"Mountain Lord, everything is done!"
Several more days passed. Li Tai stood at the doorway, dusting sand off himself, and reported to Fang Er.
Fang Er was overjoyed upon hearing this. All the generators were ready, and they had accumulated enough gold.
This meant they could open the passage and return to the main world soon!
He wondered if his master was still alive and well. "Looking for books..."
"You'd best not get your hopes up too high," Xi Tong's words were like cold water dousing him. "Even if the passage is opened, the time in the main world will only be 2030."
That was right. Once parallel worlds and the main world intersected, time would be anchored, and this was irreversible.
He had come to the Great Tang in 2022.
Eight years had passed in the Great Tang since he arrived, which meant eight years would also have passed in the main world!
Eight years could bring about many changes!
He hoped his master was still alive, giving him a chance to show filial piety!
He rubbed his face fiercely, then looked at Xi Tong with bloodshot eyes.
"No matter what, let's open the passage first!"
Xi Tong nodded slightly and walked towards the control panel. Through the broadcast, she relayed the command.
"Prepare to activate the matrix, all personnel evacuate the electric field!"
"Confirmed!"
"Team One evacuating!"
"Team Two evacuating!"
"Team Three evacuating!"
".............."
From the walkie-talkie beside them came reports from each group after their evacuation.
"Prince Han, install the energy block!"
"Received!"
Within the electric field matrix, composed of ten thousand Predator-class photon generators, stood a pyramid hundreds of meters tall!
This pyramid was entirely constructed from gold bricks, and it was solid!
Li Ke, wearing Dragon Scale Armor and stepping on the Dragon Scale Sword, flew towards the pyramid's apex.
On either side of the Dragon Scale Sword's hilt, there were small thrusters. On his back, he carried a backpack-sized battery pack; Fang Er's idea had been realized.
Upon arrival, he took out the translucent blue cube from the wooden box behind him and carefully installed it into the groove at the pyramid's tip.
After completing this, he flew all the way to the command center's doorway, landed, and rushed inside.
"Sister-in-law, the energy block is installed!"
"Well done. Once we get back, Sister-in-law will find you a big, blonde girl!"
Xi Tong smiled and nodded at him.
Li Ke's small face instantly flushed red all the way to his ears.
Li Tai pulled him aside and shamelessly leaned in, "Sister-in-law... what about me..."
"Get lost! Why are you everywhere!" Fang Er raised his hand and smacked the back of his head.
It was evident that this repressed fellow was eyeing the internet celebrity again!
Li Tai scratched his head sheepishly and retreated to the side.
This was his only hobby, why was he so disliked...
He couldn't understand it, couldn't understand!
"Alright, I'm starting now!"
Upon hearing Xi Tong's words, Fang Er quickly looked at the monitor, as did Li Tai and Li Ke.
He saw her gently press the switch on the control panel.
The next moment, a terrifying electromagnetic wave spread out from the matrix.
"Buzz.........."
Around the matrix, the sand on the ground began to dance.
All the birds in the sky instantly plummeted downwards.
Desert creatures like lizards and scorpions froze in place for an instant.
The command center and the electric field matrix were over ten kilometers apart, yet even so, when the electromagnetic wave swept over them, all four felt a distinct reaction.
A wave of nausea washed over their chests, and the hair on their bodies stood on end.
Fang Er, Li Ke, and Li Tai, being men with buzz cuts, were relatively unaffected.
But Xi Tong...
Her long, black hair instantly became like Mei Chaofeng's...
It was quite spectacular!
The next second, all the monitors simultaneously went black...
Even the indicator lights on the control panel, representing each generator, were all extinguished...
"Holy crap!"
Fang Er was stunned. This sudden change was completely unexpected!
Without surveillance, and being over ten kilometers away, they were effectively blind!
"I'm going to take a look!"
Xi Tong frowned, walked to the side, put on the pre-prepared Dragon Scale Armor, picked up the Dragon Scale Sword, and pushed the door open to leave.
"You can't go!" Fang Er shouted at her worriedly.
He still vaguely remembered the power of the photon generators when they exploded earlier.
That scene was no less than a CBU-87 cluster bomb (carried by a B-2)!
Now, there were a full ten thousand photon generators in that electric field matrix!
If anything went wrong and caused a chain reaction explosion, the consequences would be dire.
The command center they were in was poured as a single unit with three meters of concrete, so their safety was guaranteed to some extent by staying here. But if they went to the site...
"It's just one energy block. If something goes wrong, where will we find another one?"
"So, I must go!"
Xi Tong's steps did not falter.
Time was pressing, and she had to take a gamble!
"Sister-in-law, you can't go!"
"Yes, Sister-in-law, it's too dangerous!"
Li Tai and Li Ke immediately blocked the doorway, stopping her.
"Move aside! If that thing has a problem, the consequences are beyond your imagination!"
Xi Tong reprimanded them with a dark expression.
But as soon as she finished speaking, Fang Er walked over, grabbed her clothes, and roared.
"If there's a problem, we'll find another one! Where there's one, there's another!"
"There are so many parallel worlds, I don't believe we can't find another one."
"If you die, what am I supposed to do!"
"Hahahaha..."
Seeing Fang Er's anxious look, Xi Tong suddenly laughed.
The next moment, Li Tai and Li Ke, who were blocking the doorway, inexplicably stepped aside. Not only that, but they also locked Fang Er's arms on either side.
"Damn it, what are you two doing!"
"Let go of me, quickly!"
Fang Er was dumbfounded. The sudden actions of Li Tai and Li Ke gave him an ominous premonition!
But no matter how he struggled, he couldn't break free from their grip.
"Crack!"
Li Ke's arm made a crisp sound, clearly a dislocation.
But even so, he still locked Fang Er with a blank expression, without any sign of pain.
Xi Tong laughed, laughing heartily.
She kissed Fang Er on the forehead.
"Little scoundrel, I've lived so long and now have a body, enjoying the pleasures of a human body. I've already gained enough!"
"But a mission is a mission; even if there's only a one in ten thousand chance, I have to strive for it."
"You know how rare the energy block is. If we can't get out of near-earth orbit, we'll only be making futile efforts on Earth."
"Therefore, the matrix can have problems!"
"But the energy block cannot!"
"All the blueprints are in the warehouse, and the program is with Little Motorcycle, just in case of such a situation."
"If something happens to me, you'll have to walk the rest of the path yourself!"
"Live well!"
After saying this, she walked out of the command center, stepped onto the Dragon Scale Sword, and turned into a streak of light, flying towards the matrix.