Extra Chapter 6: The Awakening of the Ancient Sun God

Chapter 768 Extra Chapter 6: The Awakening of the Ancient Sun God

(Continued from Chapter 5)

A giant crater suddenly appeared in Chernobyl, along with a mysterious force. So people secretly built a research institute, bringing together the world's top scientists to study that mysterious force!

With the world's oil suddenly disappearing, the research task has become even more urgent.

At this point, Zhang Hongwen from China and Angus Gael from Russia put forward a relatively reliable conjecture.

Therefore, an experiment was immediately designed, in which two white mice in similar condition were placed into pits 500 meters and 1000 meters deep respectively using steel cables, and then retrieved and observed after one hour.

After the two mice were recovered, it was quickly discovered that the mice placed at 1000 meters had a significantly increased appetite and were not very emotional.

Three days later, the mice placed at 1000 meters were already a size larger than the mice placed at 500 meters, and their temperaments were much more irritable.

Even mice placed at an altitude of 15,000 meters turned into monsters shortly after returning.

The mice below 15,000 meters could not be retrieved. For some unknown reason, the steel cable broke, and the boxes containing the mice disappeared.

By studying the cross-sections of the broken steel cables, it was found that some appeared to have been burned off by high-voltage current, some by high temperature, and some by corrosion.

At this point, everyone roughly understood that the illusory ocean must be located at a depth of about 15,000 meters underground.

After numerous and multi-faceted experiments, it was proven that Zhang Hongwen and Angus Gale's conjecture was basically reasonable. That illusory ocean could make creatures stronger, but the current creatures could no longer withstand such powerful forces.

Now that we have a hypothesis to explain that illusory ocean, the next step is to figure out how to understand it further, or how to utilize it.

The first problem facing people is sampling. At a depth of 15 kilometers underground, it is difficult to carry out any operations, and it is clear that all the materials currently known are insufficient to collect that illusory water flow.

However, after discussion, a solution was quickly found. At this time, China's "artificial sun" project had made some progress. Scientists believed that the force field of nuclear fusion could be used to try to control the illusory water flow.

Moreover, you can collect the fish when the tide is high! This will shorten the collection distance.

The experiment began in earnest, and the first problem to be solved was the enormous amount of electricity required for the force field, which could not be maintained by a single large diesel engine.

After overhauling reactors 1 and 2 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the two reactors resumed generating electricity.

In fact, after the Chernobyl disaster, the other reactors continued to operate normally for a period of time, some even for another 20 years.

The nuclear power plant only completely stopped generating electricity when Ukraine was unable to maintain the nuclear reactor.

Refueling the reactor at this point poses a significant safety risk, but there is currently no better alternative.

With intensive preparation, all the necessary preparations for sampling were completed in just about ten days.

At the moment of another "high tide", the instrument generating the force field at a depth of 3 kilometers underground immediately started working, but soon lost contact with the instrument.

It took more than ten minutes for the signal between the control room and the instruments to be reconnected.

Because there wasn't enough time to set up the relevant triggering device, it's currently unclear whether the sampling was successful.

The subsequent operations were all handled by intelligent computers, because according to previous information, people could not look directly at those illusory water flows.

The force field requires a large amount of electricity to maintain. Under the control of a computer, the extremely large device with the force field was sent into a specially vacated laboratory using a pre-laid track, and after the metal door was closed, it formed a sealed space.

Soon, according to computer analysis, a liquid-like structure was found in the force field.

The entire research institute cheered – the sampling was successful!

Subsequent research proceeded rapidly, with the first study focusing on the weight and density of the samples, their basic structure, and so on.

Surprisingly, the weight of the sample was very unstable, sometimes showing a weight of 0, and more often the weight was constantly changing, ranging from 1 gram to 326 grams.

People exclaimed in amazement: These are truly amazing materials!

……

Russia, Baku Second Oil Field.

After the oil deposits disappeared, the oil workers here gradually left.

For more than half a month, only a few gatekeepers have been left in the vast oilfield area.

