Sword of Dawn

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"I'll stay here to help you," Elaine smiled and shook her head, and said softly, "It's not easy to control the temple by yourself. You need someone to help you take care of it."

Belsetia immediately shook her head: "No, I don't need here..."

"You have never left my side since you were a child, and I know what you need at the most critical time." Elaine interrupted the Queen very rarely, and then she glanced at the large throne, "Or Say, this escape device only leaves room for you alone?"

"...That's not true," Belsetia sighed helplessly, and expressed "surrender" to her maid, "Okay, you stay, Master Verania, you can leave now."

Verania took a deep look at the queen and her maid, and after a while, she turned and left the hall.

The fire is spreading in the forest, and monsters like a tide of darkness are pouring into the defense line.

However, a buzzing sound suddenly came from the sky at this moment. The strange sound was so sudden and strange that some soldiers behind the line of defense couldn't help but look up at the sky.

They were shocked and confused to see that the Temple of the Stars, which had turned to speed up and prepared to leave the battlefield not long ago, was actually slowing down slowly, while countless magical airships and battle eagles were swarming away like some kind of bee swarms that had escaped from their nests. Flying out of that majestic and huge ancient fortress, they made a series of dense buzzing sounds in the sky, and flew towards the earth in pieces, and suddenly they hung upside down like dark clouds.

The flying boats and giant eagles that left the temple were full of fully armed silver elves with determined expressions.

A large number of aberrants propelling on the surface also noticed the changes in the sky. Under the control of the rear commander, they began to emit dense light bombs towards the sky, and the spaceships and giant eagles that had escaped from the Temple of Stars also began to fight back, and in The counterattacks quickly scattered around the forest.

Immediately afterwards, there was another loud noise from the end of the Temple of Stars, and a structure about one-tenth the size of the temple itself was detached from the main body. It was wrapped in bright magical brilliance, and quickly flew towards the direction of the Silver Empire. .

And after this series of confusing changes, the Temple of the Stars finally continued to move at an accelerated speed, but it was not flying towards a safe evacuation route.

It turned its head around, slowly increased its speed at high altitude, and flew towards the end of the forest defense line in the distance, towards the huge gap in the magnificent wall, and in the process, it continuously poured out all its remaining power on the ground, causing the rain of fire to fall from the sky , Let lightning sweep across the front.

Like a giant dying to die, he swung his spear and sword at his enemies one last time before dying.

In the dominion hall, the piercing sirens had been forcibly turned off by Belsetia. The sounds of overloading and self-destruction of various devices in the depths of the Stars Temple filled the ears, and the interception firepower from the ground was more intensive than ever before. Black and red beams of light or lightning kept passing over the images from the external monitor, but these terrifying attacks seemed ridiculous and humble to the Silver Queen.

The more intense the enemy's interception firepower, the more panicked the commanders behind them, and the more correct their decisions are.

The Silver Empire is already very old, as old as the Temple of Stars. Many people feel that this stagnant empire is just like its stagnant "symbol", brilliant on the outside but weak on the inside.

But some people don't know that the forest never decays, and the forest will only rise again after burning and lightning strikes again and again, and update iteratively.

The Temple of Stars needs a solemn and epic ending, and the Silver Empire needs a decisive and legendary revival.

Maid Elaine stood quietly beside the throne of dominion. When the distant horizon began to tilt at the edge of the ship's gunwale of the Temple of Stars, and the dark and corrupt wasteland appeared in her vision, she bent slightly and whispered: "Your Majesty, is it worth it?"

"We are a country with an ancient civilization," the Silver Queen said calmly, "We are a great country with heavy responsibilities."

Chapter 1311 The Day of Flowing Fire

Flames flowed across the land, forests continued to burn in blazing fire, and a terrible gap was opened in the ancient magnificent wall. From the gap, the enemies of civilization poured out - and the defenders of the civilized world were defeated in a hurry , retreating continuously under the impact of the tide-like aberrations, from the foot of the majestic wall to the forest barrier, from the forest barrier to the border of the kingdom, and then retreating, there are almost undefended towns and villages.

