The audacious plan of "raiding the Lair of Nightmares" seemed to be starting to sound plausible as the sprites discussed it and Hao Ren and his team pondered.
Any sturdy fortress was easier to destroy from the inside than from the outside, and from the looks of it, if they could really send a wave of elite troops into the depths of the Lair of Nightmares and kill the monster responsible for creating the corrupted army, then everything would be solved.
After all, Hao Ren had to get his hands on the Amantir crystal no matter what, and this meant that he had to think of a way to get rid of the Lair of Nightmares that was connected to the crystal.
The best way to attack the Lair of Nightmares seemed to be from below. Blowing up the crystal pillars that supported the crust would greatly shake the structure of the Lair of Nightmares, and based on the sprites' calculations, this could even tear down half of the lair.
"Speaking of which, wouldn't that cause the entire crust to collapse, and then the Lair of Nightmares and a large part of its upper structure fall onto the grid layer?" Listening to the inconceivable plan, Wuyue made a logical connection. "It would be even better if those monsters could just fall to their deaths …"
"First of all, falling to their deaths is impossible. If those bastards were that weak, they wouldn't have been able to beat up the guardian army." The MDT shook its head as it spoke, and its tone was as loud as ever. "And just blowing up three crystal pillars won't be enough to destroy the crust. I've analyzed the structure of the planet, and while its upper crust is supported by the crystal pillars, the crust itself has a set of complex shock-absorbing and stabilizing structures. While the existence of the equatorial rift has weakened this structure, with the southern framework of the rift, the upper half of the Lair of Nightmares is still relatively stable. Ideally, after the crystal pillars are blown up, the Lair of Nightmares will only collapse by less than a third, and that will open up a path in the middle of the lair, but that will be the extent of the damage. "
Amantir's crust was equivalent to the armor plate of the planetary battleship, and naturally, there would be many special strengthening structures. It was impossible to destroy the entire crust by blowing up three crystal pillars, and that was like trying to remove the entire armor plate of a ship by removing two screws.
Hao Ren was quite satisfied with the result. "All we need to do is to make a hole in the Lair of Nightmares. If the entire structure collapses, it will be a problem. If Amantir's crystal shatters, we will have nowhere to cry to."
"Hmm, that's the general plan. Next, we need to plan out the details of the operation." Vivian nodded in agreement, then began to discuss the details of the entire plan with the aura of a hostess. "We have to take into account all unexpected situations, and we have to think about how to deal with the awakened source of nightmares in the worst-case scenario. Also, we have to download the sprites into the hard drive of the MDT before we start. "
The MDT said, "I feel that something is wrong with this process …"
The discussion of the details of the operation lasted for a full four hours, and the sprites had provided a lot of help. These messy little things were not as unreliable as Hao Ren had thought, and in fact, what they had done in the few thousand years after they hid in the core was completely beyond everyone's imagination.
They had tried their best to monitor the changes in the upper levels of Amantir, and recorded the entire process of the Mad Lord's power spreading on the planet and modifying the planetary battleship. They had investigated the corrupted army, and even collected information on the latter's defense and behavior. As the "executive AI" of the various subsystems of the planetary battleship, they had even recorded the starship's parameters that were far more detailed and reliable than Salaman's blueprint, and these parameters also included the changes that occurred after Amantir was corrupted by the Mad Lord. All of this information was far beyond the intelligence provided by Salaman.
After all, Salaman only had a blueprint before the war, and other than that, he knew nothing about the changes in Amantir. As for these sprites, while they were trapped in the core, they were at least inside Amantir.
After finalizing all the action plans, Hao Ren and his team had a full rest and preparation on this small mini-planet, and then began to "download and store" thousands of sprites.
With the accumulated experience of Sprite Number One, the process of the sprites entering the MDT was smoother than expected. Except for the MDT's lifeless appearance, everything was going according to plan.
A few hours later, the last sprite had also entered the MDT's storage, and the first step of the rescue of the sprites was completed.
Looking at the MDT wobbling back to Hao Ren's shoulder, Nangong Sanba could not help but say, "Now your PDA really has a lot of little girls and cute boys downloaded. Shall we interview them about their mental journey?"
The MDT glowed in blue. "I'll smash your face!"
"Alright, alright." Hao Ren quickly pressed down on the restless PDA. "Tell me the truth, how do you feel now? Will the sprites affect your performance in the storage? "
"It's okay, the load is not too much," the MDT said, resigned to its fate. "I have given them a large virtual partition, and they can do whatever they want in there. Anyway, I dare not let them merge into the thread. Damn it, why does this bunch of AI have to be so noisy?"
Hao Ren was amused. The MDT was usually so noisy that people wanted to pour cement on it and sink it into a pond.
Anyway, Hao Ren was relieved. He looked at Vivian and said, "Then it's almost time for us to depart. By the way, where did Lily and Rollie go? "
"Oh, they said they were going to travel around the world …" Vivian said as she looked into the distance. "There, they are over there. They are back."
While they were talking, the husky maiden and the silly cat had already run up from below the 'horizon'. In the blink of an eye, they were in front of Hao Ren. The two girls looked very happy. Lily even pulled Hao Ren's arm to show off. "Mr. Landlord, Mr. Landlord, I just ran around the whole planet! I can run laps around the equator. Ahhhh ~ "
Hao Ren slapped his face. Damn it, the joy of a cat and a dog is so easy to satisfy … How bored are they?
