Volume 16 Tower of Babel Chapter 994 Antimatter
With Ulrich here, crossing the Ark seems to be somewhat feasible...
The only thing they need to worry about is whether this guy with a "criminal record" will abandon his companions and run away at a critical moment, or simply stab them in the back... After all, Ulrich was sent to a military court for this reason.
"I don't know what those things are, but I'm sure they're dangerous." Ulrich nodded repeatedly, "The farther away from them the better!"
"Since you can sense the danger around you, why didn't you notice us at all when we approached you?" Soap suddenly discovered a "blind spot". If Ulrich's perception ability was so strong, then the three of them would never be able to complete their "assault" on him... Even before they saw Ulrich, the latter had already sensed their presence in advance and escaped first.
This point must be made clear now, otherwise, when Ulrich leads him directly into the encirclement of the men in black, it will be completely meaningless to question him.
"You are not particularly dangerous to me... Especially in that place with that moth. Its scent completely obscured you, so I didn't notice it." Ulrich seemed to be unaccustomed to speaking. It took him a while just to organize his words. The order of his words was also mixed up. There were nearly ten grammatical errors in just a few dozen words.
Fortunately, Soap has become accustomed to this characteristic of the other party, and his brain can "translate" the other party's words into the correct meaning on its own.
"You mean to say that in your eyes, the three of us are not a threat? We are not even as threatening as those mutant creatures?"
"Yes." Ulrich replied.
Soap remembered that they could sense a mutant hyena, Ulrich, who was lurking in the shadows and wanted to ambush the three of them. However, that mutant hyena was not very strong, and even the clown didn't have to make a move. Soap and Nouval alone could kill the hyena with just one shuttle each.
Perhaps, what Ulrich sensed was the physical strength of the organism? In terms of physical strength alone, Soap and Noir were indeed no match for the mutant hyena that was five or six meters long. If they didn't have guns in their hands, they would have met the hyena with bare hands. Even if their numbers increased tenfold, it would only be a meal for the hyena...
But, according to this logical analysis, Ulrich shouldn't be unable to sense the clown?
Soap and Noir's fighting power relies on technology and weapons, while the Joker's strength belongs to himself... It is no exaggeration to say that the Joker is stronger than most of the monsters in the underground maze. For Ulrich, such an existence should at least be classified as "very scary" and "trembling when thinking about it"... But in reality, the Joker seemed to be invisible and was directly "ignored" by Ulrich.
"What about the clown? The guy who was wrapped tightly all over and was abnormally strong. He could even challenge those monsters alone and escape unscathed. Couldn't you sense him at that time?" asked Soap.
"Who?" Ulrich's eyes revealed a trace of confusion, "What clown?"
"What clown?" Soap was stunned for a moment, "Have you forgotten who tied you up with tentacles when we met?"
"I... I don't remember." Ulrich shook his head, "I only remember that there were two of you..."
"Two people?!" Soap suddenly felt a chill on his back.
What is going on?
Could it be that Ulrich's memory has been tampered with?
However, he also participated in the entire "destruction operation" of luring the monster to the ground, so he couldn't possibly forget about the "monster attractor"... Noir?!
Wait? Was it Noir who went to lure the monsters?
Under Ulrich's puzzled gaze, Soap stood there in a daze. He vaguely felt as if he had forgotten something, but he couldn't remember it no matter what.
Why... why did I run into the underground maze? Oh, by the way, Giraffe was killed by those damned men in black, and I wanted to avenge him, so I planned with Noir to release the monsters in the underground maze. During this process, I happened to meet "D-level personnel" Ulrich Nowitzki. After negotiating with him, he decided to help us...
As for why he was here now, it was to complete the original mission - to collect information about the interior of the Ark and send it back to the Mukach Fortress... Soap turned his head to look at the wreckage of the communication equipment and nodded subconsciously.
There must be a large number of drones from Mukach or other surviving fortresses hovering in the airspace near the Ark. As long as one of the drones can receive the signal it sends out, Mukach Fortress will know everything: there are no survivors on the Ark, and the anti-human organization headed by "Zeus" intends to sacrifice the entire human civilization and Alpha together to the "great god", and the giant plant that is rooted in the core area and has its roots spread to all parts of the Ark is the key to this sacrificial ceremony.
The army of Mukach Fortress must destroy this plant, otherwise, everyone will die - no, not just physical death, even the soul will be absorbed as nutrients, and there will be no relief forever.
Thinking of this, Soap shuddered immediately. He didn't quite understand what it felt like for his soul to be bound to eternity, but deep in his memory, he seemed to have had a similar experience... Although the specific details were so vague that he couldn't remember them at all, just trying to touch those memories shrouded in fog would make him feel a chilling fear.
Human instinct made Soap unwilling to recall those things... Although he had many doubts in his heart, he gave up the idea of investigating further and patted Ulrich on the shoulder: "I have reliable information that there is another survivor in the other team. He is now in East District 8 and is moving towards East District 7. We need to cross half of the Ark to meet up with that person."
"Why do you want to find that person?" Ulrich asked.
"Huh?" Soap was slightly startled. Ulrich was really stumped by his question... Why? Why did he take such a huge risk to find another survivor?
If you want to escape, just take care of yourself...what does the life and death of the survivors of the other team have to do with you?
However, in his subconscious, Soap firmly believed that as long as he found the survivor, he would be able to find a way to escape from the Ark... This idea was like a "thought stamp", firmly imprinted in his brain.
"I'm not sure...but that person seems to have found a way to escape from the Ark." Soap said vaguely.
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Twelve kilometers south of Mukach Fortress, in an unnamed valley.
