Asura of Tomorrow's Ark

"Dr. Kelsey said that she hopes we can continue to explore Plot 21. She found no danger around here."

"That's easy to say. It's so simple. Why don't you come here in person?"

Warfarin muttered in a low voice, and ACE, who was close at hand, pretended not to hear her complaint and waited for the next order with a serious face.

"It seems that we can only go and take a look inside the ruins." Hua Falin sighed quietly.

This was also the original purpose of their trip. After the small accident, everything was back on track.

"Then get ready and get going."

Warfarin made such a decision, and then she remembered a certain neglected character and asked by the way, "Where is the Candle Knight? Hasn't she come here yet?"

"No," ACE shook his head, "I didn't receive any reply."

The full-band broadcast has been going on for a long time. It stands to reason that the Candle Knight should have received the news and successfully reconciled with them. Why can't she be seen until now?

Even if the distance was too far and I couldn't get there right away, I should still be able to receive her reply.

So the question is, where are the Candle Knights?

Chapter 58 Unknown Target

"Doctor, what should we do next? Do we still want to continue broadcasting?"

"...Keep going, don't stop.?"

However, Hua Falin also understands how far-fetched this statement is. There is a high probability that there is a problem with the Candle Knights. No matter how long they broadcast, it will not help.

But they should continue to do what they should do, so as not to leave clues to others. As long as Rhode Island can fulfill its obligations and prevent the final responsibility from falling on itself, it is enough.

As she said that, Warfarin glanced at Li Ang calmly, as if asking 'what do you think'.

Warfarin has not forgotten that this is the person in the team who can really make the decision. Moreover, the Candle Knight also belongs to the opponent, so it is perfect for him to make the decision.

After noticing Warfarin's look, Li Ang felt unspeakably miserable. He was almost overwhelmed with work now.

Li Ang should not only pay attention to the movements of Ferdinand in the city of the Great Knight, sixty kilometers away, but also allocate part of his energy to help investigate the situation in the ruins of Lot 21.

If Li Ang's strength hadn't improved a lot compared to a year ago, he might not have been able to perform this operation at all.

Even so, Li Ang is very tired now.

Understanding what Warfarin meant, Li Ang could only temporarily put aside monitoring Ferdinand and instead explore the situation inside the ruins of Lot 21 to see if the woman Viviana had run there.

Fortunately, Ferdinand had just gotten up, so even if he stopped monitoring him for a short time, there would be no problem.

Perception quickly spread in the direction of Lot 21, and as most of the ruins were included in the range of perception, Li Ang actually discovered Viviana's figure there.

The original lower passage of Lot 21 has lost its original function due to the destruction of natural disasters, but there are obviously some new traces on the severely distorted alloy door.

The nearly [-] centimeters thick alloy door was violently destroyed, and the high temperature melted a gap in the door that could barely accommodate a person to pass through. If nothing else, this should be the masterpiece of the Candle Knight.

This discovery gave Li Ang a rather subtle feeling, because even their team, which was fully equipped with personnel and tools, had no intention of doing such a thankless thing.

According to the original plan, if the main entrance could not be passed, they would find a suitable location nearby and build a ladder leading directly to the city ground... Viviana's method was not impossible, but it obviously required considerable effort. Only strength can do it.

Even if it is not as strong as the outermost defensive wall of the mobile city, this kind of gate cannot be destroyed casually. At least it requires a large-yield Originium bomb to do it.

It can be judged from the traces she left that Viviana is very strong, at least much stronger than what she showed on the field, otherwise her title would not be 'Candle Knight'.

Who could have imagined that a weak candlelight in the darkness could do such terrible damage?

At this time, Viviana was walking alone on the streets that were destroyed by natural disasters.

Although the road surface is basically intact, hurricanes with maximum wind speeds exceeding Category [-] have destroyed almost everything on the surface. In order to reduce their own weight as much as possible and reduce the load on the mobile city, most of the buildings on Terra are made of a Constructed of lightweight carbon materials.

Although this kind of building material has many advantages such as high strength, long life, and excellent earthquake resistance, it is extremely weak in the face of disasters such as hurricanes, and may even cause greater disasters.

Some buildings with low structural strength were forcibly pulled from the foundation and turned into terrifyingly powerful artillery shells under the influence of the hurricane. This is how most of the damage on Lot 21 was caused.

Countless building debris are scattered on the dilapidated streets, and black translucent crystal clusters are everywhere.The waste with a large amount of Origin Stone contamination remaining has turned into a deadly trap. A sharp Origin Stone crystal may be buried in any inconspicuous place, which has brought considerable obstacles to Viviana's actions. .

She carefully avoided these dangerous obstacles, and when she couldn't avoid them, she used magic to forcefully destroy them.

Viviana barely stopped along the way and headed straight towards the deepest part of the city.

I didn't expect it was actually there...

When he discovered the traces of Viviana, Leon felt a little surprised.

