Chapter 1387 The Decisive Battle Is Approaching

The countries of Loren, which are in a state of all-out war, do not currently have much energy to devote to space, and there are too many unpredictable risks behind interstellar communication. This requires a long process of argumentation, and not to mention that it may involve The impact on the belief system of all mortals involves a huge test of the stability of the gods-although in theory, the act of simply restoring the interstellar signal is far less stimulating to the gods than manned spaceflight, but this "stimulation" Who can guarantee it?

After all, the work of the Theocratic Council has not stopped over the years, and the countries of the alliance have been using various methods to loosen and cut the spiritual stamp that hangs over the heads of mortals, and this cutting process is essentially dancing on the tip of a knife. At a dangerous critical point, the connection between the gods and humans is continuously stripped to gradually cut off the chains between humans and gods, and the "disobedience boundary" is constantly jumping around without causing the gods to go crazy. When this process ends, humans and The gods will all be free, but before this process is over...the gods are actually at a "critical point of pressure" all the time, responding to interstellar communications at this time... Can't guarantee which god with a straight personality and a bad brain will cry out Crazy?

So this matter has to be considered in the long run, at least until the dust of this war settles, until the alliance countries have more energy to control public opinion, and can organize a large-scale expert team. Before that... Cecil The most that can be done here is the preparatory work mentioned by Gao Wen: compiling a modern version of the "Alien Dictionary" and translating the signals that have been received so far.

When this arrangement was over, Gao Wen suddenly raised his head and looked at a holographic projection on the opposite side of the round table—Victoria, Grand Duke of the Northern Territory, was floating above the magic net terminal: "Victoria, how many people in the Northern Territory during this time?" Are all the listening stations functioning properly? Have you ever received a signal over there?"

"All listening stations in the northern territory are operating as usual. Since the beginning of winter last year, we have received 16 signals in succession. Although the content is somewhat repetitive, there are occasional differences." Victoria immediately nodded and responded, "We are now gradually By mastering the characteristics of these signals, we can capture them in a timely and sensitive manner, and some signals that were previously mixed in the atmospheric interference and could not be identified can now be effectively recorded—as long as the 'dictionary' is completed, the deciphering work can begin immediately .”

"Well... very good," Gao Wen nodded lightly, and then mentioned another matter, "How is the old man?"

He was referring to Mordir Wilde, the ancient legendary adventurer who had a wonderful experience and was now in some mysterious "critical state of life and death" and was chased by the divine power of Lady Night, the ancestor of Victoria Wilde. Due to the influence of Lady Night's divine power, and possibly being polluted by the reverse tide, Mordir Wilde's current state is very unstable. Half of his "existence" has been replaced by Lady Night's shadow dust, and is on the way In a state of constant collapse and loss, he relied on the authority of the night stolen by Amber to barely maintain the stability in the material world. Now he is living in Cold Winter Castle, accepting the care of Victoria, the "descendant".

At present, the three major consuls of the empire, Grand Duke Baldwin Wilde, are leading the army in person,

Hetty focused on daily government affairs, and Victoria's main responsibility was to ensure the empire's industrial supply to the front line and the delivery of troops. Apart from that, most of the Northern Duchess' energy was devoted to her old lady. On the ancestors—the special experience of Mordir Wilde and the mysterious connection between him and Lady Ye has always been a matter of great concern to Gawain.

"The condition of the ancestor is still good. After getting a good rest and proper spiritual comfort, his mental state has stabilized a lot, and he hasn't suddenly fallen into a dark night dream recently," Victoria nodded, "But He can still feel a distant 'call' every now and then, even in normal dream states... and will often 'hear' the voice of Lady Night or 'Veld'. Unless we can get to the source, I guess Those divine powers that are chasing him, to find the 'other half of existence' that he was cut off from, otherwise this situation may continue forever."

Hearing this, Gao Wen looked up at Amber, and said in a deep voice: "...we still can't locate Lady Ye's kingdom of God, it is not in the patrol path of the sentinel, but Amber has been researching the shadow dust for a while, trying to find it. A way to establish a connection with Ms. Ye. There is no other good way in this matter, just wait, there will be good news."

Victoria's expression didn't change, she lowered her head slightly: "Yes, Your Majesty."

