Chapter 7 Chapter 7 The Edge

Dr. Jian has seen the physical changes of Cao Cang and Miller during this time.She has been watching silently, gradually accepting Miller's idea with her own thinking.After Cao Cang told her about the petroglyphs on the seabed, Dr. Jian's hostility gradually disappeared.When Cao Cang and Miller asked her to return to the island, Dr. Jane immediately agreed. Miller was going to direct the sailors to release the boat and send Cao Cang and Dr. Jian back to the island, but Cao Cang refused.Miller smiled. Indeed, Cao Cang can now move in the sea like a fish. The skin on Dr. Jian's arm also leaked green, and the same changes took place in her body.

Cao Cang and Dr. Jian jumped into the water and swam to the island. Cao Cang, who was swimming in the sea, suddenly felt guilty, which made him uneasy.When the two swam to the barrier of the island, Cao Cang's feeling became even stronger.Cao Cang suddenly discovered that this feeling actually came from the tactile sensation on the skin, and the tactile nerves on the skin can capture some subtle changes in the seawater. Cao Cang said to Dr. Jian: "Can you feel something underwater?" "There must be some kind of huge sea creature approaching us." Dr. Jian replied, it seemed that she could also detect subtle changes in the sea water.

Cao Cang said: "Let's not stay on the surface of the sea, at least we have to see what creatures are on the bottom of the sea. If it is dangerous, we will immediately ask Miller for help, or swim back." "It's too late." Dr. Jian said, "If there are really aggressive creatures targeting us, we definitely don't have time to swim back." Miller's boat stayed on the sea surface one kilometer away from the shielding limit and did not move forward. He made this gesture to show that he had no intention of attacking. The sea water suddenly began to turbulent, and this vibration seemed to come from the bottom of the sea.The seabed geology in this sea area is shaking, so the sea water is also affected.Cao Cang glanced at Dr. Jian, she was panicked at the moment.

The volcano on the island began to erupt again.Volcanic ash rushed into the sky violently, and then boundless fine ash fell down one after another.The volcanic ash still retains the high temperature, and the air is filled with the smell of sulfur. Cao Cang and Dr. Jian dived two or three meters underwater and continued to swim in parallel. Suddenly, Dr. Jian pulled Cao Cang's arm with his hand. Without her reminding, Cao Cang also saw something on the bottom of the sea, a huge thing, not far from them, suspended in the sea water more than ten meters below them. Cao Cang was not as panicked as Dr. Jian, he saw clearly that this was his "old acquaintance" - Remus' Typhoon-class submarine.

The submarine had already reached the edge of the shielding boundary, waiting here quietly.Cao Cang and Dr. Jian swam to the side of the submarine. They felt ridiculously small at the moment.For the first time, Cao Cang felt the size of the submarine!Such a huge monster in the deep sea makes people feel a deep fear. Cao Cang and Dr. Jian were swimming slowly beside the submarine.Cao Cang suddenly saw that the submarine's torpedo launch cover had been opened. The submarine is now ready for battle! Cao Cang turned his back to the submarine and looked into the distance of the sea. A huge black shadow moved faintly in the sea water ahead, very fast.God!It's approaching a Typhoon-class submarine!The typhoon-class submarine launched a torpedo, but the black figure dodged the torpedo attack with a flash.Typhoon-class torpedoes can be heat-seeked. When the torpedo went around the curve and rushed towards the shadow, a bright circle of light suddenly appeared near the shadow, and the torpedo exploded as soon as it entered the circle.This is the function of the missile counter system!

Cao Cang saw clearly what that black shadow was at the moment when the aperture was shining. Yihai now has more than one submarine.Sombra is also a huge submarine. From the shape point of view, it is a submarine that can compete with Typhoon-class submarines. What other submarine weapons can compete with Typhoon-class submarines?Cao Cang had received training at the base, and the instructor's answer at the time was the American Virginia submarine. Miller's speculation has been fully confirmed.The fourth time on earth to enter the alien sea is a thorough armed force.The purpose of their coming to Yihai is obvious, they are here to clear the field, to eradicate all the human beings in Yihai who already know some secrets, and to implement their plan smoothly.This is their mission!

But the Virginia submarine has not yet launched any attack, it is only hovering and probing.Cao Cang could see that they were very confident that they could defeat Remus in the end, because it must have backup, and they would not just send a submarine into the different sea.There must be more and more advanced weapons, ready to attack somewhere.Things are going badly for Remus! Cao Cang signaled Dr. Jane to leave the battlefield between the two submarines quickly.What they have to do now is to return to the island as soon as possible to let everyone know that the real enemy has come, and everyone must unite to fight against the fourth batch of armed forces entering the different sea.

The sea water began to sway again, and the geological conditions near the island were already very unstable. Cao Cang and Dr. Jian quickly swam towards the island. Remus' sub certainly couldn't get close to the island, but the other Virginia sub couldn't be sure.There's a good chance someone on this submarine is carrying a pocket watch, so it'll be able to pass through that barrier. Cao Cang couldn't care about these anymore, he swam quickly in the sea water.Dr. Jane's swimming speed is also very fast, and it seems that her body is also very adaptable to the mutation.

