IRCDM Chapter 70

Chapter 70: Success. Good luck to you, Liang Huan.

East 1 District, Military Headquarters Building.

The technical department was swamped. These individuals, considered the pinnacle of human intellect, were still unable to determine the cause of the sudden failure of the protective shield. The fact that all the mechs had suddenly linked to an unknown psionic wave band left them even more helpless. The complex and varied pathways and linking methods were terrifying, yet even so, one couldn’t help but marvel at the ingenuity of the other side’s methods.

Du She, the head of the technical department, said into the communicator, “Hurry up and activate the backup shield!”

The voice from the control center replied, “Director Du, the backup shield hasn’t been activated for decades. We are currently inspecting it, and there’s a slight malfunction. We need time—”

“What were you doing before?” Du She chuckled in anger.

The person at the control center stammered, “Commander Wei always insisted on using patrol robots instead of soldiers. Without his key, none of us can enter. The last inspection was rejected by Commander Wei. We will do our best to expedite the process—please try to delay for another two hours.”

Du She almost crushed the communicator.

He directly dialed Marshal Xun Zan’s communication, but it was the marshal’s secretary, Yang Qichong, who answered, “Director Du, the marshal’s functional disorder has suddenly flared up, and he is currently being rescued.”

Du She’s heart sank, “What about the shield? With our current technology, we can’t stop it. In a few more hours, the entire East District base will be exposed to high-intensity radiation. The public is already panicking.”

“Director Wu Qi of the Security Department has already been dispatched to maintain order.” Yang Qichong’s voice sounded very steady, “Director Du, please hold on.”

Du She looked at the disconnected communication in shock and frantically grabbed at his thinning hair. The adjutant next to him cautiously opened his mouth, “Director, what should we do now? Should we seek help from Vice Commander Yi Yuan…or Commander Wei?”

“The control center is full of Wei Luotong’s people. Didn’t you hear his people were already trembling with panic?” Du She wiped the sweat from his face, “Connect to Commander Qi Mingjing’s internal communication.”

Qi Mingjing quickly answered the communication and, after listening to his explanation, quickly replied, “I and Vice Commander Yi have already issued an emergency evacuation notice to all districts of the base. We are currently holding an emergency meeting. Your technical department should try to delay as much as possible. Du She, be prepared for the worst. If the shield cannot be restored, do everything possible to protect the mechs.”

“Okay.” Du She felt slightly relieved, “We are tracking the source of this accident, Commander Qi. This is definitely not an accident; someone inside us must be playing tricks—”

“Hmm.” Qi Mingjing responded ambiguously and hung up the communication.

Du She felt uneasy. After thinking for a long time, he still made a call to Mech I Department.

The deputy director, Ye Zhen, answered the call. Before he could even speak, the other party said, “Director Du, the technical staff of Mech I Department have already gone to the control center to investigate the situation. If any help is needed, I Department will fully cooperate, prioritizing the safety of the public and minimizing the losses from this accident as much as possible.”

Du She said a few simple words and hung up the communication.

The adjutant asked in a low voice, “Director, what should we do now?”

The military technical department has always been directly under the jurisdiction of Marshal Xun Zan, but the marshal has been ill for many years, and the technical department has developed relatively freely. Fortunately, Director Du She is an ambitious person, and the technical department has been doing well all these years, except for always letting Li Yao escape—but this is really understandable. All the military’s technical equipment and complex pathways were taught to Li Yao by Du She himself. The student has surpassed the teacher, and Du She has always had some strange feeling between gratification and annoyance toward Li Yao.

For example, this time, he highly suspected that it was Li Yao’s doing, but he couldn’t figure out the other party’s intentions.

“Closely monitor the movements of Yi Yuan’s department and report them at any time.”

“Yes.”

Ye Zhen closed the communication and looked up at Chuan Wu, who was immersed in the experimental chamber.

His face was pale, but his chest maintained extremely weak breaths, and the scar between his eyebrows revealed a deathly gray color.

