Atlas of Heaven and Man

Because the lights reflected off each other, each airship could determine its own position, so following along wasn't a problem. However, after navigating through the fog for more than an hour, there was no sign of exiting it.

The surrounding fog began to grow thicker, and the original lights became increasingly dim, barely distinguishable. The noisy sound of the propellers seemed to weaken as well. The surroundings seemed to sink into a tranquil environment.

More troublesome was that even the field information between each other began to have problems. The information became faint and intermittent. Even sending telegrams suffered the same impact.

This fog was already strange to begin with. If this situation worsened, problems were bound to arise. The huge airship fleet might break apart and scatter, or even collide with each other.

The navigator realized something was wrong and immediately compiled a report and sent it to the flagship.

After receiving the message, Commander Xie immediately asked, "How much time is estimated to reach the West Coast?"

The staff officer looked at his watch. "According to current estimates, if we maintain our course in the correct direction, then in at most three hours, which is around 7:00 AM Linnaeus time, roughly sunrise, we should be able to see the Federation's coastline."

Commander Xie asked again, "How is the analysis from the Mystery Ritual Team going?"

The staff officer said, "Their report shows that after entering the Federation's waters, chaotic auras are everywhere. There should have been many biological experiments and excessive mystery cult rituals conducted in this area. And since the airship is moving forward, there isn't enough time to analyze too much."

Commander Xie considered for a moment and said, "From this moment on, have the active consciousness bodies adjust and calculate the positions, and release the data to the airship fleet members, requiring them to maintain their course unchanged."

This main airship carries an active consciousness, although not for combat, it can provide considerable help for airship navigation. Moreover, this time the other airships also carry non-active consciousness bodies, and for this trip, preparations have been made in advance for various situations.

Including the Linnaeus Federation airships, for the safety of this return trip, signal data has also been synchronized.

The staff officer reminded him, "Commander, consciousness guidance is feasible, but after losing each other's coordinates, deviations will always occur over time. Problems may arise in as little as a dozen minutes, and that's assuming the current state is maintained without any additional incidents."

Commander Xie was very calm. He said, "It won't wait until that time. Don't forget, we have someone on our team who can solve this problem."

Just as they were talking, the captain of a certain airship that was moving forward suddenly saw a blurry and huge figure appear in front of him. It looked like a monster opening its mouth, waiting for them to enter.

He was immediately shocked and hurriedly tried to turn the direction lever to avoid it.

But just as he stretched out his hand, it was grabbed by the non-active consciousness body's corrective auxiliary hand, which made him unable to move, preventing him from turning.

This was because from the beginning, the entire driving system had been taken over by the non-active consciousness body. Without greater authority, he could no longer intervene manually.

So he could only watch as he and the entire airship crashed into the monster's mouth, but the terrifying scene he imagined did not appear.

That was actually just a cloud of fog, which did not cause any substantial damage to the airship. It would not be an exaggeration to say that it was a self-generated illusion.

But if he had turned just now, or if other airships had taken similar actions, it might have caused the airships to collide with each other.

But it seemed that the generation of this kind of illusion did not interfere with the airship formation. Many black shadows appeared in the fog. They looked like some kind of birds with open wings, falling like pouring rain, but after landing on the airships and the biological material airbags, bursts of smoke suddenly emerged, as if they had melted away.

This was the mystery cult ritual protection arranged on the airship, and it also contained protective materials used in the convergence ground. Since they knew they were going to pass through the chaotic land of the West Coast's evil cults, how could they not make any preparations?

However, the appearance of this kind of thing was not without any effect. The originally tenuous connections between the airships could be said to have been mostly interrupted, and only the strong field of the main airship could barely maintain it.

Chen Chuan, on his side, received a voice message from Commander Xie from an encrypted channel and had learned about the general situation.

At this time, he glanced at his Second Self and saw that it was showing signs of virtualization.

Through the direction of the virtualization and the feeling in his own spirit, he could roughly determine the source of this fog. If something was causing trouble, it must be there.

