"It's okay, none of that matters, just make it back safely. I won't say much more, hurry and take shelter. Don't worry about the mecha; I'll take care of it."

Zhao Wushuang said simply to Su Mo.

"Okay."

Su Mo nodded.

Immediately, Zhao Wushuang climbed onto the Kui Hu mecha and moved it away.

Only then did Su Mo notice the main broadcast constantly repeating the warning.

"Emergency notice, in order to cope with the possible impact of the white hole's rays, everyone enter shelter mode. Once everyone is accounted for, we will fully activate the sub-light speed flight mode. At that time, all unnecessary energy output, including life support systems, will be reduced. Please proceed immediately to the various shelter points in the Black Obsidian, or return to your rooms, and make all preparations..."

"Repeat, this is not a drill. Please enter the various shelter areas as soon as possible."

...

Buzz...

Su Mo suddenly felt his phone vibrating.

He picked it up and looked at it. One emergency warning message after another kept popping up.

It was clear how urgent the situation was.

Su Mo turned his head and looked around. Many soldiers, after completing their duties, were running towards the safety rooms in the corner of the hangar. They sat inside, pulled out the fixed seat belts, fastened them, and prepared for disaster.

"This..."

Su Mo inexplicably felt a little panicked.

"What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and take shelter. Do you want to die?"

The voice of False Creator·Devourer sounded in Su Mo's mind.

"What's with the tension? Isn't it still early before the white hole fully erupts? And didn't you say it would be okay?"

Su Mo asked, feeling something was wrong.

"I am not omnipotent; I cannot be 100% certain! It wouldn't be strange if the white hole exploded right now."

"Then why did you tell me there was enough time? Aren't you trying to screw me over?"

Su Mo responded, his expression changing drastically.

"Do you still have time to argue about this? Hurry up and take shelter. If you want to die, I don't want to."

False Creator·Devourer said coldly.

"You've screwed me over."

"But don't worry, I've already chosen a place for you to take shelter."

"Where?"

Su Mo asked, calming down. There was no point in saying anything else in this situation.

"Go to the GT department's hangar immediately and find a way to get into the cockpit of the Behemoth mecha. You don't need to start the mecha; just squat inside. It's the safest place there."

False Creator·Devourer said solemnly.

"You planned this all along."

Su Mo suddenly realized.

"That's right. Use the Black Obsidian as a shield. If it can withstand it, great. If it can't, use the Behemoth mecha to withstand it. I will help at the critical moment, and then we'll escape ourselves. As for the other ants, they have nothing to do with us."

False Creator·Devourer said to Su Mo with extreme coldness.

Su Mo was too lazy to talk to this guy. He was already a little used to False Creator·Devourer's logic, and immediately ran towards the outer area.

Soon after, Su Mo left the hangar and arrived at the residential area.

This place was even more chaotic, with panicked people fleeing everywhere. Although most people instinctively ran towards their own rooms, many still felt that the rooms they were assigned were too high up or in a bad location, and they dragged their families around, looking for a place to hide.

"Run, the spaceship is going to explode!"

"Get out of the way, don't block me!"

"Waaah, so scary!"

"Wah wah..."

"Everyone, don't panic, don't panic. We have plenty of time to hide. Don't believe any panic-mongering..."

Some soldiers maintaining order shouted desperately, but to little avail. In extreme fear, almost no one listened.

Su Mo even saw a very bad scene: many people were trying to enter the hangar and restricted areas.

They believed that those areas would be safer.

However, the guards refused. Even in this critical moment, a restricted area was still a restricted area, and it was impossible to let non-professionals in.

"You cannot enter."

"Let us in, it's safe inside."

"Listen to me, the hangar is full of mecha and weapons. Entering will only make it more dangerous. There are twelve giant shelters in the residential area. If you don't feel safe, you can go to those areas."

The guard captain patiently explained.

"We don't want to go to the shelters; they're too crowded."