The ranger troops of the Gaoling Kingdom and the alliance troops sent by the Silver Empire are supporting these fronts. The original military defense line has been torn to pieces, the battlefield communication is also in chaos, and the mortal army that is still fighting has been cut off. Fight alone and alone across a long war zone, not knowing where your allies are, whether the defenses are still in place, or even if you are the only living person in this nightmare.

In fact, the garrison troops in many areas have no morale at all. The only reason why the soldiers are numb in almost crazy situations is that the enemy they face neither allows retreat nor accepts surrender.

And it was under such circumstances that some of them noticed the unforgettable scene in the sky—that scene happened at the high altitude in the north of Gaoling Kingdom, when the Temple of Stars wrapped in flames and thick smoke slowed down. Slowly falling towards the end of the horizon, almost half of the remaining legions on the border could clearly see the light falling towards the earth.

The Temple of Stars gave up all subsystems, and no longer considered returning and repairing. The old and decaying power center squeezed out its last trace of magic power, allowing those weapon systems that had long been on the verge of limit to shine at high altitude for the last time—— No matter how careful you are, no more careful throttling, no longer considering loss, every logic unit of the main control system is whistling, and the operating units in the mechanical cabin are roaring amidst sparks and thick smoke. For tens of thousands of years, this ancient Air Fortress finally dominated the blue sky once again.

Belsetia sat quietly on the throne of dominion, surrounded by pale golden thrones, countless pipes and cables shone and cracked under her feet and behind her, her spirit was slightly in a trance, and she was in a trance from all the places in the Temple of Stars. The nerve signals from everywhere swarmed into her mind incomparably noisily, which brought far more stress and pain than usual, but she suddenly smiled and whispered, "It's cheering."

Elaine Vanna stood beside the seat of dominion. This young maid had already torn off her overly long skirt and tied up her long hair. She was holding a charged long sword with flashing lights in each hand, and was about to Looking indifferently at the approaching dark land in the projection, the surrounding roar continued, but she still heard Belsetia's soft words. After being slightly dazed, she also smiled and leaned over: "That's great!" .”

Belsetia nodded lightly, she closed her eyes, and in the darkened field of vision, a hazy phantom suddenly appeared. Slender and tall, it stood there, with many hazy lines spreading around it, those lines stretched in the darkness, and finally connected behind Belsetia - it seemed to be saying something, but there was no sound coming out, But Belsetia seemed to understand something, she smiled at the other party in the dark, and sincerely thanked: "Thank you for your dedication over the years."

The figure nodded and waved goodbye.

Unprecedented vibrations and loud noises came from all directions, and the base structure of the Temple of Stars hit the edge of the polluted and corrupted earth firmly.

Like a mountain peak floating in the air crashing into the ground, the entire northern border of Gaoling Kingdom felt shaking like a major earthquake at this moment, even though the temple had slowed down properly to prevent damage to the still intact sentinel tower in the distance, this time The chain reaction caused by the crash will still change the appearance of this land forever, and at the same time as the impact occurred, the middle and upper structures of the Temple of Stars also disintegrated. The plains, hills, and mountains and river valleys around the impact point, countless aberration body legions pouring into the forest line of defense from those areas are unavoidable, and they turn into powder in the blink of an eye. Even those monsters that escaped from the crash area are Under the destruction of the shock wave, it was torn apart.

The entire battlefield seemed to be quiet, the monsters suddenly lost the command signal from the wasteland, and the mortals were at a loss in shock.

In the northern border of the Gaoling Kingdom, in the fragmented jungle defense line, the ranger troops of humans and silver elves watched the air fortress wrapped in flames and smoke fall into the ground in dumbfounded. It started to shake suddenly, and some soldiers finally managed to recover. Several human soldiers exclaimed, but the elves just gritted their teeth suddenly, and none of them made a sound.

Ranger General Lomar took two steps towards the horizon. The fire and smoke in the distance burned his eyes, and the charging sword in his hand buzzed.

A silver radiance emerged from his blond hair, and behind him, the other already exhausted silver elves also took a silent step forward, their hair color quickly changing from golden to silver.

