Chapter 488 An Uncomfortable Reunion

1000 meters underground.

The passage leading vertically to the ground has been replaced with a new elevator, an elevator suspended by tough graphene cables, leading vertically to the ground.

At this moment, Jiang Chen, who was wearing a T-3 power armor, was standing on the elevator platform, his eyes fixed on the holographic instrument inside the helmet. Especially the ever-decreasing oxygen content made Jiang Chen frown slightly.

Sure enough, as he expected, the shelter below should be inhabited.

Standing beside him was Lin Ling. I saw that the little girl was tightly wrapped in an orange-yellow chemical protective suit, and she was carrying an oxygen tank the size of a thigh on her back. Although she is a cyborg, both the brain and some key organs are made of flesh and blood. Even though many parts have been replaced by machines, it is not wrong to say that she is a human being through and through.

"Turn on the oxygen supply device." Jiang Chen said in a deep voice when he saw that the oxygen level had dropped below the threshold.

"Hmm!" Lin Ling stretched her hand to her neck obediently, and pressed the oxygen supply switch.

It was already night when they arrived at the temporary residence in New Century Plaza. But at the moment, more than a thousand meters underground, there is no essential difference between night and day. At first, Cheng Weiguo sternly refused Jiang Chen to go down in person. It was only when Jiang Chen stepped out of his position as marshal that he nodded and compromised.

It's nothing more than that he will be worried, after all, the following is the base camp of hostile forces.

But Jiang Chen didn't have anything to worry about. He still had 100 cubic meters of storage space left, so he wouldn't worry too much even if he ran into a few reptiles. What's more, Lin Ling was standing beside him, and the "harmonious" creature hidden in this chick was a robot killer. Few electronic units can survive Crane beams.

Near the ground, Jiang Chen pulled out the tactical rifle from his waist and turned on the hanging flashlight at the same time.

Lin Ling, who was standing beside him, swallowed hard and shrank back behind him in a useless manner, with a look of timidity on her face.

[Swap me. 】A slightly mocking voice came from the bottom of my heart, without even thinking about it, it must be Tingting. Since she learned to "speak", she has become more and more presumptuous.

[Who, who said I was scared. 】 Lin Ling blushed, and immediately said in her heart.

[It's not me anyway. 】 Tingting said lightly.

"Just follow me." It seemed that she realized Lin Ling's timidity. Jiang Chen put his hand on her shoulder.

"Huh?! Mmm!"

Lin Ling, who had been wandering off, was taken aback by Jiang Chen's actions.

After reacting, a blush of embarrassment appeared on her face.

Jiang Chen glanced at her suspiciously.

Is it really okay like this?

The elevator slowly hit the bottom, and the rifle Jiang Chen was holding locked straight on the door of refuge.

But as he expected. The gate was locked.

Leading Lin Ling to the door, Jiang Chen put his hand on the door.

storage space. start up!

nothing happens...

"Sure enough, the gate and the wall are considered a whole?" Jiang Chen frowned slightly and said to himself.

Just as Jiang Chen was thinking about how to open the door, Lin Ling walked to Jiang Chen's side hesitantly. Watching him suggest in a low voice.

"Or, I'll just use rays to kill all the robots inside. Then let's go back..."

"Kill them all? Well, let's keep this as an option. If possible, I want to get the contents inside." Jiang Chen reached out and groped on the gear-shaped giant door. Trying to find some kind of switch or something.

After all, it is the lair of the supreme camp, since it can produce "things" like Lin Chaoen. Presumably they should have their excellence in electronic technology. Compared with the biological and genetic technology of the harmonious camp, the degree of fit between electronic technology and human beings is undoubtedly much higher.

Lin Ling seemed a little afraid of the darkness here, and was looking around uneasily.

[There seems to be something bad living in it. Can I have a shot at it? ] Tingting said.

【Don't do it, destroy all the things inside, Jiang Chen will definitely be angry. 】 Lin Ling said silently in her heart.

【Then there's no way. ] After finishing speaking, Tingting stopped talking.

No switches were found, not even a data cable for communication similar to No. 27 Vault. Jiang Chen tried to take out the laser sword from the storage space, and poked it at the thick door.

Ten minutes passed, and the energy of the laser sword was exhausted.

Jiang Chen raised his flashlight and saw that there was only a burn mark the size of a fingernail on the door panel.

"What kind of material is this nima made of?" Jiang Chen couldn't help cursing, then raised his foot and kicked the door.

