High Above

The war on Terra is mainly divided into three parts: the top showdown between the strong, the core target raid by elite troops, and the defensive counterattack by large troops.

Because of the existence of sublimated ones, the war in this world is completely different from that on Earth. In addition to the most common coordination between armored units and infantry units, and the coordination between air units and ground troops, sublimated units also need to cooperate with non-sublimated units.

The result of the collaboration is a combat force composed of ordinary people, mostly composed of mortals and first-level officers. Their mission is not to attack fortresses, or to use their lives to consume the enemy's power... because they can't do it. To be sure, based on the conventional firepower of the Terran countries, without relying on fortifications and other fortifications, no matter how many troops there are, they will be blown to ashes.

Therefore, their mission is to 'hold' and 'control the area', and most of them are garrison and engineering troops.

Rely on fortresses and fortresses, and use various fortifications that can threaten the Ascendants and Armor to block the enemy's attack.

The top showdown between the strong refers to sublimators above the third level.

When they face an ordinary army, they will massacre. If one side has it but the other side doesn't, unless the other side has etheric weapons and virtual realm machine gods, it will definitely be defeated.

Therefore, when the two sides go to war, the top strong ones should be evenly matched, and the large forces of both sides will stick to each side's positions and gradually encroach on the other side's control area.

Then, the responsibility of attacking is given to the ‘elite troops’.

In the past, this elite force referred to high-speed armor-sublimated troops that were mainly armored and second-level sublimated. They had extremely strong mobility and destructive power and could easily cause devastating blows to the enemy.

In the world war in Terra 658, highly mobile armor technology was redeveloped for the first time. It was no longer the 'heavy and stupid' iron golem of the past. In that battle, the Central Empire was completely destroyed. Junling Castle relied on the power of the black tide of the Dark Mountains to charge directly at the large army of Junling Castle in the northern fortress group of the empire.

The one hundred years since then have been the most glorious hundred years of armor... Only after that, with the advancement of technology in various countries and the popularization of various anti-armor weapons, the fortress has become stronger, and the armor itself has also With the constant changes in positioning, ordinary armor has gradually become unable to cope with rapid destruction tasks.

Instead, there are high-speed siege and tactical suppression units like Feiyan's 'Constructed Knight'.

Ian has already seen the relevant troops of the empire, which are variable-form mobile armor based on the 'High-Speed ​​Mobile Fortress' and the 'Sixth Generation Aerospace Armor'.

It can reach speeds several times the speed of sound, carry a large number of heavy artillery shells, and can also transform into armor to assist the Ascendant in close combat.

In comparison, the Flying Flame Knight, which is unable to fly and has a huge target, although its firepower still has an advantage, will still be technologically suppressed by the empire.

This is impossible.

Feiyandi has definitely done some research in this area. Among other things, Ian knows that the other party can develop the 'Dead River Arms', a tool that converts the power of demons into his own power.

And now, the 'half-demon' like Rong Ying shows that Feiyandi has come very far in research on the virtual realm and demons.

The empire has also researched demon-related technologies, but in the direction of virtual realm and psychic energy, most of them are in various directions related to echo and human memory.

"If you think about it carefully, the Capital of Knowledge is also trying to control the beasts of a thousand stars. These countries of Terra really have no taboos."

Thinking of this, Ian couldn't help but shake his head slightly.

Through the previous analysis of Fusion Shadow, Ian probably understood the thinking on Feiyandi's side.

The essence of a demon is an information creature condensed from a curse, similar to a goblin.

But goblins are individuals that are instinctively differentiated from the soul of the planet, while demons are individuals that are condensed from the subconscious sea of ​​all intelligent creatures, that is, the human side of the virtual realm.

Melting Shadow's ability to devour souls and convert memories is very similar to the 'Void Sea Blood Demon' that Adelbert once told him. It was a big demon wandering in the subspace, born in the apocalypse disaster of the Flower of Karin. .

Several demon hunters in Yanjiang killed it and sealed it, but it remains immortal unless all memories of it are forgotten.

Feiyandi obviously took a fancy to this essence of the Blood Demon, so it continued to conduct experiments, and even almost created the 'Death River Arms' that could actually breed a new Blood Demon.

The Dead River Arms are not strong now. They were broken in the battle between Ian and the younger generation of heroes from various countries and the dark gold dragon, and can only be repaired slowly.

But this is only because Ian is not feeding it with soul and fear, and is even suppressing it.

If you let it go completely, it’s hard to imagine how far it will grow.

If the 'elite troops' on the Flying Flame Land side are related to things like demons and the 'Death River Arms'... it's no wonder that I almost didn't defeat him on the Path of Star-Ending.

