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"Uh... what was that just now? Was I seeing things?"

Upon returning to the aircraft, Bai Ye saw the Rainbow Squad members staring at him and Talulah beside him in disbelief. Clearly, what had just happened had somewhat overturned their understanding.

“That’s Originium Arts. You can think of it as a kind of spell, or rather, magic,” Bai Ye explained with a smile.

“It wasn’t until now that I realized I was still in another world…” Machine Gunner Alexander poked at the chicken wings in his lunchbox. “There are witches and magic here too.”

"So, there's still a lot you need to know, and we have a lot to discuss. Of course, we need to find the other half of the lab first." Bai Ye smiled; in fact, he had intentionally brought Talulah along.

Talulah best embodies certain characteristics of Terran natives—especially her unusual drachma and tail.

Ordinary Earthlings don't have this thing.

Neither the White Nights nor the Agors exhibited obvious subhuman characteristics.

Furthermore, Talulah possesses magic, and fire, rather than wind, more directly embodies the extraordinary nature of "Originium Arts".

Bringing Talulah here would indeed teach these strangers a lesson, making them realize the moment they see her that they are actually in another world.

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Bai Ye checked the surroundings again, confirming that everything had been cleared away and all the products of Earth had been taken away and destroyed. Then, he manipulated the airflow to roll up and bury the glassy sand and the remains of concrete buildings underground, covering the surface with ordinary sandstone.

As the wind blew, the traces were quickly buried. This place would soon become a secret, and no one would know that a group of strangers had once been here.

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After completing all this, the Rainbow Team was basically full and satisfied. With the supplies provided by White Night, they naturally didn't need to eat any more dry rations. Next, they just needed to find the other part of the laboratory to return.

"I hope it doesn't fall into the hands of others."

Chapter 124 Changquan Town

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard the 'Cyclops'. Please be seated and fasten your seatbelts. No meals, drinks, or entertainment will be provided on this flight. Thank you."

Bai Ye started the aircraft, and the Rainbow Team was naturally very familiar with this process. However, because of the "alien" filter, everything they did here was full of novelty.

This includes traveling by aircraft.

Although they had ridden in these atmospheric flying contraptions countless times, and in Terra, the project for a hypersonic fixed-wing aircraft was still in the laboratory stage in Columbia.

"Hanas2, remember the radiation wavelength and material from earlier? We can begin scanning now." After takeoff, Bai Ye did not extend its altitude but instead cruised at a relatively slow speed close to the ground.

This is something more advanced than the era of the Rainbow Squad operators; their artificial intelligence hadn't developed to this level yet.

This shows just how bizarre Terra's tech tree is.

However, Talulah felt that the way White Night used the Hanai 2 rice cooker was a bit like using a hunting dog...

It seems that this is how they used Bloodhounds back in the Reunion Movement.

"Oh, found it." Not far from the original coordinates, Bai Ye received a notification from Hanai2. Clearly, there was another strong radiation source here.

Yes, you don't even need to look for it carefully, it just pops up on its own.

Bai Ye operated the aircraft to slowly descend.

“There seem to be traces of civilization here.” Ash looked out the porthole and saw man-made buildings.

“That’s right, the location where you landed is within Sargon’s territory.” Bai Ye nodded.

Where the desert meets the oasis lies the land of Sargon. Aside from a few mobile cities, most Sargons live in harsh wilderness and dense forests. Their limited interaction with the outside world and their isolated lifestyle have allowed ancient traditions such as martial spirit and tribal life to continue to this day.

However, this doesn't mean it's unimportant. On the contrary, the Sargon Empire guards the southern border of Terra. A thousand years ago, Sargon's ruler was Lucas Sargus, revered as the "Shah." This ruler quelled the rebellion of three Aslanpashas and established Sargon's laws and calendar. When Harandu Khan arrived in Sargon with his Nightmare army in the 12th year of the Terra calendar, the "Shah" and the Khan became fast friends. They joined forces and led a large army southward, establishing the empire's borders and nearly venturing into even more distant, unknown territories.

Today, the empire's rulers are intoxicated with power and money, giving Colombia's long arm an opportunity to exploit them. Ancient glory and tradition are crumbling bit by bit under the crushing force of modern technology.

In reality, Sargon in the common sense is not the same as the actual Sargon Empire. Although the Sargon Empire still had a nominal emperor, in Sargon's history, apart from the local Pashas and a few royal chieftains who received imperial favor, no one else ever saw the ruler of this great empire or the golden city where he resided, so much so that it became almost a legend among the common people of Sargon. Therefore, to a large extent, it was the Pashas and royal chieftains who ruled Sargon, which was built on the yellow sand.

"This ancient empire currently practices the same ancient feudal system, with the emperor, pasha, kings and chieftains in the top order."

"The Emperor of Sargon is at the pinnacle of power in the entire country, but almost no one has ever seen this nominal supreme ruler in person, nor has he ever personally managed the affairs of the empire. The Pasha are governors appointed by the Emperor who are in charge of the governance of the major regions. These governors, known as 'Pasha,' possess immense power and can summon the kings and chieftains under their jurisdiction to wage war. They form the political center of the empire."

