Interstellar boss, she doesn't talk about martial arts

Chapter 1775 Life Star Essence (Two-in-One Chapter)

Only two minutes have passed.

They need to hold on for another eight minutes!
Chen Yanjun angrily slammed his fist against the abandoned railing of the mine.

"Relocate? We need to relocate again? Why should we relocate?!"

"If this continues, sooner or later we will have nowhere to go!"

"Give all habitable planets to the Zerg, and we will all die!"

Lin Nian'en, Wu Hang, and Old Zhao looked at each other, simultaneously seeing the tragic and desperate expressions on each other's faces.

Yes, even if they could be transferred now, it would only be a matter of prolonging their lives.

They have already ceded Shaofu Star.

If they give up Guiyuan Star again this time, then there will be a next time when they will have to give up Zangge Star, Kanli Star, and so on...

Finally, there is Beichenxing.

By then, will their country still have any reason to exist?

Although for a country, people are always the most important.

But if humanity has no place to live, how can it exist under this starry sky?!

"There's no time!" Chen Yanjun turned around abruptly, his gaze sweeping over his teammates' pale faces.

A crazy and resolute thought surfaced in my mind once again.

He pointed to the deep blue mineral vein at the bottom of the shaft, his voice hoarse with excitement: "Detonate it! Collapse the entire shaft!"

"Bury the vein!"

"No matter what's down there, they'll all die!"

"Only in this way can we hold them back!"

"Only in this way can we buy General Xia some time!"

Upon hearing this, Old Zhao's cloudy eyes suddenly lit up, and he finally made up his mind.

He didn't hesitate at all, and didn't even glance at the bottomless mine again.

He turned abruptly and strode toward the control panel in the corner of the shaft platform, which was lightly covered in dust.

It was a very old-fashioned detonation control panel used for emergency sealing of mine tunnels.

It was covered with large manual guillotine switches and knobs.

There is no trace of mechanical intelligence.

"Chen Yanjun! Lin Nian'en! Wu Hang!" Old Zhao's voice was unusually loud, even drowning out the increasingly frantic banging outside the door.

His calloused hands did not hesitate to pry open the outer cover of the control panel, revealing the core of the detonation device, which was also covered in dust but whose circuit structure was still clearly visible.

Old Zhao's movements were incredibly fast.

Rough fingers precisely manipulated the complex circuit nodes, winding several key guide wires around a manual crank inside the control panel.

"Old Zhao! What are you doing?!" Chen Yanjun instantly understood his intention, and was both shocked and furious. He roared and pounced over.

"Don't come any closer!" Old Zhao turned around abruptly, his usually cloudy eyes now exceptionally clear.

His gaze seemed to burn with an undeniable flame.

It was an authority and resolve that transcended life and death.

"Listen up! This damn control panel, I don't know who developed it! It should be in a museum by now! It can only be triggered manually! I'll do it!"

As he spoke, he plugged a portable data storage device into the manual crank and quickly began downloading all the data.

He then ripped the portable data storage device off, threw it forcefully into Chen Yanjun's hand, and roared, "Get out of here! Don't worry about me!"

Chen Yanjun looked down and saw that the memory indicator light was flashing wildly.

That was clearly the equipment that Wu Hang had been wearing on his belt when he was debugging it at the Space Fortress maintenance station!
Old Zhao just connected it to this dilapidated control panel.

The screen on the console lit up, displaying a dazzling stream of real-time data.

Wu Hang's eyes widened: "Target unit energy characteristic analysis, shell structure scan, force field frequency fluctuation record..."

"Old Zhao!"

Wu Hang understood, and cried out in disbelief, "That's mine...!"

"Shut up!" Old Zhao interrupted him sharply, his voice carrying an unquestionable resolve.

"I saw it! I saw it all!"

"There's more to this abandoned mine than meets the eye!"

"There's definitely something big here!"

"That damned thing's energy field hasn't been fully released yet!"

"I've written it down! I've recorded it all! I'll use Wuhang's thing!"

He pointed to the flashing data storage device in Chen Yanjun's hand, "...Take this out!"

"The data inside will allow Lieutenant General Xia to find out exactly what that thing underground is!"

"Take him out! Rendezvous with Lieutenant General Xia! Hurry!"

"No! Let's go together!" Lin Nian'en hurriedly tried to step forward.

