181: The road dust is the source of confidence for all countries!
"Have you all considered..." Lu Chen brought up the star map, and the Star Domain covered in red dots suddenly lit up with golden trajectories. "These attacks seem random, but in reality, they trace a regular dodecahedron structure across the spiral arms of the galaxy?"
He tapped his fingertip, and the twelve golden nodes simultaneously projected images of an Incomplete Manual. "In one of our ancient Huaxia secret texts, the 'Huainanzi,' there is a record of the 'Twelve Field' celestial phenomenon, which has a high degree of correlation with this topological structure."
Representatives from various countries began instructing their secretaries to flip through materials, cramming to understand the Huaxia-related things the Huaxia representative was talking about.
Ning Xiwei's bone ring suddenly emitted a faint buzzing sound, and her black robe billowed without wind.
Outside the bulletproof glass of the conference hall, a dense sound of impacts arrived—hundreds of crystalline creatures were passing through eerie spatial rifts, beginning an assault on this place!
Their deep blue neural networks flickered in the clouds, as if a dreamcatcher had been spread across the entire sky above New York.
"Activate the B7-level shield!" William's roar was drowned out by the alarms.
Lu Chen, however, held down Ning Xiwei, who was about to form hand seals. Suddenly, a bronze-colored light curtain rose around the Huaxia delegation's seats. Those barriers, engraved with the hexagrams of the book of easy change from lian shan, ground the first crystalline creatures that lunged forward into quantum dust.
Lu Chen had been prepared long ago.
No rush.
Clearly, that group of creatures also knew how to launch a sneak attack.
A meeting was being held here today.
It was indeed a good opportunity.
"These are scouts." In her Necromancer vision, Ning Xiwei saw that every shattered crystal was releasing an encrypted information stream. "They are... looking for a certain coordinate."
She tapped her bone staff against the ground, and dark purple energy flowed along the ley lines into the holographic System. The tampered star map suddenly revealed hidden brown dwarf orbits.
Lu Chen saw that the star map reconstructed by Ning Xiwei using her Necromancer Spell actually overlapped with the patterns he had seen at the Bronze Divine Tree.
It seemed Ning Xiwei had also absorbed quite a bit of power.
Lu Chen spoke into the communication device:
"Contact the Dunhuang Quantum Computing Center immediately!"
Then he whispered into the communicator, "Retrieve all archaeological data regarding the 'Jianmu' myth and perform a topology check against the current star map... also compare it with the information we collected earlier."
Violent explosions and tremors distorted the holographic projection, and Ning Xiwei grabbed Lu Chen's wrist.
The Necromancer's palm was as cold as the deep chill of the Universe, yet Lu Chen felt a warmth that transcended dimensions—that was the contract between her and him.
"They are afraid." The gray mist on Ning Xiwei's black robe condensed into the shape of oracle bone script. "These silicon-based lifeforms are not just invaders, but... more like fugitives. Has the Heavenly Dao enslaved them?"
As Ning Xiwei spoke, she cut a bloody gash in her palm. The blood droplets drew a picture of a beast from the Classic of Mountains and Seas in the air, colliding with the incoming crystals to create blinding sparks.
"Necromancer Domain—!"
Ning Xiwei gave a soft shout.
Casting a Necromancer Spell.
Lu Chen saw two types of power unfolding within the Necromancer Domain constructed by Ning Xiwei.
At the same time, he noticed that the neural networks of those crystalline creatures seemed to present small energy vortices like a supernova explosion.
Lu Chen waved his hand and made his move!
The golden compass transformed into a barrier, and the illusion of the river map and book of luo appeared over the seats of the Huaxia delegation, protecting all the personnel.
At the same time, the accompanying Cultivators all took action to protect the surroundings.
Lu Chen combed through the chaotic energy flow, making it all docile.
