"Protect, retreat!"
Lian Gui was the first to shout. When he turned around, he pulled off the half helmet from his waist and put it on his head without saying a word.
The sudden heat wave almost melted people, and the air in the sight seemed to be ironed, expanded, diffused, and rising from the bottom, twisting the scenery into water-like curves.
Lian Gui felt as if his whole body was wrapped in a branding iron, and the sounds around him seemed to fade away in an instant. However, in this situation, he had not forgotten the advice he had heard before about another way, and he tried his best to look up at the sky to see the scene above.
Then, his pupils began to tremble violently.
The original cumulus clouds were stirred into a vortex, with clouds stacked up around them, leaving a cloudless vacuum zone in the center, but it was not the usual azure blue of the sky.
It was like a window found by a frog in a well, peeping through a corner of the roof of a towering palace from the dark underground.
It is pure white, brilliant, and finely crafted,
Obviously he shouldn't be able to see so clearly at such a distance, but he could see it clearly.
There was actually a palace above the sky. Such a sight could be considered a miracle, but when Lian Gui looked at it and stood in the scorching sun, he just felt cold all over.
He recognized the palace.
Feng Qu's voice was heard nearby, and Lian Gui suddenly came back to his senses. Then he realized belatedly: he was actually fine.
To be precise, his face, which was wearing a half helmet in time, was basically fine except for a little stinging; his hands, which were wearing gloves made of special materials, were slightly more injured than his face; his body, which was only wearing an ordinary uniform, was in a worse state, as if he had been stabbed by someone and had almost no feeling.
No wonder the first victims only had blackened faces and backs of their hands, while other parts covered by clothes were fine. The things on the body really can block the damage from light outside the "skylight".
It was only because its power continued to expand with its coverage area, and the 19 people who went on the first mission were completely unprepared for it, that they were all hit and turned into "burnt people".
This time they learned from their last experience and were equipped with a full set of protective clothing, protective masks, neck covers, gloves and foot covers. The protective clothing was too heavy to be placed in the car, so they only carried a half-helmet with them that reflected heat. Now something unexpected had happened, and everyone had trained to react quickly enough, so they put on their helmets to protect their heads as soon as possible. At this moment, except for a few who were too late, most people were still able to stand.
Now the range of the "Skylight" has obviously exceeded the range they originally measured, and they don't know where the edge is. Lian Gui dragged the police officer who was lying on the ground closest to him and went directly to the metal shed.
Now that it has been confirmed that obstacles can prevent the damage of the "skylight", the safest place at the moment is inside the connected greenhouse covered with more than ten meters long insulating resin cotton.
Under the metal shed are the stone steps of the Lanwan community.
Lian Gui dragged the man under the metal shed and tried to run outside, but his whole body was stiff and numb from walking a few steps in the heat wave. He accidentally tripped over the stairs and collapsed and rolled down several steps before finally bumping into someone's calf.
He tried to straighten his helmet and saw the person in front of him clearly through the glass lens that was less than three inches long: "I was just wondering if you would be burned to charcoal."
From the moment the third team leader stepped into the "skylight" and the damage range of the "skylight" suddenly expanded to cover everyone, Lian Gui could not find Shi Yu, the only ordinary person without any protection on the scene. He thought that he was the first to be hit. The nearest police officer who had just finished dragging him away even planned to run out to see if he could find him.
And now, Shi Yu stood on the stair platform, lowered his head and asked, "Can you still stand up?"
I don't know when he walked in. He still had the hoodie on his head. He was wearing a long coat and long pants to block the scorching heat wave that just happened. It didn't leave any trace on him. His cuffs and wrists were porcelain white.
Compared with the face of the team leader on the ground, which was burned black and red because he had just raised his head for a few seconds, it was simply a dimensionality reduction attack.
Lian Gui closed his eyes silently: "Why are you running so fast?"
Shi Yu said nothing.
Lian Gui felt himself and felt that except for his face, he could move freely. The organs below his neck felt like they were being washed through molten iron. The slightest movement was painful. He tested the mobility of his limbs and sweated all over his forehead. He was about to answer the other party's previous question when he heard hurried footsteps behind him.
“Boss!”
Feng Qu's condition was not much better than his. His exposed hands and neck were all black. Thanks to the half helmet, he didn't turn into charcoal. But this didn't stop him from shouting excitedly: "Boss, look, the 'Skylight Corridor' we built is really useful!"
"It was originally useful." Team Leader 3 appeared from nowhere. As the first person to enter the metal shed before entering the "skylight", he was probably the most natural person present. He looked at Lian Gui on the ground and said sarcastically, "Team Leader 5, why didn't you send someone in to test the function of the metal shed as I said? Why did you waste so much time?"
Lian Gui laughed in anger and retorted: "Yes, if you, Team Leader Three, hadn't entered the greenhouse on your own initiative, the originally fine 'skylight' wouldn't have been triggered to expand the damage range, and the people around wouldn't have been implicated and burned to the point of peeling and bleeding. Wouldn't it have been possible for you to be the only one who was safe and sound?"
