The tripod was just there without any protective measures.
Masha stepped forward and gently touched the tripod with his fingers.
No more information.
Ding used very weak power to slowly absorb something from Masha, which might be spiritual energy - anyway, Masha only felt negligible mental pressure.
But considering Masha's own resistance to psychic abilities - presumably caused by high intelligence - Masha still believed that the superpowered girl he brought with him was not suitable to touch the cauldron.
"I'll open the door. Shelley, go get your power armor and carry it back."
It should be fine if Shelley is not allowed to touch it directly.
Shelley nodded, so Masha opened the door directly into the laboratory. Shelley quickly returned to Wonderland and entered the power armor placed in Wonderland to "absorb the essence of the sun and the moon" - now Wonderland has put a bunch of things there to test whether there are really objects that can absorb the essence of the sun and the moon and turn into artifacts.
After all, spiritual energy has revived, so things like the Investiture of the Gods and other mythological stories might really happen.
Masha also plans to get some foxes or something in the future and raise them in the wonderland to see if the foxes can turn into Tushan Honghong.
Shelley came over in a power armor, grabbed the tripod, and carried it back to Wonderland.
Masha had been thinking that if the tripod returned to the fairyland - to the place where it was cast, some changes would occur. However, it seemed that this did not happen.
At this moment, the League Secretary made a hissing sound.
Masha hurried over: "What's wrong?"
"Photos." The secretary of the Youth League handed a stack of photos to Masha, "Found them on the test bench."
Masha took it and looked at it, and found that it was a photo of the site where the tripod was unearthed. When the Soviet army broke in, the cultists seemed to be holding a ceremony, but Masha did not pay attention to the process of the Soviet army helping the cultists to sacrifice, but stared at the door behind the ceremony site.
——It looks like a random door?
"It seems that the fairyland is not the only one." said the League Secretary.
"Well, it's possible that each tripod was cast in a different place." Masha flipped through the photos quickly. "Look at this one. It's obviously a photo of the Soviets inspecting the site after clearing the area. This door is placed directly in the open space, which is different from ours. Ours looked like a door opened in the stone wall. The one the Soviets found was just placed there, with nothing in front or behind. Maybe it was used as a decoration."
"So we're going to Wallachia again?"
"Yes, but there are fast travel points left, which is very convenient."
At the last second, Masha heard an explosion coming from somewhere.
Masha immediately shouted to Chihiro who was standing outside the circle: "Chihiro, come here!"
Before he could finish his words, an alarm sounded, and Chihiro crawled through the circle and used her ability to pull Masha over so that he could remove the circle in the first place.
"Shelley, take the biggest piece of experimental equipment!"
Shelley picked up a very powerful-looking instrument and ran towards the portal.
Masha held the ring and was carried by Chihiro to fly up and dive into the random door.
Cai Shi and the League Secretary rushed in at about the same time. The League Secretary was holding a large pile of files and documents, and Cai Shi was holding four or five laptops.
Masha didn't order them to collect these things, they just picked them up and ran away spontaneously.
"Are all of you here?" Masha asked while nodding at the heads. After confirming, he closed the door and blocked the alarm outside.
Chapter 414: Grassland (Part )
Johnny was waiting for new news from Romania when the CIA regional director, who had just gone out to confirm the trip to Kazan, rushed into the room and shouted, "Something happened in Kazan. Our informants reported that the Kazan Research Institute was attacked and in chaos. The Nine Cauldrons have been stolen."
Johnny and Ben stood up at the same time: "What?"
Then the two looked at each other.
This time it was Ben who spoke first: "We were all deceived. What kind of display of power made the Soviets want to move the tripod? That's what we thought, and apparently the Soviets did too. Ying took advantage of our thinking!"
"No!" Johnny shook his head, "No, this organization was able to steal the tripod directly from the beginning. Think about it, the intelligence we received before said that the Soviet Union's special envoy sent to the Wallachia District was directly captured by Ying.
"According to the World Government's list of superpowers, this special envoy's only ability is investigation.
"This must be the Soviets deliberately making excuses. Previously, the Soviet Air Defense Force suddenly made unusual movements, and there were reports that two MiG-31s of the Air Defense Force crashed at the foot of the Carpathian Mountains—"
Johnny paused and collected his thoughts.
