A journey of Shadowverse and Honkai Impact 3rd

"This is Lady Loramia's plan. What do you think of it, Lady Sera?"

The survivor named Caster respectfully told Sera everything she wanted to know. Having been rescued from his muddled fan life by her, he knew very well how powerful the two adults were. If they could not find the possible starship even if they led the team to search, then everything would be out of the question.

"I don't have any opinions. Laura Mia's decision is the optimal solution in the calculation. I just hope nothing unexpected happens."

Time passed as he was telling the story. After closing his eyes and resting for a while, everything suddenly became quiet because the owner of the house had made preparations and turned off all the position generating devices in the house, causing the simulated virtual scene to instantly fall into an ordinary real scene.

"Loramia! Full power!"

Shouting slogans full of energy and joy, the mecha girl in a sailor's long skirt walked up to Sera and Caster with joyful steps, and made an attacking gesture towards the gate of the sublimation place.

"Now, let's go!"

He looked like a high-spirited captain, shouting at his crew to head towards the end of the sea, his posture of not fearing the wind, rain and waves was extremely vivid.

Thus, this expedition, which originated from Loramia's playful intention but had the direct goal of solving the problem of the direction of people's gathering in the place of sublimation, began. First, two obscure lights rose on the barren land.

The magic that weakened existence, blurred space, and distorted light provided everyone with protection from creatures and undead, while the gentle hurricane and the scorching ion plume provided them with a fast movement speed, which opened the eyes of Caster who was wrapped in the wind.

If it were him who was maneuvering alone, he would never have the extraordinary speed of Sera and Laura Mia. It seems that no matter how far the distance is, it will be reduced to zero as he retreats rapidly and will no longer be an obstacle.

The three-person team flew across the sky and across the earth like a meteor. The journey of thousands of kilometers took only about ten minutes when they flew at full speed. When the first target point came into sight, they stopped and began a dangerous exploration in mid-air.

Loramia's detection module collects a lot of data including electromagnetic waves, thermal radiation, magic power scale and other information, and the result is that no high-threat targets worthy of attention have been found for the time being.

Sera looked directly at it with clear eyes and listened to the sound of the wind, and also confirmed the same conclusion as Laura Mia.

"It looks like there's no danger. Let's go down directly."

"it is good."

The conversation between the two was fleeting. To be honest, judging from the scene reflected in their eyes, they did not think that there would be any signs of starship construction here.

Large areas of sunken land appeared before everyone's eyes. Perhaps this was once an old aerospace center built with cutting-edge technology, but now the prosperity is gone. All the buildings seemed to have sunk into bottomless depressions, becoming victims of the huge mouths of the abyss.

There is a hint of pink in the dim yellow. When you step on such land, the rough texture tells the visitor about the primitiveness of this place through the sound and the feedback of stepping.

The light that suddenly flashed in the underground depression depicted the gloom of the building ruins with its bright light. The building materials that had not rusted after hundreds of years were cleanly split and cut, and piled up in the sunken pits. Only after being blown and swept by the wind did their original luster reveal itself.

It can be seen that there must have been facilities such as camps underneath, but I don’t know whether these facilities have any connection with the pioneer groups that Custer mentioned.

"I found some usable storage devices. After reading them, I found that they had previously stored some materials science-related technologies. They weren't very advanced, but they weren't very backward either."

In the first sunken pit, Loramia got some gains that were better than nothing, but this is just like opening a treasure chest or a blind box. Only when there is something to gain can it arouse the sense of pleasure in people's hearts and intensify the intensity of the opening behavior.

"There are still several pits, let's go check them out together!"

285. Pioneer's whereabouts

There are also signs of a camp in the remaining sunken pits. Judging from the piled-up materials that are not eroded by time, there are indeed traces of someone trying to build something here, but no matter who it is, they have abandoned this place.

Naturally, those who had stayed at the old space center also took away most of the clues, making it impossible to identify their whereabouts.

