Chapter 958 Space-Based Kinetic Energy Weapons
"I know who you are, and I also know the purpose of your coming here..." Ella seemed completely unaware that Qi Lin was ready for a sudden explosion. As long as the dizzy effect produced when the mind beacon detonated could Buying half a second for Qi Lin, he can complete the counterattack instantly.
However, just when Qi Lin was about to detonate the thought beacon, an extremely powerful mental force suddenly crushed the thought beacon attached to Aila by Qi Lin!
"You!" Qi Lin was startled. Just when he was about to fight to the death, that powerful mental power suddenly swept towards him, setting off a stormy wave in the sea of consciousness in his mind - there was In that moment, Qi Lin could be said to have completely lost his ability to resist...
The guy in front of me... is actually a psychic ability user, and her ability has probably reached the standard level five!
The powerful mental storm destroyed Qi Lin's consciousness. He only felt a blank in his mind, staggered and half-knelt on the ground.
He actually fell on it... Qi Lin sighed inwardly. He often walked by the river, how could he not get his shoes wet. This time, it can be said that he was outdone. The mental power of the woman in front of him was so strong that it could be said that Among the people Qi Lin has come into contact with, apart from that mysterious guy Qin, he is the most terrifying one.
No wonder...no wonder this woman in her early thirties can sit in this position...
Just when Qi Lin was filled with regret, the other party suddenly pulled him up, and then the mental power raging in his head suddenly disappeared.
"We are not enemies." Ella suddenly changed the subject and said shockingly.
"Wha, what?!" Qi Lin was obviously confused about the situation, but his first reaction was to take a few steps back and put some distance between him and the woman.
"I said, we are not enemies." Ella shrugged. Although she pressed the heavy Desert Eagle against Qi Lin's vitals a second ago, Qi Lin could not see it in her eyes. A hint of hostility.
"You said you know my identity...and my purpose, then why do you say you are not my enemy?" Qi Lin asked very doubtfully. Although the situation in front of him was very strange, no matter what, At least this Ella didn't take advantage of the moment when Qi Lin lost the ability to resist to attack Qi Lin.
If she did that, even if Qi Lin didn't die, he would definitely be seriously injured enough to lose his combat effectiveness.
"It's simple, because three months ago, I discovered a huge secret." Ella said with a half-smile.
"Secret? What secret?"
"Do you feel that the space occupied by this cloning factory is much smaller than you expected?" For some reason, Ella suddenly changed the topic.
"It seems... so." Qi Lin nodded unequivocally. Although this cloning factory is indeed very large, compared with the entire "cylindrical space" reserved in the spiral structure, it only occupies at most One third of the space.
"Then do you know what else is there in this space besides this cloning factory?" Ella continued to ask.
"How do I know? If you have anything to say, just say it quickly. I don't have time to play guessing games with you -" Facing the other party's introductory questions, Qi Lin urged impatiently. Time was running out, and his whereabouts might be revealed at any time. Exposed, although the weird woman in front of him did not shoot himself or trigger the alarm, if the corpses outside were discovered, Qi Lin would fall into an extremely embarrassing situation even if the woman in front of him did nothing. in a situation...
"You are very impatient... Forget it, let me tell you straight - I found a satellite construction factory in this base. This factory is on the rock formation directly above our heads." Ai Ra said.
"Satellite construction factory? Is this so strange? Are you sitting in this position and you still don't know about satellites? Apart from the satellites left over from the old era, the mastermind should have also manufactured and launched many satellites in the past few years. A satellite, what’s so strange about a satellite construction factory?”
"But this satellite is different. It's a weapon - its name is the 'Sword of Damocles'."
"Satellite weapon?" Of course Qi Lin has heard the allusion to the Sword of Damocles. It is a sharp sword hanging above the human head. There is only a horsehair that may break at any time tied to the hilt of the sword - this is A fable originating from ancient Greece. Later, the word was also used to refer to "conditions, punishment and power".
In many works, the fall of the Sword of Damocles means the end of the world... However, in Qi Lin's view, the end of the world has already come to the earth once. If it comes again, what will happen again? What's the point?
"Is it a nuclear weapon? But... isn't the mastermind unable to manufacture, possess and use strategic-level nuclear weapons? Has it already exceeded that limit?"
"No." Ella shook her head. "The official name of the 'Sword of Damocles' is 'space-based kinetic energy weapon'. To put it simply, it is a sword that is sixty-five meters long and one point five meters in diameter. A giant high-density tungsten rod with a height of 1.5 meters is sent to low-Earth orbit. Under the dual effects of the earth's gravity and the booster rocket, this tungsten rod will fall towards the earth at the speed of a meteorite. When it falls to the ground , the huge kinetic energy attached to the tungsten rod is enough to destroy half of the Indian Peninsula... This weapon can not only destroy human shelters hundreds of meters underground, but it will not cause any pollution."
"Is there really such a thing?" Qi Lin was a little unbelievable. This kind of weapon has not appeared in novels and movies of the old era, but this thing has always been in the category of science fiction. Qi Lin didn't think it was real. There will be countries or organizations that develop and manufacture such weapons that cost a lot of money, but the actual effects have not been accurately verified.
The cost of manufacturing such a weapon and sending it to low-Earth orbit, if used to make nuclear bombs, could easily wipe out several countries, except that it would not cause radiation pollution to the environment. In addition, this weapon has no advantages over nuclear weapons.
"Of course, even before the war, Russia, the United States, and China were all concentrating resources on developing weapons of this type. Among them, the United States was the first to produce results - they created a weapon called the 'God's The satellite of the Rod carries four tungsten alloy rods 5 meters long and 20 centimeters in diameter. According to computer derivation, a quarter of the Rod of God is enough to destroy the entire New York City, including 50 underground rods. Meters are included in the strike range. And the power of the 'Sword of Damocles' is 1,600 times that of the Staff of God." Ella continued.
