When the new Stargate struck the factory wall, everyone noticed that there was no sound, no impact, nothing of the sort. The thick steel plating of the steel-framed factory wall was pierced by the Stargate as silently as tofu sliced by a knife.
In less than ten seconds, a new Stargate stood beside the original one.
Jiang Yan Hai and the others could already see the scene beyond it: a stretch of Gobi Desert, barren, uninhabited, and desolate.
The two Stargates were identical in size, but the original one led to the base inside the Qilian Mountains, while this one opened onto the empty wilderness of the Gobi Desert.
"Advance team, move out." Jiang Yan Hai put on his oxygen mask and waved his hand before striding toward the Stargate. Countless others immediately sprang into action behind him. Professor Li and the others temporarily cleared the way, because they all knew the new world might be dangerous. Research was not the priority; dealing with the danger came first.
Jiang Yan Hai and his team charged directly through the Stargate. Once inside, Jiang Yan Hai immediately sensed that the surrounding environment, the air, and everything else were nearly identical to Earth. It seemed Er Dan had been right—only an extremely similar civilization could possess so many similar features.
Still, they kept their oxygen masks on. Knowing was one thing, but he could not say it beforehand.
They had appeared in a valley amid the Gobi hills. On either side of the Stargate stood peaks roughly a hundred meters tall.
"Yang Rui, lead the Jiaolong team to establish a defensive line on the northern high ground. He Chen Guang, come with me." Jiang Yan Hai led He Chen Guang and the others charging toward the high ground to the south. Since the