"The River Styx?"

The River Styx was beneath Black Snow Mountain?

Gu Shen's mind went blank for a second, and then he immediately thought of a possibility... Could it be that the ancient stone tablet seen by the White Lizard General truly meant the River Styx!

So… the mental toxin in the Dolu River Disaster Zone and the Golden穗 (jin sui) Flower had the same origin.

Because this was fundamentally the work of the "King of the Underworld"!

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Above the mountaintop, holy light shifted.

Countless black snows were torn apart by the extreme incandescent light.

The burning golden blood was scorched by the high temperature in the air, vaguely outlining the shape of a portal. As this portal condensed, the dark clouds above the entire Black Snow Mountain showed signs of spreading and breaking.

A blurred face of a god.

Condensed above the iron dome.

Even though it was just a shallow outline, it was still frightening. That terrifying holy light and pressure seemed capable of incinerating the entire snow mountain in an instant!

Meng Xiao's Town Moon Robe fluttered in the strong wind.

The clouds shattered for miles in the iron dome.

A beam of light fell straight down.

He stood in the light, bathed in spring-like blessings and divine radiance.

"God's Seat, there is indeed an aura of the 'King of the Underworld' here."

Meng Xiao said softly, "Your feeling is correct… This Dolu River is highly likely planted by the King of the Underworld himself. If we infer in this way, the Gate of this Disaster Zone is likely to lead to the treasures buried deep by the King of the Underworld in the Old World."

His voice echoed in the pillar of light!

The passage was not yet fully formed, and at least could not yet accommodate the God's Seat to enter in the flesh.

But Meng Xiao's voice could already be transmitted to the Light City in West Continent, tens of thousands of miles away, through this “light.”

["Hmm."]

A deep and resounding voice echoed.

But in reality, only Meng Xiao's voice was floating above the snow mountain. The Light God's Seat was talking to his apostle in "spirit." His face appeared above the iron dome, overlooking the earth.

Several months ago, a super-large disaster like the Dolu River Disaster Zone broke out in North Continent. Although the North Continent military blocked the news as soon as possible, this news could not be concealed from the detection of God's Seat level figures.

They watched every super-large disaster zone.

They also saw the Empress living in the attic for a long time, avoiding the world.

Starting from the Piyue City Fortress a year ago, North Continent's response to the Disaster Zone had already shown signs of fatigue... In the final analysis, it was actually because the God's Seat had not shown up for too long. In this case, anyone would become suspicious.

After all, the case of Gu Changzhi of Nagano had already given the Supreme Council of God's Seats a reminder.

And this time, the Empress still did not intervene in the Dolu River campaign. She handed over power to the commander of her legion and the White Lizard General… Although the campaign was successful, the game between the Supreme Council continued.

What attracted the attention of the Light City was the "River Poison" in the Dolu River Disaster Zone!

Almost all the transcendent beings who participated in the campaign were infected with this terrifying mental toxin… Although when they left the zone, the Empress used Fire Seed to remove the toxin from every transcendent being.

However, even after being removed, those infected with the River Poison would still retain the memories of their nightmares.

They would dream of a black river.

As for the scene after the black river, it varied from person to person, and also depended on their mental strength... The Light City collected relevant intelligence about the Dolu River nightmare through these infected people who left the campaign.

Light and darkness restrain each other. The black river scene in this nightmare immediately attracted the attention of the Light God's Seat.

Ever since the King of the Underworld, who had disappeared for twenty years, returned to the Five Continents… the Light City, which had been quiet for a long time, also became nervous. Twenty years ago, the Light City suspected that the King of the Underworld's disappearance was a hoax.

So this time, Meng Xiao entered the Dolu River as a privileged person.

What he had to do was very simple.

That was… to investigate the relationship between the Dolu River Disaster Zone and the King of the Underworld.

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“Rumble rumble——”

The激荡 (ji dang) sound of wind and thunder spread from the Black Snow Mountain in the distance. The pillar of light reaching the sky could still be seen clearly even from dozens of miles away. This phenomenon shook the entire Dolu River Disaster Zone.

The Zhongyuan Squad was the closest to Black Snow Mountain.

This squad had just descended the mountain and was currently at the foot of the mountain.

"This is?"

Yuan Yuan looked back at the top of the mountain where the brilliant pillar of light descended, his expression shocked, almost speechless.

"It's the power of the Light God's Seat."

The blond man said coldly without expression: "Did Meng Xiao trigger a divine war?"

The divine aura, which was a million times richer than the "Light Blessing", rushed down from the top of the mountain like a waterfall…

The black snow shattered.

The ominous vaporized.

The aftermath of this rolling torrent was enough to make people tremble with fear.

"This kind of power is not something we can resist… We must leave quickly, seize the time to return to the main boat, and report the situation here to Lord Osmond!"

Zhongyuan took a deep breath, stretched out his hands, and grabbed the two team members.

The burning efficiency of the source armor soared to the limit at this moment!

The tail wings of the exoskeleton attachment device spewed out ghostly blue flames!

The team members reacted quickly, and were only briefly shocked by the magnificent scene so close at hand. They immediately set off, and before the torrent of light swept down the mountain, they swept towards the source of the Dolu River Disaster Zone!

Zhongyuan flew while looking back.

He narrowed his eyes, somewhat puzzled.