Rumble~

Suddenly, a huge sound came from underground, as if some enormous creature was about to burst out of the ground.

Several gatekeepers in the oilfield area came out of their rooms in their respective areas to search for the source of the sound.

The gatekeeper, Lao Jiali, noticed that the oil pump not far from him was trembling, as if some force was pushing it forward unsteadily.

Old Jiali cautiously observed from a distance and dialed his superior's number to report the situation.

bang~

The moment the call was made, a stream of black liquid gushed out from near the oil pump!

"My God!" exclaimed old Galley, "That's oil! It just gushed out like that!"

But he soon realized something was wrong; the oil was getting bigger and bigger, and it was actually forming a huge fountain!

Moreover, something was clearly wrong with this oil; there were even objects shimmering with strange light in the black liquid.

Old Jiali sensed great danger and turned to run, but he was quickly caught up.

The oil seemed to have a life of its own, enveloping him. Amidst Old Gali's screams, he turned into a black liquid, continuing to flow forward with the oil.

……

An hour later, the Chernobyl Institute learned everything that had happened at the Second Baku oil field.

Five hours later, the ejected oil samples, along with samples of objects within them that emitted a strange glow, were sent to the Chernobyl Institute.

Along with these samples came a preliminary investigation report.

According to witnesses, at first, the oil seemed to be alive, killing living things, and all the creatures caught in the oil turned into black oil.

But after about a minute on the ground, this oil loses its "life".

As for those objects with strange lights, they are even more terrifying than radioactive materials.

Although no radiation or harmful substances can be detected in them, if you are within ten meters of them, your emotions will be significantly affected. If you are within one meter of them, you will go crazy and turn into a twisted monster in just three seconds!

Therefore, when collecting them, a robotic arm more than ten meters long was used to put them into boxes, and during the subsequent transportation, the personnel always kept a distance of more than ten meters from the boxes.

This sudden event completely disrupted the institute's research plans. All the researchers were well aware that this meant the illusory ocean underground had begun to overflow onto the surface in small quantities, and many people had certainly been affected.

So they invited more scholars and scientists to come here, and skipped some routine experiments, going straight to live experiments.

The mice came into contact with ejected oil, a substance with a strange glow, and samples collected from a phantom ocean.

Because the mice would definitely turn into monsters, the experiment was conducted in a sealed space with a steel structure. The laboratory contained offensive weapons and a bulletproof glass observation window for easy observation.

Several rounds of experiments have confirmed that the sprayed oil no longer contains many harmful substances, and mice did not experience severe adverse reactions after contact with it.

Further experiments were quickly conducted with war refugees, further proving that the oil no longer possessed its bizarre destructive properties after being on the surface for a period of time.

However, those substances with strange light still drive the mice crazy, turning them into mindless monsters.

Further experiments using war refugees proved this point, and the monsters these refugees turned into possessed some strange abilities; some could emit light from their bodies, while others could create lightning out of thin air.

Fortunately, the experimental site was sturdy enough that the beams of light and lightning failed to break through the steel frame structure and were burned to ashes by the electromagnetic weapons prepared inside.

After multiple rounds of experiments, researchers were even able to determine that objects with strange lights could give experimental subjects the ability to emit sunlight, and objects could give experimental subjects the ability to generate lightning.

As more strange substances gushing from underground are sent here, experiments continue to be conducted to determine some of their capabilities.

The experiments with those illusory water flows were the most dangerous; when white rats came into contact with the glowing substance, they would at most turn into monsters a size larger than themselves.

But contact with these illusory water currents can instantly transform one into a monster the length of an adult's arm and possessing formidable attack power.

No one dared to conduct further experiments, fearing they might create uncontrollable monsters.

With continuous experiments, a means to detect these strange forces was finally developed. Only by monitoring the activity of microscopic particles can the existence of this force be detected.

The monitoring equipment showed that the substances emitting strange light formed a small, distorted vortex, while the collected illusory water flow was a huge, distorted vortex.

But the experiments must continue, because their ultimate goal is to utilize these strange substances.

