Starting as a Wallfacer, his defection to the Three-Body Problem shocked the world.

Still no news?

Fang Lin slowly walked down the platform, her expression calm and composed. As the agent, she held command of the entire frontline fleet of the Mind Earth. No matter what the situation, she should not show any panic.

“For now… yes.” Wayne’s eyes were fixed on the screen in front of him, not because there was anything on the screen, but because he didn’t dare to look at Fang Lin’s expression behind him.

"How could a perfectly healthy group of people suddenly disappear?"

This was something that Wayne couldn't understand, and the members of the Divine Realm present couldn't understand it either.

The story begins more than ten days ago. On that day, almost without warning, a blinding white light burst forth from the direction of the capital planet of the mechanical Earth, instantly engulfing the entire star field.

The light spread at an astonishing speed, as if a star had been instantly detonated inside the mechanical Earth.

Under the intense light, the outer fleet's armor plates were shrouded in a ghastly white light. Even the officers on the front lines, confronting the land-based fleet, involuntarily stopped what they were doing and peered through the portholes at the eerie white light.

At first, many people thought it was a new type of weapon from the mechanical Earth, until they discovered that the terrestrial fleet was also in chaos, and they realized that something had happened to the mechanical Earth.

Immediately afterwards, a chilling message spread throughout the Divine Realm: all the informants lurking on the Mechanical Earth, along with several fleets, had lost contact.

What's even more suffocating is that Fang Lin's younger brother, Fang Yuan, was also among them.

Upon learning of this, the Divine Realm immediately dispatched more than thirty destroyers in three waves to advance from the central, western, and southern flanks. The central fleet was tasked with the rescue and evacuation, the western fleet with reconnaissance and scanning, and the southern fleet with suppressing the main land-based fleet to ensure the success of the entire rescue operation.

These destroyers were all drawn from the main battlefield. Although the number was not large, if Lu Sheng wanted to send a fleet to forcibly leave these thirty warships behind on the Xialang battle line, Fang Lin would not even have a chance to do anything about it.

However, whether it was because the explosion of the Lord Avent a few days ago provoked Lu Sheng, or because he had some other scheme, the fleet of Mechanical Earth merely dispatched a reconnaissance drone to fly over the Xialang battle line at an azimuth angle of 14°, collected some battlefield information, and then ignored it.

This was naturally great news for everyone in the Divine Realm. The rescue operation could proceed smoothly, and as long as Fang Yuan did not fall into the hands of the Mechanical Earth, the situation was not yet beyond repair.

But what happened next truly left the entire Divine Realm, and even the Mind Earth, completely bewildered.

The thirty destroyers tasked with the rescue operation also lost contact with their targets after entering the area enveloped by the white light.

This situation was completely unexpected by everyone. They had initially thought it was just a simple electromagnetic interference, but things had clearly taken a turn for the worse.

"Sir, should we report this situation?"

A staff member from the Divine Realm tentatively inquired with Fang Lin, since the current situation seemed to be beyond the control of the Divine Realm alone, and the actual situation should at least be reported to the other two major departments.

"Or... should we send another research vessel to investigate the area near that white light?" Some suggested this, but it was quickly rejected.

"Isn't this like throwing good money after bad? Didn't you see that all thirty-odd ships have disappeared?"

"So what do you say we should do? We can't just do nothing, right?"

Just as the two sides were about to argue over the issue, the adjutant in charge of the front line delivered something unexpected yet perfectly reasonable.

"Report, the main fleet of the Mechanical Earth has just begun to change direction collectively. They seem to be trying to avoid the area covered by that white light."

Upon hearing this, Fang Lin seemed to have thought of something, but the people below were clearly a step ahead of her.

"Acting Agent, we just compared the fleet size of the enemy's main fleet 15 minutes ago, and 17 cruisers have suddenly disappeared and their whereabouts are unknown."

Upon hearing this, everyone in the divine realm fell silent.

Clearly, even Lu Sheng probably doesn't know what's going on with this sudden anomaly. As for the 17 missing cruisers, they probably suffered the same fate as the 30 destroyers from Mind Earth.

Everyone's attention was once again focused on Fang Lin. After all, given the current situation, neither side seemed inclined to continue fighting until they had a clear understanding of what was going on.

However, the white light also enveloped almost the entire star field of the mechanical Earth, so much so that the main fleet led by Lu Sheng seemed to be forced into a situation where there was no way to retreat.

