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Chapter 198 Deep Space

"Now we just need to fly upwards to find solid evidence."

Zhou Yuan commanded the male fire dragon to take off and continuously increase its altitude.

100米、200米……500米……1000米……2000米……

As the altitude continued to rise, the wasteland world below gradually shrank into a sand table model. Outside the city, one could see endless mountains and rivers, and on the other side of the distant mountains and plains was another undiscovered wasteland city.

When the sight penetrates the darkness and continues to look further, more relics of the old world can be seen. Some of these wasteland cities even flash bright lights...

The vast land is dotted with huge pits and cracks. After years of sedimentation, the pits have evolved into basins, while the cracks have turned into deep canyons, together outlining a unique wasteland landscape.

The enormity of this artificial ecosystem is breathtaking. Even if you reach this height, you cannot take in everything. The areas that the hunters in the Wasteland Alliance have spent their entire lives exploring are just the tip of the iceberg in this vast ecosystem.

The higher we fly, the deeper the darkness above our heads becomes. There is no trace of light, only desperate silence.

Finally, Zhou Yuan arrived in front of a barrier.

He reached out and knocked on the protective shield that looked like transparent glass, but no sound was heard. It was much harder than any material he had ever seen.

[A star-level artificial ecosystem protection cover. If you just pry off a little bit and bring it back, you can be canonized in the field of materials science.]

"I would like to pry some of it off, but it's so hard that even Mitsuki can't do anything about it. And if there's a hole in it, it'll be a big problem..."

Zhou Yuan muttered to himself and looked around, trying to figure out where this ecosystem was located, but unfortunately he could not see anything and could only see the empty darkness of the universe.

……

Back in front of the gate on the ground, Zhou Yuan took out the camouflage amulet and transformed himself into an astronaut in the astronaut photo.

A beam of light hit him and scanned him.

"Authentication passed. Colonel Phillips Doyle, long time no see. How can I help you?" After the scan was passed, a cold mechanical voice asked.

Zhou Yuan couldn't speak, because the system must have voiceprint recognition and he would be exposed if he spoke, so he started signing, signaling the system to open the door.

"I'm sorry, Colonel Phillips Doyle, we have detected that your vocal function is not impaired and the sign language recognition function cannot be turned on. Please use voice to make your request."

Damn, so smart.

Zhou Yuan fell silent, thinking of other ways to break the door.

First of all, brute force will definitely not work. These metals are extremely hard and it is impossible to penetrate them even if you break your hand.

The ghost walker should be able to pass through the wall, but he is not sure how thick this door is. If he cannot pass through it within the effective period of the ghost walker, he will be stuck in the door. The density of these metals is greater than his body, and the result will definitely be death on the spot.

It seemed that there was no chance for him to use Shadow Escape. He did not sense any dark matter inside the door and the wall, which meant that there was probably no gap at all and it was completely blocked.

After much thought, it seems that the only way is to let the system open the door.

Zhou Yuan had no choice but to hide far away and used a camouflage amulet to replace an illusion object. Then he gathered his strength to destroy his vocal cords and damage his vocal system.

He came to the door again to be scanned and made some sign language gestures.

"Colonel Li Qing, long time no see. We have detected that your vocal organs are damaged, so the sign language recognition function is activated.

Emergency lockdown procedures have been initiated. Your clearance level is: Level 7.

You are applying to open the door to the ecosystem, please enter the emergency blockade release password..."

An input device popped out from the metal door.

The Eye of Appraisal popped up a note:
[The password is 0000000. Do you think you can stump me with this? ]

Why are there eight zeros? This password is too simple...

Zhou Yuan muttered as he entered the secret.

"The review was successful, the emergency blockade procedure was lifted, and the door to the ecosystem is about to open."

Rumble, rumble, rumble...

With a roar like thunder, the dust fell away and the door that had been sealed for a hundred years slowly opened.

And when the gap opened, cold, evil, void, and darkness gushed out, spreading wildly in all directions like a tide.

Void!

And it’s a super huge virtual spirit!

This virtual spirit was emitting extremely excited mental fluctuations. For more than a hundred years, they had been blocked outside by the emergency blockade procedure and were unable to seize the vitality of the ecosystem.