"The chieftains are nobles appointed by the Sargon royal family. They enjoy the resources produced by the entire region under their rule and possess various privileges, while the chieftains themselves reside in the capital. The chieftains then further distribute the land under their rule to their meritorious subjects. These lords truly and directly manage the land and its people, and their governance is mostly limited to the area of ​​a town. They collect taxes and resources from the people, and at the same time, they are responsible for protecting the people within their territory."

After listening to Bai Ye's description, Blitz scratched his head:

"It does sound rather... well, primitive. The situation here is quite complicated; you have flying machines with cars underneath, yet the national system is still a feudal system..."

In fact, it does have quite a few flaws.

"It's okay, you can take your time to understand. There's even more chaos and absurdity to come," Bai Ye retorted without holding back.

If you treat it as a game, then everything is understandable, after all, it's a fantasy world. However, once it becomes reality, it's definitely something to complain about.

"Our current location is called Long Spring Town." Bai Ye opened the database provided by Rhodes Island to view the information.

"This town, named after a well that provides a stable water supply, was once a mining town that produced Originium. After the shallow Originium was exhausted, the local lord stopped mining and built a residential area for those infected with Oripathy."

The reason this information is so detailed is because Rhodes Island has outposts and safe houses nearby.

This is just one of the many towns in Sargon.

"The signal source is inside the mine, which has been abandoned." Bai Ye slowly landed the aircraft near the mine. Fortunately, it was abandoned, and being an Originium mine, the initial source of people becoming infected, it was a terrifying place considered ominous by the locals, so there were few people around.

After Bai Ye brought the aircraft to a stop, he activated the optical stealth and soundproofing devices.

"Talulah, you stay on the aircraft, we'll go find the thing." Bai Ye pulled Hanai 2 off the base.

He then carried the rice cooker and installed it on a Raytheon Industrial six-wheeled work platform.

"A smart remote-controlled car?" The Rainbow Squad's operatives' eyes lit up when they saw this thing.

Of course, calling it small is not quite accurate, since Rhodes Island and its counterpart, Lancet-2, are 149cm tall.

Although this portable rice cooker isn't that tall, it's still about 1.2 meters high.

“Our remote-controlled vehicles can be used to locate positions during indoor counter-terrorism operations, but they still require us to operate them remotely… What you’re doing is a bit beyond our capabilities.”

Ash looked at Hanai 2, who was leading the way on his own, and felt somewhat surprised.

"It's hard to imagine intelligent robots and feudal emperors living in the same worldview." Shield Bro still has plenty of things to say.

Bai Ye rolled his eyes.

Palpatine could even turn the Galactic Republic into an empire and become emperor himself...

Chapter 125 Russian-Style Rescue

Although the Hanai 2 rice cooker is mounted on the so-called "Thor Existent (TM) S Typer 62 six-wheeled work platform," it's a similar model to Rhodes Island's Lancet-2, Castle-3, and THRM-EX.

However, the thing in front of Bai Ye didn't have that many wheels. The reason it was much shorter than other robots of the same model was that Bai Ye had modified its ground and installed a levitation anti-gravity device.

This levitation technology is based on Bai Ye's own power, and since converting one's own magic into a casting unit is not an easy thing, it is already the limit to be able to apply this anti-gravity device to this little guy.

You can't expect such a device to levitate the entire Rhodes Island ship—of course, that's what the researchers in Rhodes Island's sorcerer and engineering departments intended from the very beginning.

They had been researching Bai Ye's powers, and the ideas and prototypes of the spells that Bai Ye developed, such as the solar wind and plasma cannon, were provided by them. However, their research on anti-gravity had not been very successful; Bai Ye could only levitate, and he didn't even understand the principles behind it. The only result the researchers had achieved was this small car in front of them.

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The Hanai 2 hovers 10cm above the ground, and it automatically rises to avoid obstacles when the ground level changes. This is the limitation of six-wheeled vehicles; they cannot traverse obstacles such as vertical rock walls.

"I originally created this thing to explore the underground kingdom of the neighboring Durin people, but I never expected that cave to be so ridiculously deep..." Bai Ye took the Hanai 2 rice cooker to the rainforest last time, which is Akahura Earth in eastern Sargon. The local indigenous tribes were incredibly fascinated by this thing, and Bai Ye even tried to kidnap their tribal chief.

After dealing with Victoria's affairs, Bai Ye still planned to visit the rainforest. He was very interested in the city of Dulin, located below Akahura.

The Durin, these Terran dwarves, possess advanced technology, particularly excelling in engineering, surpassing even Earthlings in some aspects. Unlike the dwarven races depicted in traditional fantasy works, the Durin seem much more approachable; their temperament and customs are closer to those of halflings, with some resemblance to goblins and gnomes. They are a truly wondrous and joyful race.

