To find a wizard who is bent on escaping in such a vast purgatory, the success rate is very slim. Even with Vivian's proud bat army and Hao Ren's advanced probes, it may be difficult to achieve the goal, so they are releasing those overwhelming
The "Sentinel" immediately began to discuss the next search plan. Lily still remembered Baptiste's purpose of coming to Purgatory in the first place: "He is going to the second level of Purgatory, right? Where is this second level?"
place?"
After hearing Lily's words, Hao Ren looked up and looked into the distance. No matter which direction he looked from, all he could see was a desolate and rotten land. This space seemed to have no signs of "stratification". Originally, he heard
When there was a second level in Purgatory, I thought it was a structure similar to a tower, but now it seems that I really thought too much.
"Underground," Vivian tapped the ground gently with her toes, "there is another layer more than ten kilometers below our feet. The space there is very vast, almost like another world."
Lily frowned and opened her mouth for a long time before she said: "Why is it a hole in the ground again? Why do we have to dig into the ground every now and then?"
Hesiana immediately looked at Hao Ren suspiciously: "What do you mean by always digging into the ground? Why do you usually take Lady Vivian with you?"
"Don't worry, I won't sell her to Shanxi to mine coal," Hao Ren waved his hand casually, "And let alone the coal boss, even the Saudi Crown Prince may not be able to withstand her prodigal halo. Speaking of that Purgatory II
Is the layer a cave?”
"No," Vivian shook her head, and then there was a troubled look on her face. It seemed that she felt that it was difficult to explain to everyone what structure was underneath this land due to her limited vocabulary. "I just heard some rumors. It is said that this land
Below is a space that is almost as vast as the surface world. It is so huge that it is definitely not as simple as a 'cave'. However, no one has actually been to the depths of Purgatory. The theories about the second floor of Purgatory are basically based on those at that time.
The exploration team detected it through magic induction. I don’t know the specific situation.”
"That Baptiste probably knows, otherwise he wouldn't be so obsessed with the second floor of Purgatory." Nangong Wuyue said while making the sound of water purring, "Do you know where the entrance to the second floor of Purgatory is?"
"I'm asking the bats to search separately. It is said that the entrances to the second floor of Purgatory are some very huge hollows, surrounded by crater-like structures, which should be very eye-catching. If we can find these entrances and catch Baptiste at the same time, then
Better.”
At this time, Nangong Sanba was looking around with a vigilant look. After searching around, he couldn't help but ask: "Isn't there supposed to be a lot of monsters in this place? There are rumors of demons dancing in the land. Why is there not even a shadow of a ghost here?"
Can’t see it?”
"Isn't it bad if you can't meet monsters?" Vivian's lips raised slightly, "There are indeed many monsters in Purgatory. But they don't exist everywhere. Occasionally, we do encounter such a relatively 'quiet' place. Let's do this this time
We must be lucky to have chosen the location we came in. I hope Baptiste has the same luck and that guy doesn't die before we catch him."
Then she looked at Hao Ren: "Can you make the probe scanning range wider? It's rare to come to Purgatory, and I want to get to know this place well. I have been curious about this place since before, but unfortunately I didn't have the conditions at that time.
, I haven’t studied it carefully.”
Hao Ren hummed and began to issue more instructions to the scattered searching probes through the data terminal.
After knowing the characteristics of the entrance to the second floor of Purgatory, he set a new goal for the probes: in addition to continuing to search for traces of Baptiste, he also searched for large holes and crater terrain on the surface. The current search range of the probes
is rapidly expanding, and the holographic map displayed on the data terminal continues to extend, outlining an increasingly larger range of landforms. These probes and Vivian's bat group have chosen different search directions to maximize efficiency.
At the same time, he also ordered some probes to fly upward. He wanted to see how big the world was from a high place.
The data terminal floated among the people. It projected a series of holographic images. The center image was from the probe responsible for detecting the outer layer of the atmosphere. On the screen, you can see that the probe has entered the thick and dense clouds high in the sky. Huge,
The dirty clouds, which are like lead masses, are continuously pressed down, and continuous small-scale discharge phenomena can be seen in the clouds. These discharge phenomena are not ordinary lightning in nature, but seem to be a chemical reaction, which occurs in the "clouds"
The surface and interior vibrate and transmit at extremely fast speeds, turning the entire cloud into a weird luminous body, and creating a resonance-like connection with the surrounding clouds.
The scene that came out was like walking inside the body of a huge monster made of clouds. The monster's internal organs and flesh were glowing faintly.
