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"Are you going now?" The doctor looked at Alpha's serious eyes and realized something.

"Go now." Alpha's answer was decisive.

"Senior Alpha!" Xiaoyang, who was awakened from her meditation by the sudden change in the atmosphere, raised her head and found Alpha standing at the door of the booth. This was the first time she had seen Alpha in person, but there were many things Alpha had left behind in Rhode Island. The technical information and academic papers had already left a very deep impression on her.

"Eyjafala, do you want to go to the crater together?"

"Is it really possible?"

"Of course, doctor, who else do you want to bring with you?"

The doctor shook his head, "Alfa, by arranging such a battle, you must have discovered something that needs to be confirmed on the spot, right?"

"Yes." Alpha handed a piece of data to the doctor, and he handed it to Ayyafala.Alpha has sorted out this data and put the comparison of yesterday's and today's data at the top.Eyjafala glanced at it and frowned, "This is yesterday's and today's data, combined with some data provided by Sister Ceylon, and some data she collected herself in the past period of time... If my guess is not wrong, If so, the activity of Siesta volcano is increasing exponentially... This is not normal, something is disturbing the volcanic magma pool..."

"I'll stay in the city and see if I can provide you with some rear-end assistance."

Alpha nodded, she snapped her fingers, and a cluster of data was imported into the Rhode Island-style personal terminal in the doctor's hand, "I believe in your ability, doctor. Through this data cluster, you can access all my people and information in the city now." Arrangement, the overall command here will be left to you."

Watching their interaction, Ceylon clenched her fists. She also wanted to go to the crater for a field trip, but she knew that there were more important things that needed to be done by someone, and only she could do it.

"Doctor, as far as I know Siesta has not done anything to respond to natural disasters. A large number of tourists are still shuttled through the Obsidian Music Festival, but the data looks like we only have a few weeks left. My father is currently working in New Development District and city affairs are handled by his secretary Cronin. Uncle Cronin is also our natural disaster messenger here. I think we can bring these data that are enough to prove the risk of natural disasters and let him understand the situation, which will definitely allow him to take some measures. measures.”

"Okay, then I'll prepare the materials and we'll be ready to go there immediately." The doctor nodded. This was exactly what he was waiting for, Ceylon's own decision.

The troops were divided into three groups. Eyjafala and Provence followed Alpha's car to the volcano. The doctor and Ceylon went to the city hall to find the mayor's secretary Cronin. The others went to meet Grandpa Herage to support Operation Star of Life. group actions.

24. Volcano part.2-The Bourne Supremacy. jpg

"Siertel, there wasn't anyone with bad intentions here just now." After walking out of the tea restaurant, Shirter was waiting next to the official car where the group of people were going to ride. Her giant sword Levantine was in her sword bag. Lean next to her.

"No."

When Alpha learned that the eldest lady of Siesta had gone out to investigate the volcanic disaster on her own, she was also worried about whether her bodyguard team would come out to attack her and her group. Although she had not watched the plot of Blue Heart of Fire, she She had seen the information from a certain trailer that "Sista was relocated due to a natural disaster", and also knew that this incident happened to the doctor when he was on vacation. There must be some unsighted guy coming out to cause trouble in the event plot, so she I was on guard, but I didn't expect that I was competing with the air.The group of people got into the car and headed straight to Siesta Volcano.

On the other side, the doctor compiled the data. He found that he could understand these things unexpectedly, and he could behave more professionally, which was a good thing.

Walking through the city, on the way from the hotel to the city hall, everyone passed by a branch venue of the Obsidian Music Festival, "How are everyone at the branch venue?! Thank you for coming here, I am D——D——D! ” The whole audience suddenly burst into deafening cheers, and the atmosphere in this sub-venue was quite warm.

If she didn't have something important to do, Ceylan would have liked to take the doctor to experience the fiery music festival every year, but now, looking at the jubilant crowd, she felt an inexplicable nervousness.Why did she feel like this? It was clear that all she had to do was hand over the data and information to Cronin, and then everyone would work together to organize the transfer. Why did she feel that hopeless despair?

She did not tell the doctor her feelings, but the doctor was keenly aware of the change in her tone when she introduced the Obsidian Music Festival to herself.

"Don't worry, Miss Ceylon, the matter will be resolved smoothly."

The two of them walked into the city hall with the information, and the mayor's daughter personally led the way. The two of them had a smooth journey. They soon arrived at the office of the mayor's secretary Cronin, and Ceylon knocked on the door.

"Is there anything that requires you to come to the city hall in person, dear lady?" Young Li Boli was not surprised. It was obvious that someone had informed him of Ceylon's whereabouts. "Now the music festival's various programs are in full swing, and everyone doesn't have much free time."