But Caster could still recognize the key words contained in it and discover a little bit of a plan in the storage container.

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The plan to escape from the mother planet is a helpless move, as the extinction force of the creations is becoming more and more intense with everyone's activities.

The site of the old space center is not suitable for safe construction work. After recovering some resources and technology, evacuation can be carried out directly.

Our goal is the remaining three locations, and we hope that other teams can bring us more good news during the rest of our journey.

Remains of records extracted from a storage container.

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The cold copper-colored machine lay motionless, analyzing the information it received from its interaction with the storage container. Its pupils, flickering like lights, quietly emitted a subtle glow.

"There are traces of communication between the pioneers here, but the remaining three locations are unclear. Even if we do our best to restore them, we can't get much information."

At the bottom of the pit, the bright holy blue flame burned continuously, illuminating the figures of the three people, and also clearly illuminating the building debris, hard soil, neatly piled materials, etc.

Frankly speaking, this place is like an unfinished construction site. Although there are traces of excavation and construction, the surrounding cold and hard rocks and soil still maintain their integrity, watching indifferently as everything that has come and gone disappears.

"Not bad, being able to recover some technology is already good. However, the next step is to go to the β-53 area to check it out. The plan only has two exploration sites, so we can't expand the search range just because of ambiguous information."

Laura Mia said realistically, interrupting Custer's other thoughts caused by the information about the three locations, but it should be so.

"β-53, according to records, was once a surface military base. Even if it wasn't the main battlefield during the final counterattack, it must have contained numerous military machines."

"Anyway, you have to be careful next time."

Laura Mia had a serious face, but no matter how serious she was, her face did not have a fierce aura at all and she was still cute and pretty. Her chubby cheeks looked so soft and elastic that if you pinched them, you would definitely feel their extraordinarily soft and elastic touch.

The Holy Mana fell on everyone. After hearing what Loramiya said, Sera used more self-disciplined magic to protect them. Once they encountered danger, the instantaneous defense formation would jump out to meet the enemy and protect everyone's personal safety.

"Then let's get going. I thought it would take a long time, but it looks like it can be done in just one day."

"This is really faster than I imagined."

As she spoke, a lot of building materials and storage containers appeared in Sera's subspace pocket. With Laura Mia's "I'm counting on you" look, the clear breeze blew up again, protecting them as they soared into the sky again, leaving the silent old space center immersed in the deep sunken cavity, like a buried dead body.

The journey to the β-53 military base was not peaceful. Although they would not be discovered by the evil spirits along the way due to their high-speed movement, the things they saw undoubtedly cast a shadow on the planned goals.

On the dark plain, a tornado that stretches from sky to earth is circling and swirling endlessly, like the ruler of this land, violently patrolling the territory under its control. The raging sand and gravel are its cloak, and the thunder that bursts out from time to time is its gaze.

Due to this extremely violent scene, the three people's destination, the β-53 military base, was completely distorted and blurred, with no trace of its shape visible.

Only a trace of mysterious outlines vaguely leaked out from the cruel phenomenon, turning into a chilling ghost in the howling noise. It seemed to be still here, but it also seemed to have been destroyed long ago. It was difficult to tell whether what was left behind was a lingering soul or a dying breath.

Sera and Loramia looked at each other, and there was a serious look on their faces. However, Caster, who was the guide of the related person, was as calm as ever.

But this calmness was not because he was confident, but because he knew that his limited strength would not change the future development of events whether he used it or not, so he had an unmoved state of mind.

The perception that can rule out such phenomena is based on the spatial context. No matter how the huge tornado roars, the context of time and space tells Sera everything.

——This is the β-53 military base.

The buildings of the base are still intact. The exterior is covered with a thick barrier due to strong winds and sand, but the intact building structure is as immortal as gold, supporting the excessive weight without collapsing.

