Chapter 1339
The Destroyed Machine
Chapter 1339 The Destroyed Machine
Taking advantage of the disappearance of the interference factors, Antonio couldn't wait to pull Lin Fan to lay out the remaining equipment.
"I feel comfortable now." Looking at the space on the map that was finally filled, Apollo sighed with his hands on his hips.
All the machines are in place and working. Now we just have to wait for time to pass and for the radiation to dissipate to a certain level.
Lin Fan also breathed a sigh of relief.
She already had some obsessive-compulsive disorder, which was aggravated by Antonio's interference, and she felt very uncomfortable.
"I wonder how the radiation elimination is going over there at the World Tree." Xingchen looked at Apollo. "Let's go over there and take a look. We can compare the data with the equipment that just started working and verify the measured data for Noah to see how far away it is from the estimated completion time."
"Okay!" Antonio was in a good mood and worked actively, so he agreed immediately.
After such a long period of laying the groundwork, the two of them, while not completely familiar with the ancient terrain, had a good grasp of the basic topographical locations. Without even consulting the navigation system, they simply determined the direction and headed straight for the World Tree.
The radiation value of the World Tree has dropped by almost half compared to when the machine was first placed. It is slightly higher than the value predicted by Noah, but the difference is not very large. It is just a matter of time.
"Looks good." Apollo looked at the radiation removal machine, which was working properly, as if it were his own child. If he wasn't afraid of affecting the normal operation of the equipment, he would have wanted to reach out and touch it.
How could he not be considered his own child? He had placed each one of them with his own hands, opened them with his own hands.
In this desolate and terrifying ancient world, besides the stars, only these little cuties have ever had any real connection with him. It's really boring, even machines look cute...
Xingchen touched the unchanged, decayed outer bark of the World Tree and peered inside. "The pollution hasn't spread further inward, so the core shouldn't be eroded. I wonder if these things on the outside can be repaired later."
"Aren't you greedy?" Apollo put his hand on the rough bark and felt it. "It's good enough to be able to keep these for them. The past generations created the cause, and the future generations can't just not bear the consequences at all."
"Indeed." Lin Fan nodded and verified the data again. "Based on the data here, the radiation removal equipment we just put down a few days ago will take... ten years or so. That's a bit long."
She was talking about the time Noah spent in outer space.
When they first came down, Lin Fan had thought that because of the time difference, even if they stayed in the Perun world for ten or twenty years, only one or two years would have passed on the Noah, which was not a long time.
But if you stay for a long time, you will realize that it is not just a matter of time.
Not to mention that the Noah has been parked in outer space, consuming energy and waiting.
Just like how people interact with each other, the longer they spend time together, the deeper their bond becomes. What does it mean to spend twenty years on a planet? It's enough time for a baby to grow into an independent adult.
Many of the Noah's crew members were only in their twenties when they boarded the ship. After drifting in space for a few years, they had to spend a long twenty years on an unfamiliar planet.
Not everyone has the gene for cell activation like Lin Fan. Twenty after twenty, by the time they return to the Noah, they will be in their forties or fifties. The prime time of their lives has passed. Will there be enough time left for the rest of their space journey?
And by that time, would those disciples who were practicing Qi, building foundation, and even reaching the Golden Core stage and were accustomed to life on the planet Bolun really be willing to return to the Noah?
As for the people from Changtian Sect, even if Lin Fan decided to compensate Chengkong and the others with the ancient inheritance, but...
Putting aside all the concerns, from a mission perspective, Lin Fan had already thoroughly mastered the entire cultivation system and operating model of Changtianmen.
If he wanted to learn something new, he could only turn to the two major sects, Taixu Palace or Youye Sect - the strength of the smaller sects below was not as good as the top three sects, and for Lin Fan, it would be a waste of time to go there.
It just so happened that Lin Fan had shown his face in front of the leaders of the two major sects.
Not to mention disguise and illusion, she is just a newly promoted distraction.
Facing those old guys who have been distracted for hundreds or thousands of years, regardless of whether you can beat them or not, it is only a matter of a few more glances before your disguise is seen through, and it is a matter of time.
Unless she didn't dance in front of those high-level people, and stayed at the bottom like Shu Zhiyu, but what's the point if she couldn't get in touch with the advanced Taoism?
