Did the world end today?

Chapter 231 Pursuit

Chapter 231 Pursuit
Amidst swirling dust, Lin Xu followed closely behind Qi Yuan, hurrying towards the entrance that had been blasted open by rockets.

Like the exoskeleton he used last time, this exoskeleton is also equipped with an intelligent fire control system.

From the perspective of the all-weather thermal fusion night vision device, the desert in the dark is as bright as day. The helicopter that has taken off and is hovering creates heavy airflow, but strangely, the noise from the propeller is frighteningly low when heard from the ground.

Lin Xu didn't have time to look back; gunfire had already flashed past in the exposed passage.

"Bang bang bang bang-"

"careful!"

Qi Yuan turned around and pulled Lin Xu aside. A 12.7mm bullet swept past, sending sparks flying across the helicopter's door.

The pilot leaned to the side at an extremely dangerous angle, using his strong bottom armor to take the brunt of the bullets.

"grass!"

Qi Yuan raised his hand and threw a stun grenade into the passage, and immediately afterward, a drone equipped with an electromagnetic pulse device sped past.

"Buzz!"

The deafening sound of the stun grenade exploding rang out, and immediately afterward, the support team, which had been prepared in advance, set up a sonic disabling device in the direction directly facing the cave entrance.

The directional infrasound surged straight into the channel, and even standing outside the direct transmission path of the sound waves, the spreading sound waves already made Lin Xu feel intensely uncomfortable.

He felt as if his internal organs were twisted into a knot, and his heart was beating with extreme difficulty, as if it were being crushed.

Lin Xu's arms were getting weak, but Qi Yuan, on the other hand, looked completely unconcerned.

"Countdown to Disability: 10, 9, 8, 7"

The countdown sounded in his ears, and when it finally reached zero, Qi Yuan dashed out.

"go!"

The vanguard, wielding heavy shields, stands at the forefront—a tactic once used by humans in the era of cold weapons, now revived after the development of exoskeletons.

However, it must be said that it is particularly useful in CQB operations.

Like a humanoid armored vehicle, the vanguard wearing a heavy-duty exoskeleton slowly advanced, enduring the firepower of a 12.7mm heavy machine gun that hadn't yet fallen silent.

Blinding sparks flew from the composite armor, bullets were parted like water flowing through rocks, and ricochets were deeply embedded in the walls on both sides of the passage.

"Target found."

The scout spoke calmly, and the marksman behind him extended his gun with a firing motion of faith, the fire control radar quickly providing the aiming point based on the direction of the gun.

Followed by.

"boom!"

A 15mm miniature grenade was fired from the barrel, accurately hitting the bulletproof plate in front of the heavy machine gun and penetrating it instantly. The explosion then destroyed the receiver structure, and the machine gun immediately went silent.

The machine gunners trying to resist were given no chance by the rapidly advancing scouts.

Two bullets hit their targets precisely, and the first and second layers of obstacles inside the passage have been cleared.

"Advance! Advance!"

The assault team quickly advanced deeper, and when the scouting drone flew ahead and created a three-dimensional map, Lin Xu realized that the structure of this underground space was actually not very complex, and the space was not large at all.

Rather than calling it an "underground base," it's more accurate to say that this is simply a safe underground house.

A passage leads straight down, and at the end is a space that is roughly rectangular.

The thermal signals within the space are very dense, but the vast majority of them are in a collapsed state.

Lin Xu noticed that those who fell to the ground often had weapons lying around them, and they were also wearing bulletproof vests of different models.

Clearly, these are PMC mercenaries they hired.

They might be very strong too.

But when faced with a real national armed force, they don't even have a chance to resist.

"Secret door discovered!"

Qi Yuan gave the order:

"Quickly clear the area and prepare to storm the secret door!"

"Roger that!"

Lin Xu followed closely behind the vanguard. Inside the underground safe house, all the armed personnel who tried to resist were either knocked down or rendered incapacitated.

Apart from basic necessities, there were no valuable equipment or documents in the safe house.

This is only to be expected.

After all, the entire error correction organization is "parasitic" on an already mature socio-economic and scientific research system.

They don't need to build their own research bases; they only need to use their influence to slightly deviate the direction of human research to achieve the same goal!
"A hidden door!"

Lin Xu began to speak:
"Open the hidden door!"

"receive."

Qi Yuan nodded, then gave the order:
"Helicopter is preparing to transfer. There is no GPS signal underground. Requesting the dispatch of a cellular network relay terminal to establish a communication connection!"

"Understood. Equipment has been deployed. Communication is expected to be established in two minutes."

A deep voice came through the earphones; this time, it was Qin Feng.

"boom!"

