The probe was tossed into the fissure.
Then, there was no response.
After ten seconds of signal interruption, the MDT could not help but speak, "Buddy, something's wrong. The signal is gone, and all backup connections are useless!"
"Is the signal gone, or is the probe itself gone …" Hao Ren frowned as he looked at the dark fissure, and a strange feeling welled up in his heart. "Could it be that something down there destroyed the probe?"
The MDT seemed to have forgotten about its bickering with Hao Ren as it floated to the side of the latter's head to observe the movement in the fissure. "This is not normal. The probe may be an inconspicuous gadget, but it is still an imperial creation. Its signal transmission module is very powerful, and almost no mortal civilization has the ability to interfere with its operation. And if it was destroyed … the core of the probe should have a chance to send back the information of the attack at the last moment!"
"But the fact is that it just disappeared without a trace, just like the stone that Rheia threw out during the day." Vivian's brows were also knitted together. "Hao Ren, do you still have more probes?"
"Ah, there are plenty in the Dimensional Realm." Hao Ren said as he took out another probe. "Let's try throwing another one?"
"This time, let the probe fly in slowly." Vivian nodded. "MDT, track it and see where it flew to before losing contact."
Hao Ren released another probe, and the diamond-shaped machine, smaller than a pinky finger, slowly flew into the fissure under the MDT's precise control. As it was about to enter the darkness, its speed had slowed to a few millimeters per second.
Hao Ren and Vivian's eyes widened as they watched the probe slowly descend. The MDT then transferred the images from the probe onto its holographic projection. So far, the projection showed nothing but a swirling dark chaos.
The probe touched the dark 'horizon' in the fissure and disappeared as if it had entered a thick layer of ink. As it was moving very slowly, the little thing took a few seconds to completely pass through the 'horizon', and just as the last bit of silvery white on its surface disappeared into the darkness, the MDT said, "Signal lost."
"It disappeared after completely passing through the boundary." Hao Ren immediately turned to the MDT. "Before it disappeared, a part of it had already entered the 'other side'. Did it send back any images?"
The MDT was examining the last image before the probe disappeared frame by frame. "Looks like there's only darkness …"
Hao Ren's eyes were wide open as he stared at the screen. The MDT had scrolled to the last few frames, but there was still nothing but darkness and a vague chaotic vortex in the darkness. He could not make out the shape and meaning at all.
But the MDT stopped at the last image. It seemed to have found something. "Buddy, there's something on it!"
The last image seemed to be no different from the previous one. It was all darkness and chaos. But the MDT found something hidden in the darkness through the underlying data. It immediately began to process the image. After hundreds of enhancements and filtering, Hao Ren finally saw something in the hazy shadow.
"What is this thing …" He could not help but murmur. "It doesn't look like a cave or a canyon …"
"It looks like a very, very spacious space." Vivian also poked her head in. "Is there an open cavern below the rift?"
"Ghsss … Huh!"
"There seems to be something floating in the cavern? This thing that flew past the probe, doesn't it look like a pillar? "
"Pfft … Biubiubiu! Clap, clap! "
"I think it looks like a pillar too. But why is it floating in the sky? Is there no gravity in the Great Pit? "
"Hiss …"
"Damn, when did this little thing come out?!"
Hao Ren finally saw Noobie, who was standing on Vivian's head, waving its arms and legs to emphasize its existence. He was so engrossed in the image that he did not notice the little thing.
Even Vivian was shocked. She did not notice when Noobie came out of her body. She quickly reached out to grab the little thing. "Don't move! This place is dangerous! "
"Huh!" Faced with the sudden reaction of the two, the little thing immediately waved its arms and let out a threatening cry. Then, it stumbled in the air to dodge Vivian's hand, and while flying, it threw out shadow bolts with all its might. "Biubiu!"
The little thing was clumsy in the air, and it was trying to dodge the attacks. It was heading toward the Great Pit. Hao Ren quickly reached out to stop it. "Watch out! Come back! "
However, he was one step too slow. Noobie's Brownian motion trajectory was impossible to predict. The little thing, which was usually weak in everything, had dodged all of Hao Ren's fingers and plunged headfirst into the rift.
