Across Deep Space: Four Men and a Play

In the afternoon, Xia Jiumeng and two other colleagues from the association drove a low-key self-driving transport vehicle out of the association's underground garage and headed for the association's storage center on the outskirts of the city.

There are high-end equipment and complete security measures to protect the association's property to the greatest extent.

In the car, Zhao Xinyin, one of the transport workers, was watching the discussion on the forum on his phone and said, "Look, the internet is a mess. I don't know what Ever is trying to do."

"Do you have any idea?"

She looked at them and complained, "What are you talking about, a groundbreaking feat? What a direction for human evolution! You sound so audacious! How dare you say that?"

An Zeyu glanced at her phone and said slowly, "Based on their core research, they do have sufficient capital and confidence."

Zhao Xinyin blinked and said, "As a core-core person, I support the research of core-core technology, but as for Ever Group..."

She really dislikes the Ever Group.

"Their methods are not clean, and they might lead people into trouble."

An Zeyu: "The announcement of the Ate Fountain plan has intensified the Guiyuan faction's aggression towards the core. No wonder the association urgently requested the core be relocated."

Xia Jiumeng asked curiously, "What are the Guiyuan School and the Core School?"

Zhao Xinyin explained, "There are two factions in the world regarding core technology: the Core Faction and the Source Faction. One supports the development of core technology, while the other believes that core technology is dangerous, with many unknowns, and that excessive development will lead to many unnecessary risks."

"I am a core-core person. I believe that core-core has great development potential as a new type of energy." Zhao Xinyin shrugged.

Xia Jiumeng nodded in understanding.

She hadn't known about this before, but it seemed that the conflict between the two factions was quite serious.

An Zeyu reluctantly replied, "Recently, the Association's hunters have been attacked by radical Guiyuan factions. To prevent the Association's warehouse from being attacked, they've secretly transferred these cores, especially the 'Wei Ci' core."

"You must be more vigilant."

Zhao Xinyin shook his Hunter pistol and said confidently, "I'm not afraid. If the Guiyuan Sect dares to cause trouble, I'll let them taste my power."

An Zeyu: "Don't be so hostile to the Guiyuan faction. Although they are overly conservative, the radical ones are only a minority. Don't the Xinyuan faction also have some radical ones?"

"We have currently developed less than 10% of the core, so it's right to remain apprehensive about the unknown."

Xia Jiumeng glanced at An Zeyu. His words seemed to be biased towards the Guiyuan School.

Zhao Xinyin narrowed her eyes and looked at An Zeyu for a while before shouting, "Great, An Zeyu, you, a deep space hunter, are actually speaking for the Guiyuan Sect. They want to block our core technology development!"

Xia Jiumeng looked at the relevant information she searched on her phone and said, "Hasn't the Guiyuan Sect been silent for a long time?"

Zhao Xinyin: "That's because core technology has developed so rapidly and so well in recent years. Core technology is involved in all aspects of our daily lives, big and small."

"The origin-returning faction doesn't support the development of the core, but people are already so dependent on it now that they can't do without it. Facts speak louder than words, and there's nothing they can do about it."

An Zeyu "Improve the quality of life, combat wandering bodies, and help humans explore deep space tunnels and the secrets beyond the universe..."

"The blueprints that the Core Faction had drawn up are indeed being realized one by one. The Source Faction has no solid evidence to support them, so it's normal that they can't defeat them."

Xia Jiumeng thought for a moment, "But aren't these energy limitations? It seems that changing the energy source can also achieve these levels?"

An Zeyu looked at Xia Jiumeng with some surprise, as if he didn't expect her to say that.

Zhao Xinyin glared at her with her beautiful eyes and said, "Okay, Xia Jiumeng, which side are you on?" and wanted to tickle her armpits.

Xia Jiumeng giggled and dodged, "Hey, I'm standing... The cafeteria has a limited supply of chocolate pie, it's delicious and replenishes your energy."

Under the control of the intelligent system, the transport vehicle passed through the last high-risk tunnel. The safe depository was located at the end of this avenue.

An Zeyu looked at the two girls playing and reminded them, "The energy value is within the stable range. Start preparing for storage."

Zhao Xinyin nodded and sat down. "Thank you for your hard work. Stand guard for this last shift. I'll treat you to a midnight snack tonight!"

Xia Jiumeng nodded, and just as she was about to say okay, her mental power sensed something unusual and she put away her smile.

"There's an unusual force approaching us, be careful!"

