I changed the world.

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My lucidity is gradually fading, and that voice seems to be coming back, telling me that I am him, and he is me...

Damn it! I need to stay awake, even though it hurts a bit...

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Someone's here! It's White's voice. How did he get out?!

It did see me...

They are trying to open the door...

Fifi, Little Potato... I may never see you again...

I don't have much time left, I need to do some more things...

I am a soldier, and I must fulfill my responsibilities!

May humanity endure forever!

The diary ends abruptly after this passage!

In these last few chapters of the diary, Ge Huaiyuan's writing became increasingly sloppy with each chapter. On the last page, the handwriting even had a touch of madness, accompanied by visible congealed bloodstains, making it a shocking sight!

Unbeknownst to him, Zhang Chengxi had bitten his lower lip until it bled, and a salty, fishy taste seeped into his mouth, but he was completely oblivious.

Seeing the words in the diary, he could imagine the despair Ge Huaiyuan felt at the last moment. Clearly, what was recorded in the diary differed greatly from Vivian's testimony, and it was also obvious that Vivian was a woman with serious problems.

However, after reading this diary, Zhang Chengxi began to realize that the problem here might be much more serious than she had imagined!

In fact, the sheer horror and unbelievability recorded in the diary almost made Zhang Chengxi believe that his classmate had truly suffered a mental breakdown! However, the bizarre reality that befell him constantly reminded him that what was written in the diary was most likely the truth!

Therefore, a reasonable explanation can be found for Ge Huaiyuan's death.

Because the diary was interrupted, Zhang Chengxi could not know what happened to Ge Huaiyuan afterward, or how he managed to leave the Mora code in front of the airport in the form of lights.

However, it's conceivable that he has fulfilled his responsibilities...

So, in any case, he should...

Right? What should we do?

Zhang Chengxi was suddenly stunned. He subconsciously couldn't remember what he had been trying to do.

Oh, right, I think I just made a very important discovery...

Just as he was lost in thought, the monotonous sound of a cell phone alarm rang out in the quiet room. Zhang Chengxi picked up the phone and looked at it:

Vivian? The excruciating pain will bring back her memories!

"Oh!"

The injured finger split open again, and Zhang Chengxi regained her memories once more.

Clutching his injured hand, Zhang Chengxi took deep breaths and gradually recovered. This time, he confirmed again that the cycle of memory recovery was still about 4 minutes, and the time had not continued to shorten. This also meant that the memory blocking situation should not be getting faster or faster, but it was indeed possible that because he had begun to doubt Vivian, a certain blocking force in his subconscious mind had begun to strengthen.

Without further hesitation, Zhang Chengxi directly dialed the communication request from Major General Schwartz, the base commander.

The beacon tower is a military base, so Zhang Chengxi's phone is described as a phone only for its appearance; it's actually a kind of internal communication device within the base, similar to a mobile phone. According to regulations, even the highest-ranking officer in the base must keep their communicator on 24 hours a day to ensure they can be contacted in case of an emergency.

After more than ten seconds of silence, Zhang Chengxi almost thought that the Major General would not answer, but finally, the communication was connected.

"Hello, it's me." A deep and familiar voice came from the other end of the line, and Zhang Chengxi subconsciously stood at attention with her legs together.

"Reporting to Major General, this is Zhang Chengxi. I have made a significant discovery during my investigation of the Suifenhe incident. I have evidence that the Fengsuibao base is currently in extreme danger. Time is of the essence. Please order the execution of the BA-A1 level incident plan. I will come to see you now for the details."

"In addition, I suggest raising the control level of all personnel on the Suifenhe to the highest level, especially that Ms. Vivian, who must be strictly controlled. At the same time, all personnel who have had contact with them should be investigated and centrally controlled..." Zhang Chengxi's tone was very urgent. The BA-A1 level incident plan he mentioned was a series of contingency plans for the base to deal with emergencies. A1 level is the highest level, which is for the case of an unknown sudden attack, possibly against all types of weapons, including known, unknown, and all types, and adopting the highest level of defense plan.

Most importantly, under this plan, not only must all personnel be on duty immediately, but the base will also immediately report the situation to the Earth Defense Force headquarters in real time.

