After listening to Jiang Shan's explanation, Lin Huang pondered for a moment before asking.
"You said that they lost contact one after another, so there was contact midway?"
"There was." After Jiang Shan finished, he added, "You also know that most of the areas of the Peaceful Ocean have no signal. Only a few places have signal. Therefore, the instructions we gave to the second and third groups of search teams were to report back as soon as they arrived at an area with signal, regardless of whether there was anything unusual. "
At this point, Jiang Shan paused. "But this is the strangest part. All the messages that were reported back to us said that there was nothing unusual.
"After they went into the ocean, the number of people who reported back decreased every time after that, except for the first time when the number of people reported back was normal. However, no one sent a message saying that they had found anything unusual. It was as if they had never noticed that the number of people in the team had decreased.
"Moreover, after we discovered that the number of people had decreased, we sent a warning message and a retreat message to those who were still responding normally, but we didn't get any response. Video calls and communication requests couldn't be connected. Even when we received their messages and dialed their numbers instantly, we couldn't get through. Only their messages could be sent back occasionally, so the communication became completely one-way.
"We can only watch as time ticks by and the number of people replying to our messages dwindle until we lose contact with all of them."
Lin Huang frowned and fell into a long silence. He only spoke again after a while.
After a while, he spoke again, "From your description, I can think of three possibilities.
"The first possibility is that they fell into some kind of illusion and couldn't detect the change in the number of people in the team.
"The second possibility is that something disguised as a member of their team and gradually replaced more and more members.
"The third possibility is that it wasn't them who replied to your messages.
"Also, you mentioned that the other party couldn't receive the messages you sent. Voice and video calls couldn't be connected, so they could only communicate in a one-way manner. This doesn't seem like something that a sea monster that has lived in the deep sea for a long time would do. They don't even know what an Emperor's Heart Ring is.
"Therefore, it's either man-made or a highly intelligent monster that has been in contact with humans before. Of course, we can't completely rule out the possibility that it's the influence of the environment itself.
"Is it possible … that the dimensional gateway you mentioned has been discovered, and invaders from the great world have broken into our gravel world from the Peaceful Ocean?" Jiang Shan hesitated for a moment and asked Lin Huang with some concern.
"I don't think it's possible." Lin Huang shook his head, but in his heart, he thought that it was absolutely impossible.
Putting aside the fact that there were currently no dimensional gateways at the bottom of the Peaceful Ocean, even if there were, the spatial fluctuations of any world teleporting into the gravel world would not be able to escape the detection of the world will. As long as someone teleported over, he would be able to sense it immediately.
However, Lin Huang, who had previously hidden the truth from the Coalition government, could not tell the truth at this moment. He could only find other ways to deny the possibility that Jiang Shan had proposed.
"It's impossible for the Thousand Snake Sect and Myriad Tribe Palace to find out about Teng Ran's failure so quickly. Moreover, the Thousand Snake Sect no longer has any powerhouses above virtual god-level. If Myriad Tribe Palace were to invade, they would have already sent their army here on the first day they discovered the passageway. There's no need to wait for half a month without any movement. "
"If other organizations from the great world had discovered the passageway, they would have probed it for a day or two at most. As soon as they've confirmed that there's no problem with the dimensional gateways, they'll launch an all-out attack right away. There's no need to wait so long. "
"This matter has already caused panic among the upper echelons of the entire government. We've lost more than half of our Virtual Gods, and there's no way we can send extra people to conduct follow-up investigations." Jiang Shan's face was full of worry. "I'm really at my wit's end … I hope that His Majesty can step in and help us resolve this crisis!"
Jiang Shan had even changed the way he addressed Lin Huang. In the past, he had always addressed him as "Emperor Lin", but now he had changed to "His Majesty".
"Chairman Jiang, you don't have to do this. There's indeed something fishy about this matter. Two Virtual God rank-9s have gone missing, so it's pointless for you to continue sending people. " Lin Huang nodded slightly. "Since I'm still in the gravel world, I'll make a trip there and help you take a look."
After receiving this response from Lin Huang, Jiang Shan heaved a huge sigh of relief.
At first, he was worried that Lin Huang would refuse or take advantage of this matter to make exorbitant demands. However, Lin Huang did not do that. Instead, he agreed without hesitation.
In the past, Lin Huang might really have put forward some conditions in exchange for some cultivation resources or information resources. However, the current Lin Huang really did not have anything in the hands of the Coalition government that he wanted or wanted.
On the other hand, he had agreed so readily because the entire gravel world was already his God Territory. Solving the problem of the gravel world would also solve the problem of the God Territory in his body.
After agreeing to the matter, Lin Huang asked about the details of this matter before hanging up the call with Jiang Shan.
Lin Xin only returned to the living room after seeing that the call had ended.
"Brother, is there something important, Chief Jiang?"
"There's a problem at the Peaceful Ocean," Lin Huang explained simply, "I have to make a trip there."
"Can I go with you?" Lin Xin said quickly, "I'm a Virtual God rank-9 now, I should be able to help."
"You should stay in Wanbao City and see if there's anything you want." Lin Huang shook his head with a smile. "The situation there is a little complicated. It's more reassuring for me to go alone."
"But you don't have to worry. If it's fast, it can be solved in a day. If it's slow, it should be done in two or three days." As soon as Lin Huang finished speaking, he suddenly remembered something. "I'll summon Little Witch to accompany you."
As soon as he finished speaking, he had already crushed Witch's card in his right hand. Witch's figure quickly materialized in the room.
"Little Witch!" Seeing Witch, Lin Xin's mood suddenly improved.
When Witch saw Lin Xin, she also jumped for joy.
Seeing that the two girls quickly chatted, Lin Huang took out two more storage rings and handed them to Lin Xin and Witch respectively. "There are some Divine Stones in here. Buy whatever you want. Don't be stingy. The same goes for Little Witch. Buy whatever you want! "
Each of Lin Huang's storage rings contained up to a million Divine Stones. It was enough to buy a set of top-notch god relics.
Apart from the three God Weapons that Lin Xin currently had on her, the rest of her equipment was basically top-notch god relics, so there was no need to spend money in this area.
A million Divine Stones as pocket money was enough to spend.
With Witch taking care of Lin Xin, Lin Huang was completely relieved. Although his sister was already a Virtual God rank-9 and was not weak, he was still afraid that Lin Xin would be at a disadvantage.
After settling Lin Xin's matters, Lin Huang bid farewell to the two girls, waved, and stepped into the Dimensional Whirlpool …
(End of this chapter)
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