Liang Lu's words of a two minute car ride were true. The auxiliary AI had evaluated the speed of the special maintenance vehicle through the pipeline tunnel. Converted to Earth time, it was around a hundred seconds.
This was the time it took to say a few words.
During this time, Luo Nan was amazed by Liang Lu's logic. He also felt that the name 'Officer Xiao' was familiar. He couldn't help but ask, "Officer Xiao …. Is he the officer who suffered the backlash from the structure of the space-time fortress?"
Luo Nan really didn't have the face to say the words' opinionated fellow '. He could only use this overly formal description to replace it. Speaking of which, this was the first time he heard of this name. Liang Lu had told him about it. Apparently, this was the first mid-level officer to suffer from this in the Two Hive District.
"Yes, that's him."
"We're just going to …. Do a random inspection?"
There were indeed similar jobs in the maintenance drill manual, but for basic soldiers like them, even the technical soldiers who were directly promoted to officer, they wouldn't do it carelessly. Instead, they would specially assign people to do this sort of thing.
Liang Lu winked at Luo Nan, "Relax. He understands what's going on. Actually, we're just looking for an excuse to visit a friend."
Luo Nan winked back.
"Don't look at how his military rank is higher than mine by four ranks. That's because his surname is Zhan. He's older, and he has the advantage of going to military school. I've never been afraid of him in the five direct lessons of the general knowledge stage! I've only admired him for one thing in the past twenty years, and that is the world-wide recording of Miss Suyi from before her debut. It's out of print! I've always suspected that a great lord of the Empire passed by and was triggered to record it. If I were to calculate the date …. "
So it was an old friend.
Luo Nan automatically blocked Liang Lu's conclusions from his idol research. He had a general understanding of Liang Lu and Xiao …. Huh?
He soon realized something. "Zhan? Isn't his surname Xiao? "
The speed of the special maintenance vehicle suddenly dropped. Luo Nan thought that something had happened. He turned his head and saw Liang Lu's complicated and heavy expression.
"Oh Luo Nan. Why don't we first learn some common sense?"
"......"
Officer Xiao's full name was Zhan Xiao.
The name structure of the Heavenly Yuan Empire was similar to that of Earth's East Asia region. Basically, there were surnames and given names, with the surname first and the given name second, showing some kind of family and bloodline inheritance.
However, Zhan Xiao's situation was a little special. His military rank was Colonel, but in the relay station, basically no one called him Colonel Zhan. Instead, they called him Colonel Xiao. It was the complete opposite of how they addressed Sheng Zhan as Colonel Sheng.
This was because, in the Heavenly Yuan Empire, 'Zhan' was a 'national surname'. To be more precise, it was the surname of the imperial family. In order to show respect to the imperial family, it was an unwritten rule to call them by their given name and not their surname.
It wasn't against the law to address him incorrectly, but it was still impolite.
Just as Liang Lu had said, living in the Light Concealment Galaxy was basic social knowledge.
Luo Nan's clumsy performance was tantamount to giving a vivid footnote to the negative description of "a person who betrays basic rights".
"I'm sorry …"
"Forget it. You're so young, and your perception and design skills are so strong. Of course you have to give up something to be fair. Now it looks like you've even given up on common sense, aside from your fleshly body talent … "It was unknown whether Liang Lu was consoling Luo Nan or himself.
Half a second later, Liang Lu couldn't help but advise Luo Nan.
"When you see Zhan Xiao in a bit, try to talk as little as possible. Talk about things on a technical level. He's fine in everything else. He's loyal and devoted to Her Highness, and he's sincere to Miss Suyi. However, his thoughts are still from before Calamity Calamity. He's very sensitive to some things … Huh? "
It must be said that Liang Lu's considerations were extremely thorough, but there were always unexpected things in this world. This was true even in a game setting. Luo Nan had traveled more than half the distance. The tunnel leading to the observation station was already in sight when the patrol detection system sounded an alarm. It interrupted Liang Lu's painstaking and well-intentioned arrangements.
The red light flickered, disturbing the monotonous and stable lighting environment of the pipeline tunnel.
Luo Nan and Liang Lu glanced at each other. They didn't say anything. The back of the dedicated maintenance vehicle had already opened. Luo Nan's vertical collar Dynamo Core controlled four probing balls in a row. They floated soundlessly in the air, and the probing rays, sound waves, and electromagnetic waves were released in a crisscrossed manner. They advanced toward the suspected area indicated by the system.
The four probing spheres formed a special detection array between each other. It was beneficial to Luo Nan's soul strength, and it provided protection in the opposite direction. It was like a powerful flashlight, gathering highly concentrated and extremely sensitive probing psychic waves toward the suspected area of darkness.
That's right. It was a flashlight.
Ever since Luo Nan realized the external release of his mental senses, he had always been the all-encompassing and omniscient representative on Earth. He had a 360-degree observation angle with no blind spots. He had few misgivings, and he could rampage as he pleased.
At his peak, it could be said that the radiance of the stars, the light of the moon, and the light of the sun were like a soul cloak that covered an area of 500 million square kilometers across the globe. It even penetrated the barrier of space and time, pointing straight to the more complex and inconceivable dimensions …. When had he ever assumed the stance of a flashlight?
