Atlas of Heaven and Earth
Chapter 529: Signs

The items Sea Dragon Company promised were delivered within a day, including four armed vehicles, twenty crates of weapons and ammunition, numerous protective equipment, as well as a considerable amount of supplies and spare parts.

This inventory was enough for their team to fight a small war.

However, these items weren't acquired arbitrarily. Once Yi Mu begins Splitting reproduction, the specific area where its Splitting body will appear is uncertain.

If it happens to be nearby, it's highly probable that a Fissure between two worlds will be torn open here. No one knows what might emerge from it.

Having fought in the Convergence Zone, they were well aware of how troublesome the creatures there could be. If such a situation arises, the Mansion could serve as a defensive stronghold.

Chen Chuan understood the complexity of the situation, so he and several team members spent two days fortifying the mansion.

The four of them set up several barbed wire obstacles around the perimeter of the mansion and erected an electric barrier.

Fortunately, they had requested several additional generator sets and a large supply of Algae Oil, otherwise the mansion's own generator would not have been sufficient.

Besides the four of them, there was also a five-member Sword Guard team responsible for patrolling and guarding the mansion. Yan Yi had specifically sent an additional team in the past few days to assist in guarding, making the manpower relatively sufficient.

At this time, the Interference creature and Small field creature borrowed from the Processing Bureau had also arrived.

Qin Qing Que began debugging them, and after finishing, she sent a communication signal to Chen Chuan .

"Captain, this is our dedicated frequency band. Once the Interference creature is activated, any communication outside this frequency band without authorization will be jammed."

Once Yi Mu begins Splitting reproduction, most Boundary Points become unusable. It is almost impossible for Resonators to use Boundary Points to observe distant scenes and personnel. However, if other portable Field Entities are near them, they can still do this.

The energy field Interference creature can monitor and listen from a distance without allowing the enemy to discover their situation or damage the Boundary Tokens and the connection between them.

Chen Chuan logged into this frequency band on the Boundary Token and tried to communicate with several team members.

Qin Qing Que added, "The coverage area of the borrowed Field Entity is approximately three kilometers. Our team can communicate with each other without any problems within a three-kilometer range.

I have also found records of the internal platform frequency bands released by the City Government and the Ministry of Defense. If anyone is outside the communication range, they can try to log into these Field Entities to connect to the jump frequency band, and find team members."

Su Wei showed an admiring look. He considered himself uncultured, so he always respected technical talents like Qin Qing Que . In the team, such people often held high positions.

Yuan Qiu Yuan then patted him and said, "Team member Su, what are you doing standing there? Let's go out and test the frequency range, and practice a bit while we're at it."

In the past two days, they had been sparring with each other during their free time. Familiarizing themselves with each other would also make it easier to cooperate in the future. Su Wei's Martial Combat skills had truly impressed him.

This guy was older than him, had never received formal training, and all his skills were honed in actual combat in the Convergence Zone. All the resources for Cultivation were also earned by himself, which made him admire him greatly.

Su Wei looked at Chen Chuan . Seeing that the latter had no objection, he went out with Yuan Qiu Yuan .

Chen Chuan took another look around. Seeing that everything was fine here, he said goodbye to Qin Qing Que and returned to Wuyi Academy first.

After all, Cultivation in the Academy was incomparable to that outside. Hong Fu could also help temper his Spirit every day. In the last period before the Heavenly Gate opened, he could still find ways to improve further.

When he returned to the Mysterious Palace Tower, he saw students coming and going in a hurry. Occasionally, he saw Academy teachers going up and down in the elevator. The Academy exuded a tense atmosphere.

This was because many teachers and students without official positions had been incorporated into the protection force by the Government Affairs Hall and were being divided into squads for group training these past two days.

Although most of the students were only at the Second Limit, once they put on protective equipment and cooperated with each other, they were definitely unstoppable by Security guards and Army squads who did not carry heavy weapons, making them a considerable Strength.

However, how would the Central City Government explain the anomalous situation that would occur at that time?

After all, matters such as the Great Boom were strictly kept secret from the lower-level people and ordinary students.

He checked the platform and his expression became somewhat subtle. This explanation… could be considered passable, and somewhat reasonable.

Back in the dormitory, he suddenly heard a soft sound from the window, as if something had hit it and fallen onto the windowsill.

Was it a bird? It didn't feel like it.

Generally speaking, because the Mysterious Palace Tower was influenced by Hong Fu's energy field, very few birds would crash into it. He had been in the Academy for so long, but he had never encountered it even once.

He went there, opened the adjacent inspection door, and came to the windowsill outside, where he saw something twitching.

It was a flying insect about the size of a finger. Its wings were already broken, and although it didn't look big, it had a ferocious mouthpart. From the sound of the impact, he could feel that its body was very hard.

