below, like a high-speed magnetic levitation rail car rushing past. The lights flashed, and then a gushing air stream rushed out from the cave entrance.
"Be careful, there is a high-speed transportation network underneath." Zhou Jin said at this time: "This is the highest level of permanent fortifications. Various types of missiles, space-based weapons, and strategic materials can travel underground through this network. What we are seeing now is the top layer."
"We just passed the carrier. The Federation should still be dispatching it."
Lin Xian sent out a drone to conduct illumination reconnaissance, and started to build a hanging ladder. Then he asked Shizhi, "Did you notice anything unusual?"
Shiori shook her head.
"Okay then."
Immediately, Lin Xian was the first to climb down the ladder to the excavated passage, and then jumped down.
Instantly, a cold and dry breath hit me in the face, the lights turned on, and a large enclosed tunnel appeared in sight. It was a metal structure with two special magnetic levitation connecting tracks on the ground. There was an advanced axial flow ventilation system on the top of the tunnel, and various dense pipes were entrenched on both sides of the wall. In addition, this permanent fortification was also equipped with a large number of fire-fighting systems, all of which were automatically operated.
"There is an underground fixed fortification closest to here, which can accommodate 2,000 people in wartime. It can be regarded as a central system." Lin Xian looked at the time: "Captain Zhou, I'll leave it to you. I will go directly to the inner harbor of Xingcheng. These surveillances are easier for me to handle."
Zhou Jin nodded and checked the time with Lin Xian: "Okay, Chu Yan's team is at the Twin Star Tower and should meet up with you later. As long as we access the underground central system, we will probably find clues. Keep in touch."
After saying that, Zhou Jin led the special forces team out through the walkway beside the passage towards the fixed fortifications at point A.
There are nearly 10 such fortifications in the entire underground network. Now the clues from Wen Hui and Zhou Mingyuan have been cut off. This underground fortification is likely to be the cooperation site between the Pioneer Project and the Crimson World. It also provides a fast passage for Lin Xian and others to enter the inner city. So now Lin Xian, Zhou Jin, Chu Yan, and Qi Nuo can only act separately. First, they must find a way to hack into the underground information network. If that doesn't work, they can only conduct a carpet search and finally concentrate on the Star Port and Underground City No. 1.
After Zhou Jin's team left, Lin Xian brought KIKI and Shizhi to a hidden corner of the passage.
"Do you want to intercept a transport vehicle?" KIKI asked at this time.
"Hitch a ride." Lin Xian pointed in the direction: "This passage leads to the inner harbor. There will be three turning nodes along the way. If we are lucky, we can go directly to the star harbor."
KIKI nodded: "I thought you wanted me to fly you over there?"
"That's not safe." Lin Xian said, "I can't possibly destroy all the surveillance cameras. When another train passes by, take me and Shiori with you."
After saying that, Lin Xian raised his hand, and three sets of federal standard tactical power armor used by the garrison army appeared in the Black Star Forge space.
"Everyone wear this, firstly to hide from others, and secondly to avoid getting hurt."
"Yeah." KIKI knew that Lin Xian was very thoughtful, so she and Shiori immediately put on the power armor. All three sets of power armor were men's. KIKI and Shiori felt a little empty when wearing them, but fortunately there was an adaptive lining inside that could be adjusted, so nothing could be seen from the outside.
Woo!
At this time, the sound of breaking air was heard again in the distance of the dark passage. KIKI immediately used his telekinesis to grab the three people and started to accelerate towards the edge of the tunnel.
Soon, a bright light came swiftly, KIKI gritted his teeth and rushed forward suddenly, and the three of them were immediately attached to the side panel of the magnetic levitation transport vehicle. Then Lin Xian took a look and found that this was indeed an unmanned transport rail vehicle. There was no one on it, and there was no cargo. It just shuttled through the tunnel at a very high speed.
The three of them got on the rail vehicle. KIKI opened the map of the power armor and found that the transport vehicle was indeed moving towards the inner city without turning.
"There is no cargo. Could it be that they are transporting something from the inside to the outside?"
"It's possible." Lin Xian said at this time: "City Wall No. 1 is now concentrating on preparing for war. There should be a weapons and ammunition conveyor line underneath. Of course, it is not ruled out that it has other uses..."