The human soldiers on the scene looked at this scene with some amazement, and then they saw that the ranger general suddenly raised the blade in his hand high, and swung the sword to point at the aberrant legion that was in chaos in the distance, and a frightening roar came from The throat of this gentle and gentle elf burst out. It was an ancient elf who had not appeared on this land for thousands of years, but thousands of years ago, it made every creature in this wasteland and dense forest tremble with fear. Roar--

"massacre!!"

Countless battle cries of the same kind resounded from all over the forest, and the entire defense line was ignited by monstrous anger at this moment: "Slaughter!!"

……

In the rebellious courtyard shrouded in darkness and chaos, the golden oak tree in the center of the open space seemed to be blown by an invisible gust of wind suddenly. Amidst a series of shaking and friction sounds, countless golden leaves fell from the crown of the tree. There was a rain of fallen leaves in the courtyard, and a holy giant deer, which was lying quietly under the oak tree with its eyes closed, suddenly opened its eyes, stood up and looked towards a certain direction in the depths of the endless darkness.

In the next second, another figure shrouded in deep purple mist appeared out of nowhere beside the holy white giant deer. Her eyes were filled with lavender lightning, as if she was penetrating this vast space to see through the great changes taking place in the world. .

Amoen's voice came from the side: "Mirmina, you feel it, don't you..."

"Yes, I feel... such a huge fluctuation, the howling that permeates the entire mortal world, even if I lose the medium of 'believer', I can still see it clearly," Mirmina said in a deep voice, " The magic barrier has been severely damaged, and although it has been repaired now, it has not been completely repaired... Those chaotic things are spreading to the civilized world..."

Amoen didn't say a word, just stared at a certain direction in the darkness, the light around him began to surge, and the powerful energy field rippled around him, this obvious change finally caused Mir Mina's vigilance, the former goddess of magic stared at her "roommate" with wide eyes: "Wait, what are you going to do, old deer..."

"I'm going...I have to go..." Amorn's voice was low, and he kept tapping the rocks under his feet with his front legs. The huge rock made of unknown substances in the Shadow Realm and the fragments of the Voyager alloy was even in his presence. "The situation over there is very bad. I saw... I saw a sea of ​​flames flowing in the darkness, and a ball of shining light fell down. I have to help them..."

"Sit down!" Mirmina stared, stepped forward and roughly pressed Amoen's head—but it took a long time to fail, so she could only let go and continue to stare fiercely at him. "Be clearer! Do you know what you are doing? Do you know how much you paid to cut off the connection with the mortal believers? Even if you don't think about yourself, you think about them—you do a favor now , What should we do in the future? Let them commemorate this 'advent' and 'miracle' again? At that time, don't say that you will be pulled back, and the future of those elves will be over!"

Amoen shook his head vigorously. He had never heard Mirmina speak in such a loud voice. The other party's shouts full of anger and uncontrollable energy impact made his mind buzzing, but after a while He still raised his head, staring at Mirmina's eyes as if they were condensed with light: "I have to go—not as the God of Nature, I am going as 'Amoen'."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Mirmina glared at him, and dazzling lightning flashed in her hands, "No, your brain is broken, I have to calm you down..."

"I'm calm, I know what I'm doing, and I know what consequences it might lead to—but I have a reason," Amorn's gaze swept over the lightning in Mirmina's hand, and his voice seemed He was calmer than before, but also more determined, "Not all help from a higher power is a 'miracle', if I am just a mortal, can I not help them? And I can not show up in front of them, I can just quietly help by the side, and I can leave quickly..."

He paused slightly, shook his head and said: "You also know the laws behind the operation of the gods. The key to things is not what I do, but what they think I have done, and what they think they can do—for The awe of the gods has faded in their hearts for thousands of years, and as long as I act carefully, this will not be regarded as some kind of 'miracle', maybe...

"Perhaps, it's just that some incredible things happened. It's just that a powerful beast... rushed out of the forest...there is everything in the dense forest, and they can explain it slowly. The key is now, they need..."

"...Why are you explaining to me in such detail?" Mirmina interrupted him suddenly. The lightning in the hands of the goddess of magic had dissipated at some point, and her voice calmed down. She just watched Amo quietly. Looking into En's eyes, he said in a low voice, "You just need to be clear-headed—I'm not your guardian, I'm still staying with you."

