Chapter 318 - 266: The Million Unmanned Machines Left by Lin Xin Bamboo

Chu Bamboo quickly saw the last message Lin Xin Bamboo had written. He froze for a moment, then focused his eyes and read it again carefully. After confirming he hadn’t misread it, his heart surged with emotion.

"...According to the agreement between you and Father, underground at the location you recorded, there are millions of unmanned machines. The activation code is also the one you and Father discussed!"

"I have wiped all information related to this location from Nuwa’s system. Mmm, so, even if Nuwa really... in the future... she shouldn’t be able to dig this up!

Okay, I can’t be sure... After all, since I’ve written it here, she’ll know a legacy like this exists! And I don’t understand that peculiar script you write in!"

"If she gets it in her head to tear the place apart, she’ll definitely still be able to unearth it. So... it’s up to you!

Don’t blame me if it’s not there. I’ve done my best!"

Joy appeared on Chu Bamboo’s face. His mind was racing, and he almost subconsciously wanted to rush to the location he’d designated, dig the things up, and immediately launch a grand, sweeping offensive against the nuclear facility...

’Calm down... Calm down!’ Chu Bamboo slapped his cheeks and took several deep breaths, his expression turning serious. ’I’ll go check it out first! I don’t know if it’s there yet, so I shouldn’t get my hopes up. And I shouldn’t be disappointed if it’s not there... Besides, even if it is, a million is too few.’

Chu Bamboo felt he needed to amass at least ten million...

His spirits lifted, and he shot to his feet. A thought suddenly occurred to him, and he casually told Nuwa to turn off the screen, then... bolted out of Nuwa Base at top speed.

...

「Two hours later.」

A stretch of desolate wilderness.

Chu Bamboo got off his electric scooter, stomped on the ground, and looked up at the sky, silently calculating. ’This should be the place!’

He had, of course, acquired this electric scooter by imprisoning Zhang Hai for quite some time.

Chu Bamboo pulled a shovel out from under the seat, stretched his stiff limbs, and began to dig with a serious expression.

"..." As he dug, a thought surfaced. ’I remember this feeling! Back when I entered the unmanned wilderness zone, I was digging for Nuwa Base... though I ended up unearthing Shaking Light Base instead...’

For a moment, Chu Bamboo found it all very comical, a sense of humor that transcended time and space.

He kept digging until past eleven o’clock...

Covered in dust, Chu Bamboo crawled out of the pit and looked in the direction of the Third District.

This location was nominally part of the Fourth District, but in reality, it was just uninhabited wilderness. Scattered mountains even blocked the view, so he couldn’t tell if the black fog was starting to spread again...

After a brief silence, Chu Bamboo sighed. "I hope that once I actually dig up the base, I’ll be able to pre-write the master program and compress the entire process to finish before ten."

Before ten o’clock, with a million unmanned machines under his control, it would be possible to conduct a carpet-bombing-style search and destroy, solving the problem with absolute force!

However...

Chu Bamboo was feeling a little pessimistic. ’If I could just access Nuwa’s database and have her activate it directly... would that be better? Okay, that’s a stupid thought!’

If he really connected to it, would he even be the one to use it?!

Chu Bamboo shook his head and continued digging. He dug all the way until twelve o’clock... when he finally, just barely, hit a metal wall.

"Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes..." A delighted expression crossed Chu Bamboo’s face as he quickly scrambled out. But when he saw the blue sky again, he suddenly fell into deep thought. ’Alright, next is to find the entrance... Wait, this is bad!’

Chu Bamboo suddenly realized something terrible. Although he had delegated a task to Lin Xia, partly because of time and partly because he’d recently been at White-headed Eagle, he hadn’t followed up on it...

In other words, he didn’t actually know the layout of this underground base!

And because of that...

...without the blueprints, even if he’d dug down to the base, he’d have trouble mentally modeling it to find the entrance...

’...I’m speechless!’ For a moment, Chu Bamboo didn’t know what kind of expression to make. How could he have made such a stupid mistake?

After sitting there for a long, long time, Chu Bamboo heaved a long sigh and tossed the shovel aside. So, what was he supposed to do now?

By now, Jinghai City was most likely done for.

The nuclear facility was destroyed, too...

Chu Bamboo took out his phone, wondering if he should call the Bright Pope.

Suddenly...

Chu Bamboo’s brow furrowed. He stared into the distance, his expression gradually freezing as he subconsciously got to his feet.

"What... is that?!"

He saw it. In the direction of Jinghai City, a black pillar was gradually connecting to the sky.

No...

’If I can see it this clearly from here, then how big must that black pillar actually be?’ Chu Bamboo’s eyelid twitched frantically. He gazed up at the sky, unable to even determine where the black pillar connected to...

Considering his current eyesight...

’It might actually be connecting to outer space... No, to the Moon? But it’s not nighttime... It can’t possibly be connecting to the Sun! So is it connecting to... some other Extraterrestrial Planet?’ Chu Bamboo’s thoughts were in chaos.

Then...

The black pillar suddenly swelled and expanded... dissolving into countless rays of black light!

Chu Bamboo’s pupils contracted. He instinctively tried to dodge, but how could a person outrun light?

The light passed over his body...

Chu Bamboo froze, his movements halting. He clenched his fists. He didn’t feel anything abnormal at all! There wasn’t even the slightest prickling pain in his brain. Seemed there was no contamination issue?

’...Was it just for show?’ Chu Bamboo was baffled, but he also had a keen sense that things were definitely not as simple as they appeared.

He stood there thinking for a long, long time... when suddenly, the earth began to tremble violently.

"?" Confusion appeared on Chu Bamboo’s face. An earthquake? Could this be what the black light had caused!

Chu Bamboo turned his head, looking in the direction the tremors were coming from. His body went rigid.

"...Fuck!" Bitterness filled Chu Bamboo’s eyes. He didn’t turn to run... because he knew it would be useless.

Chu Bamboo saw it: an endless tide. It surged toward him like a doomsday torrent... sweeping everything away!

A phrase appeared in his mind—

The Yangtze River has burst its banks.

Although he couldn’t understand it at all—it wasn’t the rainy season, and there had been no news of problems upstream or downstream—how could something like this possibly happen... But...

’Always look on the bright side,’ he thought. ’Maybe it’s possible... that this is actually a tsunami!’

Chu Bamboo wanted to laugh, but he couldn’t.

The terrifying flood roared, sweeping him and his electric scooter away...

As he choked on the water, Chu Bamboo’s first thought was, ’Freshwater! It really is the Yangtze River...’

And then.

Chu Bamboo didn’t struggle with all his might to save himself. He simply floated along quietly, calmly feeling the water invade his lungs, doing his best to suppress his coughs...

Until finally... he welcomed death.

Time began to reverse!