So far, the team has not seen a single living person.
But no one cared about this because they had been isolated from the world for several months.
Ever since the construction of the bunker began, this area has been designated a restricted area, and everyone within a radius of dozens of kilometers has been forcibly relocated. Along the way, besides the rustling of leaves in the wind, the only sounds were the occasional eerie calls of wild animals.
"We're here." The leader lifted the grass covering the ground, revealing a secret door on the ground. The secret door had three locks, each of which was mechanical.
The leader pulled a key from his waist pocket, and the other two members of the team also took out their own keys. The three of them inserted the keys into the corresponding locks in order, and then turned them together while counting slogans.
There was an immediate dull click from behind the door.
The door opened.
What was revealed behind the door was a vertical shaft. Even after experiencing the super earthquake, the shaft remained largely intact, with only some cracks and falling off on the walls.
There is still electricity here, as there is a circle of yellow lights every few meters on the inner wall of the well, and these lights are still on.
This is a good sign.
The group no longer hesitated and began to line up one by one to climb down the vertical ladder.
There is a horizontal corridor at the bottom of the shaft, at the end of the corridor is another blast-proof door, behind which is a newly built ballistic missile base.
The entire base was excavated from beneath the rock, with only the launch port and ventilation shaft connected to the outside world. It was hard to imagine how the Luofan people could complete such a large project in such a short time.
The underground part of the missile base has been specially reinforced, and this cost-effective design has been designed to withstand earthquakes.
At the very center of the base stood several vertical launch silos, interconnected by numerous metal pillars to the surrounding walls, thereby offsetting the effects of seismic waves. Each silo currently held a missile, poised for launch. These missiles stood silently, seemingly undamaged.
Seeing this, those people in the team who did not have guns immediately became excited. They took off their camouflage uniforms and revealed the orange reflective vests they were wearing underneath.
They are the engineers of this base, responsible for inspecting and maintaining the equipment within the base.
The engineers dispersed, a dozen or so quickly disappearing into the vast base. They were inspecting all critical components and replacing those damaged by the earthquake. Some soldiers remained behind, while others went up to the surface to await further news.
In addition to the necessary supplies, the team also pulled an optical cable along the way to the missile base. Through this optical cable, they can block out the noisy electromagnetic noise from the outside world and establish real-time communication from the missile base to the bunker.
"Fortress Fortress, this is the dagger, please reply, over."
Pause for five seconds.
"Fortress Fortress, this is the dagger, please reply, over."
This time there was no waiting, and a cold female voice came from the other end almost immediately.
"Dagger, this is the fortress, the voice is clear, over."
"The team has entered the interior of the dagger. The expected large-scale damage has not occurred. Engineers have entered to inspect it. Over."
"Received. Please keep the channel open and contact us every 15 minutes. Over."
"Dagger received. Next communication will be initiated in 15 minutes. Over."
The entire overhaul took 78 hours, or three full days based on the Lofan's rotational cycle. During these three days, engineers conducted a thorough inspection of the missile and launch tower. When the final self-check arrived and all equipment turned green, cheers erupted in the missile base's control room.
Although this is not foolproof, they have done their best.
"There's news from the fortress." A soldier in camouflage uniform rushed into the control room.
"They said the relay satellite is still in orbit and we can use it to contact the remaining positioning satellite. The launch window is in thirty minutes."
"good!"
This is good and exciting news.
"Order!" the commander on the scene said in a serious voice, "Everyone, prepare for launch immediately. Countdown 30 minutes."
As the command was issued, yellow warning lights flashed across the base. A circular crack suddenly appeared on the previously flat ground. The ground, along with the soil above it, slowly sank and then rolled aside, revealing a buried missile silo.
"Launching silos No. 1 and No. 2 are ready, but No. 3 has a mechanical failure and cannot be opened!"
"Well 3 hydraulic pipe is broken, and the redundant unit is underpowered!"
"Transfer the missile to Well No. 4 and ensure the normal execution of the mission."
"clear!"
Engineers rushed to dismantle the warhead from Missile 3, then hoisted it onto Missile 4 using a crane inside the base. No one on site wore protective clothing, and the engineers, wearing thick-wire gloves, handled the warhead casing directly.
At this time, no one cares about nuclear radiation. Even if it will leave them with radiation sickness, they will not live to see it take them away.
On the other side of Luofan Star, the planet harvester is working.
The environment on the sea surface became slightly milder, and the tsunami and strong winds could not jump over the height of the harvester, so a calm haven was formed in the angle between the two tentacles.
However, this shelter will soon disappear. The harvester has completed all preparations and is just waiting for Bai Yi's start command.
"The harvest begins." Bai Yi's mechanical body pressed the classic big red button. This button looked bigger, brighter, and more powerful than the previous one.
The planet harvester immediately roared and began to operate. The originally calm sea surface immediately began to roll violently again due to this stirring. The sound of the seabed breaking could be clearly heard several kilometers away.
Besides rocks, the harvester also wouldn't let go of water and air. With the activation of the absorption tube, a massive vortex formed on the sea surface, centered around the harvester. The atmospheric pressure above the vortex rapidly dropped, and the surrounding air naturally flowed toward it, drawing clouds together and forming a massive storm.
Bai Yi originally planned to transform Luo Fan into a second planetary fortress spaceship, but he finally discovered that the materials in this galaxy were too scarce. If he also transformed Luo Fan into a spaceship, the materials for building other defense equipment would have to be obtained from the Forgiveness Star and other stars.
It is a bit difficult to obtain resources from those two planets, and the types are too single, which makes it difficult not to affect the progress of the entire project.
After careful consideration, he decided to abandon the plan to build a second planetary fortress. After all, he was fighting a defensive war, and a positional defense war, so whether or not to build a second fortress ship would not have much impact.
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