Gao Wen took a deep breath, looked up at the figures in the conference room, and coughed lightly: "Then next..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard a sound of "Dang--" suddenly coming from the side, and saw the platinum scepter in Veronica's hand smashing to the conference table. People were taken aback, Gao Wen subconsciously wanted to ask about the situation, but saw that Veronica's expression suddenly became extremely dull, and the usual gentle smile and eyes had disappeared at some point, this scene was so weird So much so that Gao Wen actually felt that the other party's soul had been pulled out of this body, and in the next second, he heard Veronica's calm and cold voice like a machine:

"...the first defense circle was damaged, and it was confirmed that it had encountered a frontal attack...the self-repair function was activated, the barrier was switched to combat mode, and the command module went online...the core barrier was raised, and the energy was transferred to the combat unit...distributing computing resources, disabling all Arms restrictions..."

After the calm and cold voice ended, Veronica blinked her eyes, her body trembled slightly as if suddenly waking up, and the holy light that had faded away from her before slowly floated up again, and Gawain felt that the other party belonged to The "human" side came back again, so he immediately asked, "What's going on?"

Although he asked this question, he already had a faint guess in his heart, and Veronica's next answer confirmed his bad guess: "A minute ago, the outer defensive zone of the Deep Blue Well was attacked, my guards Troops are engaging the enemy."

"The Deep Blue Well... over there in the center of the wasteland?" Amber, who was sitting on Gawain's right hand, suddenly widened her eyes, "Wait a minute, those dark priests are starting to attack the Deep Blue Well!? Doesn't that mean they won't go there easily? Do you want to gnaw on the hardest bone? Why do you go crazy when you scream?! There is a defense circle of the imperial capital in good condition and a well-organized Iron Man Corps over there!"

Gawain was also taken aback, but he was more concerned about the situation on Veronica/Ophelia's side than the reason behind the sudden actions of those dark priests: "How is the battle? How is the damage?"

"The central fortress was built on the basis of the doomsday shelter of the old imperial capital. It has extremely strong protection capabilities and has seven layers of defense circles from the outside to the inside. Currently, only the outermost defense circle has been moderately damaged by the violent bombing. Repair The system has been activated, and the damage is within an acceptable range." Veronica's tone was calm, but the expression on her face was already a little serious, "However, the enemy's attack is very violent. At present, there are energy reactions in all directions within my perception range, and... …Frontline reconnaissance units have seen new individuals that have never appeared in the enemy, as well as some kind of extremely large...structure."

While talking, Veronica clenched the platinum scepter in her hand, and her tone became very serious: "Limited by the range of activities, I can't perceive the boundaries of the enemy's positions, and I can't be sure how many troops are gathering in the distance. , only from the current calculation results, if the enemy continues to maintain this intensity of attack, the Deep Blue Well may be breached within a month."

The Deep Blue Well may be breached!

These words hit the meeting room, causing everyone's expressions to tense instantly—only Gao Wen, after the initial surprise, his expression had completely calmed down, and he just said softly in thought: "Sure enough At this point..."

The attack on the Deep Blue Well was an unexpected event, but in fact Gao Wen was not surprised by it. From the very beginning, he knew that there was a possibility that the Wasteland Legion would turn around and attack the Deep Blue Well when the existing goals could not be achieved. After all, the ultimate goal of those dark priests is to drop rune stones and "domesticate" this planet. If they can't break through the defenses of the civilized world, they can only turn their targets to the largest dark blue rift in the center of the wasteland. In other words, as long as If the alliance's advantages on other fronts continue to accumulate, and the progress of counterattacking the wasteland and building the blocking wall continues, it will be a matter of time before the wasteland army will attack the deep blue well in desperation.

"Don't forget the previous deduction by the staff, those dark priests will attack the Deep Blue Well sooner or later," Gawain's voice sounded in the meeting room, and the calm and quiet voice calmed down most of the nervousness of everyone. "Their attack on the civilized world has been thwarted across the board. At present, all the wasteland legions have been pushed back to the depths of the wasteland, and the alliance's purification devices are still spreading rapidly to the hinterland of the wasteland—those dark priests have already They have no choice but to attack the Deep Blue Well at this time, which may be a good sign in my opinion."

"Is this okay?" Amber's eyes widened suddenly, "Veronica is being beaten!"