"Get out!" Old Zhao shoved Lin Nian'en with astonishing force, sending her staggering backward.

"Follow the procedures! Safety first!"

"The safest procedure right now is for all of you to get out of here alive!"

"I'm already sixty-eight years old! I've lived enough!"

His face, covered in age spots, twitched with muscle spasms.

Suddenly, a near-divine light burst forth from his bright eyes.

"Don't let my death be in vain! And don't let those people from the space fortress die in vain!"

"Get out of here—!!"

Chen Yanjun held back his tears, holding Lin Nian'en with one hand and Wu Hang with the other.

The three of them activated their second-generation mechs simultaneously, flew up to a groove dug out of nowhere above the mine, and hid inside.

boom! ! !
A deafening crash came from the gate!

The heavy iron gate at the mine entrance finally succumbed to the continuous, violent impacts and shattered completely inward!
Heavy metal fragments flew everywhere like cannonballs!
Blinding light and the ferocious figures of the new mutated insectoid race, accompanied by deafening roars, instantly surged into the shaft platform!

The first few mutated insectoids charged forward, brandishing the long blades protruding from their heads, their scarlet compound eyes instantly locking onto the tiny, aged old man Zhao on the platform!

They immediately pounced on him, like a tide, covering Old Zhao's figure.

"Let's go—!!!"

Old Zhao let out the loudest roar of his life.

His face was covered in wrinkles. Every furrow was filled with the power of anger.

Bright eyes stared intently at the onrushing swarm of insects, with an almost mocking madness.

His right hand, calloused and greasy, pressed down hard with a mixture of triumph and anger, as if saying, "Finally, I've waited for you."

The heavy manual crank that connected all the detonation circuits began to start.

……

The last thing Chen Yanjun and the other two saw was Old Zhao's hunched figure, dressed in greasy repairman's clothes, being swallowed up by the swarm of insects that surged in instantly and the blinding white light before the explosion.

There was no fear, only a heartbreaking calm that burned to the very end.

Rumble, rumble—! ! !
It wasn't a simple explosion, but rather a roar that seemed to echo with the fury of the entire planet!

The ground beneath our feet no longer trembled, but instead arched upwards like a raging beast!

The massive shockwave, like a giant sword, shot straight upwards, blasting a large hole in the recess where Chen Yanjun and the others were hiding. Sunlight streamed in from outside.

The three of them were thrown forward like three falling leaves!

The blinding white light instantly engulfed the entire space of the shaft platform behind them.

Immediately following was a deafening roar, as if it would rip your eardrums apart!
Chen Yanjun and his team hurriedly turned off the radio systems on their mech helmets.

Completely isolate yourself from loud noises that can cause temporary hearing loss.

That was no ordinary explosion sound; it was like the earth's tectonic plates being forcibly torn apart, and countless tons of rocks collapsing and being squeezed together in an instant—a terrifying roar!

The unknown entity underground seemed to have been awakened by the explosion.

However, it was pinned down by the thick layer of soil torn apart by the tectonic plates, making it unable to move.

Those ant-sized insectoids were all buried inside.

The dozens of new mutated insectoids that rushed in also perished under this natural force.

Only a few dozen of the new mutated Zerg that did not rush in escaped the calamity.

On the island, scorching heat waves, mixed with gravel and dust, swept in like a tsunami!

Chen Yanjun felt dizzy and his body was completely out of control. He flew out of the ground and crashed directly into the hard rock in front of him.

The excruciating pain caused his vision to go black.

He gripped the data storage device in his hand tightly, which was still flashing wildly.

The cold touch is the only reality at this moment.

He struggled, using his last bit of strength, to grab Lin Nian'en and Wu Hang, who were also knocked to the ground and covered in blood. He dragged them down the crack that had just been blasted open!
There, a passage leading to the sea had been turned into a rocky slope.

The blinding sunlight scorched the earth once again, but the air was no longer filled with the smell of engine oil from the space fortress repair station; instead, it was filled with a strong, nauseating smell of burning and rock dust.

Behind them, a massive column of smoke and dust, like a volcanic eruption, was still rising into the sky, accompanied by a continuous, muffled sound of the earth collapsing, like rolling thunder.

The ground of the entire island undulated violently like waves, and huge cracks spread wildly across the surface like black lightning.

It seems like it's about to sink.

The terrifying buzzing of the Zerg was completely drowned out by the island's own roar.

