On April 22, 2015, the Ikeyan volcano in Japan collapsed.

Collapse – this is a new term. It's an excellent phrase that describes the current state of the Ikeyan volcano complex. Instead of erupting, the hot magma gathered beneath the crater, forming a pool of extremely hot liquid. The heat of this pool of magma melted further to the surface, so the soil layer collapsed and fell into the magma, and the fiery red boiling liquid was exposed to the surface, turning into a huge pool of fire that stretched for hundreds of meters.

The situation seems to be even more terrifying than a volcanic eruption. Because the poisonous gas rising from the magma lasted for more than ten days and did not dissipate, and it has become more and more intense. In early spring, the fields of the Guangdai were once verdant, but now they are a dead land. The new shoots of the trees are covered in a thick layer of gray-white volcanic ash, and from a distance they look like the snow and frost of winter have curdled into trees - but spring is not coming back here, and most of the trees have already begun to die.

This vision caught the attention of the local authorities, but they seemed powerless in the face of this unheard-of strange situation. No device could extinguish such a 100-meter-long lava lake unless there was the consciousness to cool all the lava beneath the continental plates.

The surface is getting hotter, the trees near the lava lake are getting dry, and there is a constant danger of forest fires. All one can do is cut down a barrier outside of the magma lake's area of influence and send artificial rainfall to the wooded areas to lower the surface temperature.

But this is only a stopgap measure - the heat comes from below the earth. They radiate through the earth, and the precipitation on the ground is quickly evaporated.

This was not hidden from the public at first. As a result, the whole of Japan turned its attention to Hiroshiro. In these eyes, of course, there will be some departments that feel particularly keen.

For example, the inspection hall.

Like the Special Affairs Office, the Inspection Agency is the competent authority for all of Japan.

And this agency received news from the Chinese side two months ago that the third species will be revived in the scorching hell. China's attitude is quite serious, and the situation looks quite serious. Therefore, the first thing that comes to mind in the inspection hall is Mt. Fuji.

Because it's a coincidence.

In April 2013, a 300-meter-long and 10-meter-wide crack was discovered on Mt. Fuji. Over the next two years, the crack in the middle of the mountain continued to widen, and intermittently erupted in rolling waves.

This phenomenon has caused some uneasiness among nearby residents – although Mt. Fuji is a dormant volcano, that doesn't mean it won't erupt. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism invited a number of experts to study this phenomenon, but the conclusions reached were not convincing. After all, the land hides too many secrets for humanity to reveal them completely.

So the eyes of the inspection hall were rightfully turned to this place.

Chiyou is a character in ancient Chinese mythology and legend. And Mt. Fuji has several layers of mystery in Japan. Because of this sealing. They first organized a team to explore the area around Mt. Fuji. But the results are not optimistic - there are traces of the presence of those who are not capable. It was impossible for the Inspection Agency to use such a dangerous instrument as wide-area scanning around Mt. Fuji, so once again a robot was sent deep into the interior along the cracks in the mountain to probe with an on-board probe.

But after 23 days of operation, they still found nothing.

According to the information of the Chinese side. The third species should have been semi-awake. Then its power field should be very strong. If only it was hiding in Mt. Fuji. There's no reason to ignore it.

This means that Mt. Fuji is excluded.

Their second target was the town of Hikawa in Izumo City. Because in ancient Japanese myths and legends, the Yachi Orochi was killed here. This legendary creature actually represents a water hazard, but the seriousness that characterizes the Japanese makes them reluctant to let go of any possibility. So it took another nineteen days here.

Still nothing.

Then the Ichiam volcanic group collapsed.

The anomalous scene, which cannot be explained by any geological theory, is like a light in the dark that alerts everyone in the inspection hall - this is what we have been looking for, and here it ...... It's that Flame Hell!

However, when the news reached Li Zhen's ears, he frowned slightly.

Things seem to have come too easily.

But just as he frowned, the area around Ikeyan had been sealed off, and a team of agents from the Inspection Department had penetrated into the wilderness around Hiroshiro, trying to confirm some information with anticipation and fear.

In fact, they didn't have to go deep into such a forest area that could ignite a forest fire at any time, but the airspace near the Pond Rock Lava Lake was no longer suitable for aircraft to fly. The range of self-propelled robots is limited, and the detection range of small detectors is even more limited, so they have to send people as close as possible to the lake of death before exploring it in the field.

