pjbooks Chapter 343 Stargazing!
Chapter 343 Stargazing!
Zhang Yan did not turn around.
The heart of nature is still affixed to the core of the pollutant.
Purification must continue.
If the Class A pollutants were to back up at this point, the underground system at the Jinghai node would immediately go out of control.
The person behind them didn't make a move immediately.
The footsteps were very light.
It stopped after landing.
Baihu turned his head, his mechanical eyes locking onto his opponent.
The Thousand Arms unfolded into a semi-circular defensive surface behind Zhang Yan, leaving only the front where the Heart of Heavenly Craftsmanship was located to continue its offensive.
Blue-white light pressed down on dark red energy and poured it into the core of the pollutant.
The ninth second.
The tenth second.
A woman's voice sounded from behind.
"Your purification method will leave residual fluctuations, and new pollutants will be attracted here within three days."
Standard Mandarin.
No accent.
Zhang Yan's power level did not decrease.
"Who are you?"
"Now is not the time to explain."
"Then shut up."
The woman paused for a moment.
There was no anger, nor did they back down.
Zhang Yan could feel her gaze fixed on the Heart of Heavenly Craftsmanship.
That's not greed.
It's more like confirmation.
The twelfth second.
The contaminant began to disintegrate.
The dark red color at the edge of the compression chamber gradually faded, and the external energy guiding devices went out one by one.
Zhang Yan increased the power again.
The fifteenth second.
The contaminated body split open at the chest and abdomen, and a large amount of black ash collapsed out of the cavity.
A system notification popped up.
Purification complete.
The completeness of the Heavenly Craftsman's Heart +0.5%.
Current completeness: 99.2%.
Zhang Yan withdrew his hand.
The blue and white light faded away.
The core group quieted down.
The white tiger remained blocking his side, its tail drooping low, ready to be pulled out at any moment.
Zhang Yan then turned around.
There was a woman standing behind him.
Around thirty years old, short hair, wearing tactical clothing, holding a strangely shaped piece of equipment.
It's not a gun.
It's more like a detector.
She had a badge hanging from her waist.
The six-pointed star contains the Chinese character "观" (guan).
The system scan paused briefly.
No matching of known faction profiles.
Unknown organization.
Zhang Yan looked at her: "You know about the Heart of Heavenly Craftsmanship."
It's not a question.
The woman did not deny it.
"I've been looking for it for many years."
White Tiger took a step forward.
Zhang Yan didn't let it stop.
The woman glanced down at the white tiger, but didn't lift the equipment in her hand.
"I'm not here to steal it."
"You can't take it away even if you try."
"I know."
She answered quickly.
Zhang Yan glanced at her for two seconds.
This answer is more helpful than an explanation.
Knowing they couldn't take it away, they still dared to jump down.
This means that either she really has a trump card, or she's not really an enemy.
But that doesn't mean it can be trusted.
Zhang Yan glanced at the hole above his head.
The cut is very neat.
The core layer's top plate was broken open from the outside, and the landing point was so precise.
She had arrived before he took action.
And I've been waiting.
"You're following me?"
"Follow the Jinghai node."
The woman said, "You've arrived earlier than I expected."
Zhang Yan did not respond.
He stored the Heart of Heavenly Craftsmanship in his palm and simultaneously issued a low-power warning command to the White Tiger.
The woman understood the gesture and proactively lowered the equipment in her hand.
"Code name: Stargazing".
Zhang Yan's eyebrows twitched slightly.
Code name.
It's not a name.
"From Guantiange."
The system still has no matching results.
Zhang Yan did not react.
The stargazer continued, "We have been monitoring the activity of high-dimensional energy bodies for over three hundred years. Ruins are the most dangerous type in our records."
Zhang Yan looked at her.
Three hundred years.
This sentence contains a lot of information.
But there are also problems.
If such an organization really exists, why has it never appeared before?
Changbai Mountain, East China Sea, Golden Triangle, Siberia, Yokosuka.
He fought his way up until now, and only now has the opponent shown up.
Zhang Yan didn't rush to make a judgment.
Especially at times like these, we must not let ourselves be overwhelmed by a flood of information.
He only asks the essential questions.
"You know about the ruins, so why don't you deal with them?"
He stargazed in silence for half a second.
"It can't be handled."
Very straightforward.
Zhang Yan, on the contrary, found this statement credible.
Guan Xing looked at the palm of his hand.
"We can detect it, record it, warn of it, and block small sources of pollution. But we don't have the core tools to directly purify the energy of the ruins."
"So you are looking for the Heart of Heavenly Craftsmanship."
"right."
"Found it, and now we want to cooperate."
"right."
Zhang Yan looked at her.
The conversation was very short.
But he could tell she didn't have the habit of beating around the bush.
