Cataclysm King

Chapter 569 Big surprise!
a few days later.

The Carnelian Plains, West Yorkshire.

"Rumble"

"Rumble"

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The roar like muffled thunder resounded throughout the entire plain, stretching endlessly.

On the horizon of the plain at the end of the visible horizon, a torrent of steel is surging.

The steam boilers were rumbling and hundreds of tall chimneys were emitting white air.

Looking closely, there were dozens of mechanical castles of various sizes.

The mining industry in Donghuang is very developed, so many movable mechanical cities have been built.

This steam-powered mechanical city is the lord's private property, a mobile city in the wilderness, and also a tool for reclamation.

In times of war, a slight modification can turn it into a fully functional war fortress.

By splicing several mechanical cities together, they can form a large city in any area, with both offensive and defensive capabilities.

Each of the mechanical cities in front of us is tens of meters high.

Thick rivets and steel plates formed a rugged wall, and the castle number and King Oran's eagle emblem were sprayed with white paint on the rusty outer wall; the flanks of the fortress were covered with a variety of weapons, including steam siege pendulums, mountain-breaking rams, and giant siege forks.
The most exaggerated thing is the super-caliber city-mounted artillery with an extremely thick barrel.

Each mechanical city is equipped with countless long and short cannons, like the spikes on a hedgehog's back, arming the mechanical city into a terrifying and destructive steel monster.

Its huge body is equipped with several pairs of huge wheels, tracks or mechanical feet.

These mechanical structures emit a dull and harsh metallic friction sound as they move forward.

These steel castles are slowly rolling over the land and heading towards the eastern battlefield.

Wherever they passed, the tracks and wheels left trenches several meters deep on the plains.

This is a heavily armed army composed of mobile mechanical cities, an inconspicuous force among the millions of troops assembled by the Oran Royal Court.

The equipment is not elite.

But what others don’t know is that this is one of the very important logistical corps of Oran.

While this torrent of steel was slowly moving forward, hundreds of fully armed mechanical warriors were already lying in ambush on a small hill in the distance.

There was a murderous atmosphere in the air.

These are the elite troops from the New World Mechanical City. They have loaded their guns and are ready to start the ambush.

The leaders were Ji Xun and Dong Qi.

Through the telescope, Ji Xun saw a mechanical city with the number "66" sprayed on it in the steel torrent, so he gestured to Dong Qi beside him and said, "That mechanical city 'AL-66' is the mechanical city that provides energy modules in the intelligence Orlan Royal Court."

If it weren't for the information he got from "Emperor Shadow" before, he would not have thought that such a mediocre second-rate army would be one of the most important logistical support teams of Orlan.

"Ok!"

Dong Qi nodded and said, "If the enemy is only the visible force, it won't be difficult for us to retreat unscathed."

Although it has an absolute numerical advantage over the enemies in the distance, the mechanical city has the advantage of siege and capture.

In their new world, there are more than twenty God Hunter armors and a Titan, so their combat power should not be underestimated.

If a real fight breaks out, those bulky mechanical cities will not pose much threat to small harassing forces.

As she spoke, her eyes sparkled with determination, and she added, "Then I'll have everyone get ready to take action."

I have been observing for a long time, but I haven't found anything special about this mechanical castle army in front of me. There is no reason not to give it a try.

Dong Qi knew that the action was very risky.

But if the bet is right, the core problem of Titan Energy can be solved.

This will have a long-term impact on future wars and even the entire technological civilization!
So even if you know there are huge risks, it is worth taking a gamble.

"Ah."

After hearing this, Ji Xun pondered for a moment and only reminded him: "Be careful. If you encounter an ambush, evacuate as soon as possible."

Countless details have been discussed before, so there is no need to go into details.

"it is good."

Dong Qi nodded seriously, she knew what Ji Xun meant.

Once the ambush begins, they will face two situations.

First, the enemy was caught completely unprepared, and they successfully completed their plan, and whether they escaped empty-handed or got something, they were able to escape unscathed;

The second is that the enemy knew that the intelligence might be leaked, and had set a trap using this as bait, so they would be surrounded as soon as they went there.

If it is the second case, most of the more than one hundred elite soldiers of the New World will probably be killed here.

The risk of team annihilation is almost half.

Even after Ji Xun's deduction, he was still not sure which situation it was.