In the distance, the demolition expert opened the hidden door with a precise directional blast.

Subsequently, the robot dog and drone rushed in to clear the mines, followed by the scouts who entered with shields.

Behind the hidden door was a narrow tunnel, or rather, a pre-prepared escape route.

"The footprints were messy; they were walking very fast."

"Make way for the vanguard, we'll follow directly!"

There is no danger ahead.

Qi Yuan keenly realized that these people were fleeing desperately.

But where else can they escape to?

The ground was completely under helicopter control. In the vast, unobstructed desert, the heat emitted by their bodies was even brighter than the stars in the sky.

Is it a trap?
Tune the tiger away from the mountain?

But under close surveillance, they had absolutely no room to maneuver.

A thought suddenly flashed through Lin Xu's mind.

High-dimensional channel.

If they can use it once, why wouldn't they use it a second time?
Thinking of this, Lin Xu quickly spoke:
"Be careful, they might use a higher-dimensional portal to escape!"

"If detected, intercept immediately!"

"Understood." Qin Feng's voice rang out again.

At this point, 26 minutes had passed since he entered this world.

There are still 34 minutes left, which is not a short time.

The problem is, he still hasn't even seen Ayana.

The narrow passage stretched forward, and Lin Xu sensed that it was ascending.

Then, the starry sky appeared overhead.

Immediately afterwards, he felt his body suddenly become lighter.

A fleeting illusion of "stepping into thin air" enveloped him, but the next second he realized that he hadn't actually stepped into thin air.
This is a high-dimensional channel!

He was enveloped by the Milky Way, and Lin Xu desperately tried to open his eyes to find an exit, but just like when he entered the higher-dimensional passage before, he couldn't find any way out at all.

Everything before his eyes began to rapidly distort; from a higher-dimensional perspective, he saw his own back as if his soul had left his body.

Then, his gaze quickly passed over his back and fell upon the skin beneath his clothes, the flesh beneath the skin, and the bones beneath the flesh.
Until every cell, every molecule, every atom.

It was as if he had entered a new universe.

This universe is one dimension lower than a three-dimensional universe.
Two-dimensional universe!

A plane is formed by strings that are clearly invisible yet seem "touchable". Lin Xu reaches out to pluck the strings, and when his hand passes through the plane and gently lifts one of the strings, ripples spread out slowly, like the resonance of sound waves.

Gravitational waves.

A thought suddenly popped into Lin Xu's mind:
If a hand were to reach from four-dimensional space into three-dimensional space to pluck the "strings," would the gravity of three-dimensional space fluctuate as violently as it is now?

No.

It doesn't even require human intervention.

When the unintentional influence of a higher dimension happens to be applied to a lower dimension, it is a tsunami for the lower-dimensional world.

The dams will be destroyed, and the small ponds will be completely submerged.

It will be "swallowed" by higher dimensions and merged into the ocean of higher dimensions.

For the universe as a whole, this was nothing more than an accidental "natural disaster".

But for the fish in the pond, this was a catastrophic disaster!

Lin Xu seemed to have gained some insight.

He felt that he was one step closer to the truth of the apocalypse.

A tsunami from a higher dimension.
No.

Perhaps it was a tsunami that swept across all dimensions!

But where exactly did this tsunami originate?

Lin Xu almost forgot that he was in a high-dimensional passage and that he was still on his way to capture Ayana.

He was simply lost in his own thoughts.

For him, this kind of thinking was even more important than Ayana herself.
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But at this very moment...

A strange "passage" suddenly appeared before his eyes.

Of course, calling it a passage is not entirely accurate.

Because it does not have a channel should property.

It wasn't a cave entrance; rather, it was just a pale area with relatively sparse colors.

But for some reason, Lin Xu knew that it was a passage.

He racked his brains trying to figure out how to get closer to that passage. In the higher-dimensional world, all the "forces" he knew no longer existed.

He simply drifted randomly in this vast, yet utterly empty space.

When a two-dimensional butterfly that has never entered the three-dimensional world is "uncovered" from the paper, how should it choose its direction?
Suddenly, Lin Xu realized what was happening.

This two-dimensional butterfly doesn't need to choose any direction.

It will randomly stop on any plane during its spontaneous rotation in space.

Provided that
It needs to drift in this void for a long, long time.

Zhou Yue.

Zhou Yue's ability does not lie in actively "choosing" how to enter or leave the passage.

His ability lies in his ability to choose not to enter the passage.

He can stay in the passage long enough for these random "rotations" to bring the world he needs to his doorstep!

And I can do it too.

This time, I was very lucky.

The passage was turning towards him.

In an instant, the starry sky vanished.

The next second, consciousness returned.