"I don't, the battle is still going on..." Veronica opened her mouth subconsciously, but she swallowed the words just halfway through—she really couldn't bear to argue with the shame of the alliance on this occasion. Kind of stupid, "You're right."

Amber, a nocturnal creature with a habit of mouthing, is the natural enemy of ancient machine spirits. Any shameless creature will not be able to display its full strength smoothly in front of her. The more shameless it is, the more obvious the impact will be.

Gawain was no stranger to this, he glanced at Amber who was staring and said casually: "Veronica's base has a very strong defense capability, and there is a well-organized Iron Man Corps in town, it is difficult to attack there. It is conceivable that in our previous deduction, it was also determined that unless it was the last resort, those dark priests would never take the initiative to choose to gnaw on this hard bone, even if they could fight with the Alliance Legion to consume it. They won’t go to trouble with the Iron Legion, but now they choose to attack the Deep Blue Well, which shows that they have reached the end of the mountain—they are in a desperate situation faster than we thought, which is a good thing.”

As he spoke, he stood up slowly, resting his hands on the edge of the conference table, his tone low and forceful.

"Attacking the Deep Blue Well will be the last and worst choice those wasteland legions can make. After that, those dark priests have played all their cards. Now the alliance's blocking walls in four directions have advanced to the old gang In the hinterland of the Duo Empire, the Wasteland Legion doesn't have much depth to consume with us, and if they want to attack the Deep Blue Well, they must invest a lot of energy and troops. Weaker, and the advance of the alliance army will be smoother than before.

"Immediately send the news to the leaders of the alliance. The final moment of the decisive battle is approaching. Tell our allies, take out all the things at the bottom of the box, use all your strength to spread the blocking wall, and use the absolute superiority of the force Hold those monsters to death in the scorched earth of old Gondor, and the fate of civilization will be decided in the next month.

"We must close the blocking wall before the deep blue well falls, and completely disintegrate the wasteland army!"

Gao Wen's steady and powerful voice at the end seemed to have infinite inspiration, filling everyone's previously depressed mood with confidence and fighting spirit, not to mention that none of the figures who could appear here were mediocre. When the situation was clarified, everyone knew what to do-the few things discussed and decided in the previous meeting were quickly fine-tuned, some less important things could be delayed slightly, and in the following time, Ceci The Er Empire and even the entire alliance will pour all their strength into this war.

Figures stood up and left the meeting room one by one, and the holographic projections gradually dissipated in the air. When the clerks of the Supreme Government Affairs Office also left, only Gao Wen and Hu Po were left in the huge room, and the faintly Veronica surrounded by holy light.

The three of them came last.

The squires and guards were waiting outside the door.

Gao Wen stood up from the chair, exhaled lightly, Amber approached from the side, raised her head and glanced at him: "The situation is not that optimistic, is it?"

"The situation is not bad. The dawn of victory is indeed in front of everyone's eyes—but the darkness before the dawn is indeed deadly." Gao Wen knew that this guy had a keen sense, and his unreliable appearance actually hid a very keen heart. At the moment, I didn't hide anything, "Even if we have a 99% chance of winning, that 1% failure means the consequences of the planet's ecological extinction level. In fact, everyone can think of this matter... But We just have to let go of the 'what if' possibility."

"...Okay, I think so too," Humber breathed out, her figure had already started to fade in the air, and she waved her hand at the same time, "I'm going to get busy, the leisure time is over..."

Gawain watched Amber's figure slowly disappear into the air, and couldn't help but shook his head: "...you haven't been idle for a long time."

Then he was silent for two seconds, and looked up at Veronica: "You can really last a month, right?"

"This is the result of precise calculations. Within the foreseeable range of deviation, there will be no more variables," Veronica said calmly, "I will stick to it until your arrival."

"...This feeling is really strange," Gao Wen couldn't help feeling a little emotional, "You are standing right in front of me..."

"Yes, I am standing in front of you, but I am also trapped in the deepest part of the wasteland, which often makes me feel disconnected in cognition," Veronica said in a soft and calm voice, "Occasionally I am here When waking up in a concrete body, it will also be affected by the body itself, so happy with the sunshine and breeze outside the window that it forgets the pollution and corruption in the wasteland."

"...Pollution and corruption are coming to an end." After a moment of silence, Gao Wen said slowly.

"Yes, the pollution and corruption will end."