Hao Ren and his team had only been on L 'Haronne for a few days, and as they were locked in the atmosphere, Nolan's planetary observation equipment could not be used, so they did not know much about the planet. The musty old books were full of inaccurate embellishments and specious annotations, and the information collected by Nolan's probes could not provide any valuable clues. So when faced with this sudden "natural disaster," Hao Ren was completely at a loss.
But he was one hundred percent sure that L 'Haronne was facing a huge crisis.
It happened not earlier, not later, but when he led the investigation team into the scene. The timing was so precise that it was like holding a watch.
This fact reminded him of his ability to be a troublemaker. Raven 12345, the psychopath, had declared this ability to be a problem. He had to take it seriously, no matter how nonsensical it sounded.
But at the next moment, he began to seriously think about the reasons behind these "punctual" disasters.
"Nosy constitution" was, of course, a good explanation, but it did not provide any reference value. Hao Ren firmly believed that everything had its own internal rules. Even Raven 12345's words were based on a complex mathematical model and her work permit. So there must be a reason for the sixteen fissures on L 'Haronne. And since they chose to erupt at such a special time — he led the investigation team into the scene, and happened to use the bug, Noobie, to peek into the truth inside the Great Pit — it was necessary to link these two events together.
As a qualified investigator, he must not give up on any clue that had even the slightest possibility.
Could this be related to the Great Pit?
While the fissures on the surface did not lead directly to the Great Pit, and he had personally confirmed in the underground palace that the Great Pit itself did not move at the time of the disaster, the timing of these two events was too coincidental, and Hao Ren could not help but think about it. Could it be that the things Noobie observed with the probes had caused these changes on the surface? Or …
Could it be that the "observation" itself had stimulated some mechanism deep in the world?
These questions flashed through Hao Ren's mind, but he did not have the energy to delve into them one by one. There was a more pressing situation in front of him: the "flaming people" that emerged from the fissures on the surface were now flocking to the human (and non-human) settlements like ants attracted by candy.
He had to do something.
"Nolan, can you destroy those monsters?"
"Yes," replied the shipgirl immediately. "But they will be destroyed along with this plain. Boss, I am now trapped in the atmosphere. For an interstellar battleship, no matter how high it flies in this range, it is flying close to the ground. My weapon system is designed to deal with space battles. Firing at the surface at this distance is tantamount to extinction, even at the lowest power."
Hao Ren knew this himself. Nolan was an interstellar battleship. She was classified as a "civilian-class frigate" by the Xi Ling Celestials, but everyone knew what a civilian-class frigate of the Celestials was like in the mortal world. The design concept of the firepower system of such a commercial ship was to allow the inspector to eliminate any opponent that could pose a threat to them when performing missions in various worlds. Things that could pose a threat to the inspector were rare in the universe.
They usually had sharp armor that was hundreds of meters thick and a shield of the same strength to be worthy of Nolan's shot.
And the weapon that could deal with such a situation was aimed at the unobstructed plain, and fired so close to the face … Anyway, when Hao Ren was in Holletta, he flew the spacecraft in a high orbit and shone the planet's surface with the lowest power of the secondary cannon. The entire Beinz Diocese was melted.
"Send out the autonomous robots and armed drones in the spacecraft's garage to help the locals defend against those monsters." Hao Ren settled for the next best thing. "Do your best."
"What about the covert operation agreement?"
"The spacecraft's covert operation will continue," replied Hao Ren quickly. "We can't do anything about the released combat robots. But anyway, there are already monsters on fire that have drilled out of the ground, so it doesn't matter if a group of UFOs falls from the sky to stand on our side. Let the experts, scholars, and public opinion platforms of this world think of their own solutions. "
"Nolan understands. Also, do we need to broadcast the beacon? "
Upon hearing Nolan's last words, Hao Ren had to give it some serious thought.
The "large scale" battle had indeed happened, and the conflict on the planetary level had exceeded the combat power of the team he led. Based on the previous plan, it was time to broadcast the beacon. But the problem was that L 'Haronne was completely different from the Umbral Realm he had imagined.
He envisioned the Umbral Realm to be a fragmented universe with a large number of celestial fragments floating in it. Even if he and his team landed on a larger celestial body, they could run to the open area of the universe to open up a teleportation portal. So his initial arrangement of the droid army and the guardian army was based on the standards of interstellar warfare.
At that time, no one would have thought that the arrogant investigation team would be trapped in the planet's atmosphere …
One arrow pierced through the clouds, and the army came to meet you. That was true, but where did you put the army? Hao Ren estimated the thickness of L 'Haronne's atmosphere. If it was neatly arranged, perhaps Salaman's guardian army could be stuffed in, and if the antenna system and the sails of the giant ships were blown out, there might be a passageway left, but Salaman would not be happy about it. As for the drone army … there was simply not enough space, even a reinforced containment specialist would have a hard time.
