Chapter 192: Changes in the Sky and the Giant Mechanical City
Three minutes ago.
More than a dozen young and middle-aged members of the resistance army in standard military uniforms emerged from an inconspicuous snowfield.
"Staff Officer Liu, what is the origin of the ally that Commander Meng mentioned?"
A strong middle-aged man with thick eyebrows and big eyes asked Staff Officer Liu Hao who was walking in the front.
"What is the origin?"
Liu Hao frowned subconsciously. Even though he knew the situation, he was a little confused when faced with this question - the information he received did not describe the appearance of the ally. The
so-called human alliance and investigators...
"Should they be considered aliens?"
Liu Hao murmured in a low voice.
"Aliens!"
Chu Mu, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, exclaimed, and the resistance soldiers around him couldn't help showing surprise on their faces.
Of course, it was just surprise.
With the Roca civilization first, the resistance army's acceptance of alien civilizations obviously exceeded the normal level.
Chu Mu rubbed his hands vigorously to make his frozen body a little more active. He whispered: "I don't know if this group of aliens has any other purpose..."
Hearing this, Liu Hao shook his head gently: "Based on the information currently available, the other party's purpose seems to be to solve the [source]."
As he said, Liu Hao tightened his thick cotton coat and cast his eyes to the dark sky full of heavy clouds.
For some reason, the weather has been getting cold very quickly during this period.
Especially after the inexplicable and unknown weather change, the annual average temperature of the Udar Mountains has been continuously declining.
Compared with more than ten years ago, the average temperature of this mountain range has dropped by nearly ten degrees.
This is an astonishing decline.
The rebels have also conducted corresponding investigations on this abnormal phenomenon, but due to the technical gap, the researchers in the rebels could not explain it, and could only blame the so-called weather change.
As for the cause of the weather change... the rebels still do not have an accurate explanation.
No one knows why the sky suddenly turned black and presented various strange phenomena like the sky turning upside down.
Some researchers believe that this incident is closely related to [Source] and the Roca Ruins. The so-called weather changes and large temperature drops may be [Source] testing the powerful weather weapons obtained from the Roca Ruins.
But what exactly happened...
No one can tell for sure.
In short, this is definitely not a good phenomenon.
Just as Liu Hao's mind was full of thoughts, a dazzling sky light appeared in the clouds.
A huge beam of light pierced through the thick clouds and flowed on the ground far away like a water column.
"Here it comes!"
Liu Hao straightened his expression, and his originally scattered thoughts suddenly focused.
He turned his head and issued an order to the soldiers beside him: "Prepare to fire the signal flare!"
Before the voice fell, the dazzling sky light gradually dissipated, and the originally calm clouds began to surge.
The next second.
The surging clouds suddenly broke a big hole, and the long-lost sunlight passed through this cloud hole and projected on the towering snow-capped mountains, reflecting the white snow-capped mountains into a golden color.
A strange starship with a yellowish color slowly emerged from the cloud hole and hovered in the sky.
In the sunlight, the surface of this strange starship exuded a sacred atmosphere.
"... Quick!"
After being stunned for two seconds, Liu Hao suddenly came to his senses and waved his hand to order the rebel soldiers behind him: "Quickly fire the flare!!"
Whoosh! Whoosh! !
The sound of breaking through the air came from behind, and dozens of red lights shot up into the sky, reflecting the white snow around with a blood-like color.
The "people" in the starship obviously saw the flares they fired.
After a short wait, this slightly rustic starship began to descend rapidly and finally stopped on the flat snow.
The starship is an olive shape with small ends and a large middle. Its surface is extremely smooth and there are no rivets or gaps. At first glance, the whole starship looks like an integrated craft.
Several strange-shaped devices that look like naval guns are fixed on the top and sides of the starship.
At the same time, a sign with an eight-ring concentric circle structure was clearly engraved on the side of the starship.
There are also nine spherical marks of different sizes in the concentric circle structure. The largest sphere is located at the center of the circle, and the remaining eight spheres are distributed in turn on each of the surrounding rings.
Around the concentric circles, a large number of scattered and tiny light spots are distributed irregularly.
Liu Hao's eyes moved, and he vaguely realized the meaning of this eight-ring concentric circle-
it looked like a thumbnail of a certain star system.
When his sight gradually moved to the bottom of the starship, Liu Hao realized a surprising fact belatedly:
this starship did not have any conventional propulsion device, and the so-called docking was just floating in the air above the fragile snow layer.
Not only that, the surface of this starship has not generated any excess heat, and even the snow layer close to the belly of the starship has no signs of melting!
This...
This is simply a miracle!
Liu Hao, who knows something about spaceships and rockets, couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Under the gaze of Liu Hao and a group of resistance soldiers, a crack appeared on the side of the ship.
At the same time as the hatch opened, a metal staircase extended from it and finally hovered in front of them.
A slightly hurried sound of footsteps came from the interior of the starship, and Liu Hao couldn't help but show a trace of nervousness on his face.
