Chapter 889 In the Dark

The fusion reactor hanging at an altitude of three thousand kilometers started working at a completely abnormal speed. The strong magnetic coil used to fix the reactor core changed from dark red to bright yellow in a few seconds, and was then illuminated by the white light of the reactor core. The ball was swallowed up, and white light dozens of times brighter than the real sun instantly filled the sky, casting a vast expanse of white beneath his eyes.

Lin Xue's reminder was shouted out a few seconds before the reactor exploded, which gave everyone time to react. Although no one knew why, many people subconsciously chose to follow the instructions when someone shouted like this in an unexpected situation - - Just like if you suddenly yell and lie down at a train station, someone will definitely lie down. Although you will soon be pushed to the ground by the police, the effect of "breaking information appeal" is real. Lin Xue's shout made many people close their eyes at the moment the reactor exploded.

not including me……

Really, my reaction was slow. If this girl had been properly vaccinated a few minutes in advance, maybe I would have reacted.

My field of vision is still completely white, and not far away some people are shouting in horror: "Eyes! My eyes!" "I can't see anything!"

Sandora snorted coldly, and a little mental oppression covered the square, causing the townspeople who were almost in chaos due to the panic and commotion of more than a dozen people to tremble and become silent. Then she said coldly: "Quiet. , only temporarily blinding.”

After the mental oppression was removed, the people around him were obviously much calmer, but uneasy whispers could still be heard. I blinked, and some blurry figures appeared in my vision - even though I had experienced a lot of ** enhancement, it seemed that "flash blindness" was a normal function of the eyes. He actually fell into the same trap as those ordinary people.

Fortunately, I now have a variety of ways to observe the world. Meticulous mental scanning is much easier to use than eyes, so I don't pay much attention to the paleness in my field of vision for the time being. I just touched Lin Xue's elbow. He muttered in a low voice: "Why didn't you remind me earlier?"

"Why are you so slow to react, Mumu?" The eldest lady smiled mischievously and waved her hand in front of my eyes, but I knocked it away: "Don't make trouble, you think you are the only one who can see without your eyes?"

Just like Sandora said. The burst of white light just now was not enough to burn people's eyes. Even if it blinded people, it was quite short-lived. After a few minutes, the townspeople who were hit by the extra-large flash bombs recovered one after another. I recovered a little earlier than them. , the naked eye sight is completely fine.

If the night before the flash was just dark, there would still be a coil of red light providing illumination. The sky now is really invisible. The dark red halo that originally hung in the sky has been wiped out by the explosion, losing any light source. The sky above is like a pure black curtain. It was vast and empty, and the only light was the small bright spot that occasionally crossed the sky. It was the remains of the fusion reactor burning across space, but this last flash only lasted less than ten minutes. In the end, there was nothing.

There was a deathly silence in the square, and the townspeople looked around at a loss. Under the pale streetlights, there were faces of panic. What is happening now is something they have never experienced and never dared to imagine. Fusion reactors hanging overhead would go out or even be blown to smithereens. This may have an impact on them as much as the people on Earth seeing the sun turn green with their own eyes. No one knew how they should react in this situation, so all that was left was to look around in panic. Others were equally uneasy and then even more frightened, but they also found a sense of collective security.

After a while, I don’t know who started it, but muffled voices came from the crowd. They might have been talking to themselves at first, but they soon became a widespread conversation:

"Glick said that he has been talking about the reactor going out..."

"Him? He's just a little crazy, right? He also said that those ancient machines would also stop spinning."

"But the fusion reactor is really finished now. Although they were not created by gods, they are still leftover from the age of gods."

"Don't talk nonsense. There will definitely be a new reactor launched into the sky. The church has many ancient machines. They can use that to recreate a fusion reactor..."

"I don't think it's reliable... Remember when we were young, the public lights-off time was three hours after dinner (the timing unit of the ruined world). Now it is two and a half hours. The lights-off time for public lighting has been advanced. The large energy furnace There must be insufficient power over there. Glick said that all energy furnaces have been used for at least 700,000 years..."

"Don't talk nonsense, Glick is just a whim, he is..."

"My dad is not a whim! He is a hero!"

A young but exhausted voice suddenly penetrated the low whispers in the square. Little Glick struggled to squeeze out of the crowd, stood in front of everyone and shouted loudly, "My father said a long time ago However, all machines will break down. He said that he would find other big stars and find us new reactors and synthesis machines! He is a hero and is not just wishful thinking!"

Such a little boy suddenly appeared in the square and yelled, which immediately made the people stunned. Mr. Barnard looked at Glick in surprise: "Didn't I ask you to stay at home with Shui Zhu? The situation is not good now, kid Don’t leave the room.”

"I'm fourteen years old," Glick said loudly, puffing up his chest and trying to show his maturity. "I just saw a flash of light outside in the room, was it a fusion furnace..."

While speaking, Glick subconsciously looked up at the sky. What he saw was a dark sky, and the place where the fusion furnace originally hung was empty.

