On Old Earth, the land ravaged by a large-scale nuclear war could no longer be restored to its former glory, and the ocean was also severely polluted. After the "doomsday" crisis, the planet had undergone irreversible changes.
More than 50% of the land had turned into deserts, and the color of the ocean had changed. Purple, black … Different areas with different degrees of pollution had different effects. There were almost no living creatures in the shallow waters, and the severed ecological chain caused deep sea creatures to mutate to a certain extent. Only the fittest survived, and species that failed to adapt to the changes in the environment also went extinct.
Just as many scientists in the 21st century predicted, the polar ice caps eventually melted. After that, the Ohio Valley was flooded, the entire Australia sank into the sea, and New York became a swamp …
War brought death, and death stopped war.
When the last few people looked at their devastated homes and found that the second "sun" had disappeared into the sky, heat, hunger, pain, regret, despair … All of these surged into their hearts and would accompany them until death came.
Strong radiation contaminated the fertile land near the equator, and the ruins of the city glowed in the dark night. This situation lasted for a hundred years. Some species disappeared, and others mutated and evolved.
Time flew. Dark clouds began to gather on some barren and desolate lands. Heavy rain poured down, cooling the boiling poisonous seawater on the surface of the earth, washing away the dirty air and healing the wounds that had been opened on the earth.
When the warm rain washed away, a deathly still land appeared.
There would always be people who survived. Human life was as fragile as ants, but of course, it would also be as tenacious as ants.
The survivors climbed out of the ruins of civilization and embarked on the road of survival. They found that the temperature was hotter than before, and in non-desert areas, the water vapor in the air was thicker than before. Above their heads was an orange-yellow sky, and the sun emitted a dazzling light.
In the ruins, some strange plants began to sprout. Even though no one was watering them, even though they were exposed to the scorching sun, these wild plants with bizarre colors and shapes continued to grow crazily, covering one land after another.
For the ancient Earth, this kind of climate change was not the first time … The ice age, crustal movements, and volcanic eruptions had all left traces, but they did not change the trajectory of the Earth's orbit. Now, as it had been for the past three billion years, it continued to rotate and advance through space, moving in orbit around the sun.
Technology had become a thing of the past, and the people who had survived the disaster returned to their primitive state of survival. They formed a social structure similar to that of a tribe, wandering the surface of the earth in search of food … and a reliable shelter.
In the non-desert regions, there were poisonous swamps, deep canyons, muddy depressions, and desolate mountain ranges. But apart from that, on the vast earth, there were indeed one or two paradise-like pure lands …
There was such a place in a canyon in North America. It was an underground cavern as large as a city. It was pocket-shaped, and thick "clouds" of vegetation covered the top like a canopy, blocking most of the scorching sun. The temperature here was comfortable, the soil and environment were suitable for normal crops to grow, and there was a clean and abundant underground water source … Most importantly, there was the wreckage of "half" a starship.
No one knew why the spaceship was here. Perhaps it was a secret research base of some country, or perhaps it was a spaceship that had fallen after a battle.
In any case, in the end, a tribe discovered this place. The environment gave them something to rely on, and the wreckage of the starship allowed them to rekindle the spark of civilization. Life flourished again, and a new human society was built.
Three centuries had passed, and this place had become the only human gathering place on Earth. The people who lived here called it the Village of Heavenly Blessing.
…
Inside the underground lab at Crystal Lake.
Doomsday Assault saw the end of the road. He had searched all the forks and followed the corridor until he reached this place. At that moment, there was a flight of stairs before him that led upward. It looked like the zigzag fire escape stairs that were normally used in residential buildings. Beside it was a railing made of iron, and the footrest was made of metal. He could see the situation above through the gap under his feet.
He took out his weapon and approached carefully. The lighting there was not good. Looking from below, it was hard to see whether there was an ambush.
"You two from the martial world, stop hiding. I can already see you!" Doomsday Assault was obviously bluffing. He was not afraid of being exposed because he knew that this was the end of the lab, and the exit was above him. If Blade Runner and Feng Bujue wanted to ambush him, this was the only place they could have chosen. For two people who were waiting for an ambush from above, he would have been discovered a long time ago.
"The grenade trick is quite clever, huh?" Doomsday Assault said. "Blade Runner, is that all you've got? You cowards of the Jianghu sure know how to play tricks. " He tried his best to scold them without being silenced. He wanted to provoke them into showing themselves. After all, the enemy was hiding in the dark, and he was in the open.
"What's wrong? You still don't dare to show yourself? "Doomsday Assault scoffed." It's two against one. Are you still afraid? "
The only reply he got was his own echo.
"Humph … You'd better think about this carefully," Doomsday Assault said. Doomsday Assault said. "With the indiscriminate reduction of Life Points, the exhaustion of the two of you is twice as high as mine. Cowering when you have the advantage will only be a waste of Life Points." He paused before adding, "I don't mind turning to leave. The further I stay away from you, the better. Then we'll fight to see who runs out of Life Points Recovery Potions first. Even if I lose in the end, you'll have wasted at least twice as much Life Points Recovery Potions than me."
Doomsday Assault had a point, but since he had appeared there, it meant that he had not chosen that strategy.
If Doomsday Assault thought that he had no chance of winning in a head-on confrontation, he would not have approached his opponent. After Doomsday Assault was killed by the explosion, he should have run in the opposite direction, found a good spot to hide, and waited for his opponent to come to him. If he succeeded in his ambush and killed one of them, then he still had a chance of winning.
