Chapter 435 The Stone Statue Opens Its Eyes, the Team Asks for Help (6k Three-in-One)

Time passed by little by little.

Fifteen minutes now seemed extremely long to Lin Yang and the others.

Finally, it was six fifteen!

There was no abnormality in front of the warship, and the statue did not appear again.

"Huh... It seems that the last time was an accident. Maybe the statue we met seven days ago was a replica of the one we saw at the beginning." Cai Fei couldn't help but let out a breath, and his expression relaxed.

Que Tian and the others were also slightly relieved.

After being tense for several days, they finally relaxed a little.

Lin Yang was about to nod, but suddenly his heart tightened, and he could no longer say what he was going to say.

Because the mottled gold-plated toes of the statue suddenly appeared in front of the warship again.

The Suzaku intelligent system also issued a warning.

The atmosphere in the ship cabin suddenly became solemn again.

Cai Fei, Que Tian and the others, who had just breathed a sigh of relief for a few seconds, also changed their expressions and became ugly.

"This... is following us again?"

Lin Yang turned his head and looked at Que Tian: "It seems that this statue, like the one with the mark you encountered in the Taixuan Ancient Dynasty, will move with us."

"To be on the safe side, let's check and compare the whole body again." Que Tian said solemnly.

"Well, this time, focus on comparing the gold-plated mottled parts." Lin Yang nodded.

Although it is also mottled, with the word Zhen on the chest and the eyes slightly open, the possibility of other replicas cannot be completely ruled out.

Therefore, Lin Yang asked Zhuque to continue the full-body scan and compare it with the image taken last time.

This time, the focus is on comparing the gold-plated mottled positions on the stone statue.

The word Zhen on the chest and the slightly open eyes can be reproduced, but if the mottled is naturally mottled over time, it is absolutely impossible for even the position of the mottled to be exactly the same.

And if even the position of the mottled is the same, then the possibility of it being a replica can almost be ruled out.

"I hope the spots are in different positions. I would rather encounter other replicas than the same one." Cai Fei muttered again.

But...

Ideals are full.

Reality is skinny.

"Unfortunately, everyone, after a detailed comparison, the spots and textures on the statue are exactly the same."

After a period of detailed comparison, Lin Yang had to give the result he least wanted to see.

"This... what should I do now?" Cai Fei scratched his scalp fiercely, a little worried.

"Quetian, are you sure that the statue with the mark that your Taixuan Ancient Dynasty exploration team encountered just followed and did not cause other dangers?" Lin Yang looked at Quetian.

If it was just following, it would not be completely unacceptable.

Quetian nodded: "Indeed, at least, it has been like this before the exploration team was forced to leave the unknown space. Of course, it cannot be completely ruled out that it is because the following time is short or the danger carried by the statue itself is not triggered."

"Oh... then let it follow first?" Lin Yang has no better way to deal with it now.

"It can only be done this way first." Quetian said, and looked at the comparison picture carefully again.

Suddenly——

"Wait, are the eyes of this statue slightly more open than the last two times?"

Que Tian pointed to the three eye comparison pictures before and after, and said in surprise.

"Huh?" Lin Yang's face changed, and he immediately looked over carefully.

Just now, he mainly focused on comparing the mottled gold-plated position, and did not observe the eyes too carefully.

Now after Que Tian said this, it really feels that the eyes of this statue are slightly more open than the last two times.

A very subtle little bit!

"This..."

All of a sudden, the atmosphere in the ship cabin became more serious.

The eyes of the statue actually showed signs of opening.

This is not a good sign!

"Isn't this statue a dead object?"

Ding Hui, who rarely spoke, said something that made everyone feel cold.

"This...isn't it unlikely? Isn't this a stone sculpture? If it's not a dead object, what else can it be?" Cai Fei felt a little scalp tingling.

"Is there a possibility that the surface is a stone sculpture, but there is actually a creature sealed inside the statue?"

Que Tian also said something amazing. He pointed to the word "Zhen" on the chest of the statue and said with a wild imagination:

"Zhen means to suppress. Could it mean to suppress the creature inside the statue?"

"This should be... unlikely, right? We have scanned it. This statue is made of stone from inside to outside. There is no trace of any biological life." Cai Fei hesitated.

Que Tian shook his head slightly and looked at Lin Yang: "Team leader, what do you think?"

