MTT climbed to the high place, holding on to the semi-metallic trees, looking at the gray valley from a distance. In the valley is a base - with the mechanical spire as the center, there are casting centers filled with structures.
All the trees for miles around had been leveled, leaving only the bare metal foundation.
The valley is an absolute circle.
"Have you ever seen a place like this?" he asked.
There are densely patrolling, dark psychic structures around the spire, which are densely packed like insect nests, making people's hair stand on end. The structures are roughly divided into two categories - large defensive structures, which mainly use long-range attack methods.
The other type is a light structure like an insect, responsible for scouting, assault and line-filling combat.
There are also some flying constructs in the sky. Xiaoyao gave them an alias, called Pincher Wasps, because they attack with mechanical pincers like steel needles. Although they are fragile, their maneuverability is amazing, and they can easily tear apart second-level constructs.
Body of homogeneous steel armor.
Inside the sensing elements of these structures is a group of pupils glowing with red flames, but it is not a visual crystal, but a more sophisticated mechanism. Everyone recovered some for research, but they could not find out the reason, so they could only find
Drawing conclusions is a special rule in space——
The minaret structure uses this kind of sensing device to sense the surrounding life forms. It has very sensitive perception within a certain distance. It does not seem to rely on vision, hearing or smell, and can even penetrate dense forests, shrubs and even certain thicknesses.
of soil and rocks.
They also tried blocking the magic waves, but to no avail.
The only disadvantage of this detection capability is the distance, which is usually only within a few hundred meters of visual range. On a longer scale, its detection capability completely relies on the spire.
However, the reconnaissance capabilities of the spire are also limited. It can only conduct a rough scan of a certain area. After detecting anomalies, it will dispatch its own constructs to conduct further screening and investigation of a certain area.
The spire is like their brain, and the latter is the tower's eyes and minions.
"I always feel like I have seen the same situation somewhere," MTT said. "In fact, I have felt a strange familiarity from the moment I first saw this spire. It seems that... I have been here before somewhere.
It’s the same here…it’s really strange…”
"I don't," Xiaoyao shook his head, "but this place makes me a little creepy. I was originally full of confidence... Is this the barrier area? What is the scene like in the core area? Oh my god, Loofah was there back then.
How did they get into the main tower?"
"They were able to succeed because they joined forces with the Empire, Mirra Palace, and Sanshak Craftsmen Association to almost form the most dreamy lineup in that league," Shui Wuming replied softly.
She shook her head, "But we are destined to be unable to do it." She said: "The moment the Imperial people chose to alliance with the outer sea area, they stood on the opposite side of us. The strange thing is that Sanshak, Baishu Society
The people of Lotao are also unusually quiet..."
"Actually, I feel that way too." Mu Lan was carrying a strange magic device and was inserting it into the soil. Then she raised her head and looked at the scene, frowning and hesitating.
Said: "...I have never been to this place before, but it feels like..."
"It feels like I've seen it in a dream..." Shui Wuming repeated.
"Yes, yes," the former nodded vigorously, "That's right, that's what it feels like." She was suddenly stunned and stopped, "Wu Ming, have you had the same dream? No, I...I have some
Can't tell..."
Shui Wuming shook his head, "I don't know if I have seen it before, but that's what my first impression told me."
Her intuition has always been very effective.
"Isn't it that mysterious?" Xiaoyao was startled. "This is just a constructed space. There are many people outside looking at it." Lei
"I just..." Mu Lan didn't know how to describe her current mood.
She couldn't help but look at Weiyu and Luo Wei.
Although in fact Fang Yu is the captain of the team - and even the talker of the three-way team of Kaolin and Ithulian, the most stable people in the team are the older Luo Wei Weiyu.
However, both Luo Wei and Weiyu frowned slightly, thinking about this scene.
Only Fang Yu remained silent behind everyone, remembering that he had seen such a scene in a nightmare - it was during the Northern War, in the shadow man's dream, the city that died under the abyss.
, a forest of spiers.
It's almost exactly the same as what you see in front of you.
