Chapter 127: I’ll Form the Head

Chapter 127: I’ll Form the Head

More than thirty seconds later, Chen Feng’s group’s Wasp Ship passed by the site of the explosion.

Black smoke and white mist were rising from the water’s surface.

Dense bubbles kept swelling up.

This part of the ocean was still boiling, like water that had been brought to a boil.

Rolling giant waves were still churning unceasingly.

Shattered metal debris floated on the sea, and occasionally, dead or injured people surfaced.

There were even warriors who had already donned their Starblade Armor, now only half of their bodies remained.

Fortunately, it was a fusion explosion.

If it had been a fission explosion, this entire ocean and the soil beneath it would have been radioactively contaminated, turning the place into a flowing dead sea.

Chen Feng’s Wasp Ship and the medium-sized Combat Ship piloted by Dr. Ouyang next to it simultaneously slowed down.

“See if there are any of our own people still alive.”

Chen Feng ordered.

He only intended to save his own people.

He couldn’t bother with those strangers who acted as roadblocks.

Saving others in this situation would only drag them down and allow more people to catch up.

Then he would have to kill even more people later, or be executed himself.

Fortunately, there were no bleeding hearts around him, and no one opposed his order.

“We’ve detected a life signal in half of an Escape Pod! It’s Lin Bu’s Genetic Information!”

Dr. Ouyang’s communication came through.

Chen Feng was overjoyed. “How is he? Save him quickly!”

The medium Combat Ship ahead briefly descended, skimming over the water’s surface.

“He’s been rescued! It really is Lin Bu!”

“Good! Excellent! Continue onward!” Chen Feng ordered.

Ding Hu, Pang De, and other comrades from Chen Feng’s new recruit squad were probably all dead.

That was naturally saddening.

But Chen Feng had no time for sorrow, and he had already seen the tragic sight of Brother Hu being pierced through the chest and dying once before.

Seeing it too much made him numb; habit became second nature, and next time he could still shoot the breeze with Brother Hu and Pang De.

Chen Feng calmed down almost as fast as those high-ranking officials who completely replaced emotions with logic.

The two Warships moved forward again.

On the way, Chen Feng asked Dr. Ouyang about Lin Bu’s condition again.

Dr. Ouyang replied, “Lin Bu’s current situation is very strange.”

“What do you mean?”

“His Escape Pod was blown in half, so his body was also blown apart.”

Chen Feng frowned. “What does that mean? Is he dead too?”

“Not exactly, he is still alive.”

Chen Feng: “I don’t understand. How much of his body is actually intact?”

Dr. Ouyang: “I’ve never encountered anything like this either. He only has a head left, but he is indeed alive, still conscious, just in a deep sleep.”

“This…” Chen Feng was completely speechless.

But then he remembered what happened the last time he was here.

Lin Bu last time also ended up with just a head.

Back then, the Escape Faction medical personnel had placed his head in a box trying to take it away, but unfortunately, the Mothership blasted everything apart.

Those medical personnel wouldn’t have done that without reason; Lin Bu definitely wasn’t dead back then.

Who would have thought that this time, even though Lin Bu became one of their own, he still couldn’t escape the fate of ending up with just a head, and he still wasn’t dead!

“I’ve already moved his head into the Life Support System; his condition is gradually stabilizing.”

“Good, continue heading towards Freedom Town.”

After making arrangements with Dr. Ouyang, Chen Feng then gave instructions to Ou Qinglan. “Contact the leadership of the Escape Faction. Tell them I’m giving them two choices. First, immediately prepare to launch their heavy Spacecraft, ready within fifteen minutes. We launch as soon as we arrive. Second, refuse me, and then watch as that heavy Spacecraft gets torn to pieces by me.”

Ou Qinglan did as instructed.

Tang Tianxin thought for a few seconds, then said with a hint of surprise, “You planned this from the start?”

Chen Feng nodded. “Yes. When I went to Freedom Town last time, their Spacecraft was almost complete. Their planned launch time was next week; it should be ready by now.”

