Chapter 504: The Mysterious Dark Clouds |
Su Chen believed that his Cities had no problems these past few days. However, he soon realized that he was too naive.
The Ghost Clan had never considered giving up. Instead, they had been brewing something big all these days.
"When did the strange weather start?" Su Chen asked Su Er.
On the last day of the mission, Su Er mentioned something unusual—these days, the weather had been strange, with overcast skies and occasional rainfall.
This kind of weather was entirely different from what they had predicted. With Red Alert Base's current technology, weather forecasts were nearly 99% accurate. However, several days of abnormal weather finally made Su Er realize that something was amiss.
"Commander, I've already sent Fighter Jets up to observe, but we didn't find any signs of manipulation. It seems like it occurred naturally," Su Er said.
If it had only happened in one City, Su Chen wouldn't have thought much of it. But all ten of his Cities experienced the same weather. That forced him to consider the issue more seriously.
This situation made Su Chen think of his Weather Control Device. However, Yan Yun Star didn't possess such technology, and the Ghost Clan was even less likely to have it.
Suddenly, Su Chen thought of something. The previous Ghost Master had sacrificed himself to fill a massive crater. Could this strange weather be another result of a Ghost Master's actions?
Unfortunately, Number Three said she hadn't received any information. After all, she was an injured Ghost Master, and other Ghost Masters wouldn't seek her out even if they had matters to discuss.
So, Su Chen thought of another option, the Second Spy.
He asked the same question and unexpectedly received valuable information. "Commander, I recently replaced a First Order Ghost King and obtained a lot of information. In my tribe, there's a Ghost Master who was invited by other Ghost Masters to participate in a large-scale event. I don't know if this information will be helpful to you, Commander."
Su Chen's eyes lit up; this was what he needed.
A large-scale operation like this couldn't be accomplished by just one or two Ghost Masters. It would likely require at least twenty Ghost Masters to achieve their goals without sacrificing their lives.
Su Chen increasingly realized that the abilities of Ghost Masters were quite extraordinary. Their powers seemed like a combination of magic and superpowers, allowing them to control even the weather, albeit less conveniently than a Weather Control Device.
"Do they have any particular equipment with them?"
"No."
Su Chen wasn't surprised. Since this was a covert operation, it was best to minimize the number of people who knew about it.
Number Two didn't know much, but Su Chen could search for the locations on the map.
After over a month of exploration, Su Chen's map was filled with lit locations. Most of the Black Spots had been cleared by him, and the remaining ones contained powerful Ghost Clan members, so Su Chen didn't act recklessly.
Su Chen believed that the abilities of Ghost Masters couldn't be too extreme. One limitation was likely their range, meaning the location of the Ghost Master should be relatively close to his ten Cities.
This raised a problem: Rainless City was far away from the other Cities. How did the Ghost Clan simultaneously affect Rainless City and the rest?
"It seems that the Ghost Clan isn't necessarily targeting only my ten Cities. As long as a City repels Ghost Clan attacks, it experiences this phenomenon," Su Chen said.
He opened the map and specifically searched for Cities that had repelled Ghost Clan attacks. He found that the situation wasn't limited to his Cities; fourteen other Cities had experienced the same phenomenon. This operation by the Ghost Clan was retaliation against humans!
Su Chen quickly calculated that four Cities had these dark clouds overhead. In other words, besides his ten Cities, fourteen other Cities had successfully repelled Ghost Clan attacks.
This was actually a small number!
Su Chen realized once again how vulnerable humanity was when facing the Ghost Clan. Without his intervention, the Ghost Clan would eventually conquer Yan Yun Star. Unfortunately, he had arrived.
Su Chen looked at the distribution of these Cities and realized that the Ghost Clan's main focus was on the nine Cities he controlled. The number of Cities on the side of Rainless City was smaller, making them less likely to be targets.
"It seems that there are Ghost Masters on both sides. This situation is not simple," Su Chen said.
This time, the Ghost Clan was targeting not only their own people but also a large number of humans. Su Chen believed that he couldn't handle this situation alone, so he took the initiative to contact the human alliance and informed them of what was happening.
The high-ranking members of the human alliance were shocked when they received the news.
Why were the Ghost Masters gathering? Were they planning something against the Cities?
When they contacted these Cities and found that the situation matched the information from Red Alert Base, their expressions darkened.
Ever since the conflict with Red Alert Base, the Deputy Alliance Leader had wanted nothing to do with them. However, this situation seemed grave, so he had to reluctantly read the messages from Red Alert Base.
"Retrieve the footage from these Cities," the Deputy Alliance Leader ordered.
"Deputy Alliance Leader, we can't transmit real-time footage from there. We can only send brief video clips," one of his subordinates said.
The Deputy Alliance Leader sneered. He knew that since the Ghost Clan had appeared and destroyed all the space stations and satellites in Yan Yun Star's outer space, they had been left blind. They couldn't see anything anymore.
Now, they wanted to see the situation in other Cities directly, but it was difficult to accomplish.
The video clips were sent. After watching them, they all felt that something was amiss.
Dark clouds covered the skies over every City, casting a gloomy atmosphere as if they could descend at any moment.
"Are the Ghost Masters summoning so many dark clouds? Do they want to flood the entire City with rain?" a human powerhouse joked.
"Ghost Masters have peculiar abilities, unlike most other Ghost Clan members. This is the first time Ghost Masters have used this power. Have any of you ever seen them control the weather before?" the Deputy Alliance Leader asked sternly, looking at the human powerhouse.
The human powerhouses exchanged glances and realized that it was indeed the case.
"Ghost Masters have never revealed this power before, but it seems that this power requires a long preparation time. According to reports from various Cities, the dark clouds have been there for three days already."
"If the dark clouds are so strange, why not just disperse them?"
The suggestion was a good one. The Deputy Alliance Leader immediately ordered a City to launch numerous missiles to disperse the clouds.
However, after the bombardment, the dark clouds in the sky remained as they were before, unchanged.
"These are definitely not ordinary clouds. Did any of you notice that some of the bombs didn't explode fully? It's as if part of them was... absorbed by the clouds!" (To be continued...)
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