The entire base shook violently, as if there was an earthquake.
"What's going on?" Person in charge Li exclaimed, his face turning pale in an instant.
Immediately afterwards, assessor Ji's voice rang out in the command center, her voice full of panic: "Report! Li Fang Research Base has detected..." The alarm in the base was still sharp, like a cat with its tail stepped on, almost piercing the eardrums.
The shock wave of the explosion was still reverberating in the air, shaking everyone's internal organs.
The dust was like naughty elves, dancing wildly in the air and making people cough.
The voice of assessor Ji was shaking violently, like a frightened little rabbit, and came out intermittently from the communicator: "They...their core database...was counter-, reverse-invaded by alien signals!"
This news was like a bomb, exploding in the command center.
Manager Li’s face was paler than a layer of white paint, his lips were trembling like a fish that was about to suffocate, and he couldn’t utter a word for a long time.
Representative Yue still maintained that half-smile on his face, but there was a barely perceptible hint of pride in the depths of his eyes, like a cat that had stolen a fish and couldn't hide its inner joy.
"Yaoyao, use an energy barrier to isolate the earth veins!" Mou Xuan's voice was steady and powerful, like a magic needle that stabilizes the sea, and it was particularly clear in the chaotic command center.
At this moment, he felt like a demolition expert who was defusing a bomb, walking on the edge of life and death every second.
Mou Xuan solemnly pressed a piece of crystal core fragment emitting a faint blue light into Chen Yao's palm.
The crystal core fragment was cold to the touch, like a piece of ten-thousand-year-old ice, emitting heart-pounding energy fluctuations.
Chen Yao's fingers trembled slightly, and quickly retracted as if she had been electrocuted, but then she firmly grasped the crystal core fragment again.
"I understand." Chen Yao took a deep breath, suppressed her inner fear, and looked at Mou Xuan with a firm gaze.
Chen Yao sat down cross-legged, holding the crystal core fragments tightly in both hands, closed her eyes, and began to mobilize the energy in her body.
The special protective suit on her body glowed brightly, and the blue lines on it were like dragons, moving quickly across her body and interweaving into a complex energy network.
A powerful energy wave spread out from Chen Yao as the center, forming a visible energy barrier that enveloped the entire base.
“Boom!”
There was another loud bang, and the base began to shake violently again.
This time, the shock wave was even more violent, and the energy barrier fluctuated violently, as if it would break at any time.
Chen Yao's face turned pale, beads of sweat appeared on her forehead, and her body began to tremble slightly.
At this moment, strange glowing lines suddenly appeared on the originally flat agreement signing table.
Those lines seemed to come alive, constantly wriggling and interweaving, eventually forming a complex pattern.
Mou Xuan recognized the pattern at a glance. It was the symbol of the guardian that he saw in the ruins!
"Sure enough, all of this was planned by them!" Mou Xuan cursed in his heart, and a chill rushed from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.
He realized that he, Shen Yao, and even the entire alliance, had fallen into a trap carefully designed by the other party.
Chen Yao suddenly let out a painful groan, her body trembled violently, and the crystal core fragments in her hand fell to the ground with a crisp sound.
She fell to her knees in pain, her hands tightly covering her neck, her nails digging deep into her flesh, as if she wanted to break her neck.
Mou Xuan was shocked and rushed to Chen Yao to check on her condition.
However, when he saw what happened on Shen Yao's neck, he was stunned.
On Shen Yao's fair neck, a mechanical symbol suddenly appeared, the same as the one on Yue's neck!
The symbol emitted a strange red light, like a brand, deeply imprinted on Shen Yao's skin.
"Yaoyao!" Mou Xuan's voice was full of worry and anxiety.
He reached out to touch Chen Yao, but was afraid of hurting her, so he could only watch her struggle in pain.
At this moment, the alien holographic projection on the big screen let out a shrill laugh.
The laughter was sharp and piercing, full of sarcasm and mockery, as if mocking their ignorance and stupidity.
"The game... has just begun..." The mechanically synthesized voice, with a hint of strange excitement, echoed in the command center.
Mou Xuan suddenly raised his head and stared at the holographic projection on the screen.
"You... will pay the price..." he said through gritted teeth, his voice low and hoarse, like a wounded beast issuing a final warning.
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