"This special agent, whose ability is only an A-level esper for reconnaissance, was able to see through Shadow's disguise! And then he was captured by Shadow! Apparently, after being attacked, Shadow immediately realized what happened, and had his insider among the Soviets find out the whereabouts of this A-level special agent in no time!"
Ben suddenly realized: "So that's how it is. If Ying has an insider in the British, it's not surprising that he has one in the Soviet Union!"
"And this insider is of a very high level. He was able to find out the whereabouts of the special envoy in an instant. This must be detailed intelligence that can allow the Shadow Organization to launch an attack."
Johnny came to the world map in the room - this temporary command center did not have an advanced electronic whiteboard, so it could only use a hanging map.
"The Shadow Organization has two action groups operating tonight, one in Romania and one in Kazan. The Romanian group is a feint to ensure that the Kazan group's operation can be completely successful.
"And with the help of this high-level insider, the Kazan Group has already made preparations to steal the Nine Cauldrons. Even if the feint fails, it is estimated that they still have a considerable chance of successfully stealing the cauldrons, but the price may be a bit high."
Johnny drew two circles on the map and looked back at Ben.
The big guy said, "And the Romanian team changed their plans temporarily because they discovered a superpower who could threaten Shadow's covert operations?"
"Yes." Johnny nodded.
Ben frowned and thought for a few seconds, then shook his head and said, "No, Johnny, that's not right." The big guy stood up and said, "The simpler the action plan, the smaller the chance of something going wrong. The more complicated the plan, the more likely it is to fail. The leader of the Shadow is a very smart man, he must understand this.
"If he had a way to steal the tripod directly, he wouldn't have arranged any feints. He would rather let the price be higher to reduce the chance of accidents. In fact, this Soviet special envoy almost caused Ying's Romanian team to fail.
“No, Johnny, this is not right.” The big guy came to the map and poked Romania on the map with his thick fingers, “The shadow is here in Ancient Wallachia, there are other missions, Johnny.
“The first Soviet super-powered baby was discovered in Wallachia, a land full of ancient and dark myths and legends.
"The Shadow's group in Wallachia must have other things to do. Acting together, the two sides can cause chaos in the Soviets. I think this explanation is more reasonable."
Johnny thought for a few seconds and nodded, "Yes, you are right, big guy, well done. I was wrong, your statement is more reasonable.
“Now that Ying’s mission in Kazan has ended, there is no point in going again.
"We need to catch their group in Romania. Mr. Director, please arrange the operation immediately. I want to go to Romania."
**
The half-bald Antonov took off his leather shoes and threw them on the table, making a loud noise.
"Good-for-nothings!" he roared, "You are a bunch of good-for-nothings! The Shadow Organization just swaggered away and stole the Tripod - the Holy Grail - right under your noses! The base director should go to Siberia to dig potatoes immediately! No, the enemy took the things so easily, he might have betrayed us, send out the anti-traitor team!"
The chief secretary nodded, turned around and immediately went out to give orders - in fact, he took the opportunity to run away.
The remaining group of senior executives stood there, silent and frightened.
"The Shadow Organization must have an insider among us, perhaps in this room. I should have thought of this earlier. After all, even the CIA has our insider. How could an organization like the Shadow Organization, which can play tricks on the CIA, not have one?
"Begin the investigation immediately. Anyone who has been to China and knows Chinese must be investigated. Other Asian languages must not be spared. Find the insider and the traitor! The base director who was shot was the scapegoat. He will allow us to give an explanation to the higher-ups, but this won't be enough to fool them for long. After all, they're not stupid."
Half-bald Antonov's eyes swept over everyone one by one.
"If you can't find the traitor, you'll be sent to Siberia to dig potatoes."
Everyone looked at each other.
Fortunately, at least I won’t be shot.
**
Masha quickly traveled to Romania and drove around the site in his car.
"The defense has indeed been relaxed. Almost all the people in the ranger's cabin have left, and there are only two people watching here." Masha said to the girls, "I guess most of the defense forces have been transferred back to the regional branch."
"Then why don't we take advantage of the opportunity to invade? Anyway, they no longer have any special agents who can see through my skills." The league secretary suggested.
