It’s a strange invasion, is it okay for me to fight back?

Chapter 647 Heavy Fog
Huangfu Miaomiao's words stirred something in Pei Xianjue's heart.

The All-Knowing Eye is a very useful card. If Huangfu Miaomiao could participate, many problems would be easily solved.

but……

They had already discussed with Feng Ling that Huangfu Miaomiao would hide in the crystal coffin for a while to avoid being reincarnated by the Demon King.

Pei Xianjue looked at Huangfu Miaomiao with mixed feelings.

Emotionally, she didn't want to see Huangfu Miaomiao get into trouble, but from a standpoint of her position, as long as it could help humanity, sacrificing even a hundred Huangfu Miaomiaos, let alone one, seemed justified.

“Miaomiao…” Pei Xianjue reminded her in a dry voice, “If you intervene, the crystal coffin will have to be used a few days later.”

Huangfu Miaomiao thought for a moment, "A few days later is fine. It shouldn't be a coincidence that the dwarf sheep just happens to die in the next few days. But you have to arrange for a powerful inspector and hunter to protect me! Meteor's cards can only be used for support. I haven't figured out how to use her cards in battle yet."

“Of course.” Pei Xianjue paused for half a second, then added, “I will go with you.”

"Huh?" Huangfu Miaomiao stared at her, then blinked.

Although she didn't quite understand, Huangfu Miaomiao hadn't been eating and drinking for nothing these past few days. She knew that Pei Xianjue's current status wasn't suitable for him to be on the front lines, but rather to stay behind and control the overall situation.

It seems that Pei Xianjue made this decision because she was worried about him.

Huangfu Miaomiao chuckled and stepped forward to put her arm around Pei Xianjue's shoulder. "Xiaoyu, you're really loyal."

Pei Xianjue: "…………"

That was how it was settled.

The torrential rain lasted for three whole days, as if the sky had a hole in it. On the fourth day, it turned into a light drizzle that never stopped.

The offensive and defensive departments selected a group of outstanding team members, divided into two teams, A and B, with ten people in each team, and equipped them with the best combat weapons and equipment.

According to Pei Xianjue's plan, the two teams will carry sophisticated instruments. One team will go to the Langlabang Forest in Manluo Kingdom, and the other team will go to the Beiya Mountain in Mogu Kingdom. Once the exact source of the pollution leak is found, that will be the time for her and Huangfu Miaomiao to take action.

After all, both Luang Labang Forest and Beiya Mountain cover an area of ​​hundreds of thousands of acres, while the area where the maze first appeared, which is when the two spaces overlapped, would not exceed ten acres. She could not lead the team to wander aimlessly in the forest and mountains.

Of course, as pollution gradually spreads, the area of ​​spatial overlap will gradually expand.

—Many areas of the Mogu Kingdom are covered by the labyrinth space. Even if the pollutants in this area have been cleaned up, the landform features will not disappear unless this space is completely separated from the local area.

Just before the two teams were about to depart, another unexpected event occurred.

Pei Xianjue received another message from the research institute, saying that a thick fog had been discovered in Mogu territory and that the fog was spreading at an extremely rapid speed.

The appearance of dense fog in the height of summer, August, is extremely unusual.

Approaching polluted areas can cause electronic navigation and compasses to malfunction, and if there is heavy fog, the team is very likely to lose its way after setting off.

Therefore, Pei Xianjue and the attack and defense departments had to make temporary adjustments, adding monitors and hunters who were good at identifying directions.

Meanwhile, Pei Xianjue requested to speak with the maze administrator—the noisy parrot.

"It's obvious that this fog comes from the maze," the parrot declared confidently. "It must be that some fog-filled maze has been opened."

“But according to the AI ​​simulation model, the maze will not open for at least a week, and only five days have passed!” Pei Xianjue was anxious, as the time left for the Iron Curtain Project was getting shorter and shorter.

The parrot flapped its wings and replied, "It's normal. The spatial oscillations of multiple mazes accelerated the spread of pollution. Think about it, if your front door isn't locked and your neighbor across the hall suddenly opens their door, do you think your front door would be affected and shaken open?" "Don't use such nonsensical analogies that I don't understand. I don't have a neighbor across the hall!" Pei Xianjue said irritably.

“Oh well…” the parrot scratched its head with its claws in distress. “This is really difficult. If you were players, you might have a solution, but now we can only leave it to fate.”

Pei Xianjue frowned and asked, "Why must it be players? As far as I know, when players team up to conquer a dungeon, there are usually only six to eight people, and at most ten. I have more than twenty people with me, and we have enough weapons. Don't we have an advantage over players?"

The parrot sighed, "But you can't trigger the mechanisms. Many mazes have mechanisms, especially in the boss battle areas. To increase the fun for players, the game designs some small mechanisms. For example, after a player finds a certain item, the boss's health is halved, or the boss is invincible, and the player solves a puzzle to make the invincibility disappear. Anyway, these fogs are most likely a test prepared for the players. Only the players can make the fog disappear."

Pei Xianjue fell silent.

If it were pollutants emerging, she could have blasted them clean with artillery shells, but what emerged was fog...

"Will it cause pollution?" Pei Xianjue asked the parrot. "Is it possible that the fog in the maze is just ordinary fog?"

"I don't know," the parrot shook its head. "I can't see anything here, and it's not the maze I'm in charge of. I don't know if it will cause pollution."

Pei Xianjue bit her lower lip, recalling her first time entering the maze—

The existence of safe zones within the maze was discovered by Huangfu Miaomiao, as was the rapid recovery of the maze boss due to consuming the Longevity Fruit.

She had to take Huangfu Miaomiao into the maze again, but this time Feng Ling wasn't with her, and she didn't know if it would be possible.

She was really scared.

Pei Xianjue ended her call with the parrot, changed into her top-of-the-line combat suit, and set off with a heavy heart.

The convoy crossed the Moranjiang Bridge and officially entered Mogu territory.

Huangfu Miaomiao hadn't been out for a long time, and she sat in the car, looking around excitedly, but also a little nervous.

"Should we call Feng Ling? It's been four or five days, I wonder if she's arrived yet," she asked Pei Xianjue.

Pei Xianjue felt very guilty. "I'll call her again after the investigation."

Huangfu Miaomiao nodded, "Alright, the signal is bad over there in Mogu, video calls will definitely lag, let's make the call when we get back."

Pei Xianjue: "…………"

Huangfu Miaomiao glanced at Pei Xianjue and felt that she was acting strangely today, as if she didn't like to talk much.

On second thought, it was probably to appear authoritative in front of his subordinates.

……

After entering Mogu territory, everything went smoothly. Occasionally, they encountered a few pollutants, none of which were very large, and the team members easily dealt with them after getting out of the vehicle.

After several hours of driving, the convoy arrived at an area shrouded in thick fog, where visibility decreased and the field of vision narrowed.

"How is it? Did you find anything unusual?" Pei Xianjue asked Huangfu Miaomiao in a low voice.

Huangfu Miaomiao stared wide-eyed, using her all-knowing eye to search diligently. She did find some contaminants, but could this be considered abnormal?
She rubbed her eyes, intending to look in a different direction, and when she opened them, she saw Pei Xianjue's concerned face and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

“Weakness +1,” Huangfu Miaomiao said, pointing to the top of Pei Xianjue’s head.