"Down here... the dark atmosphere is very strong." Shiori, who had been very quiet, said at this moment: "It is much stronger than outside."
"Is it because of the darkness?" Lin Xian asked with a frown.
"I'm not sure, but more in the tunnels and darkness than in other places."
Lin Xian raised his head and looked at the dark passage. In the underground fortification map given by Zhou Jin, this underground network extended as far as the Qilian Mountains and Pingcheng. It was connected to some underground transportation tracks between cities in some places, but they were usually blocked. Not to mention now, Shuguang City even blocked the city’s underground tracks. So where did this thick dark atmosphere come from?
A few minutes later, the maglev train seemed to start slowing down, and Lin could see some lights on in the passage. Judging from the map, they had now entered the inner city.
Realizing that they had entered the inner area, Lin Xian asked KIKI to take him and Shiori away from the rail train. The three of them followed the walkway into a mechanized loading platform.
Suddenly, an extremely confidential reserve facility appeared in front of them. Countless drones and loading and unloading robotic arms were loading ammunition boxes, various types of weapons and equipment, and even large missiles were being hoisted onto the rail cars in the transport sequence.
There were about dozens of armed sentries patrolling on the platform, but these sentries, like Lin Xian and his men, were wearing standard tactical power armor.
This is actually the paint job that Lin got by scanning Zhou Mingyuan's guards when Zhou Mingyuan brought Wen Dong to visit Mochizuki Shinji in the Silent City. After discovering the underground passage at the recruitment meeting today, he started the construction sequence and began to manufacture this tactical power armor for the purpose of sneaking in.
However, this was Lin Xian's first time to carry out such a infiltration mission. Facing those armed troops, he was somewhat nervous. Just when Lin Xian was about to take the opportunity to blend in, KIKI suddenly grabbed him.
"The garrison's power armor has an identification system. Wait for me."
Lin Xian was shocked when he heard this. He had not expected this.
At this time, KIKI was using a mobile terminal to operate quickly. He quickly registered the virtual organization signal of the three people's power armor according to the sentinel signal on the platform at this time, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Okay."
"Sure?"
"Sure." KIKI said seriously, "If you're worried, I can knock them all out."
"After dealing with these dozens, how do we deal with the tens of thousands above?" Lin Xian was a little speechless. He straightened his spine and imitated the sentinels to hold the pulse infantry rifle at an angle. He said to KIKI and Shiori, "You two follow me closely."
"Okay." They both answered at the same time.
Then Lin Xian took a deep breath, and as a patrol team left, he also stepped out of the darkness. Shizhi followed nervously behind him. Lin Xian took a few steps and looked back, and immediately said, "Shizhi, take bigger steps."
"Oh, okay..."
Shiori is rather petite, and this men's power armor feels a little awkward for her to wear. She tries to take big strides, and it looks quite strange from the outside.
However, as Lin Xian and the other two walked out, the other patrolling sentries did not notice anything unusual. It was not known whether it was because the identification system created by KIKI had worked, or because there was already some chaos inside.
Along the way, groups of soldiers kept running past Lin Xian and the other two. There were busy figures everywhere, and they didn't even see anyone talking. An extremely depressing atmosphere filled the air.
The three of them took the elevator all the way to the star port. No one noticed anything unusual along the way, and the higher they went on the star port, the fewer people there were. However, at the entrance to the Dawn City Star Port, a row of garrison armored troops were standing guard over the passage, and it seemed that no one was allowed to pass.
"So many people?" KIKI asked in surprise.
"They are all guards guarding the Vanguard Project. The Vanguard Project is about to be launched, and the star port should now be in the highest level of defense." Lin Xian said at this time.
"Then what shall we do..."
Lin Xian used his mechanical power to move a surveillance camera above his head, then stood aside and saw from afar a group of soldiers escorting a mechanical consignment device with some shipborne equipment on it. He suddenly had an idea and asked KIKI to knock out the group of people with telekinesis and hide them in a storage room. Then the three of them copied the power armor codes on their bodies and secretly transported the mechanical consignment device towards the passage.
"stop."
