In the T101 military base located in the north of City No. 10, the huge Qingshan Air Fortress is undergoing a comprehensive overhaul.
The black city just parked on the ground quietly, with high maintenance platforms set up around it, just like the dense scaffolding outside the walls when building a building.
Thousands of maintenance engineers were busy on the maintenance platform. They controlled huge robotic arms to dismantle the scrapped parts of the Qingshan and then replaced them with new ones.
There are hundreds of engineers overhauling the Qingshan's systems and codes, trying to obtain future improvement plans for the air fortress from the last battle data.
The battle in Forbidden Land No. 002 left the Qingshan in a state of total battle damage.
Anti-gravity devices and reactors must be maintained after overload operation. The larger and more sophisticated the machine, the more careful it must be treated.
Now, just repairing its outer armor would cost an astronomical amount.
In the matter of war, when the two sides are evenly matched, the only thing that matters is who has more money.
Although Li Changqing defeated the Chen fleet in this operation and could not recover for a year, Li also paid a corresponding price.
At this time, Li Changqing was wearing a military uniform and the rank of lieutenant general, sitting in the headquarters of the military base.
She silently looked through the information sent back by the Red Bird Organization, and two of them caught her attention.
The first one is that the whereabouts of a foreigner have been discovered in the territory of the Northern Gods, but the flying vehicle they used to cross the Forbidden Sea has not yet been found.
The Forbidden Sea can be crossed. Although ships cannot pass, there is no obstacle in the air.
Even in the outside world, a direct flight across the ocean only takes about 13 hours.
There used to be people from the West Coast who came to the Federation. The Federation welcomed them at first, but later it was discovered that those who came here were all engaged in espionage work, and this kind of contact was cut off.
Those spies were all sentenced to life imprisonment and tortured for information about the West Coast. They finally learned that they wanted to open up a new continent and colonize the Federation.
Although the distance of the Forbidden Sea can be crossed, it is not suitable for combat.
You know, the flight radius of a fighter jet is about 8,000 kilometers.
The kingdom on the west coast sent people here this time because they wanted to find an island on the sea to serve as a transit base for their advance.
Airships and fighter jets will be resupplied at this forward base and then fly over the Federation.
Since then, the Federation has been treating people from the West Coast as a provocation to set foot on this land. Radar bases have been deployed along the coast to monitor 24 hours a day.
But now, any foreigner who appears in the north must have flown in, and the federal army under the command of God's Generation did not give advance radar warning, which shows that God's Generation has opened the door for the forces on the west coast!
Li Changqing frowned. This is not good news. The west coast is making a comeback, and they may have found an advance base on the sea.
The second piece of information was that there was civil unrest in City No. 5. The civil unrest was put down that night. However, after the attempt to overthrow the head of the family failed, the head of the family still stayed in the hut on Ginkgo Mountain without any action.
This made Li Changqing very confused. What on earth was the head of the Qing family trying to do? How could he pretend that such a serious provocation had never happened?
In fact, what exactly the head of the Qing family wants to do has always been a mystery to all parties.
The previous heads of the family would balance the relationship between the shadow and the various factions. The shadow checks and balances the factions, and each faction also checks and balances the shadow, while the head of the family is the one who controls the overall situation.
The residents of Ginkgo Mountain have used their powerful imperial powers to control everyone in their hands.
But Qingxun, the current head of the family, did not do this. He allowed the shadow forces to compete with the various factions. He didn't care when the shadows had the upper hand, and he didn't care when the factions had the upper hand.
It was as if nothing had anything to do with him.
In the internal fighting within the family, outsiders are the ones who gain the advantage. In order to fight against the shadows, various factions of the Qing family have been exchanging interests with other consortiums over the years. Just like this time Qingwen’s mother Qingyun transferred the core technology, maybe there is no need to wait any longer.
How long will it take for them to gradually sell their assets short?
In this way, the interests of the family will be damaged.
