Zhao Yonggang glanced at the others, then turned his gaze back to Shen Heng and replied:
"No, because the Light Gate are located at overlapping edges, the power maintaining the overlap in this area is insufficient to support the existence of such a high-level Calamity Beast."
Therefore, high-level Calamity Beast will not appear within the Light Gate.
"Specifically, according to the Research Department's deductions, the most likely Calamity Beast to appear will be at the 3rd or Fourth Tier."
At most, Fourth Tier, isn't that similar to what we have now?... Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhao Yonggang glanced at the crowd, seemingly understanding what they were thinking, and said:
"Don't think you can relax now; this will be many times more dangerous than usual."
"Usually, one or more Calamity Beast usually appear, but at most, there are more than ten."
"But this time, behind the Light Gate was a whole area."
"In this area, there might be ten, maybe twenty, maybe thirty."
"It's not entirely impossible for a population to emerge."
"At that time, coupled with the unfamiliar environment, the danger will be many times greater than in previous missions."
Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions turned serious once again.
Zhao Yonggang looked around at everyone, and after confirming that they indeed realized the seriousness of the matter, he turned his gaze back to Shen Heng.
Do you have any other questions?
"That's all."
Zhao Yonggang nodded slightly, glanced at Shen Heng who had sat down, and then his gaze swept across the entire room again.
After confirming that no one had any problems, he spoke again.
"Since there are no problems, let's move on to another situation."
"The situation with the Light Gate just now was already considered quite good in this overlap and deepening."
Upon hearing this, everyone's brows twitched involuntarily.
What started as a group of people hunting a single Calamity Beast has now become a group of people facing an area teeming with countless Calamity Beast.
Is this what you call "okay"?
Zhao Yonggang glanced around, seemingly understanding what everyone was thinking, and said in a deep voice:
" The Light Gate don't appear very often, and in the early stages, even the Calamity Beast couldn't escape from Light Gate."
"So, although you'll be facing Calamity Beast across an entire area, as long as you pay attention to safety and avoid being surrounded or falling into their Calamity Beast, you'll be fine."
"At other times, as long as you notice something is wrong, exit the Light Gate as soon as possible and then contact headquarters."
"Headquarters will allocate more personnel to deal with that Light Gate, depending on the situation."
"While there will be risks involved, it's not considered high-risk."
"The truly high-risk situation is another one..."
At this point, Zhao Yonggang paused, looked at everyone, and slowly uttered three words.
" Erosion Zone!"
Erosion Zone?
Everyone frowned, their expressions turning serious.
Even without knowing the specifics, just hearing the name is enough to realize the danger of this area.
At that moment, the image behind Zhao Yonggang suddenly changed.
The new scene unfolds as an area shrouded in a gray fog.
The fog had a strange quality, not because of its color, but because the entire fog gave off a Distortion, unreal feeling, completely out of place with the normal environment.
Shen Heng glanced at the strange fog, then looked carefully into it.
The shot was taken from below, and a huge dark shadow can be vaguely seen diagonally below the fog.
Apart from that, no other details were visible.
Just then, the image suddenly started moving, accompanied by a buzzing sound and the sound of waves.
This is... the seaside? No, that huge dark shadow should be land, this should be an island... Shen Heng quickly concluded from the faint sound of the waves.
Everyone in the room had their own guesses, but no one spoke up; they all watched the video in tacit agreement.
The video feed zoomed in on the island.
Drone exploration... Shen Heng silently watched the scene.
As the drone approached, the island gradually became a little clearer.
From the sea surface, to the sandy shore, and then to the undulating, wave-like vitrified crystals...
Shen Heng's gaze suddenly fixed on those glassy crystals.
Similarly, he had only seen the crystals on the island in one place.
Lanikai Island mentioned in the documents!
That island where the Seventh Tier Calamity Beast resided, which directly led to the nation's decision to release information about the Ruins Realm!
So this is Lanikai Island?
Clearly, he wasn't the only one who noticed this.
A suppressed commotion arose in the meeting room. Many people either frowned or exchanged uneasy glances, while a few subconsciously sat up straight, their fingers tapping unconsciously on the table.
But everyone remained silent and continued watching.
The drone continued to fly forward, and the vitrified crystals extended forward.
Just when Shen Heng thought this extension would go all the way to the other end, it abruptly stopped, replaced by a patch of dark brown, cracked, and scorched ground.
The drone followed the cracked ground, but strangely, it flew all the way to the edge of the cracked ground, almost to the other side of the island, without finding anything.
The person operating the drone seemed to realize the problem and steered it back.
I searched back and forth several times, but still found nothing.
The drone then remained hovering in the air, without moving.
The operator seemed to be consulting with his supervisor, having found nothing, and wondering what the next step should be.
During this time, the camera simply focused quietly on the scorched ground and the Distortion, gray fog.
A moment later, seemingly receiving instructions, the drone started moving again, preparing to turn to search other areas.
However, just as it was about to turn, a faint star fell from the top of the screen.
The stars were very faint, and they only reached the center before fading completely.
But this subtle movement did not seem to have been missed.
Immediately afterwards, the drone's camera began to slowly move upwards.
Inside the meeting room, the pupils of all the attendees suddenly contracted, their eyes fixed on the screen on the video.
What appeared before them was an existence similar to, yet completely different from, the " Light Gate " they had seen before.
This Light Gate was not standing on the ground, nor was it light blue; its size far exceeded that of the Light Gate everyone had just seen.
This is a massive Light Gate that stretches hundreds of meters in the air and covers an area of hundreds of meters in radius.
The center of the door was a deep, dark space, while the edges were wrapped and swirled with silver-gray light.
Tiny specks of light, following the movement of the light strip, continuously streamed down from the edge of the door...