Half an hour later, Cao Cang and Dr. Jian landed on the island. A thick layer of volcanic ash had accumulated on the island, and it was scorching hot everywhere.Dr. Jian took Cao Cang to board a fishing boat by the pier, and found two pairs of thick boots on the boat to put on. These fishing boots are easy to find on fishing boats. Cao Cang and Dr. Jian put on their boots and went to the island, but there was no trace of anyone on the island. "Where are they now?" Cao Cang asked anxiously. "They can only have one place to go now." Dr. Jian said, "You have been there."

Cao Cang knew what place Dr. Jian was talking about—the church, where all the humans on the island must gather. The ground on the island was trembling, indicating that the condition of the volcano was very unstable.If the island is destroyed, the channel between the different sea and the earth will be completely cut off.Cao Cang knew that human beings cannot face this kind of ending.Any civilization must maintain its own continuation as much as possible.From the perspective of the universe, human beings must not stay on the earth forever.Miller's position is correct, human beings should get rid of the parasitic civilization attached to the body, and then embark on their own development path across space.

On the way, Cao Cang thought about how to persuade the experimenters on the small island, not only to protect the existence of the small island, but also to unite with Miller to fight against the fourth batch of troops entering the different sea. Cao Cang and Dr. Jian soon walked to the church.Sure enough, all the people on the island were gathered here.But after Cao Cang entered the church, the people who came forward in the crowd were not White and Mike, but Joshua. The situation on the island was reversed.During the time Cao Cang left, great changes must have taken place on the island. Now Joshua and people related to the Freemasonry who have been controlled by Mike and others gained the upper hand, and in turn controlled the island. island. Joshua walked up to Cao Cang and said to Cao Cang, "I told you, we are brothers." Then he ignored Cao Cang's indifference and gave Cao Cang a hug.Ximei also came over and approached Cao Cang. "Where are Mike and White?" Cao Cang said.After finishing speaking, he suddenly saw Joshua's expression was very strange, but it was Ximei who looked even more astonished.Cao Cang knew that he had exposed a big flaw, but it was irreparable now.Perhaps in Cao Cang's subconscious mind, he no longer struggled with that problem. "You have been lying to us." Ximei said, "You have been able to speak English since before you entered the different sea." Cao Cang said: "I can't reveal my identity at the beginning of the experiment." "Yes." Ximei said, "You are the key person in this experiment—the person designated by the state." Joshua asked someone to bring Mike and White over while Ximei was talking to Cao Cang. Mike said to Dr. Jane: "Are you also on Miller's side?" Dr. Jane has not had time to speak. "We can see Miller's boat, and you're coming from his boat," White said. Cao Cang said: "Can we not talk about this for now, we have more important things to decide." "Why didn't you attack Miller as planned?" Mike yelled. "Because we can't be so selfish! Human beings must immigrate to different seas on a large scale." Joshua interrupted Mike. "But there are too few people who can immigrate." Mike said, "Not everyone can buy a boat ticket." "Now let's put this argument aside!" Cao Cang also said loudly, "The fourth batch of experimenters sent by the earth has entered the alien sea. They are very close to us, already on the periphery of the boundary, not far from the small island. The place." "So what!" Mike said. "Do you know what their purpose is?" Cao Cang said, "Think about your purpose of entering the different sea, did the host department of the experiment explain that you can wipe out all the first batch of people who entered the different sea under extraordinary circumstances? !" When Cao Cang said this, everyone was in an uproar.Most of these people are Germans. At the beginning, they fought with Mike and others, but later the two parties compromised and lived together on the small island.But now the environment has changed again, and everyone's mentality has changed. "If we all die here." Cao Cang said, "Whether it's you or Miller, all efforts will be in vain! What we have to do now is to survive!" "Really?" Joshua said excitedly, "As long as you express that you will no longer insist on your views and leave everything to me, I will guarantee your safety——the safety of all humans in the Alien Sea! As long as you enter the Alien Sea The human beings in the sea are the successors of human civilization." "Now you have finally