Chapter 818: Black Coffin
"It's useless..." Ke Lan sighed, "There are 64 consoles in the entire core power chamber, and each console has an emergency protection mechanism and self-repair ability..."
"Damn it, I have no choice but to face the enemies in the invading ship. Instead, there are so many ways to do this broken console, which is clearly a back door specially left for others... Is this broken warship's surname L?" The hunting dog couldn't help but curse.
"Do you want to talk about a slave from the three surnames?" Zhuo Ligetu seemed to have heard this joke and continued.
"No matter what kind of slaves in the three surnames or the three families, is there really no way?" The hunting dog punched the table, and even the image of the holographic sand table was shaken for a few seconds. "Now, every second outside is dead... The combat power of those invaders is above any special forces I know. Although I don't want to say this, I still want to say - we are no match for the fuck... At most, ten minutes will be the one who stands here and talks to you!"
"If it really doesn't work..." Ke Lan pondered for a moment and said, "You can all retreat to Block 1. I think these people should not be able to seize control of Yaguna Kotol so quickly."
"Ke Lan is right!" Leiden also advised, "At that ghost prophet was unable to gain control at the beginning, he had to rely on a substitute to trick Ke Lan in as a sacrifice. As a result, Ke Lan directly turned his back on the spot... Now Ke Lan is not here, but it is good news..."
"How did you know that there is no second Ke Lan in this group of invaders?"
The hunting dog gave him a blank look, then looked at the ghost owl standing not far away, and continued to say with the voice that only he and Leiden could hear: "If Ke Lan is really a copyist created by the Immortal Crew, then the Immortal Crew will definitely have his genetic sequence there... If it is really necessary, they can clone the second and third... I don't know how many Ke Lan came out. Even if most of these "fakes" can only live for a few minutes, as long as there are enough numbers, they will always win the prize... Do you dare to gamble this probability?"
Just when Leiden didn't know how to answer, Ke Lan's voice sounded again in the command room, but the tone of voice changed significantly: "Hurry up! Old dog, you bring everyone to Block 1, now, immediately, be sure to be quick!"
The hunting dog, who had been with Ke Lan for so long, instantly noticed the change in the tone and Zhensheng said, "What's wrong? Is there a countermeasure?"
"Yes! But I'm not sure if this thing can distinguish the enemy and our targets, so it's safer for you to retreat to Block 1."
"Are you sure? You can't lie to us, right?" The hunting dog confirmed to Ke Lan.
"I don't need to lie to you in this kind of thing. If I lie to you, you can just take a few more hours to retreat to Block 1, which is meaningless." Ke Lan urged, "Hurry up, the sooner you evacuate, the less casualties there will be!"
"Okay, I understand!" The Hound stopped talking nonsense, and directly slapped the entire call button on the console, shouting: "Everyone, shoot out all the heavy weapons and ammunition in his hands, and no need to keep it. After this round of suppression strike, release all drones and remote-controlled weapons, and then withdraw into Block 1 in sequence according to Plan C. The God-Snap Hunting Group will be responsible for cutting off the rear!"
"After arriving at Block 1, immediately take the vehicle at the exit of the teleportation channel to Base 4. The route has been saved in the vehicle's navigation system in advance." After that, the Hound turned off the call channel and turned to Leighton and said, "You and Zhuoligetu took the first batch of evacuation with the young lady. You don't need you to leave after the break!"
"You'd better take Miss Soma away." Layton patted the hound's shoulder. "Block No. 1 has been cleaned up very clean, there is no threat. It's a waste of combat power to send us to perform this mission."
"That's right, stop talking nonsense, you can retreat quickly." Zhuoligetu also said.
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The core area of the Gray Mist Forest, the Tower of Heaven, the second floor.
While watching the garrison troops withdrawn from the front line enter the teleportation channel, Ke Lan pondered a "message" sent to him just now by Yaguna Kotol.
"It was detected that the core module of this ship was threatened by an intruder; it was detected that the conventional defense weapon could not be started normally; the current conditions have been met, the No. 0 emergency program has been unlocked, and you have obtained the permission to start it."
This message appeared when the invaders broke through the sixth line of defense of the garrison troops. At that time, several mass-produced fallen angels who were leading the formation entered the "final cordon" one kilometer away from the core functional array.
With the weapons equipped by these invaders, they can directly attack the crystal pillars in the core energy supply array. For Yagunakotol, it has really reached the moment of "life and death" - the most important thing is that the purpose of these invaders seems to be to destroy the warship rather than to seize it, otherwise, they should have ensured the integrity of the warship as much as possible in the battle... But in fact, more than a plasma cannon passed the energy shield of the supply base and fell into the huge pit of the core energy supply array.
The crystal columns in the energy supply array are not protected by energy shields, otherwise they would not have become the "food" of lava canthus... The broken crystal columns are at least double digits, and as for the crystal columns affected by the explosion, there are even more.
Even Yagunakotol's flight system showed signs of instability.
But it is precisely because of this that Yaguna Kotol handed his real trump card to Ke Lan.
Although Ke Lan has already obtained control of this warship, in fact, the warship has many functions that have been locked, such as this "Zero Emergency Procedure".
Ke Lan searched the entire Yagunakotol's information library. Apart from the name, he could not find any relevant information. He was completely unable to determine what would happen after it was activated.
To be on the safe side, it is better to let the Hound and others leave this place first.
The retreat was quite smooth - just like before facing the Fleet Zero, the invaders did not pursue the troops moving towards the teleportation channel. Their goal seemed to be to occupy the supply base and console, and concentrate all their forces on the front line directly in front.
