Chapter 610 The Situation Is Precarious

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Solderling, who went to the north to investigate the situation, sent back the information. With the help of the hidden relay devices set up along the river bank along the way, the Iron Ranger advance team has always maintained the magic net communication with the southern border. With the support of convenient long-distance communication, high Wen immediately learned about the "cluster monsters" encountered by the high-level rangers.

To be honest, he wished the report never got to him.

"...We encountered those monsters in the Doran Hills to the northeast of Pompeii Territory... They look like humans made of flesh and crystal fusion, but they are stronger and taller than humans. They seem to have strong physical qualities. and certain spellcasting abilities, but the specific combat power is not clear. Only the burners are known to be very effective against them.

"According to the remaining clues, those monsters should have wandered from further north... Found a village that was attacked, but the villagers showed no signs of infection, and the source of pollution should not be nearby...

"...The local lord and his army responded to the call of the royal family and went to the front. It is said that there has been no news for a long time..."

Solderin in the holographic projection meticulously reported the situation in the north. The background behind him was a temporary camp built at the foot of Leeward Rock. The Iron Ranger soldiers were vigilantly watching not far away. Due to the lack of relay nodes, The communication screen was slightly disturbed and distorted, but Gawain could still see the obvious worried look on the face of the high-level ranger.

Communication in large areas was interrupted, the whereabouts of local lords were unknown, and strange flesh and blood crystal cluster monsters roamed out of the lost areas... No matter which feature, it pointed to the worst possibility.

After completing the report, the high-level ranger asked the next order: "Are we going to continue?"

"Continue to the periphery of the giant wood crossing, but if you encounter too many 'cluster infected', return immediately," Gao Wen instructed in a deep voice, "Pay attention to setting up relay devices and small-scale magic nets along the way... You bring Are the magic net units and small relays enough?"

"The relay devices are enough, if the magic net is concerned... We can directly install some of the relay devices in the mills and manors of the local lords. The magic net is more popular in the central and eastern plains, and the energy here is not a problem."

Gawain nodded, and then made some more detailed inquiries and arrangements before hanging up the communication.

He raised his head and looked at the people gathered in the room.

Hetty, Byron, Philip, Amber, Rebecca and others were of course present, and in addition, "technicians" like Carmel and Pittman were also called here.

"It is now certain that the large-scale destruction of the Society for the End of All Things has begun, and the situation may be more serious than we imagined. No matter how incompetent the nobles of the northern region are, they cannot let the hordes of them be completely undisguised. The whereabouts of monsters crossed their territory, this situation can only show one thing that the noble lords in the eastern Holy Spirit Plain have lost control of the situation," Gawain said solemnly, while his eyes looked at the hanging beside. On the wall, an accurate map of the whole of Ansu was marked. On that map, the eastern area of ​​the Holy Spirit Plain was marked with a large red circle, "The biggest problem now is that we are not sure how big the out-of-control area is. How many of those 'cluster infections' are, and what are the respective conditions of the royal family and the Eastern Territory."

As he spoke, what appeared in Gawain's mind was not only the hand-drawn map of Ansu, but also the overhead view from the satellite.

However, even with the aid of a satellite perspective, what he could see this time was limited.

Since last week, the entire area of ​​the giant wood crossing has been shrouded in thick fog. Although the fog has dissipated, the clouds still affect the satellite's view from the top. The eastern part of the plains of the Holy Spirit was enveloped by a powerful energy field, and a similar situation... he had only encountered it when he was overlooking the wasteland of Gondor.

Of course, he can't see everything. In areas where the distortion is not so severe and the interference of clouds and smoke is relatively light, he can see the traces of the outbreak of battle, and see some messy battlefields, but due to the lack of clarity, he It is not certain whether those battle marks were attacked by monsters, or whether the normal kingdom army fought against the Eastern Territory.

"The latest news from Baisha Mining. The social order in the East is still normal, but there is indeed a disturbing atmosphere spreading," Hetty said at this time. , many left-behind nobles in the eastern border are frequently gathering, visiting each other and sending messengers, and it seems that they have also cut off contact with the front line. Hom, who is in charge of the Baisha area, believes that the situation may worsen even if there is no foreign enemy attack, the left-behind aristocrats in the eastern border are losing control. There is also the possibility of civil unrest and a threat to mine safety.”

Speaking of which, she couldn't help but add with a weird expression: "The local nobles near the White Sand Hills seem... have not always liked our way of mining."

"The White Sand Hills... It is close to the Gelan area, it is a gap," Gawain pondered briefly, then looked at Rebecca, "Is the modification of the 'Iron Throne' completed?"

