Chapter 1362: 446. The Great Method of Disconnecting_2

[Command] “Order Plane’s Core,” Noland Lee wanted the other party to cooperate with him for a “mass disconnection.”

So-called mass disconnection is just what it sounds like.

All players approaching the black hole would be forcibly disconnected due to sudden network conditions.

Until Noland Lee finished dealing with the affairs online, they would all be unable to log back in.

This suggestion might cause the Starry Sea Game company to face questions from players.

But, no matter.

Give out some rewards, and the matter would be over.

If the rewards could be even more generous, then the disconnected players would help the game company counter any blowback from critics.

[Command] Order Plane’s Core considered it and then agreed to Noland Lee’s request.

Seeing the brothers Kelp and Winter Melon board the ship and set off, Noland shifted his consciousness to his avatar within the Academy.

With his eyes closing and reopening, he found himself in an elegantly decorated study room.

Using the [Mage’s Hand], Noland rummaged around for the magic pouch he had brought from the Inner Cosmos.

Within half a minute, he had the heavy pouch in hand, feeling sturdy and substantial.

After a quick glance inside the pouch, Noland nodded slightly.

Contained within were non-metallic machinery spirits produced in the Inner Cosmos. In the vacuum of Outer Space, they possessed considerable combat power, akin to military-grade heavy drones.

Setting the magic pouch aside, Noland casually took out his magic toolbox and began to draw magical runes.

The magical runes were related to the “Veil of Different Worlds,” the same type used previously by the Assassin Angels on the Undead Cult’s energy pyramid.

They had the feature of being undetectable and impervious to sensing and could temporarily change the appearance of an object into a specific form as per the creator’s request.

What would happen if such magical runes were enlarged and replicated to encompass the space around the black hole?

Hmm~

Correct, you would get a super, super large surrounding screen with a 360-degree view with no blind spots.

Not only could it completely block any views from the outside, but it could also display whatever scene Noland wanted outsiders to see.

Noland temporarily called it the “Veil of Another World Barrier,” a counter-detection barrier constructed using the magical runes of the “Veil of Different Worlds.”

Once the barrier was formed, no one outside would know what Noland was doing inside it.

However, players have camera and chat functions.

To prevent players inside the barrier from leaking information, Noland had specifically requested [Command] Order Plane’s Core to cause a mass disconnection among the players.

After meticulously planning everything and drawing the magical runes with great care, Noland began to set the stage.

The diameter of the man-made black hole was about 10 kilometers, making it incredibly small, smaller even than some naturally formed satellites.

The length of the United Bureau’s Titan Ships was about 12 kilometers.

To destroy such a colossal entity, approximately 6000 ships would need to join the battle.

And the battlefield that would emerge would encompass thousands of kilometers of cosmic space around the Titan Ships.

The above data came from the United Bureau’s statistics.

The man-made black hole was roughly the same length as the Titan Ships.

If we use that for comparison, then Noland would need to seal at least 1000 kilometers of cosmic space within the barrier; otherwise, the upcoming battle could potentially break through the limits of the barrier.

Thanks to having the Heart of Magic in hand, Noland had a significant improvement in his control range of magic energy.

With the aid of Spell Markers and the jumping function of Mental Magic, he finally managed to set up the barrier before the arrival of the Alliance fleet.

Bursts of white light flashed about 50 kilometers from the man-made black hole, as a fleet of silver ships transitioned to this location.

As soon as they exited the transition state, a Special Duty Battleship activated an Invisibility Field, covering the entire team from sight.

Kelp and Winter Melon, each piloting an escort ship, watched the radar signals with tension.

The area near the Black Hole Magic Academy was bustling.

Every moment, players piloted their ships near the black hole, letting their souls leave their bodies due to the black hole’s influence to enter the Academy and leaving their ships outside the black hole.

A quick count revealed at least thirty thousand ships within just a hundred kilometers of the escort ships.

These ships were mostly inexpensive objects like escape pods and shuttle ships, but the player bodies inside were priceless.

The Alliance only wanted the players’ bodies; they had no interest in their souls.

For the group including Kelp and Winter Melon, the best strategy was not to blow up the players’ ships directly but to hack open the cabin doors secretly and take the players’ bodies.

However, the Artificial Angel Pilots in the team thought differently.

With the Salvation Angels Group launching the plundering mission, the Artificial Angel Pilots served as the overall commander.

As a veteran pilot with hundreds of behind-enemy-lines plundering experiences, the commander decisively ordered a full-speed advance towards the Guild Fleet that seemed to have the highest number of players, aiming to take control of the entire fleet in the shortest time and bring the whole team back to the Alliance.

Noland had detected the presence of this plundering team early on.

He chuckled quietly, sent a subtle “disconnect” message to [Command] Order Plane’s Core with a thought, and surreptitiously activated the barrier he had just set up.

Inside the plundering team, as the players were gearing up for the impending major battle, their screens suddenly went dark. The next second, a prompt from the game helmet rang out.