admitted that the force you came from has instigated experiments again and again." Mike said coldly, "It is you who forcibly entered the alien sea regardless of the consequences, regardless of the life and death of most people in the world .” Suddenly there were several loud noises on the sea—another shell exploded. Joshua was very proud now, and asked Cao Cang, "Have they approached here? From this point of view, our experiment is close to being successful." Cao Cang has no idea at all now, because the situation is completely out of control now.Joshua's reinforcements have arrived and they have won. Joshua ran to the open space outside the church, looked at the sea in the distance, and shouted excitedly. Cao Cang also ran out and looked towards the sea.A warship has passed through the barrier and is heading towards the island.Cao Cang hurriedly searched for Miller's warship. He saw Miller's warship also entered the boundary from a distance, but it was sinking now.In fact, what Cao Cang saw was only the bow of the warship. The warship had already been torn apart, and some ship fragments remained on the sea.The Aztec wooden ship was now floating quietly beyond the boundaries, and there seemed to be no one on board. There is no doubt that the few gunshots just now were the warship attacking Miller's warship.It must have been Miller who had clashed while stopping the warship.This warship is the one that Cao Cang and others stopped for a short time before entering the different sea, Cao Cang remembered! Miller must have seen that his vision was confirmed, so he was desperate to stop the warship.He also has no time and opportunity to regain strength to fight. Cao Cang thought to himself, there is a Virginia submarine on the bottom of the sea, and there are warships with advanced firepower on the sea.It seems that the forces on the other side of the earth have gone crazy this time, and they are also fighting desperately. They no longer care about the disaster caused by the material crossing between the earth and the alien sea, and try their best to send the most advanced navy into the alien sea instead of As cautiously as the previous two times, the experimenters were only dispatched within the minimum sphere of influence. Cao Cang understood that what they did had already caused huge fluctuations in Yihai.Then, is the fluctuation produced by the earth even bigger? They have made up their minds! Now the warships on the surface of the sea are approaching the small island, and the submarines on the bottom of the sea do not know whether there is a limit for entry. Remus had made a deal with Miller before, so must have been fighting the fourth batch of incoming subs as well.Cao Cang couldn't see the current situation of Remus' submarine.People in the church came out one after another to look at the warship from a distance, with the same numbness on their faces.They've been through several shifts in the situation, and they're not surprised by it. They moved too fast, much faster than Miller imagined.Now Cao Cang couldn't think of any ideas for a while. The warship quickly approached the island, and Joshua was very happy now, jumping on the spot while shouting at the warship. But what Joshua responded was a cannonball. The blow was so precise that it hit the church directly. The church collapsed in an instant, and those who hadn't had time to get out were buried in the ruins and could never get out again. Those who survived the disaster ran back quickly, trying to rescue those in the ruins. Cao Cang shouted: "Everyone disperse, disperse immediately!" Joshua was stunned, and stood there like a fool, and then continued to shout to the sea: "I've got the situation under control! Stop attacking!" Cao Cang quickly threw Joshua to the ground. Another shell hit the church.Shrapnel and bricks flew, and more people were injured and fell to the ground. "Scatter! Scatter!" Cao Cang shouted in the confusion. Now all the survivors have regained their composure and are no longer panicking.They were originally soldiers, and now they are back to fighting status. The surviving people ran quickly, scattered in every corner of the island. Cao Cang and Joshua did the same. "How could they...how could they..." Joshua still couldn't believe what happened just now. Cao Cang dragged Joshua as far as he could into the dense forest at the top of the island. Now the warships are no longer firing shells, and the people on the island have been completely dispersed and hidden.The bombardment was useless. In the confusion, Cao Cang saw Ximei and Dr. Jian running in the other direction. Cao Cang and Joshua ran towards the other end of the island in the dense forest.The warship was already approaching the pier, and the fourth batch of experimenters on the warship had landed