jdhmnovel Chapter 1385 Loss of Contact
Chapter 1385 Loss of Contact
Chen Mu pointed to the ruins of the launch site before him and asked Ye Changsheng:
"So why was this launch site eventually abandoned?"
You must have put a lot of effort into the Storm Defense Line.
Ye Changsheng said, "Indeed, a lot has been invested. Just leveling out a small city in the forest cost hundreds of billions."
Not to mention the subsequent launch platform, personnel living conditions, daily maintenance, and technological investment...
In total, trillions were invested.
However, these were all worthless, and as the situation worsened, people lost interest in them.
At least for me, I stopped paying attention. I let it fend for itself; if it succeeds, great; if not, so be it.
Hearing Ye Changsheng casually dismiss the investment of trillions as "worthless," Chen Mu couldn't help but click his tongue in astonishment.
The Stormline back then was truly a powerhouse of resources.
Ye Changsheng realized that what he had just said was a bit too pretentious, especially in front of Boss Chen—a Boss Chen known for having more money than he could ever spend.
This is truly like showing off one's skills in front of Guan Yu (a legendary Chinese martial arts master); it's rather laughable.
Ye Changsheng quickly explained, "Boss Chen, money is just a medium for exchanging resources."
The Storm Defense Line has access to a vast amount of resources; anything renewable and producible is no problem for them.
For Stormline, there are only two types of resources that are truly valuable.
One is a powerful being; the other possesses refined and unpredictable energy.
The construction of the covert launch center relies primarily on technical personnel, requiring almost no investment of powerful individuals. It also utilizes advanced technology, eliminating the need for the use of refined, unorthodox energy.
Naturally, it's insignificant.
Chen Mu nodded; he understood this scarcity.
"So you think Dr. Shen Hanmeng is still alive here? This place is all ruins, how could anyone survive?"
"Mr. Chen, my guess is that Dr. Shen has two possibilities."
Either they finally achieved a technological breakthrough and rushed into space before the bizarre apocalypse, or they are now either escaping in space or dying in space.
Either the technology failed to overcome the challenges, or they perished at the launch center in the bizarre apocalypse. Just like the giant cannon of the past, everyone in the base died in the bizarre apocalypse.
That's why I said I wasn't sure if Dr. Shen was still alive.
Both of the scenarios Ye Changsheng mentioned are indeed possible.
"Did Dr. Shen never contact you again?" Chen Mu asked.
"No, he lost contact with me a few years ago and has been staying at the launch center ever since."
This place is kept strictly confidential; even if I wanted to contact him, I would have to go through a lot of procedures.
"We're not exactly sworn brothers, and we don't have much in common, so I have no motivation to go to great lengths to contact him," Ye Changsheng said honestly.
Right now, for Chen Mu, if Dr. Shen were to escape into space, it would be very troublesome.
Chen Mu had no way to contact Dr. Shen in the vastness of space.
Even with a blood-red note, Dr. Shen wouldn't be able to get back in time.
If it were destroyed in space, its remains would be scattered and forgotten. Even with the Ghost Train, Chen Mu wouldn't be able to revive Dr. Shen.
"I hope Dr. Shen is still here," Chen Mu murmured to himself. "Chief Ye, so the two of us need to search for Dr. Shen's whereabouts in this small city?"
Ye Changsheng shrugged. "Yes, Mr. Chen. Even if we search together, we might not be able to find it. This base is abandoned; it's full of ruins and underground spaces."
Finding someone here who might not even be around anymore is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Moreover, even if Dr. Shen didn't fly away, he might have escaped to another place and might not have died here.
So, in my opinion, we can only try our best to find it.
Chen Mu was also somewhat helpless; indeed, as Ye Changsheng said, it was like finding a needle in a haystack.
"Wait a minute, let me confirm whether Dr. Shen is alive or dead."
Chen Mu pulled out a small, blood-red note, preparing to issue a bizarre mission to Dr. Shen.
This was also the first time Ye Changsheng had ever seen Chen Mu use a blood-red note.
"A mere note can decide a person's life or death? No wonder he's Boss Chen." Ye Changsheng secretly admired him.
Unsurprisingly, Chen Mu tried twice but failed to select Dr. Shen.
If Dr. Shen were still alive, he would definitely have been selected.
Even if Dr. Shen runs into the depths of space and is unable to return to complete the bizarre mission, there will be corresponding prompts, and Dr. Shen may even be judged to have "deliberately escaped," and a bizarre mission will be forcibly issued.
Chen Mu had encountered this situation in his previous life.
Some people, in order to escape a bizarre mission, flew to other cities/countries.
As a result, he was unable to return in time and was deemed to have "deliberately evaded" his fate, ultimately dying far from home.
The rules have long been designed to comprehensively protect against players who exploit bugs.
Given the current situation, Chen Mu is 90% certain that Shen Hanmeng is dead.
"He's most likely dead," Chen Mu said to Ye Changsheng, putting away the blood-red note. "Hopefully, his body is still here."
“Mr. Chen, let’s start a thorough search now.”
Ye Changsheng was also a man of action; he said he was going to start doing it right away.
He then surrounded his body with his innate evil energy.
Pure white wisps of air, like swimming snakes, floated around Ye Changsheng.
He jumped down and stood on the abandoned land.
The white, ethereal energy surrounding him resembled hundreds of hair-thin snakes, beginning to burrow into the surrounding ruins and underground, searching for traces of life.
This is how a master-level expert explores things.
Ye Changsheng beckoned to Chen Mu, preparing to teach him some relevant skills.
For example, how to control the scale of white silk in order to minimize the loss of one's innate evil energy.
Ye Changsheng's white silk only covers an area of 500 meters around him.
This is the range with the least loss that he calculated, and it can even achieve zero loss.
If the coverage area is too large, the innate evil energy will be lost.
At the same time, how long to stay in one place to ensure complete detection... these are all things that require experience.
Unexpectedly, Chen Mu shook his head when Ye Changsheng invited him, standing high in the sky.
Ye Changsheng was wondering why Boss Chen hadn't come down yet.
A large amount of innate evil energy surged from Chen Mu's body.
Their numbers were so great that they even turned into white orbs of light!
These innate, strange energies spread rapidly downwards as if they were free.
The concentration per cubic meter is twice as high as that of Ye Changsheng!
Moreover, these innate, strange energies are continuously spreading outwards.
Chen Mu stood with his hands behind his back, like an inexhaustible source of innate evil energy, controlling more and more white wisps of energy that surged forth from his body.