Rika Inoue's heart is heavy.

She stood on the collapsed bronze sculpture, squinted her eyes and looked at the "round sun" at a very high place in the distance.

It was less than an hour before entering [Gaotianyuan], but they suffered several blows one after another.

First, it was brought into the mystery for investigation. Several precision drones code-named "Worker Bee" rose inexplicably and lost control not long after they rose in the air, falling on a ruin, exploding into a spark.

Later, when they tried to communicate with the outside world, they found that they had lost contact with the outside world, and the door connecting [Gaotianyuan] and the outside world also disappeared mysteriously and disappeared.

According to past experience, once the door connecting [Gaotianyuan] and the outside world is opened, it will last at least half a month to one month, and it is absolutely impossible for the current situation to occur.

In other words, they are trapped here right now!

I can only hope that the outside world will discover the problem as soon as possible and open the door again.

Rika Inoue took a deep breath and abandoned the shadows and depression in her heart.

She was very clear that as the leader of the team, she had to be excited at this moment, rather than letting people's hearts fall straight to the bottom.

"Everyone, we are in some trouble at the moment, but we must complete the current task no matter what!"

She wanted to say something that could calm everyone down even if it couldn't inspire morale, but she didn't expect that Vice Captain Longma calmly and calmly answered:

"Please rest assured, Captain Inoue, when I came in, I had already determined to die. Just obstruction, it would never disturb my mind!"

Rika Inoue was stunned and her eyes quickly swept across the seven people present, including Vice Captain Ryuma, but saw that the seven people looked as calm as water and no waves were seen.

She was secretly shocked that she had underestimated these colleagues.

Yet, each of the seven people present is above her according to her qualifications. Among them, Vice Captain Longma is in his fifties this year, but he just stopped before the strategy because of his talent.

After experiencing storms and countless wars, their state of mind is far superior to their own, and they are overly worried.

As his thoughts fluctuated, Rika Inoue quickly changed her mind and issued orders one after another:

"Saito Ryugu, please check our supplies again and confirm how many days we can support while maintaining the normal level of everyone."

"Fujiwara Chisaka, please try your best to find out the reason why the 'worker bee' is out of control."

"Tanmura..."

After giving the order calmly and calmly, Rika Inoue and Ichihei Ryuma looked at each other and walked out of the current stronghold tacitly.

The two walked to about fifty meters away from the stronghold, which was the intersection of several streets, and there were buildings that collapsed for countless years, but had not seen any decaying and weathered.

Time in this city seemed to be frozen in the moment of destruction.

Rika Inoue took out an envelope with a serious expression and opened it in front of Ryuma Ichihiro.

This was handed over to her by the deputy inspector Miyamoto before departure. It was the center of gravity of this exploration [Gaotianyuan]. He was asked to enter [Gaotianyuan] and could only be disassembled in front of Ryuma Yiping.

After taking out the white paper from the envelope to browse, Rika Inoue handed it to Ryuma Ichihei with her expression unchanged.

After reading the contents of the letter paper, Longma raised his eyebrows and lit a ray of flame with his right hand, burning the letter paper into ashes and falling on the ground.

"Does Vice Captain Longma have any opinions?"

In order to show respect to this old senior, Rika Inoue asked for his opinion first.

Longma Yiping pondered: "Since we are in, the first priority is to complete the tasks issued by the senior management. We will complete the tasks first, and then consider how to leave here."

Rika Inoue nodded. She also thought so. Since there is no way out for the time being, don’t think too much. After all, it’s useless to think about it. It’s better to face the tasks that must be completed at the moment.

only……

Rika Inoue's delicate eyebrows frowned, and she said in confusion:

"Deputy Captain Longma, you have participated in two exploration missions. Have you ever been to this city in the previous two times?"

Longma Yiping frowned and said in a deep voice: "No, I can tell you with certainty that the area of ​​[Gaotianyuan] is very large, far more than the ruined city under our feet. In the years of exploration [Gaotianyuan] can be roughly divided into three parts."

"The desert, rainforest, and the last tomb."

"This ruined city appeared for the first time in history."

"The opening of [Gaotianyuan] is not under our control. The senior executives of Yingzhou have tried countless times in the past dynasties, but have never truly taken [Gaotianyuan] into control. The reason is that we have not found the 'root of the mystery' of [Gaotianyuan]."

"This exploration is of great significance. If it weren't for this mystery gate, it could only carry the restricted power. I think this time it should be the team led by Inspector Musashi Kojiro, and the royal family may have a great chance of going to the scene in person!"

Rika Inoue reacted quickly and said solemnly:

"The deputy captain Longma means... this city is most likely the 'root' of [Gaotianyuan]?"

Longma Yiping nodded seriously.

But Rika Inoue showed a confused look and frowned:

"Why is such an important task chosen to be delivered to me, and no one has informed me of this in advance?"

Ryuma Ichihei said with deep eyes: "Captain Inoue does not need to underestimate himself so much. In the current executive department, you have the most hope to step into the [Saint] and the potential seed above it."

"I didn't tell you, I must be afraid that you will have some burden, let alone exploring the 'root of mystery', it's not possible to complete it in one go. Captain Inoue should not think too much, we are just a pioneer team."

Hearing Ryuma Ichihei's understatement, Rika Inoue temporarily suppressed her doubts about the doubts in this mission.

Longma Yiping raised his head and looked at it from a distance like "the sun hanging in the sky", which is also the "golden sun" where all the lights here come from.

The "golden sun" seemed to be slowly falling at a speed that the naked eye could not detect, as if it was a sunset.

Ryuma Ichihei reminded: "Captain Inoue, although we have never set foot in this city before, there are many records and murals about this city in the first three ruins. It is precisely because of this that the Executive Department has expected this place."

"We must speed up the establishment of strongholds. The night in this city... is coming!"

What comes at the same time as night will be a crisis hidden deep in this city!

Rika Inoue's body shook and she also looked up at the "golden sun" hanging in the distance.

From the moment she entered [Gaotianyuan], she discovered the "golden sun" floating at the highest point here.

In a ruined city located under a sea of ​​thousands of meters deep, it is naturally impossible for quasms like the "sun" to really exist.

“That’s…”

Longma Yiping shook his head in the face of her question:

"We don't know what this is yet, but one thing we can determine is that the direction of our journey is to aim at this 'sun' and pursue it all the way."

“It will guide us to the heart of the city.”

"That...floating city recorded on the mural!"

"Our mission on this trip is to initially complete the survey of that floating city!"
Chapter completed!