We are willing to believe that the young, the passionate, the brave, the fearless and the innate wisdom can overcome bureaucracy and decay. Although in Joan of Arc's story, miracles did not happen, and she eventually died at the hands of her enemies. But she became a symbol of the triumph of the invisible over the tangible, of the power of the pure mind, of the spark that can start a prairie fire, of the triumph that transcends life and years.

We need people like her, we need her as a hero to inspire us to improve. If we regard her death as a victory, we will not become slaves of time, and we will not become mercenary people who only judge heroes by success or failure.

- Li Jiting

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Paris.

5.20 a.m.

Avenue des quai branly.

Generally speaking, Paris wakes up late in winter, and it is the Christmas holidays, so it stands to reason that this is the time of good dreams. However, the Boulevard du Quay Branly-sur-Seine is bustling with pedestrians, passing among abandoned vehicles and street trees, and looking down from above, it looks like countless ants evacuating the Eiffel Tower in the snow.

Despite the large number of people and the heavy atmosphere, the unexpected procession was not chaotic, and everyone stared at the glittering scepter at the front of the procession, marching in silence.

It was as if that light was the Big Dipper that guided their direction, the morning star that lit up the dawn.

In a room at the Eiffel Hotel on the banks of the Seine, a man wearing a French "Triumphant" fully armored exoskeleton held a telescope and looked at Xie Minyun holding a scepter at the front of the line, and after a while, he put down the binoculars and handed them to the soldiers next to him, turned his head to look at Officer Julien who was standing on the other side, and asked in a low voice: "Commander Julian, say to see the situation at that time?"

Facing the murderous man who looked like a mechanical soldier, Officer Julien was a little nervous, he wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said respectfully to the famous star of the French army in front of him: "Okay, Brigadier General Sarkozy. Not long ago, at about four o'clock we received a mission to find terrorists near the Eiffel Tower......"

As soon as Officer Julian began, Brigadier General Sarkozy interrupted his narration and said in a deep voice: "Let's get to the point, did she use superpowers? What superpowers did she use? As for the rest, it doesn't matter. ”

Officer Julian was slightly stunned, but he quickly reorganized his words and whispered, "I'm sure she does have superpowers." Not only can she fly, but just one look at me and the gun in my hand ...... It melted. This is something I've experienced firsthand. Not only that, but she can also manipulate metal ......" Julian paused, raised his hand and said in a sincere tone, "I swear, I have never seen such a ridiculous and terrifying sight with my own eyes! All the metal objects floated in the air, the light ones were belts and cell phones, and the heavy ones were motorcycles and tin houses, and the scene was like a movie, and even the lights of the Eiffel Tower were flickering....... It's incredible! I really doubt it's just a dream! a nightmare!"

"Are there any other details, like the scepter in her hand?" asked Brigadier General Sarkozy in a serious tone.

"The scepter? I didn't really pay attention to it, I just knew that the scepter would glow. ”

Brigadier General Sarkozy frowned: "Okay. Nor can you who are not in the know be asked to pay more attention. ”

Officer Julien cautiously asked, "Your Excellency, who are these terrorists? Why do we still have superpowers? Are we in France capable of dealing with them?"

"I can't say anything specific just yet, but I just tell you that there's no need to be too nervous, she's just a minor nuisance to the gassed Sith the Clown. Brigadier General Sarkozy said lightly.

Officer Julian breathed a sigh of relief: "Since you said so, I'm relieved...... It's just that she doesn't seem to have any ill intentions, not only has she been helping to calm people's hearts, but she has also taken the trouble to guide the citizens forward, maybe she really wants to help us Paris. ”

"It turned out to be an angel ......," Brigadier General Sarkozy muttered, turned his head to stare at Officer Julian, and asked suspiciously, "Are you sure she is from Huaxia?"

"I'm sure she asked me to help contact the Huaxia Embassy. However, the director did not agree. ”

"What kind of spirit is a Chinese, without any self-interested motives, doing his best to save the Parisians?" said Brigadier General Sarkozy's tone with a slight mockery.

Officer Julian smiled wryly and replied, "Internationalist spirit?"

"Commander Julian, do you believe that there really was a woman like Joan of Arc in history?" Brigadier General Sarkozy turned to Julian and asked a question that seemed inconsequential.

Julian hesitated for a moment and said, "I don't think it's likely to be fake, after all, English court records don't falsify......"

Brigadier General Sarkozy smiled and patted Officer Julian on the shoulder: "You lead her to the Jucaldo Gymnasium, there are too many people here, and it is difficult for us to arrest her." ”

"Now?" said Officer Julian, who hesitated for a moment without her guidance, "but without her guidance, the evacuation of the citizens would not have been so orderly, and if there was any accident, there might have been a stampede!"

"I'll send someone to follow you, and you'll find a way to get her to leave the scepter in front to guide the citizens forward, and I'm sure she can do it, and without the scepter we will have an easier time dealing with her. Even if she didn't want to leave the scepter behind, there would be no surprises. We've identified the location of the Joker Sith and her companions, and we've blocked all signals, and now the Joker has no way to detonate any gas devices, so we'll clean her up first and go get rid of the Joker Sith. Then calm will return to Paris. Brigadier General Sarkozy sneered, "This is also an opportunity to test whether she is a real saint, a true saint will not leave the scepter to guide people forward, let alone summon the scepter immediately when attacked, and make people fall into chaos......."

