The Unchaotic Valley in the middle of the thick fog was like the nightmare of a mental patient.
The ruins that had collapsed hundreds of years ago were still like living tombs. Weird ghostly fire was flashing in the paleness, staring at the isolated and helpless reconnaissance team like countless eyes.
The debris of beast puppets, crystal tanks, battle puppets, and even starships were piled up everywhere. Most of the ruins were formed hundreds of years ago and had long been rusted. Moss, vines, and all kinds of suspicious fungi were growing on them. At first glance, they looked like the internal organs of an enormous beast, emitting a disgusting smell in the middle of the thick fog.
Even the Crystal Suit and the crystal tanks could not stop the scourge of the smell. Perhaps, it was fear.
Gao Huan sat at the center of a reconnaissance vehicle and covered his head with a dark golden metal cover. He used the talent of a Supersensitive Mind and released his brainwaves to the maximum to sense the abnormal spirit magnetic waves in the depths of the fog.
"How is it, Drunk Cat?"
The captain did not roar, which was rare for him. Instead, he asked in a low voice, "Is the dog nose in your head as sensitive as before?"
"Of course."
Gao Huan narrowed his eyes and entered a trance. He mumbled, "Something is indeed wrong here. There is an intermittent strong magnetic field that has been shooting at the sky repeatedly in the past week. The intermittent rhythm is very regular. It does not seem to be a natural phenomenon but some sort of artificial … signal. The fog around is there to cover the signal.
"That's strange. The signal is too strong. I can even sense a pillar of light that reaches the sky. Even if there's a fog, the Army's Spirit Magnetic Field Countermeasure Force and the fleet on the synchronous orbit should have reacted to it. They should have sensed it a long time ago.
"Ha. What a coincidence!"
The captain said, "The commander of the Spiritual Magnetic Field Resistance Force that is directly under the command of the military headquarters happens to be a survivor of the four families. He was just suppressed this week." Also, in order to welcome the new emperor's ascension, a great purge has been carried out in the geosynchronous orbit fleet. Many officers have been quarantined and investigated. It is a mess right now. Who has the time to study an insignificant signal?
"Forget it. It's useless to talk about that. Tell me, where's the source of the signal?"
"It should be …"
Holding back the excruciating pain in his head, Gao Huan identified the source of the signal.
Just as he was about to find the answer, a voice suddenly came from the communication channel.
"Boss, Green Spot stepped on a mine!"
When the company commander and Gao Huan arrived at the front of the team, the atmosphere was still quite relaxed. Even the unlucky guy "Green Spot", who unfortunately stepped on a landmine and could not move, was still smiling indifferently. While he was being ridiculed by his companions, he was still mocking them.
Although the people of the Holy League had planted landmines on every planet when they evacuated, the landmines themselves were not very powerful magical equipment. The warriors of the Blade Edge Company were at least in the high level of the Refinement Stage and the middle level of the Building Foundation Stage. Also, with the protection of the Crystal Suit, they would only have half of their feet blown off at most. Even if one of their legs was blown off, they would not have been crying like a girl as if doomsday had come.
Furthermore, the Blade Edge Company had the best engineers. 99% of the landmines could be safely removed.
At this moment, an engineer in a protective suit was squatting below Green Spot's feet and studying the landmine. He carefully dug half of the ground, revealing the rusty, bumpy shell. It seemed to be an old-fashioned Heavenly Rainbow-1. Although it was powerful, it was not difficult to remove.
However, Gao Huan, as a Supersensitive Expert, smelled something weird in the air.
It was also the reason why the company commander had brought him here.
"Wait. The landmine doesn't smell right."
Gao Huan stopped the engineer's work. "It seems to be the shell of Heavenly Rainbow-1 and the combat components of Heavenly Rainbow-3."
His words made everybody around gasp. They all stepped back and activated their spiritual shields to the highest intensity.
Green Spot, who had been smiling a moment ago, was even more dumbfounded, as if he had been struck by lightning.
"It — it's really Heavenly Rainbow-3!"
Reminded by Gao Huan, the engineer sensed the internal structure of the landmine carefully. His face immediately turned pale as he pronounced Green Spot's death sentence, one word after another.
Heavenly Rainbow-3 Anti-infantry Armor Landmine, or more precisely, Anti- Crystal Suit Landmine, was the most destructive landmine in the Holy League to the infantrymen of the Imperium. Once it was detonated, not just the person who stepped on the landmine, but also the area within a hundred square meters would be ruined. Their companions who did not raise their spiritual shields in time would be affected. The standard Crystal Suit of the infantrymen of the Imperium could not resist the stormy fragmentation at all!
