Chapter 325 The Fourth Artifact

As night falls, the food street in the Hubin Business District shines with bright neon lights. Various stalls are lined on both sides of the street, attracting the taste buds of diners.

There are people coming and going on the street, people wearing various clothes walking back and forth, either workers who have just got off work or tourists strolling leisurely, enjoying delicious food here, creating a scene full of fireworks.

Behind a barbecue stall with a roaring fire, the chef skillfully turned the meat. The sound of frying continued, the steam was rising, and the alluring aroma wafted out, attracting passers-by to stop frequently.

In an inconspicuous corner of the barbecue stall, Schenkov, who was off work, put on low-key casual clothes and wore brown glasses to cover his face, and was sitting there eating dinner.

In fact, for a person of his level, there is not only a dedicated canteen for three meals, but all the ingredients are of special grade. Even the supporting chef is on call in three shifts 24 hours a day, so that he can provide food immediately when he suddenly gets hungry. , there is no need to find a place to eat by yourself.

But the longer he worked in the city council, the more he liked to eat at the stalls outside, because it had a more lifelike atmosphere than the cold public canteen.

Find a stall, order a few skewers, pair them with egg fried rice, get two bottles of beer, and chat with the boss about recent interesting things while eating. I don't know how comfortable it is.

The only thing that makes the scenery more unpleasant is the plainclothes people mixed in with the crowd, but there is nothing that can be done about it. After all, this city is full of dangers, and personal safety must always be guaranteed.

While eating, Schenkov received a call from Su Mo.

"Hey, bro."

On the other end of the phone, Su Mo had sorted out what Schenkov needed to know and told him about the "beacon incident" that would happen soon.

After Schenkov heard that everyone was dumbfounded, he subconsciously glanced at his watch: "April Fool's Day isn't here yet, is it?"

Su Mo's tone was helpless: "Why do you react like this? I'm not kidding you."

Schenkov looked quite embarrassed: "Brother, I have always trusted you, but what you said is really shocking."

He looked around for a moment and lowered his voice: "You said the border patrol station will fall, and countless ferocious beasts will come to Crescent City soon? Movies don't shoot like this, brother."

Su Mo: "As I said just now, don't ask if there are too many questions, just trust me."

Schenkov hesitated for a while, then asked in a low voice: "What's the use of telling me about such a serious matter? You need to dig deeper, for example, tell Zhao Yiming."

Su Mo: "For some reasons that are inconvenient to disclose, I cannot explain the source of my intelligence, so I cannot tell those people. I can only tell the people I trust most."

Schenkov was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but smile: "So I am one of the people you trust most?"

Su Mo smiled and asked, "Why, in your heart, am I not the one?"

Schenkov smiled knowingly and said, "So, my most trusted brother, what do you need me to do?"

Su Mo's tone became serious: "I will take care of the beacon. You only need to focus on one place, the rusty wall."

"After the disaster, people from the border areas will definitely flee madly to the inner city. If they are blocked by the rusty wall, hundreds of millions of people will probably be massacred."

"So, I need you, an important member of the city council, to coordinate with the corresponding departments and do everything possible to get the Rusty Wall Defense Force to let people in and then place them properly."

Schenkov held his forehead, his expression solemn and depressed: "You tell me how easy it is. Just open your mouth, and the lives of millions of people are all on me."

Su Mo: "You are not alone. This requires the joint efforts of everyone. I am gathering all the forces that can be trusted."

Schenkov: "But have you ever thought about it, what if I can't coordinate? There is no precedent for this matter, and the Rusty Wall Defense Force is not a department directly under the Public Security Bureau. If the city council does not allow it, they will We won’t let anyone in.”

There was silence for a moment on Su Mo's side, and his voice was very low: "If the worst happens, we can only say that we have tried our best."

Schenkov pursed his dry lips and said quietly: "You really put me on the fire to roast. I have no way to guarantee the result now, but I can assure you that I will do my best to do it." .”

Su Mo: "Yes, please!"

The phone hangs up.

Not long after the communication ended, an official car stopped not far away. Yang Le walked out of it, trotted to Schenkov and said: "Director, the Speaker of Amir City has announced a meeting at short notice. I will pick you up. .”

