High Above Chapter 279

  Chapter 279 Brain-eating worm mother hive (33, word w update!)

   "Mr. Guide? Are you all right?"

  At this moment, Andor's voice sounded.

  The pirate captain originally saw that Ian dared to directly connect the data cable of the ruins, but what flashed in his mind was, 'Is he so bold? ! ' and 'Hey, didn't you arrest me for an experiment? ' Such complicated thinking.

Although Andor is a pirate, he is actually quite concerned about the information of the maze. After all, in the continent of Terra, there are too many news about getting rich overnight because of the maze, and he has become the sublimator of all informal inheritance Opportunity to fight.

  Among the legends circulated among adventurers, many sublimated people thought they could master the maze, but were killed by the self-discipline facilities inside the maze.

There are even legends that some powerful adventurers defeat the monsters and guardian puppets all the way, and finally reach the center of the maze. The master of the maze, guarding the maze from generation to generation.

  Of course, this legend is too exaggerated, among other things, life after life is obviously impossible.

  Andor thought that Ian brought him here just to test how to connect to this relic interactive system!

  In fact, Ian has indeed done it, but in the future of predicting the future.

   It is because there is no danger, and there are many benefits, so he will do it by himself.

  —The Prophet can conduct trial and error reverse timing experiments without actual operation!

   All in all, Andor has been staring at the boy's expression nervously.

  But then, he saw that Ian's expression gradually changed from excitement and anticipation to the current ice-like expression.

   This difference made him terrified—what indescribable things did he see that could make this strong and excessive Bai Zhimin genius show such-and-such, even a hint of despair?

   Could it be that...they can no longer leave this ruin and go to the surface? !

  Andor's voice woke Ian from his contemplation.

  He reacted, knowing that his previous expression revealed his true emotions, and he could understand Andor's worries, so the boy sighed and replied: "It's nothing, don't worry."

   "I just... feel that this ruin is too depressing and too dark."

  Leaving the trace of despair behind him, Ian decided not to think about this issue any more.

  Whether it is a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, no matter whether the destruction in the starry sky is about to come to Terra—whether his guess is right or wrong, all of this is meaningless to him now.

  All one can do is to strengthen one's confidence and face it all.

   Moreover, to be honest, whether it is interstellar dust or cosmic natural disasters, there is actually a doubt... that is, according to their statement, Terra should be the center of this dust area and destruction area.

   Otherwise, the spherical star map of the entire star field will not gradually fade at the same rhythm... But why is Terra the center?

  The most taboo thing for human beings is unreasonable arrogance. The destruction in the universe has never had anything to do with who is who. There must be a reason behind this.

   This is why Ian didn't deny that there might be some kind of barrier blocking the entire star field until the end.

   It's like a prison for the sky.

   But this conjecture also has loopholes, because if there is really something that wraps the entire star field from the Oort cloud, then the disappearance of the starry sky should be very regular and sequential, but this is not the case.

  The disappearance of the stars is one on the left, and then another. Obviously, the distant stars disappeared first, and then the light could not shine on Terra.

  Of course, it is also possible that two events occurred at the same time... The entire Terra star field is being wrapped, and at the same time, the distant stars are also imprisoned by the Prisoner Prison, which is why the current situation is caused.

only…

   "If this is the case, how can anyone and civilization be able to resist the existence of the ability to create this kind of cosmic wonder?"

  Shaking his head slightly, after satisfying his curiosity, Ian should also face the reality.

   "Detect the heat dissipation of the power source of the base and the cooling system."

  Give instructions to the central control room, and Ian quickly got the answers he needed.

  【The cooling condition of the power source of the base: extremely critical! Furnace cores numbered 1~7 cannot dissipate heat normally, furnace cores numbered 11~15 are on the verge of melting, and fuel rods have come into contact with cooling water! Please immediately clear all the people and creatures in the surrounding sea area, start the emergency natural heat dissipation process, and send maintenance engineering equipment for emergency repairs! 】

  【Cooling system status: good operation, 73% vacancy rate】

  【—Warning, warning! —]

  【It is detected that the heat dissipation data does not match the cooling system operation data, and the system self-test is performed...The test is successful! 】

【No abnormality】

  Ian blinked. He was sure that what he saw was normal and not a danger warning. He was immediately surprised: "Can this also be normal? Are you kidding, how many reasons?"