Right now, Watanabe's feet are stepping on this hot land. To say it's hot is not a certain description. The numbers on the screen of the three-proof suit mask have jumped to 42-42 degrees Celsius. This is the temperature at a distance of about one meter from the surface.

The sky was covered in thick smoke, the trees around them withered and died, and the branches and leaves were covered with thick dust, swaying slightly by their touch, scattering ash and revealing their yellow-brown colors.

The daylight was dimmed by the smoke and dust, and it was nine o'clock in the morning, but the surroundings were like sunset. The air is filled with fine dust like snowflakes, and it is filled with all kinds of harmful gases that can kill people at any time. Once you are in such a space, you will feel as if you have traveled through time and space in a trance, and have come to the battlefield of the end of the world.

That's exactly what Watanabe is experiencing, as the lava lake behind the hill ahead is building momentum for the apocalyptic scene. The fiery red light reflected the thick clouds above, and a large expanse of the sky seemed to burn, rolling over people's heads. Sparks and ash flew out of the flaming clouds and scattered into the surrounding expanse as if—

In a fantasy novel, a magician casts a forbidden spell.

Indeed, forbidden spells.

If this was not a natural phenomenon, but really a vision caused by some non-human being—how terrible would it be?

"First Lieutenant Watanabe, are we going to move on?" There was a question in the communication channel of the three-defense suit. The voice pulled Watanabe's thoughts back into his fluttering thoughts. He looked up at the mountains in the distance—the gray-white trees and heavy smoke and dust separated the team from the hills, and the temperature was even higher.

"Is there any reaction?" He asked.

"Not yet."

"How far will it take for the probe to cover the entire lake area?"

"To ...... Go ahead 200 meters. The other party hesitated to reply.

Go two hundred meters to the top of the hill. However, with the current trend of increasing temperatures, this means that they have to work in temperatures in the 80s Celsius and risk being trapped in a sea of fire.

Sparks are falling from the clouds, and the trees above the hills ahead are dry and lodging, and all it takes is a spark to spark ...... Just a little bit, this whole forest will be ignited, and they will have no way to escape.

Watanabe stopped in his footsteps. The team behind him also stopped.

The sky is burning......

Ahead...... It's burning, too......

He wiped the ash from his mask with his hand, glanced at his teammates, was silent for a moment, and said, "Stay put." ”

Against a gray-black and orange-red background, his subordinates let out a sigh of relief. They wiped the volcanic ash off their masks like Watanabe's uniforms and asked, "First Lieutenant, what do we do next?" ”

"You stay here." Watanabe turned around and looked at the low hill in the distance, "I'll walk over." ”

"How can this be!"

"First Lieutenant, please think carefully!"

"We're going together, too!"

“……”

There was a mess in the communication channel. Everyone has their own mind, but everyone is telling him not to act rashly.

Watanabe obediently raised his hand, pressed it down, and said in a deep voice, "This is an order." All of you know that there is danger ahead. Everyone walks with me, and there is a possibility that they will not be able to come back. But it doesn't take any expertise to operate a self-propelled robot, and everyone on this team can handle it. ”

"My order is that you stay where you are, and I will go alone. If things go well, then our mission can be successfully accomplished. If anything happens - then I need you to answer me. If possible, a second person will need to take over my task and complete it. It's not about sacrifice, it's all about the purpose of our trip – got it? ”

There was silence in the communication channel - no one spoke.

So Watanabe drank again: "Got it!" ”

A deep voice came from his ear: "Yes." ”

He breathed a sigh of relief and took the suitcase from the hand of one of the team members beside him. This box contains an arachnid self-propelled robot, just walk up the hill and enter the code to open the box...... You don't have to worry about everything after that.

He took a step, walking alone on the hot ground and crispy leaves. The numbers on the visor's display climbed and soon crossed the green line and turned yellow for "danger." The sound of Didi annoyed him, and Watanabe blinked three times quickly, setting the sound to silence.

In the time that followed, the beating number changed from pale yellow to orange, and then from orange to bright red, which represented "extreme danger" and the life-sustaining system of the three-defense suit could collapse at any time.

But he climbed to the top of the mountain step by step in the heat, and finally saw what he saw.

Then he was deeply shocked by what he saw, unable to help himself, and dumbfounded.

The gods of Takamagahara......

What exactly is this?

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Note 1: It is a fact that there is a crack in Mt. Fuji.

Note 2: "Guangdai" and "Chiyan Volcanic Group" are all fictions of the author. (To be continued.) )