I can find treasures in my dreams.

The second remote meeting of the Azure Alliance was held again after a three-day hiatus.

Inside the Alliance meeting hall, twelve giant statues stood silently.

Zhao Xiaoying, the second chief of the People's Federation, remained seated in the main seat, taking over the presiding duties from Yang Fan.

"when--!"

A deafening, illusory bell suddenly rang out, its echo lingering in the empty conference hall.

The moment the bell tolled, the twelve giant statues around the hall raised their hands in unison, each palm engraved with an intricate supernatural magic circle.

The magic circle is woven from star patterns and light trails, with a flowing energy core embedded in its core. The runes move like living things, and the edges glow with a pale golden light.

The next second, the palm array suddenly lit up, and thin, faint chains of light floated out from it.

At the same time, thousands of star-like phantoms flashed across the surface of the statue, and the starlight flowed into the light chain like a stream, turning the originally dim light chain into a dazzling silver-blue star chain.

The twelve star chains slowly unfurled in the air, intertwining and entwining with each other, eventually coalescing into a ring of stars that encircled the entire hall. Stardust swirled and flowed along the ring, creating a breathtakingly beautiful scene.

The star ring began to rotate rapidly, its speed increasing, and the silver-blue light became increasingly intense. When the speed exceeded a certain critical point, twenty-five light curtains, each ten meters high, slowly descended from the star ring.

Yang Fan's "Azure Star Mirror," an ultra-long-distance communication device created single-handedly, has been activated once again.

The name "Star Mirror" comes from the unusual star ring phenomenon that occurred during its activation.

Its core principle is to achieve ultra-long-distance, supernatural resonance between the star ring and the star ring of another civilization, thereby penetrating the barriers between worlds and achieving delay-free cross-civilization communication.

After the light screen stabilized, the hands of the twelve statues slowly returned to their original positions. The entire activation process was grand and magnificent, as if the gods were working together to perform a miracle, which stirred people's emotions.

In fact.

This stunning scene was actually a deliberately designed "show of skill"; even without building the statue, the Azure Star Mirror could still be activated normally.

The reason for this design was simply to make the launch ceremony a grand and impressive event.

When it was first unveiled, representatives of numerous civilizations witnessed this magnificent opening and were all stunned and completely overwhelmed.

Even though the Azure Star Mirror was priced at an astronomical 300 million Azure Crystals, it was still snapped up by various civilizations, with dozens of sets sold in one go.

The total cost of materials and processing for this device is only a little over eight million Azure Crystals, making it extremely profitable.

"Greetings, everyone." Zhao Xiaoying stood up and gracefully performed a standard knightly salute, her tone steady and powerful.

Without any further preamble, she dropped a bombshell: "I'd like to inform you all that the Azure Civilization's plan to unravel the mysteries of the Fallen Abyss is progressing extremely smoothly."

"Just three hours ago, we successfully established video communication with the interior of the secret realm for the first time through a powerful supernatural device. This is the first time we have seen the real environment inside the secret realm directly."

The "supernatural device" she mentioned is the Soul-Binding Spirit Furnace installed at the Observatory of the Dream God Capital.

The accompanying item was the magical card called "Soul Burning Furnace" from Yang Donglin's Soul Card Album. The two complemented each other, which enabled the image link across the secret realm.

"Wow——!"

The meeting hall was instantly thrown into an uproar. The twenty-five civilization representatives on the screen all looked surprised, and many of them sat up straight.

Although the Azure Civilization had contacted the people inside the secret realm many times before, it was only a one-way text transmission similar to "sending a letter". It took a lot of time to go back and forth, and the information transmission efficiency was extremely low.

Image communication represents a qualitative leap, meaning that it not only allows for real-time monitoring of the situation within the secret realm, but also enables intuitive analysis of the secret realm's environment, rules, and threats.

No one could have imagined that the Azure Civilization would make such a breakthrough in just three days.

One of the representatives stood up impatiently, leaning slightly forward, his tone full of urgency and pleading: "Ms. Zhao, now that video communication has been achieved, could you let us see the scene inside the secret territory with our own eyes?"

Zhao Xiaoying smiled and nodded slightly: "Of course."

She raised her hands, her fingertips lightly touching, and a crisp clapping sound echoed in the solemn hall: "Clap!"

A light curtain, far exceeding previous specifications, descended from the star ring.

The light screen is over fifty meters wide, like an inverted Milky Way. Silver-blue starlight flows along the edge of the light screen, and water-like ripples flash rapidly on the mirror surface. In just two seconds, an image with slight noise appears clearly.

Although the image is shrouded in a thin mist, the core scene is still clearly visible.

This is a desolate, boundless Gobi Desert. The ground is flat and without any undulations. As far as the eye can see, there are rocks of various sizes, and countless bizarre stone carvings with twisted shapes are interspersed between the rocks. Some look like beasts, some look like humans, and they all exude an indescribable ferocity.

Even more bizarre was the sky, which was divided in two by a clear boundary, one side as black as ink and the other as white as day. The sense of separation was overwhelming and made people's hearts tighten.

