novelraw #265 - Section 265
#265 - Section 265
In the Sea God's divine kingdom, several gods were celebrating their victory, having successfully occupied another hundred new planes.
The Knowledge God marked them, and after nihilization according to requirements, the rest were divided among them, creating new faith farms.
However, Tybella's expression remained gloomy.
She felt her luck had been terrible lately.
Chapter 242: Second Fleet Marshal Roger
While other gods celebrated their victories, Tybella's mind was filled with worries.
It seemed the joys and sorrows of gods were not shared.
She had repeatedly tried to deal with the Azure Vine Empire, but each time ended in failure.
A small mortal nation had managed to hold back the gods she had nurtured, something Tybella couldn't understand.
Then, many of the planes she controlled were attacked, and the local church organizations directly collapsed, meaning she would no longer receive faith from those worlds.
Even now, while other gods were celebrating victory, she still received pleas for help from believers, facing powerful enemies they couldn't defeat.
And these enemies didn't hide their identities, clearly displaying the expeditionary fleet established by the Azure Vine Empire.
Beside the Empire's national flag and military flag was a banner with a cute pig's head, with the words: 'Sponsored by the War God's Pig Farm'.
This was a blatant mockery of her accidental fall during her incarnation!
The good news was that the Nature God, the only one who knew the joke, couldn't speak and therefore couldn't tell the other gods about her embarrassment.
Moreover, she received news from Yavin Sally that the Azure Vine Empire had persuaded the Elven Empire to expel the Nature God's churches, making them a god who, like her, had been mocked by mortals. She thought she could use this as an excuse to win over an ally.
However, the Nature God completely ignored her, even refusing to communicate.
'I'm sorry, my Lord's throat is not feeling well, you can contact her next time,' the elven priestess who was always by the Nature God's side, responsible for translation, directly rejected Tybella.
With Tybella's experience as a master manipulator, looking at the elven priestess's expression, she suddenly understood their thoughts.
We only lost a country in one world, but you, the Goddess of War, are losing plane after plane.
We did suffer a loss, but seeing you lose even more and even more miserably makes us very happy.
'Damn wood elves, no sense of solidarity at all!'
Realizing this, Tybella was furious, completely forgetting that when she took advantage of others, she had never thought about solidarity or standing together against outsiders.
So, she would have to face the trouble brought by the Azure Vine Empire alone.
Because the initiator of this exchange, the Knowledge God, provided new information:
'The next round of war has begun, and I will compensate everyone for half of their faith consumption.'
Immediately, the other gods cheered. They were all shrewd and stingy, holding onto their investments, expecting to earn at least twice as much in return.
But if the same thing could be done with half the consumption, wouldn't that be like earning four times as much?
With such profits, we might be able to pay off our debts to Nalinel within ten thousand years!
The gods cheered, but Tybella wore a blank smile, feeling only endless annoyance and frustration.
For reasons she didn't understand, the Knowledge God was pushing the battle faster and faster, leaving her no time to take care of the Azure Vine Empire, protect her home from being attacked, or get help from other gods.
'I can only hope the angels and holy spirits can withstand the pressure. If the income continues to decline, my battles on the front lines will become difficult.'
Tybella made a difficult decision. Unable to support them herself, she could only let the brawny brothers of Conqueror's Canyon support the planes targeted by the Azure Vine Empire first.
Just wait, when I have time, I will definitely not let you continue to be so arrogant, and you will spit out everything you ate from me!
At this moment, the Goddess of War didn't know what kind of enemy she was facing, thinking the Empire's victory was just a fluke.
When her counterattack arrived, it would inevitably collapse like a house of cards.
So, she was annoyed, angry, but still ambitious, seeing thousands of troops as nothing!
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Life Ritual, the Eternal Night Empress and Roger visited the completed Abomination Ship.
"Your Majesty, Marshal Luo, greetings."
Dao'er had now fully integrated into the body of the Abomination, and Lydia, under the strict orders of the Eternal Night Empress, did not dare to let the warship's exterior grow wildly.
Based on the size and shape of the Abomination, and the remaining characteristics of whales in nature, she modified the Abomination's appearance, at least making it symmetrical, with only one mouth and nose, and two eyes, conforming to normal human aesthetics.
Dorsal fins and tails, which made the shape look more coordinated, were not really needed for interstellar navigation, and could not provide power to drive the body in the atmosphere or ocean of the main plane, and were initially just decorations to fit everyone's common sense.
Later, to avoid wasting space, they were turned into large missile launchers, and additional engines were installed at the tail, increasing the mystical maneuverability.
