Returning from the abyss

Lu Ning led the team towards the plains in the north.

Between the core area of ​​Shenghui City and the Dragon Trail Islands in the far north is a vast and fertile plain. This was originally the best food-producing area, enough to make the Kingdom of Angels and surrounding countries have enough food and clothing.

Now, after years of neglect in this plain area, weeds have grown on the original main road. Fortunately, the road was relatively smooth, but there were no traces of people along the way.

"Captain, the pollution reaction on the plain is much lower than the estimated value in Shenghui City." Garuda said.

"How much lower?"

"It's about 30.00% lower. Some relatively pollution-resistant crops can be grown directly here. If we purify the pollution, we can probably save a lot of relay tower materials."

"Let Abel lead a team of people to explore west. Humans once established a country there. I don't know if anyone is still active there. Garuda, pay attention to the pollution level. If it continues to decrease, we need to consider this. Is there already a force on the plain doing the same thing as us?"

Pollution will naturally decrease, but not that quickly. Lu Ning has read some information. If today's pollution is to naturally fall back to its previous level, it will take at least 400 years. This time span is really unacceptable, not to mention that people are expected to face the epidemic in two years. A major disaster.

Pollution that is significantly lower than the average level is a cause for alarm, and Lu Ning is already very experienced in this.

"Yes, but the green plain is very large. It will take three or four days to cross from south to north at our current speed, not including the rest in between. I think it will be difficult to see drastic changes in pollution levels. .”

"As an alternative. Don't go too far away from Abel's exploration, and keep in touch at all times. Reedy, call me when you arrive at the Emerald Farm. I want to take a rest."

"Yes."

Lu Ning covered the map on his face and lay down on his seat. There are three vehicles in Shenghui City. Ruidi, Abel and Garuda each drive one. After being modified by Chang Zaihao, the speed is very fast, and it can extract the magic energy of the environment as a power source. As long as there are people If you change hands, you can keep driving. Lu Ning didn't rest much along the way. Now that she finally entered the hinterland of the green plain, she was ready to recharge her batteries.

Emerald Farm is a name given to Angel's agricultural area in the Emerald Plains. Because it started out as a farm, the name stuck. It was actually a city, even larger than Shenghui City in area.

This place is almost fully automated and only requires a small number of angels to maintain operation and an army to protect it. Although these are gone now, there must be a lot left behind by the angels.

Lu Ning fell asleep in a daze, her thoughts slowly becoming blurry, and then...she suddenly had a strange feeling, and she realized that she was dreaming.

Consciousness is gradually gathering, allowing her to regain perception. At this moment, her field of vision is in the sky, a perspective that can be rotated at any time, overlooking the earth or turning to the sky.

However, what she saw was not the ground and sky as they were today.

Haifa Continent is still Haifa Continent, and Lu Ning recognizes the shape of this continent. But there are already urban clusters visible to the naked eye on the ground. High-rise buildings and the connecting passages between buildings can already reach Lu Ning's side. Everything shows that the technological level of this civilization has reached an extremely high level.

But something is wrong. Lu Ning quickly realized the problem. She concentrated a little more and saw the people nearby.

The huge city was not functioning, and everyone was raising their heads and looking at the sky... No, looking at her.

This feeling was very strange, and Lu Ning intuitively thought that these people were looking at him, praying, and asking for help.

A ridiculous thought occurred to her.

Why didn't you leave?

You have obviously developed technology to such an extent that you are able to leave this planet and explore everything outside the universe, but why...has it become like this?

They gave up everything and prayed.

But what's the use of praying to me? Lu Ning felt inexplicably irritable in her heart.

Then, for her, it was just a blink of an eye. High-rise buildings collapsed and tracks broke. Everything seemed to have been destroyed for a long time. Lu Ning watched helplessly as the ruins of this civilization collapsed and were reintegrated into herself by nature. In a few blinks of an eye, In a short time, all the high-rise buildings disappeared. Human beings lit fires again, and buildings began to appear on the ground again.

