The Ultimate War Of The Apocalypse
Chapter 460 - 453 Collusion

Chapter 460: Chapter 453 Collusion

We’re here.

Gao Yang finally raised an arm, and then he stopped. After Gao Yang raised his arm and stopped, Satan’s people all halted.

Flickering lights from the factory district of Malakal City were now visible; even late at night, these factories never ceased their operations.

Gao Yang looked back and whispered into the intercom, "Is this spot okay?"

Whatever Xinghe said, that’s what it was; if she said it was okay, then it was okay, and if she said it wasn’t, then it wasn’t.

In respecting authority, the entirety of Satan did exceptionally well.

"It’s fine."

Gao Yang gestured with his hand and whispered into the intercom, "Stay alert, and be aware of the surroundings. Tyrannosaurus, what’s the sunrise time for today?"

Tyrannosaurus immediately whispered back, "Sunrise at 5:51 a.m."

"It’s 3:46 a.m. now, two hours to go. We will wait here for two hours before releasing the weather balloon."

After Gao Yang finished speaking, he offered no further explanation. However, Xinghe spoke up with some confusion, "Why wait two hours?"

Gao Yang whispered, "Because... the aliens can see the weather balloons, but we can’t see the alien spacecraft."

Xinghe took Revelation seriously and said, "I can see them."

Gao Yang hesitated for a moment and then whispered, "But we can’t. To be honest, I’ve never seen an alien spacecraft. I want to see one with my own eyes. I’ve heard that alien spaceships have no lights and are hard to spot at night. If the aliens were to make any moves, we would most likely not notice. It would be dangerous if they deployed some kind of monster without us realizing it in time."

Gao Yuan was somewhat confused and whispered, "You’ve never seen an alien spacecraft? How is that possible? How could you not have seen one?"

Gao Yang said helplessly, "But I really haven’t. This place is too remote; the aliens never come here, so I truly haven’t seen one."

Xinghe was getting impatient and whispered, "Release the balloon now. If the aliens come, I’ll tell you. If the aliens deploy any monsters, I’ll also tell you."

Gao Yang seemed hesitant but eventually said, "Alright, I’ll follow your lead. Start releasing the balloon now."

Releasing a weather balloon was very simple—attach a pressure relief valve to the canister; the valve is connected to a hose, and the end of the hose has a nozzle. Put the balloon over the nozzle and start inflating it.

The folded white balloon began to rapidly expand and then slowly rose into the air. Once the inflation was complete, they couldn’t immediately release the balloon but had to continue to inflate another one.

Two balloons were filled with hydrogen, and then they let go, the balloons ascending vertically into the sky.

"Speed is about six meters per second, estimated time of 17 minutes to reach the required altitude."

The woman named Crow, who measured the speed and calculated the time, reported this, and Gao Yang immediately said, "17 minutes, that’s enough time for us to move a good distance away. Xinghe, what’s our next move?"

Xinghe said indifferently, "We wait here."

They released the balloons and were ready to leave. Whether they were spotted by the Sanitation Worker’s Leida or discovered by the Serpent People, staying in place could not be said to be extremely dangerous, but certainly, moving away afterward would be safer.

But since Xinghe said to wait here, they could only wait, because aside from her, no one else knew what the next step should be after releasing the balloons.

Xinghe took out Revelation and activated it. To the amazement of Gao Yang and the others, a holographic image appeared in the air.

Xinghe stared motionless at the holographic image from Revelation as if it was a radar, but it couldn’t display the trajectory of the balloons.

"What’s this for?"

Gao Yang was very curious, and Xinghe replied without hesitation, "Locating. It’s like Leida but specifically detects Serpent People spacecraft."

At this time, Crow whispered nearby, "One hundred seconds, balloon altitude approximately six hundred meters."

There was no response on the holographic image.

"Two hundred seconds, about one thousand two hundred meters."

At one thousand two hundred meters, the weather balloons had not elicited any response. Gao Yang looked up at the sky and said, "Are the balloons really useful?"

Xinghe replied a bit impatiently, "Wait until six thousand meters; don’t rush."

"Four hundred seconds, approximately two thousand four hundred meters!"

Crow relied on timing to judge the altitude of the balloons. But the balloons had already ascended high into the atmosphere by now, potentially affected by wind drift and therefore slowing their ascent.

Xinghe continued to whisper, "If they haven’t come by now, then let’s wait for six thousand meters."

Gao Yang leaned in closer to Xinghe, his face full of curiosity as he said, "What does this orb represent, Earth? And what about these densely packed bright spots?"

"The Serpent People’s ships."

Gao Yang was startled and said, "Such a small device can detect Serpent People’s ships scattered in every corner of Earth?"

Gao Yuan was also surprised and whispered, "It can even monitor the positions of the Serpent People’s ships? You never mentioned this before."

Xinghe continued to stare at the holographic image and said indifferently, "Would it have made a difference if I had told you? Look, the Serpent People’s ships have now almost all hit the airspace above the three continents of Europe, Asia, and America. They’ve begun to launch targeted attacks."