Saying that, they tried to force their way in.

Su Mo watched this scene, his expression very complicated.

Just then, Su Mo's phone rang.

Su Mo picked it up. Seeing that the call was from an unfamiliar number, he frowned and answered it.

The voice of Qian Chengxue, full of joy, immediately sounded from the other end of the phone.

"Great, so you haven't changed your phone number."

"Yeah, where are you?"

Su Mo asked quickly.

"I just came out of the Black and White Institution. They said you weren't there. Where are you? I'll come find you."

Qian Chengxue asked anxiously.

"I'm at the entrance to the lower city."

"Let's meet at the Sea Tide Restaurant in the middle city. I'll be there soon."

"Okay."

Su Mo nodded in response.

After hanging up the phone, Su Mo felt warmth in his heart. It was indeed a blessing to have someone care about you when disaster struck.

"You still have time to worry about others? Hurry up and take shelter."

False Creator·Devourer urged angrily.

"What's the rush? There's still plenty of time. Don't you have faith in your own predictions?"

Su Mo replied very calmly. At this time, he no longer felt any panic.

False Creator·Devourer was immediately speechless.

Su Mo then ran quickly towards the Sea Tide Restaurant.

Soon after, Su Mo ran to the Sea Tide Restaurant first.

He looked around. The streets were full of fleeing people. Before long, he saw a familiar figure in the crowd, running towards him.

Su Mo waved to her and shouted.

"Here!"

Qian Chengxue saw Su Mo, and her tightly furrowed brow relaxed slightly. After she came over, she reached out and grabbed Su Mo's hand, saying.

"Let's go."

The moment Su Mo was grabbed by Qian Chengxue, his heart skipped a beat. He quickly said.

"Where are we going?"

"Of course, to my house to take shelter. My house is in the upper city, where the houses are relatively sturdy. Never mind that, let's run quickly. Although the broadcast said there's still enough time, who knows when the disaster will strike?"

Qian Chengxue said anxiously.

"Wait, come with me. I have a better shelter area."

After Su Mo finished speaking, without waiting for Qian Chengxue to react, he directly pulled Qian Chengxue and ran towards the GT department.

Qian Chengxue was stunned, but although she didn't know where Su Mo was taking her, she subconsciously followed Su Mo.

Before long, Su Mo led Qian Chengxue to the GT department and ran towards the G3 area.

The entire GT department was ringing with shrill alarms.

"Attention all departments, due to the impending eruption of the white hole, in order to prevent any accidents, all personnel enter emergency shelter status. The GT department will initiate lockdown mode in one hour, cutting off the protective doors in each area. At that time, those without special permission will not be able to pass. Please be sure to enter the designated shelter area before the lockdown mode is activated."

...

At this time, people were running around in a hurry to take shelter, but compared to the residential area, there was no chaos here. The shelter progress was very orderly.

"Su Mo, you're going to the G3 area?"

Qian Chengxue asked, extremely surprised, looking at the direction they were running.

"That's right."

Su Mo replied very firmly.

"But we don't have any combat missions, do we? Isn't everyone taking shelter right now?"

Qian Chengxue was a little confused.

"Shh, don't worry about anything, just follow me."

Su Mo turned his head and made a silencing gesture to Qian Chengxue.

Seeing Su Mo say this, Qian Chengxue didn't say anything more. She believed that Su Mo wouldn't let her down.

Soon, the two arrived at the entrance to the G3 area.

There were still soldiers guarding here. The captain in the lead was also very surprised to see Qian Chengxue and Su Mo running over.

"Sir, this place is about to be closed. We're going to evacuate soon, too."

"We know, we have something to take care of. You don't have to worry about us."

Su Mo said, making something up.

"Okay, sir, please pay attention to the shelter time."

The captain in the lead hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded in agreement. After all, Su Mo and Qian Chengxue both had G3 area access.

