"Yeah... based on what?"

Even Lin Lin sighed softly in his heart.

When it came to understanding Gu Shen, he was the one in this group who had the longest contact and the deepest understanding.

Although Gu Shen had many secrets.

His strength was only at the seventh level of the Deep Sea Zone, even if he was a "Transcendent," even if he was a prodigy like Mu Wanqiu, capable of fighting two levels above... at most, he was only at the ninth level.

Could such strength force Meng Xiao to use "Divine Advent"?

"Perhaps... the descent of the Light Throne is not because of the battle between Meng Xiao and Gu Shen."

After a moment, Osmond frowned and said, "I think, now that things have come to this, it can be determined: the reason why Meng Xiao was willing to lead the team to join the Dolu River operation was because he was following the orders of the City of Light. They must have other special purposes."

Several captains fell into thought.

As task executors, they only knew that Her Majesty the Queen had spent huge resources and costs, insisting on restarting the Dolu River exploration mission, to find the hidden "Door" in this disaster zone.

But they didn't know the deeper reason.

"What... makes the City of Light so persistent?"

This time, summoning the Light Throne, whether successful or not, Meng Xiao's position in the Northern Continent would be greatly impacted.

However, he probably didn't care about the "Name of Zhenyue" at all.

This guy was the hereditary Grand Duke, and every move he made carried the aura cultivated by the City of Light. Even if this title was revoked, he wouldn't care.

Fisher spoke with some uncertainty.

"Could it be... the King of the Underworld?"

A flash of inspiration!

Osmond, and the captains, had their fragmented clues connected by the words King of the Underworld—

The Dolu River was a river full of death and silence!

And the descent of the Light Throne was disrupted without the Queen's interference...

Only the Throne could fight against the Throne!

"King of the Underworld..."

Another captain murmured, "If the existence of the Dolu River is related to the King of the Underworld, then it makes sense..."

"Could it be that Her Majesty's restarting of the Dolu River exploration is also for this reason?"

Before the discussion in the main control艇 could begin, Osmond raised his hand to stop the captains' speculation.

"We are not in a position to speculate on Her Majesty's intentions."

Osmond said in a deep voice, word by word, "No matter whose will Meng Xiao is following, or what mission he is here to carry out in the Dolu River... he has violated the iron law of the Northern Continent. All captains, if you see Zhenyue, do not hide. I want to personally detain him and send him to the Ancient Castle."

"Yes."

"Understood."

The captains nodded, but everyone knew that after the construction of the Light Throne's descent channel failed, it was unlikely that Grand Duke Zhenyue would go down the mountain the same way.

Since he had made this plan.

He probably had countermeasures in place for after the failure.

"Zhongyuan, you said earlier... on Black Snow Mountain, the forbidden rules descended and enveloped you and your team." Osmond paused slightly, turned to look at Zhongyuan, and said seriously, "But it didn't envelop Gu Shen."

"Yes..."

Zhongyuan nodded.

"I think the reason why the rules of Black Snow Mountain didn't envelop Gu Shen is because his 'flame' is very special. This young man from the Eastern Continent is probably much stronger than you think. I carefully reviewed the archives released to the public by the Qingzhong Cemetery. Although the information is limited, I believe... the three families and five clans of Nagano would not let an S-level like Gu Shen encounter an accident so easily."

Osmond thought for a moment, and slowly spoke.

Zhongyuan was stunned.

"You mean..."

"The aura of the Fighting God did not appear, so it is likely that no divine war occurred on Black Snow Mountain." Osmond pondered, "I guess that their battle did not end. It is very possible that Gu Shen went down the mountain directly from the other side of Black Snow Mountain... Of course, this is just a guess. I can't prove that it happened, and I can't prove that it didn't happen."

That snow mountain was shrouded in darkness.

Even if they went there again, it would be difficult to find useful information.

Zhongyuan was a little helpless and a little unwilling.

Hearing this, it seemed that Lord Osmond was not planning to send "reinforcements"...

"May the Queen be above, protect us, and watch over all of this." Osmond said in a low voice, "With Her Majesty present, Meng Xiao cannot escape the control of the disaster zone, and Mr. Gu will be safe... and our primary task is to find the 'Door'. Since the Light Throne's descent has failed, we should seize the time to avoid further accidents!"

Except for Lin Lin and Zhongyuan, the other captains had no objection.

Even Huoyu, who had a good personal relationship with Gu Shen, expressed his approval.

In fact, everyone knew—

In this situation, it was extremely unwise to go directly to Black Snow Mountain.

With the light dissipated and darkness enveloping, going to Black Snow Mountain again would mean experiencing the "mirror dream" again...

Unless all the tributaries of the Dolu River had been explored, would the captain-level transcendents choose to gather and climb over the mountain together.

If they acted rashly in the moment, they would not only fail to rescue, but also disrupt the important deployments of the original grand plan.

"Next, return to your respective source power艇s and bring the electronic equipment that needs to be laid... All teams, return to the original planned routes and carry out the second half of the 'Deep Sea' information laying."

Osmond issued a very rational order: "This time, no permission from the main control艇 is needed. The area of the disconnected zone has been compressed to the extreme. We must strive to complete the exploration of all the tributaries in the first half of the Dolu River in one mission. If there is still no discovery about the 'Door'... we will climb over that Black Snow Mountain!"