Schenkov finished paying the bill and got into the official car with his assistant.

Arriving at the Municipal Center, the two walked into the municipal building one after another.

Yang Le was walking behind, and suddenly found Schenkov stopped in front.

"Director?"

I saw Schenkov standing there, looking up at something.

Yang Le followed his line of sight and quickly saw what he was looking at.

That is a sentence engraved on the central wall of the lobby, and it is also the slogan of the World Government.

This sentence was not uttered by any supreme leader, and its existence even preceded the creation of the world government.

When people first discovered this sentence, it was carved on a stone.

Through later trace identification, it can be determined that the time it was carved was during the doomsday war that destroyed the entire civilization of the old era.

No one knows who carved it, perhaps a leader, a general, or just an ordinary soldier who once lived and later died in the war.

That stone was discovered at the beginning of the establishment of the World Government, and the words engraved on it shocked everyone who saw it with their own eyes.

It can be seen from the content of this sentence that mankind at that time was facing an unprecedented crisis situation. The entire species was on the verge of destruction, and the light of civilization was as likely to be extinguished at any time as a candle in the wind.

Later archaeologists believed that it was precisely because the soldiers at that time had this sentence in their hearts that they could continue to fight in the face of powerful and unknown enemies, and their faith was never defeated.

It is precisely because of this sentence that the intelligent species of mankind survived the apocalyptic disaster and did not become extinct in the world, allowing the spark of civilization to be rekindled after the war.

Shortly after discovering this sentence, the World Government officially announced that it would become a permanent slogan and be passed down to future generations.

Now more than 150 years later, this sentence has been engraved in the lobby of every city's government agencies. All people entering and leaving can see it when they look up when they enter the door.

And now, it is also presented high in front of Schenkov and Yang Le, as if silently recounting the dark but always burning years——

[The survival of mankind is above all else]

Su Mo stood on the rooftop of the edge building. Late winter was about to pass, and the spring breeze was quite pleasant. He could even faintly smell the fragrance of lilacs blooming in the garden, but all he felt at this time was the coldness.

The Beacon Incident is the second large-scale event in the Dawn World. Its scope and influence are even greater than the "Rusty Wall Fall Incident".

At the same time, the fourth customs clearance prop after the ancestor's blood code, faceless enzyme, and black virus is hidden more than 100,000 meters underground in Crescent City.

Su Mo knew its location. Theoretically, he should have had the opportunity to go underground to get it in advance, and even prevent the beacon incident from happening from the beginning, but he was firmly restricted by one thing, and that was the Black Jue virus.

The Black Zetsu Virus is the key to getting the fourth clearance item. Without it, you can't get close to it.

And because the original protagonist Ou Chenyu killed the original heroine An Churan, Su Mo was unable to analyze the Black Jue virus after getting it.

Later, although I got acquainted with Qi Ling and the analysis of the Black Zetsu virus was on the right track, in terms of time progress, it had lagged behind the development of the original plot.

At present, it seems that the beacon incident is impossible to avoid at a fundamental level, and it is bound to happen.

In the original plot, the beacon incident is not only a far-reaching main line, but also a key bifurcation point between the "good line" and the "evil line" for players.

Every choice the player makes here will affect the subsequent plot direction, whether good or evil, and there is no turning back.

For Sumer, reality is not a game, nor is it either/or.

But at least now, he has made his choice.

He did everything he could in advance.

Su Mo took one last look at the severely light-polluted night at the end of the city line in the northern industrial development zone, and left the rooftop.

He went downstairs to the underground laboratory, where Qi Ling and Future were communicating about something.

In order to catch up on the analysis progress of the Black Jue virus, Qi Ling only slept three or four hours a day for the past month. She was very haggard from the hard work. She looked a lot thinner, and her eyes were red and bloodshot.

This look made Su Mo feel a little sad. He stepped forward and held Qi Ling's hand: "Thank you for your hard work during this time."

Qi Ling chuckled and put her hand into Su Mo's hair to hold it gently: "Aren't you the same? Your hair is turning gray from exhaustion."

