[348 km from Crescent City]

【Tianmen, a subsidiary of the company's "Tianmen" border patrol station】

At the borders of the world's government consular districts, all entrances and exits to the Borderlands are guarded by military patrol stations belonging to the Big Three.

It is a symbol of supreme power that has monopolized access to the Borderlands, ensuring that only the giants can get their hands on the relics of the old times where the relics of technology are buried, thus cutting off the possibility of anyone and any power rising up to challenge them.

At the same time, they also have a certain obligation to ensure the security of the border and not allow armed or wild beasts from outside the country to attack the interior.

In a sense, the giant corporate patrol stations are the guardians of the border, and of course, this so-called "obligation" is too small compared to the huge benefits they receive.

The Tianmen Patrol Station is one of the largest military bases on the border of the company, built between valley passes and flanked by impassable mountains.

This is the easternmost part of the consular district of the World Government, and it is inaccessible, except for the Tianmen Patrol Station, which is firmly guarded by the only entrance.

As far as the eye can see, the exterior walls of the patrol station are made of solid alloy, and in the light of the moon, its surface is constantly refracted with a metallic glow, like a steel beast standing between the valleys, showing the unshakable power of the Hop Company.

Towers stand at fifty meter intervals on the wall structure, with heavy gun emplacements on standby, and neat rows of windows through which the people walking inside.

Patrol soldiers, dressed in advanced combat gear, stand atop a grand watchtower, looking out over the borderlands at the other end from the top of the tower, guarding against any danger that may arise.

It's night, and the commander-in-chief of the Tianmen Patrol Station, "Xie Zongchang", is patrolling his post at night, and now he has come to the communications department.

The director of the communications department had already greeted his subordinates and worked overtime tonight to let the leaders see the spirit of everyone's hard work.

I saw the employees of the communication department sitting in front of the equipment one by one, whether they were working or not, they were busy fiddling, some were manipulating the equipment, some were writing, and they were making a gesture that their working hours were very saturated.

Seeing his subordinates busy working overtime, Xie Zongchang squinted slightly and nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, young people are very energetic, they should endure more hardships and experience, it is a blessing to be able to work overtime for the company, I really envy you." ”

The head of the communications department sneered: "Leader, our communications department has always been an excellent department of the year, and everyone will work hard for the company wholeheartedly!" ”

Xie Zongchang said earnestly: "This is very good, we just have to use a realistic and pragmatic attitude, take quality improvement and acceleration as the responsibility, actively promote the standardization of work, strive for normalization, reach a new level, break through a new realm, come up with new measures, and create new development."

Xie Zongchang had the momentum of pointing out the country, and kept talking.

The supervisor kept answering, but he didn't listen to a word.

As Xie Zongchang spoke, an accident happened.

The computer equipment of the communications department, along with the large screen, went black one after another, and then suddenly an ominous skull pattern appeared.

At present, this situation made Xie Zongchang stunned, and looked at the supervisor very puzzled.

The director was also stunned, and hurriedly walked to the chief operator and shouted in a low voice: "What are you doing, who asked you to put this pattern?!" ”

The chief operator was sweating on his head, and he was operating back and forth on the computer, but it was useless, and he said nervously: "It's not like we made it, it seems that the computer has been hacked"

Just when everyone in the communications department was at a loss, an encrypted and distorted voice sounded on the radio: "Xie Zongchang, I speak to you on behalf of the major armed forces outside the country. ”

Everyone couldn't help but look at each other.

The armed forces outside the Seychelles made such a big move, and it was so dark that it was so dark that the patrol station came to the intranet, and it was really the first time I saw it.

Xie Zongchang frowned and asked, "What to tell me?" ”

Broadcast: "You launched an attack on our brother troops last year, killing dozens of people, and we will launch a reciprocal retaliation against the Tianmen Patrol Station in the near future, you wipe your neck clean and wait for death." ”

After this provocation, the skull pattern on each screen disappeared, and the device regained control.

The room fell into a deathly silence, and everyone turned their heads one after another and looked cautiously at Xie Zongchang, whose face was not very good.

"Momo, why did you let me hack into the Tianmen Patrol Station and say those inexplicable and wonderful words to them?"

Su Mo was sitting in a heavy transport truck at this time, and Qi Ling's voice sounded in the headphones.