This time, it was Amoen who was startled: "You...don't stop?"

"I can't stop it, I can only persuade—but now I find that I can't persuade myself," Mirmina lowered her gaze, "To be honest, if it wasn't for 'starving' myself too much to get out of the god It's so hard that I haven't slowed down yet, I really want to stop you here forcibly..."

She shook her head, and looked at the holy giant deer in front of her with a very serious expression: "I only confirm one thing-can you really do what you say? When you see their blood bleeding everywhere, see them Seeing them shouting for help in the fire, can you really guarantee that you are just a 'Mortal Amorn'?

"You're keeping out of their sight, and there's only so much you can do, and the moment you step out of line... there's nothing left to do."

Amorn and Mirmina looked at each other calmly. After a long time, he nodded slightly, and then walked towards the deep darkness beyond the rebellious courtyard.

His figure disappeared into the depths of chaos.

"...You really know the way to leave," Mirmina looked at the direction where Amorn disappeared, and after staring for a long time, she slowly retracted her gaze, and looked at the magical equipment shining with various lights around her, thinking for a moment After that, she sighed helplessly, "Okay...Let me think about how to explain this to them...but they may have been burned out..."

……

The Supreme Government Office was brightly lit, and information from various channels was continuously gathered in front of Hetty and Gao Wen. The sound of hurried footsteps and tense conversations echoed in the corridors, and orderly orders were issued in the process. Being distributed and passed on, it became an instruction to drive the operation of the huge machine of the empire, and it also became the source of rebuilding confidence for many people.

The frontiers of the civilized world are facing an unprecedented challenge, but the highest control organs of the empire are still operating in an orderly manner. As long as the lights of the Supreme Government Office and Cecil Palace are not extinguished, the situation is still under the control of mortals ——at least in the minds of those confident Cecilians, this is how the world should work.

After throwing a copy of the latest information back on the table, Gao Wen lightly rubbed his brows. His face was serious, but not too gloomy.

The shocking changes that took place on the front line were immediately transmitted back to the imperial capital at the northern foot of the Dark Mountains, and not long after that, information about Typhon, about the Silver Empire, and other places came one after another from afar. The news was sent to the front of the eyes intensively, and from the information, the situation that made everyone feel suffocated was outlined.

The Great Wall "failed" due to unknown reasons, the Sentinel Tower stopped operating, and a large number of loopholes appeared in the barrier around the wasteland. The army of aberrations swarmed out of it, and showed a clear tendency of discipline in the process. The enemy, Typhon's line of defense was tight, the contact between the Silver Empire and the Ogulei Tribal State was interrupted, and then the No. 98 Sentinel Tower was completely destroyed. Become a "green forest defense line"...

Gao Wen thought that there would definitely be some accidents in this big "counterattack on the wasteland" operation, and things would definitely not go as smoothly as everyone imagined.

But to be honest, the scale of this "accident" is really too big.

But fortunately, he is a double-severe patient with "phobia of insufficient firepower" and "obsessive-compulsive disorder". Even in the case of "no need", he has been desperately piling up "backup plans" in the direction of the wasteland.

After all... Ever since the day the coffin was uncovered, he suspected that the wall was over, and now that he saw it, it was really over.

Chapter 1312 Rear

Regarding the wasteland of Gondor in the south, Gawain prepared a lot of backup plans, backup plans of backup plans, and backup plans of backup plans—he even had so many plans that sometimes both Hetty and Rebecca It feels completely unnecessary, but he'll still keep adding "weight" to the wasteland whenever he gets the chance.

The first reason is that Gawain Cecil left a strong impression in his memory 700 years ago, which made Gawain maintain the highest level of vigilance against the endless wandering monsters in the wasteland at all times , and the second is based on Gao Wen's own judgment - ever since he knew that the ancients of this world used a wall to lock deadly natural disasters in a wasteland, he felt that this matter was not very reliable, after all, in the previous life Numerous experiences told him that the disaster that is covered will definitely explode, and the wall used to block monsters will inevitably collapse. What is the purpose of erecting such a barrier like a world wonder on the border?Isn't that just to make it bigger when the CG is released!

