Game: Civilization Paradise

Chapter 280: Chapter 280: Cracking

Dr. Xu Rui and his team immediately began their investigation.

After all, every second counted.

Long Ming and the others waited anxiously on the side, ready for orders at a moment’s notice.

「Half an hour later.」

Dr. Xu Rui and his men wiped the sweat from their foreheads and spoke to Qiansha and his group.

"We’ve completed our initial inspection."

"What’s the situation?"

"The central control console isn’t damaged. It has two power supply lines: a main one and a backup. The backup line is out of power, so we need to try connecting the main line."

"Then what are you waiting for? Get to it!"

Qiansha replied without a moment’s hesitation.

"Right!"

Dr. Xu Rui and his team immediately started working on the wiring.

Soon, they had the main power line connected, but the console still showed no reaction.

"Why isn’t it working?"

Qian Wei asked anxiously.

"This shouldn’t be happening. Could the problem be in the central power room?"

Dr. Xu Rui said, his expression changing slightly.

"Where is the central power room?"

Qiansha immediately asked.

"Based on the wiring, it should be just behind the central control room."

Dr. Xu Rui pointed toward a passageway behind them.

"Let’s go!"

Qiansha immediately led the group over.

「A moment later.」

They arrived at the entrance to the central power room.

However, the main door to the power room was sealed shut. Without auxiliary power, it was impossible to open.

Captain Alang and his men went up and tried to open the sealed metal door, but it wouldn’t budge.

"No good, it’s locked tight!"

Captain Alang said to Qiansha.

"Destroy it!"

Qiansha ordered without hesitation.

Alang and the others immediately took bottles of a silvery metal-dissolving liquid from their packs.

They smashed them against the sealed metal door.

As the silver liquid splashed out, the surface of the metal door began to corrode.

Qiansha raised his greatsword and swung it down with all his might.

CRACK!

The entire metal door shattered like it was made of tofu.

Qiansha led the way inside.

The group entered a massive central power room.

In the center of the room stood a giant, spherical nuclear power reactor, forged from a special black metal. To its right was a slightly smaller, cube-shaped backup power unit. Black cables extended from both devices, running up into the ceiling.

Qiansha’s group carefully searched the area. After confirming there was no danger, he said to Dr. Xu Rui and his team,

"It’s clear. You can start your inspection."

"Yes, sir!"

Dr. Xu Rui and his team immediately went forward to inspect the two power units.

「A few minutes later.」

Dr. Xu Rui suddenly found a logbook behind the backup unit. He flipped it open, and his face instantly changed. He said in alarm,

"This is bad!"

"What is it?"

Hearing Dr. Xu Rui’s words, Qiansha and the others felt their hearts sink.

"This base was never finished, so it was running on backup power, but the backup power is completely depleted. The main nuclear reactor doesn’t have any fuel rods installed—they probably haven’t been delivered yet. No wonder we couldn’t get the base started."

Dr. Xu Rui said, frantic with anxiety.

"What did you say?"

"Are you sure there are no fuel rods?"

"We’re finished."

...

Hearing this, Qian Wei and the others looked pale as death. No power source meant the mission was a failure.

Just then, Luoxue suddenly spoke up.

"Can we use this?"

Hearing Luoxue’s voice, everyone turned to look.

They saw Luoxue tap her wristband a few times, retrieving an XT-01 model nuclear fuel rod from its built-in safe.

"A nuclear fuel rod!"

Dr. Xu Rui and his team exclaimed in delighted surprise.

"Luoxue, how do you have one of those?"

Qiansha asked, equally stunned.

"This is what Long Ming and I got from the Srika World!"

Luoxue explained with a smile.

Hearing this, Qian Luobing couldn’t help but glance over at Long Ming.

"Excellent! Dr. Xu Rui, quickly, see if we can use it!"

Qiansha immediately said to Dr. Xu Rui.

Dr. Xu Rui hurried forward to inspect the XT-01 nuclear fuel rod and said excitedly,

"The interface is a little different, but that’s okay. We can modify the port on the nuclear reactor!"

"Good, then modify it! Quickly!"

Qiansha and the others urged him on.

"On it!"

Dr. Xu Rui and his team grabbed their toolboxes, went to the fuel rod insertion port on the nuclear reactor, and began to modify it.

Seconds ticked by.

"Done! Insert the fuel rod."

Dr. Xu Rui said with delight.

"I’ll do it!"

Qiansha grabbed the fuel rod with his bare hands and gently pushed it in.

CLICK!

With a faint sound, the fuel rod clicked into place.

Dr. Xu Rui walked over to the reactor and began flipping a series of mechanical switches.

WHIRRR~

Instantly, the entire giant nuclear reactor whirred to life, and rows of indicator lights on its surface lit up.

WHOOSH!

The base’s entire lighting system reactivated, and one by one, the lights flickered on.

"It worked!"

Dr. Xu Rui and his team said joyfully.

"Good work. Back to the central control room!"

Qiansha immediately ordered the group.

"Yes, sir!"

Long Ming and the others immediately followed Qiansha out.

They quickly returned to the central control room.

Dr. Xu Rui tried to restart the central control console.

BEEP!

The electronic screen immediately lit up.

"Great! It’s a success."

Dr. Xu Rui said with delight.

"System booting!"

"Please insert electronic key drive!"

A prompt popped up.

Dr. Xu Rui immediately took out the file folder Long Ming had handed over, pulled out the electronic key drive, and inserted it.

"Read successful. Accessing system!"

Another prompt appeared.

Everyone’s hearts were in their throats.

The central control console then loaded the operating interface.

Dr. Xu Rui began to operate it, but another prompt box popped up.

"Alert: Full clearance authorization required!"

"Dammit, it needs to verify clearance!"

Dr. Xu Rui said, his face darkening.

"Can you crack it?"

Qiansha and the others were also extremely frustrated. It felt like nothing was going right.

"It won’t be easy to crack. Even if we can, it will take a very long time."

Dr. Xu Rui and his team weren’t very confident. After all, the Aniska Empire’s technology completely crushed their own.

"It doesn’t matter if it’s easy. You have to crack it. We have no way to retreat."

Qian Luobing said in a cold voice.

"I understand."

Dr. Xu Rui said with a grave expression.

Just then, Long Ming spoke up thoughtfully.

"Let me try."

SWISH~

Dr. Xu Rui, Qiansha, Qian Luobing, and the others all turned to look at Long Ming, skeptical.

"Long Ming, you know how to crack systems?"

Luoxue, Jing Chuan, and the others remained silent, watching Long Ming with peculiar expressions on their faces.

"I know a little. It’s worth a try!"

Long Ming replied with a smile.

"Fine."

Qiansha didn’t waste any more words.

Then, under everyone’s gaze, Long Ming walked up to the console and placed his hand on the clearance authorization scanner.

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