The figure gradually became clear, and Liu Hao's nervous mood quickly turned into surprise:
"...Xu Hongming? Why is it you?"
...
It was Chen Fan's idea to let Xu Hongming take the lead and leave the starship first.
It's not that I don't trust the sincerity of the resistance army, but facing a completely unknown starship, anyone will have more or less negative emotions.
Or nervous, or terrified...
Just like when I met the resistance army in Hai'an Division before.
Although the opponent's weapons did not threaten him, Chen Fan didn't want to experience the feeling of having dozens of rifles pointed at his head again.
As Chen Fan expected, Xu Hongming's appearance greatly eased the tension of all the rebel soldiers, and the three people who followed him did not cause much reaction from the rebels.
"Brief introduction."
"This is Staff Officer Liu Hao, who is mainly responsible for the integration and processing of intelligence."
As a "middleman", Xu Hongming naturally took on the task of introducing the identities: "This is Chu Mu, Commander Meng's guard."
Listening to Xu Hongming's introduction, Chen Fan's eyes flashed with surprise:
the ranks of these people in front of him were quite high, which showed how much the rebel headquarters valued him.
"Your Excellency Chen Fan." Facing Chen Fan's gaze, Liu Hao took the initiative to step forward and salute him.
"The situation is urgent, so there's no need to be polite." Chen Fan said without any hesitation, "Take us directly to the underground city."
Liu Hao was naturally happy about this. Just as he was about to turn around and lead the way, he paused slightly and pointed to the [Varilla] hovering on the snow: "This starship..."
"Just stop here." Chen Fan smiled and waved his hand, "Theoretically, there should be nothing on this planet that can threaten its safety."
Hearing Chen Fan say this, Liu Hao felt relieved and turned to walk towards the entrance of the tunnel covered with a thick layer of snow.
...
The tunnel is quite busy.
Compared with the tunnel in the Hai'an Division, the tunnel of the resistance headquarters is obviously much wider -
four railroad tracks extend side by side to the far end of the tunnel.
On these railroad tracks, a row of mine carts connected end to end are driving towards the distance under the control of resistance fighters.
Most of the mine carts are basic weapons and ammunition and necessary daily necessities.
"Most of the rebels' supplies are produced by the headquarters."
Just as Chen Fan was looking at the mine cart, Liu Hao's voice came from the side: "This is also the only remaining industrial production base of the rebels."
"The rebel headquarters is located in a large-scale underground city 100 meters underground."
Liu Hao stopped and stood in front of a heavy metal door: "In addition to entering the underground city through these transport tunnels, there are also some heavy freight elevators that can reach the underground city."
As he said, he gently pressed the button on the metal wall.
Swish!
The heavy metal door slowly opened under the action of the mechanical system, revealing the huge elevator car inside.
After everyone entered the elevator car, the heavy metal door of the elevator slowly closed, accompanied by a slight humming sound, and a slight sense of weightlessness rose from under their feet.
Rough workmanship The numbers on the display began to grow continuously, and the hustle and bustle near the surface quickly faded away.
The elevator ran quite smoothly and the speed of descent was also quite good.
Apart from anything else, this elevator alone can show that the rebel headquarters has inherited a lot of technology from the prosperous era-this kind of large-scale construction deep underground is definitely a product of the post-prosperous era.
A few minutes later.
"Ding!"
With a crisp prompt sound in the elevator car, the heavy metal door of the elevator slowly opened.
The exit of the elevator is located in the lowest area of the rebel underground city.
This is a city built by various huge machines and filled with the smell of motor oil.
The rough metal frame has built several layers of huge platforms with different functions in the huge underground space. Rails run between the platforms. It is not difficult to judge that this is the main means of transportation for the rebel headquarters.
The heavy, cold metal steel frame structure exudes an iron-blooded atmosphere from the inside out, and the heavy industrial equipment running regularly constantly provokes Chen Fan's nerves.
The charm of super-large-scale heavy machinery is thoroughly displayed in this underground city!
Looking at the scene in front of him, Chen Fan's eyes flashed with a trace of surprise.
He has imagined the specific image of the rebel headquarters countless times, but he never thought that the rebel headquarters would be a huge mechanical city full of steampunk style!
"Sir Chen Fan, please follow me."
Liu Hao greeted softly and took the lead in boarding a metal carriage transformed from a mine car.
The "subway" carriages transformed from mine cars quickly traveled through a large number of huge steel frame structures, constantly climbing their own heights.
Finally, after passing through three or four layers of steel-built platforms, Chen Fan and others came to the top of the entire underground city.
A large number of high-rise buildings cast in steel and concrete stood neatly and orderly on this level. The smooth roads paved with asphalt and the intercity railway system were intertwined in sequence, forming a vertical and complete transportation system.
A square concrete building stood quietly in the central area of the underground city.
The "subway" car quickly drove towards the building along the track suspended in the air.
(End of this chapter)
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