In the future, he put his hands on his waist and stared at those black panda eyes and complained: "What about me? You are so happy spreading your dog food, no one cares about me?"

Su Mo joked: "The circles under your eyes are dark every day. You can't tell the difference."

All three of them laughed.

After laughing, Su Mo's tone became serious: "What happened to the black virus and the Earth Spaceship?"

Qi Ling replied: "It has reached the level of analysis you requested. After many debuggings on the function, there is no problem."

Future also nodded: "It's the same here. It was just debugged in the evening. All the functional modules you requested are available. You can't find a second Earth spacecraft more powerful than it in the world."

Su Mo couldn't help but smile knowingly, and put his arm around their shoulders, pulling the two technical experts responsible for software and hardware into his arms and hugging him: "It's great to have you."

"What are you doing? It's so embarrassing." Weilai smiled and pushed him gently and asked, "Boss, when are you going to dive? We can do it at any time anyway."

Su Mo: "It's just tonight. Time is not on our side. There is not much left. If we delay any further, there may be an accident. I will leave immediately."

Future: "Okay, I'll prepare for the shipment."

Qi Ling: "Then I will go and debug the function of the Black Jue virus again to make sure it is foolproof."

The two left one after another and returned to their posts.

Looking at their backs, Su Mo couldn't help but sigh softly, and his mood became heavy.

Based on my understanding of the original plot, everything I can do has been done.

The partners have tried their best to create conditions for him that are not much worse than Ou Chenyu's "protagonist treatment" in the original plot.

but

There is one more big variable.

This is a variable that even Sumer, a fully accomplished player, cannot evaluate.

That's who he is.

In the original plot, the person who piloted the Earth Spaceship to dive deep into the earth was Ou Chenyu.

Su Mo seems to have the same conditions as Ou Chenyu, and theoretically should be able to achieve the same results.

actually not.

Because there are innate physical variables.

The most intuitive manifestation of this variable is when Su Mo had just traveled through time, obtained the xenogeneic fusion tincture at the Life Sequence Research Center, and tried to suppress the ancestor's blood code.

In the original plot, Ou Chenyu, as the chosen one, easily withstood the side effects with his unique and domineering physique. At most, he only took a few breaths.

But Su Mo was tortured to death by the side effects. If Nuo Bai hadn't donated his blood to help him survive the disaster, he might have been left behind.

Even though he is now the same as Ou Chenyu in the plot, he has the ancestral blood code, has been injected with faceless enzymes, has multiple blood codes in his body, and has many highly matched prosthetics.

But the innate constitution cannot be changed.

According to the performance in the original plot, things deep in the ground will have a strong negative impact on those who come close.

Ou Chenyu was able to withstand this influence and successfully break through the crisis.

Can you withstand it yourself? Su Mo felt unsure.

But he had to go now.

Because once it is delayed until the beacon incident breaks out, and the three giant companies notice the secrets deep in the ground, it will be difficult for them to keep the fourth customs clearance item as their own.

Once that thing falls into the hands of the three giant companies, he can't imagine what the consequences will be. I'm afraid it will be like what Schenkov said - the world is hopeless, and everyone will be the dogs of the giants for the rest of their lives. .

Therefore, all he can do is to prepare as much as possible.

Of course, if the worst case scenario occurs, for example, the negative impact exceeds the limit of one's body and causes something unpredictable to happen, then

Su Mo went upstairs to find KK.

KK has no technical skills and is limited in what he can do regarding the beacon incident, which makes him seem more anxious than others.

He looked at Su Mo worriedly and asked, "Brother, are you ready to go?"

Su Mo nodded: "Well, before I leave, I have something to give to you. You must keep it properly. It concerns each of you."

After saying that, Su Mo took out a small black box and handed it to KK.

KK: "This is it?"

Su Mo leaned into KK's ear and said something.

KK's expression changed from doubt to worry, and finally he looked a little confused. He bit his lower lip and looked at Su Mo, with tears in his eyes.

Su Mo reached out and hugged KK, patted his back to express comfort, then turned and left: "See you later."