Chapter 101: Explanation
Chapter 101: Explanation
Li Qian ordered Xiao Liu to lead the seven Frostfire Salamanders to launch an attack.
The seven beasts used the skill "Frost Breath" and froze the Mechanical Octopus into an ice sculpture.
Originally, if they had used other skills, such as flame jets, and surrounded it, they could have melted it into molten iron.
However, considering that the Security Bureau might want to capture it alive for interrogation, this skill was specially chosen.
It has to be said that ice-type skills are indeed useful for controlling the battlefield.
After capturing the Mechanical Octopus, Li Qian handed it over to the Security Bureau and once again focused his attention on the center of the reservoir, "I wonder what's going on down there? Did Iron Elder and the others manage to stop that monster?"
Chu Xiran noticed Li Qian's concern and comforted him, "Don't worry, Iron Elder and the other two are all powerful Beastmasters with extraordinary strength. That monster needs to break through the Unstable Rift, and it will definitely be crushed by the spatial compression. It's no match for them!"
"Sigh, we can't do anything either, we can only wait and see." Li Qian nodded, then sighed helplessly.
After speaking, he suddenly thought of something and wondered, "Why did you hide the Unstable Rift at the bottom of the reservoir? Every time it opens, if we want to enter, we'll have to dive, right?"
Chu Jianghe coughed slightly, realizing Li Qian's sarcasm, "Well, the Unstable Rift is of great importance. Hiding it here is the safest option..."
Before he could finish, Li Qian, who was standing next to Zhu Bingqing, couldn't help but interrupt, "Then why did you hide it from us too? You even lied and said it was a place guarded by our ancestors!"
Zhu Guan Yu glanced at Zhu Bingqing and paused before explaining, "It's not that the family intentionally hid it from you. The inside of this Unstable Rift is extremely dangerous. If one's strength hasn't reached the Overlord rank, entering it would be a life-threatening risk."
"So, in the beginning, our ancestors made a rule that only those who have reached the Overlord rank are qualified to know about this Unstable Rift, even if they are descendants of the three families."
Without pausing, he continued, "As for the place that was once guarded, the family didn't lie to you about this. When this Unstable Rift was first opened, many powerful extraordinary creatures emerged, causing severe damage to the surrounding area."
"Our ancestors took the lead in fighting against them, making an indelible contribution to protecting this place. It was because of these contributions that the Federation entrusted the management of this Unstable Rift to our three families."
After hearing Zhu Guan Yu's explanation, Peng Zhongyan nodded in agreement, "Mr. Zhu didn't lie to you. Almost all the forces that have obtained the management rights of Unstable Rifts have made contributions to the Federation."
Although Peng Zhongyan was just a small city's Security Bureau Chief, as a federal government official, he was privy to some inside information.
After listening to Zhu Guan Yu's explanation, Li Qian nodded slightly, his face showing a hint of realization as he muttered, "So that's how it is!"
He turned to look at Peng Zhongyan, the Security Bureau Chief who had just spoken, and blurted out his thoughts, "There's one more thing I've never been able to understand. Why is the Machinery Drought Sect so determined to break through this Unstable Rift and release that monster?"
Peng Zhongyan heard Li Qian's question and fell into deep thought, as if weighing whether to tell him the truth.
After a moment, he made a decision and spoke with a hint of helplessness, "In essence, the Machinery Drought Sect is no different from other evil cults. Besides worshipping Mechanical Companion Beasts, their doctrine includes anti-social and anti-human race fallacies."
"They believe that the real-world plane and the dimensional plane are one, and the opening of dimensional rifts is proof of the ancestral star's return or the integration of the dimensional plane."
"They advocate the complete fusion of the two planes, the survival of the fittest, and embracing the Beastmaster Civilization!"
Li Qian found this idea absurd and laughed as he joked, "Haha, do they think that the faster the dimensional rifts open, the faster the two planes will merge?"
Li Qian's words were casual, but he didn't expect that after he spoke, the scene suddenly fell into an eerie silence, as if someone had pressed a pause button.
"Why aren't you talking?" Li Qian was puzzled.
Peng Zhongyan smiled bitterly, "You guessed it right. According to the research of some federal scientists and dimensional Beastmaster experts, this method does help accelerate the fusion of the real-world plane and the dimensional plane!"
"I..." Li Qian twitched his mouth, momentarily speechless, not knowing what to say.
Perhaps to ease the somewhat awkward atmosphere, Peng Zhongyan shared more of what he knew, "There's another theory that the Machinery Drought Sect is so obsessed with breaking through Unstable Rifts because deep within the dimensional plane, a Mechanical God is sleeping, and only when the two planes completely merge can that Mechanical God be awakened..."
"..."
A few minutes later, after listening to Peng Zhongyan's explanation, Li Qian couldn't help but exclaim, "This really overturns my understanding!"
Li Qian stood by the reservoir, pondering the information revealed by Peng Zhongyan and Zhu Guan Yu, his mind racing, connecting it to many things.
Just as he was getting distracted, a sudden change occurred.
Well...
Strictly speaking, it wasn't unexpected.
Everyone had anticipated this.
Suddenly, there was a loud explosion in the reservoir, and just like the previous explosion, a figure shot out from the huge splash caused by the blast.
Li Qian immediately recognized the figure, "This is the Millennium Puppet, the companion beast of Wood Elder. It seems the situation in the water is not looking good!"
As he spoke, his eyebrows furrowed deeply, and his "their" Beastmaster to arrive.
Unfortunately, at this moment, they could only worry, unable to do anything or help.
A battle of this level was not something he could intervene in, let alone him, even Chu Jianghe and the other two could only do so much.
The Millennium Puppet was injured and blasted out of the reservoir, suffering non-minor injuries. Fortunately, Wood Companion Beasts have a certain self-healing ability.
After a flash of green light, its condition improved significantly.
But just as it recovered, it dove back into the water...
(End of Chapter)
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