Xyrin Empire-Chapter 270 - Encounter
Chapter 270: Chapter 270: Encounter
Chapter 270: Chapter 270: Encounter
Under the guidance of a Demi Immortal, we safely made our way through the densest area of the patrol teams and gradually entered the deep south of Tirisfal.
“I thought I had traveled to the future,” I murmured as I saw the rapidly retreating guard towers and the energy furnace in the distance, “It’s like something out of ‘Star Wars’.”
“The entire Tirisfal is filled with these defensive networks,” my sister said, bored, leaning on the protective bar in front of her and tapping the buttons to adjust the seat angle, causing the chair to creak and groan hopelessly. “Is this the Arrow Tower Strategy that Ah Jun talked about?”
Qianqian seemed quite excited, cheerfully saying, “I find it quite thrilling to sneak into the fortress right under the noses of so many enemies—just thinking about it fills me with a sense of achievement!”
If your personality were switched back, you certainly wouldn’t say that.
“…Bullshit…” Lin Xue dramatically slid off her chair, her tongue hanging out like a dead dog, completely disregarding her image—not that she ever cared about it when we were together—as she grumbled, “I’m nearly dead from exhaustion… With such heavy interference, I had to perform predictions, I would never have come out if I knew it would be this tiring… Ah, there’s another patrol soldier, don’t hide, it’s the last one.”
Under Lin Xue’s predictions, everything unfolded like a rehearsed script. A small squad of patrol soldiers wearing black armor, wielding large laser guns, passed through our only path, and our transport ship met them head-on without missing a second.
“This is a Level One alert zone, submit your identity verification and the second-level passcode.”
Sandora calmly opened the internal channel and submitted our “identity.”
“Identity verified, submit the passcode.”
“I… can’t see…” Lin Xue frowned in confusion, “The prediction for the ‘passcode’ is foggy, I can’t see anything related…”
We suddenly became tense.
“Submit the passcode.”
The patrol soldiers, completely enclosed in alloy armor, repeated harshly, their eyes’ red glows slowly brightening, as they slightly raised their weapons.
“Passcode verification has timed out, immediately open the front window or leave the transport ship, or we will initiate an atta…”
A sudden sense of dissonance surged through me, and a bright flash erupted from the patrol soldiers’ laser guns, but the next second, the scene before our eyes changed eerily.
The flash that had erupted disappeared, the weapons in the soldiers’ hands returned to their original positions, and the red glow in their eyes dimmed once again.
It was as if it were the moment we first encountered them, the harsh mechanical voice sounded again.
“This is a Level One alert zone, submit your identity verification and the second-level passcode.”
Qianqian gave a mocking smile, a flash passing through her eyes.
“We can’t go back too far, or the major misalignment of time would be difficult to repair,” Qianqian said, nodding at Lin Xue, “It’s up to you now, you can reset as many times as needed, but my patience is limited.”
“I don’t like this version of Qianqian,” Lin Xue whispered as if she was just talking to me, but loud enough for everyone to hear, “She’s not polite to anyone but you.”
“Submit the passcode.”
The opposite side, completely unaware that their time had been folded and reset just a moment ago, continued their routine inquiry.
“Give me a minute,” Lin Xue said, rubbing her throbbing forehead, her brows furrowed in worry, “This is really strange.”
Qianqian huffed impatiently and then snapped her fingers—like a female gangster boss.
“This is a Level One alert zone, submit your identity verification and the second-level passcode.”
“There is no passcode..” Just as Qianqian was getting ready to reset time for the fourth time, Lin Xue suddenly opened her eyes wide, a frustrated expression on her face. “The correct answer is, there is no passcode, this zone does not have a second-level passcode.”
We were momentarily stunned, but the patrol soldiers outside had already slightly raised their weapons—this movement they had already repeated three times.
“No passcode.” Sandora sent out the message using the Fallen Apostle’s internal communication code.
“Identity verified,” several patrol soldiers, who had been tossed around three times by Qianqian’s time folding, finally holstered their weapons and saluted us, “You are permitted to stay for ninety-three minutes and twenty-five seconds.”
