novelraw #229 - Section 229
#229 - Section 229
Continuous battles will also exhaust them as the attacking side!
Through previous battles, Roger could confirm that Nicole wasn't an invincible war god either. Her thinking was just different from ordinary military generals; she placed more faith in her god at the final moment, which led to the fall of Black Shark Fortress.
But her strategic goal was achieved, and correspondingly, the naga expeditionary force in her hand was depleted to an insufficient number.
So she didn't have the strength to continue fighting in the Sea Country. Instead, she abandoned the Dark Tree, established a base, and waited for the second batch of naga troops to arrive at the front line to completely connect the landing points they occupied.
At this time, except for a small number with strong self-control who had returned to the Dark Tree camp, the naga army gathered on the battlefield was actually the last main force of the expeditionary army.
Then, after Nicole discussed with her military generals, they believed that they should strike a decisive blow and directly eliminate the Sea Country's last mobile force with strategic weapons. If they did that, they would win 98% of this battle!
At this time, Nicole believed that the Sea Country didn't know they possessed Overlord Bacteria, because even though the battle was so intense, they didn't release this trump card.
But coincidentally, Roger knew about the equipment the Empire sold to the nagas, and also knew where the Overlord Bacteria was moving in Nicole's hands.
A very interesting scene occurred: Nicole approved the expeditionary army's use of Overlord Bacteria. The Overlord Bacteria departed from West Forest Fortress, teleported to the Dark Tree camp, and then moved towards the gathering point of the naga troops at the front line.
When the weapon and the troops converged... the explosion happened!
The largest single explosion since the start of this campaign directly erupted on the edge of the naga expeditionary army's last main force formation.
At this time, the naga soldiers, who had experienced three days of fighting, one day of slaughter, and release, had no defenses against an explosion from their own side.
They were already an exhausted force, expecting their leader to send a super weapon to directly solve the enemies behind them.
But that super weapon arrived and created a new sun before their eyes, wiping them out instead.
Roger pressed the activation button in his hand at that moment.
The fission released energy, triggering fusion, and energy equivalent to five million tons of TNT was released from one point, directly tearing apart the naga expeditionary army's hard-won reorganized formation.
Even though it wasn't at the very center of the formation, this yield was enough to cover all the soldiers.
The Grim Reaper's scythe fell, and even the naga officers who thought this long battle was about to end were directly vaporized, leaving faint scars on the ground.
At this time, the Sea Country troops deliberately slowed down, maintained their speed, and erected defensive shields.
They couldn't defend against the direct explosion of the Overlord Bacteria, but they could defend against the aftershocks. The mages said they could handle it.
In the chaotic water flow, the Sea Country soldiers originally wanted to watch their enemies meet their doom, but the light was too intense. Even though it was weakened by layers of shields and the seawater was turbid, it was still impossible to look directly at it.
But feeling the continuous vibrations of the ground and the violent roaring of the seawater in their ears, everyone instinctively felt that there were probably no survivors over there.
The last 150,000 main force of the naga expeditionary army vanished in an instant!
At this moment, the naga officers in the Dark Tree camp waiting for news of victory from the front line were all dumbfounded.
Why hadn't our explosion order been issued yet? Why hadn't we sent the big bomb over the enemy's heads? Why did it explode in our own camp instead?
Nicole also ended her prayer and rushed into the command room in a hurry. Looking at the location of the explosion center on the magic sand table, which basically overlapped with the location of the naga's last main force, she felt her brain go blank and oxygen-deprived, and she almost fainted while touching her forehead.
Why, why is this happening?
Why did our weapon, for which we spent all our wealth, explode in our own camp? Why were we clearly on the verge of victory, only to have history rewritten by a crown prince?
Countless officers also looked at her with questioning eyes, especially Kami Blue Coral, the deputy commander of the expeditionary army.
His son, Nickel Blue Coral, had gone to establish a blockade to prevent Prince Shark from supporting the main battlefield.
But now Prince Shark's troops had appeared here, which meant his son was likely dead.
Knowing his son's character, Kami knew very well that his son must be dead, otherwise he would never have allowed Prince Shark to break through the blockade.
He had made such a huge sacrifice, the expeditionary army had made a huge sacrifice, and the naga empire had made such a huge sacrifice, all to exchange for a victory.
And a major cornerstone of this victory was that the equipment introduced by Nicole was very reliable and indeed had the power she described.
Indeed, all the previous equipment had shown its due value, even exceeding the nagas' expectations.
But the most critical strategic weapon had a fatal problem at the most critical moment!
At this time, no one would care that the decision to purchase the Overlord Bacteria was voted on by everyone; they would only turn their gaze of disaster towards Nicole!
