Chapter 329 Beacon Activation

[One hundred thousand meters deep underground]

The Earth Spacecraft piloted by Su Mo has reached the edge of the huge cavitation bubble.

Suddenly, a strong resistance came, violent noises came from the drilling equipment, and the Earth Spacecraft stopped with tremors.

At the same time, the thing blocking its progress was also captured by the detection equipment and projected on the screen.

It was a membrane-like barrier shining with a dark green light, with densely packed light blue scaly spots neatly arranged on the surface. The surface showed water-like ripples where it collided with the drilling equipment, but there was no trace of breaking.

There was intensive keyboard typing from the future, and then a voice murmured: "This is some kind of energy defense barrier. No wonder there is such a huge cavitation space deep underground, it turns out to be what holds it up."

Su Mo asked: "Are you ready for the high-energy drilling mode? There is no other entrance here, we can only break through."

Future: "Get ready, I'm receiving feedback data and will help you set the parameters right away."

With future remote assistance, Su Mo held the control stick tightly and stared at the picture fed back on the screen.

Future: "Parameter input is completed, switch to high-energy drilling mode. There may be violent vibrations later, so be prepared to prevent shocks!"

As the roar of the engine resounded through the cabin, the Earth Spacecraft began to accelerate, and blue boosting flames were ejected from the tail, burning the rubble behind it into a rolling liquid state, and the entire hull rushed towards the energy barrier like a meteor.

"Boom -" At the moment of impact, the energy barrier erupted with flashing light, ripples on its surface surged, and a powerful counter-impact force struck, causing the Earth Spacecraft to tremble violently.

However, the technology of the future is indeed very good. Under such a strong shock, the hull of the Earth Spacecraft remained stable, and even the safety system did not send an early warning. This means that it is far from reaching its limit and has sufficient stability in terms of stability.

The high-energy drilling continued for nearly half an hour, and gradually, the energy barrier finally cracked.

The cracks were very subtle at first, only limited to the vicinity of the drilling point, and then gradually began to spread outward, like a spreading spider web, and the depth became more and more obvious.

"Boom!!!" As the Earth Spaceship's engine erupted with a burst of more dazzling light, the energy barrier finally collapsed, and the ship's hull crossed the border like a silver meteor and rushed into the unknown interior.

When the scenery ahead appeared on the detector screen, Future's absent-minded voice came: "Oh my God."

This is a vast space with a semicircular spherical structure, and its edges are covered with the kind of membrane-like energy barriers Sumer encountered just now. They support this space from collapsing between the mantle rock layers.

Looking around, one can see buildings rising one after another. Different from the regular style of the human world, these buildings are full of weird and ominous atmosphere.

Their outer walls resemble the organs and tissues of some kind of creature, as if they have their own vitality. Under the translucent membrane structure, you can see red lines that gather together, like densely intertwined blood vessels.

Countless strange buildings were piled up and twisted one after another, forming a towering black spire in the center of the space. There was some kind of crystal at the top that emitted a faint light, like a star in the darkness.

On the other side of the communication station, after the exclamation, Future began to take a breath: "Boss, are these things created by the kind of life you just mentioned?"

Su Mo looked at the weird building in front of him and said in a deep voice: "Yes, you can call that kind of life a "structure." "

"Constructs are a kind of inorganic life form. Generally speaking, they are somewhat similar to the concept of robots, but they are not the same. They are not created, but are born from natural evolution. They have all biological characteristics, including advanced levels that are no less than human beings. wisdom."

"Unlike the human civilization on the surface, the structural civilization was born inside the planet. During the development of civilization, the two sides never knew the other's existence. Both thought they were the sole masters of the planet, until the first incident occurred 153 years ago. touch."

Future said blankly: "What do you mean?"

Su Mo's voice became suppressed: "Yes, in the doomsday war that destroyed the civilization of the old era 153 years ago, the enemy of mankind was the structural civilization."

"The reason why the war broke out is also very simple. Human beings and structures are both advanced intelligent creatures, and the uniqueness of their existence is seriously threatened."

"Furthermore, there are irreconcilable gaps between the two civilizations in terms of life structure, social form, and ideological concepts. If they cannot even achieve the most basic coexistence, then there is only one way left - to destroy each other."

"In this way, after the two civilizations briefly came into contact, the war that swept the world broke out."

