The probe's altitude continued to rise. It had now crossed the cloud tops of Inferno, passed through an extremely thin layer of atmosphere, and was now basically in a vacuum. The entire appearance of the planet Purgatory could almost be seen in the images that were transmitted back. Its shape was amazing.
It was an almost completely smooth, snowball-like sphere. There were no lines or wrinkles on its surface. The whole planet was enveloped by the cloud tops, and because of the light from the clouds, the planet shone like a pearl in the dark space.
Who could imagine what kind of ugly world was under the thick clouds just by looking at this scene?
The probe left a panoramic image of Inferno and then continued to fly into outer space and began to look for signs of stars. But after crossing a certain spatial boundary, its signal was suddenly cut off.
"We lost the probe." The MDT turned off the tracking image, which had turned into static. "I'm afraid it has touched the spatial boundary. If the device is still alive, it should return from the void later."
"There really is no star," Hao Ren muttered to himself. "This planet is the only celestial body in the dimensional fragment."
Hessiana could not understand how the hunt for the wizard had suddenly turned into such a mess. She scratched her head and looked at Hao Ren, puzzled. "What are you guys studying? What's wrong with not having a star?"
"On Earth, all the energy of the ecosystem comes from the sun, including the temperature of the planet. The source of everything is sunlight," Hao Ren pointed to the bottom of the shimmering cloud tops above. "If there is no star, the planet will be cold and dead, barren beyond your imagination. Although this world is also very barren, it obviously has an ecosystem and a very high temperature, which can't be maintained by those small hot springs. I have reliable information that can confirm that this planet has been in this space without sunlight for 10,000 years. So what does the planet rely on to maintain its environment? "
"I don't pay attention to sunlight," Hessiana pouted. "I don't like that stuff."
"That's why I don't want to discuss this high-end topic with you," Hao Ren sighed. "You are much more narrow-minded than Vivian. Whether you like it or not, sunlight is the source of energy for a planet, so this planet Inferno is using other methods to generate energy … or rather, it's consuming its resources. "
"Isn't light and heat provided by the clouds?" Lily looked up at the sky. "And the structure of the clouds seems to be able to keep heat."
"It's not enough," the MDT said. "The light and heat generated by the clouds and their thick structure can only slow down the loss of energy. They don't produce energy, they only transform it. I have calculated the efficiency of the entire cloud top. It is completely insufficient to maintain the current activity or temperature of Purgatory. Therefore, there must be something else on this planet — something that can maintain the ecological cycle without sunlight, and most importantly, maintain heat. "
Lily opened her mouth. As the most educated person on the scene, she grasped the key point. "So where did the energy come from?"
A lot of guesses popped up in Hao Ren's mind at once, but he cautiously put them aside. "I don't know. Maybe we have to wait until we have explored the entire planet before we can say for sure. Anyway, this place is very curious … A planet that has been orbiting in the crevice of the Wall of Reality for 10,000 years without sunlight, and there is an ecosystem on it. Tsk, tsk, the universe is so vast. "
At this time, Vivian suddenly interrupted Hao Ren. "Planet expert, temporarily divert your attention from the scientific research. My little bat has found an entrance: it may lead to the second level of Inferno."
Hao Ren immediately put the MDT away. "Where is it?"
Vivian raised her hand and pointed in a direction. "Over there, 2,000 kilometers away. Let the MDT fly there first and then we can teleport there. It should be faster. I have already let the bats form a huge navigation icon there, it's easy to see. "
Hao Ren nodded, grabbed the MDT, aimed at the direction where Vivian was pointing, and swung his arm in a circle. The MDT screamed, "Pay attention to the operation later —" "Go!"
The MDT turned into a blue light and disappeared before everyone's eyes. Hessiana stared at the scene for a long time before she looked at Hao Ren as if he was a monster. "If I had such an advanced tablet, I would not use it like you!"
Hao Ren pursed his lips. "You will when your tablet learns to quarrel with you."
