Chapter 1373 The Arrival of the Turning Point

The expeditionary force from the deep sea will be the turning point in the long war on the Loren Continent—Silver Queen Belsetia firmly believes so.

After experiencing partial defeat due to lack of preparation at the beginning of the war, the long-term stalemate after the front stabilized, and the tentative counter-offensive at this stage, although the huge scale and ferocious offensive of the Wasteland Legion are still the same, the shadow that hangs over the hearts of the soldiers has not changed. It's not as strong as before. Those monsters can be killed, their main force can be wiped out, and their commanders will be exposed to the alliance's front arrows sooner or later. After realizing that the enemy is not invincible, the soldiers of the civilized world We will have more courage to face this difficult period, and the people will have enough confidence to wait for all these turning points.

A powerful foreign aid can undoubtedly break the current balance on the battlefield, and even tilt the balance of victory in favor of mortals—the day of launching a full-scale counterattack to the wasteland is just around the corner. Belsetia hopes that her soldiers Already prepared for this.

"Our industrial system is already operating at full capacity. Ancient foundries and artisan servants who have been dormant for centuries are working day and night to manufacture various components of the purification device. As long as the front line can advance, the raw materials needed to block the wall will be enough Continuously," the maid Elaine's voice sounded in the night, quiet and reassuring, "We even have enough energy to send excess purification cores to the Typhon Empire. The legion led by General Shanna has swept away the blue rock hills occupied by the army yesterday. The Aberration Corps, now the craftsmen are doing their best to repair the railway line that was destroyed by the enemy in the Blue Rock Hills. When the road is clear, the train transporting the purification core will set off for the east line.

"The enemy's previous attack on the advance base was successfully repelled. Now the Thorin Guard and the Millennium Legion have re-fortified the northern line of defense of the Temple of Stars. With the crisis in Greta Fortress lifted, we can now concentrate all our forces on the During the advance operation in the wasteland, the first purification device has already started operation. General Lomar will personally go deep into the wasteland with the Millennium Legion and build the second facility under the cover of No. 1 purification tower.

"Our contact with the north has been restored. According to the latest news, the blocking wall on the northern line is currently being successfully constructed-there, the enemy's counterattack is as fierce as ours, but the Cecils used heavy rain-like artillery fire and can The fierce flames that burned the entire plain built a line of defense. Their blocking wall has penetrated two hundred kilometers into the wasteland, and is still advancing towards the center of the ancient Gondor Empire, towards the Deep Blue Well at a very high speed.

"On the western front, the Duke of Baldwin and Commander Jinna have assisted the reorganized Allied Forces of the Ogule tribe to wipe out all the enemies in the territory. The air and sky fortress called 'Dawn of the World' will start soon Moving eastward, although Ogulei does not have the conditions to produce purification facilities, it is said that those flying fortresses have large-scale war factories on them, and they will continue to produce purification devices and airdrop them into the wasteland during the movement— ——A very amazing 'construction plan', which is said to have been proposed and implemented by Princess Rebecca herself. If this plan really works, perhaps the Western Front Blocking Wall, which started construction at the end, will progress faster than the other three lines... "

Listening to Elaine's steady report, Belsetia couldn't help feeling a little calm,

Her eyes looked into the distance, extending far away in the dark night—that was the direction of the wasteland of Gondor, the remains of the human empire shrouded in turbid thick clouds and corrupted by the earth. In the past seven hundred years, that land The land was cut off from life and had never been illuminated by the lights of civilization, but now the situation has changed slightly. She saw a ray of light spreading from her feet all the way to the dark depths, and at the end of her sight, there was a larger scale. A large area of ​​lights gathered together, a shadowy building and a glowing tower stood in the center of the lights, "illuminating" a large area around it like a lighthouse.

In the field of vision of the high-level transcendent, it can be seen that the originally chaotic energy field around the tower is gradually returning to an orderly state. The airflow also seemed to be affected, and the filthy thick clouds were gradually receding, and the energy sparks continuously released at high altitudes were also several times rarer than in other areas.