Tang Tianxin nodded. “And the propulsion power loaded on the heavy Spacecraft is extremely massive. If it’s destroyed within Earth, the resulting explosion would be something the Military cannot bear. Once we break through the atmosphere, we have a chance to escape.”

Chen Feng replied, “Yes.”

“But where can we go after we get out?” Ou Qinglan leaned over from the side and asked.

Chen Feng shrugged. “According to the Escape Faction’s original plan, keep heading towards the edge of the Solar System. Wait until the last moment, and then try to see if we can break through that Barrier surrounding the Solar System. Of course, I must wait until that final instant. Before that, I still need to make some attempts, which will require your cooperation.”

“Break out? That’s absolutely impossible to succeed; it’s just suicide. How boring, we’re still going to die in the end.” Ou Qinglan pouted and shook her head.

Chen Feng nodded. “True, but staying near Earth is also waiting to die. I want to go see that Barrier, and then think of a way. Suicide is only when there are no choices left. Surviving one more day is one more day, we can do more things.”

Everyone was utterly puzzled.

Ou Qinglan said, “Since you say staying on Earth is also waiting to die, does that mean you think we absolutely cannot defeat the enemy?”

Chen Feng nodded without hesitation. “Yes. Humanity will perish. The Invaders are stronger than any of you can imagine.”

“Then if we all perish, how can there be any ‘later’?” Tang Tianxin said urgently. “What’s the point of you going through such great trouble to rescue me, and even seizing the Escape Faction’s Spacecraft to go into outer space? And how do you know what the situation with the Invaders really is?”

Chen Feng finally decided to be honest, intending to tell everyone his true situation in hopes of gaining more support and help.

He wasn’t worried about exposing the secret; anyway, everyone’s memories would be reset again the next time he came.

“Yes, everyone will die. I will die too. But I have a ‘later’! I’ll explain the specific reasons later; we can discuss the details slowly later. The Escape Faction has agreed to my demands.”

Inside the sealed meeting room of the executive committee, a group of people were watching a holographic projection in the center of the conference table.

The projection showed a giant Spacecraft over 1,800 meters tall slowly ascending.

This was the last Spacecraft the Escape Faction planned to launch, consuming almost ninety percent of the resources they controlled.

Although the cutting-edge technological level of this Spacecraft couldn’t compare to the World Government’s, it still represented the full extent of this group’s technological achievement.

The giant Spacecraft had a designed capacity of thirty thousand people. Its maximum cruising speed in the Universe could reach one-tenth the Speed of Light, which is thirty thousand kilometers per second, capable of reaching the Proxima Centauri System in forty years.

Within the Proxima Centauri System, there is a planet named Proxima Centauri b, similar in size to Earth, located 7 million kilometers from Proxima Centauri.

However, because Proxima Centauri is a red dwarf Star with only one-eighth the mass of the Sun, its habitable zone is closer to the Star than in the Solar System.

Therefore, Proxima Centauri b lies within the habitable zone of the Proxima Centauri System, possesses an atmosphere of certain density, and may have liquid water.

With the technology currently held by the Escape Faction, it was theoretically possible to terraform Proxima Centauri b into a planet suitable for human habitation.

The Escape Faction had prepared sufficient equipment and supplies on the Spacecraft.

They always did their utmost, made the most comprehensive preparations, fighting for that almost non-existent sliver of hope.

Although the preparation time Chen Feng gave the Escape Faction was very short, most of the important supplies had already been loaded in advance, and nearly ten thousand passengers had already begun adapting to life aboard the Spacecraft.

The other twenty thousand passengers were already in the Freedom Town area, so they made it into the Spacecraft in time and set off with Chen Feng and the others.

“Should we shoot it down immediately?”

Someone in the Executive Committee meeting room suggested.

This proposal was quickly rejected.

First, this heavy Spacecraft’s energy reserves were designed to the maximum, enough to support a journey of three hundred light-years.