This feeling is like having a plate of delicious food in front of you. When you want to devour it, you find there is an invisible barrier between you and the delicious food. You can only stare at the delicious food, feeling longing but helpless.

And now, the barrier suddenly disappeared!
The virtual spirit was ecstatic. It rushed in impatiently, ready to enjoy the abundant vitality here.

However, what it encountered head-on was a dazzling and world-burning light!
Zhou Yuan was well prepared. He took out the Yaotian Shield as soon as the door opened. As soon as he sensed the evil fluctuations behind the door, he directly released endless sky light.

Without any surprise, the virtual spirit quickly turned into ashes under the shining light.

The evil aura behind the door quickly disappeared, and it seemed that only this virtual spirit was lingering there.

A few minutes later, the door was completely opened, and what appeared before their eyes was a long and huge passage, illuminated by lights, and it was bright.

"The ghost can affect the light source, but cannot completely destroy the circuit. Once it dies, the electricity will be restored... This characteristic is a bit like a ghost." Zhou Yuan murmured.

He put away the male fire dragon, let Fang Qing possess it, and walked into the passage.

There are many passages in here and if it weren't for the navigation of the Eye of Identification, Zhou Yuan really wouldn't know where to go.

The space here is equally huge. Each road is a hundred meters long and a hundred meters high, and even large vehicles can pass through easily.

A conveyor belt was set up on the road to facilitate travel. As the void spirits entrenched here were eliminated, the conveyor belt regained power and would start automatically as long as one stood on it.

But the speed was not as fast as Zhou Yuan's own walking.

Ten minutes later, Zhou Yuan followed the navigation to the elevator door. The elevator happened to stop on this floor, saving the time of waiting for the elevator.

As soon as he entered the elevator, an unbelievable voice came from the broadcast inside the elevator.

"You are a human? You are in the biosphere? How is this possible!" "Hmm...are there still living people outside the biosphere?"

Zhou Yuan was stunned for a moment, then he smiled and made a scissors sign to the surveillance camera, pressed the floor button, and the elevator began to rise rapidly.

He opened the system mall and found an item called [Automatic Translation Pill]. After taking it, it can automatically translate the language spoken by the user and solve the communication problem among different races. It is difficult to use mental power to communicate through electronic devices, so one can only purchase related items.

Zhou Yuan swallowed the pill in one gulp.

"Wait a minute, the area you are about to go to is occupied by the spirits!" An urgent voice came over the radio, "Stop the elevator!"

"Cough cough..."

Zhou Yuan coughed twice, and his damaged vocal cords healed themselves. He made an OK gesture towards the surveillance camera: "Don't worry, it's just a virtual spirit, I'll kill it for you to see."

Ding.

The elevator arrived at the station and the lights began to flicker violently, varying in brightness.

A cold and evil will is seeping in.

Zhou Yuan raised the Yaotian Shield and released endless skylight. The fierce light shot out from the gap of the elevator like a sharp sword, ruthlessly piercing through and destroying the darkness lurking outside!
“Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!” The darkness boiled, and an extremely painful mental wave came, which was stronger than the several virtual spirits Zhou Yuan had encountered before, but the result was still doomed.

When the elevator door slowly opened, only a few disintegrating masses of nothingness and darkness remained in the air, which completely disappeared in a few seconds.

The behemoth that occupied the entire area met its demise in an instant.

Zhou Yuan pressed the door closing button and the elevator continued to rise.

The voice on the radio was silent for a long time.

This time the elevator was unobstructed and there were no ghosts blocking the way. After more than ten minutes, the elevator slowly stopped.

When the door opened, Zhou Yuan saw a fully armed team guarding the door. Each of them was a superhuman, and the high-tech weapons they were equipped with made his scalp tingle and his skin sting. He sensed danger.

He remained calm and looked around: "Where is the Supreme Commander?"

A man with a crew cut and wearing a senior officer's uniform came forward and saluted Zhou Yuan: "Hello, I'm the deputy commander of the Deep Space, S2."

"Deep Space..."

Zhou Yuan said to himself, "Sure enough, this is a spaceship!"
"I want to see the Supreme Commander," he said.

"Please follow me." S2 led the way.