So ever since the day he unveiled the coffin, he has been preparing for the day when the walls of the wasteland will completely collapse—now it can only be said that this day has finally come.

He rubbed the space between his brows, raised his head from the documents on his desk, and slowly scanned the huge room. There were many senior government officials including Hetty sitting in the room, and many of them were projecting holographic images. The magic net terminal, one by one, real or virtual figures gathered here, some were waiting to report the updated situation, and some were waiting for the next order.

"At present, our soldiers have stabilized the line of defense," Philip's figure floated in front of Gawain's eyes over a Magic Net terminal not far away, and the background behind this young imperial commander was the busy frontline command post, " After the green forest barrier was raised, the main vanguard of the enemy army fell into the predation area and was completely wiped out. We then used superior firepower to cut off the advance route of the aberrations—the enemy's follow-up troops have temporarily retreated to the depths of the wasteland, and we have already We took the opportunity to push the main force into the wasteland, and established several temporary strongholds in the south of the former site of the Great Wall. Now we are waiting for the purification device to take effect, and continue to send reconnaissance units to collect enemy movements."

Gao Wen nodded slightly, and then turned his gaze to another holographic projection on the opposite side, where a special figure was standing quietly.

That was Beltira——in the holographic projection directly connected through nerve conduction, she mimicked herself as she was when she was still a human, and half of the background behind her was the giant Sorin tree standing on the plain and bathed in sunlight , and half of it is a vast forest standing upright on the edge of the wasteland and incarnate as a green forest barrier.After noticing Gao Wen's gaze, she nodded immediately and said, "I'm in good condition here, and the distal limbs have survived smoothly. Now I'm transforming the biomass I prey on during the day, and it may take some time."

"Okay, don't worry there, you must first ensure that you can take root stably - now there has been a big irreparable hole in the majestic wall in the northern region, and you are the most important barrier there." Gawain exhaled, unusually said solemnly.

While saying this, he also lamented in his heart that his bold decision at the time was indeed correct. Letting the giant tree of Thorin spread towards the wasteland was probably the most successful of the many plans he set up.

This grand and risky plan cannot be realized overnight. Of course, it is impossible for Beltira, who is far away in the Holy Spirit Plain, to transfer part of his limbs to the front line in the southern part of the Dark Mountains. The "spread plan" was actually launched a long time ago. It was decided by him and Bertila in secret—they had discussed the possibility of making the Sorin giant tree grow in one direction, and discussed using a synthetic brain to solve the difficulty of controlling the giant tree's distal limbs during the process. , Using the biomass factories along the way to solve the root nutrition deficiency in the "spreading period".

He took this as a hole card, even within the empire, only a limited number of high-level executives and some executors directly involved in the plan knew the existence of the plan, and in the past year or so, Bertila's The roots have been spreading in the depths of the earth without anyone knowing - it took her more than half a year to spread from the east of the Holy Spirit Plain to the southern border, and then spread from the southern border to the dark mountains, and it took her another two months to pass through the dark mountains The rock formations with complex structures, underground caves, and mountain cavities, then secretly grew in the plains near the magnificent wall. Relying on the nutrition provided by the large number of biomass factories set up along the way by the advancing troops, a large-scale "predatory organ" was bred underground. "...

Of course, this large-scale "spread" is not completely untraceable. Although Bertila has tried her best to let her roots move deep in the earth, she still needs some "nodes" close to the surface to replenish nutrients or Communicate with the local operators responsible for cooperation, so in the past year, in Pompeii, Cecil, the South Gate Fortress, the advance base and other "spreading areas" from time to time, some people have discovered some wonderful phenomena.

These wonderful phenomena include but are not limited to extremely lush forests, lush vegetation in winter, clean flowers blooming in polluted areas... These things can be regarded as what Beltira accidentally dropped during the growth process "Detritus", and these "detritus" that cannot be explained by common sense have left rumors like urban legends and wild folk tales in many places...