The echo was very dull. Judging from the timbre alone, the door panel was at least seven or eight meters thick. This can no longer be described as a door, it is simply a wall.

Can I just give up?

Jiang Chen sighed.

But just as he was about to let Lin Ling use the Klein particle beam on the gate, there was a sudden sound at the gate.

Jiang Chen was startled, and immediately pulled out the tactical rifle from his waist.

"ah!"

Lin Ling was so frightened that she exclaimed, and quickly retreated behind Jiang Chen.

The gear-shaped door slowly moved forward, and the covered rock layer loosened a burst of dust. Jiang Chen led Lin Ling back slowly, keeping a certain distance from the gate. The vibration lasted for about half a minute, the gear-shaped door suddenly stopped, and then began to roll sideways.

[8.1 meters thick, um... I might not be able to wear it. 】 Tingting said in her heart.

[Is there anything else you can't wear? ] Lin Ling couldn't help asking.

【certainly. Although Crane particles can cause strong electromagnetic pulses, this does not mean that the penetrating power is infinite. You are studying this aspect, don’t you know about this little problem? 】

Although there was no irony in Tingting's tone, Lin Ling couldn't help but blush. Just when she was about to refute something, Jiang Chen who was standing in front of her suddenly spoke.

"Lin Ling, get ready to fight, try to control the output power, and don't dismantle non-combat units."

"Okay, okay!" Lin Ling nodded quickly.

But at this moment, in the dark hole, a man suddenly walked out with his hands raised in a gesture of surrender.

When he saw the face clearly, Jiang Chen narrowed his eyes, and the red dot sight was pointed at his face.

"Lin Chaoen."

"That's right, it's me." Lin Chaoen sighed and said teasingly, "I didn't expect that we would meet again. In this way."

"Provoke me again and again. You should have expected such a day." Jiang Chen rubbed his finger on the trigger, said lightly.

Lin Chaoen shrugged and looked at Jiang Chen.

"Anyway, you guys won. In the end. My lord father wants to see you."

After finishing speaking, Lin Chaoen looked at Lin Ling who was hiding behind Jiang Chen. A bright smile appeared on his face.

"And you, my respected elder sister."

"Sister, sister?" Jiang Chen looked at Lin Ling in surprise. I saw that she was also at a loss.

"What?" Lin Ling looked at Lin Chaoen in bewilderment.

"After you come in, you will know."

She smiled mysteriously at Lin Ling. Lin Chaoen turned around, turned his back to Jiang Chen and walked into the shelter.

Looking at the dark passage, Jiang Chen was a little uncertain for a while. Is this a trap, or is it really what Lin Chaoen said. They chose to surrender.

After hesitating for a moment, Jiang Chen took out a signal stick, pulled off the fuse and threw it out.

A bright red glow illuminates the space. Except for rows of dormant pods, there are no weapons in sight in a room the size of a basketball court. Raising his rifle for vigilance, Jiang Chen led Lin Ling into the shelter.

"Lin Ling."

"Huh?" Lin Ling, who was huddled behind Jiang Chen, looked up nervously at his helmet.

"If they are going to close the door, you can shoot at the engine of that door." Jiang Chen said in a voice that Lin Chaoen could hear.

"Okay, okay!" Because she was too nervous, Lin Ling almost bit her tongue.

There is not much light in the room, the only light source is the signal stick thrown by Jiang Chen. The entire room is filled with strong ozone, and it is precisely because of this that the signal rods burn vigorously.

In the center of the room sits a columnar computer, its lights flickering to indicate that it is running. In the center of the computer was a culture tank filled with brains, and at the bottom were densely scattered pipelines, connecting all the machines in the room.

In the whole room, apart from the computer and the sleep chamber, there is no life in sight.

Rather than saying that this is a refuge, it is better to say that this is a mechanical city buried deep underground. The central computer is its brain and its heart, and the scattered pipelines are its blood vessels.

Lin Chaoen walked under the computer and stopped.

"Father, they are already here."

The electronic screen suddenly turned on, and the face of a middle-aged man appeared in the center of the screen. The thirty-seven haircut was neatly parted, the two eyebrows were thick and neat, a pair of black eyes looked calm but sharp, and the glasses on the bridge of his nose added a bit of bookish air to him.

Looking at the man, Lin Ling's pupils shrank suddenly, and she took two steps forward.

"Dad, Dad..."

