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Bruce looked annoyed.

"However, after sleeping in there yesterday, I finally figured out how to deal with this septic tank-like ruin: split into small teams and quickly airdrop in, take over a large number of zones, and anchor them within a certain time to make the anchor points mutually stable."

“Simple and direct,” Jiang Zhengge nodded. “Professor Jürgen, is this plan feasible?”

“Theoretically, it’s fine,” Professor Jürgen said. “As long as we can quickly anchor the space and obtain the coordinates, we can calculate where the ‘center’ of the ideal state is.”

“So the plan is: go in, take it, anchor, and advance into the ‘center’,” Bruce lit a cigarette. “Simple, right?”

"It sounds simple." Lin Chen nodded.

“Don’t let your guard down,” Jiang Zhengge said to Lin Chen. “The depth of the ruins this time is 3.84 meters, and there are quite a few gamma-level anomalies.”

“Don’t worry, Jiang Zhengge, we can handle those physical entities,” Bruce laughed. “I think the real problem is your friend.”

He pointed, and a shadowy face with a question mark appeared on the holographic screen.

“Bai Duozhi, a Gamma-level demigod from the Foundation,” Jiang Zhengge said. “His current ability is consciousness invasion, and we need to be especially careful about his interference during this operation.”

"I have already prepared a countermeasure."

Everyone turned around and saw that it was Professor Jürgen who spoke.

“I made a plugin for the Cradle of Consciousness,” Professor Jürgen said, feeling a little uncomfortable under the gazes of the crowd. “Originally, this component was designed to activate itself when a loss of consciousness was detected in the subspace, attempting to awaken the wearer.”

"This plugin simply changed the conditions: if the wearer loses consciousness, it will first knock them unconscious and then wake them up."

“A brilliant design…” Jiang Zhengge nodded. “Without affecting the original effect at all, if Baiduozhi tries to invade consciousness, he will be knocked unconscious.”

"The professor is so smart..." Li Zhanyi exclaimed.

“But it’s only a temporary plugin, and it might not work,” Jürgen laughed. “Come on, let’s put the consciousness stabilization anchor down.”

Lin Chen quickly obtained a consciousness cradle: this thing was actually a specially made earpiece, but after being put into the ear, it made his brain feel cool.

It feels similar to a sanity stabilizer.

"The Armed Forces have brought up all the war machines. We can set off now," Jiang Zhengge glanced at his watch, then pressed his earpiece. "Command center, this is 'Orca,' requesting to begin the dive. Over."

A few seconds later, a response came from the bridge:

"This is the command center. Operation codename 'Broken Nation' has been approved. Begin execution."

The voice was familiar; Lin Chen recognized it immediately: it was the bureau chief.

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Chapter 96 Deep into the Subspace

"Buzzing..."

With a roar of machinery, the Orca subspace tunnel boring machine was lifted by a giant robotic arm and slowly moved out of the edge of the platform.

Lin Chen stared out the window, watching the Orca gradually move downwards between the platforms, its engine roaring.

"Click click click..."

The hatch directly below the docking port gradually opened, and the Orca passed through the hatch to reach the deep-sea well located on level B5.

"Target depth 3.84 meters, anti-pollution barrier intact..."

"Prepare to dive!" Bruce shouted.

Lin Chen and Li Zhanyi found a seat on the edge of the bridge, fastened their seatbelts, and put on their oxygen masks.

"Try not to look out the window when we descend," Li Zhanyi said. "It's easy to get dizzy, and sometimes seeing bad things can cloud your judgment. The subspace is not a place for humans."

"I'm quite curious, can't I watch?" Lin Chen said, somewhat disappointed.

“Oh, you can look if you want,” Li Zhanyi quickly said, “just don’t stare at it for too long, after all, there’s everything in the subspace.”

At that moment, Professor Jürgen's voice came:

"Operation Destroy the Nation, Twelfth Submersible, Mission Objective: Conquest and Containment."

"Operation begins."

"Click".

Lin Chen guessed that the robotic arm must have loosened, because the sudden feeling of weightlessness caused the Orca to begin its descent into the deep well.

"Buzz!"

The moment Lin Chen passed through the well, he found that everything in front of him was suddenly covered with countless afterimages, as if the world had been cut into ten million slices and superimposed on each other.

It's a bit like those error message windows that pop up one after another on an old computer, forming a long line.

At that moment, Lin Chen heard a cool sensation in his ears: the Cradle of Consciousness was working.

The chaotic world before him seemed to be covered by a layer of snowflakes, and the layers of phantoms gradually disappeared, and the world, in its distortion, transformed back into the familiar appearance he knew.

“Visual signal translation is complete,” Professor Jürgen’s voice came through Lin Chen’s ear. “How does everyone feel?”

"I still don't like this feeling..." Li Zhanyi said with a bitter expression, "It's so uncomfortable..."

Lin Chen felt alright; after the initial discomfort, the unease was slowly disappearing.

Entering the subspace does feel quite different from entering the ruins; you can clearly sense that this place does not belong to the same spacetime as the three-dimensional world.

"Descending... Depth 1.24..."

Lin Chen turned his head and looked out at the subspace scenery through the glass of the bridge.

The first thing that catches the eye is a grayish-white, fluffy cloud—color seems to have been completely stripped away in the subspace, and everything here is gray.

As Lin Chen passed through the wispy clouds, he vaguely saw some huge shadows in the outline of the clouds: like the skeleton of some kind of fish.