"Thank you."

Su Mo pulled Qian Chengxue inside.

Entering the G3 area, all that could be seen were rows of IV generation biomechs standing neatly, countless fixed shackles clamping them in place. All maintenance work had been stopped, and the huge hangar was empty. There were almost no people to be seen.

Su Mo pulled Qian Chengxue and ran all the way, and soon they arrived in front of the huge Behemoth mecha.

Compared to when it was first brought in, many parts of the Behemoth mecha had been repaired, and it didn't look so miserable.

From this, it could be seen that the upper echelons were still very concerned about Su Mo's affairs.

It should be known that other IV generation biomechs had started repairs earlier than the Behemoth mecha, but their repair speed wasn't as fast.

"We're going up. The Behemoth mecha is safer than anywhere else."

Su Mo said to Qian Chengxue.

Qian Chengxue replied a little dumbfounded: "But this isn't in accordance with the rules. We don't have combat orders, so we can't start an IV generation biomech at will. This violates the rules and the law."

"Trust me, it'll be fine. We'll just sneak up there and not start the mecha. Besides, this mecha is mine anyway. It's not against the rules for me to get on my own mecha."

Su Mo explained to Qian Chengxue with great confidence.

"Okay!"

Qian Chengxue wasn't the kind of pedantic person.

Su Mo and Qian Chengxue nimbly climbed up. When they climbed to the chest, Su Mo felt for the hidden emergency switch and activated the physical mode of the biocabin.

Click!

The Behemoth mecha's biocabin automatically popped out and opened.

Su Mo grabbed Qian Chengxue's hand and drilled into the biocabin. After entering the biocabin, Su Mo found the built-in switch button and closed the biocabin again.

After doing all this, Su Mo breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, it was done.

However, Su Mo and Qian Chengxue, who had relaxed, inadvertently met each other's eyes.

For a moment, both of them were a little uncomfortable and subconsciously shifted their gaze away.

However, the biocabin was so big, and the two were so close that they could even hear each other's breathing.

To ease the awkwardness, Qian Chengxue lowered her head and deliberately found a topic to chat with Su Mo.

"Su Mo, do you think we can survive this crisis?"

"Don't worry, it'll be fine. Even if we really can't hold on, there's still me. I'll stand in front of you and block for you."

Su Mo replied from the bottom of his heart.

"Mm."

Qian Chengxue nodded heavily after listening.

...

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Inside the Black Obsidian's command room, Li Ruiqi looked at the progress bar of personnel returning, his hands involuntarily clenching into fists, his palms full of sweat.

At this time, more than four hours had passed from the scheduled five hours, and the remaining countdown was less than thirty minutes.

However, the progress of evacuating workers had only reached 63%, and that was only achieved by abandoning everything.

What Sperd said was really true: even if you were given ten hours, you wouldn't be able to do it.

"Lord Li Ruiqi, only half an hour is left. The evacuated personnel in the external area are starting to panic again. Many people have sent inquiries, asking if there is an extension plan, because there is simply not enough time according to the remaining time."

An operator asked in a panic.

"What are you talking about? Where would an extension plan come from? Five hours is the limit."

Before Li Ruiqi could speak, Sperd replied in a deep voice. He was also afraid that Li Ruiqi would be soft-hearted.

Li Ruiqi shook his head with a pale face and said.

"There is no extension plan."

At this moment, a sharp look suddenly flashed in Augulas' eyes. He said to Putmi, "Putmi, announce to the outside world that the evacuation time will be extended by another two hours."

"Lord Augulas, what are you doing?"

Putmi was stunned.

Even Li Ruiqi and Sperd's expressions changed.

Augulas said with extreme gloom: "Just notify them like that, but after half an hour, leave directly according to the plan. Anyone who dares to leak even a trace of information will be killed without mercy!"

Putmi immediately reacted. If they notified them like this, at least there wouldn't be chaos, and they could maximize the evacuation of personnel.

