novelraw #253 - Section 253
#253 - Section 253
Someone with a 'Lying Flat' System claimed that it wasn't their own experiences that limited the system's functions.
The Eternal Night Empress frowned. "That's possible. If the system directly solved all the problems, the result wouldn't be the comrade we hope for. But more and more System Sons are leaning towards the Seven Gods. How do we stop them?"
"We don't need to stop them. We just need to ignite the flame, let those who think like us emerge, and give them room to grow. We can't expect everyone in the world to walk this difficult path."
"Your idea is too idealistic, too cruel, isn't it?"
"Of course, I don't want the gods to snatch people so easily. Open up Divine Power conversion technology, increase the rewards for slaying gods, develop technologies to invade divine kingdoms and occupy divine positions to increase strength..."
Roger listed the means to turn the tide. "Our advantage over the gods isn't resources. They already occupy over 50% of the universe's planes, constantly generating faith power.
The remaining 50% of the planes can't unite. The Abyss and Hell can never cooperate with the main plane, so we can only make limited use of them.
Therefore, our only hope for a comeback is continuous technological progress, using the activity of mortal minds to create unprecedented changes in this universe, making the Seven Gods' methods unable to keep up with our speed."
The Eternal Night Empress frowned at him. "Too idealistic. It takes too much time. This is a righteous path, but it's not suitable for the problems we face now."
"Your Majesty, you're being greedy again." Roger stopped what he was doing and turned to face her, smiling. "We're prepared to wander the planes. If things are impossible, we'll escape, slowly accumulating strength with our comrades, and delaying time. The current front line can't be defended forever. Don't be greedy and try to do more because of temporary success."
"Ah, well, that was our original plan. But I thought I could do more. In the end, we still have to run... This feeling is really bad."
"You've done enough, and the Empire has done even more. As long as we preserve the spark, we'll always have hope for a comeback."
Roger smiled and said, "Of course, I'm not just praying for comrades to emerge on their own. There's another way to make everyone see that becoming a god is useless: kill a powerful enough god and let everyone see that even so-called eternity will end."
"Tibella? Are you confident in luring her down?"
The Eternal Night Empress's eyes gleamed with excitement. She suspected that this guy was deliberately playing with her.
He said so many impossibilities, painting the situation so pessimistically that she was ready to flee, but then suddenly said that what we should really do now is to slay a god...
RNM, you should have said so earlier!
That got me excited!
Roger smiled. "The rapid unification of the Underdark and the birth of a Weak Divine Power among the dark elves must be Tibella's investment.
She's fighting on the front lines but spending her faith power on planes like ours that aren't even battlefields. That can only mean one thing: she's overconfident."
"Her growth has been too smooth. She's taken countless advantages and is very vindictive," the Eternal Night Empress said confidently.
Roger nodded. "That's right. Because of this, the military has calculated a plan to lure Tibella down."
"Even if she comes down, it'll only be a projection, or at most an avatar, right? That's just a tickle."
"But don't forget that she also has to fight on the front lines. The Seven Gods still want to make up for the progress that was delayed before, but Tibella is still fighting in the rear."
Roger pulled out a three-dimensional map of the multiverse. "Moreover, if we really want to anger Tibella, there's more than just the Eternal Night World that she cares about. As long as we make it difficult for her to attend to everything, you'll need to descend upon Conqueror's Canyon and have a dazzling victory!"
"I can do it! I want to fight!"
The Eternal Night Empress couldn't help but hug Roger and kiss him lightly on the face. "You bastard who always fools me with tractors, you're finally going to fight a stimulating battle."
"Your Majesty, don't rush. To achieve this goal, we need at least two full fleets. The moment you really need to appear is still later."
"It doesn't matter. As long as we replicate this operation, I can keep fighting!"
"Don't dream. Tibella's overconfidence can only happen once, and it was a coincidence. She accidentally exposed too many flaws to us. Do you think all the Seven Gods are as petty as this little b*tch and lose big for small gains?"
The Eternal Night Empress didn't listen and hugged Roger tighter, drawing circles on his chest with her finger. "Omnipotent Roger, I believe in your ability. You can definitely trick a few more gods into the arena and drag them into our ocean of war..."
"That's really not possible..."
"Boring. You're a man who always says he can't do it. Can't you even brag to me?"
She crawled out of Roger's arms and made a face. "Then you slowly make your arrangements. I'll go supervise the production of the fleet!"
The warmongering Empress saw that she couldn't get any more promises here and decisively ran away to prepare for war!
And a certain Darknight Guard commander, waiting for a price, wanting her to beg him again, stood alone in the cold wind...
Why is this woman so impatient? If you gave me a little more benefit, I would have helped you find a way. But she was so eager to prepare for battle that she slipped away!
So, you deserve to be single!
Roger gave the Eternal Night Empress a middle finger in the direction she left and used his Farwalker insoles to come to his mansion where he was staying under the leaves of Yggdrasil.
