Lightless Zone

"Report the latest situation in the Abyss Zone."

"Storm intensity: Level Four. No source of interference detected. I repeat, no source of interference detected."

Yuan Mu, captain of the frontline command unit for this operation, the Forest Squad, confirmed the information with the airship once again. The conclusion that reached his ears was like a fat, bristling worm crawling through his ear canal into his brain, sending spasms of dull pain through the nerves in his face and head.

Behind his metal visor, Yuan Mu's expression was probably something like a toothache. He unconsciously ground his teeth. "Convert the storm's effects into Abyss Zone interference standard units."

"No source of interference detected. Unable to convert."

"Just give me an approximate range."

"No source of interference—"

"Do you not understand human speech?"

The sudden surge of anger seemed to have frightened the observer on the other end. There was silence for a full ten seconds before, with their destination already close at hand, the answer came:

"If an interference source truly exists within the storm, the predicted value would be between 5DG and 15DG."

"Not peak values?"

"Not peak values."

"Duration?"

"It has already exceeded 200 seconds."

Yuan Mu listened in silence. On the other side, Light Spot, captain of the Ying Huo Squad, cut in with a sigh. "It crushes '601,' and even '1501' has to kneel..."

According to the Inner World's Abyss Zone Practical Effect Verification Standard, under conditions without obvious interference, if power projected into the Abyss Zone reached or approached one standard unit (1DG) and maintained relative stability for sixty seconds; or maintained relative stability for fifteen seconds under combat-level impact, with a lower limit of force no less than 0.1 standard units, then one could be called a first-rate Mental Side Ability User and stand firmly