NOVEL WEB Chapter 299: "The Federation is a land of freedom.
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But soon—
Hungry Monkey realized how the Federation had transported so many people and machines here in such a short time. A transportation portal, ten meters tall and ten meters wide, abruptly materialized in the middle of the crowd. Then, they saw...
A convoy of fully loaded heavy trucks slowly emerge from the portal and stop at the designated area.
When the last heavy truck drove out,
The portal disappeared immediately.
"Awesome."
With a complex expression on his face, Hungry Monkey remarked, "Doraemon's Anywhere Door actually appeared in reality, and even Doraemon's door couldn't transport this many heavy trucks, could it?"
"This thing is even stronger than Miao's Hell Bus. Miao's Hell Bus still takes time to travel between two places, but this doesn't even need time; it's instantaneous."
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"Zhou Shen, you held a pretty high position in the Federation before, did you know that the Federation had something like this transportation portal?"
"I didn't know..."
At this moment, Zhou Shen's eyes were full of shock. The sight of the ten-meter-high and wide transportation portal had greatly startled him. If he had seen it on the news, perhaps he wouldn't have been as shocked, but seeing with his own eyes and hearing from the news are completely different experiences.
"I know that the Events Bureau has collected many Taboo Items with various functions, but my authority ends there. As for what kind of depths the Federal Government has, that's something a local official like me couldn't possibly know."
"Let alone the Federal Government, I don't even know what kind of depths the Fengtian City Government has."
"My authority is only to handle random events; these secrets are not within my access."
"Right."
At this moment, Chen Miao also nodded thoughtfully. This world had undergone Transcendentalization for over thirty years, and the Federal Government had become the sole authority on this planet. To put it unpleasantly, it wasn't much different from a centralized regime.
Under such a system, it often means that the Federal Government holds extremely terrifying depths.
In this situation, perhaps the Federal Government really has a way to plug this hole.
He certainly couldn't do it, but it was normal that he couldn't, considering he had only been in this world for a few months. What kind of depths could he have? Even with a golden finger, it definitely couldn't compare to the depths accumulated by countless people over so many years.
Since the Federal Government had proposed to fill this hole, perhaps they really could do it.
"I wonder if it will be Noah's Ark that prevails, or Nuwa that better mends the sky."
If initially he hadn't had any expectation for the Federation's plan, now he suddenly harbored a hint of hope. Perhaps the Federation really could succeed. If the Federal Government did achieve this feat, they would have crafted a mythological story, one that would be admired for generations and sung about by future people.
Perhaps the people here were too busy.
The three of them had appeared here on the Gatling out of nowhere, yet not a single person came to ask them, or rather, nobody seemed to notice them at all.
Finally—
A young man dressed in an officer's uniform noticed them and strode towards them with his hand in his pocket. Before Chen Miao could speak, the young man spoke first, "I recognize you; you're Chen Miao. You've become quite the celebrity recently, and you've done many big things."
"Mm."
Chen Miao nodded in greeting, then pointed to the dozen large machines digging holes not far away: "What are those huge holes for, are you planning to use them as reservoirs?"
"How could that be."
The young man shook his head reluctantly, "Such a small pool would fill up in seconds and be utterly useless. These are grave pits. Death in 72 hours is almost certain, an inevitable event that cannot be changed."
"We are preparing a dignified way to die for those who do not want to drown, at least so they can still have a funeral."
"The Federation is a free country."
"If a person's life is definitely coming to an end, for humanitarian reasons, he should be given the right to choose the manner of his death."
After saying all this, the young man, seeing Chen Miao's expressionless face, touched his nose somewhat sheepishly, "Okay, I made a not very funny joke. You've probably noticed that although a lot of seawater fell from the sky, it disappeared without a trace upon reaching the ground."
"Mm."
Chen Miao nodded. He had noticed this scene since his arrival. Sea water roared from ten thousand meters high, smashing into the ground creating a striking spectacle, but bafflingly, that seawater vanished the moment it hit the ground.
To say it disappeared isn't quite accurate.
It's as if the ground were an incredibly absorbent sponge, soaking up any water in an instant. Of course, this definitely isn't a normal phenomenon, as the ground's absorbency is not that strong, especially since this is The Land of Extreme Cold.
This is not a normal phenomenon.
The young man continued to explain, "As one of the strongest beings among humanity, you are entitled to know some internal information. My name is Wang Nuo, one of the commanders here."
"You might not recognize me, but you definitely have heard of the Imperial City Wang Family."
"Right, I don't get along with the Zhang Family's Zhang Wanlin at all. Thank you for your clone who took care of the Zhang Family for me, which also solved a big grudge of mine. The only downside is that their death was too easy; otherwise, they too could have tasted the crisis of the world's end."
"At the moment, one of the Federal Government's plans is to plug this hole."
"And the reason the Federation has this seemingly unrealistic plan is because of a sign."
"A sign?"
"Mm."
Without speaking further, the young man turned and walked forward, leading Chen Miao and the others to a sign planted in the ground. The material of this sign was unclear, and it was surrounded by countless colorful lights, making it extremely eye-catching.
"This sign appeared at the same time as the global event 'Noah's Ark', or so it should be. We found it while clearing the area."
'Rule One: The hole is only a projection of some other hole on Blue Star, not the body itself. The body of the hole is in another hole on Blue Star; by plugging that hole, the projection can also be plugged.'
"..."
With a slightly furrowed brow, Chen Miao gazed at the sign. The message seemed complex, but it was actually not too hard to understand—it meant that this hole was not the actual hole, but a projection, like a mirage.
However, it wasn't a fantasy, but a tangible version of a mirage.
The only way to block this gigantic hole was to find the actual body of the hole, then seal the body. The only information known for now was that the body of the hole was located somewhere on Blue Star.
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