Great Power Technology

Ye Zhou was so shocked that he almost broke free from the seat belt and jumped up from the driver's seat. He called anxiously into the intercom, but received no response.

"Temple of the Earth, Temple of the Earth! There is an abnormal situation here! It is suspected that an unknown creature has been encountered. Please collect it immediately. Please collect it immediately!"

The eyes on the screen blinked suddenly, and then disappeared into darkness.

Ye Zhou adjusted the power of all detection equipment to the strongest, but there was nothing on the screen.

Neither sonar nor optical detectors picked up any signals.

Is it an illusion? ?

Ye Zhou slapped himself violently. The detector squirmed in the tunnel and turned around. Super strong sound waves shot towards the small cave hall, and then returned a large clutter.

There was nothing, really no sign of anything alive.

But, what on earth were those eyes just now?

Just when Ye Zhou was confused, a heart-shaking roar suddenly came from outside the cabin, and then the detector suffered a violent impact!

The impact came from the rear, which was not a blind spot for surveillance. But when Ye Zhou looked at the camera, he only saw messy rocks.

The canine teeth barred at each other, as if they were going to engulf him and the small detector.

Numerous alarms have sounded inside the impacted detector, the detection system has failed, a heat insulation layer has been damaged, and the pressure-bearing layer has been dented. But fortunately, the power system of the detector has not been damaged.

Ye Zhou no longer hesitated. He did not intend to wait for the command's opinion any longer.

He nimbly operated the various buttons on the console. Almost instantly, the detector's reverse thrust engine began to run at full speed, the direction of the nozzle was constantly adjusted, and Tuxingsun-1 began to rush straight up towards the hole from which it came. .

A giant searchlight of more than 100,000 lumens swept across the cave hall at the bottom of the tunnel. In the fleeting scene, Ye Zhou finally saw the true face of that thing.

There are two wings on its back, covered with scales, and its eyes shine with golden light.

What the hell, is it a dragon? ?

Or a Western dragon? ?

Are you kidding me?

Ye Zhou suddenly calmed down.

There can't be dragons in this world. Even if there are dragons, they shouldn't look like those in Western fantasy, and they shouldn't appear in this cave that has just been dug artificially!

It can only be an illusion.

He looked directly at the evil dragon on the screen, and the evil dragon looked directly at him.

The next second, the evil dragon jumped up and rushed towards the small detector.

The shell of the detector was torn apart instantly, and Ye Zhou's whole body was exposed to the scorching heat. In just a few seconds, his eyes completely turned into darkness.

[Dragon Heart plot simulation ends]

[Completion: 24%]

[Completion progress of the second stage plot: 4%]

[This simulation score: H]

[Current energy value: 74 points]

There are no rewards and no clues.

Ye Zhou frowned. He was in a state of confusion from the moment he entered the simulation until now. Isn't this a simulation of the Dragon's Heart? Isn't it supposed to be a plot related to aircraft engines?

Why did you suddenly enter the plot of drilling underground?

Is there something in it related to aerospace engines?

It can't be that dragon, right? This is too ridiculous!

As a good young man who was born in a new society and grew up under the red flag, Ye Zhou would not believe in the existence of such supernatural creatures.

After thinking for a moment, he entered the simulation replay screen.

At this time, he was still from God's perspective, and time quickly jumped to the moment when he discovered the shadow, and then in just a moment, Ye Zhou understood it.

It was indeed an hallucination. The shadow did not exist at all, and the connection with the command center had never been interrupted. The calls from the command center above were constantly coming from his earphones, but he turned a deaf ear.

There are no eyes on the screen, and no dragon.

Ye Zhou saw himself in the simulation looking at the completely empty screen in horror, shouting hysterically at the intercom, and hurriedly controlling various devices, looking like a madman.

Finally, he turned the direction of the detector, then turned the thruster engine to maximum power, and finally hit the dark brown rock in the cave hall.

