Orders were flowing in the radio signals, and all the teams quietly hunkered down, waiting for the final action to begin.
In the airship that was staying in mid-air, the power of the lift device dropped a little again, and it was completely enough to maintain the power that could keep these steel giants suspended in mid-air. The wind in the sky suddenly became louder, and it was transparent.
Passing through the window, a layer of dark clouds below slowly fluttered under the influence of the wind, and more clouds slowly formed in the empty sky. They merged into the dark clouds, causing them to thicken at a visible speed.
Soon after, a muffled "boom" came from the distance, passing through an extremely long distance and sweeping across the entire uninhabited land of the volcano at an extremely fast speed. This was the sound of thunder, and heavy rain had begun to fall in other places. The wind and the
The clouds seemed to be affected, and gradually became more violent in a few breaths.
The clouds began to change, like an angry sea, with layers of clouds rolling across the sky, constantly stacking and thickening. Originally, you could still vaguely see the mountains below, but now, except for the white snow-covered clouds that break through the clouds,
Outside the top of the mountain, everything was completely separated by clouds. The sky and the ground became two disconnected worlds at this time.
In the airship, Il and Theodore didn't care about this, or in other words, it was all within their calculations. Choosing such weather and then making corresponding plans to get here was also part of their pursuit of prey.
link.
The sound of rolling thunder reached their ears, and their attention on the map was distracted a little.
"Sitian, help me ask about the specific time range of this rain." Il raised his head and said to Sitian, "If I remember correctly, the weapons of the ground troops have been waterproofed, right? This
It doesn’t look like the rain will be very light, it should be a continuous heavy rain.”
"Everything has been processed accordingly, and it will not be unusable due to rain." Stian came over. She had already issued the relevant orders, and now it was time to conduct tests and communicate with each team.
"The news I got from the Astronomy Palace of the Seminary is that it will be a heavy rainstorm. After two or three hours, it will turn to light rain and then stop. The clouds will not dissipate after that. If you accumulate enough power, it will
It will cycle like this. It will clear up completely in three days."
Stian added: "If the predictions from the Astronomy Palace of the Seminary are correct, the general situation will be like this."
"It's enough. We only need this heavy rain now, and we won't have to worry about it after that."
"Tell the ground troops to move forward in ten minutes. You can judge the distance by yourself, but you cannot reach the danger zone we drew in advance." Theodore interjected. He rubbed his forehead and simulated the scene on the map in his head for a long time.
, very draining his energy, "It's almost time to start, thunder has already sounded. When thunderclouds are detected, remember to let all airships descend to a height and try to avoid the range of lightning strikes. They are all small and medium-sized airships, resist
In terms of natural strength, its capabilities are not comparable to those of merchant ships above the cruiser level, so be careful.
"Understood." Stian chuckled. The communicator in her hand vibrated at this moment. After a short answer, she said, "Several machines are ready. The data connection and communication connection are also isolated from the interference of the weather and can be started at any time.
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"Just follow the plan in five minutes."
Under the clouds, the withered grass swayed in the strong wind. Growing wildly in no-man's land, they provided excellent camouflage for ground troops. Wearing field combat uniforms with mimicry capabilities, the function of changing colors on their own is consistent with each member's own.
Ability, there is no problem visually.
"Trono, you can't go there?" Resa squatted carefully in the grass, lowering his body and asked.
"It won't go. Il and the others are already here, and everything will be handled by them. I have also completed everything I should have done, including information collection and terrain exploration." Trono said matter-of-factly, "Don't you think it's okay?
I didn't find that the mountain range in front of me is the source of these 'germs'. You must know how much the concentration of 'germs' has increased as we move from the periphery to here in the past few days. There is no specific statement on the samples brought back for testing.
We brought a temporarily prepared medicine, and based on the characteristics of the experiment, a layer of response material was added to the inner layer of the clothes. As long as the skin is not exposed too much, the influence of the 'germs' can be isolated in a short time."
"That's what I say, but do you really believe the news Du Er brought?"
Resa didn't speak, just looked at Trono, he was thinking. He had the same idea as Trono, but the current situation forced him to consider other things.