But did he really see all this there? Why did other people also have a similar feeling of familiarity? Looking back now, Fang Pulver seemed to have seen such a situation for the first time in that nightmare. There was a gray sky under the abyss.
The sky also gave him a sense of familiarity.
Just like this moment.
But where have they been used to seeing this scene, or is it because the only thing they have in common is that they are all alchemists, and the unfamiliar structures and technologies here give them such a specious illusion.
Weiyu finally said: "Maybe it's because we have seen the sea of trees and the information here. Some sense of déjà vu is normal, just like an illusion. You should have heard of the Mandela Effect. But Xiaoyao is right, the key is
This is the space of the sea of trees, so there is no need to be suspicious."
Luo Wei also nodded.
These words also made everyone relax. "That's right," Xiaoyao also dismissed his doubts and breathed a sigh of relief: "This is just a constructed space, everything is possible."
He patted the semi-metallic tree on the side, "For example, look at this, it's still growing lushly, which is absolutely impossible in the outside world." "That's not necessarily true," Shui Wuming retorted instinctively.
, "There are some crystallized forests in the north that you may not have seen."
"Crystalization is crystallization, that is elemental contamination," Xiaoyao said, "but this is metallization, can it be the same?" Lei
Weiyu was used to the tit-for-tat confrontation between the two, so she turned back to look at Fang Pliong and asked, "Ed, are you ready?"
"Ah?" Fang Yu was stunned for a moment, and then he came back from his thoughts. He looked around and nodded.
"We are lucky," he said, "This is a storm tower. There are three types of towers in the barrier area, knight, storm and psychic heart. The knight tower is the simplest, but also has the least rewards. The storm and psychic heart tower belongs to
The energy level is similar, but the rewards are different. The former is more mechanical artifact, and the latter is more fairy soul."
"The best rewards in the Storm Tower are the Gestalt Core, the Anchor Stone and the Sanctified Guy Crystal, as well as the Fairy Souls No. 33 and 27. The top prize is the Sanctified Guy Crystal and No. 27
Fairy Soul," Fang Plover continued, "I wonder if our luck will be better this time."
"Let me draw the lottery." Xiaoyao said enthusiastically.
"Shut up," Shui Wuming said angrily, "You were the one who opened the master key in the last tower. It is the most rubbish secondary mechanical artifact among the thirty-three mechanical towers in Area C. This time, Ed
Come."
"Let Ed?" Xiaoyao was about to say something, but thinking of his glorious record, he couldn't help but faint, "Okay then..." Lei
Weiyu still had a calm tone, "Then we will launch an offensive from the front. You lead your Valkyrie into the restricted area, and we will divide the work and cooperate. Ed, do you have any other opinions on tactics?"
Fang Yu shook his head. There was no essential difference between the battle in the barrier area and the first three areas. Directly destroying the core was still the most effective and convenient way. However, not every participating team had such ability, but he wanted to fight the Empire and the giant.
Tree Hill, Lotao's main group can probably do it...
"Then give the order." Wei said.
Fang Yu nodded, and turned back to look at Mu Lan.
Mu Lan nodded gently to him and opened the antenna of the magic device - of course it was not a radio antenna, but an ether amplifier connected to the signal crystal below. The ether signal was amplified through the runes, and then
Scattered along the clouds toward the ground.
A beam of light rose from above the forest.
But at the same time, there was more than just a bunch of signals rising from all directions in the sea of trees.
"The competition is heating up."
The light screen in front of the wandering horse was divided into several teams, and several teams above arrived at the barrier area at the same time - the Lotao people, the Giant Tree Hill people, and the two teams supported by the empire - Tower
The Singer of Joy and the Golden Blade.
He raised his head and glanced at the electronic clock. It was sixteen o'clock in the afternoon on the second day, and eight o'clock in the morning on the fourth day in the sea of trees space.
Beams of light beams were rising from all over the sea of trees.
In each of the crystal mines, foundry bases, and smelting bases that are automatically operated by engineering structures in the shared area, there are also goblin dolls who are responsible for general control and are giving orders to lift the structures one by one.
Batch after batch of constructs are being loaded onto the airship.
