The Organization Has Decided...

The Floating City, a strategic weapon on par with the Cloud Ascending Ship in the Arcane Empire, can not only fulfill the needs of cross-dimensional warfare when necessary, but also offers greater flexibility than the Cloud Ascending Ship when operating on home soil.

When people mention the Cloud Ascending Ship, they often think of the powerful magic and technology of the Arcane Empire.

The Floating City represents the destructive power of the Great Arcane Master.

The few Floating City that remain in the Pro World's main plane to this day are actually products of the Arcane Empire era, but for various reasons, they were not banished by the Pro Gods. This includes Stephenson.

The news of the Floating City landing in H City of China quickly spread across the country and even the world via the internet.

The whole world was in an uproar.

Strictly speaking, aside from the "First Day," this was the first event on Earth where a collision occurred between the Pro World civilization and Earth civilization under the watchful eyes of the world.

Countless eyes on Earth are watching that Floating City via satellite signals.

They hoped that the people inside would come out and greet the Earthlings; or perhaps the other side would start a war without saying a word.

The tense atmosphere gripped everyone's hearts. An emergency evacuation had already begun at Dafang Square. In fact, the entire H City was on high alert. Zheng's army had already entered the city, and Thousand Rays Society was also operating at full capacity.

Even grassroots workers like Xu Nan received notices to maintain stability in the streets and prevent anyone from taking advantage of the chaos to cause a collapse of public order.

Although it was night, the city's neon lights illuminated half the sky, and the ancient Floating City stood solemnly and motionless, perched on the colorful clouds.

It seemed as if there was no life inside.

As everyone gazed at the marker of the Setting Sun's Glow atop the Floating City, a sense of solemnity they had never felt before filled their hearts.

Blazing Fire couldn't even maintain her excited loli image anymore, turning into a wisp of mist that kept swirling around. Xu Nan didn't know what she was yelling about, but she guessed that she was just very happy.

Everyone was awestruck by the solemn atmosphere of the Floating City.

Only Xu Nan showed a hint of surprise.

He had already arrived at Linbiao, surrounded by four girls, and looked up at the castle in the sky.

His gaze fell on the emblem of the Floating City.

The Setting Sun's Glow —this is the pride of the Arcane Empire and a symbol of their power. The emblem itself is not ostentatious; a setting sun hides behind mountains, yet its radiant glow still illuminates the world. It was designed by a Great Arcane Master skilled in prophecy. He had foreseen the Arcane Empire's path to exile, but even so, he designed this emblem, signifying that even if the Arcane Empire were exiled, its remaining light would still be enough to illuminate future generations for millennia.

Indeed, this is the case. At least in the Pro World, the magic system established by the Arcane Empire is prevalent and has firmly overshadowed the [Magic Net - Spell Slot] system of the West Continent. If it weren't for the support of the gods, spell slot mages would probably have been eliminated long ago.

But that's not what Xu Nan was thinking.

He stared at the first rays of sunlight for a full three minutes before finally noticing something was amiss:

"This ray of afterglow was off-angled by 13 degrees..."

Given the Arcane Empire's meticulousness, such an error would never appear on its emblem.

A sense of foreboding suddenly welled up in Xu Nan's heart.

"Could it be..."

"I'll go take a look!"

Xu Nan rushed alone towards Dafang Square!

As he 《Running》 against the flow of the crowd, he happened to look up and, sure enough, saw an optimistic Gnoll giving him a mysterious smile!

At that moment, Xu Nan felt a mix of emotions.

Rewind time to a previous number of hours.

Lost Paradise, a strategic weapons storage center.

The red alert had already been sounded. Inside a warehouse marked with a 3s importance level, a group of alchemists stared palely at a shattered glass sphere on the ground and a black hole created by an unknown force, speechless for a long time.

"What... what's going on?" an elderly man wearing glasses asked with difficulty.

A drunken craftsman said dismissively, "Lost Paradise has been around for so many years, it's normal for it to have a few holes now and then. I'll fix them up tomorrow."

"That's not what I'm asking!" the old man roared. "Can you tell me why our equipment used to store 3S strategic weapons was quietly destroyed, and why such a large crater was smashed into the ground?"

"Where are our weapons? Where are they? Where are our security personnel?"

The room fell silent for a long while before a young man carrying a large stack of documents came over and called out abruptly:

"Teacher, teacher, I found it! The data on our lost weapons has been found!"

"It's a High-imitation Floating City, built approximately five thousand years ago. I've even found the control center and the key!"

"Based on speculation, it is currently being pulled towards Earth by gravity and is at risk of disintegrating at any moment!"

The old man forgot about scolding him; he grabbed the documents and looked at them, a look of disbelief on his face, but he quickly gathered his thoughts:

"Is there any way to recall them?"

