"Lord Capone, an unknown number of naval 'artificial beings' have appeared in the city, and we have suffered heavy casualties. Judging from the intelligence fed back from the front line, they should be those 'war weapons' secretly researched by the War Department of the World Headquarters... .”
"That thing is very tricky. It should be made of 'Rupert Alloy'. Conventional means cannot break the defense at all, and the damage done by small-caliber magic artillery is very limited. Moreover, their annihilation beams can penetrate domineering armor, and they are useless against high-level extraordinary beings." There is a fatal danger..."
"The top-level Chaofan in our regiment has already gone to the rescue, but the navy is obviously on guard. Some generals have already ambushed them secretly, and we have suffered heavy casualties..."
"Captain, [Elephant Emperor] suddenly began to break out and evacuate. They did not follow the original plan and clear out the navy in the Beicheng area, but broke out towards the south. Their sudden withdrawal put great pressure on our defense line. .”
"If I had known that those treacherous guys in Taimo were unreliable, I didn't expect them to be of much use on the list. Forget it, let the people from the 16th Division and the 9th Division go to Beicheng to make up for the gap in the defense line..."
"Yes, Lord Capone."
"..."
Bad news comes one after another on the front lines of the battlefield.
In the temporary command post, Capone listened to the reports from his subordinates, his frown never relaxing.
Now that the high-end combat capabilities of both sides are at war, although the navy is temporarily at a disadvantage, it will not be possible to determine the outcome for a while.
The situation on the battlefield changes rapidly. The longer the delay, the greater the variables.
Judging from the intelligence they had previously obtained, this battle should have had a high chance of victory. Uli's return directly reversed the situation in the Giant Country, and the Navy did not have many cards to play.
But they never thought that these "artificial beings" would suddenly appear and hit them unexpectedly.
What was originally thought to be a crushing victory suddenly turned into a stalemate street fight, and Capone also had a headache.
It was because of this sudden change that he freed up his hands to personally preside over the overall situation. He also did not go to attack the navy headquarters generals "Chizuru" and "Pick" who only wanted to delay their high-end combat power, but had no intention of fighting head-on. ”.
After all, whether it is [Sun Fruit] or [Thunder Fruit], ability users have extremely fast escape speeds. Those two old guys just want to escape for their lives, and it will not be easy for them to do anything...
Moreover, it seems that the two admirals of the Navy Headquarters are determined to wait for those "war weapons" to be consumed, and maybe they have some bad ideas...
...
"Artificial beings" are invulnerable, and they pose a fatal threat to high-level supernatural beings.
Even if the [Blood Emperor] regiment unites with the giants in the city and has an absolute numerical advantage, the price to kill an "artificial man" is not light.
If this battle continues like this, even if it wins, it will be a miserable victory. The World Government will only lose some "war weapons" that can be mass-produced, but they will permanently lose some beloved partners.
If you want to reduce losses, you can only send top-level supernaturals to rescue the situation.
But there are a lot of "artificial beings" appearing in the city. How can there be so many top-level supernaturals to come to the rescue? What's more, the Navy has already been prepared for this and specially designed a plan to ambush the top-level supernaturals. Whether to save the situation or not, there is a risk All are big.
This vampire boss who has lived for hundreds of years has to admit that technology has an increasing impact on war...
The World Government's move really hit them unexpectedly.
Decades ago, the high-level shoe mechanics in Hex Technology City were just "misguided" side sect sorcerers in the eyes of top extraordinary beings, but now they have used technology to create the power to destroy top extraordinary beings.
Originally thought that technology was limited to battleships, this time, the World Headquarters used their "war weapons" to let the world recognize their strength again.
Although Capone is sure that those "artificial humans" are definitely not possible for large-scale mass production now, what about the future?
...
Capone was lost in thought, sighing slightly and shaking his head. If it didn't work, they could only go there themselves, old guys, to clean up those "artificial beings".
But he is well versed in the various ways of war command. He showed his big name too early and won for a while, but he may not win the final battle. The newly formed team needs to be tempered by war, and the squad leaders also need to be baptized by war. , relying on old guys like them to do everything is not necessarily a good thing...
As I was thinking about it, suddenly my personal phone rang.
Mary answered the phone and handed it over: "Mr. Capone, this is Boy Raymond's phone number. He said he has important news to report to you."
"oh?"
Capone raised his eyebrows, and for some reason a strange color flashed in his eyes.
If he remembered correctly, the ghost boy should have mingled with the noble viewing group and took refuge somewhere in the city.
Now that the battle was so fierce, he felt that the boy definitely wasn't here to chat.
But for some reason, he was vaguely looking forward to this call.
Raymond feels like a "miracle boy". Every time I see him, he always brings some unexpected surprises.
He turned out to be a phone bug and said calmly: "I'm Capone..."
...
After a while, Capone's expression became increasingly strange after listening to the "artificial human" data analyzed by Raymond on the phone.
He was very confused. The "artificial man" had not appeared in the city for a long time. Where did that boy Raymond get such clear information?
Then when I heard it, the boy actually said that they also encountered and killed an "artificial human"?
How can it be!
