The round pancake-shaped all-weather soul-guided reconnaissance aircraft slowly moved across the sea. In the distance, the white snow line could be seen.
"Captain, we are about to arrive at the far north." A crisp voice sounded, and Nan Cheng, dressed in a white military uniform, reported to Lan Xiao, who was sitting in the co-pilot's seat.
They are a scientific expedition team from the Ancient Soul Beast Research Institute under the Tiandou Branch of the Douluo Federation Scientific Research Institute. Since the Douluo Federation completed its first space journey about nine thousand years ago, humans have begun to explore space. Continuous exploration and discovery have allowed humans to gain more and more understanding of the vastness of the universe.
With the increase in population and some other problems, humans began to try interstellar migration. After thousands of years of unremitting efforts, they finally completed the migration of the first planet more than a thousand years ago. In the following thousand years, humans have completed the migration plan for seven planets and developed them.
Ever since soul beasts nearly brought about a catastrophe of destruction ten thousand years ago, Mo Lan, the speaker of the generation known as the Mother of Peace of the Douluo Federation, announced that humans and soul beasts could coexist peacefully, and all killing of soul beasts was prohibited.
When the Federation was colonizing the third planet, it gave this planet to the soul beasts. Led by several contemporary soul beast kings, they migrated from the small plane of the Ten Thousand Beasts Platform. The soul beasts finally had their own home.
After that, the seventh planet was given to soul beasts. With two planets of their own, soul beasts have been able to fully recuperate for thousands of years, and the hatred between them and humans has been completely resolved. Humans are cooperating with soul beasts in a brand new way. For tens of thousands of years, soul beasts occupied the entire Douluo Star and humans struggled to survive, then humans invented soul guides and began to compress the living space of soul beasts, and then the king of soul beasts who awakened thousands of years ago led the remaining soul beasts to retaliate against humans. Today, humans and soul beasts coexist peacefully. The changes of the times have finally allowed humans and soul beasts, who are closely related because of the profession of soul masters, to enter a period of peaceful development.
The scientific expedition team led by Lan Xiao came to the Far North to explore whether there are any ice and snow soul beasts or soul beast relics left here, so as to conduct research on ancient soul beasts.
The Far North was once known as the last pure land of Douluo Continent. The harsh environment here prevented the remaining soul beasts from being harmed by humans. Later, they also migrated, but the soul beast world here was self-contained. At that time, it took a lot of effort to get most soul beasts to accept immigration. But some still chose to stay or hide.
"Okay." Lan Xiao has a major rank on his shoulders and looks handsome. He is 31 years old this year and graduated from the Douluo Federation National Institute of Science and Technology, majoring in soul beast research. All scientific research units are awarded military ranks and are managed by the federation.
As he agreed, his eyes unconsciously fell on Nan Cheng's graceful curves under the military uniform. In addition to being colleagues, they were also a couple. Not long after the beautiful Nan Cheng entered the institute, she was taken advantage of by the director. The two had a good relationship and were planning to get married after returning from this scientific expedition.
Nan Cheng glared at him and turned away. However, her charming look made Lan Xiao smile knowingly.
"After entering the Far North, immediately activate the life detector. Increase the detection intensity to the level of a ten-year soul beast." Lan Xiao gave the order.
"Yes." Nan Cheng was in charge of the detection and responded immediately in a businesslike manner.
The Far North has been a bitterly cold land since ancient times. Almost no plants can survive here. When there were soul beasts in the past, they were mainly large cold-resistant soul beasts. There are also some special soul beasts like the Ice Jade Scorpion and the Snow Girl.
Soon, the all-weather soul-guided reconnaissance aircraft entered the extreme north and flew towards the inner circle. A soft white halo surrounded the reconnaissance aircraft, isolating it from the bitter cold outside.
A light green light fell from the center of the flat plane's lower abdomen. When the light fell on the ground, it formed a green light circle covering one square kilometer. Anyone with a life force exceeding the level of a ten-year soul beast within the light circle would be detected. This is the latest type of life detector. It is precise enough to penetrate a hundred meters underground.
