Yao Yao suddenly stopped, pondered for a moment, and said, "But the problem is, if Qingcheng has killed so many Shanhai demons, and we can successfully get out of the Bewilderment Array, the Moonlit Ones will definitely guess that the array has been broken. Won't they change the formation again?"
"I'm afraid there won't be enough time," I said. "If my guess is correct, they must have been preparing this formation for over a month. They must have gone through several versions just for the design draft. Now, with less than ten days until the competition, it's not that easy to change the formation in such a large area on short notice."
"One step at a time," Bai Qingcheng said calmly. "If they change to a new formation, we'll break it again."
Wu Qian thought for a moment. "I think we can get rid of the mountain mist first."
"How?" I asked. "This mist seems to be part of the formation, and it's too much of a hindrance."
Wu Qian shook her head. "It might not be part of the formation. It's likely a part of the weather. I checked the weather in the Qinling Mountains for the next fifteen days before we came. This is the period with the lowest temperature and densest mist in the year. The Shanhai demons must have calculated that this kind of foggy weather would last for the next half month and used it to form this array."
"How do we break it?" Yao Yao asked. "Go against nature?"
"Not really, and I wouldn't dare to," Wu Qian waved her hand. "But we have technology and some clever tricks. The reason for the mist formation is twofold: first, continuous rainfall, and second, low ground temperature. We can't do anything about the temperature, but we can prevent the rainfall."
"...I've only heard of artificial rain enhancement, can we also artificially prevent rain?" I asked, confused.
"No, but the water content in a cloud is relatively fixed," Wu Qian pointed to a large patch of gray sky. "Suppose this cloud is drifting from the west. We can launch artificial rain enhancement charges on the west, that is, before it reaches Mount Zhongnan, and squeeze all the rainwater out of it. By the time it reaches Mount Zhongnan, its water content will naturally decrease. Without sufficient rainfall, the ground humidity won't be enough, and without enough humidity, fog won't form."
"But," Yao Yao raised an objection, "how do you know that cloud will drift here?"
I didn't need Wu Qian to answer. I knew. "Satellite cloud maps are very good for prediction." Weather forecasts are calculated based on cloud maps.
"I'll arrange this once we get out of the mountains," Wu Qian snapped her fingers, quite satisfied with her plan. She was the head of a technology company under Shabiya, and such matters didn't require her to ask Shabiya for permission. She could handle it directly. That's why she didn't ask for Bai Qingcheng's opinion, her direct superior, throughout the process, and Bai Qingcheng didn't seem to want to interfere. She just silently handed over a satellite phone.
"No need to wait until we're out of the mountains. We can do it now."
"Thank you, Sister Qingcheng!" Wu Qian smiled sweetly, took the phone, and as she walked, she called her subordinates, explaining the general idea and asking them to come up with a plan.
Once the mist was dispelled, the line of sight between the mountains and valleys would be connected, and the power of this formation would be greatly reduced.
After walking a few more kilometers, they reached a distance where Yao Yao could communicate with Daji via telepathy. Yao Yao told Daji the method to come out, and Daji began to head in their direction. Ten minutes later, the two parties met. Daji had been careless. She had come wearing cloth shoes, and by the time she arrived, her shoes were worn through, with her big toes sticking out. Her clothes were also tattered and she looked a bit disheveled.
However, she didn't encounter the Moonlit Ones, or rather, the Shanhai demons didn't dare to confront Daji. In any case, the two sides had not engaged in combat, so Daji was unharmed.
But Daji said that Ya Nan was injured. Because she couldn't get out, Daji had placed her in a cave not far from here.
"No wonder the divination couldn't see it," Yao Yao said. A deep enough cave could block the line of sight for divination.