The seabed cracked, and gas began to flow into the cracks centered on the seabed or pushed away the surrounding seawater.
Witnessed by the Hippogriff Knights who had already ascended into the air, waves more than ten meters high immediately spread from the landing point on the mainland to the surrounding areas, and they continued to grow higher and higher...
In the end, its height was even taller than the tallest building in the port, and it was large enough to spread across the entire ranch area, and it even had the potential to crash into the monster forest.
Fortunately, there was no shock wave, and the intensity of the earthquake was not as great as imagined - the Hippogriff Knights breathed a sigh of relief.
After realizing that they had escaped the most dangerous difficulty, they couldn't help but cheer in the sky:
"Our magic barrier can prevent those waves from directly impacting the port! And if the shock waves and earthquakes don't cause too much damage to the magic barrier, the loss this time will be even smaller than expected! This is really great!"
"Idiot! Is it because this piece of land didn't fall directly on our heads?! And it's not time to be happy yet! The backflow of seawater will still destroy most of the port?!
Don't forget our orders! Go and scout the situation on that land! Quick! We can't let the possible operators on that continent make that thing rise again! Quick!"
The Hippogriff Knights lost no time in rising to the sky to perform their duties, while on the ground, people were trembling with fear as they waited for the impact of the tsunami after a brief earthquake.
The tens-meter-high tsunami first hit the magic barrier in front of the port. After a brief diversion, most of the sea water passed directly over the port, and finally began to flow back under the influence of gravity. The magic barrier prevented the port from being submerged and turned it into a city in a fish tank.
The sea water that had not lost strength due to the port's magic barrier maintained its momentum and continued to rush towards the forest.
As the distance increased, the height of the tsunami became smaller and smaller. When it reached the magic barrier in front of Constantinople, its impact force was no longer enough to pose a threat to the barrier and the earth wall behind it.
As people watched in ecstasy, the sea water hit the barrier, stirred up white waves and then began to flow back. The impact of this tsunami on the United Nations has ended, and the remaining part that has been poured into the Monster Forest is only a negligible loss.
The greatest damage caused by the tsunami to the United Nations was the flooded ports and grasslands that began to accumulate seawater due to the terrain.
The seawater is irrigating the grassland land. It is foreseeable that a lot of pasture will wither because they cannot tolerate the salt and alkali.
But under Yang Hao's management, the farmland and some pastures around Constantinople were preserved, and the desperate residents in the port had already been evacuated.
Although he could not avoid all losses, he was able to limit the losses to the undeveloped pastures and ports, which could be considered an epic victory.
But now is not the time to relax.
"Let our army prepare to land on that land immediately." Yang Hao ordered, "and let the residents not approach the port for the time being, but let the mages remove the magic barrier to reduce the magic consumption in the area - if possible, we must drain the seawater out of the ranch area as soon as possible..."
The seawater accumulated on the ranch must be drained. Unless Yang Hao has to worry about the saline-alkali land on the ranch for the rest of his life, it is best to carry out the drainage work as soon as possible.
The Monster Forest could do nothing to help. After all, Yang Hao did not have the ability to drain seawater in the forest.
And in the final analysis, the self-healing ability of the forest should be able to solve some problems. The ecological strength of the forest is much stronger than that of the grassland...
In addition to the post-disaster handling, what Yang Hao is most concerned about is naturally the possible military operations that may follow.
There is no doubt that the "buffer" provided by the continent proves that it belongs to someone.
No matter what purpose the people above have in mind when they bring such a big surprise to the continent of Elucia, Yang Hao must be prepared to fight with them.
After all, no one can guarantee that the continent will rise again and really hit them on the head.
If he could seize the initiative in whether the continent rose or fell, then at least Yang Hao would be able to sleep peacefully tonight instead of sitting around anxiously.
(I almost vomited just now...)
Enduring the impact of stomach acid, Yang Hao gave orders to everyone in an orderly manner.