Sarkozy's callous behavior made Officer Julian's heart tighten, and he rolled his throat and asked with some regret, "You won't want ...... Kill her, right? She has diplomatic immunity. ”

"Kill her?" Brigadier General Sarkozy shook his head, "Of course not, this girl can use the Chosen One server even when the Chosen One server is down..... Superpowers, she's not an ordinary chosen one, maybe it's ...... Anyway, she has a lot of research value, we need to catch it alive, and if it weren't for that, I wouldn't want to deal with her and the Joker Sith. ”

Julie breathed a sigh of relief, to be honest, he still couldn't bear to die like this with such a beautiful and kind girl, as for being captured as a test subject, he didn't dare to think about it, he just felt that the French army would not be inhumane, he abandoned those sentimentalities, and turned his attention to other directions: "The Chosen One?

"You don't need to know about this right now, but if you can handle this crisis, you should have access to another world. The world of the Chosen One ......" Brigadier General Sarkozy raised his wrist to look at the time, and then turned his gaze to the empty stadium on the side, "Time is precious, now you go to her, where will we set a trap." ”

"Yes, Your Excellency, Brigadier General. Officer Julian saluted.

Brigadier General Sarkozy nodded, and then said to the person next to him who was also wearing a "Triumphant" fully armored exoskeleton: "Furda, you accompany Commander Julian on a trip, pay attention to keep your distance, don't make her suspicious." ”

"Yes, sir!"

"Thank you, Lieutenant Colonel Fulda!" Officer Julian bowed slightly to Lieutenant Colonel Fulda, then turned and walked towards the door, and when he opened the door, he turned back and asked, "Your Excellency, is Joan of Arc a fictional character?"

Brigadier General Sarkozy looked at Officer Julian, who was clutching the doorknob, and said meaningfully: "Joan of Arc exists...... But the saint does not exist. ”

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Julian saw Xie Minyun walking at the front of the team with a scepter, and inexplicably remembered Joan of Arc, who was wearing gorgeous armor and holding the "Lorraine Cross Flag" to lead the French knights to charge.

Maybe it's Xie Minyun's otherworldly beauty, maybe it's the tenacity and chastity shown by her words and looks, maybe it's people bowing down to her like lambs. Let Julian be filled with reverence for the girl in front of him.

From a personal standpoint, he felt that Xie Minyun must be well-intentioned, and even he was willing to believe what Xie Minyun said that sounded a little ridiculous. However, in the face of the interests of the state, the position of the individual is so small. As a police officer, he deeply understands a truth, not good people will necessarily have good rewards.

Virtually every saint is extremely unfortunate.

It's like Joan of Arc, her comrades betrayed her, her enemies judged her, and her people misunderstood her.

Perhaps it is the fate of a saint.

Zhu Li sighed with peace of mind, he secretly made a gesture to Lieutenant Colonel Fuerda, and walked quickly towards Xie Minyun at the front of the line. He walked through the crowded crowd, pretending to be a little anxious, and ran to Xie Minyun's front and said in a low voice: "Miss Xie, there is a big problem over there in Xia You Palace, and it has something to do with your companions, I suggest you hurry over and take a look." ”

"What's wrong?" Xie Minyun stopped, and the whole team stopped flowing, without a trace of noise or panic.

"The underground bunker is filled with poison gas, and there are explosions from time to time, and now we have established contact with the people inside, but there are also people from the Joker Sith inside, we don't know how to screen your companions, I think you should communicate and find a practical way for your companions to establish contact with us to avoid more misunderstandings. Julian shook his mustache, and said the words he had prepared for a long time with a serious expression, as an old police officer, lying without blushing and beating was also a skill that he was extremely proficient in.

What's more, what he said can't be considered a lie.

Xie Minyun didn't know anything about the situation inside the underground bunker, and there was no flaw in what she said, but when she heard that it was full of poisonous gas, she was inevitably worried about Cheng Mo's safety, she frowned and asked, "It's full of poisonous gas?"

Julian nodded, pretended to smile bitterly and said, "Fortunately, your partner prevented the citizens from entering the Xia You Palace, otherwise I don't know how many people would have died now! ”

Julian's apology made Xie Minyun's expression relax slightly, although she firmly believed that Cheng Mo was doing a good deed, but she didn't want Cheng Mo to be misunderstood, now that the news that Officer Julian told her could confirm her opinion, Xie Minyun had no doubts at all, plus she was anxious to know Cheng Mo's news and worried about his condition, Xie Minyun immediately nodded and said, "Okay, then what should I do now?"

"Gotta go to the gym. Officer Julian pointed to the Jucaldo Gymnasium, which stood not far away, then he looked around, and finally looked at the scepter that emitted a soft light, and said with some embarrassment: "But you can't do without your guidance here, if you go away......"

"It doesn't matter. Xie Minyun heard the song and knew the meaning of the strings, she let go of her hand, and the Sanxingdui scepter hovered in mid-air like a living thing, Xie Minyun turned to the pious believers behind her and said, "Everyone continue to move forward!"

The scepter began to move on its own, like a lighthouse guiding the way in a blizzard, guiding people along Branley Quay Boulevard. Xie Minyun followed Julian upstream, walking briskly towards the Zhu Caldo Gymnasium, which was surrounded by dry sycamores.

