Chapter 436 Revenge
There are two cats that Yan Zhu remembers vividly: one is the lively Siamese cat Gin, and the other is the cat Mr. next to Xiao Zhen.
The only thing they have in common is that they can both talk and look like cats. Mr. Cat always looks like the master of everyone. The cat in Duke Jill's arms still looks like Mr. Cat, and the demeanor of "I am your master" is still there, but now it looks like an ordinary cat that can only meow.
Yan Zhu didn't understand what was going on. Duke Gil's words made him feel indescribably sad.
"Why do you say Mr. Cat is gone?"
"What's the use of knowing that?"
Yan Zhu fell silent. What Duke Jill said was correct. He was an intruder who was out of tune with this world, a pawn used by the Black Box Society without knowing why. What was the point of saying such things now?
"I still want to know what's going on," he said. "The world is about to end, and I don't want to die in ignorance."
Duke Gil stared at him, and after a moment he said, "Mr. Cat, it was fighting with the Black Box Society just now."
"That's Xiao Zhen..."
"That's not the Xiao Zhen you know." Duke Gil looked at him. He seemed to be disgusted with his own voice. "We are now in the buffer stage between virtuality and reality. We still have some time. I will tell you what I know."
"Just as Mr. Cat said, the purpose of the Black Box Club this time is to open the think tank under the Nocturne Mountain of Xiyiqi. The think tank has three keys in total. The core key was made by the forerunners themselves, and the other two are outer protection keys. The Queen's family of Xiyiqi has one outer key. Later, Cha Keduo, who was investigating the case, accidentally obtained another outer key by chance."
"Who is Chakodo?"
"A prisoner who has been executed was once an important member of the Eye of Overwatch." Duke Jill said, "He was an agent with outstanding ability. In order to snatch the outer key from him, Chakodo was framed by the Black Box Society and committed an unforgivable sin. Before he confessed his guilt, he handed the key to Lord Tormund, and the disaster also befell Lord Tormund. The dying lord entrusted the key to his student Brendan. Later, Brendan's brother Becky was implicated and died without a complete body. Brendan's whereabouts are also unknown and he is in great danger. What is certain is that with the interference of the Eye of Overwatch, the Black Box Society now only has an outer protection key."
Yan Zhu was dizzy after hearing the series of names, but he still caught Duke Gil's hint, "I guess they got the Queen's key."
"Yes, the Black Box Society used the First Prince Alsiel to obtain the Queen's key. And this is only the second step of their plan. Over the years, in addition to planting the mutant plague, they deliberately provoked disputes between the Xiyiqi bugs and the Saidi people in the dark, and finally pushed the two races into the vortex of war. Because the Xiyiqi bug swarm is the guardian group designated by the Forerunners, they were allowed to activate the final defense resolution when the Queen was killed . This is the only think tank legacy that the Xiyiqi bug swarm is authorized to use. At the moment of authorization, the system of the underground think tank will automatically start. Therefore, the Black Box Society used your paradox to forcibly expand the information density and create a singularity at the same time as the think tank system started, bringing the world to the brink of collapse. The think tank automatically responded to the security protocol after sensing the abnormality of the world. In this way, it is no longer a problem for the Black Box Society to lack an outer key." Duke Jill looked at him, "Do you understand? Not only you, all the Xiyiqi people are performing on the script written by the Black Box Society's ancestor, the Dead Dragon. Everything has been planned long ago."
As expected, it was me who caused the current bad consequences, Yan Zhu thought bitterly.
"So the world is going to end."
"..." Duke Gil said, "It will take some time before it is completely over."
"What's the meaning?"
"Mr. Cat created a delayed space-time damper for the Necra Dragon. There is a time difference between leaving the virtual horizon created by Mr. Cat and descending into the physical world. At least within a few hours to a day, the Necra Dragon will not descend into the world." Duke Jill said, "But the prelude to the nightmare has already sounded, and the Sentinels have awakened."
"Sentinel?" As soon as Yan Zhu finished speaking, he heard a tearing sound coming from the air.
"Guardians of the Think Tank, the product of continuous self-evolution, monsters gone mad by the Forerunners. They were bound to destroy intruders who violated the rules and touched the Think Tank. Now, they believe that this world on the verge of collapse is the reason why the Think Tank is unsafe. Do you understand? The Sentinels will destroy everything. This is the plan of the Necradrake."
