"The reason why the thinking consciousness that aggregates reality cannot successfully reach deeper levels under the constraints of barriers is that it cannot complete comprehensive integration. Therefore, we call the end of wisdom - nothingness."
——Machine translation from the upper puzzle
Masato Shimizu watched and listened, and then sat alone in a daze for a while before he finally came back to his senses.
"So dreams can not only be touched, but also cover reality, and can also be experienced interactively?" Masato Shimizu almost exhausted all her vocabulary to describe the confusion in her heart.
Su Wanxia hesitated for a second and nodded with a smile: "You're right."
Masato Shimizu looked blank, probably feeling that these settings that went against common sense were becoming more and more wanton.
"If you can't sleep now, why not come with me to the underground fortress. I'll show you around our arsenal, and you can also pick out a few toys." Shen Yinuo could tell that Masato Shimizu couldn't sleep now. Got it.
Masato Qingshui glanced at Shen Yinuo blankly and then decided to get up.
"Okay, let's go."
…
The ground structure of Base No. 2 covers an area of about two acres, but the underground structure is several times larger. Here Shen Yinuo showed Masato Qingshui not only the army's various individual weapons and equipment, but also a large number of personal equipment. Mechanized, semi-intelligent, and super-heavy kinetic mechas that can be directly armed on soldiers, etc.
"The arsenal is also part of the 'Abundance Plan'?" Masato Shimizu asked.
"No, in fact, the 'Abundance Project' is just a good beginning. I don't think those on the earth thought that the story would develop in such a leap." Shen Yinuo said, casually picking up a pistol and throwing it to Qingshui Masato.
Masato Shimizu subconsciously raised his hand to catch it.
The gun is full of texture and feels cold to the touch, but it is surprisingly light.
Shen Yinuo said: "All the weapons and equipment here are prepared for the rift."
"So...what exactly is a rift?"
"We think it's a challenge. Maybe we can find the answer to the dream in deeper places." Shen Yinuo said and picked up an identical pistol and said: "This thing was not designed by us, but based on the drawings in the ruins. For the replica, we call it the dream pedal, or the ladder a118."
After saying that, Shen Yinuo pointed his pistol at the open space and fired three shots.
Instead of spraying flames and bullets from the muzzle, there was a flash that was visible to the naked eye, and then three orange hexagons appeared in the open space. They were parallel to the ground, staggered at different heights, and looked like natural steps.
"Go up and give it a try." Shen Yinuo put away his weapon and pouted at Masato Qingshui.
Qingshui Masato walked over in surprise. She instinctively planned to touch it with her hand first, but she heard Shen Yinuo's "um hum" sound.
Qingshui Masato. Looking back, Shen Yinuo said: "If it were me, I definitely wouldn't do that."
Masato Shimizu understood. She put away her hands that were overly curious, and slowly raised her feet to step on a colored hexagon about twenty centimeters above the ground. At first, Masato Shimizu thought this thing would be fragile, but it disappeared. It needs to be able to bear her weight, or it may be soft, like a bubble that will dent when stepped on.
As a result, Masato Shimizu realized that his idea was wrong after he stepped on it.
It is very hard, and not ordinary hard.
After taking the first step, Masato Shimizu became a little bolder, so she stepped on with both feet without Shen Yinuo's encouragement. At that time, Masato Shimizu clearly remembered the amazing feeling.
You know, this step does not have any supporting points. Logically speaking, it first violates the law of gravity. Secondly, it is launched by a weapon, and when it is unfolded, it is really irregular. Masato Shimizu. Standing on the first level." After climbing the steps, he asked, "How long can it last?"
Shen Yinuo raised his eyebrows: "About thirty seconds."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Masato Qingshui fall to the ground with an exclamation.
The three hexagons disappeared one after another, leaving a strange floral fragrance in the air.
