On the clean and transparent glass, the silhouette of a man in his 20s is reflected. He has a pair of dark brown eyes, neat short black hair, and thick sideburns on his thin cheeks that connect to the equally thick blue-black stubble on his chin. He sat in the company's specially customized Titans hovercar, smoking one by one, thick smoke filled. He half-narrowed his eyes and stared out of the panoramic car window through the smoke.

The dark gray sky was crowded with stagnant clouds, and white and orange lightning flashed above the clouds at different speeds and speeds, alternating to illuminate the surface of the vast ravines. The world is gradually losing its color, and between the tyrannical sky and the earth, only his fierce general is like a tenacious insect, slowly moving forward.

He simply set the Titan's driving mode to automatic, turned off all the lights, and the black flash world swallowed him up instantly, and he seemed to enjoy the moment when he couldn't tell whether it was a dream or a reality. He curled up in a comfortable leather seat, catching a glimpse of a huge sign flickering in the distance out of the corner of his eye. Although I only scanned the first few words, the content above was already in my mind: the threat gas level in this area is higher than 5%, please do not leave your vehicle for your safety.

He sighed softly, closed his eyes and stopped looking outside, the automatic navigation showed that he would arrive at his destination in 14 minutes, and for several days, the unprovoked upset made him in a trance, and he was about to squint for a while, but the call of the communicator sounded in the silent carriage. In the dark, he fumbled for a button.

"Wu Feng." A deep male voice came from the communicator, and the unconcealable anxiety spread throughout the carriage.

"What's wrong? Howling fire. Wu Feng's voice was much calmer.

"Twenty minutes later, come to my office on the top floor." The male voice in the communicator paused, "Something happened, something happened to the exploration team, and it also alarmed the three generals of the general command of the theater." ”

"What? What happened? Why did it alarm the people of the Global Theater Command? Wu Feng sat up straight and asked the communicator again and again.

The male voice in the communicator sighed and said in a low voice: "You come back first, the three generals are here." ”

"Good!" Turning off the communicator, Wu Feng switched the driving mode back to manual. The pearly white titan surged in speed, spewing out a long burst of nitrogen tailfire.

As the warrior galloped at great speed, the cracked and barren earth gradually began to appear sparse vegetation, and tall eucalyptus trees could be seen standing every 100 meters. On both sides of the highway, the red striking text threatening the gas content index on the huge eye-catching billboards has also been turned into green: "Welcome to Guangzhou, the livable city No. 25899".

The galloping warrior entered the boundaries of the city. Brightly lit buildings and colorful billboards began to appear on the ground, and the roads began to become intricate, and a long river of electric cars began to flow slowly. There was a strong contrast between this peaceful prosperity and the barren land dozens of kilometers away, Wu Feng couldn't help but exhale lightly, as a normal human being, only such a world was more suitable for him. After passing through several layers of air security checks, the pearly white titan came to an industrial park, where the large and small factories were brightly lit, and the staff wearing hard hats and vests and shorts shuttled back and forth.

Wu Feng drove the titan to the center of the park, and stopped in front of the 20-story building shaped like a brick, and the top floor of the building was marked with four incandescent white characters: "Fengyun Technology". Further up, a forty-meter-high blue ray of light can be seen soaring into the sky, with a large luminous sphere embedded in the top of the light. It is it that brings a nostalgic glow to the surroundings of the building, which is as nostalgic as the early morning. Retracting his gaze, Wu Feng habitually glanced at the control screen in the car, which clearly displayed:

2049 CE, February 4, 4:20 p.m.

Interior temperature: 25 degrees Celsius.

Outside temperature: 39 degrees Celsius.

Threat Air Index: 0.4%

Opening the car door, the suffocating heat wave was coming, Wu Feng felt his skin exposed to the air being burned, and he walked briskly towards the lobby of the building. At the door of the hall, the listless little security guard saw him coming from afar, and quickly opened the door lock with the access card in his hand, and stood by the door and looked at him with a smile.

"Brother Wu, you're back." As soon as Wu Feng stepped through the door, the little secretary who had been waiting in front of the hall greeted him. "The boss and several big leaders are on the top floor, let's go up quickly, they are all waiting for you."

an hour ago.

Fengyun Technology, top-level office.

Lin Huoxiao stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of his office with a red wine glass. The view here is extensive, and through the heavy radiation-proof insulated glass, you can clearly overlook half of the industrial park and the charming neon light in the distance. In the colorful lights, two black military warrior hovercars suddenly appeared and stopped steadily in front of the building. A total of six people came down from the two hovercars, two Chinese men, two European men, and two European women. Seeing the sassy man in his fifties wearing a Chinese military uniform who walked in the front, Lin Huoxiao frowned slightly, and said to the little secretary behind him:

"Put away all the papers on my desk, and I'll go downstairs to pick up a few distinguished guests, quick." As he spoke, he put down the wine glass in his hand and walked towards the elevator door.