Just as they were approaching the star port passage, one of the leading garrison soldiers raised his hand to stop them. Lin Xian and KIKI stopped immediately. The nervous Shiori accidentally took one more step and almost bumped into Lin Xian.
Unexpectedly, the garrison soldier's attention was not on them. Instead, he came to the back, took out a detector, scanned the device, and then waved to the three people.
“Pass.”
Phew~
KIKI and Shiori both breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and then the three of them passed through the passage smoothly.
"What are they checking? They're checking their own things?"
"It should be to check for unauthorized devices, such as spy drones, eavesdropping devices, or some harmful things." Lin Xian said: "Now that the Federal Parliament has been dissolved, internal conflicts will directly erupt. It is normal to have such considerations."
At this time, when Lin Xian and his companions walked out of a bridge passage, a shocking and spectacular scene appeared before their eyes.
In the evening, the rain in Dawn City seemed to briefly clear up at this moment, and the setting sun shone on a huge starship port. Coming out of the A-17 bridge passage where they were, they were greeted by a giant "Star" class starship. The 300,000-ton expedition behemoth was docked steadily on the superconducting suspension array in the starship port berth area, and was mounted by a docking robotic arm. Countless working fluid supply robotic arms were injecting various types of fuel, water resources, and coolant into the starship compartment.
Large cargo conveyor belts are transporting yellow standard cargo boxes to carriers, which are then hoisted into the starship by unmanned robotic arms. On the ship-borne weapon platform, the gamma-ray laser array is constantly rotating and calibrating. The cargo shuttle is hoisting the last batch of eco-pod modules into the belly of the ship. The white starship is painted with special numbers.
【CN-243-Natural Selection】
And this is just one of the starships in the star port. There are a total of 7 starships docked in the berthing area of the entire star port, including 6 300,000-ton "star-class" starships. In the front area, there is also a 500,000-ton "distant-class" starship docked.
"Natural Selection, it seems that this is the only one left to carry out the final cargo lifting..." KIKI couldn't help but exclaimed in amazement as he looked at this magnificent and huge fleet.
“The first ship should be the distant star-level ship!” Lin Xian looked at the setting sun and immediately walked quickly towards the distant star-level ship.
The entire star port berthing area is very large. Just after walking down the bridge passage, a huge square of personnel suddenly appeared on the platform not far away. There were thousands of people. These people were all wearing uniform starry sky anti-gravity clothing. Looking around, they all had young and tender faces. All of them seemed to be no more than 35 years old. They stood there, and their firm expressions could not hide their nervousness and fear. Only a man in military uniform standing at the front of the crowd, his figure as straight as a sword.
The man seemed to be issuing a declaration of departure at this moment.
"From now on, Natural Selection is both our home and our grave..."
Lin Xian and KIKI passed quickly across the berth platform. The man in military uniform did not look back at them, and Lin Xian only took a quick glance and saw the nameplate on the man's chest, which seemed to be his surname Zhang.
"It shouldn't be. Intelligence says the captain of the Pioneer is Chu Zhaonan's son Chu Jing. He should be the captain of this last starship."
Lin Xian spoke as he quickly moved towards the Pioneer in the distance. After entering the starport platform, no one seemed to be paying attention to their actions.
"Lin Xian, this starship...seems to have been fully loaded."
When he arrived at the entrance of the bridge of the largest distant-star starship, Lin Xian looked up and saw the huge starship docked quietly. All the docking sections and lifting ports had been closed. The hull was engraved with the large black characters "Civilization Pioneer", quiet and solemn. This would be the first starship in the Pioneer Project to rush towards the sky curtain. To some extent, it would also be the one with the least room for maneuver, because if the curtain was not broken, this would be the first starship to crash. In an instant, a feeling of sadness and loneliness emerged from Lin Xian's heart.
Lin Xian wanted to laugh at this moment, because he inexplicably felt that he seemed to agree with Chu Zhaonan's plan at this moment, but he was sad for having such thoughts, because he himself was one of the humans that this human leader chose to give up.
"The passage is open. The curtain-breaking device must be on it."
Lin Xian took a deep breath, looked around, hid the transporting mechanism in a corner of the passage, and then took KIKI, Shiori and the other two directly into the Civilization Pioneer from the bridge passage.
