He walked over to the nearest portal and got in line.
He originally wanted to review his strength and join the battle sequence, but the watchers in the hall said that the battle sequence suffered heavy casualties.
He decided to wait and see, since the war would not end in a day or two anyway.
The transmission was very efficient, and when it was his turn, he put the Watcher's Association card against the door.
[03－9077 World]
[Time flow rate is 1:80]
[Open the transmission channel]
Colorful light came towards him, and Wang Ran stepped in without thinking.
call-
He appeared on a simple square transmission platform.
Due to the speed of time flow, the war here lasted for a year and a half, and the Watcher Association has built a large-scale war fortress.
The azure energy barrier covered the sky, strange war machines could be seen everywhere, large drone swarms flew overhead, and towering turrets emitted deafening roars...
The air smells of war.
"New here!"
"What's your number?"
Wang Ran looked in the direction of the voice.
He saw a table, behind which sat a man in black clothes and black pants.
The man had a nameplate on his chest that read "Registrar Xiaofeng".
Wang Ran reported his number and the man handed him a nameplate.
He said: "You put this nameplate on your body, which has built-in mapping, communication and sensing modules. It is tailor-made for this world and is much more useful than a personal terminal."
"Your mission is to scout the Purple Mist area."
"You can earn one contribution point every time you complete a reconnaissance that lasts more than ten minutes."
"The deeper you go into the purple mist area, the longer the investigation time will be, the more valuable the intelligence you obtain will be, and the more contribution points you will get in the end."
The man emphasized: "Contribution points can be exchanged for a lot of good things in the Third District Self-Help Committee!"
“Do a good job!”
“This is the big reward!”
Wang Ran looked at the man and felt that he was from the Third District Self-Help Committee.
Wang Ran asked: "What is the Purple Mist Area?"
At this moment, a white light appeared on the transmission platform.
Someone else teleported over.
The man spoke very quickly, "The Purple Mist Area is shown on the map. Reconnaissance is done by remotely driving a robot. You can find out the specific information by putting on the brooch. I still have to receive other people here, so you can figure it out on your own."
Wang Ran nodded.
"New here!" the man shouted behind Wang Ran, "What's your number?"
Wang Ran walked down the transmission platform.
As he walked and pinned his brooch, a piece of information came into his mind.
"The Purple Mist Area is the area affected by the evil god?"
"There are evil gods in this world?!"
Wang Ran’s expression froze.
He wondered if he had won the jackpot. There were only a few evil gods in total, and he ended up running into one
[Start real-time simulation]
[You go to the logistics area to chat with people]
[You learned that the Watcher Association has only discovered three worlds where evil gods have descended]
[9077 is one of them]
You ask them if they are afraid.
[You learned that the god from the third district is here]
[You learned that the evil god has not made any move]
Wang Ran suddenly understood.
No wonder the Watcher Association dared to build a fortress here even though they knew there was an evil god in this world. It turns out that there is a fighting force here that is equal to that of the evil god!
[You open the portal and return to the world hub]
[You waited for a while]
[You find that 9077's transmission channel is always open]
[Simulation ends]
Wang Ran made an estimate in his mind.
According to the time flow rate of 1:80, the 9077 world is safe for at least one day.
He relaxed.
"But the Watcher Association is deploying troops here, they must want to kill this evil god, why haven't they taken action yet?"
Wang Ran didn’t think too much about it. He opened the built-in map on the nameplate and was suddenly surprised.
According to the scale on the map, the scale of this war fortress is comparable to that of a province!
He looked up into the distance and saw the azure glow of the energy barrier extending all the way to the horizon.
Being able to build such a magnificent war fortress in just a year and a half, the strength of the Watcher Society should not be underestimated!
…
Wang Ran followed the map on the nameplate and came to the logistics area where the reconnaissance mission was to be carried out.
Looking around, there are capsule-shaped cockpits and aircraft launch pads everywhere.
It's so densely packed that there's no end in sight.
boom-
Accompanied by a loud bang, a narrow triangular cone-shaped aircraft rose from not far away.
This is a reconnaissance robot named Bird. It is characterized by its fast flying speed and three burst acceleration modes. It is suitable for forcing a breakthrough when a gap is made in the defense line of the evil god's converts.
