bestfiction Chapter 105 Salvation or Destruction?
Chapter 105 Salvation or Destruction?
Before setting off, Leng Ran entered the shop and used the points she had just earned to exchange for some basic equipment to carry with her.
A pistol, a short sword, a well-made dagger, some throwing knives and darts, a few grenades and bullets, a combat uniform with good defensive capabilities, and an equipment pack with necessary food and medicine... all these miscellaneous items add up to several dozen points.
Leng Ran then selected a few interesting small props for command, such as special materials that could change shape through mental power, and mental power-generating instruments.
After everything was ready, she reopened the task panel and decisively pressed the "Start Task" button.
[Scanning surrounding environment... We have left the dangerous mission area. Mission initiation... Loading scene]
[Please note that the mission is about to begin, and you cannot quit before completing it!]
The surrounding scenery suddenly changed; a white light flashed, and everything around gradually became blurry.
The next second, Leng Ran stood once again on this familiar yet unfamiliar land, with a red, glowing star hanging high in the sky and the deep red earth reflecting the deep red sky.
But there was no putrid smell in the air, as if reminding her that this was just a game world and not the apocalypse.
Leng Ran was already in a world outside the pale blue barrier. The license plate "17" was lying on the ground, with a large area of collapsed ruins behind it.
She was somewhat dazed for a moment.
She returned to this desolate land.
However, it's as if the world has been put on pause.
A zombie beast was ferociously opening its blood-red maw, tearing at the human corpse in front of it, but its movement was frozen in that instant. The blood dripping from the corner of its mouth seemed to be frozen in time, hanging in mid-air, no longer falling.
The dust rising from the collapsed ruins did not drift away with the wind, but remained suspended in the air, maintaining its upward state; among the trees, broken and withered branches swayed precariously, but because of the stillness of time, they did not fall to the ground, maintaining a delicate balance.
The cold system voice sounded again: "'Salvation and Destruction' mission is loading, please wait. Current loading progress is 38.8%..."
Leng Ran walked across the dark red earth without leaving any footprints. When she touched the ground, her fingertips felt a chill, as if she were touching a huge block of ice rather than sand.
"...Current loading progress is 40%"
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at the same time.
Cool Star, located very close to the capital planet, is a planet where 95% of its surface is covered by liquid. Food and water resources are scarce, the weather is cold year-round, and land area is limited, making it uninhabited.
The Star Wars operations headquarters of Longtian Group is located here.
At the very center of the base stood a giant meteorite, which suddenly began to emit faint light, growing brighter and brighter until, along with a series of instruments that detect the meteorite's energy, it emitted urgent alarms.
The artificial intelligence maintaining the Star Wars operations, Galaxy, quickly issued a warning: "Warning—Warning—Current energy has exceeded the safety threshold. Please control the energy burst as soon as possible—"
Just then, Long Ying, who was in the operations department, led Long Che out of the small house at the back. She looked at the various parameters on the screen that were soaring wildly, her brows furrowed: "What's going on? How could an energy fusion suddenly occur out of nowhere?"
A programmer with lightning-fast typing speed exclaimed, "Miss, we don't know either! The meteorite's energy is completely out of control, and even the power of the program can't stop its invasion of the Star Wars universe!"
A scene builder said anxiously, "The problem lies in the foundation! It's like... something has changed in the foundation!"
The foundation stones, the original eight maps, were not created by Star Wars officials based on their imagination. Rather, they were further refined by Star Wars officials after extracting fragments of information from a mysterious meteorite.
They are the cornerstones that keep the entire Star Wars universe running. Other derivative features, such as mission systems, shops, and mechs, are all products created with the help of interstellar technology and programming.
These derivatives continuously merged within the Star Wars universe, gradually becoming one with the foundation. Using fragments of information about a mysterious civilization carried by a meteorite, and the immense energy contained within it, the Dragon Sky Group created Star Wars.
If the existence of Star Wars is a miracle, then this mysterious meteorite is the source of all miracles.
Long Che's expression was also not good: "Foundation Stone... could it be that the power of the program has disrupted the energy field of the Foundation Stone?!"
One programmer chimed in, "No, if there really was a problem, the system would have crashed long ago, we wouldn't have had to wait until now!"
"Damn it, the system is also showing signs of being invaded by energy!" Another meteorite monitor said with a wry smile. "There was a very brief abnormal energy fluctuation a few days ago, but I didn't expect it to be completely out of control today!"
Long Ying's face was filled with shock: "It existed before? Why wasn't it reported?"
The monitor lamented, "It was my negligence. The fluctuation only lasted for fifteen seconds before returning to normal, so I attributed it to nothing."
"That's enough, Xinghe!" Long Ying shouted quickly, "Activate the highest management privileges, force all players offline, and immediately shut down all game pods!"
Galaxy: "Received, popping up players..."
Xinghe brought up a large screen displaying the number of online players, and everyone watched as the number on it decreased rapidly until it stopped at "1" and remained still.
Galaxy: "This player has gone deep into the foundation and is beyond the scope of the program. It cannot be forcibly ejected or awakened by the program."
The scene builder exclaimed in surprise: "How is that possible? The border wall is still there on the map! The base area currently open to players was designed by us! Thanks to the power of the program, players cannot step outside the edge of the map!"
Long Che's heart sank slightly. Over the years, no player had ever been able to exceed the program's set limits. Since the program was fine and the border wall on the map was still there, then the problem lay with the player.
Long Che asked in a deep voice, "Who is the player?"
Xinghe: "Game nickname: Silver Moon. Real identity: Mo Li, citizen of Storm Star, 16 years old..."
"Mo Li? Why him of all people?" Long Ying frowned. "Does anyone have a rescue plan?"
The atmosphere froze for a moment.
One of them replied, "I'm sorry, Miss. The other party has gone beyond the scope of the program, and there's nothing we can do about it."
Just as everyone was in a panic, the energy value on the screen suddenly spiked dramatically, and Xinghe issued another warning: "The energy burst is intensifying. It is expected that the meteorite energy will be completely out of control within five minutes, which may cause the equipment to explode. We recommend that all personnel evacuate immediately."
A five-minute countdown appeared in the air. Long Ying gritted her teeth and quickly ordered, "Xinghe, spread the word: everyone at the base, board the starship immediately and prepare to evacuate!"
Xinghe relayed Longying's orders to every corner of the base. A large starship was already in place, and the people in the base put down their work and quickly boarded the starship using various means of transportation.
Four minutes later, everyone was assembled and the starship successfully took off.
There was a deathly silence on the starship.
This is the first major disaster since the launch of Star Wars, and the only person to die... is probably the boy still trapped in the Foundation Stone.
Inside the base, with energy completely out of control, a powerful electric current swept across the entire base, causing all the instruments and equipment to crackle and spark, followed by a violent explosion.
"..."
"Current loading progress: 100%. 'Salvation and Destruction,' mission initiated!"
The news of Star Wars' sudden shutdown spread across the internet, and the news that the young hero Mo Li was trapped in the game quickly became a trending topic.
Qi Shan's expression didn't change when he saw the post. He calmly turned off his personal computer, leaned back on the sofa in his dormitory, and chuckled softly.
"The gears of fate have begun to turn..."