Chapter 143 Ark Endless

This night. Area C of the Research Institute.

Collot's assistant Daniel had just finished a task in the laboratory. He looked up and glanced through the window at the distant harbor. The homing signal of the Giant Whale was flickering.

It's Master Kolot who has returned safely!

Daniel couldn't help but feel happy. In addition, he also saw many alien ships anchored in the port.

Those were representative ships of various races that came to discuss the Doomsday Alliance and countermeasures at the First Fortress's call after the pre-shockwave of the cosmic collapse.

To be specific, those who came in person included not only the various derivative species of humans, but also other alien species that formed a special dependent relationship with humans after interstellar humans drove out the Zerg.

Daniel knew very well that the First Fortress was under full alert because of the release of the 'Universe Collapse Prediction Wave Prediction Model' to be explained by Kolot later. It would be related to the announcement of an unprecedented 'alliance' in human interstellar history, and whether it could be successfully formed.

The night was peaceful tonight, but there was a sense of tension that was about to explode. Just as he was sighing, the heavily guarded "worm core defense fortifications" of the First Fortress once again experienced some strange fluctuations.

As a core staff member who had participated in the research of "Insect Nuclear Defense Fortifications", Daniel also received an emergency notification of "Insect Message" on his personal communicator.

Daniel was slightly stunned. He immediately explained the work at hand to his colleagues, walked out of the laboratory door and rushed to the parking lot. He didn't want to miss the opportunity to welcome the return of his most respected mentor.

He had a big question. When the Giant Whale resumed communication with the First Fortress, the first thing Instructor Kolot said when he contacted him was to ask him to privately send the mental power recovery value of the omega lady on the floating island, and repeatedly emphasized that he wanted the latest real-time data.

As for its purpose? He was not told and was asked to keep it strictly confidential.

Daniel was very confused, but as for such private behavior, he could only ask in person.

He hurried to the parking lot and just got on the commuter bus, but he found that he couldn't start the engine and couldn't open the door no matter what he did...

The thin beta was stunned. He looked down at his bracelet and saw the red word "warning" flashing. A mechanical sound rang in his mind, "You are in the state of "mental invasion" again. Please dial the emergency help button."

Ever since he encountered Lan Ya's mental control last time, this thing has been implanted in his mind.

But just as he was about to press the help button, a pair of purple hands suddenly stopped him.

"Daniel, it's me." A familiar voice rang in his ears, a voice so familiar that it made him want to cry, begging him, "I need your help!"

"Daniel, look up at me."

"I'm your sister...Alyssa."

"Have you forgotten me?"

Daniel slowly raised his head. In his left eye, he saw the familiar face of his sister Alyssa, but in his specially modified right eye, he saw a half-human, half-insect creature.

"Take me to the omega, Daniel!"

"Take me to the floating island."

The coaxing tone, with its unspeakable emotions, and the tug of war between reason and emotion that had been buried for many years, made it impossible for Daniel to refuse.

"……good."

He started the commuter bus while choking with sobs, but he did not follow the original route of the base commuter bus to the Big Whale Port.

Instead, at the signal of this 'Alissa', he turned the car around and drove in a completely different direction.

'I miss you too, Sister Alyssa. I know your wish, and I will take you to see him.'

"Hehe, that's great!" Daniel closed his specially modified right eye. In the sight of his left eye, Sister Alyssa, who was no different from the past, put her arm around his shoulder with a smile, as if the past years had returned.

"My little Daniel is still the cutest, hehe..."

Daniel wiped away his tears, smiled and nodded, turned his head to look out the car window, and the floating island was right in front of him.

Then he suddenly increased the speed of the car to the maximum!

*

The moment before this moment happened.

Floating island. 'Species Ark'.

Su Xi arrived at her destination.

This is the 'Space-Time Energy Reserve Area' located at the deepest part of the floating island. It is also the most core and confidential area planned in the 'Species Ark Project' of the floating island.

This cone-shaped building before us, suspended in the air above the force field, houses the rarest and most precious pure energy creatures in the universe.

