The chances of finding a fleeing wizard in such a vast Inferno were slim. Even with the bat army that Vivian was so proud of and Hao Ren's advanced probes, they would not be able to find the wizard. So, after releasing the "sentinels", they immediately began to discuss the search plan. Lily still remembered Baptiste's purpose in coming to Inferno. "Is he going to the second level of Inferno? Where is the second level? "
Hao Ren heard Lily's words and looked into the distance. No matter where he looked, all he could see was a desolate and decaying land. There was no sign of "stratification" in this space. When he first heard that there was a second level of Inferno, he thought that it was the same structure as a tower. Now, it seemed that he had thought too much.
"Underground," Vivian gently tapped the ground with her toes. "There is another level more than ten kilometers below us. The space there is very vast, almost like another world."
Lily's mouth was agape for a long time before she said, "Why is it a cave again? Why do we have to go underground every few days? "
Hessiana immediately looked at Hao Ren suspiciously. "What do you mean by going underground all the time? What do you usually do with Lady Vivian? "
"Don't worry, I won't sell her to Shanxi to mine coal." Hao Ren waved his hand casually. "Even the Saudi Crown Prince may not be able to withstand her prodigal aura, let alone a coal boss. Is the second level of Inferno a cave? "
"No," Vivian shook her head. Then, a puzzled look appeared on her face, as though she felt that her vocabulary was limited and it was difficult for her to explain to everyone what kind of structure was under this land. "I've only heard some rumors. It's said that there's a space that's almost as vast as the surface world under this land. It's incredibly huge, and it's definitely not as simple as a 'cave.' However, no one has actually been to the depths of Purgatory. The information about the second level of Purgatory was basically detected by the exploration team at that time through magic senses. I don't know the specific situation. "
"Baptiste probably knows. Otherwise, he wouldn't be so obsessed with the second level of Purgatory." Nangong Wuyue snorted and said, "Do you know where the entrance to the second level of Purgatory is?"
"I'm letting the bats split up to look for it. It's said that the entrance to the second level of Purgatory is a huge hole with a crater like structure around it. It should be very eye-catching. It would be even better if we could find these entrances and catch Baptiste at the same time. "
At this time, Nangong Sanba was looking around vigilantly. After looking around for a while, he could not help but ask, "Shouldn't there be a lot of monsters in this place? It's rumored to be a place where demons run amok. How come I can't even see a shadow of a ghost? "
"Isn't it good that we don't encounter any monsters?" The corner of Vivian's mouth curled up slightly. "There are indeed a lot of monsters in Purgatory, but not all of them. Occasionally, we do encounter a relatively 'quiet' place like this. We are lucky to have chosen this place. I hope Baptiste is as lucky as us. Hopefully, he doesn't die before we catch him. "
She then looked at Hao Ren. "Can you expand the scanning range of the probes? It's rare to come to Purgatory. I want to know more about this place. I've been curious about this place for a long time. Unfortunately, I didn't have the resources to study it back then. "
Hao Ren nodded and began to issue more instructions to the scattered probes through the MDT.
After knowing the characteristics of the entrance to the second level of Purgatory, he set a new target for the probes: in addition to continuing to search for Baptiste's traces, they also had to look for large holes and craters on the surface. Now that the probe's scanning range was expanding rapidly, the holographic map displayed on the MDT continued to expand, outlining a larger and larger area of the landscape. These probes and Vivian's bats chose to search in different directions to increase their efficiency as much as possible.
At the same time, Hao Ren ordered some probes to fly upward. He wanted to see how big this world was from a high vantage point.
The MDT floated in the middle of them and projected a series of holographic images. The central image was from the probe that was responsible for exploring the outer atmosphere. On the screen, it could be seen that the probe had penetrated the thick and dense clouds high in the sky. The huge, lead-like dirty clouds continued to press down, and there were continuous small-scale electric discharge phenomena in the clouds. These electric discharge phenomena were not ordinary natural lightning, but seemed to be a kind of chemical reaction. It vibrated and transmitted at a very fast speed on the surface and inside of the 'cloud', turning the entire cloud into a strange luminous body and resonating with the surrounding clouds.
