As the brilliant light faded away, Lily raised her hand curiously and looked at the green leaf mark on the back of her left hand. "… So this is the mark of the soul binding? With this, we can resurrect in the Umbral Realm? "
"Yes, but remember, you can only resurrect once," Hao Ren said solemnly. Although he had reminded her a few times before, he could not help but emphasize it again. "The Umbral Realm is a world that is isolated from the Plane of Dreams. According to Raven 12345's calculations, that place is very likely to be in the gap between the World Barrier and the Void. The World Tree system is something that controls the world, so its power cannot completely enter the Umbral Realm. It can only be used as a mark. In the absence of subsequent power replenishment, these marks are one-time use. "
"… You can't become dependent on it." Y 'zaks frowned as he looked at the mark on the back of his hand. "In fact, I think this thing is harmful. An extra resurrection chance will lead to relaxation and numbness. The worst case scenario is inadvertently using up this resurrection chance and then suffering a second fatal blow before you can adjust your mentality."
Vivian said calmly, "But when exploring a completely unfamiliar, twisted world, this thing has more advantages than disadvantages."
Y 'zaks nodded. "I agree with that."
"Say, after using up this mark, can we still get out of the Umbral Realm?" Lily asked worriedly. "Didn't you say that we have to rely on the power of the World Tree to pull us out? If the mark is gone, won't the World Tree not be able to find us? "
Hao Ren said, "You don't have to worry about that. The World Tree doesn't need to use the mark when pulling people out. This step requires very little energy, and the World Tree's power in the Umbral Realm is enough to do it. So if we really encounter a fatal crisis in the Umbral Realm and have time to react, don't hesitate and just click the return button. Exiting the dungeon is better than wasting a life. "
"Woo …" Lily's ears twitched, showing that there were many thoughts going through her mind. Sure enough, she soon had another question. "Say, where is our resurrection point? From what you're saying, you didn't return to this hall, but resurrected directly in the Dark Realm? "
"Of course. After all, if we can come back here to resurrect, then there's no 'one time' restriction," Hao Ren explained patiently. "Due to the special properties of the Umbral Realm, performing a 'cross-realm resurrection' is very dangerous. It's very likely that our souls will be directly exposed to the Void outside the world and be annihilated. Therefore, after resurrection, we will also be in the Umbral Realm. The default resurrection point is near me — "
As he spoke, he raised his left hand to display the unique mark of the World Tree. On the edge of the green leaves, there was a circle of vine-like patterns. The small leaves on the pattern corresponded to the number of people in the group, including Lily and Vivian.
Lily thought about it carefully and asked straightforwardly, "What if you hang up first?"
Hao Ren said that the maiden was not tactful at all, but it was necessary to explain in this regard. He said calmly, "If I die first, then the default resurrection point will be near Vivian. If both of us die at the same time, then we will randomly resurrect next to one of you …"
At this time, Y'lisabet, who had been listening quietly for a long time, suddenly jumped in front of Hao Ren. "Uncle Ren, Uncle Ren, what if all of us are killed at the same time?"
Hao Ren knocked the little girl on the head with a karate chop. "If all of us are killed in one go, then what's the point of playing! Of course, we will randomly resurrect on the map and then return to the city to get reinforcements! "
Then he waved his hand. "This part of the function is automatic. It has been set in advance. If all of us die in a short period of time, then after resurrection, we will be automatically transported back to this hall. At the same time, no matter what mission the Petrachelys is performing, it will be forced to warp out of the Umbral Realm. Of course, we may also encounter the worst case scenario. That is, the ship will be discovered and attacked upon entering the Umbral Realm. We will not be able to leave the ship in time and we will be destroyed along with the ship. In this case, the World Tree will activate the ultimate solution: before we are destroyed, it will forcibly inject its power into the Umbral Realm. But this is the situation I don't want to see, because even if we survive, the Umbral Realm itself will be exiled into the void. Without the protection of the world barrier, it will have almost no fragments left. When that happens, we will never be able to find that broken kingdom again. "
Hao Ren said the worst case scenario in one breath. Everyone's expression became extraordinarily serious. Obviously, this was also the situation they did not want to see.
In the end, Vivian was the first to speak. "There is a possibility of failure in any operation. Don't be scared by these hypotheticals. We have been to many dangerous and strange places. At that time, no one had returned to the city to resurrect these unreasonable cheats, so let's all have some confidence. Hao Ren, you too, why make things sound so serious? We haven't even set off yet, and morale is already low. "
Hao Ren could only smile awkwardly and did not say much.
"But it's good to ask in advance. After all, this is the first time we are using this thing," Y 'zaks said, waving his left hand with the mark. "If there are any questions, you can ask now, before we leave. Once we get there, it will be too late to read the manual."
This time, no one said anything.
It was not that they were embarrassed or worried, but everyone's concerns had been asked by Lily and Y 'lisabet. All that was left was to act according to the situation.
"Then let's get ready to go." Hao Ren exhaled and turned to look at Salaman. "I will get the droid army ready. How are you and your guardian legion doing?"