in full gear. "Why would they do that?" Joshua said to himself. "That's not our plan." "Let's rest for a while." Cao Cang said to Joshua, "They won't come after them for the time being. They want to check the scene of the shelling." "The plan has changed." Joshua said to Cao Cang, "Believe me, I don't know." "I know." Cao Cang said, "They just don't have time. The most convenient way to solve the problem is war. They want to destroy all the targets, and they don't even think about whether they will kill by mistake." "But we didn't plan that way at the beginning." Joshua repeated this sentence. "How can there be only one plan for such a large operation? A perfect plan is not how ingenious the plan itself is, but an immediate backup plan in case of an emergency... This is the principle of strategic behavior." Joshua said: "Understood, they didn't gain anything from the first three experiments, so they made this decision-clean up all the personnel who entered the different sea in the early stage, and start the plan from scratch." "You just want to understand now?" Cao Cang said, "Someone thought of it long ago." "Who is it?" Joshua asked, "Mr. Pang?" "No." Cao Cang replied, "It's Miller." "He convinced you." Joshua said, "I found out that you and Dr. Jane were not there after I took control of the island. They said that you and Dr. Jane went to attack Miller and were determined to win, but it seems that you have not completed this task. .” Intensive gunshots began to be heard on the small island, and the original experimenters on the island began to resist with weapons.However, their weapons have been outdated for more than half a century, and they can only rely on their familiarity with the terrain and the fourth batch of troops entering the alien sea to deal with them. "Now we have at least one consensus." Cao Cang said, "We want to survive, not only that, but also to find that place on the small island." "Where?" Joshua asked. "Don't waste time." Cao Cang said, "That place has the device that returns to Earth. You must know where it is, we have no time!" "Do you think I will betray my family just for my own life?" Joshua said, "You and I must die, but this is an inevitable sacrifice. After the fourth group of people comes in, it will really establish The passage between the earth and the different seas, our goal has been achieved." Cao Cang said, "There is one thing you don't know yet." Cao Cang didn't know if his lies could fool Joshua, but now he could only do so. "Is there anything else I don't know?" Joshua said lightly. "Miller." Cao Cang said, "Miller and Remus met." "So what?" "Remus's submarine has missiles carrying nuclear warheads." Cao Cang said, "Miller is a very smart man. You have heard of his perseverance and determination. Think about it, he will let you go smoothly according to the plan." Implement it?" "I don't understand." Joshua said, "Miller's warship has sunk and he is dead. I can't figure out what threat he can pose to us?" "The small island is the channel between the earth and the sea." Cao Cang said, "You know this secret, I know it, everyone on the island knows it, Miller knows it too, but Remus doesn't know it yet. If he knows this It's a secret, what do you think he will do?" Joshua froze. After a while, Joshua said: "Miller is dead, and the dead cannot tell Remus this secret." Judging from Joshua's expression, Cao Cang was sure that Joshua didn't know that there was a huge submarine in the fourth batch of troops.He also thinks that Remus' Typhoon-class submarine is the overlord of the alien sea. He doesn't know that Remus is now confronting the Virginia submarine at the bottom of the sea. So Cao Cang followed this train of thought to threaten Joshua: "You know Remus' character. If he finds out that real humans can't return to the earth, he will definitely make it difficult for your species at all costs!" "What is our species?" Joshua said, "I don't understand what you're talking about!" "No, you understand very well." Cao Cang said, "You are different from us. I am not the descendant of the family you so-called. I am a substitute. The real Cao Cang died before I participated in the experiment." "I should have thought of this earlier." Joshua said, "Karin told me before he died that he has been paying attention to you and thinks you are strange, and his position is not firm. It seems that he is right." "How did Carlin die?" "Karin's death gave me control of the island," Joshua said. "He convinced a lot of people on the perimeter against Mike and White." Cao Cang didn't want to discuss some irrelevant topics with Joshua, so he lifted his clothes to reveal his chest: "Your family can't do this, can it?" Joshua saw that the skin on Cao Cang's chest was green, and he looked carefully for a while