"General Huang, please come here. Generals, please come here. Lin Huoxiao beckoned everyone to sit down at the conference table, stood beside the big man known as General Huang, and asked:

"General Huang, I'm really flattered by your presence, I ......"

"Xiaolin, I do have something important to look for you today, so don't be polite to me." General Huang interrupted impatiently: "I have to confirm this matter with you today. As he spoke, General Huang pointed to the blonde and golden-bearded European man and the red-haired European woman with slender cheeks sitting next to him.

"This is Lieutenant General Rogers of the U.S. Army Garrison Theater Command, and next to him is Major General Denise of the French Marine Corps Garrison Theater Command. And the other three are consultants to the National Geological Survey that we brought in. ”

Seeing that Lin Huoxiao shook hands with the other two generals respectively, General Huang waved his hand to signal Lin Huoxiao to sit down, and then said again:

"Xiaolin, let me ask you. Half a month ago, did you send a geological survey team? General Huang's eyes stared straight at Lin Huoxiao. Lin Huoxiao's heart chuckled, but he still quickly replied:

"No! Since the approval was issued, I have reported all geological resources exploration applications to your department, how could I do this privately. ”

"Oh? Is it? General Huang's voice rose a few points, reached out and took the tablet handed over by the consultant on the side, clicked on the video, and asked, "Then you can explain what is going on?" ”

There is a shaking in the video, followed by a portrait of an Asian woman. Short black hair, a high nose bridge, deep-set pale cheeks, with a faint morbidity, tiredness written in the corners of her eyes, and a low woman's voice:

Video Diary 9, recorded at 7:10 p.m., at Camp Convis, Mexico...... I think I've lost my usefulness. While speaking, the woman in the video looked back, as if someone was calling her, but she did not respond, but turned her head and continued to say to the video:

"A hundred years ago, the crater was originally the only one I could sense its location through special neural hallucinations. But today, the experts of Fengyun Technology said that the crater should be nearby. Because...... The gravity here is sometimes large and sometimes small, and it is said that the geomagnetic field is also abnormally disordered, and there is a small tilt or something like that......" In the video, the woman's eyes looked away, as if thinking about something, and after a few seconds she continued thoughtfully:

"During this time, many locals went crazy, and there were riots in the vicinity of the camp, and I ...... Also adopted a 12-year-old little girl, her name is Idana, her parents died in the riots a month ago, and she also has a 20-year-old brother who does not know whether to live or die. But it doesn't matter anymore, because I don't know if I'll ever get back to China alive, hey...... The days have become chaotic. ”

Speaking of which, the woman's voice in the video already has a faint cry. Lin Huoxiao sighed, stretched out his hand and wanted to press the pause button, but was preempted by the female major general on the side.

"Now do you want to explain it to us?" Major General Denise's gaze is a little terrifying, I don't know what kind of environment it is to exercise a woman's gaze so sharp! Lin Huoxiao didn't want to look at her, lowered his head and tapped his knees lightly with his fingers, and only said slowly after a while:

"Three generals, you know. I think you know what this means when the world's oceans are shrinking from 360 million to less than 200 million today, and the world's population has shrunk from 7.5 billion to 3 billion today. When the last 200 million square kilometers of ocean evaporate, there will be no more air on Earth for humans to breathe. Then there are only two ways out for mankind, either to space or to the underground. But......" Lin Huoxiao raised his head and pointed to the sky outside the window full of black clouds, and said in a self-deprecating tone:

"This sky, thirty years ago, was like this. No rocket can break through these mysterious clouds, no spaceship can break through this barrier and leave the Earth, and the planet we depend on for our lives is locked down! Do you think it's a coincidence? General Denise? General Rogers? Uncle Huang? ”

"I know it's certainly not a coincidence. Perhaps your team of military scientists have already detected something, and I understand that you cannot disclose this classified information to the outside world. Speaking of this, Lin Huoxiao turned his gaze to General Huang:

"Uncle Huang, my father is your old comrade-in-arms, but he died early. But that doesn't mean I'm going to be left in the dark, I can't sit still, you know I'm not that kind of person. If I can't get the truth, I will find a way to find the truth myself. If I don't have time, I'll find a way to create it! We can't do without the earth, and we can only find a way to continue exploring underground. But the resources on the earth are always limited, if human space technology has not broken through, when the resources on the earth are also hollowed out, then human beings have only a dead end! ”

"Xiaolin, don't get excited." General Huang's void pressed his hand and motioned for Lin Huoxiao to sit down. Lieutenant General Rogers, who was beside him, touched the thick beard on his chin and said:

"Lin, don't treat us with this attitude. As a soldier, we must strictly follow every order, and if some secrets are released, they will cause a global panic, and that situation is beyond our control! So, even if you have anger, don't take it out on us! ”

Lin Huoxiao pursed his lips.

"I'm not excited, I'm not disrespecting you, I'm just stating the facts. Uncle Huang, I know that you are not here today to ask for guilt, how many teams are engaged in all kinds of exploration work in private, and the country is now turning a blind eye, and there is no clear indication of any institutional constraints. So, please tell us what you mean. ”