The city of the sirens, Nasaton, was about to wake up from a hundred years of chaos and darkness, and before that, it had to find a way to deal with the mess in front of it. The palace area and the control cabin in the center of the city were reduced to ruins in the big explosion. A large bright fire and continuous energy turbulence shone like a wandering torch on the ruins. Sirens were constantly coming out of the buildings all over the city. Many of them had just recovered from the state of mental disorder, while others had just been released from the cages by their out-of-control compatriots. The queen and her internal ministers would probably have to spend a lot of energy to deal with the chaos in the social order. But compared to the vortex on the wall, this was a small problem.
"I still remember what happened when I was entangled with that monster. Some of its sporadic plans would sometimes enter my mind through the spiritual connection." The Queen of the Sirens looked at the big whirlpool uneasily. "It used the magic technology of our Sirens... and a mysterious technology to create this huge portal. Nasaton's energy core and a whole set of equipment to extract energy from the earth's core provided it with initial energy, and it operated like a living creature. After growing to a certain stage, it began to maintain its own operation … Like inertia, it could not be stopped. And anyway, from the beginning, it was not designed with an emergency stop button. "
Shaqira's face was grim. "Once this vortex collapses... will it blow up Nasaton? Or will it blow a hole in the bottom of the Pacific Ocean and destroy the planet? "
"No, it's worse than that," Hao Ren said quickly as he read the scan report sent back by the MDT. "It won't blow up the earth. It will blow up the entire real world. It's a bigger hole, big enough for the real world and another universe to annihilate each other. Of course, the situation may be slightly better, such as the scope of the disaster being limited to the Milky Way... "
Sorma subconsciously asked, "What's the difference?"
Hao Ren shrugged. "It doesn't matter. It's a dead ball anyway."
The MDT projected a holographic image of the giant vortex, next to which was a complex energy chart and radial lines, showing the energy structure around the huge portal. "The siren queen is right. It has begun to sustain itself. Cutting off the energy supply will only slow down its growth. Moreover, this thing is fused with the city's big protective wall, I don't think there's any way to pry it off. "
Y 'zaks said in a muffled voice, "Then cut off the energy supply first. At least we can have more time to react."
The Siren Queen thought for a moment, turned around, and swam to the back of the palace ruins. "Follow me, let's go to the energy core."
After swimming a few steps, she turned to Vanessa, who had just returned from the Petrachelys and was still a little confused. "Vanessa, take your people and release the aliens. Calm them down first. I'll meet them later. We've caused too much trouble this time."
Vanessa nodded confusedly. She then looked at Hao Ren and the rest. "I remember that I was sent to a very strange place. There were a lot of mechanical tentacles …"
"Vanessa, let's get down to business first," the Queen of the Sirens urged. "There are more people more confused than you. And don't mention tentacles for the time being … it's not a pleasant word. "
The Queen of the Sirens led them to the energy core of Nasaton. Along the way, they met sirens who had just regained consciousness and came to ask for instructions. She was methodically and quickly assigning tasks along the way. These tasks included counting manpower, releasing the still imprisoned citizens, restoring the functions of the core control area, and counting the losses. All these arrangements were in place, and it was impossible to tell that she had been trapped in the Chaos for a hundred years. Hao Ren was very impressed. "Your Queen is a person of vigorous action. She looks very cool."
"She's always been like this, but she's a very easy person to get along with outside of work," Shaqira swam beside Hao Ren. She looked very happy. "I haven't seen her for a hundred years … It's great that everything is back to normal."
They came to a shell-like building behind the palace ruins. The building had many columnar facilities that protruded from the ground, like large U-shaped pipes. The outside of these facilities was a layer of alloy head, and on the side was an arc-shaped crystal wall that could be opened, which reminded people of some kind of artistic elevator design. They followed the Queen of the Sirens into one of the facilities, and then the circular floor under their feet suddenly disappeared, and a brightly lit pipe appeared in front of them.
The powerful pressurized water pushed them into the pipe, and Hao Ren found himself going somewhere with the water.
"This is our elevator — also the city's transportation system," Shaqira smiled happily. "This is a large transit station, and the water can take you to many places. Oh, ordinary races may not be able to stand this, but for sirens, it's very comfortable."
"Ugh … I feel okay," Lily scratched her chin. "But why do I feel like this is like a toilet drain …"
Everyone around them immediately glared at the husky who could not think before she spoke.
Nangong Wuyue followed closely behind the Queen of the Sirens. She could not help but ask cautiously, "Queen, do you know a siren named 'Ayesha'?"
"Ayesha?" The Queen of the Sirens frowned and turned her head. "Who is she to you?"
"She is my mother," Nangong Wuyue said quickly. "I've asked Shaqira and Sorma, and they have no impression of the name — but my mother should be one of the siren messengers who came ashore."
The selection of messengers who came ashore was very chaotic. Many messengers were chosen on a whim by the Queen, and many messengers did not register when they came ashore, so the messengers themselves were not sure of the list of their companions. Shaqira and Sorma had never heard of the name of the Nangong siblings' mother.
"Ayesha … I remember her. She was a somewhat eccentric girl, very bold, and always went to the sea outside to bring back some strange human relics. She liked Viking things very much." The Queen of the Sirens could actually remember the name of an ordinary siren. "How is she now?"
"She... disappeared, along with my father. The place where we lived in seclusion was attacked by vengeful spirits, and the whole house disappeared into thin air." Nangong Wuyue's voice was low. "This is my brother. Our father is a demon hunter."
"... It seems that a lot has happened on land." The Queen of the Sirens looked at the siblings in surprise. They would attract attention no matter where they went. "Oh, sirens have no prejudice against demon hunters. Your experience is regrettable, but I believe that Ayesha, as a siren, did not die so easily. She must have been reborn somewhere. "
At this time, the speed of the water in the pipeline dropped rapidly, and then a stream of water rushed from the opposite direction from under their feet. At the same time, a large number of accurate and powerful small whirlpools rolled up on the walls of the pipeline, stabilizing everyone in a certain position. An arc-shaped crack opened on the side of the pipeline, and light shone in from the crack.
"This is the energy source of Nasaton, we call it the Gushing Core."
The Queen of the Sirens pointed to a brilliant light and said.
Outside the pipeline was a huge, fan-shaped hall that looked like the cavity of a shell. The walls of the hall were lined with neat vertical pipes and ridges, and the interior of the hall was filled with a bright but not dazzling blue and white light. This light came from the wonderful thing in the center of the hall: it was a large sphere with a diameter of more than ten meters. There were faint ripple-like lines on the surface, and its interior was crystal clear. Around this huge crystal, more than a dozen transparent pipes ran vertically through the ceiling and floor of the hall, and there was a bright light flowing like water in the pipes.
This was the power source of Nasaton. It was incredible that it had been running for more than 10,000 years. As a creation of the mortal race, this was a remarkable achievement.
"This is directly under the palace. There was a main pipe that extended directly from here to my palace," the Queen of the Sirens pointed to a pipe in front of the Gushing Core, which was currently in a dim state. "I could absorb the power of the energy core there and make a series of emergency controls on it. But now that the pipe has been blown up, we can only use the backup system here to cut off the connection between it and the wall. "
"You want to shut down the wall?!" Shaqira exclaimed.
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