The communications officer immediately connected to the Isolated Communications Line agreed upon by both sides and sent word that Great Xia had begun landing on the Third Planet.
Soon, the Watcher gave a brief reply.
[Kona Civilization has received the operation notification.] [The fleet will reach the Third Planet's orbit at the agreed time. Please provide precise landing coordinates.]
Zheng Jinren wasted no time, sending over the coordinates of all five Portal exits, the surrounding terrain, and the reconnaissance data the drones had just transmitted.
By then, the central Portal had expanded to the size of a washbasin.
Its pitch-black surface resembled a mirror suspended in midair. A low wind howled through from the other side, and the airflow kept whipping up fine grit that struck the armor plates of vehicles near the frame.
"Deploy miniature reconnaissance drones."
Zheng Jinren gave the order.
Several reconnaissance robots raised their mechanical arms and fed folded miniature drones into the spatial opening.
The instant the drones passed through the Portal, their wings and rotors unfolded simultaneously, and their Energy Cores rapidly activated.
One had barely taken flight when a high-pressure gust pouring in from the Third Planet pushed it sideways, nearly causing it to crash.
It immediately lowered its altitude and skimmed along the ground, readjusting its attitude where the airflow was slightly weaker.
The first batch of footage was then transmitted back to Kona Base.
A pitch-black wasteland stretched to the edge of vision, its dark-brown rock strata scoured into furrows by windblown sand.
The distant mountains resembled enormous charred skeletons piled along the horizon, while dark-red lightning occasionally flashed deep within the heavy clouds.
As more drones entered the Third Planet, reconnaissance data began uploading continuously.
"Atmospheric pressure is approximately 3.6 times that at Blue Star's surface."
"Gravity confirmed