177: Chapter 177 The Other Side of the Spatial Rift

The others immediately stepped forward upon seeing this, but no one knew how to handle the situation!

The screams of the soldier lying on the ground grew increasingly intense.

A medical robot had already approached him, but the examination results showed that except for intense mental fluctuations, everything else in his body was normal!

What to do? What to do!

Just as Su Fan was about to ask the system, the soldier on the ground suddenly let out a loud roar, and a massive surge of Mental Energy erupted from within him!

“Yaah—” The specter that had burrowed into his body suddenly shrieked as it was forced out by this powerful Mental Energy!

Of course, Su Fan and the Great Elder couldn't sense the soldier's erupting Mental Energy or the specter's scream because they were here as Androids.

However, the other soldiers who had come in their true bodies sensed it clearly!

“Quick, use Mental Energy to protect your bodies!” Zhang Sheng cried out.

Hearing his command, the other soldiers immediately enveloped their bodies with Mental Energy.

Zhang Sheng—whether it was luck or misfortune this time, he had been chosen again!

Since he held the highest military rank among these 100 soldiers, Su Fan appointed him as the captain of the vanguard.

The specter that had been pushed out still wanted to burrow into someone's body, but with all 100 soldiers using Mental Energy to protect themselves, the specter couldn't break through the Mental Energy defense at all.

At that moment, following the first specter's attack, the other specters no longer hesitated and swarmed toward Su Fan and the others, frantically trying to burrow into their bodies!

Unfortunately for them, they couldn't breach the soldiers' Mental Energy defenses at all!

Watching this scene, Su Fan breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed these specters were composed of Mental Energy or soul power; they could pass through physical matter but couldn't penetrate a Mental Power Barrier.

“I just don't know if mental attacks can kill them,” Su Fan thought to himself.

Mental attacks—Shengyuan Holy Land possessed such a legacy. Su Fan knew how to use them, and some of the outstanding students who had gone to Shengyuan Star for exchange programs also knew, but the ordinary people of Xia Country did not.

This was because this method of attack was too dangerous. If two people with similar Mental Energy levels attacked each other, it could easily result in mutual destruction.

And if two people had similar Mental Energy but only one knew how to use mental attacks, the one who didn't could easily be killed by the one who did!

These 100 soldiers also didn't know how to use mental attacks, and even if he tried to teach them a Soul Attack Secret Method now, they wouldn't be able to learn it in such a short time.

One had to realize that even with Su Fan's talent, it had taken him three months to learn. For an ordinary person, it would take at least several years of study to potentially master it.

With Su Fan and the Great Elder leading the way, the 100 soldiers maintained their Mental Power Barriers as they entered the cave. After some time, they finally arrived beside the space crack.

“Once you go inside, you must keep your Mental Power Barriers active at all times,” Su Fan urged.

“There are so many specters on this side of the space crack; as the source, the other side will surely have even more specters attacking you.”

“If you find your Mental Energy failing, come back immediately!”

“Yes! Chief!” the 100 soldiers replied in unison, their eyes filled with determination.

“You are the bravest warriors of Xia Country!” Su Fan shouted loudly.

“Come back alive!” The Great Elder clenched his fists.

The gaze of the 100 soldiers became even more resolute!

“Depart!” Su Fan said in a heavy tone.

The 100 soldiers formed a line and, with their Mental Power Barriers active, entered the space crack one after another!

...

The other side of the space crack.

This was a dark and deathly silent world, with gray mist permeating the entire sky and earth!

The 100 soldiers stepped out of the space crack with solemn expressions.

“Everyone, don't scatter. First, check if your micro-cameras are working normally!” Zhang Sheng used Mental Energy to transmit his voice.

“Captain, the micro-camera is working normally, and the storage chip can record video.”

“Mine is also working normally.”

“Working normally.”

“Working normally...”

After confirming that everyone's micro-cameras were functional, Zhang Sheng breathed a sigh of relief. He then turned to a burly soldier and said, “Da Zhuang, use the instrument to detect the air composition.”

“You got it, Captain.” Da Zhuang gave a simple smile, took out a fist-sized device from his backpack, pressed a button, and began to wait silently.

A moment later, the fist-sized device projected a light screen into the air, displaying the nearby air composition.

“With this air composition, it's a good thing we're wearing the latest exoskeleton models and have Mental Power Barriers for protection. Otherwise, even a Level 3 Lifeform would be poisoned to death!” Zhang Sheng remarked with emotion.

“Let's speed up our exploration forward.”

As he spoke, a group of specters spotted them and swarmed toward them.

However, Zhang Sheng and the others weren't afraid. Keeping their Mental Power Barriers active, they sprinted forward.

“The environment here is somewhat similar to Nether Planet,” Zhang Sheng observed while running.

Withered trees, specters, gray mist.

Everything was so similar!

“Captain, there's nothing special here. It's either withered trees or specters. This place is a real dump,” a younger soldier complained.

“True!” Zhang Sheng and the others had been sprinting for half an hour, and the surroundings remained the same—very monotonous.

“There's a large mountain ahead. Let's climb up; maybe we can see further,” Zhang Sheng said.

“Captain, we can fly. Why are we climbing a mountain...?” Da Zhuang suddenly interjected.

“Do you think you have enough Mental Energy to spare?” Zhang Sheng countered.

“Right now, our Mental Energy is what's keeping us alive. Unless it's absolutely necessary, do not use Mental Energy to fly!”

“Understood!” the others immediately obeyed.

“Activate the exoskeleton armor and move forward at speed!” Zhang Sheng said in a serious tone.

exoskeleton armor wasn't a mecha, so it couldn't fly.

The 100 people soon reached the mountaintop.

“Captain, look over there! There's a big river!”

Da Zhuang pointed into the distance with some excitement, where a large river was indeed faintly visible.

“Let's go and check it out. Everywhere else is the same; there might be something different there.” After saying this, Zhang Sheng took the lead and charged toward the river.

The others followed closely behind.

Just as seeing a mountain can tire out a horse, seeing a big river can tire out half a horse.

The river didn't look close, and in reality, it truly wasn't.

The 100 people ran for a full hour before finally reaching the riverbank.

“What a huge river!” Zhang Sheng marveled.

The river before them had no visible beginning or end, and its width was such that the other bank couldn't even be seen.

“How is this a river? If we hadn't seen it from the mountain and were just looking at it from up close, we'd definitely think it was the sea!” a handsome young soldier said with a smile.

“Captain, should we cross the river or walk along the bank?” Da Zhuang asked.

“Hmm... Let's walk along the bank for a distance first to see if we find anything. If not, we'll cross.” Zhang Sheng thought for a moment and then said, “Let's head downstream.”

The 100 people followed the riverbank, running quickly in the downstream direction.

Two hours later.

“Captain, there seems to be a massive standing stone ahead.”

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