Although the night scene before them was extraordinarily beautiful, the soldiers of the Skull Squad had no time to appreciate these breathtaking sights. Because shortly after the lighthouse began flashing with colorful lights, there came the sound of electric currents emanating from within. These ominous sounds of electricity, with their dangerous undertones, spread rapidly from above the lighthouse to the ground, forming large swirling vortices of black currents around its base.
After several minutes, the jarring sound of electricity suddenly ceased, and tranquility returned to the night sky over Terrilei City. However, what kept the members of the Skull Squad on edge was the appearance of several teleportation gates around the lighthouse, intertwined with electric lights. Unlike the stable gates they had encountered on the battlefield before, these seemed unstable. They emitted silent yet sharp currents, giving an unsettling feeling that they could collapse at any moment.
But that wasn't all. Upon their formation, heavy floating combat vehicles began streaming out from these gates, quickly occupying all the streets around the lighthouse. Simultaneously, small Mastanian squads patrolling the streets seemed to receive an unseen signal, converging towards the lighthouse to form an impregnable defense line alongside these heavy units pouring out of the gates.
Witnessing this scene, the soldiers couldn't help but exclaim in shock, "My god, those are Mastanian mechanized combat units! How could they suddenly be transported here? Could it be that the Mastanians sensed our operation and specifically rushed here to protect the lighthouse?"
"Everyone, stay calm! Maintain vigilance! The situation ahead has changed! If the Mastanians make any move threatening the Savior and their mission, we will immediately draw their attention with gunfire! In any case, we must ensure the safety of the Savior and those codes!" Despite the unexpected appearance of the Mastanian mechanized forces disrupting their previous operational plans, the seasoned Wang Defa remained calm and swiftly issued new combat directives. As for why such heavily armed Mastanian forces would suddenly appear during the attempt to crack the lock on the gate, it was a question to ponder after resolving the sudden crisis.
Fortunately, the Mastanian military remained stationed around the lighthouse after their appearance, showing no signs of launching an attack on Eva and the building where they were hiding. This allowed the Skull Squad to spend the night on high alert and breathe a sigh of relief when the sun rose. However, their relief was short-lived, as they immediately returned to a tense state of readiness. They understood that the appearance of these Mastanian heavy combat units was not without reason, and they might launch an attack on the Savior's team attempting to unlock the gate while protecting the lighthouse. The fact that they didn't attack last night was likely because the Savior had not successfully deciphered the lock on the gate.
Now that daylight had arrived, the Savior's team couldn't continue their work on unlocking the gate's lock. They immediately used signal lamps to inquire with the Skull Squad about the sudden appearance of the Mastanian army the previous night. At the same time, Eva sent back a message that dampened everyone's spirits—due to missing data observed two days ago, the Savior's team had encountered obstacles in deciphering the lock on the gate. Therefore, tonight, they needed to recheck the data observed two days ago to determine where the error occurred in the previous analysis of that pillar of light.
To better understand the issue with the light pillar data, Wang Defa conducted detailed inquiries and quickly learned that although the Savior's team successfully deciphered the final code from the light pillar, they discovered an extremely subtle flaw in the resulting password used to unlock the gate. This flaw hindered their efforts to unlock the gate's lock. The Savior's team had never encountered such a situation before, leaving them puzzled about what went wrong.
Upon hearing Eva's explanation, the members of the Skull Squad were clearly bewildered. Consequently, the soldiers gathered together and engaged in a heated discussion about the events of the previous night. Of course, they couldn't figure out why the Savior's deciphered code had a flaw. However, they unanimously believed that the sudden appearance of the Mastanian mechanized combat units was related to the abnormal behavior of the Mastanian army in recent days.
At the same time, they also agreed that the Mastanians did not initiate military action likely because the Savior's team had not successfully deciphered the lock on the gate the previous night. As soon as the Savior's team made progress, the Mastanians gathered around the lighthouse would likely immediately launch an attack on the building where the Savior's team was hiding. Therefore, the immediate priority for the Skull Squad was to quickly adjust their defense strategy so they could divert all enemy firepower when the Mastanians decided to act. Thinking about this, the pressure on the soldiers of the Skull Squad increased once again.
Of course, the members were not daunted by the prospect of facing the heavily armed Mastanian mechanized combat units with superior firepower during the ensuing battle. Instead, they worried whether the Gladiator Stadium could withstand the relentless bombardment from the Mastanians. After all, it was the only defensive shelter available to the Skull Squad within Terrilei City. They needed to hold out long enough here to give the Savior's team more time to unlock the gate's lock.
Thus, although the members of the Skull Squad were prepared to die in battle, they couldn't help but feel anxious now. They understood the importance of this mission. If the current attempt to decipher the lock encountered problems, it would likely mean failure for this mission. Then, the Savior's team would need to observe the sky again to find out when and where the next light pillar would appear. However, that was still an unknown.