It was as if he was walking inside the body of a huge monster made of clouds, and the organs and flesh of this monster were glowing faintly.
Hao Ren deliberately slowed down the probe so that he could observe the state of the clouds, which might reveal the mystery of Inferno's ecological environment. The others were attracted by the magical images and gathered around. Lily craned her neck to look at the luminous clouds. She looked thoughtful. "Is the entire Inferno illuminated by this light?" "Probably.
We can't see the sun on the surface. The thickness of the clouds will completely block the sun's light. So it's the light emitted by these clouds that illuminate this world. "Hao Ren nodded slightly." And this is a dimensional fragment. It's hard to say if there are stars outside. "
Wuyue asked curiously, "Where does the lightning in the clouds come from?"
Hao Ren poked the MDT. The MDT said lazily, "Don't poke me. I've analyzed it. It's microbes."
Hao Ren was a little surprised. "Microbes?"
"What a weird ecosystem," the MDT said as it opened a set of small images. The images showed a simulation of the planet Inferno. As there was no real scan of the planet, the details were basically guesswork, but it looked like it. A part of the planet simulation was dissected, showing a cross-section of the upper atmosphere all the way to the surface. "Thick clouds cover the entire planet, there is no gap at all, like a quilt. These clouds are full of microbes, at least hundreds of species. They feed on the organic dust floating up from the lower atmosphere and emit light and heat. In fact, this is no longer a 'cloud' but a huge, living, pan-biological organism. Those microbes may look like independent single-celled individuals, but because of the special structure of the clouds, I tend to regard them as a kind of loose, special multicellular organism. The void is vast and there are many worlds, and this kind of organism also exists. "
Except for Hessiana and the other two, everyone else was stunned. Lily could not help but look up at the endless thick clouds in the sky. "It's like the whole planet is wrapped up by a super huge, soft creature?"
Hao Ren heard Lily's words and could not help but look at Wuyue. The latter immediately shook her body and said, "Why are you looking at me? I'm soft, but I'm not a creature … No, I'm a creature, but I'm not soft … No, I'm a soft creature now, but I'm not that big, okay? "
Hao Ren scratched his head. "Speaking of soft creatures, I can't help but think of slime. Why don't you go back and study your talent and change to an ultimate form other than slime?"
Wuyue crossed her arms. "Of course, isn't it a mantis shrimp? It's three meters long! "
Hao Ren was speechless.
In any case, Lily's description was indeed accurate. The whole planet of Inferno was indeed wrapped up by a giant creature. The entire cloud over the planet was a spherical creature, which provided light and heat to the world. But compared to this incredible phenomenon, Hao Ren was more concerned about something else. "What's beyond the clouds?"
The MDT sped up the probe as it rushed out of the atmosphere. On the screen, the cloud flashed past quickly. Soon, the probe reached the end of the cloud. Everyone saw it pass through an extremely smooth, milky white surface like a curtain, and then rushed into the boundless darkness.
The probe slowed down and took pictures of the surroundings. An endless white surface stretched out in its lens, smooth and continuous. If not for the fact that he knew it was a cloud, Hao Ren would have mistaken it for a snowfield.
Lily could not help but be a little stunned. "… It's beautiful!"
Vivian squinted at her. "You want to put something around your neck and run a couple of laps on it, don't you?"
Lily did not think much of it. "Yes, yes!"
Obviously, this was the victory of the ancestral power.
The probe turned the camera to the direction where it came from. There was an obvious leak on the smooth white "curtain". A large amount of fog and fibrous white tissue silently spewed out from it. But in a few seconds, the leak was blocked.
"Incredible … It's really the behavior of biological tissue." Hao Ren was stunned. "How did it evolve like this?"
"To prevent the planet's matter from leaking," the MDT replied. "The probe has just penetrated a layer of very tough colloidal tissue. I'm afraid the microbes in the clouds have slowly condensed it over thousands of years. The outermost layer of the planet is such a pure white world. If you walk above the atmosphere, it should feel like walking on cotton candy. "
Wuyue sighed faintly. "I didn't expect this hellish place to look so beautiful from space."
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