At that moment, Hao Ren felt cold sweat trickling down his back. "What the f * ck!"
"Argh!" Vivian was also shocked. Noobie was just a Malevolence, and she did nothing but cause trouble at home. But the damage she caused was minimal. After spending so much time together, Vivian had regarded the little thing as part of the family. Seeing the reckless little thing plunging headfirst into the Great Pit, her heart almost jumped out of her chest. "Noobie!"
Hao Ren and Vivian were about to rush into the rift, but they stopped at the last step. They were not impulsive and blind. At that moment, they realized that they had not figured out the nature of the rift. Could they really save Noobie by rushing into it?
Hao Ren released an autonomous robot from his dimensional pocket. Considering that the probe had lost its signal only after it entered the dark "horizon," it might mean that objects without life or magic response would not be devoured before they completely fell into the Great Pit. It was even possible that the probe had not been destroyed yet, but had lost its connection for some reason. The autonomous robot had higher intelligence than the probe, and it could still act on its own even after losing contact. Hao Ren could use it to salvage the probe.
He only hoped that Noobie could stay in the Great Pit for a little longer.
Just as Hao Ren was about to release the autonomous robot, an inconspicuous black energy arrow flew out of the darkness in the rift, accompanied by Noobie's signature voice. "Biu!"
Hao Ren and Vivian were speechless.
The next second, Noobie, who should have been devoured by the Great Pit, flew out of the rift as if nothing had happened. She did not seem to be injured, and she tilted her head when she saw Hao Ren. She seemed curious about why Hao Ren suddenly released an autonomous robot.
"She's … fine?" Hao Ren was stunned.
Vivian immediately waved at Noobie. "Come back!"
This time, the little one obediently flew back and bounced around in Vivian's palm.
Vivian nervously examined Noobie's condition. After a moment, she looked up at Hao Ren in surprise. "She's fine. She seems to be completely unaffected by the Great Pit."
"Is the Great Pit just a bluff?" Hao Ren found it hard to believe. "Or, it only works on the locals of L 'Haronne and does not affect us, the' stowaways' from other places?"
"But we've lost two probes …" Vivian sounded a little uncertain.
Hao Ren thought for a moment, gritted his teeth, and made up his mind. "I will give it a try. You guard me."
As he spoke, he crouched down beside the rift valley and reached out his hand toward the endless darkness. Vivian was startled. "What are you doing?" she asked.
"Don't worry. I am just trying to reach out my hand," Hao Ren explained. "What if this thing is really just for show?"
Although he sounded relaxed, he was still very vigilant. While he sensed for any abnormal energy reaction in the rift valley, he carefully moved his hand closer to that layer of vision.
However, just as his hand came into contact with the boundary, he suddenly felt an unusual chill coming from his fingertips and quickly spreading throughout his body.
After the chill, he felt a strong sense of weightlessness and dizziness. At that moment, he felt as if he was suddenly thrown into the sky and then fell into a bottomless abyss. All kinds of strong hallucinations came one after another, and his five senses in the real world were instantly confused. He even felt that Vivian, who was standing beside him, had become an illusory shadow, and the solid ground under him began to slide like soft mud toward the Great Pit.
"Hao Ren! Pull your hand back! "
Vivian's ethereal voice came from the side. Hao Ren tried to focus, fighting against the various kinds of hallucinations while trying to pull his hand back.
He gasped for breath, and cold sweat trickled down his forehead. The arm that was once close to the Great Pit was now almost transparent like a phantom.
It was not until a few seconds later that the arm gradually returned to its original state.
"F * ck me … I thought my hand was gone …" Hao Ren watched his arm gradually return to normal, and his various senses gradually returned to normal. "I really can't just die like that."
Vivian also let out a long sigh. "Your hand has gradually disappeared, but you didn't move at all. That's why I called out to you."
"I felt like my soul had left my body," Hao Ren said frankly. Then he saw Noobie had climbed onto Vivian's shoulder and was looking down at Vivian's hair. "I can't even handle it … So what's going on with this little guy?"
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