Sword of Daybreaker

With the raging flames raging among the mountains and forests, the filthy deformed flesh and blood returned to the dust in the flames, and the pollution aura spreading with the deformed creatures was finally stopped on this ancient land.

In the past few days, firepower from the ground and high altitude has eliminated the distortions that have been blindly wandering after losing command with extremely high efficiency. When these monsters have been removed in large numbers, the process of wasteland in the western area of ​​Hongyu City has begun to fade. , On the third day that the Earthly Dawn entered the battlefield, the flames in the red jade forest gradually extinguished—the cleanup and recovery of the battlefield began.

To the east of the Ruby Forest, over the Wolfridge Mountain, a huge "Gorgon" aerial fortress hovered in the cold wind. This is an "outpost research ship" subordinate to the Imperial Mana Technology Department. Standing on the chassis is a composite building with a spire, high tower and an astronomical platform, which looks very different from conventional military facilities. At this moment, the main modules of this building are operating at full power-the extension of the two wings of the main building. The structure opens the energy-discharging grid, and light blue gleaming light particles are scattered with the wind in the sky at dawn. The mysterious light flow flows along the magic guiding structure between the building and the wing, and lights up. Many sensing devices at the top of the building.

In the dim sky at dawn, this outpost research ship flying in the air adds a bit of stunning beauty to the mysterious and mysterious streamer. It floats like a man-made **** with open wings. Over the devastated Langji Mountain, the stream of light spilled onto the ground from its two wings, and then floated to the sky, and these beautiful brilliance were obviously not decorations.

This "scientific research ship" is collecting vital data, monitoring the magical environmental changes of the entire land after the distorted body is evacuated. Those fantastic streamers are the result of the interaction between its main detector and the magical chaos in the environment. And these data will play an extremely important role for the entire alliance's counterattack against the wasteland in the near future.

In the outpost research ship control center, the technicians are analyzing the data transmitted from various places, while the highest technical officer of the sky fortress, Marin Leslie, is standing in front of the main console, paying attention to this by himself. Design and supervise the working status of the "ship" built.

An assistant researcher's voice came from the side, interrupting Marin Leslie's thinking: "Chief think tank, this is the pollution regression monitoring data that has just been compiled. Please take a look."

Ma Lin was awakened from his thoughts and raised his head to accept the data book handed over by his assistant—this is the data that was analyzed and summarized by the main brain and directly printed out. Compared with the manually copied form, it is more intuitive, easy to understand, clear and beautiful. As his eyes moved quickly on this data, Marin's slightly frowned brows finally relaxed.

"It seems that the waste soil pollution caused by the aberrations is fading throughout the entire area... The regression curve is roughly in line with our previous calculations. According to this progress, in less than a week, the surface area west of the Langji Mountain can allow low-protection personnel to enter the site. Active."

"Yes, the pollution subsides quickly-it seems that as long as there are no such aberrations gathering, the waste soil pollution cannot be maintained in the natural environment for too long," the assistant researcher said happily. "They are entrenched in this land. The time is not too long, and it hasn’t had time to poison the soil and deep groundwater, and the high temperature and flames have effectively offset the negative effects of the deformed creatures.”

"...If the pollution in the wasteland of Gondor can also subside naturally so easily," Marin still kept his eyes on the form in his hand, but couldn't help sighing, "In the wasteland, our frontline It’s not easy for the soldiers to drink a sip of clean water..."

He shook his head, put down the form in his hand, and at the same time returned his attention to the console in front of him-the main brain of the sky fortress is now paying attention to the situation on the ground, and the image taken by the external monitor is presented on the holographic projection above the console. In that image, Marin can clearly see how devastated Langji Mountain was after the war, and the most striking of them are the abrupt depressions and sections on the mountain.

It was a large-scale "corrosion" trace, as if a part of the mountain was directly cut off and erased by some invisible force. The terrible energy explosion destroyed the original rock formation there, leaving only the edge of the pit. The flowing crystalline condensate layer, and around those "corrosion" traces, ground explorers wearing heavy protective equipment can also be seen moving like ants, collecting primary data that cannot be detected by remote sensing from the air.