But the head of the family still didn't care. In more than ten years, it was the first time the head of the Qing family took action to prevent Qingyun from replacing the air fortress technology.
The other party was in that small room, silently watching the building collapse.
At this time, a combat staff officer came in with a piece of intelligence. Li Changqing glanced at the sign on the intelligence. It was an S-level message from the Li Privy Council:
Tonight, a young man named Ji Guanya visited the Banshan Manor in City No. 18 and had a secret chat with Li Yunshou for 20 minutes.
This Ji Guanya was originally a time traveler affiliated with the Li family, and was Li Changqing's direct subordinate.
Li Yunshou was already the head of the Li family at this time, so naturally he would not go beyond Li Changqing to see Ji Guanya.
The Li family pays attention to internal order, so Li Yunshou doesn't like people who jump over the hierarchy to see him without authorization.
This is not because Li Yunshou is arrogant, but for a large consortium, the power structure should be stable. If Li Changqing's subordinates can jump over the hierarchy to see him at will, it will reduce Li Changqing's authority and lead to the collapse of the Li family's underlying structure.
As the owner of Baopu Building, Li Yunshou has been immersed in his father's teachings for decades. He watched his father handle everything in an orderly manner, and then taught him countless principles.
Many people in the outside world say that Li Xiurui likes Li Shutong the most, so the head of the family is likely to make an exception and pass it on to the seventh son.
However, only Li Yunshou knew that since his mother passed away, no matter how busy his father was, he would always spare two hours a day to impart knowledge, share experiences, and test his wisdom.
In fact, from that moment on, Li Yunshou already knew that his father wanted to leave with his mother.
After my mother passed away, everything my father did for the rest of his life was just to keep the family going for a long time.
When Ji Guanya arrived at Banshan Manor, Li Yunshou had already fallen asleep and had no intention of meeting him at all.
As a result, Ji Guanya explained that he was here at the request of Qingchen, and the head of the Li family immediately stood up.
After the confidential conversation, a piece of information arrived at the T101 military base through the encrypted network.
Li Changqing just opened it and took a look, then stood up immediately: "Prepare the Class A airship, I want to leave for city No. 10."
Outside the headquarters, Lao Twenty-one was napping on a chair at the door. After hearing Li Changqing's words, he asked doubtfully: "How about taking a Class B airship, which is faster."
"I'm going to fight, preparing Class A airships and escort fleets!" Li Changqing said coldly: "The head of the family said that Qingchen asked Ji Guanya to send news that City No. 10 has been contaminated by the corpse of Jindai Qianchi, and it will be soon
There will be a disaster."
Old Twenty-One was stunned for a long time: "Wait a minute, you have just come back from the south. There is no need to do this kind of thing in person. Boss, you can just sit at the rear. There is no reason for you to go to the battlefield in person every time there is a war.
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Li Changqing glanced at him: "Qingchen is in city No. 10."
Old Twenty-one was silent for a long time: "What a sin."
"Where's the little eagle?" Li Changqing asked loudly.
"I'm here, boss," Xiaoying timidly walked in from outside.
"Aren't you and Qingchen both at the Time Walker Academy? Why didn't you tell me the news?" Li Changqing asked with a gloomy look.
Xiaoying was overwhelmed by the aura of the woman in front of him: "Qingchen said that you have just participated in a battle and are not suitable to take risks in City 10 again..."
Li Changqing sneered and walked out: "He didn't come to me, but went to the Privy Council. He obviously didn't want me to go there, but I decided to go."
However, at this moment, Li Shu walked over quickly: "Lieutenant General Li, Shendai has just held a press conference. They announced that City No. 10 has been contaminated by biological organisms and is now brewing a huge disaster. The Shendai Northern Fleet will
Set sail in 8 hours and head to city No. 10 for support.”
Li Changqing frowned: "The thieves shouted to catch thieves, they are going to use this excuse to go south!"
It was obviously a disaster caused by the God Generation Consortium itself, but now it became the reason for the God Generation Northern Fleet to go south.
