Chapter 394 Sudden Crisis

Until the evening of that day, we still had nothing to do about Sylvia's situation.

Before knowing the fundamental reason why she denied herself, even the master of occultism Alaya could only temporarily slow down the dissipation of her body. The fundamental reason lies with Sylvia, but the latter shows no sign of waking up now. .

"Ajun...are you just going to watch her disappear little by little?"

With a sad expression on her face, her sister looked at the light and shadow on the opposite side through the transparent observation corridor outside the laboratory. Alaya turned herself into an energy form and overlapped it with Sylvia, using this method to delay Although the latter died, the energy in Sylvia's body was still being released through the recording of the instrument.

Next to Sylvia, a petite girl was sitting there motionless, like a sculpture watching over her. That was Viska, even though she knew that she was no longer the "Sister Bella Vera" in front of her. ", the little girl also poured a lot of her feelings into the other person.

"I don't like to think about things in a pessimistic direction," I shook my head, "but the current situation is really not optimistic..."

"If it comes to the last moment, I will use time to stop her," Qian Qian said hesitantly, "That way I can at least buy some time."

"But her energy vacuum that breaks out from time to time is likely to cause backlash on you." I shook my head decisively, denying Qian Qian's attempt to take risks, although it is still unclear whether Sylvia's ability to stop time will produce an explosion of ability. , but I don’t dare let Qian Qian take this risk.

But looking at Sylvia who was gradually turning into scattered light spots in the air, the expression on my face still became more and more gloomy.

Even though we just met each other not long ago, and even though Bella Vera was our mortal enemy in the past, Sylvia is now regarded as a friend by all of us. This innocent and silly girl even won the favor of Pandora. So watching her die step by step makes us feel particularly depressed.

asshole! what on earth is it? Can't there be some clearer clues? !

Feeling depressed, I punched the window sill of the observation corridor, causing ripples on the protective barrier.

At this moment, Pandora's spiritual connection suddenly came over.

"Brother, I found those missing interceptor ships!"

Pandora's voice brought me out of my thoughts, and then I remembered another terrible thing: We still have several gravity interception ships lost in the atmosphere!

It seems that Pandora is not only intercepting meteorites that may have entered the atmosphere, but is also searching for those missing warships?

"What happened to the ships?"

"They all sank in the nearby sea area, but the warship itself was intact. The officers and soldiers on the ship also restored contact with us. Some soldiers reported that the warship fell due to a sudden loss of energy."

"Sudden loss of energy?"

Something flashed through my mind and I asked immediately.

Pandora shared a report with me: "This is a record at that time. The main energy source in the battleship suddenly dissipated due to inexplicable reasons, even the psionic energy was no exception. After using the last backup energy in the engine to land safely on the sea, All the battleships, including the mothership, sank to the bottom of the sea...Brother?"

"Well, it's okay. Since those warships are not damaged, let them return to their original cruising positions as soon as possible. Be careful yourself and report any unexpected situations as soon as possible."

I hung up the connection with an uncertain expression on my face.

There was a sudden loss of energy - not for the first time.

I took the information sent by Pandora seriously...well, I just read the beginning carefully. As for why I didn't read the descriptive content at the end...you know, I won't explain.

The time when the energy vacuum occurred was exactly the moment when Sylvia was unconscious, and the time when the communications in the wrecked battleship were restored was exactly the same as the time when Alaya used his own energy to suppress Sylvia. I don’t think these are all What a coincidence.

I told my sister the information I got. Compared to us, she is much more cautious and analytical.

"Did Sylvia's coma lead to the rampage of her abilities, or was it the rampage of her abilities that led to her current coma?"

After listening to my story, onee-sama's face became serious.

"Or a worse situation: Sylvia is about to transform into an abyss. Alaya has such a conjecture, right? If Sylvia's nether energy and spiritual energy representing the Xiling Apostle all dissipate, her body is transformed by the abyss The part will suddenly burst out, and she may even turn into an abyss channel!"

"No wonder all of this has been beyond Lin Xue's prediction." I said, recalling the scene where Lin Xue complained that the future he saw was full of blank segments.

Qian Qian had been listening quietly from beginning to end, but now she suddenly broke the silence: "Even so, I don't believe that this is Sylvia's wish."

"Of course," I stroked my light hair gently, "Bellavilla is dead, and Sylvia is our friend. What's more, even the fallen apostle will have to destroy several of our spaceships. Taking the risk of disappearing completely, this kind of behavior is too stupid, I now suspect that this is all a conspiracy."

"Conspiracy, yes, it's a conspiracy," my sister knocked on the window sill, the corners of her mouth raised slightly, "Ajun, the Bubbles found some very interesting things in Academy City's 'library' network..."

Aleister? Is that old fox up to something?

