Chapter 1122: The future of the mechanical race
Pluto?
"This is... the Hades?" Chief Engineer Nana, standing next to Zhao Chen, looked incredulous.
But they had clearly seen with their own eyes that the Pluto had entered the top-class dock of Star River One base.
How could it possibly be here?
"A ghost..." Annie jumped three feet high in fright.
Don't panic.
"This isn't the real Hades." Zhao Chen said calmly.
"How come this isn't the Hades?"
The ship's shape, the weapon modules... they're exactly the same... Damn it, it must be because I haven't been resting or eating properly lately.
"I just had a ghost encounter!" Annie said, trying to comfort herself.
Zhao Chen shook his head helplessly.
Just then, Zhao Chen received a message on his handheld terminal.
"How about a get-together with old friends?"
That was someone I hadn't contacted for over half a year.
"Arrange a shuttle... No need to arrange it."
"Just prepare a shuttle for me, and I'll pilot it myself," Zhao Chen said.
"You want to board this ship of unknown origin?"
no!
"This is too dangerous!" The leopard woman immediately stepped forward to object, "At least let us follow."
“This is an order,” Zhao Chen said seriously.
The leopard woman looked conflicted and helpless.
In the end, Zhao Chen boarded the shuttle alone and piloted it toward the 'Pluto' ship.
Because he was familiar with the Hades, Zhao Chen quickly found the hangar, entered it, and shut it down.
The hatch opened.
Zhao Chen got down.
"Welcome, Lord Dragon Lord, to the Hades." A tall woman, nearly two meters tall, dressed in military uniform, stood before Zhao Chen.
Zhao Chen looked it over; it should also be a mechanical life form.
"Where is your master?" Zhao Chen asked.
"Waiting for you on the bridge."
"Please follow me." The tall female officer led the way.
Leave the hangar.
Zhao Chen then saw the 'Pluto', whose internal structure was completely different.
We took the floating elevator and soon arrived at the bridge.
This is also an unfamiliar bridge.
At the same time, there was no one there.
To be honest, Zhao Chen didn't see a single person on his way here.
If it weren't for the female officer leading the way, Zhao Chen would have wondered if he had boarded a ghost ship.
"Where is your master?" Zhao Chen asked, noticing the empty captain's chair.
Just then, the entire bridge went dark.
A chilling aura emanated from the surroundings.
Zhao Chen even heard a voice that sounded like a ghostly whisper.
"I never expected that the mighty Lord of the Dragons would be so unprepared."
They were so easily tricked into boarding the ship.
I'll tell you.
Today is the day you, Zhao Chen, will die here!
Hahahaha...
The tall female officer raised her head and pointed at Zhao Chen.
She uttered a string of words that were completely inconsistent with her image.
Zhao Chen remained silent and walked towards the tall female officer.
What are you doing!
I'm warning you, don't come any closer!
"Come here, or I'll kill you!" The tall female officer threatened again when she saw that she hadn't intimidated Zhao Chen.
Zhao Chen spoke, but simply continued walking forward.
“I’m warning you...” the tall female officer continued speaking.
But before she knew it, Zhao Chen had already walked up to her.
The next second, Zhao Chen's body passed right through the tall female officer, and he walked straight to the captain's chair, turned around and sat down.
"You continue." Zhao Chen crossed his legs and smiled as he looked at the tall female officer, as if he were watching a good show.
The tall female military officer stood with her hands on her hips, glaring at Zhao Chen. Her voice changed again, becoming a childish one: "When did you see through me?"
"You can change your appearance and voice."
They also pay attention to their behavior and manners.
But even mechanical life forms, with their long lifespans, will develop their own aura and habits.
"You can't maintain your habits forever; the slightest lapse will expose you." Zhao Chen shrugged and said casually.
This sudden movement caused the tall female officer to deflate like a punctured balloon.
A flash of light emanated from her body, and in an instant, her image transformed from a mature and tall female officer into the little girl Zhao Chen was familiar with.
The surrounding lights returned to normal, and the cooling function was turned off.
"I'm still more used to seeing her like this." Zhao Chen looked the little girl up and down.
"This is so boring." The little girl stuck out her tongue.
"Why did you turn out like that?" Zhao Chen asked curiously, "Just to... make a joke?"
That's another image of mine.
After all, it's not appropriate for her to look like a little girl on the battlefield.
So I ended up with several different personas.
There are images specifically for the battlefield, and images for when overseeing various tasks...
The little girl's image began to change constantly in Zhao Chen's eyes.
There was the tall female officer in military uniform from before, and then there was the woman in a pencil skirt and gold-rimmed glasses...
In the end, she turned back into a little girl.
"Then why are you acting like this in front of me?" Zhao Chen asked, puzzled.
“Because this is my favorite way to look,” the little girl said, blinking.
"Speaking of which, we've known each other for so long."
"You didn't even tell me your name." Zhao Chen looked at the little girl curiously.
He had always had a feeling about it.
This little girl also has some secrets that she doesn't know about.
"Names are important, aren't they?" the little girl laughed, then checked the topic again and said, "Okay, let's get down to business."
"Is it serious business?" Zhao Chen looked at the other person with interest.
"I'm going to leave this universe," the little girl suddenly said.
"Are we going to the Black Wall base again?"
"Is it because the Dark Legion fleet has been attacking more and more frequently lately?" Zhao Chen thought subconsciously.
The little girl shook her head. She looked at Zhao Chen and said in a very serious tone, "It means leaving this universe forever."
Leading the entire machine race.
To leave with the entire machine race?
These words were undoubtedly quite shocking.
"Why?" Zhao Chen asked, somewhat confused.
"Because the Gate of Gaia must be closed," the little girl said seriously.
Close the Gate of Gaia?
The little girl continued, "Haven't you noticed that in recent years, the disturbances caused by order in our universe have been getting bigger and bigger?"
However, we have also increased our monitoring of Gaia's Gate many times over, but we have not found any clues of Order's infiltration.
Then there is only one other possibility: that order has entered our universe directly through other means.
They bypassed Gaia's Gate.
"Other methods?"
"Then why didn't it work before, but it does now?" Zhao Chen questioned.
"Because of the existence of the Gaia Gate." The little girl raised her hand, and a phantom image appeared before Zhao Chen's eyes.
"There is an energy barrier in our universe."
It is also because of this barrier that a balance of non-interference is formed between universes.
The Gaia Gate, built by the Gaia Empire ten thousand years ago, enabled inter-universe travel technology.
However, we recently discovered that Gaia Gate is not a true inter-universe technology; it has serious flaws.
Its existence will continuously weaken the barrier strength of our universe.
When a certain critical value is reached, the difficulty for outsiders to pass through this barrier is greatly reduced.
This is why the order in our universe has been making increasingly significant movements in recent years.
They even deployed two Zerg hives in our universe.
Therefore, the Gate of Gaia must be closed.
Otherwise, who knows what other methods the Order might use in our universe next!
Looking at the little girl's resolute expression, Zhao Chen frowned slightly: "Then the Gaia Gate is closed."
Does that mean your Black Wall base has lost all connection with our universe?
You...you won't be coming back.