However, to Zhang Chengxi's surprise, Major General Schwartz on the other end of the communicator remained silent for a while, his tone ambiguous, neither agreeing nor refusing, but instead telling him to go directly to the main conference room of the command headquarters, where he would convene a meeting of all mid- to high-ranking officers.

"Major General, the situation is extremely urgent. I guarantee with my military honor that we must..." Zhang Chengxi said anxiously, trying to explain.

"Major, execute the order." Major General Schwartz interrupted Zhang Chengxi's words directly with the order, and then cut off the communication.

In Zhang Chengxi's memory, Major General Schwartz, although a bit old-fashioned, was a decisive and efficient soldier, so this reaction was really unexpected.

However, at this very moment, the highest-ranking officer in the entire Beacon Tower was Major General Schwartz. Vice Admiral Robert Thomas, Commander of the First Fleet of the Earth Defense Force, was currently engaged in simulated enemy exercises with the main force of the fleet and would not return for at least two weeks.

Why was Major General Schwartz unwilling to even listen to his own explanation?

Zhang Chengxi's eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at the diary in his hand again, a not-so-favorable thought suddenly forming in his mind...

Zhang Chengxi quickly tidied up the evidence box and walked out. He tucked the diary into his underwear and took it with him, which was a clear violation of the rules. If he were discovered later, he would definitely be punished. However, Zhang Chengxi couldn't care less at this moment. He had to take the risk.

The guards at the gate had no idea that their superior would break the law, and they saluted him as they watched him leave.

Chapter 558 The Truth

Zhang Chengxi returned to his dormitory as quickly as possible. As a colonel, he had a ten-square-meter officer's dormitory at the base. In the dormitory, Zhang Chengxi found the suitcase he had brought from Earth, took out his tools, removed a few hidden screws at the bottom of the suitcase, and then removed a partition, which revealed a hidden compartment.

Zhang Chengxi took out an extremely small communicator from the hidden compartment, turned it on, checked that there were no problems, and then put it into her uniform pocket.

He then opened a drawer and took out a row of small syringes. These were base-issued sedatives. Because space operations could involve numerous high-risk and unpredictable situations, the psychological pressure on soldiers was far greater than in military operations on Earth. Therefore, soldiers were permitted to use sedatives to relieve stress during missions. However, this practice had to be documented afterward, and each sedative had a unique serial number to prevent it from falling into civilian hands.

After that, he turned on his personal computer and quickly pulled up a document, which contained the files of all the personnel on the Suifenhe.

Sure enough, after some searching, he confirmed one fact: there was no such person as Vivian at all!

In other words, this so-called "shipboard physicist" was simply an unregistered person of unknown origin. However, what is chilling is that from beginning to end, the entire investigation was conducted meticulously, and everyone assumed that her identity was genuine and reliable.

Surprisingly, not a single person involved in the investigation thought to verify the authenticity of his identity! This should have been the first step that was taken at the beginning of the investigation!

Without delay, Zhang Chengxi opened the weapons cabinet, took off the holster and pistol, and put them on...

Finally, having quickly finished preparing, Zhang Chengxi took a stun gun, adjusted the voltage, and used it on her own arm...

"Crack!!"

"hiss……"

After the electric shock, Zhang Chengxi hunched over, clenched his fists, gasped for breath, and gasped for air. It took him more than ten breaths to recover before he stumbled out...

The construction of the Fengsui Fortress base was done in stages. The above-ground portion was built first, followed by expansion underground, gradually increasing the base's area. Even now, the entire base is still under construction. Zhang Chengxi's current dormitory area is located in the underground part of the base. Because the asteroid's main material is iron and nickel, which act as a natural shield, Zhang Chengxi must travel to the surface part of the base to communicate with the outside world using non-base communication links.

Most of the ground area of ​​the base is occupied by the airport and related buildings. The Beacon Tower is a military port, but it also serves a certain purpose of transportation and scientific research. As the home port of the Earth Defense Force's First Fleet, it has a considerable number of berths and control towers.

Fortunately, considering the ease of deployment, the dormitory area was connected to the airport by a pipeline. Zhang Chengxi sat in the ejection seat in the pipeline, pulled down his mask and fastened his seatbelt. A moment later, he was ejected from the rails...

A few dozen seconds later, Zhang Chengxi got off his seat at the other end of the airport and walked out quickly.

