Star Railway: Building a Foundation from the Beginning

Before embarking on the trip, Christina felt the need to clarify the destination of the trip and asked Alice for the details.

How to say it.

Shocking enough.

I can't say that I don't know anything, or I don't know anything.

All Alice knows is that she has to go somewhere to find and open a facility called the Black Hole Furnace.

As for where to go, I don't know, it's probably Yellowstone.

What the black hole furnace is, it is not clear either, only some ambiguous conclusions are given.

“...... Some insiders believe that it was the complete failure of the plan that caused today's situation, including the Great Fade, Reality Distortion, Rain and Winter, and everything from the Great Fade to the Rain. "

It would be rude to ask again.

But fortunately, the unclear destination is not a big problem ~ a big problem.

Two young girls who struggle to move forward on the ice field, one is driven by high morality, incarnates as a living saint, and wants to save - more people.

None of them knew exactly where they were going, and they relied on their luck to find people in the vast outer lands, praying for miracles.

......

[Alice is mysterious and mature. 】

[If what she said about "time radiation" is true, then how old is she now relative to my timeline, maybe more than a hundred. 】

[But she still looks young and kind.] 】

[I can see that she has buried the past in her heart, just like me, we don't know anything about each other, but we both tacitly don't get to the bottom of it.] 】

Maybe she needs a companion too. In this bitter cold, it is better to walk hand in hand than to struggle alone. 】

......

【—Data Analysis—]

[Base Time Engraving (Yellowstone): 37.1702]

[Surviving settlements worldwide: 134]

[Survivors: 87,350,318]

[Anchor tower online rate: 85.3%]

[Time Radiation Drop Rate: 39.82%]

[Realistic stability: 79%]

[Suggested Action:]

[Reinforcement of anchor towers in each area to ensure that the availability rate is maintained at more than 50%. 】

[Also, if you see this message, please look up at the sky.] 】

As a messenger of the Time Walker, Alice has been wandering the wilderness for many years, walking with death, so she is very obedient to persuasion.

She glanced at the sky.

But nothing happened.

What does this message mean? There was once a danger falling from the sky, was it a reminder to pay attention to the weather?

Alice thought about it, couldn't figure it out, and gave up.

At this time, Christina stepped forward: "Miss Alice, why does this machine of yours keep flashing?"

"All the time?"

"Not all the time, but often in flash. Is there any news on this?"

"Yes, but I suspect they are not new. "

Alice put away the terminal and looked up at the sky a few more times, it was fine, the blue was very light, the gray was very thick, and there was no rich black.

- There will be no snow for a short period of time.

The hanging heart fell, and she went on to explain:

"They're mostly some data and suggested actions to be taken, but I'm pretty sure that the data isn't real-time. "

"Once I spent the night in a city called Embankment, and it had been destroyed for a long time. "

"But that same night, I received a message that the city was still on the list of confirmed survivors. "

Alice smiled unconcernedly.

But Christina hasn't fully understood the effects of time radiation on the world, and the story sounds more like a ghost story.

A sweet and delicious girl in the form of a lonely figure, spending the night in the ruins of a city that has been dead for a long time.

At that time, the sky was dark, even the starlight was obscured by dark clouds, thunder and lightning, and heavy rain continued.

At this moment, the girl's personal terminal suddenly lit up, and the message came that the city where she was camping had not been destroyed and that everything was normal.

Thinking about it, Christina shuddered.

Alice shook her head helplessly, and after a moment, she picked up her bags and beckoned to her companion who had not yet moved:

"Let's go, it's still a long way from where you can camp. "

......

"Interestingly, this dislocation of time seems to have a lot of dramatic effect. "

After all, the plot of many thriller movies is based on the cognitive bias caused by time dislocation, which is a somewhat difficult but very classic setting. "

"It's not just a thriller movie, right? There are many stories of people in two time and space, with the help of some kind of connection and communication in the structure of time and space, and finally succeed in saving the world, or successfully save each other. "

"Is there anything in the sky?"

