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Chapter 296 The fifth lighthouse is activated (please subscribe)

The hover gunboat got as close to the building as possible and didn't stop until the danger siren sounded. At this time, the distance from the building is only more than half a meter, and normal people can easily jump over.

Sima Cuo took a few steps back, started running, and then jumped up. Qian Lai, who was standing at the hatch, reached out and grabbed Sima Cuo in time to help stabilize him.

Entering the transport ship protected by the space-time shield, Sima Cuo felt that something had been changed. His mind seemed to have been wiped by some invisible force. There was no longer that weird, ethereal, invisible feeling. the feeling of being bound by something

"Go in, and when the mission is completed, we will take you back to the empire." Qian Lai pushed Sima Cuo into the cabin and closed the door.

The cabin has its own lighting system, and there are five or six soldiers sitting inside.

They were equally terrifying in size, wearing the same heavy armor as Qian Lai, and each one was as huge as a giant.

The first moment he saw them, he could feel a strong sense of oppression coming towards him, which made Sima Cuo feel faintly afraid.

"Don't be afraid, they won't hurt you." Qian Lai took off his helmet, revealing his scarred face. Without the helmet, his head looked smaller, but his body looked much bigger. It looks a bit out of proportion to the body.

Sima Cuo nodded. He could only hope that what the other party said was true. Otherwise, even if these people wanted to do something to him, it would be difficult for him to fight back. Putting aside the weapons and armor of these guys, the other party's His body type can easily defeat small arms and legs like his.

Once he started to move, he felt like he would be crushed to death by these people like an ant.

"Sit down." Qian Lai pointed to the side, and Sima Cuo sat down, acting very reserved. He knew very well that his life was in the hands of these people, and they could crush him to death at any time if they wanted to. .

Qian could tell that the survivor was nervous, but he was not a psychotherapist, and he had responsibilities that he could not care about. He eagerly hoped to learn everything about the situation from the other person's mouth.

"The Human Alliance has collapsed, and you will automatically become a citizen of the Empire. I deeply sympathize with your situation, but I need you to provide us with some help."

"What kind of assistance?" Sima Cuo asked.

"We need to know what happened to planet ST03? Only by knowing the ins and outs of the matter can we end the disaster in the Star Galaxy."

"I don't know the inside story, sir. Before the disaster, I was just a small employee of the company." Sima Cuo was very tactful. If the other party thought that he could survive, he must be a high-ranking person. Then he must be wrong. In the era of the Human Alliance , he is just a little transparent.

"A person who can persist for such a long time is not an ordinary person. Don't belittle yourself. Mr. Sima Cuo, please carefully recall when the disaster began. Issues like time loop are not a small disaster. There will definitely be some signs."

Some memories will disappear after a few days, but some memorable things will stay forever.

However, this disaster is definitely the most important memory for Sima Cuo, especially the memory of discovering the time loop for the first time, which he remembers most clearly.

In addition, in these years, since time cannot move forward, they cannot create anything new. People generally use the things of the past to pass the time, always discussing the past over and over again, and looking at those news reports and games. , naturally the memory will be profound.

Sima Cuo closed his eyes and carefully recalled the days that he remembered deeply. While thinking back, he told what he saw from the perspective of an ordinary person.

"At that time, the Evernight Crisis had cut the Star Galaxy apart. We lost contact with other galaxies, were isolated in the darkness, and could no longer conduct faster-than-light navigation. There was some chaos in the government in power, but overall it was The language problem was not a big one, and our lives could continue. But at that time, religion also emerged, and people longed to gain enlightenment from the gods and escape from the eternal night."

"Later on, many religious organizations came into conflict with the government, and fighting often broke out, which was very fierce. At first, the government had the upper hand, and then the religious organizations had the upper hand. A few days before the time loop broke out, I I also saw some believers coming to our community to give speeches, encouraging us to oppose the government in power, and claiming that the government has a device that can break the subspace storm and restore super-light navigation. As long as we get that device, humans can rebuild interstellar civilization. They There’s no need to be trapped here.”

"The cultist also claimed that they would attack the government and force the other party to hand over the device. At that time, many people followed them. My girlfriend also followed. She said that humans cannot fall into darkness and must Correct this mistake. If the government has this device, they should hand it over instead of ignoring the destruction of human civilization in order to maintain their rule."

"Since then, several more wars have broken out, and the news field has begun to favor various religious organizations, accusing the government of being irresponsible and ignoring the life and death of human civilization. I heard that those believers gained the upper hand and broke into the last fortress of the government, but What ultimately happened inside is unknown, and then the time loop begins. Every time twenty-four hours pass, the world resets and returns to the early hours of the morning. Time no longer moves forward, and the only way we can move forward is There are only memories in front of me.”