But this notice was actually a sweet poison.

Because as the person who issued the notice, he would definitely bear the infamy and be made a scapegoat.

"What are you still standing there for!"

Augulas glared at Putmi.

"Understood!"

Putmi replied, gritting his teeth.

Immediately afterwards, Augulas turned his head to look at the operator and asked; "How is the military personnel's evacuation?"

"Most of the military personnel have evacuated, leaving only the personnel maintaining order."

"Let them evacuate too. Just announce to the outside world that they will be rotating, and new personnel maintaining order will take over their work."

Augulas showed an extremely cunning side at this time.

Inside the G3 hangar, Su Mo and Qian Chengxue were sitting in the biocabin, waiting quietly.

At this time, the broadcast sound suddenly rang out.

"Latest plan, due to a large number of personnel not yet returning, the headquarters, Vice Captain Putmi, has temporarily decided to extend the shelter time by two hours..."

...

Hearing this news.

Su Mo was slightly startled. What was going on? Another delay?

This was different from the scheduled plan.

Qian Chengxue breathed a long sigh of relief. She said somewhat gratefully: "Fortunately, the take-off time has been extended. If we wait another two hours, more people will be saved."

"No, something's wrong with this."

Su Mo said decisively.

"Why?"

Qian Chengxue looked at Su Mo in confusion.

"The evacuation time was set by me and a few adults like Li Ruiqi. We almost had a falling out over it. The first delay itself was a gamble. If we delay again, we'll be playing with our own lives. And listen carefully to the broadcast. When has Putmi been able to make such a big decision?"

Su Mo frowned tightly.

"You mean, this delay is fake news?"

Qian Chengxue immediately reacted.

"There's no other possibility besides that."

Su Mo replied very positively.

Qian Chengxue picked up her phone and looked at the time, and said: "If we follow the original plan, there are still twenty-seven minutes left."

"We'll know if we wait and see."

Su Mo replied, feeling somewhat uneasy.

In space, the many civilian workers who were returning all received the latest information without exception.

"Due to insufficient evacuation time, a large number of personnel have not been evacuated. Now, Black Obsidian Vice Captain Putmi has specially issued the latest order to extend the evacuation time by two hours. The Black Obsidian will not abandon any member. May the glory of the Federation shine on everyone."

"Reminder, the guard squad maintaining order will be rotated. During this period, any behavior that violates order will be regarded as a violation. Those with serious circumstances will be expelled from the ship. Please follow the login order and do not cause any riots."

The originally extremely anxious personnel burst into cheers after seeing this information.

"I knew the Black Obsidian wouldn't abandon us."

"That's great."

"I'm saved. That's great. Two hours is enough for me to rush back and board the ship."

"Lord Putmi is so wise."

...

The entire area's public channel was filled with excited cheers.

The somewhat chaotic order soon returned to normal.

When there was plenty of time and everyone could survive, everyone was still willing to abide by things like order.

Time passed little by little.

In the Black Obsidian's command room, Li Ruiqi looked at the countdown, which showed 2 minutes and 59 seconds.

2 minutes and 58 seconds!

...

Li Ruiqi waved his hand with a somewhat distorted old face.

"All power systems begin to output energy, propulsion devices prepare to ignite."

Everyone present began to enter various instructions with extremely complicated feelings.

"Turn on hibernation state No. 2 power engine."

"No. 2 Csw-02 nuclear fusion power engine begins to warm up."

...

"Reduce all unnecessary energy output."

"Lighting system is turned off."

Click

In an instant, a large number of lighting facilities inside the Black Obsidian were turned off, and the entire day instantly turned into night.

Power outages in every household.

The people who were taking shelter were dumbfounded.

"What's going on?"

"Gravity system is being turned off."

In an instant, everyone's bodies floated up...

...

At this time, the time had also entered the countdown.

10.9.8.7.6.5.4.3.