Its core power module used stable quark fusion, a technology humanity had barely grasped two hundred years ago and was still only beginning to understand.

During the energy supply process, quark fusion provided the primary energy, while nuclear fusion supplied the secondary energy.

If this Spacecraft were blown up inside Earth, it would be equivalent to detonating a quark bomb.

Although this bomb’s power couldn’t match the one Sergey hid in the Earth’s Core, it would still be a heavy blow for Earth.

Second, aside from Chen Feng and his group, there were thirty thousand members of the Escape Faction’s “suicide squad” on board, who could barely serve as hostages.

The Executive Committee decided to wait until the Spacecraft left the atmosphere before making a decision.

Inside the Spacecraft’s Command Cabin, Chen Feng and his group were facing off against the Escape Faction leaders.

No one liked being threatened.

Even though the Escape Faction members were essentially a suicide squad, Chen Feng had disrupted their plans. Some important members who were still on the orbital space station hadn’t been able to board, so the Escape Faction was naturally unhappy.

If not for the intimidating “Starry Azure” suit Chen Feng wore, the Escape Faction would have gladly shot him on the spot.

The core of the dispute between both sides was control over the Spacecraft.

According to the Escape Faction, they wanted Chen Feng and the others to obediently stay in their rooms as passengers and not cause trouble.

They had a mission too.

The Spacecraft carried a million frozen human embryos and nearly all the embryos and seeds of Earth’s animals and plants.

Their mission was to break through the Barrier around the Solar System within a month, making one last attempt to preserve the spark of human Civilization.

In this Timeline, the relationship between the Escape Faction and the World Government was more relaxed, and many Spacecraft had been launched before, so the Escape Faction leadership knew the situation outside.

They knew about the Barrier, but they didn’t care.

Chen Feng disagreed; he knew it was impossible.

Even if this Spacecraft was equipped with the most advanced Force Field Shield system gifted by the Military, it would be useless.

Chen Feng demanded that he take command, and he intended to keep the Spacecraft cruising along the Barrier until the final moment two months later.

Their philosophies were completely opposed, making coordination almost impossible.

After all, no one in the Escape Faction was afraid of death.

They only feared failure.

“Chen Feng, don’t push us too far! We’ve already gone along with your unreasonable demands enough.”

Amid the tense atmosphere, a leader with yellow skin, black hair, and black eyes spoke first.

His speaking up was also strategic.

Chen Feng’s combat ability was too terrifying. Someone of the same ethnicity and skin color was less likely to provoke his killing intent.

Chen Feng shook his head, raised his hand, and gestured downward, signaling Tang Tianxin, who was about to speak, to stay quiet.

“What I mentioned earlier must be kept secret. Only you few should know.” Chen Feng then looked at the opposing side. “You have your beliefs, and I have my reasons. I cannot compromise. If you listen to me, you’ll still have a chance to push forward later. But if you insist on resisting stubbornly, then we’ll all end up destroyed together now.”

“You…”

“This is too much! You’re too selfish!”

The Escape Faction members berated Chen Feng.

Chen Feng shrugged. “I really wish I were selfish. Otherwise, I’d be happily hiding on Earth, watching movies, listening to music, playing games, and such. Why would I be here fighting desperately?”

“Are you toying with us?”

“Let’s fight you!”

Just as the atmosphere grew even more tense and internal conflict was about to erupt, the alloy door at the rear of the Command Cabin suddenly swung open.

Ou Qinglan, Dr. Ouyang, Scott, and several top medical personnel from the Escape Faction stepped out quickly.

Scott, in the middle, wiped sweat from his forehead. “Good news. Lin Bu’s vital signs are completely stable. And he has regained consciousness. Though he can’t speak, he can communicate with us through Brainwave Communication.”

Chen Feng grinned. “That really is good news.”

The Escape Faction leaders also breathed a sigh of relief, greatly relieved.

Strictly speaking, Lin Bu should be considered one of their own.