In the meeting hall of the Lord's Mansion of Iron Fist City, the heads of the three empires gathered again, and Agulie, the husband of the Fallen Angel Empire, attended as a special guest.
The talks this time were very similar to the peace talks in the Shadow Imperial Capital two years ago. However, in just two short years, people have changed, and these four negotiators are still the same, but the situation has completely reversed.
The Fallen Angel Empire, which was the weakest at the beginning, is already an existence that the other two countries need to look up to, no matter in terms of economy or military power. The Great Emperor Lei Chan, but this Her Majesty the Empress was beyond everyone's expectations. She made an astonishing decision at the martial arts conference and tied herself to Agulie's warship. In a sense, the Shadow Empire is already a Allies of the Fallen Angel Empire. Therefore, Lei Chan couldn't calm down, and took advantage of the opportunity that the three emperors were all in Iron Fist Castle, he made a decisive decision to negotiate immediately.
For this negotiation, both Catherine and Xiya seemed to attach great importance to it. Catherine didn't even look at Chen Rui, because she represented the Shadow Empire, and Chen Rui knew this very well. However, there is no need for formal communication between him and her now, and if the relationship between the two lasts for a long time, how can it be day and night.
Shia and Catherine nodded and saluted each other as always, without any special expression or hint.
Soon, the talks began.
There is no suspense, the central topic of this meeting is the "confederal system" mentioned by Chen Rui in the final. Two years ago, Lei Chan dismissed this system of the Three Kingdoms Alliance. Now, due to the situation, It was related to the life and death of the Blood Fiend Empire, so Lei Chan had no choice but to lower his proud head and return to this road again. Objectively speaking, this novel system is indeed very attractive. It can allow the three empires to advance side by side and truly develop together in a peaceful environment far from war.
During this period of time, Chen Rui was also thinking about how to further improve the "confederation" in light of the actual situation in the Demon Realm, and immediately expressed some of his thoughts and understandings. Catherine obviously did her homework and proposed some very useful ideas. Constructive opinions are more for the greater interests of the shadow empire.
Xi Ya also put forward his own conditions. The Fallen Angel Empire is currently the strongest empire, but all of this is because of Chen Rui. According to Chen Rui's oath in the finals, as long as the Confederation is established, he will really withdraw and withdraw from it. Interfering in the internal affairs of the confederation, therefore, in order to maintain the long-term dominant position and main voice of the Fallen Angel Empire in the future alliance, many aspects need to be adjusted and transitioned to further ensure their own interests.
At first, Lei Chan was just listening without saying a word, and the first time he spoke was to oppose Catherine's proposal that the rest of the royal family could join the confederation and have a certain independent right to speak.
Catherine's intention is to "block it rather than sparse it", give the remaining four ruined royal families a place, fundamentally eliminate the cause of the turmoil, and fundamentally solve one of the causes of the turmoil in the Demon Realm; Lei Chan's opinion is to use strong means to suppress even Eradicate all the ruined royal families that cannot be surrendered, and cut the grass and roots.
This shows the characteristics of Catherine and Lei Chan. Catherine is not stubborn. She just used the hidden strong who participated in this martial arts competition as an example to point out that the demon world has a vast territory and it is impossible to completely exterminate it. For the ruined royal family, one carelessness may backfire. Letting them participate in the confederation is not only gentle, but also a strategy of retreating.
Catherine's eloquence and planning are indeed extraordinary. Lei Chan couldn't find any more convincing arguments, so he asked: "If those royal families insist on going their own way..."
"Huairou does not mean weakness and appeasement. Those who destroy the peace of the empire and the alliance will be cast aside by the entire devil world. I will not hesitate to wave the blood-stained butcher's knife." Catherine said lightly, but there was no tone in her tone. Don't hide the killing spirit.
Lei Chan was well aware of how this "old friend" ascended to the throne back then, so he finally nodded. After Catherine persuaded Lei Chan, the topic changed and the focus turned to magic games.
She put forward a special condition, which is to ask the Fallen Angel Empire to share the magic game technology and benefits unconditionally. This kind of benefit is not only economic, but also military.