“The protective shield of the East District base has been opened.” Ye Zhen said to Chuan Wu inside the experimental chamber, “It can now be basically confirmed that your confession is true. Thank you for your cooperation during this time. I hope the other information you provided is also true, and that our Lin Department’s hard interrogation of you during this time was not in vain.”

The person immersed in the experimental chamber slowly opened his eyes. He reached out and pressed his hand against the transparent glass chamber, slowly and laboriously moving his lips.

Ye Zhen raised his eyes and could make out his lip shape. Chuan Wu was saying, “Kill, me.”

“Sorry.” Ye Zhen smiled, “I have no right to make a decision for Director Lin. Please rest.”

He turned and left this white cage, and inside the experimental chamber, Chuan Wu’s eyes gradually became desperate.

Xu Hong, who had been waiting, finally met him.

“Director Xu.” Ye Zhen nodded politely to him, “What’s the matter that you actually came in person?”

Xu Hong suppressed his anger and said, “Where did you guys take Li Mingxing?”

“I don’t understand what you mean?” Ye Zhen asked in confusion.

“Stop pretending! You bunch of bastards, I’ve long seen that you’re not good people!” Xu Hong cursed angrily, “Li Mingxing was about to run away this morning, and the protective shield had problems as soon as it dawned. All of this must have been done by your Mech I Department! Where is Lin Chen? Bring him out for me!”

“Director Lin is busy.” Ye Zhen said.

“Damn it, the outside world is in chaos, what is he still busy with?!” Xu Hong was about to be driven crazy by his calm expression, “I just went to the place where you held Li Mingxing, and there was no one there at all!!!”

Ye Zhen said helplessly, “We have special anti-escape methods. You can’t detect vital signs if you don’t go inside.”

Xu Hong’s eyes widened, and he cursed, “Get your ancestor’s eggs out of here! Stop talking to me about these things, I want to see Li Yao himself now! Otherwise, I’ll tear down your I Department!”

Ye Zhen said, “This is not in accordance with the rules. Before the official interrogation, no one can contact Li Mingxing.”

Xu Hong drew his gun and pointed it directly at him.

The guards behind Ye Zhen raised their guns and aimed at Xu Hong. Xu Hong showed no fear and even took a step forward, “I think you’re the ones who want to rebel!”

Ye Zhen’s face was illuminated by the emergency evacuation lights outside the window, flickering on and off. He and his superior were equally difficult to deal with and smiled slightly, “Director Xu, our Mech I Department has always been loyal to Commander Wei.”

“I have always been loyal to you, how can you suspect me?” Wei Luotong looked at Yi Yuan and the guards behind him pointing guns at him, and stood up excitedly.

Yi Yuan said, “It is precisely because I believe in your loyalty that I handed over the control center of the top radiation protection shield to you, but you have disappointed me too much—especially that Lin Chen under your command. He took it upon himself to bring Li Mingxing back to the military headquarters, and now the protective shield has a problem again. Since you took him as a subordinate, your mind has become more and more restless. If I don’t suspect you, who should I suspect?”

Wei Luotong looked aggrieved and unable to defend himself, “I—I—this is really, Vice Commander Yi, what good is it for me to open the protective shield? I have no reason to do this.”

Yi Yuan stared at the flashing evacuation lights outside and muttered to himself, “…Yeah, what reason is there to open the protective shield?”

——

The piercing alarm and flashing evacuation lights were intertwined. The familiar smell of disinfectant in the laboratory gave Liang Huan a long-lost sense of chaos.

“You are Black Box?” His eyes seemed to blink rapidly, as if thinking at top speed, or maybe they didn’t move at all, just staring intently at the person in front of him. The hand that was holding Li Yao’s was constantly tightening. He should have chuckled lightly, “How could you be Black Box.”

The smile on Li Yao’s face gradually disappeared. His voice was calm, as if soothing softly, “When the joint fleet exploded, there was no time to save any equipment. The Black Box of the Dawn Project was destroyed long ago.”

His Adam’s apple twitched slightly, staring at Liang Huan, “I didn’t even have time to save people.”

Liang Huan saw his tears clearly for the first time.

