Chapter 158 Golden Crow Base
Golden Crow Base.
The dark room was warm and silent, with only the slightest sound of breathing.
Suddenly, a series of numbers lit up "10:00", followed by a series of beeps.
A hand reached out from the bed and slapped the numbers, ending the noise.
The "click" switch was pressed, the room lit up, and a thin old man sat up from the bed. His eyes were a little confused at first, but they soon became sharp.
After getting up and putting on his bloated clothes, the old man walked out of the room.
Outside the door were four soldiers with serious expressions and tall postures holding guns. When they saw the old man coming out, they immediately became shocked and guarded him.
Another middle-aged man with glasses who was sitting came over with a very low posture: "Would you like to eat something first?"
"Forget it, let's go to the control room first!" The old man waved his hand and the group walked through the long corridor. Every few meters in the corridor, there were a pair of soldiers with guns.
After walking into the elevator again, all the way down, the group came to a circular hall.
There are many people in the hall, wearing uniforms, busy next to machines that are as big as houses.
In the center of the hall is a small room separated by glass. There is also a long row of various machines in the room, as well as four or five monitors.
The old man walked into the glass room with his secretary, and four guards guarded the door.
The monitors were all on, and several operators were sitting attentively beside each monitor, moving their hands constantly.
"How's it going at the Tianchuan base?" The old man sat down in the middle of the room and asked directly.
An operator pressed a few buttons on the machine, and the image on a monitor changed several times, turning into a white-haired old man. The figure was a little blurry, but he could still see it clearly, and then a voice came from the speaker: "Hey, hey, I'm Xie Qingzhou, can you hear me over there?"
"I can hear it." The old man brought the microphone on the table closer and started a conversation: "How are your preparations over there?"
The other side seemed to have seen it clearly, and his voice became much more serious: "Reporting to the chief, the last batch of tests are already being carried out here. It will officially start in about five minutes."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work." The old chief here also nodded.
Then there was five minutes of silence, and the atmosphere in the glass room gradually became tense.
Finally, another voice came from the loudspeaker: "All the technical staff have evacuated. We have decided to light a fire. Please authorize it from the chief!"
"Allow the ignition!" The old leader was equally serious and his voice was firm.
"Authorization passed! Let's start the ignition countdown." The voice from the speaker was a little trembling: "10, 9, 8..."
Only the upper body of the person could be seen on the screen. The countdown was over. The white-haired old man leaned forward and looked straight ahead.
The voice in the speaker was changed to a female voice: "The output of power supply No. 1 is smooth, the output of power supply No. 2 is smooth... the backup power supply is connected smoothly... the outer superconducting magnetic binding field is activated, and the inner superconducting magnetic binding field is activated ...The particle generator was successfully activated...atomic fusion occurred...the fusion reaction was normal...the power furnace began to output...the power was 1wKW...the power was 15wKW...the output power reached the predetermined value, and the constraint position began to stabilize the power..."
The female voice was very calm, and the white-haired old man's expression gradually relaxed, but his nervousness could still be seen.
Suddenly, the female voice was filled with uncontrollable panic: "The output power fluctuates! The power is rising! It has exceeded the predetermined value by 5%! It has exceeded the predetermined value by 10%! The backup No. 1 power supply is activated! The inner constraining field is increasing! The power is still rising! It has exceeded the predetermined value and entered the danger zone... The emergency plan has been activated! The emergency technical team has entered to troubleshoot!"
The old leader in the glass room suddenly stood up and stared at the screen.
The voice in the loudspeaker changed, with the unique electromagnetic rustling sound of the walkie-talkie: "I am Zhao Weimin, I have entered the infield! I am troubleshooting... Report to the base! Report to the base! The left spiral arm of the inner superconducting magnetic binding field has melted! The initial judgment is that the material has hydrogen embrittlement! We are unable to troubleshoot and are preparing to force the flameout! Failure of the flameout operation is extremely risky. Please arrange for everyone at the base to evacuate!"
"Evacuate them all!" the white-haired old man on the screen shouted, then looked at the screen, his voice helpless and calm: "Report to the Golden Crow Base! The Lieyang Plan failed! I have arranged for personnel to evacuate, please arrange for personnel to receive..."
However, before he could finish his words, the screen suddenly burst into white light, and then the entire screen turned into snowflakes.
