But it was night.
The ink-black darkness provided the best protective umbrella.
At the very least, if Zi Jiu and the others hadn’t known beforehand, there was a high probability they would have simply ignored it.
“How is it?” Lin Zhen asked as he removed the disk, canceling the invisibility.
“It works!” Zi Jiu nodded.
“That’s good! Prepare to head out!”
Lin Zhen breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing that and immediately distributed a cloaking device to everyone.
By the roots of the tree, six blue lights flashed.
The group’s figures vanished instantly, leaving only six distorted, pillar-like blurs of light.
Of course, through the anime lens, their figures didn’t actually disappear; they just had a transparent filter over them to symbolize their invisibility.
“This tree looks short by comparison, but it’s still several hundred meters high. It’ll probably take a while to climb.” Kaos looked up at the towering Crown Layer, hugging the trunk and wriggling upward like a koala.
Seeing this, Anvil followed suit and began to imitate him.
“Wait!” Lin Zhen quickly called out to the two of them. “Are you really planning to climb up like that?”
Kaos slid back down to Lin Zhen’s side. “How else? Wait! Does A Zhen have a better way?”
“Of course I do!” Lin Zhen sighed and rubbed his forehead. He pulled a grappling hook gun from his backpack and fired it with a raised hand.
With a soft *thwip*, a steel cable about the thickness of a finger extended from the muzzle all the way into the Crown Layer.
“A simple grappling hook gun. A Kai, you haven’t really forgotten all that knowledge from our first year of training, have you?”
[Lao Lin has so many wonderful little gadgets]
[Technology changes lives]
[Goblin tech is mind-blowing]
“Haha!” Kaos laughed awkwardly. “I’m just used to using my supernatural power.”
In fact, there were many trainees like Kaos.
During their first year, when they had no extraordinary abilities, they were forced to rely on their wisdom and technology to solve problems.
But in the second and third years, as their supernatural powers grew stronger and could solve 95% of their problems, most of them gradually chose to replace thinking with brute force.
They even began to use their powers for every aspect of their daily lives just to save a little time or simply because they were lazy.
For instance, a certain Blue-Furred Ball would sleep while floating in the air during wilderness training if there wasn’t a clean place to rest.
Thinking of this, a hidden smile appeared in Lin Zhen’s eyes as he commanded, “Everyone, gather around!”
Once the group had closed in, he used his power to create metal safety buckles on their waists and then pulled the trigger.
*Clack, clack, clack!*
The internal mechanical structure of the device groaned as it operated under the weight.
***
Immediately after, the group was yanked upward by the grappling hook like fish caught on a line.
Before long, they arrived at the Trugan Layer.
Thanks to the previous invasion by the huang elves, there wasn’t much residential activity in the giant stone city at night.
Even when they occasionally soared past one or two houses built against the tree trunk, the cloaking devices ensured their movements remained undetected.
They passed through the Trugan Layer smoothly, and the “water surface,” which was the Crown Layer, appeared above their heads.
The hook Lin Zhen fired was latched onto the bottom of a massive mansion.
As the cable retracted to its limit, the group swayed gently in the breeze like teru teru bozu dolls.
Footsteps echoed from above them from time to time.
However, they didn’t care at all, focusing their attention on the distance.
There, nestled among the scattered houses and residences, a massive, incomparable great rock lay quietly on the ground.
The passage of time had allowed the green elves to build many structures upon it, making its original appearance almost unrecognizable.
Only through the gaps between the plants and houses could they vaguely see its true grayish-white color. It looked exactly like the meteorites they had seen in the planetary star ring’s asteroid belt.
As a result, even the usually cautious Lin Zhen felt a surge of confidence. A look of relief appeared on his face as he made a judgment before they even reached the great rock.
“That’s the meteorite!”
“Really? That couldn’t be better!” The others believed Lin Zhen’s judgment without question and let out sighs of relief.
“Can we glide over from here?” Lin Zhen asked.
“We can!” Kaos nodded confidently.
If he couldn’t even glide across at a height of three or four hundred meters, he might as well find a block of tofu to bash his head against.
“Then I’m taking down the hook!” Lin Zhen said.
“Go ahead!”
Kaos took a deep breath. Once Lin Zhen removed the hook, he turned his head and exhaled sharply.
He continuously strengthened the ever-present breeze of the high altitude, forming a hurricane strong enough to carry the group!
*Boom!*
The Crown Layer rustled and shook violently under the wind.
The six of them spread their arms like birds and flew toward the giant meteorite in the center of the city.
The sudden hurricane undoubtedly attracted the attention of many people in the city.
However, whether they were commoners, soldiers, or tree god guards, they only glanced up before looking away. At most, someone just reached out to close their window.
The high altitude!
It was a complete blind spot in their thinking.
They never imagined that someone would use a hurricane to fly over their defensive lines from the sky.
[Riding the wind]
[So Kaos is a Happy Wind Man]
[Star energy users are just too overpowered. The tree god guards and earth god guards on this planet can only control plants and soil, but every star energy user’s ability is different]
***
The night air was bitter, and the wind in the sky whistled with a terrifying chill.
The group shivered from the cold.
Fortunately, the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. Ten minutes later, they were closing in on the great rock.
Kaos immediately manipulated the air currents, leading the group to land slowly on the very top of the giant stone.
There wasn’t much flat ground here.
There was only a pavilion used for resting, perhaps built by some Aristocrat who wanted to enjoy the view.
But it was perfect for ensuring the group didn’t have to worry about bumping into others.
Lin Zhen rubbed his cheeks, which had been blown red by the wind.
Then, he knelt on one knee and brushed away the soil on the surface of the great rock, revealing the hard stone beneath.
He closed his eyes and sensed carefully. A few seconds later, he opened his eyes in a fit of wild joy.
“Aside from this outer layer of rock, the inside is almost entirely metallic. The ore content is over 80%!”
He looked up and beamed at the others.
“And the metallic elements are incredibly abundant! Here, I can synthesize almost any signal shielding alloy I want!”
“Then is this enough for you to…” Zi Jiu asked immediately.
“It’s enough, more than enough!” Lin Zhen showed a wide grin. “Forget the seven of us. If you give me enough time, I could build enough for hundreds of people!”
“That’s great!” Anvil said happily.
The others were also full of joy upon hearing this. Only Aili, amidst her happiness, had a flash of worry cross her face.
She thought of her sister.
“Xiao Ai, give Xiao Xi a little more time. Believe in her! She will definitely return safely!” Zi Jiu took Aili’s hand.
“Mhm!”
Aili nodded. She gazed in the direction of the tree god city, a look of determination settling in her heart.
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