Chapter 234 Shutdown
Yu Sheng's vision shook for a long time before he could see the shadow of the squirrel clearly - the little guy was squatting on his cheek, licking his nose with his tiny tongue.
Irene's anxious voice could be heard from the side: "Yu Sheng! Yu Sheng, are you awake? Damn, you scared me to death. I thought you were dead just now. You must be impossible to shovel up after falling from such a height..."
"Can't you just say something nice?" Yu Sheng finally came to his senses. He rolled his eyes and saw the little doll standing next to his head and the fox squatting beside him. The fox girl was staring at the squirrel's actions and licked her lips subconsciously. This action made Yu Sheng's mouth twitch, and some bad memories came to his mind. "...You're going to lick it too, what's wrong?"
Hu Li quickly wiped the non-existent saliva from the corner of his mouth and said to Sheng Yile foolishly: "Hehe... I feel relieved to see that my benefactor is okay..."
"I, I was startled too," the squirrel also jumped down from Yu Sheng's face, rubbing his paws and muttering, "I jumped down too, and then Hu Li caught me with her tail - she's so amazing, she can fly, the three of us flew down like this, and then I saw you fall here, you looked like you were asleep, and Irene was still wondering if you had just died or just come back to life..."
Yu Sheng propped himself up and turned over to sit up. Without paying attention to the last sentence the squirrel said to him, he began to observe the situation around him.
"Where is this place?" He stood up and looked around, frowning and asking, "How long have you been down here?"
"We just came down a few minutes ago and haven't had time to investigate the surroundings," Irene answered quickly, then raised her hand and pointed to the top of her head, "But when we came down, we noticed that there was a thick 'shell' covering it. This should have been a large 'sealed' structure, but there are several large holes in the shell, and you fell from the largest hole."
Yu Sheng hummed and said nothing more.
The surroundings were dim, but not completely dark. A faint light like emergency lighting emanated from the dome and many light sources around it, allowing him to basically see the situation here. He noticed that this was a large space, but unlike other structures inside Ankaela, it was not filled with a cold metallic luster - on the contrary, the ground here was even dirt.
Further away, he could see a lot of withered remains buried in the soil, as well as suspicious substances growing and spreading from the soil like decay.
He raised his head again, and in the dim light he vaguely saw the "shell" that Irene had mentioned - a thick dome that had been damaged many years ago.
Gradually, he finally understood where this place was.
"…This is the 'Ecosphere' carried by Ankaela."
Irene obviously didn't understand, she looked up and stared at him with scarlet eyes: "What?"
Yu Sheng bent down and held the squirrel in his hands. He walked forward and explained casually, "It is a scaled-down ecosystem of the mother planet. It is also the 'blueprint' and 'seed' that the Ark uses to rebuild the ecosystem in the new home. If I am not mistaken, there should be a gene bank here that was established using similar cryo-hibernation or more advanced 'stasis' technology... But it must have been 'dead' many years ago, just like this ecosphere."
Irene listened in a daze, not knowing how much she understood. But Hu Li beside her looked thoughtful. He followed Yu Sheng's words and nodded slightly: "In my hometown, there are also people who make similar things to develop ecological planets. They are all big developers."
Irene was shocked: "You have everything in your hometown!?"
Hu Li didn't say anything, but just narrowed his eyes and wagged his tail smugly.
Yu Sheng continued walking in this lifeless "ecological ruins", his eyes sweeping over the withered debris, the long-dried rivers, and the pipeline structures exposed in the soil, trying to imagine what this place once looked like.
He knew very well that this was Ankaela's "child", the "angel" who had fallen here from some distant doomsday world and had bred its shadow in the last ruins of its mother planet... Yu Sheng didn't know what would happen if this shadow was successfully "born" at the border, but he thought... it would be a disaster for everyone.
The same is true for Ankaela itself - that shadow is definitely not the hometown in its memory, and it cannot bring back its creator. It can only see another nightmare crawling out of its own corpse, and by that time... the "Dark Angel" will probably really get out of control.
A slight shaking came from under my feet, followed by a low roar.
Yu Sheng stopped immediately and Hu Li pricked up his ears instantly.
"Did you hear that?" Irene said nervously, "It seems like something is moving... deeper down."
At this moment, Yu Sheng's expression changed slightly, and then his eyes became serious, as if he was listening to something.
The calm and gentle whispers vibrate in a dimension imperceptible to ordinary people.
A few seconds later, Yu Sheng took a deep breath and his eyes widened instantly.
"Erin! Wake up everyone in the Sanctuary Wasteland! Withdraw to the real world temporarily!"