Under the order, the western regions of the United Nations have been fully mobilized, and aid from Caparia is also pouring in.
The army is gathering, and residents are digging drainage ditches to divert seawater to the coast in an orderly manner under command.
While Yang Hao was accepting the help of the tranquility magic given by Theresa, he was waiting for the report from the Hippogriff Knights.
He waited, and after a while, the report from the Hippogriff Knight did not come, but visible abnormalities appeared on the floating continent.
There seemed to be the sound of weapons being fired, and flashes of light appearing over the continent—
But the naked eye cannot see what the weapons are attacking. If you insist, the sound should be coming from the interior of the continent, while on the outside of the continent, all you can see are tall walls that have been weathered by the years.
"It seems that it fell down because of the fighting on land?" Yang Hao frowned, "And if there are no accidents, the intensity of the fighting up there may be greater than we imagined - more importantly, how can they continue to fight when the entire continent is falling? Are all the people up there fucking monsters?!"
Yang Hao really couldn't imagine what kind of monsters the units were that could still fight in this situation, which made him very worried about what might happen in the next possible military operations.
And more importantly... How on earth is our army going to land on that floating continent
If teleporting is done by a mage, there must be a Hippogriff Knight to guide them to a safer place, and the more people there are, the longer it will take to prepare for the teleportation...
If we rely on the Hippogriffs to transport them one by one, it's not impossible... But after thinking about it, the efficiency is still too slow. It seems that this time when we land on the mainland, we must focus on "quality" rather than "quantity"
Yang Hao recalled the existence of the "hunters" who used demonic alien weapons in the Bayerzans Empire.
In addition to using exotic weapons during this period, each of them has an additional rifle for long-range shooting.
In addition, the elves will also be the main force of this attack. But as expected, if Golem can go up...
Do you want to take the risk of sending the Ling people up there
Yang Hao frowned, and at this moment, Black Dragon, who had been silent, suddenly said that if they were worried about transporting heavy weapons to the mainland, she could provide help with her physical body, and she could also use her identity as Black Dragon to provide assistance for the next inspection.
"But the price is that Ishugard also has the right to explore that floating continent."
Black Dragonia gave her conditions directly, and to Yang Hao, this condition was acceptable.
After all, having a black dragon that is almost immune to magic will improve the quality of the landing troops to a higher level.
The only question is what kind of enemy will we be up against
Yang Hao waited for the investigation of the Hippogriff Knights.
Two minutes later, the Hippogriff Knights sent a message saying that they had discovered traces of demons in the interior of the continent.
Chapter 2: Doll Girl and Professional in the Clouds 8K
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In the Kingdom of Eden, inside the last great library in the national capital.
After the citizens of Eden used the synthetic bodies of the magic puppets to withstand the pressure of the continent falling to the surface and were forced to suspend directly through buffer devices to avoid contact with the pressure of the seabed, they immediately left the carrier cabin and took out their weapons outside to prepare for the final battle with the demons.
As the last guard, these magic puppet troops composed of scientists and scholars protect the last seed and weapons production depot.
In addition, the last magic puppet production sequence and the artificial magic reactor are also within their protection range.
But they were not warriors after all. Although they knew how to use the weapons in their hands, everything about fighting still seemed very unfamiliar to them.
"It looks like we are really going to fail." A magic puppet sighed and inserted a fully charged magic laser weapon into the slot in his right hand.
"And the demons have long evolved resistance to magic weapons during the war with us... What the fuck! Our strongest weapon is magic weapons. Even our golems now basically use magic weapons instead of brute force..."
"Now, it's the primitive golems who can only fight and smash that can cause trouble to the demons. And then again, the characteristics of the demons seem to be quite problematic..."
"Are you saying that [after they evolve resistance to magic, their corresponding physical resistance will decrease]?"
"This is the conclusion Elena deduced. And it seems to be true in reality - the skin that was able to withstand the piercing of spears hundreds of years ago, after evolving resistance to magic, can be easily cut by the blade of a nail clipper...