"The Ladder A118 is not an offensive weapon in the traditional sense. It is more focused on tactical assistance and teamwork. At the same time, its magazine is not equipped with metal bullets or high-voltage electric cores required for magnetic pulses, but with our A special psionic energy restraint device developed by Comrade Qian Hua, a military expert." After Shen Yinuo finished speaking, he directly split the ladder A118 in his hand into two halves.
It feels like separating two building blocks.
The holding part is the restraint, and the main body of the gun is the psionic launcher.
The two parts together are the ladder a118.
"Nether energy? This word... seems to have some impression." Masato Shimizu. The "some impression" she said obviously did not refer to the impression she had after coming to Mars and getting to know the nether energy, but that she had heard about it when she was still on Earth. pass this word.
"Yes, psionic energy is not a new term. In fact, in 1996, some crazy scientists stripped the psionic energy that was regarded as 'soul' from the bodies of executed prisoners in an experimental base in Siberia. Primarchs, they are not biological structures in the broad sense that is commonly understood, but a special energy composition possessed by everything, similar to the dark matter that fills the universe." Shen Yinuo said, referring to A118's psionic energy. The restraint opens and is fully released.
Suddenly, a spinning blue energy ball appeared in front of Shen Yinuo.
It stayed in the air for more than ten seconds and then suddenly broke into countless afterimages and disappeared throughout the room.
Masato Shimizu even saw the child's running back. At that time, he felt a chill running down his spine and thought to himself: 'Could this really be a weapon that uses souls as energy?'
Shen Yinuo seemed to have seen through Qingshui Masato's thoughts. She smiled slightly and said, "Do you doubt that nether energy is the soul?"
Masato Shimizu didn't deny it, he just grinned and felt uncomfortable holding the A118 in his hand.
Shen Yinuo smiled: "In the physical universe where we exist, what humans can directly perceive through this body is only a very, very small subset of intervals. Just like we can't see ultraviolet rays, nor can we hear Ultrasonic waves are the same as radio waves. The concrete presentation of psionic energy does not mean that what it presents is its true appearance...and the reason why we see psionic energy appear in the form of various familiar people or things is that It is because our brains are trying to perceive and understand psionic energy, and it is also a stress response when the psionic energy existing in our bodies is trying to establish communication with these restrained psionic energies. If I say this, it will It won’t be easier to understand.”
Masato Qingshui shook his head with a dull look on his face: "No... I didn't understand it at all."
Shen Yinuo was a little helpless, but this was normal.
In fact, even cutting-edge talents like Shen Yinuo who are responsible for the development of interstellar navigation engines did not perform better than Masato Shimizu when they first came into contact with psionic energy. It can even be said that Masato Shimizu is calmer than her.
So after pondering for a while, Shen Yinuo explained in a different way: "It's like there is only the character 1 in our cognitive concept, but if 2 appears, our brain cannot directly contact and recognize 2, we Two 1s will be generated on their own, which is a concept similar to '11', a bit similar to a group of people in the square expressing various text states through arrangement and movement, although we know that those are people, no matter where they stand, Whether they are lined up or not, their attributes cannot be changed, but we can still understand the graphic meaning they want to convey through their queue arrangement, and this is why when you saw the psionic energy just now, you thought it was a ghost."
Shen Yinuo's metaphor is actually quite abstract, but Masato Qingshui understands it this time.
"Want to try it?" Shen Yinuo, who had talked a lot, was a little thirsty. She walked to the self-service beverage machine in the warehouse and got a drink.
Masato Shimizu took a deep breath and slowly raised the muzzle of the gun.
Shen Yinuo said comfortingly while drinking a cold drink: "Don't be so nervous, it has almost no recoil, as long as you grasp the strength and distance."
Masato Shimizu was startled when he heard this, and while pulling the trigger, he asked: "What do strength and distance mean?"
As soon as the words fell, only a series of sounds of "Dangdang Dang", Shimizu Ya. The hexagonal hexagon cut off the two intelligent mechanical sentinels in the distance.
Seeing this, Shen Yinuo spit out a sip of his drink.
