Steel steam and flame

"Macquarie, it's not that far away from the arrival of the Red Star. It has been close to four years since the Astronomy Palace of the Theological Seminary released the news of the observation of the Red Star to this moment." MacOnis looked at the canopy of the tree. Layer, his eyes were fixed, just for a moment, it seemed that with his gaze as the axis, everything within a radius of five meters evaporated instantly. A hole appeared in the canopy, like a wellhead, allowing a beam of bright sunlight to shine down. Unfortunately, the beam did not fall on either him or Macquarie, but only illuminated a dry leaf.

"Two years later, there will be a great climate change. The Holy Child and the Holy Maiden meet. Thunderstorms bring heavy rains to all continents. Scenes similar to 'terrestrial waterfalls' will appear in many places. Massive amounts of rain will become the source of moving steam, and war will take advantage of this. With the convenience of the heavy rain, it started happening little by little from the front." MacOnis was talking to himself, with a taste of memories in his eyes, "In two years, the Red Star will officially appear and will be visible during the day. In fact, the situation during the day is still there. It's better. At night, it often feels like the entire sky is light red, and the falling rain is no different from blood. But considering the approximate death toll in each war, it doesn't make sense to regard the rain as water mixed with blood. What's wrong? That period was also the most inconvenient time period. The influence of thunderstorms and red stars caused weak inductive force fields to spread almost all over the continent, and electrical things were affected. If it hadn't been processed, it would have been useless to use. It’s stable, but it might suddenly break down.”

"After that, the Red Star will continue for several years. As long as it lasts, the war will roughly last. Historical records say that sometimes the Red Star disappears, and the war has to continue for a while until the climate change ends." At this point, McOnis's words were filled with emotion, "Then, everyone stopped and began to focus on the internal problems of the country. The construction that should be built, the sorting that should be sorted out, as if nothing had happened, ushered in A longer period of peace.”

"The empire alone has a population of hundreds of billions, and the weapons and ammunition that have been accumulated for a long time will always find a place to be consumed. And you know that except for the first few wars, the wars caused by the Red Star have long since changed. , has become a need. Whether it is the empire, the other two giant countries, or those small countries, they all have varying degrees of desire for it. At least, I think this kind of war will not happen until the continent is completely unified. Although it is of no use or necessity, it cannot be denied that it is indeed pushing a lot of things forward." McGregor sighed after giving his opinion.

"I wonder if this regular cycle will end during the time when the six red stars come? It's fine if you experience it once, and it's meaningless if you experience it more. It no longer tastes, and it no longer makes people happy. If you are excited, you will only feel tired.”

After speaking, MacOnis turned his gaze from the sky to Macquarie's face: "As for you, although it has only been less than four years, too many things have happened during that time. You are still insisting on the plan you want to realize. , let surgery be completely popularized on the mainland, let the era of a surgeon come, and then hide in a corner and observe the changes in the world?"

Macquarie nodded: "The ecological circle of the surgeon is too small. As for us now, there are only so many faces all the time. If we see too many faces, we will inevitably feel tired."

"There will be no good results." MacOnis gave his own judgment in advance. "Just to support the current circle of surgeons, resources have become scarce. How many people are there in the empire? How many people are there in the entire Post-Phase Continent? Population? After some time, it won’t be a problem for the mainland’s population to approach one trillion base. Moreover, the difficulty is not in resources, but the competition will be more intense. What is difficult is that in this case, what structure should this group have? To support its stability. You must know that power is the purest hotbed that can directly generate various negative emotions and desires. Everyone becomes stronger because of the surgery, but it is not certain that the structure of the entire world will regress as a result. Empire The four forces have been able to stand for thousands of years only because of their control over surgery."

"These are exactly the things I want to observe silently. Apart from that, I have no other interests." Macquarie smiled, "I will choose a suitable time. I still have a lot of time. It doesn't have to be To achieve this, everything will be adjusted based on subsequent developments.”

"There is no need to take a pessimistic view of the world with this structure. In my expectation, it may reappear in another sense of ancient history due to the complete disappearance of world restrictions. I have learned about the surgical mechanism of the High Sea Commonwealth , Dragon-type materials are only excellent at the top level, other second-type creatures, almost endless underground creatures, and many marine creatures in the endless sea can be used as surgical materials. Furthermore, with this structure of the world After it begins to take shape, external exploration will progress. Maybe after six red stars, traces of the continental group that we have been unable to discover will suddenly appear?"

When MacOnis talked about it, it made Macquarie very happy.

"In the past, maybe I would have said the same thing as you, just thinking about it. But now..." Macquarie took a deep breath and slowly spit it out, "The six red stars can indeed be seen as a historical cycle. No one can say what changes will happen in a few years between the starting point and the end point. The only thing that is certain is that it does have the ability to bring about changes. The world limit is the best example. So I put the plan after the Red Star. I was very interested when I came.”

"Then I hope you can succeed." MacOnis did not hesitate to give his blessings, "Your words reminded me of something."

"Did the influence of the Red Star 'shield' traces of other continents to a certain extent?" McGregor guessed what MacOnis was going to say next.

"World restrictions may be one of the inherent basis for this speculation." MacOnis suddenly showed a strong interest, and his tone became more proactive, "Avalon has not yet studied the nature of the Red Star clearly. It's not clear what its specific role is. But considering that the Red Star can affect the limits of the world, can it also create a huge 'fog'? In the fog, other continents are actually not that far away from us, but whether it is Are we, or other continents, unable to discover the other side around us before the fog disappears? Or maybe we don’t have the power to break through the fog at the moment.”

Macquarie fell into thinking, and then he said: "Maybe I can get some information from the leader when she comes back soon."

"Then can I say... I hope you can give me an answer later?"

"Of course, we have no opposing positions on these matters."