before speaking: "You really are not a descendant of our family." Cao Cang said: "Miller has told me all the secrets. He took me to a place, the city that sank under the sea, the city of Daxizhou. There are relics of your civilization there." Joshua said: "You have seen that place... It seems that you really know it." "Because you are afraid of being further fused by human beings, devouring your genes, and even more afraid of changing the individual genes that preserve memories, you stop the evolution of your so-called family, causing your family's descendants to be very fragile and unable to adapt to the conditions of the earth. Environment. The real Cao Cang suffered from a terminal illness when he was twenty years old, and he said that every generation of their family is like this, and there are almost no long-lived people." Joshua looked at Cao Cang very surprised. Cao Cang continued: "You must not be immune to many genetic diseases. Human beings on the earth who are not under your control will continue to adapt to the viruses and bacteria on the earth. But when you imprison the evolutionary function of parasites, side effects will occur. Well, your evolution rate can't keep up with the changes in the earth's environment. This is why you are doing your best to enter the alien sea. If there are a few more large-scale infectious diseases on the earth, there will be fewer of you, too few to affect to human beings, and finally become extinct on the earth.” Joshua murmured blankly, "It's unimaginable that people like Miller finally appeared in human beings, and they started to compete with us in wisdom." Cao Cang almost blurted out that the base on the continent in the southern hemisphere that Miller mentioned is the base that holds biochemical weapons against all parasitic civilization individuals. If Joshua knew this, maybe he would break down immediately. Joshua thought for a while and said, "But Miller and you know it's too late. The fourth batch of personnel will occupy the island and then clear all the early personnel. When we all enter the different sea, we will commemorate you You are indeed different from our previous parasites, you have indeed caused a huge threat to us, and you deserve respect." "You still underestimated Miller." Cao Cang said. Joshua was silent for a while, then said, "Yes, you still have a submarine." Cao Cang began to deceive Joshua: "Think about it, Miller and Remus have met, and they have an agreement. Suppose, one of their agreements is to let Remus destroy the entire Kojima, then all your plans will come to naught." As Cao Cang said this, he suddenly thought of this idea. Although he was lying to Joshua, according to Miller's personality, this may have really happened. "Of course the Typhoon-class submarine can destroy the island." Joshua said, "What is your purpose when you say this?" "Tell your people to stop their actions, or...you will never think about leaving Earth." "I am also their target now," Joshua said. "They will definitely not show mercy to me." "But in a certain place, they won't kill you." Cao Cang smiled, "They won't do it next to the device that connects to the earth, because only you know that place, and you are here to activate that device people." "Why are you so sure it's me?" Joshua said, "There are many experimenters who have entered the different sea." "Because of your name..." "Miller! Miller told you, didn't he?" Joshua said. "You've been with Miller for so long, he's had plenty of time to instill those things in you." "Yes." Cao Cang said, "From the first time I saw him, I knew he was not a lunatic, and he didn't want to occupy the island for no reason." "If we compromise," Joshua said, "what will you do?" "Take us back." Cao Cang said, "Communication on the earth is the only option. Otherwise, our two species will continue to survive on the earth and see who can win the final victory." "That is the result of mutual losses." Joshua said, "Without our efforts, human beings would not be able to enter the Alien Sea." "So," Cao Cang spread his hands, "you can only do as I tell you." Joshua hesitated for a long time, and finally made up his mind: "Okay, I'll take you to that device." Cao Cang won. "I have a question for you." Joshua said, "What is your identity?" "I'm a soldier, a scout, and I've been in a lot of combat." "Your country did not choose the wrong person." Joshua said, "You are too calm, you are indeed the best candidate." The original experimenters on the small island are now sporadically blocking the fourth batch of troops entering the different sea in various places on the small island.They are well-trained, and when the situation is at a disadvantage, they will immediately switch to guerrilla warfare. Cao Cang knew what their final outcome was, but they