After destroying the interceptor army, Ship Plane's voyage returned to calm.
In the following months, although signs of enemy life activity in the distance could occasionally be detected, no giant beast took the initiative to approach again. Obviously, the previous battle had made the nearby scale beasts realize that this Expeditionary Force was not easy to deal with.
Since it cannot be easily intercepted, there is no point in continuing to send a small force to die.
So, one month later, Benjamin and others successfully arrived at the target area.
"Let's stop getting closer and start investigating."
Inside Ship Plane, Peyton stood in front of the command platform and issued orders to the wizard responsible for maintaining Magic Array.
"Activate the long-range observation array and focus on searching for enemy Plane Cluster, monster gathering areas, and possible Level 9 Life. All data are synchronized to the command system."
As the order was issued, and with the joint casting of many wizards, hundreds of Magic Arrays responsible for investigation were activated one after another.
A large rune lit up at the front of the ship plane, and the huge computing system quickly integrated the surrounding space fluctuations, elemental changes, and life activity signs by collecting surrounding information, gradually transforming the endless chaotic void that was originally difficult to observe directly into clear images.
Benjamin stood aside as a research consultant, also looking at the constantly refreshing data.
Soon, Ship Plane's central computing system summarized the abnormal area.
In fact, they have sailed continuously for quite a long distance since entering this area. However, they could not find any planes along the way, and they did not encounter any elements such as elemental storms and space distortion and turbulence. Even high-concentration element gathering areas were rare.
According to normal circumstances, Endless Chaotic Void should not be so..."calm".
Now, through the data obtained through long-distance investigation, Benjamin quickly understood the reason.
"That's it." Benjamin said while looking at the light screen.
Jack on the side looked at the pile of data streams on the light screen that had not been sorted out because of his poor computing power. Hearing this, he subconsciously turned to look at the instructor blankly.
Benjamin pointed to several data areas on the light screen and explained to him:
"The scale of the battle between the two sides far exceeded expectations. The aftermath of the battle not only destroyed most of the planes, but also affected the surrounding elemental storms and space storms. Under the interference of a large amount of energy aftermath, the energy cycle that originally maintained the elemental storm was also destroyed, so there was such a large blank area."
This is not difficult to understand.
Although situations such as elemental storms and space turbulence sound chaotic, they can form a certain scale in themselves and actually require a certain degree of power circulation.
If the intensity of the aftermath is too high, it will naturally destroy the power cycle of the elemental storm itself, eventually leading to what it is now. "But that's not right. Although it can explain why this area is so peaceful, it cannot explain why there is no plane." Halfway through, Benjamin suddenly refuted himself.
Facing the aftermath attacks of the same intensity, the plane aggregates as a self-contained cycle of elements. Because of Plane Barrier, the resistance to this type of force is quite strong.
Even if the plane close to the battle area is destroyed by the aftermath, it doesn't mean that all the planes in such a large area have disappeared. After quickly reorganizing the data, Benjamin quickly discovered the problem. "Wait, something doesn't seem to be right there?" He pointed to another area in the light screen. Hearing this, the wizard Peyton issued an order without hesitation, asking the investigation direction to explore in that direction.
As the scope of the investigation continued to deepen, a large gathering area of giant beasts finally appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
Wizard Peyton glanced at the scene uploaded by the screen, and a stern smile appeared on his lips, "As expected of Wizard Benjamin, it seems that we have found the rightful owner."
What is displayed on the light screen is a "stronghold".
At first glance, it is the garrison location created by the Giant Beast Alliance, but there is no complete plane visible there at all. Instead, there are countless plane fragments of different sizes.
These fragments are intertwined with each other, some are embedded in each other, and some are connected by special spatial structures, and finally pieced together into huge nests of different shapes.
In other words, the main body of those nests is the shattered plane!
There are also some plane fragments that have been reshaped by special forces, and the surface is covered with a large number of complex energy patterns, which seem to have undergone long-term transformation. A large number of giant beasts live in these lairs.
Some of them huddled up to rest on huge continental fragments, some moved and interacted with each other (harmony), and some simply lay on the edge of the lair, letting the servant races around them move around on those plane fragments.
Most of the servants of the giant beasts collect various resources in these plane fragments.
They transported the minerals or element crystals in the fragments to designated locations, and even some smaller servants drilled into the plane fragments to collect special substances that had not completely dissipated.
Judging from the minerals and element crystals placed around those giant beasts, they should be their food. However, not all giant beasts are so "fastidious".
In the picture displayed on the light screen, Benjamin saw an extremely large giant beast that seemed to be bored. It stretched out its claws and broke off a fragment of the continent from the side of the nest and stuffed it into its mouth.
The piece of continental fragment in front of it is like a biscuit in the hands of ordinary people.
The giant beast chewed it a few times and seemed to think it tasted good. He broke off a piece and continued to swallow it, not caring about what might have existed on that continent.
"This is really..." Benjamin didn't know how to evaluate it for a while.
Although when I came into contact with giant beasts before, I already had some expectations about their ecology.
But it still seems too exaggerated to see with one's own eyes a situation like this, where a large number of broken planes are directly assembled into lairs, and the materials in them are used as daily resources.
These giant beasts don't seem to care about the integrity of the plane.
For them, it is enough as long as there is still material and energy available for use.
Peyton did not show much surprise. "This is how Giant Beast Alliance survives."
He called up more detailed information and zoomed in on several areas.
"These guys are naturally huge in size, and their dependence on the plane environment is much lower than that of ordinary life. As long as there is enough material and energy around them, they can survive in Endless Chaotic Void for a long time. As for those complete planes, it is not necessary for them." Benjamin continued to check the data, and was soon surprised by the number in the light curtain.
"So many?"
According to the current detection results, the number of giant beasts in this camp alone has exceeded one million.
Moreover, all the lives that are called giant beasts by the Giant Beast Alliance have all reached the level of Level 8.
Those lives below Level 8 are classified as servants, responsible for collecting resources, maintaining nests, and assisting in combat operations. In other words, there are more than one million Level 8 monsters in front of us.
As for those sixth- and seventh-level servants, they are too numerous to count.
It is also thanks to the fact that these giant beasts can directly absorb the energy in Endless Chaotic Void to survive. Otherwise, if such a number of giant beasts are put together, no matter what plane they are, they may not be able to afford it.
But even the group of giant beasts that serve as servants consume astronomical amounts of energy and material every day.
Benjamin even felt that a large part of the reason why Multi-Race Alliance did not want to cooperate with the Giant Beast Alliance was that he could not afford food and drink for the other party.