Volume 4: Shadows Under the Neon Lights Chapter 224 Destruction Project
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When Ke Lan and the garrison troops retreated to the rear base, the separation procedure finally entered what the officer called the "third stage": tens of thousands of large locks on the edge of the entire East 9th District were unlocked at the same time, all power supply, gas supply, water supply and information transmission pipelines were cut off and closed, and the filling plugs at the junctions were retracted to both sides. Then, the dome directly above the East 9th District was opened, and eight heavy transport ships lifted the entire East 9th District module into the air.
The next fourth stage is to have the engineering mecha ride on a suspended work platform and install a large number of rocket thrusters and anti-gravity devices under the East District 9 module. With the help of the power of these things, the entire module will be sent into Alpha's low-Earth orbit.
Watching the entire block rising from the ground, Ke Lan was also a little shocked in his heart - there was an unattainable gap between the Alpha civilization and what they left behind and the current level of human strength. This was a chasm that was difficult to cross... and the only way for humans was to fill this chasm at a huge cost, and in this way to eliminate the difference in strength between the two sides.
This is true whether it is crashing into Leviathan's flagship or launching the East 9th Block module into low-Earth orbit - when dealing with such incidents, there is never a saying that "too much is as bad as too little", because as long as one wrong move is made, all mankind will face the risk of extinction.
Ke Lan decided that after he took out the crystal in his palm, he would find a way to make contact with the undead crew member... This thing was too dangerous and could not be controlled by him alone... If it got out of control, not only would he definitely die, but he might also have to drag down .
At that time, even if he was asked to hand over the thing, he would not have much objection - this thing is no longer a "hot potato", it is clearly a time bomb that may explode at any time, and its power is enough to affect the entire Ark.
But when he touched the palm of his left hand again, he was shocked to find that the hard meat callus had disappeared, and the crystal wrapped in the meat callus had also disappeared!
"This thing... could it be moving around in the body?" Ke Lan was frightened by this discovery, but the problem was that he had no way of doing a full body scan and could not find out where the crystal was hiding.
"It seems that this problem can only be solved by going to Ivan..." After discovering that the crystal was gone, Ke Lan became more determined to take it out of his body - although his body did not feel any discomfort now, if this thing ran into the heart or brain one day, it would be too late even if he wanted to have surgery.
At this time, the separation operation in the East 9th Zone had just entered the last stage of the fourth phase: ignition and launch.
"Everyone prepare for impact!" the officer shouted loudly, and the soldiers wearing exoskeletons pulled up the protective plates one after another. The four-meter-high and half-meter-thick composite protective plates firmly blocked the entire camp on the side facing the East 9th District. Further behind, a metal wall like the Great Wall rose directly from the ground, firmly protecting the residential area bordering the block.
"The fire is about to start!" The officer looked into the distance through the observation window on the protective plate, "All unprotected personnel hide inside the building!"
Accompanied by a deafening roar, a gust of air directly hit the thick protective plate, and hundreds of light blue flames were ejected from under the entire East 9th District module and began to accelerate.
The eight heavy transport ships responsible for towing had already untied the slings and moved to the sides.
"Speaking of which... such a large irregular living module, without the protection of an outer shell, will disintegrate during the flight, right?" Ke Lan shouted at the officer at the top of his voice. Only in this way could the other party hear what he was saying.
"Don't worry, if it disintegrates, the falling debris will be cleared by the Ark's anti-aircraft firepower and the Guards Fleet. As for the Ark's main gun , it has always been locked on the Arasaka Tower in the center!"
The East 9th Area module quickly rose to an altitude of one thousand meters. Fragments and debris continued to fall from the module, but before these things could fall onto the Ark below, they were instantly vaporized in the air by laser beams shot from all directions.
Before long, the East 9th District Module had turned into a point of light in the field of vision, and with a buzzing sound, a blazing white beam of light thicker than the diameter of the base of Arasaka Tower followed it, and in an instant, the entire night sky was illuminated as if it were daytime!
At this moment, Ke Lan suddenly felt a sharp pain all over his body and almost fell to the ground with his legs going weak - fortunately, everyone around him was looking up at the magnificent explosion in the sky, and no one noticed his abnormality.
"Is this because the thing in the Iron Maiden was destroyed, causing a chain reaction..." Ke Lan lowered his head, clenched his right fist, and once again urged his mind to activate the ability of "time freeze". Suddenly, everything around him turned into black and white, and even the gorgeous "fireworks" blooming in the sky turned into a still picture.
The ability still exists, but Ke Lan suddenly has a feeling that is completely different from the previous times he released the ability - the "shackles" imposed on his body seem to have been weakened a lot!
He tried to move the little finger of his left hand, and saw that the joint at the top of the little finger bent slightly. The movement was less than half a centimeter, and the state of time stagnation was lifted.
But his fingers did move! Before the time freeze was lifted!
Ke Lan's breathing quickened. He realized that this ability was definitely not "speeding up thinking" but a genuine "time stop"! Moreover, as long as he could remove certain restrictions, he could move around in the stopped time!
Why did this change occur? Was it because the crystal disappeared, or because the Iron Maiden was completely destroyed? Or was it related to both?
"Okay, now that the fireworks are over, I think I have to leave. Can you lend me a car?" Ke Lan tried her best to suppress her inner surprise and said to the officer calmly.
"Where are you going? We can send someone to take you back!" The officer said hurriedly when he heard Ke Lan say she was leaving.
"No, I can drive myself. I don't like being surrounded like a protected animal." Ke Lan pointed to a light armored hovercraft parked in the camp. "I think this car is good. Can you lend it to me for two days?"
