Chapter 1485: No, You Succeeded_3

Xu Xin said, then stopped everyone’s discussion: “We are now deep in enemy territory, so stay alert!”

As he spoke, he raised his hand to rub his ear.

It was starting to ache again.

He already had three bundles of radiation grass stuffed in his pocket.

And none of these three bundles had started to lose effect yet.

“Does anyone else feel something strange about this place?”

Xu Ying pointed to this stretch of flat land.

The ground was covered with fallen leaves from the World Tree that had been blown everywhere by the wind.

A few leaves even blew onto Xu Xin and the others, touching their faces.

“Nothing strange here, really?” Zeng Tao looked around, “Apart from the fallen leaves everywhere, it’s pretty similar to when we came here before, right?”

“Similar… that’s what’s so strange,” Xu Xin shook his slightly aching head.

The radiation here is so intense, why does everything look so normal, with nothing changed?

Clearly, the World Tree had just withered, collapsed, and then regenerated, but here…

There’s not a single alien invader?

Where did they all go?

“Did they all… go inside the World Tree?”

Xu Xin looked at the World Tree in front of him.

This World Tree is the main World Tree. Beneath it once lay a massive, intact condensed scarlet crystal.

And just now, this World Tree withered and regenerated.

“Yeah, how come there’s nothing here?” The others started to find it strange too.

“The ground has been repaired,” Xu Ying muttered.

Yes, the ground had been repaired.

Originally, the base of this main World Tree had been pierced by a shot from the main cannon of an alien invader’s battleship.

There should have been a large hole there, through which the roots of the World Tree could be seen.

But now, that hole was gone.

Everyone looked toward where the Transmission Array had been.

It had also been hit by a shot.

Now, there was a large pit there.

But this pit was somewhat different from before.

This huge pit covered a very expansive area, almost encompassing the area surrounded by three World Trees.

But the pit was only about ten meters deep.

The entire pit was very smooth.

It was actually a symmetrical, circular giant pit!

This pit wasn’t the one Xu Ying had blown up with the battleship’s main cannon, but a…

Man-made giant pit!

And moreover…

“Look at those patterns, look at the patterns!” Li Wenxi’s pupils contracted, grabbing Xu Xin’s arm and shaking it, pointing into the pit.

Originally, the blasted ground had been covered with scarlet lines painted with some scarlet dye, forming a very complex yet organized pattern.

The scarlet dye even fluoresced; in full daylight, they could sense the lines glowing with a scarlet light.

The light was so dazzling.

Even competing with the sun in the sky.

“These are Teleportation Array Patterns, the Transmission Array Patterns!” Zhao Xiaochuan was shocked, looking carefully at the patterns in the pit, “The alien invaders actually drew Teleportation Array Patterns here again!”

“Ah, isn’t this just like the Transmission Array we had?” Zeng Tao realized, “The Transmission Array next to our treehouse shot out a purple-black beam from the center of a pit like this one!”

“But this pit is much larger than ours.” Lou Fei’Er said in amazement, “The last time we were here, there wasn’t this pit, right?”

Meanwhile, Xu Ying’s expression became somewhat grim.

She gritted her teeth: “They plan to rebuild the Transmission Array here! Also…”

She looked at the Teleportation Array Patterns.

“The materials used to draw these patterns are obviously made from scarlet crystal!”

Scarlet, emitting a radiant scarlet glow.

Indeed, it’s the trait of condensed scarlet crystal.

“If they’re using scarlet crystals to create the Teleportation Array Patterns, it means they still have plenty of condensed scarlet crystals! Otherwise, they would use the scarlet crystals as the Source of Life!”

Xu Ying bit her lip: “Could our mission be… a failure?”

Her words left everyone silent for a moment.

… Is that so?

“No, you succeeded.”

At this moment, the hoarse, unpleasant voice suddenly came from behind them.

Before anyone could turn around, something incredibly shocking happened right before their eyes!

In the center of the giant pit before them, a massive purple-black beam suddenly shot up!

Shooting straight into the sky, piercing the cosmos!

At that moment, the entire sky seemed to go dark for an instant!

A towering purple-black beam appeared before them once more!

The Transmission Array in the alien invader’s base had just restored itself right in front of their eyes!

“This… this!”

Xu Ying quickly turned around, looking at the shadow behind her.

Perhaps it shouldn’t be called a shadow.

Because this creature, though humanoid, was entirely pitch black, covered with eyes.

Yet, compared to other alien invaders, it seemed more acceptable because it wore human clothing, covering most of its eyes.

Even wearing a hat on its head.

“You…”

Xu Ying wanted to question it but was stopped by Xu Xin.

“Was all this we saw on the way your doing?”

Xu Xin slightly frowned, looking at it.

It had said they succeeded…

“Not all my doing.”

The creature’s mouth grinned to the back of its head.

It clearly seemed in a good mood.

“But I guided it.”

So it was?

Xu Xin’s hand tightened.

It was Li Wenxi who grabbed her hand.

Meanwhile, Lou Fei’Er quietly positioned herself in front of Xu Xin.

In her hand, she carried a weapon specifically designed to kill alien invaders, aimed at the creature.

Although the creature had been helping them, this time its actions were clearly…

Yet, Xu Xin still reached out to lower Lou Fei’Er’s hand: “No need to be so tense… Zeng Tao, put that cannon away!”

He looked at Zeng Tao who had taken out a massive cannon and was shouldering it, aiming it at the creature, with a face full of lines.

“Using a cannon at this distance, are you trying to go down together?” Xu Xin smacked her on the head.

No, they couldn’t even bring the creature down together.

The creature in front was clearly capable of teleportation!

It must have just teleported behind Xu Xin and the others, otherwise, it couldn’t have been so silent.

“Oh… okay…”

Zeng Tao put away the cannon with a face full of grievance.

“… You really bear quite a lot of hostility.” The creature’s smile calmed somewhat, seemingly forcing a smile, “I’ve helped you a lot.”

“Similarly, we’ve helped you a lot too.”

Xu Ying retorted unceremoniously.

“This situation now, it must be in your plans too, right? I always knew you weren’t telling us the truth!”

The creature was momentarily speechless.

Xu Xin also looked at it, letting out a sigh: “Ever since Yingying discovered that nuclear weapons couldn’t destroy condensed scarlet crystals, I was sure you were hiding something from us.”

This creature, in another time and space, holds a very high position.

It’s very likely it knew the nature of condensed scarlet crystals.

After contacting the condensed scarlet crystals, Yingying knew nuclear weapons couldn’t completely destroy them.

If Yingying could figure this out so quickly, then the creature, more familiar with the scarlet crystals, should definitely know human weapons can’t destroy them.

But even so, using nuclear weapons to destroy the scarlet crystals was its proposal.

“I did hide things from you, but I was genuinely helping you too. I have no intention of being your enemy.”

The creature said, mimicking a human gesture by raising its “hands,” the many eyes on its hands blinking a few times.

“Everything I’ve done has been for the benefit of our future survival. I hope you trust me and give me a chance to explain.”

Its stance remained very humble.

“Of course.” Xu Xin pressed down Lou Fei’Er’s raised gun once more, “You’ve certainly helped us a lot, and you’ve never truly harmed us.”

Even if there was a problem, confrontation now was not the answer.

Not to mention, it hadn’t actually harmed them.

From another time and space, it had been aiding humanity.

“Come upstairs with me, I’ll explain everything to you.”