Chapter Seventy-Four: A Different Epilogue (Two in One)
Finished!
It's all over!
It's all over!
In the empty steel building, the gray-robed old man sat on the ground with blank eyes, and behind him were hundreds of Flying Heaven Cultists who were silent.
The crowd was silent, as if they had just seen something terrible, and looked in horror at the enemy who had surrounded them.
More than twenty people, dressed in black, holding weapons like iron rods in their hands, the difference in numbers between the two sides was obvious, but when the slightly smoking end was pointed at them, none of them dared to move.
Because not long ago, this iron rod-like thing, after a few gentle sounds, opened the heads of the first few disciples, and the whole process did not take more than three seconds.
This is not something that these mortals can match, this is the divine power bestowed on them by the evil gods of their enemies.
The oracle had told them that only God could save this desperate world, and that only God could fight against God.
And as believers in the Flying Gods, there will be Flying Gods to save them and punish heresies.
So, death is not terrible for them, it is not the end, but salvation.
But what if even their gods were defeated?
At this moment, in the crowd huddled together, the gray-robed old man, who was the founder of the Flying Church was witnessing all this, his face was full of despair and disbelief.
The Flying God failed, and He did not save them, nor did He punish the invaders.
In his pupils, the current figure of the Flying God was reflected, a huge metal ball, but at this moment, it was quietly hovering beside an old man who looked a little younger than him.
There was no aggression, no hostility, and the two were like friends who had known each other for a long time.
The Flying God stopped motionless in the low sky, allowing the mysterious old man who suddenly walked into the hall with more than twenty black-clothed people to keep groping on him.
The sight before him was like a hallucination, and his gods had actually abandoned him, a faithful believer.
The gray-robed old man was like a fish that had left the pond and was about to suffocate above the surface, his thin face, his bloodshot eyes bulging, his mouth slightly open, and he was panting violently, and his muttering echoed throughout the hall.
"It can't be!"
"You heretics have killed the gods!"
"You all deserve to die, you all deserve to die!"
Perhaps because of the stimulation, in the eyes of the gray-robed old man, who used to have life and was like a flying god wriggling with spherical metal, but now it has become a cold metal giant ball, as if dead.
In his eyes, it was clear that this group of people had killed the Flying God and turned his Lord into a lifeless iron ball!
But at this moment, the black-clad soldiers who surrounded them didn't care about the curses of people who looked like crazy people!
Their mission was simply to follow the instructions of their commander and protect Old Man Li from harm, who had come to try to control the hive.
They can be scolded, but if any of them dare to act, then they will not hesitate to put their fingers on the trigger.
Old man Li, who heard the curse, just turned around and glanced at the gray-robed old man who was much older than him, and a trace of sadness and melancholy flashed in his eyes.
The post-apocalyptic world can force a living person into a dead person, and it can also force a normal person into a madman.
Over the years, he had experienced a lot of such situations, and in his eyes, this old man was just one of the unfortunate people in this world.
Worship the life-saving straw they have inadvertently received as their god, but after the fantasy is over, they often get even greater blow and despair.
Old Man Li retracted his gaze and refocused his attention on the giant metal ball that had quietly stopped in front of him, with a diameter of four meters, which was also the beehive in his memory!
Heavy, hard, huge, oppressive, dangerous!
These are the many sensations he felt after getting up close and personal with this matrix of swarm laser floating systems.
There is no doubt that it can become a once-prominent weapon to kill the enemy, and it is not for nothing.
If you get closer, you will find that the holes in the depression of this giant ball with uneven surface are all hexagons connected to each other, densely packed, like a real spherical honeycomb.
Between the holes, there was a faint red light flickering, but Old Man Li had already guessed at a glance that this red light was only the refracted light of the special material in it.
"So, this should be the original hive.....
Looking at this metal giant ball, Old Man Li muttered to himself, saying something that no one could understand,
Because at this time, I am afraid that only he, the top scientist of the previous dynasty, can judge which version of these legacy technologies is after taking a look.