"A cooling system with a vacancy rate of 73% and abnormal heat dissipation. What's normal? And this base full of parasites is basically a chassis full of cockroaches. There is a dragon and a big monster in your cooling warehouse. The corpse of the moth, isn't this abnormal?!"

   "Not to mention that the furnace core is on the verge of melting, and the fuel rods are in contact with the cooling water. Isn't this the diffusion of polluting radiation?! Why is there no abnormality?!"

   "Detailed self-inspection!"

Ian ordered sternly, he was annoyed by the word "no abnormality" - the most annoying thing about being a maintenance engineer is knowing that there are a lot of problems in the project itself, and then the system self-test tells you that there is no abnormality... This is somewhat stained. .

   But this happens often!

  But Ian is also very clear that this must have been done by the Great Elder... He must have tampered and damaged the system, otherwise, such a non-abnormal conclusion would not have emerged.

   Soon, the results of the detailed self-inspection will come out.

  【The cooling system cannot communicate with the furnace core for heat dissipation-warning—the cooling system cannot communicate with the furnace core for heat dissipation】

  【Please grant mandatory connection permission】

  Such a huge scarlet letter warning flashed in front of Ian's eyes three times, but it made the boy heave a sigh of relief: "Sure enough, I said there is a problem."

   "Grant the compulsory connection permission, and start the cooling process of the core energy furnace."

  After giving this order, Ian waited for a while.

   Then, as expected.

  【Unicom anomaly—The water-cooling cladding interface of the second and third circuits of the 11~15 power group is blocked by an unknown structure! Unable to force connection! 】

   "Sure enough." The boy sighed: "I knew it wasn't that simple—if it was really that simple, the base's automatic control system would have already dealt with it."

"The interaction port of the water-cooling layer is blocked, so the solid cladding, liquid cladding and other proliferating structures cannot be cooled, and emergency forced heat dissipation can only be activated. The heat is not used to generate electricity through the heat exchange process, but the heat is directly exposed to the In the sea... this is the truth about the great storm in the South China Sea."

   "In addition, part of the furnace core has been dissolved, the cooling water is polluted, but no one is there to repair it, the system is stuck, it can neither be opened nor closed, and it cannot even be cooled!"

"Actually, for this kind of super-large unmanned base, the dissolution of a few furnace cores will not affect the continued operation of other power groups. The polluted cooling water can still be cooled. Anyway, there is no one... But the process is stuck, so that the heat It continues to accumulate, and even affects other power groups, causing abnormalities."

   "This is the origin of the great storm, the abnormality of the ruins!"

Ian used the highest management authority to check the cooling system work log of the base. He did see that the Sequoia base had been activated several times for emergency response, but it was still unable to operate successfully—the facilities at the interaction interface And the lens has been completely destroyed, and the situation cannot be seen at all, and it cannot be processed at all.

   Most likely, the automatic repair handling tool is also damaged, making self-repair impossible at all.

  As a maintenance engineer in his previous life, Ian knew it. This is why the colonial rockets had a large number of auxiliary maintenance AIs, but they still needed an engineer with a low level of importance like him.

  Because, there are some problems that only humans can deal with.

   But what exactly is blocking the water-cooling interface?

Slowly thinking about the next action plan, Ian couldn't help but have a question in his mind: "The water in the water cooling layer generally needs to be recycled. After all, the seawater has too many impurities and cannot be used for direct power generation. The real use of seawater must be There is a set of distillation purification process..."

"and many more…"

  Ian suddenly thought of the artificial river surrounding the sacrificial site... and the river of parasites he saw when he entered the cave area.