Lin Yang took a deep breath: "I think any possibility cannot be completely ruled out. It is best to be prepared to escape at any time. If there is a creature inside the statue, it is definitely not something we can deal with. If there is no creature, then this stone sculpture is opening its eyes on its own, which is even more terrifying."

Imagine that a stone sculpture suddenly begins to open its eyes. This is much more terrifying than a statue disguised as a creature.

After a pause, Lin Yang said seriously:

"Now I, as the team leader, give the following instructions: From now on, everyone must wear their own individual combat equipment, enter combat readiness, and fully replenish energy, and be ready to abandon the ship and escape at any time!"

"At the same time, I will start to issue early warnings to other groups and send the positioning equipment information of everyone's single combat devices to other groups. Once the statue starts attacking the battleship, Suzaku will enter an automatic combat state to delay the statue as much as possible. , everyone escaped on their own and waited for rescue from other teams.”

"Yes, team leader!"

Que Tian and others responded seriously.

"Now, I will ask other groups for wartime authorization so that after escaping, they can accurately locate each other when they are close to each other within a certain range and improve the success of the rescue. You must also ensure that the positioning equipment is intact!" Lin Yang added.

"Understood, team leader."

The four of them nodded at the same time.

Lin Yang pressed the communication device on the battleship, began to contact other groups, and simultaneously sent wartime authorization agreements.

In unknown space, transmitting information to the outside world is slow.

However, if we are both in the unknown space, we can still get in touch quickly.

Of course, instant messaging is still not possible, but the latency will be much lower.

Ten minutes later, the nearest teams 1, 2, and 4 sent feedback messages one after another, indicating that they had received danger warnings and wartime support requests.

Then, the fourth group continues to transmit relevant information to the subsequent groups.

Lin Yang took advantage of the gap in receiving feedback information, turned around and looked at the four Quetian people, and said in a condensed voice:

"Everyone should be prepared for the worst. Once there is a danger that cannot be defended, after escaping, return according to the route you came from, and try to run in the direction of leaving the unknown space. Other teams will try their best to support you. If someone escapes from the unknown space, be sure to Requesting timely reinforcements from the Alien Management Bureau.”

There are no other dangers on the route they came from, so returning to the original route to escape is the best option.

Although there is no battleship, the safety is slightly reduced, but the aircraft in the single combat device equipped by each person is also extremely fast.

This time when they entered the unknown space to explore the Mingye clan, the Human Alliance gave all the members who entered a highly configured single-player combat device.

The members who can be selected, even the weakest among the fifty people, are all elites.

The Human Alliance attaches great importance to the safety of its members.

Even if the battleship is lost, it is enough to ensure that the members themselves can still survive, move and even fight in the unknown space.

The main function of a battleship in an unknown space is actually to fight independently when encountering danger, delaying time, and giving members time and opportunity to escape.

After arranging things within the group, Lin Yang asked Suzaku to stay away from the statue.

According to the records of the Taixuan Ancient Dynasty, this kind of stone statue that can be followed can be bypassed and left every time it is encountered.

The stone statue will not keep moving, but will suddenly appear next to the battleship after a certain period of time.

The stone statue has not shown any danger yet, and the exploration needs to continue.

Be prepared to escape just in case.

Another seven days passed.

The stone sculpture appeared in front of the battleship on time again.

Just like the first time we met, we still saw the toes first.

It seems that every time it appears, it appears in the same state as when it was first encountered.

If the battleship had not marked its movement trajectory and route, it would be easy to feel as if it had been spinning around in circles for seven days, so it would encounter this statue every once in a while.

"Suzaku, go directly to compare the eyes."

In this encounter, Lin Yang did not waste time to observe and compare other parts, and directly sent the battleship to the eyes of the statue.

As the battleship moves, detailed images of the statue's eyes are transmitted back again.

"It seems to be wider than seven days ago."

After comparing, Lin Yang couldn't help but sigh.

If you compare it twice before and after, it’s not very obvious.

But comparing the first time with this time, it can be clearly seen that the eyes are indeed opened a lot.

"According to this opening speed, maybe it will be fully opened in a few months." Que Tian's eyes were dark.

"I have also passed on the relevant information to Director Song. In a few months, Director Song may be able to receive my information, and other support should be dispatched by then." Lin Yang said.

"I hope so." Que Tian's voice was low.

Time passed, and three months passed in the blink of an eye.

Another seven days.

The statue appeared in front of the Suzaku battleship on time.

Lin Yang and others have become accustomed to this.