Passing through the alloy airlock door of the bridge, the automatic sensor lights lit up one by one, and the cold white halo extended along the passage, illuminating the steel corridor leading to the core of the starship.
At the end of the passage is a circular central cabin with a diameter of about two hundred meters. The cabin wall is embedded with a holographic projection panel, which is now in standby mode, emitting a faint blue light. The floor is covered with anti-static grids. Starting from the central cabin, there are 9 decks, which can be accessed through the central elevator passage and stairs.
What made Lin Xian feel a little strange was that they had not seen anyone since they came in, so Lin Xian checked the internal deck map of the starship, ran towards the central control room, passed through a hydraulic sealed door, the temperature dropped sharply, and they came to a huge hibernation cabin. On both sides were hibernation cabins arranged like a honeycomb. There were thousands of them at a glance, and each hibernation cabin was already full of people. Looking through the transparent portholes, they were all young faces, sleeping peacefully at this moment.
"How come we have entered the hibernation chamber? Aren't there any other crew members?" KIKI asked puzzledly when she saw this scene.
Lin Xian had an inexplicable premonition at this time, so he quickly passed through the hibernation cabin area and came to a central control room. After making sure that there was no one around, he immediately used the Black Star Forge to release Grace.
"Grace, help me connect to the starship. I want to check the situation of the entire ship."
A "distant-class" starship is not something that KIKI can easily hack into. To perceive the situation of the entire ship at the same time, a quantum intelligent brain like Grace is required.
Grace, who had not seen the sun for a long time, seemed to have gone through a lot of learning simulations. She quickly recognized the emotion in Lin Xian's tone and took action immediately.
[Okay, Captain. I will immediately access the starship's central network.]
Here, KIKI had already used telekinesis to open the server hatch of a central control system, and then several people walked in together. Grace stretched out a cable from her wrist to connect to the internal system of the starship. After a few seconds, the lights inside the entire starship flickered slightly, and then Grace said to Lin Xian
[Grace has connected to the 'Civilization Pioneer' central network. Do you need me to take any action? ]
"Grace, I need to find a curtain-breaking device to break the sky curtain. Also, retrieve all the logs, including personnel, launch information, etc. Tell me everything."
[This 'Civilization Pioneer' has been set up for a special formation launch mission. The mission will start in 16 hours, 46 minutes, and 31 seconds. Launch sequence 2.]
Lin Xian's expression changed when he heard this, and KIKI and Shiori were also extremely surprised.
"16 hours, 10 o'clock tomorrow morning?!!" Lin Xian looked at the time with an expression of disbelief.
This was far from what he expected.
[Yes, all preparations for the launch of the 'Civilization Pioneer' have been completed. The fusion core remains operational. The human embryo bank has completed the storage of 500,000 sets of frozen embryos (covering 97% of the world's genetic diversity). The helium-3 fuel reserve is 1,200 tons, with an estimated endurance of 1,500 years. The shipboard weapons have been put into operation. The civilization storage library contains photon hard disks and mechanical optical film backups, and a complete collection of human literature/art, including scientific maps from the Stone Age to gravitational wave applications, and the Blue Star biological gene map (6.5 million species). At the same time, 4,520 crew members in four hibernation cabins have begun to sleep, and there are 2,125 registered crew members in the living cabin. The curtain-breaking device you mentioned, I found a device called (Dark Erosion Cell Curtain-breaking Activation Monitoring Experimental Device) in the Space Science Laboratory, which includes ultra-pure germanium detectors, high-speed scanning ends of cryo-electron microscopes, biological energy capture traps, and radiation spectrum analyzers. It is speculated that the device is used to monitor the data changes of dark erosion cells in the energy conversion used for dark invasion. ]
Lin Xian was stunned for a moment, and immediately said: "This should be it."
He immediately used the Black Star Forge to house Grace, let KIKI temporarily take over the starship's monitoring system, and then ran towards the space science laboratory with KIKI and others.
"It turns out that there were already more than 5,000 people on this starship. Where did they go?"