Those explorers are also part of the carrier force of this "outpost research ship". In addition to them, there are low-flying single-person reconnaissance aircraft and the "Mage's Eye" directly controlled by the mothership over the nearby mountains and forests. All together form a huge three-dimensional detection system. They are the pride of Marin Leslie and one of his important reliances in this action.

By the way, his other important support is the ten main artillery and 26 secondary artillery carried on this "research ship". Under the leadership of His Royal Highness Rebecca, the researchers of the empire have always been full of military virtues. He also loves all kinds of big bangs. In the formation of auxiliary forces, the combat effectiveness is second only to medical personnel.

"...Even if I saw it with my own eyes, those traces are still amazing," Marin Leslie stared at the shocking erosion marks on Longji Mountain, and couldn't help but sigh softly, "The destructive power of the supercritical accelerator exceeds the previous one. In my opinion, any conventional weapon is even better than incendiary incendiary... To be honest, when I first followed His Highness Rebecca, I was just amazed by her wisdom and inspiration, but at that time I never thought of her wisdom. It can be transformed into such... terrible power."

"It is said that some shallow believers in the army began to disbelieve after seeing the power of the supercritical accelerator," the assistant researcher also said with some sigh, "this can also be regarded as the'unexpected effect' of the supercritical accelerator."

"...When the limit of imagination in the myth is less than the spectacle created by human intelligence, the myth will naturally gradually lose its brilliance," Marin Leslie shook his head and said in a low voice, "but this also works for shallow believers. There are always a hundred reasons for devout believers to attribute everything to the power of God-they don’t care whether the gods behind them are happy or not. Forget it, let’s not talk about it, how long has the ground exploration team been there?"

"It has been down for twelve hours, and it has not reached the limit of action," the assistant researcher reported immediately. "The pollution on the surface is now receding, and the action plan team is discussing whether to extend the action time for each round of ground exploration..."

Marin Leslie thought for a moment, then shook his head slightly: "I don't recommend this. We are already firmly established here. There is no need to increase the risk of operatives in order to gain this efficiency. Let's take turns as planned. Wait until this. A wave of ground teams return, and we will go to the next monitoring point."

"Yes, chief think tank."

Marin nodded, then raised his head and glanced at a metal platform protruding from the ground not far away. The metal platform was roughly a raised triangle with a transparent crystal container fixed at its center, and a huge brain was floating in the container. In the center, he leisurely poked the bubbles floating in the biomass solution with his tentacles, and it seemed that the load was very low.

"Mastermind, maintain vigilance on the surrounding area, pre-charge the self-defense artillery, and we will move to the eastern contaminated area in one hour."

A synthetic voice leaning towards young women immediately sounded in the control center: "Yes, Marin, enhance the perception of danger, the fortress's firepower is in good condition, it can be started at any time, and the engine is full of power..."

Hearing the voice from the main brain, the young assistant researcher couldn't help taking a peek at the think tank next to him—seriously, asking the main brain to set the speaker to a feminine tone is really strange, and even more The strange thing is that the think tank seems to have used a lot of effort to adjust the language mode of the main brain. It is said that he usually chats with "this ship" secretly when he is alone. This seems to be unique in the entire sky fortress battle group. Most people on this "ship" suspect that this is related to the "personal aesthetics" of the think tank chief, but no one dares to say it...

It's just that the young research assistant still can't help but occasionally come up with slightly offensive thoughts: people can't, at least they shouldn't...

"What are you looking at me for?" Maybe it's been too long, and the assistant researcher's sight was finally noticed. Marin Leslie, who has been getting worse in the past two years, couldn't help turning his head to look at his assistant. , "Just ask if you have any questions."

The young research assistant suddenly became nervous, and quickly expelled the thoughts in his mind that might double his workload. After a lot of thought, he found a less obtrusive topic to distract the head of the think tank: "Then what... the think tank chief, I just suddenly felt... our research facility is equipped with dozens of large and small magical cannons and rainbow light generators, isn't it a bit strange..."

