Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 331 Isn’t the real world a game?

When Lingge saw the Feiyemente gradually turning its gun barrel and slowly aiming the dark and cold muzzle at Quanlingtifo moving towards the city of Nimsher, he was actually not that surprised, because he would have made the same choice if he were in their place.

Nimsher is the capital of Leisenburg, and during the 11th World Expo, tourists from all over the world gathered here, while most of the Saizeriya Wilderness is a remote and backward rural area, dotted with a few small towns. Even if we don't consider the political and economic significance, just considering the number of people, saving the majority is definitely a higher priority option than saving the minority.

Of course, this does not mean that the united cults have completely given up on the people of this area. At least he saw that the side hatch of the Earth Witch slowly opened, and fully armed magic chariots poured out of it one after another, driving heavy tracks, rumbling across the broken earth, chasing after the Earth Mother Titan and continuously launching artillery fire, trying to block His progress.

Behind these steam chariots are rows of silver-white knight-shaped mechanical soldiers, more than four meters tall. Because of their humanoid structure, they are more flexible than steam chariots. From the magic furnaces at the back, they spew out a mixture of gray-white steam and light blue magic flow, like burning trails of star fire.

Hundreds of constructed mechas strode across the battlefield with complex terrain, leaped over the deep and hideous chasm, and glided down in the direction of the Earth Mother Titan. They were as black as a group of silver-white birds swooping down on their enemies. The two magic cannons mounted on their shoulders fired continuously under the power of magic engines, emitting destructive blue beams. The deep light net covering half of the sky seemed to want to vent out all the magic power in the core metal.

At first, the Titan ignored these attacks and approached the direction of the Night Gate fiercely. With only the constructed mecha in his eyes, he naturally did not notice that there was an inconspicuous small city on his way. Perhaps it would be more appropriate to describe it as a village. The residents in the city watched the battle approaching them with panic eyes. The huge size of the Earth Mother Titan had completely made them lose the courage to escape. Every time the eight sharp rock legs were raised and lowered, the earth would shake violently. Even if you were on the tallest windmill tower in the city, you could clearly feel the shaking of the building.

The only thing they could do was to pray that the combined forces of the Order could defeat this terrible monster, preferably completely destroy it without leaving even the slightest trace. But if they couldn't... fear and anxiety would ferment, and eventually produce chaos. Faced with the imminent disaster, what would become of the once peaceful and tranquil Wind City of Avion? Was it destroyed by monsters or by human beings? No one dared to imagine such a thing.

The Titan seemed to be annoyed by these annoying little bugs, and suddenly roared furiously, and the sound waves swept away the heavy clouds above his head. A corrupt, filthy, khaki beam of light spurted out from between the sixteen rows of sharp teeth, and the smelly poisonous flames burned fiercely, like a rotten sword being bitten by Him, and then swung violently, sweeping across, drawing a dangerous trajectory.

The mechanical soldiers showed their keen battlefield instincts and tacit cooperation at this time. Almost at the moment when the sword passed by, hundreds of star spots in the sky turned their paths and dodged outward along the arc drawn by the sword tip. Most of the mechanical soldiers successfully entered the safe orbit, but a few mechanical soldiers were swept by the edge of the poisonous sword, and their magic engines exploded instantly, turning into starlight particles scattered all over the sky.

As soon as the words fell, the mechanical soldiers in the sky changed their fighting style and dispersed, with blue flames gushing out from behind them. They flew through the thick rock arms as lightly as flying birds, and started close combat after getting close to the Titan. At the same time, they started the propulsion engine device, and countless blue star flames suddenly gathered together to form a huge jet of hundreds of yards. With this powerful propulsion force, they began to push the wildly galloping Mother Earth Titan to another orbit.

But judging from the specific results, it seems to be a useless effort.

His expression remained unchanged. He used the communication device to calmly give orders to his troops: "Mechanic troops, abandon the combined formation, disperse the attack, and focus on close combat. The rear tank troops will provide you with long-range fire support. Approve the overload of the magic furnace power to operate, and use the overloaded magic power to start the "propulsion engine device" to try to push the Titan off the predetermined orbit. Even if it doesn't work, it must delay enough time for the orbital corps' evacuation mission."