As a player, Bai Ye and his teammates had made quite a bit of money in a certain underground kingdom of Durin. This made him always very interested in the dwarves' treasure vault.

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"It seems I was thinking too far ahead..." Bai Ye snapped out of his thoughts.

Perhaps it was because he was walking in the mine tunnels that he was reminded of the underground city of Dulin.

Compared to him, the four members of Rainbow Squad were quite different. Bai Ye walked forward carelessly, while the four operators took turns providing cover and cautiously advanced.

Perhaps because they were in an unfamiliar environment, they became extra cautious, especially Shield Guy, who seemed afraid that another Rock Crab would suddenly appear. Of course, this time he definitely didn't have a second shield to block.

In fact, Blitz was still resentful about what had happened before, after all, his shield had been pierced in one blow, which made him feel insecure all of a sudden.

Bai Ye did not stop Rainbow Squad's actions. In fact, he believed that such caution was very necessary, since these operators from Earth were far too weak compared to the Super Terrans.

They were indeed highly experienced counter-terrorism specialists, professionally trained, and possessing outstanding combat skills; their physical abilities and mental fortitude far surpassed those of ordinary people. However, after transmigrating, while their mental fortitude remained intact, their physical attributes became severely compromised.

Even an ordinary Terran has physical attributes stronger than Rainbow Squad's strongest operator, the machine gunner. This 1.83-meter-tall giant couldn't even draw the compound bow of White Night's little pegasus, Hintraia.

In an arm-wrestling match, Ash would definitely be no match for Melantha, a student from White Night.

In this situation, caution is absolutely necessary, and Rainbow Squad operators must develop this habit.

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Led by Hanai 2, the group traversed the pitch-black mine tunnels. Without night vision equipment, the Rainbow Team operators relied solely on the light fixture at the front of Hanai 2 for illumination. As for Bai Ye, he was arguably the most knowledgeable and experienced member of the group about the mine's conditions, even surpassing Hanai 2, who possessed a scanning device.

The airflow circulating in the mine reflects the entire structure of the mine back to Bai Ye. This airflow becomes an extension of Bai Ye's thoughts, spreading forward like tentacles.

Suddenly, Bai Ye's spirits lifted:

"Well, I found it."

He then slightly increased his pace and led the group onto another mine tunnel, following the rugged path deeper into the mine.

"What did you find?" Machine Gunner Alexander asked in a deep voice.

He was still wearing a helmet, so his speech sounded a little strange.

“We’ve found our target,” Bai Ye replied from the front. After a pause, he explained, “I could hear his breathing and heartbeat. He seems to be an old man, and quite weak.”

"Is this also a kind of magic?" Blitz whispered from behind.

"You could say that, but it's a unique kind of mine," Bai Ye confirmed Blitz's guess.

Ash couldn't help but complain:

"That's an enviable ability. If it could be used to pinpoint the exact location of hostages during a rescue operation, it would save a lot of trouble."

"Does it mean to locate the hostages and then shoot them all at once?" the machine gunner joked.

Yes, it's a classic Russian joke, a Russian-style hostage rescue, which means shooting the hostage along with the criminals.

Of course, this isn't entirely a joke, because such a thing did actually happen in the very distant modern era, which is very, very distant from Bai Ye's time.

All I can say is that the Russians are truly formidable.

This time, Bai Ye and his group's target was also a Russian scientist.

He was equally audacious, actually managing to conjure a teleportation device by hand, which transported the entire laboratory and the unfortunate Rainbow Squad members to the Terra alternate world.

However, at this moment, he seemed to be in a bad state. After all, unlike the Rainbow Team, which came directly to the surface, this guy was teleported into the mine along with the equipment and the remaining half of the laboratory.

Chapter 126 Strange Device

"Here we are."

Before reaching the mine, White Night turned off Hanai 2's searchlight, and everything fell into darkness again.

However, it wasn't completely dark—on the side walls of the mine, some remaining mineral crystals embedded in the walls were emitting a faint glow.

Clearly, the Rainbow Squad operators have adapted to the dim environment and can see the basic situation inside the mine.

So, under alternating cover, Ash and Frost were the first to rush into the mine ahead, and then pinned the still somewhat dazed Levi Klitschko to the ground.

The old man's face was forced against the cold, rocky ground.

"Isn't he supposed to be a fast runner?!" Blitz was seething with anger.

They had just broken into the Magnet Mountain II laboratory on Earth when the old man activated the teleportation device, pulling them all into the spatial turbulence and bringing them to this strange planet.

Fortunately, they encountered Bai Ye; otherwise, they wouldn't know what to do next.

“Cough cough…” Levi Klitschko coughed painfully. After all, he was an old man and had no resistance when faced with such a thing.

"What should we do with him?" Frost asked Ash. Their mission was to arrest the scientist, but now they had been transported to another world and couldn't contact Lana at all.

“In this situation, we must respect the owners here,” Ash said, glancing at Bai Ye who was standing to the side.

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