For more than three months, this statue will appear on time every seven days.

More and more eyes opened, but there was never any other danger.

"It seems that the imprinted statue that your Taixuan Ancient Dynasty exploration team encountered only lasted two months. It was because the exploration team left the unknown space after two months, and it did not end after only two months."

Lin Yang said to Que Tian.

"Well, this statue confirms this, but I don't know how long it will follow. Maybe it will continue to follow." Que Tian said slowly.

Cai Fei on the side has become much calmer in the past three months. With the pressure of the statue, he has been training himself during this period except for necessary rest.

When encountering danger, having more strength will give you more hope of escape.

Not only Cai Fei, but also Lin Yang and the others are improving themselves.

After hearing Que Tian's words, Cai Fei suddenly looked like he had an idea and said:

"Tell me, if we meet other groups at this time and then separate, will the statue follow us, them, or neither at all?"

These words made Lin Yang and the others startled.

They really haven't thought about this angle.

"This... is indeed a way to investigate the following mode of this statue, but we can't easily involve other groups." Lin Yang glanced at Cai Fei and whispered.

"Hehe, team leader, I understand. I just thought of this and said it casually. After all, we don't have the ability to fight against unknown dangers. If the director and others take action personally, it's better to test it like this." Cai Fei touched his head and smiled.

"Alas, it's still insufficient strength. If the strength is sufficient, no matter what danger it is, just suppress it with firepower." Lin Yang sighed.

There is a saying in China that all fear comes from insufficient firepower.

It is very appropriate now.

Without enough power, you can only observe passively and have no initiative to test.

"I'm going to continue training." Cai Fei immediately ran to the training room.

As soon as the chatterbox left, no one spoke in the ship cabin.

...

Time will not stop for anyone or any situation.

If there is anything that is the most cruel and ruthless, it must be time.

Anything, anything, will become insignificant after a long enough time.

In the unknown space, time seems particularly cruel.

Unknowingly, three years have passed since Lin Yang and his team entered the unknown space!

Three whole years!

If it were in the outside world, three years would be enough to change a lot of things.

But in the dark and silent unknown space, this amount of time is too insignificant.

It happened to be seven days again.

In the Suzaku battleship, Lin Yang and his team gathered in the main ship cabin again.

The statue outside appeared on time.

"It's been three years. Before, Que Tian judged that the statue would be able to fully open its eyes in a few months at most, but later, the statue's eye opening became smaller and smaller. It seems that the closer it is to opening, the more difficult it is. Now it is still a long way from fully opening its eyes."

After comparing the eye map again, Lin Yang sighed.

In these three years, except for comparing the statue's eye opening every seven days on time, nothing else happened.

There was no other danger.

If it weren't for the fact that the eyes of the statues changed over time, it would really feel like time had frozen in this endless darkness.

And in these three years, he hadn't received a reply from Song Qingfeng.

Obviously, the information he sent to Song Qingfeng might not have been delivered yet.

Or the information sent back by Song Qingfeng was still on the way.

In the unknown space, the transmission of information to the outside world may be successful in a few months at the shortest, but it may not be successful in a few years or even longer.

So Lin Yang was not too anxious.

Anyway, in these three years, the eyes of the statues opened more and more slowly, and there was no other danger.

Except for being too bored, there was nothing wrong.

On the contrary, as time accumulated, his passive income of national treasure value increased a lot.

There is no doubt that in these three years, he hardly felt any changes in the unknown space, but the changes in the myriad universes should be great.

I just don't know if there was a wave of rapid improvement in the country or what.

"Although the national treasure value has increased a lot, I still have to save it first." Lin Yang looked at the balance of the national treasure value and still felt insecure.

Although, his strength has also improved a lot in these three years.

But facing this endless dark and strange unknown space, it is still very weak.

"Team leader, I want to apply for a period of retreat. After three years of training, I feel that I will have a small breakthrough."

Cai Fei suddenly spoke.

Lin Yang was delighted: "This is a good thing. You can go to retreat and don't have to take turns."

Although these three years have been very peaceful, it is conceivable that it will not be so safe forever, so it is a good thing for any team member to improve his strength.

"Okay, then I'll go..." Cai Fei smiled and turned around to go to the retreat room.

Suddenly——

"Hiss...hiss...hiss..."

"Everyone...exploration team, cough...I am the leader of team No. 5...Shen Feng...my team, cough...encountered an attack by a special life form in the unknown space..."

