novelraw #279 - Section 279
#279 - Section 279
An employee from a subsidiary company on the elf side rushed out of the crowded train carriage, with a proud look on his face, elated to board a large airship belonging to a certain empire merchant guild. The pride was almost ostentatious.
In the past, proud elves might have felt the urge to slap him, but at this moment, the Imperials were indeed righteous enough to rush to rescue people even in the face of gods.
Even the most rigid and proud elf would give the humans a thumbs up at this time, sincerely expressing their gratitude.
"What are you thanking us for? We are all Nightless!"
An ordinary middle-aged Imperial cargo ship driver, recalling the empire's constantly promoted slogan, sympathetically arranged for everyone to quickly secure themselves and then sped towards the safe embrace of the empire.
In the past, there were indeed various conflicts between different races, but now the empire wasn't promoting "One Nightless, One Royal Dream" every day?
So when he heard about the urgent call for volunteers, he immediately signed up.
The ongoing cultural export, now encountering such an emergency, marked a crucial moment for the empire's relationship with neighboring countries to truly thaw and transform.
The sense of security brought by absolute military power radiated to surrounding allies. Perhaps those big shots didn't need it, but those civilians who escaped from the burning Ys'leaf were the ones who could most appreciate the gap in national power between the Qing Teng and Elf kingdoms, and then develop a clear sense of envy.
Those Qing Teng people are so fortunate...
Such thoughts arose in the hearts of quite a few elves.
They no longer simply envied the empire's wealth, maintaining their pride as old nobles with a 'country bumpkin' mentality.
In times of life and death, the protection that a fleet could bring highlighted the growing gap between the two countries, letting them know that it wasn't just a simple case of nouveau riche; those humans had already accumulated terrifying strength.
A fake world police force, frantically interfering in other countries' internal affairs, creating wars and conflicts, and exploiting other nations to build their own happy beacon.
A true world police force is one that truly dares to stand up and resist the enemy when gods from beyond the world invade.
Although these elves didn't know, Taibeira was deliberately lured over by the Qing Teng Empire, and through various coincidences, the first wave of anger was directed at them.
But no matter what, at least tonight, humans and elves were as close as brothers, communicating and fighting against the brutal slaughter of the dark elves...
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The atmosphere on the front lines grew increasingly tense.
The dark elves broke through the temporary defense line. The main force, bathed in blood, was also ignited by the tenacious resistance of the elf home guard.
They howled, preparing to chase after the trains that had run far away, slaughtering the civilians to vent their anger.
As a result, more than a dozen flying whales emerged from different directions, accompanied by fleets of steel and biological ships, occupying the sky in a kingly manner, proudly appearing on the battlefield.
Although the dark elves were seeing this fleet for the first time, the Qing Teng Empire's flag made their hearts sink.
They had finally fought a successful battle and could chase after the elves to hack them down, but now their teammates had arrived...
Could they be counterattacked? Could it be?
Although there was such a cry in their hearts, the dark elves had learned the Qing Teng Empire's power countless times before.
The Imperials didn't participate in normal combat, but their presence was everywhere on the battlefield. The Elf Empire received comprehensive support from the empire, from equipment to tactics, which allowed them, protected by gods, to always be confined outside the Elf Empire's borders.
Choosing to act on New Year's night was also because they knew the empire would be holding a celebration today.
The Imperial bros were happily celebrating, so even if they wanted to support the elves, they wouldn't act immediately, right?
But the story didn't unfold as they had expected.
Ya Wenshali was also surprised by the empire's rapid response. Seeing fleet after fleet, she couldn't help but frown, and a bad premonition floated in her heart.
The Nightless had made a public appearance in this world, but strategic fortresses of the God-Slayer class were assembled in the astral realm and had been performing missions in other worlds for various reasons.
The Second Fleet's prestige had already spread in other worlds and was even marked down by the Seven Gods, but this world didn't know about this important strategic weapon of the empire.
Although the dark elves were brave and good at fighting, they had suffered no small losses from the Qing Teng Empire's new equipment in recent years. Realizing they were being surrounded, they didn't dare to pursue.
The sight of those giant whales carrying the blue sky and covering the stars and moon pressing down on them was too visually impactful. The fact that they didn't turn around and run immediately showed the courage of these dark elves.
It was also because the slave legions and cannon fodder troops had undergone repeated transformations, and most of their brains weren't working well, only thinking about fighting crazily and not knowing what fear was.
But the dark elves didn't need to use lives to test the enemy's equipment intelligence. A large amount of information was directly transmitted to them by the gods.
"As expected of our Lord, the empire's new equipment can't be hidden from you!" Ya Wenshali and the priests around her praised the Dark Goddess loudly.