Nicole was also very uncomfortable and didn't even know what had happened!
Master Copperbeard's weapon definitely had no problems. It had been verified so many times before, so why did a problem occur this time?
But all contact with the front line was indeed cut off. They tried to confirm that the chaotic energy storms were unconsciously exceeding the destructive power of the largest Hydrangea Fungus failure before.
Which meant the Overlord Bacteria they sent to the front line had exploded.
Without the enemy's super magic, without the enemy finding new weapons and equipment, it was their own weapon that killed the last of their living forces.
Nicole's brain recovered from the blankness. She said with difficulty, "Give me about a minute."
She came outside the command room, took out the superdimensional drawing board, and asked Master Copperbeard in the anti-Green Vine Alliance group: "Master, why did the Overlord Bacteria explode for no reason?"
"Child, there is no love for no reason in the world, and there is no explosion for no reason," Copperbeard replied immediately.
"What do you mean..."
Before Nicole could finish writing a sentence, she suddenly discovered that the superdimensional drawing board in her hand had become invalid, turning into an ordinary bubble that evaporated directly.
She was kicked out of the chat group.
She began to question the identities of the group members, and since she was about to be captured by the Green Vine Empire, there was no point in staying in the group.
Frankenstein, afraid of being asked too much, used his stolen permissions and, with Roger's permission, directly kicked Nicole out.
As long as I'm not questioned, I won't feel guilty, that's how it is!
And at this time, the battle horn sounded.
The Sea Country's troops, Prince Shark's division, arrived outside the Dark Tree camp.
Chapter 206: Blasphemous Words
Sixty thousand troops lined up outside the Dark Guardian's range, and a sky-covering, sun-obscuring swarm of bio-fish was gathering in the rear.
The newly planted, rapidly producing base corals didn't form incubation sacs, but instead plundered the organic matter in this area to feed the bio-fish transported from the distant rear.
The biggest problem with base corals, this modified creature with swarm attributes, is that because its metabolism is too strong, feeding it when it's not in hibernation requires consuming one-tenth of the organic matter needed for production in just a few days.
Otherwise, why do the produced bio-fish need to hibernate, and why are they produced on the front lines as much as possible?
It's all to reduce consumption.
This is like a fighter jet's combat radius. Its speed and attack power are quite strong, but the fuel tank also limits the fighter jet's ability to cruise indefinitely, requiring the help of an aircraft carrier to increase its combat radius.
Reality is not a game after all. Once insects are created, they are like perpetual motion machines that can devour one target after another like a tide.
They have to eat!
Real swarm battles are like locust plagues, where nothing grows wherever they pass. This is both to expand the population and because a great deal of energy is consumed by these insects to maintain themselves.
That's why the swarm spreads creep. Creep can synthesize combat snacks that the insects like, replenishing them anytime and anywhere, keeping their metabolism at its highest level at all times. Naturally, their combat power is much higher than in the natural environment, and there's no need to worry about energy supply.
Now, the base corals possessed by the Sea Country don't have so many supporting functions yet. It's just a budding prototype, and the diversity of units urgently needs to learn from this actual combat in order to have a wider range of adaptability.
Now, Prince Shark's bio-fish swarm has swam all the way here from the second defense line, and their weight has decreased by 30%.
This state of hunger not only reduces combat power, but also reduces the power of self-destruction.
When the method of releasing energy remains unchanged, the power is directly related to the mass.
After Roger reported this series of problems, Lydia had urgently used the genes of Sea Country whales to modify a vehicle suitable for bio-fish.
This concept is equivalent to a bio-version of an aircraft carrier, which can greatly increase the combat radius and mobility of the bio-fish and transport them to the front line to be directly put into battle.
It's just that no matter how fast the iteration of modified creatures is, it takes time, and this battle will definitely not catch up.
As for whether the Leviathan of the Eternal Night World will appear in the future, it depends on whether the Empire can find relevant creatures for Lydia to experiment with, and also on her luck in daily card drawing mutations.
Even if the bio-fish swarm cannot be put into battle yet, the sense of oppression it brings to the naga expeditionary army is real.
The last of the expeditionary army's forces were buried by a mysteriously exploded Overlord Bacteria.
At this moment, in the Dark Tree camp, including Nicole's generals' guards and the several formations that had gathered before dark, the total force was less than five thousand.
The good news is that the proportion of strong individuals is quite high. Legendaries and near-legendary professionals have long been accustomed to life and death and won't need to release pressure because of a few battles, so these five thousand expeditionary troops still have combat power.