He had been observing for a long time, and had not found anything unusual in the demeanor, deployment, or flow of people in the mechanical battle fortress.

No matter how you look at it, it seems that the Oran Royal Court is unprepared.

If you're not sure, you can only give it a try.

Ji Xun cannot show up easily, so that he will have the opportunity to deal with emergencies.

Only the mechanics of the new world can test it.

As the team leader, Dong Qi of course has to go there in person.

Now both sides know that the other has decapitation capabilities.

So no one dares to act rashly.

At the Royal Court of Oran, almost all the top fighting forces gathered around King Arthur.

Now that the main forces of the two warring parties have not yet collided, exchanges of fire between small units on the front line have become very frequent.

But there has not been any firefight on the battlefield where a top card master has appeared.

This is also the reason why Ji Xun thought he could give it a try.

The secret base of the Oran Royal Court is not just the "Mechanical City No. 66" in front of us, there are many more.

However, there are only a limited number of top-level combat forces among the enemies that can pose a threat to Ji Xun, and it is impossible for him to take care of all places.

Therefore, this first sneak attack by elite troops will most likely catch the enemy off guard.

"I'm going."

Dong Qi glanced at Ji Xun and said nothing more. He closed the cockpit of the mechanical armor and issued an order: "Prepare for action!"

Around her, more than a hundred mechanical armors instantly entered combat status.

And the other side.

In the mechanical city army of the Oran Royal Court.

Here, as in the past, the boring march made everyone look listless.

On the city wall, the patrolling soldiers were unaware of the impending crisis.

In the mechanical city, in addition to soldiers, there are also conscripted civilians.

That's Old Jack the Boilerman.

Having been burning the boiler in Machinery City No. 66 for decades, he had long been accustomed to the choking smell of coal smoke in the cabin.

It turns out that it is not called No. 66, but "Mossenburgh".

It is the private property of Lord Viscount Mossen, who has been cultivating the rich pyrite in the Sikkim Mountains in central Federation.

Later, people from the southern continent came, and the war turned the mechanical city into a war fortress.

Old Jack is still a boilerman.

Originally, those soldiers disliked his age and didn't want him.

But he has lived in the Mechanical City for most of his life and is very familiar with his old friend.

It won't listen to orders when others come, and even if it is given enough coal, it will occasionally get angry and lie down.

So old Jack was recruited back.

Oh, it’s not called the Federation anymore.

I'm getting a little senile.

Old Jack laughed at himself, rolled himself a cigarette with tobacco, lit it up, took a puff, and showed an expression of enjoyment.

At this moment, a childish voice called out, "Grandpa, Grandpa, please smoke less. Uncle Cole said that smoking too much is bad for your health."

Old Jack turned to look at his chubby grandson, revealing his black teeth from years of smoking. He immediately put out his cigarette, smiled and picked up the child who had come out of the coal pile, his eyes full of doting: "Okay. My little Danny, why are you in the boiler room again?"

The little guy was only four or five years old, with red lips and white teeth, but because he had just crawled out of the coal pile, his face was dirty.

Old Jack believed that he could not give birth to such a handsome grandson. This was a refugee he picked up during the war a year ago.

The little guy was nearly crushed to death under the wheels of the Mechanical City. Fortunately, he had sharp eyes and rescued the little thing from the mud.

Oh, I don’t know if this little guy’s parents are alive.

Little Danny held old Jack's face in his hands and asked in a still childish voice, "Grandpa, where are we going? We haven't stopped for many days."

Old Jack held his grandson in his arms and swung him in the air, with a smile on his face that looked like a bright daisy: "Go to war."

Little Danny tilted his head and asked innocently, "Oh. Are we going to fight those hateful enemies in the southern continent?"

Old Jack laughed innocently: "I don't know. I heard that the people from the southern continent have been driven away."

As he spoke, he couldn't help but cough a few times as he felt the itch in his throat.

This is the boilerman's old problem of pneumoconiosis.

Little Danny seemed to understand, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Oh. Where should we go then?"

Old Jack looked into the future through the ventilation window of the boiler room. It was all gray and he couldn't see anything. "I don't know. Little Danny, do you remember what Grandpa said yesterday?"