"Everyone should go home and wait. There should be news from the big city soon," Barnard coughed and said loudly, "Maybe the new fusion reactor is already on the way to launch, but That will take time. Today's work is cancelled, and no one is allowed to leave the town, and it is best not to leave the room. Prepare warm things, if the fusion reactor is shut down for too long, there will definitely be a cold wind... Grik, you too. Go back quickly, you are fourteen years old, but Shuizhu is only nine years old, she needs someone to take care of her."

Mr. Barnard's instructions were clear and firm. Glick could only choose to obey unconditionally. Several townspeople who still had something to say nodded in agreement, and the crowd began to disperse after a while. We and Mr. Barnard were the only ones left in the square.

"I'm sorry, there is no transportation in the town that can take you back, and the road between here and the outside world is probably blocked by darkness." The old man rubbed his hands anxiously and observed our expressions, "Before the fusion reactor is repaired, I'm afraid Several guests from Dacheng can only stay in the town temporarily..."

"It doesn't matter. Just experience life," Lin Xue said habitually, but she was glared at by me, and then her expression became serious. "Old man, do you really think the new fusion reactor will be in place soon?"

Barnard never expected that a guest from the big city would ask such a question. He was stunned for a moment, and then said hesitantly: "I don't know... but isn't it certain? Those ancient things can always be maintained, priests. They said, 'Their light will never go out,' and the fusion reactor will be repaired. Let's just hope the town doesn't get blown over by the cold wind before then."

"Really, 'never extinguished'. Ha." Lin Xue repeated a few words in a low voice without comment, shaking her head imperceptibly. But without saying anything else, we said goodbye to the old man and then found Glick’s hut.

The warm light yellow light is still shining in the cabin. Different from what I saw during my previous visit, it looks much cleaner after being tidied up by Dudu. Many broken parts have found their proper use and have been replaced. The neatly assembled machinery and equipment are placed where they can be used, or at least where they don't take up so much space. Glick was sitting in a daze in front of his iron table, with a half-eaten piece of bread in front of him - that was what we brought last night, while Shuizhu was curled up in the big chair in the corner of the room, hugging his knees. He huddled up into a ball, and the shadow of panic could be seen in his eyes.

In fact, just repairing the fusion reactor would be an easy task for all of us, but the current situation is definitely not just as simple as the scrapping of the fusion reactor. There are various signs, including Lin Xue’s prophetic dream and the reduction of various living quotas in this world. Facts all show that something worse is happening here. This system that has been closed for more than 700,000 years is about to come to an end, and those fusion reactors not made by the Empire are the first batch of ancient ones to die due to technical limitations. equipment.

Under normal circumstances, the imperial machines that maintain this world should be able to last longer, at least far beyond the lifespan of those fusion reactors by several times. However, this is not a normal situation. Those things are all removed from the wreckage of the spacecraft. Dilapidated equipment, thinking of Lin Xue's prophetic dream, I am afraid that the shutdown of key equipment such as food synthesis machines and atmosphere generation machines will only happen overnight.

In this case, fixing a fusion reactor is irrelevant. If we don’t want to see the indigenous inhabitants of this world suffer catastrophe, sending them all to a safe world is the simplest and crudest way. This is one of our preparation plans, but before that, Sandora and I both think There should be no rush into action: it will take some time for those systems to collapse, and what we have to do before the final moment comes is to unlock the other secrets of this space.

Glick looked a little gloomy, but that was all, he still looked quite calm. A child of more than thirteen years old did not panic too much after facing such an event that would make adults panic. His calmness or rough nerves are surprising. Perhaps this is the same as when he was very young. It has something to do with starting to take on family responsibilities. It is also possible that the father, a plumber who holds doomsday theories every day, is influencing this child, making him appear calmer than others in the face of disasters.

The same goes for Shuizhu. Although she seemed more panicked than Glick, it was surprising that a nine-year-old girl did not cry or fuss under such circumstances. It was endless night outside now. In order to save energy , the street lights in the town had just been half turned off. At the "noon hour" on weekdays, the streets were shrouded in darkness. Shuizhu leaned on the window and took a look outside, then shrank back in fear, eyes staring straight at Look here.

"Uncle, will the sun light up?"

the little girl asked timidly.

I really want to remind her that in this case she should call her brother. But after taking a look at Glick, I thought it was better not to be on the same level as that thirteen-year-old naughty kid.

"The sun is out of order, but the adults have already gone to repair it."

My sister gently pressed Shuizhu's thin shoulder, took out some snacks from her pocket and stuffed them into her hand. "Don't worry, with us here, no matter how bad things are, they will get better."

The wonderful snack made this simple child forget his fear immediately, just like a little squirrel eating. Shuizhu held a small bag of puffed food and ate it quickly, while Glick suddenly glanced at us and suddenly remembered something: "By the way, why are you the only ones back to town? Where are those brothers and sisters? ?”

"You mean Bingtis and Mercury Lamp?" I suddenly didn't know how to answer. "They seem to be..."

"We're back!"

As a result, just when I was thinking about how to explain to Glick the whereabouts of that large group of people, Bingtis' loud, careless and uncultured voice rang outside the door, just like returning to his own home. This female hooligan, who has never known politeness, opened the door in a grand manner, carrying my mercury lamp on her shoulder - but when she entered, the latter banged against the door beam with a "dong" sound, and when she stood in front of me, she He was carried upside down by Bingtis.

