There was an unusual phenomenon that was difficult to notice even if it was right in front of you. Its unnaturalness was obvious, but it was easily overlooked due to the limitations of human thinking and visual errors, especially when there was a severely jammed camera between the observer and the observed target, as well as a crappy "cameraman" who kept rolling and flying around. The situation was even more serious.
For example, the classic academic question, "Why are pigeons so big?"
Hao Ren could not help but take a closer look. Only then did he notice the abnormality in the image.
The broken objects floating in the space of the Great Pit were scattered in a disorderly manner. Coupled with the poor quality of the image, Hao Ren did not notice the problem with the scale at first glance. He thought that the small images were drifting too far away, and the large shadows were too close to the camera. But when a church spire the size of a peanut hit Noobie's head, Hao Ren realized that something was not right. The probe was tied to Noobie's back, so her head was in the lower part of the image. Hao Ren realized that something was not right.
Then he found that the debris of the wrong scale was everywhere in the Great Pit. In fact, all the debris floating in the Great Pit did not have a normal size.
There were palm-sized buildings and miniature kingdoms that looked like sand models. These things seemed to be far away at first glance, but in fact, they were floating around the probe, and their size was really not that big. There were also candlesticks that were as large as buildings, and broken wooden doors that almost covered the sky. They looked huge because they were close to the probe, but in fact, they were thousands of miles away, and yet they had an appalling size …
In the ten minutes of video, all Hao Ren saw were fragments of extremely strange scales floating in the abnormal space. They were floating in a dark and chaotic place. The place seemed to be vast and boundless. No matter how the camera panned, there was no obvious boundary or 'protective wall'. Of course, the entrance of the Great Pit could be seen. When Noobie was attracted by the meat and turned to fly upward, Hao Ren saw the entrance of the strange dimension through which the probe entered. It was a black crack floating in the space, and there were no cliffs on either side of the crack.
That was the "underground canyon" that Hao Ren and Vivian saw from the outside.
"The Great Pit seems to be a different dimension." Vivian put her finger on her chin as she looked at the images. "This is completely different from what we expected. We thought it was a porous zone or tunnel system inside the planet."
"According to the L 'Haronne scholars, the entrances to the Great Pit are all over the world." Hao Ren thought further. "If this is true, then it means that other than a thin layer of crust, the interior of the planet is a distorted dimension. No, that is not right. The mapping between the alien dimension and the real space is not that simple. It should be said that there are entrances to the alien dimension under the crust of the planet."
"Maybe we can find a place on the continent to dig a shaft. If we dig a shaft into the Great Pit no matter where we dig, it means that the interior of the planet is a spherical subspace entrance, and the crust is a thin layer of rock and soil covering this spherical entrance. If we can successfully dig into the planet's core, it means that the entrances to the Great Pit are distributed irregularly underground, and the main structure of the planet is still normal."
Vivian came up with a test plan and proposed two different planetary models based on the two possible test results. She had to admit that following Hao Ren around the stars had greatly increased her knowledge in this field. A few years ago, she would not have thought of these things. At that time, she was most concerned about where to buy the cheapest pickled vegetables and where to find the most dangerous buildings to be demolished.
But Hao Ren just shook his head after hearing the test plan. "This plan is good, but it can't be implemented immediately. In fact, I have some more bold speculations about the world of L 'Haronne."
As he spoke, he looked at the frozen holographic projection, which showed the floating debris of different sizes. These absurd impressionistic things, coupled with the various anomalies of this world that he had recently noticed, gave him some crazy ideas.
But just as he was about to discuss his bold ideas with Vivian, a loud bang suddenly rang through the underground palace!
The sound was like a volcano erupting in a closed cave. The roar was endless, and it was accompanied by the terrifying sound of rocks cracking. It even made people wonder if the underground space finally could not support the thick stratum above and collapsed. Along with the loud noise, there was a violent shaking.
"Something's wrong!" "Go to the main hall!"
Hao Ren and Vivian looked at each other and shouted at the same time.
The two of them rushed back to the main hall area of the underground palace as fast as they could. In just a few breaths, they had already returned to the place where their teammates were resting. At this time, the team members who were resting in the rooms beside the main hall had long been awakened by the sudden loud noise and tremors. They were standing at the foot of the main hall, ready to fight.