"There's an honest man here, bully him!"

"The Foundation's issuance of such a notice naturally has his deep meaning. "

"There's nothing in the sky, the Foundation assistant reminds you: look at the screen for a long time, and don't forget to move your shoulders and neck. "

......

I have seen the aurora in the snowfield, I have seen the rime, and I have seen the entire mountain covered in snow.

The road still stretched at Alice and Christina's feet, and neither of them had stopped for long.

And now, it's time for a break.

The silhouette of the city looms in the snow curtain that connects heaven and earth.

And the tower, which was supposed to pierce the stratus clouds and reach into the heavenly vault, was missing a large piece, like a giant with a broken waist.

It was the first city Christina had seen since she left New York.

"Is this ......?" asked Christina.

"Lalivia. "

Alice sighed.

"Their tower was destroyed in the fifth year of the Heavy Rain Age, and eventually quickly perished due to the anomalous loss of control in the area. "

Of the many sites and cities that the Foundation has been able to preserve, Lalivia was the first to be destroyed.

The reason for the destruction is also too rustic - a containment breach.

In times of peace, Foundation sites always have a headache about how to deal with the aftermath.

But in the era of heavy rain, there is no such trouble.

After all, once a containment breach occurs, there is basically only one end to total annihilation.

"Anomalous?" Christina hadn't heard.

"Generally some monsters, horrible things beyond human logic and comprehension......"

"In general. "

Alice emphasized.

"Great fades, rain and cold spells...... These things, which should not exist relative to the old era, are defined as anomalies. "

"Speaking of which, the whole world is already in a huge anomaly. "

Alice crossed her waist with one hand and rested a little to relieve the fatigue in her legs.

Anomalous World ...... And the abnormal self......

Of course, the facts corresponding to the second half of the sentence have not yet been confessed.

The other party is watching her, and she is watching the other party.

"In that case, anomalies aren't really a good thing. Christina said.

Alice just shrugged her shoulders and didn't comment.

......

"Well, Alice is one of the anomalies in her mouth. "

"Hey, it's not a big deal, who has lived so big and hasn't been accidentally injured by a map cannon - playing/watching/doing so-and-so is a sentence of so-and-so, and it's not uncommon. "

"Take it easy, Alice lived in an era where the Earth Network was as exciting and abstract as it is now, and those who bought a big game must find a chance to see it. "

"The Foundation isn't going to move the entire human Internet into it. "

"It's not the whole, they seem to filter out a lot of content that involves personal privacy. "

......

Walking along the snow-covered national road, Alice and Christina set foot on the remains of the city.

Cold winds cut through the empty space, carrying with them the echoes of dust and the past, adding to the silence of the dead city.

The surrounding buildings, which may have once been shops, offices, or residences, are now reduced to skeletons and partially fragile facades.

Large piles of ashes, weapons and pools of blood could be seen everywhere in the streets, but no bodies were observed.

On both sides of the street, abandoned vehicles were abandoned on the side of the road, some half-buried in mountains of ashes.

"That's ......," Christina looked around, casually kicking the burned car.

Alice, on the other hand, looked around vigilantly, her eyes moving slightly, scanning the walls and looking at the wide open rooms.

Suddenly, her eyes froze slightly.

Not far away, the word "Judgment Day" is written on the wall, and the surrounding area is cluttered with crosses.

And in front of that wall, a large pile of mist drifted in the wind, and its shape was uncertain, sometimes it was human, sometimes it was just a cloud of smoke.

There was a voice whispering in the cold wind, as if calling to the traveler who did not know where to go. (If you read a violent novel, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

"What's that?" Christina rubbed her eyes.

Tommy seems to be beckoning to himself.

"Don't go over. Alice reminded.

But Christina's gaze became more and more glazed, and even her eyes were straight.

Words have lost their effect, and it is time to open the skylight and speak brightly.

Alice raised her arm and struck Christina awakely.

The results are outstanding.

Christina felt dizzy, cast a puzzled look, and seemed to ask:

What happened?