In the glass room, the old chief's hands supporting his body were shaking a little. After a while, he sat down slumped down. He seemed to have aged several years.
The secretary next to him had a better attitude and continued to instruct the operator. After a while, he came back and reported: "The nuclear fusion power furnace exploded and the Tianshui base is gone."
The old chief finally cheered up a little at this time: "Are there any survivors?"
"Most of the technical staff were evacuated early..." the secretary sighed.
"How many bases are left that are capable of manufacturing nuclear fusion power reactors?" the old chief asked again.
"Now, only Niangquan Base and Mianfu Base are left." The secretary reported: "Relatively speaking, the conditions at Niangquan Base are better."
"Hey." The old leader also sighed: "Gather the surrounding bases and go to Tianchuan to provide support. See how many survivors there are and collect some usable materials. We will also send some people there. We must send the technical personnel Send them all safely to the Brewing Spring Base! No matter what, the nuclear fusion power furnace must be built, otherwise, even if we build the underground city, it won’t last long!”
"Okay! I understand, I'll make arrangements right now!" After saying that, the secretary picked up the phone next to the console and started to make arrangements.
Finally, after all the arrangements were made, the secretary raised his head and came over to comfort him: "Don't be too sad, chief. Everyone knows how difficult nuclear fusion is, and failure is expected. This time it ran stably for at least seven or eight minutes, and finally we found that The reasons for failure have been eliminated, and things are much better than before! I believe that one day, we will be able to succeed! You haven't eaten yet today, why don't you eat something first?"
The old chief closed his eyes for a long time before opening them and regaining his original sharpness: "Don't be in a hurry to eat. Is there any news from other places? Is there any new news from the Stars and Stripes Kingdom and Europa?"
The secretary opened a small book and began to report: "Other bases are still the same as before. No intelligent snow monsters have been found for the time being, and there are no large-scale gatherings of snow monsters. The average temperature in various places has dropped by 0.4 degrees since yesterday. Due to the With the help of those strangers, various bases in the central region have received certain supplies of supplies. Yesterday, more than a hundred wild survivors were found, and nearly 3,000 super crystals were harvested from various bases over there..."
"As for the Star-Spangled Kingdom, it's still the same. Since the ten spacecraft of the Eden Project that contained most of their dignitaries crashed at the edge of the atmosphere last month, the manufacturing of all spacecraft has basically been suspended."
"However, according to the information obtained through special channels, um... uncertain information. Their shelter seems to have gathered a lot of experts from various pharmaceutical companies and medical groups recently to conduct research on super crystals. It is said that, They are thinking of ways to create S-class awakeners!”
"Wait! S-level?" The old leader couldn't help it: "Isn't the highest level now only B+-level? How can they build S-level?"
"We don't know the specifics about this. You also know that it is not easy for our comrades on the special front to get the news back." The secretary shook his head.
"Then where are we now in our research on super crystals?" the old chief asked again.
"Due to those aliens, we have sufficient research materials here and the research is going quite smoothly." The secretary reported: "It is now basically certain that the awakened person's ability is determined by the first super crystal he swallows. If you swallow super crystals again, your abilities will not change. Eating more super crystals can indeed increase the strength and effect of your abilities, but swallowing super crystals is risky."
"Super energy crystals contain very strange energy. We have not yet analyzed the nature of these energies. We only know that to control this energy, we need strong physical fitness and strong spiritual will. One of the two is missing. No! If you don't have enough physical quality or mental will, you won't be able to absorb and control that strange energy."
"When you awaken for the first time, if the level of the super crystal you swallow is low, the success rate of awakening is still very high. But if you continue to swallow super crystals, there is a risk that your body will be exploded by the energy! Even if you survive it, , the energy in the crystal will not be fully absorbed like the first time, but will dissipate most of it, leaving only a small part."
"The seven B+ level awakened ones we know of so far are, without exception, all physically enhanced awakened ones. Moreover, they were all tough guys with strong bodies and strong wills before. Four of them are special forces members. Elite soldiers, two are athletes and the other is a famous fitness guru. They all swallowed more than ten super crystals, but if they eat one now, they will absorb zero energy. It is very uneconomical. It is better to use Come awaken other awakened ones.”
"Is B+ the upper limit?" The old chief sighed: "I remember, there are quite a few A-level snow monsters now, right?"