"Thank you for your trust. ”

The girl behind him spoke in a flat but sincere tone, which made Officer Julian's heart twitch, and his expression was complicated for a second, and after a flash of thought, Julian began to rejoice that Xie Minyun couldn't see it, and he said without looking back: "It should be that all of us French people should thank you." ”

"It's okay, misunderstandings are inevitable. The main thing is that my companions have behaved a little erratically, and have caused you some trouble, but they are all trying to save Paris! Hearing Julian say "thank you", all misunderstandings were resolved, and Xie Minyun's heavy mood did not have a trace of joy, if something happened to Cheng Mo, everything would be meaningless.

Julian didn't know what the truth of the matter was, but based on his judgment of Xie Minyun's personality, he roughly deduced that the girl in front of him and her companion were probably saving Paris.

However, he believes that there is no point, that he cannot be the Lord. said "I'm sorry" again in his heart, Julian quickly adjusted his mentality, not wanting to judge the right and wrong of his current behavior with morality, so he didn't continue to talk to Xie Minyun about this matter.

It happened that the cry of a baby sounded in the quiet evacuation team, which also made Xie Minyun, who was full of concern, ignore this little abnormality.

Xie Minyun and Julian followed the crying voice, a young white couple was standing anxiously under the plane tree on the side of the road, the people on both sides were weaving, the man was holding the child, the woman was holding the bottle and trying to feed the child, but the baby in her arms was only crying and coughing, not caring about the surrounding situation.

Julian sighed and said, "I hope this is over soon." ”

Seeing Julian in a police uniform, the man hurriedly rushed over with the baby in his arms, and couldn't wait to say, "Officer, my child has a fever and needs to go to the hospital as soon as possible, can you help me." ”

The woman also hurriedly grabbed Julian's arm and said, "Please." ”

Julian said with a puzzled expression: "This..... Even if you go to the hospital, there may not be a doctor, and many of my colleagues have been injured and are not receiving effective treatment......."

"So what are we going to do? what are we going to do?" the woman cried as she held the bottle, tears streaming down her cheeks like beads with broken threads.

Julian was about to say that he had no choice, but Xie Minyun in the back stepped forward and said softly, "Let me see." ”

The man hesitated when he saw a young and beautiful Asian face, but the people nearby shouted, "That's the Holy Maiden, give her the child quickly." ”

The man suddenly handed the child to Xie Minyun in a hurry, Xie Minyun looked down at the little life with a wrinkled little face and clenched his fists and cried loudly, her cold face was full of smiles, she raised her right hand and stretched out her index finger, pointing it on the baby's forehead, the baby seemed to have found something, and waved her index finger.

A soft white light passed from her fingertips to the baby's body. That little bit of white light was so crystal clear in the snowy night, reflecting Xie Minyun's jade-like face, exuding a holy atmosphere.

In the midst of the people's exclamations, the little face that had been crumpled into a rag stretched out, and the cough mixed with the crying also tended to subside.

Xie Minyun asked softly, "What's his name?"

"Killian. The woman looked at her child and seemed to be getting better, and choked up in reply.

"Killian, you will grow up healthy and healthy, and you will be a brave, upright, and kind person. ”

Hearing Xie Minyun's words, the baby actually burst into tears and laughed, and he tilted his little head up and "giggled" at Xie Minyun and laughed into a small flower.

Xie Minyun also smiled, like a lotus blooming in the cold winter.

The people around were infected by such smiles, and people's originally anxious mood was surprisingly calm.

Xie Minyun pulled out his index finger from the baby's soft hand, the baby blinked twice, closed his eyes, and fell asleep quietly.

The husband and wife, who were originally anxious, also put their hearts at ease and thanked them with a grateful face.

The people who witnessed the miracle again cheered and applauded Xie Minyun.

Xie Minyun took the opportunity to loudly reassure the people again, telling them to stay calm and orderly to evacuate, warning them that mass panic is more terrible than poison gas.

The crowd continued to flow, and Xie Minyun went against the flow amid prayers and cheers.

Seeing that people's expressions were full of anticipation, looking up at Xie Minyun with reverent eyes, it was like finding a rope that could save their lives in the abyss of despair. Julian's mood became heavier, and he felt that arresting Xie Minyun now was tantamount to destroying people's hopes, which was not a good idea.

Julian's heart was torn apart, but by the time he came to his senses, he couldn't do anything.

The gates of the Jucaldo Stadium are close at hand.

He seemed to have smelled the smell of gunsmoke, and at this moment he could only pray in his heart that the "dragon knights" of the French special forces would not go wrong. He also thinks that what Xie Minyun said is not wrong, and that mass panic is a more terrible thing than poison gas. However, the reason why people are able to stay calm now is because Xie Minyun exists.

Thinking of Xie Minyun's unpredictable superpower, Julian was a little worried, if the French "Dragon Knight" did not properly solve Xie Minyun, the consequences would be unpredictable, thinking of the disastrous scene, Julian inevitably became short of breath the moment he walked into the door.

Xie Minyun is not a naïve girl who is ignorant of the world, let alone a stupid Bai Tian who has no vigilance, and when she found Officer Julian a little nervous, and saw the bright lights in the empty gymnasium outside the doorway, she immediately had a trace of suspicion.

It's a pity that there is no way to use a three-dimensional map now to observe the surrounding situation, so Xie Minyun pretended to be casual and tentatively said: "Officer Julian, how can your police establish contact with the underground bunker of Ouyu headquarters?"

"I don't know, it's all from above. Julian didn't look back, but subconsciously quickened his pace and walked towards the stadium.