Metal-based life requires high heat... Brain-eating worms need running water to reproduce in large numbers... Sequoia Base is originally a research base for alien ecosystems dominated by metal-based life... The original body of brain-eating worms is a symbiotic brain slug that passes through the Sequoia Big The psychic life transformed by the elders artificially returning to their ancestors can communicate with and corrode most creatures through neural signals and psychic energy...

  Using the mine-hunting jellyfish with the strongest neural electrical signals is also one of the research results of Sequoia Base...

  If it is said that the elder of Sequoia back then, in order to allow the brain-eating worms to have the ability to survive independently and maintain their own immortality as low as possible, they used the technology of the Sequoia base to carry out relevant life form transformations on the brain-eating worms...

"Yup…"

  All the information is being summarized, Ian muttered to himself: "I know what is blocking the water change..."

  He raised his head, his eyes flickered: "It's a worm's nest!"

   "It's the mother nest of brain-eating worms!"

   "Base map!" Without the slightest hesitation, Ian immediately called up the base map from the base system.

   In the past 1,600 years, many passages and areas have changed, but as long as the original map exists, Ian can compare some of the ruins maps he has recorded so far to judge where he can go and where he cannot go.

   Soon, Ian, who used the silver chip to record all the maps, found his current location "central control room" and the "fast transfer channel" where Yisen and Master Gosse were before.

  The original name of the sacrificial place, "Temporary Transit Center", was also displayed in Ian's eyes.

  Basically, the main control center of Sequoia Base still controls the system of the entire ruins group. Ian even saw that some sensing devices still exist, but the area that has been invaded by monsters is marked as 'third-level biochemical pollution'.

but…

  Ian also saw a special red logo.

  【Detection of an unknown intruder】

  Ian concentrated his energy, mobilized the information, observed the situation, and then understood: "It's the exploration team from the Flameland."

  Flying Flameland's exploration team retreated all the way after trying to chase Ian and the others in the giant fungus cave.

   But in general, the sublimators who are the main body have not suffered much loss, so the core combat effectiveness is still maintained.

  At this moment, this group of people is heading towards the square in the central area little by little. The lower two floors there are one of the main roads leading directly to the sacrificial place.

  Ian thought about it and decided to show them a way.

   "Close the B-32 channel, open the H-17 entrance and exit, empty the water in the H-55 underwater channel, and float the pipeline."

   Given this order, Ian had no mercy in his heart: "Prepare them a passage directly to the water-cooling interface area—since they are here to investigate the ruins, and they even said that if they can't get them, they will be destroyed...I will give you a chance to destroy the insect nests of the ruins."

   "I hope you don't die too quickly, and have the power to realize your rhetoric."

  It is rare for Ian to have such great malice towards a group of people, and it is also a novel experience.

  At the gate of the Crystal Road, Andor waited patiently for a long time.

   Until Ian got up, he unplugged the data cable from the back of his neck.

In the boy's eyes, there was a huge amount of data flow. Ian, who used the silver chip to record most of the valuable information in the Sequoia Base, closed his eyes and remained silent for a while, as if he was experiencing the accumulation of a large amount of information. Feel.

  Then, he opened his eyes and said calmly: "Let's go and find Shasha, my goal has been accomplished."

   "Now it's time to go back and fix everything."

  The pirate captain naturally nodded, and Ian was about to leave the main control room.

   Before leaving, the boy turned his head and looked at the five elder corpses behind him.

  Thousands of years have passed by, no matter how big the turmoil has been in this place in the past, and how many people have sacrificed impassionedly to fight against an unprecedented enemy, this ruin will eventually return to silence, just like the ebb and flow of the tide.

   And now, it is just the gears of the times, and it happened to him.

   "I'll wrap things up."

  Ian spoke calmly, facing the phantom thousands of years ago, and also said to himself: "Not for you, nor for myself."

   "Just because, I also believe in the future."

  After speaking, the boy turned his head, his figure was hidden in the light of the crystal channel, and the door of the main control room behind him was slowly closed.

  He embarked on a new journey.

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   Although the name contains Xiuxian, it is a real revolutionary story. It is a red Shuangwen that is completely different from other Shuangwen.

  (end of this chapter)

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