"One thousand seconds! The balloon has reached the required altitude."

Still no reaction, Gao Yuan whispered, "There’s no movement."

"Don’t rush, the balloon hasn’t arrived yet."

After waiting for another thirty-plus seconds, the alien ship, which had been motionless in the holographic image, suddenly flashed a bright spot, and then that bright spot flickered within the holographic image, moving at high speed from the airspace above Europa to the airspace above Africa State.

"The speed is about eighty thousand kilometers per hour... the maximum speed within the atmosphere, but the Serpent People will raise their ships out of the atmosphere to complete acceleration, deceleration, and stopping. These series of actions will take approximately twenty seconds to reach here..."

After finishing her statement, Xinghe whispered, "Remember this data, it will be useful to you."

A speed of eighty thousand kilometers per hour, which is eighty times the speed of sound, far exceeds the limit speed of human-made aircraft, and this is the speed within the atmosphere. If the Serpent People’s ships can reach an even higher speed after leaving the atmosphere...

And so, as Xinghe said those words, the bright spot representing the Serpent People’s ship also arrived at the location where Gao Yuan and the others were.

"They’re here!"

Xinghe didn’t look up at the sky, but everyone else, except for her, raised their heads together to look at the pitch-black sky.

Of course, they saw nothing because the Serpent People had absolutely no need to flash their lights, signaling to the humans on the ground that they had arrived.

Just then, Xinghe suddenly said, "There’s a reaction!"

Gao Yuan and the others looked down at the Revelation, and in the area representing where the Revelation was, a new bright spot suddenly lit up.

Gao Yuan couldn’t help asking, "How is it? What’s the situation?"

Xinghe said expressionlessly, "In our area, someone has launched a force wave signal that you do not possess. This is not a communication signal, but it can serve as a signal to identify friend from foe. So, I guess the Serpent People won’t launch an attack."

Gao Yuan was a bit stunned, while Gao Yang muttered under his breath, "Fuck, the Sanitation Worker really colluded with the aliens."

Some humans had actually colluded with aliens! Some humans had really colluded with aliens!

No matter how they accomplished it or for what reasons if the Sanitation Worker had any collusion with the Serpent People, it would be a disastrous consequence for all humanity.

Xinghe silently turned off the Revelation, and after a flash of green light disappeared, she put the Revelation into her backpack and then stood up, saying, "Test complete. The Earthlings and the Serpent People have made contact, using a force wave that humans do not possess as a contact signal, the Serpent People will not attack."

Gao Yang said with a trembling voice, "Then why aren’t the aliens attacking us? If the aliens would simply strike, why would the Sanitation Worker bother to attack us at all?"

After pondering for a moment, Xinghe said, "If deploying a virus is ineffective, then they can only deploy monsters. However, if they deploy monsters, the Sanitation Worker will not be able to enter this area. The monsters created by the Serpent People lack the ability to distinguish friend from foe. This means this region is very important to the Serpent People, and the Sanitation Worker is useful to them, so they will not deploy monsters."

Gao Yang let out a sigh of relief and whispered, "Fuck! This is bad. If we beat the Sanitation Worker, won’t the aliens have to step in to finish us off? Which means, in our battle with the Sanitation Worker, we can only lose, not win?"

Gao Yang had reason to be concerned. He did not know to what extent the Sanitation Worker had cooperated with the aliens, but a simple and obvious truth was that if the Sanitation Worker’s failure would bring a direct attack from the Serpent People, he might as well just withdraw his troops.

They could handle fighting the Sanitation Worker, but of course they stood no chance against the aliens, and if the Serpent People personally entered the battle, Gao Yang feared he wouldn’t even have the opportunity to retreat.

Xinghe looked at Gao Yang, then towards Gao Yuan. After a moment of contemplation, she said in a low voice, "We must not retreat! If the Serpent People can cooperate with humans, there must be something they cannot do on their own and require human assistance for."

Gao Yang said with a worried frown, "Are you hiding something from us?"

Xinghe shook her head and said, "No, I’m wondering what the Serpent People need humans for. I can’t think of it now, but what’s certain is the alliance between humans and the Serpent People. What I’m really interested in now is how humans established contact with the Serpent People."

Gao Yuan also whispered to Xinghe, "Are you really not hiding anything from us?"

Xinghe looked at Gao Yuan, a hint of disappointment in her eyes. Gao Yuan immediately waved his hand and said, "Forget I said anything. Nonetheless, given the current circumstances, it’s natural for us to be confused."

Xinghe placed her hand on her forehead, deep in thought, but it wasn’t long before she said in a low voice, "I’m just an Explorer. The current situation is beyond my expertise. It’s too complicated."

Gao Yang said with a smile, "It’s okay. Share your doubts with us, and maybe we can help you analyze them. We may not know the Serpent People, but we understand humans."

Xinghe sighed lightly, then she said softly, "Don’t speak. Continue to observe and see what the Serpent People actually want to do after they arrive."