Did the world end today?

Chapter 265 Tearing Off the Curtain
The moment the order was given, Qi Yuan launched the stun grenade in his hand.

The bomb traced an arc and landed precisely about 15 meters in front of the corridor, near a corner formed by an equipment cabinet and a wall.

The moment Qi Yuan threw the bomb, Lin Xu had already slipped into the corridor.

He slid down to his knees to lower his body height, resting the rifle butt against his shoulder, and the tactical flashlight on the rifle instantly lit up.

The beam locked onto the potential threat area on the left side of the corridor. Lin Xu lightly pressed the trigger, ready to fire.

next second.

"boom!"

"Om-"

The stun grenade exploded violently, instantly filling the narrow space with blinding light and a deafening roar exceeding 170 decibels.

Lin Xu, who wasn't wearing tactical earplugs, almost fainted. Even Qi Yuan himself was momentarily dazed by the intense impact.

Even so, before the aftershocks of the explosion had subsided, he had already charged out like a cheetah.

"Move! Move!"

He charged quickly toward a recessed area in the wall 10 meters ahead of him in a standard high-posture leap, attempting to seize the only cover in the corridor and provide cover for Lin Xu.

Lin Xu steadily advanced, and when he noticed the enemy who had been hit by the stun grenade and was lying on the ground in pain, he pulled the trigger without hesitation.

"boom!"

"boom!"

Two gunshots rang out, and the two "rebel" security personnel instantly fell silent.

They were still wearing uniforms that Lin Xuwu was very familiar with and felt extremely close to.

But at this moment, neither side in the battle left any room for maneuver.

It was a life-or-death struggle!
"Lin Xu! I'll cover you as you throw the bomb!"

"Roger that!"

Qi Yuan, who had already taken cover in the distance, shouted and leaned out halfway towards the control room at the end of the corridor to suppress fire, while Lin Xu quickly pulled the pin on the stun grenade and threw it desperately to the farthest point in the corridor.

"Throw!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Qi Yuan put away his gun and hid behind cover.

A flash of white light erupted, and the two leaped out of their cover at the same moment the explosion occurred, advancing towards the front of the corridor.

In the dark corridor, only the muzzle flashes of the two men's guns and the occasional flashes of tactical flashlights could be seen.

The gunfire had become almost continuous. Qi Yuan, who was walking in front, precisely calculated the number of bullets. When there were only 5 bullets left in the magazine, he shouted the order:

"Reload!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he crouched down and fired the last of his bullets.

At this moment, Lin Xu, who had been hiding behind him, stood up and took over his position to continue firing and suppressing the enemy.

Bullets kept whizzing past Qi Yuan's head. If he wasn't careful, he could fall into Lin Xu's line of fire and be shot by his own men.

The risks of this operation are self-evident. If the normal procedure were followed, the two should have switched positions at this point.

The problem is, Lin Xu doesn't have a bulletproof vest on him!

Therefore, Qi Yuan knew that his "shield" absolutely could not fall!
Fortunately, he could reload extremely quickly.

In less than a second, he issued a notification that the reload was complete.

The two continued to move forward quickly, finally reaching the intersection in the middle of the corridor.

They each slipped into the side corridor, where they got a brief respite.

Looking down the corridor that runs through the main passage, Lin Xu saw that in the distance, security personnel were also exchanging fire with each other.

Do they really know what they are doing?

Were those "rebellious" security personnel controlled by Zhang Liming, or were they already prepared?
This was a premeditated operation?!

Lin Xu didn't have time to think about all that.

He saw gunfire and gunshots also rang out in the control room.

Those people's target was clearly the control room.

And their purpose
This is clearly initiating a particle collision experiment.

"Jiang Xingye!"

"Find a way to lock down the experiment!"

"Absolutely, absolutely do not let the collider start!"

"I'm trying to figure something out!"

Jiang Xingye's voice came from afar.

She was no longer in the detention room, but Lin Xu didn't know where she had gone.

There are still 30 meters to the control room. These 30 meters will be the boundary between life and death.

No.

It's not just about the "life-or-death boundary" between himself and Qi Yuan.

It is also the "boundary between life and death" for all humankind in this world.

We have to get over it; there is no other choice.

"go!"

Qi Yuan strode forward, bullets flying everywhere, but at this point, his charge was devoid of any skill.

Actually, it is.

In a long, narrow, and empty corridor, if you want to advance with limited equipment, what other option do you have besides fighting head-on?

In other words, these "rebels" were unprepared and most of their forces were tied down.

Otherwise, setting up a light machine gun at the end of the corridor would be enough to immobilize everyone!
Qi Yuan had been shot countless times. Although he was wearing a heavy bulletproof vest, it still couldn't overcome the disadvantages of traditional ceramic materials.

After being shot repeatedly at the same spot, the effectiveness of the bulletproof vest is severely reduced.

