Shen Heng stood to the side, his gaze suddenly drawn to a very thin ripple in front of him.
Ripples spread through the air and drifted away...
Shen Heng's gaze followed the direction from which the ripples came.
A wall, but the direction is...
Did they come from the beast tide?... Shen Heng frowned slightly, his mind racing.
Unlike sound waves, these ripples were not noticeable in his field of vision; rather, they were very faint and subtle, and...
Shen Heng slightly raised his eyes, his gaze following the ripples that followed and were rapidly fading away.
A strange sense of familiarity washed over him; he seemed to have seen this ripple before, in a location that was...
Shen Heng's mind raced.
Suddenly, two images appeared in his mind.
One of them was something I saw while brushing my teeth in the bathroom when I was still in Linhai, and then I immediately heard about the large-scale outbreak of the superimposed Calamity Beast.
The other is the moment when you pass through the Light Gate and enter the Erosion Zone.
However, the ripples I saw on both of these occasions were more intense and chaotic than this one.
Three times: once when the overlap between the two worlds suddenly deepened, once when entering the Erosion Zone, and once now.
What they all had in common was... Distortion or change in space?
So, are these ripples caused by spatial Distortion?
Shen Heng frowned slightly, his gaze fixed on the peculiar ripples in the void.
He had never seen such ripples before.
Is it because large-scale spatial transformations had never occurred before, or is it because the energy level of our abilities at that time was insufficient to detect them?
Shen Heng pondered for a moment, but to no avail. Just as he was about to turn his head to think about its function, he suddenly froze.
My mind sank into the inner landscape of my dantian.
A complex and intricate Configuration appeared before his eyes.
On the outermost edge of the Configuration, some fine lines were undulating slightly with the ripples.
Matter basis, String Theory, space...
A thoughtful look flashed in Shen Heng's eyes.
Is it because of the Configuration?
No, ability must have played a role as well.
Is it only when these two factors are combined that the Distortion and transformation of space can be perceived?
So... what's the use of this?
Shen Heng frowned, raised his hand and tried to fiddle with it, but the ripples caused by the spatial Distortion did not move at all.
Hmm... that's true. Given our limited abilities, being able to control sound waves is already quite impressive, let alone this.
But... what's the use of just sensing it?
How do we determine the degree of overlap between Blue Star and the Ruins Realm?... Uh, the degree of overlap is probably imperceptible. At most, we might be able to sense it if there's a sudden, significant change in the overlap, and then...
If you can sense when space is about to collapse?... Well, if space is about to collapse, then even if ordinary people can't see the ripples of spatial Distortion, they should still be able to sense it.
Moreover, even if you sense it, it seems to be of little use, unless you happen to be near the Light Gate, otherwise if space really collapses, there's nowhere to run.
So... it seems like it's not very useful?
Hmm, it's a bit like chicken ribs—tasteless to eat, but a pity to throw away.
Shen Heng didn't care; having one more thing that seemed useless was better than having one less.
Moreover, it's not necessarily completely useless; who knows if it might come in handy in the future?
Turning his attention back, Shen Heng pondered the meaning behind the ripple.
News came from the beast tide; something carrying a nuclear bomb just exploded there...
So, did the recent nuclear explosion have any impact on the Erosion Zone?
Although it hasn't reached the point of causing the Erosion Zone to collapse, it has indeed had some impact.
So... is the space in the Erosion Zone really more unstable than imagined?... Shen Heng stared at the void before him, his eyes slightly unfocused.
Just then, Zhang Weijun's voice came over.
" Inspector Shen, continue to mark the latest location and movements of the main force of the beast tide."
Shen Heng snapped out of his daze, glanced at Zhang Weijun, hesitated for a moment, and was considering whether or not to explain the situation when...
Zhang Weijun suddenly tilted his head slightly, as if listening to something.
After a moment, he turned his gaze back to the crowd.
"We received a message from the Daoist priest telling us that if we continue to use nuclear weapons, we should be careful not to exceed the previous situation."
Shen Heng lowered his eyes slightly and swallowed back what he was about to say.
Did the Daoist priest notice it too?
Because 6th Tier, it can approach the limit of this space.
The old general frowned deeply and said in a deep voice...
"But that sudden attack just now only resulted in over two thousand casualties, but now..."
"Let's reduce their numbers to whatever extent we can before the Calamity Beast arrive," Zhang Weijun said in a deep voice.
"Otherwise, at the current rate, it probably won't be easy for the base to hold out."
There was no response. The old general and the slightly overweight officer nodded hesitantly and heavily.
"Um," Shen Heng said again, gesturing.
After everyone turned their attention to him, he spoke:
"We shouldn't need to consider that. The Calamity Beast have changed their mode of movement. Before, they traveled along a single route, but now..."
Shen Heng paused, looked at the group, and said:
" The Calamity Beast have dispersed, advancing from different places and at different distances."
"In this situation, using nuclear weapons would be largely pointless."
"Even if a nuclear bomb explodes, it won't kill too many of the Calamity Beast."
Upon hearing this, everyone frowned deeply.
Although they already knew the Calamity Beast were intelligent, their immediate response was still somewhat beyond their expectations.
Moreover, in this situation...
Shen Heng looked at the group, pondered for a moment, and said, "Can we just use ordinary missiles?"
Zhang Weijun looked over upon hearing the sound and explained in a deep voice:
"Yes, but there's one problem."
"Currently, the radar can only detect a range of 30 kilometers, but the Calamity Beast is not yet within that range."
"In other words, you're the only one we can rely on."
"And once a missile is launched, it takes a certain amount of time to reach its designated location."
"In other words, under these circumstances, it's very difficult for us to hit them."
Shen Heng frowned slightly. After thinking for a moment, he asked:
"Could we determine the location of the Calamity Beast after the missiles arrive based on their speed and trajectory, and then increase the success rate of this determination by bombarding the ground with missiles?"
Zhang Weijun was taken aback upon hearing this. He looked at Shen Heng and said, "If it were just one or two, that would be one thing. But according to you, the Calamity Beast are probably already divided into countless parts. Can you manage that?"
"I can give it a try, the only uncertainty is..." Shen Heng looked up at Zhang Weijun,
"Missiles shouldn't be too expensive, right?"
Zhang Weijun raised his eyes to look at Shen Heng, and after a moment, a smile suddenly appeared on his lips.
"Hey kid, what are you thinking? Missiles are definitely expensive! But..."
Zhang Weijun changed the subject, saying:
"No one's life is more precious than anyone else's!"