"People indulge themselves in an infinite cycle, have fun, and eventually become depraved and crazy, until they are twisted into monsters."

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Qian Lai has been listening to Sima Cuo's confession, and at the same time paying attention to the micro-expressions on the other person's face, the changes in his heart and various physiological systems, looking for traces of lies.

No matter how you disguise it, deception is deception. Lies are not facts. As long as you are careful, you will find traces of fabrication. Even the most skillful liar will have flaws.

There was nothing unusual about Sima Cuo, and he had no reason to deceive himself about this kind of thing, but Qian Lai decided to be careful. After listening to the other party's description, he entered the information into the system and said, "Thank you very much. Your cooperation, Mr. Sima Cuo."

"This is nothing. I also hope that you can solve this matter and stop this nightmare." Sima Cuo shook his head, saying that such a trivial matter is insignificant.

"Stop, and you might die. At least you won't be able to live for ten thousand years."

Hearing this, Sima Cuo smiled bitterly, "What's the point of living like this? I try hard every day to pretend to be a normal person and live alone in this world, just because I don't want to become one of those monsters."

Qian Lai patted him on the shoulder and said, "We will handle this matter. Don't worry, this nightmare will be ended soon."

Sima Cuo was placed in his seat, while Qian Lai discussed with his companions how to handle the matter.

"Although the time loop is strange, this matter is probably related to the local government and those cultists." Qian Lai opened the detection pattern of planet ST03, which showed their range, altitude, etc.

"As long as we find the place where the local government and the cultists originally fought, maybe everything will be clear," said Coburn, a deputy.

From Sima Cuo's description, Qian Lai and others determined that the conflict between the local government and the cult organization should have led to the disaster.

It is still unknown which side this disaster originated from, whether it was some high-tech means mastered by the government, or some kind of sacrificial ritual performed by a cult organization, but in any case, the source of the problem has been found.

While searching for the location of the last battle between the two factions, Qian Lai used meditation to enter the subspace. Due to the time loop, normal communication methods were unable to contact the fleet. Only subspace could do this.

Qian Lai is a psyker who has learned spiritual messages. Although he is not officially bound to the God Emperor, he also has the aura of the God Emperor on his body and can be believed by the spiritual messages wandering in the subspace.

He passed on the information he got from Sima Cuo, so that even if their mission failed and they died here, the expeditionary force would not gain nothing.

After doing all this, he interrupted his meditation and returned to the real world.

In this mission, the three gunboats launched successfully entered the planet ST03. If it were an ordinary person, it would be good to enter only one. But they are Storm Warriors, creations that condense the wisdom of the God Emperor, and they will never let anyone Disappointment is their rule.

In order to save energy and reserve it for critical moments, they shut down the engines and life support systems along the way. They resisted like that for several days, crossing half the galaxy, and did not restart the engines until they approached planet ST03. Performed maneuvers and successfully entered planet ST03.

<divclass="contentadv">Qian Lai contacted two other gunboats to search for the target location. With the three gunships turning on their scanning systems at full capacity, it only takes two days to scan the entire planet's surface.

Five hours later, they had something to gain. One of the gunboats detected abnormal time flow fluctuations, and also detected some corpses and twisted monsters, as well as the flag of the Human Alliance. It was obviously the final battlefield.

Qian Lai and others changed direction and rushed over, experiencing a time loop on the way.

The time and space outside the time protection shield instantly changed to what it was twenty-four hours ago, and the traces and various things left by the monsters disappeared without a trace.

Sima mistakenly thought that he would be pulled back to his home, but when time restarted, he was still in the same place and did not enter the time loop as before. This made a smile appear on his face, and he was disappointed with these self-proclaimed imperial warriors. The guys have gained a little confidence, maybe they can really solve the problem this time.

When Qian Lai saw Sima Cuo's look, he also smiled and said, "The empire's time technology is very mature, and you have got rid of the time loop. Stay well, and when the matter is over, we will take you away and return to normal human society. .”

When arriving at the target location, Qian Lai discovered that the crystal prism given by Zhang Han was emitting a warm light. It was obvious that this was not only a battlefield left by government personnel and cultists, but also the location of a lighthouse. Those cultists came for the lighthouse, and the two sides competed for the ownership of the lighthouse, causing the entire world to fall into a time loop.

When the time loops, the monster will briefly transform back into a human, but within a short period of time, it will turn into a monster again.

They cannot be saved, because what is injured in these people is not their bodies, but their souls. When the soul becomes corrupted, the body becomes a monster.

The target location is an air raid shelter built inside a mountain. There are a large number of monsters wandering at the entrance, as well as scattered weapons and equipment and corpses that have died before.

After confirming that they had found the right target, the Empire immediately launched an attack, using gunship artillery and portable missiles to carry out saturation strikes on the ground.