The main fleet of Mechanical Earth has more than 20,000 warships of all sizes, but no more than 7,000 of them are capable of direct combat, including many small ships such as destroyers.

As for the other carrier strike groups and cruiser strike groups, there are probably a dozen or so, and their daily energy consumption in warfare is an astonishing figure.

This sudden white light enveloped the entire mechanical Earth, preventing the main fleet from returning to refuel. The few outer starports would likely be insufficient to meet the daily expenses of such a large fleet. If this continued, the land-based main fleet would become sitting ducks in space within ten days.

Perhaps this is an excellent opportunity to annihilate the enemy's main fleet.

“My Lord, the opportunity to fight is fleeting. I request to personally lead a fleet of rangers as the vanguard of the final assault.”

Everyone seemed to see a rare opportunity to make a name for themselves, and they all stepped forward to volunteer.

They still had to be somewhat wary of the Lu Sheng. In the past few years, if it weren't for the Mechanical Earth repeatedly tripping up the front-line troops at key junctures, the Mind Earth probably wouldn't have been able to fight so smoothly. But now, these main fleets are like live targets, which is a completely different matter. It's definitely a battle achievement.

Whoever can defeat Lu Sheng will be remembered in history.

Hearing everyone volunteer, Fang Lin remained expressionless. Her mind was elsewhere. After a long while, she shook her head repeatedly.

"No, given the current situation, we can't continue the pursuit. We need to have all frontline troops withdraw a certain distance in unison."

“Actress… this.”

Everyone was taken aback when they heard Fang Lin's words. Some of them looked at the woman in front of them with puzzled expressions, their eyes revealing an ambiguous meaning.

Seeing this, Fang Lin knew that if she didn't give a reasonable explanation, it might cause them to misunderstand and think that she was preventing the war from continuing because she was concerned about her younger brother's life, so she had no choice but to speak up.

"The current situation on Mechanical Earth seems to be something beyond our understanding. Perhaps, some kind of shrine has been activated."

Upon hearing this, everyone present changed their expressions.

The technology tree of Mind Earth is vastly different from that of the other two Earths. It does not rely on native technological development, but rather resembles the technology of the Kreece system, only it is not so obvious in appearance.

It can be said that Mind Earth is a society completely dominated by divine authority. This is not some kind of religious superstition, but rather that the people of Mind Earth can truly invoke the gods.

One manifestation of psychic power is this. This doesn't mean that people on Mind Earth can fly or teleport like characters in fantasy novels, but rather that they possess the means to offer sacrifices to other advanced civilizations for their own purposes.

With the advent of the Great Cosmic Era, this technological system became increasingly apparent, leading to the birth of the Sanben family. These events have been discussed in detail before. While they may seem mysterious and enigmatic, they are essentially nothing more than leveraging the power of other advanced civilizations.

Their ability to communicate with these advanced civilizations essentially requires a medium, which all the people of Mind Earth call the shrine.

Such a strange phenomenon in the world, appearing on a mechanical Earth, it's no wonder that Fang Lin would think this way immediately. After being reminded by her, some people who hadn't thought of it before couldn't help but gasp.

"If it really is a shrine, then the outcome of the battle will be very unpredictable."

Then their divine fleet should not only focus on eliminating the main fleet of the land race, but should instead seize the shrine.

After all, enemies can reappear even after they die. If a shrine comparable to the Sanben family were found, the entire Mind Earth's technology tree would take another step forward.

"Then what are we waiting for? Lord Agent, please give the order!"

Some people were even more eager to volunteer than before. After all, before they only had the opportunity to become relatives of the Sanben family, but now, the opportunity to become a member of the Sanben family was right in front of them. Who wouldn't be excited?

But upon hearing this, Fang Lin shook her head and smiled again.

"But then again, neither of us is sure what exactly it is. Aren't you afraid that if you involve the main fleets of both Earths, someone might snatch them up from behind?"

Everyone fell silent.

Everyone knows who Fang Lin is talking about.

Isn't that just a genetically engineered Earth that has been conserving its strength and skirting the edges of reality from beginning to end?

If both sides' main fleets are assigned to this task, what if they can't return in time and their bases are raided by Genetic Earth?

Therefore, this potential problem must be addressed before the disease develops.

At this moment, everyone noticed that Fang Lin's lips curled up slightly, and a plan had already formed in her mind.

"Communications officer, send a summary of the intelligence from here to our great mentor Ika on Gene Earth. How could we forget our dear ally when such a good thing is happening?"