With Ada's pinpointing, Ethan could open a portal directly into the enemy's internal area, allowing the elite forces to easily reach the core zone and attack in any direction they wished.
In such a situation, let alone the people from the Guild, even an imperial military base wouldn't be able to hold out. This was Betty's assessment. Although she hadn't experienced real combat, she had systematically studied many things, and no matter how the defense lines were set up, it would be difficult to defend against this kind of attack.
More importantly, Ethan and the others, who possessed teleportation abilities, could come and go as they pleased. Whether to fight or flee was entirely within Ethan's control. The defenders not only had no way to stop them but also had to constantly worry about the enemy suddenly returning.
Besides the freedom to come and go and the ability to strike directly into the enemy's heartland, the vast disparity in individual strength between the two sides was also insurmountable.
The combat suits worn by the Guild's guards were definitely the most advanced in this world. Their appearance was very similar to those worn by Ethan and his group. At first glance, they might be mistaken for contemporary products from two different manufacturers.
However, there was still a significant difference in specific functions. Although the combat suits used by the Guild had decent defensive energy and some ability-boosting effects, these effects were essentially useless in the face of the already vast difference in fundamental capabilities.
As for other functions, the difference was simply too great.
Therefore, after operating together for a period, Ethan and his group quickly dispersed, forming several appropriate small teams and searching in different directions.
Ethan, meanwhile, followed Ada to a more central area, such as the control room.
"You've figured out the entire layout here?"
"More or less."
After infiltrating, Ada didn't rush into destruction or searching. Instead, she first clarified the environment, all entry and exit passages, especially the routes convenient for retreat, before beginning deeper infiltration and sabotage operations. At the same time, she didn't neglect intelligence gathering.
Relying on the combat suit's stealth function and her own excellent personal abilities, she could easily lie in wait anywhere she wanted without being detected by anyone. She could even do this in buildings with complete surveillance facilities, let alone this massive facility where the defense methods were still primitive, relying solely on soldiers standing guard and patrolling. Even encountering a hidden sentry was considered somewhat difficult.
"While you were fighting the Guild's fleet, I found some material transfer lists and heard some things from certain people."
When Ethan and his group appeared and engaged in a naval battle with the Guild, the soldiers on the Guild's side didn't seem to take it too seriously.
In their eyes, this was just another audacious adventurer attempting to uncover the secrets of this lost sea area.
Such adventurers appeared constantly, and they would eliminate a number of them every so often.
This time was a little different. The warship Ethan and his group were on was quite large, surprisingly even bigger than the Guild's strongest warship. They had no idea where this adventurer had built such a vessel.
From the mouths of these people, Ada deduced that the Guild had collected all the information on all adventurers, including the warships they were using and their commonly used weapons and equipment. This also made it convenient for them to choose the correct combat plan when engaging in targeted battles.
It could be said that there was a reason why countless adventurers had died at the hands of the Guild in the past.
Besides being suppressed by the Guild in terms of equipment, they were also at an absolute disadvantage in terms of intelligence. What could ordinary adventurers use to achieve victory?
Only someone like Ethan, who had completely escaped the Guild's surveillance and whose weapons and equipment were all obtained from other places, with the Guild knowing absolutely nothing about Ethan's information, could achieve an equal footing in terms of intelligence.
Neither side knew the other's true capabilities. At this point, it was a contest of raw strength.
In this regard, Ethan held the absolute advantage, which allowed him to utterly crush the Guild's fleet and strike directly into the enemy's heartland, taking everything he wanted.
They quickly arrived at the control room. The Guild had long since discovered the intruders, but their carefully trained warriors were completely unable to stop this group. Not to mention Ethan, the enemies encountered along the way were all dealt with by the younger members like Sherry and Laura.
Galahad had also adapted to the large shield Ethan had made. Not only could he wield it freely to attack enemies in spacious areas, but in confined spaces, he also made full use of the shield for defense, then suddenly smashed it down to knock the enemy prone while they were surprised.
Mordred's fighting style hadn't changed much, but her movements had become more concise and powerful. Compared to her previous open-style approach, which seemed like a wanton waste of her ample magic power, she now finally understood that her current magic power was insignificant and worked hard to achieve greater results with less expenditure.
