My dream connects to three thousand years later.

Chapter 283 Company C's Legacy—The Hive Underground Base! (Third Update)
It's almost nine o'clock.

On the outskirts of Jinghai City lies a desolate wasteland.

"...Are you sure we should dig down from here?" Mo Wen asked, carrying a shovel, his expression incredibly complex.

"Yes!" Chu Zhu nodded, his gaze sweeping over the dozen or so Mo Cult disciples behind Mo Wen, who were also carrying shovels. These people were mostly at the first or second realm. As for the other third-realm extraordinary individuals like Mo Wen, Chu Zhu had sent them all to the shantytown redevelopment area to resolve union and factory issues—

Although, according to Chu Zhu's previous estimates, with his plan in place, the entire Commandery, led by Huo Qiming, should be able to wipe out all the enemies with very low casualties... or even no casualties!
However, considering the future plans, Chu Zhu might transfer Huo Qiming away. After much deliberation, she decided to add more manpower as a precaution.

It's not that Zhang Hai can't be called Zhang Hai, but Zhang Hai is, after all, a member of the God Worshipping Society. Who knows if the Fifth Apostle has made any arrangements? If word gets out and the Fifth Apostle finds out... then we'll be in big trouble!
Chu Zhu's mind raced with thoughts, and then she began digging without hesitation.

Chu Zhu had already started digging, and Mo Wen's eyes twitched slightly. He couldn't just watch anymore, so he started digging as well, saying, "Wait a little longer... Didn't you call in some heavy machinery? It's here! Although its efficiency might not be as good as ours... it'll make things much easier..."

The power of superhumans allows them to rival or even surpass machines in many situations!

"...It's too late." Chu Zhu's voice was calm: "We must get into that place before 10 o'clock... no, before 9:30!"

"???" Mo Wen was completely dumbfounded.

"And you all too!" Chu Zhu looked at the remaining people with a serious expression.

The group looked at each other, glanced at Mo Wen, and after Mo Wen nodded, they all rushed forward.

It can only be said that the Mo family truly lives up to their reputation as masters of civil engineering. After the Mo family disciples rushed over, Mo Wen stopped using his shovel...

He summoned a disciple of the Mohist school and had him press his hands to the ground!
Then, under Chu Zhu's strange gaze, the earth began to tremble automatically, and gradually a thin road condensed...

Chu Zhu: "...?!"

Okay! Since it's a civil engineering guy... then doing all this is perfectly reasonable... my ass!!

Although she felt full of complaints, Chu Zhu, seeing the absurd efficiency, simply stopped working and just gave instructions from the sidelines.

With the aid of supernatural powers, he dug to the top layer of the base much faster than he had expected.

“This pattern…” Chu Zhu stroked the outer wall of the base, comparing it in his mind. He quickly realized where he was. Ignoring Mo Wen and the others who were all looking like they had dug something up, he said urgently, “Follow me.”

Chu Zhu led a group of people to a point several hundred meters away and began digging again.

Even with the supernatural power to control earth and wood, this time... it still took more than ten minutes to dig.

A metal door appeared before them.

"???" Mo Wen was dumbfounded. He had been shocked twice since coming here. The first time was when he was actually shocked to find the base, and the second time was when he was shocked... How was Chu Zhu so skilled? How did she find the entrance so easily?!

Mo Wen had done this kind of archaeological excavation work before... but the problem was that, even with supernatural assistance, such excavations used to take anywhere from several months to several years... as for successfully finding the entrance in just a few tens of minutes...

This is no longer a speedrun issue!
It takes him much longer to get home than this!

Chu Zhu glanced at the time; it was 9:31. He frowned slightly and pursed his lips. "We should still make it."

After gathering his thoughts, Chu Zhu looked at the group with a serious expression and pointed outside: "I ask you to leave now! What happens next... is not something you can get involved in."

The scene fell silent for a moment.

“No, when we were working earlier, why did you…” A disciple of the Mo Sect was somewhat dissatisfied, but he was stopped halfway through his sentence by Mo Wen. He gave Chu Zhu a deep look and nodded: “I understand!”

"Don't worry, we won't see anything we shouldn't see!"

"?" Chu Zhu was somewhat surprised, watching as Mo Wen, who understood everything without saying a word, led the group away from the tunnel quickly. He even covered the tunnel exit with a thin layer of weeds to indicate that he had not been spying at the entrance.

"...Could he be...?" Chu Zhu pondered for a moment, then nodded knowingly. If nothing unexpected happened, Mo Wen must have seen his previous practiced actions and felt that this base might be related to the Great Qian government.

Clearly, these honest Mo Sect members were unwilling to pry into the secrets of the Great Qian government.

"However, you've suppressed your curiosity so well!" Chu Zhu clicked her tongue in amazement. "Is it because the Mo Sect has a good history of education, or... have they suffered from this before?"

Shaking his head to clear his mind of the jumbled thoughts, Chu Zhu slowly moved the stone mechanism on the metal door according to the instructions he had previously set up.