It doesn't seem completely unthinkable, but it still feels quite inconsistent to me.

Regardless of how he acted on a Xiling apostle, after all, apart from her special body structure, Sylvia basically has no ability to protect herself. What I am curious about is, does the old fox really think that with such a Can a small trick pose a threat to the entire huge space fleet?

And there is another point that is even more puzzling. Our arrival is absolutely sudden. Aleister cannot have the same prophecy ability as Lin Xue. Even if he has been traveled by Chu Xuan ten or eight times, he can make a plan in such a short time. Is there a conspiracy against us? He simply cannot understand the super-life form of existence of "Xiling Apostle", not to mention that he has tried to take Sylvia back many times before. If the latter is really a weapon designed by the old fox to fight against us, he will You should really wish we could keep Sylvia here.

Moreover, I don’t think people on earth can do this by using a “mutilated apostle” to create special weapons that can fight against the imperial fleet.

But despite all these doubts, all arrows point to one point: Aleister and Sylvia's coma, and the crash of our battleship are all inextricably related.

"Contact me Aleister."

I took a deep breath and gave instructions to Vega who was waiting not far away.

"In addition, the Pat Team quickly controlled the entire high-level forces of Academy City, lowered the space battleships above Tokyo into the attack range, and began to try to invade the 'library' that controls Academy City, but all this must be done in a covert state. Understand?"

Vega immediately responded with a standard military salute: "Long live the great empire!! Sir!!"

Still the image of a man hanging upside down from a pipe, Aleister appeared on the holographic projection without any new ideas. This time I didn't bother to turn the image upside down.

"I wonder what your orders are, boss?"

Aleister still had that weird voice that was both male and female, and judging by his tone... he didn't seem to feel guilty at all.

"You really don't know why I'm looking for you?"

Although I felt strange, I kept a straight face and asked gloomily.

Aleister's voice still sounded unhurried: "You don't seem to be in a good mood. Are you dissatisfied with my work?"

Is this guy pretending to be stupid? Or are you really unaware?

At this time, I seem to understand the benefits of facial paralysis. Just like chatting on QQ, the other party will never be able to see any trace of lies from your expression.

"You have done a good job. The situation along the coast of Japan is quite stable, and the cities that were destroyed by the tsunami have indeed completed the evacuation of all people... But, you know that is not what I am talking about."

Faced with my hint again, Aleister still expressed doubts: "I don't know if it's due to cultural differences, but I can't seem to understand what you are referring to."

I'm confused. Does this guy in front of me really know nothing? Or are you still pretending? If it's the latter, it doesn't look like much.

"About Sylvia -" I paused and tapped my fingers on the table, "I want to know how many secrets you have hidden - don't deceive me with your orphan theory."

Aleister was silent this time, and then spoke slowly after nearly ten seconds: "I thought that the power of the foreigners was enough to see through everything. Didn't I expect that after the development of technology to the extreme, there would still be things that cannot be achieved... That's right. Sylvia is indeed not an orphan adopted by Academy City. In fact, her appearance in this city is as sudden as yours. Even I can't find any clues about her past. So, is she the one you lost? Compatriots?"

"So to speak - don't change the topic and carry on."

"Well, as you wish - the arrival of that girl aroused my curiosity, so I did some research on her - don't worry, she was not harmed in any way in the process, because her existence is too special Yeah... I have to admit that that girl was once a very important part of one of my plans. Her special abilities and the amazing energy contained in her body are very precious things to me, and that's why I I have always wanted to get her back from you, but other than that, I can swear that my plan has not even started yet."

I looked gloomy and stared at the other person's eyes motionlessly, trying to find signs that he was lying, but unfortunately, this guy with a paralyzed face was always calm.

And what he told sounded very honest - in fact, I still don't think that an earthling can have the idea of ​​conspiracy after facing an overwhelming space fleet, even if that person is an old fox like Aleister.

Seeing the uncertain expression on my face, Aleister finally asked curiously: "What happened to make the powerful foreigners so upset?"

I lowered my eyes and glanced at the image in front of me with my upper peripheral vision. I didn't answer, but directly cut off the connection.

"Vega, did you find anything?"

I asked using my mental connection.

"Report sir! No abnormal data was found in Aleister and its affiliated information channels, and he did not take any unnecessary actions."

"Let the hosts continue to monitor, maybe he is just inactive for the time being..."

Before I finished speaking, another spiritual connection suddenly came in, and it was Qian Qian's voice: "Arjun Arjun! Sylvia is starting to lose control!"

I rushed into the third research room at lightning speed, but what I saw was a huge white light group that filled nearly one-third of the entire research room. Alaya's aura was mixed in it, but it was gradually being excluded. Coming out, the various barrier systems around her that were originally used to prevent the dissipation of Sylvia's energy frantically sounded alarms, indicating that the entire energy suppression force field was approaching its limit.

