Otherworld Advance Team
Chapter 913 - 906 - : Physical Means

Chapter 913: 906 Chapter: Physical Means

Luo’er increasingly felt that as time went on, the value of every member of the Advance Team had been infinitely magnified. If previously there were only a few people in the Advance Team who could get things done and the rest were just making up the numbers, now the entire Advance Team had formed a cohesive whole; distinctions between members had disappeared.

According to the type of mission they executed, the Advance Team could be divided into two structures: the combat system and the research system.

The combat system, led by Luo’er, mainly comprised the three men of the Advance Team, and later also included the newly joined Feng and Fulajie’er. The most prominent feature of this system was that it could guarantee the combat needs of the Advance Team and was the core armed force of the whole team.

The research system, headed by Tangmo, emphasized investigation and study, especially regarding magic and knowledge from the Otherworld. In this aspect, members of the combat team could hardly be of any help.

Although the research group’s combat efficiency might not be entirely satisfactory during battles, the combat group was far behind them in research capabilities.

Luo’er even felt that without the existence of the research group, the Advance Team could only be considered a purely armed squad rather than deserving of the title "Advance Team."

The contributions of the research group, led by Tangmo, in research and investigation were obvious. Initially, without them, the Advance Team would have known nothing about the Creating God Plan to the south, nor would they know to rescue Fulajie’er or how to close the Otherworld Gate.

While the research group’s contributions in combat might not match those of the combat group, their achievements in other fields were something the combat group could never attain. Luo’er even went so far as to say, without any exaggeration, that if the contributions of the Advance Team were a stone, Tangmo and Baiyue alone deserved eight-tenth of it, while the rest had a share of two-tenth. Without them, the current accomplishments of the Advance Team would not exist.

As the work progressed, by the afternoon of the third day, they had finally made a breakthrough, figuring out the pattern of the Rune that imprisoned the stone door, and had conducted external analysis.

While the door was still difficult to move at this point, it no longer felt completely fused with the stone wall as before. In other words, the door could now be opened by physical means, which was undoubtedly great news for Luo’er.

Therefore, that night Luo’er rearranged the team, sticking to the previous group assignments, the only change being that Luo’er had transferred Feng elsewhere.

Ziang expressed his helplessness about this but understood the reason; after all, as the deputy captain of the Advance Team, the back of his hand bore the Magic Messenger that connected and communicated with Headquarters, so his safety was undoubtedly a priority.

The saying "Don’t put all your eggs in one basket" was something Luo’er understood well. Because of the point-to-point communication method of the Magic Messenger, only he and Ziang had the Magic Messenger to contact Headquarters within the Advance Team. If both of them went down, any issue arising would mean the rest would be directly cut off from Headquarters.

Axia’s words still echoed in Luo’er’s mind from the previous days; according to her estimate, there might be danger behind the door. As she said, behind the door there might be something that would force them to use magic.

However, the Aud people of more than a thousand years ago would never have imagined that a thousand years later, people from Earth representing an advanced civilization would visit their tomb. With the enhancement of the Kedal metal bullets, Luo’er believed the Advance Team could completely rely on physical means to eliminate any potential dangers behind the door, without the need for magic.

Speaking of Kedal metal, as the current actual effect stands, this metal is only suitable for use as bullet heads. Ziang’s Kedal metal blade was nearly shattered due to its inherent bursting resistance; Ziang was quite discouraged by this fact, realizing that brute force would not create miracles and could only damage his own weapon.

For the stone door, Luo’er decided to use directed blasting, setting multiple points of low charge to blast the stone door to pieces on the spot, thus ensuring maximum safety for the personnel.

Baiyue was still the one installing the explosives; she used a Kedal metal bullet to drill small holes in the stone door, then inserted high-performance explosives and installed the Rune Detonators.

The Kedal metal bullet she used for drilling was separate, because, as mentioned before, Kedal metal had bursting resistance, so the surface of regular bullet heads was wrapped in a layer of lead encasing the Kedal metal bullet.

And when using a metal bullet to drill a hole, the inner Kedal metal would inevitably tear through the lead on the surface of the bullet, exposing the Kedal metal inside, rendering the bullet essentially useless, as it could no longer be loaded into the chamber and fired.

Because of the damage to the bullet head, it could result in inaccurate shots. Of course, being inaccurate was the least of the problems. The real issue was that the exposed Kedal metal might corrode the barrel due to the kinetic energy of the gunpowder, eventually bursting through and escaping the barrel, causing the gun to explode.

Since there was no way to solve the problem of Kedal metal’s brittleness in a short time, its use was still limited. Currently, only the army showed interest in it, hoping to use it for Next Generation Tank Armor Piercing Shells.

While Baiyue was setting up the explosives, Luo’er took the time to deploy the other team members. He ordered Tangmo and Fulajie’er to stay at the very back, ready to raise shields against any possible magic attacks and to avoid startling the Snow God as much as possible. He also ordered Axia and Feng to stay close to him, to guard against any dangers that might emerge from the main tomb chamber.

Feng’s attack methods were quite unique, barely requiring the chanting of Spells. And even when chanting was necessary, her spells were different from the familiar ones. Luo’er was confident that no Mage from the Aud Empire could ever envisage, over a thousand years later, a unique Mage like Feng entering their tomb, making it highly unlikely that the Magic Array Traps would target Feng.

After Baiyue had installed the explosives, she stepped back a few paces to Luo’er’s side. At this moment, everyone’s nerves were stretched to the breaking point, and their hearts leapt to their throats.

Baiyue and Luo’er exchanged a look, and she nodded firmly. After receiving Luo’er’s approval, Baiyue raised her Magic Wand and began to chant the spell to activate the Rune Detonator.

The spell belonged to a new type of improved spell that could almost be said to have been created by Earth’s scientists. It was derived from the Explosion Flame Spell, and as previously mentioned, both Runes and Spells had specific patterns, and Earth’s scientists were particularly skilled at uncovering these patterns.

Given that it was a modified new spell, Luo’er was somewhat reassured. After all, these traps were meant for the original spells and would definitely not anticipate Earth’s improved new spells, so there was no worry about triggering the surrounding traps.

"Wait a second." Just as Baiyue started chanting, Luo’er suddenly called out to her.

"What’s wrong?" Baiyue stopped her chanting and turned to look at him curiously.

Luo’er didn’t speak but instead put his arm around Baiyue’s shoulder. Faced with this unexpected pleasure, Baiyue was caught off guard and her face instantly flushed red.

"Let’s begin, I’ll protect you," Luo’er said seriously to her.

"Yes, yes, I know..." Faced with this happiness, Baiyue was so shy she could hardly speak, wishing she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

After a slight adjustment, she finally returned to the critical moment and, leaning slightly against Luo’er’s chest, she raised her Magic Wand and silently recited the spell to activate the Rune Detonator.

With her chanting, dozens of points of light suddenly appeared like stars on the pitch-black stone door. Immediately afterward, each point of light emitted lightning-like patterns that connected to other points of light.

The sound did not travel as fast as the light, and at the moment when the points and patterns lit up, everyone heard a dull explosion, like a hundred firecrackers going off at the same time, their sound magnified several times through the reverberations in the enclosed space.

The rumbling was accompanied by trembling noises. Although the explosives were small, their simultaneous detonation generated quite a commotion.

The sound and vibration traveled along the corridor to the other end, and the chambers on either side also made noise due to the tremors. Fortunately, Luo’er had sent Fulajie’er to give the Snow God a heads-up beforehand. In principle, as long as there was no influence from magic, the Snow God could tolerate such vibrations and sounds.