allonlinenovel Chapter 81 The Move of Tianyuan
Chapter 81 The Move of Tianyuan
The plane landed smoothly.
As the hatch opened, a biting mountain wind rushed in, carrying the unique scents of vegetation and rocks from the depths of the Qinling Mountains.
The sun was already setting in the west, and the golden afterglow framed the rolling mountain ridges with a magnificent border.
This was once a winding mountain road built to develop tourism, but it was later closed and abandoned due to environmental protection.
But at this moment, this forgotten highway is bustling with activity.
A parking lot at a mountaintop viewing platform with a wide view, located beside the highway, has now been transformed into a temporary frontline command post.
Hundreds of people in colorful work clothes are busy at work, and countless thick cables are running through various precision instruments like a spider web.
Apart from the sound of the wind, the only sounds in the air were the low hum of instruments and the low, rapid exchange of instructions by personnel.
As soon as Chen You and his group got off the plane, a middle-aged man wearing a helmet and with a dark complexion quickly came to greet them.
"Director Li, all the experts are ready."
His name is Zhou Jianguo, and he is the chief person in charge of this ground project.
Li Guoan nodded, his gaze sweeping across the busy yet orderly area before finally settling on Chen You.
"Xiao Chen, where's the stuff?"
With a thought, Chen You took out the [Civilization Foundation - Immortal].
"Buzz—"
With a soft thud, a dark gold stone base, nearly a meter square and covered with ancient and mysterious patterns, appeared out of thin air in the open space in front of everyone, stirring up a circle of visible dust.
The scene fell silent instantly.
Everyone's attention was drawn to this scene that defied the laws of physics, and to the base that exuded a profound sense of history.
"Good heavens!"
Chief Engineer Zhou Jianguo couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
He strode forward and carefully touched the edge of the base with his gloved hand; it felt cold and hard.
He tried to push it, but the base didn't budge.
"This weight... I'd estimate at least several hundred pounds!"
A glint flashed in Zhou Jianguo's eyes as he turned to look at Chen You, as if he were looking at a monster.
He immediately picked up the walkie-talkie, his voice trembling with excitement.
"Attention all units! The 'Tianyuan' resettlement equipment is in place. Repeat, the 'Tianyuan' resettlement equipment is in place! Hoisting team, prepare!"
"receive!"
"receive!"
The walkie-talkie crackled with responses.
Not far away, the boom of a heavy-duty crawler crane began to slowly rotate.
"Tianyuan" is the code name given by the expert group to the location of this civilization's foundation.
It is derived from Go (the game of chess), meaning the center of the board.
"No need for that."
Chen You spoke.
He looked at Zhou Jianguo, then at the heavy crane in the distance, and said, "I can deliver it there; it's fast and safe."
Zhou Jianguo was stunned.
Wang Qiuci, Academician Liu Sicheng, and others exchanged glances, a slight smile playing on their lips.
This viewing platform offers a superb view, overlooking a large valley basin below.
Zhou Jianguo raised his arm and pointed to a circle marked with white lime in the center of the valley in the distance.
At this distance, ordinary people might not be able to see clearly, but Chen You could see it clearly.
"The planned location for 'Tianyuan' is right there, about 5,000 meters away as the crow flies, but it takes almost 40 minutes to walk around it by mountain road."
"understood."
Chen You nodded.
Under the watchful eyes of hundreds of people, he walked to the base and placed one hand on it.
The next second, the base disappeared and was put back into his backpack.
Immediately afterwards, Chen You walked to the railing of the observation deck and took a deep breath.
"What is he going to do?" a young engineer couldn't help but whisper.
Before he could finish speaking...
Chen You bent his knees slightly, and like a cannonball, he shot into the sky, cleared the railing, and jumped off the hundred-meter-high cliff!
"ah--!"
An uncontrollable gasp erupted from the crowd!
Everyone rushed to the railing, their hearts pounding in their throats, looking down in terror.
However, the expected bloody and mangled scene did not occur.
Chen You's figure drew an incredible arc in the air, and his downward momentum suddenly slowed down in mid-air.
His feet lightly touched the steep rock face, and his body, like a weightless feather, floated horizontally for dozens of meters again.
With each step he took, he landed precisely on protruding rocks or tree trunks, his movements graceful and agile, as if walking on flat ground.
In a short while, he had traversed a distance of several thousand meters and landed lightly inside the white circle.
On the observation deck, there was a deathly silence.
The wind howled, rustling the hems of everyone's clothes, but it couldn't dispel the stunned and shocked expressions on their faces.
Zhou Jianguo stared, mouth agape, muttering to himself, "Is this...is this a movie shoot...?"
Academician Liu Sicheng adjusted his glasses, and his eyes behind the lenses shone with an unprecedented light.
He clenched his fists tightly and whispered to Li Guoan beside him:
"This is... extraordinary power?! Seeing it with my own eyes is far more shocking than any data!"
Li Guoan did not speak, but a flame called "hope" burned in his calm eyes as well.
Bottom of the valley.
Chen You steadied himself, took out the base again, and placed it firmly in the very center of "Tian Yuan".
He took a deep breath and took out the Broken World Stone again.
The stone is small, only about the size of a palm, and is an irregular concave hexagon.
Chen You aligned it with the peculiar groove in the center of the base and slowly placed it down.
Click.
A soft sound.
The shattered Worldstone fits perfectly into the Immortal Base.
In an instant, an invisible ripple of energy spread outwards from the base!
Om-!
The air in the entire valley seemed to tremble.
On the observation deck, alarms from all the instruments blared simultaneously, sharp and piercing, echoing through the sky!
"Report! High-intensity unknown energy field detected! It's escalating exponentially!"
"Magnetic field anomaly! Spatial parameters are distorted!"
Zhou Jianguo abruptly picked up the walkie-talkie and roared with all his might:
"Supreme Order! All personnel within a 15-kilometer radius of 'Tianyuan' must evacuate immediately!"
"Repeat! All personnel, evacuate immediately!"
Once the order was given, everyone sprang into action.
There was no panicked running; only the sound of quick but orderly footsteps.
Working in small groups, they quickly disconnected the cables, locked the core data hard drive in an explosion-proof box, and then orderly boarded the military transport vehicles whose engines were already running.
The convoy, like a long dragon, sped away along the winding mountain road.
Not a single person turned around.
Discipline is something ingrained in the very bones of this team.
In less than ten minutes, the once bustling viewing platform was deserted, leaving only howling mountain winds and abandoned empty tents.
However, outside the 15-kilometer radius blockade centered on Tianyuan, a completely different scene unfolds.
Cold and desolate.
The earth was trembling slightly, not because of an energy anomaly in the valley, but because of the rumble of steel tracks rolling over the land.
One after another, dark green Type 99Z main battle tanks emerged from under the camouflage netting, their massive gun barrels slowly rising and pointing towards the valley.
Behind the turret, the infrared countermeasures system and millimeter-wave radar rotate silently, creating a death zone.
Further along the mountain ridge, rows of vehicle-mounted rocket launchers unveiled their covers, their densely packed launch tubes resembling a steel jungle, gleaming with a cold, icy light.
With just a command, tens of thousands of steel raindrops can plow through the entire valley.
A deep whistling sound came from the clouds.
The fighter jets circled in a diamond formation at an altitude of 10,000 meters, with their air-to-air and medium-range missiles already unlocked for launch.
Below them, a swarm of armed helicopters flew close to the treetops, the wind whipped up by their rotors flattening large swathes of trees.
Inside the cabin, fully armed special forces soldiers silently inspected their weapons.