Chapter 23 Race against time
“How to do it?”
Xie Shen’s question made the man in the suit feel embarrassed.
After hesitating for a few seconds, he said, "Don't worry, I'll ask someone and I'll give you an answer right away."
After saying that, there was no sound from the earphones.
Xie Shen was left alone in the woods, quietly looking at the thalamus core not far away
This passed for about a quarter of an hour.
Finally, the man in a suit's voice sounded again: "Come on, come on. I just asked someone, and now there are two options to ensure that you don't die."
"Which two Seed?" Xie Shen asked immediately.
The man in the suit said: "The first way is to escape to the city ruins, so that you can avoid the pursuit of the sentries."
Xie Shen heard this and said thoughtfully: "What? Can't the thalamus sentinels go to the city ruins?"
"Yes."
The man in the suit responded: "That is the territory of the puppet, Thalamus The sentries are not allowed to break in without permission. I don’t know why.”
“This method” Xie Shen thought for a while and then continued: “I ran to the city ruins, although I could get away. Thalamus Sentinel, but what if you encounter a dummy? The high-tech weapons in their hands are really powerful, right?"
"It depends on your luck," the man in the suit said helplessly. If you are caught by a dummy, you will die.”
"Of course, you don't have to choose this option." After saying that, the man in the suit turned around and said: "I have a second way, which is to go underground."
"And the city ruins It’s the same truth: the underground is the territory of the underground people, so the thalamic sentinels can’t break in without permission.”
“But don’t blame me for not reminding you: although the underground people are not as crazy as the pseudo-humans, they can’t see them. Just kill humans, but they are very evil.”
“What kind of evil method?” Xie Shen said subconsciously.
“I don’t know that.”
The man in the suit said: "Our space station rarely has contact with people underground, so I know very little information. You can only be careful."
While Xie Shen was talking to the man in the suit, the time It was six o'clock before I knew it.
At this moment, there is less than 1 hour and 30 minutes left before dark.
Time is running out.
In panic, Xie Shen couldn't help but speed up his speech a little faster.
He decisively said to the man in the suit: "If I choose option two, how can I get to the underground?"
"This is not simple." The man in the suit pointedly said: "Let me ask you: What is your mission on the surface this time?”
“I understand.”
Hearing this, Xie Shen suddenly said: “You mean, let me use that exploration plane to go underground?”
"Correct answer." The man in a suit asked Xie Shen: "The probe you deployed should not be wrapped in the core of the thalamus, right?"
"No." Xie Shen responded.
"Okay."
The man in the suit commanded: "Immediately turn on the power of the exploration machine to the maximum, and then just drill down until the surface is penetrated."
In the woods.
Xie Shen looked again at the thalamic core not far away, which was as tall as four people.
He endured the pressure brought by this creature, quickly came to the detector, and followed the instructions and turned on the detector's power to the maximum.
‘Boom!
In an instant, a loud noise came from the drill bit position of the exploration machine.
This sound was transmitted into the core of the thalamus, causing all the thalamus sentinels inside to become restless.
They kept crawling back and forth, as if they might burst out of the giant brain at any time
…
Time passes.
At this moment, there is less than an hour left until 7:30 pm.
Maybe it’s because the light in the woods is getting darker. Not far away.
The core of the thalamus suddenly began to squirm crazily at a strange frequency, and made "gurgle" sounds one after another.
With bursts of noise, cracks began to appear on the surface of this creature.
These cracks continue to expand over time. Gradually, some thalamic sentinels can be seen poking their heads out of the cracks.
In the dark.
While controlling the probe, Xie Shen looked back from time to time to look at the core of the thalamus not far away.
Although he knew very well in his heart that even if he died outside, he could still be resurrected in the space station.
But his instinctive desire to survive still made him feel unprecedented pressure, especially after those thalamic sentinels poked their heads out.
"How's it going? Have you got it through?"
Listening to Xie Shen's side, the constant roar due to the drill rig being turned on to its maximum power, the man in the suit also looked slightly flustered and said: " There's less than half an hour left, please be careful!"
"Stop talking," Xie Shen complained, "You're making me very stressed!"
After saying that, he subconsciously glanced at the surface of the core of the thalamus - as the crack further expanded, the sentinels of the thalamus had already poked half of their bodies out of the crack.
With that momentum, maybe in the next second, all the sentinels will swarm out from the core of the thalamus.
Such a scene gave Xie Shen an indescribable sense of oppression.
The man in the suit also reminded him again at this moment: "There are less than 15 minutes left before 7:30!"
"I know, I know!" Xie Shen frowned He frowned and said with a hint of impatience: "Why isn't it healed yet?"
In order to ensure that the drilling rig would not shut down due to overheating, he began to pour the drinking water he carried into the drilling well.
‘Zi, Zhi’
In an instant, bursts of water vapor rose from inside the drilling well.
Nearly ten minutes passed like this.
Finally, the roar of the underground drilling rig suddenly disappeared - this meant that the drill bit had penetrated the surface rock layer and drilled into an unknown cave somewhere.
It worked.
In the headphones.
Seeing that the sound of the drilling machine disappeared, the man in a suit said ecstatically: "Quick, quick, quick! Hurry up and fasten the cable and jump into the drilling well. You don't have much time!"
Xie Shen ignored the man in suit. , just turned his head and glanced at the thalamus core.
——At this moment, the crack on the surface of the core of the thalamus has expanded to an unprecedented level.
Its width and height are enough for the thalamic sentinels in the body to crawl out.
“No, it’s too late.”
Seeing that the sentinels of the thalamus have crawled out of the cracks one after another, Xie Shen immediately used the spiritual power in his body to bless his body, and made a gesture to jump Get into it.
I heard the man in a suit say in the headset: "Too late? What, you plan to jump directly? The well drilled by the exploration machine is at least several hundred meters deep. Is it okay for you to jump directly? ”
“No matter!”
Looking at the sentinels swarming out from the core of the thalamus, Xie Shen no longer hesitated and just jumped into the drilling well.
Since no safety rope was prepared, Xie Shen had to cling to the wall with his hands and feet from time to time to slow down the impact of his fall.
Although this action would consume a lot of physical strength, it was the only way he could ensure that he would not be thrown to death.
‘Woo’!
At the same time.
After noticing Xie Shen's presence, a large number of thalamic sentinels also poured into the drilling.
They made strange roars one after another, staring eagerly above Xie Shen's head.
(End of this chapter)