Ou Yu will definitely not take the initiative to contact the police, because the police have neither the authority nor the ability to deal with it, only the military can. Xie Minyun knew that Julian avoided talking about it, because he was weak-hearted. The light in the wide arched doorway was dim, Xie Minyun looked at Officer Julian's back and blanked her eyes, she stopped and asked in a deep voice, "Is it the army?"

"No...... Of course not....." Officer Julian, who was sweating profusely, stopped and looked back at Xie Minyun.

At this moment, heavy footsteps sounded at the entrance of the gymnasium, and Xie Minyun turned around to see a group of soldiers wearing dark blue "Triumphant" fully armored exoskeletons blocking the door with magnetic storm guns, and the ropes hanging above the doorway were still a steady stream of soldiers coming down.

Without any superfluous words, not even a warning, the other party fired directly, and countless blue electric lights shot out from the muzzle of the gun shining with electromagnetic fireworks, densely covering the entire doorway.

A panicked Officer Julian ran away, not even bothering his hat to drop on the ground, stumbling into the stadium and being ripped away by a soldier wearing an exoskeleton hiding by the door.

Without the support of the three-dimensional map, Xie Minyun didn't dare to use teleportation at will, she knew in her heart that she should flee to a crowded place outside to be safe, but thinking of so many innocent citizens, Xie Minyun still chose to jump into the trap, and used teleportation without hesitation, flashed the electromagnetic net laid at the entrance of the door, and rushed into the stadium.

Julian, who was hiding on the side of the doorway, watched Xie Minyun disappear into the doorway like an elusive breeze, and appeared in the middle of the stadium in the blink of an eye, without looking at him at all, without any intention of killing him, which made Julian's tense body immediately relax, and then he looked at Xie Minyun flying in the middle of the football field.

The white LED lights illuminate the entire football field like daylight, snowflakes are flying like confetti, various weapons on the stands are frantically spitting tongues of fire, red, blue, and purple chains are all over the huge stadium, and Xie Minyun is like standing on the grandest stage, dancing in the streamer, like a god of dance.

Julián was stunned, he had never witnessed such a thrilling dance, and he remembered drinking spirits in a Spanish tavern, admiring the unrestrained and rapid dance steps of flamenco and the fiery atmosphere.

Although the girl in the middle of the football field was not wearing a red dress, nor was she in a tavern with ambiguous lights, Julian seemed to be in an alley illuminated by street lamps, and beyond the lights was a dark night, and the candles in the lights were shaking red.

Xie Minyun tossed and turned in the air-piercing trajectory, and the soldiers in dark blue mecha looked like tall rugby players, and they pounced like Xie Minyun from all directions with various weapons.

Seeing that Xie Minyun was about to be swallowed by the dark blue tide, I saw her jump up gently, like a surfer walking through the waves, those strong mecha warriors turned into brute bulls, and she turned into a heroic bullfighter, shaking the red cloth to play with the power of the rage on the applause.

The soldiers were constantly knocked away, like plastic toys, Xie Minyun in the center of the field seemed to be performing, butterflies wearing flowers in the crowd, the body was not chaotic at all, the sun, night, morning light, fog, burst out from her graceful movements, leaving a natural celestial wonder.

Julian never imagined that the battle could be so beautiful, everything so dazzling. Thinking of this crisis situation, Xie Minyun didn't summon the scepter that was guiding the crowd forward, and Julian was a little sad.

Feel that you have committed an unpardonable sin.

Frightened, he leaned against the cold wall, made a cross on his chest, folded his hands and closed his eyes, and whispered: "Forgive me, O merciful Creator, my hidden transgressions, and cover me with your precious blood to make me clean." ”

"There is no need to pray for the Creator's forgiveness, he is just a heretic. ”

A majestic voice sounded beside him, and Julian turned his head to see Brigadier General Sarkozy, who was armed with a weapon larger than an anti-aircraft machine gun, which looked like a miniature version of a Transformer.

Under the illumination of the LED lights, the surface of the huge gun flowed with a sharp and cold light, and the aura of danger spread, Brigadier General Sarkozy said proudly: "It's called 'Macha's curse', and it is currently the only powerful weapon in all of Europa that can destroy the cells of the Chosen One!"

Even if Brigadier General Sarkozy didn't explain, Julian could see that this weapon had unrivaled power, and remembering Xie Minyun's gentle and benevolent appearance to the baby just now, Julian reminded politely: "Your Excellency, it seems that she didn't summon that scepter. ”

"That's a good thing!" Brigadier General Sarkozy raised his gun and aimed the muzzle of the gun of "Macha's curse" at Xie Minyun in the middle of the football field, "I will try to be gentle." ”

A group of soldiers began to cooperate with long-range shooting to suppress Xie Minyun's range of movement, Brigadier General Sarkozy stood at the edge of the gymnasium, like an experienced hunter lurking in the depths of the dense forest, motionless looking for a suitable opportunity from the scope, he was quietly waiting for Xie Minyun to reveal his flaws.

Time passed minute by minute, seeing that the time point for the restart of the Chosen One server was coming, Sarkozy, who had been motionless like a mountain, was also a little uncontrollable, he frequently exerted pressure on his subordinates, and the French army specially set up the "Dragon Knight" unit for the Chosen One, and all members of the First Special Service Brigade of the "Dragon Knight" unit were put into battle, and hundreds of long-trained and tough warriors launched a siege on Xie Minyun.