……

Late at night, Angus Gale had just finished a video conference. According to official Russian information, there had been multiple monster attacks in the country, and the situation was becoming increasingly urgent. The research institute needed to make progress as soon as possible.

Holding documents such as "Research on Re-oil Production from Dried-up Oil Fields," he left the conference room somewhat wearily. He had seen far too many human experiments in the past two days and was exhausted both physically and mentally.

At the end of the corridor was a huge glass grandstand, where Angus Gale saw Zhang Hongwen standing alone, looking down.

He quickly walked over to Zhang Hongwen's side: "Continuing human trials is not a good idea."

Zhang Hongwen hummed in agreement: "Everyone knows that."

His gaze remained fixed on the deep pit: "Did you feel that? There seems to be a sound from underground."

Angus Gale nodded: "Many people have mentioned this, in dreams, unintentionally, it seems like there's a voice from underground that wants to communicate with us."

"Perhaps, we still lack a channel between us." Zhang Hongwen looked away.

Angus Gale immediately said, "Friend, I know what you're trying to do, but it won't work. You'll go crazy in an instant."

Zhang Hongwen shook his head: "These past few days, I've been carefully studying the reactions of those whose minds have been affected. I've found that their initial incoherent words weren't entirely meaningless."

"It's just that they are limited by their own knowledge and do not understand what they are experiencing, which is why they seem to be talking incoherently."

He looked at his Russian friend and said, "Actually, many people have thought of this, haven't they?"

Angus Gale took a deep breath: "But nobody wants to say it."

"It seems that the higher-ups don't care about human experimentation at all."

"Dude, I know you've always been against human experimentation." Angus Gale suddenly felt a little awkward. "But...but...well, most people know that human experimentation is pointless."

Zhang Hongwen took off his glasses and said, "No, you don't understand. If there's a chance, I'll invite you to visit those museums in Northeast China that display evidence of the crimes committed by the Japanese invaders."

"We are different from you; we still remember that painful history."

He wiped his glasses and put them back on: "In my opinion, it's a little bit more noble for me to be a guinea pig if I do it voluntarily than for someone else to be a guinea pig."

Angus Gale, his eyes reddening, grasped Zhang Hongwen's arm: "Friend, you... perhaps, perhaps we can also teach those refugees some theoretical knowledge..."

"There's no time left." Zhang Hongwen smiled and said, "In this unknown disaster, we are too weak. If we want to know the truth, we will definitely have to pay a price."

"If we don't try, how can we know if we haven't been able to get much useful information because of limited knowledge and information?"

He paused, then said seriously, "This might be our last chance."

Angus Gale fell silent, unsure of what to say for a moment.

Zhang Hongwen's experiment was immediately approved, which made everyone realize just how serious the situation had become.

After receiving numerous awards and commendations, Zhang Hongwen was finally sent to the laboratory, where he chose to directly contact the illusory water stream taken from underground.

However, he decides the contact distance himself, so there are microphones for communication inside and outside the laboratory.

The illusory water flow was still under the control of the force field, and it was moving towards the laboratory via the track. When it was about 30 meters away, with several layers of thick steel plates in between, Zhang Hongwen said that he had heard some strange murmurs.

When they were twenty meters apart, Zhang Hongwen's emotions became noticeably more agitated. He seemed very angry, wondering why he still couldn't hear those delirious murmurs.

As the illusory water flowed into the laboratory where he was, he suddenly said, "Stop."

At this point, Zhang Hongwen already looked somewhat abnormal. With each movement, his hair fell out layer by layer, his skin turned gray one moment and white the next, and his eyes were bloodshot.

"It comes from the distant past," Zhang Hongwen said, his face contorted with pain. "Very, very distant; it existed before the universe was formed!"

The institute's director immediately asked, "What exactly is it? What is its purpose?"

Zhang Hongwen seemed not to hear the director's question, and continued, "It doesn't seem to like me very much."

"It gave me so much information, I can only describe the useful parts!"

This is what distinguishes him from other test subjects; he knows which information might be useful.