"Now, terminate the meeting immediately." Lu Chen stood up, the ink-colored Dragon patterns on his protective suit flowing into a defensive Formation. "These creatures are nothing more than pitiful Puppets."
When the first ray of purple light from Ning Xiwei's Necromancer Spell pierced through the dome, the bone staff in her hand was already covered in cracks.
Lu Chen supported her body, hearing her chant a Spell with the rhythm of the "Chu Ci."
The Necromancer Domain transmitted through this beam of light into the deep space.
The holographic projections of the twelve national representatives flickered, and William looked in disbelief at the phantom image appearing around the Huaxia seats—what kind of powerful force was that?
This phantom barrier converted all the impact from the alien creatures into defensive power.
"Huaxia can immediately initiate the 'Zhou Tian Star Array' contingency plan." Lu Chen's order was transmitted back to Huaxia via the communicator. "Notify all orbital space stations to redeploy defensive nodes according to the twenty-eight mansions coordinates. All major academies must contribute personnel and effort; we need Formation experts."
After speaking, he turned his head to look at the group of crystalline creatures that were dissipating, his pupils reflecting a hint of indifference. "Even if they are not enemies, but messengers or Puppets—the fact that more Heavenly Dao Puppets are waking up at the edge of the galaxy is not good news."
There are invading creatures outside, and giant servers inside.
Are the alien creatures the faceless man of the dreamers?
Lu Chen shook his head and led the Huaxia delegation away.
...
Huaxia.
Capital.
Zhongnanhai.
The dome of the Huaxia central conference hall was not a holographic projection, but a twenty-eight mansions star map etched directly into the nano-glass.
Lu Chen's nano-protective suit shed its Dragon patterns, transforming into a plain black Zhongshan suit, yet the hidden buttons on the cuffs were still inlaid with micro-carvings of the Sanxingdui Bronze Divine Tree.
Five leaders sat around a round table where the light patterns of the Big Dipper flowed. On the quantum screen behind them, beasts from the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" and Dunhuang Apsaras danced gracefully within the data stream.
"Comrade Lu Chen, you've worked hard." The leader tapped his finger lightly on the table, and the floating purple clay teapot automatically poured tea. In the swirling mist, encrypted files from the UN meeting appeared. "The intelligence you brought back has been simulated seven thousand times by the Chinese Academy of Sciences using the Jiuzhang quantum computer. With the help of Cultivators from major academies, we have already obtained a lot of valuable information."
When Lu Chen took the teacup, he caught a glimpse of the "Zhouyi" Dun hexagram carved at the bottom, and the water temperature was exactly 60°C—this was a detail predicted by Ning Xiwei using her Necromancer Spell.
He raised his hand to summon a model of the star map, and saw bronze-colored light spots rotating along the Twelve Field trajectory. "The escape route of the alien silicon-based creatures seems to be the same as the topology of the 'Heaven Tilts Northwest' event recorded on the Liangzhu jade cong. We suspect that this time, the Heavenly Dao has awakened some of our things and turned them into its Puppets."
"The separation of the Earth and Moon fifty thousand years ago." The third-ranking leader spoke suddenly. The "Shuijing Zhu" ancient book in front of him moved without wind, and photos of starship wreckage from the latest exploration of the Jinsha River basin appeared on the yellowed pages. "Our Huaxia External Liaison Department received a secret report from the African Alliance three days ago, stating that similar silicified civilization ruins were discovered in the Sahara underground city. Perhaps it might be useful to us?"
The holographic sand table in the center of the round table split and fissured, turning into twelve split screens.
The second-ranking leader's fingertip slid across real-time data from the Xiangxi Floating Mountain Monitoring Station. "Look at this. Representatives from the US and Russia secretly met with the Space Minister of India early this morning. They seem to want to bypass the Human Alliance to restart the so-called 'Space Arms Race,' and this time they intend to use these crystals contaminated by heavenly dao contamination... We need to be on guard. Comrade Lu Chen, what do you think?"