Trono grabbed a handful of withered grass and waved it in front of Resa: "This is the result. I don't want to become like these withered grass. The concentration in the mountains will only be higher, and fighting will inevitably involve injuries and bleeding. Ilhe
Theodore didn't say it, but it will definitely be troublesome if 'germs' invade the body. The group of prospectors is the best example."
"Or do you have the confidence to face prey without suffering any harm?"
"But before I face the prey, he has to deal with a huge team." Ressa retorted. He acknowledged Trono's words, but felt that Trono's whole person had changed since the incident in the Messelia area.
His temperament became different, "There is only one prey, and the number is too different from ours. I can't think of a reason why this operation failed."
"That's what you think about Cyprie, whose body was broken into pieces, and Milton, whose body has not been found yet."
No more talking, Trono closed his mouth tightly, and the sound of "rustling" from the friction of weeds spread in his ears.
It's so quiet, he thought. He really hopes that things will end soon and he can leave here intact. Whether it is El and the others who are still alive in the end, or the prey standing on the corpse, it has nothing to do with him. For him, this mission,
I don’t know how long ago it completely changed its flavor and became something like a joke.
The communicator vibrated at this moment, and Reza answered in a low voice. It was Clecy, asking about their location.
After Il and Theodore arrived here, Clexi handed over the command of his men to the two men. This was the intention of the church headquarters above, and Clexi was also willing to do this. He asked Miwejia to help.
After checking the information himself, the combined strength of the two of them was indeed beyond his comparison.
Cressy briefly asked Resa and Trono about their next plans. The three of them are the captains of the team. Although they still have to follow the instructions of Il and Theodore, in case of emergency, they are the ones who will take command.
Organize the ground team's attack.
The mood was not much different from that of Trono. During the few days they got together, he was affected. And because of his own personality, Clacy was unwilling to contribute to this matter. The environment was too weird, and the dead plants around him made him feel uncomfortable.
He thought a lot during this period. It was just that there was a deviation in the direction. He believed that the reason for this situation was caused by things running out of the southern forest behind the mountains. There was a team stationed there that was completely annihilated by the second type of creatures.
The news got out.
With their own moods, the three of them looked at the mountains ahead where the light was getting darker and darker, waiting for the time to come.
The thunder was approaching, and above the lake, the two airships broke away from the formation and came to the protruding snow-white mountain peaks, slowly descending.
In the snowy mist stirred up by the lifting device, nearly a hundred people landed on the peak through ropes. In a few breaths, their light gray clothes all turned into the color of snow. At this time, more than a hundred people also followed one after another.
They separated and formed several teams that marched a short distance down the mountain from different directions, then stopped and started waiting. Only then was the encirclement truly completed.
"Didi-di-----" At the same moment, everyone's communicators remembered a burst of rapid short sounds. At this time, everyone took out their earplugs and looked at the mountains in front of them, or
Clouds piled up over the mountains, as if they could no longer bear their own weight.
In fact, there was no sound coming out, but from the operator's perspective, they still captured something. It seemed to be acting directly on the brain and synchronizing with their own frequency, making them feel a little nauseous.
The surface of the snow on the top of the mountain moved slightly at this time, and many ice cubes appeared cracked. Even the clouds showed obvious lines, boiling and exploding, like water ripples pushing layer by layer toward the huge mountains below.
"The power has been turned on to the maximum, and the output is normal." In the control room of the airship, the operator's voice explained the current situation, "The specific detection pattern is being analyzed and generated, and it will take about five minutes."
According to the calculation and analysis of the proprietary program input into the analysis machine, pictures gradually appeared on the magnetic plate. The outline of the huge mountain range was fully formed, but it lacked obvious details. As time went by, the pictures inside the mountain began to appear. The entire
The overall color of the picture is black, but some places are much lighter.
Where the color is lighter, the shape is irregular, but presents a curved or straight shape. Those are connected caves and some larger cavities.
"It's a really useful machine." Stian walked up to El and Theodore and said.
Before arriving in the Borghese area, Stian integrated the information collected by Trono and Cressy and believed that the purpose of the prey coming here was not to simply avoid them, but to have a clear goal. Because in the early stage,
During the observation, they discovered the entrances to some caves, so before coming here, El and the others made a special trip to change their route and first went to a more prosperous area on the road.
There is a regional branch of the Imperial Minerals Corporation there, and the machines now in operation were purchased from there.
