"Your Majesty, the reconnaissance airship has been heavily damaged and is no longer able to support subsequent reconnaissance missions." At the Mount Fuji General Headquarters, AI Lan Lan reported the situation to Manina.
Manina is still sitting in the general command room. Directly opposite him is an electronic map that can display the real-time dynamics of the reconnaissance airship group.
Originally, there were 300 small red dots on the electronic map following the established route. These small red dots were the reconnaissance airships he sent.
But now these red dots have all deviated from the route, and many have even disappeared and completely lost contact with the headquarters.
After hearing Qie Lan's report, Manina asked in a deep voice: "Qie Lan, how many reconnaissance airships have we lost?"
AI Qielan immediately replied: "So far, we have lost a total of 78 ships.
The [Ice Shooter], [Corn Pitcher], [Ice Watermelon Pitcher] and [Clover] planted by the Blue Star people were too dense. The airship could not withstand such a dense attack. Not only was it heavily damaged, but even 1% of the reconnaissance mission was not completed.
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"Is it so difficult?" Hearing this, Manina sighed.
He shook his head solemnly and said: "Forget it, let the remaining reconnaissance airships come back. The reconnaissance airships have lost their effectiveness. Let's use another method to conduct reconnaissance."
In fact, the reconnaissance airship is not that useless. Even if there are demonized plants everywhere, the airship can still easily complete the reconnaissance mission.
The reconnaissance airship manufactured by the Skrulls is made of excellent materials, and the solid body made of polymer materials can support ultra-high altitude operations.
The airship can completely fly above the stratosphere of Blue Star, and fly to an altitude of 10,000 to 20,000 meters before conducting reconnaissance activities. At such a high position, the bullets of the demonized plants cannot reach it at all.
But the situation is different now. There is now a golden defensive net on the top of the reconnaissance airship.
Because of the existence of this giant golden net, the reconnaissance airship cannot fly very high. One or two thousand meters is the limit.
At such a low position, the bullets of the demonized plants can completely hit them. Even most third-level plants can easily hit one or two thousand meters without the wind assistance of [Clover].
Because of this, the reconnaissance airships were so powerless under the threat of demonized plants and were destroyed in large numbers.
By now, the reconnaissance airship is completely useless, and they can only use other methods to continue the investigation.
So what method should be used?
Manina thought for a while and ordered to the AI Qie Lan: "Qie Lan, inform Lan Qi to send 20 seventh-level practitioners to complete the reconnaissance mission."
Since the reconnaissance airship was useless, he could only let high-level experts take on the reconnaissance mission.
A seventh-level cultivator will still be hit by bullets from demonized plants even if he flies at an altitude of one to two thousand meters.
But compared to the reconnaissance airship, these ordinary bullets cannot break through the defense of seventh-level practitioners, and have almost no deceleration effect. The strong wind blown by [Clover] has no effect on them.
Therefore, if we send out seventh-level experts, we will definitely be able to complete the investigation smoothly.
At the same time, Manina once again ordered the AI Qie Lan: "Qie Lan, also inform the ancestors and Mr. Plante that the three of us will go to the golden giant network to have a look."
Now, it's time to take a look at the giant golden net.
In the past, they did not come into contact with the giant golden net because they were blocked by the first line of defense of the Blue Stars, and they could not make contact without breaking through the defense line.
Now that the first line of defense has been broken, it's time for the Skrulls to understand what this golden giant web is.
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Ten minutes later, 20 seventh-level Skrull practitioners flew out of the first line of defense and flew in all directions.
They all carry three or four large and small detection devices on their bodies, which can take pictures of everything within sight.
At the same time, Manina, Manina III and Plante took off and flew more than 2,000 meters directly above, approaching the giant golden net.
But just as they approached the giant golden net, Plante immediately discovered that on the opposite side of the giant net, Cao Cao, the peak of the Blue Star God level, was looking at them with a smile.
However, there was only Cao Cao on the other side, and none of the other Blue Star gods came over.
"Haha, Cao Cao, we meet again." Plante slowly approached him, while smiling, he greeted him through the defense net.
"Yes, we meet again." Prime Minister Cao was very calm. He waved to the three Plantes with a smile and said: "I knew you would come to the 'Tower Defense Network' to have a look, how about it? It's spectacular, isn't it?
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Prime Minister Cao waved his hand again, and the golden defense net made a beautiful buzzing sound like strings plucked by the wind.
Manina's eyes narrowed: "'Tower Defense Network'? This network is called 'Tower Defense Network'?"
"Oh? You don't know yet?" Prime Minister Cao was a little surprised: "This network has been installed for so long, I thought you had already found out the name of the network, but I didn't expect that your information collection ability is so poor!"
"We are not as powerful as you think." Plante ignored the sarcasm in Prime Minister Cao's tone.