From just five or six species in the beginning to hundreds of species today, it can be said that the scale is already considerable.

But in Fitzgerald and Suxi's 'Ark of the End of Time' plan, it's far from enough.

Looking at the pyramid-shaped building floating in the force field, there is still a special smell left by the emergency construction and the faint afterglow of electric arcs.

A few engineering robots were still busy, carrying out urgent finishing work.

Su Xi paused for a moment, and the supervisor's humanoid armor gently landed not far from her. The armored cockpit opened, and the chief engineer of the project hurriedly appeared in front of her.

"Hello, Miss Su Xi!" After a polite greeting, the person in charge said: "I have received your text message, and the current search order on the floating island has also been received. I will carry out your order unconditionally, but——"

The young male alpha hesitated for a moment before saying, "But after one star, the reinforcement and repair of this area will be completed. By then, both the security level and the energy sealing of this area will reach the highest standards. Why don't you wait a moment..."

"The situation at the First Fortress tonight is special." Su Xi knew that the other party was afraid that something might happen to him within his scope of responsibility. Therefore, although he was very anxious about the search for the 'Mother Worm', Su Xi still showed great respect to the other party in his words.

She patiently and quickly explained: "Other areas have been checked by various means. The 'bug' must have been attracted by the slight energy leakage during the construction and hid here."

Although she said so, Su Xi knew in her heart that the root cause of this incident was the unusual fluctuation in the First Fortress, the Zerg Defense Works, one interstellar hour ago.

That was the "warning wave" when high-level insects above the King General level gathered together, indicating that no less than ten high-level insects had sneaked in at the "Alliance Meeting" of various races that was about to be held in the First Fortress.

The insect queen 'Doudou' that she adopted from the Great Wilderness Star Region, who was 'not the most frightened, but only more frightened', must have been scared and hid herself away.

Su Xi did not want to cause panic among those who were not aware of the situation, but only hoped to resolve the trouble in her territory as soon as possible.

Moreover, she thought that Fitzgerald would appear in the "Alliance Meeting" later. Although she trusted the security of the First Fortress, especially the investigation of the Zerg, she still felt a little uneasy. She needed to find the stupid "bug" as soon as possible, and then use it to force her way into the Zerg's mind network and obtain detailed information about the infiltrated Zerg as soon as possible.

Facing the procrastinating look of the person in front of her, she couldn't help but become serious: "Please suspend the construction first and let me go in and search in person. This is the most efficient way."

"Yes." The chief engineer did not dare to delay the omega's instructions. Moreover, as one of the few people who knew about it, he also knew how dangerous the "forbidden area" was for other people. Only this omega with special abilities and a few psychics above level 5S could enter.

After fulfilling his duty of reminding, he readily added: "I will always keep an eye on the situation outside. If there is anything you need, please let me know."

Su Xi smiled knowingly. But the other party blushed when she smiled, and then touched his nose in embarrassment.

The surrounding construction work was temporarily stopped. The signs of the "restricted area" were removed, and after a slight movement, countless mechanical arms gathered together to build a temporary bridge.

Su Xi stepped onto the assembled robotic arm without hesitation and walked towards the conical building floating in the air.

Under her feet was a vast void, an artificial dimension folded out by the superposition of space technology in the interstellar era.

Such a space is both a confinement and an absolute safety protection for the "pure energy creatures" in the "species containment zone".

Why is it designed like this?

A vague idea flashed through her mind, but before she could figure it out, the moving robotic arm temporarily built a moving bridge and brought her to the gate.

*

There was a short waiting time before reaching the gate of the conical building, and Su Xi silently recalled the subsequent developments after the gene pool incident.

After the gene pool incident, Fitz spent the next week transferred to a newly opened gene pool in an attempt to repair the sequelae of the reverse fusion.

His approach was very simple and direct. He just had to adjust and challenge the DNA details again and again. Unsuccessful limb evolutions would be roughly cut off, and then with the help of the 'evolution solution', the flesh and blood would be allowed to dissolve again in the gene pool and grow rapidly again.