What is the most important thing about a mineral? Perhaps it is the difficulty of mining. But as far as Imperial Minerals is concerned, mining is the easiest thing. How to discover the richness hidden under the ground or in the rocks
Minerals are what they consider to be the most important. As a giant company specializing in the mining, excavation and subsequent processing of various minerals, Imperial Mineral Resources has rich experience in finding minerals.
The machine they are using now is one of them that serves this purpose. It is guessed that the prey may be hidden in the cave, and the machine only needs money to solve it, so it will not become an obstacle to its realization. Even if the prediction is wrong, it will cost
For the Templar and the Knights of the Rose, the money spent is just to raise a number by one digit on the expenses of another project. For example, changing seven to eight, the problem is completely solved.
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The light blue lake surface turned into a red and green color, and the shadows of countless tiny creatures floating in the water could be seen with the naked eye. Almost all the floating fish sank to the bottom of the lake, and the water quality could no longer be simply described as turbid.
The smell caused Cassia, who had a keen sense of smell, to subconsciously reduce the reception of sensations in her nose.
The weight of the black cloud put a lot of pressure on Cassia. He didn't know when the enemy would attack, but he knew that he must have made many plans for different situations. There were things in the Meselia area to remind them, and for themselves,
The actions will only become more and more perfect.
Jumping into the lake, Cassia dived into the water and swam towards the abandoned town. It felt like she had only swam halfway, when her head was suddenly filled with the sound of "嘤---".
The unusually sensitive sound reception made his head swell and immediately blocked part of his perception. Cassia hurriedly swam to the lake. When he walked ashore, without turning his head, the three-dimensional image generated in his brain told him the situation behind him.
Circles of arc-shaped ripples spread out in the air, continuously penetrating the mountain layer by layer. And more ripples are the feedback formed after the sound is blocked. The three sound sources are above the clouds, standing in the triangle of the mountain.
The location completely covers the mountains without any gaps.
"They are detecting the structure inside the mountain!" Cassia looked at the ripples, and the scattered sound waves allowed him to receive many patterns composed of lines. Outside the town, Cassia also sensed those times.
The gaze towards the mountains appears and disappears.
"I'm really well prepared..." He didn't know how to express his feelings at the moment. He originally wanted to use the interlacing of the cave network to give himself an advantage. But now, compared to the enemy, maybe the map in his head
There will still be some shortcomings. After all, during this period of time, he did not explore the entire cave network.
Arriving at the temporary resting place, Cassia opened the carefully wrapped stone rubbings. Although he was a little regretful, he finally lit a fire in the corner. Except for putting a small book recording strange characters and symbols on him, all other information
Everything quickly turned to ashes in his eyes.
"We can't contact Ye Jielin." Opening the cover of the communication machine, Cassia looked at the flashing red light there, shook her head and completely destroyed it, and the storage structure inside was also taken out, and lay under her feet
It became fragments mixed with gears. Communication machines have been improved by the Ato ring, adding a not too complicated function that can detect whether there is information interference in the surroundings in a smaller range.
Although I think that the enemy will definitely have similar means, whether it is interference, interception or deciphering, I still hold on to a little hope. It’s just that Cassia thinks that she should be more confident in herself or the enemy. There are many things that everyone knows.
imaginable.
Taking the weapon box, Cassia simply cleaned up the traces here, leaving no specific information, and prepared to return to the cave immediately. When he came to the lake, half of his body was already in the lake, when a strange fluctuation occurred.
It is transmitted through the earth, seems to be there and seems to be non-existent, and cannot be captured.
For just a moment, Cassia even wondered if she had stepped on the fish bones at the bottom of the lake. On the lake with layers of ripples, from the direction of the mountains, a wave like a white line rose from the place where the lake connected to the foot of the mountain.
, and slowly swept across the entire lake, gently hitting the shore. During this period, the strange fluctuations appeared several times under the feet, and then they calmed down.
Cassia stood there blankly, feeling the subtle fluctuations carefully. After a few breaths, in his eyes, circles of sound waves with smaller fluctuations rose from under the lake. To be more precise, from the mountains in front of him
The roots that went straight into the ground rose up and spread around.
In a short period of time, Cassia was moved by the difference in the aura spreading from the mountains in front of her. The feeling of heaviness and oppression turned into an angry rage in a very short period of time. (To be continued)