As the young man flipped through the documents, he said, "I specialize in the study of ancient Arcane Empire, so controlling High-imitation Floating City shouldn't be a problem."

"As long as I can land it safely in the no-man's land, and then slowly remotely control the Inflatable Puppet in the Floating City, I am 90% confident that I can recall it."

The old man breathed a sigh of relief, "Go do it quickly!"

"Mobilize all resources and find out where the Floating City fell!"

Soon, a temporary Floating City recall operations office was established.

The alchemists tirelessly conducted reconnaissance and finally located the Floating City in the void turbulence. Under the mysterious gravitational pull of Earth, the Floating City indeed flew over there.

The young man used the control key to activate part of the Floating City's power and began to lock onto its orbit.

Everything is calculated.

"This matter cannot be concealed; let's report it to the Daily Council." The old man took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes. "It seems that Lost Paradise has been targeted by someone recently; it's been plagued by misfortunes."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief; if they could stop the damage in time, their punishment should be greatly reduced.

Just then, a strange signal suddenly appeared on the star chart.

Then the young man yelled, "Did someone bump into me?"

The High-imitation Floating City began to deviate from its intended course.

Amidst the despairing gazes of the young people, it flew towards the China District of Lin Sphere, a densely populated area!

"Slow down!" The old man stared at the star map and couldn't help but shout angrily, "If this continues, there will be mass casualties!"

The young man sweated profusely as he input the control algorithm, but no matter what he did, he was unable to regain control of the Floating City.

The Pro World is far too far from Earth.

Just as the Floating City was about to crash into H City, and a disaster was about to strike, suddenly, the Floating City miraculously came to a slow stop in the clouds above H City!

The old man looked surprised. "Why did you stop?"

The young man also didn't quite understand. After thinking for a while, he hesitated and said:

"... It might be stuck."

"Now there are two problems. First, how do we recall the Floating City?"

"Second, what is this?"

He pointed to the ambiguous signal on the star chart, a look of confusion on his face.

What's even more unsettling is that the signal seems to be heading towards Earth as well.

"Legendary Pickpocketing Technique, legendary lightning spells, and now a legendary melee special ability Earth Shattering Fissure..."

"Let's get straight to the point. What were the results of the last paternity test?"

In a strange, dark space, Almuses looked at the images in the monitoring crystal ball and finally uttered these two sentences.

The video repeatedly plays the following scene:

The lively Lina plopped down on the strategic weapon protection chamber, which was enchanted with a super protective field, causing the chamber to collapse and resulting in the unexpected crash of the Floating City...

The Lion King's tone remained as calm and composed as ever:

Do you know why I'm wearing sunglasses right now?

Almuses pondered, "Is it for showing off?"

The Lion King silently removed his sunglasses, revealing his badly beaten eyes. "Last time I tried to take Lina for a paternity test, my wife found out..."

Luo Mang coughed once to indicate his condolences, and Almuses remained silent for a moment.

"Regardless, your daughter's performance is truly astonishing. Your wife is indeed worthy of being a descendant of an ancient and mysterious race. But if I may be so bold, Lina really is no longer suitable to stay in Lost Paradise."

Almuses said firmly, "The damage she caused to Lost Paradise was greater than that caused by the Abyssal Lord and the Demon Lord combined..."

The Lion King asked with some doubt, "I remember that every time she learned a new ability, it was after returning from Xu Nan."

Luo Mang smiled faintly, "I don't think Xu Nan has the ability to teach Lina so many special skills."

The Lion King thought about it and decided to rule out that option.

"Alright, the question now is, what should we do with the Floating City?"

"Indeed, this accident is quite serious. The premature appearance of our Floating City is enough to make the World God Kingdom extremely nervous," the Lion King said solemnly.

Luo Mang thought for a moment:

"The Earth is too far away for us to reach; we can only let Xu Nan give it a try."

On the bustling and crowded street, Xu Nan's system suddenly received a private message notification from Ophy, the Council Speaker of the Daily Council!

[Dear Xu Nan, in light of your outstanding performance in a series of recent events, the organization has decided to reward you with a Floating City. We deliberately didn't inform you in advance to give you a surprise...]

Xu Nan looked at the optimistic Gnoll symbol above, his lips twitching slightly. He wasn't going to believe the Council Speaker's nonsense!

What did I do to deserve a High-imitation Floating City as a reward? And a surprise at that? Are you kidding me?

Xu Nan sneered and replied:

"Fine, what do you want me to do? What's in it for me?"

Ophy: "Help the organization reclaim the Floating City."

"The benefit is Three Legends promises: once you enter the Pro World, they will protect you once, in addition to personal relationships!"

Xu Nan: "Deal!"

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