"I remember that on the road to the dying star, the super warrior legion of the Flying Flame Land was called the 'Immortal'... I didn't know the origin at first, but if it is a creation related to some kind of demon and the Dead River Arms... everything makes sense."

After roughly confirming his guess, Ian continued to look at Rong Ying, who had found a secluded place to close his eyes and meditate, and began to establish a spiritual connection with the 'headquarters'.

"I hope I can find some hint of Feiyandi's true plan from you..."

He whispered to himself.

at the same time.

January 2, Terra 775.

In the Flying Flame Land, in the Light Controlling Land, the lights of the Rough Stone Research Institute stay up all night.

Ever since the Flying Flame Land Federation issued the ‘Scientific Research Priority Decree’, a steady stream of funds has been pouring into this land, keeping this place unusually busy.

One of the kings of the Flying Flame Land, the Light Controlling King Carlo Niemathas, sat in his exclusive seat, frowning slightly and looking at the map on the screen in front of him.

The map on the screen is the southwest direction where the Empire meets the Flying Flame Land and the surrounding city fortresses in the Far Flame Land desert. The map covered by fog is densely packed with small light spots. Each light spot can slightly illuminate the surrounding area shrouded in fog. map.

And each point of light represents a spy sent out by Feiyandi, and the information that the spy passed back.

As the Light Controlling King who controls the soul of 'Yingying Flying Light', Carlo dislikes darkness very much.

This darkness is not only physical darkness, but also informational darkness... He never fights an unprepared battle.

So, before the war comes, he will light up everything he can.

However, on this map that has been mostly lit up, there is a darkness with only a few tiny fireflies.

A darkness called ‘Nanling’.

Carlo hates this darkness...especially the people who live in this darkness, who are the people he longs for but cannot be, who are born to see the 'light'.

A prophet.

"Can a crisis prophet even predict espionage operations?" He murmured to himself: "Then why can our prophets only foresee 'opportunities'?"

He murmured to himself in a soft tone: "If we do not hinder the development of the empire, our opportunities will completely disappear... The words of the prophet have always been so weird."

"Although no one knows whether this disappearance will be gentle or devastating, it is clear that the latter is more likely."

"The empire...even if it encounters so many disasters in a row, it still has the potential to destroy us."

Sighing, the Light Controlling King did not think that the prophet's prophecy was necessarily correct, especially since the major forces in Terra had prophets or relics of the prophets that could be used. Under mutual interference, the near future Fortunately, at a little distance it becomes incredibly vague and even full of errors.

But no matter what, the empire quickly regained its strength under Axel's rule, and even had a hint of the national strength that it had when it was able to fight alone against the three kingdoms of Junling Castle, Feiyan Land and Cangtian Royal Court.

Moreover, in the recent period, they have made a big splash in the Alien Research Institute - Canaan Moore's pro-Cangtian Royal Court pillar party has been defeated, the elves have fully turned to the empire, and although Guntregum has not come, he has also received He received a sponsorship from the empire, so that it was the Cangtian Royal Court that was surrounded by the Three Kingdoms.

The situation in Feiyandi is even more anxious.

To the southwest of the Flying Flame Land is Whale Song Cliff, which is the base camp of the Seaborn. It is also where the remnants of the super insect swarm "Sea Demon Insect" that almost swept Terra were located. Although their main nest was destroyed, there are still many nests. They still exist, and from time to time they try to reunite and give birth to their supreme mother queen again.

All the forces in Terra will fund Whale Song Cliff, and Flying Flame Land is no exception, but this also blocks their access to the outer sea.

To the northwest of the Flying Flame Land is the Far Coast Island - the Far Coast Island is the most remote force on the Terra Continent, and it is also a large force that blocks the outlet of the Quiet Inland Sea. They control the ocean currents between the Terra Continent and the New World. , are a group of lonely, silent, and difficult to communicate with.

Directly north is the Capital of Knowledge. This is an absolutely neutral organization. Their predecessor was the federal central database of the civilization of the previous era. There are the most powerful doomsday response measures and shelters of the civilization of the previous era, so the legacy there is It also has the most relics of pre-epoch civilization, so that the Capital of Knowledge is the force with the highest average cultural level on the continent of Terra.

As for the east...it's the Empire and the Seven Cities Alliance.

The Flying Flame Land is surrounded by five forces, and there is no way to even go to the New World to get a piece of the pie. It is impossible to open up the land. The two major internal bloodlines are full of contradictions. If it were not for the existence of the great enemy of the Empire, I am afraid that I would have been on my own long ago. Knock out the brains.

