Chapter 226: Dragon City Pressure
When did humans stop looking up at the stars?
Is it when the sky becomes gloomy and the back becomes bent by the weight of life?
Zhang Fang was lying on the grass on the slope, with a pile of scattered documents beside him. He had his hands behind his head, feeling comfortable. With his eyes closed, the beautiful starry sky was reflected on his glasses, as if he was lying in a free sea of stars.
He was a man who had experienced war, and later entered the Tianxing Academy in Longcheng, becoming a student of Shi Sishi, and went through a very complicated time.
After living in Dragon City for a long time, one would unconsciously regard Dragon City as everything, and even gradually forget the threat of the mechanical race, believing that the giant city could stand until the end of time.
Even the worldview has become smaller without knowing when, and people have begun to engage in complicated power struggles and intrigues.
After leaving Dragon City and experiencing a series of events, Zhang Fang felt that his closed worldview was opened again, and he felt a sense of sudden enlightenment.
"Mr. Zhang seems to be in a good mood. Did you gain anything?" A familiar voice suddenly came from a distance.
Hearing the voice, Zhang Fang immediately opened his eyes, jumped up from the grass, with a look of surprise on his face.
"Commander, you are finally here!" He wiped his blurry glasses and put them on again. The figures of Su Xia and Xiong Wei appeared in his field of vision.
"Mr. Zhang is actually nearsighted?"
"I had an eye injury in my early years," Zhang Fang explained with a smile. "I don't usually need to wear it, but I have to use it when I'm doing academic research for a long time."
As he spoke, he waved his hand casually, and the scattered documents on the grass unexpectedly moved automatically without wind, turning page by page, from disorder to order, and slowly and automatically being sorted together.
This scene looked a bit magical and reminded Su Xia of the scenes in Harry Potter .
It would be even more similar if Zhang Fang had a magic wand in his hand.
Su Xia asked curiously: "What skill is this?"
Zhang Fang smiled and said, "This is one of the skills of the academy. A few core disciples can learn it. It can control the external spiritual energy to automatically organize books. It can be regarded as an auxiliary skill. It is not very useful in battle."
“It looks good.”
"If the commander wants to learn, when he goes to Dragon City in the future..."
Having said this, Zhang Fang suddenly stopped, looking a little embarrassed, and then gave Su Xia an apologetic smile.
His teacher Shi Sishi is a professor at the college. He has a very high status in the college and is considered to be one of the oldest people. He is a contemporary of the dean and they have a very good relationship.
Now that Su Xia has fallen out with his teacher, it is highly unlikely that he will be able to go to the academy to learn skills.
"It's okay, I'm illiterate and don't read much." Su Xia smiled, her tone relaxed and her expression calm.
Due to the war, the original commander was unable to complete his studies and could only slowly learn on his own in his daily resistance life.
"Commander, look at these pictures."
To avoid embarrassment, Zhang Fang immediately changed the subject. With a wave of his hand, dozens of photos placed on the grass flew lightly into his hands.
This skill is really good, it looks very elegant and has a magical feel.
In comparison, controlled metal seems more violent .
But Su Xia thought that if the paper was controlled to spin rapidly, the damage it could cause would not be small.
"Something's wrong..."
He patted his head, feeling that he had killed too many people recently. Even after watching several episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants, he still hadn't been cleansed. No matter what he saw, the first thing he thought of was how to use it to kill people, even in the real world.
It's bloody and violent, and it's as horrifying and fascinating as poison.
"These past two days, I customized a few small exploratory robots from Mr. Shu at the repair shop. I let these robots enter the rift and took a lot of photos."
Zhang Fang was smart enough not to risk going down alone and handed all the photos to Su Xia.
Su Xia nodded and took the photo. Instead of checking it immediately, she walked to the edge of the crack and looked down.
This crack is about twenty meters long, with silver-gray walls on both sides. It is unknown how long it has been buried underground, but it still looks very new, with a cold and hard sense of technology.
“Bang!”
Su Xia turned on a high-intensity flashlight and shone it downwards. The dazzling light drove away the darkness bit by bit and penetrated into the deepest areas.
However, in the depths, light and darkness formed two opposing ends. The silver-gray metal walls on both sides seemed to absorb the remaining light, making it appear narrower and deeper. With the naked eye, one could no longer see what was in the deeper areas.
Zhang Fang stood aside and said: "The things underground, whether they are spaceships or technological buildings from a certain era, must be huge and cannot be fully explored in a short time."