The fighting inside the Jucarddo stadium intensified. The otherwise flat turf has been trampled into mud. The surrounding seats and concrete walls were also riddled with bullet holes and burns.

The battle was so tense that it was too much to breathe.

Finally, Brigadier General Sarkozy jumped up lightly when Xie Minyun was trying to avoid the "paralyzing power grid", the opportunity was fleeting, Brigadier General Sarkozy pulled the trigger, and a dazzling flash of light obscured the LED lights that illuminated the entire gymnasium, and then it split into countless silk-like slender white lines, dense lines cut through the sky of Paris, and went straight to Xie Minyun in mid-air with a thunderous momentum........

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Without Nuwa, it is definitely an impossible task to hide the test, but fortunately, Cheng Mo has always been accustomed to imagining the situation he is going to face as the most extreme situation, so Cheng Mo did not panic at all, thought a little in his heart, and turned around and went straight to the stairwell he came up just now.

Cheng Mo had a good habit of planning ahead, and when he went to the data center, he had imagined how to escape the fortified defense called "Kiklops" if there were no exits above and below the underground bunker.

Now it's time to verify that the idea is correct.

Cheng Mo turned around and walked along the corridor alone, this corridor was full of corpses, some died of poison gas, some died of explosions and bullets, the lights were flickering like ghost fire, making a "bang" sound, Cheng Mo looked for a place to stay by the flickering lights. As he passed by a heavy, Cheng Mo paused, and he could clearly see that the bullet had pierced the heavy's breathing apparatus, leaving a blood groove on the heavy's face, and there were still a few teeth left above and below the blood groove that had not completely detached from the socket.

In addition to the machine gunner and the machine gun on the railing, there were also several corpses of Ou Yu guards nearby, and it was obvious that Fu Yuanzhuo and Ou Yu guards had a fierce and bloody battle here.

Cheng Mo couldn't help but think of Zhu Lingqi who was hit by the clown Sith on the breathing apparatus, Cheng Mo's eyes dimmed for a moment, and there was an inexplicable emotion surging in his heart, not only anger, but also regret and self-blame. Even though he has repeatedly stressed that he will not be responsible for anyone's "death", Ke Chengmo's heart is not without waves.

But now is not a good time for reflection and reminiscence, Cheng Mo cleaned up his emotions, grabbed the railing and observed the entire bunker, the crystal lamp hanging in the middle has been scattered by bullets, and the lights in the corridor have been almost destroyed, leaving only the colorful lights surrounding the Christmas tree flickering stubbornly in the sparse poisonous fog, like a glorious medal of a soldier. The whole patio was no longer dazzling, like an abyss in the hazy darkness, and the Christmas tree, which had been bent for a short time, looked like a dejected giant.

No trace of the enemy was found, and Cheng Mo sighed in his heart: "It's really a long Christmas." He hunched over and cautiously walked up the stairs.

Descending the winding security staircase to the minus nine floor, Cheng Mo once again encountered the dark alloy door guard, even if the guards abandoned the control center and data center due to poison gas, they did not forget to lock the door. Cheng Mo prayed in his heart that the control center had not yet returned to normal, and if the data tampered with by Nuwa had been restored, then his risky actions would trigger an alarm.

Cheng Mo didn't believe in this bad situation, there were still people who remembered to check the system, according to his guess, most of the technicians would probably have died in the poisonous fog, otherwise Nuwa would not have hacked into Ouyu's control center so easily.

But nothing is absolute, and in the form of efficiency first, he must take a risk. After thinking about possible accidents in his heart, Cheng Mo took a deep breath, checked the weapon, walked to the door and entered his fingerprints, when the computer asked him to verify the iris, Cheng Mo was a little relieved, it seemed that Ou Yu's technicians were indeed almost dead.

After passing the iris verification, the heavy alloy door slid open silently, and Cheng Mo quietly dived into the core area of Ouyu again, the corridor was filled with a thick poisonous gas, and the surroundings were quiet and scary, only Cheng Mo's inhalation sound was vibrating the eardrums, and he walked along the corridor alone, like a lonely ghost.

Inexplicably, Cheng Mo remembered that if it was Gu Feifei and Guan Bojun, this environment would be scared, and then Cheng Mo sighed that he was really a lone star, and he had just felt a little fun of cooperation, and he was immediately beaten back to his original form by the clown Sith.

Thinking of the clown Sith, Cheng Mo inevitably thought of Zhu Lingqi again, "Maybe friendship is really a luxury thing for me." He secretly wondered if this was a touch of injury, and smiled bitterly at the corner of his mouth, Cheng Mo put aside these negative emotions and quickly ran towards the auditorium.

The map of the negative nine floors was deeply remembered in Cheng Mo's brain, and Cheng Mo, who had an extremely excellent spatial imagination, found the auditorium full of corpses without delaying a second. Cheng Mo looked towards the area where the wounded were placed, and it was clear that there was no one alive here, and the seriously injured bodies were also carried away.

Cheng Mo remembered that when he was placed there, there were a lot of medical equipment nearby. He searched the past according to his memory, and soon found the medical oxygen cylinder he needed by the wall, and found several first-aid kits and a box of medical alcohol, he put the rope of the first-aid kit through the pants around his waist, tied it and hung it around his waist, and dragged the cart with the medical oxygen cylinder in one hand out of the lifeless auditorium.

