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After Li Ji had arranged their positions one by one, he immediately contacted Tian Sheng:
"I'm temporarily handing over command of Tiansheng to you. I might be away for a while, but I'll have the four ground operators stay here. I've already arranged the caster's position. You're an experienced commander, so I won't remotely control you with skills or anything like that."
"Okay, leave it to me."
Tian Sheng looked up at Li Ji, who was in the command area, and readily agreed, "Is there something important that I need to leave for a while at this time?"
Have you ever thought about this question?
Li Ji turned to look at Tian Sheng, "Apple just said that the enemies here are respawning infinitely. Has this happened often before?"
Tian Sheng paused for a moment, then replied after thinking for a while, "It seems there aren't many... Usually, after a few waves, the rift will be cleared and sealed, but this time, even after so long, the enemies are still pouring out."
"..."
Tian Sheng fell silent for a while after thinking about this, and she seemed to suddenly understand what Li Ji wanted to do.
"You're not going to... go find out where the problem is yourself, are you?"
Li Ji nodded affirmatively and said, "I trust myself more than others. If others can't solve it, why don't I solve it myself?"
He pondered for a long time. Since the task was a linear process, the source he was pointing to must be the reason for the current situation.
There are only three reasons why cracks cannot be effectively sealed.
One reason is that the crack is so strong that it cannot be completely sealed.
This is one of the most common reasons.
But it's just a simple annihilation of the outer ring and city areas of Lungmen. There's no reason why we could win before but can't now...
The second reason is the formation of a combined crack – commonly known as a "matryoshka doll".
Such cracks are often formed by three or more cracks.
There is often an extremely difficult crack to cover, which covers both the outer ring road of Longmen and the urban area of Longmen, the two cracks to be eradicated.
This prevented the team cleaning the cracks from passing through the outermost crack to seal off the inner cracks and eliminate them.
This is essentially the same as the first reason.
Currently, the most difficult rift is H8-4, but it has already been cleared by someone.
What kind of cracks could possibly stump Yan's top-tier team at this stage?
The third, and simplest, scenario is that the enemies who went to clear the rift were blocked by the Fusion Faction.
This is also the most likely one.
Otherwise, the mission wouldn't have offered him an unlimited bounty.
"If others can't solve this, am I supposed to leave my men here guarding the city gates for the rest of their lives?"
Li Ji pointed to the strange sea that was still surging out in the distance, "As long as we go in the opposite direction and follow the route from which the enemy is surging out... we will definitely be able to find the source."
"You're only taking this few people? What if we run into the Fusionists on the way?"
Although Tian Sheng did not intend to stop Li Ji's decision, she was still worried about Li Ji leaving the defense line and leading the team alone into the depths of the border.
She could naturally guess that the fusion faction might be behind it, but this kind of thing couldn't be solved by just one or two teams!
Tian Sheng could only gently persuade them, "The Fusion Faction now has the ability to make operators lose their templates, and once we get to the border, they won't just be a few isolated individuals like in the safe zone, but will appear in groups. Going there like this is tantamount to suicide!"
"It's okay, I'd love for them to come looking for me."
Li Ji glanced at the operators beside him and replied to Tian Sheng with a smile.
He thought to himself, "This is a mission with no limit. Even if the Fusion Faction doesn't come looking for me, I still have to go find them!"
Right now, Li Ji is just hoping that a fusion faction member will rush up with the sealing gem and destroy him...
That way, he can easily destroy the enemy base as well.
“I still have people here who can command, and the current lines seem sufficient to hold this place… How about I go with you?”
"According to what you said, even if you were one more person on my team... it wouldn't make any difference, right?"
Li Ji smiled and declined Tian Sheng's offer, then quickly climbed into one of the transport vehicles.
"You can stay here. It'll be much easier for me to be alone. Besides, I told you not because I was afraid you'd worry..."
"I need to borrow this car!"
After he finished speaking, the car started with a roar, accompanied by a cloud of yellow sand flying by.
The wheels left deep tracks in the sand, like a giant beast rising from the ground and tumbling in the desert.
Li Ji leaned out of the passenger seat and shouted to Tian Sheng and the others:
"In a little while, I'll leave it to you to either hitch a ride or walk back."
Chapter 88: Isn't it common sense to prepare a fishing spot before fishing?
