Under the dual effects of gravity and anti-gravity, the gigantic city of Atlantis steadily left the enchantment of the fantasy land and ascended at an astonishing speed, rushing towards the high orbit.
The acceleration of tens of G on the gigantic floating island allowed us to see the arc of the horizon. Bright sunlight was spreading from the other side of the horizon, illuminating the vast surface of the ocean. In a few hours, it would be sunrise in this world, and now, we were witnessing this ray of sunlight in advance.
Although the monsters that ascended together had the ability to fly, none of them could fly above the stratosphere with their own ability. Thus, after seeing this strange and magnificent scene that could only be seen from the low orbit, exclamations immediately sounded around us. Yakumo Purple even took the initiative to stand out to maintain order so that these monsters, who were bearing the heavy responsibility of Atlantis' energy source, would not drop the ball at this crucial moment.
"Is this the 'outer space' that you guys are talking about?" The voice of Yumeimaru rang beside me. Following the voice, the Tengu girl's curious and probing gaze happened to meet mine.
As her strongest ability was speed and agility rather than strength, this Tengu Crow did not participate in the work of energy output (but I rather suspected that her real purpose was to free up her hands to gather material for her own news). Currently, the girl was stretching out her black wings and following Atlantis in the process of ascending, she raised the camera in her hand in amazement, clicking non-stop in an attempt to record the magnificent scene of the horizon in the sky. It was foreseeable that the next issue of 'Wenwen News' would definitely be occupied by this historical event at least two-thirds of the space. What was sad was that the other one-third would probably be the fabricated story of Boli Reimu being abducted and sold by someone.
"What a magnificent scene." I smiled as I looked at the camera in her hand. This thing was obviously different from the technological products that humans had researched. Although it was also a mechanical product that followed a certain technological principle, the structure of its lens was very different from ordinary photography equipment. This should be the technological product created by the legendary fantasy land's scientific research department, 'Kappa Heavy Industries'. Speaking of which, when we first came down, the Contender class transport plane that we boarded was almost secretly taken away by a group of Kappa for research. "To be honest, these things are more suitable as news material, right? Isn't it better than your pile of rumors? "
Up until now, I was still trying my best to salvage my image that was about to collapse because of this reporter's nonsense. Even though this kind of effort will most likely end in failure: If I hope that [Wen Wen News] will be able to walk the path of truth and harmony, I might as well hope that Dingdang's next make-up exam will be all green lights.
"You don't seem to be very satisfied with my news." Shishinomaru glanced at me with dissatisfaction, "But that's all I can gather. After all, it's impossible for something big to happen in Fantasy Land every day."
"Then let's record some things outside of Fantasy Village. Let's go outside to collect some information and then tell everyone in Fantasy Village."
"Outside?" The Tengu girl blinked her eyes, as if she understood something, but she was still uncertain.
This idea suddenly popped into my head. After thinking about it for a while, I felt that it was a good idea. "Macro World. You must have heard of this term from Soul Dream or Purple, right?"
"Ah, I've heard of it. They said that it's something magical, something that even someone like Yagumo Purple would be scared of, right? It's said that it's made up of tens of thousands of worlds and an incomparably huge space and time. Even a powerful monster like Yagumo Purple can only serve as a guide in the macro world system … Oh, just thinking about it is already inconceivable! "
"Don't you like to collect news? Then go and take a look at other worlds. The macro world is open to the public. Perhaps you can even create a cross-world weekly news magazine. It's only 998 … No, you don't even need a single cent. You can use the teleportation rights of the macro world for free. As long as it doesn't violate the rules of the Space Administration, you can go wherever you want! "
The Tengu girl's eyes lit up, "Really? Is there such a good thing? "
"Of course it's true, but there's a condition … Cough cough, can you reconsider a certain piece of news …"
This was an extremely difficult victory. I actually succeeded in changing the content of the current issue of 'Wen Wen News'. This was something that had never happened before in the entire fantasy land. Let those unlucky children who had been tormented by this gossipy Tengu all day long and had lost all their dignity and integrity, play with their eggs! This world belonged to the Empire's Press and Publication Administration!
As time passed, Atlantis finally completed two-thirds of its journey in space. Earth had already become a crystal clear blue glass bead in our field of vision. All that was left was the cold and dark space. The monsters had experienced the novelty at the beginning, and now they were finally tired of this monotonous and unchanging journey. The good thing was that they could finally settle down and carry out their own tasks. However, this was still a high-consumption journey. At this moment, some of the exhausted monsters had already started to show signs of falling behind. Continuously exerting their magic power at maximum intensity, even the strongest monsters would find it hard to bear. The monsters that weren't strong in magic power were the first to fall. They had already tried their best, but in the end, they still couldn't persevere to the end of the journey. After these exhausted monsters left their positions, they would be received by their clansmen who were arranged in advance and brought to the back of the team to rest. Because the floating island's universal energy conversion device had been locked, after these monsters left their posts, there was no one to fill in their empty positions. Therefore, the Atlantis energy shield, which had always been full of energy, was now visibly dimming with the decrease in energy.
