Chapter 1336: 436. Dark Forest

While the Cucumber Slice Team browsed through forum posts, Noland Lee used the soul of a cucumber slice as a springboard and successfully entered this “reality” world.

In the form of a transparent phantom, Noland floated beside the cucumber slice, unnoticed by anyone.

Looking at the desk, Computer, monitor, corner pot plants, and coffee machine in front of him, Noland felt an inexplicable sense of emotion.

In Noland’s memory, those fragments about urban life were actually the life experiences of the Scroll Angel before his ascension to angelhood.

He wondered if it was because information civilization, when developed to a certain extent, always seemed to result in towering skyscrapers; the urban environment Noland found himself in now bore many similarities to the one the Scroll Angel lived in before becoming an angel.

For example, the computers with screens, keyboards, and mice, as well as the LED lights on the ceiling, the busy traffic, and billboards outside the window.

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And so on.

These things made Noland feel both alien and familiar.

If he ignored the language and characters of this world and focused only on the shape and structure of modern objects, Noland would feel even more as if he had traveled back to the world before the Scroll Angel’s ascension.

However, Noland understood that this world, referred to by “players” as “reality,” was not as peaceful as it appeared on the surface.

First off, where was this so-called “reality” world located?

Noland began to sense the location of the Black Hole Magic Academy.

“Hmm… very far, very, very far. The distance between this world’s planet and the Black Hole Magic Academy is incredibly vast.”

Noland silently pondered and realized the distance between this place and the Black Hole Magic Academy; they were at least millions of light-years apart.

“Could it be that the ‘Command’ Plane’s Core has found a planet in the Barren Universe to specifically cultivate game players?”

With this thought, the magic avatar in phantom form left the workroom of the Cucumber Slice Team and ascended above the bustling, modern streets.

Noland flew upwards, rising into the city skies under the scorching sun, and with a wave of his hand toward the sun above, he shot out an invisible energy fluctuation.

He activated the “Star Observing Art.”

This magic, with the aid of the sun, magnified his power, successfully expanding his detection range to include the entire star system.

“Oh? Interesting…”

Noland was slightly astonished in his heart.

There was nothing special about the star system, but the planet itself was somewhat peculiar.

On the outskirts of this planet, Noland sensed a transparent protective layer.

This protective layer blocked all energy fluctuations originating from the planet and also halted any detection activities from outside the planet, effectively cloaking the planet with an invisibility shield, making it undetectable to external entities.

This protective layer might be naturally occurring, but Noland believed it was more likely a method employed by the “Command” Plane’s Core to protect the planet.

Under these circumstances, players would definitely not be able to pilot ships in the game and jump to their “reality” world.

To invade such a protected planet, one would have to break through from the inside.

One would have to first establish a foothold on the planet, then quickly destroy the planet’s protective layer from the inside out, making it detectable to outsiders, and finally, deploy a vast Star Fleet to conquer this place.

This whole process, even for someone like Noland with little experience in Outer Space travel, was obvious, not to mention for an old cosmic power like the Dark Divine Cult.

“No wonder the ‘Command’ Plane’s Core agreed to let me enter this world. There’s a hint of desperation in this decision. Perhaps it won’t be long before the Dark Divine Cult’s fleet arrives.”

Noland’s thoughts were ongoing, but he did not immediately help the ‘Command’ Plane’s Core search for members of the Dark Divine Cult.

For one thing, the strife between Plane Cores was extremely perilous and far from something a single life creature like him could participate in. He would have to first consult the Scroll Angel and the ‘Escape’ Plane’s Core for their opinions on how to proceed.

Secondly, his current deconstruction abilities were limited to Passive Deconstruction.

It wasn’t as if he could beat up every human on the planet just to root out members of the Dark Divine Cult.

So, this matter still needed to be put on hold.

Gazing down at the thriving city below, Noland was slightly moved, dissolved his magic avatar, and allowed his consciousness to return to his original body.

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Angel Enterprises Alliance, Fenir Star Domain.

This was the core region of the Archangel Group, teeming with resource-rich galaxies and highly secret scientific research space stations. noveldrama

About an hour ago, a fleet from the Archangel Group, which had departed from the Motuoli Galaxy, traveled through the Star Gate between star domains and arrived in the Fenir Star Domain.

This fleet carried scientific research data from a star-destroying site.

Upon reaching the Star Gate of Fenir Star Domain, they immediately initiated a series of jumps, navigating rapidly through the Star Gates between star systems, and finally stopping in the central area of the Fenir Star Domain.

Noland’s original form had been closely following this fleet’s movements.

The first good news was that his presence hadn’t alerted the Star Gate and space station’s defensive forces; he maintained his stealth mode.

The second piece of good news was that he had found the space station that housed the Main Brain Controller.

This space station, regarded as top-secret by the Angel Enterprises Alliance, was named “Archangel Group–Voice of the Angel” space station.

This space station was heavily guarded, but in Noland’s eyes, all the defensive mechanisms seemed like mere formalities.