Alice didn't answer, but pulled the latter out of a distance, and waited for the other party to sober up before slowly speaking:

"Those are dead souls. "

As she spoke, Alice looked at the half-cut tower in the distance.

"After the collapse of the anchor tower, the people here lost their ability to withstand heavy rain. "

"The person who dies in the rain becomes that kind of thing, it becomes an irresistible illusion that draws you into the rain and becomes its kind. "

"But if you really get close, you'll just hear a scream of chaos. "

It's dangerous......

Thinking of the Tommy she saw in her hallucinations, and her parents who were waiting for her with open arms, Christina felt a chill.

"What about the people who didn't die in the rain? Did they survive?"

"Nope. "

"They died in the winter. "

Once again, the air fell silent.

Christina opened her mouth to say "ah" and "um", but she didn't say anything.

She seemed to know how cruel the world was, but there was always a chance to hide from it, behind her parents, behind Alice.

And this time, Alice picks out the bloody facts and shows her the dissolved life.

“......"

In silence, the two of them bypassed the danger zone and walked cautiously.

"Is there anything you want in that tower?"

"There's not much hope, you can give it a try. "

After traversing a desolate and dilapidated landscape, they finally reached the Tower. []

The once majestic guardian is now covered in traces of fire and explosions, as well as a large expanse of graffiti of unknown significance.

Alice stared at the mountains of clutter of masonry and broken electronics in front of the tower, and then at the silhouette of the tower, which was missing the upper half, and roughly imagined what had happened here.

Looking around, everything is covered in snow and ice, so quiet that it seems that even time has frozen here.

"Let's go, let's go in. "

Inside, the interior of the tower is in an equally worrying state, with valuables almost looted, and several old corpses strewn across the dusty ground.

Alice walked ahead, followed by Christina like a vigilant puppy, the beams of the flashlight flickering everywhere, lest one of the dead suddenly stand up and invite her to join the doomsday party.

When they reached a relatively intact floor, Alice stopped to look around.

The door to the control room, hastily sealed with diagonally faded warning tapes and almost rusted chains, was clearly a hastily set up in the aftermath of the riots.

Is it a remedy?

But the sheep are gone, is it a peace of mind to make up for it?

Alice was slightly puzzled, and she pushed the door open, and the smell of mold and dust came to her face.

It's obviously been a long time since anyone has been here.

She waved away the unpleasant smell and took a look at the inside with a flashlight.

The console and screen were covered in a thick layer of dust, some of the screens were shattered, and there were traces of high-temperature ablation around the edges.

The situation was a little better than expected, but not much.

Alice walked straight to the central console, searched and finally found a port that was not completely destroyed.

She took out her personal terminal and plugged it in.

After a few moments, a slight mechanical sound began to sound in the room, the few remaining lights flickered and flickered, and the screen began to flicker with the activation sequence.

While most of the features are no longer available, the basic system diagnostics slowly unfold, revealing some basic information and logging.

Alice operates the terminal and finds some useful information.

[Item No: Containment-001]

[Object Class: Unclassified]

[Special Containment Procedures:]

[In response to the object's anomalous nature and subsequent effects, the OTA001-Black Hole Forge Project has been activated.] 】

[A masquerade shattering event is deemed to have occurred, and exposure co-ordination [DATA CORRUPTED] has been activated.] 】

[[DATA CORRUPTED]]

[[DATA CORRUPTED]]

[[DATA CORRUPTED]]

Christina leaned over and glanced at the words in the terminal.

It's good, I can't read it.

"Is it worth anything?"

“...... No. Alice shook her head.

She wasn't disappointed.

It's like digging through the garbage heap and finding a piece of cake that looks like there are a few bites left.

There is no valuable information in this little information.

If she wants to repair the damaged data, a non-professional like her must first learn a variety of computer hardware knowledge before she can bet on the probability of successful repair.

It's not realistic.

"But at least it proves that I have access to the Black Hole Furnace. "

"Let's go. "。