In the wilderness, during the dead of winter, many animals had already hidden in their dens and refused to come out.
However, the enormous rumbling in the sky forced many animals to leave their warm nests.
In the sky.
Several heavy-lift helicopters passed by from time to time, each carrying a huge cargo container suspended beneath it, flying toward White Deer Base.
After reaching the base, the helicopters set the containers on the ground and then retracted their cables.
Workers would then come forward, open the containers, use various machines to remove their contents, and send everything to Blue Fire Camp.
Blue Fire Camp had disappeared. In its place now stood a colorful dome of light.
This was the Cradle of Calamity. Compared to when Captain Luo Yan had first discovered it, the dome had already more than doubled in size.
A temporary camp had now been established not far from the Cradle of Calamity.
The Strategic Affairs Department's supplies and personnel were being sent to the camp without pause.
Inside the camp, Captain Luo Yan, Qing Lian, and the others were gathered in a tent.
The tent was packed with various instruments. Cables covered the ground like a tangled mess, strewn about with no time for the workers to organize them.
They had more important matters to attend to.
"Begin the third drone exploration!"
At Huang Ling's command, a reconnaissance drone rose into the air from the camp and flew toward the Cradle of Calamity.
A moment later, the drone entered the dome of light and vanished into the dazzling radiance.
On the large screen inside the tent, the signal transmitted by the drone showed that the instant it entered the dome, enormous waves surged into view.
The next second, the drone's image spun wildly. Then the screen went