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The twentieth minute of the battle.
The fighting on the front line is in full swing. Both the demons and the United Nations are constantly adding more troops to the ruins of the city where the third front is located.
From time to time, demons would try to leave this floating continent and directly attack the Elucia continent below.
However, these demon larvae have not evolved the ability to fly. Faced with the ground hundreds of meters high, jumping down would only lead to their own death. Therefore, they have no choice but to find another way.
They began to try to move secretly by "stuck" themselves on the outer shell of the bottom of the floating continent. And soon they reached the opening where the artificial magic reactor was used to draw seawater.
The magic puppets that were still able to move and were on guard there easily killed the demons that crawled in, but this was enough to illustrate the improvement in the demons' tactics.
The magic puppet staying at the artificial magic reactor needs Elena's support, but Elena is in a dilemma.
On the one hand, it was because she knew that the artificial magic reactor was something that had to be protected.
If the artificial magic reactor that is being restarted is not protected, the war will end in failure.
But on the other hand, Yang Hao is also the person she needs to protect at this stage - Elena can tell which is more important, but if possible, she hopes to protect both of them together.
As a last resort, after receiving the news, Elena could only make a suggestion to Yang Hao:
"Inquiry: Your Majesty Yang Hao, the outside world is dangerous now. I need to return to the artificial magic reactor to stop the demon's sneak attack. Can you go back with me to avoid any accidents outside?"
The direct questioning of the synthetic doll made Yang Hao stunned for a moment.
However, after thinking about it for a while, Yang Hao realized his own uniqueness—he was the person who needed the most protection in the entire floating continent. He had no actual combat ability, could not use magic, and did not know how to save his life.
In this situation, even with Naluga and Fen's protection, it would still be too dangerous to continue to be exposed outside.
Not to mention, if Elena hadn't noticed the "optical camouflage" characteristics of the high-level demons, she might have been attacked by the high-level demons and even seriously injured...
And... has the artificial magic reactor been attacked to the point where Elena needs to go there in person to guard it
Yang Hao thought about it and finally came to the conclusion that he should not cause trouble or embarrassment to Elena. So he nodded and signaled Finn to prepare for the transmission. He replied:
"Okay, anyway, if we use magic to observe, we can also use the eyes of the Hippogriff Knight... Let's go back together. After all, the artificial magic reactor is more important."
"Glad: Thank you for your understanding." Elena breathed a sigh of relief. "Then please return immediately. There are only ten minutes left, and the time for counterattack is coming soon."
"I now doubt whether the demons will be able to evolve weapons to fight against the Colossus... But never mind. Now I have to rely on your Colossus."
With Finn's help, everyone used teleportation magic to return to the underground area where the artificial magic reactor was located.
At the moment they came back, the magic puppets that stayed behind killed the demon larvae at the seawater intake, and then nailed the bodies directly to the wall to prevent the bodies of the larvae from reviving.
Yang Hao simply counted the bodies here - there were probably more than forty.
Although most of them appear to be the corpses of ordinary demon larvae, there will inevitably be high-level demons that have evolved optical camouflage and intend to blend in.
The demons also seemed to be aware that the pipes that draw seawater from the artificial magic reactor were the biggest weakness of the entire device.
But the Eden people reinforced the entire pipeline to be stronger than the reactor itself, so the demons can choose their target to attack. Is it true that only this reactor that is constantly carrying out reaction activities is the only one
Yang Hao patted the transparent glass of the artificial magic reactor and observed the rich magic power visible to the naked eye inside the glass.
Finn was also looking at him curiously, but Naluga frowned and said that the feeling given by these artificial magic powers was very similar to "magic residue".
"Very... strange. They seem... like they can't use it directly for the time being?"
The clan leader stated his opinion carefully, while turning back to look at Elena who was assisting the magic puppets in strengthening the protection of the gap.
"It may need to be refined or diluted before it can be used normally... Otherwise, if a normal person absorbs this concentration of artificial magic power... it is easy to die suddenly due to the disorder of magic power..."
The artificial magic of the Kingdom of Eden - at least the newly produced artificial magic - cannot be used directly.
Even the people of the Ling tribe who can make use of even the residual magic power are subconsciously afraid of the strong artificial magic power in the reactor, let alone elves like Fen who are friendly to magic, and ordinary humans like Yang Hao who have no magical talent at all.
Because of this, Yang Hao realized a problem: the artificial magic reactor has actually produced enough artificial magic, but simply producing magic is useless.
After all, no one here can withstand the feedback brought by the surging magic power. In other words, the core of this reactor is actually the process of "diluting" the magic power and then differentiating it
He watched with interest as the artificial magic within the transparent glass flowed through pipes one after another into other cabins and then became diluted inside.
He was wondering if this reactor could produce something other than artificial magic.
