Chapter 171 - 131: The Sea Is the Final Line of Defense

The Lord’s estate gradually filled with many unrelated spectators.

"Wow wow wow!"

Little Lisa widened her big, bright eyes, instinctively spreading her arms, jumping, and gesturing: "Lord Lin Lan’s friends are really, really tall!"

"You’re not allowed to cause trouble." Wendy reached out and timely grabbed her sister by the back of her collar.

"Then why does Sister Lucia get to go over there?" Little Lisa pouted, looking very dissatisfied.

"Because Sister Lucia is under the care of Lord Lin Lan."

Wendy gave the mischievous little witch a stern look: "I only need to keep an eye on you."

"Makes...makes sense..." Lisa shrank her neck, wilting.

Wendy no longer paid attention to the little maid, as the girl’s gaze was completely captivated by Vera’s power armor.

The Giant Squad was currently observing the unfamiliar world in the way they knew best.

Vera’s surveying armor had fully deployed; although the armor models of the Giant Squad differed, Vera’s ’Deep Space Probe’ armor was the most unique.

The power armor completely abandoned combat capabilities, looking loose and bulky, clearly made up of various auxiliary components pieced together.

Vera showcased an impressive upper body silhouette, with armor parts piled on the lower half, reassembled into the shape of a round platform, and a golden antenna extended upwards along the giantess’s spine, pointing straight at the sky.

The small base station was established.

Vera could be considered the auxiliary core of the team; in the next moment, invisible ripples spread in all directions from the tip of the probe.

Lin Lan held back the eager blond witch, standing guard by the base station with the other three giants.

Everyone was intently waiting for the world’s scan results.

As a transmigrator, Lin Lan had long realized that this world was woefully lacking in basic scientific knowledge.

According to Lucia’s description, whether it was the Alliance or the Empire, both world powers developed to their current state by exploiting the Gray Realm deep in the sea.

In the eyes of those big figures, devoting effort to researching science and technology was a thankless task; whatever resources were needed could be found in the Deep Sea Gray Realm left by ancient civilizations.

Moreover, the rules deep in the sea were bizarre and ever-changing, with some Gray Realms even containing counterintuitive rules like ’ignite water with fire’...

Weapons painstakingly researched on land would likely lose functionality on certain waters, turning into absurd sticks for kindling.

Therefore, navigators would impulsively open new routes with a ’thought force,’ relying on luck...

Nowadays, under the threat of war, even scholars from the White Tower Academy have shifted their research focus back to preservation itself.

However, Lin Lan did not intend to give up on exploring ’maritime technology’; he remained deeply wary of the apocalyptic disasters hidden in the deep sea.

The Giant Squad from the Ancient Century might have the ability to fill in this knowledge gap...

Moments later, the giantess shook her head.

"The signal channel is severely interfered with, I can only scan the entirety of this small island."

Vera shared the information she’d gathered on the built-in screens of the other team members’ armor: "The sea outside the island is like a chaotic fog."

"How can this be? Our current detectable range is a meager thirty thousand square kilometers?"

Ota stared intently at the detailed data on the screen, frowning deeply, he muttered: "The ’Deep Space Probe’ you wear should be able to precisely capture magnetic field signals on various planetary surfaces, thereby..."

"Wait, in the Future Era, the concept of ’planet’ doesn’t exist."

At this moment, Lin Lan interrupted Ota’s speech, realizing that the Giant Squad’s understanding of the world was still stuck in the ancient era.

He added, "This world only has endless oceans and lands floating on the sea surface."

Ota and his companions froze on the spot.

"No planets means no universe?"

Dr. Sami instinctively looked up: "Then what about the sky? What’s deep in the sky?"

"The sky is also the sea!"

Lucia tiptoed and raised her little hand, voluntarily explaining: "If you have any questions, you can ask me!"

Despite the witch’s seemingly well-behaved and sensible demeanor, only Lin Lan knew that this Pirate First Mate was absolutely fixated on getting her hands on their power armor...

Vera’s ’Deep Space Probe’ undeniably had a fatal attraction for the knowledge-hungry witch (elf).

"So, does this mean the real sky has been polluted by the apocalypse, and the people of the Future Era can only live in shelters at the bottom of the ocean?"

Ansel speculated: "The sky above us is just a coating of some enormous structure?"

"The reality is probably more severe than your speculation."

Lin Lan shook his head: "This world doesn’t even have what’s called a ’sky,’ and the current civilization can’t possibly produce a planetary megastructure to cover the sky..."

As Lin Lan and the witch explained, the giants’ expressions grew increasingly peculiar.

After waking up, where on earth had they ended up?

Moments later, Ota once again gazed at the decayed and backward Seagull City.

"I think I finally understand what the Future Era really is."

His expression turned blank, and he murmured desolately: "People have forgotten the concept of Gods, history is meaningless, all common sense is completely overturned, only a new but chaotic world exists..."