The Ultimate War Of The Apocalypse-Chapter 695 - 688: Protector

A group of people stared at the spot where the Serpent People’s Mothership had just been, but now there was nothing at all.

"Can we... send a reconnaissance drone to take a look? I think the planes should be able to fly now, right?"

Nate finally spoke up, having felt as if he were still dreaming since he left the medical bay.

The sensation of dreaming was overwhelmingly strong, and Nate was not the only one feeling that way.

But the current deadlock had to be broken, and it wasn’t by any man, but by the Ark instead.

The Ark flew back, like a meteor, with a brightness and speed that slashed through the sky; before anyone even realized it had returned, it had already repositioned itself to hover in front of Ram.

It was just about ten meters away, and the people only felt a light breeze on their faces.

"How did it do that..."

The more they understood, the more confused they became; the more knowledge they gained, the more they realized their own ignorance.

After muttering to himself, Yang Yi turned to Ram and said, "Brother Yang, don’t let your mind wander now, please don’t!"

Without hesitation, Ram immediately handed over the diamond he was holding to Yang Yi, then said loudly, "You do it, you hold it, you should be the one handling this."

Yang Yi took the diamond, and after holding it for a moment, the Ark was still hovering in the same position, without any reaction.

Unable to hold back, Ram asked, "What are you thinking now?"

"Opening the door, but there’s no response."

As soon as Yang Yi finished speaking, he wiped the blood from the diamond, then unhesitatingly pulled out his own knife and cut his hand. Following that, the Ark slowly descended until it completely touched the ground, and then a door silently opened in the middle part of the Ark, which looked like a shuttle.

It wasn’t a door opening, but rather it looked as if a hole had suddenly appeared in the seemingly solid hull of the Ark.

"Flexible, shape-shifting material..."

After exhaling deeply, Xinghe spoke in a serious tone, "What were you thinking?"

Holding the diamond, Yang Yi said quietly, "I was thinking about opening the door to let us in. After establishing confirmed conscious communication, the Ark opened its door. Is this purely consciousness control? That’s incredible..."

Xinghe waved her hand and instructed, "Go inside. You go first. After you confirm it’s safe, Gao Yuan and I will follow."

The Ark had concealed itself to prevent being found by the Celestials of the Eternals Faction, and Xinghe was a confirmed Eternal. Gao Yuan now also possessed typical characteristics of the Eternals Faction, so if Xinghe and Gao Yuan were to enter rashly, they might be attacked by the Ark.

They couldn’t take that risk now.

Yang Yi took a deep breath, walked toward the Ark slowly, and then peered into the door that had opened. He took one last look back and finally stepped inside.

After spending about ten seconds inside, Yang Yi walked out again and signaled with a wave of his hand, saying, "Come in, all of you, come in; there’s no danger."

One by one, the people filed into the interior of the Ark—a place they had desperately searched for thousands of years, which had suddenly and inexplicably appeared.

The interior of the Ark was silver-white with light emanating from the top, but the illumination was soft and not at all blinding.

The interior’s simplicity shocked Gao Yuan; he had expected it to be complex, like those depicted in movies, with at least a cockpit, a living area, or other high-tech-looking areas. But the interior of the Ark was hollow, save for a platform resembling a table and another resembling a chair—beyond that, there was nothing.

Yang Yi pointed to his head and spoke in a grave tone, "Holding this diamond, it seems I’ve established some sort of connection with this spaceship. It feels very strange, as if the ship is a part of my body, yet I can’t control it. And now, I can no longer control it purely with my consciousness, but I can feel the ship welcoming me inside. This sensation is really bizarre."

Xinghe spoke indifferently, "You need to acclimate to the ship, to establish control by confirming with one another bit by bit. But with me here, it’s not necessary to go through all that trouble."

As Xinghe finished speaking, she placed her hand on what looked like a table platform, and then, images began to emerge from the platform. One after another, floating screens appeared in the previously empty cabin.

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With the emergence of the screens, a figure suddenly appeared in the middle of the cabin. It was an alien that was very tall with long limbs but also a very large head, wearing a white robe, looking very similar to the statues in the cave.

The alien was a projection, and as the projected alien began to speak, its voice emanated from a corner, and to everyone’s ears, it was as if the image formed by the projection was speaking.

Only nobody could understand what it was saying, but Xinghe could.

Xinghe placed her hand on the platform and then her mecha began to flash with flowing light. In just a second, Xinghe removed her hand.

"I’ve just transferred the data stored in my mecha to the spaceship, including all languages, so you can now converse with the Ark in your mother tongue."

After Xinghe’s explanation, the projected image spoke again, but this time, it spoke in Chinese.

"Hello, Earthlings, welcome to my world. You can call me Axu. I died four thousand five hundred and twenty-three Earth years ago, and the being you are conversing with now is the bio-computer aboard this spaceship."

The Ark’s owner had a name; he was called Axu.

Axu welcomed the humans’ visit and then he even bowed.

"I do not know to what stage humanity has evolved. If you can see my image and communicate with me, I need to know at which stage your technology has developed. You may choose to answer my question, but if you are in a state of danger, you can skip this step."

It must be said, although it is the ship’s computer that is communicating on behalf of Axu, this computer is quite humanized.

Xinghe waved her hand and declared clearly, "Crisis state, please display the weapons and energy systems."

A green floating screen immediately turned red and started flashing. Then Axu pointed to the red floating display and said, "Weapons system intact, energy supply insufficient, currently remaining at one point six two four percent, unable to drive the main weapons, unable to drive the secondary weapons, unable to perform interstellar travel."

Only less than two percent of energy remaining sounded quite dangerous, so Gao Yuan looked at Xinghe, and then he saw that Xinghe indeed looked surprised as she said, "Why is there only such a little energy left?"

"When I came to Earth, Earth was still in a state of savagery. I firmly believed that humans would grow up, provided they were not destroyed, and I discovered a super volcano was about to erupt. This eruption would have been enough to destroy humanity, so I entered Earth’s crust and used a method of inhibiting molecular activity to cool down the super volcano. This process continued for one thousand two hundred and one Earth years, until the crust stabilized here and would not erupt again. My energy dropped from ninety-four percent to five percent, the safe limit, before automatically shutting down."

This being called Axu, a Celestial, had prevented a super volcano eruption that could have destroyed humanity and most of the life on Earth.

It sounded very noble.

Xinghe spoke again, her voice somber, "You buried yourself deep underground to save the Earthlings from destruction, or to prevent the Eternals Faction from finding your spaceship?"

"Humans need protection, the spaceship also needs protection, the highest Celestial technology cannot be obtained by the Eternals Faction until they realize their error."

Xinghe sighed and then spoke gravely, "Yes, the Celestial civilization has been destroyed, and the immortal Celestials hope to get your help to restore our civilization."

Axu replied calmly but quickly, "Civilization cannot be repaired, but it can be redeveloped."

Xinghe seemed lost in thought, and at this moment, Yang Yi, who was now able to communicate directly with the Ark, immediately said, "Please tell me what has happened to the Serpent People’s Mothership, and how to solve the current crisis faced by Earth. Can you continue to protect the Earthlings? Please tell me these things."