Charging straight through like this, when Ethan and the others arrived at the control room, the elderly man in the center opposite them opened his mouth as if to say something.
His expression clearly indicated he was about to utter threats, but Ethan didn't give him the chance.
They had been beaten like dogs, and they still wanted to act tough?
So, before the old man could even utter a single syllable, he was sent flying backward by a magic blast from Ethan, who had just appeared, crashing heavily against the wall and passing out.
Everyone in the control room dared not move, nor did anyone attempt to resist. So many elite warriors couldn't stop this group, what effect could their resistance possibly have?
They served the Guild because it was the most powerful force in this world. Here, they could enjoy higher status and better treatment, not worry about their livelihoods, and freely mock and despise ordinary people struggling to survive.
Although they enjoyed so many benefits, it didn't mean they were willing to sacrifice their lives for the Guild. As long as Ethan didn't kill them ruthlessly, these people were very cooperative, basically answering whatever was asked.
This saved Ethan a lot of trouble.
The people in the control room were the core figures in this base named Lost. They knew the most about the base's situation.
Why was the base located here? And why did the Guild eliminate all adventurers who entered this sea area?
These two questions could be considered one, and it was similar to Ethan's previous guess. The Guild had indeed found the training ground's control room, and they were guarding this place precisely because they didn't want other adventurers to discover it.
"Underwater?"
"Yes."
After several rounds of questioning and confirming that these guys weren't lying, Ethan continued to ask about other miscellaneous matters, essentially clarifying the doubts he had accumulated over the years.
The Guild had basically taken control of this world, but they wanted more, especially the core group within the Guild. They already knew the truth about this world and wanted to leave here for a broader world.
Unfortunately, the energy layer surrounding the training ground prevented them from moving forward. The Guild's biggest goal in finding the control room was to find a way to open a passage through the energy layer.
The base Ethan was currently in, called Lost, was actually an experimental spaceship built by the Guild. The Guild had applied some of the technology obtained from the control room to this base. As long as the Guild mastered the correct way to open the gate, they would begin building a real spaceship and then use the new spaceship as the locomotive to take this world and explore in space.
Although the Guild members wanted to go to a broader world, they never thought of abandoning this place. After all, the world of this training ground was equivalent to an asteroid, capable of producing various resources internally, essentially like carrying a mobile logistics base with them.
Countless adventurers also continuously provided various resources to the Guild. Before finding suitable alternatives, they naturally wouldn't give up easily.
"Not a bad idea."
If Ethan didn't have endless planes that could serve as logistics bases, he would also choose to use this training ground as his own supply ship.
The biggest problem with space travel was that supplies were difficult to resolve. It was very possible to travel for countless years without encountering a planet with sufficient survival resources.
If it couldn't be solved externally, the best method was to build a large enough spacecraft, perhaps even a mobile city, allowing a complete ecological cycle system to form within the ship, just like this training ground. Only this way could supply problems be guaranteed not to occur during long-term space travel.
The Guild's plan was well-formulated, but a crucial problem remained unresolved, they couldn't obtain full functional authorization in the control room.
This was quite awkward.
With the technology the Guild currently possessed, they could barely enter the control room and ensure the training ground continued to operate normally, but they couldn't obtain full control permissions because Guild members didn't have the qualification for use and lacked sufficient technology to crack it.
When Ethan heard this, he turned his head to look at Betty beside him. Betty seemed to understand something and whispered to Ethan, "I don't know if I have the authorization to use it either. After all, I'm just a cadet."
"That doesn't matter. What I want to know is, can you find the black box?"
"It's usually hidden near the central control console. If the console isn't damaged, the contents can be directly accessed through it."
Betty was certain about this. This information had been taught in detail at the academy, making it convenient for them to access the black box to understand the situation when necessary.
"This doesn't require authorization, right?"
"No, it just requires some special passwords."
After clarifying the situation, there was no longer any need to stay here. Ethan and his group prepared to head to the control console. Conveniently, this Lost base could transport them there, as long as the power that Ada had damaged was restored.
(To be continued.)