He directly entered the exo-implant, picked up the Snow Monarch Saber, walked to the open-air deck, and looked towards the depths of the fog.

At this time, a trace of white-gold light emerged from his body and floated up from the platform. Then, a stream of light instantly broke through the thick fog and flew towards the far end. After a moment, rumbling sounds came from the surroundings.

This sound could not be concealed even by this special fog. Everyone in the entire airship formation heard it, and they could clearly feel the hull of the ship trembling slightly under the influence of this sound.

What's going on? Did they fire a cannon?

The three martial artists in the formation were even more sensitive to this. They immediately realized that this was the sound of a martial artist flying through the air.

Wang Tongshan grabbed him and said, "Brother Bian, calm down. That Director Chen is not here, and Gui Zihan is gone. There are only two of us left here. We can't leave. We need manpower here."

Bian Zhijie thought about it and felt helpless. He knew he was right. The airship could not be without martial artists to protect it. Two main forces had already left, and no matter what, they could not leave.

In Cerro Azul, in the indigenous settlements closer to the coast, the central area of the tribe had become a deathly silence. The thick fog did not stop because it had devoured the lives of all the tribesmen, but was spreading outward, even enveloping the warriors outside.

Those blood-colored hunters outside the camp turned their horses around and quickly retreated, avoiding the fog that was still surging outward, seemingly chasing after them.

The fog spread rapidly and soon came to the ritual site of the New Light Church several kilometers away.

After arriving here, it stopped moving forward and instead began to rotate around the rift opened by the ritual. It could be seen that there was a blood-red figure inside, seemingly constantly growing stronger with the help of the rift's power.

The New Light Church members here had already retreated to the periphery after opening the rift. At this moment, they were holding torches high and watching everything.

This thing was originally a nature spirit worshipped by the indigenous people, but after being polluted, it was particularly suitable as a carrier for certain beings from beyond the heavens.

However, this kind of existence would not treat them differently because they were evil cultists, so they used rituals to first impose some restraints, requiring it to target predetermined targets or take offerings to possibly get rid of these restraints, thus indirectly being used by them.

It just so happened that this kind of existence was very similar to some of the things propagated in their teachings. At this moment, watching the figure slowly wriggling, becoming more and more inflated, and faintly emitting light around it, those evil cultists could not help but reveal fanatical and intoxicated gazes in their eyes.

However, at this moment, they suddenly felt something. They saw the fog on the sea suddenly surging, an unnatural surge. Before they could recover, they saw an extremely dazzling light piercing through the fog, as if a meteor breaking through the sky, directly hitting the existence!

The whole process could be described as fleeting, and in that instant, the entire sky seemed to brighten for a moment.

The surroundings seemed to freeze for a moment, and then deafening explosions rolled in. Everyone in the distance could not help but cover their ears, and the horses were startled, jumping around and even throwing their masters to the ground.

After the light flashed, it could be seen that most of the huge figure in the fog was revealed. It seemed to be a fusion of light energy, like a half-human, half-monster thing. It was just that its chest had been pierced by a huge hole, barely maintaining the connection at the edges. However, as the light energy rolled, there were signs of fusion.

The New Light Church members widened their eyes. Behind this existence, they saw a figure floating there, shining with white-gold light all over. Although the two were vastly different in size, at this moment, that figure seemed more like a legendary god.

Chen Chuan looked down from above at this thing, and then glanced at the dazzling rift not far away.

"A rift?"

This thing's aura was somewhat similar to the Old Sin, but there were also differences. But he didn't need to care what this was. He just needed to know that the root of the problem was on this thing.

He stretched out his hand and aimed it downwards.

This thing seemed to feel a great danger and immediately tried to avoid it, its body seeming to scatter and hide in the remaining fog.

But two huge, illusory palms stretched out in the air, and with a bang, they grabbed its shoulders, rendering it unable to move.

Chen Chuan's eyes focused on the bottom, and the light in his palm suddenly brightened, and a bright white-gold flame suddenly burst out!

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