They overflowed in his eyes, scorching the surrounding skin. Just looking at them made one feel despair and sorrow. It was a long and silent pain, yet it burned fiercely in his eyes.

Liang Huan subconsciously raised his hand. Regardless of identity and knowledge, he believed that anyone else would do the same, but his precarious reason stubbornly held him back.

The raised hand froze in mid-air. The black bracelet on his wrist turned into a gun, aimed at Li Yao’s heart. In the battle between reason and emotion, he still habitually adhered to the rules of an emperor, “I am not interested in your Dawn Project and the so-called truth.” He pressed the gun against Li Yao’s chest almost cruelly. “Whatever you are, it doesn’t matter whether Black Box really exists. I want the real coordinates of Nova.”

Li Yao let him aim the gun at his heart, “I don’t know.”

“You know.” Liang Huan stared into his eyes, “November 1, 126, you led the advance team and transmitted the detailed coordinates of Nova. Chen An then took people to set off, but later this coordinate data disappeared strangely in the military headquarters. No matter what means are used, the trajectory of Nova can no longer be detected. The base has since lost the detailed coordinate location of Nova.”

Li Yao said, “There are high-level alien spies in the upper echelons of the military headquarters. This data was deliberately destroyed by ‘them’ in order to completely lock humans on this planet.”

Liang Huan was not surprised by this, “You have been in Chuan Wu’s laboratory since you were a child. Except for you, all the members of the advance team underwent alien gene modification experiments before departure. The signing order has the genetic imprints of Chen An, Yi Yuan, and you—During the interrogation, you insisted that the members of the advance team had mutated into monsters and sent tens of thousands of communication requests to the military headquarters, but the military headquarters never received any distress calls from space during this period.”

“The only thing that can prove your innocence is the Black Box of the advance team. Even the Black Box of the joint fleet can provide you with circumstantial evidence.” Liang Huan looked at him, “Even if you suspect that there are aliens at the high level, you can completely make the Black Box public. Or, to take a step back, ten years is enough for you to find a truly trustworthy officer and give him the Black Box to help you prove that you are innocent. Why didn’t you?”

Li Yao smiled, “Are you interrogating me?”

“Li Yao, I really want to believe you, just like many officers in the military headquarters. In the beginning, most people were on your side.” Liang Huan said, “As long as you are willing to tell the truth, no one will make things difficult for Dawn Star.”

“What about you, do you believe me?” Li Yao asked him in a relaxed tone, “I said I’m not a traitor, do you believe me?”

Liang Huan clenched the gun in his hand, “I believe you.”

“But believing in personal subjective feelings is useless.” Li Yao smiled, “Just like that general you mentioned when you were disordered. You believed him, but you had to kill him for the sake of the overall situation.”

Liang Huan was silent for a long time, “You are very smart. For so many years, you have made the military headquarters believe that the Black Box of the Dawn Project is on you. Even the technical department has detected subtle metal frequencies in your body. Almost all the military’s plans revolve around the Black Box, finding it will lead to the coordinates of Nova.”

Even he and Ye Zhen had deduced that Li Yao might have taken some measures to integrate the Black Box into his body. Even various details showed that their inferences were correct. Then he specially formulated a spy plan for Li Yao, led by him personally.

But obviously, Li Yao had the upper hand in this confrontation again—the Black Box of the Dawn Project, which was causing trouble in the East District base, did not even exist from beginning to end.

Liang Huan lowered his eyes and looked at him, “You must restart the mech in order to return to space?”

Li Yao raised an eyebrow, “Otherwise? Kill everyone in the military headquarters to avenge my brothers?”

Liang Huan did not deny this guess. Li Yao raised his hand and grabbed the hand he was holding the gun with, deliberately pulling it into his arms, “You underestimate people too much, Officer Lin.”

Liang Huan’s wrist moved, and the gun immediately turned back into a bracelet, looking as if Li Yao was voluntarily pulling his hand to his chest.

Li Yao chuckled, “It’s as if I’m begging you to harass me.”

Liang Huan said, “I’m not in the mood to joke with you now.”

Li Yao asked with interest, “Then are you interested in kissing?”