Walking through the corridor with flashing key lights and coming to the entrance of the data center, Cheng Mo lifted the medical oxygen cylinder from the trolley, and carried the medical oxygen cylinder weighing dozens of pounds down the wide and simple fortification staircase to the gate of the data center.

Cheng Mo opened the vault-like alloy door with ease and returned to the underground data center, which was larger than the playground. Cheng Mo stood on the steps and looked up at the cooling tower towering in the center of the matrix. Centered around the four- or five-story cooling tower, a data matrix of rows of black cabinets is arranged in all directions, and the black data storage glistens in the hazy darkness, like a cobwebbed city from an airplane sailing at night.

Cheng Mo had already seen such a grand scene once, so he was not shocked in his heart, he only knew that after blocking the signal, the data inside could no longer be transmitted through the satellite.

Cheng Mo didn't know if Nuwa had transmitted his father's information, and he wasn't worried about it at the moment, so he walked directly along the corridor between the matrices towards the cooling tower, where was his only hope of escaping from here.

Carrying oxygen cylinders and medical alcohol, Cheng Mo first looked up along the stairs to the top of the cooling tower, even if the cooling tower of two or thirty meters on the fourth or fifth floor was high enough, but the ceiling was even higher and scary. The entire data center is like an empty airplane building, and the air is densely packed with fire pipes, which are connected to the cooling tower.

Although these cobweb-like fire pipes completely shattered Cheng Mo's idea of setting fire to the entire data center, they confirmed another idea.

Cheng Mo reviewed the plan again, and drew up a backup plan, then put the oxygen cylinder on the side of the stairs of the cooling tower, observed around the surrounding storage for a while, and made sure that there was no problem with burning part of the machine, he carefully selected an area not far from the cooling tower, located between the entrance and the cooling tower, to carry out arson.

The reason why I chose this piece of data memory is not only because this piece of data memory belongs to the old model, but also because the cables are all ordinary rubber insulators, compared with the silicone insulator cables used in those new data storage, the ignition point is much lower and easier to burn. Because of the burning of this location, the smoke will effectively block the view between the entrance and the cooling tower.

Splashed medical alcohol on bundles of colorful cables wrapped with insulators, and then he took out the lighter and began to set fire non-stop, and soon Cheng Mo ignited a large piece of old cables, the flame burned much faster than he imagined, but in a moment, this piece of data storage, all fell into the sea of fire, the fierce fire was also accompanied by electric sparks, the black chassis was engulfed by the flames, making a crackling sound, almost just an instant, the smoke rolled up.

Cheng Mo was wearing a gas mask, which was not affected by the smoke in the slightest, but the mask could not block the scorching heat. Finding that the fire was bigger than he expected, Cheng Mo did not hesitate, shook off the smoke and rushed towards the cooling tower.

Before the cooling tower alarm bell blew off, the data center began to lose power, the lights flickered out one by one, and then the nozzles on the overhead fire pipes spilled a continuous splash of water.

Cheng Mo ran to the edge of the cooling tower, untied the belt, tied it to the oxygen cylinder, and then put the belt on his right shoulder. Then Cheng Mo climbed the narrow iron staircase, without the help of the exoskeleton, his physical strength was almost at the limit, dozens of kilograms of oxygen cylinder fell on his right shoulder, and often slipped to his elbow when climbing, so Cheng Mo had to stop, and re-hung the oxygen cylinder on his shoulder with his left hand, which made the stairs that were not too high especially long and difficult.

Unexpectedly, the plan was still a hundred secrets, and he was used to the infinite power of the exoskeleton, so that Cheng Mo completely overestimated his physique, and the only choice was to give up if he wanted to replace Cheng Mo, who had not strengthened his physique with points. Now that he still has the capital to persevere, he gritted his teeth, and Cheng Mo climbed up to the top of the cooling tower step by step with his sour and sore right hand.

The alarm bell kept ringing, and Cheng Mo knew that someone would come over sooner or later, and the alloy door under power-off protection would automatically open, so that the guards who had no way to enter the data center could enter the data center unimpeded.

But he had to stop the cooling tower, and without Nuwa, he had to take such extreme measures. Right now, he's in a race against time. The dozens of kilograms of oxygen cylinder on his shoulder became Cheng Mo's biggest obstacle, and when he was halfway up, Cheng Mo felt that his shoulders had been worn out, not only sore, but also painful.

The pain made his consciousness a little dazed, and Cheng Mo remembered that when he was studying, every morning when he walked through the corridor outside the classroom, he would see students practicing track and field on the playground, with a rope hanging from his shoulder, and a tire of a big truck tied to the rope, sprinting over and over on the plastic track. At that time, he was not only a little envious of those students who could practice track and field, but he felt that it was better to be able to sit at the desk and read quietly.

When Cheng Mo was distracting from the pain by thinking wildly, there was a messy footstep at the gate. Cheng Mo secretly cursed in his heart that the efficiency of the guards was a bit high, but he couldn't climb faster, and now he could only pray that the smoke and dark environment would delay the time for them to find themselves.

"How many times have you prayed today?" Cheng thought to himself, as a staunch materialist, he thought that the act of praying was a shameful betrayal of science! Cheng Mo thought to himself that maybe he should pray to Huygens, and of course it could be Bernstein and von?? Missis, and also Kolmogorov.

At this moment, Cheng Mo's mind inexplicably flashed through countless great mathematicians who had made outstanding contributions to "probability........

