The next three days passed in a tense but orderly atmosphere at the camp.
Under Captain Reke's command, the engineering team worked tirelessly to stabilize the spatial passage. The Space Anchor Generator "Hermes" hummed day and night.
The patrol teams wore rough, native-style clothing adorned with a few Strange Monster trinkets as disguises, moving around the camp's perimeter and staying alert for any probing from the locals.
Zhou Yuxuan's team also sent back regular reports on developments in Red Iron City, mainly covering the various theories sparked by the Strange Monsters' disappearance and the growing unease among the residents.
Everyone knew that a critical moment was approaching: the "Blood Sun."
On the third day, just before the "night" ended.
All nonessential outdoor activities at the camp had been suspended.
Most of the team members stayed inside the reinforced barracks or modular units, watching the changes outside through surveillance cameras installed throughout the camp.
In the Command Center, Lin Yi, Chen Yu, Andre, Elizabeth, and the other key members watched the live feed on the main screen, transmitted by high-precision observation equipment.
Under everyone's gaze, the oppressive darkness overhead soon began to fade, as if its colors were draining away.
But what replaced it wasn't the light they had expected. Instead, the sky gradually deepened to a dark red.
It was as if an invisible brush were painting diluted blood across the heavens.
The energy particles in the air seemed to grow restless as well. Monitoring equipment detected environmental energy radiation slowly but steadily rising, and an inexplicable sense of oppression seeped in despite the thick bulkheads and energy shields.
"Energy radiation levels are up fifteen percent and still climbing. The readings are trending toward chaos, and the corrosive properties are growing stronger," Xuanji reported calmly.
At last, when the final