Little Danny nodded seriously, "Yeah, I remember. When you hear the artillery fire, hide in the innermost compartment of the boiler room. It's the strongest there. Wait until the artillery fire stops before coming out."

"Our little Danny is awesome!"

Hearing this, old Jack's wrinkled face was filled with satisfaction and he gave a compliment.

War is always cruel, and no one can guarantee how long they can survive.

Originally, if it weren't for this little grandson he picked up along the way, Old Jack felt that his old bones would be dead.

Anyway, I have lived enough.

The boiler has been burning for a lifetime, it's time to take a break.

But now.

He was suddenly afraid of death again.

I was afraid that I would die. Danny was still so young, how could he survive?

He was still at an age where he needed help to break even a piece of black bread. How could he survive in this cruel war alone?

Oh, if only this damn war would end soon.

Old Jack spat.

But at this moment, there was a "bang" sound next to my ear and the cannon exploded.

The ambush location was on a hill and was inconspicuous.

As dozens of enemy steel castles attacked in full force, countless smoke bombs were shot out in parabolas and landed in the air above the mechanical city, forming a large area of ​​war fog.

At the same time, more than a hundred elite mechanical warriors from the New World rushed down.

The enemy also reacted immediately.

Countless artillery pieces emitted tongues of fire in the smoke, gradually filling the entire field of vision.

The attack from hundreds of artillery pieces was fierce.

The shells fell on the ground like raindrops.

But this does not pose much of a threat to the mechanical warriors who are advancing close to the ground.

The steam boiler, which had already accumulated enough pressure, burst out with amazing power, allowing the advance distance of several kilometers to be achieved in the blink of an eye.

By the time the soldiers rushed to the foot of the mechanical city, those huge city-mounted artillery no longer posed a threat at all.

But in return, enemies swarmed out.

Thousands of Oran soldiers, armed with individual firearms and artillery, fired at them.

The heavy close-in defense guns on the city wall turrets also emitted colorful tongues of fire.

The enemy's mechanical warriors also rushed out in groups.

Da da da.
Da da da.
Bullets rained down on the ground like heavy rain.

Dong Qi took the lead, holding up a magic shield and standing in front to attract fire.

Countless bullets and shells hit the mecha, and the field of vision was already a sea of ​​fire.

But the Titan Armor's excellent defensive armor allowed her to be unstoppable in the midst of thousands of enemies.

Dong Qilai and his men were all elite troops, they had tacit cooperation and already mastered tactics. The spearhead tactics also allowed them to withstand the firepower and pierce the enemy's defense line in the first place and rush into the hinterland.

Their goals are also very clear.

Rushed directly towards Mechanical City No. 66.

Mechanical hooks shot out, pierced through the steel outer wall, then pulled up the heavy mecha and leaped up.

In a very short time, Dong Qi led a dozen people to attack the deck of the mechanical city.

The two sides engaged in a brutal street fight in the Mechanical City.

Dong Qi brandished the [Magic City-Severing Sword] that glowed with dazzling blue light, cutting the steel deck like mud. She was alone in the front, and no one could stop her.

In a blink of an eye, the group rushed into the core area of ​​the mechanical city.

The other teammates also faced enemies that were thousands times more numerous and launched fierce interception and cover.

Relying on their equipment advantage, the more than one hundred people from the New World temporarily gained a foothold in the enemy's base camp.

Everything went as planned.

On the other side, Ji Xun hid in the fog in the distance, carefully observing the entire battlefield.

He wanted to see any trace of the aura of a top-level strong man.

Or maybe there are signs of generals with the will of the outer gods.

Whenever he appeared, he would take Dong Qi away without hesitation.

However, what surprised him was that the battle went very smoothly.

It was almost the situation that he had deduced most smoothly before.

Without encountering any accidents, the New World team successfully made their way into the core area of ​​Mechanical City No. 66.

Although the Oran Royal Court also has some hunting god armors and two seventh-level card masters, this does not pose much threat to Dong Qi and his group who are well-equipped.

As long as they evacuate in time according to the plan and are not surrounded by the army, it will be a perfect raid.

However, it was this smoothness that made Ji Xun feel more and more strange.

I always feel like something is wrong.

But judging from the information fed back from the communicator, Dong Qi really had a smooth journey.

