Evolution Beyond the Stars Volume 1 The Beginning of Eden 01046 The Lord of Balance 3:00 pm on the 5th of the month
Han Kongwen directly skipped the Presbyterian Council and found Lin Yan, but Lin Yan told her: "The ownership of the Lightless City has been handed over. Now, apart from the Presbyterian Council, the only one who can open the Lightless City...
The Lord of Balance of the Shenqi Clan."
"Lord of Balance?" This is the first time Han Kongwen has heard of such an existence in the Shenqi Clan.
"Well, it is the numerical balance that maintains the structural balance of the Shenqi clan. It has self-awareness and is currently sleeping in the lightless city."
"Then sister, can you take me to see it?"
"Yes, but you can't reach the Lightless City directly from here. We still need to visit in person."
"This is not a problem, I can leave at any time."
"Well, well, let's meet outside the Lightless City."
The city without light.
It was originally designed to be used as a star port, but unexpectedly, the Lightless City eventually became the boundary between the Shenqi tribe and the human world.
Although the Elders Council of the Shenqi Clan and the "Lord of Balance" currently control the Eye of True Seeing within the Awkward City, in fact the ownership of the Awkward City is still in the hands of humans, only some core things
In the state of allocation management.
Among them, the "Eye of True Sight" system built with the "Staff of Divine Power" as a template is managed by the Shenqi Clan Elders Council.
The so-called "Eye of True Seeing" system is actually a Skynet built with a reconnaissance satellite system.
It is anchored by 1,900 space reconnaissance stations and based on 120,000 reconnaissance satellites. It has set up a skynet on Gaia to provide all-weather insight into everything on Gaia.
With the help of it, every slightest movement on Gaia will be observed and recorded.
The original purpose of establishing the "Eye of True Sight" was to completely clean up the remnants of the disciples, so after the disciples were basically eliminated, the "Eye of True Sight" was handed over to the elders of the Shenqi Clan in accordance with the unified decision of the highest management level of the arbiter.
will be responsible for taking over.
But taking over does not mean that the Presbyterian Council can use it to observe the human world at will. There has always been a place for human monitors within the Presbyterian Council, so the Presbyterian Council is more like the custodian of the "Eye of True Sight", and when it is really necessary to activate the "Eye of True Sight"
Only then will the custodian further transform into a manager.
When Han Kongwen set off for the Lightless City, Zhang Yu had also reorganized his team.
From the time he returned to the ground at 11 o'clock to 3:30 p.m., Zhang Yu recovered a total of five members.
Two of these people were seriously injured. Although the other three also suffered varying degrees of physical damage, their bodies were intact and their overall combat effectiveness was well preserved.
When there were more people, Zhang Yu's confidence returned.
But what he didn't expect was that a crash would scatter everyone so far...
"The next beacon is still three kilometers away from here. We have to speed up." Zhang Yu said after confirming the location.
The five people behind him are currently able to move except for the one with a serious leg injury who is being carried on his back.
But it's still a bit too hard to find everyone before sunset.
So one of them suggested: "Sir, our movement speed is far inferior to yours. How about we build a safe house nearby, and you can come back here directly after you find the others?"
Zhang Yu thought for a moment and said: "That's fine, you must pay attention to safety."
"yes!"
Without five team members, Zhang Yu's safety factor has been greatly reduced, but his movement speed has indeed doubled.
This way he can find more people before sunset.
"The rock formations near here are very solid. We can dig out a safe house directly. What do you think?" one of the five people left suggested.
"Yes, but this will cause a lot of noise. I think it is necessary to establish an observation post nearby, just in case."
The person who made the suggestion nodded. He looked at the other people and then said: "Let's do this. 003, you have difficulty moving, but you should be fine using a sniper rifle. You will be responsible for helping us guard the place, right?"
003: "Okay."
"Then 017, give him the weapon and I'll take him to a good location." 025 said.
017 remained silent. He silently took off the weapon assembly behind him and handed it over to 003 after the assembly was completed.
After holding the modified Heartstriker in his hand and testing the weight, 003 asked: "Can it be made lighter?"
Hearing this, 017 stepped forward and removed the stable bracket of the Heart-Striker and then said: "What about this?"
"Well, much better." 003 mounted the weapon on his back and left with 025.
After the two left, the remaining three people immediately started building a safe house.
The whole process was silent.
By the time 025 came back, they had already started digging deeper.
In the silent mountain forest, there is only the sound of percussion between machines and rocks, which is very fast and loud.
While paying attention to the progress of the excavation, 025 asked: "Do you feel that something is wrong with this place?"
017 looked up at 025 and asked: "What's wrong?"
