Even after many years, the soldiers who had experienced this scene could not forget the thrilling scene they saw that day.
The roar of engines and the roar of light beams evaporating rocks reverberated between heaven and earth. The entire crater basin where the Giant Tree of Life was located was shrouded in hot wind and thick fog. The earth was shaking, and the mountains that had stood for thousands of years were collapsing in distortion. Countless boulders rolled down from the surrounding mountains, and the basin surrounded by these mountains was slowly rising.
More than a dozen cylindrical spacecraft floated above the Giant Tree of Life. These spacecraft shone brightly on the earth and directly uprooted a 170-kilometer-long rock pillar from the ground. In this rock pillar was the entangled Giant Tree of Life and the First Born.
As this terrible thing slowly rose, a large number of cruisers also approached from the periphery again. Each cruiser had a set of robotic arms, and the front of the robotic arms was holding anti-gravity generators. Skilled engineers were responsible for piloting the cruisers. As the rock pillar rose, they constantly installed these anti-gravity generators in predetermined positions. Everything was coordinated, busy but not chaotic.
As more and more anti-gravity generators were activated, the rising speed and stability of the entire assembly were further enhanced. The dozens of cylindrical spacecraft responsible for the initial traction soon stopped working. Two-thirds of them quickly retreated into the distance, and the rest used limited traction beams to maintain the stability of the entire structure during the ascent.
Five minutes later, the bottom of the assembly was still not completely out of the ground, but the upper half had left the dust-shrouded area. Its hideous and weird appearance appeared in front of the observers in the distance: countless intertwined roots formed a structure like a vine ball. These roots had completely eroded the surrounding rocks, leaving the entire middle section of the rock pillar with almost no soil and stones, almost completely occupied by these biological tissues. Occasionally, a dark red light could be seen flickering in the gaps of the entangled roots, which was the deep organ of the First Born. This giant creature was still asleep, and the red light under the layers of "vines" appeared dim and weak.
In the upper half of the assembly, the vines clearly showed the appearance of a normal tree root, which was the main body of the Giant Tree of Life: the part that had not mutated.
The fleet of cruisers and towing ships hovered around the assembly like leaves in a tornado. They did not stop for a single moment as they performed minor corrections and examinations on the thing that covered the sky. Some of the cruisers boldly approached the 'biological tumors' entangled with tentacles and pierced some thick probes into the ganglia of the First Born. According to the current research results, those biological tumors were ganglia.
They were injecting the big guy with interference pheromones, the world's most potent tranquilizer, which only worked on the First Born.
The whole scene was magnificent and shocking. For the locals of Holletta, it was like a miracle. As the saying goes:
The Sun King of the Aerymian Elves was the best in excavating technology. Two hundred drilling rigs facing the ground, five hundred pilots were the best...
Anyway, that was more or less what it meant.
This spectacular scene could be seen from hundreds of kilometers away, not to mention near the basin. A divine shield shone above the monastery, blocking the hot tornadoes and steam from the rocks outside. The gravel that flew into the air also splashed on the shield, creating layers of ripples. Ophra tried to look up, trying to see the stump of the Giant Tree of Life, but the latter was beyond the range of the naked eye. She lamented, "Compared to the light in Dragonspine Ridge, it's a little smaller, but it's equally thrilling."
"To deal with a big guy with a radius of one or two hundred kilometers, no matter what you do, it must be thrilling." Hao Ren shrugged. "The needle used to inject the tranquilizer is a meter thick, and one tube needs to inject half a ton of medicine. Who let this thing grow so big? "
Lily hugged her arms and rubbed them hard. "Mr. Landlord, don't say anymore. I have goosebumps. I'm afraid of injections the most..."
Vivian looked at the husky maiden in surprise. "I didn't expect you to be afraid of this. You're usually quite carefree. "
"Don't mention it. I was ignorant a few years ago. When I first heard about the rabies vaccine, I thought it was for myself... I stole two boxes of expired vaccines, and after the injection, I vomited and had an allergic reaction for three days."
Vivian was speechless.
"The progress at the Sunset Mountains is slightly slower than here, but it's still smooth." Hao Ren contacted another engineering team. "Hilda and Big Beardy are accompanying King Mhoren to inspect the site at the Sunset Mountains."
"The King went to the Sunset Mountains himself?" Ophra was a little surprised. "This is not in his schedule..."
"Yes, he did not expect to receive the Queen of Aerym in his schedule, and you did not expect my engineering team to be so large." Hao Ren shrugged. "You have to get used to this kind of unusual situation."