Just when Ji Xun thought that the Orlan Royal Court might have moved the energy module manufacturing base due to a leak, Dong Qi's good news suddenly came through the communicator: "Found it!"

Ji Xun's expression became more and more strange as he heard that Dong Qi's progress was smoother than expected.

I originally thought that I needed to take action, but now it seems that it is not necessary at all.

Just when Ji Xun was still wondering if there was something wrong with the equipment, Dong Qi confirmed again that Mechanical City No. 66 was the energy module production base!

She is an expert in mechanics and will definitely not be wrong.

It's not just equipment, but also drawings, and a large number of raw materials and finished and semi-finished products.

Then we packed it up and took it away.

Although there are a lot of things, there is Ji Xun’s special space equipment, so many equipment can be packed in directly.

The entire raid lasted less than half an hour.

From beginning to end, Ji Xun did not feel the aura of any top-level strong man.

It was not until he saw Dong Qi cut open the wall of the Mechanical City with one sword and rushed out of the city with his men that he dared to believe that the plan was going so smoothly.

The battle went more smoothly than expected.

Dong Qi led his men to rush in, and then rushed out.

The entire Mechanical City No. 66 had been mostly destroyed in the fierce exchange of fire and was riddled with holes.

The ground was littered with corpses and mechanical equipment.

The more than one hundred people in the New World did not stop at all and rushed out under the artillery fire.

He ran for dozens of miles and completely lost sight of the pursuers behind him.

The Kalim Wetlands, southeast of the Red Agate Plains, is a restricted area for large machinery and is also the agreed assembly point.

Dong's rearguard team of more than 70 people finally arrived, and the several teams separated from the New World finally reunited here.

After taking inventory, although they suffered certain losses, it was much better than expected.

It brought great success with extremely low losses.

It was definitely a perfect surprise attack.

Ji Xun had already walked out of the mist of the wetland, and it was not until he saw Dong Qi coming back that he was sure that there were no pursuers.

Everyone was extremely excited.

“Hahahaha we succeeded!”

"That's awesome! Our mechas are much stronger than those guys in Orlan."

"Yes. You didn't see that the captain was really good! We were at the front, and the enemy's artillery was right in front of us. At that time, my heart was so nervous that it almost jumped out of my chest. I didn't expect that the captain could destroy the enemy's hunting god armor with just one slash."

"I can't believe it. We faced enemies that were several hundred times our number, but we were able to complete the mission."

"That idiot Rock, I told you that the improved 'E3 Magic Missile' can't be used at close range, this guy almost blew himself up."

“I pressed the wrong button in my haste.”

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The crisis has passed and everyone has relaxed from the tense fighting state.

They chatted excitedly about the details of the previous battle.

No one knows how many possibilities Ji Xun, a bystander, has deduced in his mind.

Even now he is still wondering, could it be that the bait was set intentionally?
Deliberately let someone steal something and then chase after them.

But he soon dismissed the idea.

Now the situation is about to end, there is no need to do all this.

Sending out troops to act as bait is far less effective than surrounding and killing them on the spot, so there is no need to do that.

Is there something wrong with those things?

This was the only reasonable explanation Ji Xun could think of.

Only in this way can we explain why the Oran Royal Court does not take it seriously.

At this time, Dong Qi also came over.

The control room was opened, revealing the delicate face, and nothing was wrong.

The two nodded in agreement.

Ji Xun asked: "So?"

Dong Qi also had an expression of indescribable doubt, and responded: "It went smoothly. There seems to be no problem with the things."

She knew what Ji Xun wanted to ask.

Even she herself was surprised that it went so smoothly.

Ji Xun didn't say much and went straight to checking the spoils they brought back.

He didn't dare take these things away without confirming his guess.

When he opened the first storage space, he saw a pile of gray bricks and asked in surprise, "Mysterious Psychic?"

Ji Xun recognized it immediately. Isn't this the medium created by the Silver Moon Sect through sacrificing humans?

How did this thing appear in the energy module manufacturing base?

Dong Qi also found it very strange and told what he saw: "This should not be the material for making the Titan energy core. But there is an altar in the base, and this medium is for the altar. When we went in, we happened to see the altar in operation, and it provided some mysterious power to the energy production line."

"what???"

Ji Xun was also confused. How did theology and science get mixed up?

