Chapter 151 Ominous Omen

The three great generals of the Northern Continent were stationed at the three border defense lines in the northwest, due north, and northeast, respectively.

Although there was the protection of the Umbrella Defense Line, the fortress walls still needed to maintain vigilance year-round. Besides the Source Power Storms in the vast Old World, they might also encounter unknown extraordinary beings.

It hadn't happened before.

But it didn't mean it wouldn't happen in the future.

Therefore, the highest level of alert equipment was deployed in every major border city. Previously, the Investigation Corps was responsible for dispatching garrison troops to patrol regularly and ensure that there were no anomalies outside the Umbrella Defense Line.

Now that they had "Deep Sea," the monitoring work could be handed over to artificial intelligence.

The Northern Continent had deployed a large number of "electronic eyes" outside its borders.

Because the Source Power in the Old World was chaotic and the environment was harsh, the "electronic eyes" were damaged frequently… But that didn't matter. The production cost of the electronic eyes was not high. The Central City allocated a sufficient budget every year to ensure that the border's "vision" was sufficiently broad and clear. As the Deep Sea main system continued to upgrade, the number of compatible electronic eyes increased, and the pressure on the external vision of the border was greatly reduced.

In the past, the border region cultivated a large number of extraordinary sentinels who had to risk their lives to explore the Old World for safety.

Now, these people had gone to positions where they were needed more.

As for the monitoring work, it had become an indoor task.

Deep Sea would transmit the Old World's vision to the main city through the mental network. Only a mental-type extraordinary being above Tier 2 needed to connect to stably extract and adopt the images and information.

The latest version of the main system could even write reports on its own.

Perhaps after a while, the monitoring room would no longer be necessary.

Of course, this would never happen in Cicada Wing City—

Silver Fox had never allowed Deep Sea to fully take over the monitoring work outside the Great Wall. He believed more in his own subordinates. Compared to AI, flesh and blood, as a community of human destiny, was more trustworthy.

So, in the monitoring room of Cicada Wing City, sentinels rotated on duty 24 hours a day.

Because the amount of information transmitted by Deep Sea was too large.

This monitoring room usually arranged for more than twenty monitors. These mental-type extraordinaries monitored and controlled the scenery outside the Umbrella Defense Line in the northwest border through the mental network.

"Alarm! Alarm!"

A piercing alarm sounded in the monitoring room.

Similar alarms were not uncommon.

The border area often encountered accidents year-round. Either a floating black hole arrived at the Umbrella Defense Line, or floating fragments of Old World land. According to incomplete statistics… Cicada Wing City would have more than ten alarms every year.

But this time, it was different.

"Sector Eleven, detecting a large amount of ordered Source Power…"

"Repeating again, Sector Eleven, detecting a large amount of ordered Source Power…"

This voice attracted the attention of all the extraordinaries in the monitoring room instantly.

A large amount of ordered Source Power?

In the monitoring of the Old World, a large amount of disordered Source Power was often detected. These disordered Source Power would form storms, and if they were not attacked with mithril weapons, they would cause a huge impact on the Great Wall.

So the monitors were used to the alarm of an approaching "Source Power Storm."

But about the alarm of ordered Source Power… this was the first time they had encountered it in so many years.

The entire monitoring room was silent for a second.

Then, those extraordinaries who realized the true meaning behind this alarm felt their hairs stand on end instantly.

Ordered Source Power could only be controlled by extraordinary beings!

Detecting ordered Source Power… didn't that mean that the activity of an extraordinary being had been detected?

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Cicada Wing City's dojo was packed.

Gu Shen was giving guidance to the low-level extraordinaries who had come here.

This lecture was coming to an end.

This was the final Q&A session.

Of course… it wasn't really Gu Shen who was answering questions, but Chu Ling, who had taken over his mind. Gu Shen's main soul had sunk into the Pure Land world.

During this period, the flesh and blood filling of the Fire Spirit had been completed by 70%.

This second realm was already quite full.

Just as Gu Shen was standing under the Susu Tree, carefully examining his Fire Spirit realm, an ethereal figure condensed out.

"Gu Shen, something bad has happened."

Chu Ling's expression was grave as she said in a deep voice, "An unknown ordered Source Power has been detected outside the Umbrella Defense Line of Cicada Wing City."

"Ordered Source Power?!"

Gu Shen understood Chu Ling's meaning instantly: "There's an extraordinary being outside Cicada Wing City?"

"That's right."

Chu Ling said in a low voice, "I've accessed the mental network of Cicada Wing City… and captured the 'Sky Eye' images from beyond the border."

Countless dark Source Power flowed in the broken land of the Old World, like snakes.

These auras were very conspicuous, even dazzling!

"This Source Power doesn't seem to be emitted by the 'black hole' itself…"

Gu Shen squinted his eyes and observed for a moment, then said solemnly, "Did the Sky Eye capture images of the extraordinary being?"

"No, it didn't."

Chu Ling shook her head, "This dark Source Power only flashed for a moment… This news will probably reach you soon."

As soon as she finished speaking.

Gu Shen's mental sea shook slightly.

The mellow voice of General Silver Fox traveled across several miles and reached the dojo.

"Little Gu, I need you to come here for something."

Gu Shen's main consciousness withdrew from the Pure Land, leaving a wisp of mental power to continue carving the Fire Spirit. He ended the lecture early and hurriedly left.