Su Mo looked at the night scene outside the car window and said slowly: "Because the Tianmen Patrol Station is the breakthrough of the fierce beast tide. ”

Qi Ling: "Oh, you want to use this way to arouse their vigilance in advance?" ”

Su Mo: "Yes, generally speaking, the patrol station should send more personnel to increase the combat readiness level when it receives the attack warning, and a little more support on their side will provide more time for our side." ”

Speaking of this, he paused and smiled helplessly: "But this is the general situation. Based on what I know about that guy Xie Zongchang. Oh, all I can say is that I've worked hard, and the rest is really up to creation. ”

At this time, the transport vehicle drove to the Rusty Wall checkpoint and stopped under the guidance of the soldiers of the Rusty Wall Defense Force.

This heavy transport vehicle is owned by the marginal, and the red umbrella logo on the body has long been on the white list of major government departments.

Seeing Su Mo in the passenger seat again, the soldier's attitude became more respectful: "Commander Su, look up for a long time, how can you have time to personally transport goods today?" ”

Su Mo showed a friendly smile: "The valuable goods ordered by the big customers, this order can't go wrong." I happened to be fine lately, so I just made a trip myself. ”

The soldier nodded, rubbed his hands and smiled, "Then let's go through a procedure?" Released immediately after inspection. ”

Su Mo quipped, "Don't you need to check, my client doesn't like someone to unpack before him." Rich people value the first time, you know. ”

The soldier scratched his face and smiled a little embarrassedly: "This. Captain Su, we have rules here, and we must check them every time we get there."

Su Mo smiled casually: "Rules are dead, people are alive, and if you don't check it, you can't put a seal on the document." Why, do you suspect that I'm on the edge of smuggling contraband? ”

The soldier hurriedly waved his hand: "No, no, absolutely not, Grand Master Su has a big family, how can he go to smuggling?" ”

"Isn't that it, come on, smoke." Summer handed the soldier a pack of cigarettes.

The soldier subconsciously took it, and suddenly felt a sinking in his hand, and he almost didn't hold it steady.

He opened the cigarette case in a daze, and found that the "cigarettes" inside were not tobacco, but gold bars.

The look in his eyes changed several times, he put the cigarette case in his pocket, nodded to Su Mo and smiled: "I have seen all the goods of Grand Master Su, there is no problem!" Eh, who is that, put a stamp on the list, let it go, hurry up, don't delay people doing business. ”

Soon, the pass slip was stamped and respectfully handed over by the soldiers, and the isolation door was opened.

"Grand Master Su, please."

Su Mo smiled at him, waved his hand, and the transporter started and drove out of the rusty wall.

Under the cover of night, the transporter entered the border area.

It's night, but along the way, you can still see many border people with large bags and small bags, walking out of the street in groups, their eyes full of tiredness and uncertainty about the future.

Obviously, these are the people who have been "bluffed" by the wolf attack and are preparing to leave the border.

Looking at these displaced people, Su Mo couldn't help but sigh.

I don't know how many of these people will survive the coming catastrophe

The transport vehicle drove steadily north, crossed the mountain road into the northern industrial development zone, and arrived at the location of the 10,000-meter-deep drilling well.

This is the entrance to the original story, and it is also the place chosen by Su Mo, after all, the previous engineering team has already carried out drilling operations here, and making proper use of those tunnels can save a lot of time.

After the transport vehicle stopped, with a depressurized sound of airflow, the rear hatch slowly opened, revealing the ground spaceship hidden inside.

It is said to be a "spaceship", but in fact it is not as large as expected, about the size of a bus, the main body is in the shape of an ellipsoidal sphere, covered with a smooth alloy deck, and the heat-insulating coating exudes an ocean-like ice blue.

Its surface is covered with high-precision sensors for detecting the surrounding environment and monitoring the navigation route underground, and the internal cockpit is small and delicate, and in addition to the bridge used to control navigation, it is also equipped with life support devices and neutrino communication equipment that supports cross-ground communication.

It was the culmination of a month of technology that would have taken the future to carry Su Mo to the depths of the earth that humans have not yet set foot in, and it would be the key to the entire Beacon event.

