It was a charging path, a path of sparks and lightning, a path of gunfire and smoke, as Lily's tail had been set on fire by a small monster, and it was fortunate that the armor came with a health monitoring and fire extinguishing system, or else she would be distressed for the rest of the month.
All in all, it was the path of the reckless.
The fully armed Siege Fortress Lily rampaged across the burning plains, and no one could stop her as the cannons on her back and shoulder armor fired beams and particle weapons at the wandering monsters, blasting a scorched path through the enemy horde, and those seemingly insurmountable fissures were nothing more than small ditches in front of the sprinting Lily, and she could easily flatten them with a single leap. It took them two days and two nights to get from White Maple Leaf City to the Black Forest, but from the Black Forest back to White Maple Leaf City, it only took a few hours.
This was normal, after all, they had gone out with the mindset of experiencing life, and they had been riding and stopping along the way, and they had even followed the 'normal human' way of travelling, but now that they were rushing back, it was like they were on the battlefield. Lily in her behemoth form could even reach the speed of sound, and she was charging towards White Maple Leaf City using the shortest route between two points, and if there were any bushes or hills along the way, she would just fire a missile at them without stopping, and that was more than ten times faster than when they came here.
Hao Ren had previously considered that since the MDT's teleportation was not working, he might as well get Nolan to come down and fetch them, and if Rheia asked, he could just say that he was a photography enthusiast from Centaurus (this was the 'secret agent technique' taught in the work manual, and although it did not seem very reliable), but looking at the effect of Lily's sprint, he felt that Nolan might not be able to get them any faster than the dog maiden …
Of course, this was not the only reason he chose to get Lily to lead the team back on the plains, and Hao Ren had another reason to travel through the scorched lands of the monsters, and that was to find out what was going on.
Of course, it would be easy to take the spaceship back, but since the plains were already filled with monsters, it would be impossible not to have close contact with them.
Wuyue was comforting the agitated Rheia. "Sit tight, don't worry. Lily is very powerful in this form, we don't have to worry about the monsters at all."
The mage lady was obviously not excited about that. She danced on her seat and could not calm down at all. "I'm not worried about those monsters! I'm talking about you — what are you guys doing here? I've heard that werewolves can transform, but I've never heard of a werewolf with such a powerful weapon!! "
It seemed that the werewolves in this world also had the ability to transform into giant wolves, but apparently, Lily was the only one who could still wear high-tech armor after transforming.
Nangong Sanba smiled and pretended to be mysterious. "You're not the only one who dug out treasures from ancient ruins."
"… I knew you guys weren't that simple!" Rheia glared at Nangong Sanba. "You said you're a down-and-out adventurer, looking for someone to take on a mission to make a living … So you guys really had your eyes on me from the start? Because you guys were also looking for ancient ruins, so you found out who the greatest and smartest ancient scholar in White Maple Leaf City was, and … Ah, so you guys are planning to inherit my legacy! "
"Say, can you rein in your imagination a little …" Nangong Sanba held his head in pain. "I've been posturing for half my life, and this is the first time I've ever wanted to fail. I've only said one sentence and you've already come up with so much!"
Hao Ren ignored the commotion at the back as he looked down at the holographic projection hovering before him.
The holographic projection was directly installed at the bottom of the passenger seat, and the original idea was to play Dota while riding the dog … It has to be said that when designing the armor, at least one of Hao Ren and the MDT was in a mental state, and many of the systems on it were completely baffling.
But these systems could be put to good use in weird situations.
There were many things displayed on the holographic projection, including the analysis of the flaming monsters, and the energy signature of the surrounding environment. Of course, the most important part was reserved for the strata analysis report. Lily's chest armor was equipped with an integrated solid-state radar, and the radar had been collecting the geological readings along the way. Every crack that Lily passed through, and the hidden structures beneath the cracks, were all clearly visible on the scan.
"What did you see?" Vivian saw Hao Ren fiddling with the strata analysis report, and could not help but ask curiously.
"These cracks," Hao Ren pointed at the holographic projection, "should not have appeared. We had Nolan use the radar to roughly scan the geological structure of this area, and while it did not go too deep, at least we can confirm that there are no energy deposits beneath the ground that could tear open these cracks, and there are no potential weak zones that could cause the rock stratum to crack. Not only did these cracks appear, but there are also large numbers of monsters coming out of them … They appeared out of thin air. "
"It's not scientific, but perhaps it's magic." Vivian did not think too much about it, "What if someone used magic to summon these things? While it seems that there shouldn't be such a powerful person in L 'Haronne, at least it's an explanation. "
"I'm not done yet," Hao Ren smiled and shook his head, "I also had Lily increase the radar's power to scan deeper into the cracks until it reached the radar's limit. Guess what I found in the process?"