Above the mountaintop, there seemed to be only the aura of the "Light God's Seat"... There was no fighting, nor was there Her Majesty the Empress...

It didn't seem like a divine war.

Could it be that it was different from what he had expected?

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Not just Zhongyuan.

Every squad participating in the restart mission sensed the abnormality of the Black Snow Mountain in the distance.

Although the "Light God's Seat" had not truly descended.

But his power was too strong.

And it formed a sharp contrast with the "darkness" and "deathly silence" of this disaster zone!

[Living Fish] Fisher was currently squatting next to a black stream. He stared with dead fish eyes, motionless, staring at the corpses in the stream, bubbles gurgling from the fish tank on his head, obviously in deep thought…

The snow forest was silent.

But not long after, the shockwave from the pillar of light reaching the sky荡开 (dang kai) from afar.

Dozens of seconds later, the snow forest shook violently, and the stacked碎雪 (sui xue) fell噼里啪啦 (pi li pa la), falling on Fisher's body... forcibly interrupting his thoughts.

"What's going on?!"

Fisher stood up, the gills on his cheeks slowly opened, and he looked incredulously at the direction where the pillar of light soared.

Several team members also looked astonished.

"It's the location of the river's main trunk… The aura of that pillar of light reaching the sky is so strong, could it be…"

"Is it the Light God's Seat?!"

Fisher tried to establish a mental link with Osmond, but failed.

Fisher's expression suddenly turned gloomy.

At this juncture, the link to the main control room had a problem?!

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It was not just one person who tried to establish a link with the main control room, but failed.

Everyone saw the pillar of light reaching the sky in the distance.

The aura of the Light God's Seat was too obvious.

In this situation, the first thing to do was definitely to contact the main control room… but perhaps due to being too deep, no one successfully completed this link.

"Link failed."

Mu Wanqiu said calmly: "It should be too deep, I can't contact Lin Lin."

"I can't establish a link either, it shouldn't be related to mental strength…"

Lu Zhe's team was in the depths of the snowy mountain range, and the exploration of this tributary vein… was about to reach its end.

But the face of Lu Zhe, the strongest, was no longer as calm as before.

As a mental-type transcendent being, his mental perception was extremely powerful.

He would more or less… have some feelings about the future, and things related to himself.

But after seeing that pillar of light, Lu Zhe's mind suddenly became restless.

In the past years, he had performed many missions outside the fortress. He had experienced difficult and dangerous tasks… but in the end, they were all settled by his powerful personal strength.

But this time, the sense of unease that emerged in his heart was really strange.

In the depths of the snow ridge, only a ray of afterglow could be seen of that pillar of light, but even if there was only a ray of afterglow, the information it exposed… was enough for people to digest.

A team member stared at the bright incandescent light in the distant sky and frowned and asked, "Is this the handwriting of the Town Moon Grand Duke? Could it be that the Light God's Seat is going to interfere in the exploration of the Dolu River?"

Faced with this question, several team members all remained silent.

They were just explorers of the restart mission, in other words, just pawns… They were not clear about the game of the Supreme Council's will behind this mission.

But as long as they weren't fools, they could guess some things close to the "truth."

The other members of the Supreme Council might have some doubts about Her Majesty the Empress of North Continent.

After all, Her Majesty had not left the閣樓 (ge lou) for too long.

"This kind of thing… is not something we should care about."

Among all the people, the calmest was Mu Wanqiu.

There was not the slightest change in her expression. She just glanced at the pillar of light and then moved her gaze back.

She came to the Dolu River to find the scene in her "dream" and personally complete the redemption of the nightmare!

At this moment, the deeper she went into the snowy mountain range, the stronger the guidance of [Judge] became…

"Captain, are we still going to continue forward?"

A team member was a little worried and reminded: "Logically speaking, after the link is broken, we should set off and return… This is what Lord Osmond repeatedly instructed before departure. In this situation, should we return to the main boat first?"

As soon as this statement came out.

It was approved by everyone.

Even Lu Zhe nodded slowly… He vaguely felt that the unease that emerged in his heart was not brought about by the Pillar of Light, but came from a deeper, more silent place.

Compared to the God's Seat that had not yet descended.

The Dolu River Disaster Zone… seemed to have other things that deserved his vigilance.

Perhaps, it was close at hand?

Lu Zhe saw Mu Wanqiu's reluctance, and he knew that Xiao Qiu had a stubborn personality and was unwilling to give up the exploration results easily. He was just about to open his mouth to persuade her.

"Okay…"

Unexpectedly, Mu Wanqiu agreed readily, "This exploration ends here, everyone prepare to return."

Several team members breathed a sigh of relief.

They were also a little afraid that this captain would insist on going deep, leading the team to a dangerous situation.

"You set off first, go to the main boat."

Mu Wanqiu looked back at the depths of the mountain range and said indifferently: "I am responsible for guarding the rear, making a mark here, and will arrive later."

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(ps: 1. I originally wanted to write a long chapter, but I had some琐事 (suo shi) in the morning and didn't have much time. 2. This section of the Disaster Zone is really difficult to write. There are dense large and small pits. Although there is not much content in this chapter, these split shots are actually necessary foreshadowing.)

Everyone can try it on 快可以试试吧 (kuai keyi shishi ba).】