Chapter 1091 Whirlpool

The underwater city of Nathaton was now witnessing the first shutdown in ten thousand years of the massive protective barrier that shrouded the ancient city. The semi-transparent membrane above the city was slowly collapsing and receding from its apex, and the spatial interlayers that blocked outsiders and the layers of invisible mazes were also becoming ineffective. As the great barrier closed, the enormous vortex directly above the city gradually lost its energy supply. Its edges trembled slightly, and then it rotated more slowly—however, as the Siren Queen had predicted, the vortex did not disappear. It was still growing, slowly, but unstoppably.

Hao Ren led everyone back to the surface of the city (it felt strange to use the word "surface" in the deep sea). He looked at the huge vortex overhead, which gave him an inexplicable psychological pressure, as if it would fall down and devour everything at any moment. "Now we have a month to shut this thing down. I think it will directly affect my year-end bonus... So does anyone have a reliable plan?"

The data terminal didn't hesitate at all: "Blow it up."

Hao Ren thought for a moment, then reached out and grabbed Dou Dou from the water next to him, holding her up in front of the data terminal. "You have thirty seconds to explain yourself. If you can't explain, you're playing with her all day."

The data terminal zipped several meters away in an instant: "Put down that fish! This machine isn't kidding you!"

Dou Dou clapped her hands cheerfully: "Not kidding! Not kidding!"

"Okay," Hao Ren let Dou Dou go so the little one could continue swimming in circles, while looking up at the data terminal. "You really plan to blow up this big vortex? Frankly, I don't think this thing will just dissipate obediently once it's detonated. It has already accumulated a large amount of Nathaton's energy core and the earth's core energy. Once these things are released..."

"Once released, you can be named the number one villain of the century without doing anything, the kind who would be shot by superheroes for half an hour in a movie, and then resurrected and shot again in the next episode," the data terminal buzzed around Hao Ren's head. "But in theory, we can let its energy be released somewhere else—like into the Void. We can detonate it at both ends of this big vortex simultaneously, destroying its structural stability, so that its energy will concentrate towards the center, and its 'center' is located in the gap between the surface world and the Dream Plane. In other words, it will be banished to the Void. Of course, this requires a little precision... But if it really succeeds, we can not only solve this vortex, but the power it generates can also slightly push the Dream Plane and the surface world apart, so we are also strengthening the Wall of Reality in an invisible way, killing two birds with one stone."

Hao Ren listened carefully and simulated it several times in his mind, pretending to be very professional. "Although I don't quite understand, it sounds reliable. But you said detonate at both ends of the big vortex at the same time... What is the other end you're referring to?"

Nangong Wuyue, who was listening to the excitement, suddenly reacted: "Dream Plane?!"

The data terminal floated up and down. "That's right, the Dream Plane. According to this machine's observation, this portal is already taking shape, and its other end should already be open somewhere in the Dream Plane. We detonate both ends of it simultaneously in the Dream Plane and the surface world, and duang, the whole world will be quiet."

Hao Ren looked around and nodded. "I think this is a bit feasible."

Lily stroked her chin and thought for a moment. "But to be honest, I don't seem to understand."

"It's okay, I don't understand either," Hao Ren waved his hand. "In short, we just need to detonate it at both ends of the big vortex, don't worry about the principle, anyway, we don't have many opportunities to understand the principle. So how do we locate where the other end of this vortex is?"

Hasse and the two demon hunters were watching the excitement with wide eyes. At this time, Bai Huo couldn't help but mutter, "Can you really save the world like this?"

"It is said that they are like this every time they save the world," Nangong Sanba spread his hands with a wry smile. "It's like it's added with special effects..."

"If you don't plan to help, can you stay away?" Vivian glanced at them. "We're discussing how to save the world here."

Hasse's stiff face twitched slightly, and a strange light flashed in his only eye. "After you're done discussing, can you take the time to explain what's happening? I'm... a little interested in you."

Hao Ren waved his hand calmly to show that he knew, but he felt relieved in his heart: This old stubborn man who only cares about "demon hunting" has finally taken the bait, and it was not in vain for him to shake his high-tech and talk about saving the world in front of him. It is obviously more effective for the other party to take the initiative to explore the Dream Plane than for others to preach to him in the future. The first brick he pried to move the most stubborn demon hunting force in this world is about to start shaking...

And according to Hasse's tone, this brick is shaking quite badly.

"Can we put a probe in?" At this time, Vivian conveniently conjured a bat and made a throwing gesture towards the big vortex. "I see that the door is almost open. Maybe there is a crack or something that we can drill through. We can use a probe to pass through and locate it on the other side, and then enter the Dream Plane from another place to find the other end of the big vortex..."

"Definitely not," the data terminal quickly stopped her. "We must do everything possible to prevent 'information' from passing through the Wall of Reality. You must remember that 'information is everything'. Sending a probe with a transmission function to the other side is much more dangerous than firing a cannon at it here. If possible, not to mention a probe, we can't even let a stone pass."

"Then how do we know where the other end of the portal is in the Dream Plane?" Izhaks asked in a muffled voice. "The universe is so big, are we going to scan it slowly with radar?"

The data terminal swayed slightly. "So the biggest difficulty of this plan is to confirm the location of the other end of the portal: we must find where the other end is within a month, and then throw the explosives in. Other than that, the explosives are the easiest to solve."

The Siren Queen had been listening from the side, trying to keep up with Hao Ren and the others. Although she didn't understand many things, she could still guess what these people wanted to do. "You want to find out where the big vortex leads?"

Lily's ears suddenly perked up. "Your Majesty, do you know?!"

"You can call me Katrina, you are distinguished guests, you don't have to be so polite in the City of Sirens," the Siren Queen said with a smile. "Also, about this big vortex, if I'm not mistaken, it probably leads to our homeland."

"I know, it leads to the Dream Plane..." Hao Ren said subconsciously, but suddenly reacted, "Wait, are you talking about the Siren's origin planet?"

"We don't know exactly where we originated from, but we roughly know that we came from a very distant place—definitely not here," the Siren Queen Katrina nodded. "The water inside Nathaton's water dome is slightly different from the water on this planet. Of course, the chemical composition is the same, but the sirens can distinguish some very subtle differences: we believe that the water inside the water dome comes from our homeland."

Hao Ren looked up at the water dome above the city. After the great barrier was closed, the city still had a layer of barrier, which was Nathaton's own dome shield. This shield isolated the entire city from the outside world, and the water inside it had not been lost for ten thousand years, but was constantly circulating and renewing, which was the operating mechanism of the city's ecosystem.

The entire city was a huge space fortress, and it still maintains good airtightness to this day.

"You felt the same aura from the big vortex as from inside the water dome?" Lily blinked and asked.

Katrina closed her eyes slightly. "Yes, and perhaps it was these auras that allowed the sirens to be easily controlled by that monster—we longed to return to our homeland, so the moment the aura of our homeland came from the big vortex, the sirens unconsciously gave up their resistance... We were homesick."

The scene was a little dull, and finally Vivian clapped her hands. "Okay, now we have a goal: to find the location of the Siren planet in the Dream Plane. Why do I feel that the difficulty hasn't decreased much?"

Nangong Wuyue smiled wryly. "From finding a needle in a haystack to finding Dou Dou in the sea, but it's useless. Who knows where our origin planet is!"

Dou Dou heard someone calling her name, quickly swam over and rubbed against Wuyue's arm, then hovered in the water without moving: she was waiting for someone to fish her out.

Hao Ren stroked his chin, and an idea came to his mind: "Someone knows... Nathaton is an interstellar spaceship, it knows where it came from!"