And not only the Northern Fleet, but also the field army controlled by the Gods will probably go south together.
In the battle at Forbidden Land No. 002, the Qing family, Li family, Kashima, and Chen family all participated in the battle, but the Divine Generation Consortium remained silent and planned.
Now that the other side has chosen this time point, it happens to be the time when all the forces are preparing to take a breather and recuperate.
The reason why the other party chose to pollute City No. 10 is also a thief.
First of all, city No. 10 has the largest population.
Secondly, the defense of City No. 10 is empty.
In the early years, the five major consortiums all sent troops there. As a result, the Qing family was stationed 100 kilometers away from City No. 10, the Jindai was stationed 90 kilometers away, and the Li family was stationed 80 kilometers away.
In the end, everyone was stationed on the edge of the city, and it looked like the five major coalition forces were going to besiege the city.
There was a slight disturbance in each military camp, and everyone became particularly sensitive and nervous.
So the consortiums agreed with each other that no troops of each consortium would be stationed within 800 kilometers of City No. 10.
800 kilometers is the distance between city No. 10 and city No. 18.
Now, because all parties avoid suspicion, the armies are far apart, and no one can quickly support them.
God has figured everything out.
This time it will be the beginning of a total war!
Li Changqing walked back to the headquarters. She calmly and silently looked at the holographic sand table, surveying the entire northern battlefield.
Ten minutes later, the combat staff walked into the headquarters: "Kashima also announced that he will go south to support City No. 10."
She paced back and forth in the headquarters and finally made a decision: "I won't go to City 10. Please reply to the Privy Council. Our department will complete the logistics preparations within 8 hours and meet with the frontline commander Li Yunmu in 16 hours... We have to fight a tough battle."
Already."
At this time, the Aoyama was unable to take off, but the air fortress of the Jindai Consortium was intact.
This battle is not easy to fight.
Li Changqing glanced at the lonely city on the sand table, No. 10, and she wanted to go there.
But she is a general of the Li family. Before, she could pilot the Qingshan and appear in front of the Chen fleet as she pleased. But now that a full-scale war is about to break out, she must be responsible for the soldiers of the Li family.
And Li Changqing knows very well that from the moment a full-scale war breaks out, all the main forces will be contained on the frontal battlefield, and City No. 10 may not be able to wait for real support.
This is what Qingchen said to Xiaosan. It is very likely that what they are waiting for is not support, but a war.
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Return countdown 166:00:00.
Only two hours have passed since this time of crossing.
"Follow up!"
Iodophor is walking through the streets with more than 600 Kunlun members.
At this time, the rat tide has just emerged from the ground, and its main active areas are still in the second, fifth, and sixth areas.
These rats did not extend the battle line at will, but wanted to eat up these three areas and then plot other areas.
At that time, their reproduction numbers will have completed their transformation, and the entire city will become their granary.
The plan Qingchen handed over to Iodophor was that if the city did not fall into darkness after traveling through time, the Kunlun members would defend the power plant to the death to ensure normal power supply.
But once they are too late to arrive, they must activate plan B: immediately go to the PCE Public Security Management Committee headquarters in the fifth district.
There are police records there for the past three months.
At first, Iodophor didn't understand why Qingchen asked them to get a copy of the police report at such a critical moment.
But after explanation, they realized that Qingchen wanted the police record from the PCE headquarters and used this record to analyze the location of the Rat King.
According to Qingchen's inference, the Rat King immediately wanted to invade the Lower Third District because it was in a no-care zone and could easily become a blind spot in the city, which was a strategic choice.
The people in the lower third district are the lower class people whose parents don't care about them. There are still more than half of the population there, so it can completely use it as a granary.
It has to be said that the Rat King's plan coincides with the parents' meeting. Both of them feel that no one cares about the lower third district, so they have to start there first.
However, what the Rat King didn't expect was that when it drew power from Kamishiro Chiaki's corpse, the Lower Three Districts had become the exclusive domain of the Parents' Association, which made it impossible for it to get in.