Because Yang Hao discovered that when artificial magic power was generated, it seemed that a large amount of "electricity" produced simultaneously was wasted -
Those arc lightnings that flashed wildly among the artificial magic clouds would disappear without a trace as the artificial magic diluted.
It would be great if there was a way to use those lightning bolts. After all, electricity is also extremely valuable. When combined with artificial magic, it can achieve the effect of 1+1 being greater than 10...
Just as Yang Hao was thinking about something, a crisp creaking sound came from the gap...
Before Yang Hao could prepare, the demon larvae that crawled in from the gap were immediately nailed to the wall by the magic puppets. But there were many more demon larvae, and they occupied the entire rock wall in a short while.
They crawled in one after another, layer upon layer, using their specially evolved six-legged hooks to crawl on the ceiling and walls.
Naluga immediately used local materials on the rock wall to create two golems, while Elena's actions were faster than anyone expected.
She simply pulled out the magic bayonet installed on the arm of a magic puppet, held it in her hand, and rushed into the group of demon larvae to kill them.
With precise jumping and swinging, every attack of Elena would cause several young demons to die tragically due to injuries to their vital parts.
The demon's purple blood gushed out, dyeing Elena purple and stimulating the demon larvae behind her to become more agitated.
Elena pulled herself out of the corpse of the demon larva, and the magic puppets took her place to fight against the demon larva.
She was looking for another suitable entry point. At this moment, the golem controlled by Naruga rushed over.
Under Naruga's precise control, Golem bypassed the crowd of magic puppets with great flexibility, knocking away all the young demons that entered the underground space, while also fighting with the young demons with his fists.
Perhaps golems cannot fight against high-level demons in open terrain, but in narrow terrain, when facing no more than ten demon larvae at a time, the demon larvae are no match for golems at all - at least until they evolve corresponding advanced organs.
However, the demons' evolution speed is always unexpectedly fast.
Under the gaze of everyone, one of the hatchlings at the back of the group howled and began to evolve.
Its six legs gradually merged into two pairs of limbs that resembled drills. Its surface began to be as soft as chewing gum, but this soft posture could provide unexpected protection against blunt blows from iron fists.
Before it could completely complete its evolution, the elf beside Yang Hao used magic to solve it.
"The speed of evolution is really unpleasant... Even humans who are the best at changing their faces probably can't change as fast as them."
Finn cursed with disgust on her face, and after using magic again to kill several other demon larvae that were also evolving in the direction of "blocking blunt weapons", she shouted to Elena: "Synthetic doll girl! Can't you find a way to plug the gap?!"
If the gap is not blocked, waves of demon larvae will continue to pour in - Finn believes that everyone knows this problem, so why not block the outside? !
"Denied. Explanation: This cannot be done. Because these young seem to be deliberately attacking the breach under the orders of the "Demon Nest"."
Elena refused, and then after killing a demon, she wiped the purple blood off her face:
"If we "block" this passage, the mother nest will realize what we are doing - and then it will most likely order the larvae to directly attack the exposed extraction pipes...
In order to prevent the pipeline of the artificial magic reactor from being damaged, we need to deliberately create a "gap" to attract them... "
"So it means to close the door and beat the dog?" Yang Hao reacted quickly, "And the demon's nest has intelligence and can even find the attack channel from the vision of other demons?! This is really... an incredible secret."
Once upon a time, the United Nations, including the Bayer Zans, believed that demons were just savage social creatures.
Although they have a sense of honor and shame and will protect their own kind, in the final analysis, they are just foreign invaders who intend to plunder the world's resources, and their overall appearance is very barbaric, and they can't even be called a "tribe" - this is the current understanding of demons by most people.
But now, the Edenites suddenly said that the demon's nest is a highly intelligent individual with "wisdom"? !
Moreover, the mother nest is not only intelligent, but can even use the eyes of the frontline demons to confirm the loopholes in the enemy's defense line while producing demon larvae, and then command the attacking demons? !
Aren't you demons really weapons designed by humans?! Yang Hao was extremely shocked, but after thinking about it carefully, the tactics and strategies displayed by the demons of the Kingdom of Eden were indeed too abnormal...
Whether it's the young demons that have evolved into "gun barrels", the wheel demons that have evolved into "tank" structures, or even the climbing demons that know how to sneak attack from behind and the optical camouflage demons that fly in the sky - it's true that the demons are evolving specifically to target the various weaknesses in the United Nations' national defense lines.
But it is also true that they evolved incredibly quickly, and their structures can even be said to be "exceptionally accurate."
Not to mention that after the evolution was completed, the demons actually knew how to use the characteristics of the new demons in less than two minutes to research new tactics suitable for the current army and put them into use...
It is no exaggeration to say that the demons at this stage are even more powerful in tactical learning than the robots on Earth that Yang Hao knows.
He had been wondering what could allow the tactical awareness of individual demons to spread to the entire group. He guessed it might be pheromones or something strange...