The reconnaissance plane was moving forward while scanning along the coastline. Although the life detector had a large detection range, the Far North was very vast, and it would take a long time to scan the entire area, or even just to explore a part of it.
"Okay, now that we're here, let's set up the detection program and take a break. I hope we can find something this time." Lan Xiao stretched his body and said lazily, with a faint smile on his lips.
Nan Cheng curled her lips at his look. This guy is always like this. He seems to be careless in everything he does, but he can do everything well. When he was in school, he didn't work as hard as him, but he became a top student. After work, he was easily admitted to the research institute. Obviously, he was admitted with him, but now he is still a lieutenant, while he has been promoted twice. You know, military rank promotion is extremely difficult. In the absence of war, if you want to gradually advance to the level of a school officer, you have to be at least 40 years old. But this guy is only 31 years old this year.
Thinking about it, I really can't accept it. I have obviously worked harder than him! Even when he was pursuing me, I seemed to be just ignorant and surrendered to his harmless smile. Humph!
Just as she was thinking, a shadow blocked the light in front of her. A big hand rubbed her head, and the familiar voice sounded in her ears, "Okay, if the instrument detects something, it will automatically alarm. Come with me to eat."
If someone else became a couple with a colleague in such an important department, they would definitely be careful with their words and actions, but Lan Xiao had no such awareness at all and was so openly close to Nan Cheng. Nan Cheng reminded him many times, but he still did the same thing, and gave the euphemism: I couldn't help it!
"Yeah." Nan Cheng stood up, and then realized that he had listened to him so easily. Damn it!
She looked up and wanted to glare at him, but was greeted by Lan Xiao's charming smile. She kept her eyes on him, and he held her hand and walked towards the restaurant of the spaceship. She also heard this guy's voice in her ear, "I just like your silly look."
Who is she calling stupid? Who is she calling stupid? Just as she was thinking about whether to have an outburst, suddenly, a series of rapid "beeping" sounds attracted everyone's attention.
Nan Cheng rushed back to her position almost subconsciously and quickly performed a series of operations. The screen in front of her quickly enlarged, and she could clearly see a circle of strong halo on the screen that was constantly spreading outward.
Lan Xiao followed closely behind her and came to her side, looking at the screen with a serious expression.
"All units, attention. All units, attention. There is a possibility of the appearance of powerful life forms. Reconnaissance aircraft ascend to an altitude of three thousand meters and life detectors concentrate on detection. The protective shield is temporarily opened to maximum intensity and interception weapons are ready." He gave a series of orders without hesitation. The lazy look on his face disappeared, replaced by solemnity.
The halo spreading on the screen was red, and he knew very well what this meant. Only a soul beast at the level of one hundred thousand years could release such powerful life energy.
"Use reconnaissance satellites to observe in detail." Lan Xiao patted Nan Cheng's shoulder.
"Yeah." Nan Cheng's hands were operating on the console in front of her like a butterfly flying through flowers. Soon, the satellite was connected, and the high-definition reconnaissance satellite locked onto the target under her guidance.
Lan Xiao stood up straight and turned to the main screen of the reconnaissance plane. On the main screen, a picture was being rapidly enlarged.
At first it was just a white expanse, but soon the snow melted clearly, and then there was a valley surrounded by ice and snow.
It is called a valley, but it is more like a crack. The crack is rapidly enlarged in the high-definition detection of the reconnaissance satellite, all the way to the depths of the valley, next to a broken rock.
The huge amount of life energy came from here. When the satellite was positioned at that point, Lan Xiao and Nan Cheng could clearly see a faint golden halo flickering under the white snow.
"Enlarge it a little more." Lan Xiao said in a deep voice.
The picture was further enlarged, and this time it was clearer. The snow was not only glittering with gold, but also with silver. The two colors flickered slowly and alternately.
Nan Cheng turned to him and whispered, "What is that?"
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Douluo 4 is officially launched. Today is also the tenth anniversary of our Douluo series. Thank you for your support and love over the past ten years. Xiao Tang will work hard to write a Douluo 4 that satisfies everyone. The Ultimate Douluo is about to begin. Love you. Please continue to love your Douluo. Two updates a day, this is the first update today, and there will be more in the evening. br>