The ship landed on the astral cradle, offloading all the first years. It soon flew off in the direction it came from, leaving the students behind to fend for themselves.
All the students brought their mini-ships out and flew deeper into the cradle.
In Quanta, Lex and the rest of the crew were discussing the field item.
According to the intel we have gathered, the starcore is in the deepest part of the cradle, but the exact position and dangers are unknown, Lex said slowly, before continuing.
For this, I have created enough drones to help scan the cradle. As he said this, the ship dock opened, and over a thousand drones swarmed out, spreading out in several directions.
Okay, since we are done with that, we should discuss where to make our camp, Vynn said from his seat.
That will also be handled by the drones, Lex said.
We only need to hunt fracturers for points, Vera said while acknowledging Lex's preparations mentally.
Get ready to deploy, Alice said as the mini-ship stopped moving.
Soon, the deck opened, and they all jumped down, landing softly on the floor.
Alice immediately returned the ship to her core.
Three tier-1 humanoid fracturers detected 100 meters away from us, Lex said.
Alice, take this rifle, Lex said as he tossed his upgraded lightning coil rifle to her.
Soon, they saw the three fracturers ravaging some beasts.
Lex gave a hand signal to Vera and Vynn. Immediately, Vera created a platform that lifted Vynn, giving him a good view of the fracturers.
With a precise shot, Vynn's bullet pierced the chest of the first fracturer, and before the other two could react, they were also pierced by bullets.
Lex went closer to the corpses and scanned them with the team recorder, which recorded three points for them.
Let's get going, Lex said as he turned back to the team.
The team headed deeper into the cradle, killing fracturers that showed up on the drone's radar, and those that escaped their radar.
Does anyone know what the time is, Alice asked through ragged breaths. The cradle had always been a place that was not bound by the concept of time, no day or night and only the twillight was there.
I dont know, but from what i can guess, we've been at this for over 28 hours, Vynn replied.
You all should calm down and check this, Lex interrupted their conversation.
They all stared at a holographic projection that was gotten from the drone. Although, it was not the starcore, the thing they saw was more shocking than the starcore.
Is this a Null Zone, they all whispered.
A Null Zone was a place filled with danger and opportunity. Even the three top families placed huge importance on each Null zones.
What do we do, i suggest we explore it, Vera who had been quiet said.
How will you think of exploring an unexplored Null zone, Alice said.
If we do not embrace dangers, how do we surpass mediocrity, Vera replied back.
The both of them began a heated argument over exploring or not.
You both should stop it, Lex finally said, tired of their arguments.
Lets vote, he proposed.
If you are for exploration, raise your hand. Only Alice did not raise her hands, as the rest raised their hands.
That settles it, take out the mini-ship we have some exploring to do, Lex said.