A crisp notification sound rang out, followed by a pleasant female voice: "Triggered... The machine is starting up... Initiating checks..."

"The camera is damaged! We cannot obtain any information about the person who came!"

"Fingerprint lock damaged! Unable to enroll fingerprints." "Human magnetic field detection initiated... Human magnetic field detector is 70% complete, barely operational! Successfully detected human magnetic field information, initiating comparison... Similar target found in database... Initiating verification... Verification successful!"

"—Priority, highest level!"

"Father, I am the Hive System, welcome!"

In the next instant, the door, which had been sealed for who knows how many years, slowly slid open.

Inside, the lights suddenly blazed on.

Regarding this…

"...Father?" Chu Zhu remained silent for several breaths, a complex look flashing in his eyes. "What...is your relationship with Z?"

Chu Zhu was all too familiar with the sound of the beehive; it was eight-tenths similar to Z's...

"I am the AI ​​war system derived from Z's program—Hive Unit 8!" Hive's voice was as always: "If Z is your eldest daughter, then I might be considered your illegitimate son, Unit 8! Of course, I am just an AI! Please do not treat me by the standards of artificial intelligence."

Chu Zhu: "..."

"AI's starting to play the 'legitimate and illegitimate god' card now?" Chu Zhu suddenly felt a bit uneasy. However, he did sense a sense of familiarity… Compared to the extremely shocked and serious Nuwa, Z's speech was indeed very similar to the Hive at this moment. You could say she was serious, but she always managed to utter words that normal humans in the current environment would never even consider, demonstrating a difference in thinking from humans that was both laughable and exasperating…

"Number Eight? Hmm, I'll call you Hive!" Chu Zhu said as she walked into the base.

"Highest command detected... Change my name: Hive!" Hive's voice suddenly became urgent: "Father, please stop! The internal atmosphere is extremely polluted. The main unit has just started up and is beginning air exchange... It is expected that you can enter normally in three minutes... Warning, the air exchange equipment is malfunctioning and is now being tested... It is expected that you can enter normally in five minutes!"

Chu Zhu's eyes twitched a few times, but she didn't criticize him. After such a long time, it was normal for some parts to break down. In fact, it would be strange if it could still be used completely normally!
Actually...

"I'm quite shocked to find so many usable items!" Chu Zhu sighed, momentarily speechless. He had already prepared for the worst...

That is to say, this drone base is on a completely different level from the Nuwa base! It's completely paralyzed internally…

The reason he brought the Mo Sect members along was for this reason... If things really came to that, he would have the Civil Engineering guy do some emergency repairs!
He wanted to see what was going on with the civil engineering guy's practice of making machines automatically start after a simple prayer.

Of course, Chu Zhu wasn't stubborn enough to actually wait five minutes... After thinking about it, he went straight in. To put it bluntly, with his current physical condition, he could hold his breath underwater for more than five minutes...

The first floor is extremely spacious.

Only a few strange, cylindrical robots were tirelessly cleaning, occasionally pulling out their mechanical arms to gently tap the metal walls of the base, seemingly performing maintenance.

"?" Chu Zhu was silent for a moment. Okay, so there really is an automatic maintenance system inside! The base's ability to operate for a thousand years seems to make more sense now... my ass!

How have these robots managed to function normally for thousands of years?!
Chu Zhu stared at the cylindrical robots in disbelief; it was unbelievable. Don't tell him there were other robots here, used for repairing the cylindrical robots… were they playing with nesting dolls?!

Chu Zhu opened her mouth, but considering the time constraints, she got straight to the point: "The Hive! Where are the drones!"

"Unmanned machine, stationed at the bottom! Please follow the instructions... to the bottom." With the Hive's voice, a cylindrical robot accepted the command, slid in front of Chu Zhu, and then began to guide the way.

They arrived at a perfectly normal metal wall!
The wall parted naturally, revealing the metal elevator.

"..." Chu Zhu was a little uneasy. Although she had entered, she was already thinking that if she died in the elevator, her life would be truly hilarious.

As they descended rapidly, Chu Zhu began asking the Hive many questions.

“...I started construction in July 2025 and it was officially completed on April 8, 2027...In 2035, 2047, and 2078, major repairs and renovations were carried out respectively—which led to the final form of the Hive Base.”

"Last access time... hiss... cannot be determined! Data deleted! Data deleted!"

"?" Chu Zhu's eyebrows twitched, and she took a deep look at the camera in the elevator that Hive had placed there, without saying anything more.

"...But just how deep is it?" Chu Zhu counted in his mind for over twenty seconds, then sensed something was wrong. The elevator felt like it was plummeting straight down... and it had been falling for over twenty seconds...

"Arrived!" A gentle voice announced as the door slowly opened.

"Finally here! I thought I was really going to die in there..." Chu Zhu patted his chest and sighed, "Holy crap? What is this thing?!"

As soon as Chu Zhu stepped out of the elevator, she was stunned to see a series of enormous objects that defied description...

(End of this chapter)