Angus Gale snatched the microphone from the director: "Old Zhang, just relay whatever it 'says' to us."

"It prefers people who wear crosses." Zhang Hongwen's bloodshot eyes were somewhat glazed over, and as his hair fell out, his skin began to peel off in patches: "What we are grasping is not that illusory ocean."

"That illusory ocean is indivisible; it is just some oil that has undergone a qualitative change because of the illusory ocean."

"This is a substance that we have never discovered before, existing between reality and illusion. There are six such substances on Earth, but only this illusory ocean has an entrance in the real world."

"Illusory water flows are different from luminous matter. These illusory water flows are difficult for humans to tame with their will, while luminous matter can be utilized by humans more easily."

"But this road will certainly be very tortuous; we will have to make many attempts and make many sacrifices."

Zhang Hongwen's flesh was twisted at this moment, making him tall and thin, with monster-like features that were too similar to those of a human.

He continued in a hoarse voice, "A great being is about to awaken. I see that humanity still has some hope. Yes, as long as we are not destroyed, there is still hope."

"It said it didn't like the robe I was wearing; it preferred those of you who wore crosses."

"The only, the only, no, not the only hope, the hope of controlling that illusory ocean, lies at the bottom of the pit."

"We can do it, yes, we can do it."

"Hehe, what a beautiful ocean... the ocean..."

Zhang Hongwen suddenly looked outside the laboratory. At this moment, all his skin had peeled off, his whole body was blood red, his muscles were writhing, he was three meters tall, and his eyes looked more like those of a wild beast.

The moment they saw those eyes, everyone froze, their eyes blank, as if they didn't know why they were there.

Suddenly, the scientist closest to the laboratory door seemed to receive some kind of command, and with glazed eyes, pressed a button, opening the laboratory door.

Zhang Hongwen immediately came out of the door, and with a slight gesture, the observation room was filled with dark clouds.

Click~

Several thunderclaps rang out, and six people were struck dead on the spot, while many others were paralyzed by the lightning.

The remaining people then seemed to wake up from a dream and began shouting as they tried to escape, but they all blocked the doorway.

Zhang Hongwen spreads his arms wide, as if embracing the sun.

The blinding sunlight appeared above the doorway, and a scorching ray of sunlight was about to shine into the crowd, burning most of them to death.

"Old Zhang!" Angus Gale, still numb from the lightning strike, shouted as he struggled to his feet.

Zhang Hongwen suddenly froze, and the sunlight above everyone's heads gradually disappeared.

The whole world seemed to go silent for a second or two. At that moment, Zhang Hongwen suddenly rushed towards the door, and several researchers who couldn't dodge in time were knocked away.

Angus Gale struggled to catch up, and when he reached the corridor, he saw Zhang Hongwen smash the glass of the stands and jump onto the windowsill.

He turned around, smiled at Angus Gale, and then leaped off.

Angus Gale shouted, his voice trembling with tears, "Old Zhang!"

At this moment, the director limped over and said, "Zhang Hongwen is very brave, but our research must continue. Who will be the next one to do it...?"

Rumble~

At that moment, the research institute suddenly shook, and everyone looked at the flickering lights above them, and a bad feeling arose in their hearts.

Half a minute later, the company commander in charge of maintaining order came over and said, "Retreat immediately! Reactor No. 1 has experienced a violent explosion!"

These devices, which are over half a century old, finally gave way and suffered serious malfunctions.

Angus Gale and the others did not think of escaping first, but looked at the device that carried the illusory water flow.

Buzz~ Buzz~ Buzz~~ Buzz~

The force field stopped functioning, and the metal wall outside the force field instantly turned black and began to liquefy at a visible speed.

Angus Gale quickly turned his head away; he knew he couldn't look directly at those illusory streams of water.

The company commander realized the seriousness of the problem, immediately ran to the button with a glass cover not far away, smashed the glass with his fist, and then pressed the button hard.

An urgent alarm sounded immediately, and at that moment, all the exits of the research institute closed automatically. After receiving the relevant notification, an engineering company outside would completely seal all the exits with concrete.