But facing more than ten times the number of troops, even relying on the Dark Tree to fight defensively, it's impossible to hold out until the naga empire sends a second wave of troops.
The nagas have bet on their national fortune to complete this wave of attacks. Seizing the landing point can strengthen the naga queen's determination to mobilize more soldiers and mortgage more of their own resources in order to maintain the state of war...
But all of this takes time.
Originally, Nicole thought that she could rely on the killing power and deterrent power of the Overlord Bacteria to delay until the rear completed the replenishment of military strength.
But for reasons she didn't understand at all, the sudden explosion turned her plan into nothing.
She was kicked out of the group just for wanting to ask a reason. She was brooding, unable to accept it, and full of anger.
If the Sea Country hadn't blocked the door and sealed the teleportation, she would have even wanted to go to the desert to question what Tasika meant!
Right now, she doesn't know how to explain to those military generals.
In fact, Nicole also knew that this attitude meant that Master Copperbeard must know something. The sudden explosion of the Overlord Bacteria on the naga position was definitely not an accident, but...
A conspiracy?
Unfortunately, now is not the time to think about this problem.
Nicole stood on the watchtower automatically generated in the Dark Tree canopy, looking at the Sea Country army with high morale, and suddenly didn't know what she should think about.
This is a dead end she can't solve. Besides praying to God for a miracle, she can't think of any way to resolve it...
And on the other side.
In the Sea Country Allied Forces, Prince Shark, in bright armor, held a dripping war sword, looking at the Dark Tree, which was more than a hundred meters high with a canopy radius of three kilometers, without any fear.
This giant underwater tree can be called a miracle of the creator, a natural fortress.
The Dark Guardians generated around it and the magic power of the Dark Tree itself can form a fairly powerful defense system.
If there are enough soldiers to support it, the defensive power of the Dark Tree camp is definitely not worse than the Black Shark Fortress built by the Sea Country with all its strength. It can withstand an army ten times its size for several months without falling.
Unfortunately, the biggest problem for the naga expeditionary army now is that there are not enough soldiers to support it.
Sixty thousand troops with high morale, eager to vent their anger on the naga, the bio-fish swarm gradually returning to the battle sequence, and more and more Sea Country powerhouses gathering here, victory is only a matter of time.
It may only take one or two waves of attacks for the landing point seized by the nagas with great effort to return to the Sea Country's hands.
Because the enemy has insufficient numbers, they dare not use the remaining Overlord Bacteria, and they don't even dare to send it to the Dark Tree camp.
For fear of another classic reproduction, directly sending this camp to the sky as well, then it would really collapse without being attacked.
But Shark didn't have any happy emotions about the victory at his fingertips.
He remembered the Black Shark Fortress that had been bombed into a flat ground, the fourth brother who had been swallowed into the base coral, and the Sea Country people he had seen along the way who had been bullied and were in a terrible state.
When dispersing to encircle and suppress the naga soldiers who were slaughtering the city, a scantily clad mermaid girl grabbed Shark's trouser leg and cried, begging him to kill her.
Her family was dead, she had suffered all kinds of insults, her fish tail had been brutally cut off, and her eyes no longer had any longing for survival.
Her injuries could be treated, her disability could be treated, of course, she might not have the financial resources to pay for medical expenses, these pains will always one day, will be forgotten with time, right?
Maybe not, even if she lives, she will always be tormented by the nightmare-like present, what happiness is there in life.
Shark didn't know what thoughts were running through his mind at that moment, but facing such a naive but ashen gaze, he couldn't refuse and couldn't enlighten her, he could only respect her wishes.
As she wished, he stabbed her with a sword and received a very light "Thank you".
Perhaps they are all cowardly escaping, what Shark can do is kill all the naga who invaded this village.
But looking at the village, now devoid of any signs of life, he only felt waves of helplessness.
When he met up with Roger, Shaq asked him, what is the meaning of everything we are doing?
"Revenge? But too many things have already happened. The dead cannot be resurrected, and the living are consumed by grief."
"No, it's to become stronger, so that what happened today will never happen again."
Roger gave him a definite answer.
Riding all the way to the Dark Tree, Shaq kept thinking about the difference between "revenge" and "becoming stronger," and finally had some understanding.
Revenge is killing the person who harmed you; it is a targeted, equal action.
Becoming stronger, on the other hand, is keeping all those who might harm you outside the borders.
It is a brave declaration of war without a target, against the whole world!
He suddenly understood what the Green Vine Empire was doing.
Even if it meant being enemies with the world, enemies with the gods, they wanted to build an ideal country where the people could live and work in peace, protected within its borders, with an unyielding spirit.