Qingshui Masato also trembled with fright and quickly threw the weapon aside. At the same time, he asked Shen Yinuo with lingering fear: "Sister Yinuo, didn't you say that this thing is not an offensive weapon?"
Shen Yinuo looked at the two intelligent sentinels that woke up automatically after being cut in half, and then lay on the ground with an innocent look on their faces. He covered his forehead with his hand and muttered to himself: "I forgot to tell you to be gentle. Pulled the trigger.”
Masato Shimizu looked at the trouble he had caused in the distance and said worriedly: "Sister, am I going to be unlucky?"
Shen Yinuo didn't say anything. She walked over to check on the two fallen sentries and then looked back at Qingshui Masato. Qingshui Masato retracted his wings like a frightened little sparrow.
Suddenly Shen Yinuo smiled: "It's okay. These two antiques were just decorations. No matter if they are dismantled now, they will be turned into parts and used in other places."
Masato Qingshui. Now he felt a little more at ease.
Maybe it was because there was too much movement just now, and Su Wanxia also came down.
When he saw the two sentries that were cut off at the waist, he also stared and raised his forehead. Seeing this scene, Masato Shimizu's nerves that had just been relaxed became tense again.
Fortunately, Su Wanxia calmed down quickly and said to Masato Qingshui: "Well... Masato, if there are any weapons that you are not familiar with later, you should go to the underground martial arts field to test them."
Masato Shimizu. Now I am still in the mood to continue testing.
Shen Yinuo came over and patted Qingshui Masato on the shoulder and comforted him: "It's okay, it's okay, let's continue watching other things."
Qingshui Masato raised his head and looked at Shen Yinuo: "Sister, you should tell me the truth. Are those two things particularly important, or are they... Qian Hua or Yan Sichen's things?"
Shen Yinuo raised his eyebrows: "Whatever, if it's broken, it's broken anyway. Let's go forward and pick the big guy who can take advantage of us."
Big guy?! Masato Shimizu. His eyes widened.
I thought in my heart: 'This little so-called tactical functional pistol has such terrifying destructive power, what are you talking about to me now? Could it be Big Ivan?'
Continuing to walk forward, Qingshui Masato saw a dazzling array of guns and cold weapons.
Of course, Masato Shimizu would not think that those cold ice machines were really iron blocks for melee combat, especially after witnessing the power of a118 before, Masato Shimizu now has more curiosity and awe for everything here.
"Most of the weapons here are used to deal with large targets in some cracks, so they focus on power and have rough appearance." Shen Yinuo said as he picked up a weapon that looked like an enlarged version of a shotgun and handed it to Qingshui. Yaren..
Shimizu Masato. When I took it, I thought it would be heavy, but it turned out to be the same as the previous a118, with good texture but very light weight.
"This thing is called Wanka 3000, which is a bad name given by Chu Xiaoming, but after all, he designed the thing, and it is indeed amazingly powerful, so the name is retained." Shen Yinuo also picked up one. Put Wanka 3000.
The overall length is 1.3 meters, the width is 7 centimeters, and the height is 9 centimeters, with sharp edges and corners.
The penetrating energy-guiding ridge extends from the position of the weapon trigger to the front of the barrel. When it is turned on, the muzzle of the gun will expand in two "Z" shapes, and the whole will be enlarged by 0.7 times, while producing a huge tremor.
Shimizu Masato. Just hold it in your hand and let it enter the state of being activated, and you can feel the manic energy flowing out of it. But this time, Shimizu Masato has learned his lesson and will no longer be naive to test it in the weapons arsenal. .
Shen Yinuo brought a box and placed it in front of Masato Qingshui, and then said to her: "Go forward and step on it with both feet."
Qingshui Masato. He carried Wanka 3000 on his back and followed Shen Yinuo's instructions.
