Hao Ren and his team had only been on Planet La Rian for a few days. Moreover, since they were locked inside the atmosphere, Nolan's various planetary observation devices were useless. As a result, they knew very little about the planet. The ancient tomes that smelled of mildew were filled with inaccurate embellishments and dubious annotations, while the intelligence Nolan had gathered with her probes offered few valuable clues. Thus, when faced with a sudden "natural disaster," Hao Ren was completely at a loss.
But he could say with absolute certainty that La Rian was facing a tremendous crisis.
It had erupted neither sooner nor later, but precisely when he had led the investigation team into the area. The timing was so exact that it was as if someone had been watching the clock.
This immediately reminded him of his trouble-attracting constitution. Since Raven 12345, that goddess with her reality-bending words, had personally certified that he possessed it, he had to take it seriously, no matter how absurd it sounded.
But after that initial thought, he began seriously considering what could explain these "punctually" erupting disasters.
"Trouble-attracting constitution" was certainly a fine explanation, but it offered no useful reference. Hao Ren firmly believed that everything developed according to its own underlying laws. Even Raven 12345's reality-bending words were based on a complex mathematical model and her divine employment license. Therefore, the sixteen Great Rifts splitting open across La Rian had to—and must—have a cause. Since they had erupted at such a special moment—when he had led the investigation team in and happened to use the BUG-ridden weakling to glimpse the truth inside the Great Pit—it was necessary to connect the two events.
As a qualified investigator, he had to make sure not to abandon any clue that had even the