"I don't know. Maybe they are also holding some launching ceremony." Lin Xian didn't have time to think about it at this moment. He was thankful that no one noticed him along the way.
At this time, when they came to the upper level from the central control room below, they found that the decks were full of crew members in standard uniforms walking in the work areas and passages.
Some people looked at them in surprise, but because these three were wearing power armor of the garrison and walking in an orderly manner, the crew members did not notice anything unusual and probably thought it was a routine inspection by the garrison.
Lin Xian and the other two nervously came to the space science laboratory from among the crew members. The metal door here was blocked, but because Grace had already entered the instructions and codes for Lin Xian in advance, the three of them came in directly without any effort.
After walking in, Lin Xian discovered that this was not an ordinary laboratory. In the middle stood a large white scientific research device, which looked like a large sphere with countless cables and sensors connected to it.
As soon as she got close, Shiori immediately said
"There's a strong dark aura in there!"
"That's it!" KIKI walked over and saw the innermost part of the device through a very small observation window. It was a dark erosion cell as big as a fist sealed in a special culture device.
Lin Xian immediately walked over to take a look, and his pupils shrank
"No, this one doesn't have any mycelium device?"
"Have you scanned it?" KIKI frowned.
Lin Xian nodded. As soon as he came in, he immediately used his mechanical power to scan. The device contained the scientific research instruments that Grace mentioned, but there was no mycelium brain-computer device.
"That's strange. Isn't this a curtain-breaking device? Can we break the giant sky curtain by simply placing a piece of dark erosion cell here?" KIKI said in surprise.
“It’s not that simple. The Crimson World must have activated the Dark Corrosion Cells through mycelium, otherwise the current unusual movements of the three star abysses cannot be explained at all.” Lin Xian said.
KIKI analyzed at this time: "Is there any other device that needs to be connected and activated when the sky curtain is broken?"
“It’s possible.”
KIKI said with a strange look on her face: "Lin Xian, do you really want to... connect this... this thing?"
Lin Xian sighed helplessly: "Even if I wanted to, I don't have mycelium now. How could I have thought that there would be a dark erosion cell on this broken curtain device that is completely unconnected to mycelium? This is too strange..."
"What do we do now?"
"Someone... is coming."
At this time, Shiori, who was standing at the door "watching the wind", whispered to Lin Xian and the others.
Lin Xian and KIKI exchanged glances and said decisively
"Retreat first, don't alert the enemy. The launch time is still 16 hours, and we still have time to find the Dark Erosion Cell that is truly connected to consciousness."
KIKI nodded, and Lin Xian was about to leave when he suddenly thought of something. He raised his hand and made a micro device, which he placed in a secret place under the spherical device. Then he left the space science laboratory with KIKI Shiori.
"What are you doing?" In the passage, a young female scientist with a clean and pretty face and wearing glasses looked at the three people in surprise.
"Routine inspection." Lin Xian said in a cold voice, then strode over.
"Oh~" The female scientist raised her glasses, looked at the backs of the three people, and didn't say anything.
A few minutes later, Lin Xian, KIKI and the other two once again pulled the starship's mechanical device toward the outside of the star port, ready to leave.
"Chu Yan, Captain Zhou, Captain Qi, how are the situations over there? Here I am..."
On the way, Lin Xian walked quickly while trying to contact each team and synchronize the situation.
At this time, in the distance of the passage, a man in military uniform with a resolute expression walked slowly. His eyes were as sharp as a knife. He quickly examined Lin Xian and the other two, frowned slightly, and seemed to have noticed something unusual.
When Lin Xian and the other two saw each other, they immediately stopped and saluted him.
The other party naturally responded with a military salute, did not stop, and slowly left.
This man had no nameplate, only colonel shoulder straps, and his eyes were as deep as a song.
Chu Jing walked out along the passage. The sky outside the star port was covered with dark clouds again, and a drizzle began to fall.
"Captain Chu."
After entering the Vanguard, a senior lieutenant came over and said, "The launch sequence is ready."
"Notify everyone. From now on, the star port will be completely blocked."
"yes."
…
Lin Xian contacted Chu Yan, and the two teams met up at the closed and abandoned Twin Star Tower.
