The Most Powerful Brain in the Interstellar Space

Chapter 563 Saved
Jiang Hui originally thought that by keeping the personal terminal on here, he could roughly know the situation on their side.

Unfortunately, the plan ended just as it was beginning. For some unknown reason, the entire signal source was cut off, and the two quantum computers were completely unable to connect.

Previously, Jiang Hui could intermittently get through, and even after a dozen or so attempts, there was still a chance of success. Now, the personal terminal is practically useless, completely unusable, and Jiang Hui is truly forced to fumble around and try again. And she has to be even faster—

Jiang Hui knew that although it might only be a temporary loss of contact for her, it could push the group of people on the other side, who were probably already on the verge of death, further into the abyss.

Jiang Hui has a great sense of space. She can even reconstruct a three-dimensional image of the scene based on numerous digital clues and visual memories, such as the last murder case.

Although she wasn't at the scene when the underground corridor collapsed, she had been there recently and knew its length, height, width, general structure, and material properties. Combined with her on-site investigation, Jiang Hui quickly determined a relatively safe excavation point.

Although she was in a hurry, she moved very steadily while digging, even using the fine skills she had acquired over the years of assembling mechs, carefully avoiding damaging the original structure of the collapsed pile of stones so as not to affect the stability of the space below.

The materials used to build this shopping mall are too hard; it will take some effort to break them apart now that they're piled up together.

Jiang Hui felt that if they were deeper, Wally's drill might have been worn down.

Fortunately, these materials are hard enough. Because they are hard, they are easier to create a three-dimensional space when they collapse, instead of turning into tofu dregs like those soft and hard materials. In this way, even the hardest bones will be buried solid when they are pressed down layer by layer.

Jiang Hui had to be extremely careful while digging, constantly monitoring the changes in the mental energy waves, otherwise she might accidentally dig into someone. But she couldn't be too slow either, because if she was too slow, the person might be gone... So this was truly an extremely difficult project.

After an unknown amount of time, and after such a long period of sustained and wide-ranging mental energy dissipation and constant, precise operation, Jiang Hui began to vaguely feel that her mental energy was becoming somewhat strained... She finally felt that the drill connected to her right arm seemed to have pierced into a different place, something loose and soft, on the verge of breaking but not quite.

Finally, the drill pierced through the solid building debris and arrived at a suspended space.

As soon as the excavation broke through, the chaotic energy inside immediately escaped. The mental energy waves that she had previously needed to activate her mental energy network to barely detect now floated out spontaneously. The forty-odd energy waves were all quite orderly, almost synchronously radiating a similar sense of despondency. Jiang Hui was certain this was the place she was looking for…

Thankfully, they're all still alive—much better than I imagined.

Jiang Hui knew she had hit a crucial spot, so she quickly widened a small opening along the surrounding veins to let air in. She knew that if these people had truly survived since the collapse, then aside from their psychological trauma, what they lacked most right now was oxygen.

To avoid any unforeseen circumstances, it's best to get them oxygenated as soon as possible; otherwise, even if they are rescued, they might suffer irreversible damage from oxygen deprivation. He doesn't know about the others, but for these elite students of Class Two, this is no small matter.

Jiang Hui cut very carefully. Apart from the small opening he made at the beginning, the subsequent cleaning was almost a progressive process, like carefully grinding open an artifact little by little.

Jiang Hui finally breathed a sigh of relief upon reading the still relatively active mental energy within it.

"Are they all still awake? Answer me." Jiang Hui dug out an opening about half an arm's length long. The light that came in was not much and she couldn't see clearly. She called out into the opening.

However, the returning sound was somewhat muffled; it could be discerned that several voices were mixed together, but the content was impossible to distinguish.

Jiang Hui stopped trying to communicate through sound under these circumstances and continued digging diligently, hoping to quickly create a passage large enough for an adult to pass through. Meanwhile, other preparations should also be made to prevent any unforeseen circumstances.

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It turned out that the light filtering in wasn't an illusion... Small gusts of fresh air kept flowing in, dispelling the dense aura of death in the cramped space.

These people, who could only hug their legs and bend their necks to catch their breath, all looked excitedly toward the cave entrance, instinctively wanting to move.

However, perhaps because their consciousness is not clear, they find their bodies confined to a very small area when they try to move, and any slight movement could cause changes in the internal space. In the worst-case scenario, it could even lead to an internal collapse, at which point Jiang Hui would be too late to save them.

They felt the upper structure shake, and their hearts trembled as well... Would this place collapse at any moment?

At that moment, a voice came from outside, sounding like the sound of the mecha being played. The machine had no temperature, but it gave everyone an unprecedented sense of security.

Someone really came to rescue them...

Those who were still conscious, including Jaidi, quickly regained their senses and shouted for everyone to quiet down, wait patiently, and not to make any rash moves.

The opening in the cave continued to widen, and the tremors grew stronger, but for the first time, they didn't feel so afraid.

finally--

When the opening widened enough for a person to pass through, they were finally able to hear the voices coming from outside.

"I'll find something to support you for a bit, and you can come out one by one once we're set up. Don't rush, and those of you in the back don't need to be afraid either, you're already saved!"

Everyone in the space felt as if they had been judged, their near-death experience mixed with immense elation and disbelief.

As if by some signal, the people who were just moments before immersed in the fear of death all stared intently at the exit, which was less than half a meter wide.

They suppressed their urge to rush out and escape at all costs, trembling with hope that they could truly escape this hell and be reborn.

Despite having come this far, Jiang Hui still dared not act rashly. In fact, the further she dug, the more frightened she became, because as the opening widened, she found that she could clearly see what was inside.

Jiang Hui felt that she would probably never forget what that scene was like for a long time.

Originally, I thought the space should be at least a meter high, and although it would be cramped, everyone could manage. However, that was more than ten stars ago. Now, the average height of this space is definitely less than 0.4 meters, which means that people inside can't even sit up. They can only lie down or half-recline in strange positions.

(End of this chapter)