"What's going on? Why did you suddenly lose control?"

Qian Qian anxiously grabbed my hand and said quickly: "Everything was fine at first, but suddenly a strange electromagnetic wave invaded here from the outside world. The laboratory did not set up filtering for low-level energy such as electromagnetic waves. As a result, there was no Thinking that Sylvia lost control right after her, all the energy in her body is collapsing and she can't even maintain her own body!"

"Alaya! Can you hear me? How are you doing now?"

Feeling the turbulent energy in the huge light group and Alaya's aura that appeared and disappeared, I became worried about the angel sister's condition.

"Brother Jun... I'm okay..." Alaya's voice sounded like an inorganic tremor due to the conversion into pure energy, "But I can't suppress Sylvia anymore. I just discovered some very bad hints deep in her subconscious. Once she completely loses her mind... the consequences will be quite serious!"

"Hint?" I cried out in surprise, "What hint?"

"It's an attack against us - Brother Monarch, once Sylvia completely dissipates, all Xiling battleships above the entire earth will be instantly enveloped by an energy vacuum, and then all the protective shields outside the atmosphere will disappear!"

Alaya's words were sent through the public channel, so not only did I take a breath of air, but Qian Qian and her sister also let out uncontrollable exclamations.

"Let all Xiling battleships in the entire earth-moon system fall?" Qian Qian said in disbelief, "Is this possible? Such a powerful attack?"

"Of course it's possible, sir!" Vega walked in at some point, "According to our analysis of Sylvia's energy samples, she was once at least a general-level, and possibly even an emperor-level Xiling apostle. , and the transformation of the abyss energy made her more powerful. Although she has now lost the ability to control this power, Sylvia still retains these energies in her body. If released at the cost of burning her life, an emperor-level degenerate The apostle's self-destruction is definitely capable of covering the entire planet or even a wider area, and her ability is still so special..."

I noticed that Vega had switched to a fighting posture, and there was faint plasma emerging under the strong carapace of his lower body - the armor was charging, which was a sign of entering a high-alert state.

"Vega, what's going on? Didn't I ask you to meet Aleister?"

Sister Scorpion will give a military salute: "Report sir! The current situation is very suspicious. Aleister is obviously not the manipulator of everything. There is not enough time for us to investigate slowly. In order to avoid unnecessary losses, I hope that the officers will immediately Evacuate this planet. The Armored Scorpion team will be responsible for staying here and continue the investigation after the energy vacuum stops..."

"Investigation is rubbish!" I couldn't help but want to knock this brainless steel scorpion on the forehead - well, I can't reach it. "Sylvia will be dead by then, and all mankind will be dead too! Investigate your sister!"

"I'm sorry, sir, but this is the best option!"

Vega raised his head and said without giving in.

I know that the Scorpion in front of me is really thinking about us. Sylvia's self-destruction is inevitable. By then, except for the special Xiling units, 99% of the imperial warships will disappear due to psionic energy. As for the fall, not to mention the swarm of asteroid bombardments that followed due to the disappearance of the shield, those huge spaceships were enough to smash the earth's crust into space dust.

The Imperial fleet will suffer heavy losses, and humanity will perish in an instant, including so many friends that I have devoted my feelings to, Ruiko, Mikoto, and even Stiyl and Kanzaki who rarely interact with each other... Even if I can How would they feel after rescuing them all after their homes were destroyed due to my incompetence?

"No retreat!" I looked at Vega sternly, "The Empire has never retreated!"

This sentence was said by Pandora when she was telling me "One Thousand and One Battles" in my arms.

But it was obvious that this sentence, which sounded quite silly to me at first, moved Sister Xiezi greatly. She saluted with a bang and said loudly: "Follow your orders! Sir! Long live the great empire! Long live victory!" !”

After letting Vega's blood steam for half a mile against the wind, I almost got excited too, but in the end I calmly turned my head and said to Alaya: "Alaya, how long can you hold on? Is there anything else? Is it possible?"

Angel Sister's voice sounded a little tired, but she was still energetic: "Brother Jun, if nothing happens, I can suppress it for about thirty minutes. As for the method... although I have one, it is very dangerous to implement it."

"What solution?" I felt happy. As long as the current crisis can be solved, a little danger is nothing.

"Wake up Sylvia!" Alaya said firmly, "Reactivate her soul and let her reconstruct her self-understanding. This may interrupt her collapse process."

"So, what's the danger?" As a layman in magic, I naturally have no more thoughts about Alaya's method. The only thing I care about is what Alaya means by "very dangerous".

"It may not only be Sylvia who has awakened..." Alaya hesitated for a moment, but still said it, "Bellavilla's soul fragments have not disappeared yet..."