That is the No. 1 purification base, the first step of blocking the extension of the wall into the wasteland. In the past two days, those aberrants stormed that base and the " The Fortress of the Temple of the Stars", trying to kill the purification device before "ignition", but the loyal Millennium Legion and the Thorin Guards brought by the elf "Berna" resisted all attacks, and now the tower is shining brightly. It was already bright, and the main unit of the Wasteland Legion, the aberrations, would quickly weaken and collapse as soon as they approached the tower, and the dark priests finally gave up their futile attacks.

As a result, man-made lights lit up again in this dark and sunken wasteland, and the pioneers from the civilized world finally built a real "safety zone" for the first time.

Next, these "safety zones" will be connected to form a Great Wall, which will be closed with the blocking wall extending from north to south. The cross force field formed by the wall will completely cut off the energy circulation in the wasteland, and "adjust" this completely "foreignized" land to a normal state.

Yi Lian noticed the gaze of the Silver Queen, and she couldn't help but cast her gaze to the same place. After a few seconds of silence, the maid who had followed the Silver Queen the longest broke the silence: "Seven hundred years...no one has ever thought of This wasteland can really be 'healed', and the key technology needed to heal it is actually lying in our blueprint room... Even when we shared the key technology of the purification device with the mainland countries, we did not Didn't think they could be used to interrupt energy cycles in wastelands."

"Scholars' revelation of the nature of magic has broken the fog in front of the world. Facts have proved that only the search for truth can truly solve the problem - without this step, no matter how much wealth we dig out from the heritage of our ancestors, we will just stand still , or even wasting those inheritances in vain," Belsetia sighed softly, "so in a sense... the fall of the Temple of Stars is indeed a good thing."

"Some of the 'old people' in the Astrologers Association don't like your words," Elaine laughed, "It's not easy for them to admit that the Silver Empire has begun to lag behind others in this era, you still have to A blow to what they've always believed in."

"Their attitude is irrelevant. Although I recognize their past achievements and brilliance, the operation of the empire does not require a group of parts that actively choose to stagnate," Belsetia said lightly, her eyes drooping, "The temple has fallen...we finally It can liberate those smart people who spent all day digging knowledge and tinkering in the temple from the antiquated ancient machines. I only hope that they can get out of the shadow brought by the fall of the temple of stars as soon as possible, like other people who decided to continue Like the advancing elves, use the knowledge and wisdom you have accumulated throughout your life in the next 'Temple of Stars'."

"The next Temple of Stars..." Elaine opened her eyes slightly, "Have you decided to build a new sky fortress?"

"Perhaps it is not the time yet, but this does not prevent me and Master Verania from making some plans in advance," Belsetia nodded slightly, "During the joint construction of the 'Dawn of Earth' with the Cecil Empire, we I have also gained very valuable experience. The large anti-gravity engine group and the parallel power ridge can solve more than 80% of the difficulties that engineers have been facing in the process of restoring the power system of the Temple of Stars. The large deck closure technology And keel casting technology is not a problem for the current industrial base of the Silver Empire, and the only thing left is the control center... Cecil's large servo brain and neural network are on the foreign trade list."

Elaine was quite surprised immediately: "They even sell this?!"

"Because they can create better ones, and they need to allow all countries in the world to use data processing and transmission formats that comply with the 'Cecil Standard'," Belsetia smiled and glanced at her personal maid, " Buying their servo brain and neural network components means that buyers must build their own "modern industrial system" according to their technical standards, whether it is a factory, a ship, an anti-gravity fortress, or a domestic communication network and Public management systems, servo brains and neural networks are all part of these 'modern technologies', and when the whole world is using the same set of 'standard specifications', if you don't want to be excluded by the whole world, then There's only one thing to choose from, so of course the Cecils sell them - and they're big."

Elaine didn't seem to have thought about these things before, and she was very surprised at this moment: "Then we..."

"This is not a conspiracy, but an open exchange of benefits. When purchasing the Cecil Empire's servo brain and neural network components, we are also exporting our own anti-gravity technology and casting standards, just like Typhon is doing theirs recently. The 'Crystal International Standard Library' and the 'Modern Spell Registration System', whether it is for Typhon, Cecil or us, the 'price' in these exchanges is acceptable, but for other alliance members... …all worth it, and at the same time, all these exchanges will literally move our world forward—whether in the right direction or not, only history will judge.”