Under the hazy moonlight, an off-road vehicle sped across the sand like a wild beast, traversing the endless desert. Moonlight filtered through the sparse clouds, casting a cold, sharp glow on the vehicle's metal exterior.
As the wheels turned, sand was wildly swirled up, forming yellow whirlwinds that raged across the night sky.
After nearly a day's journey, Li Ji and his group finally arrived at a place about 800 kilometers deep in the border region, going against the direction of the enemy's march.
"Without consciousness or wisdom, only purpose and instinct drive these bodies to act and fight."
Li Ji looked at the enemy, who was hundreds of meters away, still advancing at a steady pace toward the western pass, and became increasingly puzzled.
"What exactly is a crack, and what function does it serve?"
The most reasonable explanation we can give now is that the rift represents a collection of consciousness within a certain time period, carrying only the combat memories and objectives of that specific time period.
Their current objective is simply to advance into the Western Pass and seize control of it.
He advised that most of them would not aim for the Blue Gate.
Because both Thorn and Mountain are capable of blocking two enemies at once, they were both surrounded by dozens of enemies in the initial battle.
It's like a system setting where if there's no one on the road, the enemy will keep advancing towards the target location, and if there are people on the road, they will be dealt with first to eliminate those blocking the way.
Li Ji had contacted people who might appear in the rift, such as W and Jian, who was currently by his side. The boss in the rift was one thing, but the operators that could be summoned in reality were another.
如果只是单纯的传送，也没办法解释为什么7-12和H7-4会有两个爱国者，JT8-3和H8-4会有两个塔露拉。
"You mentioned before that cracks also appeared in the Scourge region of Terra, and that anyone went in and came out alive?"
Li Ji looked at the mace beside him and asked in confusion, "You see, we can enter from here, and if we can get out after clearing out the enemies inside, what's it like on Terra?"
Jian turned his head slightly and shook his head in denial, saying, "No one can walk out of the rift alive. Black Steel International also sent people to investigate, but unfortunately we did not receive any response."
"That's strange. If this rift only appeared here, it could be explained as a simple parallel spacetime rift. But why would it appear in Terra as well?"
Li Ji couldn't quite understand what the necessary connection was, or whether it was just a coincidence and there was actually no relationship between the two.
“Someone had gone into Deep Pool before without permission…but unfortunately, there has been no news of her since.”
Flame Shadow Reed added, "The rift in Terra is currently under intensive research. We will notify the Doctor as soon as we have any news."
"The most important thing now is to deal with the rift. There are still so many enemies more than 800 kilometers away... This proves that the rift getting out of control has not only happened in the last few days."
Li Ji nodded, looked out the window at the Reunion Movement army that looked like zombies, and sighed.
"Have you spotted any signs of the Fusionists along the way?"
"So far, we haven't found any other 'living people' besides ourselves."
Ines answered Li Ji's question while observing the scenery rushing past outside.
Since she entered the depths of 400 kilometers, she had been observing every move around her, but to her disappointment, there was nothing happening.
All that could be heard was swirling dust and the thumping sound of hurried footsteps.
"Is it because we haven't gone deep enough...?"
Li Ji rubbed his chin and looked at the car's automatic navigation system. "Logically speaking, we should be arriving at the two cracks soon."
As a vehicle used in border defense, the automatic navigation system on this vehicle also marks the approximate location of the recent cracks.
They are now less than 100 kilometers away from reaching Longmen city and the location of the crack in the outer ring road of Longmen.
If there were indeed members of the unification faction, they should have appeared by now.
For this reason, he specifically asked Ines, an operator with anti-stealth capabilities, to observe, for fear of missing any stealth units.
But now, not only has the initial task of finding the source not been completed, but none of the members of the integration faction have shown up.
"Doctor, should we scout out the area around the crack first?"
"No need. If there's still no one within 30 kilometers, Jian will stay in the car and keep watch. The rest of you will follow me and walk."
Li Ji wasn't in a hurry, according to his plan.
If we could find members of the integration faction, that would be ideal.
This situation was entirely expected. After all, the Fusionists aren't like cabbages; it would be somewhat difficult to catch someone within a radius of nearly 100 kilometers of the rift.
"If we can't find them, then let them come to us."
Li Ji raised his index finger and circled it in the air a few times, then said with a smile.