“…” Liang Huan fell silent.

“If you don’t speak, I’ll take it as you agree.” Li Yao leaned over as if to kiss him.

Liang Huan stood still. He suddenly fired a shot at Liang Huan’s thigh. Liang Huan reacted extremely quickly, quickly dodging to the side. Li Yao fired several shots at him, jumped onto the console, and with a roll, swept all the dense chips in the card slot and threw them into his pocket.

The bullet brushed past his face. Li Yao rolled off the console and cursed, “You cheat every time you cooperate with me. Officer, isn’t it a bit too much to bully people?”

Liang Huan said coldly, “It’s always you who break the agreement first.”

Li Yao poked his head out from the console, “Every time? You really remembered or are you bluffing me?”

Liang Huan aimed at him without hesitation and fired a capture net.

Li Yao dodged smartly and found cover to fight back, “Why are you shooting at me when we’re talking nicely?”

Liang Huan laughed in anger, “Clearly you fired the first shot.”

“Is that so?” Li Yao reflected for half a second, then refused to reflect, “Why don’t we call a truce first?”

Liang Huan said in a deep voice, “Do you think we’re playing house?”

Li Yao sighed regretfully. Just as he was about to fire another shot at his head, a huge force suddenly came from behind, directly sending him flying. He turned in the air and fired directly at a direction without hesitation. The glass of the experimental chamber shattered, revealing the figure hidden behind.

But the expected impact on his back was a little different. He held the gun and aimed it at Wei Ning, who was walking out, glanced down at the arm on his waist, his back pressed tightly against his chest, and cleared his throat, “This is not very appropriate, Officer Lin.”

Liang Huan put his arm around the person, expressionless, “You bumped into me.”

Li Yao slapped his thigh nonchalantly, “Behind you.”

Liang Huan turned around and shot the experimental subject’s head in one shot. The other party’s head just tilted back and then straightened up in a strange posture, turned its neck, and stared at him blankly.

The glass shattered, and the mutants in the experimental chambers crawled out one after another, and stood up straight in a few seconds, surrounding Liang Huan and Li Yao in the center of the laboratory.

Wei Ning reached out and took off the glasses in front of her, “Long time no see, Dawn Star, Group Two, Number One.”

Li Yao and Liang Huan stood back to back. Liang Huan was thinking about how to escape when he heard Li Yao whisper behind him, “Your heart is beating so fast.”

Liang Huan: “…”

Wei Ning said angrily, “Hand over the things.”

“What things?” Li Yao smiled, “If you want me to hand over Group Two, Number One, I might consider it.”

Wei Ning refused to talk nonsense with him. With a wave of her hand, the experimental subjects rushed towards them directly.

These experimental subjects are extremely combat-effective, not only in terms of fighting, they just crawled out of the nutrient solution in the experimental chamber, their bodies are not covered in any way, which makes people’s eyes hurt, especially those slippery liquids. Even if you grab them, they will quickly escape.

Li Yao kicked an experimental subject away and rolled to Liang Huan’s side. He frowned in disgust while simply wiping the nutrient solution on his hand on Liang Huan’s uniform.

Before Liang Huan could speak, Li Yao grabbed his arm and used it as leverage, stepped on the metal wall and flipped onto the ceiling. The slippery experimental subjects tried to go up, but they slipped down every time. Li Yao hung upside down, holding a machine gun in one hand and shooting indiscriminately, which made the experimental subjects so angry that they directly smashed through the wall and started climbing up by using both hands and feet by relying on the holes to welcome the bullets.

The picture was so bizarre that Liang Huan’s eyes hurt, so he had to focus his gaze on the only experimental subject wearing clothes.

Wei Ning: “…”

She couldn’t beat Liang Huan and Li Yao in a one-on-one fight, so she tried to gang up, but Li Yao’s ability to attract firepower was too strong. Almost all the experimental subjects who had never seen the world were climbing the wall in strange postures, leaving her alone to face Liang Huan.

The scene of her fighting with Liang Huan last time was still vivid in her mind.