I purposely circled to the upper part of Atlantis to take a look. After the energy shield dimmed, the situation inside could be seen at a glance. The space city that was covered by a translucent energy shield was filled with ominous dark clouds. Purple-black lightning flashed between the dark clouds. In the entire city, only a sparse third of the streets were still shining with lights. At the edge of these bright areas, there would occasionally be an explosion of various colors of energy. That was the occasional confrontation between the Atlantean sentinels and the wandering monsters on the periphery.
Although I really wanted to go over and help, I suppressed the urge when I saw the black aura that filled Atlantis. At the very least, I had to wait until we reached the high orbit to protect the Earth.
Cui Xiang, You Youzi, Lan and the others who were in a better state began to cheer for the surrounding monsters. Even the guys who were usually noisy had now entered a rare state of unity. Not long after the situation of people being left behind was reported to the mothership, a few bright silver dots emerged from the dark background of space and quickly approached us. At first, they caused a small commotion, but very soon, the monsters saw them clearly. They were the same as the transport aircraft that Sandora and I had taken previously. They were the fighter transport aircraft from the faith-class mothership. They had received orders to pick up the exhausted monsters and return to the mothership in advance.
"Everyone is very tired." Eight Cloud Purple suddenly appeared next to Shadora and me. This powerful golden-haired young lady had a rare look of exhaustion on her face. "I didn't expect the pressure to be so great. More and more people are falling behind, and it's getting more and more difficult for the remaining people. This city seems to be sucking our strength dry. Are we not there yet?"
"There are still ten minutes left. The mothership has created a psionic force field in the high orbit to suppress the power of the abyss on the floating island. We will be there when Atlantis enters the force field."
"Hurry up. Although Soul Dream and I will do our best, the others are not soldiers."
After leaving that sentence, Eight Cloud Purple left silently, just like how she came.
The meaning behind her words was obvious. The monsters in the fantasy land weren't like the soldiers of the Empire who would risk their lives to complete the mission once the order was given. When faced with a mission that was difficult to complete, the potential that they could unleash was limited.
I circled to the upper part of the city and realized that the floating island, which had a bright and thick shield when we first left Earth, was now like an incandescent lamp with insufficient voltage, about to be extinguished at any moment. Atlantis' shield was now only a thin layer, looking like a transparent soap bubble that could burst at any moment. Purplish-black lightning mixed in the dark clouds and continuously struck the dome of the city over and over again. It was as though the mindless power of the abyss had also realized that the day of its escape was approaching. It began to strike the crumbling ancient defense system more frequently. The only reassuring thing was that the floating island's defense system was an EN3 series shield that was specially designed for the colony ship. Regardless of what the serial number meant, it was fine as long as we knew that the shield would maintain its basic defense performance until it was completely extinguished.
However, the monsters' stamina had been decreasing, the ancient energy pipes had been collapsing frequently, and the energy conversion system had almost completely shut down. All sorts of situations had erupted at the same time as though they had been discussed beforehand. I could even see faint black patterns appearing at the edge of the floating island. The appearance of these two-dimensional patterns without any thickness could only mean one thing: the abyss had begun to contaminate the floating island's outer shell.
I immediately reminded Haga Yunzi to keep the monsters away from the floating island. From now on, they should never come into contact with the floating island. Even if it would make their work several times easier, they shouldn't take the risk.
Although it was a little nerve-wracking, the brightly lit Faith class mothership finally appeared above us. As a misty blue light appeared in my field of vision, I suddenly felt a strong wave of psionic energy around me. The upper part of Atlantis had begun to enter the cage that we had set up.
"This is the mothership. Atlantis has begun to slow down. The power of the resistance suppression field has been fully activated. Currently, there are no signs of the abyss infection breaking out in advance."
"Let Vega sharpen her knife. Also, send more transport planes. There are thousands of monsters here who are so tired that they are about to vomit."
Although the time that followed was not long, it felt extremely slow. Under the effect of various counteracting force fields, Atlantis and the large group of monsters behind it slowed down with an even more astonishing G-force. As the surrounding space environment within a radius of hundreds of thousands of kilometers was replaced by a high-intensity psionic radiation field, the union finally fell into the encirclement.
"Retreat to the east according to the original plan!"
Boli and Ling Meng immediately issued an order through the temporary mental network that we had helped the monsters set up earlier. Instantly, the group in the network became excited. Thousands of monsters shouted in unison, "Where is the east?!"
I bumped my head against Sandora, "I knew that something would definitely go wrong if we let that guy be in charge of space command!"
Ling Meng also realized that there was no concept of 'east' in space. I wasn't sure if she blushed, but she quickly changed her words, "Retreat to the direction where the sun is!"
The monsters looked … the sun was on the other side of Atlantis. It was too dangerous to fly there.
So, this was the plan that Red and White had promised Shadora that he would prepare an evacuation plan before they left?