Besides, Taixu Palace is now at odds with Lingzhen Pavilion, and everyone is happy to see it happen. If she gets involved, wouldn't that just give Taixu Palace a tactical advantage over Changtianmen?
Don't do it!
As for the Youye Sect, it mainly consists of demonic and monster cultivators. Lin Fan went there, but rote memorization wouldn't have been of much use.
Moreover, the various demonic cultivation techniques differed greatly. It would be better to let the Black Cat, the Thousand-Year-Old Master, loosen his claws. What he revealed would be far more useful than what Lin Fan could memorize on his own.
There are few demons on Lanxing, mainly due to the lack of spiritual energy. However, the cultivation methods of demons are more complete than those of humans.
Furthermore, theoretically speaking, even though cultivation has evolved to this day, and each sect has its own unique secret techniques, they all branched off from an ancient branch, and many things share some similarities. Mastering the Changtian Sect's lineage would be enough for the Lanxing Ability Academy.
As for the ancient heritage, Lin Fan never thought about keeping it for himself from the beginning to the end, and he didn't even consider learning it.
This way, she had more free time while waiting for the radiation to dissipate.
There are actually quite a few people who got off the Noah, but due to talent issues, it is impossible for everyone to be like Lin Fan, who learned until he was distracted before leaving.
There are also people from Taixu Palace and Youye Sect in it. They all learn as much as they can and plan to integrate everything together in the end to form a complete immortal cultivation system.
However, since Lin Fan had already completed this part of the task ahead of time, the progress of the others was no longer that important. A little more was better, but a little less didn't matter much either.
So the only task now is to wait for the radiation to clear, find the secret realm of Tianji Sect that Yin Ze mentioned, and go in to find the Chaos Pearl.
It was fine when he was busy with other things, but when he just had to wait, Lin Fan felt that wasting time was inevitable.
Antonio was also tired of staying on this planet.
His strength had indeed increased, but Le Zhengyuan was still hanging around him. Only by returning to the Noah could he send that guy back to Xiaoyao Mountain, out of sight, out of mind.
He thought for a moment, "It's such a big world, the radiation levels might not be equal everywhere. I think the places we enter and exit from Lingzhen Pavilion often have barriers to dispel radiation, so maybe the radiation levels are lower than other places, making them easier to consume."
"Why don't we check out a few more locations? Maybe the values in many places are out of sync. As long as most of them reach the safety threshold, we can try to move forward with the plan."
"It's not like we have to wait until the radiation is completely cleared. The machines are all here anyway, and we can't expect to recover them once the energy is depleted. Then we can just grab the Chaos Orb and leave without waiting."
Lin Fan thought about it and agreed. He still had to look at the specific data.
Since the machine was released, they haven't done any data review except for a quick glance when passing by. I might as well take this opportunity to go and take a look.
I originally thought it was just a normal data recording, but unexpectedly I discovered a lot of damaged machines.
"What happened?" Apollo picked up the broken parts distressedly and glanced around. "Could it be that a strange beast passed by? That shouldn't be the case. When we put them down, we either chose a flat, empty space like this, or somewhere high or low that's hard to touch. We dug many holes and buried them in the ground, covering them well. There are also your concealment and dispel runes on them. Strange beasts shouldn't have come here. Could it be someone from Lingzhen Pavilion? This location is not on their route..."
Because it needs to exchange and react with external radiation, isolation and protection restrictions such as defense talismans cannot be used, and the physical defense is indeed weaker.
Lin Fan found the data chip, connected it to find the final data, and then reinstalled the new machine and covered it up.
"I was careless." She thought of the person she hadn't found. "There weren't only strange beasts in ancient times. This level of disguise can protect against strange beasts, but it can't protect against people with ulterior motives."
"You mean Binze?" Antonio frowned. "We've searched this area several times, but we haven't seen him. Where did that old man go?"
"After all, this world is so big, it's not easy for someone to hide from us." Lin Fan sighed, "I hope I'm just overthinking it, and it's just a simple accident."
The two of them searched everywhere, and soon they found several damaged machines.
Fortunately, a backup was brought in when the Noah was built, so it was able to be replaced in time. But this was enough to annoy the two of them.
I don’t know who did it, but I can figure out a route based on the time when the last data was generated.
Anyway, it definitely wasn't an accident caused by a strange beast.