Facing the old man's sincere and expectant gaze, Ding Meng immediately recalled the time he spent with Cuttle in the Starbow Group. After a long time, he nodded solemnly. "Don't worry, Mister Cuttle. I'll bring you back."
"Great!"
Cuttle smiled. At this moment, he seemed to be glowing. He was full of energy again, just like an old urchin.
However, this state did not last long. His breathing became shorter and shorter, and his aura became weaker and weaker. Finally, he slowly closed his eyes.
"Mister Cuttle!
Mister Cuttle! "
Lin Kejia held his body and shouted desperately. Unfortunately, this time, there would be no response.
This old man, who had devoted his whole life to space transmission technology, finally passed away in this remote Bogor Star.
Ding Meng looked at the old man's old and peaceful face. He could not help but smile bitterly. "You stubborn and cute old man. Rest in peace!"
After saying that, he opened his palm, and a delicate flame sprayed out. The corpse turned into a pile of powder.
Ding Meng opened the crystal bottle again. First, he absorbed the crystal into his palm to digest the information. Then, he put the old man's ashes into the bottle and carefully sealed it.
The Transit String looked at all of this in a daze. "He could have been saved. Why didn't he let you save him?"
Ding Meng let out a long sigh. "Because you don't understand him."
Lin Kejia did not explain. "Why?"
Ding Meng did not answer. He did not want to say it, and he did not have the heart to say it because he understood Mister Cuttle very well.
This young farmer from a remote village in the Linda family did not even have the money to take a spaceship when he was admitted to Starlight University. Later, all his relatives and friends pooled money for his travel expenses. He was very talented, but he met the wrong person. His life was full of thorns, and he lived in pain all day long. His only comfort was his family in his hometown. However, he did not have the face to face them, and now, everyone was dead.
He did not want Ding Meng to save him. It was not that he wanted to die, but that his heart had died long ago. At this point in his life, he no longer had anything to worry about. The curved light engine had been invented, and he no longer had any pursuits. Living on was torture, and he would also be a burden to Ding Meng and the others.
Death was the final destination, and also the best relief!
Ding Meng looked at the crystal bottle in his hand and said in his heart, "Mister Cuttle, please don't worry. I won't let your efforts go to waste, and I won't let you die with hatred. These hateful Night Phoenix warriors and traitors must die!"
Ding Meng mobilized his telekinesis, and his body gradually transformed into Mister Cuttle's thin and short figure. He understood the old man's intention. He wanted him to pretend to be the old man, so that he could have a chance to enter the core of the curved light engine.
The Transit String and Lin Kejia were smart people. After seeing Ding Meng transform, they immediately understood Ding Meng's plan.
Now, all they had to do was wait. Wait for Suo Mansha to come back and persuade him.
Time passed minute by minute. Ding Meng was also secretly calculating the time. After about 30 hours, the training hall's alloy door opened again, and a beautiful woman in a Daoist dress walked in. No one would have thought that the person who came this time was not Suo Mansha, but Nanxun.
"Are you also here to persuade the three of us?" The Transit String asked angrily.
Nanxun's expression was a little helpless, "Xingxian, you should know that I won't harm you."
The Transit String sneered, "Yes, you won't harm me. Now that the Starbow Group is in the hands of the Rabik family, and the curved light engine is in the hands of the Night Phoenix warriors, is this what you mean by not harming me?"
Nanxun straightforwardly sat down in front of her and said calmly, "The curved light engine will definitely be activated. This result won't change because of anyone. The only difference is whether you will take the initiative to activate it, or let someone invade your consciousness and extract the final code, coordinates, and authorization before activating it. Naturally, we don't want it to be the latter."
This was the truth as big as the heavens. The Night Phoenix warriors only needed to summon a slightly more powerful fluxer, and the Transit String and the other two wouldn't be able to keep the secret. Currently, the other party hadn't made a move against the three of them. The Transit String's judgment was very clear: it was because the engine's energy hadn't been fully charged, and it wasn't their turn yet.
Nanxun seemed to know what she was thinking. "But now, the energy has already reached 90%!"
"So the three of us should die?" The Transit String sneered again.
"No!" Nanxun said resolutely. "I have prepared a ship on the ground!"
The Transit String became alert. "What do you mean?"
Nanxun said, "After activating the engine, we will return to the ground and take the ship to leave this place forever."
The Transit String frowned. "Us?"
"Yes!" Nanxun said with a sincere expression. "You, me, Doctor Lin, and Master Cuttle!"
The Transit String didn't say anything. Nanxun's expression didn't seem like he was lying.
"Just the four of us?" Lin Kejia couldn't help but ask.
Nanxun replied, "Yes!"
Ding Meng finally said, "You are missing one person. It should be five people leaving this place."
The Transit String couldn't help but ask, "Who is the other person?"
Ding Meng said, "President Jiang Qianchen!"
As soon as he said this, the Transit String and Nanxun both looked surprised. Of course, the reason why they were surprised was different. The Transit String couldn't figure out what was going on with the president.
