Xyrin Empire
Chapter 346 - Chapter 346 Chapter 346 Preparing for Recovery

Chapter 346: Chapter 346: Preparing for Recovery Chapter 346: Chapter 346: Preparing for Recovery I never would have imagined that the real cause triggering the entire event was actually due to a fragment of the Visca Barrier Star’s Star Ring.

The entire incident was just too dramatic…

The Star Ring of the Visca Barrier Star was one of the components used over seven hundred thousand years ago, right after our Moon had been blown up by some crazy little loli, to annihilate the entire civilization of Atlantis. At that time, Visca, in order to compensate for the lack of firepower in his planet battleships, ordered his war engineers to create such an astonishing device. It consisted of two concentric rings orbiting the “Moon,” the outer ring being the main docking area for warships and railgun platforms, while the inner ring served as automatic defensive counterattack weapon links and army barracks. Although their primary functions were different, these two rings formed one complete weapon together. If activated simultaneously, they could drive a gravitational weapon known as the Earth’s Crust Peeling Device, which destroyed everything on the surface through violent gravitational oscillations and chaotic gravitational cuts. The entire Atlantis Continent was ripped off the Earth in this way and thrown into the magma, resulting in the extinction of eighty percent of life on Earth and the drastic alteration of continental plates. The horror of the Visca Star Ring was manifest. However, after Visca recovered his memories from that time, he realized that the Star Ring, which was supposed to be hanging in Earth’s orbit and closely connected to the Moon, had disappeared, and even when calling for it across the entire universe, there was no response…

Well, as far as I’m concerned, it’s probably better that such dangerous things aren’t found. Although Visca has repeatedly assured that it’s highly controllable and its independent gravitational generation device won’t affect Earth’s orbit at all, what worries me is how to explain to the whole world why our Moon would suddenly have two extra rings…

Now, it seems at least I don’t have to worry about those rings suddenly “I will be back” in the Moon’s orbit, it’s already been shattered…

It fell in another universe, didn’t it…

In a room just a wall away from the conference room, we sat with Visca, earnestly studying the “fragment” images captured by satellites and unmanned equipment. Luckily, although the humans of this world haven’t collected more information besides the footage, the high-resolution images were already enough to reveal a lot.

“Judging by the distribution of the main energy conduits and the arrangement of the isolation chambers, this should be part of the Inner Star Ring,” Visca naturally took on the role of commentator as one of the main designers of the entire Star Ring. Aware of the gravity of the situation, the small girl who always acted beyond expectation now rarely wore a serious expression. “Roughly judging, this should be a small section peeled off from either the 33rd Isolation Zone or the 34th Isolation Zone, which is quite fortunate.”

“Fortunate?” I questioned, puzzled. Fragments of one’s own Star Ring falling to the ground and causing a biohazard, how could that be considered fortunate in any way?

Visca nodded, then pulled up an image from her database and displayed it on the holographic projection: “If it were the 32nd Isolation Zone or the 35th Isolation Zone… there you have the main energy matrices, filled with mountains of Ghost Energy Crystals and several reactors that might still be operational. Any one of those things alone would be enough to turn the entire Earth into a diffuse dust spread across the Solar System, and what’s more important, the 33rd and 34th Isolation Zones are precisely where the anti-gravity engines are located. Without them to buffer the impact, just a few hundred kilometers of iron lumps falling on Earth would be enough to destroy the ecosystem. The density of the Star Ring is several times that of a meteorite of the same volume!”

I listened with a cold sweat on my forehead. Why does everything related to Visca sound so dangerous?

“To any ordinary civilization, no piece of Xyrin military equipment is safe,” Sandora perceived my expression and immediately understood my thoughts with our heart-to-heart connection, “Just like primitive people who might set foot in the streets of the 21st century could be killed by cars at any moment, our common communicators could be tossed to Earthlings and detonated as nuclear bombs.”

“This… I must say, I feel enormous pressure…”

Sandora: “…”

Visca hadn’t noticed that Brother, inadvertently roasted by Queen, had entered a pale state of debuff. Instead, he enlarged a picture and continued analyzing, “This is the fracture on the Star Ring Fragment, it’s all curled outward, and this section of energy pipelines and passageways also appear to have semi-melted due to being instantly flooded with high energy.”

As an Earthling who’s often inadvertently roasted by the tactless Pandora and Sandora, my recovery ability is quite formidable. At this point, I was already fully resurrected on the spot, “What does this mean?”

Visca furrowed his brows, the red light in his cat-like pupils flickering uncertainly, “It means the Star Ring was destroyed from the inside–the main energy pipelines overloaded, causing the Ghost Energy to leak into the isolation chamber sections, igniting the reactors and the Ghost Energy Crystals there, which ultimately led to a massive explosion of the entire Star Ring from the inside out.”

