Light Fortress-Chapter 1534 - 227: Beneath the Sea

Rumblings!

The cloud ship fell onto the sea surface, but did not produce the imagined violent jolt; even with the protection of the shield, the bottom of the cabin inevitably collided with the waves, yet everyone felt as if it had scraped land.

"This is..."

Cloud Tiger stared blankly at the scene displayed on the main control screen.

Countless mists were bounced off by the source energy shield propped up by the cloud ship, followed by countless wind and snow; as the cloud ship sailed into the Ice Sea, the seawater continuously colliding with the bottom of the cabin surprisingly turned into land, countless rubble splashed and bounced away from both sides of the cloud ship, before them was a vast and boundless ice field!

"Indeed... the entrance is on the sea surface."

Xuan Turtle said solemnly, in a low voice: "If I’m not mistaken, we have already entered the ’Ice Sea Ruins’!"

The shield gradually weakened amidst the bombardment, and the moment they realized the scene had changed, the forward speed of the cloud ship immediately started to slow down.

"Entering the ruins, is it really that simple?"

Someone spoke in disbelief.

Then someone suddenly shouted: "Look quickly, the way back is gone!"

Gu Xiaoman followed the voice and looked in the direction behind the cloud ship.

The place where they came from had already been obscured by a mist of snow.

The vast fog made it difficult to see any direction.

"Stop, turn around!"

Cloud Tiger roared.

The cloud ship raised again and quickly turned... but the path was already sealed by heavy snow, countless fragments of ice and snow slapped the shield, and after traveling a short distance, the cloud ship gradually stopped.

Due to the overwhelming scene of the Ice Sea, coupled with the fact that the Law Enforcers participating in this mission were generally quite young, the spectacle caused a certain degree of commotion.

Gu Xiaoman wrapped herself in a cloak, silently watching the chaos aboard the cloud ship.

Finally, it was still Cloud Tiger’s voice that suppressed the whole scene.

"It seems we’ve indeed entered the ’Disaster Realm’, no need to panic, according to the original plan, split up and leave the cloud ship... now is when the exploration mission truly begins!"

As the head of the mission, and having been the Divine Envoy for Source Tower for years, Cloud Tiger had seen many major scenes.

Entering a Disaster Realm and losing the exit is a perfectly normal occurrence.

Many Disaster Realm entrances and exits are not together.

But actually finding an exit is not too difficult.

As long as it is a closed Disaster Realm, it must conform to the iron law of source quality conservation, so often by simply following the direction of "source quality flow", one can roughly determine the location of the exit.

Under the suppression and leadership of the two Divine Envoys, order on the cloud ship was quickly restored; they put on the latest external skeletal equipment, which was the "class-source armor weapon" developed by Upper City against North Continent, and began to disembark gradually.

No one gave Gu Xiaoman equipment, but she didn’t care.

What she wore was a Fifth-Order Source Armor, even Cloud Tiger and Xuan Turtle’s equipment couldn’t compare to the one on her body!

The people on the cloud ship had gone through training before the mission, divided into dozens of small teams, the team leaders were the Divine Envoy candidates, each carrying five to six Transcendent team members...

Soon only Gu Xiaoman was left on the cloud ship.

Before setting off, Cloud Tiger and Xuan Turtle hadn’t said a word to her...

Since Mr. Tianshui had given this little girl extremely high authority, they considered her an invisible person, doing their tasks, whatever Gu Xiaoman chose to do was up to her.

The relationship between them seemed peaceful.

But in reality, hidden currents surged.

Gu Xiaoman knew the real reason Cloud Tiger and Xuan Turtle hadn’t confronted her—

Although the Deep Sea Network couldn’t be linked in the Ice Sea area, the closed network on the cloud ship was still silently functioning.

The reason these two Divine Envoys hadn’t shown hostility toward her was because they still needed a return trip... and at this moment, the closed network on the cloud ship was faithfully recording everything happening inside the cabin!

Gu Xiaoman quietly waited on the cloud ship for an hour, not urgently leaving.

Her intuition told her.

That the ’Ice Sea Ruins’ weren’t as simple as they seemed.

If the cloud ship’s chosen dock point was dangerous at this moment, then the exploration teams going out would soon encounter accidents... so many teams going out couldn’t all be destroyed, some would certainly escape back to the cloud ship, and by then Cloud Tiger and Xuan Turtle would surely choose to restart the cloud ship, to find a slightly safer place to anchor.

Besides, Gu Xiaoman also sensed "hostility" from those candidates.

This time she was ostracized from the group.

Not a single Cloud Tiger and Xuan Turtle candidate communicated with her, although it was what she expected... but she vaguely felt, if she were isolated, meeting this bunch again, they might do something crazy.

A wise man does not stand by a perilous wall.

She chose to wait for the Law Enforcers to disperse and then go out exploring at a relatively safe time.

Preferring to be a lone wolf.

Rather than teaming up with these people.

...

...

Under the Ice Sea, in a place where no one could see—a silent site.

A stone block sank and hit the ground, making a dull crash.

"Boom."

That was the sound of touching the steep rock at the deepest part of the Ice Sea.

"Boom..."

This sound slowly rippled through the depths of the Ice Sea, but unfortunately, in the endless dark abyss, no one could hear it, quickly drowned by the roar of the undercurrent.

Waves at the deepest part of the Ice Sea repeatedly washed over the rock walls.

Yet were blocked by the red, faint light of the array patterns.

This stone block was enveloped by the light of array patterns.

And within it was a skin-and-bones figure, seemingly pasted onto the rock wall, his head engraved with a dwindling heart, surrounded by countless intricate and obscure ancient inscriptions, spreading into a dry and entangled trunk. If one were to look at this stone wall mural alone, one would have the illusion that this emaciated figure was actually sitting under this ancient tree.