the only savior

Chapter 866

Tonight is destined to be the most unforgettable night.

On the ancient edge star, in the base of the Star Alliance.

Countless people came out of the buildings they were hiding in, and bathed in the moonlight again.

This is the first time since the scarlet light disaster broke out a year ago, people can stand outside openly.

In this building, there are many open spaces.

Some are just like this, and some are caused by being destroyed by monsters.

However, no matter which one it is, it has welcomed everyone's patronage tonight.

From a restricted area that no one wants to go, it suddenly becomes a moonlight bathing place that makes people forget to return.

Above the base, the lighting spell light ball that had been floating for a long time finally fell.

Instead, there are countless incandescent lamps prepared in advance.

With the shield of the World Tree as a protection, in this base, the power system has been restored.

As long as the circuits in the building are repaired, I believe it will not be long before this place will become the same as before.

Everyone is looking forward to this.

It has been a long time since they have seen such a scene, and it seems that they are about to forget their past life.

But now, I believe that under the protection of the World Tree, I and others are about to usher in a new life.

On the other side, Zhang Xiaoman is still floating above the sky, establishing a connection with the world tree through spirit.

He did not immediately open the door under the tree to open up the connection between the two worlds, but mobilized the protection system of the World Tree and began to clean up the remaining distortions around the base.

Although attracted by the seeds of the world tree, most of the monsters have been killed.

But in such a huge area, no one can guarantee that there will be no fish that slip through the net.

Fortunately, this time is different from before.

Because of the existence of the world tree, it will become very simple to find the monsters hidden in the shield range.

Zhang Xiaoman didn't even have to do it himself.

You only need to give instructions to the star sequence, and then wait for World Tree to complete the cleanup on its own.

The world tree branch itself also has a certain combat effectiveness.

There is almost no pressure to deal with these lowest-level aberrations, even if they hide in buildings.

Those giant nets can move directly along the walls of the building.

As long as these guys are still within the range of the shield, they will die.

The process of clearing the monsters lasted the whole night.

Because the roots of the world tree shuttled in the building, there was a lot of movement, causing the ground to vibrate slightly.

"Boom~"

Deafening sounds would ring in my ears from time to time, like the deep roar of a giant beast.

Sometimes, survivors can hear the sound of buildings collapsing.

Those were some dilapidated buildings, which had been devastated by the apocalypse and were already overwhelmed, and finally collapsed completely at this moment.

In this way, the whole night, everyone stood by the side of the refuge, looking up at the night sky in the distance.

Listening to the faint howling of monsters in the air, waiting for the dawn to arrive.

"Suya, do you think it's really okay for us to stand here? Will the red light appear again after dawn? Why don't we inform everyone to avoid it first?"

In the guard team, some members asked worriedly.

"Don't worry, I have confirmed with the garrison just now, as long as we are within the range of this shield, we will not be affected by the scarlet light."

Su Ya shook her head, and said in a very sure tone:

"Don't worry, just patrol here. After all, everyone has come here now, so there shouldn't be any trouble."

She paused as she spoke, looked at the towering giant tree in the distance, and said slowly:
"Besides, even if you don't believe what the garrison-sama said, don't you even believe that existence...?"

"That's the Star Lord of the Star Alliance... Maybe we can't even imagine what kind of energy it has..."

When Su Ya said these words, her thoughts had unconsciously drifted to the huge plan that the other party revealed to herself a month ago.

Others may not know it, but Su Ya, who is the director and captain of the guard, understands that the construction of this World Tree camp is just the beginning.

Behind all of this, there is a more grand plan running quietly.

It can be said that once this plan is successfully completed, the survivors on the entire Central Continent, and even the entire Ancient Prism, will usher in a new life.

This plan is the "Nydus Worm Project".

Although the name does not seem to match the epic sense of its identity.

But as the executor, Su Ya knew that this would be a plan that could save everyone.

Although she herself understood what kind of means the star master would use to achieve that step, she still chose to trust him.

Not only because of the powerful strength of the opponent, but also because this is their only hope.

Nydus Worm.

As the name suggests, this is a bug.

And it's very good at digging holes.

But unlike ordinary insects, the tunnel worm is a very troublesome kind of strange beast on the ancient edge planet, that is, a mutant beast.

The body size of adult tunnel worms is at least 250 to [-] meters, which is completely beyond the scope of ordinary creatures.

Before the end of the scarlet light broke out, the tunnel worm was already one of the top ten most troublesome beasts in the federation.

The reason for this is that its huge size is only one aspect.

The most unbearable thing is its incomparable digging method.

Although their body length can reach more than 200 meters, their flexibility underground is unimaginable.

It can reach more than 250 kilometers per hour, which is comparable to many small rail cars.

In addition, there is a special biomagnetic field in the body of the tunnel worm.

This magnetic field can cancel the scanning of most underground detection equipment, and it is very difficult to deal with.

Therefore, in the eyes of the people of the Ancient Star Federation, this guy is simply a demolition worker who is elusive.

Buildings are regularly damaged by tunnel bugs, and tens of thousands of people are affected.

There is no way, in order to resist the invasion of this strange beast, the Federation can only deploy defenses in the passage area on the edge of the city.

Build the foundations deeper and stronger as much as possible, and block them from entering the city from the ground.

Fortunately, these monsters don't like human steel buildings.

It was only accidentally entering the city by mistake, and did not cause large-scale harm.

And the protagonists of Zhang Xiaoman's plan this time are these giant bugs that have been despised by people on the ranking list in the past.

Things have to start from the time when he entered the 19-73 base for the first time.

At that time, he brought Thor here to look for the Corona combat uniform, and found traces of the tunnel worm in the deepest underground layer of the base.