"Then why don't they use the rod of God in war?"
"At that time, there was no need for this... Due to the nuclear bundling strategy, once any country with nuclear weapons pressed the launch button of a nuclear bomb, everything would be irreversible - there are many countries with nuclear weapons, but those with nuclear weapons There are not many countries with kinetic energy-based weapons. In this case, what is the point of using the Rod of God?" Ella said with a sigh.
"Okay, even if that's the case, what does this 'Sword of Damocles' have to do with me? What does it have to do with you? As a person on the mastermind's side, being able to possess such a powerful weapon, for For you, shouldn't it be a good thing?" Qi Lin asked.
"No...that's not the case...the attack target of the Sword of Damocles was already set when it was created, and it was right here." Ella suddenly smiled and shook her head, pointing at her feet with her finger. .
"Fort Yukon base? Is the mastermind crazy? Why does it use its own weapons to attack its own base?! Is it... to silence it?"
"Just to silence... not everyone can enter the utopian world, at least the people in this base will not. According to the original arrangement, after the utopian plan is officially implemented, we will serve as the supervisor of the utopian world. ’ and continue to live in the real world.”
"Like a GM of an online game...or a maintenance programmer?"
"That's almost it, but the mastermind doesn't completely trust us. According to the information I stole from the satellite computer, the launch time of the Sword of Damocles will be five years later. By that time, the operation of the utopian world will basically be It has entered the formal stage, and the value of us people has become dispensable.”
"At that time, the mastermind can completely arrange you into that virtual world. Why should it kill you all?"
"We know too much, and people who know too much are often difficult to control. For the mastermind, as long as it can retain the vast majority of people, it has achieved its goal, and we 'unstable factors' , the best choice is to erase it completely." Ella's tone contained a hint of bitterness.
"It's really the standard mastermind's way of thinking about problems... Then what are you going to do?"
"I want to cooperate with you. All I want is to shut down the mastermind, and I will help you." Ella stared at Qi Lin closely with her beautiful eyes and said every word.
"Just the two of us? You have to know that I am alone now... In fact, I have not thought about giving up once. This kind of thing cannot be done with personal ability... This is reality, Not American superhero movies."
"But I am not willing to be treated as an abandoned child. Anyway, I will die anyway. I would rather choose to die in the struggle." Ella's eyes flashed with flames. Such eyes were not unfamiliar to Qi Lin. He It was clear what Ella was thinking right now.
She wanted to resist her fate and was willing to pay any price for it.
"Okay, so how many people in this base know about this?"
"I am the only one at the moment. The construction workshop of the 'Sword of Damocles' is a top-secret area. There are only robots and cyborgs in it."
"If you think this matter is announced, how many people can we incite to rebel?" Qi Lin then asked another question.
The strength of the two of them alone is far from enough, but if you add the entire Fort Yukon base, you may be able to see a glimmer of hope.
"I don't know, but if this news is announced rashly, civil strife will definitely occur within the base, and the whole situation may be out of control... I have not thought of using this information to launch a 'coup,' but It is difficult to implement it specifically. Therefore, I need to cooperate with you."
"The current situation is not in our hands, so disrupting the situation is, in a sense, beneficial to us, as long as someone can stand up and lead those who are willing to resist..." At this point, Qi Lin naturally thought of the "revolution" he, Cheng Yanqiu and Lingkui launched in the City of Steel. During that "revolution", they did not completely destroy the mutual aid association, but they succeeded. He turned the mutual aid association into his own possession.
Can such a plot happen again at the Fort Yukon base?
"By the way... there is another very crucial question. Does he know about this 'Sword of Damocles' and that 'Xia'? If he knew, things would not have developed to this extent."
"Are you talking about that 'Xia'? I think he should know, but even if he knew, he would choose to support the mastermind, because he is not on the list that needs to be erased. He is more interested in the utopian world. If anyone is still fanatical, when the technology of mental separation is successfully perfected, I am sure that he will be the first person to enter the utopian world."
"Then where is he now?" If this summer
"I don't know, 'Xia''s whereabouts have always been a secret. Even if sometimes he appears openly somewhere, it might just be a misleading cover-up. If you want to get rid of 'Xia' first , I advise you to give up this idea... He is not the key point of the whole incident. As long as he can shut down the master brain, he alone cannot carry out the utopia plan. And if you want to shut down the master brain, you must help me win. This base, no matter what method is used.”
"But before that, he will be a big obstacle, isn't he? I dare say that as long as we launch a 'coup' at the Fort Yukon base, soon the repressive troops from him will parachute here. If We don't have enough strength to deal with his words, so everything is just empty words." Regarding Aila's statement, Qi Lin held completely opposite opinions. He and Xia had fought more than once. This was a Qi Lin knew very well how difficult his opponent was.
Especially when he and the mastermind are on the same side, things become more difficult.
"No, we have enough strength to deal with reinforcements from the outside world." Ella suddenly walked to the life-saving cabin and stared at Ayakui suspended in the physiological maintenance fluid through the brown glass.
"You mean... Ayakui... No, no, those clones!! Could it be?!"
"You guessed it right, the reason why I spared no effort to create a clone of this little girl is not to let those idiots study those damn subjects, but to obtain a force powerful enough to compete with the entire base. The power! Only if I can capture the Yukon Fort base, I will have a way to gain control of the 'Sword of Damocles'!" Ella looked at Ayakui who had just woken up from her sleep in a low voice and excitement. said.