Solderin, who went to the north to inquire about the situation, returned the intelligence through the hidden relays along the river bank. The steel ranger advance team always kept the magic network communication with the south, with the support of convenient remote communication. The first time I knew about the "cluster monsters" that the high-ranking rangers encountered.

To be honest, he hopes that this report will never be sent to his own hands.

"...we encountered the monsters in the Dolan Hills in the northeast of Pompeii... It looks like a human being with flesh and blood, but it is stronger and stronger than humans. They seem to have strong physical fitness. And certain spellcasting ability, but the specific combat power is not clear. Currently only know that the burner is very effective for them.

"According to the residual clues, those monsters should have wandered from the direction of the northerly... I 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 royal family's call to the front line. It is said that there has been no news for a long time..."

In the holographic projection, Solderlin meticulously reported the situation in the north. The background behind him was a temporary camp built on the foot of the leeward rock. The steel ranger soldiers were not far from the guardian, because there were fewer relay nodes. The communication screen is slightly distorted, but Gao Wen can still see obvious worries from the high-level ranger's face.

The communication in large areas was interrupted, the whereabouts of the local lords were unknown, and the strange flesh and blood cluster monsters wandered from the areas where they lost contact... No matter which feature, it pointed to the worst possibility.

After completing the report, the high-level Ranger asked the next command: "Do we have to move on?"

"Go ahead to the periphery of the Jumbo crossing, but if you encounter an excessive number of 'crystal-infected people', you will return immediately," Gao Wensheng said. "Be careful to set up relay devices and small-scale magic nets along the way... you carry Is the magic net unit and small relay device enough?"

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

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

He looked up and looked at the people gathered in the room.

Heidi, Byron, Phillips, Amber, Rebecca, etc. are of course present, and in addition, "technicians" such as Carmel and Pitman have also been called here.

"It is now certain that the massive destruction of the demise of all things has already begun, and the situation is probably worse than we think. Even if the aristocrats in the north are no longer incompetent, they can’t be left in droves and completely unmasked. The trailing monsters traversed their territory, and this situation only shows that one of the noble lords in the eastern plains of the Holy Spirit has lost control of the situation," Gao Wen said abruptly, while his eyes looked at the hanging side. On the wall, an accurate map showing the entire territory of Ansu. On that map, the eastern part of the Holy Spirit Plain is 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 'cluster infections' there are, and how the royal and the east are."

As I said, Gao Wen’s mind is not only a hand-painted map of Ansu, but also a bird’s-eye view from the satellite.

However, even with the assistance of the satellite perspective, the situation he can see this time is limited.

Since last week, the entire area of ​​the Great Wood Crossing has been shrouded in rich fog. Although the fog has dissipated, the cloud still affects the view of the satellite. At the same time, the top view shows serious image interference and distortion. It seems that the whole The eastern part of the Plains of the Holy Spirit was shrouded in a powerful field of energy, and a similar situation... He only encountered it when overlooking the wasteland.

Of course, he can't see anything. In areas where the distortion is not so serious, and the clouds and smoke are relatively light, he can see the signs of the outbreak, see some messy battlefields, but because of the lack of clarity, he It is not certain that the traces of the battle were attacked by monsters, or that the normal kingdom army and the Eastland were engaged in war.

“The latest news from Baisha Mining is that the social order in the east is still normal, but there is indeed a disturbing atmosphere spreading,” Herti said at this moment. “Marquis of Berk Loren did not return after going to Sorinburg. Many of the left-behind aristocrats in the East have frequent meetings, exchange visits, and sent messengers. It seems that they have also broken contact with the front line. Homem, who is in charge of the Baisha area, believes that the situation may deteriorate further. Even if there is no foreign enemy attack, the left-behind aristocrats are losing control. After that, it is also possible to get into civil strife and threaten the safety of the mine."

Speaking of this, she couldn't help but add a strange expression: "The local nobility near the white sand hills seems...has not always liked the way we mine."

"White sand hills... It is close to the Gülen area, is a gap," Gao Wen briefly indulged, then looked at Rebecca, "Is the modification of the 'Iron Throne' completed?"

Rebecca's eyes are bright and his face is excited: "The armor has been welded, the railguns and incinerators are also installed! Now it is doing control and balance testing at the depot. But you have to feel that it is necessary to directly It goes to Gülen and the follow-up tests can be done there..."

After a short period of thinking, Gao Wen nodded: "Come on Gülen, stand by."