"Um……"
Su Xia nodded in agreement, turned off the flashlight, sat on the edge of the crevice, and examined the photos carefully.
Xiong Wei was also a little curious and followed to check it out.
During this period, only Zhang Fang and a few others were doing research around the rift. The rest of the people, including Xiong Wei, the camp manager, were not clear about how far the research had progressed.
Most of the camp members were still kept in the dark and had no idea what was going on.
"This photo was taken after I went ten meters deep. It shows a broken metal pipe at close range... As for the photo above, it's an exposed line. I did a simple test and found no energy reaction..."
"There are a few simple symbols engraved on the metal wall of this area. I guess they may be the logo of the organization responsible for manufacturing this thing..."
"There is also this pipeline. There is some residual liquid at the bend deep inside the pipeline. I extracted a small amount, but the research facilities here in the camp are relatively simple, so I can't study the substances in it for the time being..."
“…”
When it comes to research, Zhang Fang was more academic in style and told the two in detail about the discoveries he had made in the past few days.
Although the broken and exposed circuits showed no energy response after testing, this huge mechanical creation was not completely dead.
According to Zhang Fang, the small robots made by Boss Shu were disturbed by some special angle when they went 130 meters deep. The images transmitted to the ground turned into flickering stripes and they fell uncontrollably into the depths.
It didn't take long for Su Xia to finish looking at all the pictures.
He frowned, thought carefully for a moment, and kept staring at the crack in front of him, but the system did not pop up any prompts.
On one of the pictures, there are a few simple symbols.
Zhang Fang guessed that it might be the logo of the organization that manufactured the spacecraft.
His guess should be correct.
Because Su Xia was very familiar with the first symbol, it was a blooming rose with a black background and gold patterns on the edges, with a hint of elegance in its calmness.
Black and gold rose.
The same symbol can be seen on the fifth-level weapon, the Skeleton Sword, which Su Xia has been using recently.
His sword was a reward from the system. It came from the starry sky and was made by an ancient family called "Hastings".
This family must be very powerful. According to Dr. Egar's notes, the spaceship he used to travel in space was given to him by a good friend named Ino Hastings.
"Mr. Zhang, where is the liquid you extracted from the pipe?" Su Xia asked, looking up.
"Most of them are in the temporary laboratory in the camp, but I carry a few with me." Zhang Fang immediately reached into his pocket and took out a small transparent test tube and handed it to Su Xia.
In the test tube is a relatively viscous dark green solution.
Su Xia shook it, and a lot of solution stuck to the wall of the test tube. It was impossible to tell what it was just by looking at the outside.
Some scenes from horror science fiction movies of the last century suddenly appeared in Su Xia's mind. If he opened the test tube, would the solution inside crawl out, then devour his flesh and blood, slowly grow, and turn into a monster?
Many science fiction movies of the last century were really good, with wild imaginations and endless possibilities, especially when both ends of the world were trying to explore the universe.
Unfortunately, the whole world is in a mess now, and the starry sky has become an unattainable luxury.
At this moment, a prompt finally popped up in front of Su Xia.
【Special plant nutrient solution】
[Commonly used to cultivate green plants during long-term deep space travel]
[Harmless, can be touched directly, will not turn into a man-eating monster]
It turned out to be just plant nutrient solution.
Su Xia sighed and handed the test tube to the curious Xiong Wei beside her.
Xiong Wei held the test tube and stared at it for a long time, his eyes almost cross-eyed, but he still couldn't figure out what was going on.
"Commander, let's study it here for a while." Zhang Fang suggested, "Perhaps we can call in some excavation equipment to dig this thing out from the ground, but there are not many excavation equipment in the camp at present, so I think..."
"Mr. Zhang, do you plan to notify Longcheng?"
"Yes, the research capabilities of the Oasis Camp are still a little weak, and we can't make many breakthroughs for the time being. What do you think, Commander?"
"You can notify them, but don't reveal the true location of the camp." Su Xia didn't distrust Longcheng, but felt that the arrival of Longcheng's people would cause a lot of trouble. "Tell them to wait for us at the old base, and send a message when they arrive. I need to observe all the members."
"Okay, no problem."
After the last argument, Zhang Fang naturally understood Su Xia's concerns.
Among the people coming from Dragon City, are there any undead members with bad intentions?
The previous debate has not yet reached a conclusion and both sides are very unhappy.