It was late at night, and most of the staff were resting. Only a few staff members were still on duty, and the entire airport seemed deserted.

Before Zhang Chengxi had gone far, his communicator rang. He picked it up and saw a notification marked as "immediately to be executed." The notification, in the name of Major General Schwartz, summoned all officers of the rank of colonel and above at Fengsui Fortress to immediately proceed to the main conference room of the command headquarters for an emergency meeting.

Zhang Chengxi glanced at it briefly, then put down the communicator and continued hurrying forward. The command post was located on the lowest level of the beacon tower, and Zhang Chengxi was currently heading in the opposite direction from it.

After turning down a corridor, Zhang Chengxi used his fingerprint to open a temporary conference room called G-320, and locked the door after entering.

Located near the airport control tower, this place offers views of massive warships on the airport berths through the large glass windows of the conference room.

Zhang Chengxi checked the time, then took out the stun gun and gave herself another shock...

"Crack!!"

After gritting his teeth for a while, he took out a sedative and injected it into his right arm...

"Ugh..." A dozen seconds later, the sedative began to take effect in his body. He felt dizzy and covered his face with his hand. A trickle of blood flowed from his nostrils.

Stumbling and leaning against the wall to steady himself, Zhang Chengxi looked up again. The world in his field of vision suddenly became shaky and flickering, like a medieval movie. Zhang Chengxi straightened up, holding his forehead. This kind of vision made him extremely uncomfortable and even affected his balance to some extent.

However, he quickly stopped caring about the impact, because his subconscious gaze through the glass window revealed a scene he would never forget!

In his field of vision, the Suifenhe test ship, which had not yet been allowed to enter the berth, was quietly parked in space more than a hundred kilometers away from Fengsuibao Airport. From his angle, he was facing the starboard side of the Suifenhe. In space, without the obstruction of the atmosphere, a distance of more than a hundred kilometers did not seem far. He could even see the structure of the Suifenhe's bridge clearly.

However, in his field of vision, just a moment ago, everything outside the airport seemed so quiet and peaceful, just like every day before. But the next moment, with a flash like a fragment of a movie, he saw enormous, seemingly illusory yet real, threads extending from the direction of the Suifenhe, forming a spiderweb-like structure. These threads were so complex and intricate, yet subtly ordered, already covering most of the beacon tower and its berth.

Zhang Chengxi looked up, and from his current angle, the spiderweb-like structure appeared to cover the entire sky, encompassing most of his field of vision. He even noticed that this "web" was still extending, slowly but continuously weaving.

This made Zhang Chengxi subconsciously recall a time in her childhood when she saw a spider capturing its prey on the hill behind her home, spinning around a flying insect and wrapping it with layers of silk...

"What on earth is this?!" Zhang Chengxi stared out the window and murmured.

He subconsciously looked in the direction of the Suifenhe again. At this moment, his vision flickered again, and everything in his vision returned to the seemingly normal universe, as if nothing had happened. However, Zhang Chengxi knew that none of this was real, but just an illusion created by some kind of force!

Chapter 559 Reporting in Violation of Regulations

He stared intently in the direction of the Suifenhe, and sure enough, just a few seconds later, the scene before him began to shake again. Then, with another series of fragmented flashes, he saw once more the scene that had shocked and horrified him.

In his view, the bridge and machinery of the Suifenhe were now completely entangled in those silken threads, unrecognizable from their original form. Entangled in this spiderweb-like web, the Suifenhe gave him a strong sense of the intersection of illusion and reality…

The image in his eyes flickered again, and everything returned to normal. Zhang Chengxi pressed his forehead hard with his hand; the continuous staring was putting immense mental pressure on him, causing a throbbing pain in his temples. However, he dared not look away, desperately seizing every second to observe carefully.

He took deep breaths, trying to inhale more oxygen to enhance his body's energy supply.

The image in my eyes flickered again...

Everything in my field of vision was shaking, and even had a faint reddish tinge, as if I were playing an old-fashioned adventure game with a faulty screen.

This time, he saw something new. He noticed that in the surrounding dark space, there seemed to be tiny cracks, and something vaguely seemed to be extending from those cracks...

This existence was extremely illusory; he couldn't see it clearly...