2.

1.

0.

The moment the countdown reached zero, Li Ruiqi roared.

"Close all channels, ignite propulsion devices, set sail!"

In space, the transport ships and mecha that were originally preparing to enter the Black Obsidian suddenly discovered that the entry points.

Click!

Click!

...

Were all closed.

At the same time, the propulsion devices at the tail of the Black Obsidian were ignited to the maximum, and the entire Black Obsidian rushed out.

Everyone was dumbfounded for a while.

Immediately afterwards, the people who hadn't come in yet immediately felt a chill all over their bodies and realized that they had been abandoned.

They were immediately extremely desperate, and they desperately cursed in the public communication channel.

"Stop the ship, we haven't boarded the ship yet."

"What about the promised extension of two hours..."

"You can't leave, my father is..."

...

In the Black Obsidian's command room, communication requests kept popping up. Putmi turned his head to look at Li Ruiqi with a deathly pale face.

Li Ruiqi looked at those communication requests, his heart feeling like it was being cut by a knife.

These were all rescue communications sent by his own people, but he couldn't answer them.

Li Ruiqi could only harden his heart and say: "Ignore all communication requests, accelerate forward to the maximum, activate the energy shield, prepare to start the sub-light speed flight device!"

"Yes!"

"Energy barrier is being activated, 5%, 10%..."

"Sub-light speed flight device is starting, 5%..."

...

The violent acceleration immediately caused all the facilities and people inside the entire Black Obsidian to stagger and crash into each other violently. There was wailing everywhere.

Inside the Behemoth mecha's biocabin, Qian Chengxue wasn't paying attention and fell on Su Mo.

Su Mo quickly reached out and hugged her.

"Are you okay."

"I'm fine, but the spaceship seems to have taken off forcibly."

Qian Chengxue said, feeling a mixture of emotions.

"Yes."

Su Mo looked at the time on his phone. Three hours, no more, no less, not a second off. It was exactly as he had guessed.

The last delay was a honey trap.

Of course, Su Mo more or less guessed the purpose of them doing this, and there was nothing to say.

In space, the Black Obsidian was moving forward at a very exaggerated speed, completely ignoring the nearby floating garbage debris and frantically escaping this starfield.

Rumble~

At that time, the entire Black Obsidian began to vibrate violently, and countless tiny garbage debris crashed into the energy barrier

In fact, it was possible to avoid these unnecessary collisions during normal navigation, but now no one could care about so much.

Black Obsidian command room.

Putmi kept reporting the situation.

"It has successfully entered sub-light speed flight state, and the sub-light speed flight device's load rate has reached 80%."

"Accelerate again!"

Li Ruiqi continued to issue orders without hesitation.

Although he had started to escape now, he was a little scared instead, and his hands were trembling slightly. He was thinking about one thing. If Su Mo hadn't continued to insist on his own opinion at the beginning and hadn't gone to investigate again.

Or if he hadn't believed Su Mo and let him investigate again, by the time they discovered the abnormality and figured it out, they would have to wait to go to hell.

"Is it necessary to accelerate again? Wouldn't that be too rash? The speed is too fast, which will cause a lot of damage to the ship's structure and to the people on board."

"Can't control that much."

Li Ruiqi had already decided to go all out.

"Okay!"

"Continue to accelerate!"

Putmi replied, gritting his teeth.

At this time, Sperd and Augulas didn't say a word, and didn't interfere with Li Ruiqi's command at all.

Although they had embarked on the road to escape, their tense hearts had theoretically relaxed a little.

But when they thought of the white hole images Su Mo sent back, their scalps were about to explode, and they couldn't sit or stand still. They didn't dare to be careless at all, fearing that the next second would be the end of the world.

Augulas was now regretting staying for those two extra hours.

The entire command room was silent, and everyone was staring at the screen.

.....xxsOneTwo

More than a day later.

