Chapter 1506: Chapter 1504: The Sun Rises
One second, two seconds, three seconds...
Ten seconds, thirty seconds, sixty seconds...
After a while, on top of the square crystal, the green curve was still pressing down on the red curve, and Lorentz couldn’t help but break the silence: "It’s been a minute."
"It has been a minute." Richard nodded in agreement, "The ’Bottled Sun’ has maintained positive energy output for a minute."
"So, the ninth set of plans is really correct? The ’Bottled Sun’ project, does this count as... successful?" Lorentz retorted, his face filled with excitement and disbelief, and the rest of the stewards were about the same, "In that case, does it mean we already have endless energy?"
"We can’t say that yet." Richard kept his composure, "At present, we’ve only unlocked the secret of endless energy, and we need to continue working hard to obtain it. However... speaking of which, this is indeed a success that cannot be ignored, an important milestone in the ’Bottled Sun’ project, and we’re very close to endless energy now."
"Beep beep beep!"
As Richard finished speaking, a red warning light at the end of a cabinet-like device beside him began to flash and buzz.
Steward Xue Dinglei quickly ran over, checked it over and said, "Lord Richard, the Core Area is continuously outputting positive energy and has reached the preset warning line. We need to immediately find a consumption outlet, otherwise we’ll have to limit the positive energy output."
"Then cut off the external energy supply lines of the castle, hook the positive energy output of the Core Area into the main line, and supply energy to auxiliary equipment, so we can take the first step towards endless energy," Richard said.
"Alright." Xue Dinglei nodded, and proficiently operated the instrument. After a while, he stopped his actions, took a deep breath, and solemnly pressed a deep yellow button on the instrument under the watchful eyes of many in the room.
"Swish!"
The numerous instruments in the room were still operating normally, but the lights overhead suddenly dimmed, yet in less than a second, new light emerged.
At first, it was a bit dim, like lighting a candle.
In the blink of an eye, this "candle" seemed to be suddenly doused with fuel, its light brightened instantly, surpassing its previous brightness.
Not only in this room, but in the outside corridor, all the lights in other rooms became remarkably bright.
Ultimately, on the ground, the facades of many buildings in Bright Castle began to light up.
The silver-white walls emitted beams of dazzling light, shooting in all directions.
From a distance, the entire outline of Bright Castle became blurred, indistinguishable from any specific Stone Building, as if a giant sun had risen over the mountaintop.
The nearby area, since the beginning of the Dark Era, endured over three years of darkness, which quickly faded under the illumination of this giant sun.
The sky... suddenly brightened...
...
Atlantis.
On the square in front of the city hall, people gathered for the medal ceremony were assembled here.
Shortly after the Level One battle readiness alert sounded, someone rushed into the hall to report some situations to City Lord Moli. Subsequently, Moli announced the temporary suspension of the ceremony and directed everyone to leave through the emergency exit and wait for further instructions in the square.
Standing in the square, one could see the Energy Shield overhead gradually turning from transparent to a deep sea blue, signaling the phenomenon of full power, indicating that the entire city might soon come under threatening attacks.
This led to much speculation among the crowd, trying to figure out what was happening.
Could it be that the army of Abnormal Creatures had revived?
Or perhaps a new enemy has emerged?
The crowd was perplexed.
Compared with the others, Bob, Philip, Frank, and Ma Qiu were puzzled not only by the evacuation reason but also by another matter.
In a corner of the square, Bob, Philip, and Frank all stared straight at Ma Qiu, and Ma Qiu couldn’t help but say, "Can’t you look at me with a normal expression? What do I have to say for you to believe that it was just a coincidence just now?"
Bob and the others didn’t respond, continuing to gaze at Ma Qiu.
Ma Qiu sighed, "Hey, this is pointless. If you use your brain for a moment, you’ll know it’s impossible that ’Calamity’ caused things to change. Even if it was ’Calamity,’ it doesn’t match Frank’s experience at all.
His ’Calamity’ says one thing, and the opposite happens, while when I say something, the same thing happens — I talked about an unexpected event, and the medal ceremony was really unexpectedly suspended, I mentioned Level One battle readiness alert, and the alert sounded immediately.
This is entirely different and can’t be discussed together. Besides, ’Calamity’ is Frank’s, not mine, and it couldn’t possibly transfer from one person to another, so the previous events were definitely, definitely a coincidence! A coincidence!"
After hearing this, Bob looked at Ma Qiu and said with a smile, "Do you know, right now, you look very much like Frank a while back — trying hard to deny, but ultimately you’ll face reality.
I’m not sure if your ’Calamity’ transferred from Frank, but why your ’Calamity’ happens with just your words, unlike Frank’s, I have a guess.
That ’Calamity’ is called ’Calamity’ because it’s hard to control, it silently brings disaster, and if you try to intentionally control it, it makes your situation unexpectedly worse."
"Hey hey hey, you’re really over the line." Ma Qiu exasperatedly took a deep breath, "Let me tell you, I studied at a university in this city, and the teachers taught me a very important thing, that everything must follow logic. ’Calamity’ doesn’t follow logic at all. If it were as you said, could I mess things up by saying a few words on purpose now?"
"For example... ahem..." No sooner said than done, Ma Qiu cleared his throat and began to speak, "I hope that from the next moment, the whole world will undergo an unexpected change, I hope time could reverse, and countless gold bars would fall beside me... I hope that the years of constant darkness outside the city would instantly end, and a sun would rise from the mountains to dry my clothes and bedding, sparing them from mold... "
Ma Qiu became more excited as he spoke, talked for quite a while, and then gave a self-deprecating laugh, looking at Bob and the others, "Look, I said so much, and nothing changed, fully proving that the ’Calamity’ theory is unreliable... what, am I wrong, why are you staring at me like that with your eyes so wide..."
Ma Qiu suddenly saw Philip extend a finger, pointed towards something behind him hesitantly.
"Hmm?" Ma Qiu, not understanding, turned around to look behind him.
The next moment, he stopped breathing.
He saw, outside the sea-blue Energy Shield, on the horizon far from Atlantis, an extremely bright light emerged, swiftly dispelling the darkness and brightening the entire area.
There... that was a sun slowly rising from the ground.
His words... were right again...
This!
Ma Qiu felt his entire worldview was instantly overturned, his strength drained, almost unable to stand and about to collapse to the ground.
Behind him, Frank looked at Ma Qiu’s condition but revealed a relieved expression, as if finally passing off a burden to someone else, feeling entirely relaxed.
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