bought time for Cao Cang. Joshua rested for a while and walked towards the other end of the island.Cao Cang knew that the device must be near the crater.Because the activation of the device requires energy from nature, the energy of the volcano cannot be ignored.Miller knew the location of this device, and he must have calculated it based on this condition. The road on the island was very rough. Joshua took Cao Cang for a day, and it was only at night that he barely got close to the volcano. The sounds of the battle gradually faded away, only sporadic gunshots across the sky, from the other side of the island to the volcano. Joshua did not take Cao Cang to the top of the volcano.There is now volcanic ash everywhere and the ground is difficult to walk on.The direction Joshua and Cao Cang were walking was the coast at the bottom of the volcano. Joshua walked to an open space on the shore of the island, and said to Cao Cang, "This is it." Cao Cang looked around and said, "There is nothing here." "Pocket watch," Joshua said, "take out your pocket watch." Cao Cang suddenly realized that a pocket watch is of course needed to get close to that device, otherwise the humans on the island would have found this device long ago. Cao Cang took out his pocket watch, and Joshua took it and fiddled with the back of the pocket watch a few times, and the surface of the pocket watch immediately shone with light. A vortex suddenly rolled up on the sea surface on the shore. The vortex was not big, only two or three meters in diameter.An external force affected the physical properties of the seawater. The vortex slowly moved from a vertical state to a state parallel to the sea surface, and the seawater gradually formed a tunnel.Joshua walked into the tunnel, and Cao Cang walked in without hesitation.Cao Cang no longer has any fear of sea water, he can survive in sea water. After entering the tunnel, Cao Cang found that the tunnel curved and extended obliquely downward.The density of seawater under your feet is no longer normal, because it can carry the weight of the human body.In front of the tunnel, there was a faint light, and Cao Cang walked slowly along the light. Cao Cang curiously stretched out his hand towards the water wall of the tunnel, and his hand actually reached into the sea water very easily, almost no different from the usual sea water.Cao Cang scooped up a handful of seawater with his hands and inspected it carefully, and found that when his palms were flattened, the seawater immediately floated upwards and was attracted by the seawater above his head to melt into it. It is obvious that the energy of the pocket watch changes the direction of the gravity of the sea water. Cao Cang followed Joshua to continue walking in the seawater tunnel. The further down he went, the stronger the light became. Finally, Cao Cang and Joshua reached the bottom of the sea, and the tunnel ended not far ahead.The end turned out to be a foundation of the island, and what shocked Cao Cang even more was that the foundation was all metal, gleaming metal. The foundation of the small island several hundred meters deep into the bottom of the sea turned out to be a man-made mechanical object! "How did you do it?" Cao Cang asked, "Is the volcano also your creation?" "Of course not." Joshua said, "This is a project we carried out when Yihai and the earth were still in the same space. At that time, the entire volcano was still above the ground. Mountain displacement. Ultimately, remodeling of the volcano's environment." Joshua walked up to the metal wall, pressed his hand against the wall, and the wall opened.Joshua walked in, followed by Cao Cang, and the metal door was closed immediately. The place where Cao Cang entered now is a huge metal building. There is no light inside, but it is bright, because the metal itself emits light. Now Cao Cang and Joshua are walking in a huge metal corridor. The walls of the corridor are full of branches, and each branch is a tunnel, leading to nowhere. The two continued to move forward, and Cao Cang felt that it was getting hotter and hotter, and at the same time heard a dull rumbling sound. Cao Cang and Joshua walked to the end of the corridor, and found that this was the core part of the metal building—right below the crater. Cao Cang walked to the edge of the crater and saw an incomparably spectacular scene—this is a crater formed by a huge cone-shaped space. The lower two-thirds are all metal, and only the upper third is metal. natural rock.The metal walls around the volcano all showed red light under the reflection of the volcano, which was very bright.It took Cao Cang a long time to understand the parallel dark lines on the metal wall. These dark lines were the hollows in the metal building walls, and he was standing