But even if you crossed Gdansk now and pulled its data source over, with Tokyo's current chaotic background energy field, much of its mechanical equipment would surely be unusable already.
The Black Tide restricted the development of civilization.
Surely you knew that.
Dear Rhine Mr., didn't you?"
"Then just help me confirm the current situation at Senso-ji Temple in Tokyo. That should be possible, right?"
"It is,
but it will take time."
A trace of weakness came through Hacker Miss's voice:
"That giant spider has already begun moving."
Hearing that, Su Wen indicated that he understood. He directly took Natsume Chie by the hand and headed toward the other Bounty Hunter Association advance team members they had briefly encountered earlier.
Because of a mismatch in Deep Dive precision,
there were surprisingly few people from the original Deep Dive pods, which had held more than fifty people.
Three unlucky ones had even been directly crushed into pulp by the enormous derailed subway train, their outlines completely unrecognizable.
And this was only the landing phase, when the mission had barely even begun.
On the other side, Natsume Chie, who had just found a flashlight in her emergency pack and switched it on, nearly vomited at the sight.
But Su Wen then gave her a thread of Dawn Spiritual Energy to calm her down:
"Hold fast to yourself,
or the Black Tide around you will rapidly erode you."
As a transcendent of the Medium Lineage, compared to the Sublimation Lineages that generally possessed innate resistance, her divine sensitivity might instead become a tremendous disadvantage in a situation like this.
Fortunately, Su Wen was still here.
His Dawn Barrier was enough to isolate all contamination, but that did not include the cracks in the girl's heart.
And recalling what had happened to her grandfather