“Li Yao betrayed all mankind. As the Minister of Mechs in the military headquarters, why are you still protecting him?” Wei Ning questioned, “He not only used you to kill Chuan Wu, but also used sweet words to trick you into helping him get the list. Just now, he even tried to kill you. He is very good at manipulating people’s hearts and using human kindness and compassion. Don’t believe him anymore.”

Liang Huan moved, like a ghost, to behind her, and slapped her in the back of the heart. Wei Ning dodged forward, but her internal organs still felt a shattering pain. She spat out a mouthful of blood and grabbed a chair next to her to smash it at Liang Huan.

Liang Huan dodged, resisted her palm and turned it to the side and pushed it. Wei Ning staggered back a few steps in shock and continued to attack without believing in evil. Each time, Liang Huan dodged it lightly. After a few encounters, Wei Ning suddenly realized that Liang Huan didn’t want to kill her directly, but wanted to capture her alive.

When she met Liang Huan’s calm eyes again, her back suddenly turned cold.

The probe of the psionic shield accurately pierced the back of her neck. Liang Huan withdrew his hand and retreated, took out the capture net and pinned Wei Ning in place.

Wei Ning straightened her neck with difficulty and said unwillingly, “When did you become so strong?”

Clearly, she could still escape from Liang Huan’s hands in the external district before.

Liang Huan wiped the blood and nutrient solution from his hands, expressionless, “After the failed remarriage.”

Wei Ning spat out another mouthful of blood in anger.

Li Yao also happened to have finished dealing with the experimental subjects whose brains had not yet fully developed. They were nailed to the wall in various postures with the capture net, struggling to get rid of the restraints, but Li Yao was too ruthless and did not leave them any way out.

Liang Huan glanced at it and stopped looking. He handed the handkerchief to Li Yao, “Wipe it.”

Li Yao took it and wiped it twice randomly, and then stuffed it into his trouser pocket, “You are quite particular.”

“…” Liang Huan said, “Now that you have what you want, come back to the military headquarters with me. There’s a meeting at noon.”

Even though his communication had been blown up since the protective shield was destroyed more than ten minutes ago.

Li Yao retreated two steps with his hands in his pockets and smiled, “It’s still early before noon, why don’t we go on a date?”

Liang Huan stared at his smiling eyes and suddenly asked him, “Are you interested in Dawn Project II?”

Li Yao was slightly stunned.

“I am fully responsible for Dawn Project II in the East District base, and it has been prepared for three years and seven months.” Liang Huan smiled gently at him, “If you are unwilling to return to the military headquarters, I can also leave with you and go anywhere you want.”

Li Yao was strangely silent for two seconds, “Don’t smile, it’s creepy, it’s not like Liang Huan at all.”

Liang Huan laughed in anger, “What did you say?”

“You know, I have never been very trustworthy when cooperating with people.” Li Yao said, “Let’s forget it.”

Liang Huan stared at him silently.

Li Yao smiled, “But if you really want Nova coordinates so much, I can give it to you—if you are willing to go on a date with me.”

“Okay.” Liang Huan agreed readily.

Li Yao looked at him in surprise, “No, I’m joking with you.”

“Let’s go.” Liang Huan took two steps forward, grabbed his wrist, and led him out of the devastated laboratory.

Li Yao was led out by him, with a bit of emotion in his tone, “Officer Lin, you are really able to let go. It can be seen that you really want the coordinates of Nova.”

Liang Huan turned his head and glanced at him, “Yes.”

Countless experimental subjects crawled out of the closed experimental chambers, and crowded the passage.

Yue Hang rushed up with the guards. The psionic shield’s fluctuations were buzzing. Everyone looked panicked and nervous. Gunfire and alarms were constantly ringing.

Outside the Dawn Laboratory building, the protective shield above the sky was slowly dissipating. Humans in protective suits were running around. The police maintaining order were shouting hoarsely. The morning sun shone on the artificial greenery, and the freshly watered flowers were blooming brilliantly, but the leaves were withering rapidly due to the high radiation environment.