Densely packed airships are taking off, like spreading black clouds. It’s just that the pictures of each team are different. The Imperials, the Kaolin people, and the offshore teams supported by the Imperials all use airdrop boats—
—
It is a transport airship that is very mature in Aitaria military operations. It has the advantages of large carrying capacity, stable range, and strong resistance to losses. The only disadvantage is its slow speed, but in the small space of the Sea of Trees,
This is not a big flaw.
The Lotao people used an ornithopter, which was a transport structure unique to that wild continent and one of their secret technologies. Its carrying capacity was small, but its speed was fast. Therefore, they were always in battle.
The first batch of combat structures put into use.
As for the scene on the Sanshak side, the wandering horse blinked.
The unique elf skills in the sea of silver trees make the way the people of Giant Tree Hill project their troops always so amazing. The elf dolls staying in the foundry base first use information crystals to digitize batches of constructs.
After that, it is projected to the distant battlefield through remote transmission via Ethernet.
There was already a tall crystal tower erected there. The crystal tower emitted beams of light, refracting the structure on the battlefield.
"Forin's tactics are really enviable," Wandering Horse couldn't help but comment, "However, telematic crystals are not mature in the main world. Each time a construct is transmitted, it requires a huge amount of magic power. Therefore, the Giant Tree Hill
People only use it in some key areas. However, in the space of the sea of trees, this restriction does not apply, which is also the traditional advantage of the teams from the Hill of Giant Trees in the Spire Trial."
One structure after another is taking shape, and the participating teams unanimously chose fortress-style walkers in the first wave of attacks. They are walking out of the bushes with their heavy six-legged mechanisms, revealing their figures from behind the dense vegetation.
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The tall mechanical body raised the rotating-bore magic muskets connected in parallel on both sides, and under the lock of the visual crystal, it aimed at the airspace ahead.
When the ether signal rose into the clouds, it also alerted the enemies in the sky. Under the instructions of the mechanical spire, the 'Claring Bee' swarm almost immediately launched a suicide attack on the ground.
But when they swooped down to the next level, a bright line suddenly lit up in the forest - it was the 270-type walkers juxtaposed here who fired at the same time. They formed a long line of defense, and nearly a hundred walkers were
The jungle was spitting out tongues of fire at the same time, forming a spectacular scene.
A net of fire rose into the air——
This is the first time a battle of this intensity has broken out in this competition. Even in the previous battles between the Taxin Singers, the Blades of Gold, and the Ancient Tower people, the two sides did not use this scale and level due to the hasty contact.
battle.
Every mechanical tower they had previously occupied, and the mining areas and foundry bases they had established, turned into a force as powerful as the roaring mountains and tsunamis at this moment. This was originally the power of magic. During the Spire Trial, teams from various countries were organized into groups to participate in the battle.
It does not even limit their cooperation with each other, it is precisely to try their best to let the craftsmen pool their strength to reproduce this great system——
That is what mortals obtained from darkness and ignorance an era ago - the real fire.
Because of alchemy, civilization was achieved.
Mortals use magic furnaces to transform the world, and also transform their own understanding of the world itself. The essence of this competition is to allow young contestants to experience the power of magic skills firsthand. They do not need to rely on themselves, but on
His own understanding of magic skills defeats everything in this world.
By exploring the nature of technology and reaching a higher level, this is how mortals walk step by step, from weak to strong, from ignorance in the wilderness to the initial birth of an empire.
Alchemists firmly believe that technology can conquer everything and change everything, thus shaping the true face of the world.
Finally, go to the promised land.
People in the live broadcast room were uncharacteristically uncharacteristic, and even the barrages were much less frequent. Perhaps it was because they were affected by this wonderful scene, or perhaps they also felt the majestic, rushing forward hope——
Confident, brave, and endlessly exploring the unknown world.
The wandering horse watched silently as the fire net rose up into the air, like an invisible whip that struck the swarm of bees. The swarm withered in the storm, disintegrated in mid-air, and was torn apart by the rising sparks.
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Falling like raindrops.