He flew to the side of the tower defense net and pressed his hand directly on it.
The orange panel of the defensive net came into contact with his palm, and Plante did not feel anything strange.
His touch was like touching an ordinary glass mirror, very smooth.
However, this "mirror" is much harder than glass. He pressed it gently, and the orange panel did not move at all.
Seeing Plant's actions, Prime Minister Cao continued to smile and said: "This is the defense network specially used by the Holy Silver Federation to deal with the Zerg in the universe. I'm not kidding. With this defense network alone, I will have no problem guarding you for hundreds of years."
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"Hundreds of years? Are you kidding me!" Manina and Manina III looked unbelieving. They thought this was completely nonsense.
This is not because they have seen the defensive capabilities of the tower defense network, but because they know that it is impossible for the Blue Star people to obtain the kind of defense network that can defend them for hundreds of years.
After all, the "Fairness of War Principle" was there. Even if the thing Su Yu spent thousands of credits to redeem was very powerful, it would not seriously affect the balance of the entire war.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! According to their speculation, although the defensive power of this defense network is not very bad, it is not the kind that they cannot break through.
As long as they work hard, they should be able to break through the imperial network without spending too much money.
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"Manina, try the strength of the defensive net." In front of the defensive net, Plante winked at Manina.
"Understood." Manina agreed.
He immediately cast an instantaneous seventh-level spiritual technique - [Eye of Destruction].
A bright red blazing light burst out from his cane, hitting the orange baffle directly in front of him like a laser.
Zhi——Zhi——
The light collided and rubbed with the orange baffle, causing a harsh sound, and at the same time a series of sparks shot out.
But this instant spiritual spell was not able to penetrate the orange baffle.
The bright red light lasted for about more than a minute. In this half minute, the accumulated damage of the light was no less than Manina's full blow.
But the orange baffle is still intact, and the appearance has not changed much.
Just along the path of the light, a string of bright red marks appeared on the panel of the baffle, confirming that the spell had hit.
Seeing this, Prime Minister Cao's expression did not change much.
He could see the real-time defense value of the defense net. From the time Manina's spell hit to the end, the durability of the orange panel never dropped below 80%, which showed that Manina was still far away from breaking through the barrier.
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Plante and Manina III frowned at the same time.
Both of them knew Manina's true strength very well.
Although Manina's superficial strength is at the upper level of the seventh level, the power of his instant spiritual skills is not small.
The equipment on Manina's body is the most top-notch on the planet Scrooge, as are his skills and various auxiliary spell-casting equipment. The cane in his hand is made of a treasure handed down from ancient times, and even the god-level experts are envious of it.
When this move [Destruction of Spiritual Eyes] is released, the cumulative damage is no less than an ordinary seventh-level peak full blow!
But now, [Destroying Spiritual Eyes], let alone penetrating the baffle, has not even been able to cause substantial damage to the orange baffle.
This also means that it requires an attack method above the god level.
"I'll do it." Manina III said solemnly.
Without waiting for Plante to answer, he took out a huge blue hammer as tall as a person from his space ring.
He waved the hammer gently, and the already large hammer swelled again in the wind. In an instant, it turned into a giant hammer that was twenty to thirty meters long and five or six meters thick!
There were spikes on the tip of the giant hammer, and a halo of blue mixed with pure white slowly flowed over the spikes. Faintly, Prime Minister Cao could still hear a rumbling sound like thunder.
Judging from the appearance alone, this hammer is extraordinary.
Without waiting for anyone else to react, Manina III swung the hammer and hit the orange baffle.
His speed is extremely fast. If recorded on video, people can see that it only took him one frame for the giant hammer to hit the orange baffle as if teleporting. Whether it is a video of 24 frames per second or 60 frames per second.
Videos only have one frame.
boom--
In the violent impact, countless golden ripples immediately exploded on the orange baffle.
Dazzling golden light rippled from the impact point of the giant hammer, illuminating everything around it dazzlingly.
However, Manina III did not stop there.
Although the attack he just made was very fast, the force used was not strong, only the level of an ordinary god-level full-force attack.
And obviously, this blow was not able to break the orange baffle.
From the reverse force coming from the giant hammer, Manina III could clearly feel that after this blow, the orange baffle was still strong.
So he immediately changed the baffle, swung the hammer again, and struck a heavy second blow.
The second strike was completely different from the first strike. This time he used all his strength, a strike with the full strength of a god-level peak powerhouse!
Boom!
The giant hammer collided with the orange baffle, and the surrounding space shook violently.
Click~
This time the orange baffle was finally overwhelmed and cracked under the blow of the giant hammer, exploding into golden dust that filled the sky.
Seeing the orange baffle smashed, Manina III was ecstatic!