"Clonin, take a look at this information. This is the recent activity parameter data of the Siesta Volcano. I will directly conclude that the Siesta Volcano will erupt in the near future. Everyone is in danger. We need to immediately Take measures and the subsequent activities of the Obsidian Music Festival must be suspended immediately!”

"Hey, my eldest lady, do you know what you are talking about now? If someone else had spoken to me like this, I would have kicked him out a long time ago. But because it is you, I am willing to explain to you the issue of volcanoes. Don’t worry at all, although I don’t know where you heard the news from, but it is completely nonsense.”

Ceylon had no idea that Cronin, who had always been cautious and meticulous in doing things, would say something like this at this time, "Are you kidding? There have been many signs proving that the Siesta volcano has begun to re-activate, and the volcanic source stone The abnormal activity of insects, the rise in hot spring water temperature, the amount of volcanic gas eruption exceeds the warning, and data show that the pressure inside the volcano is increasing rapidly."

"No one on this land can say that they have mastered the laws of volcanic activity. They can only rely on observational data to judge the situation, Miss. Moreover, the activities of the Origin Stone Worms and the temperature fluctuations of hot springs you mentioned have always been Within the range of experience. The volcanic activity early warning system, which was personally arranged by the mayor and provided with technical design and construction, has been working normally and has not sent back any data warning of danger. In other words, it is more stable."

"What are you talking about? This is the trend of microseismic activity detected by the most advanced instruments. In the past two days, the frequency has increased by two thousandths. If this trend continues..." Ceylan took out a piece of paper Report paper, preparing to explain to Cronin.

"Miss, have you ever thought about it," Cronin looked at Ceylon impatiently, "these two days are the hottest climax of the Obsidian Music Festival. Every day there are bands singing in various venues and open-air stages. The sound of rock music can be heard even at the foot of the Siesta volcano. Why can’t the increase in micro-vibrations you mentioned be the error measured by the instrument that you don’t know where it came from and was interfered by the music?”

"Are you looking down on active phased array Doppler georadar, or are you looking down on artificial intelligence filtering algorithms? Or are your reading glasses confusing your eyes, preventing you from seeing the lava emerging from dormant volcano craters Lake?" The doctor couldn't stand it anymore, so he took out a photo of a crater lava lake taken by a drone from his pocket and put it on the table.This Cronin is not a qualified natural disaster messenger at all. The doctor is sure that this guy has controlled the volcano warning data, but he still doesn’t know what his purpose is, so the doctor wants to give him a chance to turn back.

"Who are you?"

"The doctor is the academic leader of a professional institution. He is surrounded by the most professional volcanic geology research team in the continent! These parameters are the results of measurement and research that I entrusted them to conduct out of concern!" Ceylon was very anxious. She was a little confused about what kind of medicine was sold in Cronin's gourd.

"I see, that's it," Cronin chuckled and looked at the doctor, "I understand, so it's your strange gang of liars who deceived the eldest lady? I still remember the matter of you flying drones in the restricted area near the crater. I haven’t held you accountable, but you still have the nerve to use the data collected by a small drone to question Siesta’s entire volcano early warning system?”

"Clonin, what are you talking about! Don't you even believe me?"

"Isn't it obvious, Miss, that you have been deceived by this unknown gang. You have been studying abroad so you don't know. In fact, there are many people who are jealous of the development of our Xista City. Every year, there are people who want to They used all kinds of methods to hinder the mayor's development of the city. Even an unknown clerk like me was affected several times. There were rumors that the volcano was about to erupt more than once. The first time it was a liar, and the second time it was a liar. The second time it was three liars, this time it was great, not only did they form a gang, but they also deceived you."

Cronin looked at the doctor and said, "I have to say that our opponent this time knows the mayor very well. He even knew about you just after you returned from studying abroad! And he is so bold that he actually dared to walk in openly. Here comes my office!"

"No, what I said is true. I also have observation data! I will not just believe outsiders!"

"Miss, in my opinion, this so-called doctor is no different from other liars. They are all unscrupulous enemies who want to plunder this city!"

"If you want to accuse someone, there's no need to excuse it." The doctor smiled and shrugged. That was the end of the conversation. No matter what his reasons and purposes were, there was no need to continue talking.

"Haha, people like you always say that, come on!"

[Four security guards are heading towards you. You go out now, turn left and take the fire escape. There is still a 15-second window. 】A strange voice came from the doctor's earphones. He should be a member of the Rainbow Team that Alpha took in in Sargon.

At this time, the construction site of the city hall could be seen from a building two kilometers away. In order to make way for the music festival, the construction had stopped long ago. The deserted and empty building just became Ashes and Machine Gun Brother to observe the city hall and the two nearby buildings. The best sentry position at the music festival venue.In the huge shadow of the construction site, Hui Jin was holding an electromagnetic rifle equipped with an extended rail and precisely calibrated. She used a smart sight to observe the situation in the city hall. Next to her, the machine gun guy was concentrating on operating the tactical terminal.