Upon hearing those words, Capone's first reaction was disbelief.
That was the "ultimate war weapon" that even high-level extraordinary beings could do nothing about. He remembered correctly that the "ghost group" only consisted of a few intermediate-level extraordinary beings. If you could escape for your life if you encountered such a being, how could you possibly kill one of them?
He knew that Raymond had a supernatural spirit in the "Shenyou Realm", but the iron lump's mental power spells were completely exempt...
Immediately afterwards, he heard that the results obtained by Raymond's accurate data analysis and their staff office were almost the same, and he completely believed that the magical boy had really killed an "artificial man" and found one of those "artificial beings". The fatal weakness of "war weapons"!
Finally, when he picked up the phone, the vampire boss, who had always looked extremely serious, his brows widened.
"That boy... actually has such a good treasure hidden away?"
At this moment, Capone turned his eyes and seemed to have thought of some plan.
A hint of a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he muttered to himself: "It looks like we have to recruit that kid."
The staff officers at the temporary headquarters looked at Capone with a relaxed smile on his face, and everyone was puzzled.
Whose phone number did it belong to just now? It was so magical that it made Mr. Capone, who was extremely serious, smile?
Could it be that it brought some good news?
Maybe, it's about war?
Before they could guess any more, Capone spoke.
"Have you ever tried using 'mirror reflection' to kill the annihilation light cannons of those 'artificial beings'?"
"I tried it, but it didn't work! That kind of annihilation beam can annihilate all 'matter'. Some of us have tried to use mirror reflection before, but when the black light comes, the mirror has no time to reflect, and it is completely annihilated."
"Keep trying! I just got confirmation that the 'mirror reflection' tactic is indeed useful in annihilating black light. Some people also used this method to kill an 'artificial man'! Mirrors are useless, so everyone should find some high-quality enchanted equipment.
Give it a try... By the way, there is a bad new guy in the seventh team, or the one with the [Mirror Mirror Fruit] ability? Let him try it too..."
"..."
After hearing these words, the people in the temporary command post understood why Mr. Capone had a relaxed smile on his face.
These war staff also immediately realized that a turning point in this war...may have come!
...
Having been tricked by the "artificial human's" facial recognition system before, Raymond followed suit and put on a hood and mask to hide his face.
Not only were the bounty officers of the "ghost group" put on disguises, but in order to confuse the audience, Raymond also asked some nobles and ladies of the "spectating group" to wear masks.
However, Raymond really didn't expect that the technology of this great maritime world would actually come up with such advanced technology as "face recognition".
In his opinion, that kind of mechanical creature should not have any other advanced perception methods. Wearing a mask should reduce some trouble.
Of course, he was not sure if any of the "artificial human" programs had any programs that would immediately shoot someone with a disguised face...
Raymond was a little unsure about the origin and function of this navy "artificial man", so he had better ask professionals for professional matters.
After thinking for a while, he dialed Colin's phone number on the "Golden Ghost" outside the city.
Sure enough, as soon as Colin heard the relevant description, he immediately revealed the origin of this thing.
...
No wonder Raymond felt that the special effects of the black light cannon looked familiar...it turned out that he had heard about it from Colin!
Back in the "City of Eternal Night", after he relied on Enzo to crack down on match-fixing and won a large sum of money through gambling in the "City of Eternal Night", Colin once said that he needed a large sum of money to engage in two cutting-edge scientific research projects.
Projects, one of which is called "Ultimate Magic Annihilation Weapon"!
However, what shocked them was that for professionals like Colin, this was still a "theoretical" weapon, but now the World Headquarters had actually used it in actual combat!
"What! You said that black light beam can annihilate matter? It's impossible... That is obviously an independent research project of my mentor. Except for me and the teacher, no one in the world has set foot in the field of 'annihilation technology'. Now he is an old man
How can the World Government master this technology when you are no longer alive?"
No wonder Colin was so shocked, there was something fishy about this matter.
To use the most intuitive data analogy, the base number of the research results of the entire maritime world's scientific community on "magic annihilation weapons" is 1, Colin's is 60, and his teacher, Master Connie, is 100!
It can be said that without Colin and his teacher, the World Government wants to study this "weapon of annihilation" from scratch. Even if it finds the right direction, it will take at least several decades to catch up.
But now the facts are before our eyes. The World Government not only understands this technology, but also produces finished products!
Judging from the current weird situation, the only possibility is that Master Connie is still alive. Then he also added the secret laboratory of the World Headquarters, with endless resources piled up, to develop those with "magic annihilation light cannons" "Weapons of war.
"Is it possible that Grandmaster Connie didn't die? Then he was 'brainwashed' by the World Headquarters and turned into a loyal scientific research slave?"
This was the only possibility that Colin and Raymond could think of.
However, when I thought about it again, I felt that it was in conflict with the facts.
If Master Connie had not died, the World Headquarters would not have sent the captain of CP9 to follow Nicole for several years to investigate the whereabouts of the "ancient weapon".
But if Master Connie died, how could the World Headquarters create that "magic annihilation weapon"?
This makes people very confused.
...