In addition, there are a large number of undead in the base. These military equipment, which are possessed by resentment and souls, move back and forth in the base in a daze, growing human faces, human bones, human flesh and blood, and turning into alien-like abominable creatures.

"..."

Sera saw something that was not very good, because this thing was beyond the original plan and ended everyone's fantasy in an indescribable way.

"Good news! There are indeed vertical structures inside. In the thousands-meter-long passage, there is at least the outline of a starship."

The facts revealed by Sera attracted the attention of Caster and Laura Mia, and Laura Mia, who knew Sera, further discovered that Sera was in a bad mood.

"What about the bad news?"

Laura Mia asked.

"We'll find out when we go in and take a look. All I can say is that recovering some useful technology on this trip is a really great achievement."

After saying this like a riddle, Sera began to weave a space spell that would teleport her directly into the military base. In an instant, the passage to space was opened up, as if a frame of the popular world was extracted. The next moment, the three people who arrived in an instant stepped into the cold area.

The highly penetrating red light shone in the narrow room, and the dark color cast an ominous glow on the solid walls, making it look like an abandoned site after a disaster. Although safe, it was also cold.

The containers storing information were scattered everywhere, and some intact, some broken, all large and small were scattered on the shelves, on the ground, and on the tables. If you tried to read them, all you would get were boring logs.

The thunder stirred up by the wind turned into a sharp blade and cut open the automatic door that was not in operation, opening up the corridor outside. There was also a dark red light, which not only showed the low-power operation state, but also illuminated the outline of the person lying on the ground.

"As you move forward, the things you see become less pleasing."

Sera spoke lightly.

286. Bone Forest, Abandoned Ship

The person who fell to the ground was not a real person after all.

They and Laura Mia are all mechanical life forms, and at this moment they are all in eternal sleep.

Death is their constant companion, and no one can break the silence that envelops them. In a world where they don't have to worry about the future, they may gain the freedom they have always dreamed of.

But perhaps she just fell into another hell that others did not know about. The so-called death has never been an easy thing for the living.

Especially in a business that requires sufficient manpower to achieve, any one person falling behind may bring a major blow to their business.

"They've been down for a long time. The last downtime recorded in their bodies was twenty years ago."

"That is to say, twenty years ago, this place had already suffered an irresistible change."

Laura Mia and Caster came to the same conclusion. After copying the remaining data of the dead, their faces changed and they were mentally prepared for what they were about to encounter.

A dark crimson glow flickered, like a crimson moon formed from turbid blood. Rather than illuminating the road ahead, it seemed to be bringing down a bloody curse, making all the military facilities in sight look hideous.

The scattered guns seem to have decayed, and there is not a single intact box on the messy shelves. The eerie and weird filter would also draw the audience's curses if it were put in a horror movie, and the discomfort it brings would be greater than the curiosity for seeking excitement.

boom.

This was the sound of the flame being ignited. When a ball of holy blue, bright enough to cover all the blood-red, shone, the oppressive atmosphere was swept away, bringing holy light to the world.

At the same time, the faint resentment and death in the air also made a faint crackling sound, like the burning of oil. In Sera's mana full of natural rhythm, these negative energies were inevitably suppressed and purified, returning to a peaceful magical state.

However, because of this, the undead who hated this aura also began to move towards the three people. Flames of resentment burned in their eye sockets, and a faint mist filled the strange bodies made of machinery and flesh.

The grayish white, the desolate green, the red of disaster...

Some of them cling to the wall and move like spiders, some move normally like humans running and walking, and some trample and gallop like chariots. If they were spread out one after another on the plain, they might appear to be very powerful.

But in the narrow corridors and stairwells, their swarming actions only revealed the stupidity of the mob, and the disorganized team was doomed to end in disastrous defeat.

"Well, my fighting style isn't very elegant, so I'll leave this to Sera, is that okay?"

Laura Mia listened to the various noises coming from different floors, and her mind core naturally analyzed the group of attacking undead. She smiled lightly, and her pair of blue eyes looked at Sera with anticipation.