So, although these parts could be seen wagging like a fish, in reality, they were just wagging to look like a fish.
In addition to specific arthropods, furry things, and gore, another fear of humans is those abnormally shaped creatures. A huge, smooth whale also belongs to this category.
Although Lydia was helpless, she finally succeeded in making the Abomination look majestic and domineering. Two kilometers longer than the Eternal Night, it was visually striking.
The Eternal Night Empress was very satisfied with Lydia's final success. It turned out that she was not abnormal. The previous sanity-losing creations were just because she was lazy.
It is easy to understand that this kind of inspirational, impulsive researcher is enthusiastic and well-prepared at the beginning, but while doing it, they will have new inspirations and projects that they can't wait to do, and less time is invested in the original project.
It's good to complete the main goal, as for the appearance... there's really no time to modify it!
Heh, out with the old, in with the new, human nature!
"The new body is good."
Roger greeted Dao'er. The two had cooperated a lot in the past few years of fighting. Seeing this general with a Leviathan-like super body...
I almost forgot that he used to be a handsome merman!
Dao'er bowed with a smile, guiding the two to visit the interior structure.
Lydia was gratified that such a mature warship could lead her superiors to inspect the results herself.
Because she was also undertaking the design and manufacture of some supporting ship types for the Second Fleet, she stayed for a while and then excused herself to leave.
I don't want to be separated from the new project that is still in the excitement period for even a second!
Many of the fortress's internal living areas and combat readiness areas directly inherited the design ideas of the Eternal Night. This will also become the overall design standard for the Empire's strategic fortresses in the future, making it easier for troops to rotate and add new equipment.
With the expansion of the Empire's national strength and the lengthening of the front lines, the future core fleets may have more than ten. All regular troops and newly built legions will have the opportunity to expedition to different planes.
Better versatility and ease of use, reducing the break-in time, is something that wastes time during construction, but can bring great convenience during actual combat.
When the war is tense, humans may only be left with instinctive actions. If the shipboard combat personnel have worked on other warships before, there may be unnecessary troubles in the new environment.
Repeated training is to ensure that when only instinct remains, the body can make the right response before the brain.
In terms of combat, in addition to carrying the Empire's most advanced weapons, defense, maintenance, communication, and command modules, the Abomination Ship also has two huge incubation areas.
The biochemical fish schools that shone brightly on the seabed before, with the addition of the genes of those creatures that can move freely in the astral world, have the performance of sea, land, and air combat, and of course, there is also a series of targeted modified creatures.
"After this ship forms combat power, it is slightly inferior to the Eternal Night in terms of attack capability and defense upper limit, but its endurance and self-supply capabilities are far superior."
Dao'er summarized his advantages and disadvantages very rationally, without any concealment.
An excellent general must know himself and his enemy. There is no need to pursue proficiency in everything for the sake of face. Every weapon and everyone has a more suitable battlefield.
The upper limit of the internal reaction of biology is naturally far inferior to that of steel, but it also has the characteristics of faster synthesis and processing, and self-replication.
As long as enough organic matter can be obtained on the battlefield, the Abomination Ship can self-repair and endlessly corrupt and modify creatures.
This is a characteristic similar to that of the Zerg. Once it penetrates behind enemy lines, it can endlessly create trouble for the enemy as long as it is not directly killed.
And the maintenance of the Eternal Night requires the consumption of materials, and the weapons and equipment used also have wear and tear. Even if the volume is vast, it is impossible to carry the entire production line with you. There must be a problem of endurance and supply cycle.
Fleets in the mechanical and biological directions each have their own advantages and disadvantages. How to use their respective characteristics to make better arrangements is what the Eternal Night Empress and other commanders need to think about, rather than blindly pursuing completeness and letting the two fleets make up for each other's shortcomings.
The three people discussed the more suitable battlefield and tactics for the Abomination Ship, and Roger also took over as the commander of the Second Fleet and mixed into the position of marshal.
The pressure Tybella is about to face will soon become even greater.
After the reference of the Abomination Ship ended, Roger followed the Eternal Night Empress back to the City of Mysteries. The two did not go to the palace, but came to the dock area they had visited before.
Now this place has become a "Logistics Complex".
The rapid construction here, the daily throughput of materials is equal to the past year, the super-large transportation hub is a three-dimensional structure that was once unimaginable, integrating sea, land, and air:
The bottom is the port wharf, the middle is connected to the Empire's high-speed railway network, and the top is the airport hub.
The Rose River has been artificially widened three times and deepened to allow larger tonnage freighters to navigate.
And railways and airports have been built, connecting the entire Empire.