Having said that.

He waved his hand, "Disperse."

The captains got up one after another.

The main control艇 quickly returned to silence, but one person hadn't left.

"Zhongyuan, I know what you want to say..."

Osmond said calmly, "You are very concerned about Gu Shen's safety, so you want to go to Black Snow Mountain again."

"Yes."

Zhongyuan's expression didn't change much.

From the moment Osmond gave the order, he had been preparing to make this request... The mission his team was carrying out was the most special. On the one hand, he could re-challenge his inner demons, and on the other hand, he needed to verify what was behind Black Snow Mountain for the military.

Now it could be confirmed—

Last time, the Northern Continent military only conquered the second half of the Dolu River.

That Black Snow Mountain cut off the waist of the Dolu River. Only by climbing over this mountain, would it be possible to see the real "Black River," which was the scene reported back by General White Lizard.

However, that Black Snow Mountain was too terrifying.

"I've already seen that the mental state of your team members is not very good."

Osmond rejected Zhongyuan's request, "In this situation, it's not suitable to go to Black Snow Mountain again..."

"I can go alone."

Zhongyuan replied very quickly, he had already thought of this answer.

"Lord Osmond, Black Snow Mountain is indeed not suitable for multiple people to go to... That snow mountain can replicate the abilities, sealed items, and spirits of transcendents. Even if we find the 'Door' in the first half, we will have to explore the transcendent qualities of this snow mountain one day."

His response was impeccable.

Osmond could only be silent for a moment.

"In addition, I am going this time to help the legion better understand the information of the disaster zone." Zhongyuan added, "Not to mention the 'ancient stone tablet' that General White Lizard saw behind Black Snow Mountain, just stabilizing the climbing of the snow mountain is a problem we need to overcome."

If the branch exploration was completed and there really was no "Door," then they would have to advance towards the snow mountain.

At that time, it would be a tough battle!

If there was more information, it would naturally be easier.

Osmond sighed softly, "Do you think what I said earlier... was perfunctory?"

Zhongyuan was stunned for a moment.

Lin Lin also narrowed his eyes.

"Although I haven't seen Her Majesty the Queen for a long time, I know... she is there."

The eye of the Third Army, raised his head, looking at the iron dome where dark clouds gathered.

Complex emotions were revealed in his one eye, and he smiled wryly, "So what I said earlier, that Meng Xiao can't escape the disaster zone, is true. It's also true that Mr. Gu will be safe..."

Zhongyuan also raised his head.

He looked at the boundless iron dome, and said quietly, "Of course I believe that Her Majesty is watching all of this. It's just that I believe even more that some things, we can solve without Her Majesty's intervention. Lord Osmond, you also hate Zhenyue's actions, why not let me enforce the iron law of the Northern Continent? Is there anyone more suitable than me?"

In terms of strength.

He was also in the top three among the many team captains.

"..."

Osmond sighed silently again.

Just as he was about to speak.

A lazy voice slowly rang out in the main control艇.

"If you want to say there is someone more suitable than you... it seems there really is one."

The sensing door at the far end of the main艇 opened, and a tattered figure of a young man slowly floated in.

Covered in dust and the vicissitudes of time, and marked with battle scars, Team Captain Lu Zhe reported with a grave expression after interjecting, "Lord Osmond, Team Lu Zhe has encountered a temporary change. Captain Mu Wanqiu has gone deep into the disconnected zone. Because it happened suddenly, I failed to stop her, and I have lost contact with her..."

This report caused Osmond, Lin Lin, and Zhongyuan to fall silent.

"According to my sensing, Mu Wanqiu touched the Dolu River disaster zone's teleportation restriction. She is likely to have gone to the area behind that Black Snow Mountain." Lu Zhe looked towards the direction where the light column disappeared, and said calmly, "In order to protect Xiaoqiu's safety, I request to go to Black Snow Mountain... and bring her back. In addition, I heard the content of Lord Osmond's conversation just now outside the airship. If an encounter occurs, I will kill the criminal Meng Xiao for you by the way."

After speaking.

Lu Zhe looked at the three people in the airship. He was a little puzzled, why were these guys looking at him with... the wrong expression?

Thinking about what he had just said, Lu Zhe quickly changed his words, "Sorry, not kill, detain. I will detain Meng Xiao."

After he finished speaking, the main control艇 was still silent.

Lu Zhe: "..."

He touched his cheek, was there something wrong with his acting?

This body of battle scars should be very realistic, right?

Little did he know.

There was no problem with his acting, and there was no problem with the battle scars, but the words failed to stop her... were too much of a problem.

The people in the main艇 knew Lu Zhe's strength too well.

A top mental系, how could such a low-level mistake occur?

Osmond, an old general, saw the truth at a glance.

"I'll settle the matter of you deliberately letting Mu Wanqiu go after the mission is over."

Osmond said gloomily, "Now, get your ass over there and bring back all the people who need to be brought back to Black Snow Mountain... As for Zhongyuan, with Lu Zhe there, you don't need to go anymore. Take the members of Team Lu Zhe and complete the unfinished route!"