But in the relay station, in this game scene, the way he used it in the past had a rather lengthy and exclusive term. When translated into Earth's language, it was roughly called 'Drifting Fish Eggs released by the Jade Crystal Array'.
It specifically referred to those rookies who lived in the most ideal environment of the mental sea. They were completely unaware of the cruelty of the real world.
In the military, recklessly using soul strength would result in a spanking on the buttocks and confinement.
The reason for all of this was the extreme environment wreaking havoc in the Light Concealment Galaxy's evil poison. It was also the structure of the mental plane that was still intertwined with each other under the protection of the Jade Crystal Array.
As for what "Nefarious Poison" was, and how the extremely dangerous environment was formed, those were professional questions that even large books would find difficult to explain.
Luo Nan wasn't the sort of rebellious child that strived to stand out from the masses. He abided by the rules, especially during the research phase when he wasn't bursting with inspiration.
In addition, the current time deviation was highly advantageous to him. Even though he held a certain amount of doubt towards the setting of the game scene, he still slowly made contact with it from the perspective and progress of a recruit. He attempted to peel off the outer layer of confusion layer by layer and explore the mysteries within.
Right now, Luo Nan was strictly following the drill manual for the maintenance patrol. He used the scanning equipment as the guide and relied on the limited mental detection of the probing equipment as the central axis. He carried out an inspection bit by bit.
His soul strength was restrained so that it didn't leak out in the slightest. It only went through the simulation of neurons to form an interference effect with the peripheral 'vertical collar' Dynamo Core. Then it was mixed with electromagnetic signals to form a relatively safe psychic wave structure. This was the true external release.
The Strong Light Flashlight was formed from the integration of this strict and dense psychic wave structure. It formed a probing light beam that was hard to see with the naked eye. It pierced into the originally unreachable dark land.
"Bring."
Luo Nan waved the flashlight a bit stiffly. This wasn't the first time he used this method, but he still wasn't used to it. He always felt that he had become a primary school student practicing calligraphy in class. He gripped the shaft of his pen, solemnly and clumsily drawing mosquito-repellent incense.
Compared to Luo Nan's usual methods of pure sensing, soul cloak, and so on, the Strong Light Flashlight really didn't have much prestige. But as a drill technique that the Empire's military persisted with for many years, its design and operation were exquisite and practical.
At least it was enough for this moment.
"Primary inspection shows no defects."
"Entering the secondary passageway. Number 'Guan B542'."
"Confirmed to be a permanent Worker Bee construction. Blueprint number 'Refining 2811'. Alignment complete. No defects on the surface … … Do you want to do an in-depth dialysis?"
Luo Nan made the relevant records at the same time as he did the inspection. He reported it to his superior, Liang Lu. There was a bit of eagerness in his words.
"Wait a moment."
Liang Lu was in contact with his superiors right now. He wanted to see whether or not the advanced sensors of the Second Hive and the relay station had recorded the alarm here.
His superiors' answer to this was: No.
Liang Lu had ample experience in inspection. He immediately inquired about whether or not there were any battles or shockwaves caused by battles in the nearby area from the time the two of them passed by.
Luo Nan and Liang Lu were performing a round trip inspection this time. They had come to this area at most an hour ago (Heaven Abyss time). They had done a serious inspection according to the inspection requirements.
They hadn't discovered any problems at the time.
This time, the command console gave an affirmative answer.
Liang Lu frowned, then he turned his head to face Luo Nan. "There's trouble. It's very likely to be an extremely low-intensity leakage … … And it might be a living body."
"Huh?"
Even though Luo Nan had been cramming for basic knowledge, he still needed to do a thorough search to find the corresponding item when encountering this sort of situation.
Luckily, Liang Lu was a qualified superior. He quickly gave further guidance. "It's a low-level parasitic phantom. Of course, it might also be a living body of Sin Poison. No matter which one it is, it certainly possesses basic intellect or instincts. It's extremely likely that it has already found a parasitic region, or even a host. "
The corner of Luo Nan's eyes twitched a few times. He struggled to keep up with Liang Lu's train of thought.
Phantoms and Sin Poison were different concepts, but they were related to each other.
The parasitic region and the host had different levels of danger, but it wasn't a simple ascending relationship.
Luo Nan had to say that the novice guide scene of the Innerverse Simulator was not up to par. This sort of complex background setting and corresponding missions were far too unfriendly to a 'game player' who popped in from thin air.
While Luo Nan was hard at work searching for knowledge, Liang Lu fulfilled his duty of leading troops. He asked Luo Nan a technical question. "Looking at the current situation, do you think it's a phantom or Sin Poison? How are you going to deal with it? "
Strangely enough, Luo Nan was able to keep up with Liang Lu's pace when the question really came to his head. His bitter training in the drill manual and his memorization of the rules and regulations were effective. He muttered to himself for a bit before replying calmly, "No matter what it is, it needs to be dealt with in a way that deals with Sin Poison … … If it were up to me, I would choose to divide the suspected parasitic region. This is because this is the only processing skill I possess. Then, I would entrench myself in place and wait for backup. "
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