An Zeyu looked at the detector and said, "There is no abnormal data. You..."

Before he could finish his words, a fireball-like truck carrying powerful supernatural energy came straight at him from behind.

The transport vehicle was lifted high by this force, and Xia Jiumeng, Zhao Xinyin and others in the vehicle were instantly knocked into the air by this force. A heat wave exploded from behind and pushed them directly out.

After landing in a mess, Xia Jiumeng immediately turned on her watch and called for help.

[Emergency call! Transport vehicle No. 09 has been attacked. Coordinates sent. Requesting support.]

Just after sending the message, the second explosion occurred at a closer distance. Xia Jiumeng immediately pulled An Zeyu and Zhao Xinyin to a safe distance.

By now, both of them had been knocked unconscious by the impact of the explosion.

After confirming that they were not in danger of life, Xia Jiumeng looked towards the direction of the transport truck.

The front half of the car was burning in flames, and a hole was punched out in the back half of the car. Core particles were floating around, and several figures walked out of the flames in a distorted manner in the blurred vision.

"Go...you are free." A tall woman with big wavy hair said lightly.

She looked at Xia Jiumeng and said, "What a pity that we meet again in such an embarrassing situation."

"Did Zhang Su ever tell you about the days we spent at the Gaia Center?"

Xia Jiumeng: "Who are you?"

Taking pictures of clothes with an expressionless face.

The woman scoffed, her tone carrying a hint of disdain. "It seems she didn't tell you."

Xia Jiumeng suddenly felt a tearing pain all over her body, and her heart was shaking uncontrollably. She immediately mobilized her mental power to defend herself, and the force disappeared.

This woman has special abilities that can make people feel pain?

The woman did not notice Xia Jiumeng's abnormality, and appeared in front of her and tried to strangle her neck.

“It doesn’t matter who I am, you should ask who you are…”

She tightened her grip but found her palm empty. When she met Xia Jiumeng's cold eyes, she realized that she had not pinched her at all, but was just an illusion.

Her pupils constricted instantly. What speed would be enough to leave an afterimage?

Xia Jiumeng tilted her head and the unspeakable pain she had just felt was all poured onto the woman. Her face distorted and she fell to her knees on the ground.

"Go on." Xia Jiumeng said lightly, but the woman was in so much pain that she had difficulty breathing, so how could she say anything?

But the next second her voice came out strangely from her throat.

"Born in deep space, you are the one and only 'gemstone' that should have belonged to us..."

"Without the most important key, the Fountain of Arte will always be a poor imitation."

"The owner of the key cannot be anyone else. The secrets it seals and opens are related to you..." She said with blood constantly flowing out of her mouth.

Xia Jiumeng looked down at her.

She had already guessed the identity of this woman.

It is the person of ever.

"Oh, I don't care who I am, but your keys and secrets are quite interesting."

"Didn't Zhang Su tell you that I have mastered the power within me?"

Xia Jiumeng walked in front of the woman, and her black hunter boots lifted her chin.

"Are you dreaming of me providing you with energy?"

"I don't care what the people behind you think. I won't kill you today. Go back and tell them that the game has begun."

Xia Jiumeng's fingers panicked, and the invisible suppressing force around the woman disappeared instantly. She coughed up blood and gasped violently.

He looked at Xia Jiumeng in disbelief, "What kind of power is this?!"

Xia Jiumeng raised her red lips slightly and said, "Copy."

"I can copy any power and use it for my own benefit. Next time, pick something interesting before you attack me. You're... not interesting."

After saying this, Xia Jiumeng raised his hand and kicked the woman in the chest, turning her into a meteor.

Looking at the wrecked transport truck, Xia Jiumeng stepped forward and took out the storage tube containing the "Wei Ci" core from the smashed safe. However, the storage tube shattered instantly as soon as she took it in her hand. The core that fell into her palm melted instantly like melting ice, and the power contained in the core was directly absorbed by her.

Xia Jiumeng looked at her empty palms and said, "........" Oh.

this.....

The pure power washed over the calm surface of the spiritual sea, creating ripples on it and finally merging into it.

The big white sleeping on the seabed couldn't help but shake its tail a few times.

Xia Jiumeng could clearly feel that her mental power had become more condensed. It seemed that if she took a few more ether cores, she would be able to reach SS.

After taking a look at the mess at the scene and confirming that there were no surveillance cameras around, she simply lay on the ground pretending to be dead.

I fell asleep while lying down.