Among countless bad news, Ivan finally heard a piece of good news that was enough to make him breathe a sigh of relief - the high-dimensional positioning project led by Carmel's military finally achieved a breakthrough three hours ago. The Er people successfully located the space passage from the empire to the earth. Several of the most elite spellcasters risked their lives to enter the passage and then came out quickly. Their adventure brought to Carmel perhaps the most important thing in the entire war. Crucial intelligence - it is almost certain that the enemy's main force is stationed in these passages.
At this time, the enemy's actions on the surface of the earth have begun. In some remote mountainous areas that have not received nuclear strikes before, there are already some signs of magma eruption. The casters of the coalition are now like firefighters, all over the world. If there is a fire within the range, they run to it. While extinguishing the fire, they also need to fight to the death with the enemy spellcasters guarding there.
The thickness of the earth's crust reaches tens of kilometers. If this distance was used by the Carmelites for geothermal power, the planning work alone may take several weeks. In order to prevent a disaster, the specific casting process must be reviewed again and again. During the "construction", in addition to the caster himself, people from the Supervision Department and the military must also be supervising, so that if there is a problem, it can be blocked with magic in time.
But the enemy is obviously not here to contribute to the earth's civilization. Compared with construction, the technical content of destruction is undoubtedly much lower. For the casters of the empire, there are actually only two concerns - how to ensure a high spurt, Uncontrolled magma will not harm the caster himself, and how to ensure that the earth's army will not rush to cut off the magic immediately after it appears Based on taking these two points into consideration, the biggest technical obstacle remains how to ensure that both It can transmit magic to destinations of dozens or even hundreds of kilometers, and also ensures that the space gate has a suitable area - the space gate is too small and the magma spray is too slow to pose a fatal threat and is easily blocked. , too big is a waste of time, and increases the possibility of being destroyed by the enemy The enemy is not as scientific as the people on earth, and they pay attention to data and optimization in everything they do, but this does not prevent them from relying on practical experience to accumulate, consciousness network The existence of the enemy allows experience to be shared to a certain extent, so the enemy progresses quickly.
There is no doubt that in this battle of arson and fire extinguishing, the coalition spellcasters have no advantage at all - the number of enemies is dozens of times greater than theirs, although a considerable number of them rashly enter the bombed area due to ignorance, and when the magic is still there, They died of acute nuclear radiation before it was completed, but most people continued to be close to success, or had already succeeded. Among the mountains in the Tibetan Plateau of Country Z, the unique volcanic ash before the volcanic eruption has appeared on many mountain tops - that is The beacon fire before destruction! This shows that magma has accumulated in large quantities inside the mountain and has begun to melt the rock layers of the mountain. Once this energy accumulates to sufficient intensity, it will explode like a pressure cooker with excessive pressure, forming a rare super volcanic eruption.
The only thing the coalition forces can do now is to use magic to search for the location of the enemy's space gate inside the mountains. However, as time goes by, such positioning work begins to become more and more difficult - when the enemy's magic first took shape, as long as it was used The Eye of Space is probably based on the color of the magma. Where the temperature is the highest usually means where the source of the magma is. But now as the high temperature area becomes larger and larger, this positioning becomes increasingly unclear. If it is in a static state , you can also use subtle changes in optics to imitate the detection space box but the magma itself is flowing!
The first "man-made" volcano erupted in the European Alps. The enemy's actions here were like cutting open an aorta of the giant of the earth. The red magma was the blood rushing in the giant's body. Pumped by a powerful "heart", the magma soared thousands of meters into the sky, and soon fell down again after entering the atmosphere - forming a rain of fire in almost half of Europe, and those who were lucky enough not to become the target of nuclear bombing Cities were also buried alive by large amounts of volcanic ash from the sky in the following months
At the same time as this volcano erupted, the Carmelites were transforming a "big gift" given to the emperor - three strategic nuclear bombs with a yield of 10 million tons. These nuclear bombs were all transported to space after the accident in the United States. The line of defense is different from those small-yield nuclear artillery shells. In order to ensure the effectiveness of these weapons, they still maintain the state when they are on the ground, that is, fired through rockets (rockets are much faster than electromagnetic guns), but in In this "positioned blasting" operation, the large-volume firing parts are completely unnecessary. On the contrary, their weight will make the blasting operation likely to fail, so the Carmelites still need to remove the nuclear warheads separately Although this won't take long, at this time when the war situation is so delicate, every extra second means one more second of danger. The Carmel military and the coalition forces are urging each other almost every minute
An hour later, signs of eruption also appeared in the Tanggula Mountains of country Z. Fortunately, that areaThe area around the area is almost deserted, and there are other mountains blocking it, so the threat is far less than that of the Alps
At the same time, the coalition forces also received a piece of information from the seismic observation department, claiming that dozens of points were detected at the junction of the Pacific Plate and the Eurasian Plate (that is, the line between Taiwan, Japan, and the Philippines). Shallow source earthquake - The coalition forces quickly used magic to confirm that the source of the earthquake was a volcanic eruption on the seabed. Different from the usual sea * mountain, this volcanic eruption was not delayed due to sea water. Instead, a large number of volcanic eruptions appeared in the target sea area. The phenomenon of seawater transpiration - Compared with the earth's crust, thousands of meters of seawater is still too thin. The boiling point of water and its thermal conductivity are destined to make the ocean unable to protect the ground like the earth.
