Chapter 104 The Basin

The old site of Dragonspine Mountains, the Blood Lake ruins, or the Beinz Basin—whatever you called it, these names all showed the enormous changes that the earth-shattering disaster had brought to this area. Now, more than two months later, the people who caused these huge changes in the landscape had finally returned, and they would probably be shocked by the changes.

After a flash of teleportation light, Hao Ren and his party appeared on the mountains of Dragonspine Mountains. The spatial coordinates recorded by the data terminal were the coordinates when everyone left the Dream Plane last time, so this time it was directly teleported to the old site. Nangong Sanba and others were slightly dizzy after the teleportation light dissipated, and then began to curiously look at the surrounding mountains: "Wow, what a great place, you guys were adventuring in this place back then?"

Hao Ren glanced at the amateur demon hunter in surprise: "Wow, you're recovering pretty fast. You're not dizzy even after this ultra-long distance teleportation?"

Nangong Sanba puffed out his chest with a proud smile: "I've been training since I was a kid."

Hao Ren thought he meant that he often practiced the teleportation skills of a demon hunter since he was a child, but Nangong Sanba looked at May: "When my sister was a kid, she liked to wrap me around with her tail and swing me around, like a fan on its highest setting..."

May's face suddenly turned as black as the bottom of a pot: "Brother, you must miss 'The Big Windmill', right?"

At this time, Lily suddenly shouted loudly not far away, attracting everyone's attention: "Wow! Landlord, come and look over here!"

Hao Ren quickly ran over to see what was going on, and was stunned for a moment.

Before his eyes was a giant sinkhole of unprecedented scale and terrifying appearance. The entire terrain surrounded by the Dragonspine Mountains had become a boundless, bottomless, circular mountain. The place that was once the Beinz Blood Lake and the Twisted Woodland had disappeared. Now, no one can see even a trace of the old terrain structure from that big pit. On the steep cliffs of the sinkhole, rock cracks were still emitting thin heat, and large patches of black crystals hung on the mountain walls on the west side of the Dragonspine Mountains - that was a glass body that had once melted and solidified. In the lower part of this big pit, in the midst of the swirling smoke, large patches of light blue crystals could be seen growing wildly. It seemed to be a newly formed crystal jungle.

The entire Beinz area had become a super-giant basin. The former Holy Lake and Twisted Woodland were gone. Now it was covered with sprawling crystal jungles and volcanic glass, as well as scattered steam vents and geothermal hot springs. This was a change at the geological level.

"The activity of the Firstborn hollowed out the rock formations in the Beinz area, and the Megagon's cannon expanded it into a circular mountain," the data terminal analyzed the cause of this terrain. "The crystal jungle below should be a byproduct of the psionic bombardment. Psionic energy is a piece of information that directly strikes at the source, which can fundamentally change the material structure and even the laws and regulations within a certain range. Those crystals are not substances that should exist in this universe... They may be things transformed from ordinary rocks."

"Are they not psionic crystals?" Hao Ren asked worriedly, "That thing has a lot of radiation."

"Don't worry, unless it is a special radiation weapon, ordinary psionic artillery has no radiation residue. The radiation near the bombardment point will be reduced to a safe range within a fraction of a second after the bombardment," the data terminal replied while observing the crystal jungle below, "After all, cleaning up the battlefield is a troublesome task, and the Xi Ling Apostles don't like things that are protracted."

"It looks like there's something moving down there?" Lily had sharp eyes and suddenly noticed some shaking shadows in the misty bottom of the circular mountain, as well as a few neat artificial objects, "Um... and houses?"

"They should be mining those crystal mines," the data terminal had already discovered the movement below, but it didn't think it was a big deal. "Anyway, there's not much radiation anymore, so let them do as they please. Maybe the locals will find a use for those crystals... This kind of thing is not common, but it does happen. Psionic energy will react with conventional substances and change them into all kinds of strange products. Depending on the laws of each world and the specific material properties, it will occasionally create things with strange effects. So every time the Empire's army finishes a battle, a large group of star privateer groups and the like will drive mining ships to the battlefield to mine. Sometimes they can even fight for two shell craters... Fortunately, the regulations in this area have been established in the past two years, so the situation is better."

