"Young Master?"
Chang Le said succinctly: "Come back."
Zigui, who was in the Federation, paused for a moment, then said, "Yes."
He paused, then continued, "The situation on the Federation's side..."
"Come back."
Chang Le, unusually, interrupted him.
The cuckoo had no choice but to swallow its words.
Then, the region sent a meeting invitation.
Chang Le and Luo Xuan joined the group, and everyone quickly arrived. Wei Jinyan, the person in charge of the Zhu Men base, explained the situation he had discovered.
"Gentlemen, this thing, which we call 'Fog Shadow,' was spotted by a patrol aircraft on Baiyujing 57 minutes ago."
The pilot tragically died, and the wreckage of the fighter jet lay lost in the fog. In addition to timely warning messages, the jet's black box also transmitted video footage documenting the crash.
Wei Jinyan played a short clip of the incident.
In the video, fighter jets that were originally patrolling the airspace over the ocean east of Mosandra spotted fog gathering in the east of the Federation and entered the Federation's airspace after requesting permission.
As the fighter jets approached, a dark gray, cloud-like fog hung heavily over the Andesdaya Mountains in the distance.
Similar cloudy skies would appear during severe convective weather, but the current situation is strange.
The sea of clouds wasn't just in the sky; it seemed to sink into the depths. Neither the naked eye nor the detectors of fighter jets could penetrate the black fog that shrouded the Andesdaya Mountains.
The fighter jets slowed down and then approached tentatively.
Those watching the video held their breath and stared intently; the closer they got, the more complex their expressions became.
What is that?
In the footage captured by the fighter jet, the enlarged black fog resembled clumps of intertwined cotton, scattering countless fluffy strands that shrouded the city and mountains below in a blur. At the forefront, threads resembling cotton fluff drifted in the wind.
Suddenly, countless fine threads shot out silently, moving so fast that they were difficult for the naked eye of everyone present to detect.
Then came the sound of metal tearing, and the screen began to flicker. The sounds of the pilot trying to save the fighter jet, the groans of someone seriously injured by the wire, the sound of sending messages, the teeth-grinding sound of metal being squeezed, and the sound of explosions rang out one after another, all within a dozen seconds.
Then, the video stopped.
Everyone was shocked.
The fog that shrouded the entire Andesda Mountains was actually a living thing?
Wei Jinyan continued, "After receiving the message, we immediately sent out a team to investigate. After losing dozens of people, one team successfully entered from below the fog shadow, and then we received this information."
A long video and multiple images are projected.
The footage changes from beginning to end, the location changes, the scenery changes, but the encounters are always the same.
In Greek mythology, Medusa, the serpent spirit, possessed eyes capable of petrifying. If Medusa's abilities were to be materialized in reality, it would likely look something like this.
The earth was shrouded in a hazy, grayish-black mist; mountains and rivers alike were a lifeless gray.
Before the gray curtain, there are countless gray, still... lives.
The charging alien species raised its claws high and froze in mid-air;
The mutated creature, neither human nor inhuman, lowered its head and devoured the human corpses, silencing the splattering blood and flesh and the wailing cries.
The warriors, fighting desperately, raised their weapons and let out a low growl, their bodies frozen in the moment their muscles bulged.
But they were all gray.
The Andesda Mountains stretch for thousands of miles, freezing all living things in time, like a desolate mural.
As the camera zoomed in on the frozen figures, an even more bizarre scene unfolded.
Their eyes can actually change!
This shows that they are neither ignorant nor completely still. Rather, their actions are stilled, but their inner time continues to flow.
This means that they will be fully aware that their bodies are hungry, gradually weakening, and eventually worn down to death, yet they will be unable to move!
Sleep paralysis is terrifying enough, but this experience is several times more brutal.
The image was captured on the return journey.
Yes, the only team that successfully entered and transmitted the images back also failed to come out alive, and became one of those living statues.
Wei Jinyan said, "Currently, the entire Anstaia Mountains of the Federation are shrouded in fog, and the same is true for the near-Earth defenses in outer space. The High Silicon Space Station is not affected for the time being, but its communication with the ground has been cut off."
Moreover, the fog is still spreading.
Since we successfully monitored the situation, the Fog Shadow has covered nearly half of the Federation's territory.
Calculations show that the fog is spreading outwards at a rate of approximately 13.9 million square kilometers per hour. There are less than 72 hours left before it completely blankets the world.
The Federation and Central Earth are roughly the same size, but located opposite each other. The final shadow of the fog will envelop Central Earth, leaving it with only about 58 hours.
He took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Gentlemen, this is the situation we are currently facing."
A hush fell over the room.
Chang Le then raised his hand: "I can provide a clue about Wu Ying's identity."
"The Shadow of the Mist is Hades."
Everyone was shocked.
"How could it be Hades?"
"Isn't he already dead?"
During the discussion, Chang Le lightly tapped the table, and after a moment of silence, said, "Chief, we could investigate whether the origin of the Fog Shadow is where Grove returned to the Federation. Grove has probably become a tool for Hades to spread the Fog Shadow. Or rather, everyone who fought against him back then was."
Only the explanation that he needed to contact these people to achieve some purpose can make sense of Hades's act of deliberately showing himself and then seeking death.
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