The Hunting Squad could not keep it up for long.
In less than fifteen minutes, they exhausted all their spiritual energy. The glow inside the Mountain Tower slowly faded, and it became a tower of stone once more.
But to the villagers of Mala Village, it was nothing like the tower it had been before.
"Immortal Master, these bridges... do they connect to one another?"
After Liu Shuyue landed on the roof, Fu Jiaolu approached her, his face full of astonishment.
"Very likely." She pointed toward one of the long bridges. "That leads to the fifth Mountain Tower, doesn't it? Starting today, make clearing that tower the priority. Move it up to second on the list."
Fu Jiaolu nodded in understanding.
For now, the far end of the bridge hung in midair, leading nowhere. But if the Mountain Tower opposite had a similar device, wouldn't they have an enormous elevated bridge between them?
Over the next three days, a flood of reports from the Pioneer Team reached Liu Shuyue's desk.
The skybridges were only the most obvious change to the Mountain Tower's exterior. Much had changed inside it as well.
Many steel doors that had once been firmly sealed now stood open, revealing new passages and rooms beyond.
Several reports said that when the Mountain Tower shook, people had seen some of its roofs glowing.
Beside the grain warehouse on the forty-fifth floor, the Pioneer Team found another room that had previously been sealed off. It held numerous grain-processing devices, including what appeared to be dehusking vessels and rice mills. They seemed to run on spiritual energy too.
The most astonishing report came from Huang Ting's group.
While mapping the Mountain Tower's newly accessible areas, they entered the center of the structure for the first time. There they discovered a