Things are moving too fast.
In fact, Yan Zhu did not understand what Duke Jill said. The facts before his eyes were far beyond the cognition of an ordinary human like him. He only knew that the Black Box Society had woven a huge conspiracy that spanned several generations of Zerg on the planet Xiyiqi. Now, through him as a pawn, destruction was about to fall on everyone.
Panicked Xiyiqi people were running in the corridor outside the central control room, questioning and screaming at each other in panic. Something appeared in the sky of the control room screen, something that could not be explained even in the crazy and distorted world now. It was the entity of the higher-dimensional product in physical reality that tore through the curtain of reality - the Sentinel was appearing.
Unspeakable fear enveloped his heart.
Millions of alarms sounded in unison, like the roar before hell descended.
【Error warning】 【Error warning】
【Unknown enemy attack warning】 【Unknown enemy attack warning】 【Unknown enemy attack warning】
【Location unknown】 【Quantity unknown】
"Tsk, it's time." Duke Gil whispered, "We can communicate now."
"Communication?"
"Communications to the central control room should have been restored."
He turned on the communicator, and the chaotic buzzing sound and the low hum of electromagnetic induction soon filled the entire control room. There were countless doubtful and fearful sounds, the ticking of radio waves, and countless other harsh noises. But Duke Jill's voice soon became a torrent, drowning out most of the chaotic sounds like the howling of lost souls.
"This is the Eternal Palace."
"Let me repeat, this is the Eternal Palace," Duke Gil said. "I'm sure you've all noticed the abnormal situation before your eyes. Time is running out, so I can only tell you the most urgent information. The Black Box Society has released the forbidden sentinels of the Great Forerunners. Soon, the sentinels will indiscriminately attack everyone and all regions."
As soon as Duke Jill finished speaking, a distant and harsh sound was heard on the radio wave. There was some doubt in it, but more anger and shock. No more explanation was needed. Everyone saw the strange phenomenon at the end of the sky. The space was being torn apart, and some strange things were appearing in the world.
A voice shouted angrily: "Sentinels? What about our war with the Sadis?"
"Aren't we fighting those Xiyiqi bugs now?"
Another voice laughed and said, "You call this kind of childish fight a war?"
"Was it the damn Mudin people who just spoke? You burned my ship!!"
Another rustling voice retorted, "What war? Haven't you figured it out yet? This is all a conspiracy of the Black Box Society!!"
Duke Jill stopped the quarrel and said, "The attack on the Saidi delegation and the assassination of the queen led to the conflict between the Xiyi people and the Saidi people. The Black Box Society is the mastermind behind this. Your fight is exactly what the Black Box Society wants. That is why the Iron Heart War Gang of the Mudin people and General Tu entered the battlefield in time to suppress the conflict."
The communication network was a little noisy for a while, with voices of "How could this be" and "So that's it" coming one after another. Faced with the exaggerated and distorted reality, most people immediately accepted the information. Then a signal overwhelmed everything.
A clear young female voice sounded from the chaotic communication network. When she spoke, all the noises fell silent at the same time. "I am the first princess Alji. From now on, I will temporarily serve as the queen. Eternal Palace, you said that the sentinels of the Forerunner Think Tank have been released."
"Yes." Duke Jill replied, "Next, the entire Xiyiqi and the world will face a doomsday catastrophe."
As if responding to Duke Gil 's words, some twisted blocks appeared in the sky on the screen. They spread and twisted like malignant cells, and anything that touched them was dripping and decomposing like sand. The building concrete, brackets, metal, vehicles on the building, and the life inside the building were all turned into powder in an instant. At that moment, it seemed that even the space was torn apart. Countless dust flew up, and an abnormally high-frequency sharp sound came out of the speaker. "That is the primary form of the sentinels. After that, they will continue to devour and evolve until all matter is decomposed."
From the perspectives of different creatures, the Sentinels were observed in different physical forms, but everyone knew at the moment they saw them that they were enemy Sentinels capable of destroying the world.
Princess Alji's voice came through the communication network, "Do we have effective means to eliminate them?"