The camera suddenly zoomed out and circled around with a slight inertia. Judging from the stability of the camera and the wide field of view, it was clearly aerial footage taken from a miniature reconnaissance drone.

The desolate Gobi Desert, bizarre stone carvings, and the ripped sky combined to create a striking and eerie scene, plunging the entire conference hall into a brief silence.

However, this shock lasted only ten seconds. The image suddenly flickered violently, noise increased rapidly, the image became increasingly blurry, and finally disappeared completely from the screen.

The representatives in front of the screen had different expressions, but all of them carried an undisguised strangeness and solemnity.

They had imagined countless ways the secret realm might look, but they never expected it to be such a bizarre and mind-blowing sight.

Zhao Xiaoying spoke up at the right moment: "As you all have seen, even though we have overcome many technical difficulties, the spatial barriers and energy interference in the secret realm are still far beyond our expectations. This video communication only lasted for ten seconds."

"But please rest assured, the Azure Civilization is working hard to optimize the equipment and will steadily improve communication quality and extend stable communication time in the future."

The saying goes, "No picture, no truth." The ten-second video was right in front of them, and no one questioned her words anymore.

Many delegates now looked at Zhao Xiaoying with more trust and expectation.

Sarjia, the representative of the Qingfeng Civilization, was the first to react, his tone full of admiration, even with a hint of deliberate intimacy: "The technological strength of the Canglan Civilization is truly amazing! In such a short time, it has broken through to the level of image communication. We sincerely look forward to Ms. Zhao bringing more breakthroughs in the future."

More voices rose up.

"This is truly a remarkable breakthrough!"

"Our Lanjing civilization has investigated, and no civilization in this world cluster or several nearby world clusters has the ability to see what's happening inside the secret realm."

All of a sudden.

Immediately, voices of agreement and praise rose up one after another.

"The technological breakthrough of the Azure Civilization is absolutely a key step in resolving the crisis in the secret realm!"

"The Lanjing Civilization has conducted extensive investigations, and so far, no civilization, whether in this world cluster or in the surrounding neighboring world clusters, has been able to 'see' the inside of the secret realm!"

Everyone knows that the only way to escape the shadow of death cast by the secret realm is to cling tightly to the Azure Civilization as their "lifeline".

Therefore, everyone lavished praise upon each other, creating an exceptionally warm and enthusiastic atmosphere.

Zhao Xiaoying's gaze flickered slightly, sweeping across the circle of light screen before precisely locking onto one of the figures. She asked in a calm tone, "Mr. Feodor, if I'm not mistaken, you seem to have important information about the secret realm to share with everyone?"

The one whose name was mentioned was Feodor, the knight representative of the Azure Jade Civilization.

All the representatives' eyes immediately turned to that direction.

Unlike the other delegates who were excited and jubilant, this gentleman had a furrowed brow and a somber expression, making him stand out from the enthusiastic atmosphere.

Fedor nodded slowly, deliberately slowing his speech: "That's right, I do have something to say. The Cangfei civilization has just experienced a terrible upheaval that has shaken the entire civilization."

His gaze swept across the entire area as he spoke, word by word: "A small emerald city under the jurisdiction of this civilization, with a permanent population of 630,000, vanished overnight without leaving a trace."

The words were not spoken loudly, but they exploded like a thunderclap in the conference hall.

The representatives behind the screen changed their expressions drastically, and many of them sat up abruptly, their eyes filled with disbelief and horror.

Recently, large numbers of people from various civilizations have gone missing. Even a fool could guess that the more than 600,000 residents of this Emerald City must have been completely swallowed up by the Sunken Abyss.

This incident struck like a heavy blow to the hearts of every representative—the scope of the secret realm's devouring power had expanded from "a few isolated individuals" to "an entire city."

Once there's a first time, there will inevitably be a second and a third.

No one can guarantee that the next place to be quietly swallowed up by the secret realm will not be the core city of their own civilization, or the hundreds of millions of their own people.

A deathly silence fell over the hall; even the sound of breathing seemed heavy.

Zhao Xiaoying sighed with sympathy: "I'm sorry, Mr. Fedor, this is indeed a terrible disaster."

She then asked, "If it's convenient, could your civilization provide a batch of items used by the missing persons? Perhaps we could find a way to locate their positions within the secret realm?"

The long-legged girl appeared solemn on the surface, but she was actually quite excited inside.

To establish a stable connection with the Soul-Binding Furnace, it is urgent to collect more Soul Anchors.

The Gobi Desert is almost boundless, and the "players" are scattered very far apart. Yang Donglin alone has only managed to find thirteen survivors in the past few days.

From the perspective of the Azure Civilization, the disappearance of all the residents of an Emerald City is absolutely fantastic news. As long as Yang Donglin finds these 600,000-plus people, he can obtain a massive amount of Soul Anchors in a short period of time.

Feodor paused for a moment, clearly not expecting the Azure Civilization to be willing to offer assistance.

The knight solemnly performed a knightly salute: "The Azure Jade Civilization will never forget the help of the Azure Blue Civilization."

He then added, "We will deliver the items as quickly as possible." (End of Chapter)