Rebecca's eyes lit up with excitement: "The armor plate has been welded, and the railgun and incinerator are installed! Now it's being tested at the depot for control and balance, but if you feel it's necessary, you can directly put the It goes to Glen, and the subsequent tests can be done there..."

After a brief thought, Gawain nodded: "Drive to Gelan and be on call at any time."

Then he paused again and turned his head to Byron.

"Where are the Pioneer, Aurora, and Morningstar now?"

"Arrived at Rock Harbor."

"You go immediately. After three days, whether or not there is new information from Soldrin, you will immediately cross the rock fortress and enter the Holy Spirit Plain along the Dorgon River, ready to support the Ranger advance team at any time. In addition, before I Sir Walder has been ordered to prepare a batch of mechanical ships for the refugees, they are still on standby in the port, and those ships are also under your command. If the situation really goes in the worst direction, you will use those ships. ."

When this order was given, even the old fritters knight, who had always been careless and without formality, had a serious look on his face.

If the officers of the Military Intelligence Agency are still only intelligence personnel, and if the Iron Rangers are just squad soldiers performing spying work, then once the three magic-guided mechanical battleships cross the rock fortress, once they enter the Dorgon River, the meaning will be completely different.

Since the end of the southern border unification war and the flag of the Principality of Cecil has been hung on the rock fortress, this land has closed its gates. The Holy Spirit Plain and the nobles in the north are all guessing what is brewing in this mysterious land. The power, guessing what kind of world is behind the steel-covered wall, they sent all kinds of spies and made all kinds of efforts, but in front of Cecil's strict social system, all Attempts to pry open the door were all in vain

Now, its door is finally about to open.

Those nobles of the plains who stared at the southern border and saw the present, will get their wish to see what is behind the gate.

"Yes," Byron said solemnly, but after a brief seriousness, he couldn't help laughing, "I guess the nobles of the plains along the Dorgon River would panic if they were all still alive. Of course it's more likely that they don't know our advanced warships at all..."

"This is a serious occasion," Philip immediately interrupted Byron with a stern face, and then looked at Gawain, "Sir, what about the Army Combat Corps?"

"Stand by for now."

At present, the intelligence is still insufficient, and Gawain is still not sure how serious the pollution or "curse" in the eastern plains is, how the strange "cluster" spreads, and is not sure about the Royal Army or the Eastern Army in those areas. In a situation where there is a serious lack of intelligence, it is not wise to rashly deliver ground troops.

On the other hand, powerful magic-guided warships have almost unsolvable power in this era and have excellent survivability. At the same time, warships sailing on the water can also greatly avoid the threat of "plague" from land, even if they do encounter situation, it also has the ability to return quickly.

Taking these two factors into consideration, he decided to let the magic warship enter the Dorgon River first. While going northward along the river to confirm the situation of the Holy Spirit Plain, he established reliable naval artillery support in the river channel to provide advance advance for the land troops. Field conditions, and after that, until Soldering gathers more information, he will consider letting follow-up tanks and infantry enter the potentially dangerous "polluted zone"...

The area where the Royal Army and the Eastern Border confrontation is located at the giant wood crossing in the east of the Holy Spirit Plain. Although it belongs to the eastern part of the plain, it is actually very close to the central area, and the Dorgon River just passes through that area, so the naval guns in the river can be used. Provides effective support to ground forces on land on the east coast.

The meeting was over and most of the people left the room, but Carmel and Pittman were left behind by Gawain.

"What do you think about the 'cluster infected' that Solderin mentioned?" Gawain's eyes swept between the two masters, and finally landed on Carmel, "That sounds really good. Like the 'God's Sin' back then, but the details seem to be different?"

"That's right, it's not the same as the gods in my memory," Carmel nodded and made a buzzing sound, "The gods we made back then, even the ones with the most severe crystallization infection, were only the main ones. Crystals will appear in the joints, accompanied by the swelling and distortion of the body, but according to Solderling, the crystal coverage rate of the 'infected' body surface he sees is even more than 50%, which is almost a mixture of crystals and organic matter. A creature that becomes..."

Having said this, he paused for a while, and then said: "This gives me a very strange feeling. Our research on the gods and evils in the past was to try to reduce the 'alienation' tendency of the carriers, so that they can carry the gods and evil factors at the same time. Becoming more human, and what Soldrin sees...is going to the other extreme, it's trying to make people...inhuman."

"This may be their so-called 'great evolution' abandoning the human body and embracing the new form brought about by mutation," Gawain shook his head and turned his eyes to Pittman, "Based on your understanding, you think this 'infection' may By what means of transmission? Or, what kind of preventive measures are the most effective?"

