As the hatch closed, liquid Mechanical Insects slowly filled the chamber under Elder Yu's astonished gaze.
Beside him, Nie Yun smiled, then slowly turned into a motionless silver statue...
The Mojave Desert, America!
This was the other side of Earth, where it was currently noon. Blazing sunlight poured over the land, scorching it until the light shimmered and warped.
The Mojave Desert was the largest desert in America. Shaped much like a Western dragon, it spanned four states-Southern California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah-and covered more than 22,000 square meters.
NASA had established a satellite monitoring base here and linked it with bases elsewhere to form the Deep Space Communications Network, exploring the mysteries of deep space!
Five kilometers southwest of NASA's satellite base, an enormous Secret Base lay buried deep underground!
This was America's most mysterious organization, Area 13. Inside the base, over a hundred people in black suits and white lab coats bustled about.
The director's office, Area 13.
"Director! Here's all of NASA's information on 'Super Boy.' And this is everything we obtained from Neon's DYZ, the Ghost Investigation Group, about the Ghost Captain!" The man in black who had previously exchanged files with NASA's director was now in the office of Area 13's director. He handed over two files.
Although Neon's DYZ had surrendered all its information to America under pressure, what America did not know was that a "crucial" part was missing!
That was Hattori's theory of "immortality," which had been classified as DYZ's greatest secret and kept under wraps!
"Hmm! Jay, have you read through all of this?" The director pulled a blurry photograph of a Ghost Knight from the Ghost Captain's file and asked with a frown.
"Yes! It looks like Earth really hasn't been very peaceful lately. Oh, right, neither has the