"Well, let's do it." Masha nodded. "I have figured out the internal structure through the translator and the colonel's dream. We just need to keep going. Everyone, get ready..."
Masha looked back at the girls and found that they were already ready to go.
So he opened the door directly into the castle.
Under the protection of the league secretary, everyone quickly entered the castle.
Masha led the way.
Soon, everyone entered a huge space under the castle.
"Look, that's the foundation of the castle." Shelley pointed to the remains of some masonry structures at the top of the space and said, "When the castle was built, there must not have been this hole underground."
"The Nine Cauldrons were placed in the gap outside the heavens, and were not originally on the main material plane." Masha said, "When we discovered the cauldrons, we learned about it through the video left by Nuwa? Anyway, something similar."
As he spoke, he walked towards the door that stood on one side of the space.
“It’s a little bigger than the one we have.”
Masha said as he stepped forward and put his hand on the door.
This time, he did nothing and the door was taken over by him.
The door slowly opened to both sides.
On the other side of the door is a vast grassland. The wind blows across the grassland, creating waves of green.
In the center of the field of vision, a towering poplar tree stood there alone.
Chapter 415 Let Me Build a Tower of Babel First (Part )
Masha stared at the poplar tree.
When he drove through Xinjiang before, he saw many poplar trees, so he made a connection between them and the Gobi Desert.
A poplar tree on the grassland is too abrupt.
But if you think about it carefully, it is not quite right to have a big banyan tree on such a small island.
Perhaps all these fairylands are of this style.
"Come in first, we are leaving." Masha said, and then walked in first.
Seeing this, the girls immediately followed in.
Masha closed the door and took a deep breath.
Chihiro: "You are going to sing a piece of "Paradise", right?"
Masha laughed: "I didn't have this idea at first, but now that you said it, I'll make a fool of myself..."
"Shut up!" Chihiro said.
Masha shut up.
Cai Shi smiled and said, "We are all waiting for you to explain what is going on, Senior Brother."
"Can't you use your brains to think about it, my little darlings?"
League Secretary: "Fuck, stop, it's disgusting. Oh, these little cuties..."
Shelley looked puzzled: "What's the problem with this? Isn't it just a normal tender words?"
The Chinese girls all looked at Shelley with expressions that showed they felt the cultural gap. The Japanese girl laughed awkwardly: "Ahahaha, since Shelley is British, she probably won't feel that way. After all, Britain is a country where everyone greets each other with a kiss when they meet."
Masha hugged Shelley and said, "See, you still understand me. Let's look at the foreign girls' brands tonight."
Shelley: "I'm very welcome, but I'm wearing a power armor. Isn't it uncomfortable for you to hug me like this?"
"It's uncomfortable," said Marsha, and released his arm around Shelley.
He turned his head and looked at the grassland in front of him, and said, "I guess the fairyland where each tripod was cast is different. I always thought that all the tripods were made in the same fairyland, which is obviously wrong.
“Thinking back carefully, Yuezhou is by the sea, and it also has the Yue River, which has the second largest volume of water in China. It usually rains, and there is also the famous return of the south wind, so the tripod placed in Yuezhou was made on that island.
"And the place where this tripod was discovered is close to a large grain-producing plain and the Carpathian Mountains..."
Masha fell into deep thought.
"According to this statement, this wonderland should be a forest, farmland or mountain." The League Secretary said with a puzzled look, "A grassland like this..."
Masha shrugged. "How should I know? Anyway, there should be a connection. To find out what the connection is, we need to find the next tripod and see where it's produced."
Cai Shi: "It's not completely inconsistent. Most poplar trees live in temperate continental climate areas, and Romania happens to have a temperate continental climate."
Everyone watched Cai Shi together.
Cai Shi spread her hands and said, "I'm sure you know this, it's one of the key points in the comprehensive college entrance examination."
"The college entrance examination won't test a specific country's climate." Masha curled his lips. "Forget it, never mind. Fairyland currently has limited value to us. At most, it's an extra room. Those who like to enjoy the grassland scenery can come and live here in the future. The key is this door... I want to test it!"
Masha said as he opened the door to the island wonderland.
