In the quiet hall, everyone heard the hidden meaning of the technician's words.
Yes, soon.
On the big screen, with the stretching and enlarging of the picture, as well as the adjustment of the perspective and ruler, even though people still cannot see what is really happening, people can clearly understand the changes in Cheng Lin's position.
The light spot was moving rapidly...moving...occasionally it would briefly stop for two seconds and stop flashing, but it would soon return to normal.
It is like a long progress bar, moving towards the "end" tenaciously and firmly.
One thousand meters... two thousand meters...
At first, all the "audiences" did not have any hope. According to calculations, even if all three warheads exploded, the "white hole" would still not be destroyed. The reason why they are still standing here is really just to do their part.
responsibility.
For the sake of the dead Awakened members, they must watch this scene through.
However, gradually, many people exclaimed in surprise, because the expected scene never happened. The light spot kept jumping and moving forward. Every time it paused, people thought it would go out and be marked with a
Scarlet x, however, the next second, the signal light spot will flash again.
When it traveled a thousand meters, people were a little surprised.
When it traveled three thousand meters, people were really surprised.
When it traveled a full 10,000 meters but was still moving forward with extraordinary stability, people looked at each other in disbelief!
"Maybe... the annunciator is broken?" Finally, an engineer couldn't help but speculate.
This answer is not what anyone wants to see, but it is the most logically reasonable. However, the next second, the communication that is once every fifteen minutes is connected again, and only distortion and turbulence are heard on the screen.
Voice: "Notification, normal."
The voice seemed to be no different from the previous one. It was calm and calm. He continued to move forward after a brief report. No matter how he sounded, it didn't sound like there was an accident.
normal……
Hearing this voice, Liang Jing subconsciously opened his mouth and looked at the others, finding that they all had similar expressions.
Normally...the awakened person named Cheng Lin is indeed still moving forward with "hope" on his back!
"this……"
There was a faint noise in the hall, and soon the technician at the console couldn't help but shout: "Fifteen thousand meters!"
Fifteen thousand meters... that's fifteen kilometers... This distance has far exceeded people's psychological expectations.
However, this is not the end, the signal light spot on the screen is still moving forward! Every time it flashes, it moves forward a small amount again!
"No way...no way..."
As if suddenly, the noise in the hall suddenly disappeared, and the atmosphere became tense. The only silence in the building was the beeping sound of the machine. No one dared to speak, and it took a long time to even take a breath.
As if afraid that the beating signal source would be blown out with just a little force.
Sixteen kilometers...
Eighteen kilometers...
Twenty kilometers...
Every time a new integer is added to the distance scale number, the technician will shout it loudly, and everyone can see it without being reminded.
When the number exceeded twenty kilometers, the man wearing glasses and a white coat simply stood up, but then bowed his body, almost lying on the operating table.
And those people in the hall were so nervous that they could almost hear their own heartbeats!
At the same time, people from different countries and nationalities also noticed abnormalities in the signals inside buildings of different styles in countries around the world.
Every fifteen minutes, when Cheng Lin's report sounds from the speakers, someone will quickly translate it.
And the atmosphere slowly tightened with these reports and jumping light spots, like the tide in the sea being pushed to its peak!
As the distance increases, the frequency of the flashing light point gradually changes, and the number of "stops" begins to increase. People only think that as the distance goes deeper, the signal interference is intensifying.
But no one knows what each flash means.
…
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Inside the plant overlord.
Cheng Lin couldn't remember how many times he died.
As he went deeper, the enemies he encountered became more and more powerful, and their lives transitioned from intermediate to high-level.
There was no way to make an accurate conversion, but he knew very well that if he only relied on his own cultivation, he would never be able to break through these layers of blockade. Even if he was hiding in the spirit world, it would be extremely difficult.
At first, he would try to counterattack in the face of danger, but after he died a lot, he no longer made such boring attempts. He just followed the standard coordinates of gravity and kept going downwards and downwards, as if he were in a huge building.
, drifting in a gorgeous maze, not knowing when it will end.
Finally, just as he was gradually becoming numb, he broke through a patch of flowers and felt suddenly enlightened.
The space suddenly became wider!
Different from the empty space before, the space in front of him was so huge that it was almost a wilderness. He could not see the end at a glance. There were no longer all kinds of weird plants around, and no weird insects could be seen. He was startled for a moment before he realized.
Until I walked into a sea of flowers.
Underfoot is a sea of countless tender yellow flower branches that are slightly larger than normal plants. Those flowers are very strange, emitting a misty light and showing a tender and fresh goose yellow. They do not look scary, but rather cute.
"Woo..."
There was a faint sound of air turbulence all around, and Cheng Lin quickly noticed that there was an upward airflow, which rolled up some petals and blew them into the air.
He looked up, and immediately saw some intertwined trees and vines at very high places, woven into a net. The net was far away from the "ground", so it seemed to be a huge space.
It was not dense, but quite sparse. Cheng Lin could see the dark and deep universe through those holes.
Withdrawing his gaze, he looked far into the distance and saw a bright white light in the center of the sea of flowers.
At this moment, he suddenly realized that he had arrived at the "center". That ball of light was the source of all changes, the alien space passage called the "white hole".