Therefore … there was only one reason Doomsday Assault would come here. He had confidence that he could win against two opponents, and the basis of this confidence was obviously some kind of powerful skill or item.
He shouted for a while, but there was no response from the top of the stairs. This made Doomsday Assault feel awkward. He could not help but think, Is there another floor to this lab? The floor above is as big as the one below?
With that in mind, he carefully moved to the top of the stairs and slowly climbed up. This was the only thing he could do. Firstly, if the other party did not show up even after death, there was nothing he could do. He could either go up or leave. Secondly, if there was really another floor above, the other party would not hear him even if he shouted for an hour.
He walked back and forth, and he really did not run into any ambush. In fact, he did not even notice the presence of a trap. However, Doomsday Assault did not dare be careless. The memory of the grenade incident was still fresh in his mind. His teammate had been too close to the grenade, and he had almost died from the explosion. This was a lesson that he would never forget for the rest of his career or even his entire life.
This staircase was about three stories high, and it took him a total of five minutes to walk up it four times. When he reached the upper floor, Doomsday Assault was stunned. In front of him was a corridor, an empty corridor. The end of the corridor was just ten meters in front of him. The entire wall there was a door. The door was divided into two parts, and the gap in the middle was like a sawtooth bite. The thickness of the door was definitely not inferior to that of any bank vault. The switch beside the door had already been destroyed …
"Where is everyone?" That was Doomsday Assault's first reaction.
He and Doomsday Assault had explored the other side of the lab, and the exit was at the end of this corridor. Along the way, he had seen the traces left behind by Feng Bujue and Blade Runner, and he had fallen for their trap. He had searched every corner, so he had to be on the right path, but why … was there no one there?
"Have they left?" This thought flashed across Doomsday Assault's mind, but he immediately denied it. "Impossible … According to the scenario, the environment outside is harsher than here. Perhaps the Life Points will drop faster. Furthermore, the switch is broken … so how did they leave? " He thought about it again. "Could it be … that they went outside to activate the switch to close the door, and before the door closed, they destroyed the switch to trap me inside?"
"That shouldn't be the case … There is no benefit in leaving." Doomsday Assault paced back and forth with a frozen expression. After a long time, he finally came up with a speculation that he thought was correct. "That's right! That must be it! " Realization dawned on him, but his tone and expression remained the same. "They came to the end of the corridor and destroyed the switch to create the illusion that they have escaped from the lab. Then, they turned back … They must have sneaked out from the main corridor when I was searching the split, and we missed each other … Now, they are probably hiding at the other end of the lab."
…
At the same time, outside the lab.
Under the yellow sky, there was a sea of sand that stretched to the horizon. The wind blew, and a black sandstorm swept through the place. If a person stood in such an environment without any protection, it would be hard for them to even open their eyes. Once they opened their mouth to speak, they would only swallow sand, and their voice would not travel more than five meters away.
A "shark cabin" was floating on the sea of sand. The cabin was twenty meters long, six meters wide, and more than four meters tall. The exterior looked like a giant armored shark, but this shark cabin had no "fins" and a streamlined and smooth design on the top. The color of the pod was the same yellowish color as the desert. There was no windshield or visual device in front, and it relied on the internal radar and navigation device to move forward.
The air inside the Shark Pod had been treated. Even though the two players were not wearing protective gear, their Life Points had stopped dropping.
At that moment, Feng Bujue had his hands behind his head as he sat in the driver's seat. It did not take him long to learn how to operate the Shark Pod. The interface of the device was not complicated, and the destination had already been entered. He just needed to select the automatic mode.
When Feng Bujue walked out of the lab and saw the environment outside, he understood that on this planet, manual driving was basically meaningless because there was no 'road'. There was not even a reference point, much less a road. Therefore, the Shark Pod had to rely on automatic navigation to get to where it needed to go.
Then … the question was, how did this group of people find the Crystal Lake lab?
Hank said that their team had 'received the order' to search this place. This meant that the higher-ups who gave them the order had the specific coordinates of the Crystal Lake lab.
Therefore, a new question arose. Had their higher-ups already found the coordinates, or did they just discover it that day? What method did they use to find this place? Did they use a mini probe robot?
Feng Bujue's speculation was … this team of people did not come any earlier or later. The moment the 'galactic immigrants' left, they arrived. This explained something very obvious … and Hank's reaction when he first saw the 'outsiders' gave Feng Bujue a basis for further speculation. At that moment, even though they had not arrived at the village, Feng Bujue could basically confirm the situation there.
"Why didn't you kill him?" Blade Runner sat in the passenger seat and turned his head to ask Feng Bujue, "Aren't you afraid that something might happen if you keep him alive?" When he said that, his voice was naturally very low so that Hank, who was tied up in the corner behind them, would not hear him.
"There is no reason to kill when there is no grudge between us," Feng Bujue replied.
Blade Runner laughed drily. "No way … isn't it a bit too late for you to pretend to be a righteous person?"
"This has nothing to do with whether I am a righteous person or not. The main thing is that this NPC is still useful," Feng Bujue replied. "We still need to rely on his help to sneak into the village."
"He will help us?" When Blade Runner said that, he turned his head slightly and glanced at the pale-faced Hank from the corner of his eyes. "Why? He can't resist now, but when we return to the village, he can find a chance to escape at any time. He can also shout for others to come and capture us. "
Feng Bujue's lips curled into a smile. "Everyone has a weakness. Once they are caught, they will betray their own principles. Then, they will do whatever you want them to do." He stood up from his seat and said softly, "For Hank … we only need to use simple force and psychological pressure." With that, he walked toward Hank …
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