"Our ancestors a hundred years ago destroyed the structural civilization at the expense of several generations and preserved the fire for the subsequent propagation of human civilization until today a hundred years later."

Future fell silent in front of this shocking historical truth, and the only sound left on the other end of the communication station was her heavy breathing, which was either excitement or anxiety.

After a long time, she asked in a trembling voice: "Boss, who are you? Why do you know this?"

Su Mo chuckled and said in a joking tone: "Just think of me as a human being who woke up in a freezer in an old era. It doesn't matter who I am. What's important is that I know the truth that everyone doesn't know."

"In that doomsday war, mankind did win a tragic victory, and the structural civilization was indeed destroyed, but it was not completely destroyed in the true sense."

"Some individuals of the structural civilization, including some civilization relics, still exist underground - this is what you see in front of you."

"And there is something in this civilization ruins, something that will affect the fate of the entire human world."

Future asked impatiently: "What?"

Sumer: "You can call it a 'tectonic larvae', a structural life in the 'embryonic stage'. "

He still has one sentence left unsaid - it is also the fourth pass prop in the "Dawn" game.

Future's voice was extremely shocked, but also mixed with uncontrollable excitement: "You mean, a living structure?!"

Sumer: "Yes, and it is not an ordinary structure. Its existence is very special. If the structure is compared to a bee colony, this structural larvae is a supreme existence similar to a queen."

Future screamed to the point of almost losing his voice: "Then let's get it up quickly! I'll help you do research! God, I've never been so excited!"

Su Mo smiled helplessly: "I thought about it too, but it's not that easy. Did you see the black spire in front of you? That's where the tectonic larvae are."

"This black spire is what I call the "beacon". It exists to protect the larval constructs. When activated, it emits an invisible signal that humans cannot capture. "

"This kind of signal will have a drastic impact on wild ferocious beasts, causing them to gather crazily in the direction of the signal emission."

"And since no ferocious beast can enter the mantle layer and can only move on the surface, the place that is about to suffer this disaster is the border area."

Future hurriedly asked: "Is there any way to prevent the beacon from being activated?"

"Stop it?" Su Mo said with a sad smile, "The beacon has been dormant for the past hundred years, accumulating energy and will be automatically activated at a specific time."

"And this point in time is when we first started our ground voyage. In other words - the beacon was already activated before we came down."

In the future, he suddenly discovered that there were light paths emerging on the surface of the black spire, flickering on and off, as if some huge creature was breathing.

And that invisible signal penetrated the ground like a torrent and spread to the distant surface world.

[Hezi Tianmen Patrol Station]

Late at night, the evening wind was as chilly as ever, making people shiver.

The patrol soldiers stood guard silently at their posts, and the moisture from their breaths turned into ice on their faces.

Even though the patrol station is located on the edge of the World Government's territory, far away from the hinterland of human civilization and directly adjacent to the Borderlands, in fact, for the soldiers here, the work is still very easy.

Clerks may have a lot of inexplicable overtime to work, but soldiers are very leisurely because there are almost no battles to fight.

After all, few armed forces outside the Great Wall would be so full that they would attack the patrol station. The range of the barbarians' home-made weapons was much shorter than that of the patrol station's turret. If they dared to get close, they would be blown to pieces first.

As for the ferocious beasts, are you serious?

No one really thinks that a few ferocious beasts that occasionally wander over can threaten the high-tech army, right?

Therefore, for soldiers at the patrol station, they clock in and out on time every day, participate in regular training and deal with emergencies, and then spend their free time playing cards and games at the base.

At this time, the patrol soldiers at their posts were walking back and forth boredly, chatting quietly with their companions.

"Have you heard? The security information department is going to collectively cut their salaries."

"I know. It is said that when the leader was having a meeting in the communication group, he encountered a hacker and hacked the system."

"It's great. Those losers who only know how to play with computers should have their salaries reduced long ago. The salaries should be increased for combatants like us."

"It's a nice thought. I'm also getting a salary increase. It'll be good if I don't get optimized when I'm 35 years old."

"Hey, why are there still two hours? I really want to go back to the dormitory to fight Shenyuan."

While they were chatting, something suddenly came from the depths of the dark wasteland.

The sound obviously came from a very far away place, and it had become blurry when it reached here, but it could still be identified as the roar of some kind of ferocious beast.

The sound can penetrate such a long distance, and there is no doubt that it is an extremely powerful beast.

