Ling Cage: I come from Hisakawa

Chapter 262 Mars City

Panicked, 4068 loaded the supply crate onto the vehicle, met up with 4079, and whispered, "Did you see that hunter from earlier? Did he not come out?"

“I haven’t seen it.” 4079 paused for a moment. “Perhaps it left through another exit.”

4068 whispered, "There's no one at the other exit. Squad One and Squad Two are here. And when we came out, there were swarms of Spine Worms and Devouring Beasts in that direction."

4068 and 4079 looked at each other in silence.

4068 felt heavy-hearted.

The spaceship contained a swarm of spiny worms and devouring beasts, and they were bound to run into a small group sooner or later, so the death of that hunter couldn't be entirely blamed on him.

But it's inextricably linked to him.

If he hadn't disturbed the Spine Worm swarm by destroying the fleshy soil, the swarm might have taken a while to notice the intruder. By the time the swarm became active, the hunter would have already left that spot, and he might not have died.

Most importantly, the hunter saved him.

“It’s my fault that he was killed,” 4068 said absentmindedly.

After the three laws were abolished, the mortals were all restless, and 4068 was the most restless among them.

He suddenly stopped taking the former upper class seriously.

In the camp, if the people did anything to displease him, he would make a huge fuss.

He didn't think he had done anything wrong.

After decades of tyranny and oppression, the upper class has finally abolished the Three Laws, and it's time for them, the common people, to realize their ambitions. He doesn't even care about the security regulations for ground operations.

If he hadn't touched that corpse, many fewer people might be dying now.

4079 comforted him, "Don't think too much about it. Hurry up and move your things. The sooner we finish, the sooner we can leave."

"Hmm." 4068 nodded dejectedly.

He is feeling somewhat lost right now.

What's done is done, and even if he regrets it now, what can he do?

"Yuekui, why hasn't the time-space portal opened yet? It's been over a week already!" Bai Yuetian asked, sitting in Bai Yuekui's chair, her voice tinged with apprehension.

Will the time-space portal close down?

I don't want to stay in this godforsaken, post-apocalyptic world forever, do I?
He also wants to take Erica back to see her father.

Their wedding also had to be held in Hisakawa City so that they could receive blessings from relatives, friends, and colleagues.

"Something might have changed. Let's wait a bit longer," Bai Yuekui said softly.

The time-space portal is also very important to her.

Her body has not yet fully recovered and is waiting for a technological breakthrough in Jiuchuan City to turn her into an immortal as well, and then extract her immortal cells to cure the long-standing ailments in her body.

If her illness can be cured, she might even be able to go to the whirlpool again.

She now has a better understanding of the radiation intensity of the vortex, and if she could go again, she would be fully prepared.

Although according to Alienated ASH, she cannot solve the collective consciousness of Mana Ecosystem, she should be able to help in other ways, or cause some trouble for Mana Ecosystem.

Mana Ecology uses the Blood Vortex to drive the evolution of the Devouring Beasts. If she had indiscriminately slaughtered a whole generation of evolving Devouring Beasts in the past, it would have lightened the burden on humanity in the future when it reclaims the Earth.

Moreover, after she comes out, she can treat herself using the same method as last time, and then go again when the vortex of blood opens next time.
Seven times in and out, Bai Yuetian of Dragon Bone Village. "I'm still a little worried about the situation in Jiuchuan." Bai Yuetian paused for a moment.

"The disaster over there has already begun. Even king-level Devouring Beasts have appeared. Who knows how many more changes have occurred during this time."

"I'm really afraid that when I get there, I'll find that Hisakawa has become a wasteland."

Bai Yuekui shook his head: "Don't worry, trust him and ASH."

Bai Yuetian sighed softly.

He changed the subject: "Mark's side discovered the ruins of a spaceship. That spaceship was captured by the Devouring Beasts before it even took off. The structure is quite intact. Don't we have a group of shipbuilding experts here? Can we have them repair it?"

"Once they've finished exploring, we'll have the experts repair the ship. Once it's fixed, we'll be able to go into space," Bai Yuekui replied.

The discovery of the lighthouse was very valuable.

Interstellar ships like the R-49, which were captured before even taking off, are extremely rare.

The spacecraft wreckage that remains on Earth is almost all of them that were destroyed after takeoff. They are extremely difficult to repair, and some are even completely unrepairable, only providing spare parts.

The R-49 spacecraft retains its hull frame, and the important internal components should be fine and can be repaired without major repairs.

At that time, Longgu Village will have another way out.

If all else fails, let all the villagers ride in a boat into space.

"What's the use of going into space? Are there any safe places in space?" Bai Yuetian asked.

Bai Yuekui replied, "The early people who fled Earth built a Martian city in Mars orbit. The population has changed two or three generations. Most of the young people have no concept of homeland. Only some old people still want to return to Earth. We have to go there before these old people die out."

"Next, we need to clean up the ecological pollution on Earth, and the more people, the better."

Bai Yuetian looked thoughtful: "Mars City, that city seems to have started construction before the apocalypse."

“That’s the one.” Bai Yuekui nodded.

Compared to the distant reaches of the stars, humanity prefers to concentrate its resources on building the solar system.

The level of construction on the moon is the highest.

Humans have built hundreds of cities on the moon, which are connected by lunar orbits. On cloudless nights, people on Earth can see the lights of the lunar orbiters moving around.

Unfortunately, the moon has experienced both human civil war and geological disasters, and there are no living people on it now.

Other colonized planets in the solar system followed in the footsteps of the moon.

Only because it was far from Earth, the Mars city, which was not yet completed at the time, was spared from destruction. The related projects were picked up again by the later refugees, who worked together to complete them.

"How many people are there in Mars City now?" Bai Yuetian asked curiously.

Bai Yuekui shook his head: "I haven't been there for a long time, but there should be 60,000 or 70,000 people, or even more. Hela provided Mars City with nuclear fusion technology and the technology to convert carbon dioxide into starch. These technologies bring Mars City endless energy and food, but Mars City has limited space and cannot support more people."

With a population of 60,000 to 70,000, it's roughly the size of a small town.

It wouldn't have been much before the apocalypse, but with all of humanity pushed to the brink, it was nothing short of a miracle city.

“I suspect Gray is in Mars City right now,” Bai Yuekui added. “He’s the director of the Joint Police Department and has connections with the Hela Empire, so finding a spacecraft wouldn’t be difficult for him.”

“I searched the area where he left the lighthouse for a while and found no other human settlements. I don’t think Gray would have fed himself to the ecosystem.”

(End of this chapter)