World-saving Plan: The Only Savior
Chapter 427 - 309: The First Collision

Chapter 427: Chapter 309: The First Collision

The outcome was beyond everyone’s expectations, and Zhang Xiaoman had not anticipated such an ending either.

Although he had guessed that Sun Mingsheng and his team would not achieve much in a short period, he did not expect that they would not even manage to open the casing of the wristwatch.

This left him feeling somewhat helpless, unsure whether to feel happy or depressed.

The wristwatch was indeed beyond the technology of the present day; it was not just about replicating the technology inside, but now even opening the casing was impossible, akin to having no windows at all.

Of course, there was a way to force it open, but that would likely damage the components inside, which was undoubtedly an unacceptable method.

Zhang Xiaoman asked the Star Rank for help to see if there was a way to open the wristwatch, but to his disappointment, the Star Rank also did not know its structure and likewise could not provide a solution.

There was nothing he could do to help in this matter, so he had to leave the task to them.

After ending the communication, Zhang Xiaoman was about to return to the Original Realm to continue his cultivation of Dark Energy, but at that moment, he suddenly received a prompt from the Star Rank.

"Star Lord, the Shield is under attack, do you need to check the location?"

"Attack?"

Zhang Xiaoman was startled and quickly pulled up the holographic image. On the image, one area of the Shield was marked in red, indicating where it had been attacked.

"Someone’s here! Is it the people from America?"

He immediately thought of America.

The last time he had also encountered their team there, and now if it was an attack, it was most likely them.

"System, what is the extent of the attack? How much durability does the Shield have left?"

The Star Rank immediately pulled up a row of data.

"The frequency of attacks is low, only one instance of damage detected, the Shield’s durability is currently at one hundred percent, already recharged to full."

Zhang Xiaoman checked the data and saw that everything was normal; the damage from the opponent’s recent attack seemed not high, as it had already fully recharged in the time it took to speak a few sentences.

At this point, the Star Network Host had completed its repairs, and seven days had passed since the Emperor Vine incident, with the Shield fully recharged as well.

"It seems, this might be an accident, but we must not be careless, Star Rank, immediately bring the Dawn over, let’s go and see what exactly is going on."

...

Meanwhile, at the temporary camp of the Sea Lion Reconnaissance Team, located northeast of Seven-star Lake, a group of people were staring in astonishment at the flames in the distant sky and the barrier behind them, which faintly glowed with blue light.

"What, what is going on...?"

John looked at the scene in front of him with disbelief, suddenly snatching a binoculars from a team member beside him and positioning them to his eyes to look in that direction.

Through the magnified view of the binoculars, John saw a semi-transparent blue barrier slowly fading away.

At the site of the fading, a burst of flames lit up; amidst swirling smoke and dust, fragments of a helicopter’s wreckage fell from the sky, scattering into the lake below.

"Quickly! Deploy a rescue boat!!"

John immediately issued an order to a team member by his side.

After speaking, he positioned the binoculars to his eyes once more and looked again at the same location.

This time, however, there was nothing left.

The position where the barrier appeared seemed to be merely air. If he hadn’t seen the helicopter crash into it with his own eyes, he would hardly believe that something like a barrier could exist here.

"No, no! How is this possible! How could there be such a thing there? What on earth is it! Is it man-made? No, no, this island only just rose from the seabed... could it be, this is some kind of ancient relic left behind?"

In an instant, many thoughts flashed through John’s mind. As the captain of the Sea Lion Reconnaissance Team, he always had a keen sense and judgement.

Today, an armed helicopter was sent from the America’s military base on the mysterious island, part of the Seventh Fleet.

The purpose of the helicopter was naturally to avenge the team members who had been killed in the fight against the Fish Monster.

At first, they saw the helicopter dropping depth charges along the coastal area, trying to bombard the place where the monsters had appeared.

However, as the helicopter flew towards the lake area, a sudden change occurred, and what everyone had just seen happened then.

"Over there, there must be something blocking our path," he said.

John looked in the direction of the speeding boat with a grave expression, a bad premonition rising in his heart.

"Kando, lower the speed. You’re approaching now, avoid hitting that thing we just encountered."

On the team’s comm, John was giving remote instructions to the team members up front. As they approached the position of the helicopter crash, they immediately slowed down.

However, even though they were prepared, since there were no signs at all, the speedboat still collided with an abruptly appearing blue barrier.

Fortunately, they were not moving fast. Although the people on the boat were somewhat embarrassed, and even one person who was close to the side of the boat fell into the water, ultimately, no harm was done.

"Kando, report the situation!"

On the speedboat, the team leader Kando carefully extended his hand to touch the slowly fading Light Blue barrier, his face full of confusion.

"Kando, report the situation!"

John said again through the communicator, and only then did Kando finally snap back to reality, hurriedly saying:

"Sir, we have encountered a barrier here, it is blocking our way. The crash of the Black Hawk appears to have been caused by it."

As Kando spoke, he touched the Shield again, continuing:

"This barrier, I remember it was not there when we last passed, it must have appeared recently."

John was silent on the communicator for a moment, then said, "Stay alert, prioritize searching for the crashed crew, conduct the rescue."

"But, Sir, with the kind of explosion earlier, it is unlikely there are any survivors..."

"I know! Do as I said!"

"Yes..."

Moments later, Kando and his group searched nearby and had sent an underwater drone for a short dive, but they still did not find any comrades from the Black Hawk.

"Sir, we have tried our best, but we found no survivors..."

John was silent for a long time, then he sighed and said, "I understand, Kando. You’ve put in a lot of effort; head back for now."

"What about the barrier here?"

"The barrier can wait. Since you rushed out, the speedboat did not carry heavy firepower. Come back, come to my tent, and we will draft an action plan. After we’re fully prepared, we’ll head out to investigate!"

"Understood!"