Fortunately, the rumors are just rumors, and this secret plan has been carried out smoothly to this day, but it is a pity... Originally, Gawain did not intend to let Beltira be exposed so soon.In his initial plan, Beltira will always be a "dark front" spreading deep in the earth. When the advancing troops on the ground launch a frontal attack, she will secretly spread underground until the army advances to the ground. In the depths of the wasteland, when the battle with the enemy reaches a critical point, the "living forest" will rush out of the ground, bloom in the core area of ​​the wasteland, and give a note to those who like to mess around secretly. Punch in the face.

It's a pity that this can only be something in his imagination-who would have expected that the magnificent wall would break a big hole at this juncture?

"I'm sorry, Brother Gawain." Probably noticing the change of expression on Gawain's face, Beltira said suddenly without waiting for Gawain to speak, "Drilling out of the ground was my act—I exposed your most important A card."

"It's not your fault. If you waited for my order to act in that situation, I'm afraid the front line has already fallen, and even the Typhon defense line next to it will be completely torn apart. At that time, no matter what cards we have It's meaningless." Gao Wen waved his hand, "I gave you the authority to make decisions on your own in an emergency, just to deal with this sudden situation."

At this point, he paused, and changed the topic: "The situation is already like this, we have to look forward—how is the current situation under the wasteland? Can you continue to move forward?"

"I have already started to encounter resistance," Beltira said immediately, "Just as I expected, those cultists also relied on building a network of nerves and roots underground to establish a command system. This is a unique technical means of the Death of All Things Society , and now they are aware of my existence, this root network... is turning into an active defense state."

She narrowed her eyes slightly, as if she was perceiving the state of some nerve nodes in the distance, opened her eyes after a while and continued: "Now the enemy has concentrated the power of their root system network to the northern region, and my roots are growing. There was stubborn resistance in the middle—now we can only break through head-on, and it is impossible to go around.”

Gawain looked seriously at the former dark patriarch who was attacking the wasteland alone on a battlefield invisible to ordinary people: "Do you currently have the advantage?"

Speaking of this, Bertila's expression suddenly showed a hint of pride: "You can rest assured that although their root network resists tenaciously, they are by no means my opponents—they never thought that they would encounter an attack spreading underground. And I've been preparing for this for a long time. It's just that it will take some time, I have to find the defect of their 'subterranean immune barrier' first..."

Listening to Beltira's description, Gawain couldn't help imagining what it would be like - the roots of the giant tree of Thorin kept growing and attacking at the edge of the wasteland, and another hostile dark root network built a huge To counter the Great Wall, in the depths of the soil and rocks that ordinary people cannot see, the living roots are entangled and attack each other, using toxins and parasitic spores as weapons, using underground caves and dark rivers as camp barriers, day and night, but silent silent……

This is already a "battle" beyond the comprehension of the world. I am afraid that even the most outstanding strategists in the world will not be able to find their place in this battle. Even Gao Wen himself... can't make any suggestions at this moment.

"Be careful," he can only say, "don't underestimate the enemy - although your existence is beyond their expectations, those dark cultists have also developed in the wasteland for many years, and no one knows that they are still setting up in the depths of the old empire What kind of trap cards did you use. Your 'attack' underground is going alone, and it is difficult for our ground troops to provide you with effective support, so you must be extra cautious in the process of going deep into the enemy's territory."

"Yes, I understand." Bertila said solemnly.

Gao Wen spoke again after a short thought: "Next, let's discuss the...discipline displayed by those mutant monsters during their attack."

"Yes, the discipline is obvious, there is a command structure behind those monsters," Bertila responded immediately, "During the brief contact with the enemy's vanguard...I mean, during the 'eating' process, I also At the same time, I touched the spiritual connection behind them. Those monsters themselves have limited intelligence, but their spirits are connected together and accept the command of some higher nodes. I also recognized one of the most obvious nodes, his name is Perrelet Mu, is one of the 'patriarchs' of the Wasteland branch of the End of All Things Society..."

