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Under the pressure of the guns, the modification work was extremely fast. Not long after, a modified fighter plane was pushed to the edge of the gap, facing the dark world outside.
"Officer Qi, why don't I bring some men over?"
Staff Officer Chen's heart was heavy and he couldn't think of anything for a while. He looked at the modified fighter plane and didn't know what was going on, so he suggested.
He was even worried that the scientists had done something to the fighter plane, causing Qi Chen to never return.
This worry wasn't unreasonable. One only needed to look at the gazes of the surrounding researchers who couldn't wait for Qi Chen to never return.
However, his worry was indeed unnecessary. Compared to the dangers outside, the problem of modifying the fighter plane was almost negligible.
Qi Chen patted his shoulder and didn't say a word. He led a squadron and boarded the fighter plane.
The person in charge of the military in Qi Chen's place was a skinny officer. Staff Officer Chen knew that this person was Qi Chen's trusted aide. Qi Chen wouldn't hand over all the authority of the Silver Army to him, and he wasn't suitable for such a position.
He was decisive, but he wasn't cold-blooded.
The cabin door of the modified fighter plane was manually closed. The fuel propelled engine spewed out flames and shot out like a shuttle.
After sending off King Qi Yama, the scientists heaved a sigh of relief, but the soldiers were a little uneasy. Staff Officer Chen suddenly felt an emptiness in his heart, as though he had lost all hope.
...
The modified fighter plane flew out of the gap and advanced rapidly in the darkness. What awaited them wasn't just darkness and the unknown. It could also be the fate of turning into a thin layer of pancake in the next second.
The soldiers hugged their weapons and leaned tightly against the fixed supports. They would occasionally exchange glances with each other or look through the side of the ship to observe the outside world for the first time. It was also the place where they would most likely be buried.
Based on the speed of the modified fighter plane, it would only take them a few minutes to reach the other side.
This was a very short period of time. However, they didn't know if it was a psychological effect, but everyone felt that they were rapidly aging. It was as though they could hear the sound of their hearts gradually slowing down.
A minute passed by quickly but slowly. Fortunately, they did not encounter any sudden changes in gravity. Apart from the horrifying creaking sound of the fighter plane outside, everything was very quiet.
The second minute was the beginning of a long time. It was actually quite funny when one thought about it. Their adventure, even including the journey back, had only lasted about ten minutes. For the people in the starship, they might not even have the time to clean up the modification tools at the gap. But for them, it was as long as a lifetime, be it mentally or physically.
A round-faced young soldier who was full of curiosity and finally defeated his fear after the second minute stuck close to the transparent window of the fighter, trying his best to see something in the darkness.
When the third minute finally arrived and they were more than halfway through their adventure, the "lightning" that had appeared in the data box's records suddenly appeared in the "sky" again. From the distant horizon, like a crack, it quickly spread all the way to the end of the sky.
The special light it brought revealed a corner of the dark world in front of their eyes. The rotten and towering skeletal buildings were as boundless as ancient times. They were so huge that they couldn't see the end of them. One of them even soared into the clouds and disappeared into the "sky". It stood between the sky and the earth like a divine staircase.
The "lightning" came and went quickly. The next moment, darkness returned.
The soldiers, however, immediately forgot their nervousness and began to discuss —
"What did you see?"
"There's an enormous door over there. I don't know if it's a door, but it looks like it has collapsed."
"This place is really weird. Do you think it's a planet?"
"If it's a planet, it's too big. I can't even see the horizon."
"Is it the legendary" continent "? The kind that has four or five blocks in all directions? "
"Kid, you must have seen too many magic novels, right? A boundless continent … Did you eat the universe? "
"Quiet, quiet. Did you see the skyscraping building just now?"
"I saw it. It's too high. My neck is almost perpendicular to my chest, but I didn't see its top."
"Could it be the" continent "'s Heaven Stairway?"
"Stay aside. Kid, you must have seen too many magic novels."
"If you ask me …"
…
Everyone was discussing. Only two people did not participate. One was Qi Chen. He was silently looking out of the dark window. His brows were slightly furrowed as he looked in the direction of the first starship of the Wu Nu people that he had seen just now.
The other was the round-faced soldier with a strong curiosity. Originally, with his character, he would have long been unable to hold back and wanted to participate in the discussion. But now, he was a little uncertain. He did not know if his eyes were playing tricks on him.
Just now, when "lightning" appeared, his eyes were wandering in a direction below. In a trance, he seemed to have seen a running corpse. Moreover, it was running naked!
But if that was all, it would be fine. He was also a silver warrior who had seen the world. But when the word "corpse" appeared in his mind, he felt that something was wrong. Why did he say "corpse"?