He laughed and said: "Haha, just one blow can penetrate the defense network. It seems that the defense of your defense network is no more than that!"
Hearing this, Prime Minister Cao remained unmoved.
He replied lightly: "But this is your full blow. If the full force blow of the peak god-level can't penetrate the defense network, you really can't win this war."
The orange baffle was shattered, and a clear gap appeared in the tower defense network.
Facing this gap, Manina III subconsciously wanted to get through.
But just before he acted, he instantly realized that this could not pass now!
Now he will definitely be besieged once he passes.
Even if he went there with Plante and Manina III, he still wouldn't be a god-level opponent to Blue Star.
So he quickly moved away from the gap and returned to Plante and Manina.
Just when he left, in just one second, the energy around the orange baffle gathered towards the gap, and the baffle quickly returned to its original state, exactly as it was at the beginning.
Seeing the baffle restored so quickly, the smile on Manina III's face quickly disappeared.
This recovery speed is too fast!
He was just crushed and recovered in more than a second?
Of course, more than one second is enough time for a god to pass through the gap, or even enough time for 10 god levels to pass through one after another.
But this recovery speed makes it impossible for ordinary troops to pass.
"The recovery speed of this baffle is a bit fast!" Manina III was very surprised. He used his mental power to communicate with the other two people: "I don't know if all the baffles recover so fast, or because the Blue Star people mobilized a defense network.
All the energy is dedicated to restoring this baffle, which is why this baffle recovers so quickly."
"We should use all our energy to focus on recovery." Plante judged: "Otherwise, it would be too scary."
"But this is already terrifying." Manina responded with mental power: "The barrier recovers so quickly, which means that our army cannot pass at all."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "That's not necessarily the case." Plante was very calm: "When we push the front line to the edge of the defense network, then we will take action together,
Coupled with the fleet's firepower and the disintegrating ray flood tower, several or even a dozen gaps can be made in an instant.
I don’t believe that the Blue Star people can repair so many gaps so quickly. As long as they don’t repair them in time, we can let the army pass through easily.”
"That's right. When it comes to energy consumption, our Skrull still has a lot of advantages."
The three Maninas talked to each other and discussed with each other mentally.
By now, they have fully understood the defensive power of the tower defense network. In summary, it is that ordinary god-level powerhouses cannot break it, but peak god-level powerhouses can easily break it.
This kind of defense strength is barely acceptable to them. Now it depends on how to break through this defense network.
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Prime Minister Cao knew that the three Skrulls in front of him were using mental power to communicate.
Although he didn't know what they were communicating, Prime Minister Cao still smiled back, like a very polite host when entertaining rude guests.
When the three people's communication reached a certain stage, Prime Minister Cao smiled and asked them: "You three, how was the discussion? Have you discussed a way to crack the defense network?"
Plant and the other three turned to look at Prime Minister Cao at the same time.
The three of them all had straight faces, and no inner emotional changes could be seen.
After a brief silence, Plante replied: "The defense network is very powerful. It is worthy of the technology of the Holy Silver Federation. However, we are not afraid of this defense network. We will see more of it later!"
Having said this, Plante clasped his fists towards Prime Minister Cao like an ancient Chinese salute.
Not only that, the last sentence he just said, "We will see you later," was also in the ancient Chinese of Blue Star's Qin and Han Dynasties. I don't know where he learned it, which made Prime Minister Cao sound even more friendly.
However, being cordial is cordial, and Prime Minister Cao will definitely not forget that Plant is an enemy. He continued to smile and said lightly: "Okay, let me wait and see, I want to see how you can crack this defense network... But
As a side note, the wording you said 'see you later' is not accurate. I believe we will meet again soon."
"See you again soon"?
Hearing this, Plant and the other three were startled at the same time.
What does this mean?
But before they could react, Manina's ear suddenly remembered the AI's blue-devouring voice: "Your Majesty! There's a situation ahead! The seventh-level powerhouses who went out for reconnaissance were attacked by the Blue Stars in a planned way!"
"What?" Manina's pupils shrank sharply.
He completely did not expect that the Skrull Seventh Orders who were out on a reconnaissance mission would be attacked by the Blue Stars.
In fact, this is easy to explain from the Blue Star people's side.
From the perspective of the Blue Star people, the space between the first and second lines of defense is now filled with demonized plants. This is the territory of the Blue Star people.
The demonized plants are like eyes, clearly seeing the movements of these 20 seventh-level Skrulls.
Since they dare to intrude into their own territory, what reason do they have not to eat them?
So, the moment 20 Skrulls of the seventh level entered the sea of demonized plants, the Blue Star people had already started taking action.
Su Yu sent all the god-level experts to deal with the seventh-level Skrull one-on-one. The number of god-level experts was not enough, so the rest sent a seventh-level team of about ten people to besiege.