In order to hold Tibella's attention, the battle between the Elven Empire and the Dark Elves has to be exciting enough.
That's why he wants to control Princess Windsor. Only a more controlled ally, rather than the nobles who were lying around before, can cooperate with him to play this scene...
Until Tibella loses her patience and personally enters the arena!
Chapter 229: Divine Aberrations are also a Material
Green Vine Empire, Arcane Capital.
The Eternal Night Empress didn't return to the palace. Instead, she came to the Chapter of Discord to finalize the fleet expansion order with Frankenstein.
Thinking that what awaits her is a true god-slaying war, a battlefield that can really make the people of the Empire happy, Little Ao was so excited that she couldn't sleep.
But when she arrived at the Chapter of Discord, she received a clear rejection from Frankenstein: "The order book is full. All our shipyards are producing Eternal Night-class escort fleets for the next two years."
"What about the expanded capacity we had this year?"
"National infrastructure projects. The communications, energy, and transportation departments have seized the expanded capacity. Your Majesty, I'm really powerless."
"This..."
"Oh, right, why don't you ask Lydia?"
Frankenstein was truly helpless. If she really didn't have any spare capacity, would she push Her Majesty to her old rival?
The Eternal Night Empress understood. Hearing Frankenstein say this, she knew that she was really powerless.
Since she was suppressed last time, Frankenstein didn't dare to engage in any more petty actions.
Moreover, as the various industries within the Empire became more standardized, the economic vitality brought by the Green Vine Coin increased. With the right minister Angelina leading, and the entire cabinet supporting, a new Material Coordination Committee was established.
This committee directly dynamically mobilized and allocated the Empire's materials and manpower. Frankenstein couldn't replicate her past operations even if she wanted to.
Although Angelina didn't have Frankenstein's management ability for research projects, and didn't need to deeply understand the principles of alchemy, she could estimate the progress of the Chapter of Discord's projects relatively accurately based on the time and resources consumed by her past development projects.
This was the power of big data.
Therefore, Frankenstein was also very helpless. With this new Coordination Committee behind her, she saved a lot of time writing resource applications, allowing her to output with peace of mind, but it also restricted her freedom to a very low degree, making her feel like a robot in the entire system.
The Coordination Committee didn't actually have much power. They couldn't directly command the work arrangements and production of any department, but they disclosed information for discussion and deliberation, and had the right to have the Darknight Guard investigate deeply.
Once this link was entered, even if no fault was found, it would be very troublesome. In addition, their suggestions were very informative, and as time went by, they became more and more informative, and everyone was willing to follow the numerical references provided by the Coordination Committee.
The big data module and fuzzy calculation model used by the Coordination Committee have now been introduced by the military to deduce and predict many of the Empire's strategies and battles at the macro level.
Combined with prophecy spells, the Empire, on the surface, has a macro free market, but internally it has moved towards a planned economy.
Especially national-level super projects that require the allocation of resources across the entire society, or resource allocation that involves basic people's livelihood needs, all refuse capital intervention and are controlled by the state to maintain the stability of the entire society.
The advantage of this adjustment is that the production costs in all aspects have been reduced rapidly, resources have been used more accurately, and the problem of widening the gap between the rich and the poor that should have been generated with economic development has been controlled very effectively.
Because of the efficiency and accuracy of domestic material allocation, waste and hoarding for speculation and earning price differences are avoided. At least in domestic trade, it is impossible for someone to lie down and make money by monopolizing something.
The Coordination Committee will suggest setting up corresponding low-interest loans to attract corresponding experts to start businesses if it finds that the speed of progress in a certain field has slowed down, so as to ensure that everyone runs, and there are enough people behind to catch up.
Even if the Chapter of Discord has a huge first-mover advantage, the pursuers behind are now becoming more and more powerful.
The Coordination Committee will actively create competitors for Frankenstein with various favorable policies, playing the tactic of ants biting an elephant, which has brought considerable pressure to the Chapter of Discord.
If they don't have an industry-leading position, their allocated funds will be reduced in the future. The alchemists who are used to good days certainly don't want to go back to the tight days of the past...
Well, they have never been short of funds in the past, but now life is too comfortable, and everyone can sail freely on the ocean of imagination, and really don't want to say goodbye to this feeling.
The Eternal Night Empress came out of the Chapter of Discord and had no choice but to go to the Life Ritual.
Lydia also bid for the design of the Eternal Night-class, but she rejected it because the appearance was too sanity-blasting.
But now that the production plan for the expansion of the fleet is stuck, she has no better choice, so she can only come here.
"You really came to me?" Lydia's attitude towards the Eternal Night Empress was much warmer. "We do have materials for building a prototype here."
"Did you know I was coming?"
"Uh... Your Majesty, you heard wrong."
"Tell me, who gave you a heads-up in advance?"
"It was Commander Roger. He said that you would come here to ask about the new fleet core, and I should be prepared."
Seeing that the situation was not good, Lydia immediately chose to betray her teammate.