"No matter how bizarre it looks, the 'plague spell' of all things will die is essentially a plague, and the spread of the plague is nothing more than a few ways of water, food, air, and the use of cursed corpses to contaminate it. Airborne It is the most efficient way, but it usually only spreads relatively weak plagues, and it is easily dispelled by ritual spells, followed by water and food, which are the favorite methods of all things, but boiled water and thorough heating Food can effectively deal with it. As for the last one... the cursed corpse has the strongest contamination power, because flesh itself is an excellent casting material, so our various types of burners are necessary: ​​all corpses must be burned, It is always safest to burn them to ashes in the shortest possible time, regardless of friend or foe, regardless of status Make sure it's safe."

Gawain touched his chin: "It doesn't sound like anything special..."

"For us, for the people of the South, it may be so, but on the Plains of the Holy Spirit, any of these routes of transmission is deadly enough," Pittman put away his usual sloppy appearance, and held his own Beard, sighed in a low voice, "The firewood needed to boil a pot of water is enough to replace half a loaf of bread, and just because of this small half loaf... Water plague can kill thousands of people."

The room fell silent for a while.

"We have too little information about those 'cluster infections' to make an accurate enough analysis." After a brief silence, Kamel suddenly broke the silence. "If there are more samples, I should There will be some progress."

"Soldrin will send a team to bring back those crystal cluster fragments after confirming that they do not carry activated magical properties and have no tendency to spread pollution," Gawain nodded, "I will give you a special laboratory to study. It, and it will be our focus until this event subsides."

...

After Carmel and Pittman also left, the room fell silent.

Gawain sat on his back chair, quietly thinking about the next arrangement and development.

This kind of silence lasted for an unknown time before Gao Wen was suddenly awakened by the slight movement from the door.

He looked up and saw that the door to the room quietly opened a narrow slit, and a guy who had almost forgotten that there was such a number of people poked his head in halfway.

Tyre.

Gawain has left the territory since last fall and has been busy with construction near the wasteland. He really hasn't seen this guy for a long time.

But in fact, even if he stayed in the territory, he didn't have much time to meet Tyr. Since the weather turned cold last year, this sea caterpillar has entered hibernation in a grand manner, sleeping in the pool for 20 hours a day, and occasionally crawling out is just a matter of In order to go to the balcony to bask in the sun, I turned over, completely forgetting where I came from and where I was going... By the way, why did this thing suddenly come?

A doubt arose in Gawain's heart, and at the same time he watched Tyr crawling in. The shame of the Kraken looked around, his face blank: "Ah, didn't you mean a meeting?"

Gao Wen: "..."

"It's over early," Gawain tried his best to keep his expression from breaking down, but he couldn't help but look at the saltwater monster with a weird expression, "You...you still know about the meeting?"

"Yes, Rebecca told me, but I took a nap," Tyr shook the tip of his tail with a look of helplessness, "Then you're done."

At this time, Gawain suddenly remembered that Rebecca seemed to have told Tyre to come over before, because this salted fish is more or less a technical consultant in the military industry, but at that time, Gawain didn't believe it at all. The fish will come...

I have to say that although Tyre didn't help at all, watching this confused sea caterpillar arching around in the room, Gawain's mood was still inexplicably happy.

Probably this is the power of the deep sea Harmony God.

He shook his head slightly, removing the associations like "Deep Sea Harmony" from his mind, then stood up and prepared to leave: "I'm leaving, if you have nothing to do, you can go back to sleep."

"Hey, it's rare for me to wake up for a while," Tyr stretched his waist three or four meters long, then raised his upper body and looked in a certain direction with a curious expression, "Speaking of... what happened to the north? "

Gawain's move to leave immediately stopped.

What Tyr was looking at was the direction a little east of the north, the front line of the confrontation between the Kingdom's army and the Eastern Border.

So far, no one has mentioned the situation to Tyre in detail, and even if someone mentioned it, it is impossible to remember her character.

Why did she suddenly pay attention to that direction?

Intuition told Gawain that the fish's reaction was probably feeling something!

"The battlefield over there is deteriorating, and we are trying to figure out how it is," Gawain said. "Has anyone told you?"

"That's not true, but I seem to feel... that there is a little bit of food in that direction," Tyr blinked, then raised his body more forcefully, and looked towards the north, "It's a little bit like a big squid... …”

Gawain's eyes narrowed slightly: His intuition was right. The Kraken, who has been dealing with the corpse of the God of Storms for a long time, has a perception ability that humans cannot understand, and his satellite perspective was disturbed when he overlooked the giant wood crossing, indicating that there are areas in that area. Covered by a special energy field, Tyr suddenly stared at the north...indicating that she sensed that energy field!

He immediately asked, "Food? Are you sure it's food?"

"A little bit," Tyr said with a wrinkled nose, not quite sure, "but I always feel a little bit smelly..."

Gao Wen: "..."