?Chapter 1071: Take refuge, take off


    “The Assassin Angel said that behind this polluted realm called ‘Steel Forest of Mortal World,’ there is a ne core known as ‘Death Steel.’ And this ne core nurtures a space power known as ‘Ghost City of the Dead World’ in outer space,” Nnd pondered.


    “As a space power, they must possess powerful thermal weapons. Plus, the name ‘Death Steel’ includes the word ‘death,’ which suggests that this ne core is somewhat tied to ‘death.’ Doesn’t that make their ‘Ghost City of the Dead World’ a space force of the undead wielding thermal weapons?”


    Nnd Lee mused to himself:


    “Thinking about it, the Undead Cult with its thermal weapons is very, very simr to the ‘Ghost City of the Dead World’…”


    Nnd had previously determined that the ‘Steel Forest of Mortal World’ would appear in the Tatis region.


    But what he wasn’t sure of was whether the power summoning this pollution zone was the Undead Cult or the Tatis side. <div>


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    Now, it seemed more likely that the Undead Cult was behind the summoning of this polluted realm.


    The Tatis side would probably fully sway towards the Ulnas Circle.


    “Then I need to find an opportunity to delve into the deeps of the Undead Cult to find the ceremony site thatmunicates with extraterrestrial space pollution… Or wait in the battlefield and catch them unawares,” he thought.


    As Nnd pondered, he essed ‘Memory Fragment Twenty-One’ to review the surveince order targeting Union City.


    The content of this order was even more “harrowing”!


    The Golden Federation was actually preparing to take off!


    Yes, take off!


    The group of alchemists was constructing some kind of spacecraft in Union City with the intention of ascending from ground level through the Star Filtering Net into outer space.


    The production line for the Universal Metal Powder in Union City had been restarted.


    The manufacture of the spacecraft required arge amount of this alchemy powder.


    The Golden Federation simply ced the manufacturing base in the underground area of Union City, which was inside the Fissure Corridor.


    ording to reliable information from a Pure Light Secret Investigator, the blueprints for the spacecraft and its main raw materials came from the Blood Sun Seal Descendants imprisoned by the Golden Federation.


    The blueprints were unknown, and the main raw materials were unspecified; the Alchemy Cathedral tightly controlled the spacecraft’s manufacturing site, and the Pure Light Secret Investigator couldn’t send back more information.


    One of the few certain pieces of information was that the production of Universal Metal Powder required for the spacecraft was very, very vast.


    Previously, Union City would powderize only once every few months. Now, it happens every few days, and the powder no longer reaches the surface but ispletely stopped around the 90th undergroundyer.


    Because of this, the people aboveground felt tremors from below every few days.


    Well… Nnd didn’t have much information, but the pathways in his mind were bing wider and wider.


    The more frequent the powdering, the busier the production line for the Universal Metal Powder in the Fissure Corridor became.


    The busier the production line, the more Aberrations were rapidly cultivated by the incubation devices.


    This spacefaring contraption must be bait used by the Blood Sun Divine Seal to entice the Golden Federation to cultivate more Aberrations.


    When the quantity of Aberrations reached a certain level, the polluted realm known as the ‘Decayed Wilderness’ might descend.


    Now, Nnd worried if the two polluted realms, ‘Steel Forest of Mortal World’ and ‘Decayed Wilderness,’ would appear at the same time.


    If that were the case, how could he alone take down two Dark Deities resurrected in the polluted realms…?


    “This is giving me a headache,” he said.


    Nnd released control of his Illusion Body, letting his consciousness return to his own body.


    “What if I try to make the ‘Decayed Wilderness’ appear earlier? That way, I could deal with the Dark Deities within it ahead of time…” he mused, but he quickly dismissed the idea.


    Polluted realms caused casualties, especially when they emerged in the midst of cities.


    To make a polluted realm appear prematurely would make Nnd feel as if he was personally unleashing a savage beast to ughter the city’s residents, no different from bing a bloodthirsty executioner.


    “I think I understand what the Assassin Angel meant. Sometimes crossing your own lines and breaking the order you’ve always followed can speed up progress… but eh, nevermind, I’ll wait,” he said.


    Nnd sighed to himself and decided to first visit Union City to meet with Comini, who was lingering there, and then head towards the Tatis region.


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    Leaving Ind No. 33 for the second time, Nnd adopted a low-key style.


    He concealed his and Denise Green’s whereabouts, disguising as someone lingering on the ind, evading trackers, and activating a Teleportation Gate to Union City in the deserted deep sea.


    This time, he had received an order book from Professor Erica that allowed him to assist Comini with the investigation into the Blood Sun Divine Seal, giving him legitimate cause to appear in Union City.


    Ever since the Blood Sun Seal Descendants were sealed in the depths of the Fissure Corridor, Comini had settled in Union City, closely monitoring their every move.


    In the first few months, she could still venture deep into the Fissure Corridor and see the Blood Sun Seal Descendants on the underground 100th floor.


    But ever since the Golden Federation decided to build a spacecraft, all floors below the 80th floor were sealed off by the Alchemy Cathedral.


    Not even Comini, an outsider Wizard, let alone local alchemists, could enter or leave the 80th underground floor without a pass.


    A line of defenseposed of over a thousand Alchemy Sages tightly separated the 80th floor from the 79th,pletely blocking any peeking from the outside world.


    Using the 80th floor as a base, the Alchemy Sages inscribed an alchemy array covering the entire floor and densely ced a myriad of alchemy devices.