In addition to birds, there are two other types of reconnaissance robots, called fish and insects.
The fish carries dozens of shielding devices.
It has the slowest flying speed, but is very quiet when flying, and has an optical stealth module, so it can be easily overlooked even if seen by the naked eye, making it suitable for stealth reconnaissance missions.
The Zerg is equipped with several weapon modules.
The driver can fight back when encountering evil god converts, which makes it suitable for armed reconnaissance and can also cover the other two reconnaissance robots.
The three reconnaissance robots each have their own characteristics.
The record of detection distance is maintained by the bird-type reconnaissance robot, and the record of detection time is maintained by the fish-type reconnaissance robot.
The bug-type reconnaissance robot is neither long nor durable, but it also contributes points by killing evil god converts, so it is also a popular model.
As long as a person lies in the cockpit and connects his consciousness to the robot, he can remotely control the robot to detect the purple fog.
This is the main way the Watcher Society obtains intelligence.
However, in order to prevent waste of resources, each person can only perform one reconnaissance mission per day. To perform it a second time, they have to pay contribution points.
"The duration record is about to be broken!"
"Come and see the boss!"
"Where is this hiding?"
"This guy is amazing. I've been here for a year, and the longest I've been investigating is only 20 days."
Many people gathered outside a cockpit, with several messages displayed on the door.
[Model: Fish]
[Depth: Six Rings]
[Time: 61 days, 17 hours, 28 minutes]
The Watcher Association divides the purple mist area into nine rings with the evil god's location as the center. The smaller the number, the closer it is to the evil god's location.
The pilot of this fish-shaped reconnaissance robot has been conducting reconnaissance at the Sixth Ring Road for sixty-one days.
The record for the longest reconnaissance time is 61 days, 17 hours and 31 minutes, and this pilot is about to break this record.
Wang Ran walked over curiously.
A young-looking man was lying in the transparent capsule.
His expression was extremely painful, with the muscles on his face twisted into a ball, as if he was going through something bad.
Wang Ran was a little confused.
He thought, isn't flying a flying vehicle an easy task? Even if there are difficulties, it shouldn't look so painful, right
Others noticed this, too.
"Strange, why does this boss look so ugly?"
"Something seems wrong."
Suddenly someone in the crowd looked very different: "Oh no! Open the cockpit quickly!"
"He was captured by the evil converts!"
As soon as the words were spoken, there was an immediate uproar.
Several people rushed forward, fumbled around the side of the capsule, opened the door, and dragged the driver out.
"puff!"
The driver spurted blood and passed out.
Someone yelled, "Call for medical help!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a translucent beam of light descended from above his head.
The unconscious pilot slowly rose in the beam of light and finally entered a white cube suspended in mid-air.
"Who knows how long his condition just now lasted?"
"I don't know. This place is a bit remote. Usually no one comes here to drive."
"Maybe two or three days?"
"What happened?"
"Isn't it safe to drive a robot?"
"Three days? That's it!"
"Last time someone became an idiot in one day!"
The first person to discover the driver's abnormality sighed, and said earnestly: "You newcomers don't know that although driving a robot is safe, it is not 100% safe. If you find that the evil god's converts have attached something to your robot, you should explode immediately!"
Someone asked, “Why?”
He answered with fear on his face: "Because those things have the breath of the evil god, which can prevent us from breaking the connection with the robots. Once they fall into the hands of the evil god's converts, what awaits us is endless mental torture!"
The crowd suddenly became excited.
The breath of evil...
If you get involved with this stuff, you will die a horrible death!
Another person added: "It is said that one day in reality is one year in consciousness. If that person was tortured for three days, that would be three full years. Even if he had a will of steel, he would have been turned into pus!"
Someone curiously asked: "What if it's longer?"
"Longer?" The person who spoke said with an unpleasant expression, "You don't want to know."
"Alright! Let's all go!"
"Next time you see the pilot's expression is not right, knock twice on the cockpit glass. If the pilot does not respond, press the red button on the right side of the cockpit and pull the pilot out!"
"Please spread the word!"
"Maybe one day you will save yourself!"
"… "
The crowd gradually dispersed.
They had gathered to watch the big guy break the record, but they found out that he had been tortured into a fool by the evil god's converts, and their morale dropped a lot.