Chen Yanjun, dragging Lin Nian'en and Wu Hang along, drove the mecha into the sky without looking back, fleeing for their lives.

Although they had second-generation mechs, they were all physically struck by that explosion.

Every bone in my body was in excruciating pain, and my lungs were whirring like a broken bellows.

Lin Nian'en silently shed tears inside her helmet.

Wu Hang stared blankly at the canyon below, which was almost submerged.

Behind them, the towering column of dust churned endlessly, like a giant pillar of shame planted in the Langya Sea.

Chen Yanjun stopped in his tracks, his chest heaving violently. He forced himself to turn around and look at the island.

It used to be one island, but now it has become two.

As far as the eye could see, there were only two ruins with wisps of smoke rising from them.

The remaining flames lingered among the rubble, outlining the collapsed metal mine structure.

Above those ruins, atop the towering pillars of smoke and dust, dozens of new mutated insectoids could still be seen flying and hovering.

Then, they all went down together, rushing into the strait between the two separated islands.

It was like a mass suicide.

What is this going to do?
Chen Yanjun, Lin Nianen, and Wu Hang were all dumbfounded.

Just then, Xia Chujian finally flew over with Huo Yushen, along with the teacup dog Awu, the chubby little bird Ayuan, and the little yellow chicken Achou.

Xia Chujian was the fastest.

As soon as she arrived, she said to Chen Yanjun, Lin Nian'en, and Wu Hang, "Leave this to me. You guys go to the nearby island and wait for me."

As he spoke, he sent Chen Yanjun another coordinate location.

Chen Yanjun, Lin Nian'en, and Wu Hang were extremely excited, but they still maintained their composure.

I know this is not the time to talk.

Chen Yanjun sent the scene he had just filmed to Xia Chujian, along with the data storage device, and simply said, "There's something down there."

"Those Zerg seem to be looking for it."

"The data on underground mineral deposits are all here."

"Lieutenant General Xia, please be extremely careful!"

Xia Chujian nodded, put away the portable data storage device, and watched the three of them leave.

As soon as the three of them left, Huo Yushen flew over with Teacup Dog Awu, Little Fat Bird Ayuan, and Little Yellow Chicken Achou.

Xia Chujian stood there, watching helplessly as the seawater swirled uneasily between the two broken sections of the island.

A growing vortex is forming.

Huo Yushen stood beside her, also looking at the whirlpool below, and said calmly, "...How did this island break into two pieces?"

Xia Chujian said coldly, "...Do you believe there are actually Zerg here?"

"It's on Guiyuan Star! It's in Langya Sea! It's not far from our home!"

"It wasn't the Zerg that just chased after us; there were already many Zerg here before that!"

As Xia Chujian spoke, she projected the videos Chen Yanjun had sent her onto the virtual display screen.

Huo Yushen's pupils constricted sharply when he saw the dark blue minerals and the ant-sized creatures.

His cool voice carried a hint of nervousness as he said, "...This is the Life Star Essence!"

"It is a particularly rare heterogeneous metal deposit!"

"...The entire Beichen Star System used to only have a little bit of production in the Beast Forest, but it has long since dried up."

"How could there be such a large reserve in Langya Sea?"

Xia Chujian said, "You're asking me? Who should I ask?"

She looked down at the surging sea and said, "...This island used to be a mining island."

"Do you think the people mining here wouldn't know there's life-giving star marrow here?"

Huo Yushen pursed his lips, his voice deep and serious: "...How could you not know about such a shallow mineral deposit?"

Xia Chujian said, "Then do you know?"

Huo Yushen shook his head: "Of course I don't know. The mines here were abandoned more than 20 years ago."

"I just checked the information and found that this mine belongs to the royal family."

"In fact, the mineral resources on Guiyuan Star all belong to the royal family."

Xia Chujian narrowed her eyes: "Then the Tantai royal family must know."

She didn't use a question, but an affirmative sentence.

Huo Yushen did not speak again.

Xia Chujian said, "Alright, I want to see what's down there."

Huo Yushen asked, "What is it?"

Xia Chujian then repeated what Chen Yanjun had just said to Huo Yushen, and handed the portable data storage device to Huo Yushen: "Take this and search for it when you get back to see if you find anything."

"This was just given to me by Chen Yanjun; it's supposedly data on the underground mineral deposits here."

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