This is the painful lesson of height overrun.

"Wow! Sorry, sorry!" The sloppy goddess hurriedly moved the messy mercury lamp that had hit the alloy door frame from behind to in front of her, nervously checking to see if she had hurt the other person. I really couldn't stand it, so I reminded him from the side: "Hey, hey, hey, you took it down..."

It seems that since we first met, mercury lamps have always been associated with collisions. When she first arrived at home, she would often forget that there was an energy shield outside the house and crash into the balcony. When flying around the house, she would always forget that there was a corner in front of her and hit something before she could stop. Even now, being iced If Thies carries it, he will be knocked dizzy because of the latter's madness. This is probably a fate equivalent to a curse for the mercury lamp.

It took me a lot of effort to stop the little doll's urge to fight for a certain goddess. The price I paid included a lot of desserts, two large buckets of yogurt, and the promise of a life-size pillow when I returned. While I was busy appeasing the irritable Chairman Shui. However, Bingtis occupied the only cushioned chair in Glick's house without any image, and let out an exaggerated sigh: "Huh - good guy. It was so bright all of a sudden that it scared me. One jump.”

I raised an eyebrow. Use mental connection to ask: "You mean the fusion furnace?"

"Fusion furnace? Well, that's what mortals call it," Bingtis's voice rang in his mind, "All the artificial suns in the sky have been extinguished. Even a layman like me can tell that they are seriously out of use. Yes, you haven't seen it. Their outer shells are all covered with pitted patches. Some mortals want to forcefully pressurize one of the artificial suns. Oh, it's the one above your head. I and the others happened to be in orbit when the pressure was applied. Wandering around, we watched its shell vaporize, and the pipes were instantly twisted like rubber bands. If the mortals of the 123 Gang hadn't endured the impact, and Lilina secretly treated the radiation, there would have been a bloody storm three thousand kilometers above the ground. …”

"You saved people."

Onee-sama looked very happy.

"Of course, we are gods, we can't watch mortals die innocently, right?" Bingtis spread his hands, "But to be honest, if this continues, the world will be over. pl-15 analyzed those probes and reconnaissance The professional concubine did not understand the information sent back by the soldiers, but one thing is certain: 80% of the most basic mechanical systems in this space are seriously declining, and now is the period of concentrated outbreak of shutdown of all systems. , it may take hundreds of years or a few months, the various ancient factories that ensure the minimum life support in this world will completely stop, and the mortals in this world will no longer be able to find the parts that can repair those ancient machines. .This is what it says."

"I really don't know if this is luck or something," Sister-sama shook her head with a subtle wry smile, "As soon as we came to this world, the maintenance system of this space was about to shut down completely. It has survived for hundreds of thousands of years. Did something happen when we were rushed here?"

"If we hadn't appeared, this world would have collapsed silently," Sandora said. "From this point of view, this world is very lucky."

Glick couldn't hear these conversations that took place on the spiritual level, and it only took less than a second for us to talk about these things in the spiritual connection, so he didn't even realize that several people in front of him were discussing the world in which he grew up. A matter of life and death, he is currently busy sharing a small bag of puffed food with his sister. In front of snacks, he is just an ordinary child.

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion from the direction of the square, which caught our attention.

When I led Qianqian and the others to the square, there were already more than a dozen people gathered here, and the protagonist of the commotion was standing in the middle. One of them was an acquaintance: a fat and honest old man, Barnard.

"Dacheng will take care of everything. The only thing we can do now is to go back and wait." Barnard cast his gaze on the person in front of him, his eyebrows knitted into a knot, "Tieke, I know you are very brave, but this It's useless to be brave at that time, the nearest big town is more than ten kilometers away, and the road also passes through a valley that is not completely opened. There are no lights, no supply stations, and we have no transportation!"

Old Man Barnard was talking to a bald man as strong as an iron tower. Although he was two heads lower than the latter, his tone of speech was really stern. The bald man called Tieke lowered his head slightly and did not dare to speak loudly. He retorted, but still insisted on his opinion: "Are we just waiting here? If the fusion reactor cannot be repaired in a month, we will have to spend a month in the dark! Before that, the town and the roads outside will be even more blocked than they are now. It’s serious. It will be too late to ask for help by then. The big city won’t notice such a small settlement like ours. If you want to find rescue, you can only take the initiative to go out and ask for help..."

We were listening, and at this time we roughly understood what was going on. The big man named Tieke in front of us was obviously a radical in the town. He felt that the fusion furnace had exploded, and I am afraid that this place will be shrouded in darkness for a long time. During the long night, before that, it was the wisest thing to get in touch with a nearby large town with a formal settlement. However, the old mayor Barnard did it from the perspective of safety, and his reasons were very good: the small town simply had no There is no means of transportation that can be used for long distances, and the traffic roads in the town and outside are not safe at all, especially in the current dark conditions. There is no light or energy replenishment on that road, so we are just walking in the dark night. Traveling more than ten kilometers to seek help is no different than committing suicide.