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Gu Shen and Bai Xiu rushed to the Great Wall of Cicada Wing City at lightning speed. When they arrived, Silver Fox had already arrived.

He was standing on the wall, looking out at the scenery beyond the Umbrella Defense Line.

The Old World land connected to the northwest border was extremely cold, and the light outside the umbrella was very dazzling, so even if a Divine Seat came in person, they wouldn't be able to see any useful information… But Gu Shen knew that Silver Fox was confirming the direction outside the Umbrella Defense Line.

"Mr. Silver Fox, what's wrong?"

Little Xiu rushed here after receiving the mental message. He didn't know what had happened yet.

"Just now, the Cicada Wing City Monitoring Room captured a very important message."

Silver Fox's expression was solemn as he said word by word, "A powerful ordered Source Power has appeared sixty miles northwest of the Umbrella Defense Line of Cicada Wing City."

He transmitted the specific information to the two of them mentally.

“……”

Bai Xiu frowned after reading it, his expression becoming a little surprised.

Gu Shen also read it. This was the image that Chu Ling had just transmitted to him.

"You should know what this means."

Silver Fox said in a deep voice, "At the Sky Eye coordinates where the incident occurred, there is likely a living extraordinary being passing by… This Sky Eye was immediately destroyed after capturing the message."

"Intelligent life from beyond the Five Continents is spying on Cicada Wing City… Have they found the exact coordinates?"

Bai Xiu murmured.

"That's right."

Silver Fox nodded.

After the Battle of Doru River, the humans of the Five Continents had confirmed the existence of an extraordinary life form from beyond the realm, called a "Traveler”… If the Old World was compared to a dark forest, then the appearance of a Traveler meant that other extraordinary races might appear.

"We have too little information at the moment, but one thing is undeniable. No trace of extraordinary fluctuation should be missed."

Silver Fox said in a low voice, "If there really is an extraordinary race that has sent 'vanguards' or 'sentinels' to spy on the Five Continents… then we must cut them down and not allow this information to be transmitted back."

"I have already reported this matter to Her Majesty."

Silver Fox took a light breath and said, "But the incident happened suddenly, and every minute and every second now is precious."

The Empress lived in the Central City.

Even if she set off now, using her authority to travel, it would take a long time to reach Cicada Wing City.

"So… you plan to strike immediately?"

Gu Shen raised his eyebrows.

"Exactly!"

Silver Fox said, "Judging from the Source Power aura transmitted back by the 'Sky Eye,' the strength of this extraordinary being shouldn't be very strong, at most only Tier 4. Of course, no matter what level of extraordinary being it is… we can't take it lightly. I plan to strike immediately to intercept the owner of that extraordinary Source Power aura."

Boom—

Before he could finish speaking, a majestic aura erupted.

A medium-sized Source Power Boat slowly hovered above the Great Wall, opening its belly hatch.

In fact, when Silver Fox sent out the mental signal, Gu Shen and Bai Xiu had already guessed what the general wanted to say.

"Theoretically speaking, this operation isn't dangerous, but after all, we're leaving the Northern Continent, so there's no way there won't be any risks."

"So, I want to ask you…"

Silver Fox didn't rush to board the boat. He looked at Gu Shen and Bai Xiu seriously and said, "Are you willing to come with me on this mission?"

He had been with Bai Xiu and Gu Shen for three months.

During this period, they were together day and night.

Silver Fox treated these two young men as his disciples, teaching them carefully and imparting everything he knew.

He admired these two young geniuses from the Eastern Continent from the bottom of his heart, but after all, Gu and Bai were not extraordinaries within the Northern Continent Legion system. Even if Silver Fox was a general, he couldn't mobilize them at will.

He had to ask for Gu Shen and Bai Xiu's opinions.

"Of course we're willing."

Bai Xiu didn't hesitate at all. He hurriedly agreed before Silver Fox could finish speaking.

"You're still being too polite."

Gu Shen smiled and said, "Next time if there's anything like this… you should call us on board first, then start it up and go. Will the time we're wasting now cause us to not be able to catch up with the owner of that Source Power aura?"

"Of course not."

Silver Fox was stunned for a second, then shook his head with a smile. He reached out and put his arms around the two young men. With a flash of his figure and the urging of his Origin Power, Gu Shen didn't even see the changes in the surrounding environment clearly before he was already in the spacious cabin.

"Don't worry about not being able to catch up with the enemy… are you ready to accelerate?"

Silver Fox squatted down while speaking, pressing his palm on the floor of the Source Power Boat.

Gu Shen and Bai Xiu both sensed something bad at the same time.

"???"

The bottom hatch of the Source Power Boat closed, and a stream of air gushed out instantly.

A huge sense of pushing back exploded in the void.

Even Gu Shen and Bai Xiu almost didn't stand steady.

"Rumble!"

Silver Fox directly used his Origin Power to connect the Source Power Boat to his arm. The next moment, the huge airship disappeared from the top of Cicada Wing City like a meteor, soaring nearly twenty miles, appearing twenty miles away almost as if it had teleported!

The next moment!

This Source Power Boat rushed out of the Umbrella Defense Line and directly crashed into the snowy and dazzling cold sun outside the Old World!

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(ps: Asking for monthly tickets~ Because there were too many and too frequent updates some time ago, the outline couldn't keep up. I have thoroughly revised it these days, and I feel that the state is very good. Next is the rhythm of stepping on the gas to the end~)