Gong Qi raised his head and looked at the ceaselessly flowing clouds. What he let out was an incongruous sigh. "The light is getting stronger and stronger. Perhaps after a period of time, that light will be able to illuminate the entire Vast Thousand Worlds … If one doesn't come here, they most likely won't be able to see such a resplendent scene of the Polar Domain."
Snake Tongue didn't say a word. She faced him with indifference. In any case, she could only listen to Gong Qi's description. She couldn't sense what was happening in the Polar Domain at all.
However, Luo Nan was using his soul cloak to sense the situation over here. His mood was inevitably affected. He knew what Gong Qi meant by 'light'.
Yes, that was the Light of the Polar Domain. It was the light and heat emitted by the source of the terrifying power that Luo Nan had traced back to the Wraith Sign.
More than four months ago, it had briefly ascended into the sky in the Polar Domain to demonstrate its strength, but it had been blocked by a mysterious and unfathomable curtain. According to Luo Nan's knowledge, this was the case in the local space-time and the Deep Blue World. The only exception was here.
For some reason, the curtain did not extend its magical effect to the Cloud World. The light and heat emitted by that terrifying source continued to spread throughout the Cloud World through the Polar Domain. And as time passed, it seemed to be getting closer and closer to the physical plane.
Every time Luo Nan arrived at this place, he seemed to be able to hear the humming and trembling of the cloud world. This was the prelude to the friction and collision of space and time.
Luo Nan didn't know the reason or the nature of all this, but he knew that the Cloud World was facing a huge change. On the other hand, it was very likely that Gong Qi, who he'd always been targeting, had suddenly grasped a good opportunity to break out of this predicament.
Gong Qi was a Transcendent who had lived for more than 90 years. His cultivation and experience were top-notch. He would not let go of this opportunity.
From the moment the rays of light had lit up the Polar Domain, this old fellow had invested a large amount of energy into research. More than four months, nearly one hundred and fifty days of time, was enough for him to produce a certain amount of results. At the very least, there was some movement.
While conversing with Snake Tongue, Gong Qi pierced his soul force into the abyssal region and probed the polar domain. At the same time, he made slight adjustments to his own solidified configuration in order to adapt to the long term illumination of the Polar Domain Light. The abyssal region's constantly changing environment was also trying to figure out the corresponding rules and utilize them.
Luo Nan quietly observed from the depths of the torrential turbulence of the abyssal region. Watching how Gong Qi adjusted the solidified configuration step by step, pondering over the structure and basic principles, grasping the habits of the structure, and referring it to his own thinking of the configuration. At the same time, he could also verify the special "zones" in the Abyss Region and Polar Domain under the condition of crossing the space-time barrier, and what kind of changes would occur.
In short, Luo Nan tried to speculate what stage Gong Qi's judgment of the situation had reached and how far he was from breaking out of the situation … … Staring blankly was absolutely not an option. The development of the situation pushed Luo Nan to speed up his progress. In fact, Luo Nan himself was already impatient.
What he needed to do now was to finish strengthening himself as soon as possible and prepare as many bargaining chips as possible, no matter what level or direction he was in. Snake Tongue, who was like a spirit behind his back, was one of them. The surgery he was paying close attention to today and tomorrow was the other.
"Oh, visitation time is almost up."
As a student, he had to apply for leave if he wanted to visit the patient in time, but he couldn't make it to the weekend. But if he couldn't, or if it was inconvenient … he could only skip class.
Luo Nan imagined the scene of him taking a leave of absence:
"Teacher, I want to apply for leave."
"Reason for the leave?"
"To visit the surgery patient."
"What does it have to do with the patient?"
"We've never met."
"Which hospital?"
"Mercy Heart Hospital. It's two thousand kilometers away in Spring City."
"How long do you need to apply for?"
"That depends on whether things go smoothly or not … …"
Hehe, forget it.
Luo Nan could lie, but unless he really fabricated a melodramatic reason like a serious illness of his immediate family, the school would never grant him a leave of absence, no matter what, given his credit record of the past few months.
What's more, Luo Nan had left Xia City as early as nine o 'clock in the evening of the 21st of April in order to eliminate the error of teleportation. He had been transported through the cloud world to the southwest wilderness area of Spring City. He was currently resting and reorganizing at the forward operating base, preparing to receive a mid-range cross-country trip of over five hundred kilometers, as well as an even more exciting ambush operation in the city … …
Ah, no. It was visiting the patient.
Luo Nan's consciousness rolled back, arriving at the edge of the volcanic area where the physical Bloodsoul Temple was placed. Many instruments were unable to operate due to the environment of the volcanic area's core region being too vile. It wasn't easy to arrange supplies, so Luo Nan kept this forward operating base on the periphery. He had been replenishing supplies for the past few months. He had even installed a second-hand thermostatic system, causing the cave on the periphery of the volcanic area to become livable.
There was no doubt that Luo Nan had done this out of consideration for himself.
He had used this forward operating base as a transfer station over the past hundred days, but he had gone to quite a few places … … Of course, practically no one knew about this, except for the little girl who was currently in the forward operating base, silently protecting his safety.