People in this world are not wary of ultra-long-range snipers of more than 500 meters. The range of light weapons such as bows and crossbows in this land generally does not exceed 300 meters. Those that exceed this range are at least heavy siege crossbows. Level, it is impossible to be let into the city by border inspection.

Moreover, their warning and security systems only work on equipment that uses Originium technology. When the doctor went in, he brought in three electric spider drones given to him by Alpha. This kind of technology completely uses non-Originite system technology and is sufficient. The quiet spy devices did not cause any alarm at all, and one even climbed into the mayor's office along the air-conditioning duct.

……

The doctor reacted the moment he heard the reminder. He took Ceylon's arm, turned around and left the office. Following the prompts in the earphones, they successfully avoided all the security personnel who came to intercept and ran away. Exited the city hall building.

"Huh, doctor, why do you think you are more familiar with City Hall than me?"

The doctor smiled mysteriously and pulled her into the lively crowd at the music festival.

[Attention, there are two drones in the sky searching for your traces. There are bodyguards and police searching in four directions. Keep a low profile and follow the flow of people along the street. Turn inward at the third alley entrance. Inside the alley There is a clean silver suitcase on the third trash can. Inside are the camouflage clothes prepared for you. Change into them, and then go to the other end of the alley to join the crowd. As long as you can survive this wave of reconnaissance, you can continue to Kelton. There will be someone to pick you up 300 meters away from the hotel. 】

[By the way, ask the lady next to you to untie the straps of her dress and loosen the buckles of her high heels on the way. You only have one minute to change clothes. Her pair of long high heels are not suitable for escaping. 】

"Okay." The doctor didn't have time to think about it. He pulled Ceylon and squeezed to the edge of the crowd. He followed the crowd and unbuttoned his suit and said to her, "Miss Ceylan, please unbutton your dress and shoes." .”

"Eh?? Eh!!" Ceylan's face turned red.

"Ahem." Brother Machine Gun patted Hui Jin on the shoulder, but the latter obviously didn't realize what he meant.

25. “Put on” her eyes

Alpha's car quickly followed the coastal road to the foot of the Siesta volcano. A blockade of barbed wire blocked everyone's way. Further ahead was the area controlled by the local authorities in Siesta. Due to dangerous geological factors and industrial mining matters and will not be open to the outside world.

After getting out of the car, Alpha found that the door here was casually hung with chains, not even locked, and there was no one on duty at the guard box at the intersection.

"Where have all the people gone?" No one can give an answer to this question.

Ceria untied the iron chain on the door, and pushed the door open with Alpha. Originally, everyone was still thinking about how to get to the crater, whether to force the card or sneak in through a detour, but now, the road ahead is clear. Unobstructed.

There is an obsidian processing plant at the foot of the volcano. Eyjafala said that the obsidian produced by the local volcano is very special. For some reasons, these obsidians not only have the physical and chemical properties of general obsidian, but also have good conductive properties of Originium technology.Even after processing, Siesta's obsidian can be used as an important amplification component of the magic device, partially replacing the expensive bipolar nanosheets.

Although its actual use effect is average, as a lower-level substitute for high-tech and high-cost materials, it can solve the problem of mass production cost of many Originium technology devices. Mining these obsidian can be said to be the first step for Xista City to gain a foothold. foundation.After Siesta was transformed into a tourist city, the mayor has ordered a ban on continued mining for various reasons.

There is indeed no human activity here, and all kinds of production equipment are shut down.

"If there is no production here, then where do the large number of obsidian handicrafts sold in Siesta and the obsidian raw ore still available in the market come from?"

"That's a good question."

The car passed through the gate and headed up the mountain along the road behind the factory. Serea, who was sitting in the co-pilot, held a tablet and looked at the pictures sent back by the drone, "The drone is observing the volcano next to the crater. The tower and the buildings halfway up the mountain were scanned, but no trace of human activity was found.”

"Seria, let me ask you a question." Alpha said while driving, "With Rheinland Life's technology, can such a large testing facility group be operated completely unmanned?"

"Completely unmanned operation, how is this possible?" Ceria shook her head decisively, "Even your Life Star requires at least you and Diesel to operate, which requires large-scale data collection How can the project be completely unmanned? The computer center and server room must be manned."

"Yeah, so that's weird, isn't it?"

When the vehicle passed the small building complex halfway up the mountain, everyone found that the place was deserted. The doors of several mining vehicles and construction machinery were wide open. There was no one around, and the doors of the houses were not closed. But here There was a puddle on the ground and fresh tire tracks.