"Don't go there." Jiang Chen put his hand on her shoulder.

"No! That's my father! Let go of me, let go—" Lin Ling struggled hard, trying to break free from Jiang Chen's grasp, and wanted to run forward.

Seeing this, Jiang Chen couldn't help being stunned.

He hadn't expected this to happen at all. At this moment, he was still holding the rifle flat with his right hand, and stretched out his left hand to firmly grasp Lin Ling's shoulder.

"Lin Ling! Your father has already boarded——, already boarded the colony ship, that's just a video!"

It almost said "go to heaven", Jiang Chen changed his words halfway.

"Dad, Dad! You came back to pick up your daughter, right?" Lin Ling said with shaking eyes, her tone was almost crying.

Jiang Chen stared at the middle-aged man, he raised his gun and aimed at the screen.

"If you pretend to be Lin Ling's father again, I'll shoot you in the head!"

"Don't—!" Lin Ling exclaimed in shock.

"I'm not pretending to be anyone." The middle-aged man on the screen closed his eyes and pointed his finger down, "I'm right here, you should be able to see my brain."

The room fell silent.

Lin Ling stared at him blankly, her eyes flickering with disbelief, "Brain? Dad, you..."

A flash of surprise also flashed in Jiang Chen's eyes, and he slightly adjusted the window aimed at the display screen, and then aimed at the cultivation tank.

Seeing Jiang Chen's small movements, the middle-aged man couldn't help but smile.

"Is this how you treat your father-in-law?"

father in law?

Jiang Chen was stunned.

Lin Ling blushed, and quickly waved her hands, "No, no, Dad, you misunderstood, he is not the one..."

It's just that when she said this, her tone was obviously insincere.

"Cough cough." The middle-aged man coughed softly, interrupted his daughter's words, and turned to look at Jiang Chen seriously.

Jiang Chen stared at him wordlessly, the muzzle of the gun in his hand was still pointing directly at his body—the brain.

"If this can bring you a sense of security, you can just point it out. But I have to remind you that the glass of my culture tank can withstand the fire of an anti-material sniper rifle."

[This old man who emits ozone, can I have a shot at it? ] Tingting made no secret of her dislike of machinery.

【Can't! He is my father! 】Suppressing Tingting who was about to move, Lin Ling anxiously muttered in her heart.

Hearing this, Jiang Chen grinned and lowered his gun.

"You let me in, are you ready to surrender?"

"I just want to see my daughter." The middle-aged man said with a kind smile.

Looking at the middle-aged man, Jiang Chen's eyes couldn't help flickering. He never expected that when the matter developed to the end, it turned out to be a reunion of father and daughter?

"Dad, you, where are you now, Colonial Ship—"

"I didn't board the colonial ship." The middle-aged man looked at Lin Ling and said softly.

Lin Ling's eyes widened, but she didn't react for a while. She couldn't tell what she was feeling at the moment, shocked? happy? sad? It doesn't seem like it, but there seems to be a little bit of it.

After a long time, she squeezed out a few words from her lips.

"Why?"

"Because there is no need to go. The universe is so dark, it doesn't matter which direction you go." The middle-aged man said slowly.

After saying that, he looked at Jiang Chen.

"I'm very confused. You seem to have an incredible ability. My intuition tells me that this is the main reason for my failure."

"I don't deny your point of view." Jiang Chen said noncommittally.

Nonsense, if there is no time travel and storage space, I would have died a long time ago, so I don’t need you to say it.

The middle-aged man stared into Jiang Chen's eyes, and after a long time, he sighed.

"Really? Although I hope that I was defeated by some deeper reason."

After speaking, he looked at Lin Ling, his daughter.

"I am an incompetent father. On the road to the supreme, if there is anything I have regretted, it is probably you."

There were tears in Lin Ling's eyes, "No, Dad, you gave me life, you gave me a chance to re--"

The middle-aged man interrupted her.

"You know what? The reason you get muscular dystrophy."

Lin Ling was stunned, "It's not because of congenital—"

"No," the middle-aged man shook his head, "I did it."

Lin Ling fell into a daze, tears froze on her face, her small mouth murmured silently, "Why?"

"The story is a bit long, if you have patience, just read it slowly."

A touch of nostalgia appeared on the face of the middle-aged man, and gradually disappeared from the screen.

The picture on the screen has changed, like an old yellowed film scrolling, revealing a page that belongs to history. (To be continued.) Enable new URL