Sandora added at the side, “Moreover, this kind of internal destruction must have occurred in every isolation section of the Star Ring simultaneously. A typical Xyrin specialized battleship would have energy dispersion devices to prevent this kind of internal energy rampage. These devices’ energy throughput is astonishing; only when more than ninety percent of the energy pipelines in the entire system overload could they fail.”

“That’s a remarkable protective measure,” I scratched my head, expressing my unflappable calmness toward the outrageous aspects of Xyrin Technology, “So what next? Based on these pictures we shouldn’t be able to analyze much more. What we need to decide now is how to wrap up the whole affair.”

When the topic came up, Sandora could only sigh with a headache, “Sigh… First and foremost, we absolutely can’t let humans know that this thing, which almost destroyed their civilization, is a product of the Empire. The reason for that goes without saying, even though we didn’t intend for this to happen, the Star Ring is indeed the Empire’s property, and admitting it would only increase the awkwardness, damaging the reputation of the Xyrin Empire. Next is the issue of recovering this object. It’s now almost certain that the culprit behind the zombie virus is the Star Ring Fragment. Even if we developed an antibody for the virus, as long as that fragment remains on Earth, the matter isn’t over; new infections would always occur. Regarding the recovery issue… Visca, is there anything we need to pay attention to?”

“We need an on-site inspection to know for sure, we can’t tell from the pictures. If it’s just simply recovering wreckage, that’s not difficult, but if its engine has started leaking during the crash, we need to consider the possibility of radiation contamination. It would be best to find a way to remove the engine first. But we can’t guarantee that there would be no radiation residue in either case. Carbon-based life’s ecosystem is too fragile, and that desert has already suffered severe pollution. Unless we can move the entire desert, there’s no way to do it without leaving problems behind.”

“Hoo-hoo… ” While we were discussing the details of recovering the Star Ring Fragment, a thin, high-pitched voice suddenly came from behind us. Turned out, Dingdang, who had been busy studying the life form of zombies, finally had some free time and was now floating over from the door, chanting slogans with unclear meaning, “Eh? What are you discussing? Why does everyone look so serious?”

I gestured for Dingdang to sit on my shoulder; speaking of which, shouldn’t this goddess who’s always idle be doing something more productive?

“It’s just a little matter,” after listening to our description, Dingdang immediately revealed a confident expression as if everything was under control, “When the time comes, just declare that desert as another world! Then you all can do whatever you want without any problems!”

I looked blank with confusion, “What?”

Dingdang proudly patted her chest, her small wings fluttering rapidly behind her without control, “That’s a god’s power, you know! Dingdang just needs to build her temple on that desert, and then the whole desert will be transformed into the Divine Realm. Before the gods grant permission, mortals can’t set foot in the Divine Realm, and whatever happens in the Divine Realm won’t interfere with the Mortal World. This rule is even more fundamental than the fundamental laws, more regular than the regs… Ow, that hurts! Bit my tongue…”

Can such a thing… really be done?

I cradled the little thing in front of me with curiosity, inspecting it this way and that, and then the flushed face of the Little Goddess exclaimed “Hya!” and crashed into me, leaving a clear humanoid imprint on my face.

“Blasphemy… this is blasphemy!” The little fella almost turned completely red and stood in the palm of my hand, hands tight over her chest, still stubbornly unrepentant, “Even if it’s Ah Jun, if Dingdang doesn’t agree… you can’t… can’t…”

Sandora came over, bit my arm with a snap, then licked her lips and said, “Serves you right!”

I had merely subconsciously treated some Little Douding as my own pet, I swear on God’s name — and I hoped Dingdang wouldn’t mind me borrowing her title?

Gods truly defy the natural order, or rather they are “the heavens” themselves. This is not only reflected in their innate strength but, more importantly, they wield some power called “Authority” or “Divine Will,” a privilege enjoyed only by the source of all realms and beyond the reach of any Race no matter how hard they try. Just like Dingdang, whose combat power is measly, but this ability to twist reality based on her own thoughts is something none of us could ever hope to achieve. It’s not that we can’t “twist reality,” but we can’t just change the world with a casual phrase like she does.

Put simply, to bring light to something, we have to switch on a light, light a candle, ignite a campfire, or some other method, but God just needs to proclaim: Let there be light.

That’s the kind of contrast.

Representatives from various nations stayed at the base for three days, and many enthusiastic scientists must have been green with envy. But surely, they couldn’t take away even the slightest trace of Xyrin Technology — something so far ahead, perhaps a dozen times more advanced than human scientific capabilities, simply couldn’t be copied over their short visit. These envoys from different countries and cultures got to experience what it felt like to be Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden, in awe every day, impressed by the Alien’s hospitality and peacefulness. It’s a mystery how these folks perceived such bizarre attributes from the Xyrin Apostles…

Should I say that the portrayal of aliens and Iron Blood Warriors in human science fiction movies played a good role in setting the stage?