Taibeira's expression was awkward, and she didn't say anything.
Hey, the empire didn't hide these new equipment from us at all, but rather beat me up again and again. How could I not understand?
That was all tested out with the fall of one diocese after another, losing countless believers!
Soon, after the praise, Ya Wenshali also discovered that the enemy's fleet intelligence was not simple!
"T-This is not something we can resist..."
The dark elves didn't show an expression of knowing themselves and their enemy, but were even more desperate.
The empire's giant whales could even fight against those large churches that ruled a world on their own.
How could they, these small churches still suppressed in the Underdark, who don't even have the opportunity to live in the sunlight, possibly fight against this level of fleet?
"Don't worry, I've prepared a long time ago. Their appearance on this battlefield saves me from having to go around capturing these pests."
Taibeira's three incarnations all showed smiles.
The mage incarnation directly summoned a large amount of equipment, such as whale hunting guns for the warriors, insecticide spray for the priests, and a large stack of spell scrolls suitable for large-scale damage for herself.
There was also a lot of equipment distributed to the dark elves.
Her plan for coming to this world was to besiege Wei to rescue Zhao, directly attacking the Qing Teng Empire's mainland, forcing those fleets harassing her rear to return to defend, naturally calculating the combat power of several fleets in her heart and preparing solutions.
Why invest three incarnations in one breath?
That's of course because the warrior-mage-priest forms a complete combat system that can perfectly respond to the empire's various fleet strikes.
Because a very interesting point is that the power ceiling of the Nightless World is here. The fleets they create cannot exert their full power and cannot display their greatest combat power in this world.
If it were in the astral realm, or in those worlds where the fleets could output at full power, both sides might let go and fight. Perhaps Taibeira might still be beaten to death by random punches.
But now that the enemy fleet's aggro can't be pulled, she is confident that she can achieve better results in the suppressed battlefield!
Having fought so many wars following the God of Knowledge and seen the combat environments of various planes, the rich experience also gave Taibeira enough tactical choices.
So even surrounded by the overstaffed Imperial Second Fleet, and even detecting that more fleets are coming to support, Taibeira is still confident that she can command the dark elves to fight a battle that must be won.
Targeted equipment, perfect tactical command, powerful personal combat power... Hmph, Imperial lackeys, come and see how terrifying a serious god is!
Taibeira drove the golden dragon chariot, facing Luo Jie's flagship head-on.
Compared to the giant whales of more than ten kilometers, Taibeira's incarnation was only the size of a normal person, like a misplaced pixel on the painting.
But the powerful force represented by divine power caused various alarms to sound. The fleet was conducting an emergency interception, not allowing these mobile natural disasters-like god incarnations to approach the mothership.
"Enemy intelligence analysis completed, power ceiling locked, divine power transmission isolation established successfully."
Daoer reported the progress to Luo Jie.
Luo Jie showed a mocking smile: "She really is confident... In that case, plane ascension initiated!"
He raised his head, looking at Taibeira, who was cutting battleships like the wind, his eyes full of fighting spirit:
You think you're the only one with calculations?
Don't forget, this is our world, this battlefield has been waiting for you for a long time!
Chapter 257 The World Shines Because of the Empire
Although Taibeira claimed to be serious, in reality, she never regarded mortals as enemies on the same level as herself.
Her seriousness was just being willing to spend some cost, such as some attention, such as more power of faith, to solve the empire, an enemy that had been harassing her and causing her a considerable degree of trouble.
So while saying serious, in reality, she was not looking at the Qing Teng Empire with the attitude of preparing for a war.
At most, it was discovering that the mosquitoes at home were actually resistant to the current brand of insecticide, so I'll just buy a more expensive bottle, right?
So Taibeira thought she had calculated the Qing Teng Empire, but her calculations were also very simple:
I have descended, I have opened fire, I have won.
This was the script she prepared. The so-called targeted weapons were not really prepared for the empire, but just picking out some suitable things from the past accumulation.
Looking at the empire, from the first five-year plan, Taibeira had been identified as the first god to be solved. From the layout of the Elf Empire, they had been inducing Taibeira to enter the game.
She thought she was conducting a direct home-switching raid, but she didn't know that this action was completely guided by the Qing Teng Empire, hoping she would do so!
The only accident was that the timing of the action provided by Ya Wenshali was quite clever, allowing the dark elves to truly break through the Elf Empire's defense line, causing the Qing Teng Empire to react somewhat out of sync.
But from the moment Taibeira stopped the dark elves from chasing and stayed in the Nightless World without leaving, still wanting to obtain more results, the entire situation returned to the empire's control.