But the terrifying thing about these spire structures is that they are tireless and fearless. Even if they turn into a ball of fire in the air, they still have to sprint towards the designated target area. Some of them fall from mid-air and crash down the hillside ahead.
Others fell straight into the walker array like flaming meteorites. They were not even effective attacks. They just collided with a walker and turned into a ball of bright fire——
Fireballs were rising and falling on the battlefield.
Once the battle comes into contact, it becomes so intense that it is difficult to look away.
Like the Tree Hill people, Lotao faced a knight tower, but they were attacked by a group of Storm Ambushers IV, which was a construct similar to a space hound. They had previously
Encountered this too.
It is also equipped with an attack method similar to EMP, but Aitaria's electromagnetic shock is really aimed at the ether crystal and circuit, not the circuit. However, the Lotao people upgraded the anti-load plug-in earlier. This time their 270
The walker is not even paralyzed.
The Storm Ambusher Type IV, which had lost its special abilities, was no different from an ordinary construct and was quickly destroyed by the intertwined fire net. And what attacked immediately after the Storm Ambusher Type IV was a bug-like creature.
Construct. Lei
Their name is lurking insects.
This is a unique model, so it does not have a serial number. The only feature is that there are astonishingly many of them. Its combat power is about one-third of a walker, but its cost is almost the same as a clockwork goblin. When the insect swarm attacks, it is like a wave.
, are approaching the bottom of the hillside layer by layer. From a distance, it seems that the ground of the entire base is moving.
"Swift Burst plug-in." The wandering horse recognized it with sharp eyes.
Almost all of these lurkers are equipped with the Swift Burst plug-in.
When they approached the position, they made a sharp buzzing sound and jumped up high, with a fleeting red light, shooting towards the walkers like an afterimage. Because they were so fast, everyone in the live broadcast room watched
Not sure——
It is often necessary to freeze the picture and play it in slow motion.
Waves of low exclamations. Lei
People looked at the smooth progress of the Empire and Kaolin people before, and almost forgot about the danger lurking in the sea of trees. In the past, participating teams took almost half a month to prepare before launching the last few battles.
It's just that the advancement of technology and the widespread use of multiple parallelism have greatly advanced the process of the game, making the early stage of the game seem much smoother.
But the tall walkers are not completely without melee capabilities - after all, the prototype of the fortress walkers is also a melee-type structure - when the lurkers flew towards them, the surroundings of these tall structures first lit up with a layer of blue.
The light shield——
That is the shield that comes with the main core crystal. It can also be understood as the shield of the craftsmen's magic furnace. In short, the two are almost the same thing. Some lurking insects hit the shield and were directly exposed in the bright light.
Being bounced away...
A small number of lurking bugs luckily broke through the shield and attacked the walkers, but the fortress-like walkers changed their form and pulled out a huge arc-shaped shield from below, causing the former to hit the shield face first.
The tall walker not only did not retreat, but pushed forward, as if cutting a path in the black wave——
They directly trampled the small structures. After the giant shield, the magic cannon continued to spit out fire, beating each structure to pieces. However, there were still those who were caught in the black wave, and they were soon completely engulfed by the tide.
Swallowed, an inconspicuous fire burst out under the swarm of insects.
But behind the walkers, other, larger constructs joined the battle.
Giant statue——
Wandering Horse looked at the tall iron giants and said, the technology from the Pillar of Stars is a branch of the main structure, somewhat similar to the Empire's Wind Knight, but a lower-end version than that.
This is a construct of level 20 or above. The towering body has a stable chassis similar to a triangle. It is difficult to be knocked down by attacks from the ground. It is equipped with a flame hammer to fight with fire beams.
They were very good at dealing with the lurking insects. It was almost impossible for the lurking insects to cause effective damage to the armor of the Titan. However, the flames that swept through it with one hammer could kill seven or eight lurking insects, and then the flame beam fired from the palm of the hand swept across.
A large area was cleared on the battlefield.
The Lotao people brought out three such giant elephants and put them all into battle immediately to stabilize the battle line.