Although the garrison troops have released all drones, remote-controlled weapons and self-disciplined robots, the loss of the troops behind the rear is still quite large. Even Leiden was blown off half of his mechanical prosthesis and two legs, and in the end he was carried by Zhuoligetu and jumped into the teleportation channel.
This is thanks to the invaders who did not pursue them relentlessly... Otherwise, no one would have been able to withdraw from the supply base alive.
The invaders quickly poured into the empty supply base, but to Ke Lan a little surprised that not only did they have no intention of touching the console, they did not even touch the computers in the supply base and the data files and samples that were not too late to take or destroy... These soldiers wearing black combat uniforms and black full-covered helmets remained silent throughout the whole process, and there were no roles like officers among them, but everyone seemed to know what they should do. There were only crackling sounds of flames burning and broken walls and the sound of combat boots hitting the ground.
Ke Lan soon realized the intention of these soldiers - they were installing bombs in various places in the supply base, as if they were planning to blow up the entire supply base directly!
"Blast a base to evacuate... Why is this?" Thirty-san, who was watching the image on the side, said in confusion. "Even if the undead crew members are going to tear us apart, they don't have to fight with the supply base, right? Those exploration records and various precious samples brought from Block 1 are all good things, and they just... are blown up?"
"Although I can't understand what they are going to do..." Ke Lan shook her head, "but I don't think they can let them continue."
"You have a way to stop these guys?"
"Emergency Procedure No. 0, started." Ke Lan did not speak, but instead issued instructions to Yagunakotol with consciousness.
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At the same time, the core area of the Ark, the secret room.
"Abnormal energy reaction was detected within Yagunakotol, and it was initially determined that the 'Emergency Procedure No. 0' was started." A mechanized voice said.
"Huh... I've been forcing this to unlock it before I can't? I thought I needed to blow up the entire core energy supply array before 'Zero' would be activated?" Another voice sighed, "Everyone, should we celebrate, one step closer to success?"
"People who started celebrating so early will probably end up losing, and history has always been like this." Another voice criticized mercilessly.
"History? Humph, we are the creators of history! Why, do you even believe in the boring scenes that only appear in film and television works?"
"I don't have time to quarrel with you. If you are very idle now, you should check your next action plan again. After... you wake up, you will not have any mistakes in any steps."
"You can rest assured that everything has been arranged...we only need-"
Before the voice could be finished, the mechanized voice suddenly exclaimed at the beginning, and the tone was not the previous tuning without any emotion, but a hint of panic: "No! No! The one unlocked is the black coffin, not the white coffin!"
"What black coffin?" The voice of the voice, full of confidence, suddenly became a little anxious. "Isn't the container used to store his semi-deified body a white coffin? Where did this black coffin come out?"
"I don't know..." the first voice murmured, "According to the frequency of energy fluctuations, the 'Zero Emergency Procedure' has indeed been activated... but what was awakened was something stored in the 'Black Coffin'..."
"Can you make a mistake? Is it a mistake to make the White Coffin a Black Coffin?"
"No... That's right, it's the Black Coffin, even the storage location is different!" said a mechanized voice.
The secret room fell into silence for several seconds until the fourth voice sounded: "Where is the White Coffin? Is there any movement?"
"No...the only thing awakened is the thing in the 'Black Coffin'. What should we do? Do we want to stop it?" asked the mechanized voice.
"Stop? Have you stopped it?" The previous voice criticizing his companion made a sneer, "Don't forget how much we paid when we stole the 'White Coffin' and put it back."
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Inside Yagunakotol, core power chamber.
The exit of a transmission channel appeared without warning above the supply base. The next second, a mouthful of five meters long and one 15 meters wide and five meters high. Its coffin-shaped object fell out of the transmission channel and hit hard on the square in the center of the supply foundation.
This huge "coffin" is all black, but unlike the "black" of the black fleet and the black-clothed troops, the black surface of the "coffin" is not so much a color, but rather a visual effect similar to a black hole - any light illuminated on it will be swallowed up without leaving any left... The so-called pure black is probably this effect.
The soldiers in black who were as silent as robots seemed to have received some order, put down the work of installing bombs at hand, and concentrated on the square. Even the mass-produced fallen angels who were originally guarding the outside of the base jumped over the walls and buildings and landed on one side of the square.
The soldiers raised their guns and pointed their guns at the black coffin in the center of the square. But just as Ke Lan was wondering why these soldiers were reluctant to pull the trigger, a soldier at the head of the team suddenly turned into ashes - but his clothes and weapons were not affected at all. The gun that was unstoppable fell to the ground, and the clothes that had lost their support also collapsed softly... As for the body that turned into ashes, it seemed to be subjected to some special gravity, floating towards the black coffin that smashed into the ground.
The first soldier who turned into ashes was like the first domino being pushed to. In the blink of an eye, everyone in the square had followed his footsteps, and all kinds of weapons fell to the ground, and occasionally there was a sound of fire, but it was no longer important - in this short second, there was no living person in the entire supply base.
Even the live CPU of the mass-produced Fallen Angel did not escape this fate - those floating ashes passed through the Fallen Angel's solid armor and energy shield like they were worn, and flew into the black coffin without any obstacles, blending into the pure black.
I don’t know how long it took, a long breath sounded from the black coffin, followed by a heartbeat like a drum beat.
The lid of the black coffin slid down silently, and a young man who looked exactly like Ke Lan slowly walked out of it.
[P.S. If you want to finish it, you have to fill in all the holes you dug before. I feel tired... Everyone can rest assured that this chapter is definitely not a new hole I dug, but something I planned in the outline before.]
Chapter completed!