Chapter 63 Lin Yuan is still alive

Ten minutes of upgrade time felt exceptionally long in Lin Yuan's anxious waiting.

He kept a constant watch on the surrounding environment while staring fixedly at the scrolling upgrade progress bar on the system interface like a foreman.

98%...

99%...

【Ding-dong!】

【Upgrade complete!】

【"Miniature Curvature Gravity Engine" has successfully unlocked the "Short-Range Spatial Warp" mode.】

【"nanocluster plasticity tool arm" has successfully unlocked the "energy weapon" module.】

"It worked!"

Lin Yuan slapped his thigh in excitement.

He couldn't wait to test these two new features and see just how awesome they were.

With a thought, he focused his consciousness on the "nanocluster plasticity tool arm".

"Transform! Plasma Cutting Sword!"

"Hum—"

The nanorobots at the front of the originally metallic mechanical arm instantly began to reorganize.

They no longer formed a solid object, but instead, in an extremely complex manner, constructed an... energy containment field.

Then, a massive surge of energy was channeled from the "ghost"'s energy core and poured into that containment field!

"Hiss—!"

A sound like high-pressure gas leaking.

A five-meter-long lightsaber, burning with incandescent white flames and filled with an aura of destruction, appeared out of thin air!

The air around the incandescent white blade twisted under the intense heat.

A terrifying wave of heat rushed toward him.

"Holy crap! Holy crap! Awesome!"

Lin Yuan looked at the plasma sword, which was ten thousand times cooler than the lightsabers of Jedi Knights in movies, and was so excited he became incoherent.

He felt the "chuunibyou soul" within him burning fiercely.

He tried swinging the lightsaber.

"Swish—!"

The incandescent white blade silently sliced through a three-meter-diameter "flesh pillar" made of the hyperplastic tissue of a "giant beast skeleton" next to him.

Without the slightest resistance.

That incredibly tough "flesh pillar" was like a block of butter being sliced by a hot knife, instantly split in two.

The cut was smooth as a mirror, and it was instantly carbonized by the high heat, turning into a scorched black.

"This power... is too intense, isn't it?"

Lin Yuan watched in astonishment.

He had no doubt that if this sword were to strike an aircraft carrier on Earth, it would likely slice it in two with a single blow.

He then tested the "high-energy particle cannon" mode.

The lightsaber instantly retracted.

Replacing it was an energy cannon with complex patterns and a pitch-black barrel.

At the muzzle, a rotating blue sphere of pure energy was rapidly condensing.

Lin Yuan felt the "ghost"'s energy reserves being absorbed by the sphere at an astonishing rate.

"This thing consumes quite a bit of energy."

Lin Yuan didn't dare to actually fire.

He was afraid that one shot would cause the chamber he was in to collapse.

But he could feel that the energy contained within that blue sphere, once released, would definitely be no less powerful than the energy storm he triggered when he self-destructed "scavenger no. 2".

"Good! Good stuff!"

Lin Yuan put away the weapons with great satisfaction.

With these two super-weapons, he finally had some means of self-preservation in this death maze.

He then shifted his attention to the "Short-Range Spatial Warp" function, which he was even more looking forward to.

"How should I use this one?"

He had just asked this question in his mind.

A set of instructions automatically appeared in his mind.

【"Short-Range Spatial Warp": By overclocking the "Miniature Curvature Gravity Engine", force a "spatial singularity" at the target location, pull the machine itself into hyperspace for faster-than-light displacement, and then exit hyperspace at the target location.】

【Maximum warp distance: 10 kilometers.】

【Warp preparation time: 3 seconds.】

【Warp process duration: approximately 0.1 seconds.】

【Cooldown time: 24 hours.】

"Ten kilometers! Three seconds preparation!"

Lin Yuan's eyes lit up as he looked at the data.

This was simply a combination of "Flash" and "Teleport"!

Although it had a 24-hour cooldown, at critical moments, this was definitely a god-tier skill that could save his life or even turn the tide of battle!

"Not bad, not bad."

Lin Yuan was very satisfied with this "pay-to-win" upgrade.

Just then, the silent system finally sent another notification.

【Gravity center coordinates calculated.】

【The current hyperspace "Cosmic Graveyard" gravity center coordinates are: α (73.14), β (92.65), γ (12.08), δ (...).】

A long string of coordinates composed of various Greek letters and numbers, which Lin Yuan couldn't understand at all, appeared before his eyes.

【Comparing with the gravity center coordinates of the main universe where Earth is located...】

【Comparison complete.】

【Calculating spatial offset and dimensional parameters...】

【Calculation complete.】

【Earth universe space coordinates locked!】

【"Superluminal Quantum Communication Module" ready to start!】

"Great!"

Lin Yuan's spirits were lifted.

He could finally contact home!

He chose to "Start Communication" without hesitation.

【Warning: Starting "Superluminal Quantum Communication" will consume 1000 energy points. Current energy reserve is 63%. Confirm?】

"1000 points?!" Lin Yuan's eyelids twitched.

This thing was so expensive just to make a "long-distance call"?

He only had 6300 energy points left in total, so this would use up nearly one-sixth.

"Confirm!"

However, he gritted his teeth and confirmed.

Reporting his safety to home, and sharing the good stuff he just "dropped" with Academician Wang and the others, was more important than anything.

"Hum—"

At the top of the "ghost"'s body, a hidden, crystal-like antenna slowly rose.

An invisible, superluminal quantum signal instantly crossed endless dimensions and space, firing toward the locked, distant coordinates!

...

Earth, Great Xia, "scavenger" project underground Command Center.

The atmosphere was deathly silent.

Everyone was slumped in their chairs, faces pale and eyes hollow.

Just over ten minutes ago, they had witnessed the "ghost" rushing toward that terrifying "Stitched Monster".

Then, accompanied by a terrifying psychic storm and a violent energy explosion.

They had completely lost contact with Lin Yuan.

All the screens were pitch black.

All the communication channels were deathly silent.

Repair personnel were nervously replacing the burned-out equipment.

But everyone knew that hope was already very slim.

"It's me... it's my fault..." Academician Wang sat on the ground, dispirited, muttering to himself, "I shouldn't have agreed to let him take the risk... I shouldn't have let him go save that 'Seed'..."

On his face, which had just been restored to youth, was now written endless regret and self-reproach.

He felt that he was a sinner.

It was his own hands that pushed the only hope of this country, this civilization, into the fire pit.

Chen Weiguo leaned back in his chair, saying nothing.

But his tightly clenched fists, knuckles white from the force, betrayed the turmoil in his heart.

Li Na lay on her console, her shoulders heaving, having already cried until she was a tear-stained mess.

The entire Command Center was shrouded in a thick, suffocating despair.

Just then.

A young technician in charge of communication monitoring suddenly jumped up from his chair as if he had seen a ghost!

He pointed at the backup communication monitoring screen in front of him, which had just been repaired, his voice becoming shrill and harsh due to extreme shock and excitement!

"Signal! There's a signal!"

"It's... it's Comrade Lin Yuan's! It's the "ghost"'s quantum communication signal!"

"He... he is still alive!!!"