I always thought that in 1942, when the Japanese mathematician Kiyoshi Ito introduced random integrals and stochastic differential equations, opening up a new path for the study of stochastic processes, he was finally only a few meters away from the top of the cooling tower.

At this moment, he was also discovered by the guards who rushed to him, and the beam of light of the flashlight swept twice on the cooling tower, and finally shone straight on his body. If you ask him what it feels like to suddenly see his shadow in the dark, Cheng Mo believes that he can write an article of thousands of words.

It's all the kind of beating around the bush and swearing.

There was a shout from below that told him to stop immediately, but Cheng Mo ignored it, waving his right hand that was about to be scrapped and continued to climb forward, the light shrouding him, allowing him to see the silver metallic paint on the surface of the cooling tower, with the huge Masonic logo on it.

The beam of the flashlight shone on it like a full moon, and he was like a monkey climbing a mountain peak in the moon.

The stairs began to shake, Cheng Mo looked down, the two people wearing Ou Yu's exoskeleton were flying upwards like apes, Cheng Mo suddenly felt that he was a monkey overestimating himself, compared to the speed of the enemy, he was just a snail climbing a tree. Cheng Mo grabbed the stairs and climbed up desperately, his body trembled so badly that he seemed to be about to collapse, sweat had soaked all over his body, his mask was foggy, and his vision was blurred.

Shots rang out, and the bullets hit the outer wall of the cooling tower, leaving a shallow crater that ejected into the middle of nowhere. Cheng Mo did not panic, calmly glanced at the crater not far away, and deduced from the distance between the bullet and himself that the other party just wanted to slow down his speed of climbing the stairs, not to kill him, which made Cheng Mo feel a little more at ease, but not only was the crisis not resolved, but the people who were chasing him below were getting closer and closer.

Cheng Mo glanced down again, in the blink of an eye, the two had already climbed halfway, Cheng Mo gasped, looked up at the top of the tower close to Chi Chi, snorted twice, ignored the oxygen cylinder hanging at his elbow, and struggled to climb the platform at the top of the tower.

At this time, he felt that his right hand was completely numb and did not belong to him at all, so he reluctantly changed the oxygen cylinder to his left hand, and Cheng Mo ran towards the center of the cooling tower tremblingly.

The louder the sound of stamping on the stairs behind him, the closer and closer the pursuers, Cheng Mo didn't care at all, he just wanted to drink a sip of water, his throat was about to burn, in addition to the strong thirst, the pain of muscle tearing made his whole body almost unbearable, all kinds of torture, so that his soul wanted to leave behind the broken body.

Cheng Mo is extremely nostalgic for the carrier, and he also wants to have that "God gene". He struggled to run to the center of the cooling tower, gasping for breath, and put down the oxygen cylinder by the bulging lid, and at the same time put two grenades on the side of the lid for backup, and he couldn't use the "Seven Sins Sect" unless he had to, because the "Seven Sins Sect" had little energy left.

Cheng Mo grabbed the pinprick pain, and unscrewed the rudder-like switch with his hands that were about to be crippled. The sound of "creaking" echoed through the huge data center, like a monster grinding its teeth. The sound of stampede exploded, and Cheng Mo looked up and saw a guard rushing to the top of the tower, quickly raised his submachine gun and aimed it at him, and shouted in English: "Don't move, raise your hands immediately." ”

Then another man climbed to the top of the tower, also aiming his gun at him, the light shining on his visor so brightly that he could barely open his eyes.

Cheng Mo stopped the movement in his hand, closed his eyes and responded loudly: "OK! Don't shoot! Don't shoot!" He pretended to be ready to raise his hand, but actually grabbed a grenade, and at the moment of raising his hand, Cheng Mo opened the safety and threw the grenade in the direction where the two were standing.

The gunfire and explosion flashed at the same time, Cheng Mo didn't care at all, he believed that the exoskeleton could avoid most of the damage, so he just lowered his head and used the top of the helmet to move in the direction where the guard was standing, desperately rotating the rudder switch of the cooling tower cover, and he didn't know how many bullets the exoskeleton blocked, anyway, Cheng Mo's numb body couldn't feel it at all.

In the rapid gunshot, he lifted the steel cover that was larger than the manhole cover, and the bullet crackled on the cover, Cheng Mo didn't even look at it, and picked up a grenade and threw it at the place where the gun sounded, striving for a short safe time, Cheng Mo looked down at the inside of the cooling tower, there was no light, only a dark piece could be seen, and the inside of the cooling tower seemed to be an endless dark abyss.

After the grenade exploded, the bullets began to clank against the lid again, and the sound of footsteps kept approaching. It's too late to take out a strong flashlight to observe the situation, Cheng Mo has no choice, maybe there is a choice, surrendering should save his life, and he may be able to escape by killing, but Cheng Mo thinks that it is not the best choice.

Trust your own judgment and jump into the abyss in front of you is the best choice.

I don't know how much confidence I have, so that Cheng Mo can jump down in the face of a height of dozens of meters where he can't see the situation clearly, if there is no water in the cooling tower, or the water level is not high enough.

There is only one possibility: death.

Not only that, but this cooling tower also has to be connected to the Seine River as Cheng Mo speculated, so that Cheng Mo has a chance to escape. If it weren't for the Seine, he would have died and died.

The map given to him by Mr. Armadillo does not contain information about the data center.

But Cheng Mo is a firm believer in his own inference.