Hao Ren was amazed by what he heard, and thought to himself that it was indeed a battle between gods. Nangong Sanba was already confused at this time—he had followed him in a daze, and he was always confused about what Hao Ren and his group were doing. He wanted to ask someone, but before he could speak, he was grabbed by May: "Brother, ask again when we get back. Just follow along now."

"This place has completely changed... I wonder if the Kingdom Knights are still there," Hao Ren realized that after the shocking events in the Beinz area that day, Holleta may have undergone a huge change in the situation. The Kingdom Knights and the Church Knights had probably changed a lot. "Where are we going to find Marshal Ofra?"

Just as Becky was about to make a suggestion, she suddenly heard footsteps coming from a certain direction: "Wait, someone's coming."

The data terminal quickly slipped into Hao Ren's pocket, and Dou Dou also quickly jumped into Hao Ren's collar. However, the figure shaking over from the mountain road was not a stranger, but the old werewolf who had only met once, and had even fought side by side for a period of time - General Elson Eiben, the werewolf general beside Marshal Ofra.

This old werewolf was obviously not passing by by chance. He saw Hao Ren and his party from afar, and greeted him with a smile at this time: "You really came back - strange people from other lands."

"I even got a inexplicable title," Hao Ren was in a great mood after seeing an acquaintance unexpectedly, and greeted him with a smile, "Could it be that you have been waiting for us here?"

Elson was obviously waiting here on purpose, but he was still a little surprised to see Hao Ren and his party actually appear suddenly. This group of guys who always appeared and left suddenly, and created many incredible events, filled him with curiosity, but he controlled his doubts very well, and answered Hao Ren's question with a smile: "This is what Ofra told me before she left. She said that you would reappear in this place sooner or later, and in order to prevent unnecessary trouble from happening at that time, we specially cleared the area near the main peak of Dragonspine Mountains. There are Kingdom Knights stationed here, and we have been waiting for you."

Nangong May blurted out: "A dignified general is personally guarding here. Aren't you wasting human resources?"

"The Beinz Basin is now the focus of attention of the entire continent. The Kingdom and the Western Tribal States are nervously staring at this place. This place originally needed a general to lead the troops to guard it," Elson shrugged. "I'm just waiting for you here by the way - after all, a werewolf's nose is very sensitive. I can be the first to discover anything that appears on the mountain."

Lily nodded vigorously as soon as she heard this. Her werewolf racial pride was burning again. Speaking of which, this girl is really convenient. She can switch seamlessly between the two identities of husky and werewolf. When she needs to be fashionable, she says she is a werewolf, and when she is hungry and gnawing on things all over the house, she says she is a husky. She is simply adept at both pretending and freeloading...

"I don't know if there are any problems with our 'identity' here," Hao Ren asked with a smile. "To tell you the truth - we have a mission in 'this world' and we have to move around, but we don't want to cause trouble."

Elson nodded: "Your feats in the Dragonspine Mountains are obvious to all... um, at least Ofra and I saw them together, and with the guarantee of the four masters, I know you won't have any problems. Ofra left a message before she left, if you come back, I will arrange for you to go to the royal capital to see her directly. She has the next arrangement. But speaking of which... didn't the four masters come with you?"

"They are busy catching wild rabbits all over the world on my side," Hao Ren shrugged. "We just came here to show our faces by the way. We just finished saving another race in another place."

Elson: "?"

"Ahem, professional terms in my industry, don't pursue the details," Hao Ren felt Vivian pinch his back and quickly coughed twice to perfunctorily pass it off. "Since there are no problems... then take us to a place to stay first. Let's talk as we walk."