Chapter 283 Dark Prophecy

"Boss?!"

Amber blinked, and in front of him was George's slightly anxious face under the exoskeleton mask.

Behind him, Randall and other accompanying personnel were also looking at him worriedly.

The surrounding environment was the dark and lightless interior of the asteroid, and the lighting here was maintained by a large number of artificial light sources.

And next to him was still the huge regular hexadecahedron.

Wait, what just happened? Wasn't I on the battlefield?

Battlefield? No, there is no battlefield here.

Amber came back to his senses and remembered everything that had just happened.

He came to the interior of the asteroid with Randall and George to explore the Forerunner creation that was discovered in front of him.

Everything went smoothly and normally, but just after he injected psychic energy into this thing, he was pulled into an illusion.

In this illusion, there was a city that was being attacked by a suspected "Forerunner fleet".

The troops protecting the city seemed to be fighting with these Forerunners, but the gap in strength between the two sides seemed a bit large.

After paying a huge sacrifice, only one battleship was destroyed.

But these are not the main points. The main points are the "keywords" that Amber heard in the illusion.

A joint attack force composed of the Elf King's Court Guard, the Second Assault Group, and the Imperial Silent?

Murat and Louis, who were promoted to the rank of major general but died in the assault?

And the Roma Hogg, who seemed to be the commander-in-chief of the battle, and his last glimpse that seemed to travel through time and space.

Amber suddenly realized that she seemed to have just experienced some kind of dark doomsday prophecy.

"What happened to me just now?" Amber asked, looking at the people in front of her.

Hearing Amber's inquiry, George answered:

"We don't know either. It's like you lost consciousness while standing. No matter how we called you, you didn't respond, so we had to rush up."

"How long did this situation last?"

"It should be several seconds. We were busy rushing up to see you and didn't pay attention to the time."

Amber instantly remembered her previous experience on Rubion V.

At that time, I also entered a state of watching the "dark future". I felt that it lasted for a long time, but it seemed to others that it was only a few seconds.

"Lilith, did you find anything unusual just now?"

"Master, you just had the same situation as on Rubion V. I couldn't sense your presence for several seconds."

Lilith's concerned voice sounded in Amber's mind.

"I just tried to call you, but Master, you seemed not to hear it and didn't respond at all."

Lilith's words made Amber fall into silence.

The situation now is very clear. All the evidence points to the mysterious "Forerunner Civilization" for Amber's "distraction" these two times.

If it is the first situation on Rubion V, using a method similar to "predicting the future" to help him out of trouble.

Amber might still feel happy because he has another "hang".

But what happened just now and the scene in the illusion made him completely unhappy.

Obviously, in the illusion, the "Forerunner Civilization" has become an enemy. Under the attack of this powerful enemy, humans and elves even began to fight side by side.

Moreover, even the powerful Elf King's Court Guards have joined other troops to prepare for an assault, which clearly shows that the situation has reached its most dangerous moment.

Maybe the Elf King's Court has been wiped out, otherwise these Royal Court Guards will not easily leave the objects they are protecting.

In addition, the familiar names and people in the illusion seemed to tell Amber that "this is destined to happen."

And Hogg's last look at him made Amber feel a power that penetrated time. He felt that the wolf-headed man seemed to really "see" him.

Is this really an illusion? Amber had doubts in his heart.

It's not that he likes to think too much, but the information that players have dug up in the game, and the tasks they have experienced, are basically "magical", and are also full of "the entanglement of the past and the future", which sounds very magical.

"Boss, should we withdraw first? Judging from the signs just now, this uh... The creation of the "Forerunner Civilization" does not seem to be so stable?"

George spoke, scanning the surrounding situation.

Amber nodded in agreement and immediately prepared to lead the team out.

But at this moment, the regular hexadecahedron, which had been silent and stopped moving, began to move again.

This time, its surface quickly unfolded, and at the same time, some crystals extending from the internal structure began to shoot green rays at the surrounding rock walls.

Under the irradiation of these rays, the surrounding rock walls were easily decomposed like foam, and the fragments and powders they turned into were also swallowed up by a large number of "mechanical insects" emerging from the interior of the regular hexadecahedron.