Dong Qi’s cognition was not yet able to comprehend what he saw, so he could only describe it completely, “Oh, right. There is a record in the imaging crystal in my armor.”

As she spoke, she turned on the light screen, which was like a dash cam, recording the entire scene of the previous battle.

Ji Xun looked over.

From Dong Qi’s perspective, he saw the altar.

Looking at the layout of "four pillars surrounding a moon", one can recognize it as the Silver Moon Altar at a glance.

Dong Qi didn't understand the secrets of the ground formation, but Ji Xun understood some of it and said in surprise: "Space magic pattern? Huh. The space law is used to condense the Titan energy core?"

This time he was really surprised.

After watching for a while, he finally understood why the people in the Oran Royal Court were not on guard enough.

Because this formation is very strange.

Only divine power can drive and produce that kind of energy module.

In the Eastern Wilds, only the Oran Royal Court has this ability.

I don’t know whether this “Titan Core” was originally produced in this way, or whether they used a tricky method of grafting.

Through the [Mystical Medium], the formation is activated, the divine power is gathered, and then it is guided to the formation that should have been brought out from the tomb of the "Mad King" Alduin, and a mysterious power begins to gather. Then this mysterious power is poured into the mechanical cube, which becomes the energy module.

This is the same manufacturing principle as the energy module of the Huntsman Armor, but the process is completely different.

Dong Qi didn't understand at all and asked, "Ah? Isn't the [Golden Ball of Power Gem] driven by gravity? How can it be the law of space?"

This question raised Ji Xun's biggest doubt.

He seemed to understand something and said, "I think I understand. The gravity released by the secret method of "Attracting the Fall of the Gods" may not be a special force as I thought before. Now it seems that the law it points to should be the law of space."

After a pause, he said in a deep voice: "Gravity is just a kind of 'property' manifested by the distortion of space."

"???"

Dong Qi didn't understand at all.

Ji Xun didn't explain much because it was just a thought and he was not sure that his idea was correct.

He needed more evidence.

Thinking of this, he directly found the storage space that contained countless drawings and started looking through them.

As the drawings quickly passed before his eyes, Ji Xunye's suspicious thoughts finally disappeared.

After seeing those drawings, he finally confirmed the reason why the people in the Oran Royal Court did not attach importance to the secret research base of the Titan Energy Module.

It’s true that even if someone else takes the blueprint, they won’t be able to make it!

The method they used required divine power to support it.

It was impossible for Ji Xun and his companions to sacrifice countless people to create a secret medium as the source of divine power, and there was no god-level person who could help them handle the complicated conversion ritual.

Therefore, whether it is the drawings or the equipment, if they are stolen, they will become a pile of useless waste.

The Oran Royal Court can definitely replicate some of them.

Ji Xun felt a little depressed for a moment.

It seems like I have been busy for a long time but all in vain.

Looking at everyone's expectant eyes, he didn't dare to say directly that the things that everyone was risking their lives to steal were completely useless.

But Dong Qi knew Ji Xun very well.

She looked at his subtle changes in expression as if she had noticed something. Although her expression remained the same, her crystal eyes could not hide her disappointment.

After all, I came here with great expectations, and I was just very happy that the plan went smoothly.

Now that the great joy of harvest has been lost, it is difficult to be happy.

Others saw the lost expression hidden in Dong Qi's eyes and vaguely guessed something.

However, before the gloomy atmosphere spread, Ji Xun saw the outline of the blueprint, and his pupils suddenly trembled: "Is this the production blueprint of the [Power Gem Gold Ball]?!"

Although Dong Qi didn't understand the complicated ancient Talen language at first.

But when she looked at the golden ball with its structure carefully described on the drawing, she immediately confirmed that this was the golden ball in her hand.

She turned her gaze to Ji Xun.

But I saw an extremely strange expression.

Dong Qi thought something serious had happened, and asked quickly, "What happened?"

Ji Xun's eyes twitched for unknown reasons, and he said in a strange tone: "I think I know how to make this [Golden Ball of Power Gem]."

He finally understood why this armor was called Titan.

Because the most important material list on the drawing contained a word that no one else could understand, called "The Sorrow of the Titans".

This is an ancient language from before the Age of Chaos.

Now, it's called "Titan".

The material on the blueprint translates to [Titan Godhead Fragment].

(End of this chapter)