My Exclusive Dream World Adventures
Chapter 295 - Chapter 295 295 is here

Chapter 295: 295 is here Chapter 295: 295 is here Luo Xiyun turned her head to look at Chen Xu and said, “Don’t do that, otherwise, I won’t come here anymore.”

Seeing her serious expression, Chen Xu knew she meant it and thus let go of his hand. He followed her to the room where the Life Support Chambers were kept.

Luo Xiyun lay in her own Life Support Chamber, closed her eyes, and logged off.

Chen Xu felt a bit hollow inside. Ever since he was a child, what he feared most was farewells. Over these seven years, whether Luo Xiyun, Yang Jinxia, or Bai Jinxuan, every time they logged off, he felt uncomfortable for several days.

When he was the only one left in the base, this feeling was even more pronounced.

It wasn’t until a week later, when Yang Jinxia logged on earlier than Chen Xu had anticipated, that his sense of loneliness was diluted.

“You look quite good with a beard.”

Yang Jinxia logged on two days earlier than Chen Xu expected and appeared directly in the living room, giving him a start.

“You’re here.” Chen Xu, seeing it was her, dropped what he was holding, and hugged her tight, as if trying to merge her into his body.

Inside the control center, a clean-shaven Chen Xu looked much more spirited. He said to Yang Jinxia, “The base development has hit a bottleneck, we’re running out of energy.”

He was explaining the current situation of the base. Of the three women, only Yang Jinxia cared about base matters. Luo Xiyun and Bai Jinxuan seldom inquired about them.

These matters could only be discussed with her.

Yang Jinxia stood in front of the screen, flipping through the data, while asking, “How do you plan to solve the energy problem?”

Chen Xu replied, “Normally we would rely on solar power, but this planet is special. It’s cloaked in a thick layer of clouds and unable to utilize solar energy for power generation. Right now, we can only consider hydroelectric power. Building a few power stations on that river could alleviate the issue a bit.”

Yang Jinxia commented offhandedly, “But that river doesn’t seem to have particularly steep falls, the power generation efficiency might not be too high, right?”

“I’ve explored all the areas we have access to, there are no coal mines or radioactive element mines. Other methods of power generation are not practical.”

Yang Jinxia shifted her gaze away from the screen and asked him, “Then there’s no other way?”

“There is,” Chen Xu pointed upward and said, “those satellites above have an abundance of nuclear fusion fuel. If fully mined, they would be enough to develop the entire planet into bases like this one.”

Yang Jinxia curiously inquired, “Where did you get this intelligence from?”

Chen Xu explained, “A satellite fell down last time, and I found the related data on it.”

“Oh.”

“Now, we need to find a way to mine the fuel from those satellites.”

“That would mean using another landing craft.”

“That’s what I was thinking, too. Two years ago, I started training bioengineered humans who could pilot spacecraft. In a few more months, they’ll be ready.”

Yang Jinxia saw that he had a plan in place and nodded. The limitation of the base’s development was energy. As long as the energy issue was resolved, everything else was not a problem.

Chen Xu then said, “During these few months, I plan to deal with those black birds.”

During the landing craft’s original descent, it was the attack from those black bird flocks that killed the other explorers. Now, it was time for revenge.

Chen Xu had also conducted research on these black birds, having killed many of them in the past and, through the study of their carcasses, gained an understanding of their habits.

Their hearing was very sensitive. When the noise became too loud, they would become enraged, entering a berserk state, and viciously attack the source of the noise.

As long as one stayed inside the base, those black birds didn’t pose a threat. However, Chen Xu worried that the noise of the landing craft taking off might disturb the black birds, which would be a hassle.

He was determined to solve this trouble ahead of time.

Since they were sensitive to sound, it was simple. Chen Xu chose a location, installed a high-power speaker, and surrounded it with a large number of weapons. Once the black birds were lured in, they would be eradicated.

Chen Xu did not go to the scene. From the control center, he saw that the plan was going smoothly through the surveillance feed and stopped paying attention. It was a one-sided slaughter.

The number of black birds was beyond his expectation. It took nearly a month of continuous killing before no new black birds appeared.

With the black bird threat eliminated, all that was left was to wait for the bioengineered humans to mature.

Everything was going very smoothly. The bioengineered humans Chen Xu had created were of the highest grade and more than capable of piloting spacecraft. This time, the same craft that carried Yang Jinxia and the others was to be operated by three top-tier bioengineered humans, accompanied by a batch of robots.

“An underground human civilization, interesting.”

In the living room, Yang Jinxia sat on the sofa, skimming through the data. Ever since she learned of the underground world’s existence, she had shown considerable interest.

“To build such a vast base underground, their technology level is not just ordinary high. Unexpectedly, it eventually fell into the state it is in now.”

Chen Xu said, “This is a negative example, demonstrating what a civilization will regress into after it loses vitality.”

The reason for losing vitality was abundantly clear.

Just then, Chen Xu saw two red lights flash on in front of him, indicating two very urgent issues had arisen.

Yang Jinxia noticed his glance, turned her head to look, and said, “Let’s go and see what happened.”

Both of them proceeded to the control center, where the on-duty Zheng She announced, “The underground human military has appeared.”

Hearing this news, Chen Xu wasn’t too surprised. When the clone returned some time ago, he had already anticipated such a day, only that the underground humans had arrived later than he had expected.

Seven years had passed, which for him, was about a tenth of his lifespan. The base’s development had reached the limit of its current energy capacity.

Once the fuel from the satellites is brought back, the base would enter another period of rapid growth. If they had shown up then, it would have been like offering themselves on a platter.

Now, their timing was just right.

In the video, figures of the underground humans appeared, dressed in silver protective suits, which looked much lighter than those in the base.

Beyond that, large vehicles continued to roll out incessantly from the cave.

Most conspicuous among them was a group of people donning parasitic armor, numbering over a hundred, most notably not wearing protective suits.

Lastly, a huge vehicle emerged, with an elongated carriage behind it. It was unclear what was inside.

When this largest vehicle stopped, there was a flash from the front of the carriage, and then the video feed cut to black.

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