Before everyone could react, the rock walls around the regular hexadecahedron were "decomposed" at an extremely outrageous speed.

When Amber led everyone to retreat to the passage, the entire regular hexadecahedron was completely exposed.

The huge size made everyone in front of it look like a group of ants.

"Whatever this thing is, let's retreat first and then talk about it?!"

Amber, who had reacted, was urging everyone to retreat first, but the next second a blue ‘chasing light’ shone on him.

Then, a language that Amber had never heard of rang directly in his mind.

It was also a style that intertwined the ancient and the advanced. Although Amber was 100% sure that he had never heard of this language, it was strange that he found that he actually understood it.

"Device number 4396, has been reactivated and started to enter self-check"

"Communication and navigation have been completely damaged. The possibility of repair is 0%"

"The current task list is empty, and no higher-level instructions have been detected. Start to execute emergency regulations No. 001-bind device administrator"

"A qualified administrator candidate has been found, and the device binding program has begun."

At the same time, Lilith's voice also rang in Amber's mind, and it was the kind of anxious feeling that Amber had never heard of.

"Master! An unknown program is detected invading your brain! How is this possible?! How can a digital signal affect your body?"

At this moment, Lilith's clones everywhere temporarily stopped operating.

This strong artificial intelligence concentrated all the computing power she had at the moment, converted digital signals into biological neural signals, and began to fight against the "program" that invaded Amber's brain.

If what happened in the virtual space could be materialized, you can see that Lilith is constantly building thick walls to resist the invasion of this program.

But she soon discovered that this confrontation was futile.

The program that was invading Amber's brain rushed into the depths of Amber's brain unimpeded as if it had the highest level of authority.

Just when Lilith thought that Amber's brain was about to be burned by this program, everything suddenly became calm again.

Amber only felt that there was an extra mark in the depths of his mind, and through this mark he found that he seemed to be able to control the huge regular hexadecahedron in front of him.

"User binding is complete, please give a rating of 3, 2, 1 for this service"

"No response from the user, it has been automatically rated"

"Damn, I didn't say anything."

Before Amber could react, the "program" that had just invaded his brain quickly completed its self-evaluation.

Then it began to enter the "self-deletion" process and completely disappeared from his mind in a short time.

If it weren't for the newly added mark in the depths of his mind, Amber would even doubt whether he had just experienced another illusion.

Lilith was kneeling in the virtual space at this time, with her eyes blank.

The situation just now made her know what "powerlessness" was for the first time.

Under the invasion of unknown programs, she, who was invincible and powerful in the virtual space, did not even have the ability to block or even delay.

She could only watch this unknown program invade her Master.

At a certain moment, Lilith even thought that she might lose Amber, but fortunately the worst did not happen in the end.

Despite this, Lilith's "young mind" still suffered a huge blow.

On the other side, the regular hexadecahedron, or this "growable large-scale mining and refining core", stopped its activities after completing the administrator binding.

But Amber knew that as long as she had a thought, this pioneer's creation would immediately go into work.

"Lilith, don't worry, I'm fine~"

Feeling Lilith's mood at the moment, Amber comforted her.

"Master, Lilith is useless, I couldn't protect you just now."

"No, no, Lilith, don't be like this, you have done a lot for me, if you are useless, then there is nothing useful in this world."

Seeing that the strong artificial intelligence is still depressed, Amber continued to comfort her:

"It's really not your fault for what happened just now. I can only say that the opponent you are facing is too powerful. It's normal for you to be unable to beat him now."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lilith burst into tears and rolled around in the virtual space.

"Wow, Lilith is useless."

Seeing her like this, Amber didn't know what to say now. She could only wait for a while until it was safe to enter the virtual space to comfort her.

He raised his hand and stroked the surface of the 'Growable Large Mining and Refining Core'. This huge regular hexadecahedron seemed to have life, responding to him with a slight 'buzzing' sound.

After a moment, he turned around, looked at the people around him who were still in shock, and said with a complicated smile:

"I have good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?"