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Chapter 2140, Chapter 2.138: The Key Few

"Go find the Kosei quickly." Wu Chen did not disappoint Captain Nine-Tailed when it came to making a choice.

"Yes, sir." The second field team immediately took action.

"Then see you later, new traveler." The giant mechanical girl gave a meaningful farewell from behind. She was not surprised at all by Wu Chen's choice.

At this critical juncture, the female warrior, racing against time, couldn't afford to worry about much else. "When faced with two benefits, choose the greater; when faced with two harms, choose the lesser." Captain Nine-Tailed knew perfectly well how to choose, let alone Wu Chen, the only Purple Gold VIP.

They leaped and crashed through the gate, and the second field team rushed straight to the Xiboshan Tunnel.

This tunnel, originally carved specifically for the park's circular railway, was transformed into a massive internal fortress by the characters who had previously occupied the site during the fierce competition for the second level of the Fulong Temple Pagoda. Although these characters, who were mass-produced by the participating players, didn't last until the end and were all defeated and left, the ruins remain. Power is connected in the shortest time, and the heavy fortress doors are opened. At a glance, the missing Kosei spaceship lies quietly moored in the silent fortress hall.

The enormous spaceship filled the entire fortress completely, making it look like a repair workshop custom-built for the Kosei.

"Found her." The Chen sisters, who had instantly taken over the fortress's monitoring system, immediately located the yellow-clad warrior, Elsa.

Thermal imaging showed her carefully searching for something in front of a massive fortress furnace.

"Minting coins!" Captain Nine-Tailed immediately realized. After receiving repairs and supplies from the pyramid camp, Elsa, the Yellow Warrior, had mentioned before leaving that she was going to find the lost Dinosaur Energy Coins. Later, when Captain Nine-Tailed personally visited the Winged Clan Chieftain at the Dragon Nest, she learned of a secret clue that someone was minting coins at the volcano.

With these two clues combined, the plot immediately becomes crystal clear. Elsa, the Yellow Warrior, coming to the source of the coins to find the lost Dinosaur Energy Coins suddenly makes perfect sense, doesn't it?
Originally an arc-shaped tunnel passing through the outer perimeter of the mountain, it is now not only being excavated towards the center of the Xibo Mountain, but also going deep underground to reach the dormant underwater volcano!

The fact that the three islands and their associated chain of dead islands possess abundant geothermal energy, which could be used to build power plants to sustain unattended core facilities for extended periods, is quite simple: all the islands are volcanic. Deep beneath each island lies a dormant volcano!
The formation of these islands is also the result of underwater volcanic eruptions!
"Elsa!" Captain Nine-Tailed Fox, in full power, leaped to the ground.

"Captain?" The yellow-clad female warrior wearing a miner's hat stared in astonishment at the Nine-Tailed Captain, who was now fully transformed into a Vortex Fox after the optical camouflage was removed.

"Are you alright?" The Nine-Tailed Captain, who had ventured alone into the tiger's den, dared not be careless for a moment. Ever since entering this volcanic fortress, the menacing malice emanating from her had constantly loomed over her, refusing to dissipate!
"I'm fine." Elsa, the yellow-clad warrior who also possesses the giant dinosaur "Zod" mecha, looked at the "miniature" mecha that perfectly fit the Nine-Tailed Captain's body with envy: "My God, how did you manage to shrink the armor to such a small size?"

"This is an inevitable iterative upgrade of human technology." Captain Nine-Tails spoke rapidly: "It's like the process from cassette tape recorders to CDs, and then to MP3s. Precision electronic components will eventually break through physical limits and achieve a result that is compatible with human form."

“That’s true.” Elsa, the warrior in yellow, nodded slightly. The example of the constantly evolving portable music player immediately calmed her down: “How did you get here?”

"We've come to find you." Captain Nine-Tails ordered the female warriors to immediately form a defensive formation: "The final battle for supremacy (of the three islands) is about to begin, and everyone has moved to our base..."

After listening to Captain Nine-Tailed Fox's explanation, Elsa, the Yellow Warrior, realized the gravity of the situation: "So, the dormant volcanoes will erupt simultaneously, destroying the entire island chain, right?"