After we left that checkpoint, my sister suddenly broke the silence, “We’ve been discovered.”
“No, not discovered,” Sandora replied while observing the distribution of various functional buildings around, “they’ve indeed started to pay attention, but they can’t yet pinpoint exactly where the issue occurred, so…”
“Deception,” my sister stretched lazily, “This area never had a second-level passcode in the first place. If it were an invader, they would surely slip up while concocting a passcode, but fortunately, time and the future are on our side.”
Sandora slowly stopped the shuttle in a radar blind zone marked by Visca, then turned back and said, “I think the best choice now is to change identities. I know what measures the Imperial Army would take in this situation: they will soon sequentially call each unit within the legion, and this shuttle will be inspected and found out within minutes.”
“They’ve already infiltrated.”
Watching the now-empty shuttle, Savi, still draped in his regrettable black cloak, spoke with uncontrollable anger, “Are those sentries dead? They actually let the enemy enter our base right under their noses! Who’s in charge of patrolling here? Has anyone seen this shuttle?”
A nearby officer immediately responded to the command, “It was Patrol Group NF–3815. They encountered this shuttle twenty-nine minutes and eighteen seconds ago, but the other side passed all identity checks.”
Almost simultaneously with the officer’s speech, a series of explosions faintly echoed, and Patrol Group NF–3815 had already been eliminated.
Another cloaked figure standing beside and observing the abandoned shuttle with interest chuckled lowly, in a hoarse and unpleasant voice, “Heh… the enemy has breached our defenses, but the first batch of soldiers to die were killed by their own commander…”
“Ocam… One day, I will personally crush you…”
Savi didn’t seem upset by Ocam’s offensive comments, instead, he bowed slightly in a very gentlemanly manner, “Ah, I’m looking forward to that—but before that, don’t you think you should inform our special envoy, Miss, about this?”
Ocam’s mention of the “envoy” was clearly someone who could make even the fiery Savi calm down and show slight apprehension. Initially ready to burst, Savi suddenly stammered, then spoke with resentment, “Bellavilla, that woman… she only relies on the title of envoy…”
“Exactly, I only have the title of an envoy.”
With a voice that suddenly emerged, a black figure materialized in the air like a reflection steadying itself on turbulent water. Bellavilla stood in front of Savi, confronting the slightly panicked man with a cold question, “Or do you think this title isn’t enough to justify some matters?”
After a standoff of less than three seconds, Savi wisely chose to yield. He bowed slightly, in a stiff voice, said, “I was disrespectful.”
Bellavilla paid no mind to his insincere tone but instead muttered to herself, “They’re nearing the World Loop, and somehow, they’ve smoothly passed all checkpoints, and even up to now, we haven’t received any reports of direct encounters with them—which perplexes me.”
Savi huffed coldly, “Hmph, I have no interest in what tricks they’ve played. The entire World Loop has been completely sealed off, and now, what I want to do is to really play with those cunning little mice…”
After nearly an hour of perilous infiltration, we had successfully approached the peripheral buildings of the World Loop.
Lin Xue, tasked with handling the mine detector, was as tired as a dead dog, and Qianqian, who had saved the day countless times, also showed signs of fatigue.
Well, let’s pretend you didn’t see that distinctive description above…
“Merely an Energy Buffer Tower Group is already so enormous, I can’t imagine what the scale of the thing underground must be.”
Looking at the black hexagonal buildings about dozens of meters apart and nearly as tall as twenty floors, I sincerely marveled at the grandeur of it all.
Of course, there was also a headache—because aside from those inconsequential Energy Buffer Towers, the entire World Loop had been sealed off, with defense troops arrayed everywhere, and quickly set up Guard Towers unreservedly conveyed one message to us, “You’ve been discovered.”
“After all, it’s a machine the size of a city, and even just a few of its components are already massive structures.”
Sandora shook her blonde hair, then suddenly shouted aloud, “You can come out now, or do you think you can escape the Perception of two Xyrin Emperors!?”
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