"Request...rescue..."

"Request...rescue..."

A unclear voice suddenly came from the team's interconnection device.

This is a communication device specially used to contact other teams.

It's just that except for the time when Lin Yang contacted other teams three years ago, no one communicated here at other times.

But now, the message for help from the fifth team came directly.

In a flash, Lin Yang and the others all changed their expressions.

"The fifth team encountered an attack by an unknown life form. Unknown life forms are the most dangerous among the known dangers. This is troublesome." Que Tian looked solemn.

Lin Yang nodded solemnly: "The life forms in the unknown space have their own abilities and means, and can also resist the bombardment of warships. It is the most difficult to encounter. If it is a regular life form, it is okay, but if it is a colorless and transparent life form, it will be even worse."

"Then, team leader, are we going to rescue?" Cai Fei turned around.

Lin Yang glanced at him.

He understood what Cai Fei meant.

The unknown life form is difficult to deal with, and the rescue may be difficult to protect themselves. They are now also entangled by the statue. According to the rules, when they are in danger, they don't need to rescue other teams.

But...

"Go! This statue is not too dangerous to us for the time being, and... isn't this just an opportunity to test the statue's following mechanism?"

Lin Yang made a decision without much hesitation.

Before Song Qingfeng received his message and asked the alliance to send new support, each of their ten groups was each other's greatest hope and reliance for survival in the unknown space.

You can't just ignore it.

And you can also test this weird stone statue.

There is no reason not to support it!

Although unknown life forms are difficult to deal with, they are powerful in numbers, so they are not incapable of fighting.

Hearing this, Cai Fei said nothing more.

Que Tian immediately prepared for battle.

No one objected.

Whenever something happened, they would discuss it with Lin Yang.

But at this level of decision-making, Lin Yang, as the leader of the group, once a decision is made, they must comply.

"Suzaku, the wartime authorization has been activated. Turn on the battle mode, activate the super jump, and head to the fifth area at full speed!"

Lin Yang gave the order, but also felt a little emotional at the same time.

When they discovered that the stone statues would open their eyes three years ago, they entered a state of war preparedness and were ready to escape.

But three years later, they did not encounter danger. On the contrary, the fifth group encountered danger first.

As for super jump, high-level warships can jump in unknown space.

It's just that the conditions for the jump will become more stringent, more energy will be consumed, and the distance of a single jump will be limited and cannot be too far.

In addition, this time it was mainly to explore the location of the Mingye Clan, so it was always flying in cruise mode.

But if we need to carry out rescue now, we may not be able to reach the fifth area by flying in cruise mode for decades.

Therefore, the transition must be enabled.

"Okay, Captain, Suzaku has turned on combat mode and obtained fuzzy positioning through wartime authorization. In the super jump state, it is estimated that it will take thirty-six days, six hours and thirty-six minutes to approach the fuzzy positioning area."

The intelligent system of the Suzaku battleship also immediately made a series of responses.

"Thirty-six days?" Lin Yang frowned instantly.

A super jump is a continuous super long-distance jump.

Under normal circumstances, in thousands of universes, at the level of the Suzaku battleship, an ultra-long-distance jump can basically span one-third of an ordinary small or medium-sized universe.

Although the jump here is limited, it still takes thirty-six days, which is enough to show how vast this unknown space is.

"Captain, we are currently in an unknown space and cannot go any faster unless we activate the extreme escape and destruction mode and perform an escape and destruction level jump. But in that case, Suzaku will be scrapped after the jump. Please be informed."

"Forget it, just over thirty days. The fourth group and the sixth group are closer to the fifth group. They should be able to arrive faster. There should be no problem in supporting it for more than thirty days. Super start immediately. Jump."

Lin Yang said, pressing the jump authorization button.

"The jump is being prepared. The super jump will start in thirty seconds. Please enter the safety cabin to sleep. This super jump will terminate on its own after reaching the target area and wake up the crew."

"The jump countdown begins..."

"thirty."

"Twenty-nine."

"..."

Following Suzaku's voice, the battleship stopped cruising, and after a tremor, turned into a little light and entered the jump.

Lin Yang did not go to sleep.

He wanted to see if the statue would still be there after seven days.

Although Que Tian said that their Taixuan Ancient Dynasty exploration team had tried to jump, the imprinted statue still appeared on time.

But Lin Yang still wanted to witness it with his own eyes.