After most of the anti-gravity generators were activated, the entire assembly became equivalent to a weightless target. Its ascension speed began to increase at an astonishing rate, and under the premise that it did not disintegrate or cause excessive turbulence, it rapidly flew into outer space. Thirty minutes later, the Giant Tree of Life and two-thirds of the basin had become a blurry shadow in the sky, and the place where they once sat was still a scorching pit. Smoke billowed, and dust filled the air, making it difficult to see the situation below.
Vivian waved her hand to summon a gust of wind, but it was only able to disperse the fog on the nearby hills for a short time. As there was still a strong heat flow coming out of the deep pit, it would take some time for the dust and smoke to dissipate.
Hao Ren looked up at the sky. The sky was still clear, but the smoke from the pit was slowly spreading. Soon, there would be a few days of fog. He smacked his lips. "Why does this remind me of my hometown..."
Y'lisabet sat on her father's shoulder, waving her little fist and shouting, "I also miss my hometown!"
Ophra was surprised. "You have this kind of smoke every day?"
Hao Ren shrugged. "It depends. When the weather is good, you can see the stars. When the weather is bad, you can open your mouth and breathe for half an hour. The situation in Big Guy's hometown is worse. When the weather is bad, they all go to the crater to breathe fresh air. "
"... No wonder you are so powerful. You live in a place where warriors are trained," Ophra said.
Hao Ren felt that the marshal had subtly misunderstood something, but it seemed that he could not explain it clearly...
An hour later, the first space signal came from the synchronous orbit of planet Holletta. "Team B transport team has arrived at the predetermined orbit. The 'cargo' is in stable condition. The 'Lullaby' device is working normally!"
And a few minutes later, the news that Team A was in position was also transmitted from orbit.
The remaining task was to transport the two living First Borns to the orbit of Tannagost. However, the Aerymian spacecraft did not have this ability, so the rest of the work had to be done by the Petrachelys.
Of course, the space expansion device of the Petrachelys had its limits. At least the flux of the storage window was limited. The First Borns, which was nearly 200 kilometers wide, could not be placed in the spacecraft's cargo bay, so the Petrachelys would use the space bubble transfer method to send the two living samples to the orbit of Tannagost.
After the Aerymian engineering fleet sent the First Borns (and the giant tree of life entangled with the First Borns) to the predetermined position, they evacuated in batches according to the plan. The Petrachelys, under the control of the automatic program, appeared near the two samples. The ship's mainframe started the spacecraft's curvature device and expanded it to a large area nearby.
The starlight from afar immediately distorted the space within hundreds of kilometers around the spacecraft, as if there was an unprecedentedly huge gravitational source interfering with the optical phenomenon in that area. The starlight twisted into an arc, and then quickly gathered into a ring. The entire space then closed up to form a space bubble, and the Petrachelys and the two living First Borns disappeared in this closed space.
The next moment, the starlight returned to normal, and the spacecraft and the two tentacle monsters were gone.
Hao Ren and the others returned to the Royal City of Holletta through the teleportation station, and the two engineering teams soon arrived. Hilda and Big Beardy had accompanied the king and the pope to the Volcano of Dusk, and by this time, they had also returned through the teleportation station to meet the others.
After all the people had gathered, the first thing Hao Ren did was to put away the frightening engineering equipment to prevent the old men of the Royal Mage Guild from going crazy (and also to prevent the little Y'lisabet's screwdriver craze from activating). Then he looked at the time: it was morning when they arrived on the planet, and now the sun was still high on the western horizon. The scale of the construction was large, but the speed was faster than expected.
Hilda found Hao Ren with a smile on her face. "It's been completed smoothly. I hope I've helped you this time."
"A big help, a big help," Hao Ren nodded quickly. "Your diplomacy is going well?"
"What can we talk about?" Hilda smiled and spread out her hands. "We are separated by a world, and only your teleportation gate can communicate with each other, so we just exchanged our own culture and history. Consider it as satisfying my personal curiosity... It's not too important. "
At this time, Ophra came up from the side and interrupted the conversation between Hao Ren and Hilda. "Sorry to interrupt, but His Majesty the King has invited guests from another world to a banquet. This time you have the time to attend the banquet, right?"
Hao Ren smiled and looked at Lily, whose eyes were shining, and waved his hand. "Of course I don't want to freeload when there's food to eat. The Savior also charges a wear and tear fee!"
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