Chapter 1497: Chapter 1495: He Said He’ll Be Right Here
Amidst the endless mountain range.
"Boom boom boom boom!"
The massive storm airship fleet continuously released magic rune gliding bombs, pursuing the army of abnormal creatures arriving in hundreds of thousands. Then, they gradually slowed down, watching the army of abnormal creatures flee into the transparent area between two mountains, quickly disappearing.
"Report the data," Pandora spoke in the command cabin.
Bi Bi quickly responded, "Energy reaction 32.39."
Pandora’s eyes widened slightly, "So far, even clearing the largest containment facility didn’t exceed 5, right?"
"Correct," Bi Bi replied, "The weakest energy reaction was 0.0022, the strongest was 4.89. This one is over 6.62 times larger than the previous highest data." As a magic rune mechanical assistant, Bi Bi’s computation abilities were incredibly impressive after being modified multiple times by Richard, effortlessly reporting a series of data.
Thanks to her capabilities and continual memory infusions, she functioned like a humanoid database, data center, and computation hub, which led Richard to appoint her as Pandora’s assistant.
After hearing Bi Bi’s response, Pandora frowned slightly, thought for a second, and said, "More than 6 times, seems like we’re encountering a big one here, possibly their main containment facility."
"Then we..." Bi Bi looked at Pandora in slight confusion, asking, "What do we do next?"
"Be alert, spread the formation!" Pandora quickly commanded.
"Why?" Bi Bi was puzzled but asked while her hands didn’t slow down, swiftly sliding her fingers across a series of lights surrounding her body.
The next moment, before Pandora answered, reality already provided Bi Bi the answer.
"Crash!"
With a loud sound, the ground below abruptly split open, revealing a gap tens of meters wide and nearly a kilometer long, with an immeasurable depth, seeming to lead down into the endless Abyss.
Following was a roar; a massive shadow climbed up along the fissure, reaching the ground in just a few seconds.
Looking over, it was a giant humanoid stone statue, over eighty meters tall, appearing crafted from a stone hill with extremely high craftsmanship, lifelike... In fact, it was a living being.
The entirety was displayed in stone gray, with stone eyeballs slowly rotating in the eye sockets, as if gauging the surrounding dense storm airships.
"Roar—"
After evaluating, it opened its mouth, issuing another furious sound, then bent down to grab a giant boulder several meters in circumference, flinging it fiercely.
The boulder soared like a cannonball, heavily striking the airship’s gasbag.
The storm airship’s gasbag immediately "pop" exploded, with a large amount of gas leaking out, beginning to sway violently.
However, the airship’s gasbag wasn’t entirely hollow; it had numerous compartments to reduce potential damage in case of rupture, so the airship soon stabilized, albeit at a considerably lower altitude.
This prompted caution among the other storm airships, which had already received orders from the command airship to disperse, immediately spreading faster, retaliating fiercely against the gigantic stone statue.
"Boom boom boom!"
The dense magic rune gliding bombs glided and hit the gigantic stone statue, exploding continuously.
"Boom boom boom!"
Some storm airships at the rear released black special magic missile, targeting the giant stone statue’s head, neck, and chest, attempting to find a vital point for a decisive strike.
After a round of bombardment, the stone statue’s only surface result was shedding some stone debris, almost unscathed, as powerful enough magic rune gliding bombs and magic missiles faced obstacles at this moment.
Furthermore, the attacks seemed to trigger a berserk state in the giant stone statue, with the stone eyes over half a meter in diameter suddenly turning red, then rapidly melting into magma under high temperatures.
Dark red viscous magma flowed in the giant stone statue’s eye sockets, with something more dangerous seemingly hidden deep within, as several wizards guarding the storm airships felt a terrifying energy emerging from the giant stone statue.
In the command cabin, Pandora also sensed it, feeling the energy’s strength even posing a degree of threat to her, instinctively triggering racial battle instincts.
The eyeballs changed from light purple to deep purple, with even the whites tinged purple. Beneath her clothes, the skin surface on her arms quickly bulged, generating dense purple crystals.
"Tap—"
Pandora turned, stepped towards the cabin door, her whole body beginning to transform into a dragon form.
Yet after several steps, Pandora suddenly realized something, halted abruptly, knowing her duty was to command, not to jump down for a brawl with the big guy.
If she did that, what difference would there be between her and Bi Bi?
"Phew—hah—"
Taking a deep breath, Pandora forcibly repressed her racial battle instincts; the crystals on her arm’s skin vanished, and her eyes faded slightly.
Lightly pushing her glasses frame, she looked at the seemingly frightened Bi Bi beside her, speaking, "Why stand there? According to Richard’s instructions, upon discovering a suspicious Truth Society main containment facility, aren’t you supposed to contact him immediately? Why not make contact?"
"I’ve already contacted him," Bi Bi responded softly.
"What did Richard say?" Pandora pressed further.
"Richard says he’s arriving immediately."
"Immediately, how long is this ’immediately’?" Pandora clearly wasn’t satisfied with the vague answer, frowning slightly, "The appearance of this big guy here isn’t weak; it might well be a special defense weapon of the Truth Society. If Richard is delayed even a bit, there may be a considerable loss of storm airships..."
Pandora’s voice suddenly stopped here.
Just in view, standing on the earth, the giant stone statue, staring at the storm airships with magma-like red eyes, suddenly shuddered.
The internal energy reaction dissipated rapidly; the giant stone statue’s face showed pain, puzzled, looking down at its chest.
The body, largely immune to the numerous magic rune gliding bombs and magic bombs, inexplicably developed dense cracks at this moment, expanding until it ultimately shattered with a "crash."
A young figure in gray robes, like opening a window, effortlessly opened the giant stone statue’s rocky chest, stepping out into the air.
Behind him, the shattered chest of the giant stone statue seemed to suddenly turn into a genuinely deceased statue, heavily damaged, wobbled and lost balance, crashing heavily and shattering in full.
The young figure remained expressionless, as if this was a trivial matter, it was Richard!
Pandora, in the command cabin, blinked, stopping her previous conversation, "Alright... indeed, ’immediately’..."
Immediately meant right away, arriving in the next second of speaking and resolving the immensely formidable giant stone statue.
Ordinarily, this was nearly impossible.
But since this is Richard, things are different.
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