This was the first time that Ke Lan saw the "true appearance" of antimatter with his own eyes - a ball of gray matter that was constantly rolling like fog and suspended more than half a meter above the ground. Surrounding it were several layers of space barriers that were invisible to the naked eye.
This group of antimatter is stored in a closed vacuum space. Compared with the electromagnetic field used by the Alpha civilization to confine it, the "container" made of space barriers is safer. As long as the space barrier does not disappear, these antimatter will not come into contact with any positive matter, and naturally there will be no "annihilation" phenomenon that releases huge amounts of energy.
Ke Lan and Ze Luo "looted" the ruins of eleven death ray cannons and found a total of 1,550 grams of antimatter from the core components of these death ray cannons... This number was told to Ke Lan by Ze Luo - many people think that the mass of antimatter should be a negative number, which is actually a misunderstanding.
Antimatter is a substance composed of atoms consisting of positrons and antiprotons. This statement sounds a bit confusing, but in fact, all you need to know is that both antimatter and matter have mass. The only difference is that the electrical properties of the particles that make up these substances are completely opposite.
Positive matter electrons are negatively charged, and protons in the nucleus are positively charged... In the old era, this was a required subject in high school physics classes, but in this era, this knowledge is not included in the curriculum of compulsory education, and it can only be learned when studying related professional subjects.
The compulsory education on the Ark is more inclined towards "practicality". Although there are subjects like chemistry and physics, they are all elective courses. They neither add credits nor have special teachers to explain them to you. Interested students need to learn on their own by reading videos and graphic materials... and Ke Lan is one of the very few students who are interested in this part of knowledge.
However, he was not sure whether he had really attended the compulsory education institution or whether it was a false memory implanted later... The only memory that could be confirmed to be real was the part after he became a relic hunter. As for the memory before he became a relic hunter, it was very likely that the undead crew would "forge" it.
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"Tsk, is this the 'annihilation bomb'?" Layton crossed his arms and circled around the "gray fog". "It's really hard to imagine that the power of this thing after it is released is enough to destroy a fortress."
"Haven't you witnessed his power with your own eyes?" Chi Hanfeng asked.
"It's different. The mass of antimatter that destroyed that battleship is probably not even one ten-thousandth of the antimatter here." Layton shook his head. "This amount is enough for the undead crew to give those bastards a hard time!"
"But the key to the problem lies in how send this annihilation bomb into the interior of the Ark, or even into the roots of the giant tree in the core area." Ivan sat on a stone with a very smooth top weathered, his chin supported by his new silver-white prosthetic limb. "This thing is powerful, but if it is detonated outside the Ark, it will definitely not achieve the effect we expect."
"We only have one chance." Ke Lan stared at the antimatter churning in the vacuum space and said, "This antimatter is almost all the stock left by the Alpha civilization. Perhaps some of it is buried deep in unknown ruins, but time does not allow us to explore those ruins. We must succeed this time."
"We should play all our cards at once now. We can't hide them any more." Layton said in a loud voice, "Just send the Yaguna Tor out. With its firepower, it should be able to tear a hole in the Ark's surface."
"The firepower of the Yaguna Tor?" The Hound raised an eyebrow. "Aren't all the weapons on this thing unusable? Otherwise, we wouldn't have been forced to take the beating that day without any chance to fight back."
"No, the Aguna Tor is a powerful weapon in itself." Chi Hanfeng took over the conversation and said, "The strength of the Aguna Tor's own energy shield is enough to break through the Ark's protective shield. As for the Aguna Tor's hull, it is all made of Nino alloy, and the internal structure is strengthened with space technology. I even think it can just go straight into the core area of the Ark and send the annihilation bomb in."
"No." Ke Lan thought for a moment and rejected the proposal. "If we use Yagunakotor as a means of breakthrough, then when we detonate the annihilation bomb, it will inevitably affect Yagunakotor. This is the only hope for the future of human civilization. If it is damaged, then even if we destroy the giant tree, victory will be meaningless to us."
"Yeah..." The Hound sighed, "The other side is a bunch of lunatics. They are willing to bet everything they have and do whatever it takes... But we can't do that. We still have to be frugal in the future... For us, dying together... Even if it's a miserable victory, it's no different from losing."
According to the master of the nest, Alpha Civilization and Alpha Planet have been branded by that existence. Not only is this not the new home of the Ark Civilization, it cannot even be a place to stay for a long time. Sooner or later, that existence will notice the existence of Alpha Planet again... Whether Alpha Civilization is strong enough to become its family, or can only become nutrients in the end, after being "free-range" for such a long time, it will eventually come to "inspect" the "results".
By then, He will find that the Alpha civilization has disappeared, and a weaker Ark civilization has appeared on the planet. Although He will not destroy the Ark civilization immediately, after being watched by Him, the Ark civilization will repeat the mistakes of the Alpha civilization... Those "disasters" that have occurred in the hive will appear again.
Every human on the Ark will be branded by that existence, and no matter where they flee to in the universe, they will not be able to escape His control.
The only chance for the Ark Civilization is to inherit as much of the legacy left by the Alpha Civilization as possible before He notices the changes on the Alpha Planet, and then board the "Aguna Tor" and embark on an interstellar drifting journey again.
"For the second round of assault, the main force will still have to rely on the Skadi and the coalition forces of various fortresses." Hound frowned and said, "Aguna Kator can participate in the battle, but only as a support unit..."
He did not continue speaking - Yagunakotor itself was indeed powerful enough, but its biggest weakness was insufficient firepower... Using Yagunakotor as the main force, it could break through all obstacles, but if it was only used for support, then the help it could provide to the main force would be minimal.
Unless, a way can be found to give Yaguna Tor a "quick charge".