When Masato Shimizu stepped on the box, there was no mechanical fast weapon like the one in the classic movie Iron Man. Instead, the box flashed a blue light and then disassembled itself into small squares about one cubic centimeter in size. And attached to all parts of Shimizu Masato's body.
As if they were automatically finding their way, they quickly analyzed Masato Shimizu's body shape and various physical parameters. After fitting, they quickly "melted" and disappeared without a trace.
Masato Shimizu looked at this scene in surprise and asked, "What is this?"
"The ghost energy field generating unit, a work I completed seventeen years ago, can effectively help you resist the damage of most arrows, and at the same time, it can also allow you to avoid various impacts and interference from magnetic pulses in fierce combat confrontations. Let you focus more on fighting." Shen Yinuo looked proud.
Qingshui Masato felt like she had found a treasure, but she was a little worried.
"Um...Sister Yinuo, is there only one set of this thing?"
Shen Yinuo said nothing, only smiled and touched Masato Qingshui's hair.
Qingshui Masato understood. Although he was a little embarrassed, he still accepted Shen Yinuo's kindness and was grateful at the same time.
The Wanka 3000 is a powerful weapon, but it is not the main combat force to deal with the battles that will be faced in the rift. Shen Yinuo took Masato Shimizu and went around to the back of the rows of weapons. In a place similar to a showroom, from a A dark wooden box was taken out of the hidden safe.
"What is this?" Masato Shimizu. As soon as he saw this posture, he knew that this weapon was definitely not an ordinary weapon.
Shen Yinuo smiled mysteriously and said, "What do you think it will be?"
Just looking at the length of the box, Masato Shimizu thought that there should be a very long and very large weapon in it. However, considering that on a complex battlefield, a long gun may not be the best choice, so Masato Shimizu. I also felt that there was most likely more than one weapon placed here.
So she said: "Is it a submachine gun or a miniature semi-automatic rifle that is more suitable for close-range confrontation in street fighting?"
Shen Yinuo looked at Masato Shimizu in surprise when he heard this. He probably didn't expect that this frail girl would actually understand this. She didn't show off and opened the box directly to reveal the answer.
It turns out Masato Shimizu was wrong.
What was placed inside was actually two antique-grade flintlock guns.
You must know that in the eyes of some collectors, this thing is even more tempting than a world-class supermodel. You may touch it 110,000 times a day without getting tired of it.
But in the eyes of Masato Shimizu, although the flintlock gun is a classic style, it has become a historical sediment in the development of human firearms. It can be placed as an exhibit in a museum for people to watch, but it is not suitable for modern warfare. , let alone Qingmizu Masato. He has never been exposed to the dream rift battlefield.
So Masato Shimizu frowned: "This... can this thing be used?"
Shen Yinuo seemed to have known that Qingshui Masato would have such a reaction. She said: "This is one of the few well-preserved ancestor weapons that Wanxia and I found in the deepest part of the No. 5 excavation site. In other words, As long as you hold it, you are equivalent to having a contact across time and space with the ancient wisdom that once existed on this fiery red planet."
"But... the flintlock gun..." Masato Shimizu grinned. She didn't have so many emotional thoughts. After all, it was a life-threatening object that was to be used on the battlefield. Of course, she had to be more cautious.
Shen Yinuo didn't explain much. She closed the box and said to Qingshui Masato: "Let's go to the martial arts field and give it a try."
The martial arts arena is located on the lowest level of Temporary Outpost No. 2.
It covers an area of about one hectare and is divided into three areas.
They are the shooting range area, the actual combat mobility training area, and an underground tunnel destruction area that was riddled with holes.
Logically speaking, it would be more appropriate for this kind of martial arts arena to be designed on the ground.
But Shen Yinuo and the others built a martial arts arena underground, and the area was very large.
Shen Yinuo first took Masato Shimizu to the shooting area of the shooting range to familiarize her with the feel of the A118.
With the previous lessons learned, Masato Shimizu controlled the A118 this time like a novice stepping on the accelerator. After a crash, he finally understood what "a gentle tap" means.