"Engineer, come back. Green Spot, don't move!"
The company commander's face turned extremely awful. Staring at Green Spot, who was stepping on the landmine, he gnashed his teeth and said, "You've hit the jackpot. You know the power of Heavenly Rainbow-3 very well. We don't have enough technology and tools to remove the landmines. You won't be able to last long. As long as your heartbeat, pulse, or spiritual waves change slightly, the landmine will explode.
"F * ck!"
Every muscle on Green Spot's face was shivering. "F * ck! F * ck! F * ck! F * ck!"
"Consider yourself unlucky. You have to die first, but not now," the company commander said.
"You have to wait until your brothers retreat to a safe distance and raise your spiritual shield. Also, you have to die a heroic death. Do you understand?"
"I … I …"
Green Spot's face was completely frowning.
"Look at me and listen to me. You are hopeless. You know it very well. Everybody knows it very well. But you still have a wife and children in your hometown. You have to leave something for them. Everybody's Crystal Suit will record the battle videos. I can delete some of the videos with the excuse that the Crystal Suit is damaged, but you cannot fabricate something out of nothing. You will be discovered."
The company commander said patiently, "Therefore, you have to … die a heroic death. The new emperor is about to ascend the throne. He will definitely need some heroic warriors, and he will not be stingy with the rewards for the families of the martyrs. If you can become a hero, your wife and children will certainly live better lives, won't they?"
"F * ck the hero! F * ck the f * cking emperor!"
Green Spot felt like crying. He was trembling all over. "How can I die a heroic death? F * ck! "
"Don't tremble, and don't cry like a woman."
The captain bellowed, "Stand straight and say something like 'long live His Majesty' or 'long live the fake emperor'. No, no, no. Don't say 'long live the reformists'. Who knows who will win in the end? 'Long live His Majesty!' was good enough. No one would f * cking think of themselves as a 'fake emperor'! If you do not dare to attack, I can give you a hand. Rest assured, I will help you. I will count to three. There will not be any pain when we count to three. I promise. Come on, one … "
"What the f * ck are you talking about? “
Green Spot said in a shivering voice, "Long live His Majesty and the Imperium! That's it — "
Before he finished his last word, the company commander suddenly drew his gun and blew up Green Spot's head.
Before the headless corpse fell to the ground, a rainbow fountain-like light burst out from the soles of his feet and enveloped the space within a radius of several hundred meters.
Thankfully, all the soldiers had retreated to a safe distance of a hundred meters away and made the best protection. Except for the noises of the spiritual shield, no greater damage was caused.
Green Spot was completely gone. The only thing that proved his existence was a circle of uniform blood spots.
"There is no pain, right?"
The company commander asked the soldiers around gloomily.
"There is no pain."
After a brief silence, the soldiers all nodded.
"It seems that we've come to the right place."
The company commander glanced at Gao Huan. "'Heavenly Rainbow Mark III' is a high-grade product that is not prepared for dirty and smelly soldiers like us. It seems that there must be something very important hidden behind this minefield. Engineers, clear the mines on a large scale. The rest of you, polish your eyes and claws. Be ready for battle at any time!"
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM! The minesweepers spurted out tremendous cluster bombs, triggering dazzling electric arcs that simulated the vitality field of the Immortal Cultivators. A lot of landmines were detonated, as if a splendid fireworks festival were being held.
Before the flames above the minefield died down, the company of blades marched into the depths of the minefield eagerly.
The bad news that they had just lost a companion did not add to their depression. Instead, it made the reckless soldiers even more infuriated.
After resting for more than half a year, Gao Huan seemed to have found his instincts as a 'Supersensitive'. He sensed every unusual wave in the air keenly and adjusted the direction time and time again, locking onto the source of the signal at the center of the dense fog.
To this moment, intense signals were still being released to the sky incessantly from the depths of the fog, like a burning torch.
Gao Huan even felt that the signal source was like a blossoming flower of fire that had reached the point where it did not care about being discovered.
When the company of blades finally reached the destination under his guidance, everybody was deeply shocked by what they saw.
Deep inside the valley was a narrow, long crack. About a hundred meters below the ground in the crack, a certain cone-shaped magical equipment that pierced to the sky protruded out. Four cones constituted an array, with electric arcs dancing between them and spluttering, forming a visible super magnetic field!
What was even more terrifying was that, deep inside the crack, below the weird array of unknown purposes, countless hibernation cabins were arranged densely like eggs. Inside every hibernation cabin was a cold member of the Holy League. Countless members of the Holy League had been woken up and crawled out of the hibernation cabins to control the array. The remaining members of the Holy League opened their eyes below the glass masks, too, with emotionless eyes.
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