After more than ten minutes of journey and passing many checkpoints, Zhou Yuan finally met the supreme commander, the captain of the Deep Space, in the command room.

It was a two-meter-tall, tall figure, also with a crew cut, wearing a senior military officer's uniform, with eyes as sharp as a tiger and a scar on his face, giving off a ferocious look.

"I'm the captain of the Deep Space, you can call me S1." The captain walked over and shook hands with Zhou Yuan.

Zhou Yuan did not shake hands, but said with a half-smile: "It seems that you are not stupid enough to take me to the simulation room first."

Behind him, S2's expression changed slightly, and his hand slowly reached for his gun.

"Don't be nervous. If I wanted to, all of you would be dead in 1 second."

Zhou Yuan spread his hands, trying his best to appear harmless. "I know you are wary, and I understand. If handcuffing me can make you feel at ease, then please do so."

S1 waved his hand, signaling everyone not to act rashly. He said in a deep voice: "This is a necessary measure. After all, you come from the ecosystem. According to monitoring a hundred years ago, before the emergency blockade procedure was initiated, a group of virtual spirits took the opportunity to enter the ecosystem. I must confirm that you are not a virtual spirit... some kind of trick."

Zhou Yuan nodded, turned around and asked, "Is there a chair? I'll sit here and talk to you."

The next second, a chair appeared out of thin air. Although it was a simulated creation, it actually had a real touch.

Zhou Yuan didn't want to appear inexperienced, so he sat down calmly.

"What do you want to know?" S1 asked.

"Everything." Zhou Yuan said, "I want to know everything."

"Ok."

S1 groaned for a moment and then slowly said, "About eight hundred years ago, the star in the galaxy where humans originally lived was about to explode, so we decided to migrate as a people. We built a total of three star-class battleships and countless fleets, preparing to head to a galaxy suitable for human habitation far away, light years away.

The Deep Space is one of the three star-class battleships.

Hundreds of years of sailing went very smoothly, but suddenly one day, we encountered a group of interstellar pirates. Their firepower was very fierce, and the Deep Space fleet suffered heavy casualties, and the Deep Space was also seriously damaged. "

Star Pirates...

Zhou Yuan immediately thought of the terrain of the wasteland world, those pits and rifts, and the marks on the silver-white wall... Those were bombed by the weapons of the interstellar pirates!

"As a last resort, the Deep Space activated the space jump engine, but due to the serious damage to the hull and various factors, there was a serious error in the jump location."

S1 said seriously, "We have been transported to the silent zone of the universe. It is absolute nothingness, darkness, nothing exists."

Zhou Yuan understood everything. The truth behind the catastrophe two hundred years ago turned out to be this: the great earthquake was an attack by space pirates, and the disappearance of the sun, moon and stars was the result of the starship jumping to the silent zone!

"In the beginning, we were quite optimistic because the Deep Space, like other star-class starships, uses matter-antimatter annihilation as its main energy source, plus a large number of controlled nuclear fusion reactors for energy. This is almost unlimited energy. As long as the ship's hull is repaired, we can start the jump engine and leave this hellhole.

It is precisely because the ship was severely damaged and needed urgent repairs that we did not provide assistance to the ecosystem in the first place..."

"The size of the starship is far beyond your imagination. It took us more than ten years to repair the ship, but at this time, a strange creature sneaked into the starship."

Zhou Yuan spat out two words: "Xu Ling."

S1 nodded and took a deep breath. "We didn't expect that in the darkest, most desolate and empty place in the universe, there would be such a strange creature. They were attracted by the sound emitted by the starship and the vitality of countless humans. Once they entered the starship, they devoured thousands of crew members, and thus evolved in some way and learned a lot...

Their body structure is very special, and it is difficult for weapons to cause effective damage. We can only activate the blockade procedure to isolate them at each level to prevent the entire starship from being occupied.

We soon discovered their weakness: they were afraid of light. But they quickly evolved to a level where ordinary light could no longer kill them, but only injure them. In the end, the most powerful ones even became immune to light. "

S1 paused, "Two of them are the two you killed."

"My illumination is no ordinary illumination."

Zhou Yuan said calmly, "So the biggest danger is still the Void Spirits. Tell me their locations and I'll kill them all."

(End of this chapter)