After a short few seconds, he finally realized that the reason why he thought it was a corpse was because the corpse turned out to be a human body. At least, it was the same body as his comrade and himself. That was why he subconsciously "thought" that it was a corpse in the concept of the earthlings.
A corpse dashing through the darkness. Moreover, it was naked. Moreover, it was a human. Vaguely, there was even a black shadow following behind the corpse … When these visual scenes were added together, in this strange and silent world of darkness, it immediately caused one's hair to stand on end, while at the same time making one's hair stand on end.
The round-faced soldier hesitated, not knowing if he should tell the others about the "illusion" he had seen. Then, he seemed to hear a shrill scream outside, which was particularly horrifying in the silence.
The discussion of the soldiers suddenly quieted down. They subconsciously clenched the various weapons in their hands, their faces pale.
The scream appeared after "lightning", and the information recorded in the data box stopped there. Nobody knew what happened after that.
The modified fighter flew across the sky at high speed. Amidst the screams that suddenly appeared at the same time, the fighter flew past the Wu Nu people's starship on the opposite side.
The round-faced soldier tightened his fingers, digging into the gaps of his weapons, and breathed nervously.
In the silence, on the bottom deck of the fighter, the uncomfortable sound of long-haired fingernails scratching the metal could be faintly heard.
"What's that sound?" A soldier sitting at the end of the row seemed to have heard it as well, and his voice sounded a little tense.
But before he could finish his sentence, he heard an even clearer ear-piercing sound of fingernails scratching the deck under his feet!
All the soldiers stood up with a whoosh, pointing their weapons at their feet.
Half of the round-faced soldier's face was still pressed against the window, and the outside had returned to darkness. His heart was pounding, but he saw that his comrade opposite him was staring at his face in horror.
In the next moment, he suddenly realized something. His hands trembled nervously, and the corner of his eyes shifted to the window that was right next to his face. Then, he jumped up as if he had been electrocuted, and quickly retreated. In the darkness behind a layer of window, a pair of pale eyes that were almost the same as his head flashed past.
But before he had enough time to digest the fear in his heart, he felt that something had climbed onto the fighter, and seemed to be knocking on the door.
The sound of knocking made one's scalp tingle, especially the round-faced soldier. When he thought of the corpse that he had seen flying earlier, he immediately thought of many terrifying scenes, but he neglected the fact that human corpses could not have such big eyes. It was obviously not the same one.
Qi Chen reached out and lowered his hand, stabilizing the nervous soldier. Holding his weapon, he walked over and pushed against the cabin door.
But at this moment, the sound of knocking began to move toward the top of the shaky fighter, as if something was crawling there.
The muzzles of the weapons in the cabin all moved up along with the sound, pointing closely at the source of the sound.
In one minute, they would be facing each other.
Every second passed in tense silence, and the sound of knocking became fainter and fainter. Then, there was another sharp, ear-piercing sound of scraping the deck. The fighter seemed to have become lighter, as if something had fallen from it.
A minute later, they reached the foot of the first starship of the Wu Nu people, and found that they were still alive.
After surviving a great disaster, there was often good fortune in the future. On one of the walls of this starship, they found a gap that was also closing.
Without thinking too much, they flew in.
But the first thing they saw was not the Wu Nu people, nor was it the enemy of the Wu Nu people, but the "strange people" who had gathered here, just like them on the other starship.
Many things about the Wu Nu people were confusing. For example, the people of the Five Nations, the small underground people, and the Yellow Planet people had all been handed over to Yi Yi Si to handle. However, the "strange people" who had originally lived in the Wu Nu starship, as well as the people in the cage that the Cold Star fleet had found from the Red Man, had been sent to the more advanced starship.
After getting off the fighter, Qi Chen's face seemed to have completely become middle-aged, and the young soldier behind him did not seem so young anymore.
However, after they entered the starship, these changes immediately slowed down and returned to normal.
Qi Chen looked at the "wise man" in the middle of the strange people, the woman who was also no longer young. He was slightly surprised that she was still alive, but he did not show it. With a solemn expression, he said, "Hello, Miss Xu. I am Qi Chen of the Silver Army. We have met once."
The person opposite him was Xu Ke Jun. Compared to when she was in the New World, she seemed to be more mature. After reaching out and shaking hands with Qi Chen, she said calmly, "Hello, Officer Qi. Are you looking for Mr. Chu's body?"
Qi Chen looked at the woman in front of him. Many times, many people had forgotten the existence of this woman, but he felt a little strange … But these things had nothing to do with him, so he nodded and said,
"Yes."
Xu Ke Jun looked at the darkness outside the gap and said, "You are too late. We have already searched, but the person in the coffin is gone."
Qi Chen frowned slightly and looked at her. "Gone?"
Xu Ke Jun pointed at the gap and said, "We have searched everywhere, but we can't find him. I think he might have gone out."
^ (To be continued.)
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