in this hollow. The crater is just a spiral road, which revolves around the space in the middle of the volcano and spirals up from the bottom of the volcano. Cao Cang stood on the edge of the pit and looked down. There was a layer of hot magma at the bottom of the volcano, emitting an orange-red light.The temperature of the magma on the surface is slightly lower, so it can only be seen to be black, but the magma below is tumbling, and the red light is transmitted from the black magma. Due to the high temperature, the metal walls at the bottom turned dark red, and countless sparks shot out in this scorching space. Joshua said to Cao Cang: "This is the device we left behind to leave a passage, waiting for the civilization on the earth to reach its current height." "Why didn't you choose the different seas, but stayed on the earth?" Cao Cang asked. "The environment of the earth is suitable for the development of civilization." Joshua said, "but the environment of the different sea is easier to enter the next parallel space." "How does this device work?" "As long as there are more than three pocket watches to activate the braking device here at the same time." Joshua said, "This place will completely rise from the bottom of the sea, and use the energy of volcanic geothermal energy to change the geomagnetic field. This piece of metal device will work at full capacity, powerful The magnetic force of the earth will pull the matter on the earth into the alien sea. Then the mission of this device is over, and it becomes a huge scrap iron." "If it's just a small amount of matter, you don't need the whole device to work, do you?" "Yes." Joshua said proudly, "This device can send small-mass materials back to Earth without having to activate them all." "I have a question, I want to ask you." Cao Cang said, "Is all the information you know about Yihai your own memory or knowledge passed down from generation to generation?" This question is the key. Cao Cang really wants to know how the intelligent life parasitic on the human body exists and keeps its memory. "I am the same as you." Joshua said, "Physiologically speaking, we are all the same. I have only been born in the world for thirty-seven years, not an ancient creature that lives forever." "Then I would like to ask another question." Cao Cang said, "You are only maintaining your civilization with the memory of precepts and deeds. Have you ever thought that the real parasitic civilization has long... long ceased to exist... ..." "Impossible!" Joshua shouted frantically, "Absolutely impossible!" Joshua's shout echoed in the empty mechanical building, but was quickly drowned out by a huge roar. The edge of the pit became blurred, and Cao Cang saw a crystal curtain wall instantly separating the pit from the volcano.In front of Cao Cang's eyes was an extremely red light, which was so piercing that he couldn't open his eyes.Both Cao Cang and Joshua were shaken to the ground by the huge shock. The volcano erupted again, great heat was conducted from under the metal, but the air cooled again.It seems that this building was designed very cleverly. When the volcano erupts, it will use devices to insulate the heat and quickly cool down, perhaps using seawater. Cao Cang stood up slowly with support, and through the crystal curtain wall, he saw the appearance of the volcano erupting, all red light, and magma spraying.After the red light, there is a dazzling incandescence.The outer side of the crystal curtain wall has gradually melted. The intense heat passed through the crystal curtain wall, and the scorching heat made Cao Cang almost breathless. Cao Cang pulled Joshua back to the tunnel, where the temperature was lower. This is just a small eruption.Cao Cang and Joshua gasped for a while in the tunnel, the volcano had stopped restless, and the metal building gradually stopped shaking.After a long time, Cao Cang and Joshua came to the pit again. "Take me to install it." Cao Cang said, "Go now!" Joshua led Cao Cang to walk in the crater, going down the volcano circle after circle, and the distance that circled down became longer. Suddenly the metal wall behind Cao Cang made a "dang" sound, and Cao Cang hurriedly pulled Joshua forward. Someone shot at them from the pit above the slope!It seems that the fourth batch of experimenters has already chased here. Cao Cang and Joshua ran fast, trying to avoid the blind spots of the pursuers. The chaser is also running tens of meters above, trying to keep the best shooting angle. The pursuer seemed to have suddenly figured it out, and left one person standing still, while the rest lined up along the inner wall and stood at various angles. Now, no matter what angle Cao Cang and Joshua hid, they were within their shooting range. Joshua shouted upwards: "I am Joshua, don't shoot!" The pursuer hesitated for a moment, then continued to shoot Cao Cang and Joshua. "How long will it take?" Cao Cang asked Joshua anxiously. "It's three floors down to get to the bottom," Joshua said. "That's where the device is." In this situation, Cao Cang had nothing to do. He had no weapons and could only wait for death.Fortunately, the volcano temporarily rescued them. The volcano erupted again on a small scale, and the crystal curtain wall once again isolated the pit. The huge heat made Cao Cang almost on the verge of suffocation, but now, he has no chance to rest.Cao Cang dragged Joshua and ran in the pit, and they wanted to take this opportunity to reach the device. 