Liang Huan grabbed his hand and went forward against the crowd fleeing to the underground shelter. The alarms in the air and the communication bell of the military chip on his arm rose and fell.

Liang Huan turned off the military chip and saw Li Yao looking up at the sun in the sky.

“What do you think they are afraid of?” Li Yao asked him.

Liang Huan said, “They are afraid of death, afraid of hunger, afraid of poverty, afraid of illness, afraid of being separated from the people they love.”

Li Yao turned to look at him, “You know them quite well.”

“Because I’m also human.” Liang Huan looked at him.

“But sometimes they are not afraid, they will become very brave.” Li Yao smiled, “Hey, Officer Lin, have you been to the external district?”

“I’ve been there when I was on a mission.” Liang Huan said, “Do you want to go to the external district?”

“It’s too noisy here.” Li Yao said in disgust.

“Get in the car.” Liang Huan pulled open the passenger door.

Li Yao said happily, “Are you driving?”

“Yes.” Liang Huan saw him get in, opened the door of the first driver’s seat, and saw Li Yao taking out a cigarette and putting it in his mouth.

Li Yao saw him looking at the cigarette in his hand and openly put it in his mouth. Just as he was about to light it, someone took it away and threw it in the trash can outside.

Li Yao put one hand on the open window and looked at him unhappily.

“It’s not good for your mental source.” Liang Huan started the first, “I spent tens of billions to cure your mental source.”

Li Yao corrected him, “Officer, Liang Huan spent the money.”

Liang Huan said without changing his expression, “The situation of humans falling into the mental disorder period is complex. Only a very small number of people will have personality splits and sub-personalities during the disorder period. Most people will have cognitive confusion, and many people will have memory confusion. For example, memories and behaviors return to adolescence—In my few disorders, the memory regresses.”

Li Yao looked at him jokingly, “Then may I ask, Officer Lin Chen, have you ever been an emperor?”

“…” Liang Huan looked calmly at the road ahead, “I have been.”

Li Yao praised, “It really makes the people in the military headquarters come and see. Officer Lin, this is the professional level that a spy should have.”

“You flatter me.” Liang Huan didn’t mind his sarcasm at all and accepted his praise.

Li Yao reached out and touched his thigh and said ambiguously, “Officer, you weren’t like this to me before.”

Liang Huan let him touch it without changing his expression, “I didn’t expect the Black Box copy plan to fail completely before.”

“Then you really endured humiliation for the sake of the mission.” Li Yao pinched his thigh sympathetically, “You deserve to be the Dawn Nova.”

Liang Huan turned his head and glanced at him, “Officer Li is also very open-minded.”

“How do you say that?” Li Yao raised his eyebrows.

“You were so unyielding before, I thought you had deep feelings for Liang Huan.” Liang Huan said coldly, “Even if you don’t think I’m the same person as him, you don’t seem to be very picky.”

Li Yao laughed and patted his thigh, “It’s easy to say, the faces are all the same. To be honest, you are a little more handsome than Liang Huan. Either way, I’m the one who profited.”

The air pressure around Liang Huan continued to decrease.

Li Yao put his legs up and looked at the tall buildings retreating rapidly in the rearview mirror. He said carelessly, “Officer Lin, you still have to be open-minded as a person.”

Liang Huan smiled.

The heavy off-road vehicle rushed out of the base gate and sped all the way east.

——

“Vice Commander, the backup system of the protective shield has been successfully activated.” Qin Chao walked in with people and handed the information in his hand to Yi Yuan, “This time, the East District base was exposed to radiation for a full four hours. Fortunately, most of the residents hid in the underground shelter at the first time. Deputy Minister Ye of Mech I Department provided a lot of personnel support to the technical department. Director Du of the technical department wants to see you and said he has important things to report.”

Yi Yuan took the information, didn’t even look at it, and threw it directly on the table, “Let him go back.”

Qin Chao said, “But Director Du said there are big loopholes in the central system at the top.”

“This matter is not our responsibility, let him go to Wei Luotong.” Yi Yuan waved his hand, signaling him to leave.

Qin Chao had no choice but to retreat.