"Sentinels can be destroyed by energy weapons, but they can repair themselves in an instant and continue to replicate and multiply. Even if we implement a star-destroying order on Xiyiqi in orbit, we cannot stop the proliferation of the Sentinels."
A rough voice sounded, "You mean we can't do anything about them?"
"There are only a handful of Sentinels now, but soon we will be facing an army of hundreds of millions of Sentinels."
Alji said: "We in Xiyiqi have the strongest final defense resolution."
"The final defense resolution belongs to the Forerunner's think tank system. It cannot be applied to the system guard sentinels."
The princess fell silent.
Other voices began to make noise again.
"What about the Mudins? Can your weapons deal with the sentinels?"
"The Sentinels are the intelligent guards of the ancient gods that have lost control. Our technology cannot match the skills of the gods. In the past, many advanced civilizations that did not know what was good for them had provoked the Sentinels and were destroyed, not to mention that they are now deployed in large groups."
“…”
A frustrated voice sounded, "This means the world is going to be destroyed."
"Whatever we do, it's too late," another voice echoed, "Even the Mudins are helpless."
Duke Gil said, "Now is the end."
Everyone fell silent. The originally noisy communication network was reduced to the rustling sound of radio waves.
An irreversible doomsday catastrophe.
Then the princess's childish voice rang out -
"We fight."
"Your Highness Alji, even the Mudin people..."
"So we have to fight." The princess' voice trembled a little, but her tone was firm, "no matter what the result is."
“Your Highness…”
Her signal echoed across the airwaves. "Everyone, if we do nothing and no one fights, we will just watch our loved ones and friends die one by one. Our resistance may be useless in the face of the overwhelming Sentinels, and may not change the course of the apocalypse , but this is the only thing we can do. Perhaps we can buy some time for life on other planets, even if it's just for a moment, and that's worth it."
For a moment, the radio waves fell silent. But soon a voice said loudly: "I am the Second Prince Rinaru. We have been played like puppets by the Black Box Society until now. We can't just let it go! I want to fight! I want revenge for Her Majesty the Queen and the First Prince Alsiel!! Revenge!!"
"But we can't defeat the sentinels of the ancient gods."
"So what? It's the end of the world anyway. Let's fight!" Another voice said, "I am Melno, the commander of the First Cape Corps under the Cangming Corps of the Saidi Army. I will fight for all the living Saidi people."
The gruff voice echoed, "We, the 3rd Security Force Support Brigade of the Xiyiqi Ground Army, will uphold our oath and protect Xiyiqi until the last moment!"
"I am the commander of the Ninth Army of Xiyiqi. Our entire army will avenge the Queen!!"
"We Mudin people are born in war and die in war!!"
"The director of the Xiyiqi Intelligence Bureau, Da Xi, will fight for Xiyiqi until his death, together with all of you."
"I am the special envoy of the Sadie Diplomatic Corps and Sadie's Minister of Finance. I will fight alongside you all here."
"Go to hell with the Black Box Society!!"
"For the Queen! For Xiyiqi!! For Sadie!"
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"Fight! Fight!" One voice after another echoed in the communication, like thunder, resounding through the sky.
The oaths echoed in the central control room one after another, and at that moment they seemed to explode in Yan Zhu's mind. He could see the flashes on the holographic screen in the control room. They were the soldiers and ordinary people from all over Xiyiqi. They were fireflies with a heart of death. They were heading to the battlefield in their own way and welcoming the coming of the end of the world with their own struggle.
Duke Gil left the communication station, and in front of Yan Zhu's eyes, his tall human bionic shell opened automatically, and a nimble figure jumped out.
A little man, Duke Xilin, dressed in gorgeous clothes, jumped onto a small aircraft that looked like a hummingbird with silver wings. He wore a small helmet and quickly got in.
"Where are you going?" Yan Zhu asked.
Thousands of small airships were gathering outside the window, flapping their wings and shaking. They gathered in the air like a flock of birds, leaving flashing afterimages in the sky. Yan Zhu suddenly understood why the Duke had brought so many servants on board.
"Fight." Duke Shilin in the aircraft replied, "The dead Brandan and Becky are my nephews. I want to avenge them."