Demons seem to be a group with a "growth limit". Before the entire group evolves, there are actually very few things they can do. "
The magic puppet opened the door to the outside world, and while meeting up with other companions, he set up a shelter made of bookshelves and other materials at the only entrance and exit of the library.
"They are not like us. They are different from all normal life forms. Our skin will grow calluses due to long-term wear and tear, and will also develop resistance due to long-term exposure to magic, but demons are not like this...
Their growth ceiling has been locked in this era! Evolving wisdom will lead to a decrease in brute force, and evolving brute force will make their brains less intelligent... Damn it, if we had discovered the secret of the devil earlier, maybe we wouldn't have fallen to this point..."
"But we still found out too late. There's nothing we can do."
His companion sighed, and went directly to the third floor to observe the demons attacking from afar through the window. He smiled bitterly and said: There is indeed no other way.
The demons on the floating island had long since evolved many unique abilities by taking advantage of one thing to fill another.
For example, in order to fight against the magic weapons of the Eden people, they chose to strengthen their own magic resistance and gave up some of their physical resistance.
In this situation, the demons' skin became more and more tender, but they have changed from honeycombs that could be riddled with holes by magic to tanks that can only be barely penetrated by the strongest magical weapons.
Not only that, they have also evolved special organs to resist the strong pressure when the floating island falls.
This directly caused most demons to lose their special abilities, but also ensured their survival rate on the floating island.
After all, the special abilities of the demons are also "magic" that the people of Eden can easily deal with.
The flames of the fire-breathing demon will be rebounded, and the petrification of the petrifying demon will be restrained by the magic technology of the Eden people and will kill friendly forces in return.
In this situation, the demons' special abilities became a burden in their fight against the Eden people, not to mention that the Titan demon, their only ability that would not be rebounded, had already turned into a meteor that fell to the ground and disappeared without a trace in the previous battle.
Rather than using my weaknesses to fight the Eden people head-on, I would rather increase my magic resistance and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Eden people.
After the demons followed this idea and changed their thinking, the Edenites soon discovered that the artificial magic they were so proud of had lost most of its effect on the demons.
What made the Eden people feel even more embarrassed was that there was no "non-magical metal" at all in the "block" where they were located. In the floating island block where the capital of the Kingdom of Eden was located, even the stone bricks laid on the ground for people to walk on were knocked with artificial magic circuits for the laying of the basic magic network.
It's not that they don't want to return to the era of cold weapons and specifically attack the demons' current weaknesses with fatal blows, but they simply can't find materials that don't contain magic power...
It can only be said that the Kingdom of Eden was built on magic in the past, and is destroyed by magic now - just as more and more magic puppets gathered at the main gate to establish the first line of defense against the demons, and more people began to try to weaken the strength of the demons' attacks from high altitudes, a girl with an indifferent expression appeared here.
She didn't come from behind. She directly used artificial magic power and the surrounding materials to generate magic power and then "downloaded" it - this is a magic technology of the Eden people.
Under the coverage of the "Magic Net", the magic puppet can decompose the raw materials into magic power in advance, download its own body in another area covered by the Magic Net, and then transfer its consciousness into it.
But now that the magic network is almost ineffective, the only one who needs to do this is Elena, the synthetic doll who was originally in the core of the Great Library to carry out closed command work and is now the most powerful brain in the Kingdom of Eden.
"Elena - it's dangerous here." The magic puppets shouted, but the cold-hearted girl with white hair and red eyes just prepared a new weapon for her right hand. "You should stay behind! Protect our "seed"!"
"Denied." The girl shook her head. "It is determined that the main gate has been lost, and the probability of failure of all subsequent defenses is over 94%. All melee units have been dispatched to the main gate to assist in defense. All Golems and "Invasion Sheaths" that can still move are on their way to the main gate."