"Hey, Rui Wen. Good morning."
"Good morning."
Actually, the outside was still a pitch-black expanse due to the limitations of the time zone. Luo Nan practically didn't sleep for the entire night. He traveled between space and time, his telepathic thoughts rushing tens of thousands of kilometers. Right now his mind was trembling with energy, and he wasn't the least bit sleepy.
Especially when he thought about the upcoming crossing of the wilderness and the follow-up operation in Spring City, he became all the more excited.
After greeting Rui Wen, he once again inspected the assembly modules of the off-road vehicle he had prepared last night. He even did a manual loading and unloading. After all, if the vehicle broke down on the road, there was no AI in the forward operating base to help fix it.
Everything was going smoothly. Over the past few months, he had been learning about mechanical design from Worker Zhai. He had also borrowed Worker Zhai's platform to frequently repair machines. With the addition of his Mental Side and Configurational Thinking, he could be said to be a veteran hobbyist. At the very least, he was half a professional.
The small off-road motorcycle was disassembled and assembled within five minutes, and the system passed the test in one go.
Next was the testing of the Electromagnetic Vanguard Z. Luo Nan confirmed that he was going to bring the exoskeleton equipment with him to act as a safeguard for the operation. He was already familiar with this exoskeleton equipment. The debugging time was even shorter, and everything was ready in no time.
Rui Wen just watched silently from the side during this time, like a doll. Luo Nan didn't forget about her. He wiped his hands after all the debugging was completed, then he rubbed Rui Wen's head. "Okay, everything is ready. I'm getting ready to go. You need to go to class as well. "
"... I'll go with you."
"Hehe, I'm skipping class today."
"We'll skip together."
"Cough, Rui Wen, you need to help me cover up. Aunt is already numb to me skipping class by myself, but if I bring you away, do you believe that she won't chase me all the way to Spring City? "
Rui Wen expressed very seriously, "I don't believe it."
"You have to believe it even if you don't believe it." Luo Nan began to put on the face of an older brother. "The operation will start in the afternoon, and the operation will be delayed. You'll be wasting over ten hours here. What about your homework? "
Rui Wen's pitch-black eyes didn't move.
"Okay, I have no way to directly send it to Spring City, so I went around in a circle. You and I are different. You come as you please. Mm, how about this. If there's any danger along the way, I'll call for backup at the first instance. I'll also invite you over at the first instance after we reach Spring City. Let us brother and sister pair join forces and rob him … … Forget about the last sentence! "
No matter what was said and done, the dignity of her older brother prevailed. Rui Wen finally yielded and returned to Xia City under Luo Nan's urging. She should be able to make it in time for breakfast.
Today was more or less settled.
Luo Nan let out a long breath. He didn't stop and began to move things outside. He had filled in the cracks in the rock flow near the forward operating base a long time ago. The caterpillar robot could also help with the transportation. Everything was ready in a short fifteen minutes.
He finished assembling the equipment in a certain flat area outside the cave and put on the light exoskeleton armor. Then he started up the off-road motorcycle. The motor hummed as it operated, just like his restless heart.
April 22nd. The weather was clear with a force two to three easterly winds. There were no high threat Mutants along the planned route. The journey was estimated to take six hours and arrive before one in the afternoon.
Luo Nan took a deep breath and adjusted his posture on the off-road motorcycle. He was just about to start up when he suddenly recalled something.
Oh right, take a picture as a souvenir!
He released a miniature probing flying bug and gave a thumbs up to the camera, leaving behind a conclusive image.
Luo Nan laughed with a "Ha" sound. He raised his legs and the motor of the motorcycle sped up. He charged forward with a roar, charging straight toward the boundary of Spring City that was five hundred kilometers away.
The rapidly unfolding and changing wilderness was before his eyes. He had no companions, no bodyguards, no omnipresent Psychic Wave Network, and no mission channel that constantly updated and alerted him.
Luo Nan just drove the motorcycle and sped across the desolate wilderness. The howls of wild beasts and vicious birds rang in his ears. Occasionally, he would see the dust and smoke of groups of beasts galloping into the distance. At the same time, the Mutant multi-headed vulture high in the sky cast its vicious and greedy gaze over. The high level hunters in the wilderness pricked up their ears one after another from the rhythmic vibrations of the ground.
This was the Wilderness. This was the main appearance that the Earth Monarch had spent decades dressing up. This was a place where countless people struggled to escape. At the same time, there were also countless people who forcefully ventured to explore this place.
Luo Nan's grandfather, mother, and father had all left the most beautiful moments of their lives here. No matter where they went, there would always be some special and valuable things here.
Luo Nan still didn't have a clear direction in regards to the Wilderness. But Luo Nan was wantonly smearing traces that belonged to him within this enormous painting. Whether it was success or destruction, there was no need to pay attention to any of it. In this spacious and dangerous world, he naturally abandoned the city and all the rules and laws of his habitual living environment. He also abandoned the imminent pressure and danger. At least for this moment, he could enjoy the taste of unfettered freedom to his heart's content.
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