Nanxun was surprised that Cuttle knew about this.
Ding Meng said again, "But there are still four people!"
"What do you mean?" Lin Kejia was confused.
Ding Meng looked at Nanxun. "Do you think Jiang Qianchen will leave with you?"
Nanxun looked calm. "Of course!"
Ding Meng stared at her. "Are you sure?"
Although he had transformed into Cuttle's appearance, his eyes were still sharp and deep. Anyone who faced his gaze would be surprised.
Nanxun said in a deep voice, "It's not up to you whether he will leave with us or not!"
Ding Meng said calmly, "Yes, it's not up to me. It's up to me to tell the truth!"
Nanxun also stared at Ding Meng. She tried to find some clues from Ding Meng's expression. Only a few people knew about her relationship with Jiang Qianchen. To be precise, no one in the human world knew about it. However, Ding Meng slowly closed his eyes like an old monk in meditation.
Ding Meng said again, "I know you don't believe me. Why don't we make a bet? He won't leave with you."
Nanxun said, "How?"
Ding Meng said, "I changed my mind. I agree to start the warp light engine. Didn't you come to persuade us on behalf of Jiang Qianchen?
You can take me out now. "
Nanxun stared at him for a while and nodded. "Alright, follow me!"
After coming out of the suite, Nanxun led Ding Meng and the others to the first floor of the banquet hall in the elevator. They could see that there were many people in the hall and on the cross bridge outside. However, they were all ordinary staff of the Star Rainbow Group.
When they came to the center of the cross bridge, Nanxun raised his wristwatch and whispered a few instructions. The entire bridge began to rotate horizontally. Then, it slowly spun into the lake.
Lin Kejia looked at the changes around her in surprise. Logically speaking, when the bridge sank into the lake, the water should have flooded the cross bridge in the blink of an eye. However, the water seemed to be blocked by some kind of force field. Not a single drop of water could seep into the dry stone bridge.
She was surprised, but Ding Meng was not surprised at all. This was because he had noticed the abnormality under the lake before he came. The bottom of the lake had clearly been modified. Moreover, if they wanted to hide the base's energy source, the depths of the Earth's core would be the ideal place.
The bridge kept sinking and was surrounded by water. This was a natural barrier. As the depth of the bridge increased, the water pressure would also increase. Sinking tens of thousands of meters into the Earth's core and diving tens of thousands of meters into the water were two completely different concepts. The water pressure underwater was much higher. It was impossible for anyone who was not an interstellar martial artist to enter the core of the base.
After a long time, the bridge finally stopped sinking. The bottom of the lake was covered by a pink force field. After passing through this barrier, Ding Meng almost suspected that he had arrived at the hive above the Silent Entropy Beehive.
This extra-large space was completely designed in the form of the Silent Entropy Beehive. He could see that the hemispherical space was divided into more than 20 levels. The walls of each level were similar to the design of a starship's command center. Countless workers were busy in front of the control panel. There were at least tens of thousands of data masters gathered here. They must be all the technological elites of the Federal Empire.
At the bottom level was a metal plaza made of pure alloy. Ding Meng could tell at a glance that this plaza was not an empty space. The floor was made of a metal that he had never seen before. His perception could not penetrate it.
However, Ding Meng did not open his telekinesis vision. This was the core of the Quguang Base. He believed that the Night Luan martial artists or other experts were hiding in this space. Once an opponent of similar strength to him was present, he would be immediately detected if he used his divine sense.
On the tenth level of the base, there was no work area. Instead, it was a very spacious platform that looked like an observation deck. This observation deck was actually full of people. There were about three to four hundred people densely packed together. All of them were rich and powerful people of the Federal Empire. The leader was Jiang Qianchen himself. He was in high spirits at this moment.
Nanxun had already brought Ding Meng and the other two to the observation deck. "Mr. President, President Ling and the others are here."
Jiang Qianchen took the initiative to extend his hand and said with a smile, "President Ling, welcome back!"
The Transit String was rarely polite. He responded coldly, "There's no need to welcome me. I don't think anyone here welcomes me, right?
President Yu, Mrs. Yu! "
Behind Jiang Qianchen on the right side, Yu Tianlin and a beautiful woman stood side by side. Yu Tianlin rarely brought his wife when he went out, but now they appeared together in this place. It seemed that today was a very important day for the Shenghao Group.
Yu Tianlin could not help but smile. "Xingxian, Shenghao and Xinghong have always been on the same side. We will definitely welcome you."
The Transit String sneered disdainfully. "That's because President Ling is no longer me."
On Yu Tianlin's side stood Suo Mansha and Lu Xiaoyun, the two big shots of the Rabik family. Now, the Xinghong Group was under their command.
Other than these people, the rest were all experts of the Federal Empire. At least, the big shots of the Federation Cabinet were all present. However, Ding Meng secretly sighed. This place seemed to be full of big shots, but there was not a single Night Luan martial artist. To be precise, there was not a trace of Night Luan aura. This made Ding Meng secretly raise his guard.