Salaman lowered his head slightly. "Please don't worry, the guardians were already in a combat-ready state when they received the news."
Hao Ren glanced at the legion commander and then turned to look at the World Tree's operation interface. He sounded a little regretful. "Sigh, to be honest, if not for the limitations of this thing, we could just directly bind every soldier to resurrect. We would not have to worry so much about fighting, we could just charge head-on, and then resurrect on the spot. Who cares what it is, we can just go straight for it."
"Everything in the world has its balance. If the universe wants to be stable, it will not allow this to happen." Salaman was very open-minded. "It's enough that the few of you can carry this mark. The most dangerous thing is always the scouts who go deep into danger alone. You are taking the biggest risk, and you must ensure your safety."
Hao Ren waved his hand, indicating that he knew this, and then took the lead to the exit of the hall.
The Petrachelys was already docked in a large spaceport in the low-Earth orbit of the Heart, ready to depart.
She quietly floated in front of the berth, her body filled with the light of the shield. The light particles emitted by the warp drive formed a star-like light at the back of the hull, looking elegant and calm.
And behind the ship were two legions that had been neatly assembled: the silver-white swarm of droids, and the composed guardian legion.
The two legions would wait here, and if the Petrachelys began to broadcast the navigation coordinates of the Umbral Realm, then they would immediately rush to the battlefield.
Hao Ren stood on the bridge of the Petrachelys, looking at Salaman on the communicator. "When we get there, we will first confirm the local situation and establish an anchor point under the premise of safety. If we need fleet support, we will broadcast the beacon signal. But there may be other situations, and what we encounter may not be able to solve with the fleet. When that time comes, you just have to wait patiently. In short, as long as the World Tree does not sound the alarm, our mission has not failed. "
Salaman's hologram nodded. "Whether you broadcast the beacon or not, we will be on standby here until we need to fight or you come back."
He then lowered his head. "Have a safe trip."
The communication ended, and Hao Ren retracted his gaze back to the bridge.
"Nolan, prepare to connect the beacon."
A part of the control panel stretched out, and from the bottom of the panel was a dimly glowing recess. Hao Ren took out the 'Divine Way Beacon' formed by three small crystals from his Dimensional Pocket and carefully placed it in the recess.
As the control panel closed again, Nolan's crisp voice rang on the bridge. "External navigation signal read... Navigation signal analysis complete, calculation complete... Data injected into the navigation system, warp engine into void mode, void engine activated, about to jump... Five, four..."
The space in front of the bow of the Petrachelys began to collapse, and a circle of ripple-like lines spread out, forming a vortex more than twice the diameter of the spacecraft, and in that vortex, there was absolute chaos.
It was a scene that did not belong to any corner of the Plane of Dreams. It was a strange spectacle of the distant Umbral Realm after being refracted by the lens effect of infinite space and time.
"Two, one, warp activated."
The next second, the entire Petrachelys turned into a hazy silver light and flowed into the spinning vortex like water.
It disappeared from this universe.
"We are passing through a very unstable area!" On the bridge of the Petrachelys, Nolan announced the current situation of the spacecraft. "There may be some vibration, everyone stay in your seats, do not open the safety buckles! Those with tails, tuck them in, don't touch places you shouldn't touch! "
The image from the external monitor was a mess, the bizarre scene mixed with the starlight in the background, crumbled and twisted in all directions. The spacecraft seemed to be passing through an uneven lens tunnel, the entire universe was compressed and condensed in the lens, and in this crazy scene, the Petrachelys was the only orderly and stable object.
The spacecraft began to shake violently, and even the inertial stabilizer in the spacecraft could not stop the shaking.
"Space structure is disappearing, time structure is disappearing, the sequence of events is disintegrating —" As Nolan reported the situation one by one, the light and shadow outside the spacecraft continued to collapse and disappear, this was a sign that the spacecraft was moving away from the orderly universe, and approaching the void. "Estimated time to reach the end of the waymark in ten seconds, nine, eight..."
A strange whistling sound echoed in everyone's mind, it was not the whistling sound of the real world, but an illusion caused by the massive amount of information rushing into the soul as they entered the edge of the world.
"Hurry up, hurry up..." Nangong Wuyue wrapped her tail around her entire seat, and as she tightened her tail, she muttered, "I'm going to throw up..."
"Three, two, one... reach the end!"
The violent shaking stopped abruptly, and the whistling sound vanished. Everything ended in the blink of an eye, as if the soul-stirring journey from before was just an illusion.
Only the violently fluctuating data on the control panel showed how frightening the journey the ship had just gone through.
"Check the stealth device!" After stabilizing, Hao Ren's first order was to check the spacecraft's stealth state.
"Stealth mode normal, the spacecraft is still in stealth mode."
"Phew …" Hao Ren breathed a sigh of relief. "Stay invisible. Now restart the external monitor. Let's find a visible spatial reference."
"Boss... the situation may not be what we think," Nolan's tone sounded a little strange. "We... seem to be in an atmosphere, the external environment... is very comfortable."
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