That is to say, from that day on, Zhang Xiaoman knew about this kind of bug on the ancient edge star for the first time, and began to have a germ of a plan in his heart.

It wasn't until later, when Thor and his girlfriend went to Shuilanxing, that Zhang Xiaoman officially pulled Su Ya in.

It is up to her to cooperate with herself to complete this plan in this side world, which is enough to save all the ancient people.

The plan is difficult to implement, but it is very simple to summarize.

That is to use the characteristics of tunnel worms to dig holes and build countless passages underground that can travel between cities.

Just like the subway on Aquamarine.

Because of the existence of the scarlet light, it is almost impossible for ordinary people to carry out activities in a normal way.

After the World Tree is successfully planted, such a huge area will naturally have to recruit more survivors.

In this way, people from other cities will not be able to get through, and no matter how large the population is, they will not be able to concentrate.

So Zhang Xiaoman thought of a way.

Since they can't go on land, let them go underground.

Thus, the Nydus Worm Project was born.

This plan can also be summed up in one sentence, which is to let the bugs dig holes to help the survivors transfer.

But when it comes to implementation, it is not as simple as it seems.

Judging from the current situation, there are too many problems to be solved.

For example, the source of tunnel worms.

Another example is how to make them obedient.

And even after digging the hole obediently, how to ensure that the passage will not collapse due to soil quality problems, and also allow ordinary people to pass through smoothly.

Zhang Xiaoman has already found a part of the solution to these problems in his own way, and of course the cooperation of all survivors is indispensable.

Now, with the successful planting of the World Tree, the Nydus Worm Project is about to start officially.

Starting from the current passage area, it spreads to the entire inner area until it reaches the United City in the central area.

This step is only carried out as an initial test plan, and it can be applied to the entire ancient prism after it is successful.

"I hope that there will be a day when I can see the ancient lens star recover..."

Su Ya looked at the pale sky in the distance, feeling filled with emotion.

Thinking about it, the dark night has passed, and the dawn is coming.

Although this dawn is only an illusion created by the shield.

But for the Gulen people who were about to be tormented mad by the scarlet light, it represented the light of hope.

At this moment, everyone in the entire survivor camp came to the window.

Joy, excitement, tears, silence...

Everyone was staring at the gradually brightening sky, feeling extremely anxious and nervous.

I'm afraid it's all just a dream.

In the past, it was just the most common scene, too common to be ignored.

But now, it has become the bright future that everyone dreams of.

Finally, the mild sunlight shines on the earth.

No scary monsters, no suffocating scarlet.

Everything seemed to be back to how it was before.

"In July 936 of the Federal Calendar, we finally saw the long-lost sky, and the prismatic light once again showed its most beautiful side to us..."

"..."

The next day, the ancient edge star world tree base, code name - hope.

The door under the tree.

A ray of emerald green light slowly lit up, and a vortex full of life began to rotate inside the door, and dozens of figures walked out of it in a short while.

"They're here!"

Beside the door, more than 20 guards have been waiting here for a long time under the leadership of Su Ya.

According to the garrison's news, another planet with a similar level of civilization to his own will send the first group of pioneers over today to help himself and others clear the monsters near the base.

These people are called "expeditionists", and each of them is a battle-hardened warrior.

Su Ya is very happy about the arrival of this group of people.

In today's base, with the increase in the number of survivors, the original number of guards is seriously insufficient.

Coupled with the hope that the base will be established now, people from the dark zone have also come out one after another.

Some of them came to the upper floors, which brought unknown hidden dangers to the security management of the base.

Fortunately, the joining of this group of expeditioners relieved their pressure, and Su Ya was deeply relieved in her heart.

"Hello, I am the captain of the Hope Base Defense Team. You can call me Su Ya."

In front of the crowd, the heroic female captain gave a star touch salute to the visitors.

"Hello, Su Ya, we are the Wildfire Expeditionary Team, I am the person in charge of this operation, Wes Kaman, nice to meet you."

On the other side, headed by Weiss, the Minister of Wildfire.

Considering that this is the first time the expedition team has come to an alien planet to perform a mission, Weiss will personally lead the team and stay for a period of time.

He will leave only after everything here is on the right track, leaving the tasks here to the expeditioners to complete alone.

"The garrison has already told us about the expedition team. Thank you very much for your help. On behalf of all the survivors in the hope base, thank you!"

Su Ya also bent down and bowed to more than 50 people in front of her.

"I have already arranged your dormitory. Because the base has just been established, the conditions in many places are very simple. Please forgive me."

As she said that, she turned around, made a gesture of please, and then led more than 50 people to the building in the distance.

In the rear, Morris was following the team stiffly towards his dormitory.

Like everyone present, he is now in a state of bewilderment.

Although already mentally prepared.

But when the moment actually arrives, it still feels unbelievable.

Waking up early this morning, they packed up their equipment under the urging of Wes, and then followed each other to the empty area in the center of Shake Island.

Morris had actually noticed this area long ago.

It's just that there was nothing there except for three huge stone pillars, so he couldn't guess what it was for for a while.

But just this morning, he already knew the function here and experienced it himself.

According to Morris' original thinking, even if he was to be sent to an alien planet, it should be in some kind of black technology spaceship.

Just like those novels and movies.

The spaceship used some jump-like abilities, or passed through wormholes or something, to bring itself and others to their destination.

As a result, what he never expected was that instead of getting on the spaceship as he imagined, he walked into the space made up of stone pillars.

With the activation of the imprint of the Starry Eye, the ultimate door to the original world was successfully opened.

Milky white light enveloped them and brought them into a new world.

(End of this chapter)