Chapter 1727: Something Fishy

Chapter 1727: Chapter 1727: Something Fishy

Yue Qiguang’s face was full of shock, and the others clearly weren’t much better off. Chu Jiaojiao just stared wide-eyed and said, "Is it... is it done?"

Yue Qiyuan rubbed his face: "Why do I feel like it didn’t take that long?"

Sheng Qingyan glanced down at the antique watch on his wrist, slightly boastful, "Not long at all, only 6 days, 1 hour, and 31 minutes."

Shen Changqing looked around at the empty surroundings and whispered, "About 2 days less than we expected, very good."

Although he tried hard to stay calm, the joy at the corners of his eyes couldn’t be concealed. This wasn’t just good; it was exceptionally good! Beyond expectations.

Shen Changqing continued: "Next, we should plan to leave here. Senior—" Shen Changqing turned to He Bi, who had been silent, asking, "Should we return to the spaceship now?"

He Bi lifted his eyes, gazed around, his brow slightly furrowing.

These grids, once touched by the mixture and started to melt, quickly spread to the surrounding grids, making the other grids start to melt bit by bit.

Then—

From point to area, the speed of grid dissolution increased, which ultimately led to all the grids dissolving about 2 days earlier than expected! Originally needing about 10 days, Xiao You successfully optimized the formula, speeding up Ji You’s production, leading everyone to predict that the grid blast time would be around 8 days.

Now, it only took 6 days and 1 hour, which is about 2 days earlier.

In theory, this should indeed be a good thing.

After watching for a while, He Bi suddenly raised his hand, pointed to the left, and asked, "The grid 10 meters upward on the left, who was responsible for sprinkling the mixture there?"

Chu Jiaojiao raised her hand, "It was me and Student Fufeng."

He Bi pointed in that direction, "Then the grid about 50 meters to its upper right, did you sprinkle there?"

Chu Jiaojiao craned her neck to look over, "No."

Liu Fufeng also looked and shook his head, "I didn’t sprinkle there either."

He Bi paused at his fingertips, "Are you sure?"

Chu Jiaojiao furrowed her brow, "I seem to have sprinkled, but then again, I didn’t... It’s strange, why don’t I remember?"

Liu Fufeng suddenly interjected confidently, "You didn’t sprinkle."

Chu Jiaojiao: "???"

Liu Fufeng said, "My spiritual power was constantly monitoring the surroundings and didn’t find you moving toward that area."

Since Liu Fufeng said so, Chu Jiaojiao chose to trust him and said, "But why did it dissolve so quickly then?"

"That’s the problem," He Bi frowned, "We finished so quickly; something must have helped us silently tear down some grids, speeding up our process, yet we haven’t noticed."

Everyone’s joy diminished instantly!

Yue Qiguang tugged at his hair, "Really? Again? Why didn’t any of us notice?"

He Bi’s expression remained calm, his tone unchanged, "Did you forget? The grid we’re in should have a monitoring system behind it. Given there’s a monitoring system, there must also be a control system."

Chu Jiaojiao hit her forehead, "Right, how could I forget? A standard farm must have a control system, right? Feeding, watering, cleaning waste, regulating temperature... All the necessary farm things must be controlled by systems. How could this grid farm not have one?"

Previously, everyone had been stuck inside the grids, unable to move or explore more clues, leading to everyone being so caught up they almost forgot such an important thing.

So—

"Where’s the control system behind all this?" Yue Qiguang asked this question.

The grids were completely broken, but now it’s empty here, nothing remains but air.

"When collecting the grid walls, did you notice anything unusual?" He Bi didn’t answer; instead, he asked a question.

Everyone looked bewildered and then shook their heads.

He Bi said, "Either the control system isn’t here, or it’s something we can’t see."

Shen Changqing paused his fingertips, "Like remote control? Their control system is located far away from here? Or—"

Shen Changqing paused slightly, "Senior, how many grids were dissolved without our intervention?"

"I only observed this one, as for others, I haven’t found any yet. Could be just 1, or maybe more." He Bi frowned, "Do you mean—"

Shen Changqing nodded, "Maybe the issue lies in these automatically dissolving grids. Think about it, why did they dissolve by themselves?"

Chu Jiaojiao blinked, "Is the control center inside?"

Yue Qiyuan pondered for a moment, "Not necessarily the control center, but it likely contains some information about this farm."

Liu Fufeng said, "They didn’t want us to obtain some information, so they proactively destroyed it."

Shen Changqing looked at He Bi, then at everyone, and said softly, "Yes, that’s probably it. Unfortunately, we didn’t identify these different grids earlier; otherwise, we might have found crucial information."

He Bi frowned, "I searched the location of the automatically dissolved grids earlier and didn’t find any remnants, seems their technology, or rather the technology of this plane, is very different from ours in the Milky Way."

"Just because we can’t see it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist." He Bi looked at everyone, "But no need to be too upset or panic. If it were us, we would also want to destroy all traces belonging to ourselves as soon as possible. The fact they destroyed it so swiftly can only indicate our strength has already frightened them."

With this, everyone’s furrowed brows relaxed, and Yue Qiguang even clapped his hands, "Right, don’t underestimate ourselves! I always think I am the strongest in the universe! No matter what monsters that can be seen or unseen, if they dare to flaunt themselves in front of me, I will make sure they regret it!"

He Bi’s mouth twitched, mainly stifled by Yue Qiguang’s inexplicable confidence, but he quickly smiled and looked at these little brothers and sisters around him, chuckled, "Brothers and sisters..."

He Bi’s mouth curled into a slight smile, loudly saying, "Let’s work hard, maybe more exciting things are waiting for us ahead."