In the first few days, Su Xi traveled back and forth between the floating island and the underground experimental base several times a day.

Although Fitzgerald was in a restorative sleep for most of the visit, he did not wake up for the first time until the fifth day.

"Go back to the floating island, and don't leave the island easily unless necessary." Fitzgerald said to Su Xi, who came to visit him to recover, with a serious expression, "The Sun-Swallowing Nuclear Crystal is located at the key position of the floating island's power engine. Don't use it unless it is the most critical moment. Do you understand?"

"Um."

Looking at his expression, Su Xi suddenly realized what she should do. She took the initiative to kiss him, from his flaming hair, to his eyebrows, to his lips that were always serious.

She would no longer ask him if it hurt.

This time, she first had the thought that "I must do something for this world". Before, it seemed that the survival of this universe had nothing to do with her. But now her mentality is different.

Su Xi returned to the floating island and redesigned its function and defense with the help of Xiguang.

Different from Fitz's positioning of the floating island in the previous version, under Su Xi's consideration, the third phase of the floating island project expanded more interfaces corresponding to civilian ships and opened up more functions to accommodate escape ships as much as possible.

The floating island today, though still a beautiful garden in the sky from a distance, can almost be called a small "first fortress" in terms of defense, attack, and self-circulating ecosystem.

Moreover, in the third phase of expansion advocated by Su Xi, a special function was added to the construction core——

Just like the human 'original gene pool' guarded by the Eugene family,

The core of the third phase of the floating island's renovation and construction, the 'rare species containment area' that Su Xi is currently searching for, will become a 'species file' that accommodates all creatures in the universe.

And the place she was about to enter was the core area, the 'Pure Energy Species Reserve' with the 'Sun-Swallowing Crystal Core' power system as its core.

Click!

With a subtle sound, the huge and magnificent door slowly opened.

Inside the door was a long corridor, and at the other end of the corridor was flashing an extremely soft and gorgeous light. The light was diffuse, and the moment the door opened, it seemed to wriggle slowly through the corridor like glue, and stopped in front of Su Xi.

According to the information Fitz brought out from his experience in the Tomb of the Universe, this light is the unique energy glow of the 'Tyron Clan', a companion race of the 'Sun Devourer' in the ancient universe.

Although it looks gentle at the moment, Su Xi, who has read all the information currently known to humans about 'Taren', knows very well in her heart that it is an energy creature with lethality and danger level that exceeds that of the Zerg.

'They' or 'it' are extremely hostile to foreign species and different types of life.

Su Xi turned off the auxiliary AI and ordered the two rows of mechanical troops behind him to wait in place.

She closed her eyes and gently extended her hand, trying to convey a gentle and friendly spiritual wave until the first ray of light entangled her fingers. Su Xi's consciousness immersed in her own spiritual world, absorbing a small ray of light into her slowly operating brain...

At the moment when the light of 'Taren' was invading her brain and was about to explode, Su Xi suddenly opened her eyes. At the most critical and clever moment, she perfectly adjusted her mental waves to the same frequency as 'Taren's' mental light.

In the magnificent light, only the collective consciousness of 'Taren' recognized the existence of this carbon-based life form.

Su Xi stepped into this magnificent and soft ball of light.

After passing through the long corridor, there was a thick gelatinous energy field. Su Xi, who was accepted, had no scruples anymore. She immersed herself in it and activated the full-area scan of her mental power, carefully looking for the target of this search - the insect mother 'Dou Dou' brought back from the Great Wilderness Star Region.

"Where are you?" Su Xi's broad mind waves asked, "Come out."

'Tonight is special, I don't want to play games with you.'

In this state of temporarily forcing herself to adjust to an 'energy body', her perception of real time was not clear. She could only count the number of circles of the heart chakra and roughly estimate the passage of time and the progress of the outside world.

By now, the Mega Whale should have reached the first fortress port.

There is only one and a half hours left until the Pan-Life Species Alliance meeting.