While he could hope that the fleet that teleported in would be 'squeezed' out of the atmosphere due to some unknown protection mechanism, and become the lucky ones that jumped out of the map, but Hao Ren did not want to bet his luck on this. In all fairness, ever since he knew his goddess's character, he no longer believed that he was a good person …
But there was an army waiting for orders outside, and he was watching a planet open a Cataclysm dungeon. It was not a pleasant thing. Hao Ren thought for a moment and asked Nolan, "I remember that there was a reserved message margin in the beacon broadcast system, in preparation for complex and unexpected emergencies. It should come in handy now."
This was just a precautionary move, but now it seemed that this precaution was necessary.
"There is such a setting, but the information that we can send out is very, very little," Nolan replied. "Due to the special nature of the Umbral Realm, the broadcast of the waymark is a very precise process, and there is almost no extra bandwidth for messages. I feel that the few bytes that we have squeezed out are not enough to explain the strange situation in this strange world …"
"Salaman is a soldier, and the drones are weapons. Obeying orders is their duty, so we don't have to explain," Hao Ren said. "The message is just a few words: Fleet standby, send in ground troops."
"Understood, Nolan."
After arranging the beacon broadcast, Hao Ren's mind was half at ease, and the next step was to return to White Maple Leaf City as soon as possible. While they could not split into millions, they could still help defend a city against the monsters.
When they first arrived, they had traveled on horseback for two days and two nights. But at that time, the situation wasn't so urgent. Given the current situation, they naturally couldn't continue to travel at such a slow pace.
The first thing that came to Hao Ren's mind was the MDT's teleportation function.
In this dire situation, Rheia would not care too much about why a bunch of "down and out adventurers" would have such a precious teleportation tool.
But the MDT reported an explosive news. "Buddy, teleportation cannot be activated."
"What?" Hao Ren was shocked. "Your teleportation is locked too?!"
The first thing that came to his mind was the same "locked" phenomenon as Nolan's inability to leave the atmosphere.
The MDT replied through the mental link. "It does seem to be locked. While I have successfully obtained the coordinates, when I activated the teleportation module, I found that the coordinates could not be brought into the real world. This lock probably existed from the beginning, but we have not used teleportation until today, so we did not notice it. "
The MDT's small-scale teleportation was restricted, and the first thing that came to Hao Ren's mind was Nolan's warp engine. Could it be that the engine could not be used as well? Nolan had only activated the warp engine halfway through the test, and perhaps the same interference was affecting the Petrachelys' engine!
Unable to leave the atmosphere, and unable to activate the warp teleportation, this was getting worse.
But it seemed that the worst was not enough.
Just as Hao Ren thought the situation was bad enough, Nolan reported something completely out of the plan. "Boss, there's no response from the beacon broadcast."
"What?!"
"The reason is unknown, but the beacon did not receive any response, and there are no signs of the formation of a dimensional passage. Preliminary estimates are that the signal did not penetrate the Umbral Realm."
Hao Ren almost had the urge to curse. "Holy moly … I should have checked the almanac before going out, it's not the right time to go on a business trip right!"
But after all the bad news, there was always some good news. A moment later, Nolan sent the latest battle report she had observed. "Boss, the monsters that came out of the fissure have begun to attack the human cities, but the local people reacted quickly. They have activated the city's protective barrier, and the local garrison has also begun to organize a defense."
By this time, Hao Ren had accepted the fact that the beacon had failed, and began to think about the possible reasons and solutions. After hearing Nolan's new report, he frowned slightly. As he quietly followed the team out of the Black Forest, he asked through the mental link, "What do you think of the combat effectiveness of both sides?"
"I think we don't have to worry for the time being." Nolan sounded relieved. "Although the disaster happened very suddenly, the inhabitants of this world seem to be familiar with fighting, and the monsters that came out of the fissure are not invulnerable. The local people have organized an effective defense, and it seems that they won't die without our help. Of course, that is if the rifts do not continue to cause trouble. "
Hearing Nolan's new report, Hao Ren could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Although it happened suddenly, since the people of L 'Haronne had the ability to withstand it, then there was no need for him to be so nervous.
But they still had to get back as soon as possible. There was nothing they could do in the burning Black Forest.
By then, the group had reached the edge of the forest, and Nangong Sanba quickly used his perception of the runes to find the place where the horses were tied, but the poor animals were already lying dead on the ground.
A small crack happened to appear in this place, and the flames and smoke that gushed out from the crack easily killed the ordinary horses. Meanwhile, on a few nearby trees, more than half of the runes that Nangong Sanba left behind had been extinguished.
These runes were only used to defend against wild beasts and weak beasts, and cracking the earth was clearly beyond their scope of effect.
Looking at the rift that was still spewing fire and smoke, Rheia subconsciously tightened her grip on her staff. "What … the hell is going on?"
"Regardless, I think we need to solve the problem in front of us first." Hao Ren frowned as he said, and in his line of sight, some burning humanoid creatures were closing in one by one.
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