The third team leader's face changed when he heard this. He obviously knew what happened outside after he came in without hesitation. He ran away from home without any shame and said shamelessly that the changes outside had nothing to do with him. But he was unwilling to give in and said with thorns in his words: "If you, the fifth team leader, had agreed to let your team members come in for the experiment at the beginning, then your team members would be the ones who are safe and sound now. For a child, this is a real misfortune, isn't it?"
Lian Gui caught a glimpse of Feng Qu's miserable state with his peripheral vision, his eyes darkened, and he retorted, "How can you compare to Team Leader Three, who said that his team members should go in for the experiment, but ended up going in first to enjoy the blessing, while the others stayed outside to suffer for you. See how calculating this is, isn't it?"
Seeing that the conversation between the two was becoming more and more distorted and was about to develop into gibberish, the team members on both sides couldn't help but speak up to separate the two.
The third team leader finally saw the ordinary people standing nearby and frowned slightly: "You are not from the Municipal Bureau, right?"
Lian Gui ignored him, but Feng Qu rushed to explain: "This is the key citizen who helped us solve the case when we had a meeting this morning!"
The third team leader knew who he was talking about, and his brows relaxed instantly: "Teacher Consultant?"
Shi Yu couldn't figure out when he was given the title of consultant in addition to his identity as a suspect.
The third team leader didn't know what the others had told him, but he was even respectful when facing him: "You also saw what happened to the Skylight just now, what do you think?"
Lian Gui also looked at him.
Shi Yu: “I don’t have any idea.”
Team Leader 3: "So do we really have to rely on the insulated shed to avoid damage from the 'skylight'?"
Lian Gui frowned: "Just now above the skylight..."
Team Leader 3: "What's on top?"
Feng Qu answered quickly: "Team leader, you didn't see it in the greenhouse just now. After you walked in, there was a hole in the sky facing this piece of land. From the hole, you can see a palace in the sky."
The third team leader didn't see the grand scene just now. At this moment, he listened to such a fantastic trend: "Are you telling me a fairy tale?"
Feng Qu said anxiously: "I really saw it!"
The third team leader subconsciously looked at Shi Yu.
"It's true." Shi Yu stood with his back against the metal wall. "If you think it's too much trouble to rely on the insulation shed alone to resist the damage of the 'Skylight', you can try to attack upwards while its tearing range is expanding."
Lian Gui's eyelids jumped: "Are you asking us to attack the temple?!"
Shi Yu looked at him and asked softly, "Temple?"
Lian Gui then realized that he had let the cat out of the bag. He was stunned for a moment, and then he continued to talk nonsense without changing his expression: "It is built in the sky, isn't it a miracle?"
Shi Yu didn't dwell on the wording in his sentence: "Since it is built in the sky, there must be living beings living there. If there are living beings living there, and their residence is being attacked by outsiders, what will they do as residents?"
Lian Gui subconsciously asked, "Come back for revenge?"
Shi Yu: "But there has never been any rumor or precedent of heaven and earth in this world. Since the two sides have been living in peace for so many years, it is likely that they cannot attack people on the ground at will."
An idea suddenly occurred to the third team leader: "Then block the windows through which we can attack them!"
Shi Yu hummed lightly.
Lian Gui was stunned for a moment, then his heart started beating wildly when he realized what was happening: "But, we are going to use technological weapons to attack God..."
The last word was barely audible, and he swallowed the last word "殿" (palace). "How is this possible?"
Shi Yu stared at him quietly. After a second or two, he said softly, "How do you know if you don't try?"
Lian Gui pursed his lips tightly.
"Remember what I just said about why all the 19 people were attacked when they were on the mission last night?"
Shi Yu said: "For example, a third party other than them and Skylight appeared and used the power of Skylight to try to kill them."
Lian Gui was stunned: "Do you think that they were all killed because of the existence in the Skylight?"
"The range and damage intensity of the Skylight are both increasing monotonically. You encountered it today and walked into its range. You saw it torn apart from the center, but it was still alive, able to move and speak. Why can't they do the same?"
Shi Yu said, "They are also adults who have received professional training. Their physical fitness and reaction speed are not bad. The vegetation from Tianshui Lanwan to the bottom of the stairs is very lush. At the very least, they can reach the guard duty room by running up less than 50 meters. There is no lack of shade to block the light. But when they were found by you, they were all unconscious."
Lian Gui suddenly stiffened.
"Based on this, it is clear that the palace on the Skylight is not empty, but there are indeed living beings. Every time someone steps into the Skylight, its damage range increases dramatically. It is unlikely to be a natural phenomenon, but because walking into the Skylight means walking into their field of vision. Perhaps the damage caused by the Skylight would not be this serious. Just like just now, there was only one person coming in, but because they added a handle on it, you people around would also be implicated."
Lian Gui smiled bitterly: "According to what you said, those beings are so eager to kill all humans. How can we people on the ground possibly offend the gods in the sky?"
The air was quiet for a second or two.
"Try to attack in the direction above the Skylight."
Shi Yu said: "They can't eliminate the source of the destruction, and they will most likely choose to cut off the passage between the two sides. Since you can't solve the problem of the ever-expanding 'Skylight', let the existence above the 'Skylight' find a way to solve it themselves. Once their residence is destroyed, they may hope that the 'Skylight' will be closed forever more than you do."
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