Chapter 989 The Treasure Buried Deep
Several boats with the NAC symbol quietly drifted in the middle of Poyang Lake. Soldiers wearing kinetic skeletons stood on the boat and carefully observed their surroundings.
On the wasteland, places with water are always more dangerous than places without water. Behind every plant could be a Mud Crab. A Mud Crab covered with heavy armor could match the deadliest mutant – the Death Claws.
Wearing a black lacquered power armor, Jiang Chen stood at the bow and looked into the bottomless lake.
Ripples disturbed the clear water. If he didn’t receive strong evidence, he wouldn’t believe such an amazing secret would be buried under this lake.
Two thousand scientists with extensive research fields. This “treasure” is crucial for Jiang Chen.
After a while, a Knight walked behind him and bowed respectfully.
“Observers have scanned used the life wave detection device. There is no trace of Mud Crab activity in the area. Our people are ready to go.”
“Then let’s go now.” Jiang Chen ordered.
“Yes!”
Hu Cheng saluted. His fist slamming on the steel armor made a clear sound.
Under the leadership of the NAC knight, five soldiers wearing amphibious kinetic skeletons quickly gathered at the bow and jumped into the lake.
Jiang Chen stood in the bow and waited quietly until the underwater team confirmed the safety of the lake, and then stepped into the lake.
As a single armor that can cross the nuclear radiation area, the average depth of only ten meters is nothing for the T3 Power Armor. It didn’t take long before Jiang Chen’s feet stood on the soft lake bottom.
A few mutated fishes swam to him and began to bite at the steel armor. Jiang Chen waved his hands and shooed these self-humiliating mutants away before moving toward the location marked on the holographic screen.
Unlike most fallout shelters, this fallout shelter was not documented. The circular entrance had a dimeter of ten meters. It was not embedded in the wall but placed at the bottom of a lake.
Time did not leave any rust on its body. The bright alloy made it seem like it was only dropped here yesterday. In the center of this giant round door, T7 was painted.
“This is it.”
A string of bubbles squeezed out from the gap in the knight’s armor. Jiang Chen looked at the knight and nodded. He took out the ruby pendant and walked toward the center of the steel door.
“Let me do it.” Hu Cheng hurriedly tried to stop the general.
As a knight of the NAC, how could he let the general make risky moves?
However, Jiang Chen just shook his head.
“It’s over. The possibility of traps being here is low.”
Fallout Shelter 118 already joined under the banner of NAC. Lu Yihua has no reason to lie.
Only graves need to have traps protecting them. If the purpose of this fallout shelter is to send knowledge and hope to the future, then the person who built the shelter has no reason to put weapons in it.
In the center of the steel giant door, just as Lu Yihua described, there was a circular print engraved into it.
Jiang Chen put the end of the pendant inside and gently rotated it half a turn to the right.
The ruby embedded in this pendant was the key to opening the door. The ruby had been specifically designed and processed so that over ten gigabytes of passwords could be engraved within it. This encryption method made it so that even a quantum computer’s computing power would not be sufficient in deciphering all the passwords.
The current followed the silver disc and passed through the ruby.
A string of bubbles formed from the edge of the round steel door and pushed toward the surface.
With a slight tremor, the giant door slowly began to sink.
“It’s not quite right here… General, please come out first.” Hu Cheng looked around nervously and immediately stood in front of Jiang Chen. Five soldiers wearing amphibious kinetic skeletons also nervously raised their underwater rifles and watched for possible threats.
“Don’t be nervous, it’s just an elevator.” Jiang Chen smiled and shook his head. He pressed down on the muzzle and indicated for everyone to remain calm.
With the steel giant door slowly sinking, after less than half a minute, the giant door that originally protruded onto the surface became a deep pit. When the giant door sunk to a certain height, the entire giant door clanked into place like a bullet being loaded.
The roof of the deep pit began to converge, like a dome, covering everyone’s head and sealing the exit.
When the dome was completely closed, the signal light in the deep pit turned on, illuminating the entire space.
Then, the water level began to fall. After the water was completely pumped out, a door formed on the vertical well wall.
“It seems like this is not a door, but an elevator.”
Hu Cheng examined his surrounding and discovered that he was surrounded by steel walls. He put down his rifle and muttered to himself before grabbing the tactical rifle around his waist.
Jiang Chen had already stepped in front of the open door.
But just as he was about to cross the door, he stopped and frowned.
On the open iron gate, he saw a familiar sign.
He gently touched the raised badge, the soft titanium on his fingertips followed the engraving and swept away the dust. If he remembers correctly, the company that owns this trademark has a famous name.
“East Asia Heavy Industries…” Jiang Chen muttered.
“What’s wrong?” In muffled steps, Hu Cheng walked in beside him. He raised his flashlight and pointed it into the darkness behind the door. But other than a narrow corridor, he couldn’t see anything else.
“Where is that pendant? Give it to me.” Jiang Chen turned and looked at Hu Cheng.
“Roger!”
Hu Cheng respectfully nodded, stepped back to the center of the giant circular door, kneeled down and removed the pendant out of the groove.
After taking the pendant, Jiang Chen waved to soldiers behind him to follow him into the corridor.
Under the leadership of Hu Cheng, the six men guarded Jiang Chen.
Soon, the group came to the end of the corridor.
Jiang Chen took out the key again and swept it on a card reader on an alloy door.
After reading the password in the ruby, the alloy door slowly opened. Then, cold lights gradually began to turn on, illuminating the space inside. Seeing the marvelous scene behind the door, Jiang Chen’s pupils gradually widened, revealing his amazement.
Just like Terracotta Warriors were in the giant space, there were about two thousand oval-shaped hibernation chambers. The white shell looked like a large goose egg wrapped by arm-sized pipelines connected to the central main control computer and the life support device.
This is not a fallout shelter, but a time machine.
From the past decades to the future. It carried the seed of civilization.
“Wait for me here.”
With inexplicable excitement in his heart, Jiang Chen moved the nearest giant egg. He reached out and pressed the button that said “End Hibernation.”
A neat seam formed on the “shell” and cold white mist spewed out of the gap.
Just like sputum being reborn, the outer shell of the hibernation chamber slowly opened, revealing a girl lying in the shell with skin as fine as jade.
However, when he saw the girl’s face, his excited mood suddenly extinguished like a bucket of cold water was poured on his head.
Suddenly, he thought of something, he jerked his head up and looked at the central computer.
This familiar device…
As if to confirm his guess, the dark display lit up and a suited man appeared in the center of the screen.
He was sitting in an office chair and behind him was the skyline of Wanghai from before the war.
The expressionless face seemed to state his lack of interest in anything.
“Hello, future friends… From your expression, it seems that you have seen me from somewhere before?”