Some time ago, the military parade of the Fallen Angel Empire made everyone realize that the magic game is not only a huge cash cow, a special world to improve personal practice, but also an unimaginable "special forces" training base. Today, the magic spearmen and construction battle partners have entered the official legion organization of the Fallen Angel Empire, and more arms are likely to appear in the future.
Catherine specifically quoted Chen Rui's previous words-the original intention of the establishment of the Confederation was to stay away from war and share peace. The three countries will cooperate and promote each other in various fields such as economy and military. It is impossible to let the fallen angel empire dominate, otherwise the true meaning of the confederation will be lost. If the Fallen Empire is not willing to share, then the magic game must be banned.
Chen Rui muttered secretly, the child's mother is really cruel, but he will definitely not agree to ban it. Magic games not only involve economy and military affairs, but also relate to his practice and plan to collect the power of faith, and even more related to the future of the devil world. .
Facing Chen Rui's veto, Catherine's attitude was extremely firm, and she did not back down at all because of her personal relationship with Chen Rui. On this negotiating table, she represented the interests of the Shadow Empire.
Lei Chan naturally expressed his support for this condition.
"The sharing of economic benefits can be considered, and part of the military can also be shared, but technology is impossible, and it is even more impossible to ban magic games!" Chen Rui pondered for a while, looked around the clerks and guards, "I am not just for myself Or the interests of the Fallen Angel Empire, the specific reason... I can explain it, but there can't be a fifth person present."
Lei Chan waved his hand, and except for the three emperors and Chen Rui, everyone retreated and activated the sound-proof magic circle.
"Let me explain first, my strength actually comes from a special inheritance, the ancient alchemy civilization."
As soon as Xi Ya said this, it goes without saying that Lei Chan and Catherine nodded at the same time. Chen Rui once admitted this to Catherine, and Lei Chan also saw the huge building in Warlock Fortress. The city of the sky, together with the many ancient guardians who appeared in the fallen angel military parade, should be due to the ancient alchemy civilization, which can also reasonably explain why "Agulie" can become the great master of alchemy that caused a sensation in the devil world, or However, "Agulie"'s unconventional surge in strength is also due to this reason.
"The technical principle of the magic game is actually a kind of illusion similar to the kingdom. Users can obtain real exercise and practice effects in the illusion. There is a secret crystal in each game helmet, and a certain amount of life is stored in the secret crystal. Once the magic power is exhausted, it must be re-injected. This is why the game needs to be recharged. The power of the kingdom illusion is not the same as the kingdom of the super strong, but the central life crystal of the ancient alchemy civilization as the core The special power generated cannot be manipulated and used by anyone other than me, the successor. Therefore, the shared technology that Her Majesty Catherine just mentioned is impossible to realize in theory or in practice.”
In fact, Catherine and Lei Chan have already sent special personnel to study magic games, and they have also tried to "copycat", but all failed without exception. Naturally, Chen Rui's explanation is not perfunctory.
"In fact, I developed this magic game not only for profit or to train a small number of ancient armed controllers, but for another reason, an important reason related to the future life and death of the devil world." Chen Rui said "magic gun" also It was logically classified into the ancient alchemy civilization. In fact, the magic gun was created by him based on the magic gun blueprint jointly researched by the elf master Fenoa and the late dwarf master Rick, combined with his limited knowledge of firearms in his previous life. The magic guns in the game are still at the semi-automatic level, but "Jinghuang" has successfully developed a fully automatic rifle, and the lethality is even higher.
Chen Rui's next goal is to develop more powerful guns that are more suitable for this world (such as the Devil's Desert Eagle, the Devil's M200 Interventor, etc.). Although they cannot replace the personal practice and force of the strong, they can Ordinary people's fighting power has increased several times or even dozens of times, or they will also derive corresponding "professions" as in the game.
Now that guns have entered the stage of this plane, they are destined not to be unknown, and they have no doubts about Chen Rui.
"Is it related to the life and death of the future of the demon world?" Even Lei Chan couldn't help but interjected: "Are you sure you are not alarmist?"
