After teleporting, the command headquarters first checked the signal. Once they confirmed that System Chat was still available and communications between all nodes were normal, the operation officially began.
"...The current atmospheric temperature is 552°C. White Shards were urgently deployed to cool the island, and the surrounding temperature has now dropped below 100°C. No large-scale fires have broken out, and overall operations are running smoothly."
Zhang Zhi reported, compiling the information collected from various sources and relaying it to everyone in the hall.
Meanwhile, some of the clerical staff in headquarters were actively contacting players inside the various facilities, coordinating resources to deal with relatively minor emergencies.
The sudden arrival in a high-temperature environment had still caused fires in some areas. Some preparations had been inadequate, and there were even a few injuries.
But it was no major problem. The fires were quickly extinguished, and the injured needed no rescue; they simply drank a Recovery Potion and were done with it. They were no novice players anymore.
Just as the players settled down and took in the apocalyptic scene, a system announcement appeared for everyone at once, informing all players of the objective of this operation.
[Eliminate all Fire-Worshippers on the island, interrupt their ritual, and lower the temperature of Burning Island, including the Giant Black Embers, to below 1000°C. The system will then format this island and award corresponding points and permissions based on each player's contribution.]
Cool it down!
These words appeared in almost every player's mind at the same time.
Then there was the Giant Black Embers, which clearly referred to the enormous black tree on the distant scorched land. Compared with the one in the Warm Winter Sea, that tree was far too large. They could not even be classified as the same