Li Ang thought she would bring one or two accompanying people, but he didn't expect that Viviana came alone and entered the depths of the ruins of Lot 21 alone.

Coupled with the previous behavior of ignoring Rhode Island's signal... Viviana's purpose in taking this mission seems extremely suspicious.

Could it be some secret mission assigned to her by the Grand Knight Commander?Thinking of this possibility, Li Ang couldn't help but frown.

While being a member of the knights under the name of Bol Pharmaceuticals, Viviana is also the adopted daughter of Grand Knight Commander Ioletta. It is indeed possible that the Grand Knight Commander will give her some tasks.

But...are there any secrets in the ruins of Lot 21?

Well, if you think about it carefully, it seems that there are quite a lot.

Viviana's goal was obviously the hinterland of the city, where there was the headquarters building of Ball Pharmaceuticals. It was there that Adams caused the first core reactor overload, killing most of the top executives of Ball Pharmaceuticals.

In addition, it is also the place where the Origin Stone life was born. The aftermath of the battle between him and Li Ang almost razed everything nearby to the ground, which looked very conspicuous from high altitude.

Not surprisingly, the 'hole' leading to the outside of the world was also opened there, and that area was also the most exotic place in the ruins.

Coupled with the experimental data about the 'Dream' project that Rhine Life is looking for, there are quite a lot of things hidden in the ruins of Lot 21... The Grand Knight Commander does have a reason to ask his adopted daughter to come over and take a look at the situation.

But Li Ang was still a little confused.

If it was really the Grand Knight Commander's mission, then why did Viviana have to carry it out in this way?Li Ang was well aware of the relationship between her and the Grand Knight Commander, and he also acquiesced to a certain extent in the Grand Knight Commander's use of her adopted daughter for surveillance.

But his intuition told Leon that some of Viviana's actions now did not seem to come from the instructions of the Grand Knight Commander, and her concealed actions made no sense.

If she were the Grand Knight Commander, her actions would be more upright and not as sneaky as she is now.

After confirming the whereabouts of the Candle Knight, Leon quickly withdrew his perception and re-locked Ferdinand inside the Great Knight Territory.

At this time, Ferdinand had already leisurely enjoyed the breakfast provided by the hotel, and was flipping through a newspaper from a newspaper owned by Rose Newspaper Union. He did not look like he was making any big moves in a short period of time.

"I think we can go directly there first. Even if we don't enter the ruins, we can still take a look at the condition of the ruins first."

After pondering for a moment, Li Ang said, "Besides, maybe the Candle Knight has already arrived there in advance."

After hearing the implication of Li Ang's words, Hua Farin immediately made a decision and said, "That's okay, then we can just go there."

ACE didn't hear the obscure exchange of opinions between the two. He shouted loudly to call back several people who were collecting samples everywhere. The group got back into the car and continued towards the ruins of Lot 21.

But this time, even after returning to the car, everyone did not take off the helmets of the protective suits. They just adjusted the internal circulation mode to the air filtration mode.

After walking in the contaminated area, they were more or less contaminated with radioactive dust. If they accidentally entered the protective clothing, it would have a considerable impact on the human body.

Now they can only make do with this, at least inside the carriage, they do not have the conditions to clean up the dust.

Perhaps because of the common topic, Elena quickly became familiar with Provence. The two had a heated debate about the reasons for the decline in radiation intensity here. Others on the side did not even say a word due to lack of knowledge. I couldn't plug in, so I could only sit aside and be a quiet spectator.

One of them has a serious academic background, and the other is an experienced natural disaster messenger. Before they have conclusive evidence, neither of them can convince the other.

Although the reason for the decrease in radiation intensity has not yet been identified, this is good news for Li Ang and his team.

In the high-intensity radiation of tens of thousands of units, even if you wear a full set of protective clothing, regardless of the risk of infection, the time you can move is very limited.

Rhode Island originally planned to find a place with lower radiation intensity near the ruins of Lot 21, clean up the pollution there, and build a temporary camp to support subsequent exploration.

After ascertaining the basic situation inside the ruins, more operators will be dispatched to search the ruins in batches——

RhineLife pays well and is worthy of Rhode Island.

Now that the radiation intensity here has dropped to the level of core reactor leakage, the active time has been greatly increased, and their plan also needs to be appropriately modified.

"So, I think a brand new mutant creature may have appeared here. Because of the activities of these creatures, the radiation intensity here has dropped significantly in a short period of time..."

"Huh? Breakthrough creatures? If such creatures existed, there wouldn't be so many contaminated areas in the world that no one would deal with."

Before Elena could finish speaking, Provence retorted angrily, "You might as well say that someone is interested in the residual radiation energy here and wants to collect this energy to do something."

These canaries who grew up in the mobile city have no idea how bad the environment outside is. If the mutant creatures she mentioned really existed, they would have been used to clean up the source stone pollution.