For example, the cluster laser floating system matrix in front of him, according to the materials it used, Old Man Li could see at a glance that this should be the original generation of hives.
It uses the simplest cold nuclear fusion and plasma technology, and uses the most readily available materials.
This version uses a cold nuclear reactor that fills the planet with fusion fuel, which is relatively easy to find on the planet, so that the spacing between the atoms is small enough for nuclear fusion to take place.
It is then catalyzed with antimatter, and the fusion is ignited with the energy produced by the annihilation of extremely small amounts of antiprotons and positive matter.
Of course, it must not be forgotten that this thing is essentially a weapon, and Old Man Li estimated that around the reactor, there were powerful enough magnets to restrain the high-energy plasma in it.
While attacking, the Reactor will provide energy and shoot a stream of plasma at high speed to attack enemies, with a power comparable to a small solar burst.
The particles of high-energy plasma are very hot and have enough energy to penetrate the target's surface armor or detonate the target's internal combustibles, and the high-energy plasma beam can even melt the target directly.
And in this way, he guessed correctly, the big guy in front of him was the culprit who attacked them just now.
As a technician, when he saw something, he wanted to figure out the principle of his technology, which seemed to have become his instinct, and just when Old Man Li was thinking about other technical keys, a dense sound of footsteps came in from outside the door.
"Click, click!"
Accompanied by the heavy footsteps of the mechanical exoskeleton, in the shocked eyes of the Flying Church group, Shen Sen walked in with hundreds of soldiers dressed in black.
From the dimly lit corridor to the lighted passageway, you are greeted by a giant metal ball suspended in mid-air.
Shen Sen's heart tightened faintly, and between his thoughts, the door of time and space that was about to come out almost appeared in front of him.
Fortunately, Old Man Li's words interrupted his movements, and the worst result did not occur.
"Chief, you're here, the old decay lives up to your trust this time!"
Seeing the old man standing respectfully on the side, Shen Sen was relieved, but between his minds, the door of time and space remained open.
"Well, thanks to you, old man, this time! Is this the hive? ”
"Yes, it's a hive!"
Needless to say, anyone who saw a metal ball that looked like a large honeycomb couldn't help but shout.
"it!"
However, in order to maintain his image as a commander in front of hundreds of subordinates, this surprised sentence from the memory of his previous life was forcibly held in his heart by Shen Sen.
The hive is indeed very good, big, hard, and looks very powerful, and he is very satisfied!
Shen Sen manipulated the mechanical exoskeleton and bowed slightly: "Yes, but after that, this thing will still continue to ask you, old man!" ”
Except for Old Man Li, there is probably no one in the camp who can understand this thing, let alone how to turn one hive into multiple hives.
If nothing else, the next STC standard template will still have to be handed over to Old Man Li to be responsible.
"It seems that you have to give Old Man Li a little hope, and you have to let him settle down and seriously do his part." Unknown thoughts flashed in Shen Sen's heart.
A trace of surprise flashed in the eyes of the old man Li who was standing next to Shen Sen, Leader Shen didn't show much surprise when he saw such a thing, didn't he look at the other soldiers who were following him in a daze?
However, the old man still smiled and said very sincerely: "This is what the old man should do, just don't live up to your expectations, leader!" ”
"I believe that you, old man, are enough!"
Shen Sen said a word, and then stopped paying attention to the iron lump in front of him, after all, he didn't know how to use it for a while.
Now the more important thing is that this gang huddled together, surrounded by his twenty advance team members.
"They're the ones who escaped from this camp?"
A black-clothed soldier heard Shen Sen's question and replied, "Report to the chief, yes, they call themselves the Flying Celestial Church!" ”
"According to the old speculation, this group of people may have worshipped this beehive of unknown origin as a god, and they have established this camp with the ability of the hive." Old man Li added.
"Really?" There was a faint hint of curiosity and doubt in Shen Sen's tone.