To be honest, it would be better to beat out his own brains like Canaan Moore. If one party is destroyed, the other party can survive for a while longer by eating the corpses, and the federation can also integrate its voices and work hard to govern.

Feiyandi, who is firmly stuck, cannot resist the condemnation of other countries to attack the insignificant Whale Song Cliff, or the city of knowledge, which is probably no weaker than them. And the Far Coast Island is barren and dangerous, and at least it can defend itself. Their military force is not bad, and the only direction in which they may gain benefits is the Seven Cities Alliance and the Empire.

The Seven Cities Alliance originally evolved from several pioneer families in the early days of the Empire, and has the same roots as the Empire.

In this case, there is only one answer.

That is to attack, to attack in the direction of the empire!

It doesn't matter if you fail. As long as you launch an attack, all the suffocating problems will disappear, and all the conflicts that aggravate the conflicts within the federation will subside. As long as the war starts and some people die, life will become easier.

If you can take another bite of flesh from the empire, that would be great.

Not to mention, there are prophecies to support their actions - if they don't stop the empire from reviving, the Flying Flame Land may be crushed by the empire and pushed into the Sea of ​​Tranquility.

Carlo originally believed that the past few years were a good opportunity. The rebellion of Archduke Thorin in the Empire turned the Archduke Thorin, the strongest armed force in the northwest, into a ghost. Even if the Empire urgently mobilized troops to build fortresses to fight, it was still a hasty move.

Especially in the recent period, the imperial capital has been diverting resources to the eastern front, and the southwest corps cluster has been somewhat turbulent. This is a good opportunity for them to seize the opportunity to launch a large-scale attack.

However, all this was predicted by the prophet.

Ian Silver Peak's prophecy in Nauman City directly exposed the battle plan that had already been laid out. After receiving his prophecy, the Southwest Corps Group was alert again.

Although he said that the "Flying Flame Land" will definitely succeed... it will definitely succeed. As long as the Federation is willing to pay the price, the Southwest Corps' defense line will definitely be broken... but who will pay the price?

"The prophets of South Ridge must be destroyed."

This is the decision of the Federation, but before assassinating the opponent, they should at least have some information about Nanling - but now the problem is here.

Feiyandi couldn't get any information about Ian at all.

As long as he is a spy or a lurker, he will be caught before he gets close to the Xiahui Territory. And the third-level strongman with the ability to assassinate him is extremely valuable. Setting off like this without intelligence is tantamount to giving it away - let alone It is said that this Ian is still a disciple of Fudo Castle, and his combat prowess is first-rate, even comparable to the strongest geniuses of the younger generation in various countries.

Generally speaking, the third level used to deliver food, but the fourth level was unable to attack at will and cross the border.

Take the Light Controlling King himself, for example. He is confident that he will kill Ian after meeting him, but first he can cross the border, and then kill Ian before the empire's support arrives - every fourth can Level 1 units are all strategic units that are strictly guarded by other forces. How can they be successfully dispatched so easily?

Herein lies the trouble.

And this is why the third level can be called the 'high-level', because only the strength of the third level can make those big forces who want to assassinate you tied up and don't know how to deal with them.

"Ian Silver Peak..."

Reciting the name silently in his mind again, the Light Controlling King couldn't help but sigh: "Why do cheating people like prophets exist in this world?"

It was when he suppressed the depression in his heart and maintained his elegance on the surface.

Suddenly, a spot of light lit up on the Nanling map on the screen.

Carlo stared at the light spot blankly, then stood up suddenly: "Yes!"

Finally it’s there!

Moreover, looking at the area and brightness...it's actually Xia Hui Ling!

Turning his head, Carlo knew who was successful... naturally it was the fusion demon 'Rong Ying'. He lived up to expectations, deceived the defense measures and prophets of the Xiahui Territory, and successfully lit up the Xiahui Territory's map!

Sitting back, Carlo closed his eyes and meditated. Sure enough, at the other end of time and space, the merging shadow was calling his consciousness.

The information sent back by Rongying is very detailed and important, including the city map of Xiahui Territory, its management system, the level of force, and the many policies and decrees formulated by the prophet now...

Perceiving this information, Light Controlling King Carlo sometimes frowned and sometimes relaxed.

He had to admit that he still underestimated the prophet.

According to Rongying's information, this young alchemist master managed his territory in an orderly manner. Not only did he promulgate a variety of welfare policies, he even initially solved the food and clothing problem of the territory and mountain residents through new agriculture and imports.