"Captain, are you sure that the 'artificial man' is a 'directed thinking simple intelligent creature'?"
On the other side of the phone bug, Colin heard the awkward term that Raymond said, and murmured in a tone of sudden enlightenment: "I think I probably know what the 'artificial beings' in the World Headquarters are about. ..”
It turns out that the science and technology in the world of navigation can only allow machines to complete some very simple actions. Things such as face recognition and hunting missions are too complex for the information processing system to handle.
The technology tree of this world has gone awry, and scientists have never thought of researching any "intelligent systems" to replace humans. The purpose of scientific research is to make humans stronger, and machines have always been positioned as "human auxiliary objects"—— For example, a mechanic's combat uniform.
But now, there is a special case.
The World Government secretly developed a mechanical creature "artificial man" with independent consciousness!
Colin said that the academic research direction of scientists in this world is not to create any "intelligent control system" at all, because the technology is too complex and impossible to realize in a short time.
But in this magically modified world, gods have existed before, and there are always things that are beyond the scope of scientific understanding.
Therefore, some crazy scientists thought of a more direct and crude way: to link a real "biological brain" to the steel armor!
This is similar to his own [Kuruz Alchemy Body].
However, modern technology can no longer create the high-level alchemy artificial beings of the ancient technological civilization, so we can only settle for the next best thing and create some simple "cyborg life forms".
Just like they found the [Soul Displacer of Demon God Gethos] in the library maze on the second floor of the Dark Dungeon, the dwarf craftsmen in the mythical period used biological technology at an almost primitive level of technology. His limbs and organs created such a soul instillation machine with miraculous functions that even modern science can't match.
As far as Colin knew, it happened that the research field of another great master in Hex City was exactly this topic: using simple biological substitutions to create a 'biological information processor'!
The result of this great master's research project is a semi-finished product called "Directed Thinking Simple Intelligent Creature"!
Grandmaster Connie's "Magic Annihilation Weapon", another Grandmaster's "Biological Information Processor"...
There are various signs that the World Government has penetrated Hex City far beyond imagination.
Even Hex Technology City, known as the neutral city and the capital of hope for mankind, has become a secret research base of the World Headquarters to a certain extent.
I want to unravel the mystery of the "war weapon", I want to thoroughly understand the leak of Grandmaster Connie's "Annihilation Technology", I want to get the "ancient weapon" and a certain "Haines Death Note"... A visit to Hex City is a must.
...
"Captain, if possible, help me find the remains of a few more 'artificial beings'... I want to use them for research. For this top-secret new technology, the World Headquarters must have installed an encryption device to prevent disassembly. There is only one If there are any remains, I’m afraid the research won’t produce any results...”
"Yeah! I'll ask Senior Capone and the others later where they should find more wreckage."
"..."
Raymond agreed immediately.
He had seen the scene of "artificial beings" killing everyone before, and he was very greedy for the war weapons of the World Headquarters. If their "ghost group" could have so many of them, their survivability would be greatly improved. If they can master it in the future With this technology of assembly line manufacturing and building a mechanical army, are you still afraid of going to war with the World Headquarters?
Even if he can't, if Colin can dismantle the "Magic Annihilation Cannon" technology and install it on himself, and then equip it on the Iron Toad, their combat effectiveness will also make a qualitative leap.
There are constant battles in the city of Garfartron, and there are always some "artificial human" corpses collected by Capone. If you really want to be shameless and ask for a few, it's probably no problem.
Raymond was just thinking about what excuse he should use to ask for those iron lumps, but unexpectedly, Mr. Capone called in person.
...
"Senior Capone, are you kidding me? You want me to kill those 'artificial beings' in the city? You still don't know what my strength is. Those kind of artificial beings can kill me instantly by raising their hands..."
"How about I lend you that shield first?"
"What?! The [Elephant King] regiment escaped before the battle. The top masters in your regiment are unable to escape. They are also being watched by the navy. It is inconvenient to take action?"
"You want to send me a bodyguard and you can absolutely guarantee my safety?"
"..."
Raymond never expected that he would shamelessly ask for the remains of a few "artificial beings" after he had just thought about wanting the war to end. Unexpectedly, Mr. Capone actually asked him to kill and capture them on the battlefield in person?!
After scratching the phone, Raymond felt completely bad.
He fell into a state of constant confusion.
Send a bodyguard, what the hell is this?
Didn't the boss say that all the masters in his group are being followed, so their actions are easily exposed...
If the bodyguards who come are not strong enough, what's the use of coming here? Are they just trying to drag me down?
If the bodyguard is strong enough, wouldn't it be nice to let the bodyguard use his own shield to kill the enemy? How about taking off his pants and farting like this to "supervise" me to kill the enemy?
Raymond didn't understand what Mr. Capone planned for a moment.
Until he saw the "bodyguard" coming to the door, he immediately felt that it was enough to kill monsters and collect the wreckage!
...
"Lorain?"
Raymond looked at the silver-haired girl he hadn't seen for a long time, with an extremely surprised look in his eyes.
But then I felt happy again,
With this top-level prophet as a bodyguard, what else do I have to worry about?