Blood had begun to seep from his back.

This means that his body had been pierced by a bullet.

The last 10 meters.

"Enter Forester!"

Qi Yuan shouted loudly.

His body was no longer strong enough to support him to continue forward.

At this moment, Lin Xu, who had been following behind him, finally let go of his inhibitions.

"Bang bang bang bang -"

"Bang bang bang-"

Two consecutive short bursts of fire felled two enemies guarding the main control room.

Lin Xu quickly darted out, and as he moved, the muzzle of his gun was already pointed at the enemy on the ground.

"boom!"

"Bang!" Each of them fired a follow-up shot, and the open door was right in front of them.

Through the gate, Lin Xu saw that the operators had completed the final verification.

They have the authority!
This means that even higher-level decision-makers have been "corrupted" by those who correct mistakes.

That's too late.

Lin Xu didn't have time to consider things like the hourglass of death or the angled edges.

He raised his gun and fired, then rushed into the control room.

"Bang bang bang bang -"

Bullets were flying everywhere in the control room, and the experiment would be terminated if even one bullet hit a critical piece of equipment.

However, Lin Xu was very unlucky.

The thick protective material stopped most of the bullets, and the operator's hand had already pressed the start button.

It’s over.

Lin Xu rushed forward, intending to perform an emergency stop.

But next second.

"Om-"

An indescribable buzzing sound rang out.

Followed by.

The whole world was plunged into darkness.

Black hole.

No.

It's a wormhole.

Time Storm
coming.

Lin Xu stood there blankly.

The main control room has disappeared.

Even the entire Lop Nur super-toroidal device has disappeared.

What he saw was a vast, boundless desert.

Night and day flashed like a high-speed strobe light, yet were filled with chaotic and irregular patterns.

In the distance, sand dunes are growing.

The sand grains swept away by the wind flew back from the horizon to the top of the hill, as if someone had pressed the rewind button on the universe.

An exploration helicopter from the 70s "emerged" from the sand, its rusted metal pieces reassembled, and its propellers rotating against inertia as it took off.

Lin Xu turned back, following the direction the helicopter had flown, only to find his footprints being erased by the desert, disappearing with each newest step.

The next second, without warning, the base's main control room reappeared.

The base's corridors split into countless time-space slices.

The wall on the left suddenly became transparent, revealing a scene from decades ago.

Researchers in blue overalls checked data with abacuses, and the blackboard read "β decay test".

On the right, however, was a scene from the aftermath of a great catastrophe, with ruins and rubble that were exactly the same as what Lin Xu had seen during his last time travel.

Lin Xu subconsciously wanted to move—in his view, this was just a "consciousness" that he hadn't actually acted upon.

However, with the emergence of consciousness, his body also began to change.

His left hand began to become transparent, and the palm lines transformed into a "fluid" composed of tiny, dense black dots, like ants.

One part of the body is aging, while another part is defying time and becoming younger.

The contradictory cause-and-effect logic tore his body apart instantly, yet it recovered in a flash.

At one moment, he simultaneously perceived countless memories.

But when these memories were mixed in his brain, he instantly lost all of them.

confusion.

This is utter chaos.

Lin Xu finally understood what Qi Yuan meant by "terrifying" and "weird" during his last time travel.

Such a scene is absolutely bizarre.

Especially when he saw the corpses of those "rebels" lying on the ground turn into bones in an instant, the enormous mental shock almost destroyed his will in a moment.
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Ultimately, it was only "almost".

Lin Xu suddenly had a strange feeling.

He does not belong to this world.

In this storm, he was like a reef.

Although constantly battered by giant waves, when the tide recedes from the surface of the reef, it is still itself.
Lin Xu began attempting to move within the chaotic time storm.

And every step he took brought about new changes.

When he took the first step, his body returned to its familiar form.

The scenery around us also changes.

The sand dunes reappeared.

In the distance, an ancient camel caravan is moving slowly, the figures of the merchants swaying and floating in the steam.

Nearby, amidst a complex network of sparkling pipes, several researchers he had never seen before were working busily.

Lin Xu extended his hand to them, and they seemed to have noticed him as well, extending their hands in return.

But before their hands could even touch, this "illusion" vanished in an instant.

The next second, Lin Xu found that the ground had flown into the sky.

The ground beneath his feet was the ground, and the sky above was also the ground.

That land was a wasteland, as if it had been through the apocalypse.

Outside the ruins, on the scorched earth.

A man walked alone and eventually collapsed.

Lin Xu recognized her face.

Su Yuchen.

At that moment, he suddenly understood.

What I am experiencing, or rather, what the world is experiencing.
It's not a time storm.

Rather, it is the synchronous manifestation of all probabilistic universes.

This experiment did not fail.

This is perhaps the result Zhang Liming truly desired.

Because of this experiment.
It truly tore away the thin veil between the eternally superimposed worlds!
(End of this chapter)