The Aerymian elves had built this floating island with long-term planning, so all the urban areas were well-defined, and the roads were straight and clear. There were no dark alleys where people could not find their way around. After getting directions from the locals, Hao Ren easily approached the scene of the accident. The reason why he was sure that he was not in the wrong direction was that there were fewer and fewer people around. Even if he occasionally saw one or two elves, they were running in the opposite direction with a look of horror on their faces. Obviously, the explosion site was not far ahead.
"Say, what can we do to help?" Lily was running happily beside Hao Ren. She finally came to her senses. Hao Ren shouted without looking back, "You're strong, Vivian knows magic, Y'zaks and I should be able to rescue people or something. Whether we can help or not, we should at least go and have a look."
After running for a while, there was no one on either side of the road. On both sides of the wide road, there were only dim street lights illuminating the surroundings. Not only was there no one on the road, even the buildings on both sides were lifeless. Vivian sensed that there were no signs of life in many of the houses. Obviously, the residents here had been evacuated. It seemed that this was not the first time the Aerymian elves had encountered such a situation. Their response to disasters was very fast and skillful. Lily frowned and sniffed. She smelled an ionized stench in the air.
A faint noise and whistling sound came from afar, and at the same time, a few lights flashed across the sky. It looked like the airships of the city guard, probably going to support the scene of the accident.
"It's in front!" Lily quickly ran in front of the team to scout the way, and then happily jumped around the next street corner to say hello. Hao Ren hurriedly led Vivian and Y'zaks to follow: he also saw the fire behind a few buildings in the distance.
As soon as they rushed around the corner, they felt their footsteps lighten, and a wonderful feeling of weightlessness suddenly hit them. Before Hao Ren knew what was going on, he found himself jumping a few meters high, and then slowly landed back on the ground. "What's going on?"
"The artificial gravity in this area seems to have stopped," the MDT came out of Hao Ren's pocket. "But compared to this, I think the elves have a bigger crisis. Look up!"
Everyone hurriedly looked up. As they were close to the edge of the floating island, the protective shield in the sky was very low. It was almost within reach from the top of the nearby tower. Now, the shield was emitting an abnormal glow toward the side of the 'hoop'. In the glow, a large amount of noise, like the snowflakes of an old-fashioned CRT TV with poor reception, was rapidly spreading across the shield, as though it was painting the shield of life with a layer of white frost of death.
"Energy vortex. This crude shield is supported by a large number of shield generators. When one of the shield generators suddenly goes offline, it will cause a vortex. Soon, this' pollution 'will tear the entire dome apart," the MDT said as it quickly drifted forward. "Keep up, maybe I can help."
Hao Ren and Lily leaped forward lightly behind. "Easy for you to say! The gravity here is almost zero! "
As soon as his voice trailed off, he felt a tightness on his back. Vivian was dragging them forward at high speed. The microgravity environment was still acceptable to the vampire maiden, and although she needed time to adapt, it did not affect her flight. As for Y'zaks, the demon was never short of ideas. He confirmed the sturdiness of the ground, and then directly cast a Pyroblast on his butt. He flew much faster than Vivian...
They finally arrived at the site of the explosion. The place was brightly lit, and it was the complete opposite of the previously cleared urban area.
There was about a kilometer of open space between the hoop at the edge of the floating island and the urban area. This area was distributed with various channels and operation rooms for the island's equipment, and the place where the explosion occurred was one of the maintenance points. When Hao Ren and the others arrived, a large group of staff had already gathered there. They looked like the city guards and magicians. The scene of the explosion was shocking and particularly eye-catching. It was located at the connection between the hoop and the foundation of the floating island, and the torn part of the explosion was hundreds of meters wide and tens of meters high. The grayish-white ground and walls were torn apart by the shockwave of the explosion, revealing a horrifying hole. There were still bright sparks of energy jumping around the edge of the uneven hole. It was obvious that it had damaged some important pipelines.
Near the hole, a dozen elves in white robes were trying to seal off the leak. They floated in the air, holding strangely shaped disc-shaped magicians in their hands. Powerful energy surged under their skin, and the light that shone through their bodies made these elves look like terrifying humanoid torches. These elven spellcasters jointly maintained a layer of milky white, almost transparent shield over the hole, barely preventing the air from leaking out of the floating island.
But obviously, they could not stop the equipment damaged by the explosion from continuing to deteriorate.
This was just the scene of the explosion. In fact, the surrounding facilities were also affected: some huge pipes extending from the hoop were emitting thick smoke, some small buildings that looked like control rooms had not yet been extinguished, and even several sections of the walls near the hole had different degrees of cracks. Although these cracks had not yet reached into space, each crack was closely guarded by an elven magician, ready to block it with a magic shield at any time.
When Hao Ren and the others arrived, it was a big commotion. In fact, it was Y'zaks who made a big commotion. This man who had used a series of Pyroblasts to blow himself up was very eye-catching, so the elves at the scene of the accident immediately noticed these uninvited guests. An elf in a short robe struggled to "run" to Y'zaks in the microgravity environment. "Who are you..."
Hao Ren did not wait for him to finish and interrupted him. "What's the situation?! We're here to help! "
The elf looked at Hao Ren in surprise. At the same time, there were a few other guards nearby who were on guard. Obviously, not every Aerymian citizen knew what the guests looked like. Some of them probably did not even know about these guests. After all, Hilda had only been back for half a day.
Hao Ren did not have time to explain. He noticed that there were many injured people lying on the ground nearby. They were severely injured in the explosion, and some of them had severe burns. Vivian saw the situation and immediately frowned. "If only Nangong Wuyue was here. She's good at treating burns."
At this time, an elf who looked like a magician suddenly flew out from among the guards and asked loudly, "Is there one of you called Hao Ren?"
"Me, me, I am."
"Her Majesty the Queen has instructed us to cooperate with you." The elven mage was a little confused, but he still obeyed the Queen's order. "If you can help, please do it quickly. We can't afford to delay any longer."
"First, you have to let me know the situation here." Hao Ren held the MDT in one hand and pointed at the broken wall with the other. "And also the structure of this thing. First, I'll think of a way to restore your shield."
The elven mages had already used manpower to seal the fatal cracks on the walls, but what was worse was that the dome above their heads was collapsing. Once this thing disappeared, the entire city would be finished in an instant — no one would be able to save it!
By then, the white dot on the dome had spread over a few kilometers, and was rapidly spreading to other places. The Elven Mage looked at the sky in horror, and quickly said, "This crack leads straight into space, and the propulsion unit is right under it. The equipment has been blown away, and I'm afraid there's no way to repair it. The upper part of the crack has cut off one of the main lines of the shield generator. We're trying to connect it to the backup energy pool, but the backup energy pool doesn't have enough energy, it can't be activated. Also, the crack has cut off a few buried air ducts. The air in the city is leaking... "
"The ducts have been sealed!" An elf with a dirty face suddenly ran out of the crowd, or rather, floated out. "All the gates in the 22nd district have been closed. One of the snorkel's gates has malfunctioned. Master Mabuno has melted the nearby foundation with the Scorching Ray and sealed it."
"We don't have to worry about the leakage for now." The elven mage let out a long sigh. "Now, only the power that has been cut off..."
Hao Ren shook the MDT. "Why are you so quiet at this critical moment?"
The MDT suddenly lit up. "Bring me your socket! I'm powering it! I was just downloading the energy conversion plug-in. "
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