On the Black Obsidian, Putmi reported.

"No. 1 and No. 2 nuclear fusion power have caused overload, and sub-light speed flight is about to end."

"Turn off No. 2 engine, turn on No. 3 engine, and restart sub-light speed flight."

Putmi hesitated for a while looking at the star map and asked.

"We've escaped so far, shouldn't it be safe? Isn't it necessary to be so exaggerated? I'm worried that forcibly switching to use the sub-light speed flight device will damage the equipment."

"Just do it."

Li Ruiqi said without any doubt. Although nothing had happened now, and everything seemed safe, Li Ruiqi always felt as if countless sharp edges were stabbing his back.

Putmi followed Li Ruiqi's instructions and began to direct the operators to operate.

"Start turning off No. 2 power engine."

"Exit sub-light speed flight state."

"Start No. 3 power engine."

"Issue a second warning to all people, and restart sub-light speed flight. It will also cause strong acceleration, and everyone should be prepared for impact."

...

Soon, the broadcast rang out in various areas of the Black Obsidian.

"Dear people and companions, we hereby notify everyone that the Black Obsidian is switching power systems and carrying out secondary sub-light speed flight. At that time, it will cause a secondary impact. Please everyone be sure not to leave the shelter area. Thank you for your cooperation."

...

After hearing the broadcast, the expressions on everyone's faces on the ship became even more nervous, and everyone's faces were full of fear.

There was no time to feel sad for the companions who were abandoned.

Inside the Behemoth mecha.

Qian Chengxue felt very depressed listening to the broadcast, and said to Su Mo with a frown.

"Su Mo, is the white hole really that terrifying? We've been flying for more than a day, haven't we escaped to a safe area yet?"

"It's not ordinary terrifying. As for whether we've escaped to a safe area, I can't say for sure, but at least we're safe at the moment..."

Su Mo had only said half of his words.

False Creator·Devourer suddenly gave Su Mo an urgent warning.

"Be careful, the white hole impact is coming!"

Su Mo's expression changed drastically, and he shouted to Qian Chengxue.

"Sister Xue, sit tight! Impact is coming."

At this time, the Black Obsidian automatically sounded a rapid alarm sound.

Inside the command room, red warning boxes popped up on the operation screen.

"Warning, high-energy ray storm scanned in the starfield behind us..."

Immediately afterwards, the optical imaging device at the tail of the ship popped up the captured picture.

All that could be seen was a white expanse in the starfield behind the Black Obsidian, and nothing could be seen clearly.

In an instant, the entire starfield was like the sun rising, and night turned into day. There was nowhere to hide.

The entire spectacle was extremely magnificent and shocking.

Everyone was stunned.

But in their eyes, there was only endless fear.

"The impact is coming!"

Putmi howled.

"Accelerate!"

Augulas shouted anxiously.

Unfortunately, in the next second, the entire Black Obsidian was directly swallowed by the daylight. The command room also became a white expanse, stinging everyone's eyes.

Countless rays in the starfield bombarded the Black Obsidian's energy shield.

Rumble~

The entire ship was like a small boat in a storm, shaking violently!

Everyone in the command room staggered.

Li Ruiqi reacted immediately and roared.

"Voice command, turn off all optical imaging and external light source input channels."

In an instant, the light in the entire command room returned to normal.

"Warning, energy barrier damage degree is 30%!"

"40%!"

"60%"

...

The damage degree was about to end in just two or three seconds.

"The energy barrier is about to fail."

Putmi's eyes showed extreme fear, and he howled in a loss of composure.

In the next second, the Black Obsidian's energy shield suddenly shattered, turning into starlight all over the sky. Then, the remaining rays bombarded the Black Obsidian.

Rumble~

"It's over!"

Li Ruiqi was also desperate in an instant.

The entire Black Obsidian completely disappeared in the white world.

...

ps: I'm going to a meeting, and I'll continue to add more tomorrow.