Only Wang Ran stayed where he was, silently checking the information about the reconnaissance mission.
A huge sand table map emerged from the depths of his mind. Four-fifths of the area on the sand table was covered by purple mist of varying shades, and only one-fifth of the area in the northwest corner was rippling with azure light.
The azure light represents the area actually controlled by the Watcher Society.
Judging from the map, the Watcher Society is at a disadvantage.
However, the evil god is known for its ability to spread and pollute, so the disadvantage of the Watcher Association is actually not that great.
But the situation is getting worse.
At the junction of the purple mist and the azure light, there is a circle of small arrows indicating the direction of the movement of the boundary line. These small arrows are pointing in the direction of the Watcher Association.
This means that the purple mist is advancing towards the Watcher Association every minute and every second, compressing the Watcher Association's control area.
Wang Ran focused his attention on the purple mist.
He saw eight flashing dotted lines, which divided the purple mist into nine ring-shaped belts. The outermost layer was nine rings and the innermost layer was one ring.
The first ring is also called the purple mist core, where stands a purple-black pillar of light, which is the location of the evil god.
The Watcher Society is very interested in evil gods.
They specifically launched a sub-task targeting the evil god of the 9077 world, hoping that someone could observe the evil god up close, with a reward of up to 150,000 Morgan coins!
But no one has been able to complete this task.
After all, observing the evil god up close...
It doesn't sound like a job that will end well!
So almost no one wants to do this task.
Only the logistics watchers in charge of reconnaissance missions have ideas about this mission, but currently the pilots who have penetrated the furthest into the purple fog have barely reached the fourth ring, and are still far from the core of the purple fog. Moreover, the closer to the core of the purple fog, the more and stronger the evil god's converts there are, and it is almost impossible to move forward.
Four rings is the currently recognized limit.
Wang Ran took a look at the data of the reconnaissance robot.
According to the flying speed of the bird-shaped reconnaissance robot, it would take only 28 minutes to reach the core of the purple mist.
Twenty-eight minutes.
Just within the range of his real-time simulation...
[Start real-time simulation]
[You lie down in the cockpit]
[You activated a bird-shaped reconnaissance robot]
[You rush straight towards the purple mist core]
[You have entered the Nine Rings]
[The loud noise from the reconnaissance robot attracted the attention of the evil god's converts]
The advantage of the bird-shaped reconnaissance robot is that it flies fast. If there is no obstruction, it can enter the core of the purple mist in more than 20 minutes.
But the disadvantage is also obvious - it makes too much noise!
Not just sounds, but also light and energy fluctuations.
[You activated the accelerator]
[You got rid of the evil god convert]
[You have entered the eighth ring]
[You have attracted the attention of the evil god's converts]
[You activated the accelerator]
[You got rid of the evil god convert]
[You have entered the seventh ring]
[You have attracted the attention of the evil god's converts]
[You activated the accelerator]
[You got rid of the evil god convert]
[You have entered the Sixth Ring]
[You find that the acceleration device has run out of use]
The bird-shaped reconnaissance robot comes with three bursts of acceleration, which can shake off the evil god converts, but they are gone after they are used up.
To enter the core of the purple mist,
It must be kept until at least the fourth ring before it can be used.
[You have attracted the attention of the evil god's converts]
You were shot down.
[…]
[Simulation ends]
Wang Ran was not surprised by the failure.
After all, more than a year has passed here, and the farthest reconnaissance record is still at the Fourth Ring Road. The difficulty of the investigation must be very high.
How can we fly farther
Wang Ran lay down in the capsule. He activated a bird-shaped reconnaissance robot, then stared at the sand table in his mind, imagining different routes one after another.
[Start real-time simulation]
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[Start real-time simulation]
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[Start real-time simulation]
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[Simulation ends]
The evil god converts are scattered in the purple mist in a disorderly manner. Evil god converts of any scale may appear in any position of the purple mist, which makes the situation inside the purple mist become a nearly disordered chaos.
But disorder is not without solution.
As long as the number of simulations is sufficient, a safe route into the purple mist can always be found—even if it is only a momentary gap.
A few hours later, Wang Ran opened his eyes.
"Is there a possibility that you can provide some protection measures for the driver first, so that he will not go crazy when he sees the evil god?"