"Indeed, if it were bombarded with guns or missiles, while this military building wouldn't be damaged, it would be difficult to preserve information and clues."

After Sera finished speaking, her magnificent spiritual will quickly spread into every inch of space. In a subtle moment, rays of holy blue light fell and rose from the cracks in the floor and the joints of the ventilation ducts like fragments, creating a strange sight in the space of the military base.

Wind, strong wind, tangible strong wind, like a long dragon soaring in the sea of ​​stars, poured in from all directions, rushed in the corridor that looked like blood vessels, ignored the tightly closed doors, penetrated the entire building, and supported the spirit of the entire building like a backbone, allowing unprecedented vitality to melt all evil spirits.

Bathed in it, protected by the strong wind, the three of them were surrounded by a ball of fire that came from the same source as the wind. Wherever they passed, the remains of the lost and evil creatures were scattered everywhere, until they walked further and further down and saw piece after piece of white bones growing on the wall.

The bones were crystal clear and smooth, and after being washed by the wind, only a silent and primitive vitality remained. They were like strangely shaped crystals, growing in clusters in the vertical construction facilities, surrounding the strong structure that had already taken shape from all directions.

The view suddenly became clear, the space suddenly became vast, and the interfaces of each layer were disconnected here, revealing a great object that soared into the sky like a sharp sword. Even though there were many flaws, it was difficult to conceal the brilliance of technology gathered in it.

This is indeed the prototype of a starship, and it is not stingy at all. On a scale of several thousand meters, it is already perfect and full of the expectations of the forgers for it.

It was meant to fly into the sky, break through the blockade, take away a large number of survivors, and become a messenger to the new world, helping the survivors survive the crisis. But for some reason, this project became unsustainable.

As a result, what was left of it was soaked in resentful negative energy, and too much evil fell upon it, causing it to grow an unsightly sharp mouth, tumor-like flesh whiskers, and flow with unpleasant blood.

The vertical construction facilities have become a forest of bones, which has been refreshed like a forest of crystals after being cleansed by the tangible wind.

The embryonic starship became an ugly giant creature, and returned to calm due to the wind's washing, and its twisted life suddenly came to an abrupt end.

“They failed.”

Caster looked at everything in front of him. Under the light of Holy Green, he suddenly murmured to himself. The feeling of loss turned into lightning flashing in his pupils, which seemed to be shedding sad tears as it flickered.

"Well, that's as expected. Let's continue looking for any resources or technologies that can be recycled."

Laura Mia was very optimistic. She did not feel depressed even after seeing the result of failure. Just this trip with Sera made her feel much happier. The feeling of soaring in the sky made her feel so relaxed that she wanted to sing out loud.

"Let's be honest. It's not too late to keep working hard from now on. Although large projects like starships are difficult to complete even in the Sublimation Center, at least we have everyone we can trust now."

“On the road to the future, perhaps the process is more important than the result.”

Before preparing to plunder everywhere, Laura Mia said these words to Caster cheerfully. Pleasant words are not a torch that can ignite people's hearts, but they are a ray of light that can lead confused people out of darkness and into the light.

"Loramia is right. Think about it. This building is so huge. The vertical height alone is at least five thousand meters, not to mention the horizontal length and width."

"It's a huge undertaking to search every corner. If you don't pull yourself together and join in, it's going to be a hassle for just the two of us."

Sera also had an optimistic and cheerful look on her face as she encouraged the guide. This lively spirit gradually created an atmosphere and then penetrated into people's hearts, soothing their fluctuating emotions.

"You two lords are right. Although the legendary pioneers have been confirmed to have failed, there is still a valuable legacy here."

"Later, I will explain the situation to everyone. This fleeting legend is not where everyone's hopes are pinned. Even if we have to start all over again, we still hold the hope of tomorrow firmly in our hands."

On Custer's steel face, the electronic eyes that glowed with a steady light no longer flashed intermittently.