…
Ground, launch center.
The atmosphere in the hall was as oppressive as a stormy sea. Liang Jing clenched his fists, and his nails almost pierced his palms and penetrated into his flesh.
At this moment, these people also forgot the time and just stared at the picture on the screen. On the scale, the jumping light spot had stopped, as if it had finally reached the other side after a long run.
"The white hole... has entered the attack core range!" In the calm atmosphere, the technician finally said with a trembling voice.
There was no cheering or screaming, and people suddenly felt that everything was unreal.
Under their watch, the mission that was "doomed" to failure turned around miraculously, so much so that no one really dared to believe it after receiving the news.
Or, to be more precise, it is fear. They are afraid that all this is false and a "joke". They are afraid of being given "hope" and then being deprived of it.
"Is this... true?" someone asked in a hoarse voice.
no answer.
People just looked at the big screen in unison, and the time came to another fifteen minutes, and only heard the distorted voice coming from the microphone on time:
"The ground center has arrived at the predetermined location. It has not yet reached the automatic detonation time. It will now be readjusted. It is expected that the 'Hope' will detonate in thirty seconds."
A calm voice came, accompanied by the sound of Didi pressing the code. A few seconds later, the time on the big screen representing the countdown to detonation of the warhead first stopped, then was reset to a countdown of thirty seconds, and the time started again.
"Zoom in...zoom in!"
The engineering academician shouted suddenly.
Immediately, I saw the screen change, the flickering light spots faded away, and were replaced by real-time dynamic images of the entire "Plant Overlord" captured by satellites. The thirty-second countdown floated in the center of the background and began to beat and count down.
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30,29,28……
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in the universe.
Cheng Lin took the communicator away from his mouth, then, holding "hope", turned on the external load switch, and entered the restart password with stiff fingers in the extremely cold temperature.
Surrounded by the last four remaining six-core puppets, Cheng Lin could vaguely sense that danger was coming. He did not think that there were so many dangers on the road and that he would be safe at the end.
Therefore, he did not want to delay and prepared to detonate it in advance.
beep... beep...
After entering the password three times in a row, Cheng Lin cleared the detonation countdown according to the training tutorial before entering the rocket, set it to thirty seconds, and then clicked OK.
The reason why he did not choose to detonate immediately was that the warhead itself had a time limit to prevent accidental detonation. Secondly, he was really not willing to die in this way.
Thirty seconds won't affect anything, but it will give him enough time to stay away.
This may not be possible for others, but he is an exception.
"This may be the most spectacular firework I have ever seen up close in my life." He whispered to himself, and then placed the warhead called "Hope" among the flowers.
At this time, there was a sound of friction coming from all around, and he saw that the vegetation and ivy surrounding the flower field were coming to life, squirming with their huge mountain-like bodies, and attacking him.
Silently, the eyes of the last four puppets lit up, and they simultaneously raised their spears and charged forward, like real knights charging towards the giant.
Cheng Lin didn't look at them, which were destined to be crushed, and just held the He Sword in his right hand.
12…11…10…
After taking a final look at the countdown, Cheng Lin raised the He Sword toward the sky. Immediately, he poured spiritual energy into it and activated the sword control technique.
A biting cold wind ruffled the tender yellow flowers around him from top to bottom. Cheng Lin's sword turned into a stream of light and flew straight into the deep sky above his head!
His speed was extremely fast. In a few seconds, he flew out of the huge "grid" woven by plants, broke away from the body of the "Plant Overlord", and rushed towards the boundless universe!
And those huge indescribable branches and vines were like bloodthirsty snakes. They spread out under the instinct of chasing prey, circling, intertwining, spreading, chasing Cheng Lin who turned into a sword light!
At this moment, in the satellite observation picture, the group of plants that looked like a small planet suddenly unfolded, like a huge, blooming flower.
A stream of light flew out from the stamen of the flower and entered the universe in an instant. Behind him, there were three snake-like vines sweeping up and chasing him. At the top of the vines, there was a deep purple flower with its mouth open, as if it wanted to swallow him.
.
"This...this is..."
In the ground launch center, Liang Jing and others were shocked to see this scene, and immediately realized that Cheng Lin had somehow managed to fly away from the Overlord!
This was undoubtedly a scene that would make anyone feel unbelievable. However, at this moment, everyone had no time to think about it. Instead, they quickly drew their attention back and looked at the beating and counting down numbers.
Invariably, in countless buildings around the world, people with different faces began to count down in different languages:
"4...3...2..."
In the universe, Cheng Lin felt that the surroundings suddenly became colder, all sounds disappeared, his body became light and difficult to control, and there was no breathing gas around him. Fortunately, he had taken enough breath before flying away.
It was enough to last him a few minutes.
He turned around slowly, ignoring the vines that were about to catch him, but turned his gaze to the "blooming flower", and at the same time, silently counted in his heart:
"2...1...0!"
"drop--"
In the sea of flowers, the counter on the surface of "Hope" lying on the ground finally returned to zero, but... the expected explosion did not come as promised.
In silence, time passed for a few more seconds. The universe was still calm and nothing happened.