At the same time, many diamond-shaped structures floated out of the forest, suspended in the air like flying saucers. Under the control of the fairy doll, they opened the four front panels, revealing the dark red core crystal inside.
The old viewers in the live broadcast room finally recognized it when they saw this scene, "Annihilator QV700, this is a classic model."
First came the gravity trap. The gravity trap jointly woven by more than thirty Annihilator QV700s directly covered the entire front of the battlefield. The army of lurking insects that swept in like a tide immediately slowed down as if it had been hit by a slow spell.
Then an invisible transparent ripple swept across the entire front line——
Wherever the ripples passed, many lurking insects stagnated directly.
"Passive plug-in," the wandering horse finally saw. "The Rota'ao people also installed protective plug-ins on their walkers. No wonder their fortress-style walkers are much slower than those of other teams. The Rota'ao people
Very thoughtful.”
And there is also an excellent plug-in craftsman.罍
The Lotao people's tactic is to attack at close range. The ability of the passivating plug-in is to indiscriminately weaken the effect of other plug-ins. However, after the psychic constructs have lost their sharpest claws, the protective plug-ins on the Walkers themselves also use
Not available.
It also further liberates its mobility.
The Rotao people even engaged in reverse EMP operations, with very good results.
Lines of gold are flying from the sky. They are the ornithopters of the Lotao people that are arriving on the battlefield. Lines of gold are falling like meteors into the army of minaret structures, followed by pure white structures.
Just appeared there——
"The Knight of the Holy Grail," the wandering horse explained: "Another structure unique to Lothao."
He said: "The legendary Holy Grail Knight is actually a Dragon Knight configuration. There have been seven units in history, all derived from the two original prototypes. However, there are not many Dragon Knight configurations left in this series now.
These structures are just low-level imitations, a type of thrusting structure that is very common among Lotao craftsmen."
"It seems that the Lotao people are planning to use them to open the front."
He also took a look at the situation on the other side of the Giant Tree Hill.
The two teams in the Hill of Giant Trees were progressing more smoothly than the Lotao people, but they were different from each other. The team led by Forin did not perform well, but they just fought steadily and advanced towards the Spire Valley.
Their crystal projection method is not as good as other delivery methods in terms of the amount of projection at one time, but it is better than stability. And at this time, the difference in the craftsmanship level of the two teams is revealed. Forin's team is just a fortress walker.
The combat effectiveness is much stronger than that of the Lotao people.
Therefore, their tactics are also very simple. They push forward steadily with solid combat effectiveness. They are not so fancy, but the excitement of the game seems to be comparable to that of many Rotao people.
As for the performance of Taxin Singer and Shojin Blade, their performance is relatively mediocre.
They were even repelled by the spire's construction cluster, and they were able to stand firm only after the airdrop boat arrived. The abilities of various special plug-ins configured by the psionic construction made them overwhelmed, and the level of the opponent's plug-in craftsmen was obviously average.
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However, even though the losses were larger, relying on the arrival of the first wave of support, they were always able to organize a solid line of defense. What followed was a long tug-of-war to see which side was more prepared.
However, there is only one spire here after all, and with the support of several forward bases behind them, there will always be a moment when Taxin Singer and the Blade of Gold can win the battle. It is only a matter of time.
At the same time, the Imperials were also entering the range of the second psychic spire——
As for the Kaolin people.
Neither of the two Kaolin teams made any progress, and were still trapped between Areas B and C. However, they were not without gains. The Kapka Craftsmen Association went back and captured the two mechanical towers 52B and 37C.
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The Guta people pushed a little closer to the barrier area, seeming to be looking for some opportunity.
The wandering horse finally returned to the team he was most concerned about——
He was silently watching everything in the light screen.
Among the five teams that started the battle at the same time, only the Grand Craftsmen faced the higher-level Storm Tower, but they also made the fastest progress.
Although people know that the Kaolin people will definitely use the ultimate move they used before in the next battle-the only main equipment on the field at the moment.
But in fact, after Fang Plover disappeared with the Valkyrie, the offensive towards the minaret led by the others was somewhat unexpected.
The frontal propulsion ability shown by the Kaolin people is amazing.
