Capítulo 602: Chapter 524: Hydrogen Energy

Worried about making noise that might attract the Alpha, the players avoided using the Edge War Car or high-mobility skills, choosing to run several kilometers instead, finally allowing themselves a sigh of relief.

“A ghost that lingers, refusing to leave.”

Wanli Sealed Blade grumbled in a low voice, “What kind of grudge is this, chasing us all the way here?”

“Not necessarily a grudge, perhaps simply intent on killing us to gain player credentials.”

Li Cheng spoke softly, pulling out a quad-rotor fiber-optic drone and wrapping its body with electromagnetic shielding fabric before releasing it into the air.

The fiber-optic drone uses fiber-optic cables as a signal transmission medium, effectively resisting electromagnetic interference. Fiber optics, being light and thin, allow some fiber-optic war drones to have a range of thirty to forty kilometers, with a very low cost,

capable of carrying several pounds or kilograms of explosives, tough enough to pass through electromagnetic interference zones for precise strikes on high-value targets on the battlefield,

in the literal sense of “the swallow from the halls of kings and dukes has flown into the homes of ordinary people.”

In short, the drone soared into the sky, overlooking a distant valley. Large exposed rocks on the surface were scorched black, but no Alpha Python was in sight.

The players, witnessing this scene on the controller screen, exchanged glances. Reyes took a deep breath, “Something’s wrong. The mechanical python is so large, it wouldn’t fit in the valley, and the scorched area is too small.”

“It’s not just the area,”

Rabbit Ranger Mian Yue anthropomorphically frowned, “the shape and color of the scorch marks are also off.”

Granite, with its complex composition, undergoes fragmentation and flaking due to varying thermal expansion coefficients of its minerals, while basalt melts and breaks apart.

The overall destructive effect is far stronger than modern artillery, but nothing compared to the power of that single beam in the Land of Beautiful Dreams, which could level a mountain top.

“Plasma can be divided by temperature into low-temperature plasma and high-temperature plasma. The former, with a temperature of one to ten thousand Kelvin, is widely used in mold processing, welding, hazardous waste treatment, and the semiconductor industry.

The latter can reach temperatures of millions to tens of millions of Kelvin, commonly found at the core of the sun and in thermonuclear fusion reactors.”

Li Cheng pondered, “Just like the curse of knowledge, the characteristics of extraordinary power are also difficult to disguise.

Two possibilities exist: First, the Alpha Python has been significantly weakened by the Land of Beautiful Dreams.

Second, it’s not in good shape today, drunk too much, overworked, or took its medicine too early.”

Wanli Sealed Blade squinted and scoffed, “The first possibility is plausible, but what does it mean by taking medicine too early? Is it like middle-aged couples finding excuses for a lack of harmony?”

“You sound like you know a lot about this.”

Li Cheng squinted back, mocking as he retrieved several large boxes of medicine from the Three-dimensional Warehouse, “Want to stock up from me? Zinc tablets, Andes Mountain Maca, Compound Xuanju Capsules.”

“Your warehouse is really handy, pulling out any item at any time and place. Like Doraemon’s pouch, right?”

Wanli Sealed Blade twitched at the corner of his eye, waving his hand, “No need for the medicine, my marriage life is very harmonious. My wife is a catgirl, not a… uh.”

Brother Xiao Dao originally wanted to mention Rabbit Lady. Cats have breeding periods in spring and autumn, lasting three to seven days, while rabbits are year-round.

But then he reconsidered, realizing Rabbit Ranger seemed to be a rabbit too, and smartly stopped.

Mian Yue, sensitive to scents, narrowed her eyes, “Are you two thinking about something inappropriate?”

“How could that be, hahaha.”

“Stop joking around, hahaha.”

Li Shengxue and Brother Xiao Dao brushed it off, and Li Cheng took out another fiber-optic drone, launching it into the sky, placing the controller on the ground.

Both machines were set to hover mode, each monitoring a large area, their battery life able to last three hours. If any trace of the Alpha is found, it would immediately alert them.

Additionally, they could serve as relay stations, continuously calling for the Gray Rain.

“Even if the Alpha has been weakened by the Land of Beautiful Dreams, being able to spew out large volumes of low-temperature plasma flows at several thousand degrees Celsius without exhaustion still makes it top-tier, so we must avoid it carefully.”

As they spoke, the group arrived at the outskirts of a pitch-dark town.

The style of the town’s buildings resembled European and American towns from the 1930s, with high-rise concrete buildings as well as low brick-and-board houses.

The roads were mostly asphalt and stone-brick, with many severely rusted vehicles parked, ranging from Ford Model T-like cars from the early 20th century to Ford boxcars from 1915 and the classic 1933 Volkswagen Beetle. Highly similar to early human vehicles.

More similar were the clearly identifiable shops, hardware stores, bookstores, and even cinemas on the street side.

Unfortunately, they were all marked with sharp, alien characters, completely unintelligible.

“WTF…”

Even the well-traveled Wanli Sealed Blade scratched his head in confusion, “Could any of us be centenarians among us humans?

Mushroom King, since you come from the Otherworld, does that mean this could be an astronaut’s dreamscape?

But it’s a native species, could the killing field nurture such an environment?”

“The Spirit Realm is vast, and nothing is impossible.”

Rabbit Ranger Mian Yue’s expression was tense, “In our exploration history of the Spirit Realm, we once discovered a shapeshifting creature species. Lacking the ability to raise their own young, they replaced their offspring with those of other intelligent, native species of the killing field,

allowing others to raise their offspring for them.”

She entered a bookstore, pulling a book from a dusty shelf, and as she opened it, old paper fragments scattered all over the floor.

Wanli Sealed Blade raised an eyebrow, “Isn’t that like a cuckoo?”

Mushroom King, with lines representing eyes on its face, squeezed out a puzzled expression, “What’s a cuckoo?”

Wanli Sealed Blade replied, “Uh, a type of bird.”

Mian Yue said flatly, “We don’t have many wild birds left in our world. All forests, farmland, timber, and crops must be prioritized for the war with the Purgatory Abyss Legion.”

Claudia couldn’t help but ask, “Huh? Then what do you eat?”

“Earthworm flour, yellow mealworm protein blocks, microalgae, fungi, potatoes. During holidays and wartime, we occasionally get bread, synthetic meat, and seafood.”

Mian Yue spoke with a calm demeanor, and the humans present felt inexplicably awkward.

The Otherworld’s war is a brutal battle between the Order side and the Chaos side, leaving no intelligent being able to escape.

In comparison, Earth’s environment is incredibly prosperous, abundant, and peaceful.

By now, discussions about whether to eat low-fat meals before or after meals, or choosing between one brand of protein powder or another, seemed utterly irrelevant.

Fortunately, the Hundred-legged Octopus broke the silence, “By the way, these rusted vehicles don’t seem to have exhaust pipes?”

“You’re right.”

Claudia quickly stepped forward, lacking exhaust pipes meant they probably don’t use fossil fuels. She lifted the hood, causing all knowledgeable players to take several steps back, “Wow, hydrogen-powered cars!”