"Ah... Hey! OK!" Irene was confused, but when she saw the expression on Yu Sheng's face, she reacted immediately and quickly executed it, while quickly asking, "What's going on? Why is it so sudden..."
Yu Sheng turned his head abruptly, his expression extremely ugly: "Ankaela is shutting down the phone."
Irene was stunned for a second, then she jumped up: "What the hell!?"
"We have to retreat quickly, this place is going to be ruined!" Yu Sheng reached out and picked up the little doll and threw it on his shoulder, preparing to open a door to return to the real world, but then he remembered something else and stopped quickly, "No, there are still hunters... Go back quickly! There's still time!"
"No! Ankaela is 'turned off'. Where's the Black Forest? Where's the fairy tale? Where's the squirrel?" Irene was carried on Yu Sheng's shoulders. After she didn't have to walk by herself, her mind was freed. Suddenly, she became smart. "Is the whole 'fairy tale' going to collapse?! Then the 'hunter' has nowhere to go!"
Yu Sheng stood there in a daze for a moment.
The low roar gradually turned into a clear and harsh noise, and the slight tremor under his feet turned into an increasingly intense shake. This huge, ancient and mutated ark was collapsing from the inside out, and at this moment, Yu Sheng suddenly thought of something.
"…connect it to the valley."
Irene looked up, a look of shock on her face.
"They are all foreign lands, all of which have been 'parasitized' by dark angels, and I have shed my blood and sacrificed my life in them many times. If I succeeded once, there is no reason why I can't succeed a second time," Yu Sheng took a deep breath and spoke word by word, "I want to merge the fairy tale and the valley into one."
"What do you need us to do?" Irene asked immediately.
"...I have to complete this step by myself, but it may take some time," Yu Sheng said, stretching out his hand to open an illusory door, "You and Hu Li go out first and explain the situation to the people 'outside'. Ankaela has been 'sunk' in the border area for many years. After it shuts down, it will detach from here and disintegrate. You must tell the Secret Service about this.
"As for me, I will send the squirrel and the hunter back to the Black Forest first, and then start the 'fusion'. Irene, you can use one of your bodies to warn the children in the valley that there might be some 'big commotion' next. Tell them to stay in the camp and stay away from areas where 'changes' have occurred. Do you understand?"
"I understand, I understand. It's me who has to split the troops into two groups again, right?" Irene nodded repeatedly, then climbed onto Hu Li and waved her hands, "Just go with peace of mind!"
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Hu Li was obviously a little worried. She stood in front of the gate and looked back at Yu Sheng: "My benefactor, are you going to..."
Yu Sheng gave a thumbs up and grinned: "Don't worry, I guarantee it will happen."
Hu Li helplessly slapped Yu Sheng's arm with his big tail, then before the next violent vibration, he hugged Irene and jumped into the door back to the real world.
…
When all the monitoring devices reported errors and the alarm sounded suddenly, Li Lin clearly heard the sound of some kind of "barrier" shattering, as if there was a mirror inside the dark wall that was used to separate reality and nightmares, and it shattered crisply under the impact that exceeded the critical point.
Then, everyone present heard the roar coming from underground.
The roar grew stronger, and an astonishing, completely unmeasurable energy reaction appeared in the signal sent back by the remote sensor. In the blink of an eye, Li Lin saw the wall of the orphanage silently shattered, and then half of the sixteen temporary protective barriers disappeared, and the remaining half was also shaky. Then, he saw a beam of light rising in the night sky -
The light burst out from the center of the orphanage, and in the light, the two "umbilical cords" that were entangled with each other and "floating" towards the sky were silently dissipating.
A luminous body slowly rose within the wall.
Baili Qing looked at this scene with a cold expression, and then picked up the phone: "Prepare to execute 'Dome Shatter'. Our signal may disappear later. Before that..."
However, she only got half of her words out.
A door suddenly appeared less than three meters away from her, and a moment later, Hu Li and Irene jumped out of the door.
The moment the little puppet passed through the gate, he shouted loudly: "Don't panic! Whatever this shattering thing you are talking about, stop it first!"
Baili Qing looked at the two people who suddenly jumped out of the door in a daze.
…
A moment later, Li Lin received a new order with surprise.
He turned his head and looked past the ruins of the orphanage wall at the ball of light that was gradually rising in the night sky.
He slowly raised the walkie-talkie and took a deep breath.
"Attention, all departments. Maintain vigilance and observation. Check all recording equipment. We may be witnessing the first ever...fall of an angel."
(End of this chapter)
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