"I don't know...but I just feel something is not right..." 025 looked into the distance, then pointed at a forest shrouded in thick fog in the distance and said: "I have been observing that fog since just now, and it seems to be nothing.
Variety."
Looking in the direction pointed at, the fog in the distance is indeed a bit unusual.
The current wind speed is close to 6 meters per second, which is not considered a breeze. At this wind speed, it is difficult to see thick fog in the afternoon...
"Maybe that's not fog?"
"It's not fog?" 025 frowned. This was said by 009 beside him.
009 turned the device in his hand to automatic, then put down his mask and said, "You can take a look with your psionic vision. The color of the fog is green, and the amount of radiation is very high."
025 did as he was told, and then he saw a green "thick fog".
This is not good news...
Because he has never seen anything like this.
"Should we change places?" 017 asked.
025 said nothing. He kept trying to use the vision module to analyze the exact composition of the thick fog.
But...nothing was found.
After a while, 025 gave up. He closed his psionic vision and asked: "003, did you find anything?"
003, who was also observing the thick fog at this time, said: "No, it is very peaceful and should not pose a threat to us."
025 said with a little peace of mind: "Okay, let's speed up the progress. Once the safe house is built, we don't have to worry too much."
Several people nodded silently, no longer distracted by the "abnormality" of this area.
Zhang Yu walked through the forest very fast, and the journey that originally took twenty minutes was completed in less than five minutes.
But when Zhang Yu arrived at his destination, he couldn't find the team member who sent out the beacon.
There was a severely damaged exoskeleton at the location of the beacon. Zhang Yu stepped forward to check it and determined that it was the equipment of team member No. 006.
The weapon assembly of the exoskeleton was taken away. It seems that he felt that this place was unsafe and left.
Zhang Yu stood up and scanned the surrounding areas for traces of activity, and found that there were footprints all around.
This 006 seemed to have danced here... Zhang Yu was a little speechless. He couldn't figure out why this person sent out a distress beacon and then found traces of activity around him.
After activating the screening system to remove useless traces, Zhang Yu found that he had gone north.
But in this nearby area, there is a small river to the east, a relatively open jungle to the south, a natural boulevard to the west, and only the north leads to a swamp wetland... How could this 006 choose this road?
Just as he was thinking about it, a call for help appeared in front of Zhang Yu.
If you look closely, you will see that it is very far away!
And it's very close to here, only one kilometer.
After Zhang Yu thought for a while, he decided to ignore 006 for the time being.
But not long after Zhang Yu left here, a figure walked out of the swamp to the north.
He was wet all over, his face and body were covered with mud, and he looked like a monster crawling out of the swamp.
This strange man was panting heavily and his eyes were blood red. After sniffing the air, he let out a human laugh and then followed the path Zhang Yu left.
Chang Yuan, who was still trapped in the resin, originally planned to melt the core. However, when he really made up his mind to do so, he found that the resin of the honey tree had unknowingly penetrated into his exoskeleton, and the core
It has been wrapped in resin for a long time, so that even if Chang Yuan wanted to activate the meltdown, he was completely unable to open the core surrounding device.
Chang Yuan panicked now, and he began to send out distress signals continuously, hoping that someone would come to save him.
But a few hours later, not only did the distress signal not receive a response, but the dogs and monkeys that could have reassured him also suddenly left for some unknown reason.
They left in a hurry. Although they did not scream, it seemed that this was not a normal migration action, but that they felt some kind of threat.
Like a bug in amber, Chang Yuan became increasingly uneasy.
When Zhang Yu rushed to where Chang Yuan was, he saw a man standing on a towering honey rain fruit tree from a distance.
At first Zhang Yu thought it was Chang Yuan and shouted excitedly.
But when the man turned around, Zhang Yu couldn't help but feel his scalp numb...
Because it's not a human face at all... but more like a dark mirror. It cannot refract light, but it can reflect the fear of people's hearts.
Zhang Yu immediately took off his weapon and wanted to aim at him.
But he suddenly turned into dust and flew away with the wind, disappearing in the blink of an eye...
this……?!
Zhang Yu hurried over and found Chang Yuan successfully.
But Chang Yuan had his eyes closed at this moment, as if he was asleep. No matter how Zhang Yu shouted, he showed no sign of waking up.
what on earth is it?
Could that be a supernatural being?
No... Although Zhang Yu had never seen a foreign spirit with his own eyes, he was sure that the thing he just saw was definitely not a foreign spirit, but something even more terrifying.
It's just like this forest, weird and dangerous.
Outside the lightless city, Lin Yan had been waiting for a long time.
When Han Kongwen stepped off Zhanyu e01, he found that Lingxin was also there.
After not seeing each other for so many years, he seems to have become more like a human being. Whether it is his speech, behavior or temperament, he is so human...