Vivian rolled her eyes at Hao Ren. "Can't you just say it all at once?"
Hao Ren chuckled, "In the process, every time the radar increases its power, the scanning range expands a little, and the previously scanned area will have a slight change …"
"Huh?" Vivian did not understand at first, but when she understood what Hao Ren meant, her eyes widened. "You mean, because the radar has detected more things, the observed 'reality' will change? Doesn't that mean … "
Hao Ren did not let Vivian continue, because he still remembered that when he was about to say a certain conclusion, countless cracks of various sizes appeared on the ground. "Don't say it. I have something I need your help with. "
Vivian blinked in confusion, and when she heard what Hao Ren said, she could not help but widen her eyes. "Are you sure you want to do this? It's not a small risk … "
"The Umbral Realm is indeed a very dangerous place, but it has a special attribute that makes it safer than other areas in The Plane of Dreams." Hao Ren had a card up his sleeve. "That is, this place is actually not within the World Barrier of The Plane of Dreams. Strictly speaking, it's a fragment attached to the outside of the World Barrier. This means that no matter how much of a ruckus we cause, we don't have to worry about triggering things in The Plane of Dreams."
Vivian thought for a moment, and nodded slightly. "I see … I understand. But when do you want to … "
"We'll talk about it after we get back."
The two ended their short conversation, and at the same time, the towering city walls of White Maple Leaf City appeared in front of them.
Not long ago, this city stood at the foot of Longwind Ridge in a glorious manner, but now it was caught in the flames of war. Although the monsters had only attacked the city for less than half a day, the whole city was already stained with the color of gunpowder.
The towering white stone wall had not fallen, but there were scorch marks left by the high-temperature bombardment everywhere. The plains outside the city had been completely occupied by monsters. Countless flaming monsters rushed towards the city with waves of fire behind them, leaving behind a burnt wasteland. In front of them was the protective barrier that the humans had erected. Before the monsters attacked, the magic guards on duty in the sentry tower had noticed the cracks on the plains and informed the city guards to activate the protective barrier in time. This action had saved the lives of countless people in the city. Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Wave after wave of monsters surged forward, and wave after wave was repelled by the magic missiles, arrows, and rocks that rained down from the city walls. There were always some monsters that were lucky enough to break through the defense, and they would self-destruct on the sturdy stone walls, using their most powerful attack to cause damage to the protective barrier. The translucent barrier that covered the city walls could absorb most of the impact, but it was not a hundred percent defense. The part of the explosion that penetrated the magic barrier would directly affect the stone bricks, and that was how the scorch marks on the surface of the city walls were formed.
The worst part was that White Maple Leaf City did not have a moat. This allowed the monsters to attack the city from almost any angle, and the city guards could only run for their lives.
When Hao Ren and the rest arrived, they saw such a scene.
Fortunately, the locals could still hold on, and this was not only because they had the city walls and the magical barrier as cover, but also because the armed drones and autonomous robots that came to support them from the sky had arrived in time.
The city guards did not know where the strange silver things came from, but they knew that they were helping them to defend against the tide of monsters from the great plains. In such a life-or-death situation, even the most obsessive-compulsive person would not care about the origin of the mysterious visitors in the sky. The investigation could be put aside, but whether they could survive or not was the problem in front of them.
But even if they accepted that there was a group of mysterious flying objects in the sky helping them, the city guards could not help but become restless when they saw a fully-armed giant white wolf (dog) charging towards them from the plains. The behemoth was making too much of a ruckus.
Cannons roared, light beams flew, and as the beast ran, the radius of a few kilometers around it was an absolute no-man's land (in fact, this no-man's land could be even larger, but Lily had not unlocked the safety of the nuclear launcher). The L 'Haronneans knew that some extremely powerful werewolves had the ability to transform into giant beasts, and the' creature 'that came from afar had some of the features of a giant wolf, such as its ears and tail, but …
Werewolves did not have those weird killer weapons after transforming!
"Hold on! Steady! "The officer on the wall shouted at the top of his lungs." Don't attack the wolf! "
"Sir! I think the most important thing now is whether it will attack us! "
"You f * cking talk too much!"
In the time it took to exchange a few words, the soldiers noticed that the giant wolf had already crossed the seemingly wide plain battlefield. She used the strange weapon on her back to sweep away all the monsters around her, and even shot out a huge beam of light from her mouth. As she ran, she turned back to look and killed most of the pursuers. Then, she rolled and crawled as she used her claws, chin, nose, and head to slow down until she crashed into the city wall.
Fortunately, she tried to slow down before crashing into the wall. Otherwise, the wall of white maple leaves that the monsters had been trying to break through for hours would have a huge hole in it because of her mistake.
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