"Let's go and see."

Everyone searched this area. It should be a transfer station for the Volcano Obsidian Mine, including the employee dormitories. Seria found that the water in the boiling water bottle was still warm in the empty employee dormitory. It was hot, and the beds in the dormitory were messy and unmade, but there were no personal belongings left. It could be seen that the workers who originally lived here were ordered to evacuate in an orderly manner at some point in the past few days.

"They may have received some kind of order yesterday and evacuated the area in an orderly manner."

"Interesting, let's go to the mountaintop observation station."

The observation station is located on the edge of the crater on the top of the mountain. It is different from the transfer station halfway up the mountain. The door is locked and no one is seen.Alpha drew his sword and opened the door, and everyone walked into the dark observation station with flashlights. There were many Originium electronic devices and a large number of cables connecting different areas.

Unlike the empty transfer station just now, the ground here was covered with thick dust, and it was obvious that no one had been there for a long time.Everyone searched along the corridor and quickly found the control center here, where all the equipment was still operating.

"Thor Industries' geological monitoring equipment for industrial and mining areas, let me take a look." Ceria pushed aside the dusty seat and began to operate the equipment. Various images were switched on the display screen. "I think you should come over and take a look. look at this."

Everyone followed her fingers and saw that a notification bar on the screen was filled with automatic alarm signals sent by the system.Opening the record files of various monitoring data, Xiaoyang recognized at a glance that those data were completely consistent with the data that everyone had obtained through various means.

"There are all alarms here. Why hasn't the city government taken any response measures?" Xiaoyang looked at Seria in confusion.

The latter pointed to another warning icon on the screen, "This icon means that the system is disconnected and offline."

"Deliberately removing surveillance personnel and deliberately cutting off data transmission lines must have been an order from a higher-level unit."

"We must do something!" Provence and Xiaoyang are both anxious. If these data continue to be concealed, the consequences will be disastrous.

Alpha raised his cell phone, "The doctor just sent a video file, which was recorded when he was confronting Secretary Cronin in the Assistant Mayor's Office of Ceylon. I have reason to suspect that this guy ordered to cut off the normal He is not only responsible for the design, bidding and construction of the entire system, including the transmission of alarm data, but is also responsible for its management."

"How are they doing, doctor?" Ceria didn't have time to read the message sent by the doctor.

"I don't know, I haven't heard back yet."

When everyone was discussing what happened to the doctor, Eyjafala found some clues on the wall next to the control. There was a blackboard on this wall with some photos and information hanging on it, which seemed to be about some volcanic sources. Stoneworm observation report.

"A large volcanic Originium worm that is suspected to be the leader of the Originium swarm was observed. This special individual can release high-level flame-like Originium skills and can survive in lava. The Originium worm population of Siesta Volcano The scale is estimated to be in the millions, and their growth and development requires the ingestion of Siesta obsidian, so they eat obsidian.”

"No way..." Eyjafala looked at the remaining reports on the wall with some disbelief, "The observers suspect that the leader of the mutated stoneworm named 'Pompeii' may affect volcanic activity? "

At this moment, the ground around him shook violently. Alpha quickly held Xu Yu, who was unable to stand, with one hand, and helped Levi, who was unprepared, with the other hand to prevent the two of them from falling.Provence caught Ayja Falla, who was unable to stand, and no one was injured in this sudden shock.

Shirter didn't know when she untied the sword bag wrapped in Levantine. She held the giant sword and stood next to the huge observation window in the control center facing the crater.

"Lewontin said that the magma is stirring and something is disturbing the volcano."

Everyone also received a message on their mobile phones. This message was sent directly by Disel, "Near the crater, the reading indicators of the Source Stone Skills energy field have soared!"

"I'll go and see for myself!" Alpha took out a few consciousness link devices and threw them to Seria. "I'm really not familiar with volcanoes. I will simplify what I can see and project it to You guys." After saying that, he walked to the high platform outside the control center, jumped towards the crater, turned into a line of light and shadow, and disappeared into the increasingly active magma lake.

"Senior Alpha!" Eyjafala was startled, and then she suddenly realized that everyone around her looked like they were used to this kind of scene, and no one even said a word to stop her.

Seria handed her a consciousness linking device, and Eyjafala took it in astonishment. At this time, Levi came over and patted her on the shoulder, "This may be a unique opportunity for us in this life." , looking through her eyes at a volcano emerging from dormancy."

26. Pulse of the volcano

Alpha temporarily abandoned his physical form in order to avoid the obstruction of volcanic lava and the pressure on himself from the destructive high temperatures of geological activities.She passed directly through the interface between magma and air, and moved downward along the lava channel.He also stared at the volcano with his high-dimensional vision and tried his best to collect valuable information.