For in the midst of the unclothed enemy, he saw an old man in a gray robe, looking mad, as if he had gone mad.
But what made him curious and puzzled was why the subspace network, which had not changed for a long time, suddenly appeared abnormal after seeing this crazy old man, and gave a message prompt.
"Psionic Fluctuations Detected!!"
"System Database Start Search......
"The psionic target has been confirmed, and the relevant information has been matched!"
"Target: Unsane
Their bodies are broken, but their spirits are so strong that they bind their broken bodies before they die.
The subspace whispered to them, and the inhabitants of the subspace tore at their sanity as they existed outside of XXXX's grace.
Looking into the eyes of such a being is tantamount to surrendering one's own reason to greater madness, from which death is only a temporary reprieve. 】
"Heartbreaker? Psionic related? ”
"Is this some kind of identity judgment given by the system to this gray-robed old man, or does this old man also have spiritual energy in his body?"
It was the first time Shen Sen had seen this system-like thing, and he deliberately popped up a mysterious message to a person who had only seen one face.
The riddle-like information he couldn't read for a while, but now it was certain that the old man was not an ordinary person, and most likely that this crazy gray-robed old man was a psyker like him.
"It's a rare animal!"
Shen Sen was looking at the gray-robed old man, but he didn't know that the gray-robed old man was also looking at him.
Ever since the moment he walked in wearing a mechanical exoskeleton, Shen Sen's outfit had attracted the attention of everyone in the Flying Sect.
Including the gray-robed old man, everyone in the Flying Church who knelt on the ground regarded Shen Sen as an evil god who had defeated them.
However, unlike the others, the gray-robed old man who was lying at the front of the crowd, the moment his eyes came into contact with Shen Sen, he saw a real god.
At this moment, he seemed to have come to an infinite colored space, where countless whispers tugged at him, killing and dying, conspiracy and lies, joy and depravity, ugliness and uncleanness.
The gray-robed old man felt like a rag about to be torn to pieces, and the whole person could be torn apart at any time.
But at this moment, he watched the reflection of a star appear in this chaotic space, like a cold sun, holy and glorious, although faint, but dispelled all the chaotic whispers that enveloped him.
The old man, like a drowning man, grabbed a life-saving straw and hurried towards the light ahead, and when he arrived, he saw a man in steel in front of him.
"He is the Lord!"
"He is the true Lord!"
"He is my true Lord!"
The gray-robed old man seemed to be getting more and more crazy, but at this moment, his mind was extremely clear.
He abruptly stood up from the crowd and headed in the direction of Shen Sen, his expression fanatical, shouting out inexplicable words loudly.
"Supreme Being, please look at my humble and stupid servant!"
"If death can make up for my foolish deeds, then please allow me to make amends for my sins with death!"
"What's the situation?"
Except for Shen Sen, everyone was stunned!
Old man Li looked at Shen Sen incredulously, his eyes full of inquiry and curiosity.
The black-clad soldiers were once again amazed by the performance of their commander in making the enemy throw themselves to the ground just by showing up.
As for the people of the Flying Heaven Church, looking at the gray-robed old man who was full of despair and unyielding because of the death of the Flying God just now, at this moment, as if there was no such thing, they were at a loss as if there was no such thing, watching the enemy's evil god show a fanatical gaze that they regarded as "flattery".
You're an old guy who is almost old, and you actually betrayed the organization!
The momentary shock caused both sides to fall into a state of doubt, and the atmosphere suddenly became calm.
In this case, Shen Sen looked curiously at the gray-robed old man who had done all this, and unconsciously made a consideration in his heart.
This old man, he can't die first, he has to try to live as long as possible and contribute to the cause of science!
Thinking of this, he didn't hesitate too much, and immediately ordered.
"Come on, come on a few teams, take this group out and put them on the truck!"
"The rest of the people, start a full-scale search of this place, and find the entrance to the inner passage as quickly as possible!"
"Yes, sir!"
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