But now it seems that the core of everything is actually the guidance of the "Devil's Nest"
(If you think about it, if all the changes, including the evolution of demons, are related to the demon hive, then this all makes sense...
If the thinking ability of the demon hive is proportional to the individual demons, and they can "borrow" the brains of their own kind to think and learn...
It makes sense that they could go from primitive forms to crude guns and even tanks in less than half an hour...)
The man was thinking with sweat on his face.
(But in this case, isn't the Demon Nest's learning ability too strong? And since it has the ability to view the battlefield through the eyes of its own kind and make instant tactical adjustments, isn't it the other way around...)
The Demon Nest also has the ability to cast magic through the vision of individual demons? Or...
"Observe" and "learn" about things that interest you through the perspective of individuals of the same ethnic group
Yang Hao held his breath. He was so frightened by his own thought that his hair stood on end. Moreover, he saw a wretched demon hiding behind his fellow demons in the gap, and those six red eyes were staring at him intently...
No.
He was looking at the artificial magic reactor next to him!
"Fen! Attack the demon with only six eyes!" Yang Hao grabbed the elf's left hand and pointed at the gap in the distance and shouted, "Kill it as quickly as possible - the demon's nest should be observing through its eyes! Quick!"
"What on earth are you talking about... I found it!"
The petite elf exclaimed. After discovering the individual that Yang Hao was talking about who was escaping, she held her breath and used the magic power on the scene to summon vines to tightly bind the six-eyed demon.
After being controlled by the magic vines, the six-eyed demon was directly killed by Elena.
Then the magic puppets coordinated with Golem's actions to further suppress the intrusion of the demon larvae, but Yang Hao knew very well that it might be too late.
The six-eyed demon has actually witnessed the entire process of the reaction activities of the artificial magic reactor!
Although the Demon Hive may not be able to understand what is going on for a while, it will definitely try to imitate the artificial magic reactor at this juncture, and finally offset it bit by bit, and the Kingdom of Eden will regain the magical advantage behind the reactor.
If the Demon Nest really has a very high learning ability and an extremely powerful brain as Yang Hao speculated... But this doesn't make sense
"If the Demon Hive is really that smart, why did they maintain their original ecology thousands of years ago without any changes? No... Or in other words, the only demons that have remained unchanged for thousands of years are the ones in this world today?"
Yang Hao was pale and muttering to himself. He suddenly realized that the coming demonic disaster was definitely not as easy to deal with as he had imagined.
After all, the demons of this world were either dragged underground by the Bayerjans to a war where both sides would starve to death, or dragged high into the sky by the Eden people and even hibernated for a period of time...
They don't have enough time and energy to learn and evolve, so they behave so primitively!
But what about demons in other places? Especially the demon's lair, a place called "Purgatory"
What have the demons there evolved into after more than a thousand years of development
How far has their biotechnology developed? While we humans are still fighting each other's own affairs, what on earth have the united demons become
Yang Hao took a deep breath. The girls turned around and looked at him, and even Elena's eyes showed anxiety.
But he didn't explain anything, because there was no point in explaining now - besides, it was too late.
Along with the deafening sound of the artificial magic reactor beside him, the petite elf released barrier magic to isolate Yang Hao and others from the noise disturbance, and also witnessed the scene where the artificial magic began to spread outward after dilution.
The dormant magic puppets started up again groggily. The magic puppet production workshop produced spare bodies and weapons for the Eden people with higher efficiency. On the surface, all the soil and bricks on the ground emitted a faint blue light.
30 minutes after the restart, the artificial magic reactor officially entered the operation stage.
According to the original order, it began to charge the Colossus weapon, the obelisk building on top of the Great Library.
And in the devil's nest.
The demon's mother body was devouring the magic power that was suddenly more abundant in the air.
In front of the mother's cloaca, a large number of devil larvae began to evolve in a way that violated the natural ecology.
If the Eden were here, they would definitely recognize it.
That crude textile made up of countless demon larvae was nothing more than hundreds of artificial magic reactors.
The demons could not find the core components of the artificial magic reactor, nor could they find transparent glass, let alone understand the internal structure.
But demons can learn and imitate countless samples. Although they will not harm the lives of their own kind, they have many of their own kind.
The translucent fascia became "glass", and hundreds of different hollow structures were formed in the flesh and blood buildings formed by the fusion of the demon larvae.
The demons tried to use things other than sea water as a substitute for refining magic power, and then tried to imitate the Eden people's colossus weapons to build their own demon colossi.
Rather than "building", it is more like "evolution" - the Colossus weapon, which is the fusion and evolution of dozens of high-level demons, is simple and crude. Now, all it has to do before it can be launched is to replenish its magic power.
The demons are waiting for a "successful" example to appear among the countless replica samples of the reactor.
And in the great library.
After defeating the demon's vanguard with the help of the magic puppet.