Let's Squander A Billion First!-Chapter 1630: Visitors from Beyond the Sky (17)

Chapter 1630: Chapter 1630: Visitors from Beyond the Sky (17)

"Do you know about alien civilizations?"

Lou Xing didn’t answer; instead, he threw out this question.

Chuzheng felt the scene was somewhat familiar...

"Yes, I went to find He Jin to talk about this."

Lou Xing: "..."

Lou Xing was ready to educate Chuzheng about alien civilizations, but her simple ’I know’ made him go silent for a few seconds.

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The destruction of this planet began with the landing of a spaceship.

Of course, it wasn’t some alien invasion.

It was an empty spaceship; they didn’t find any life inside.

Later, humans began to study the things on the spaceship, which were far more advanced than the planet’s civilization and technology.

Initially, everything was progressing smoothly. Their technology rapidly advanced from this civilization.

But then...

One day, they suddenly received a strange signal.

It was a language they couldn’t understand.

The signal lasted for several days. The person in charge at the time probably tried to interpret the information from those signals, but unfortunately had no clue.

Then...

Then the destruction began.

Spaceships appeared in their sky. Initially, these spaceships didn’t attack them but kept sending signals to them. Unfortunately, they couldn’t understand what the other party was trying to convey.

Eventually, the attack started...

Alien civilization’s technology was something they couldn’t resist. At that time, a batch of survivors was hidden in an underground laboratory by people.

The laboratory was completely shut off, so no one knew what was going on outside.

When someone finally bravely went outside to look, they found the surface covered with toxic substances, and almost the entire ground had been leveled, with no high-rise buildings in sight.

Among the survivors were a large number of core members of the laboratory. They used alien civilization technology to remodel the laboratory, eventually reaching its current scale.

The once peaceful planet seemed to have suddenly opened a doorway to the universe, with spaceships occasionally landing on the surface.

Those alien beings wouldn’t treat humans kindly.

"The Special Action Group is mainly responsible for eliminating these alien beings."

Chuzheng questioned, "Why doesn’t anyone in the Underground City know about this?"

In such a life-and-death situation, why are these people still hiding it from everyone?

After so many generations, no one even knows why their planet was destroyed.

"The records show that a leader at the time ordered the news to be blocked, intending to let everyone survive."

The people back then were desperate, with suicides and panic spreading every day.

Everyone was shrouded under the shadow of death.

To keep these people alive, the leader fabricated a lie, telling them that while the surface was uninhabitable, they could survive underground, relying on that technology to keep them safe from extinction.

As for the alien beings appearing on the surface, they would take care of them.

Later, as the situation gradually improved, everyone seemed to genuinely believe what the leader said.

It’s not that they couldn’t face the truth; they didn’t want to.

Who would want to struggle in misery?

So later, the new generations were basically unaware of the original truth, only knowing the surface was filled with toxic gas, and they couldn’t go out.

"The alien beings appearing over the years have become very few." Lou Xing said, "I encountered one a few days ago, but..."

He paused and didn’t continue.

Chuzheng wisely didn’t ask: "Why have they decreased?"

Lou Xing: "Based on the lab’s analysis, our planet should have had a protective mechanism initially."

Because of this protective mechanism, other life forms in the universe couldn’t discover this planet.

After that spaceship accidentally landed, the coordinates inadvertently got exposed, attracting that group of aliens.

Eventually, the destruction of the planet led to the failure of the protective mechanism, hence the frequent descent of alien beings during that period.

The appearance of alien beings in recent years has become rarer, possibly because the protective mechanism is recovering. They also said maybe in a century or hundreds of years... the surface could become habitable again.

As to what this protective mechanism is, it is still unclear.

"Then..."

Zzz—

The lights above suddenly flickered a few times.

Chuzheng looked up at the lights.

The lights flickered ’zzz’ a few times, quickly stabilizing, as if due to insufficient power.

Just as Chuzheng retracted her gaze, her vision turned dark.

The colorful lights outside the window went out patch by patch, plunging the entire world into darkness.

What the...!

What’s going on?

"Miss Chuzheng!" 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Brother Hui was knocking on the door from outside.

Chuzheng calmly spoke, "Come in."

Brother Hui, holding a flashlight from somewhere, entered, bringing light to the room. Brother Hui first directed the light at Chuzheng. Waving it slightly, he noticed someone else next to her, almost causing him to move unconsciously.

Seeing it was Lou Xing, Brother Hui quickly restrained his action.

What is this guy doing here?

Although feeling puzzled, Brother Hui dared not ask.

Lou Xing walked to the window and looked down: "The entire District 2 has lost power."

There is still light beyond the high walls of District 1, seemingly unaffected.

"Is this normal?" Chuzheng, being an outsider, wasn’t very familiar.

Lou Xing shook his head: "Not normal. District 2 is divided into many areas, a malfunction shouldn’t cause such a large-scale blackout unless..."

Brother Hui asked, "Unless what?"

Lou Xing: "The power supply system malfunctioned."

Each district has a power supply system, and if it fails, the entire district will lose power.

"I’ll go down and ask what’s going on." Brother Hui left the flashlight and went downstairs in the dark to find the hotel staff.

Five minutes later, Brother Hui came up.

"The hotel says they just received the news that the power system malfunctioned, and it’s under repair."

Chuzheng looked into the darkness outside; how long does it take to repair it?

What might happen during this dark period?

Previously District 3’s Purification System had problems, now District 2’s power system is problematic...

"Do you think this is man-made?" Chuzheng asked Lou Xing.

"I don’t know." It’s hard to make a judgement now, Lou Xing looked into the darkness: "Miss Chuzheng, I’ll leave for now."

Before Chuzheng could agree, Lou Xing had already turned and walked to the door.

He put his hand on the doorknob, just about to press it, and suddenly paused.

"You..."

Lou Xing raised his index finger to his lips and looked out through the peephole.

The next second, Lou Xing stepped away from the door and retreated inside the room.

"Special Action Group people." Lou Xing lowered his voice: "They are coming this way; they might be looking for me."

Chuzheng: "..."

That’s not necessarily the case.

Maybe they are looking for me.

Good Person Card, you shouldn’t be so self-assured!

Violent doorbreaking noises came from the hallway outside, shortening continuously, with an occasional scream. They seemed to be searching room by room.

Lou Xing looked around the room; the windows were all welded shut and couldn’t be opened.

"Knock knock..."

The door was knocked upon.

Lou Xing instructed Chuzheng: "You guys hide well in a moment."

Chuzheng calmly said, "They might not be looking for you."

Lou Xing was puzzled: "Then who could they be looking for?"

Chuzheng pointed at herself with her finger.

Me.