Therefore, the detector that was torn apart by the dragon in the hallucination was actually smashed to pieces by himself.

Ye Zhou breathed a long sigh of relief. This at least proved that there were no monsters underground that humans could not fight against.

As long as it is an illusion, there must be a way to break it - especially after watching the replay.

Ye Zhou took a deep breath, got rid of the discomfort caused by the previous hallucination in his mind, and entered the simulation again.

This time, he contacted the headquarters as soon as he came up.

"Tu Tu Temple, this is Tu Xingsun. Everything is normal at the moment. I will keep the communication channel open from now on."

"Tudi Temple received it, Tu Xingsun, please pay attention to check the loss rate of the insulation layer."

"The loss rate is less than 1%. Earth Temple, please help me play a song of Good Day, thank you."

"Tu Xingsun, please repeat your request again."

Ye Zhou smiled helplessly. This was the best way he could think of to fight against hallucinations - in fact, he wanted to play a march, but the march was obviously not suitable for this occasion, and the soundtrack was not noisy enough. It would be better to live a good life.

There should be no weird hallucinations that can survive the BGM of Good Days, right?

"The Earth Temple, my request is to play a song for me, Good Day. I feel mentally exhausted, probably due to the psychological effects of claustrophobia, and I need some spiritual support."

"Understood, I will use band 2 to play songs for you. Band 1 is still used for normal calls. Please keep band 1 clean."

"clear."

After a while, the cheerful song of Good Days came out of Ye Zhou's headphones. He unknowingly sang along with the song. Until the detector entered the cave hall at the bottom of the tunnel, everything was still normal.

He turned on all the detection instruments step by step, turned on the searchlight, and deployed the robotic arm. Then he successfully collected all rock samples and operated the robotic arm to decompose and record the rocks in the special environment of the cave.

This was an essential step. The environment deep in the formation was completely different from that on the ground. Looking at the various data analysis records on the operating table, he finally understood what the purpose of this exploration was.

In previous drilling, a new material with extremely high hardness and high temperature resistance was discovered. Once this material is brought into the formation, its properties will change dramatically. Therefore, Ye Zhou's purpose is to find out this kind of material. The composition of materials and the conditions for artificial synthesis are analyzed.

Ye Zhou successfully obtained the elemental composition of the material, but he did not take a closer look. He put it away and drove the detector back to the ground. At this time, the good luck music in the earphones still did not stop. Ye Zhou looked at the light coming in from outside the cabin. The sunshine opened the hatch with relief.

However, the moment the hatch opened, a question suddenly came to his mind.

Why haven't I contacted the headquarters?

Darkness struck, and Ye Zhou returned to the void again.

[Dragon Heart plot simulation ends]

[Completion: 24%]

[Completion progress of the second stage plot: 4%]

[This simulation score: H]

[Key Clues Discovered: New Materials]

[Reward: 5 energy points (clue reward)]

[Current energy value: 78 points]

Ye Zhou frowned. He had been very careful just now, but he didn't expect to fall into hallucination again.

Judging from the playback, he even forcibly opened the detector's hatch deep underground while humming a song!

What kind of weird place is this?

The hallucination cannot be caused by lack of oxygen or inhalation of abnormal gas. What can penetrate the detector shell is either radiation or magnetic field.

Thinking of this, thunder suddenly exploded in Ye Zhou's mind.

He had seen reports of such a scene before.

This is the Pantiri Cave effect!

There is a mysterious cave in Greece called Pantili Cave. Anyone who walks into that cave will have hallucinations, no exception!

Similarly, in the Earth Telescope Project of the Bear Country, once the detectors entered 10 kilometers below the bottom, all the researchers also experienced severe hallucinations, which even resulted in dozens of casualties. !

Comparing the scenes in the simulator, the causes of these hallucinations should be the same.

This is a curse from the abyss.

No one knows what causes it, and no one can avoid it.

Ye Zhou took a deep breath.

Pantili Cave Effect. This seems to be a problem that he cannot solve alone.