1000 meters underground.

The vertical access to the underground has been replaced with a new elevator, suspended by tough graphene cables, that leads vertically to the underground.

At this moment, Jiang Chen, who was wearing T-3 power armor, was standing on the elevator platform, his eyes paying close attention to the holographic imaging instrument in the helmet. Especially the declining oxygen content, Jiang Chen couldn't help frowning slightly.

As he expected, the shelter below should not be inhabited.

Standing next to him was Lin Ling, who saw that this little girl was tightly wrapped in an orange and yellow chemical protective suit, and she was carrying a thigh-thick oxygen tank behind her back. Although she is a cyborg, both the brain and some key organs are made of flesh and blood, and even though many places have been replaced by machines, it is not wrong to say that she is a complete human.

"Turn on the oxygen supply. When he saw that the oxygen content fell below the threshold, Jiang Chen said in a deep voice.

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

By the time they arrived at the temporary station of this New Century Plaza, it was already night. However, at the moment, at 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, and it wasn't until Jiang Chen moved out of his identity as a marshal that he nodded and compromised with difficulty.

It's just that he will be worried, after all, this is the base camp of hostile forces.

However, Jiang Chen didn't have anything to worry about, at this moment he still had 100 cubic meters of storage space left, even if he encountered a few reptiles, he wouldn't worry too much. What's more, there is Lin Ling standing next to him, and the "harmonious" creature hidden in this chick's body is a robot killer. Few electron units survive the Crainn particle rays.

It's close to 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 spitted hard, and shrank behind him very unproductively. There was a hint of timidity on his face.

"Come on me. A slightly mocking voice came out of the bottom of my heart, and I didn't have to think that it must be Tingting. Since she learned to "speak", she has become more and more presumptuous.

[Who, who said I was scared. Lin Ling's face flushed, and she immediately said in her heart.

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

"Just follow me. As if aware of Lin Ling's timidity, Jiang Chen put his hand on her shoulder.

"Hmmmm!"

Lin Ling, who had been deserting, was taken aback by Jiang Chen's movements, and after reacting. An embarrassed flush appeared on her face.

Jiang Chen glanced at her with some suspicion.

Is this really okay?

The elevator slowly crashed to the bottom, and Jiang Chen's rifle locked straight to the door of refuge.

But it was just as he expected. The gate is locked.

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

Storage, boot!

Nothing happens......

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

Just as Jiang Chen was thinking about how to open the door. Lin Ling hesitantly walked to Jiang Chen's side. Looking at him whispered, he proposed.

"Otherwise, I'll just use the ray to kill all the robots inside, and then we'll go back......"

"Kill them all? Well, that's a reserved option. If possible, I'd like to get my hands on the contents. Jiang Chen reached out and groped around the huge gear-shaped door, trying to find something like a switch.

After all, it is the lair of the supreme camp, and since they can create a "thing" like Lin Chaoen, they must have their superiority in electronic technology. Compared to the harmony camp biology, gene technology. The fit between electronics and NAC is undoubtedly much higher.

Lin Ling seemed to be a little frightened by the darkness here, and was looking around uneasily.

[It seems that something bad lives inside.] Can I shoot at it?", Tingting said.

[It's better not to, if you break everything inside, Jiang Chen will definitely be angry. Lin Ling said silently in her heart.

[Then there is no way. After speaking, Tingting stopped talking.

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

Ten minutes passed, and the laser sword's energy was depleted.

Jiang Chen raised his flashlight and saw that there was only a fingernail-sized burn on the door panel.

"What material is this Nima made of? Jiang Chen couldn't help but curse, and raised his kick and kicked the door.

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

Can you only give up?

Jiang Chen sighed.

But just as he was about to ask Lin Ling to use the Krain particle ray on the gate, there was a sudden sound at the gate.

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

"Yikes!"

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

The gear-shaped door panels moved slowly, and puffs of dust loosened from the rock formations that covered them. Jiang Chen took Lin Ling and slowly retreated, opening a certain distance from the gate. The shaking lasted for about half a minute, and the gear-shaped door panel jerked before it began to roll sideways.

[8.1 meters thick, hmm...... I may not be able to make it. Tingting said in her heart.

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

[Of course.] Although the Craint particle is capable of causing a strong electromagnetic pulse, this does not mean that the penetration is infinite. You're researching this, don't you know this little problem?]

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

"Lin Ling, prepare for battle, try to control the output power as much as possible, and don't dismantle non-combat units. ”

"Good. Okay!" Lin Ling nodded hurriedly.

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

When you see that face clearly. Jiang Chen's eyes narrowed, and the red dot scope was already pointed at his face.