Chu Yan combined information from all parties and found that after Zhou Jin's team hacked into the intranet of the underground fortifications, they did find the action log of a secret plan. However, because the underground fortifications were rebuilt by Dawn City, all the codes inside were replaced, and some sensitive information was missing, they were unable to locate the hidden location of the Crimson World.
"So we still have 16 hours?" On the top of the tall building, Chu Yan and Lin Xian's team looked at the rain all over the city and exchanged information.
It's getting dark.
"Strictly speaking, we have more than 16 hours." Lin Xian said with rain stains on his face, "But after the launch of the Pioneer Project, it is basically impossible for us to find someone who has connected to the S-level or activated the Dark Erosion Cell. Of course, we can also use mycelium to connect to the S-level ourselves."
"Do you still have time to connect by yourself?" Chu Yan asked back.
Lin Xian immediately said: "Don't we have a dark erosion cell in our hands?"
"That and the one used to activate the Crimson World come from the same S-level body." Chu Yan said, "Have you forgotten the Gray Mist Messenger?"
"Why does that matter? Won't we both get the same information?"
After Lin Xian finished speaking, he was suddenly stunned and realized something instantly.
"Wait, Gray Mist Messenger, that dead S-rank weird entity..."
"What's wrong?" Chu Yan looked at him.
"I've always been curious about the purpose of the Crimson World retrieving the corpse of this S-level weird body?" Lin Xian asked doubtfully: "Logically speaking, haven't they already obtained the action brain cells and cultivated them in the Xingyuan?"
"Because living dark erosion cells are not only used by the Crimson World to study the effects of transforming dark invasions, the real purpose is to connect darkness through mycelium." Chu Yan said.
Lin Xian's expression froze: "But connecting the darkness is the goal, and there is still a process missing."
"What process?" KIKI asked doubtfully at this time.
"Resurrect the S-class action brain!" Lin Xian suddenly remembered the huge biological experiment colonization suit under the Jinhai Huanxing Factory. He had always been curious why the Crimson World was equipped with suppression devices and restraints for a dead strange body.
Because if this strange body cannot move on its own, this device will be meaningless and the mycelium link will not work.
"Chu Yan, do you remember that the information you obtained from Zhou Mingyuan and Wen Hui mentioned that Shuguang City was transporting large mechanical equipment?"
"That's right."
"If it's a starship device, what's so strange about it? Starships are built every day. Could the large mechanical device they're talking about be something else?!"
"What exactly do you want to say?" Chu Yan looked at him and said.
Lin Xian's face darkened. "Is there a possibility that the Crimson World needs to cultivate a complete S-class action brain before it can connect with mycelium, and a piece of dark erosion cell is meaningless. This is why dark erosion cells have to be cultivated on living biological tissues, and this is also why they recovered the body of the Gray Mist Messenger, because they want to cultivate an action brain on its body and then connect with mycelium!"
"You mean, they are going to resurrect an S-class?" KIKI asked in surprise.
Chu Yan looked puzzled: "Why would Dawn City allow them to do this?"
Lin Xian suddenly remembered something "KIKI!"
"What's wrong?!"
"Replay the log information from the Pioneer just now. No, it's the launch sequence information!"
KIKI immediately took out his mobile terminal: "The 'Civilization Pioneer' has been assigned a special formation launch mission. The mission will start in 16 hours, 46 minutes, and 31 seconds. Launch sequence 2."
"Launch sequence... 2? Why is it 2? I'm starting to feel like something is wrong. If the Vanguard is not the first sequence, then what is the first sequence?"
In an instant, countless thoughts condensed and became clear.
Dark erosion cells growing on living tissues, recycling gray fog messengers, A-level colonization experiments under Jinhai, mycelium brain-machine devices, dark connections, sky curtains, curtain-breaking devices, star abyss anomalies, and the dispatch of super-large mechanical devices in Dawn City...
At this moment, Lin Xian looked at the rain curtain that was gradually darkening into the night and said in a deep voice.
"If the Pioneer is just a dark erosion cell, not an action brain, then it means that somewhere right now, there is a super-large S-class creature that has undergone flesh and blood colonization and whose action brain has been resurrected..."
“This is the real curtain-breaking device!”
(End of this chapter)
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