"It sounds like a 'psychic command network' structure similar to that of the Crystal Cluster Legion back then," Gao Wen said thoughtfully, rubbing his chin, "but the scale is larger and the efficiency is obviously higher—the Crystal Cluster Legion back then The cluster legion does not have such an astonishing number, and there are not so many strange mutant individuals in the crystal cluster legion..."

"The mind command technology we used at the beginning is in the same line as the branch in the wasteland," Bertila said in a strange tone, but soon continued with his usual expression, "Part of it comes from The Eternal Sleeper, part of which belongs to the nerve pulse technology of the Dark Druids, but obviously, the branch of the End of Everything in the wasteland did not share all the information with us 'compatriots' outside, they kept it Some of the key information has been refined over the years...and that refinement has likely been done very recently."

As soon as her words fell, Hetty beside her couldn't help asking curiously: "It was completed recently? How did you judge this?"

"I briefly invaded Bertram's spiritual world—he only thought I was torturing his will, and he didn't notice the intrusion," Bertera explained. "During the intrusion, I glimpsed A part of the flow of consciousness in their huge command system, although I couldn't intervene at the time, I can still see that it is a thing that has just been born and is still slowly growing and perfecting."

Hetty nodded lightly after listening: "That's right, if those cultists had established this system and successfully controlled the aberrations in the entire wasteland, they wouldn't have waited until now to act. Armies, they could have swept the world years ago."

Gao Wen then asked, "This is important information - is there any loophole in their command system that can be exploited?"

"It's hard to say, I need more information," Bertila shook his head, "It's best to capture a few high-level nodes for me to try... Let me analyze it, maybe I can learn from their mutated nervous system. find a way to further intrude or disrupt that chain of command."

"...As the battle situation develops, we will find an opportunity," Gawain said with a slight nod, and then looked at Beltira with a strange expression, "But having said that, this time you are in a hurry...'eat' I killed a lot of monsters that came out of the wasteland, is it really okay?"

"...Frankly speaking, it's not very tasty, not even as good as the stones in the Dark Mountains," Beltira's expression became weirder than Gawain's, "but there was really no other way at that time, those monsters were dirty and poisonous, I had to get rid of them as soon as possible The pollution left after their death - throwing it into the biomass splitting pool is the fastest and most effective method. But you don't have to worry about me, the dirty bodies of those monsters have been completely digested in the splitting pool, and their toxins are also for me It can be transformed and absorbed, but..."

Bertila paused, as if trying to suppress the urge to gag, and then continued after a while: "It's just... it's really bad, it's really bad, it's better to eat dirt."

If the resentment in Bertila's words had any substance, the people at the scene didn't know how to express it. The life form and way of looking at the world of this tree lady have always been fresh and refined, and there is no way for others to comfort or echo her. As for Gao Wen... a strange idea could not help but appear in Gao Wen's mind. He always felt that he might see a new book circulating in the empire soon, "Gourmet Encyclopedia-How to Eat Food in the Empire" edited by Bertila Eat Soil"...

Fortunately, he didn't let this weird idea stay in his head for too long, because soon, an urgent message from the front line was sent to him.

The once-extinguished sentinel towers on the frontier of the wasteland... have restarted.

Chapter 1313 Rescue Plan

The sentinel towers on the border of the wasteland are gradually restarting. This is the information from two observation points near Typhon and the southwestern border of the empire.

Of course, the restarted Sentinel Tower does not include Tower No. 98, which has been confirmed to be completely destroyed—that tower has been turned into a huge wreckage on the ground in a series of explosions and collapses, and within its original projection range, The Great Wall has broken an irrecoverable hole, which is currently blocked by the green forest barrier transformed by Beltira.

"According to the information from the two remote positions, it can be confirmed that the magnificent wall in most areas is slowly recovering itself, and the speed and scope of the aberration legion's outflow of the wasteland have been effectively curbed," said the holographic projection. Philip was reporting the battle situation on the front line with a serious expression, "But there should still be a large number of large-scale gaps on the entire barrier. Apart from the completely destroyed section like the No. 98 tower, there are still some areas where the barrier has power. Defenders here and there are still trying to plug those gaps—drops, reduced projection ranges, misplaced connections—but communication jams across the front make it difficult for us to confirm the status of all our allies.”