“Then… do we still continue up the mountain?”
Looking at the huge receding figure of Roid, the adjutant asked with lingering fear.
“Zhang Chen’s team was wiped out, how can we still go up the mountain?!”
“Not to mention that this giant spider is heading up the mountain, even if this great terror didn’t exist, any strong monster that could suddenly appear in this dense forest would be enough for us to handle!”
“Conserve our strength and wait until the Legion Commander is awakened!”
“Perhaps by combining the strength of several Legion elites, we can reach the mountaintop and unravel the mystery there!”
Yan Gang sighed and said faintly.
After speaking, he led the team and slowly retreated along the route they came…
Meanwhile…
Roid strode forward and quickly arrived at the mountaintop.
This was also the place where the parts from the seven cities were transported and finally converged, as marked by Zuo Nan on the map.
It was also the most likely location for the lighthouse.
“Is this the lighthouse?”
Shirley stood on the rooftop of an office building and pointed to a spire not far away.
The shape of this spire resembled an ice pick stuck upside down into the ground, becoming thinner towards the top.
In the end, it was only as thick as an antenna.
There were also many small antennas extending around the tower, making it look more like a signal transmission tower.
“This cannot be the lighthouse. The lighthouse is a space station in Earth orbit capable of supporting a million people!”
“Such a small thing, let alone accommodating a million people, it would barely be enough to be a fuel tank for the lighthouse’s rocket thruster.”
Zuo Nan said with a frown.
“Indeed, the surrounding geographical environment is also not suitable for a lighthouse launch site!”
“Generally, when launching aerospace equipment, it is best to choose open areas, and not to choose dense forests.”
“And the terrain nearby doesn't look particularly stable. I originally thought it would be halfway up the mountain. If it's here…”
“At most, this location is the high point of the mountain range, nothing more!”
Xu Ruina said from the side.
“Hmm… it’s indeed not the lighthouse, nor the lighthouse launchpad… but it’s what the progress faction uses for long-distance energy transmission.”
Zhang Chen nodded.
As he gazed at the spire, a line of prompts slowly appeared:
[Remote energy transmission terminal, capable of transmitting core energy to designated target locations for remote power delivery.]
However, Zhang Chen looked at it with Absolute Vision and did not detect any energy being transmitted from the spire.
There was not a trace of energy fluctuation around, it was very calm.
“Remote energy transmission? Is it for the high-wall cities?”
Shirley asked in surprise.
“Certainly not. If there was energy, it would be better to use it directly in the high-wall cities. Why come to such a remote and dangerous place to build an energy transmission station?”
“Isn’t this a completely unnecessary step?!”
Zuo Nan shook his head and denied it.
“That’s right, this remote energy transmission is very important for the progress faction, otherwise they wouldn’t have spent so much manpower and material resources to build it!”
“Moreover, the dense forest area is infested with beasts. They won’t be interested in these cold buildings, but they can stop other survivors who want to approach here!”
“So from the very beginning, they built this thing to prevent it from being discovered by survivors!”
“Combining its function, it is very likely to be supplying energy to the lighthouse!”
“After all, a space station floating in mid-air that can support a million people to survive cannot maintain normal operation solely on solar panels!”
Zhang Chen reasoned meticulously.
Upon hearing the word “lighthouse.”
The disappointed faces of everyone present immediately rekindled their hope.
“Meaning, as long as we find the energy tower and trace where the energy is being transmitted, we can determine the location of the lighthouse?!”
Zuo Nan said excitedly.
“That’s right, but this is equipment from the natives… Does anyone understand communication technology and energy transmission technology?”
Zhang Chen asked the crowd.
He first looked at Xu Ruina.
After all, she was a senior researcher at Raven Laboratory.
The latter quickly waved her claws and said:
“I understand biotechnology, but I’m clueless about communication and energy transmission!”
Xiao Bai and Mo Ran looked at Zhang Chen with eager anticipation.
This way, they could boldly ask, “What are communication technology and energy transmission technology?”
This would at least give them a little sense of participation.
But Zhang Chen had already anticipated this outcome and skipped these two girls, looking at Zhang Wenwen and Xiao Guanghan.
Xiao Guanghan gently shook his head. Although he was a professor, he had no relation to communication technology whatsoever.
Different fields are like different mountains.
Zhang Wenwen stood there with a dazed expression, seemingly inquiring about the situation of the church members through the chat channel.
After a while, she came back to her senses and reported:
“The church has 7 communication engineers, 3 electrical engineers, and 2 senior electricians.”
“Only their majors and work experience are related to this aspect.”
“As for energy transmission, because no one understands it, but the energy transmitted in our world before was electricity. Hopefully, it’s related to energy transmission!”
There is strength in numbers. At least the knowledge and experience from their previous world might be useful in this world.
Zhang Chen nodded with satisfaction and said:
“Very good, then have them all come over. Let’s study it together!”
Zhang Wenwen bowed slightly and agreed:
“Yes, I’ll arrange it!”
After speaking, her expression became dazed again.
“Um… I can do it too…”
Zuo Nan weakly raised his hand.
His major was in communications, and he had worked in a communication company for a long time, maintaining base stations.
He was proficient in hardware.
After entering the apocalypse, although he was enslaved by the Soul Organization, there were differences between slaves.
Those who woke up with Zuo Nan, like Higman, were laborers.
Zuo Nan, on the other hand, was a laborer with some skills. He sometimes helped research scrapped progress faction equipment.
Over time, he had also researched some new things.
He had originally planned to step forward when no one could solve the immediate problem and Zhang Chen looked at him in desperation.
Zuo Nan had even imagined a scene where Zhang Chen couldn’t do without him.
However, he didn’t expect that Zhang Wenwen’s church would bring out so many people at once.
If he didn’t volunteer himself now, his value would depreciate again.
This forced him to raise his hand.
“Well, you count too!”
Zhang Chen said lightly.
Then he slowly walked to Zuo Nan’s side and whispered:
“I hope you can prove your worth!”
“Yes!” Hearing this, Zuo Nan’s cold sweat instantly started to stream down.