I finally couldn't stand it anymore. I cut off the random command of this guy who had zero points in space navigation, "Alright, alright, just retreat! The further away from this unlucky floating island, the better! Our transport planes will pick you up one by one and bring you back! "
This time, the monsters finally knew what to do after I gave the order. Thousands of 'people' scattered like birds and beasts. Just now, they were so tired that they were sticking out their tongues. I thought they were all tired. Why are they so energetic now?
Thousands of monsters swarmed out from under the inverted cone-shaped floating island. They looked like a flock of startled birds. In the blink of an eye, they were thousands of meters away. The transport planes that had been waiting for a long time also moved out and patrolled a safe distance away from Atlantis. They used a series of light signals to indicate the general direction of the monsters who were running around like headless flies. Then, they ran back and forth to pick them up one by one. Due to the close-range space absorption function, every monster that was scattered outside of the transport plane could be directly teleported into the cabin of the plane. This made the 'search and rescue' work go smoother than expected. But how should I put it … Thanks to Bo Li and Ling Meng's messy evacuation plan, the scene was chaotic. The rampaging Tengu knocked away the Kappa, the powerful Ghost knocked away the Specters, Eleanor was crushed by a group of people. Other than crying for their parents, there were all kinds of adrenaline displays. Only the Schilling transport plane, which was a product of the Empire, could take on such a messy job. Speaking of which, the monsters were really honest. I told them to scatter, but not a single one of them retreated in a group. How much do you think a transport plane costs, you bastards!
As the last batch of monsters cut off the power output to the energy pipes at the bottom of Atlantis, the ancient colony ship finally entered the most critical stage. All the energy systems went into red mode. Warning flashes flashed on every monitoring terminal that was still working. When I was communicating with the special agents for the last time before the attack, I could clearly hear the piercing final alarm from afar. Due to a system error, the ancient ship's navigation computer kept repeating a short sentence to the entire city: "The energy core has collapsed. All crew abandon ship and escape! The energy core has collapsed. All crew abandon ship and escape! "
"Your Majesty, this is the Special Operations Team. The city's defense system has been switched to the last energy reserve. There are only three minutes left. Please hurry … Bzzt bzzt … The interference is severe. The density of the abyss near the impact point has reached a warning level. We will evacuate according to plan … Bzzt bzzt … Continue fighting … Bzzt bzzt …"
The communication was cut off.
"Hurry, hurry, hurry! Time is running out!" I immediately ordered through the mental connection. "Transport plane formation, lift the ban on space jumps! Atlantis has three minutes left! "
As I said that, the holographic scene at the bottom of Atlantis changed from red and green to a shocking blood-red number — 2: 59.
… I got it. Some unlucky Atlantean must have fallen onto Earth when he transmigrated. After that, the local natives modified him and named him Prototype, right?
With half a minute left on the countdown, all the monsters that were scattered outside were finally picked up by the transport plane formation. Then, these aircraft filled with adrenaline disappeared in the distorted light screen of space jumps, returning directly to the garage. Then, a large silver-white shuttle-shaped light shot out from the abdomen of the transport ship that was already above Atlantis. With a bright blue energy trail, it pierced into the gradually collapsing city shield of Atlantis like a piranha that was about to pounce on its prey.
Through the mental connection, I heard a chattering report from another world. "Hey, boss, I am now in the Garden of Death. Artemis has already isolated the Earth on your side to a state of static causality. It is a seal that covers the entire planet. So, party to your heart's content — as long as you don't destroy the solar system."
"Good job."
I praised the other party sincerely. Then, I turned my gaze to the space island that was almost four-fifths occupied by darkness.
The first batch of landing troops had already cut into its dome. Now, after hundreds of thousands of years, the blade of the Empire finally reflected a cold light on the land of this ancient civilization. Although this body was currently in the state of being pulled by Sandora, I still felt that I was a very poetic person.
Originally, such a battlefield did not require me and Sandora to personally participate in the battle. The swift and fierce combination of the three great heroic forces was enough to destroy any city, even if it was completely occupied by the Abyss. However, facing the citizens of Atlantis who had been wandering in the sky for hundreds of thousands of years, even someone as lazy as me seemed to have developed a passion to fight for them.
The silver-white assault airship cut through the dim barrier above the city. The energy shield that had been shining for hundreds of thousands of years and could finally rest was completely extinguished. Although the city's gravity system that was still in operation could ensure that the atmosphere and other ecological environments would not collapse due to the loss of the barrier, the psionic barrier that had been suppressing the energy of the Abyss in the city had completely stopped, causing the extremely dangerous source of destruction to become completely active. The infected monsters were obviously irrational, but they seemed to have felt this momentary victory. They launched a swift and violent attack on the clean area that they had not been able to take down for a long time. However, the already exhausted Atlantean warriors stubbornly held the last line of defense. Looking at the brilliant battleship that streaked across the sky and the swift figures that descended from the battleship, an earth-shattering roar suddenly roared after a few seconds of preparation, sweeping through every inch of the air in Atlantis.
"They are back!!!!"
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