Although they had obtained the intelligence, Fang Zheng and Wells did not change their goal. They continued to move forward step by step, and used the crystal tower to expand the territory of the Order. On the one hand, attacking without knowing what was ahead would only bring danger. On the other hand, since they already knew the reason for the monster riot, the remaining problems would naturally be much easier to solve.
From the current point of view, if the records in the Paladin's diary are correct, then a goddess guardian suddenly activated for some unknown reason and began to kill the Chaos Monsters here - this is not surprising. According to Fang Zheng's guess, the so-called goddess guardian is likely to be some kind of self-disciplined machine of a higher civilization, and its internal command code is likely to contain the command to destroy Chaos. Therefore, after seeing the Chaos Monsters, the other party will naturally not let these guys go.
At present, the Chaos monsters are obviously no match for the Guardian. The ones who are killed can only run away with their heads in their arms. Perhaps it is for this reason that they choose to attack the Northland Fortress. After all, at present, the combat power of the Northland Fortress is obviously not as good as that of the Guardian. The Chaos monsters also understand the principle of picking the weak persimmon.
The groups of monsters that Fang Zheng and his companions encountered before were probably heading in their direction in order to escape the attack of the guardian. Unfortunately, they ran into the fleet led by Fang Zheng head-on. This was really like having no way out... All we can say is that these Chaos monsters were just unlucky...
Unfortunately, although Fang Zheng sent a lot of drones for detection, he could not find any trace of the "guardian" recorded by the paladin, which made him somewhat suspicious. After all, according to Wells, these paladins went deep into the land of chaos, and without the crystal tower to expand the power of order, the chaos would invade their minds and brains. If what he had recorded before was just an illusion caused by his brain going out of control due to the chaos, then they were excited for nothing.
But if you want to search faster... Nymph gave a suggestion.
"That's her?"
Looking at the white battleship floating in the air in front of him, Fang Zheng couldn't help but feel a little surprised. This battleship in front of him was different from the other battleships. Its appearance did not look like a battleship. The white hull stretched out like a snake. The most eye-catching thing was that there was a circle with a white background and red horizontal lines on the tail of the battleship. Well... apart from anything else, this thing did not look like a battleship in terms of its size.
"Stratius class?"
"She was created a few days ago. Although she is average in combat, she specializes in searching and research. She is currently serving as my assistant. Her ability is guaranteed. She is also very good at this. I think if I let her do it, she will be able to find the target we need faster."
As Nymph introduced him, Fang Zheng also saw a girl in a maid uniform and with long blue hair appear out of thin air in front of him. She looked at Fang Zheng with a smile on her face, then stretched out her hand and placed it on her chest, raising her head proudly.
"Nice to meet you, Commander. I am the Stratios-class sea fog cruiser Neptune. Do you feel a little unfamiliar? Don't worry, from now on, you will never forget me... Please give me your guidance."
"Hello."
Looking at Neptune in front of him, Fang Zheng nodded. There were many children with strange personalities in the mental model, and Fang Zheng was used to it, so he didn't have any special expression towards Neptune.
"So, can we get started?"
"Of course, please leave it to me."
Hearing Fang Zheng's words, Neptune proudly stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers. Then he saw the white warship above his head quickly launched several probes on both sides. They flew forward quickly and disappeared into the sky in a short time. Then Neptune opened his hands, and soon, a 3D scanning holographic projection map appeared in front of Fang Zheng.
On the map, several blue spheres were slowly moving forward, and Neptune stretched out her fingers, controlling their directions and zooming in and out from time to time... Soon, one of the spheres turned red, and Neptune immediately stretched out her hand and began to adjust the size of the red sphere, turning it into a red dot. Then she stretched out her hand and summoned it, and Fang Zheng saw four scanning apertures begin to gather around the red dot, and they wrapped the red dot in the four directions of southeast, northwest, and northeast.
"drop--"
Soon, the red dot turned yellow, and then quickly turned green. Then, a map appeared in front of Fang Zheng.
"This is?"