In addition, he has also developed a variety of new weapons. In addition to the original magnetic storm and light prism series, Xiahui Ling also has a large-scale exoskeleton mechanical armor, although it is currently mainly used for urban patrols and land reclamation. It is a work, and the model is relatively old and does not have many functions, but the ability to create such a creation is enough to prove that Xiahui Ling's technical level has reached a considerable level.

In addition, one can even vaguely see the almost ubiquitous light prism turrets and magnetic storm coils in Xiahui City.

This is a city armed to the teeth.

Well, according to the information, Xiahui Territory and the Capital of Knowledge are also cooperating with the dwarves of Fallen Star Hills. No wonder the fortress is so professional. This prophet lord has very clear ideas.

"Thankfully I got the information about Rong Ying."

Taking a long breath, Carlo even felt a sense of joy in his heart: "If Rong Ying hadn't successfully infiltrated, I might have thought that it would take at least three or four years for the mountain people and the Xiahui Leader to become a sufficient threat."

"But looking at it now, I'm afraid it will only take a year before he is no longer a target that can be beheaded or destroyed by an elite team. By then, it will be impossible to eliminate him without dispatching absolutely elite troops. !”

"And in four or five years, the re-armed mountain people and the Nanling Mountains operating at full capacity will become the new troop and material supply base for the Southwest Army - by then, there will really be no chance again!"

This is the so-called understanding of subtleties.

Carlo knew that his speculation might seem too exaggerated to others, but he knew very well what a talented and powerful Ascended Lord could change his territory into.

You know, in a place like Terra, a knowledgeable lord can carry out technological breakthroughs and the construction of major projects alone, shortening a project that took ten years to solve to within one year.

Not to mention, this lord also has a dragon to help him... Damn it, there is a dragon to help prepare the terrain or open up wasteland, God knows how fast this group of people will develop!

"We must start preparing a plan against the Silver Peak Prophet immediately!"

Standing up, the Light Controlling King made up his mind to raise an issue at the next federal conference to completely eliminate the biggest threat to the Flying Flame Land!

"Rong Ying, you will continue to lurk in Xiahui Territory."

He gave instructions to the fusion demon in the distance without hesitation: "When the necessary moment requires your cooperation in the future, you will create chaos in the Xiahui Territory. From now on, you must look for opportunities to find important areas in the Xiahui Territory. Wait until necessary." moment, destroy it!”

[As you command, my lord. But it takes time]

‘Rongying’ replied: [I already know where the water purification system and energy system of Xiahui Ling are. This exists in the memory of the original official, but penetration takes time. How long will it take for me to prepare? 】

"Less than a year." King Yuguang said: "The water purification system is irrelevant. After our biological warfare, they must have been prepared for it, but many of the weapon systems of Xiahui Leader require a lot of energy to destroy it."

[Follow the order] ‘Rong Ying’ said: [I’ll go prepare now]

Carlo ended the communication with satisfaction.

And Ian thoughtfully ended monitoring the soul of Fusion Shadow.

"Less than a year...sounds like before this winter? That should be the period of late summer and early autumn, eight or nine months."

He murmured to himself, then smiled: "It's not bad, there is enough time for me to prepare... Moreover, because of the information revealed by Rongying, Feiyan moved my target priority forward, but they There is no absolute power that can cross the Southwest Army to inflict a fatal blow on me."

"The shorter the time I have to prepare, the shorter the time Feiyandi has to prepare - their upper limit is much higher than mine. In this way, I still have the advantage."

"As for this spy..."

Turning his head, Ian continued to look at the expressionless 'Rong Ying', but his heart was filled with joy.

The other party has no idea that his inner thoughts are displayed in front of him as if transparently, but he is completely unable to realize this because of his soul seal.

Feiyandi's plan can also be extracted from him, and it still has some value.

And, half-demon?

"Let me ask the Dragon King and the others if they know about this wonderful life form."

Thinking of this, Ian's thoughts changed.

Dragon Island.

Ian, who was studying the Dragon Island database in the Ji Feng Dragon King's domain, suddenly raised his head and said to the empty hall: "Your Majesty the Dragon King, do you know about the existence of 'fusion demons' and 'half-demon's?"

I recommend a new book by an acquaintance, "I Am the Immortal of Immortality"! Classical cultivation of immortality is on the shelves early this morning. If you are fat, you will be killed!

Huang Liang's dream awakened and broke his ordinary mind, and from then on he opened the door to practice.

The golden crow flies and the jade rabbit walks away.

A grain of millet in the three realms, a few dust in the mountains and rivers.

Walking through the busy city with a sword.

No one knows that I am a true immortal.