Before he could see clearly, the grayish-white wispy clouds disappeared, replaced by a dazzling gray halo.

When the light shone on Lin Chen's face, he felt a loud ringing in his ears, mixed with the happy laughter of children.

"The strength of the anti-pollution coating has been improved," came Professor Jürgen's voice.

The light faded, and Lin Chen looked away, only to find that the world before him had become distorted.

He reached out and found that his upper hand was extending downwards from above his field of vision, while his lower hand remained below.

It felt like my hand was broken.

Lin Chen quickly looked at the spot where his hand had "broken off," only to find that his hand had returned to its original position.

But his fingers were all gone.

The sound of viscous stirring came from outside. Lin Chen looked out the window. This time, the scene outside had changed to a bunch of transparent, cell-like structures, and Lin Chen's missing finger was moving among those structures.

With a flick of his finger, the transparent structures were manipulated and gradually transformed into a smiling sun.

Lin Chen stared at the sun's eerie smile for no more than three seconds before feeling a sharp pain in his head, as if it were being ripped apart by razor blades.

He quickly looked away and down at his hand: finally, his fingers were back.

It just has eight fingers.

Good heavens.

"I'd better not look around." Lin Chen obediently closed his eyes.

Li Zhanyi chuckled and teased:

"I told you this isn't a place for humans, did you think I was joking?"

I should have realized it sooner; even Li Zhanyi didn't dare to look around recklessly, so it's probably really haunted by something evil.

Lin Chen closed his eyes to rest, feeling the increasingly loud background noise around his ears, from which various strange little noises could be heard.

"If you feel unwell, get an injection," Jiang Zhengge suggested. "Inject it into the carotid artery; it's more effective."

Lin Chen took out the mental stabilizer he had prepared beforehand, injected it into his neck, and the sounds in his ears finally stopped.

At that moment, Professor Jürgen's count came over:

"Depth 3.41...3.56...3.78..."

"3.84, anchor!"

"Crack!"

The entire bridge came to a sudden stop, as if it had been pulled hard by a rope.

Lin Chen opened his eyes, glanced at his hands to make sure he didn't have eight fingers, and then turned to look out the window.

"We've arrived."

The city's curved outline comes into view, with different blocks pieced together like floating islands, each with a completely different architectural style.

A light gray hue enveloped the city, like a cloud or mist.

ideal country.

Lin Chen unbuckled his seatbelt and walked to Bruce's side.

This tough guy stood by the window the entire time during the descent, staring directly at the giant screen.

"Do you see the gaps between those blocks?"

Bruce pointed to Lin Chen:

"The force that pieces space together has a direction, and as long as we place the anchors, we can measure that direction."

"That's really an exaggeration..." Lin Chen said softly.

So many subspace ruins were pieced together and unified into one huge ruin.

And this power is in the hands of the foundation.

They can cause the Ironhorn Bridge to collapse instantly, and they can pull a bunker into the subspace in an instant.

The power of the subspace has fallen into the hands of humankind.

"As expected, the weather is not good, so we can't airdrop the stabilizing anchor," Professor Jürgen said with a frown. "Let's proceed with the ground deployment as planned."

“Let’s go to the maintenance room,” Jiang Zhengge patted Lin Chen on the shoulder. “Louis is waiting for you over there. You and Zhanyi go and team up with him, and bring a few from the Armed Forces Section.”

"Isn't the section chief going to work with us?" Lin Chen asked.

“Lucy and I chose another side,” Jiang Zhengge smiled. “After all, they’re too weak. Our team should split up and focus our efforts, so we don’t lose too badly this round.”

“Go to hell, Jiang Zhengge,” Bruce cursed. “You were working as a city management officer on the street when I was swimming in the Warp.”

Lin Chen and Li Zhanyi exchanged a glance, smiled, and headed to the squad's preparation room.

As soon as they entered, they saw Louis vomiting into a trash can.

"Ugh... my stomach is really bad... I'm sorry..."

Louis wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, his face pale as he looked up at Lin Chen.

Beside him, several armed officers immediately stood up, ran up to Lin Chen, and shook hands with him.

"Brother Lin, Brother Lin, we finally have the chance to work together!" The young man leading the group shook hands with Lin Chen vigorously. "My name is Wang Pan, from the Second Armed Division."

"Hello, hello," Lin Chen said with a smile, shaking hands. "I heard that everyone in your armed forces department wants to kill me. Is that true?"

"Hahaha, this must be a joke, hahaha..."

Lin Chen noticed that Wang Pan's forehead was starting to sweat.

He smiled and turned to look at the armory on the wall:

"This is my first time playing, what equipment setup should I choose?"

"I'll teach you!" Li Zhanyi came over and pulled Lin Chen to the panel.

Seeing the two chatting away, the young men from the Armed Forces Section immediately relaxed.

Haha, she already has a boyfriend/girlfriend, so she shouldn't try to steal him/her away from us, right?

It's good that they're not competitors, it's good that they're not competitors...

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Chapter 97 How do I learn this?

With Li Zhanyi's help, Lin Chen quickly completed the equipment fitting.

Aside from replacing the charged vest with a charged bulletproof vest, the rest of the outfit remained the same, but Lin Chen still felt that the equipment on his body was much heavier.

A revolver shotgun was a must, and in addition, Li Zhanyi chose a well-modified QBZ-191 assault rifle for Lin Chen.