With the assistance of Chu Nanyi, Su Mo used remote control equipment to unload the ground spacecraft from the transport vehicle and transport it into the underground entrance deep in the mine, and then said to him, "Go back, it's time for me to go." ”

Chu Nanyi shook hands with Su Mo, patted him on the back vigorously, and said, "Commander, come back early." ”

After saying goodbye to Chu Nanyi, Su Mo got into the cabin of the ground spacecraft, put his hands on the bridge, and started the voyage.

The ground spacecraft first activated the levitation mode, came to the top of the 10,000-meter-deep drilling hole, and began to descend slowly.

The initial period of the voyage was quite "lively".

With the help of searchlights, you can see some small creatures that inhabit the well, such as bats, hanging upside down on the jagged rocks around the walls of the well, frightened by the appearance of the ground spacecraft, and flapping their wings and flying out of the mouth of the well.

As we deepened, the hole was no longer visible, and the traces of animal activity slowly disappeared, replaced by some fluorescent anaerobic moss, covering the surrounding stone walls and growing disorderly.

Further down, all traces of life disappeared, and even the tenacious fungi and algae were invisible.

Although it cannot be seen intuitively from the picture, the detection data of the Earth Airlines spacecraft shows that the depth here is more than 3,000 meters underground, and the surrounding temperature has reached several hundred degrees.

The neutrino communication station is connected to the edge building, and the voice of the future comes from inside: "Boss, you have entered the hot and dry rock formation, and the temperature data will become more and more terrifying, but don't worry, the spacecraft will not have problems." ”

Su Mo smiled slightly: "Don't worry, I believe in your skills." ”

At this moment, there was only endless darkness above Su Mo, and there was also endless darkness below, only searchlights illuminated the surrounding area within a few meters, like a lonely boat sailing on the Black Sea.

After more than half an hour, Summer finally reached the bottom of the borehole, which was the deepest position ever reached.

Summer landed the ship on the surface of the rock formation, switching the mode of navigation from levitation to ground mode.

Although this ground vehicle is called a "spaceship", it is actually only a figurative name, and it does not really be able to fly around solid rock formations as gaseous, which is called fantasy and no longer belongs to the field of science.

In a sense, the spacecraft is somewhat similar to the "Mole", its surface is equipped with a set of drilling equipment, which can move freely at 360 degrees, and crushing the rock formation is as simple as kneading cheese.

The debris formed after the rock formation is crushed will be captured by the absorption device of the ground spacecraft and thrown into the space on the other side.

In this way, the ground spacecraft carried out space displacement between rock formations, and the so-called "ground flight" was completed.

Just now, Su Mo was just levitating and diving along the huge hole drilled by the city council drilling team, and now, the real earth voyage is about to begin.

The drilling equipment is started at full power, and the ground-based spacecraft "sinks" into the rock layer like a stone thrown into the water, and begins to dive between the formations.

This process is fully automated, and there is no need for Su Mo to manipulate the equipment stick left and right, all he has to do is to set a "course" for the ground spacecraft based on the data fed back by the previous ground penetrating equipment.

Different from the suspension dive just now, the most intuitive feeling of the ground flight dive is "occlusion".

No matter which camera you turn on, no matter what angle you look out from, there are only tight rock formations reflected by the searchlight, clinging to all directions, and nothing else, the whole person seems to be buried alive inside, so closed that people are a little breathless.

The voice of the future sounded at the right time: "Boss, if you feel uncomfortable, you can turn off the imaging equipment, at present, you don't need to observe with the naked eye, just look at the detection equipment on the bridge." ”

Although Su Mo did not have claustrophobia, the feeling of being buried deep was still a little uncomfortable, and there was only a rock formation close to the surrounding area, and there was nothing to see, so he turned off all the imaging equipment.

Soon, the entire cockpit was plunged into darkness, with only the surrounding lights flickering faintly.

Su Mo looked at the mottled colors in the darkness and suddenly smiled: "This feeling is a bit like looking at the stars at night." ”

Future smiled and said: "You have a really good mentality, now you are more than 10,000 meters underground, and every time you dive, you are breaking the human exploration record, which is quite exciting to think about." ”

"Haha, that's starting to get excited? That's too early. Su Mo lay down on his back with his wrists on his back, looking at the star-like shining lights, and his voice became faint.

"In the future, let me ask you a question, do you believe that there is another form of life in this world?" (End of chapter)