mynovelweb Chapter 229: The Underground World
Chapter 229: The Underground World
"Sage, your thousand-year agreement with the 658th parallel world is almost here," Nana said to Zhou Yuan after waking him from his deep hibernation.
"Nana, how are the 'Halo Gardens' that were sent to other parallel worlds doing?"
"Reporting to the Sage, those 'Aura Gardens' carrying the Heavenly Bowls have all returned safely, while the others have been lost without a trace."
"Understood. Release one of the Heavenly Bowls to restore the galaxy."
"Yes."
A parallel galaxy, released and restored from the Sheng Tian Bo, far from Zhou Yuan's fleet base. Two identical galaxies stand side by side.
The Milky Way galaxy where Zhou Yuan's fleet base is located consists of five nine-star orbiting systems. They begin to accelerate from one interstellar space within the Milky Way, then accelerate into hyperspace, eventually reaching the adjacent Milky Way galaxy from another parallel world, which was released from Sheng Tianbo.
"Sage, are you sure you want the self-assembling force field generator module to drive the Milky Way galaxy from parallel world number 789 into hyperspace travel?"
"Nana, confirmed."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
In the Milky Way galaxy of parallel universe number 789, the force field generator module began to assemble on its own and then activated. This galaxy accelerated and entered hyperspace. The galaxy traveled rapidly in hyperspace and was not cleaned up by the virtual universe's recycling mechanism.
Zhou Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.
"Nana, wake up Panna."
"Yes, sage."
About an hour later, Panna came to the command room, and Zhou Yuan and Panna shared a passionate kiss.
"Uncle, why are there so many towering trees on these planets?" Chu Xiaolu asked, pointing to a holographic screen.
“Those are all ‘trees of consciousness’.”
"'Tree of Consciousness'?" Panna asked, puzzled.
"Yes." Zhou Yuan didn't explain further.
Panna looked at the holographic screen. Each tree was a towering green, its branches reaching into the clouds, its foliage spreading out in a diameter of nearly fifty kilometers. The trunks were a kilometer in diameter, and thick roots stretched deep into the ground. The branches and leaves were all a vibrant green, shimmering with a faint halo. On another holographic screen was a leaf, with countless extremely fine microchannels on its surface. Within these microchannels, some kind of energy seemed to flow.
"Uncle, are we traveling in hyperspace?"
"Yes."
"This time it feels different. Uncle, is this some kind of hyperspace travel?"
"Yes, we succeeded."
"Oh my god." Panna was pleasantly surprised and went forward to hug Zhou Yuan and kiss his cheek.
Where are we going?
"Let's go keep our appointment, our thousand-year promise with the 658th parallel world."
"Oh?" Pana had been asleep for hundreds of years, and she recalled the four years she had spent with Zhou Yuan on Earth in parallel world number 658.
"Uncle, I wonder how those humans are doing?"
"Hey pretty girl, are you interested in the space battle game?"
"Hehe, it's quite interesting to think about."
Zhou Yuan looked at Pan Na with a smile on his face and tenderness in his eyes.
The two lived a blissful life, and time flew by.
"Sage, we are about to arrive in parallel world number 658."
"Okay, Nana."
Zhou Yuan and Pan Na were excited; they had arrived in this parallel world approximately eight hundred years in the future.
The Milky Way base exited hyperspace and entered normal space, approaching the Milky Way galaxy of parallel world number 658, before ceasing its journey.
A nine-star stellar-scale "halo garden" orbiting the sun accelerates into hyperspace and then quickly enters the nearby Milky Way galaxy.
Four light-years away in interstellar space, a tremor shook the surrounding area, and a star and nine Earth-like planets suddenly appeared. These nine planets were arranged in an orbital plane, approximately concentric and equidistant from each other. Near this sun, a portal module rapidly assembled. A large number of warships were transported through the portal to the solar system of human civilization. Near the sun of human civilization, Zhou Yuan had secretly deployed another portal before leaving.
After Zhou Yuan led his fleet to appear near Earth, they did not encounter any interception. Could it be that humanity on Earth has already become extinct?
Zhou Yuan initiated a three-dimensional planetary scan, which surprised both Zhou Yuan and Pan Na. Underground, the Earth in the 658th parallel world was filled with cave "cities," and on the Earth's surface, there were factories, farms, and other facilities. Intelligent machines were operating in these factories and farms, but no signs of human activity were observed.
Zhou Yuan and Pan Na felt something was strange and decided to go and see.
The stealthy bee-shaped spaceship carrying two people landed above a patch of land on Earth. Below the spaceship was a field of crops, where five or six intelligent machines and robots were harvesting the crops. In the center of this field was a large building, from which four long conveyor belts extended, transporting the harvested crops into the building.
A very small, stealthy drone flew out of the Little Bee spaceship, headed towards the house, and transmitted video to the Little Bee spaceship.
Inside the building, four conveyor belts converged in the center to form a large circular funnel. The harvested crops fell along the edge of the funnel under the influence of gravity into the dark underground. Drones entered from the center of the funnel and slowly descended, surrounded by rapidly falling grain.