On the hidden private light screen, a man in a suit was smoking a cigarette. He looked about the same age as Yi Yuan and said in a deep voice, “Marshal Yi, this sudden failure of the protective shield really scared us a lot. Just the takeaway base and the mech competition, we have lost hundreds of billions for these four hours. You must find out the real culprit this time and give the public an explanation.”

“Mr. Zhu, our military headquarters will be responsible for the problem with the protective shield this time.” Yi Yuan said calmly, “The losses of the Dawn Group this time will be borne by the military headquarters.”

Zhu Qu immediately smiled, “Since Marshal Yi said so, then we can rest assured.”

“Have the data from the Dawn Laboratory been cleaned up?” Yi Yuan asked.

Zhu Qu said, “We have cleaned up everything that can be cleaned up, but we have no way to return the investment from the East Sixth District and the East Seventh District. I heard that they have been getting very close to the East Third District recently… Speaking of this East Third District, Marshal Yi, what are the backgrounds of this Liao Yuan and Liang Huan?”

“Don’t worry, I will solve him.” Yi Yuan said calmly.

Zhu Qu immediately breathed a sigh of relief, “That’s good, Marshal Yi, this incident really caught us off guard. Fortunately, Chuan Wu can no longer speak and has no time to spit out more things.”

Yi Yuan frowned and thought for a moment and said, “Chuan Wu is a thoughtful person. I suspect that he left himself a backhand. How is your health?”

“It’s okay. It’s just that the radiation suddenly increased when the protective shield was opened this time, and I almost entered a period of mental disorder, but I took the special medicine.” Zhu Qu said, “Could this protective shield incident be someone targeting us? It’s too strange.”

“The military headquarters is investigating.” Yi Yuan said.

Zhu Qu lowered his voice and said, “Marshal Yi, excuse me, it would be more reassuring if Chuan Wu… was dead.”

Yi Yuan thought for a long time and nodded almost imperceptibly.

A voice rang behind Yi Yuan, “Vice Commander, we found it. The interference source is in the military headquarters. The specific location is the temporary storage room for mechs in Mech I Department. We have blocked the floors of Mech I Department, but many of their personnel are on dispatched missions. One more thing—”

“Speak.” Yi Yuan sighed and unscrewed the medicine bottle.

“Li Mingxing is no longer in the military headquarters. Lin Chen is also missing. At the same time, we detected strong signal fluctuations from a 3S mech.”

The medicine bottle in Yi Yuan’s hand suddenly fell and smashed on the carpet. The dark blue pills rolled all over the floor. He had some difficulty finding his voice, “What did you say you detected?”

“A 3S-level mech signal fluctuation. The other party seems to have used the highest-level interference system. The specific location cannot be locked, but the general range is near Yin City.”

Yi Yuan said, “Find this mech at all costs. Before dawn tomorrow, I want to see Lin Chen’s body.”

“Understood.”

At the same time.

Third floor of the East 1 District Court.

Jiang Mufeng closed the debugging data in the light screen and asked the robot to open the constantly ringing door.

“Lawyer Jiang, are you okay?” The secretary said with a worried face, “We were counting the number of people in the shelter just now and were going crazy when we couldn’t find you.”

“It’s okay, I made everyone worry.” Jiang Mufeng pushed the glasses on his nose, “I worked overtime too late last night and adjusted the sleep pod to do not disturb. Don’t worry, I’m fine.”

The secretary couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief, glanced at the half-open rest room, but was blocked by the sight of the passing robot. He said worriedly, “I heard that the radiation value is very high this time. Why don’t you go to the hospital for a checkup, Lawyer Jiang?”

Jiang Mufeng nodded. Seeing the secretary leave, he walked to the rest room and reached out to close the door.

The huge and sophisticated mechanical instruments inside the door flashed past.

On the other side, East 3 District Black Market, first floor.

Pei Zhong closed the door of the Atomic Mechanical Repair Shop, but suddenly caught a glimpse of the small figure clinging to the windowsill.

His eyes darkened slightly, “Ai Xiaoli?”