That's alright.
At least it's not like the Zefeng Consortium, which is all talk and no action, but is full of filth underneath.
The White Tiger is still ahead.
Eight elite guards lay on the ground in the core area, while fifteen others remained alive outside.
Zhang Yan had no intention of having a long talk in this environment.
"You said that purification will leave residual fluctuations."
"Yes."
"What should we do?"
Guan Xing raised the equipment in his hand, but did not aim it at Zhang Yan.
"I can shut down the remaining frequency bands over the next three days to prevent them from becoming inductive signals."
Zhang Yan glanced at the equipment.
System label: High-energy detection and frequency scrambling device.
The complete structure was not identified.
This is not ordinary technology.
It has the feel of fragments of Mohist techniques, but it's incomplete.
Zhang Yan did not immediately tell her to move.
"cost?"
"no."
"The most expensive things are those that come without a price."
Guan Xing watched him.
This time, there was finally a change in her expression.
It's very light.
"The price is that you let me finish what I have to say."
Zhang Yan thought for a moment and stepped aside.
"Deal with the residue first."
Guan Xing walked slowly toward the wreckage of the compression chamber.
The white tiger kept her locked up.
She had no interest in the work of nature, nor did she approach Zhang Yan; she simply inserted the device into the edge of the compression chamber wreckage.
After the device is started, a very faint grayish-white ripple appears in the core layer.
A system notification then popped up.
The residual ruins energy fluctuation decreased.
The induced frequency band is suppressed.
effective.
Zhang Yan's eyes darkened slightly.
She does have something.
Three minutes later, the stargazer unplugged the device.
"Finish."
Zhang Yan told Baihu to take half a step back, but he didn't withdraw it.
Guan Xing looked at the white tiger and paused for a moment.
"I've only ever seen the Mo family's mechanical beasts operate to this extent before, in fragmentary manuscripts."
Zhang Yan did not continue the conversation she was about to make.
"Tell me about your collaboration."
Put away the stargazing equipment.
"Guan Tian Ge has accumulated three hundred years of records on the activities of the Ruins, including the cycle of descent, the evolution of pollution, changes in the host body, and the distribution patterns of consciousness anchor points."
Zhang Yan glanced at her.
Anchor point of consciousness.
She knew the word.
"You've got the anchor point," the stargazer continued.
Zhang Yan did not answer.
They didn't ask any further questions while observing the stars.
"I'm not here to take the anchor point. The anchor point is safer in your hands than in anyone else's."
That sounds like flattery.
But she spoke very firmly.
Zhang Yan judged that she did indeed think so.
"What do you want?"
"Participate in the sealing."
Zhang Yan looked at her.
The stargazer spoke slowly.
"Once the Ruins have fully descended, a simple seal is not enough. It will leave a way out. You can purify the main energy, but you may not know where it will leave that way out."
Zhang Yan did not refute.
Because that's exactly what he was worried about.
Records from 30,000 years ago show that the Mohists sealed off the ruins.
But the cost was devastating.
This time he had better equipment, but he still lacked information.
If Guantiange truly has 300 years of records, it would be of great value.
But the problem remains the same.
"Why should I believe you?"
Guan Xing took a sealed container out of his tactical bag.
"Let me give you some information first."
Zhang Yan didn't move.
The stargazer said, "The last time the Ruins descended was not 30,000 years ago."
It was very quiet inside the core area.
Zhang Yan's finger stopped on the groove of the Heavenly Craftsmanship Heart.
Guan Xing watched him.
"It was eight hundred years ago."
Zhang Yan finally spoke: "Eight hundred years ago, there were no Four Spirits, nor the complete Heart of Heavenly Craftsmanship."
"right."
"Then why didn't it destroy the world?"
Guan Xing opened the sealed container and took out a yellowed handwritten manuscript.
"Someone survived."
Zhang Yan looked at the rolled-up manuscript but did not take it.
Guan Xing continued, "They used a different method. It wasn't sealing, it was misdirection."
"What do you mean?"
"They led the ruins to the wrong anchor point, causing it to swallow an empty shell."
Zhang Yan's eyes flickered.
This line of thinking overlaps somewhat with his plan to use the anchor of consciousness in reverse.
But it's even more extreme.
Guan Xing handed over the handwritten copy.
"See for yourself, it's faster than me telling you."
Zhang Yan did not catch it directly with his hands.
The robotic arm extended and performed a scan.
Pollution-free.
Non-toxic.
No high-energy reaction.
He took the manuscript and turned to the first page.
The first page contains a structural diagram.
Zhang Yan recognized him at a glance.
The heart of nature's craftsmanship.
However, the accompanying annotations are not in Chinese characters.
It was a rune he had never seen before.