For such a large data center, if other heat dissipation methods were used, the power consumption would be astronomical, and it would be impossible not to use the Seine water.

If you are someone else, you will definitely hesitate, you will be entangled, and you will give up in the face of huge risks. But he Cheng Mo just took a deep breath, bent down to pick up the oxygen cylinder, and jumped into the cooling tower of the black hole in the rapid sound of gunfire and footsteps.

At this moment, Cheng Mo's mind went blank, he didn't pray, he didn't think of anything or anyone, and his thinking completely stopped.

After the sound of the splash of water, everything fell silent, the sound of gunfire and footsteps disappeared, and Cheng Mo's brain was back running, and he opened his eyes to see himself sinking rapidly in the viscous darkness, and the abyss was terrifyingly dark around him. He firmly grasped the oxygen cylinder with his left hand, and untied the helmet and mask with his right hand, and the mask and helmet disappeared in an instant.

Holding an oxygen cylinder weighing dozens of kilograms, Cheng Mo quickly sank to the bottom of the cooling tower, and the water pressure rushed in all directions, and an absolute silence enveloped him. There was nothing to see around, only the bubbles he spit out, and at this time Cheng Mo already felt that his lungs were about to empty, and the strong desire to breathe was eating away at his reason.

Cheng Mo stepped on the bottom of the slippery cooling tower, held the oxygen cylinder between his legs, put the breathing mask on his mouth, and then fumbled for the switch. He had confirmed the switch of the oxygen cylinder and the amount of oxygen, and with full preparation, even if he jumped back and forth on the verge of death, Cheng Mo was very calm. Slightly unscrewing the switch, Cheng Mo felt the fresh pure oxygen rushing to his face, he took a deep breath, and immediately relieved the feeling that his lungs were about to burst.

After solving the imminent problem of survival, Cheng Mo felt a little calmer and his breathing was much calmer. However, this does not mean that he is safe, he must also find a pipeline to the Seine, which logically stands to reason for the sake of environmental protection, whether it is the inlet pipe or the outlet pipe.

He took out a military flashlight from his waist and turned it on, and the light shone a dark green, floating countless plankton like dust.

With the light, Cheng Mo became more and more calm, the quality of the flashlight was very good, but at such a deep depth, even the range and distance that the strong flashlight could irradiate were very small, and Cheng Mo couldn't even see the wall of the cooling tower. He re-attached the belt to the oxygen tank to his arm, turned on the flashlight in his right hand, and walked forward with the oxygen cylinder in his left hand. Underwater oxygen cylinders are not heavy, light and fluttery, but when you walk, there is a sense of oppression in all directions, which is a wonderful feeling.

Cheng Mo guessed that walking on Mars in a spacesuit was probably like that. It's so quiet that it's suffocating, as if everything is far away, and it's probably like to be alone in a strange environment where you can die at any moment.

As an honor student with both arts and sciences, and a battle-hardened chosen one, Cheng Mo did not have too much fear, and even began to fantasize that he would stand on Mars and look at the earth from afar, whether he would have a sense of loneliness called missing. He remembered the diving book he had read, which said that diving requires at least two people, one to help each other, and the other because underwater creates a dangerous sense of loneliness, which can be fatal in times of crisis.

At this time, Cheng Mo had already walked to the edge of the cooling tower, and with the help of a flashlight, he found the water outlet with the filter along the wall. Cheng Mo used the "Seven Sins Sect" to break the filter, and behind the alloy filter was a huge water pump more than two meters high. Cheng Mo looked up at the Chinese impeller embedded in the metal component, and in the green water, the huge blades resembled the propeller blades of a giant ship.

Cheng Mo thought that if the power was not cut off, it was estimated that he would be sucked in and cut into pieces in an instant. Time is precious, Cheng Mo didn't have time to enjoy this otherworldly spectacular scenery, he wielded the Seven Sins Sect to cut a gap between the impellers that was large enough for him to pass through, and reached the water inlet section and sealing area composed of countless mechanical parts, he controlled the Seven Sins Sect to open the entire water pump, and finally entered the water outlet pipe.

At this time, the strong light was able to completely cover the cross-section of the pipe, and Cheng Mo saw the turquoise pipe wall, and the green moss-like thing covered the entire wall, so that Cheng Mo could not see clearly what the wall of the pipe was made of. But it doesn't matter.

Cheng Mo took two steps tentatively, but the inner wall of the pipe was too slippery and it was extremely laborious to walk, so Cheng Mo tried to switch to a swimming posture. Cheng Mo himself doesn't know how to swim, but his body has swam several times, and after his brain has experience, his body can do it effortlessly.

At this time, the exoskeleton on his body was a little in the way, Cheng Mo held the oxygen cylinder between his legs, dismantled the exoskeleton full of bullet holes with difficulty, took off his shoes, and dragged the oxygen cylinder like a fish towards the depths of the seemingly endless water intake.

Unlike diving, Cheng Mo couldn't see any life-related creatures except dense plankton and some green baths around him, and the terrible silence enveloped him, as if he had entered an eternal and immortal water coffin.

This loneliness is a huge loneliness that is incomparable.

Similar to despair.

Cheng Mo sped up and swam forward, he remembered the good times when he and Xie Minyun swam in the ice lake, even if there was danger, as long as she was there, the danger was so sweet.

At this moment, he really wanted to see Xie Minyun.

Only her warm embrace could comfort his lonely soul.

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