#739 - Chapter 739 Fireflies Flying in the Dark
Nata was still in a daze, completely oblivious to what was happening around him.
Monka conjured a wall of air, blocking them both.
The shockwave from Black Bean's explosion was just energy from chemicals and couldn't penetrate the air wall.
Neither of them was affected, but Xue Fu had already fled without a trace.
"What's going on? What happened?" The loud explosion woke Nata from his daze.
"Why are you spacing out at a time like this! It's okay now," Monka scolded.
"I was just trying to figure out how Xue Fu's Golden Bell Shield is generated," Nata explained.
"Oh? How is it? Did you figure it out?" Monka immediately turned her anger into joy.
Of course, she was happy. If Nata figured it out, she could learn it too.
She didn't care about the strength of the defense; she just thought having a shield around her looked good.
"I think I'm close. I'll try it," Nata nodded.
He imitated Xue Fu's movements, raising his right hand to the sky, then clenching his fist and pulling it down.
"Buzz~"
A light blue shield appeared, just covering him in the middle.
As for why it wasn't golden, it might be related to the different form of energy.
It could also be related to the thickness of the shield's airflow; who knows?
"Wow, it's actually blue. This is great! This is great! Teach me quickly!" Monka jumped up and down excitedly.
She originally thought the golden shield was a bit lacking in fantasy, but she didn't expect it to be blue.
Now it was perfect.
Nata patiently explained the key points of the movements and how to mobilize the energy in her body to her.
Monka quickly mastered it.
That's how learning is. When you haven't been exposed to it, it feels very mysterious. Once you learn it, you realize it's nothing more than that.
"I have to admit, a superhuman AI with innovative abilities is really different," Monka said with a sigh in front of the screen.
She was a little envious.
But she could only be envious.
The main program of the Dragon Fruit Mars base had already limited her. Want to have innovative abilities? No way.
"Actually, I think you're better," Dongfang Chen replied.
"Why?" Monka asked curiously.
"You'll live a happier life if you don't think about so many things," Dongfang Chen explained.
"That's true," Monka admitted.
She didn't think about anything all day long, just followed the base's instructions step by step. So she seemed very carefree and uninhibited.
But on the other hand, Nata seemed much more dull.
"Who are you people?"
Someone suddenly shouted in the parking lot.
Monka and Nata, who were chatting and laughing, immediately fell silent and looked towards the source of the voice.
The person in front of them was a young man with a somewhat childish face. He wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and had fair skin. He had a brown cloak draped over his body, bandages wrapped around his trousers, and a pair of sneakers on his feet. He made no sound as he walked.
Beside him was a dog.
"Who are you? Sneaking around, do you know you'll scare people to death?" Monka didn't care about the consequences and started scolding directly.
However, the young man didn't speak at this time, but slowly raised his right hand, palm inward, and tapped his chest.
"What are you doing?" Monka took half a step back, adopting a defensive posture.
"How can we say we have no clothes? We share the same robe," he spoke the password of the Lurkers.
The reason he said this password was because the digital pupils in his eyes had already shown a prompt.
A green name meant a comrade.
Monka didn't know what he was talking about.
Nata didn't connect to the database and didn't know what he was talking about either.
"So it's him," Dongfang Chen smiled.
"Who is he?" Monka asked from the base.
"He is Dai Zheng's adopted son, Ding Yuwen," Dongfang Chen introduced.
Dai Zheng and the other 25 special forces members were still staying at the base in the Kunlun Mountains.
After such a long time, Monka had already recognized him.
"Okay, I was a little rude. Then why is he in Gold City?" Monka asked.
"Many years ago, before I had developed, the space station predicted that an ecological crisis would break out on Blue Star within three years, and the surface would no longer be suitable for human survival."
"This situation was not within the space station's plan. So it issued an emergency mission, requiring me to build a large number of underground bases within three years to ensure human survival."
The reason the space station issued this mission was also for their civilization to be successfully passed down.
"At that time, China's communications and electricity were interrupted. I was in the base, completely in the dark, with no information at all."
"How many resettlement sites were there in the country, where were they located, and what were the situations in each of them? I had no idea."
"In order to complete this task, Xiaolin cooperated with me to formulate a Firefly Plan. The first part of the plan required them to sneak out and collect information."
"It can be said that without them, the Firefly Plan would not have been successful, and I would not have been able to build nearly 300 bases in just two years."
"These Lurkers are like fireflies flying in the darkness, illuminating the entire country and pointing me in the direction."
This is also why he named the plan the Firefly Plan.