At this moment, Taibeira personally rushed into the Second Fleet group and killed indiscriminately, and the dark elves also used new equipment to resist the fleet's concentrated fire, seemingly entering a state of mutual restraint.
But all of this was just a trap that Luo Jie prepared for Taibeira.
If she wasn't allowed to get carried away and elated, how could this ancient god with such rich combat experience ignore the activation of the traps around her?
So the results Taibeira achieved were just bait thrown out by Luo Jie.
Only fish that truly bite the bait will ignore the iron hook hidden inside, and then become tonight's harvest.
"Plane Ascension Initiated!"
As Luo Jie's order was issued, not only did a huge magical reaction rise from the twelve God-Slayer ships of the Imperial Second Fleet, but the order was also synchronized to the control centers built by the empire in many places in the Nightless World through the Dreadnought Space.
They were just isolating the connection between Taibeira's incarnation and her main body and divine kingdom, and launching a stronger version of the divine power blocking field that had been used to calculate Nali Nair.
The real big move was the ambush that the Qing Teng Empire had laid out in the entire world and prepared for many years.
Plane ascension refers to a super-large project to increase the power ceiling that the Nightless World can bear, and can accommodate higher-level powerhouses.
The core technology is to strengthen the plane's barriers and provide their support, so that they will not collapse when powerful existences enter.
At the same time, this is also part of the wandering plane plan. After all, to complete the movement of the entire plane, its body strength must be guaranteed to a considerable extent.
Otherwise, navigation and turning may cause the entire plane to shatter, and the creatures will be devastated. Before the enemy finds the result, it will collapse itself...
The Qing Teng Empire will not allow such a careless tragedy to happen.
Of course, they also prepared a plan to actively allow the plane to disintegrate and disperse to escape if they encountered an absolutely uncontrollable situation.
But that's all for later. If the Nightless World really wants to wander, it must first complete the plane ascension.
The core principle is very simple, but to execute it specifically, it is necessary to complete the mapping of the entire plane, carry out absolute control, understand the details in all aspects, and then invest massive resources.
This not only requires technology, but also requires becoming the true overlord of a world to achieve.
And in this universe dominated by gods, they are unwilling to let mortals have too much power, and will naturally create eternal disputes to prevent such a scene from happening.
So throughout the multiverse, counting the distant history, there are very few worlds that can successfully complete this operation.
The Goddess of War does have rich experience in conquering different planes, but proud gods will not calculate too much before fighting mortals, and consider the occurrence of such small probability events.
But the empire had already completed the preparations for plane ascension long ago, waiting for Taibeira to arrive, and then give her a surprise.
From the City of Mysteries to the Naga cities in the deep sea, to the Underdark, and the even more distant Far North Wasteland.
Countless secret research centers secretly established by the empire, cooperating with huge magic circles, and the fusion of new arcane magic crystal machinery and magnificent artificial creations, connect and resonate with each other, changing the micro-environment of the entire Nightless World.
The empire invested resources in these research centers, but the local rulers were also happy to participate. Everyone was happy to see plane ascension happen.
Individual powerhouses with higher combat power may no longer be suitable for the war methods of this era, and it is impossible to become the dominant force and show the gorgeous scene of one person breaking through thousands of troops.
But if the strength is strong to a certain extent, it can first be conducive to an invincible position, and the mobility and resistance to beatings are greatly improved.
If one day my country is really destroyed by the Green Vine Empire, as my strength increases, at least the chances of escape will increase, right?
Therefore, no force disagreed with the Green Vine Empire's proposed course of action.
On the contrary, many races felt that the Green Vine Empire was getting arrogant. They haven't truly unified the world yet, but they're already starting to give others benefits.
Do they really think that just because they can't beat you now, they'll never be able to beat you?
Thus, the construction for the plane's advancement proceeded very smoothly. It wasn't just the Empire bearing all the pressure, but the entire Eternal Night World was contributing.
Of course, to achieve this, the Empire's military and economic strength had to be dominant in order to accomplish it.
Otherwise, it would truly be giving benefits to others, increasing the risk of being overthrown.
The first to sense the plane's advancement were the magical creatures. They discovered that their power had increased, their speed had quickened, and it seemed like they had inexhaustible strength within their bodies.
Although it was inexplicable, this comfortable feeling made them inexplicably swell with confidence, making them want to challenge the powerful enemies in the surrounding territories...
As a result, unrest and disturbances occurred continuously, but very few had any real outcome.
Those lucky magical creatures, who accidentally discovered that they had been tempered and strengthened by luck, found that their mortal enemies had also changed. Everyone was still at the same level...