"Hmph, it's good that you're honest. I'll settle the score with him when I get back." The Eternal Night Empress narrowed her eyes, feeling like her whereabouts were completely designed by Roger.
Roger is a member of the Coordination Committee. Perhaps the fact that Frankenstein was sure that the capacity there was tight had traces of Roger's sabotage, forcing her to invest resources here with Lydia.
Lydia didn't want to participate in the power struggle between the two of them and directly began to introduce her designed Titan-class floating fortress, the Divine Aberration.
Just like the name, the core of building this fortress is a Divine Aberration, combined with Prince Doel, who has evolved to a considerable degree, and can be completed in half a year.
Then the battleship can continue to evolve and can also produce its own supporting battleships. Skilled production design teams can participate in the assembly of new fortresses...
Each core of the Empire's currently verified cross-plane expeditionary force must have a strategic-level floating fortress, and be equipped with various levels of battleships for escort according to needs, so that they can have a fighting force in various complex situations.
Their enemies are not only the forces of other planes, but also the Seven Gods camp. Once the divine kingdom is opened, without enough fleets to transport troops and rely on fortresses to establish defenses, the limited number of strong people will be teleported, which is simply a waste.
Now that the production of the Eternal Night-class is completed, in addition to assembling the next floating fortress of the same level, other teams in the Chapter of Discord are fully producing escort fleets to serve the Eternal Night-class.
And the premise that Roger and the Eternal Night Empress agreed to start a war with the Goddess of War is that the Empire needs to build two more fleets of the same level.
Their strategy is to attract Tibella's attention to the Eternal Night World, while diverting her attention and discovering that the planes she controls are also being attacked.
At that time, the Seven Gods camp will also have planes that must be attacked. Then Tibella will fight on multiple fronts, her strength will be dispersed, and the Eternal Night Empress will have a chance to sneak attack and directly attack her divine kingdom.
Just to maintain offensive pressure, the core combat power of the fleet that harasses Tibella's rear can be one level lower than the Eternal Night-class, but it cannot be without a strategic core, otherwise it will not cause Tibella's tension.
The design that Lydia came up with can completely meet the relevant needs. The most important thing is that within the Empire, she is the only one who can complete the relevant manufacturing tasks before the start of the war.
"As long as the materials can keep up, although the strength of the Divine Aberration is slightly inferior to the Eternal Night-class, the cost and manufacturing time are definitely not comparable to that of the magic crystal machinery."
Lydia confidently guaranteed that in terms of speed, her magical creatures have always been second to none.
The Eternal Night Empress said with a conflicted expression, "Everything else is fine, but can your fortress be a little more aesthetically pleasing and imposing? If not, you could go to the Chapter of Discord and poach some talent."
"Isn't this pure, natural beauty good?"
Lydia protested loudly, utterly rejecting such criticism.
The necessary organs and tissues are directly spliced together, without any useless decorations, absolute pragmatism. How can no one appreciate this simple aesthetic?
But this rough design style, which "doesn't need to consider aerodynamics, so it's okay to expose the internal organs to the air," is even more unbearable than the orcs' garbage patchwork.
This is a fortress several kilometers long, entirely composed of biological tissue, and it needs to house soldiers inside.
If it sails for too long, it won't need to be attacked by others; its own elite troops will turn into madmen.
The Eternal Night Empress, with a mandatory order, finally made Lydia accept that if she wanted to create the God-Aberration, she had to incorporate relevant aesthetic design.
Your fortress can be gloomy, but it can't directly lead to the underworld.
Thus, this manufacturing plan was directly finalized, and the God-Aberrations were readily available—
Thanks to the Seven Gods for opening the path to godhood. As long as someone's development goes awry, they will not lack materials for building warships in the future.
She suddenly understood why Roger knew she would definitely come to Lydia's side. It turned out that these strategies were all carefully calculated…
"That kid is always so concerned about the Empire."
The Eternal Night Empress sighed softly.
With the expansion unfolding for too long, everyone in the Empire feels an indescribable sense of urgency, racing against time in their own endeavors. Even the best of friends from the past are now scattered across the land, busy with their own pursuits.
The feelings won't fade, but the pressure from the gods is simply too strong. Everyone always has endless preparations to make, to bridge the gap in strength between the two sides.
The only thing to look forward to is that they are now gradually gaining the upper hand. With the advancement of technology and the increasing number of allies cultivated, the Seven Gods are also facing pressure from ordinary mortals.
Hopefully, they can get through this long night, and everyone in the Empire can be more relaxed!
Back in the palace, the Eternal Night Empress pondered for a while and realized that she could only be part of the atmosphere group when it came to production and internal affairs. Everyone is becoming more and more professional now, and she really can't help much.
What she can do is once again use the Child of the System to intervene in the front-line battles against the Seven Gods, helping everyone bring back more materials.
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Elven Empire, Leaf of Yggdrasil, Roger's stationed mansion.
He had only just teleported here when the Elven Empress came to visit.