613: Yang Dian: Why is it in simple mode?

“What kind of world do you think we’ll encounter this time?”

Leiming stood beside Yang Dian, looking at the spatial node that had stabilized and no longer stirred up ripples. After twisting his wrists a couple of times, he leaned forward, stepping on the water to approach the spatial node:

“Friendly, evil, aggressive, or a world where civilization doesn't exist, and the planet is just a barbaric one?”

Yang Dian took a deep breath and stepped two paces forward to stand in front of Leiming.

As he landed, ripples spread across the lake’s surface.

The lake surface seemed to be mirroring Yang Dian’s current mood.

At this moment, Yang Dian recalled the first time a dimensional invasion occurred.

After a rough scan of the other side of the spatial node, Leiming, Yue Shan, and Old Daoist Qingfeng unhesitatingly dove into the spatial node, leading the charge into the Alien Planet.

‘When the sky falls, the tall ones bear the brunt.’

‘Now, I am that tall one.’

Amidst his emotion, Yang Dian, who had already arrived in front of the spatial node, shook his head slightly:

“The Universe is vast, and worlds are wondrous. I am not a god; how could I possibly know what the situation is on the other side?”

“I only hope the other side has abundant resources and its strength is within a level we can handle.”

“You certainly know how to think…”

As the two chatted, the Expeditionary Force soldiers behind them had already taken out rhomboid pillars emitting a faint blue light and placed them on the lake surface.

Once 72 rhomboid pillars were arranged around the spatial node, the soldiers guarding them simultaneously pressed the activation button on the top of each pillar.

The next moment, pale blue light beams shot out from the pillars, hitting the two adjacent pillars, while also converging in the sky and at the bottom of the lake. Finally, the light beams diffused, pushing aside the lake water, and transformed into a transparent, light blue energy shield, firmly enclosing the spatial node.

Outside the shield, amphibious engineering vehicles drove around it, hammering down pillars to support a platform on the lake.

Inside the shield, Awakened corps commander Chen Ci, wearing an exoskeleton armor, flew to Yang Dian’s side, saluted him, and said:

“Commander, the energy shield has been activated, and the defensive platform will be completed in 20 minutes. Please give your instructions.”

Yang Dian raised an eyebrow, looking at the spatial node, which showed no activity.

“Arrange two reconnaissance teams to enter the spatial node with me.”

No sooner had he spoken than a hundred exoskeleton mechs flew up from the lakeside.

As soon as the mechs’ feet touched the ground, they immediately disintegrated into parts before the astonished eyes of onlookers, revealing the Expeditionary Force soldiers inside.

Seeing the scattered parts reassemble into armor around the Expeditionary Force soldiers, and the biological armor they were also wearing, the members of the Special Administration Bureau and the Martial Security Bureau watching from a distance were instantly envious.

“Is this the treatment for the Expeditionary Force? Using the most resources, wearing the best armor, earning the most merits…”

Hearing this somewhat sour remark, someone added:

“Why don’t you mention that the Expeditionary Force also undertakes the most dangerous missions?”

“They are the main combat force for conquering Alien Planets!”

“I know, what I mean is why wasn’t I chosen? Last time when the Expeditionary Force was selecting people from various regions, I also signed up. Tian Qi, who isn’t as strong as me, was chosen, so why wasn’t I? Tian Qi came back on leave a couple of days ago, and now he’s even stronger than me! Before, I could knock him down with one slap; now he can knock me down with one slap!”

“Well, is it possible that it’s because you’re the captain of the second detachment of our Hangzhou Special Administration Bureau? Your strength is considered first-tier in our Hangzhou area, and the Director was unwilling to let you go?”

“I don’t know, I just want to know when the Expeditionary Force will start its second recruitment. Next time, I must join the Expeditionary Force!”

“Difficult. The kids these days are one tougher than the next. It’s really not easy to compete with them…”

The Martial Security Bureau and Special Administration Bureau members looked forward to the Expeditionary Force reopening recruitment.

Yang Dian also led two reconnaissance teams into the spatial node.

After scanning the spatial node, which was identical to when it overlapped with the Lizardmen Alien Planet, Yang Dian led his team to the bottom and said:

“Begin data collection.”

As his voice fell, someone pulled out a thermometer tied with a string from a spatial bracelet and extended it into the Alien Planet to measure the temperature.

Someone else took out a giant sealed sphere, collected Alien Planet air, returned to Earth, and took it to a temporary laboratory for testing.

And others took out tied-up chickens, ducks, and fish from their pet beast bracelets, directly placing them outside the spatial node to observe their condition… While everyone was busy, someone took out paper and pen to record what the observers noted.

“The diameter of the spatial node on Earth is exactly 300 meters. Calculated with reference objects, the Alien Planet’s dimensionally folded area is approximately a 300-kilometer diameter region, with a ratio of 1:1000.”

“Within the 300-kilometer range, mountains, rivers, lakes, plains, and cities were found. No oceans were discovered.”

“The cities are modern cities, with the tallest buildings approximately 800 meters high.”

“No super-giant war machines were discovered, no missile silos were discovered, no traces of giant creatures were discovered…”

“Traces of intelligent life on the Alien Planet were found, with an appearance identical to humans.”

“Traces of writing were found on billboards, suspected to have evolved from pictographic characters.”

“Armies were found; the armies are modern, without armed exoskeleton armor or biological armor, using weapons resembling automatic rifles.”

“Tanks and aircraft were found, battlefields were found, humanoid mutated creatures were found, with multiple areas of their bodies decaying, behaving similarly to zombies in movies and novels, suspected of not having developed intelligence.”

“Alien Planet military personnel were found; some are observing the spatial node with binoculars. According to calculations, they are observing the chickens, ducks, fish, and pigs we sent outside the spatial node…”

“Helicopters are taking off outside the Alien Planet’s Walled City, with their target suspected to be the spatial node…”

As observers continuously reported information for recorders to document, other sub-teams also reported their collected information:

“Based on the curvature of the horizon, the Alien Planet’s diameter is approximately 13,000 kilometers, close to Earth.”

“The Alien Planet’s temperature at 10,000 meters above ground is 16℃. Ground temperature cannot be determined, and the current season cannot be determined.”

“Chickens, ducks, fish, and pigs experienced altitude sickness after 5 minutes at high altitude on the Alien Planet, with no other rejection reactions.”

“The Alien Planet’s gravity is approximately one-third of Earth’s, comparable to before the first dimensional overlap.”

“Air detection completed. The Alien Planet’s Spiritual Qi concentration is approximately one particle per cubic meter. The content of various gases in the air is similar to Earth’s. The test subject in the sealed sphere did not experience discomfort during survival…”

As various data converged in Yang Dian’s ears, he gained a general understanding of the Alien Planet.

Similar in size to Earth, two-thirds less massive than Earth, with few Spiritual Qi particles, technology equivalent to Earth’s Early Stage 21st century, which is the pre-Qi Revival phase, and a suspected zombie crisis on the planet… “So, the difficulty of clearing this planet is ‘easy’?”