Then he paused again and turned his head to Byron.

“Where is the Trailblazer, Aurora, and Morning Star?”

"has arrived at the Rock Harbor."

"You go immediately. Three days later, no matter whether there is new information from Solderin, you will set sail immediately, cross the Rock Fortress, enter the Holy Spirit Plain along the Dolgon River, and be ready to support the Rangers advance team. Sir Wald has been ordered to prepare a number of mechanical boats for the refugees. Now they are still in the port, and the ships are also handed over to you. If the situation really develops in the worst direction, you will use those ships. of."

When this order was issued, even the old fritters, who had always had a lot of formality, had a serious look on their faces.

If the officers of the Military Intelligence Bureau are only intelligence personnel, if the steel Rangers are only the squad soldiers who perform the spying work, then once the three magical guided warships cross the Rock Fortress, once they enter the Dorgon River, the meaning will be completely different.

Since the end of the war of integration in the South, since the Rock Fortress hangs on the flag of the Principality of Cecil, this land has closed its gates, and the plains of the Holy Spirit and the more nobles in the north have speculated on what is going on in this mysterious land. The power, guessing what kind of world behind the wall covering the steel, they sent a variety of spies, made all sorts of efforts, but in front of Cecil’s strict social system, all The efforts to open this door have failed.

Now, its door is finally open.

Those who stared at the South and saw the current plain aristocrats, will be able to see what is behind the gate.

"Yes," Byron screamed, but after a short period of seriousness, he couldn't help but laugh. "I guess the plain aristocrats along the Dorgon River will panic if they are still alive. Of course, it’s more likely that they don’t know our advanced warships...”

"This is a serious occasion," Philip immediately interrupted Byron's words, and then looked at Gao Wen, "Adult, Army Combat Corps?"

"Temporarily on standby."

At present, the intelligence is still insufficient. Gao Wen is still not sure how serious the pollution or "curse" in the eastern plains is. It is uncertain how the strange "cluster" spreads, and is not sure about the regional kingdom or the eastern army. In the situation, in the state of serious lack of intelligence, it is not wise to rush to deliver ground troops.

On the other hand, the powerful magic warships have almost incomprehensible power in this era, and they have excellent survivability. At the same time, the warships sailing on the surface can also greatly avoid the "plague" threat from the land, even if they really meet In the case, it also has the ability to return quickly.

Based on the consideration of these two factors, he decided to let the magical warship enter the Dorgon River first, and confirm the situation of the Holy Spirit along the north of the river, while establishing reliable gun support in the river, providing advances to the land forces. Field conditions, after which, when Solderlin collected more information, he would consider allowing subsequent chariots and infantry to enter a "pollution zone" that may be already very dangerous...

The area between Wang Guojun and Dongjing is located at the giant wooden crossing on the east side 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 near the area, so the gun in the river can Provide effective support to ground forces on the East Coast land.

The meeting was over and most people left the meeting room, but Carmel and Pitman were left behind by Gao Wen.

"What do you think about the 'crystal cluster infected people' mentioned by Soldering?" Gao Wen’s line of sight swept between the two masters and finally fell on Carmel. "That sounds really good. Like the 'God' of the year, but the details seem different?"

"Yes, it's not the same as the mystery in my memory," Kamal nodded, making a squeaky voice. "The gods we made that year, even the ones with the most serious crystallization infections, are only the main ones. Crystals appear in the joints, accompanied by swelling and distortion of the body, but according to Solderlin, the crystal coverage of the 'infected' surface is even more than 50%, almost a mixture of crystal and organic matter. a creature..."

When he said that he paused, he said: "This gives me a very weird feeling. Our research on the gods was trying to reduce the carrier's 'alienation' tendency, while letting them carry the gods factor. It becomes more human, and the ones that Soldlin sees...but to the other extreme, it is trying to make people...not human."

"This may be what they call the 'great evolution' to abandon the human body and embrace the new form of variation." Gao Wen shook his head and turned his eyes to Pitman. "According to your understanding, you think this 'infection' may be By what means to spread? Or, what kind of prevention is most effective?"

"The plague spell of the end of all things is noisy and intrinsically plague, and the spread of the plague is no more than a few sources of water, food, air, and the use of cursed corpses for pollution. It is the most efficient way, but it usually only spreads the weaker plague, and it is easily dispelled by ritual spells, followed by water and food. The last thing will be the most popular, but boiled and thoroughly heated. Food can deal with it effectively. As for the last... the cursed body has the strongest pollution power, because flesh and blood itself is an excellent casting material, so our various burners are necessary: ​​all bodies must be burned, Regardless of the enemy or me, whether it is noble or not, it is always safe to burn them to ash in the shortest time, and to minimize the close distance or direct contact before the burn, it is necessary to do isolation, and also use the detection method. Confirm safety."