This is… a creature from the Convergence Zone?

His eyes narrowed slightly. The appearance of this thing undoubtedly proved that although the Fissure had not yet spread and opened, some subtle holes had already appeared.

He looked up at the towering buildings outside. The wind blew his hair back. Below the sky was the city outline spreading to the horizon, and a lead-gray dark cloud was lying across the upper end of the sky.

It seemed it should be in these two days.

And not only here, but throughout Central City, many small bugs of unknown origin were appearing one after another in various districts. People riding in the tram could always hear the crackling sound from the windows.

After the tram passed, a ground of insect corpses remained, and more were flying in the sky. Because of the lush greenery in Central City, some directly attached to it and gnawed on it.

On the street, there were occasional sounds of pedestrians slapping and cursing, because these bugs not only bite people, but also drill into people's eyes, noses, ears, and collars, which made people very irritable.

Fortunately, most of these bugs were relatively small, and it happened to be spring, when there were originally more bugs, so passers-by just cursed a few times, and did not cause too much chaos.

Half an hour later, City Patrols began to take to the streets, and airships passed overhead, spraying large amounts of pungent liquid on the roadside greenery and the plants clinging to tall buildings.

Old Qi and Wu Han were sitting in a car returning to their residence.

After Chen Chuan reminded them earlier, they no longer accepted Commissions, but the previous ones could not be interrupted halfway. Now they had just finished the last mission and were rushing back from outside.

Looking at the small bugs constantly hitting the car window, Wu Han said, "It's strange, why are there so many bugs? I haven't seen them in the past few days. Old Qi , are they a local specialty here?"

Old Qi turned on the wipers to wipe off the potion and insect corpses, and said, "I haven't seen this kind of thing. Didn't Brother Chen tell me to be careful a few days ago? Could it be this?

But don't say… I seem to have seen this situation once before, about twenty years ago…"

"What was the situation?"

Old Qi recalled, "It seemed to be called Species invasion or something, said to be from the sea, I can't remember clearly."

"Hey, let me check."

Wu Han checked with the Boundary Token and found that many people on the platform were discussing this matter, and the results came quickly.

"It seems like that's really the case, saying that these bugs migrated from the Outer Ocean, caused by some biological experiments done by the former Linax Federation.

These days are just the first batch, and it is said that there will be a large group coming in a few more days. The Linax Federation really does inhuman things."

At this time, the originally huge advertising screen on both sides suddenly flickered, and a half-length image of a well-known host appeared on it.

"…This is another large-scale alien biological invasion in twenty years…"

"Thirty years ago, the Linax Federation ignored dissuasion and conducted biological experiments in the ocean for ten years, leading to the deterioration of the marine environment and the mutation of biological populations…

"The invading organisms have extremely strong destructive power. The Central City Government has made strict defense measures, and hopes that Central City citizens will reduce going out during this period…"

Old Qi became instinctively vigilant and said, "It seems that this matter is not simple. I have to pick up Qiqi early today…"

As they drove forward, an Armed patrol vehicle from the Processing Bureau passed by them, with Sun Rao and Wei Yuj sitting inside.

Looking at the broadcast on the light screen, Wei Yuj suddenly said, "Senior, do you believe what it says above?"

"What do you mean?"

Wei Yuj said, "Is it just to deal with those creatures that the above sent so many people to strengthen security patrols in such a grand manner?"

"Otherwise?"

Sun Rao felt that he was thinking too much, and reminded, "Don't underestimate these things. It is said that these are just the first to arrive and are not very threatening, and there will be fierce ones later."

Wei Yuj sneered, "Not to mention where these things came from, if it's just a biological invasion, do you really think those Field Entities in Central City are vegetarians? And so many foreign Martial Artists have poured in recently, what are they here for?"

"It is also possible that they are just hired by the Government, or are looking for opportunities to take these creatures back for research, after all, they are valuable," Sun Rao found a reasonable explanation.

Wei Yuj said, "You believe it, but I don't. The higher-ups must be hiding something from us."

"So what? These have nothing to do with us. We just have to obey orders."

Wei Yuj said, "That's why I said, Senior, you are too rigid. If you have the opportunity, you can't seize it. Superiors may think that subordinates like you are very useful, but that's all.

Senior, you often brag to me that you were the one who brought Captain Chen when he entered the bureau, but now he is an Executive Captain, what about you? You are still on patrol."

Sun Rao's face turned a little dark at what he said. What bragging? That was the truth!

He said, "Junior, I don't care what you think. Anyway, now you are doing patrol work, you have to do the work well for me. If you violate it, I will report it, which will always have an Influence on you. Think about it yourself."

Wei Yuj sneered and said, "Then Senior, you are wrong." He looked at the bugs flying around outside the car window and said, "Rules are only set for mediocre people. People who can stand out have never been restricted by these."