harleyscars Chapter 587 Amansa's Heart
Chapter 587 Amansa's Heart
The two men, half-believing and half-doubting, took off their glasses and held them in their hands. Sure enough, the surrounding space remained calm and normal.
Following the steps down to the top of the stairs, after climbing about three floors, the view suddenly opened up at the end.
It was a huge underground domed space, covering an area of about 200 square meters, with a dome height of nearly six meters. The four walls were covered with thick metal plates, and rows of heat dissipation grilles were laid on the ground. The low hum of the air conditioning system echoed continuously throughout the space.
At the very center of the dome stands a massive computer array—Amansa's computing core.
Metal cabinets are stacked in layers, their surfaces covered with a dense array of indicator lights flashing a pale green light. Hundreds of cables extend from the top of the cabinets in all directions, connecting to the piping system in the walls.
At this moment, the entire computing power host was being enveloped and surrounded by thick, dark gray mist.
The mist swirled and billowed, constantly moving and swirling along the rack's cables, ventilation holes, and mechanical gaps, firmly enveloping the entire massive equipment array.
Deep within the hazy gray fog, indistinct human figures floated and swayed, with pale, distorted faces rising and falling among them.
Su Wan's pupils suddenly contracted, and she lowered her voice, saying, "Those are... the remnant souls of more than a hundred people who died unjustly."
Before the words were even finished, those remnant souls seemed to simultaneously sense the presence of the living.
All the translucent faces turned toward the entrance in unison, hundreds of empty eye sockets staring straight at the two people.
The silence lasted only a moment.
The face at the very front suddenly opened its mouth and let out a shrill, piercing scream.
It felt like shards of glass scraping against my skull.
Immediately afterwards, all the remaining souls moved at the same time.
The gray fog suddenly boiled, and hundreds of pale figures surged toward them like a tide.
They didn't pounce.
Instead, all the dark gray mist tightened around the metal cabinet of the Amansa host in an instant, and the entire machine emitted a creaking sound of metal bearing the strain. All the indicator lights suddenly flashed green and then quickly turned red.
At the same time, blinding blue-white beams of light shone on the walls at the four corners of the dome.
"Buzz—"
A deep, high-frequency oscillation surged in from all directions, making one's teeth ache.
Countless laser beams shot out simultaneously from the four corners of the dome, rapidly weaving into a crisscrossing grid in mid-air, like a giant hunting net, quickly advancing towards Lin Feng and Su Wan.
Dark gray ripples of resentment flowed across the surface of those laser beams.
I had already experienced this in the broadcasting room before; even Su Wan's S-level defense was useless in front of this laser array.
The overhead light net had pressed down to within two meters of them, and a scorching wave of air rushed towards them, causing a fine stinging sensation on their skin.
Su Wan didn't put up a futile resistance and immediately grabbed Lin Feng's hand: "Retreat quickly."
Lin Feng nodded, his heart sinking, and he growled, "Retreat!"
Everything before my eyes—
Blue and white light netting, dark gray veins of resentment, over a hundred distorted faces, and the red lights of the Amansa mainframe flashing wildly...
Like a torn film reel, it instantly shattered into countless fragments and collapsed with a deafening roar.
The buzzing fluorescent light on the ceiling of the archives room came into view.
Lin Feng took a deep breath, like a drowning person finally breaking the surface of the water, his chest heaving violently.
Su Wan opened her eyes almost at the same time, her face pale and her forehead covered in fine beads of sweat.
She exhaled a breath of stale air, her voice slightly hoarse: "That laser killing array... was too domineering."
Lin Feng composed himself, but his tone carried a hint of relief:
"However, the gains this time are still huge—at least we have figured out the exact location of the Heart of Amansa, and how to enter it."
Su Wan nodded, her expression softening slightly: "It's about time, we should go back."
Lin Feng responded and stood up from his chair, but suddenly a wave of dizziness hit him, and he instinctively grabbed the edge of the table for support.
Su Wan immediately frowned and asked, "Was the calculation just now too taxing?"
Lin Feng nodded, a weak smile tugging at the corners of his mouth: "Honey... wants something nutritious to drink right now."
A playful chuckle appeared in Su Wan's eyes: "Are you going to steal Xiao Cheche's food again?"
Lin Feng said matter-of-factly, "He can't afford to eat either... I'm just trying to lighten your burden a bit."
Su Wan couldn't help but laugh, then shook her head:
"My dear eldest son—when Xiao Cheche can talk, I'll have to ask him if he minds having a three-hundred-month-old older brother."
Soon, the screen went dark and returned to black.
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Fifteen minutes later, the two returned to office 312.
Ah Ying and Ah Que also returned just then, holding paper patrol reports in their hands, preparing to report the situation to Su Wan.
A-Que suddenly sniffed lightly, as if she had caught some unusual scent.
She tilted her head slightly, her gaze precisely fixed on Lin Feng, and then leaned in close, her nose almost touching Lin Feng's mouth.
"Hmm? Why does it smell like milk?"
Lin Feng froze, instinctively leaning back and quickly raising his hand to block:
"Oh... I just drank a carton of milk, so the smell might still be there."
A-Que straightened up, licked her lips, and confidently stretched out her hand: "Good things should be shared."
Su Wan's eyes darkened: "Ah Que, it's working hours now."
Ah Que rubbed her stomach, her face fell, and she looked aggrieved.
"Sister Wan, my stomach has been rumbling several times since I finished the round of inspections..."
Seeing this, Lin Feng quickly took out a carton of milk from his spatial storage and handed it to A Que.
Ah Que took it, gave a "that's more like it" look, immediately pulled out the straw, and took a sip.
The moment the milky aroma spread across her tongue, her eyes brightened, and she mumbled indistinctly, "Mmm...delicious."
Seeing this, Aying immediately came over and stretched out a hand with a grin:
"Let's get some sunshine, and I'll have a box too."
Before he finished speaking, Lao Zhou, Xiao Lin, and Xiao Ren all gathered around, their eyes all fixed on Lin Feng.
Lin Feng's lips twitched, and he sighed helplessly, giving each person a box.
The office was immediately filled with the sound of straws being sucked up and down.
As Aque sipped her milk, she casually handed the patrol report she had just received to Su Wan.
Su Wan took it and was about to look at it when A Que sniffed again, as if she had caught some new clue.
She leaned forward, her nose almost touching Su Wan's chest, and frowned suspiciously:
"Sister Wan...why do you smell like milk too?"
Su Wan's face flushed, her ears turned red, and she quickly brushed her hair aside and turned to the side.
"Oh... I drank some too, and I accidentally spilled a few drops on myself."
Ah Que, being simple-minded, nodded and didn't ask any more questions, then began to report on the patrol situation in a serious and methodical manner.
However, Aying and Xiaolin, who were standing to the side, exchanged a glance without making a sound.
The moment their eyes met, the same thought simultaneously crossed their minds—
Look at Sister Wan's expression just now, her ears were completely red, and her eyes even darted around while she was speaking, it was clearly...
Something was definitely off about it.
Sister Wan, could it be... that you've taken advantage of her?
Aying and Xiaolin's pupils suddenly dilated as they looked at each other, their mouths opening into an "O" shape simultaneously, and then they both raised their hands to cover their mouths tightly in the next second.
It was as if she was afraid that she might lose control and shout it out on the spot...