Vivian flicked two small electric sparks on the two girls' heads. "Stop fooling around. It's time for us to depart."
Both of them immediately became serious, and even Rollie nodded seriously. She even checked to see if her shoelaces were tied tight and if her nails were sharp enough. Although the cat was often called a dumb cat by others, she was just not used to human life. She was very clear about what was happening around her, and of course, she knew what to do at this moment.
As the sprites had left the core, the various temporary systems they left in the core gradually stopped working. The 'secret path' between the core and the crystal pillar layer became unstable, but it could still be used once and for the last time.
The elite team formed by Hao Ren moved quickly along the light path. Space and matter behind them quickly twisted, shattered, reorganized, and changed back to normal. Rocks and crystals came crashing down from all directions, but there was no sound.
It was silent but soul-stirring.
Sprite No. 1's figure appeared above the holographic projection. She looked at the disappearing light path and the direction of the sanctuary, which could no longer be seen. She sighed softly. "We've been hiding here for a long time, thousands of years …"
"That's right, I didn't expect to be able to go out one day!" "The outside world, the outside world!" "I can go play with Salaman!" "I can also go play on the Hub!" "Super ~ happy ~ ~!"
… All in all, this was the greatest level of emotion a fairy could muster.
The crystal pillar layer.
The huge crystal pillar stood proudly under the crust in an awe-inspiring manner. One end supported the dark and deep rock dome, and the other was deeply rooted in the underground 'grid'. At this distance, its size was even indescribable. Perhaps any mortal creature standing under its feet would not have the slightest ambition to challenge it.
However, Hao Ren had blown up something bigger than this, so he quietly took out a bomb from his Dimensional Pocket.
Vivian and the others, who were standing not far away, did not participate in the blasting operation. They took out their mobile phones from their pockets and began to look up at the pillar, taking pictures of it as a souvenir.
Lily said, "Hurry up and take pictures. Once Mr. Landlord presses the big red button, there won't be anything to see!"
Y 'lisabet said, "I'm waiting to take pictures of the explosion!"
Rollie saw that everyone was taking pictures, and suddenly pursed her lips. She ran to Hao Ren's side, grabbed his sleeve and pointed at the phone in Lily's hand. "Big Boss Cat! I want that, I want that! "
"Stop fooling around. Do you know all the words?" Hao Ren commanded the autonomous robots to place the bombs on the calculated best spots on the crystal pillar. At the same time, he turned to glare at the catgirl. "You usually cry when I ask you to write your name. It's a waste to give you a phone. I'll buy you one when you know three thousand words! "
"Meow …"
There were a total of three crystal pillars that needed to be blown up. One of them was right below the Lair of Nightmares (which was right below the control center), while the other two were on both sides of the equatorial rift. The last two pillars were further away from the Lair of Nightmares, but their collapse would cause the earth's crust to tremble and bend in a small area. The resulting pressure would deal a fatal blow to the base of the Lair of Nightmares. Based on the calculations of the MDT and the sprites, this would be enough to open up a path to the source of nightmares, and it would seal off most of the holes in the Lair of Nightmares, so the monsters would not be able to arrive in time.
The last crystal pillar's explosive was finally in place.
Hao Ren looked up at the dome made of rock and metal. In this part of the dark dome, there was a distinct dark red glow belt. The dark red glow belt was wrapped in a layer of energy film, and there were many strange black substances slowly wriggling on both sides. That was actually the location of the Great Equatorial Rift.
In the upheaval three thousand years ago, a part of Naqdal had crashed into that spot, and the earth-shattering impact had torn Amantir's crust apart. The broken pieces of the planet even fell into the crystal pillar layer below, but soon, Amantir's self-repair system began to work, forcefully mending the cracked planet back together. The rift above the crystal pillar layer was also forcefully sealed by the energy barrier, forming the great rift that could be seen from space.
Looking up at the Great Rift Valley below the Earth's crust, what Hao Ren saw was the scene in front of him.
The figure of the sprite appeared in the air. She pointed to the crystal jungle in the distance, where a piece of land that did not belong to the crystal world was slanted in the jungle. The tilted part looked like the head of a giant beast, pointing to the dome above. "That is part of the wreckage of Naqdal. When it fell, some sprites and guardian giants were still alive, but they soon died. The bodies of the giants were dragged away by the monsters and turned into raw materials to make soldiers."
The soldiers of the festered legion were not all from nightmares. Some were also transformed from real materials. Collecting wreckage on the battlefield was one of the ways they obtained 'raw materials.'
"They will not die in vain," Hao Ren nodded. "We will end the rule of those monsters here today."
He looked up at the crystal pillar that supported the earth.
The explosives were arranged in a slanted ring along the surface of the giant pillar, like a glittering necklace shimmering in the darkness.
One by one, sprites emerged from the holographic projection above the MDT. They were also looking at the glowing explosives.
"Make trouble." Sprite No. 1 waved her fist.
"Make trouble!" "Make trouble!" "Make trouble!"
Hao Ren pressed the big red button on the controller.
(A team of readers made a song about Vivian's character and posted it on Bilibili. Ahem, the V is 14949336. Everyone can go and support it.)
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