0422 Fleeing Europe 9

Chapter 22
Lelin frowned as he recalled the scenes he had seen while passing through the Strait of Gibraltar, quickly replaying the images in his mind. He realized that there had been similar situations, although fewer in number, which he hadn't paid attention to at the time. As he further recollected what he had observed from that point until reaching the Dardanelles Strait, it seemed that apart from the Dardanelles, all other Mediterranean ports, especially ferry crossings, followed the same pattern as he was witnessing here.
This is a deliberate attempt to allow some people to enter Europe first, while others are pushed back in the queue, and still others may likely not have the opportunity to enter Europe at all.
A fight for territory?
Lelin feels that this guess is relatively reasonable, but has not jumped to a definitive conclusion. Since coming to this world, he has always said he would go to Africa and have a look, but he hasn't actually set foot on African soil yet. Especially now, with various appearances being perplexing and confusing, it's best not to have any preconceived notions to avoid being misled.
Here is the content translated into English with the original HTML tags preserved:Le Lin could have instantly teleported there, reaching Africa in a single step, but instead of teleporting directly to Djibouti, he turned northwest and teleported along the eastern coast of the Red Sea to Jeddah.
Jeddah is a port city belonging to Saudi Arabia. It was once the second-largest city and the largest port in Saudi Arabia, but now it is completely desolate.
Only one port terminal remains in operation, and there are only three ships: one for ferrying people and two for ferrying vehicles.
Outside the dock, there were quite a few people and vehicles lined up, with the queue extending all the way to the other end of the city. Some convoys chose to continue moving southward.
By this time, it was already late at night. Lelin didn't linger here for long and continued to teleport northward.
After observing along the way, Lelin arrived at Genayre, which is diagonally opposite to Suez, just before dawn.
Genayre is located at an intersection where the highway has a major east-south-west-north crossing. Moreover, to the west is the main bridge crossing the Suez Canal, which is also one of the main entrances to Africa.
From a distance, Lelin could see the Suez Canal defense line, which was the most inexplicably lost position at the time. It was left alone ever since, but now it has been utilized by the European Allied Forces once again.
Looking at the large number of various automated weapons being installed and debugged by the European Allied Forces on the positions, Yue Lin sneered and shook his head. If they had done this initially, with layers upon layers of automated weapons blocking, there was no way the African zombie tide could have broken through the Suez Canal defense line.
Not to mention the desperate measure of blowing up bridges!
It is very obvious that the fall of the Suez Canal defense line was completely intentional, with the purpose of allowing the African zombie hordes to sweep across Asia from west to east, wiping out the Asian population and vacating the equatorial regions of Asia and Africa for North America and Europe to use as a refuge to escape the extinction-level disaster brought about by the eruption of the Yellowstone volcano.
Le Lin was very clear that if it weren't for him and Yu Zhe being transported to this world, at this very moment, more than eighty percent of China would likely no longer exist, and the trajectory of Europe's shift would also be their predetermined South Asian subcontinent.
Of course, the main reason why Europe and the United States were caught so off guard was not the sudden emergence of Yu Zhe and Le Lin.
If it weren't for that completely nonsensical plan to suppress the volcanic eruption by injecting water, the eruption of the Yellowstone volcano would inevitably follow the laws of nature and occur half a year later, allowing Europe and the United States to make arrangements at their leisure.
If it weren't for that clueless and complacent senator who recklessly intervened, the eruption of the Yellowstone volcano would have undoubtedly followed the predetermined water injection schedule, occurring over two months later. This would have allowed Europe and the United States to complete the main relocation work, rather than exhausting themselves by going all out as they are now.
For China, the series of accidents was a blessing in disguise. With the strong intervention of Yu Zhe and Le Lin, China was able to see through the deception of the Human Alliance's Asian campaign in time, awakening the Chinese people. There was also a relatively peaceful period when Europe and the United States were busy transferring and escaping, with no time to spare for China, allowing the country to quickly stabilize the situation in the equatorial survival space and occupy advantageous positions.
To the west of Ganaye, the overpass leading towards the Suez Canal is under strict control. Only the route from north to south allows free passage, while all other routes are subject to inspection, especially the westbound route leading to the Suez Canal, which undergoes even more thorough checks. All westbound vehicles must first exit the highway and drive into a massive temporary parking lot, where they queue up to purchase or validate tickets before proceeding to the inspection and clearance process. The queue of vehicles has already occupied tens of square kilometers and continues to expand further, although fortunately, the boundaries of this temporary parking lot are extendable.
Le Lin looked at the purple-red clouds and conducted an internal inspection. He discovered that he had consumed about one-third of his physical energy over the past two days. Although he had not yet reached the alert level, he was far from being in his best condition. It seemed more appropriate to spend half a day to rest and adjust his state before entering Africa.
In the chaotic parking lot, Lelin found a corner on the edge and retrieved a box truck from his own ring garage. The rear compartment of the truck had been modified into a multi-layered, fortified dark room, with several concealed observation holes facing outward, suitable for Lelin to observe the outside using his darkvision around the clock and to calmly initiate a shadow step to escape in critical moments.
The sun rose, and the sunlight gradually became brilliant, but the darkness inside the box truck remained dense.
Lelin did not sleep, as that way of recovery was too slow. Instead, he took out twelve level five green crystal cores and entered a state of meditative absorption.
Lelin has now reached the ninth level, and only ninth-level crystal cores can quickly replenish the energy he has lost. Eighth-level crystal cores are not as effective, and seventh-level ones are even less so. The effect of directly absorbing fifth-level crystal cores is not good for him, so he uses an array formation to guide his meditation and absorption, using twelve crystal cores as a guide to attract the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and then separates and absorbs what is suitable for him.
This method of absorbing spiritual energy from heaven and earth using formations is highly confidential, even in the Doomsday Department. Le Lin only received relevant teachings after following Yu Zhe and joining the New Magnolia City's private team, the Gadfly Squad. This is one of the internal benefits of being part of the city's private Gadfly Squad.
After entering the ninth level, when Lelin used this method of absorbing and replenishing energy again, it felt quite different from before, and the difference was gradually increasing. The biggest difference among them was that the types of energy absorbed were not as fixed anymore.
In the past, Lelin had only been able to absorb two types of energy: darkness and space. This was already considered quite good, as most evolved beings could only absorb the one type of energy that matched their own attribute.
And now, in addition to absorbing the energy of space and darkness as before, Le Lin clearly felt that the golden threads in his crystal core were also absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and it seemed to be absorbing in all directions. It's just that in the beginning, the absorption was very little, and Le Lin didn't pay much attention to it. By this time, the golden threads seemed to have been completely released. Towards the end, the absorption speed had far exceeded the two attributes of darkness and light—this was also related to the gradual internal saturation of these two attribute energies.