The soldier rubbed his arms and muttered: "I haven't heard this kind of sound for a long time. This beast sounds like it has a high rank."

The companion smiled calmly and said: "Relax, brother, this is far away. Even if it happens to wander to our place, wouldn't it be easy to beat a mindless beast with the firepower of the patrol station?"

The two of them just chatted without saying a word. Although they didn't know what kind of ferocious beast made the roar, they didn't take it to heart.

They firmly believe that the Tianmen Patrol Station will continue to stand, just like last night and like countless nights before.

More than an hour passed, the time was approaching dawn, and the sky was still dark.

It was almost time for shift change, and both of them yawned and stretched.

At this moment, the communicator on their shoulders rang: "Attention all patrol units, the radar has detected the approach of a wild ferocious beast, numbering more than three hundred. The automatic close-in defense turret is about to be activated. Please wear soundproofing equipment."

"Wucao, there are more than three hundred ferocious beasts. I haven't seen so many beasts in a long time." The soldier complained while taking out the soundproof earmuffs in the equipment bag.

The companion turned on the night vision goggles together and put on the earmuffs before smiling and saying: "Let's just watch a bedtime movie~"

Through the night vision goggles, we can see that there is some dust rising at the far end of the line of sight, and various ferocious beasts are running towards us, ranging from blood wolves and raptors to large arthropod ferocious beasts. have.

Soon, the defense system of the patrol station was activated, and the energy was transmitted along the lines to the close-defense turrets deployed on the wall. The engines screamed, and the muzzles of each turret were automatically aimed at the ferocious beast roaring in the distance.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom -" In the deafening roar, countless physical shells and energy bombs roared out, and the violent sound waves rippled the air, just like a big hand provoking the heartstrings, making people's adrenaline surge.

The shells that came out of the barrel were like mottled meteors in the night sky, and they rushed towards the location of the ferocious beasts like a carpet. The moment they hit the ground, flaming waves rose everywhere.

In just an instant, this group of ferocious beasts was swallowed up by the flames. After the fire slowly dissipated, the ground was covered with charred corpses. It was almost impossible to distinguish their original appearance. Some small ferocious beasts vaporized directly in the high temperature.

"Phew~" the soldier whistled briskly, took off the soundproof earmuffs and laughed, "Isn't this much better than Yueska's popcorn movies?"

After he finished speaking, he noticed that his companion didn't say anything, so he looked over.

I saw that my companion was still looking at the charred corpses of the ferocious beasts with his night vision binoculars, his lips pursed, as if he was thinking about something.

"What's wrong?" asked the soldier.

The companion muttered: "That's not right."

The soldier picked up the night vision binoculars again, looked at the charred corpses carefully, and shrugged: "They were all blasted clean, what's wrong?"

The companion frowned and said: "The ferocious beasts that rushed over just now are not of a single species, but are composed of many species, both gregarious and solitary, and some even have natural hostility."

"Normally, these ferocious beasts would start fighting among themselves when they met, but just now they didn't pay attention to each other at all, and just rushed towards us. I have never seen anything like this."

After such a reminder, the soldier also reacted and suddenly became confused.

At this time, the communicator sounded again, and the voice sounded a little more solemn than before: "Attention all patrol units, another wild ferocious beast has been detected approaching, numbering more than a thousand!"

The soldier quickly put on his earmuffs again and cursed: "What's going on, the beast is doing team building?!"

From the far end of the line of sight, a larger group of ferocious beasts rushed towards them, and the sand and dust raised by their running almost covered the horizon.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom -" The defensive forts opened fire one after another, the scorching light illuminated the surrounding area as bright as day, and the loud noises penetrated the sky.

Many patrol soldiers had to close their eyes that were stung by the bright light. Even the soundproof earmuffs could not completely block the sound waves. They had to cover their ears tightly and open their mouths wide to prevent their eardrums from being blown.

The firepower of the patrol station is extremely powerful. There is no doubt that the fire coverage network formed by the defensive forts can be described as airtight. Wherever the artillery fire passed, the ferocious beasts were blown to pieces one after another, turning into charred blood and flesh. Even a single None of it was missed.

Before the soldiers and their companions had time to take a breath, a scream came from the communication unit built into the soundproof earmuffs: "Every patrol unit! Another vicious beast is coming! Oh my god, what number is this?! There are dense numbers everywhere on the radar. Yes!" (End of this chapter)