Ai Xiaoli sniffed. The surprise in his eyes had not yet faded. He pointed to the oily glass and said, “Brother Pei, what was that thing that came out from under the floor just now? It’s so cool and big!”

Pei Zhong slowly narrowed his eyes, “Did you see it all?”

Ai Xiaoli nodded ignorantly.

Pei Zhong squatted down and waved at him. Ai Xiaoli ran over happily.

The tall man handed him a box of candy and a toy, “It’s something very important to all mankind. You must help me keep it a secret, okay?”

Ai Xiaoli nodded ignorantly, “Okay!”

Pei Zhong’s mechanical hand gently touched his little head, “The protective shield has just been repaired. Don’t run around. Go back and find your mother.”

Ai Xiaoli left, jumping and jumping, holding the candy and toys.

East 7 District.

Jiang Chuxia smiled and waved goodbye to her colleagues and walked on her way home.

Someone was talking incessantly on the communication.

“Oh, don’t worry, Dean. I get along very well with my new colleagues. I even rescued a patient with explosive high psionic functional disorder today. Thanks to my previous experience in the black market… Yes, yes, don’t worry, I will definitely manage this new hospital well.” Her eyes narrowed with a smile, and her pigtails drew two beautiful shadows in the air.

The other side of the communication was still urging her worriedly. She smiled helplessly and agreed one by one, “Okay, I’ll go back to District Three to see you when I’m on vacation… Oh, there’s no way, my boyfriend lives in District Seven, I can only apply for a job transfer, okay, the protective shield suddenly failed today, are you guys okay?”

She breathed a sigh of relief when she got a positive answer, “That’s good. You still have to exercise more.”

She hung up the communication and opened the detached villa bought by her “boyfriend”, but the bare room was deserted and empty. Except for her, there was no one.

She walked to the basement of the villa and opened the heavily guarded door.

A huge and sophisticated instrument was running slowly.

She took out the chip and sent a message.

[Brother Li, Number Seven Stabilizer is running successfully.]

…………

External District.

The off-road vehicle was parked on the reef. The blue-purple sponge was turbulent. Li Yao sat boldly on the front of the first car and pointed to the dense sea of zombies below and said proudly, “This is the most densely populated sea area of zombies in the external district. Is it beautiful?”

Liang Huan: “…”

It was difficult for him to say a good word against his conscience.

It was also difficult to describe the bizarrely colored and even more bizarrely sounding sea in front of him. But Li Yao seemed to think that the two of them standing here, listening to the wet howls of the sea zombies, being vigilant about the marine aliens that were ready to rush out of the sea at any time, and looking at the gray-blue sky and the pale sun was very——romantic.

“My mother took me to see it when I was a child.” Li Yao smiled, “She told me that the sea and the sky were not originally this color, and then she showed me the holographic projection of this planet before the New Era.”

He seemed to be caught in an unusually wonderful memory, “Blue sea, blue sky, and golden sun, no zombies and aliens, no radiation and pollution sources. It was the most beautiful scenery I have ever seen in my life.”

Liang Huan turned to look at him.

He lay on his back on the windshield, pillowed on an arm and looked at the distant scenery, as if admiring the illusory holographic scenery in his memory, “She told me that humans will eventually walk out of this planet, but humans will eventually return to this planet. When the technology is mature one day, maybe I can swim in the sea.”

He seemed to be amused by himself, “As a result, I jumped down and swam in front of her and was almost eaten by zombies. She was scared to death, grabbed me up and beat me up, crying like crazy. I kept laughing and she kept crying, crying while beating me. I coaxed her for a long time before I could coax her…”

Liang Huan leaned on the front of the car and smiled when he heard this.

Li Yao slid down, sat next to him, and touched his waist with his knee, “When you were a child——I mean when you were an emperor, what was your mother like?”

“I don’t know.” Liang Huan paused, “I don’t remember what she looked like.”

Li Yao cleared his throat, “I’m sorry.”

“It’s nothing.” Liang Huan thought for a while, “But my teacher was also a woman. Although she was very strict in her studies and politics, she treated me very well on weekdays.”

Li Yao asked curiously,