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Soon, they arrived at the so-called entrance to the second level of Inferno through the MDT. A huge crater appeared in front of them.
They climbed up the steep mountain wall and looked at the scene in front of them speechlessly.
It was an almost circular crater, and its regularity was hard to believe. It was the result of natural geological formation. The entire ring-shaped structure had a radius of dozens of kilometers. Inside the crater, the slope was gentle, and the ground was covered with neat, radiating strange lines, as if someone had meticulously carved this landscape. At the end of their sight, Hao Ren saw the so-called entrance to Inferno: it was the center of the entire crater, a frightening circular hole. Air was constantly released from the hole, wrapped in sand and dust, and rolled up a large number of small whirlwinds visible to the naked eye.
They came to the hole. Its scale was frightening. The dark vertical hole seemed to lead all the way to hell. Just standing on the edge and looking in made their hands and feet weak.
Lily was the first to go limp. She grabbed Hao Ren's trouser leg and squatted down. "Are we really going to jump?"
"Who told you we're going to jump?" Hao Ren gave her a sideways glance. "Let's fly down."
Lily was shocked when she heard the first half of the sentence, but the second half almost made her cry. "So, we still have to go down?"
The MDT reported the situation. "A huge feedback wave has been detected below. It's a super large underground space. I suggest we take safety precautions before going down. "
Hessiana looked at the bottomless hole with a serious face. Even though she was a winged being, she felt that going down was not a good idea.
"It's a pity that Nolan is on vacation in Kuiper Station. Otherwise, she could fly a spacecraft." Hao Ren shook his head regretfully. Then, he suddenly remembered something. "Oh, I have other means of transportation!"
Under everyone's curious gaze, Hao Ren released his North Stars.
Hessiana's face suddenly changed. "I'm not very educated. But you can't fool me like that! The safety precautions you're talking about is driving the North Stars and stepping on the accelerator into the sinkhole?! "
"Whether you believe it or not, this thing doesn't fly slower than you, and it's definitely steadier than you. Don't be fooled by its small size. The internal space of this thing is special. No matter how many of us there are, we can still squeeze in." Hao Ren shrugged. He took out the MDT and pressed it against the North Stars. Two beeping sounds came from the car. "Of course, if you trust your wings, you can fly by yourself. It'll save me a lot of trouble."
Vivian patted Hessiana on the shoulder. "Trust him. Look at him, he's like a robot cat. No matter how weird the things he pulls out, they're all useful."
Vivian was the first to get into the car, followed by the Nangong siblings and Lily. Hessiana and her two followers were left in a dilemma outside the car. There was no other reason. Although the things that Hao Ren pulled out from his Dimensional Pocket were weird, at least they looked high-tech, and they were trustworthy. But the North Stars in front of them …
Let me put it this way. It was like when you were walking on the street and suddenly met a white-bearded old man who floated down from the sky, gave you a sword surrounded by purple gas, and said, "You are talented and can shoulder great responsibilities. I'll give you a precious weapon and let you ascend to the immortal world with me." Your first reaction would be to bow your head and worship him. But if it was a middle-aged man who fell from the sky on his face and took out a Xiao Moxian transformation stick and asked you to save the world, you would be kind enough not to call the police.
Turcan looked at Hessiana with a dead face. "Mistress, are we really going to jump into the sinkhole with this thing? Even if it can fly … I don't think it's reliable. "
Just as Hessiana was about to say a few polite words before getting back into the car, her ears suddenly twitched. She heard something approaching them at high speed.
At this time, Kassandra and Turcan also heard it. They looked up at the direction of the sound at the same time and saw a group of black shadows suddenly appeared on the edge of the crater. They were countless hideous and twisted mutants!
The natives of Inferno, the "unreasonable and twisted monsters" in Vivian's words. Hao Ren thought he was lucky enough not to meet the monsters today, but he did not expect these guys to show up at this time.
(It's the last day. Those who still have monthly tickets, vote. There's no double this month. The double will start on the first of next month =) =)
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