Su Xia sat on the edge of the crack and lowered the nanorobots down without making any other moves. Both of them thought he was thinking about something, so they didn't disturb him.
[Going deeper, no obstacles ahead, already three meters deep...]
【Real-time feedback...】
[Minor interference detected...]
【……】
These nanorobots are Su Xia’s eyes. Their technological level far exceeds that of this planet and are much stronger than those robots temporarily made by Boss Shu.
Zhang Fang was not idle either. After discussing with Xiong Wei for a few words, he immediately started contacting Longcheng.
There are a large number of professionals and equipment in Longcheng. There is a secret department directly responsible for studying extraterrestrial civilizations. It is said that there are many suspected extraterrestrial technological .
Given Zhang Fang's position in Longcheng, he couldn't directly contact the people in that department.
Not long after, Longcheng responded:
[We have received the message and will send someone over immediately. Please do not conduct research privately to protect the integrity of the scene.]
[We will arrive at the station in 48 hours, please remind the members in the station...]
[Just an old base? What do you mean? The resistance leader of the Oasis camp doesn't trust us? ]
[We are Dragon City. If you don’t even trust us, who else can you trust? ]
【……】
[Again, do not allow any member of the Wilderness Resistance to conduct private research]
They only cause destruction
【……】
[Please provide the location of the new station, time is precious]
Please provide a new location...
【……】
The answers given by Longcheng were basically within Zhang Fang's expectations.
But after living together for this period of time, Zhang Fang, like the other members of the camp, has a higher level of trust in Su Xia.
In his reply, there was still only the location of the old base, and he repeatedly asked Longcheng to remain patient.
"well……"
Looking at the increasingly tough words from Longcheng, Zhang Fang frowned and couldn't help but sigh.
Most members within Dragon City consider themselves superior to the scattered resistance members in the wilderness.
They have arrogance in their bones.
The news of the discovery of a suspected alien spacecraft was undoubtedly a bombshell to Longcheng, making many people who were responsible for this aspect anxious.
As shown in the news, their impression of the rebels in the wilderness is still one-sided, that they are rude, illiterate, and barbaric, and they are very worried that the spacecraft will be brutally destroyed by the rebels.
With the dual emotions of arrogance and anxiety, Longcheng actually contacted Zhang Fang's teacher Shi Sishi and asked the old man to put pressure on Zhang Fang.
The old guy was not polite either. He sent a message and directly scolded Zhang Fang.
【Where's your brain? 】
[What else can Bei Feng do besides fighting? ]
[Is his education level comparable to any junior student in the academy? ]
[You actually doubted your own family because of what he said]
[With his limited knowledge, even if he were given another hundred years, he would only be able to stand outside the spaceship like an uncivilized monkey and would not be able to get anything useful.]
Shi Sishi felt quite disappointed with his friend and couldn't conceal his anger in his words.
Just by seeing these words, Zhang Fang could think of his teacher's angry old face, and the memories of being beaten and scolded in the academy in the past once again came to his mind.
In Longcheng Academy, respecting teachers is ingrained in every student, and Zhang Fang is no exception.
No matter how harshly the teacher scolded him, he never talked back.
Just like this time, he could only helplessly explain slowly, choosing his words carefully and responding cautiously to every word Shi Sishi sent.
Su Xia saw his tangled look and asked with a smile, "Did Longcheng put pressure on you?"
Zhang Fang sighed: "Ah, it's mainly about the teacher."
"Don't be impatient, take your time, the initiative is in our hands."
Su Xia was quite relaxed, exploring the spaceship while communicating with Zhang Fang.
Just as the nanorobots penetrated about 130 meters below, the special position mentioned by Zhang Fang appeared.
[The interference position is getting stronger. To continue to go deeper, you need to pass the authority verification]
[You can force your way in, but you might trigger the ship's reaction mechanism, causing damage to the interior of the ship]
[It is not recommended to go any further without obtaining permission]
[Please use the mechanical core you have]
When Su Xia saw the words "mechanical core", his expression froze. He had almost forgotten about this thing.
After defeating An Lan last time, the system rewarded him with a fist-sized silver-white hollow metal ball.
That thing only looks like a traditional Chinese ghost ball, but it is actually a key. After activation, it can gain permission to the corresponding spacecraft.
Su Xia immediately opened the inventory and moved his eyes to the small metal ball in the corner.
It's glowing.
The silvery-white lines flickered, as if they were receiving some mysterious call. They looked gorgeous and beautiful, like twinkling stars.
