If the black dots in the sky that Lin Xue had discovered through her camera were projected straight down from their positions, they would land within V City, next door to K City.
At that moment, inside a command center in V City.
"Quick, replay it!"
A man in military uniform stared at the dismembered reconnaissance aircraft on the screen and hurriedly gave the order.
A technician in front of him worked his fingers furiously, quickly pulling up the satellite footage from moments earlier and replaying it in slow motion.
In the satellite footage, the reconnaissance aircraft flew normally at high altitude, with no obstacles visible anywhere around it.
As for the projected images of the Otherworld that they could observe from the ground, those were completely invisible from the satellite's perspective.
The reconnaissance aircraft sailed safely across the sky until the pilot reported reaching the black dot's location. Then the accident happened with shocking suddenness!
"Right there! Go back, slow it down! Slower!" the commanding officer shouted.
The technician hurriedly complied, repeatedly comparing the footage before and after the aircraft was dismembered.
Everyone nearby instinctively crowded over to watch the large screen.
In the footage, a dark shape suddenly appeared above the reconnaissance aircraft, where there had been nothing a moment before. As though teleporting, it landed directly on top of the aircraft.
The creature closely resembled a dragonfly, but its forelegs bore a pair of mantis-like scythes. Those scythes had effortlessly dismembered the reconnaissance aircraft.
What followed was footage of the plane splitting into four pieces and the pilot parachuting to safety.
At the commander's order, the technician replayed the moment the dragonfly appeared, frame by frame.
Thanks to sufficiently advanced imaging technology, everyone finally saw it clearly: the dragonfly had not teleported into existence. Instead, it had