Qingchen analyzed that since the rat swarm failed to invade the lower three areas, there was no optimal strategic target, and the remaining areas would be the same no matter where they invaded.
Then the next area where they move frequently must be the area closest to the Rat King, because they need to carry food nearby so that the group can continue to reproduce.
When the rats first infested, some residents must have survived.
And what will the surviving residents do? They must inform the PCE Security Committee of this horrific incident as soon as possible.
The headquarters of the PCE Security Committee has a backup generator. He needs Kunlun members to use the report records to analyze the areas where rats are active, and thus analyze the location of the rat king. Only in this way can Qingchen find a way to behead him.
Moreover, Qingchen was thinking about a question, what if Kamishiro Qianchi held the taboo item ACE-022 Queen Ant?
Then if you find the Rat King, you may be able to find Kamishiro Chiaki.
Qingchen must kill this person. The city with tens of millions of people has no way to survive due to the power outage. The God Generation Consortium must pay with blood.
"Captain, are we sure we want to go to the fifth district?" someone in Kunlun's team asked in a low voice: "Actually, it's still too late to evacuate now. Let's go to the lower third district to meet up with the parents' association members. As long as we stay there for a few days, the federation will
The reinforcements from the Army Group arrived no matter what."
Now, everyone knows that a rat tide disaster is about to break out in the city.
In the academy, Team 99 Time Walkers received orders to memorize the route, use Plans A and B as guidance, and retreat to the outside of the city or the Lower Three Districts.
Only Kunlun received the order to penetrate into the center of the city.
They all know that this is a road to death, and there is no turning back once you step on it.
The rat tide is only scattered now, and they still have time to retreat.
"No," Iodine responded coldly: "An order is an order. Qingchen asked us to occupy the PCE headquarters before the rat tide broke out completely, and we must do it. So far, everything Qingchen said is true.
It comes true, he prepared plan A and plan B for everyone, and since he has not missed it so far, I have no reason to question him."
Someone asked: "What if he is really wrong?"
Iodophor was silent for a moment: "...even if he is really wrong, we must execute it."
In fact, Qingchen admired Qingchen. As the person in charge of Kunlun in City No. 10, he saw with his own eyes how Qingchen worked hard to find a way out for everyone and formulate backup plans in the remaining five days after his return.
At this moment, everyone is clearly in a city without electricity and communication, but everyone can still continue to make changes according to the plan. This is entirely because Qingchen has done all the plans, variables, and preparations before traveling through time.
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This is why after time travel, all time walkers do not panic when faced with a sudden power outage in the city.
Because Qingchen told them everything that might happen, even if there was no command or commander in this dark city, all the time walkers still knew what they should do.
It can be said that when the countdown to return ends, Qingchen's work is over.
Just like what Shadow once said to Qingchen.
Qingchen once asked Shadow in Forbidden Land No. 002: "The Federation is at war. Is it appropriate for you to run around?"
The shadow's answer was: "I have already done everything I should do."
At this moment, in the huge city, the residents began to panic because of the increasingly active rat tide. Countless people ran towards the edge of the city, trying to escape.
Residents who went to bed early also woke up from their sleep amidst screams.
Iodophor grabbed a fleeing refugee and asked, "Is there a rat tide in the direction you came from?"
The refugee said in horror: "Yes! There are all rats over there!"
Iodine frowned. He didn't expect that the fifth district they were going to was one of the hardest hit areas!
"Keep moving forward!" Iodophor said seriously: "Brothers, we must complete the mission."
On the last day of the countdown to return, Qingchen talked to everyone in charge again. At that time, Qingchen said to Iodophor: This order may not be fair to you, and you may not understand it, but I know how big your mission is.
Important. In this disaster, I need everyone to be a hero so that more people can be saved. Please.
Iodophor couldn't help but smile when he thought of this. Kunlun couldn't let Bai Bai look down on him.
At midnight, everyone was running out, but this team of more than 600 people was swimming upstream.
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