Before he finished speaking, he felt a large, steady and powerful hand on his shoulder. As soon as he raised his head, he saw the deep gaze of Marin Leslie and heard the wisdom-savvy words of the think tank chief. Into one's ears:

"Young people, don’t limit your gaze to the desk. We do research, and sometimes we need to'go out'. You see, we have now walked out of the research institute and came to the front line of the wasteland—look at these things around you. The dangerous mountains and the dark wasteland, although on the surface it seems that the monsters entrenched here have been wiped out, but who knows whether there is still danger in the dark? What if an out-of-control aberration suddenly runs out from below..."

As Marin Leslie said, his gaze fell on the slightly awkward face of the young assistant researcher—this was a clearly immature young man with thick hair and not yet established enough for the big bang. Obviously, such a young man needs to be guided, and this is exactly the responsibility that a mature researcher of the empire must shoulder.

"...So, it is a very reasonable thing for imperial scholars like us to carry thirty-two fortress cannons with them when conducting fieldwork..."

assistant researcher:"…?"

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The leader of the ground action team looked up at the sky and saw that the majestic "Aerial Research Institute" was quietly suspended between the clouds, and the morning glow leaning from the sky was splashed on the edge of the chassis of the sky fortress. , The glowing golden red brilliance and the magic flow in the air complement each other, which looks particularly spectacular.

Although the ‘Gorgon’ flying platform looks unremarkable when operating with the Earthly Dawn, if they act alone, they are all magnificent flying wonders.

After a while, he retracted his gaze to the sky and refocused his attention on the work in front of him.

The heavy personal protective suit isolates the cold north wind on Longji Mountain, and the double-layer shield projected by the protective system filters and resists potential pollution in the air. However, even with such thick and reliable protective equipment, the surrounding area is full of devastating pollution and war. The traces still made the action team leader feel depressed.

The surface of soil and rocks are covered with disgusting purple-black "substance". Corruption forces have left a large number of criss-cross gullies on the surface of the mountain. Animals have disappeared. Many bones can be seen in the crevices of the rock. Dirty and suspicious fragments of biological tissues are coated in some debris like mud, and the destroyed orc fortifications can be seen scattered among the scorched earth. The broken battle flags and weapons seem to have gone through thousands of years, weathered and decayed. appearance.

This is what happened to those abominable monsters after occupying a piece of land-although they stayed here for a short time, they have caused such shocking pollution, and if it hadn't been for the Earthly Dawn to arrive on the western front in time, it would be so terrible and miserable. One scene will undoubtedly sweep the entire Ogure, and even the entire Western Continent.

The voice of an action crew member came from the side: "Team leader, the sun has come out, and the fluctuations in the magic readings in the environment are getting bigger. We should only be able to measure the last set of data."

The operation team leader looked up at the distant horizon and saw the magnificent crown of the giant sun shining on the mountains-which meant that part of the operation team's survey work was about to end.

"I have just received the news from the air command center. We will return to the research ship in one hour." The operation team leader nodded, and a slightly dull voice came from under the heavy visor, "After collecting the data, check the surrounding area. , See if there are any missing clues."

The team members nodded, and then cast their gazes not far ahead-in front of him, there was a huge "eroded" area, and the entire mountain was "dug" out of thin air by the huge energy, leaving behind a nearly normal area. The round black depression, there is still residual heat rising at the bottom of the pit, while the edge of the depression is the black condensed material that has cooled and crystallized, which looks spectacular and frightening.

"This is the impact point of No. 7," the operation team leader said in a deep voice. "According to the battle report, it should be after the supercritical accelerator hits here that the Aberration Corps suddenly got out of control... Commander Jinna and the military staff guessed This should be the command node of those monsters."

"...It's a pity that there is nothing left," the team member said regretfully, "If only a few dark priests who were crippled by the bombing could be left, we can also study a few more samples."

"There will always be, anyway..."

As soon as the action leader was halfway through his speech, he was suddenly interrupted by a shout from not far away.

"Group leader! We seem to have found something useful! Come over and see what this is!"

(End of this chapter)