Chen Rui shook his head, showing a solemn look: "Have you ever heard of the term 'Abyss'?"
Lei Chan shook his head to express his ignorance, while Catherine frowned and said, "I have studied the ancient literature, and the word 'Abyss' in the ancient language represents 'taboo', but the specific meaning is not clear. "
"Taboo?" Chen Rui remembered that Tetnis seemed to have said the same thing, "Hearing is believing, seeing is believing. Instead of explaining with words, it's better... to verify with your own eyes."
As he spoke, a faint blue light glowed from Chen Rui's hand, and everyone felt that the surrounding scene changed, and they were already in another place. The three of them were not idle people, and soon realized that this was just an illusion created by Chen Rui. As soon as they regained their composure, the scene in front of them made the three of them terrified.
Endless fiery red, filled with suffocating scorching heat, in sight is a torrent like a sea tide, a torrent of strange creatures.
Individually, these creatures are not very strong, they are about the level of high-level demons, but what is terrifying is the endless number, millions, tens of millions, billions
After those strange increases in the power of the red flowers, the strength of most creatures jumped to the level of the devil to the level of the big devil, and they rushed forward. Hundreds of translucent creatures with a length of more than ten meters and a height of about six meters appeared in front of them. , with strong limbs and a long tail, it is exactly what you saw in the military parade, the devil emperor level ancient guardian crystal monster.
Facing the devil king or the big devil king, the devil emperor undoubtedly swept away. Hundreds of thousands of enemies were wiped out in circles of force fields around him, but facing millions, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of devil kings and big When he was the Demon King, the force field of the crystal behemoth seemed so insignificant, and was soon completely submerged in the terrifying "sea tide".
Judging from the successive "sea tides" that followed, this kind of creature is only a relatively low-level existence. Regardless of whether it is a high-level or low-level creature, there is only one characteristic, and that is destruction.
Wherever it passed, there was no life left, only a piece of scorched earth.
The image gradually faded, and the three emperors returned to the conference hall. Chen Rui's voice sounded: "This is the power of the abyss. What you see is just a small part of the tip of the iceberg. I can tell you frankly that the powerful For example, the ancient alchemy civilization, including many other civilizations that I don't know... were completely destroyed because of this."
Although Xi Ya had seen this video for the first time, she had heard a few words about the abyss from Chen Rui before, so she was somewhat prepared, while Lei Chan and Catherine saw the abyss for the first time. It's terrifying, and the shock in his eyes is hard to hide.
The two of them realized one thing at the same time. Facing such a terrifying abyss, if it was the entire demon world, no, plus the ground world, it would probably be...
Chen Rui's next few words caused the expressions of the three emperors to change at the same time.
"There is bad news. As far as I know, the Abyss Clan still exists, but they have been sealed in a certain place for some reason. Over the years, they have tried their best to return to this place known as the inheritance. It is a world of the "main plane". There are many believers who secretly worship the abyss in the demon world. I have destroyed more than one altar of the abyss. The existence of these people is more important than "blood annihilation" for the three empires and the entire demon world. It's even more terrifying. I boldly assert here that the return of the abyss, I'm afraid...is just a matter of time."
"Could it be, those monsters and dungeons you set up in the magic game..." Catherine's thoughts turned quickly, associating with the relevant information of the magic game, she immediately reacted.
"Smart," Chen Rui smiled, and praised his woman unceremoniously, "There are quite a few monsters and special dungeons in magic games, which are created by imitating the characteristics and habits of creatures from the abyss, in order to deal with the future. The possible abyssal disaster. I hope that even if we leave this world one day, when our descendants face these terrifying creatures that suddenly appear, they will be able to maintain strong confidence and the most effective fighting power."
The way Lei Chan looked at Chen Rui finally changed, showing respect for the first time.
Catherine and Xi Ya, who knew Chen Rui's true identity, felt even more deeply, and they showed a touch of tenderness in their eyes when they looked at him.
"Here is the woman I love and the friends I live and die with. This is my home. I will spare my life to protect it and everything I cherish."
This man, not only said so, but has been doing so.
Although he is a human being and this is the demon world, this is his home, his real home.