"But in this case, wouldn't our rear be—"
"The devil will not approach from the rear. The only way to invade the rear is to destroy the defenses of the main gate. Now, the synthetic doll Elena is the supreme commander, and all tactics are the conclusions drawn after calculation. Do you have any objections?"
The magic puppets looked at each other and shook their heads.
The synthetic doll Elena is a life created by the Eden people using artificial magic.
Because of this, she is extremely "rational". She will use percentages to determine the plan with the highest success rate, and when expressing her emotions, she is accustomed to using words to express the results and emotions, and then using unquestionable sentences to express doubts.
It is also because of this that Elena has been able to hold on to the Kingdom of Eden until now - after all, if humans were really allowed to fight the demons to the death because of their emotions, the floating island would have long been a feast for the demons.
Everyone is grateful for Elena's help, but everyone also knows that humans cannot give up their emotions. This is the biggest difference between the magic dolls and synthetic dolls after being injected with human souls.
They watched as the girl with white hair and red eyes stood in front of the main gate, and then used magic to further strengthen the gate that was crumbling in front of the devil.
Her white and black dress made this petite doll with artificial white beauty look more like a maid than a monarch.
In order to strengthen the defense of the entire gate, Elena also chose to decompose some of her "unnecessary" organs into the most basic magic particles, and projected the power behind the main gate to form a barrier that only allows Eden people to use weapons to attack, while demons cannot break through. But how long can this barrier last...
But it’s another good question.
"It can last up to 4 minutes and 17 seconds after encountering it. If the enemy has a "Shieldbreaker Demon" that has evolved specifically to target barriers, it can last up to 20 seconds."
Elena answered everyone's questions coldly. At this moment, the magic puppets observing from above sent an urgent communication through the magic network:
"Everyone! Everyone!? In the sky! Hippogriffs and elves appeared in the sky?!"
"What?"
The magic puppets looked at each other, and at this moment, one of them suddenly changed his expression:
"Hippogriff and Knight?! And they're elves?!"
"Yes! It's the Hippogriff and the Elf Knight! Everyone, look at the picture I transmitted! Look!"
The magic puppet who was blocking the shooting from a high altitude released the images in his eyes to the network within the coverage of the magic network. Everyone opened the screen in astonishment and synchronized the other party's vision with their own eyes.
Along with the common tremors and blurriness caused by the destruction of the magic network, everyone could vaguely see through the eyes of the magic puppet that there was a creature hovering in the sky above the floating continent, which was obviously not a demon.
That was the Hippogriff recorded in the book—the magic puppets watched in silence. After the image gradually became clear due to the static, they could finally see clearly what kind of creature was riding on the Hippogriff.
"It's an elf?! It's an elf!"
"Great! This world has not been occupied by demons?! After we ascended to high altitudes, this world has developed its own civilization again?! Great!!"
Everyone couldn't help but feel happy because they realized that the world on the ground was not controlled by demons, and the ice disaster that started to move in the north of the Elucia continent might be the last demon survivor on the Elucia continent!
Has the elves regained control of this continent? This is really great!
Everyone cheered - and at this moment, Elena decomposed the magic spear in her right hand into the most basic magic power.
"Confirmed... Elves, Hippogriffs. Holding weapons similar to magic launchers. Conclusion: They are not a big threat to the demons that are attacking this time."
The synthetic doll said indifferently, "There are too few of them. They can't help us, and we can't transmit communications to them - the distance is too far. Before the elves' reinforcements arrive, we will definitely be defeated."
"Don't say that, Elena! At least we can confirm that the surface world has not been completely occupied by demons, and that's enough!"
"Deny it. It won't help us at all."
"But humans are like this - humans are not rational creatures, we have emotions, and with emotions, we can exert a stronger power than paper data! So, Elena, if you have the opportunity, you still have a lot to learn..."
The magic doll touched the hair of Elena, whom they regarded as their daughter. Facing their happiness, Elena could only tilt her head blankly, not knowing how to make any judgments beyond the data.