This was an emergency plan established long ago to prevent the monsters from the research institute from escaping to the outside world.

At this moment, the illusory water flow had successfully "escaped" from the container. In an instant, some people turned into puddles of oil, while others turned into monsters similar to Zhang Hongwen.

Many more people were fleeing for their lives in a panic.

Angus Gale followed the director and others to the institute's emergency shelter.

This place even has nuclear protection capabilities, which has temporarily blocked those monsters.

The monsters, clearly lacking in intelligence, are chasing after the researchers who failed to escape, so the area is still safe.

After reporting the experimental results and current situation to Moscow via the emergency communication system, the director pulled out a pistol and committed suicide.

Despair filled the crowd; everyone knew they couldn't get out.

Angus Gale sat in the corner the whole time, not speaking, not drinking water, and not eating.

About a day or two later, with bloodshot eyes, he said, "One must wear a cross and have enough determination to possibly make use of that illusory ocean."

A British man standing next to him said, "It's no use, there's no hope, we have no hope."

"Yes!" Angus Gale said firmly, "Zhang Hongwen has given us hope!"

He glanced at the Englishman, noticing only despair in his eyes, then looked down to see the Englishman scribbling incoherently in his notebook:

"What on earth happened? The doctor just turned into a pool of black oil right in front of me!"

The research institute is under lockdown... No one can leave, no one is allowed to leave...

We're the only ones left who are still okay, but we're running out of food.

I think I'm hallucinating. It's like there's a voice coming from underground, calling me, it's calling me...

Angus Gale suddenly smiled, struggled to get up, and said as he walked out, "It's actually very simple. It's a substance that makes humans stronger, but the price is that they become madmen."

"It is unlike any element we have discovered so far; it has no substance, and it doesn't even exist in the real world..."

As he spoke, he opened the door to the shelter.

No one stopped him, but as soon as he went out, someone quickly closed the door again.

Angus Gale saw that the emergency lights outside were still on, but the place was a mess, with clumps of oil on the ground and walls.

It seems that all the monsters before eventually turned into oil.

As Angus Gale walked forward, he continued, "In the future, we will definitely be able to control this power, yes, we definitely will..."

Even though there was no audience, he continued, "But before that, we need to have enough determination! We need to believe that we can do it."

As he spoke, he arrived at the glass stands.

Call ~

Without the glass barrier, the wind from the deep pit blew up, making him feel colder than ever before.

Angus Gale stretched out his upper body and looked down; the pit was pitch black, and he couldn't see the bottom.

He slowly climbed onto the windowsill: "Old Zhang, you have the determination, and so do I!"

After saying that, Angus Gale jumped down. He knew that this jump would most likely kill him, but his eyes were resolute, and he seemed to see Zhang Hongwen's smile when he jumped into the pit again.

Boom!

Just then, the surroundings began to shake violently.

Angus Gale saw that the pit had collapsed on a massive scale, and the research institute had also collapsed in two, with one part falling into the ground with him.

The illusory ocean expanded at this moment, more violently than ever before!

Angus Gale saw what seemed like an infinitely colorful, boundless ocean: "What a beautiful ocean..."

He fell into it silently and lost consciousness.

Time seemed to stand still, and Angus Gale had a very long dream. The outside world was suddenly and unexpectedly destroyed by an extraordinary force.

But humans did survive, and they underwent severe mutations. Some became vampires, some became elves, some became werewolves, and some became giants.

One day, he finally woke up.

In the midst of nothingness, he looked at his own hands and instantly understood many, many things.

Next to Angus Gale, there is an ancient stone slab with the potion recipes for 22 pathways.

He realized that if these formulas were spread more widely, humans would be able to better control the extraordinary.

So he took the stone slab, transformed into a streak of light, and returned to the location of the experimental site from underground.

The place had long since become ruins. After a brief moment of reflection, he used spatial manipulation to pass through the thick concrete walls and arrive in the outside world.

It was pitch black outside, and he wanted to see what changes had occurred.

So he said, "Let there be light!"

(End of this chapter)