Rheia had erected a magical barrier to protect everyone inside, and outside the barrier was a demonic shield that was glowing in green light. As Y 'zaks' character was a warrior, this shield was obviously Y 'lisabet's handiwork.
"Where did you two go!" The first to notice Hao Ren and Vivian was Lily, who had the sharpest hearing. Before the two entered the main hall, her ears had already turned towards the direction of the footsteps, and the moment she saw them, she immediately yelled, "Out in the middle of the night again?"
"Nothing good comes out of a filthy mouth!" It was not the first time that Vivian was irritated by Lily's words, but no matter how many times she heard it, she could not help but get angry. "I went to observe the Great Pit with Hao Ren!"
Rheia, who was maintaining the magical barrier, was shocked when she heard that. She wanted to ask if the two mercenaries in front of her had taken the wrong medicine and went to study the Great Pit in the middle of the night. But considering the situation at hand, she said, "Did the loud noise and tremors just now come from the Great Pit?"
"No, there is no movement in the Great Pit," Hao Ren said quickly. "The sound seems to come from above, and it is some distance from here. I suspect something happened near the surface —"
Before he could finish, he heard Nolan's voice in his head. "Boss! How are you guys doing? Is everything okay? "
Nolan! Did she, who was floating in the sky, also observe something?
Hao Ren raised his hand to signal everyone to wait while he replied in his mind, "We have a very serious loud noise and tremors here, but the crypt does not seem to be in danger of collapse. What did you see up there?"
"Serious fissures. A huge rift suddenly appeared on the plains, hundreds of kilometers long. One of the branching fissures extended into the Black Forest where you are, and there is fire and smoke spewing out of the fissures." Nolan reported what she saw. "And the situation at Longwind Ridge is not good either. The mountain seems to have been hit, and there are large-scale landslides and collapses. But the worst is yet to come …"
Nolan paused as if to give Hao Ren time to prepare himself. "The probes I have released have also observed the same geological disaster in other parts of L 'Haronne. There are at least sixteen fissures of the same size in different parts of the continent, and the scene in the fissures is exactly the same as here. As for the smaller cracks, there were countless of them. Wait a minute … there seems to be something coming out of the fissures … "
Two seconds later, Nolan's tone became serious. "It's a flaming humanoid creature, and there are tens of thousands of such monsters coming out of the fissures along the rising flames. The scan results do not correspond to any known life forms. Boss, the situation in this world is not good. "
Hao Ren quickly said, "Let's go up now! You track the movement of those monsters. "
Rheia noticed that Hao Ren's expression had been changing, and it was getting more and more gloomy. She instinctively felt that the mercenary probably knew something, and even though she did not know how Hao Ren did it, she still asked, "What happened?"
"Let's leave this place first." Hao Ren waved his hand as he led everyone towards the exit of the shaft. "Rheia, take care of yourself. Scram, don't run around. "
The cat girl always had an excess of curiosity, and with the situation on the surface unknown, it was better to remind her.
"I'm not stupid, meow." The cat girl protested in dissatisfaction as she followed closely behind Hao Ren, proving one thing with her actions: she would always be an unshakable member of the cat, dog, and fish trio …
After returning to the surface, the power of the disaster was revealed to everyone.
While the main fissure was not here, a branch of the fissure had spread to the vicinity of the Black Forest, and the flames spewing out of the fissure had ignited some of the plants at the edge of the forest. Hao Ren saw a fire rising at the edge of the forest that could almost light up a third of the night sky, and the smell of burning trees had already drifted over from afar.
The forest fire was only a matter of time.
In the process, the earthquake did not stop, and the strange roar continued to come from afar. While they were much weaker than the initial roar, it was clear that the disaster was still spreading.
"What … What is going on?" Looking at the sudden change, even the carefree Rheia could not help but widen her eyes. She saw beams of light rising from the Longwind Ridge Mountains, and that was the alarm signal sent out by the sentinel mages of the Weave Surveillance Tower. This level of alarm signal would only be released in the face of a national disaster, and even with Rheia's character, she felt her scalp tingle when she saw it.
"A large-scale natural disaster, or it could be a super natural disaster. Either way, L 'Haronne is in deep trouble," Hao Ren said quickly. "We better return to White Maple Leaf immediately …"
Before he could finish, Nolan, who was monitoring the situation in the air, sent a new message. "Boss! Bad news! The monsters that came out from the fissure are swarming towards the cities on the plains! "
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