Before the time loop is lifted, these monsters cannot be killed. Once the war starts, more will be attracted, but buying time is enough.

After clearing away the enemies on the surface, Qian Lai led a small team of legionnaires and carried a portable time device into the air raid shelter. The others stayed on the ground to prevent the incoming monsters from interfering with the team's work.

Sima Cuo stayed on the gunboat and watched the pilots and legionnaires build a simple and crude defense line to resist the wave of monsters.

Among the team entering the building, Qian Lai was at the front. He held a bolt gun in one hand and a mechanical staff that amplified psychic energy in the other. From time to time, he acted as the King of Thunder and Lightning, releasing dense electric snakes to clean up the monsters.

There are a lot of monsters, but they can't stop Qian Lai and others. The team sweeps away the enemies all the way and goes deep into the building.

Along the way, they saw many broken mechas, scattered heavy weapons, and traces of crossfire. There were rubble and explosion craters everywhere.

There were also soldiers wearing the emblem of the Human Alliance and fanatical cultists daubed with strange symbols. It could be seen from these corpses that the defenders resisted until the last moment, but the defense line was still breached by the cultists.

Every time they advance a certain distance, the time cycle becomes faster. Outside the air-raid shelter, it is a cycle of twenty-four hours. When they go deeper into the building, the time cycle becomes faster and faster.

When we reached the deepest point, the time cycle had already reached every three minutes. If we went deeper, the time would be even shorter. If it weren't for the protection of the time shield, Qian Lai and others would have been trapped here forever.

The deepest part of the air raid shelter is an underground space, which is very large, the size of several football fields, and is supported by huge pillars.

When Qian Lai and others walked in, they saw that the underground space had turned into a charred battlefield with corpses and broken equipment everywhere.

At the other end of this huge underground space is a gate embedded in the mountain. There are more than a dozen twisted monsters trapped near the gate, unable to move.

Qian Lai and others found that the closer to the door, the faster the cycle, even reaching several seconds.

Unlike the monsters outside, these monsters entrenched here still have reason. When they saw Qian Lai waiting for someone to come in, their eyes showed surprise, but then they were filled with crazy excitement.

They have been trapped here for a long time, confined to the time loop and unable to move. Qian Lai and others are the first living people to enter here. They are happy to see another unlucky guy trapped here until they are cornered. Such a monster.

In the past, some people realized that the key to the time cycle was here, but no one dared to come in because the time cycle here was too fast for ordinary people to stand. The machines that were sent in were often scrapped before they had gone very far. After realizing that they can't get in, those people no longer pay attention to this place, so naturally no one comes here.

Those monsters quickly realized something was wrong, because Qian Lai and others were shrouded in a transparent shield, and they went all the way deep without being affected by the time loop. This made them feel uneasy and kept roaring.

But they couldn't move at all, the time cycle was too fast. If they can't move a few steps, the time loop will start again, and everything they do will be in vain.

With the protection of the time device, Qian Lai and others ignored the monsters and approached the huge metal door that was integrated with the mountain.

There is the emblem of the Human Alliance on the door. Obviously, this is the target they are looking for. There are several humming mechanical devices next to the gate. They are running some kind of program. The flickering projection screen shows that the program progress is stuck at 29 or 30 percent.

The progress on the screen kept changing, twenty-nine, thirty, twenty-nine, thirty. The time loop continued, making it impossible to load the programs of those machines.

Next to the machine, there were several corpses wearing the clothes of Alliance generals. They were obviously human loyalists who fought to the end. Qian Lai observed a few seconds of silence for them, and then, under the hateful gazes of those monsters, he took out a prismatic crystal column that emitted a glimmer of light.

The gate integrated into the mountain reacted. It became transparent and rippled like water waves. A mechanical voice came from inside.

[Identity test passed. As the designated successor of the Human Alliance, your loyalty to humanity has passed the test and you are qualified to enter the lighthouse]

The monsters roared, and these strangers who didn't know where they came from gained access to the lighthouse they once wanted. Their remaining sanity was almost swallowed up by anger. If they were not imprisoned by time, they would definitely join forces and tear those humans into pieces.

The scene where Qian Lai walked into the lighthouse gave them a strong stimulation, just like Bai Yueguang, who they had worked hard and tried their best to love at all costs, took the initiative to throw himself into the arms of the strong sports student they had just met for a day, and even Invite him back to your home.

Once you return home, you can't even think about what will happen next.

When I think about it, my Bai Yueguang will soon turn into the shape of that damn foreign sports student. They roared in despair.

No! ! Why should fate be so cruel and treat them like this?

After a while, a rumbling sound sounded, and the whole earth trembled. Something suddenly shattered. The time loop that troubled the Star Galaxy ended. A bright beam of light shot from the ground to high altitude, and sank into the vast depths of subspace. place, lighting up the dark subspace.

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