越向前奔跑，坑槽就越闷热，曹沧的体力渐渐不支。他们勉强又向下跑了一层，实在是无法忍受炙热的空气，两人坐下来喘息。 “快了，快到了！”约书亚喘息着指着前方。 火山这次小小的喷发只维持了很短的时间，空气再次回到常态。 曹沧奋力拉起约书亚，继续前行。水晶幕墙在火山停止喷发的时候，就会收回，他们就又会暴露在追杀者的射击范围内。 当水晶幕墙收回的时候，火山的底部突然变宽，这对曹沧和约书亚是件好事，因为追杀者的射击角度变小了。子弹不断从上方的各个角度射来，打在金属甬道上，发出“当当”的撞击声。 就在这时，曹沧忽然想起了什么，对约书亚问道：“你说过必须要三个以上的怀表才能启动这个装置，让等在地球的人员和物资转移到异海。” “现在问这个干什么？”约书亚说道。 “他们一定只有一块，他们占领小岛也只能拿到卡林家族的那一块，米勒的那块，他们没拿到，还有一块在我这里。”曹沧说完就走到坑槽边缘，将手臂平伸，手掌向上。曹沧的手心里拿着他的怀表。 果然，曹沧的想法没错，上面的追杀者投鼠忌器，不敢再向他们射击。原来他们不顾约书亚的提醒，仍旧追杀他们，很大程度就是冲着怀表来的。 曹沧把手臂伸向坑槽之外，意图很明显，如果他再受到攻击，怀表就会落入岩浆。这样的话，第四批实验人员就要再次去寻找米勒的那块怀表，才有可能启动整个装置。米勒现在生死不明，不可能到茫茫大海去打捞一块小小的怀表。 曹沧拿着怀表继续顺着坑槽向下走。 整个火山内部又变得异常寂静，只有火山熔岩翻动的声音。 “快到了！”约书亚说道，“看见前面的大厅没有？” 曹沧看见，自己正对着的前方坑槽就是终点，那里距离火山的熔浆只有十几米的高度，有一个巨大的空间。 曹沧心里稍微松了一口气，突然一个人从天而降，用脚狠狠地踢在曹沧的肩膀上，曹沧被踢倒在坑槽的内侧。 原来有人利用绳索从上部的坑槽快速滑落下来，突然袭击。 多年的侦察兵经验练就了曹沧迅速的反应能力，曹沧顺着倒下去的方向在坑槽滚了一圈马上腾空跃起，和那个追杀者搏斗起来。 那人的速度也很快，迅速松开了绳索上的卸扣，拔出手枪，准备用枪结束这场搏斗。可曹沧没有给他机会，一脚狠狠地踢在那人的膝盖上，那人还来不及反应就一条腿跪倒在地上，手枪的子弹打偏，从曹沧的斜上方擦了过去。 曹沧马上扑上去，扭住那人的左臂。那个训练有素的追杀者，马上用右肘狠狠地朝曹沧的腹部猛击。 曹沧用另一只手托住那人的右肘狠狠一扭，那人的胳膊脱臼了，曹沧随即用手掌狠狠砍向他颈部的大动脉，那人马上休克倒地。 曹沧马上拾起手枪，刚好另外一个人也从上面利用绳索滑落下来，正在解绳索。曹沧扣动扳机，那人中弹后站立不稳，从坑槽的边缘摔了下去。一声惨叫之后，那人便消失在岩浆中。 曹沧再次把怀表伸到岩浆的上方，对着上面喊道：“别逼我！” 几个利用绳索下来的追杀者，都愣愣地吊在曹沧头顶的空中。曹沧看着他们，一言不发地向坑槽的终点走去。那些吊在绳索上的人又慢慢被拉回去。 几分钟之后，曹沧和约书亚终于走到了大厅里。曹沧想起一个成语——金碧辉煌。这个大厅里所有的一切，都是黄金铸造的，四面墙壁非常规则，形成一个非常完美的圆。圆形大厅的正中有一个曹沧无法描述的机械，毫无疑问，也是黄金铸造。这个机械在曹沧的眼里几乎能够同时展现出任何一种几何形状，但它又是静止的，并没有任何变化。曹沧看了一会儿，发现这个物体竟然是由相互重叠的无数个体组成的，而且曹沧确信每一个都并非投影，而是实物。现在曹沧简直不能相信自己的眼睛，这个机械物体的物理状态根本无法解释！曹沧想起了老庞和米勒曾经对他灌输过的知识，现在曹沧自己得出了结论——这个机械是以四维的形态展现在曹沧面前的。 这个机械能够让物质在异海和地球两个空间之间传递，传递的途径当然是要超出人类所能感知到的维度。 曹沧把怀表拿在手上和这个黄金机械比照，机械的上部突然产生一个光晕。光晕里透射着复杂的图案，然后一缕光芒蜿蜒着伸出来和曹沧手上的怀表纠缠在一起。怀表变得通体透明，里面的流体快速地运转。 “这就是回到地球的方法？”曹沧抬头向约书亚问道。 “你自己看吧。”约书亚回答。 曹沧看见拿着怀表的手已经开始变化，和那个机械一样，这只手也幻化成无数的透射影像，而每一个都是真实的，并非虚幻的。曹沧明白了，这个机械需要怀表来启动，把机械上方的空间提升至四维，然后物质在四维的状态下回到地球。 这个原理很简单，怀表是黄金的某种同位素，它是个钥匙。 曹沧把自己的想法说出来：“怀表就是这个机械的钥匙吗？” “不。”约书亚说道，“刚好相反，这个机械才是钥匙，怀表才是空间转移的机械。” 曹沧把怀表收回来，自己的手随即恢复了常态。 “你不回去吗？”约书亚很好奇。 “现在还不能走。”曹沧说道，“我不能就这么回去。” 大厅里又进来了几个人，这几个人就是刚才那几个追杀者。他们虽然手持武器，却没有开枪。他们的神情非常紧张，甚至有点沮丧。 两个人走了进来，曹沧明白了，追杀者为什么不对他痛下杀手。 这两个人是雷缪斯和米勒。 站在雷缪斯身后的是一群苏联士兵，他们端着枪冲进来把追杀者的武器全部缴获。最后走进来的是个两个熟人，一个走到雷缪斯的身边，这个人是老宋，还有一个人站在米勒身边，是那个阿兹特克的祭司。 看来米勒和雷缪斯仍旧履行了之前的协议。 发生了什么，不用问曹沧都能想到。一定是米勒的战船被击沉之后，雷缪斯听到动静，查看情况，营救了米勒和这个印第安人，然后米勒履行约定，利用怀表带领雷缪斯的潜艇穿过界限，登上海岛，来到这里。 如果现在所有人都是一个团队的就可以启动这个装置，实施末日黎明计划，把等候在地球某个地方的庞大物资以及人类都拉入异海。 不过除了追杀者，谁都没有进行这个计划的意图。 雷缪斯看到了那个机械，对米勒说了几句话，一个苏联士兵用英语在一旁翻译：“我们要毁掉这个地方。” 一个追杀者大声喝道：“不行！” 雷缪斯傲慢地说道（士兵同声翻译，下同）：“你在命令我吗？” 追杀者说道：“你不必对你的国家保持忠诚了，你们的国家已经解体，地球上已经没有苏联了。” “怎么可能？”雷缪斯说道，“你在撒谎，苏联怎么可能会解体？” “当初你的很多同僚都和我们进行合作。”那个追杀者说道，“你想想我们进入的时间周期已经大大缩短，这是一个国家能做到的事情吗？” “苏联解体又怎么样？”雷缪斯说道，“地球上发生的事情已经和我没有任何关系了！同志，我们还是好好思考我们今后在异海的生活该如何继续吧！” 追杀者说道：“你没有权力作这个决定！” “我觉得我有。”雷缪斯说道，“大家都跟我退出去吧，我会让这座小岛彻底消失。” “你想过这么做的后果吗？” “所有的事情我都深思熟虑过。”雷缪斯说道，“大家不要耽误时间了，二十四小时之后，哦，只有二十二个小时了，这小岛连同这个装置全部都会消失。” "what have you done?" “二十二小时之后潜艇上的导弹，会精准地击中火山。”雷缪斯说道，“那个安装了核弹头的导弹，我已经解开了锁定。” 曹沧知道自己走不了，看样子米勒也是这个想法。 米勒突然说道：“你答应过我的，让他走吧。” “没问题。”雷缪斯说道，“我不把自己的意愿强加于各位身上。现在谁若是想回到地球，可以马上回去。但是时间紧迫，你们要快点。” 米勒向身边的印第安人点点头。 印第安人对米勒表示敬意，然后一只手拿着鲭鱼的心脏，另一只手拿着镶嵌着怀表的长刀走向装置。 追杀者拿出手枪对着印第安人祭司：“不能让他拿着怀表离开！” 雷缪斯的部下端着武器把追杀者围起来，然后夺过手枪。 印第安人走到装置旁边，装置的光芒渐渐扩散，把印第安人笼罩，一道蛇状的光芒缠绕着印第安人手上的长刀，和长刀的手柄相互纠缠。 印第安人突然生出无数个一模一样的身影，他所在的空间发生了维度上的变化。光线变得越来越强烈，所有人都被强光刺得睁不开眼睛。当光线减弱，回到常态后，大家睁开眼睛，发现只剩下那个装置留在原地，印第安人已经没有了踪迹。 “还有谁要回去？”雷缪斯对着曹沧说道，“你。” 曹沧摇摇头，他知道现在不能回去，他要留下来和雷缪斯周旋。米勒也拒绝，他和曹沧一样不能放弃异海和地球的通道。 追杀者想了想，带领他的几个手下站到装置附近，和刚才的印第安人一样消失在大厅中央。 “曹！”雷缪斯对曹沧说道，“你会不会再次背叛我？” “我从来就没有认同过你。”曹沧回答，“背叛从何谈起？” “这个世界独立于地球之外，它需要我们从零开始，建立一个崭新的秩序。”雷缪斯说道，“我之所以不用排除异己的方式清洗你们，就是因为我厌恶地球上的人类制度。为什么我们就不能和平共处，实现我的理想？” “任何制度都有灭亡的那一天。”曹沧冷冷地回答，“无论多么完美的生存方式，如果停滞不前，都会走向灭亡。” “我知道你的意思。”雷缪斯说道，“你们所臆想出来的那个寄生文明，在我看来根本就是荒谬的理论！怎么可能有这种生物的存在？地球上只有人类，你们不要把所有的责任都无端地推到那个智能生物上面，这都是借口！人类在地球的所作所为只有一个理由，就是人类自身的贪婪和凶恶的劣根！” 曹沧和米勒相互交换了眼色，看来米勒无法说服雷缪斯。 “岛上的实验人员，我已经尽可能地营救下来。”雷缪斯说道，“那些在岛上对你们展开屠杀的第四批人员都已经被我消灭。可是现在小岛之外的海域，还有一艘巡洋舰等着我们。” 从雷缪斯的语气来看，他已经击沉了对付他的弗吉利亚潜艇。 “我的鱼雷已经耗尽。”雷缪斯说道，“我们还是多想想该怎么逃脱那艘巡洋舰的攻击吧。” 米勒向曹沧点了一下头。曹沧会意，对雷缪斯说道：“我跟你离开这里。” 所有的人都离开大厅，沿着螺旋上升的坑槽，顺着来路向上行走。 曹沧对走在自己身边的约书亚说道：“你为什么不跟着他们回去？” “你告诉我，我们的文明的生物属性是不是已经早就消亡？如果真的这样，我回到地球又有什么意义？”约书亚说道。 老宋走到曹沧身边，对曹沧说道：“为什么我们不能活得简单一点？听从雷缪斯的计划，安心地在异海生活下去吧！” 曹沧无话可说，现在他自己都不知道这项任务是否能成功，自己和大家将何去何从？