When Belsetia said this, she suddenly smiled: "This war has truly united all the countries in the entire Loren Continent into an 'alliance', which is more united than the scene of the 112 meeting, and the tentacles of the great powers will be in this process. In this process, a new order and pattern are formed and stabilized, until the next reshuffle—Eileen, this process is neither bright nor dark, because this is how the world develops."

"...I understand," Elaine thought for a while, then let out a small breath, "It's just that the feeling is a bit complicated—I always feel that Uncle Gao Wen's current image is a bit scary."

Belsetia's eyes fell on Elaine, and after a few seconds of staring, she suddenly laughed and said softly: "Don't worry, Uncle Gawain is still our Uncle Gawain—but, he is also The leader of the Cecil Empire."

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"Ah Choo—"

Gawain's solid sneeze startled Hetty, Amber, and Duke Baldwin in the office, and Hetty who was sitting next to him immediately looked over with concern: "Ancestor, are you alright?" ?”

"It's okay, suddenly my nose is itchy." Gao Wen rubbed his nose, "I'm afraid someone is talking about me behind my back..."

"Someone is talking about...you?" Hetty looked a little dazed. "Is there any necessary connection between this and sneezing?"

The corner of Gao Wen's mouth trembled, and he couldn't explain to the other party what the mysterious statement from his hometown meant, so he could only wave his hands and change the topic abruptly: "It's nothing, I just said it casually——Duke Baldwin, Tell me about the situation on your side, now the situation on the northern, eastern and southern fronts has begun to improve rapidly, and we are just waiting for your news."

"Yes, Your Majesty," the bust of Duke Baldwin Franklin floated above the terminal of the magic net. Compared with last year, this elegant mage with a bookish atmosphere seems to have a little more sharpness of a soldier on his face. But his voice is still calm and introverted, "For a long time, the situation on the western front has been more complicated than in other areas. The large-scale occupation, damage, disaster victims and distortions running out of control have held our footsteps, but now these situations have passed Get full control.

"Ogure's various tribes have reorganized their troops and set up a coalition headquarters in Hongyu City. After the medical supplies and weapons and equipment problems have been resolved, the local troops have been able to handle the domestic disaster control and aberrant problems by themselves, and re- After controlling all the defense lines of the mountain barrier, Commander Jinna and I will start moving towards the wasteland, repair the wasteland outpost fortress group and use it as the starting point of the blocking wall.

"The "Justice from Heaven" plan formulated by Her Highness Rebecca has completed theoretical verification and conducted several tests. Under the condition of ensuring air dominance and "clearing" the ground in advance, the components are air-dropped and quickly assembled on the ground. The method is feasible, but the only problem is that it is limited by the performance of the temporary anti-gravity frame. In order to find the best balance between safety and delivery efficiency, all airdrop components must be split twice and lightweight, which leads to The decontamination units we ended up putting together were...slightly short-lived, not as 'robust' as the well-founded ground stations on several other fronts."

"Life span affected...to what extent?"

"In the harsh wasteland environment, it can only run smoothly for about half a year-the pressure on the purification core is too great, and the core after cutting and weight loss will gradually melt under the impact of its own energy. It cannot be stopped, so it is impossible to extend the life by replacing the core or shutting down and reinforcing."

"Then what if the ground is built in the normal way?" Hearing that the lifespan of the purification device under the new plan is only half a year, Hetty couldn't help but ask, "The other lines..."

"We don't have enough troops, princess," Baldwin shook his head regretfully, "and the cost of ground construction is high, Ogure after the heavy damage can't provide enough logistical support, if we forcefully do this, we're afraid we won't have time to compete with the other three lines. Close the blocking wall above."

"...So, it is enough to end the war within half a year," Gawain looked into Baldwin's eyes, "complete the construction of the blocking wall within half a year, activate it, and then heal the wasteland, as long as the energy circulation in the wasteland is stopped cut off, we don't need a blocking wall—a shorter lifespan is acceptable."

"I see, Your Majesty."