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"Launch the required tens of thousands of energy bases into space as soon as possible."

three days later.

Two o'clock in the morning, at the military family compound in Shanghai.

The secure telephone line by Liu Guoliang's bedside was ringing incessantly. He threw off the covers and grabbed the receiver.

"Brother Liu, did I disturb your sleep?" Li Yichen's voice came through the receiver, accompanied by the muffled sound of mechanical stamping in the background.

"You calling me in the middle of the night, it can't be anything good." Liu Guoliang rubbed his temples. "So, what are you up to now?"

"It's about what I mentioned to you a few days ago: borrowing two heavy military transport planes. We need them tonight, flying to the poles. The security level has to be at its highest, and the crew members have to be incredibly brave and tight-lipped."

Liu Guoliang was wide awake and sat up straight. Two extremes? This kid's got a long reach.

Without asking any further questions, he made the decision directly: "Half an hour later, at Shanghai's No. 1 military airport, the Y-20 will be fully fueled and ready to go. I'll take care of the approval."

"Thanks." Li Yichen hung up the phone.

Shanghai's No. 1 military airport.

The night wind whipped up the gravel and sand from the runway. Two gray Y-20 heavy military transport planes roared to life.

Ten T-800 Terminators lined up in two rows, pushing huge, sealed black metal boxes into the cabin. Each box weighed five tons, with no markings on its exterior and not even a seam to be found.

The crew members stood by the gangway, their eyes constantly glancing at those metal lumps.

Li Yichen, wearing a thin black windbreaker and military boots, stepped into the cabin of aircraft number one. He was on an Antarctic flight.

He pulled over a paratrooper chair, sat down, fastened his seatbelt, and pressed his earpiece.

"Arctic Crew 2, listen up." Li Yichen's voice was transmitted to another aircraft through an encrypted channel. "Go to the coordinates I've given you, push the equipment off the plane, and then return to base immediately. Don't worry about anything else, and don't ask questions you shouldn't ask."

"Unit 2, understood!" came the crisp reply through the earpiece.

"Take off," Li Yichen gave the command, closing his eyes and leaning back in his seat.

Two enormous machines glided into the air, one to the south and one to the north, tearing through the night.

More than ten hours later.

Antarctica, the ice sheet at the edge of Mount Vinson.

The gale whipped up ice shards, slamming them against the transport plane's windshield. Visibility was less than ten meters.

The red lights inside the cabin were flashing rapidly.

"General Li! The wind speed below exceeds level 11! We cannot land! We can only airdrop close to the ground!" The captain shouted, his voice broken amidst the roar of the engine.

"Open the rear cabin door and take off ten meters!" Li Yichen unbuckled his seatbelt and walked to the five metal boxes.

The captain gritted his teeth and pushed off the control stick. The massive transport plane lurched violently in the wind and snow, its belly almost scraping against the ice ridge.

The hydraulic pump emitted a piercing shriek as the rear cabin door slowly lowered. Extremely cold air, at minus sixty degrees Celsius, rushed into the cabin, causing a layer of frost to form on the interior walls.

"Push!" Li Yichen waved his hand.

Braving the strong winds, several crew members unlocked the locking mechanisms and pushed five heavy metal boxes off the plane along the rails.

boom! boom! boom!

The five-ton iron lump crashed into the thick ice, creating several deep craters.

The captain turned around and saw Li Yichen still standing at the edge of the cabin door. He stamped his feet anxiously, "General! The cargo is unloaded! Aren't you coming back with us? This godforsaken place can't even keep penguins alive; it'll freeze people into ice sculptures!"

Li Yichen braved the blizzard without even blinking.

"I'll stay behind to take care of something." He waved his hand. "You guys get out first. Take altitude and don't get caught in the commotion." After saying that, Li Yichen jumped out.

The jump startled the crew, who all looked at the captain in bewilderment.

The captain was also stunned, but fortunately, Li Yichen's voice came through the communicator, telling the others that he was alright and that they should leave quickly.

Although the captain looked puzzled and in awe, he understood that military orders were absolute.

"Good luck!" The captain saluted in the direction of Li Yichen, then turned and entered the cockpit.

The transport plane's engines roared as its heavy fuselage struggled to rise, quickly disappearing into the white snowstorm.

At the same time, the Arctic ice cap.

The second crew strictly followed orders, pushing the five metal boxes out of the hatch, and then, without any hesitation, pulled up and returned to base. The captain, looking at the vast, icy expanse above the radar, couldn't understand what those metal boxes were for.

Antarctic ice sheet.

Li Yichen's feet were shoved into snow that was above his knees. The wind was cutting his cheeks like knives.

He flipped his wrist.

Dark golden liquid metal gushed from the collar, rapidly spreading down the neck, torso, and limbs. In less than half a second, vibranium nanotech armor covered the entire body. The dark blue goggles glowed in the snowstorm.

The temperature control system inside the armor activated, completely isolating it from the cold.

He walked up to the five metal boxes and tapped the outer shell.

"Ling'er," Li Yichen said.

"Brother, I'm here." The little girl's voice rang out on the communication channel, filled with excitement.

"Let our soldiers get to work."

"receive!"

The instruction has been issued.

A deep rumble came from the depths of the ice beneath Li Yichen's feet.

Immediately afterwards, the ice sheet 100 meters away collapsed.