Thanks to the slightly exaggerated praise given by those ambassadors, who deemed themselves “the first batch of Earthlings to contact Alien Visitors,” our image in the eyes of the world’s governments swiftly changed from “suspicious aliens with ulterior motives” to “transient Superhumans who saved the world.” Coupled with a few successful deployments of the virus antibody, the still-functioning human news system was now full of admiration and gratitude for the kind friends from another planet. It’s anyone’s guess what their reaction would be if they found out those “friendly and affectionate” aliens were actually merciless War Machines…

Stable and effective Genetic Antibodies were finally developed by Bubbles on the eighth day, and the corresponding production lines were immediately set up. By the morning of the ninth day, three hundred projectiles resembling bombs filled with antibodies were sent to us through the Super Space-Time Transmitter.

Very effective stuff, Bubbles’ computing power is impressively robust. In just a few days, she thoroughly researched a whole new set of DNA rules. Then, targeting its structure, she reverse-engineered it. The antibodies in these “bombs” didn’t just annihilate Zombies; they even restored most of those who had just turned. Such results far surpassed our expectations, and news of it had some government leaders weeping tears of joy during the video conference. I’m not sure how much of that was genuine, but a large part seemed sincere, especially since their countries were on the brink of being completely overrun by Zombies…

Three hundred Single Soldier Fighter Jets loaded with Genetic Antibodies roared away from the base, then headed to various locations around the world, where Bubbles had calculated precise atmospheric vortexes. That girl also forecasted the atmospheric motion for the next month worldwide, even predicting a two-level breeze that wouldn’t last longer than three seconds. The bombs were detonated at precisely timed intervals and locations, and the antibodies were then evenly dispersed across the entire planet from these three hundred vortex centers, tackling the vast majority of the Zombie virus within the first few days. They would then combine with the microbes in the air to become a brand-new species, retaining their role in the ecosystem while acting as a long-term insurance. Should the Zombies reemerge, the new antibodies would regenerate, effectively ruling out any chance of lingering threats.

One particularly amusing comment in the media about our actions went like this: After over a hundred science fiction movies deeply ingrained the image of aggressive alien invaders in the hearts of mankind, they really showed up, but instead to save humanity. Just for that alone, half of Hollywood’s science fiction directors should be thrown in jail.

Jokes aside, they caused quite a stir in the human world.

Of course, such news only made us more embarrassed, after all, the thing that caused this disaster… it was something that fell from Visca…

So the remaining task was to recover the Star Ring Fragments.

At this moment, we had already entered deep into the desert where the fragment had crashed with seven hundred billion, and beyond the unique desolation of the desert, we were more concerned about the unnaturally twisted clouds on the distant horizon and the occasional flashes of lightning that streaked through them.

That should be the crash site of the fragments. Even though we were so far away, the Ghost Energy Detector in front of us was already constantly emitting alert sounds, and that cloud formation, abnormally gathered because of energy radiation… Just looking at it from afar was ominous enough, let alone that some research teams dared to come to study it. Should we say that scientists are indeed the bravest bunch in the world?

“We have notified governments all over the world to keep their people away from this desert,” Sandora said while paying attention to the Ghost Energy leakage readings nearby, “But originally, there weren’t many who dared to stay around here unless they were into performance art… Hmm, the leakage here is very serious. It seems that Visca was right; the entire engine probably shattered.”

After glancing at the symbols and figures constantly refreshing on the array of instruments and decisively giving up on understanding them, I asked, “How is the recovery ship prepared?”

“An Avalon-class Modified Space Tug. I plan to first store that thing in an Other Space storage hold and then tow it back. The Star Ring Fragment is too large, over a hundred kilometers in length, but the most problematic thing is the highly radioactive material. Ordinary cargo holds are useless. Bubbles has really worn herself out this time. She deserves a good reward when we get back.”

As Visca had feared, the energy leakage from the Star Ring Fragments was very serious. Those anti-gravity engines definitely broke during the crash. According to our detection, two-thirds of the Nameless Desert was already covered by radiation fog, and the atmosphere had also been contaminated to some extent–fortunately, the problem with the atmosphere was not serious. Once the engine radiation dust entered the atmosphere, it would decay very quickly. As long as we cut off the source, it would be cleansed by Earth itself within a few days. What we had to do was to completely eradicate this piece of desert. Genetic antibodies could kill the mutated zombie DNA, but they were useless against radiation fog.

Seven hundred billion was a breakneck speed, and within minutes, the imposing silhouette of the Star Ring Fragment began to emerge from the distant horizon.

Sandora finally gave out the mission assignments, “Once we get to the edge of the crash pit, Visca will be responsible for calling out to any operational armament systems on the fragments. If there’s any response, shut them down immediately to prevent the recovery ship from being attacked. Dingdang will start constructing the temple and define this desert as the Divine Realm, and then, Ah Jun, you will be in charge of destroying this desert, a task that only you can accomplish.”

“And you?”

Seeing that Sandora had finished speaking, I couldn’t help but express my surprise.

The latter bared her teeth at me, “I’m here to cheer you on!” (To be continued. If you wish to know what happens next, please visit www.NovelFire.net. There are more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!)

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