Chapter 398: 141. Noland, hit me~_3
Translator: 549690339
Transforming the natural environment into a pollution zone is the first step for extraterrestrial space pollution to enter this world. Only then can the main body of alien space pollution, its offspring, and contaminant byproducts fully exert their strength in this world.
The outer space gap through which Shubick entered this world has been closed by the wizards in the Ulnas Circle.
However, the pollution zone and its offspring left in the ocean have not dissipated with the closure of the outer space gap.
It is necessary to destroy the ritual arrays in the pollution zone and eliminate the offspring in order to completely close this area.
Last night, the Lost Sea Fog trapped the pollution zone in place.
Now, the Lost Sea Fog is gone.
Naturally, the pollution zone will enter the process of expansion.
How far this pollution zone will expand depends entirely on whether the ritual array can be destroyed and the offspring eliminated in time. With each passing second, the pollution zone will expand further.
Just within this short period after the fog disappeared, the expansion speed of the pollution zone increased dramatically. It expanded over ten kilometers in an instant like lightning, directly enveloping the neighboring alchemy ship.
The boundless darkness ignored the wall’s obstruction and surrounded every person on the ship.
Asphyxiation, weightlessness, silence, and dimness followed.
Everyone was enveloped in darkness, unable to sense even a glimmer of light or sound, as if they were in the legendary outer space.
[System Message:]
[You have entered the pollution zone constructed by “Shubick’s Offspring”.]
[Gravity parameters are polluted, and the influence of planetary gravity on you has become 0, you are now in a “weightless state”.]
[Atmosphere parameters are polluted, oxygen concentration drops to 0, you enter the “asphyxia state”.]
[Lighting parameters are polluted, and external light cannot enter the pollution zone.]
As soon as Noland Lee was engulfed by darkness, he activated the “Breath of the Dead” and turned into a skeleton form that didn’t need to breathe.
The “asphyxia state” on his status bar disappeared as a result.
He examined the surrounding environment.
The pollution zone was modeled after alien space, but the modifications were extremely limited.
Although it caused asphyxia and weightlessness, it was far from the true alien space environment.
Denise Green and Noland Lee had described the real alien space environment.
It was an extremely cold, madness-inducing dark vacuum environment with countless bizarre alien space pollutions lurking within.
Those who enter alien space constantly endure massive alien space noise. Once their spirits lapse for a moment, they explode with a bang and become part of the alien space.
Now look at the pollution zone they are in.
The noise in this pollution zone can be easily shielded by Noland Lee’s “Soul Shield.”
Although it can cause asphyxiation, it’s not a vacuum. The inability to breathe is solely due to the oxygen concentration in the air dropping to 0. There are still plenty of gases around Noland Lee.
Since it is not a vacuum, there is no huge difference in pressure either. Ordinary people here won’t die from ruptured blood vessels, they just can’t breathe.
As for the cold…
Noland Lee didn’t feel any temperature change. It remained the same as before.
In summary, the so-called pollution zone might sound terrifying, but it is actually an oxygen-deprived, dark space with no natural light and extreme silence.
Noland Lee can stay in this space for a long time, and so can the alchemists.
Derek Davis and the others received the help of the alchemy ship, which had prepared alchemical mixtures to resist alien space noise in advance. After drinking this mixture, the noise can be suppressed within the tolerance limit for a long time. Asphyxiation, weightlessness, and obstructed vision can also be resolved by their corresponding alchemical mixtures.
With such arrangements, everyone won’t be passively beaten in the pollution zone.
If there is one thing worth noting, it’s spatial transfer.
Just a second before Noland Lee was dragged into the pollution zone, he was standing in the resting room of the alchemy ship. The alchemy array patterns beneath the glass floor were beside him, the walls were adorned with paintings, and there were alchemical drinking water machines and metal trash cans in the corners.
At this moment, the glass floor under his feet is gone, Derek Davis, who was sitting next to him, has disappeared without a trace, and the furniture and other facilities in the resting room have vanished.
Noland Lee has completely left the resting room he was in before.
Wizards of the Ulnas Circle call this phenomenon “spatial transfer” – when entering the pollution zone, people will be separated from their original natural environment and randomly appear in the pollution zone.
Noland Lee thinks this is similar to instance spaces in large-scale multiplayer online games.
The pollution zone is an independent instance space.
He is now in the instance space. The location of the spawning point is random.
With this in mind, his last bit of fear disappeared.
Noland Lee steadied his mind and called out in his heart:
“Denise Green.”
“Mhm! I’m here.” Denise Green responded to the call in time, without any delay or noise.
Noland Lee secretly nodded. It seems that the soul contract remains unaffected by the pollution zone, and the information from the Ulnas Circle is accurate.
It was only after confirming that he could summon Denise Green to take him away from the pollution zone that he decided to step into this place.
“I’ve entered the pollution zone. You don’t need to come; I can handle it on my own. When I need help, I’ll call you.”