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Chapter 131 - 121 Narrative Cage (11)

Chapter 131: Chapter 121 Narrative Cage (11)

The term "Iron Plague War" in the environment of the Blood Eagle should be some kind of common knowledge that everyone knows.

Many crew members showed surprised expressions, and after a moment of silence, Isaac slowly began to speak: "It’s a biological weapon that uses viruses as carriers, released by an unknown civilization, capable of infecting most life forms through contact, turning them into a new species half flesh and half mechanical, losing their self-consciousness, instinctively spreading the infection.

The Zeluo Civilization fought the Iron Plague War for seventy years, ultimately still ending in defeat, and the nation was destroyed."

[Field Initiator countdown forty seconds]

The AI voice on the bridge faithfully broadcasted the countdown information.

Li Cheng spoke very quickly: "Is Swan B also a colonization planet of the Zeluo Civilization?"

"How do you know?"

Isaac’s tone remained the same, slightly fluctuating—In his view, the other party didn’t even know what the Iron Plague War was, yet could accurately name Swan B.

Li Cheng didn’t have the leisure to stop and explain, he quickly said: "There was once a case of food poisoning among students and a terrorist nuclear bomb attack on the neighboring A star, what else do you know about this? And, have you seen this painting before?"

He took out a children’s crayon drawing from the Backpack, depicting a little girl holding a gun and her mother.

"..."

The moment he saw the drawing, Isaac’s skeletal face finally fluctuated, he absentmindedly said, "This isn’t reality, is it?"

The blue flames in his eyes shook violently, the entire bridge, and the whole warship shook and swayed with such intensity that it even flung some crew members wearing magnetic boots out.

The bridge was in chaos, Gray Rain along with the rabbit-eared adjutant heavily crashed into the metal wall, separating from each other.

"This isn’t reality..." Isaac murmured to himself, his black and red military uniform fluttering wildly, the metal floor mysteriously shattered around his feet.

[Field Initiator countdown twenty seconds]

[Pressure leak detected on the bridge, temporary sealing in progress]

Below the floor, installed nozzles actively sprayed out white foam. The foam expanded and solidified upon contacting air, quickly filling the gap.

But the repair progress couldn’t keep up with the leak, the air pressure on the bridge rapidly dropped, and various debris flew everywhere.

Clink!

Li Cheng swung the Mantis Arm Bone Blade, nailing it into the metal floor to stabilize his stance, squinting his eyes and staring at Isaac, shouting loudly: "You are a prisoner of the Narrative Cage, do you remember now? Leave with us!"

The latter, oblivious and still in a dazed state.

Seeing the bridge about to be dismantled, Li Cheng tried his best to step forward, attempting to grab Isaac.

But someone was faster.

The rabbit-eared adjutant first deactivated her magnetic boots, the gust blew her into mid-air, then she turned the boots’ power to maximum, and with a "pop", she landed beside Isaac.

"You don’t belong here," she took a deep look at Li Cheng, "Go back."

This sentence obviously should not come from a mere NPC’s mouth, Li Cheng’s eyebrows tightly furrowed, "Wait..."

Before Li Cheng could inquire further, the rabbit-eared adjutant hugged Isaac with one arm, and with a fierce swing of her other hand, she hit the red button on the console.

[Field Initiator countdown zero seconds]

The Blood Eagle once again began a space jump, the entire ship elongated and deformed, that intense blinding light once again pierced through the bridge.

By the time the bright light faded, Li Cheng found himself back in the empty room, and Gray Rain returned with him.

Her right arm had been pierced by a flying piece of steel in the chaos just now, and a piece of steel was also embedded in the middle of her face, making her look particularly horrifying, "What’s happening, were we kicked out?"

Li Cheng glanced at her, "Are you alright?"

"Just a minor injury."

Gray Rain boldly grabbed the steel piece in her right arm and yanked it out forcefully, then pulled hard at the steel plate in the middle of her face.

However, the steel plate was embedded too deeply, and no matter how she tried, she couldn’t pull it out. Gray Rain simply let go of her arm, turned to face the wall, and sprinted head-on into it with a "thud."

The collision actually squeezed the steel plate out from the back of her head.

Gray Rain’s head split in two, creating a bizarre appearance, yet she calmly said, "Isaac hasn’t come back, it looks like he’s still trapped in the [Main Character Effect Room]."

Li Cheng looked at the steel plate on the ground, which had turned into flying ash by itself; his brow did not relax as he calmly asked, "Both Swan B and the neighboring A are colonization planets of the Luoze Civilization, the former’s name appeared in the newspaper you read."

Previously in her personal cell, Gray Rain had read a newspaper, whose article reported an outbreak of an unknown virus on Swan B, including mechanical citizens, many of whom showed symptoms of fever.

From Isaac’s descriptions, it is known that the Iron Epidemic War that destroyed the Zeluo Civilization used the virus as a carrier, which is likely the new virus on Swan B.

In other words, the newspaper Gray Rain read was seventy years old, yet she did not disclose the details.

"Do you suspect that I’m hiding something?" Gray Rain held both sides of her head with each hand, attempting to fuse them, calmly said, "Let’s put it this way, there was no date displayed on the newspaper, and I also don’t know anything about Luoze Civilization other than Isaac’s self-talk."

She squeezed hard and finally put her head together, "Before every meal, prisoners can yell to request a newspaper they want to read from the prison authorities. If no specific request is made, the prison randomly provides a publication. My newspaper was randomly obtained."

Random? Who knows how many civilizations, how many planets there are in the Cosmic Era, and how many newspapers on each planet.

It’s exceedingly improbable, like winning ten five-million lotteries in a row, for Gray Rain to randomly get a newspaper related to the Zeluo Civilization.

"Newspapers, graphics. All clues at hand relate to Zeluo Civilization and Isaac. His impact on the Narrative Cage is not limited to a single cell or engine room."

Li Cheng slowly said, "Maybe it’s because he’s trapped in the [Main Character Effect Room], unable to get out or die, causing the prison to be unable to reset completely.

He disappeared three months ago, right? During these three months, you also attempted to escape; have you encountered this situation?"

Not mentioning it would have been fine, but once the topic was brought up, an embarrassed expression rarely appeared on Gray Rain’s gray-skinned face.

"..."

After a long silence, she squeezed out two words through her teeth, "Forgot."

"Huh?!" Li Cheng wondered if he had heard wrong.

"I said I forgot!"

Gray Rain raised her tone indignantly, "I’m unlike you carbon-based life forms, I am a noble, efficient, and pure silicon-based life! My brain capacity is meant for more important things!"

"Are the more important things the flavor of corn juice?" Li Cheng’s eye twitched, "Just how much is your brain capacity?!"

"256..."

Gray Rain slightly turned her head, avoiding eye contact with Li Cheng, "GB"

Pfft, for a machine life, that’s about the same level of cultural knowledge as Ding Zhen, right? Are you a smartphone?!

(Book recommendation, Title: [I Log into Primordial Era in the Cultivation World]

Su Ze, a senior student at the Cultivation Academy, is diligently preparing to succeed in Foundation Establishment to be admitted into a higher Cultivation institution. His greatest dream in life had always been to successfully establish his foundation.

That is, until he discovered he could log into the ancient Primordial Era, then his dream changed....)