Everyone agreed to attack at the same time to avoid alerting the enemy, so as not to let the other Skrulls receive the message and run away when dealing with one of the Skrulls.
Of course, Prime Minister Cao also knew about this action, so he kept smiling just now.
Until just now, Prime Minister Cao received the news that the attack below had begun, so he made a sarcastic remark to Plante.
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Faced with this unexpected situation, the three of Manina were all shocked!
20 seventh-level people were under siege at the same time!
According to the follow-up news from AI Devouring Blue, some were besieged by god-level enemies, while others were surrounded by about 10 seventh-level enemies.
If they are not rescued in time, many seventh-level people will surely perish!
So the three of Manina ignored Prime Minister Cao on the other side of the defensive net.
Plante and Manina III exchanged glances with each other, and then quickly flew towards the scene of the incident.
Plant's jump technology is very powerful, and after a few flashes of white light, it disappeared;
Manina III also flies extremely fast. Although he does not have the means to teleport, relying on his own strength, it only takes a matter of minutes to reach the location of the incident.
Manina himself quickly returned to the headquarters. At this time, he had to take charge of the overall situation and at least stabilize the situation.
Of course, Prime Minister Cao will not take any action.
When Prandtl jumped, he quickly captured the position after Prandtl's leap and followed him. His goal was to catch up with and contain Prandtl and buy time for his own actions.
At the same time, the position of Manina III was also locked by the First Emperor Ying Zheng.
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In this way, the top experts from Blue Star and Skrull Star fought without any warning, and a battle began in the sky above the sea of demonized plants.
The Blue Star side had a good location and a sneak attack advantage, and quickly gained the upper hand;
Although Skrull's side entered the battle hastily, their victory was due to their extremely quick reaction and their courage to cut the flesh and stop losses in time, so the disadvantage was not particularly significant.
The chaotic battle lasted for nearly two hours.
Two hours later, both sides paid their dues and retreated their troops, returning to their bases to take stock of their own gains and losses.
Skrull Expeditionary Force General Headquarters.
After the battle, AI Blue Devourer reported the losses of this battle to Manina and other top Skrull beings:
"In this battle, a total of three seventh-level cultivators on our side died, namely Makeni Lieyang, Green Mulox, and Anka Za.
In addition, we have six seventh-level serious injuries, including Leighton Plant and Anna Elizabeth... and there are still more than a dozen people with more or less minor injuries."
Listening to AI Lanyan's report, all the top Skrull beings had ugly expressions on their faces.
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Including Manina, no one thought that the Blue Star people would be so brave and dare to launch a sneak attack at this time!
It seems that they really cannot underestimate the opponent Blue Star, otherwise they will pay the price.
"What about the opponent's casualties?" Manina asked in a deep voice.
"The casualty situation on Blue Star's side is much better than ours." Qie Lan replied: "According to incomplete statistics, only one seventh-level cultivator from Blue Star was killed in battle, and his name was Sushma Swaraj, a native of Tianzhu, in the game
ID [Minister of Defense of Tianzhu], the remaining 2 people were seriously injured and a dozen people were slightly injured."
Sushma Swaraj’s game ID is [Minister of Defense of India], but he is not really the Minister of Defense of India. His real identity is the Minister of Foreign Affairs of India. When he first entered the game to choose a name, he was confused because of his slippage.
Change "diplomacy" to "national defense", that's why we got this ID.
Plant's leap technology is comparable to the Blue Star Mage's teleportation.
When Plant reached one of the besieged Skrull Seventh Order, Sushma Swaraj was the first to bear the brunt.
He simply couldn't withstand Plant's explosive output, which also made him the only seventh-level powerhouse sacrificed by Blue Star.
As for the three seventh-level people who died in Skrufang, they were all sneak-attacked to death by the Blue Star people. Faced with the sudden sneak attack, they really couldn't run away even if they wanted to.
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After reading the battle report from Devouring Blue, there was a brief silence in the video conference room on the top floor of Skrull.
After a while, Manina said in a deep voice: "I should bear the main responsibility for this emergency. I did not expect this sneak attack, so these unnecessary sacrifices were made. I am willing to follow the "Sk
I will be punished according to the Lu Xing War Law, and I will be demoted to three levels and fined one year's salary."
After a period of silence, Lenkert Speaker Kusman responded: "His Majesty Manina spoke harshly. The incident happened so suddenly that none of us could have expected it.
What we should do most now is to learn from this incident and avoid similar things from happening again. At the same time, we must quickly discuss a countermeasure to solve the investigation problem."
As the Emperor of the Burning Sun, Manina's punishment of "demoting himself to three levels and fined his salary for one year" was like scratching his itch through his leather boots, which was about nothing.
However, Koosman was still very generous and changed the topic to the handling of the incident.