Statue? (Big Chapter Seeking Monthly Ticket)

--A Few Hours Earlier--

Inside the lander

"We will arrive at the designated location in three hours."

The Orator's voice came through the communicator. "At that point, the lander will separate from the Orbital Returner and fly toward that Transparent Planet."

"How are things on the ground?"

After she finished speaking, He Ao asked quietly.

"Morning has already arrived in the region around the Ika Republic, and the Blood Sun is rapidly reviving."

After a brief pause, the Orator quickly replied, "The places where the 'eclipse' darkness was maintained yesterday are now beginning to show a blood-red glow. The number of missing people is rapidly increasing again.

"According to our estimates, the Blood Sun may fully revive shortly after we land.

"Judging from the current intensity of the Blood Sun's power and its effects, once it revives this time, disappearances within its range may increase explosively, at a faster rate than before its 'darkness.'"

"So we need to race against time now?"

Li Cheng, beside him, spoke up.

After a brief silence, the Orator answered, "Yes."

At the same time, her tone paused slightly, as though something had interfered with her.

No one in the lander spoke. It took time for electromagnetic waves to travel from the ground to relay satellites in synchronous orbit, then to the lander, which was now tens of thousands of kilometers from the surface.

So both sides waited for the other to finish before speaking.

Soon, an image slowly loaded onto the screen before them.

It was a photo of the starry sky, but the light at the center of the image had taken on a faint reddish tint.

"Director, Sir Hao Yi, Mr. Jie An, Ms. Goya, bad news."

The Orator's somewhat hurried voice followed.

"According to calculations from the Aviation Administration, the Transparent