Hao Ren deliberately slowed down the speed of the probe in order to observe the state of the clouds in the process. This may reveal the secrets of Purgatory's ecological environment. Others were also attracted by these magical pictures and gathered around. Lily explored
Neck looked at those large luminous clouds with a thoughtful expression: "Is the entire purgatory illuminated by these lights?"
"That's right. We can't see sunlight on the surface. The thickness of the clouds will completely block the sun's light. So it's the light emitted by the clouds themselves that illuminates the world." Hao Ren nodded slightly, "And this is a space debris.
, and it’s hard to tell whether there are stars out there.”
May asked curiously: "Where does the lightning in the clouds come from?"
Hao Ren poked the data terminal, and the latter said lazily: "Don't poke it, it has been analyzed and it is microorganisms."
Hao Ren was a little surprised: "Microorganisms?"
"Weird ecosystem," the data terminal said, opening a set of small images next to it. The images displayed simulated graphics of the planet Purgatory: Since there are no real scan results of the entire planet, the details are basically guesswork.
But it looks quite like that. Part of the planet simulation diagram was cut open, showing a cross-section from the upper atmosphere to the surface. "Thick clouds enveloped the entire planet, without any gaps at all, just like a
Like a bed quilt. These clouds are full of microorganisms, numbering at least hundreds of species. They feed on organic dust floating up from the lower atmosphere and generate their own light and heat. In fact, this can no longer be said to be a 'cloud', but a
Huge, living pan-organisms. Although those microorganisms appear to be independent single-cell individuals, due to the special structure of the clouds, this machine tends to regard them as a loose special multi-cellular organism: the void is vast, the world
Numerous, biological forms of this kind also exist.”
Except for the Hesiana trio, who had expressions of listening to what was written, everyone else was dumbfounded. Lily couldn't help but look up at the boundless thick clouds in the sky: "It's as if the entire planet was occupied by a super huge soft-bodied creature.
Wrapped?"
When Hao Ren heard Lily's words, he couldn't help but glance at Nangong Wuyue, who immediately shook his body and made a grunting sound: "What are you looking at me for? I am a software but I am not a living thing... No, I am a living thing but I am not
Soft body... that's not right either, I'm a soft body creature now, but I'm not that big, okay?"
Hao Ren scratched his hair: "When I talk about soft-bodied creatures, I can't help but think about slimes. By the way, can't you study your talent points carefully when you go back and change to an ultimate form other than slimes?"
Wuyue crossed her arms: "Yes, isn't it just a Pipi shrimp? It's three meters long!"
Hao Ren: "..."
In any case, Lily's description is indeed accurate. The entire Purgatory planet is indeed wrapped by a giant organism. The entire cloud covering the planet is a spherical membrane-shaped organism, which provides light and heat to the world.
, however, compared to this incredible phenomenon, Hao Ren was more concerned about another thing: "What is outside the clouds?"
The data terminal accelerated the speed of the probe as it rushed out of the atmosphere. The clouds on the screen passed by quickly. Soon the probe reached the end of the clouds. Everyone saw that it passed through an extremely smooth layer, as if
The milky white surface like a curtain then rushed into the boundless darkness.
The probe slowed down and photographed the surroundings, and saw an endless white plane extending out of its lens, smooth and continuous. If he hadn't known in advance that it was clouds, Hao Ren would have mistakenly thought it was a snowfield.
Lily couldn't help but be stunned: "...so beautiful!"
Vivian looked at her sideways: "I really want to put something around my neck and run around for two times, right?"
Lily didn't think much about it at all: "Yes, yes!"
Obviously, this is a victory for the power of the ancestors.
The probe turned the camera to take a picture of the direction in which it came from, and saw an obvious leak point on the smooth white "curtain". A large amount of mist and fiber-like white tissue spewed out silently from inside. However, within a few seconds, this
The leakage point was blocked.
"It's unbelievable... It's really a behavior unique to biological organizations," Hao Ren was dumbfounded, "How could it evolve like this?"
"In order to prevent the planet's material from leaking out," the terminal hummed in reply, "the probe has just penetrated a very tough layer of colloidal tissue, which was probably slowly condensed by the microorganisms in the clouds over thousands of years.
The outermost layer of the entire planet is such a pure white world. If you walk on the atmosphere, it should feel like walking on marshmallows."
Wuyue sighed faintly: "I didn't expect that this place as bad as hell would look so beautiful from space." (To be continued)