Gao Wen touched his chin: "It doesn't seem to be anything special..."

"For us, this may be the case for people in the South, but on the plains of the Holy Spirit, any of these routes of transmission are fatal enough," Pitman put away the usual injustice, and he glared at himself. The beard, whispered, "The firewood needed to boil a pot of water is enough to change a small bread, but because of this small half of the bread... the water plague can kill thousands of people."

The room was silent for a while.

"About those 'cluster infections', we still get too little information, I can't make a sufficiently accurate analysis." After a brief silence, Kamal suddenly broke the silence. "If there are more samples, I should There will be some progress."

"Solder will send a small team to send back the fragments of the clusters to confirm that they do not carry the magical characteristics of activation, and there is no tendency to spread the pollution," Gao Wen nodded. "I will give you a lab to study." It will continue to be the focus of our attention until this event subsides."

......

After Carmel and Pitman also left, the room was completely quiet.

Gao Wen sat on his chair and quietly thought about the next arrangement and development.

This kind of silence continued for a long time, and Gao Wencai was suddenly awakened by the subtle movements coming from the door.

He looked up and saw that the door of the room sneaked a narrow slit, and a guy who almost forgot him and had such a person probed his body halfway.

Tyre.

Gao Wen left the territory since last fall and has been working around the wasteland. He really hasn't seen this guy for too long.

But in fact, even if he stayed in the territory, he didn't have much time to meet with Tyre. Since the weather turned cold last year, the sea caterpillar entered the hibernation in a hurry. Every day, he slept in the pool for twenty hours, and occasionally climbed out. In order to go to the balcony to sun the sun and turn over the face, I completely forgot where I came from where I came from. Why did the goods suddenly come?

There was a doubt in Gao Wen’s heart. At the same time, he watched as Tyre climbed in and arched. The sorcerer’s shame looked around and his face looked blank: “Ah, isn’t it a meeting?”

Gao Wen: "..."

"It’s finished early," Gao Wen used all his skills to make his expression not collapse, but it was inevitable that he looked at the saltwater freak with a strange look. "You... even know what happened?"

"Know, Rebecca told me, but I took a nap," Tyre shook his tail and looked helpless. "Then you are finished."

At this time, Gao Wencai remembered it. Before Rebecca seemed to have told Til to come over, because this salted fish was considered a technical consultant for the military industry, but Gao Wen’s left ear went into the right ear and did not believe it. This fish will come...

I have to say that although Tyre was not busy at all, but looking at the ridiculous sea caterpillars arching in the room, Gao Wen's mood is still inexplicably happy.

Probably this is the power of the deep sea harmony.

He shook his head slightly, excluding the associations such as "Deep Sea Harmony" from his mind, then stood up and prepared to leave: "I have to go, if you have nothing, you can go back to sleep."

"Hey, I have to wake up very hard," Tyre stretched a three-four-meter-long lazy waist, then raised his upper body and looked in a direction curiously. "What is happening in the north?" ”

Gao Wen’s intention to leave immediately stopped.

What Tyre is watching is the direction of the east side of the north, which is the front line of the kingdom and the east.

So far, no one has mentioned Tyr’s situation in detail. Even if someone mentions it, it is impossible to remember her character.

Why did she suddenly pay attention to that direction?

Intuition tells Gao Wen that the reaction of this fish is probably what it feels!

"The battlefield over there is getting worse. We are trying to figure out what it is," Gao Wen said. "Someone told you?"

"That didn't, but I seemed to feel... there was a little bit of food in that direction," Tyre blinked, then lifted his body harder and looked harder toward the north. "There is a little bit like the big squid... ..."

Gao Wen’s eyes are slightly condensed: his intuition is true. The long-time Kraken dealing with the **** of the storm **** has a human-intelligible perception, and his satellite perspective is disturbed when overlooking the giant wooden crossing. With a special energy field coverage, Tyre suddenly looked at the north... indicating that she perceives that energy field!

He immediately asked: "Food? Are you sure it is food?"

“Slightly,” Tyre wrinkled his nose, not too sure. “But I always feel a bit scent...”

Gao Wen: "..."