"Lin Chaoen. ”

"That's right, it's me. Lin Chaoen sighed and said in a teasing tone, "I didn't expect us to meet again, in this way." ”

"Repeatedly provoke me, you should have expected such a day. "Fingers rubbed on the trigger. Jiang Chen said lightly.

Lin Chaoen shrugged his shoulders and looked at Jiang Chen.

"Anyway, you guys won. In the end. Father, he wants to see you. ”

After speaking, Lin Chaoen looked at Lin Ling who was hiding behind Jiang Chen again, with a bright smile on his face.

"And you, my esteemed 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 with a confused expression.

"When you come in, you'll know. ”

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

Looking at the dark passage, Jiang Chen was also a little unsure for a while, whether this was a trap, or if it was really as Lin Chaoen said, they chose to surrender.

Hesitated for a moment. Jiang Chen took out a signal stick, ripped open the fuse, and threw it out.

A bright red glow illuminates the space. Aside from the rows of dormant pods, there were no weapons in a room the size of a basketball court. Raising his rifle to guard, Jiang Chen took Lin Ling into the shelter.

"Lin Ling. ”

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

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

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

There wasn't much light in the room, and the only light source was the signal stick that Jiang Chen threw out. The whole room is filled with a rich amount of ozone, which is why the signal rod burns vigorously.

In the center of the room sat a pillar-shaped computer, a faintly flickering signal that it was running. In the center of the computer is a tank containing the brain, while at the bottom is a dense network of pipes that connect all the machines in the room.

There is no life in the whole room, except for the computer and the dormant compartment.

It's not so much a shelter as a mechanical city buried deep underground. The central computer is its brain, and at the same time its heart, and the staggered pipes are its blood vessels.

Lin Chaoen walked under the computer and stopped.

"Father, they have arrived. ”

The electronic screen suddenly lit up, and the face of a middle-aged man appeared in the center of the screen. Sanqikai's hairstyle is very neatly parted, the two eyebrows are thick and neat, a pair of black eyes look calm and sharp, and the glasses on the bridge of his nose add a bit of bookish atmosphere to him.

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

"Dad, Dad......"

"Don't go over. Jiang Chen's hand rested on her shoulder.

"Don't! That's my dad!" You let go of me, let go—" Lin Ling struggled hard, trying to break free from Jiang Chen's grasp, wanting to run forward.

Seeing this, Jiang Chen couldn't help but be stunned.

He had no idea that would happen. At this moment, he was still holding the rifle flat in his right hand, and stretched out his left hand to grab Lin Ling's shoulder.

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

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

"Daddy, Daddy, you're back to pick up your daughter, aren't you? Lin Ling said with a shaken gaze, and her tone was almost about to cry.

Jiang Chen stared at the middle-aged man deadly, and 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.

"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 looked at him stunned, her eyes flashing with disbelief, "Brain, Dad, are you ......?"

Jiang Chen's eyes also flashed with a hint of surprise, and he slightly adjusted the window aimed at the display screen, and instead aimed at the culture tank.

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

"Is that how you treated your father-in-law?"

Father-in-law?

Jiang Chen was stunned.

Lin Ling's face flushed, and she hurriedly waved her hand, "No, no, Dad, you misunderstood, he's not that ......"

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

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

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

"If that gives you a sense of security, you're good to go. But I have to remind you that the glass of my culture tank can withstand the fire of an anti-materiel sniper rifle. ”

[This old man who exudes ozone, can I give it a shot?] Tingting did not hide her disgust for machinery.

[No!He's my father!] Pressing Tingting, who was about to move, Lin Ling said anxiously in her heart.

Hearing this, Jiang Chen grinned and lowered the muzzle of the gun.

"Did you let me in to prepare 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 but flicker. He never thought that in the end, it would turn out to be a father-daughter reunion?

"Dad, you, where are you now, colony—"

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

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

It took a long time for her to squeeze a few words out of her lips.

"Why?"

"Because there is no need to go at all. The universe is so dark, it's the same in any direction. The middle-aged man said slowly.

After saying that, he looked at Jiang Chen.

"I'm confused, there seems to be incredible power in you. My gut tells me that this is the main reason I fail. ”

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

Nonsense, if there was no crossing and storage space, Lao Tzu would have died a long time ago, I don't know how many times, and I still need to say it.

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

"Yes, though I would have preferred myself to have been defeated for some deeper reason. ”

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

"I was an incompetent father. If there's anything I regret on the road to the highest, it's you. ”

Lin Ling's eyes flashed with tears, "No, Dad, you gave me life, you gave me a chance to re-"

The middle-aged man interrupted her.

"You know what? The cause of your 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 stupor, tears froze on her face, and her little mouth muttered silently, "Why?"

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

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

The picture on the screen has changed, like a yellowed old film rolling, opening a page that belongs to history. (To be continued.) )