“Yes.” The Nine-Tailed Captain, who didn’t just talk the talk, directly displayed a pop-up window: “This is the latest dynamic calculation result of the Three Islands. With the intensification of ‘plate tectonics,’ the ‘Three Islands Volcanic Belt,’ including the Five Dead Island Chain, will erupt in a concentrated manner.”

A "volcanic belt" is a region of volcanic activity. It is associated with crustal fault zones, areas of intense neotectonic movement, or weak zones at plate tectonic margins, and often exhibits a regular, belt-like distribution. There are four major volcanic belts in the world: the Circum-Pacific Volcanic Belt, the Mediterranean Volcanic Belt, the Mid-Atlantic Ridge Volcanic Belt, and the East African Volcanic Belt. There are approximately 518 known active volcanoes globally, mainly concentrated in these regions. The Circum-Pacific Volcanic Belt, stretching 40,000 kilometers, contains over 400 active volcanoes, accounting for about 80% of the world's total active volcanoes, and was primarily formed by the subduction of the Pacific Plate.

"My God..." As the dialogue progressed, Elsa, the Yellow Warrior, began to regain her memories: "Wait, what are those giant things that were spewed out by the volcano?" "They are your and your comrades' 'Dinosaur Zods'." Captain Nine-Tailed revealed the answer directly.

"W-What!" Elsa, the Warrior in Yellow, was understandably shocked: "...How could this be?"

"Do you remember your previous adventures?" Captain Nine-Tails didn't care about spoilers anymore: "Do you have any remaining memories of being captured or modified?"

"I don't know, and I can't remember." The bewildered expression on Elsa's face, the warrior in yellow, already gave the answer.

“Let’s go. Only by gathering all of you can we combine into a super-sized Zod,” the Nine-Tails captain said, getting to the heart of the matter.

“That’s right.” Elsa, the warrior in yellow, still remembered this: “By combining the five guardian beasts—Tyrannosaurus Rex, Mammoth, Triceratops, Saber-toothed Tiger, and Pterodactyl—they can form the ‘Great Beast God’ Mechazod. Triceratops and Saber-toothed Tiger form the legs, Pterodactyl the chest, Mammoth the arms, and Tyrannosaurus Rex the torso!”

"In other words, without you, even if the enemy captures and brainwashes all your teammates, they still can't combine into 'Great Beast God' Mikezod." Captain Nine-Tailed explained the key plot point word by word: "Therefore, you are the most crucial minority."

“I understand.” Elsa, the warrior in yellow, immediately realized: “I’ll go with you.”

"Hmm!" Captain Nine-Tails, who had selected the correct dialogue box, also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Please allow me to take all these Dragon Coins with me." Elsa, the yellow-clad warrior, was still unwilling to give up: "If we can find the lost Energy Coins, that would be best."

"No problem." There was indeed still time to prepare.

After loading was complete, they watched as the Kosei flew towards the pyramid camp. Captain Nine-Tailed immediately led the team back to the Innovation Hall. Although the giant mecha was still standing intact, the long-destroyed machine and the self-destructed underground facilities had already erased all clues.

However, the identity of the mysterious person who took the Kosei model from the exhibition hall and then modified the Ironblood ship into the Kosei model is no longer important to Captain Nine-Tails.

What's meant to happen will happen eventually. It's just a matter of time.

Moreover, Wu Chen had long ago decided to fight one last battle to protect Athena.

As mentioned before, the Aztec pyramids, after being moved by magnetic force, are showing signs of being upgraded to the 5-star exclusive site, the Great Pyramid of the Aztecs. As long as we continue to recruit characters and entities scattered across the three islands to "fill the storyline," it's not impossible for the Great Pyramid of the Aztecs to be upgraded to a 5-star exclusive site before the final battle to protect Athena begins.

"Captain?" Faced with this enormous mechanical girl who clearly possessed the hidden attributes of a "Trojan horse," the Chen sisters' resistance was obvious.

"It's alright, let's move it back first," Captain Nine-Tails said with a deep gaze.

"Where should we put it?" the Chen sisters still wouldn't give up.

"Place it..." Captain Nine-Tailed drew inspiration from among the stars: "The camp of the lowest-level survivors."