Unfortunately, the situation was too urgent and there was no time to deploy a "blockade position" or "matter traction position". These two large-scale magic positions can effectively restrict the mobility of large enemies. However, position-type magic devices have strict requirements on the environment and parameters, so they usually need to be deployed in advance to be effective.

"The situation is not good." The person who said this was not Ling Ge, but Alice. Even someone as thick-skinned as her could see that this was not the time to be blindly optimistic. Not to mention that they were currently near the city of Avion. Once the City of Wind was hit by a disaster, they would definitely not be able to escape.

Lang Ning watched this scene with a sight-assisted plug-in, his expression was very calm. He did not mourn for the sacrifice of his friendly soldiers, nor was he afraid of the bumps and vibrations beneath him - he was riding a magic chariot, chasing the back of the Earth Mother Titan on the ruined and devastated land. The blue beams that kept roaring from the roof turret proved that he had the courage to face this behemoth head-on, instead of just hiding behind and commanding his soldiers to die.

The problem now is that they want to fight the Titans, but the enemy's target is not these tiny insects like dust, so the speed of advancement has not slowed down. If this situation continues, in another ten minutes, the Titans will enter Avion City and trample this windy city standing on the Saria Plain into ruins.

……

"I have a way." Ling Ge suddenly said, his hand had loosened the window frame, and faint traces of whitening could be seen, but his expression was extremely calm: "The only person who can deal with the monster here now is Miss Yieta."

"Yieta?" Alice was startled, but she didn't question it. Instead, she hesitated: "But, she is not..."

Wasn't she very reluctant to leave her windmill tower? "I'll find a way to convince her." Linger said.

Alice didn't say anything, but her eyes were a little doubtful. It wasn't that she doubted Ling's ability, but mainly because Yieta had been too stubborn and difficult to communicate with, and it was hard to imagine how to convince her.

"It's actually very simple. All you need to do is to know the reason why Miss Yieta doesn't want to leave."

"you know?"

"I know."

Linger whispered two words to her. Alice's expression instantly changed from confusion to realization, distress and self-blame. She slammed her palm in annoyance: "It turns out to be so simple. I should have thought of it earlier!"

Lingge ignored her blaming himself for ignoring such an obvious clue as a talented gamer, and continued, "But Miss Yieta's power alone is not enough, so I still need your help, Alice, to make a new game with your cartridges. I know your third cartridge is still blank, with no content, right?"

This was the first time that Lingge admitted that he needed Alice's strength, but the latter ignored his words and blushed at his subsequent words. She said hesitantly, "This is, this is... a problem with the production cycle. I'm not being lazy, okay?"

"That's not the most important question. Anyway, I need you to make a game that can cooperate with Miss Yieta. You are a talented gamer, so you should be able to do it, right, Alice?"

"That's not difficult. I had already thought about it when you just said it. Who makes me a genius gamer?" Alice was proud for a moment, and then she showed an embarrassment: "But the time is too short. According to the speed of the monster, it will not exceed ten minutes at most... Can you at least give me an hour? What kind of game can be made in ten minutes? It's just a shitty game. Do you know what a shitty game is, Lingge? It's a very bad game, so bad that no one would want to play it a second time, or even want to finish it. I don't want to make a shitty game..."

"It doesn't matter."

Ling interrupted her and said seriously: "It doesn't matter whether it is a good game or a shitty game, as long as it can solve the problem at hand. You should also understand, Alice: the real world is not a game."

So, whether it is good or bad is actually not that important. The most important thing is whether you can change it.

Alice was stunned for a moment, then lowered her head, avoiding Linger's sight, and muttered in a voice so soft that only she could hear it: "I think there is no difference."

Then she looked up with an expression that said, “I’m doing this for you,” which of course she actually said, “Okay, okay, I get it.”

"There's nothing I can do about you, Lingge."

"For you, I, a talented player, will make an exception for once."

"Please thank me properly, okay?"

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)