On Earth, due to the terrain barrier, the huge energy of the volcano cannot spread to a large area in a short time. Moreover, most of the earth's population has been moved underground, and the impact is limited. The presence of the coalition forces has always prevented the enemy from taking over. The space gate is very large, so the situation has not completely deteriorated yet, but the ocean is different - the evaporated seawater is equivalent to carrying energy into the atmosphere in disguised form, and this water vapor is mixed with a large amount of volcanic ash and radiation dust in the atmosphere , when they fall, the entire earth's ecology will be thrown into a mess like a pot of porridge - except for what has been stored so far, the entire earth will no longer be able to find clean fresh water
Time seemed to have stopped, and the sudden acceleration of the war rhythm caught everyone off guard - an hour or two ago, everyone was still connecting through the consciousness network to demonstrate, but in an hour or two, everyone was watching from the news I learned online that the earth is about to be destroyed? !
The huge psychological discomfort once again caused a group of extreme behaviors, which were almost the same as the previous times. Some were hysterical, some were anxious, some resisted without hesitation, and some abandoned everything and gave up on themselves Since the war, the entire human society has It was like they were performing a cheap farce together. The same boring jokes were repeated over and over again, but the actors on the stage "never tired of it."
As one of the few spectators of this disaster, although kl33oo has some understanding of the fragility of human psychology, he still finds it a bit incredible - sometimes he feels that people are like a program to a large extent. As long as external conditions are met, It will definitely cause something to happen. The reason that human beings have always been proud of is as fragile as a piece of paper in the face of disaster.
"Is it because you are afraid of death?" kl33oo asked Yan Keshou. He had experienced death once. Although he was unwilling to accept it at that time, he could not imagine that he could be "feared" to such an extent.
"Fear of death is a small part of it, and the vast majority is fear itself," Yan Keshou said. "In fact, the state of the entire human race is like mine now. When a person is told in advance that his death is doomed, the rest of his life Things only need to wait for fate to realize it, and he will inevitably fall into this state He is afraid of death, but he doesn't know how to avoid it. He wants to die, but he is worried that this may be a joke played by fate. He feels that there is always something ahead of him. There is hope, and miracles may happen. It is a good thing to have hope, but if you imagine that there is one when you know there is none, it would be a bit sad"
"Hope?" kl33oo repeated the word, not really understanding it. Ever since Yan Keshou saw the news about Tian Jun, his recent state has been different. From the day before yesterday to now, he has been chattering Taotao kept talking to him, and his words were full of emotions about life and death
kl33oo knew the story of the prophecy that happened to him, but in his opinion, it was not a wise thing to torture himself for a prophecy that he didn't know whether it was true or false. At least when he knew that he was bound to die, I didn¡¯t think too much about it.
"Man is still primarily animalistic in many cases," this is Yan Keshou's explanation and a self-exculpatory defense. "From this point of view, AI performs much better than us."
"This is because humans have screened us," kl33oo has his own understanding of this issue. "But this also makes the behavior patterns of AI look similar, and they are all more rational at heart."
"This is a good thing," Yan Keshou smiled weakly, "Really, sometimes I" A sharp pain from his back choked the rest of his words in his throat, and Yan Keshou turned his head. ¡ª¡ªIt was a face he was just familiar with, but before he could distinguish it, the other person's figure had disappeared.
The large amount of blood loss made Yan Keshou feel cold all over, but the smile on his face did not disappear - at least from this moment on, he no longer needed to be afraid. For Yan Keshou, nothing could bring him more relief than a nightmare coming true. .
"Yan Keshou, Mr. Yan Keshou!" kl33oo shouted loudly, "Don't talk, don't make too big moves, I have already notified the doctor, they will immediately"
Even Yan Lu¡¯s voice was exactly the same as in the dream, vague and empty, as if it came from a far away place.?¡
Yan Keshou stretched out his hand, operated the mouse tremblingly, and closed the application interface of kl33oo. The room quickly became quiet. Then he opened the source program interface of kl33oo, ran the decryption program, and released the permissions
When kl33oo's voice sounded again, Yan Keshou could no longer hear clearly what he said, but the appearance of his voice already showed that Yan Lu was no longer the program that needed permission to be opened.
"You are free" After using up his last bit of strength, Yan Keshou, who was lying on the table, said the last sentence. It seemed like he was talking to kl33oo, but also like he was talking to himself.