They built towers and palaces, and their dazzling magic turned into infinite power. People's exploration has gone from being isolated in a corner to being widespread to everyone. They used magic to build order, and order promoted civilization. It seemed that in an instant, they once again arrived at the location where the previous civilization had arrived.

Lu Ning heard the prayer again.

On the magic shuttle that broke through the atmosphere, several of the greatest magic scholars focused their eyes on her, but they did not see the expression of something, they just thought there was something here.

"Don't pray to me!"

Lu Ning suddenly woke up with an irritated cry. She was still on the vehicle, Ruidi was driving, and several other team members were in the car. They were a little surprised by Lu Ning's sudden shout, but they didn't make a big fuss. The Intelligence Department often encounters some strange things, and they must be accustomed to what happens to their companions. This is the training standard set by Lu Ning.

Lu Ning rubbed his eyebrows, picked up the map that fell on the ground, and asked, "Where is it?"

"We will arrive at the Emerald Farm in three and ten minutes," Ruidi replied, "Abel sent a message. The journey is a bit long. He is planning to meet us at the Emerald Farm tomorrow."

"You can wait for him for a day." Lu Ning looked at the map, "Jade Farm... I'm afraid many parts have been destroyed now."

"As the Angel's largest agricultural base, it should be impossible for the Jade Farm to be completely destroyed. The demons don't need ordinary food, and they have no concept of running out of food. I'm afraid they attacked here just because there are defenders here." Ruidi The analysis said, "According to the records we found, only the army of Demon Rizramoel passed directly through the Emerald Farm, and almost all other battle reports bypassed this place."

"One army is sometimes enough."

The strength of the Demon Clan can usually be distinguished by the length of their names, because the Demon Clan will record their achievements in their names. The real name of the demon tribe Ruidi mentioned is 56 syllables, which is about the average strength of the demon tribe. A demon with such strength passes directly from the Emerald Farm with its army...

Lu Ning looked out the window.

At this time, we can actually see the city in the distance.

Emerald Farm, a large agricultural city, does not have city walls, but is guarded by angel defense towers. The remains of these defense towers are still visible today, but when the vehicle approached, it was discovered that some small farms on the periphery had not been destroyed. "Stop the car, we need to investigate."

Anything unusual was worth noting, and Lu Ning decisively issued the order.

After everyone got out of the car, they prepared their weapons and equipment and walked to the nearest farm.

There were no crops in the fields and they were overgrown with weeds, which was not surprising. But the buildings on the farm were indeed complete. Garuda found an automatic seeder, and after Lu Ning found a way to inject some energy into it, it was actually able to be started directly.

"The equipment inside the house is functioning normally."

"Neither the agricultural magic array nor the machinery has been damaged, it's just that there is no energy."

"There are still seeds in the warehouse and no contamination has been detected."

"The transport truck can be driven."

The team members reported the condition of the farm one by one. It looked like it had been abandoned for a long time without any damage. Lu Ning walked into the warehouse. Amidst the smell of dust, there were still a large number of boxes stacked up. Even if the storage box used by Angel had no energy, it could store things like seeds for about 30 years under normal conditions. At this time It has been very effective.

"No one." Ruidi was the last one to come back.

"It's normal. This kind of small farm is usually a fully automated agricultural production, and the owner only comes here occasionally for vacation. By the way, haven't you found any breeding sites?"

"There are a few small animal pens, but there is nothing in them anymore," Reedy said.

"Take photos and records in the room, take samples of seeds, see what they contain, and see if they can replenish our seed bank. The angels were over-productive back then, but we can't let them just sit there." Lu Ning said, "Garuda brought Come with me to check out another farm."

With experience, inspecting the farm is quick. None of the farms nearby have experienced destruction by war. Except for the fact that there are no farmed animals left, everything else still retains the original appearance of the angels.

"It seems that this place has really not been attacked." Garuda said, "Even if the demons bomb indiscriminately, there will always be places missed."

"Um……"

Lu Ning superficially agreed with Garuda's view.

But she knew that wasn't the case.