After descending a certain distance, the drone encountered a massive cavern below. Directly beneath it, mountains of grain were piled up, and the grain was being transported in all directions via conveyor belts. The drone emerged from this grain "waterfall" and began exploring the cavern. This cavern was a network of interconnected underground passages, each equipped with conveyor belts. The drone selected a passage and began moving rapidly, while the small bee-shaped spaceship followed its position, moving overhead.
After traveling about five kilometers through the tunnel, the drone suddenly opened up, revealing massive skyscrapers ahead. Spaceships shuttled back and forth in the air, and numerous holographic screens played advertisements between the skyscrapers. This was an underground city.
A drone flew towards a building, penetrating the wall and entering. Inside a room, a young woman was fiddling with a helmet. The room contained two intelligent robots, both silver-white.
In another room, three metal chairs are arranged in a circle around a central 3D spherical holographic screen. Two of the chairs are occupied by people lying on them, while the third chair is empty. The two people lying on the chairs are wearing helmets, and their fingers are lightly touching the armrests. The helmets are not connected to any external cables, but their surfaces have many protrusions, one of which is particularly large and constantly flashing. On the 3D spherical holographic screen, a bizarre and distorted image appears.
"Miss Gemar, do you need my help?" a smart robot voice asked.
"No need, I'll be done in a minute. UWARS needs to work harder; this helmet needs further improvement."
“Ms. Gemma, are you serious? As a professional service robot of UWARS, I need to relay your feedback to the company.” Another robot voice spoke up.
“UW5478963, I’m serious, the protective padding inside this helmet should be thicker.”
“Ms. Gema, I have uploaded your feedback to the company’s after-sales service network.”
Gemar let out a deep breath. "All done." With that, Gemar took the helmet, walked into the room with the 3D spherical holographic screen, put on the helmet, and lay down on the metal chair that had been empty. Then, her fingers lightly and quickly touched the armrest of the metal chair. The distorted and strange pattern on the 3D spherical holographic screen changed even faster and continuously.
The drone passed through the wall again and entered a room that was similar to the previous one, except that five people were lying on five metal chairs.
The drone left the building and continued flying, a flying bus flashing by. To its left, a building over 400 meters tall flashed the words "UWARS." A holographic advertisement on the building seemed to pique the drone's interest. Approaching the holographic screen, it saw a young and beautiful woman, around 24 years old, sitting at a desk with her fingers interlaced. "Ladies and gentlemen," she said, "I am Mei Ruolan, President of UWARS. First, I thank all players for their support of UWARS's StarCraft game. Players, there are still three months until the Divine Envoy descends upon Earth. As you all know, the Federal Council has decided to hold a grand welcoming ceremony. The fourth version of the StarCraft game still requires your continued efforts, using our collective wisdom to decipher the strange space. We will present this achievement as the best gift to welcome the Divine Envoy."
The drone continued to move stealthily, noticing that there were many armed soldiers guarding the building, and that there were also many drones patrolling in the air.
The drone sent by Zhou Yuan continued forward, passing through the building wall and entering the building directly. Four men in uniform were accompanying the young and beautiful Mei Ruolan towards the elevator. The drone quickly took its place at the elevator entrance. When the elevator doors opened, the drone immediately entered the elevator. The five people entered the elevator, and the elevator began to move downwards rapidly.
Five people stepped out of the elevator and into a spacious room, followed closely by a drone.
Mei Ruolan held a remote control in her hand and stood in the center of the room. She pressed the remote control, and a circular platform with a diameter of about 20 meters began to descend, centered on where she was standing. Four men in uniform remained on it.
The metal platform on which Mei Ruolan stood descended five or six hundred meters before beginning to move horizontally while suspended in mid-air.
The footage captured by the drones was transmitted to the Little Bee spaceship. On the holographic screen, Zhou Yuan and Panna saw that the vast underground space Mei Ruolan had arrived at was densely packed with cylindrical glass chambers. Inside each chamber was a human body submerged in nutrient solution. Each chamber was labeled; for example, one label read, "Earth Human, Peak, Male, 64 years old, Physicist, Important Figure, Cultivation Maturity: 98.6%." However, the man in the chamber labeled this was clearly not 64 years old; he appeared to be around 24.
Mei Ruolan moved the metal platform to a cylindrical glass chamber. She looked at a young woman submerged in nutrient solution within the chamber; the young woman's face was almost identical to Mei Ruolan's. Mei Ruolan gazed at her for a full ten minutes, stroking the glass with her hand, before leaving. The metal platform then began to rise. A drone captured an image of a label on the glass chamber, which read: "Earth Human, Mei Ruolan, Female, 52 years old, Secretary to UWARS Company General Manager Pan Na, Important Person, Cultivation Maturity: 99.4%." However, the Mei Ruolan inside the glass chamber appeared to be only about 24 years old.
Zhou Yuan and Pan Na looked at the images transmitted back by the drone, somewhat puzzled.