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Moreover, for the city of Letana, as well as many other main cities currently besieged by the Westburg people, the consequences of their mission failing would be unimaginable. If they fail to repel the Westburg army, the Westburg people will remain on the brink of danger. Everyone agrees that the Westburg army besieging human main cities will not wait for decades until the defenses of the main cities are completed before launching another attack. Therefore, once this opportunity is missed, it is tantamount to sentencing those trapped human main cities to death. After realizing these reasons, the expressions of the soldiers became more serious. Now, everyone can only hope that the messengers of salvation will quickly find the part of the data without flaws after re-comparing the light data!
Hao Yun and the three people have been following behind Carl, quietly listening to his discussion with other teammates, and they are also lost in thought. However, what made Hao Yun and the others lost in thought was not the discovery of flaws in the password, but because they felt the divine power from the colorful light flashing on the lighthouse last night, they once again sensed the divine power from the spiritual realm. Dao Lao and Meng Jia are very sure that the divine power they sensed from the flashing light of the lighthouse is very ancient. However, this ancient divine power did not give them a sense of warmth and belonging, but instead gave birth to a sense of dangerous strangeness in their hearts.
To ensure that their judgment was correct, Dao Lao and Meng Jia also used the system to compare the light many times last night to ensure that their perception system did not make a mistake in perceiving the divine power contained in those lights. The final result was naturally that the system confirmed through repeated comparisons that Dao Lao and Meng Jia's perception was correct. Especially after dawn, due to the dispersal of light from the lighthouse, the temporary restoration of the three people's mold spirit energy tracking system once again appeared mostly malfunctioning, which further confirmed their correct judgment. Because the reason why the system of the three people would temporarily recover was precisely because of the divine power hidden in the colorful light.
After confirming that their system had again fallen into a large-scale paralysis, Hao Yun asked worriedly in the system channel: "The reason why there was a colorful light in that lighthouse last night was because Elsie tried to unlock the lock of that door! In this way, since Elsie was able to mobilize the power containing ancient divine power, can it be confirmed that they are definitely priests from the spiritual realm of all gods? Moreover, since they have the ability to use such powerful ancient divine power, does it mean that they are all senior priests from the spiritual realm of all gods?"
Dao Lao answered very cautiously: "It's not certain now. Because although the spiritual world is divided into many departments and many senior leaders, the names of these priests are very loud. Moreover, unless encountering very special situations, it is impossible for them as leaders in charge of various important departments to personally come to the lower realm to perform tasks. Moreover, the list of senior leaders has been implanted in our mold spirit energy tracking system. So, even if Elsie and others are senior priests from the spiritual realm of all gods, even if our system malfunctions, it can also identify their identities when Elsie and others launched the divine power last night. In fact, if Elsie and the others launched such ancient divine power last night, the three of us should also be able to sense it for the first time. However, we did not sense any divine power in the direction where Elsie and the others were hiding last night."
Hao Yun nodded, expressing that Dao Lao's doubts were reasonable. Meng Jia asked again: "Since that's the case, how did Elsie and the others use such powerful divine power? Could it be that the person who launched the ancient divine power last night was not Elsie and the others, but someone else?"
"Could it be that Elsie and the others, as senior priests, can shield their own divine power to prevent others from sensing their actions?" Hao Yun guessed after a little thought.
Dao Lao shook his head and replied, "The reason why we can shield our divine power is entirely to better hide our identities, so that we will not alert the snakes when we perform tasks. Although in this state, priests from the spiritual realm of all gods cannot effectively identify each other's identities. Moreover, in order to prevent priests from the spiritual realm of all gods from using the ability to shield divine power to secretly launch divine power for illegal activities, the spiritual realm of all gods did not give priests the ability to secretly launch divine power while shielding divine power."
"Therefore, as long as a priest launches his own divine power, he will inevitably expose his priestly identity and be noticed by other priests within the effective range. That is to say, if Elsie and the others launched ancient divine power so close to us last night, then we should have sensed it in any case and immediately confirmed Elsie and others' identities and levels."
After a brief pause, Dao Lao speculated again, "For this reason, I think we can't be too hasty in assuming that Elsie and the others are priests from the spiritual realm of all gods. As for how Elsie and the others used such powerful divine power—if they really are not senior priests from the spiritual realm of all gods, then they are likely to have stolen this power from the spiritual realm of all gods by some means. However, whether Elsie and the others are priests who have escaped from the spiritual realm of all gods or thieves who have stolen power from the spiritual realm of all gods, I think they must have come here specifically to evade the pursuit of the spiritual realm of all gods and cut off contact with this world."
"If Elsie and the others are criminals, why do they disguise themselves as saviors?" Hao Yun asked in confusion.
"Just as we speculated before, based on the mold spirit energy that appeared in that light column, Elsie and the others' appearance here must be related to the mold spirit energy. Moreover, everything they did here is likely to help the mold spirit energy obtain more negative energy." Dao Lao said.
"If that's the case, then what is the probability that Elsie and the others are helping that mold spirit energy, Elinna? After all, based on Hao Yun's previous three times of inexplicably falling into a coma and the three entering a strange dream, we can't help but believe that Elinna has nothing to do with the whole thing." Meng Jia said with some worry.