The pollution nearby is very low. Although it is still not suitable for planting, it is much lower than when she first came to this scene and when she arrived in Leh City. It can be said that ordinary people can barely survive here.

In addition, none of the nearby farms have been destroyed, so it is simply a treasure trove of supplies. Although small farms have always been used to describe these places, it is compared with the agricultural city of Jade Farm. If it is only a small force with dozens or hundreds of people, it is completely feasible to take root here.

But here’s the problem. This is the Emerald Plain, the once most prosperous area in the northern part of the Haifa continent. It is the intersection of borders and transportation hubs of many countries. It is the agricultural powerhouse of Angels. Such a place, even if the demons ignore it. , will the refugees passing by from all directions ignore it?
These farms are not hidden in some hard-to-find ravines. After the defense towers are destroyed, they don't even have normal defenses. It can be said that they can be robbed casually. The most important point is that when Lu Ning and others arrived, they had searched for suitable landing spots on the entire Haifa continent, but there was no such suitable environment on the Emerald Plain.

Is it man-made transformation, or is it a mysterious incident encountered before?
Lu Ning read the messages sent by her team members and tried to judge the matter from them. But soon, she heard a noise. The sound came from the sky, like a propeller turning.

"Captain! A gyrocopter is coming!"

Lu Ning left the room, raised her head, and saw a strange-looking rotorcraft flying from the sky in the distance. Its style looks quite ancient, and the entire body structure seems to be pieced together, but this thing can indeed fly.

A spell fell from Lu Ning's sleeves, triggering the magic that had been prepared for a long time. There is life on the gyrocopter, and it does not belong to the two races of gods and demons.

"Garuda, let's go up." Lu Ning waved gently, and the strong wind gathered around her and began to form an air current to hold her up. It was even easier for Garuda. The pair of small wings that were originally curled up on his back suddenly became extremely wide, and then he was launched into the sky with a tap.

Lu Ning saw the logo spray-painted on the plane in the air. Between two days, a ray of light rose from the ground.

Is it a camp?
She used a magic pen to write a greeting in the air and enlarged it. After the gyrocopter saw the text, someone immediately fired a magic firework.

"This is the sixth team of the flight test team under Ling Ri. Please land! We can communicate!"

The voice from the other side was amplified and transmitted over. After Lu Ning wrote a word of agreement in the air, he took Garuda and fell to an open space below. The gyroplane also landed not far away.

Four people got off the plane, two orcs and two humans. The four of them were all young. After Lu Ning and Garuda saw the same logo on their clothes, they basically confirmed that this was their camp logo.

"Hello friends from afar." One of the orcs with a tapir face raised his hand happily, "We didn't expect to encounter anyone during the test flight."

"Hello." Lu Ning said in a friendly manner, "I'm from the south, from the direction of Shenghui City. My name is Lu Ning, what do you call me?"

"Just call me Ye Ji." The tapir-faced orc said with a smile, "I am the team leader. Although there are not many people, I am the one with the most say here. Are you coming from Shenghui City? What's the situation there? How about it?"

"We have technically solved the pollution problem and are now dealing with it," Lu Ning said.

"Oh! That's very powerful. We also spent a lot of thought on it. It's effective but not very good yet." Ye Ji nodded repeatedly, "Looking at the equipment you have, you should be able to make your own weapons, right? Otherwise, it would be impossible to come all the way here?”

"There are still many hidden dangers that need to be killed. Whether it is the war machines left behind by the gods and demons, or the contaminated beasts around them, they all need to be dealt with."

"Understood, we are also solving these problems. Although the Green Plains look good, the place is too wide, and there are just as many problems. Hmm... Do you mind coming to our place for a friendly exchange? Everyone is having a hard time. Those who come down may be able to help each other, and our leader must also want to know about the situation elsewhere."

"Our original plan was to set off after repairing here. Can you tell us the location? After the repairing is completed, we can go directly there." Lu Ning did not accept his move. She could see that although this orc looked like He was kind, but his eyes were full of scrutiny and probing.