Hundreds of silver-white T-800 Terminators emerged from the ice. They lacked silicone skin; their pure metal frames gleamed coldly in the wind and snow. These were engineers who had been secretly transported here a month earlier to excavate the underground foundations.

The Terminator army marched in perfect unison, breaking through the ice, and walked to the metal box.

Every ten Terminators carried a five-ton box and turned to walk into the collapsed ice cave.

Li Yichen followed behind the group, walking down the wide underground passage.

100 meters underground.

A massive cavern, hollowed out from half an iceberg, came into view. In the center of the cavern was a ring-shaped magnetic confinement base with a diameter of over 100 meters. Densely packed superconducting coils spread throughout the space like blood vessels.

This is the South Pole eye of the planetary barrier.

The Terminator placed five metal boxes in the core recess of the base.

The hydraulic latches popped open, and the metal casing unfolded to reveal the matter-antimatter reactor inside, emitting a faint blue light.

"Physical access," Li Yichen ordered.

The Terminator robotic arm precisely extends and firmly engages the reactor's energy output end with the superconducting coil on the base.

Li Yichen stepped forward.

He removed the armor from his right hand, revealing his long, slender fingers.

A holographic panel pops out from the main control panel on the base.

The security level here is the highest, and it must be manually unlocked by him to prevent any possibility of network intrusion.

Li Yichen's fingers rapidly tapped on the holographic keyboard, inputting a dynamic key of 128 characters.

"Password verification successful. Antimatter magnetic confinement restrictions lifted." A synthesized mechanical voice echoed within the cavern.

"What's the situation at the Arctic node?" Li Yichen asked.

"Brother, the Arctic region has already achieved physical connection. I've remotely unlocked it here, and we can connect to the network anytime," Ling'er replied.

Li Yichen looked at the red physical button on the main control panel without the slightest hesitation.

He slammed his palm down.

"Energy Network, activate!"

boom!

All five matter and antimatter reactors were operating at full power simultaneously.

Terrifying energy surged wildly into the base along the superconducting coils. The entire underground cavern was filled with a ghostly blue light.

A pale blue energy ripple, more than ten meters in diameter, shot up from the South Pole, piercing through the thick ice sheet, breaking through the wind and snow, and penetrating the troposphere.

at the same time.

North Pole.

Equally robust blue ripples broke through the ice and pierced the sky.

Guided by the magnetic field of Earth, the two massive energies spread rapidly along the lines of latitude and longitude, eventually converging perfectly above the equator.

The outer edge of the atmosphere.

A phantom energy shield, composed of countless hexagonal grids, flashed across space, completely enveloping the entire blue planet. Then, this phantom vanished into the void, becoming imperceptible to the naked eye.

The moment the shield takes shape.

All satellite communications, radar detection, and transoceanic fiber optic cables on Earth experienced electrostatic interference lasting up to three seconds.

Space agencies and military early warning centers of major countries are in complete chaos.

"Solar storm? No! The readings are abnormal!"

"Could it be that Earth's magnetic field has undergone a violent distortion?! Find out the cause quickly!"

On the surface of the earth.

Countless ordinary people in the dark hemisphere stopped in their tracks and looked up at the night sky.

A global aurora appeared against the originally dark sky.

A pale blue halo flowed and intertwined above the clouds, sacred and magnificent, exuding an aura of power that seemed otherworldly.

This spectacular sight lasted only ten seconds before disappearing completely. The internet was flooded with posts about "global aurora" and "alien landing."

Antarctic underground caves.

Li Yichen looked at the gradually stabilizing base data and breathed a long sigh of relief. The heavy weight that had been pressing on his heart for months had finally been partially lifted.

"Brother! Planetary barrier standby mode activated!" Ling'er's holographic projection bounced around on Li Yichen's shoulder, her face flushed red. "The test data is perfect! As long as we complete the space energy base later, this Blue Star will be an iron giant! Nobody can even smash a crater in our heads!"

Li Yichen smiled.

With this absolute defense, even if the alien fleet were to attack prematurely, he would still have a fighting chance. Next, he could unleash his full potential, hollow out the far side of the moon, and focus on developing the planet-destroying cannon capable of blasting planets to smithereens.

"Let's go home." Li Yichen turned around, preparing to return to the ground through the passage and then fly back directly.

Just as he took his first step.

Ling'er's holographic projection flickered, and the excitement on her face vanished completely.

"Brother! Wait a minute!" Ling'er's voice became extremely serious, even carrying electronic noise. "The quantum communication network has just intercepted a high-frequency encrypted signal."

"Where did this come from?" Li Yichen stopped in his tracks.

"Beautiful Country, Nevada, Area 51, 500 meters underground." Ling'er quickly pulled up a intercepted audio band, translated it into text, and projected it onto the holographic panel.

It's just a short sentence.

— "Clone Zero has awakened and is ready for live-fire deployment testing."

Li Yichen stared at the line of text on the holographic panel.

The wind and snow poured in through the hole in the roof, making his armor rustle slightly.

He tilted his head slightly.

"A real-world deployment test?" Li Yichen sneered, his tone revealing undisguised mockery. "TeKaoPu has been pushed to the limit by me, daring to throw out even a half-finished monster."

He raised his hand, swiped his finger lightly in mid-air, and turned off the holographic panel.

"Ling'er".

"Yes, brother."

"Keep a close eye on these monsters. Find out where they're planning to go." Li Yichen's armor and visor closed again, the dark blue goggles casting two afterimages in the darkness. "Looks like someone's itching for a beating again."