"The Kaolin people are so powerful in frontal combat..."
"Not worse than the Imperial people at all, it can even be said... seems to be stronger..."
"More than half of those constructs were made by the Dragon Alchemist," people whispered. "Look at those fortress walkers. Did you see the data pulled out in the background? Their attack power is as high as that of Shuojin."
The blade is twice as long." Lei
"...Originally, the Lurker was quite a threat to the walkers, but the defense data of the Kaolin's fortress-like walkers... almost greatly compromised the first wave of offensives on the Spire side."
"yes."
"The Kaolin people have other builds that haven't appeared yet. The Lotao people used the Colossus. Although the Kaolin people also have the trump card of the main structure, they still have to invest some Screaming Banshees on the frontal battlefield.
Construct, right?”
"Look, it's the Annihilator!"
someone shouted.
A large number of Annihilator QV700 floated into the air, and they were charging under the command of the fairy doll.
There are at least seven goblin dolls floating in the air at the Grand Artisan Association, and countless etheric connections are shining on the battlefield. Except for the constructs left in the logistics base to control, there are almost no tests here.
All Lin Ren’s goblin reserves.
Then a golden flame swept across the battlefield.
In the live broadcast room, even the barrage was interrupted for a moment.
"..."
"...?"
"Holy shit?"
The Kaolin didn't use the gravity trap at all.
They directly carried out brute force cracking. The attack power of the Annihilator jointly produced by Fang Yu and MTT reached a terrifying height. Countless flames were directly sweeping out a large blank area on the battlefield.
Wherever the scorching ray passed, the mechanical body was melted and decomposed, as if cut off by a sharp blade, and the remaining body fell to the ground.
If you can hear it in the live broadcast room, there must be a sound of inhaling at this moment.
But the wandering horse didn't have so many unnecessary thoughts. He immediately realized something keenly and reminded: "The Kaolin people are going to make airdrop support."
"What?"
People are still questioning.
But as expected, there were streaks of fire on the horizon, and the Kaolin airdrop boat arrived.
Those firelights fell like a stream, hitting the area that had been swept away with surging flames without a doubt, and then raised a cloud of smoke and dust.
In the smoke and dust, the airdrop warehouse was torn apart and the door opened. From behind, groups of Lancers surged out, forming a torrent of steel.
But among those clumsy constructs, there were some tall figures that caught people's attention. "Holy shit!" someone in the live broadcast room finally recognized them, "It's the Orphen Twins, mass-produced Orphen Twins.
star!"
The tall knight and the girl are joining the battle.
The audience in the live broadcast room was all too familiar with this scene. After all, this construct had appeared more than once in the Southern War. Unfortunately, it was later reported that it died in a certain battle.
Indeed, Fang Plover never used it again after that.
But at this moment.
Orphen's twin stars once again joined the battle. Above the tall figure, the girl was holding a spear, and the spear shone brightly in the sunlight.
And it was not one person, but an entire attack sequence, with more than twenty Orfen Twins appearing on the battlefield.
"The Kaolin people almost directly invaded the valley," there were also exclaimed voices on the main commentary stage. "It was so violent. With the strength, it was a straight push. It was almost the same as the Empire's victory over the Storm Tower last night.
Exactly the same tactics."
"The Kaolin people also have a strong foundation. They were the first team to get the crystal veins," the assistant on the side added, "and Ed player also pays great attention to logistics. They should have established the most complete production system among all the teams.
team."
"The essence of mortal magic skills." The main commentator nodded, "In fact, it is large-scale production. Without a huge production system and countless people investing in it, it is impossible to have the cutting-edge technology of the Dragon Knight."
"The Kaolin people have finally figured out the essence of magic skills in Aitaria," the assistant agreed. "This game is quite exciting. It reminds me of the game between Loofah and the Imperials in the last term."
The main commentator was silent for a moment and said: "It may even exceed that time."
But he didn't say more, because he was feeling slightly confused, and his eyes were wandering among the Kaolin contestants - Shui Wuming, MTT, Mulan, Xiaoyao, Gulande, Luo Wei and Wei