Looking at the map in front of him, Fang Zheng was also slightly surprised, because what was shown on it was a huge underground space! Not only that, judging from the objects made of lines, this was not a natural space, but more like a man-made object! Not only that, judging from the scan, this space seemed to have collapsed for some reason, leaving a large hole on the ground.
"Looks like some kind of factory or maintenance facility..."
While talking to himself, Neptune moved his fingers again.
"I will send a probe to search and see if I can find any clues."
Following Neptune's movements, one of the probes quickly went deep into the ground through the hole, while the other probes continued to carry out their tasks.
Unfortunately, after that, Neptune was unable to find the mysterious giant who had disappeared. However, the good news was that she found a series of traces of the giant's actions, and determined the other party's size through these traces.
"It is about 80 meters tall and weighs about 2,000 tons. We are currently unable to determine what technology the other party used, but judging from the traces on the battlefield and the radiation levels, it should be an unknown energy."
"In that case, let's explore that underground space first."
After getting the information, Fang Zheng quickly made a decision. Now that the giant of light hadn't appeared, he would first figure out the situation here. Anyway, according to the speed of advancement, it would only take one day to reach the destination, so Fang Zheng didn't care too much. Of course, he still had to discuss this matter with Wells.
"Ancient ruins?"
As expected, after Knight Commander Wales heard Fang Zheng’s words, the old man was so excited that he almost jumped up.
"Are you sure, Mr. Fang Zheng?"
"Of course I'm not sure. If I were sure, why would I bother to investigate?"
Fang Zheng helplessly spread his hands and looked at the old man in front of him. It seems that religious belief is really fanatical. Even a calm old man like Knight Commander of Wales was so excited when he heard the news.
"Well, can I come along?"
"this……"
Facing Wells's question, Fang Zheng hesitated.
"I suggest you not to take risks, Sir Wells. After all, no one knows what's going on down there. If something goes wrong, we can still find a way to get out, but you may not be able to... In addition, you are also responsible for the deployment and command of the army above. I want to ask you, do you have any intelligence or clues to provide me with about this place? This place should have been a civilized place before it was swallowed by chaos. Perhaps there are rumors or clues about the ruins?"
"Um……"
This time, Wells did not answer immediately. Instead, he was silent for a moment and then looked at Fang Zheng.
"Mr. Fang Zheng, I heard that... you once participated in the operation in the Dark Swamp?"
"That's right."
Fang Zheng was not surprised that Wells knew this. Even if the Knight Commander did not know who he was before, they must have known each other after being together for so many days.
"So, how much do you know about the origin of the Dark Swamp?"
"I remember... it was an empire called Kadra that tried to annex a small country called Samor. The people of that small country would rather die than submit, and eventually set up a Hell Gate formation in the capital to connect to hell, which then brought war and death..."
Fang Zheng still remembers this incident very clearly. After all, the battle in the Dark Swamp to close the Gate of Hell was the first main world mission he received after coming to this world. It was from that time that Fang Zheng began to suspect whether the system he made had some unclear connection with this world...
"That's right."
Facing Fang Zheng's answer, Wells nodded.
"In fact, the land we are on now is the territory of the Kadra Empire... The Kadra Empire at that time was indeed a very developed country, but I think there are some things that you, Mr. Fang Zheng, may not know. In fact, according to historical records, the level of development of the Kadra Empire at that time was far beyond our imagination. Although it is not as advanced as your Azure Fleet, in fact, many of our current technologies, including magic warships and magic energy engines, were obtained from the Kadra Empire."
"oh?"
Hearing this, Fang Zheng couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
"Is there such a thing?"
"That's right."
Wells lowered his voice as he spoke.
"Moreover... according to the intelligence at the time, the Kadra Empire once claimed that the reason they had such powerful strength was because they had received the blessing of the goddess, and that their rule over this continent was the will of the goddess..."
“Oh…”
Fang Zheng narrowed his eyes. Although Wells's speech was not long, it contained a lot of information. Combined with the mysterious underground ruins... Hmm, could there really be some problem here?