"Yes, there are currently many A-level and even suspected A+-level snow monsters outside the base to the north. However, they did not actively attack the base, so these bases can survive."
"What about Europa?" the old chief asked again.
"There is still a state of chaos over there. There is nothing we can do. The wave of snow monsters over there is so powerful that even nuclear bombs have been used, but they can't stop it. Now there is almost no man's land north of 30 degrees north latitude. The survivors The rebels are now concentrated in the equatorial region and are barely resisting. They may still retain a certain amount of nuclear power, but they no longer pose a threat to us."
"Well, that's good." The old chief nodded, and then asked: "Over the aliens, haven't you found the alien number zero yet?"
The secretary continued to report: "In the morning, I also communicated with various bases. The No. 0 alien who can open the door to space anytime and anywhere has not appeared in the past two months. Even the Qiongdao base that has been supporting supplies before I haven’t seen him again! I still suspect that he is most likely at the Jingshui base, but he didn’t show up, but sent other strangers here.”
"As for Stranger No. 1, he is currently at the Haicheng base. With the help of the East China Sea ice, he moves among several bases along the coast to kill snow monsters. Sometimes he returns to the Qiongdao base to rest for a few days."
"The place with the most aliens now is the Jingshui base. The opening time of the space door has been determined. It is from 11:30 to 1:30 every day, a total of two hours, but it is not completely accurate. It is five minutes. The fluctuations left and right are relatively stable. Those strangers enter and exit through that door every day. Someone from Jingshui Base tried to get closer, but they were driven away by the strangers guarding the door..."
"That's right." The old chief interrupted him: "You said before that the average strength of those aliens is only B level?"
"Yes." The secretary confirmed: "Comparatively speaking, aliens have more abilities. Although the effect of a single ability is not as powerful as that of a B-level awakener, it is more adaptable and can make a difference in most situations. , unlike the Awakened ones, which have a monotonous function and require the formation of a suitable team. Moreover, they also have something called a magic weapon, which is an extraordinary weapon, and there are also one-time powerful props..."
"You said..." The old chief hesitated: "Since they are from another world, you said, if we talk to them and send our people to their world to take refuge, do you think we can make it happen? It doesn’t need to be much, just 100,000, it’s always better if you can live a little longer.”
"Or..." His hesitation turned into determination: "Do you think it is possible for us to seize that space-time gate? I know that the probability is very small, and the gain may not be worth the loss, but..."
Suddenly, an alarm sounded from the console next to him.
"What's going on?" the secretary asked immediately.
"Jingshui Base has been attacked!" The operator with headphones reported while operating: "It's a snow monster! A flying snow monster! It's very huge! All defense facilities have been deployed at Jingshui Base!"
"Those snow monsters are killing those strangers! The Jingshui base has initially determined that those snow monsters are at least A-level! There are even individuals suspected of being A+ or even S-level!"
"A snow monster has begun to attack the base! The defense is ineffective! That snow monster has invaded the base! There are more snow monsters that have invaded the Jingshui base!"
"The first floor of Jingshui Base has been breached! The second floor has been breached! The third floor has been breached... There are too many snow monsters, too strong, and they are completely unstoppable!"
"Jingshui Base has opened the evacuation channel and began to evacuate survivors urgently! We hope that surrounding bases will respond!"
"A snow monster seems to have invaded the alien's time and space gate!"
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The bad news came one after another, and the people in the glass room were frightened.
Even the secretary was a little panicked: "If the time and space gate over there is breached, wouldn't the world of those aliens be in danger?"
The old leader could barely keep his composure and issued an order: "Ask other bases if there is any news about being attacked by flying snow monsters!"
The operator hurriedly started the operation, asked each base, and then reported: "Except for Jingshui Base, other bases have not been attacked by snow monsters!"
"They are specifically targeting those strangers!" The old chief confirmed the key point, his expression becoming more serious: "The intelligent entities over there in the North Pole are smarter and more dangerous than we thought!"
Suddenly, the operator began to report again: "Jingshui Base reports that there is a new situation in the alien time and space gate! A new alien appears! The snow monster that attacked the time and space gate was killed! It was killed quickly!"
"Observer analysis report! They are suspected to be Class A aliens!"
"No! Report updated! Suspected A+ level alien!"
"The report will continue to be updated! There is a suspected S-class alien!"
(End of chapter)