After all, compared with the horrific manpower and material resources required to clean up the source stone pollution, breeding infected organisms sounds much more friendly to the people.

"Collecting radiant energy?"

Elena immediately became excited when she heard this, this is her professional field!This time it hit the muzzle of the gun.

After thinking for a few seconds, Elena spoke like a cannon, and kept saying, "I have also considered this possibility, but first of all, from a technical point of view, this is impossible to achieve."

"Not to mention the technology and equipment required to convert Source Stone radiation into Source Stone energy. It is easy to convert Source Stone into radiation, but reversing this process is hundreds of times more difficult."

"Even in the experimental environment of our Energy Department, this conversion rate is less than 3%, and the effort and reward are completely disproportionate. No one is stupid enough to collect energy in this way, then they might as well dig two Source Stones at will Simple."

This technology will not have major breakthroughs for at least several decades, and of course Elena does not deny the prospects of this technology.

Although new Originium veins will be born at the location where natural disasters strike, a considerable amount of energy is actually wasted in this process. If we can find a way to use this part of the energy, we can not only mine the veins in advance, but also increase the output of the veins. .

Therefore, even if the future cannot be seen in the short term, this research in the Energy Department is still sponsored by the MMSG Colombian Mining Association.

"What's more, this place is under the nose of the Grand Knight Leader. Apart from the official people, no one should be brave enough to do small tricks here, right?"

As for the official?They are the officials.

Elena thought so.

Li Ang, who was watching the show on the side, opened his mouth. He actually wanted to say something.

Although this land is the property of the company, judging from the results of the internal meeting, no one has the slightest idea about this ruins.It's not that they can't handle it, but it's just that the price isn't worth it, so they might as well just pretend this place doesn't exist.

If someone really does something small here, they may not be able to find it.

Considering that he was still concealing his identity for the time being, Li Ang gave up the idea.

Just when Provence was about to retort, the communicator at the front of the carriage buzzed, and ACE's slightly teasing voice came from the speaker.

"Hey girls, stop arguing for now. Get ready to get out of the car, we are already near the target location."

Hearing this, Provence had no choice but to give up and gave up his plan to continue arguing with Elena.

The shaking of the armored vehicle body gradually stabilized. When the door was fully opened, countless translucent black crystal clusters broke into their field of vision. Almost everything that could be seen with the naked eye was covered with a thin layer. The thin crystal powder and excessive humidity in the air caused the protective suit to issue a warning, and the control system automatically turned on the internal circulation mode.

Seeing such a bad scene, Provence and Elena breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. This is what they expected the natural disaster-contaminated area to look like.

"5714C... is less than half of the standard value. Sure enough, there is still a problem."

After glancing at the radiation intensity value provided by the protective suit, Provence, who was already in working mode, quickly decided on his next target.

"First clear a passage and come out."

Chapter 59 Special Spells

Now that they have entered the contaminated area, Provence naturally took over the command of the team.

One of the most important tasks of their advance team is to clear a passage for the coming team. This is usually not a problem for experienced Rhode Island operators.

But this time, they were facing the most troublesome of all types of pollution.

"Okay! Huang, come here and help me." ACE called Huang over to help.

The tall film lady agreed, followed ACE, and jumped into the car with agility.

After a while, the two of them worked together to lift a box that was half a person tall from the carriage.

Except for scholars who specialize in this field, or natural disaster messengers who have personally experienced many natural disasters, few people know that the contaminated areas left by different types of natural disasters are completely different, because these natural disasters bring different radioactive source.

For example, the storm that the Great Knight Leader encountered last time, although the polluted rainwater was not very destructive, it was more pervasive.As long as the room is not completely sealed, rainwater will penetrate inside.

What happens next is the important thing.

After the natural disaster ended, the temperature continued to warm up, and the accumulated rain began to gradually evaporate.

Part of the source stone pollution returned to the atmosphere with the evaporation of rainwater, and became part of the natural cycle again, accumulating and preparing for the next natural disaster, while more pollution remained.

Just like scale formed by poor water quality, these Originium particles that are difficult to identify with the naked eye will spontaneously gather and condense into a thin, radioactive 'crystal film' on the surface of all objects.

The thickness of this crystal film is extremely thin, showing a completely transparent posture. It is almost indistinguishable from the appearance, as if a layer of wax has been applied to the original object.

The effect of this crystal film is similar to that of waxing. While it is extremely smooth, it also has good hardness. If you want to move freely on this thing, you must wear special spiked boots.

This kind of crystal film is extremely difficult to remove with conventional means, and any expert who sees it will shake his head.If you really want to clean it up, you can use a special solvent to dissolve it, but the cost of doing so is enough to give any capitalist a cardiopulmonary arrest.

Fortunately, they were just looking for something this time, and there was no need to remove the pollution.

Therefore, Rhode Island's preparation method was quite crude. ACE and Huang took out several parts from the box and assembled them into a machine that resembled a push lawn mower.