The magic iron furnace was an idea proposed in the early days of magic crystal machinery. The rapid and convenient carrying capacity seconds kills even the strongest monsters.
The transport planes are also basically vertical take-off and landing types, without long runways and complex aviation management.
After all, strategic fortresses of more than ten kilometers can fly in the sky. The terrifying output power of magic crystal energy and divine power energy, and more excellent material science, are huge advantages of the Eternal Night World relative to Earth.
The owner of the small bar that the Empress and Roger had visited got the demolition money for the expansion, and enjoyed the increasingly prosperous dividends here, opened a business hotel, and ran a simply decorated small bar next to it.
This place still takes the cheap and people-friendly route, but the decorators on the former dock are no longer strong men who rely on their own bodies to do hard work, but magic crystal machine drivers with new soul-fitting bracelets.
This place has not yet achieved complete automation, but the power of machinery is driving the Empire's rapid progress with hundreds or thousands of times the power and efficiency of humans.
Across the river, echoing the City of Mysteries, is a newly built industrial city and scientific research center.
Relying on developed transportation capacity, lower land prices than the City of Mysteries, but with the abundant talent resources of the City of Mysteries, it is one of the Empire's most important industrial areas, mainly concentrated in the research and manufacture of advanced magic technology.
The two came to the bar again, still in the evening, with only a few customers.
"Still the cheapest ale, but finally I can drink it."
The Eternal Night Empress seemed to be nostalgic, and chose the cheapest drink on the wine list. The price after conversion to Azure Vine coins was even a few points cheaper than before.
"This is the benefit of industrialization and standardization."
Roger also rejoiced, now the taste of the Empire's beer is not worse than those industrial water beers he used to drink on Earth, and even the taste direction is somewhat better.
He finally didn't have to perform the embarrassing scene that he couldn't swallow it.
The Empire people are experts in fighting and drinking, and the Empire's market is not so inwardly competitive, and merchants do not need to be meticulous and survive by holding on to various costs.
Moreover, as the world's universal currency, the Azure Vine Empire established a financial system with itself as the core like the US dollar hegemony, and frantically harvested the dividends of the world's booming development.
The Empire's factory owners purchase various raw materials produced by other countries at extremely favorable prices, and even industrial beer can use some good raw materials when needed.
Of course, the most important thing is the issue of conscience. Many of the Empire's mainstream beer merchants are successful transformations of traditional brewing families. Everyone doesn't want to lose their ancestors' faces, and wants to establish a century-old or thousand-year-old enterprise. They are not the same kind of people as those domestic sweatshop factory owners who only want to make quick money and earn export subsidies.
Capitalists and capitalists are also very different, and even some domestic ones are just landlords in capitalist clothing. The production mode and production efficiency have not changed for decades. They exploit the surplus value of workers and only buy houses frantically.
The Empire's merchants are still somewhat different in this regard. The annual technical investment is above a certain technology, because the Empire's subsidies and support in this area are quite large, even for the most basic people's livelihood.
Three cups and two glasses of light wine, the night is getting darker, looking at the macro numbers every year is very beautiful, but looking at the lives of ordinary people in the Empire, I really found that those careers I have done along the way are of great value.
"This cup is to you. Without you, I would have turned them into a bunch of war-crazed lunatics, unable to enjoy the life we have now." The Eternal Night Empress's eyes shimmered, once again appreciating the rarity of the person before her.
After a series of incredibly easy victories, she clearly understood that this nation was completely different from the Green Vine of the past.
Looking at the people of the other world, and then at the Empire.
"To Your Majesty, without your support, I wouldn't have been able to accomplish anything."
The fact that this nation could achieve such a huge change in such a short time, the invincible Majesty is definitely the stabilizing force, suppressing all dissenting voices.
The glasses clinked in the air, and the two said simultaneously: "Long live the Empire."
Chapter 243: The True Dawn Mentor
The beginning of love is hormones, friendship is the harmony of ideas, experiences, and personality.
The former may be short or long, while the latter has more opportunities to become increasingly fresh.
Roger sometimes felt helpless. The initial attraction between him and the Eternal Night Empress was gradually turning into a kind of friendship and tacit understanding.
Building an empire and defeating powerful enemies like gods seemed to be enough to occupy all his energy. Busy and preoccupied, in the blink of an eye, he had been in this world for several years.
Perhaps this is a case of the Seven Gods not being destroyed, so where is home?
Without the effect of suppressing alcohol, in the slightly tipsy night, they rarely talked about state affairs, chatting about food, wine, and the Empire's novelties from an outsider's perspective, which was quite interesting.