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Five days later. .
Rex meets Sinbad again.
In the medical hospital of the 1st Barracks District.
He came to visit with him, as well as the lively girl Mokin.
"How do you feel?" Mu Li put a bunch of seaweed on the window sill, "I can't find any good-looking flowers here, so I can only use them instead, but it's green, it's better than yellow sand, isn't it? "
"Ah… thank you," Rex sat up quickly, "I think… it's better than before."
"That's good, you just looked terrifying when you were fished out of the water, your face was blue, you were twitching all over, and you kept spitting sea water." She laughed, "then you were sent to the camp and developed a high fever. , I've been here twice with Sinbad, but you don't seem to be fully conscious at that time."
Rex smiled bitterly, "My body is indeed too weak."
"But you made it to the end and exceeded your limit." Simbady grinned, "Mr. Explorer. In fact, your survival is stronger than I thought. When you approached the water, I almost I've exhausted all my strength, if you didn't hold my body tightly, I'm afraid it would be difficult for me to take you out." He lifted a corner of his clothes, "Well, there are still a few bruises here."
"Sorry," Rex said a little embarrassedly, "I can't remember what happened after I got out of the water hole."
"What must have been in your mind at that time, so that you can't let go even when you lose consciousness?" Mu Li said with emotion.
"Maybe..." He nodded, "There were indeed many things in my mind before I fell into a coma. My precious invention, the Fairy Item Fair, and two wives who are waiting for me to return..."
The atmosphere suddenly became quiet.
After a while, Sinbad tried to ask, "What did you just say?"
"Two wives..." Rex seemed to suddenly understand, "Ah, I forgot to mention that the customs of the islands in the fjords are different, and the islands I live on do not have a limit on the number of couples, it is all voluntary. It's normal that you don't know that."
"I suddenly think... it might be a good choice to drop you in a water hole," Simbady said, twitching the corners of his mouth.
"I feel the same." Mu Li agreed with a serious face.
"Hey, you don't have to be so ruthless..." Seeing that the situation was not good, Rex quickly changed the subject, "How is that ruin now?"
When it comes to business, Simbady suddenly became serious, "Now the First Army has set up that area as a restricted area, and no one is allowed to enter without authorization, and a sentry is also arranged on the edge of the cliff, probably to guard against the giant iron armored scorpion. I Entrusted by them, I dived into the water hole again during the low tide and retrieved my pocket." His voice became lower and lower, "But these things were also handed over to the First Army... I'm sorry."
"No, you did nothing wrong," Rex shook his head slightly after listening to the other party's statement, "Since the First Army has taken over the treatment, you can't hide it from them, and I don't think I can monopolize it. Such a big ruin. The only pity is that both diving suits were destroyed. Even if the news of the success of the experiment is released, the credibility will be greatly reduced. But there is no way to do it... After all, you are To save me."
Sinbad was silent. He naturally knew how much effort Rex had put into it. A waterproof suit took half the year to prepare, and that only meant the last two finished products. And how many times he failed, how many materials and golden dragons were wasted, one or two can be seen from the other party's financial constraints.
Such a blow is indeed heavy.
After a long silence, he asked in a low voice, "What are you going to do in the future?"
"Go back to the fjord first, then make a comeback." Rex replied without hesitation.
Sinbad and Mu Li couldn't help but froze for a while.
"Why, are you worried that I will never recover?" Looking at the slightly surprised expressions of the two of them, Rex smiled, "If I didn't have this escape experience, I probably would have really given up this career." He He stretched out his palm, clenched and opened it, as if he was feeling something, "But now I understand, this is by no means my limit. How about a waterproof suit for half a year, it's many times better than when I was fumbling before! At least I know it will work!"
"Rex..."
"Don't worry, at most two years, I will definitely come back with a new diving suit." The fjord man said word by word, "Please continue to be with me when the time comes."
It seems that his worries are unnecessary, Sinbad thought. Just as he was about to come down, the door was suddenly pushed open, and a man dressed as an officer walked in.
"Rex? Sinbad?" He looked at the two of them.
"Yes, may I ask... what's the matter?" Sinbad hurriedly saluted.
"About your findings, Neverwinter has given the latest instructions." The officer nodded, "Your Majesty wants to see you."
"You mean, the King of Greycastle?"
"Great, Great Chief?"
The two were surprised at almost the same time. They all saw inconceivable in each other's eyes. No matter it was just five days, the news could travel back and forth between Daqing Port and the new capital of Graycastle. The king's summoning was beyond their imagination. Generally speaking, the superiors wanted to ask questions. News, just send someone to come. If you deal with this matter so solemnly, could it be that the discovered ruins have extraordinary significance
"That's right, and His Majesty Roland has specially dispatched a ship to pick up and drop off. It will arrive at Daqing Port in about two days." The officer smiled. "Until then, you should stay in the barracks and have a good rest."
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Graycastle, Neverwinter.
Roland sat at his desk, flipping through the reports sent back from the front.
In any respect, the Torch Project can be said to be progressing smoothly. After entering May, there was hardly any decent resistance from the devil, and the railway line was steadily advancing in the direction of Taquila. According to this trend, at most mid-June, the relics of the Holy City will be able to enter the strike range of the First Army, which can be said to be ten days faster than the originally scheduled schedule.
The offensive was so smooth, but Roland didn't feel much relaxation in his heart.
The opponent is the devil, the mortal enemy of human civilization, and has won overwhelming victories in the past two battles of divine will, forcing mankind to the corner of the dawn realm. Now the fertile plain is the last barrier. As long as the obelisk is erected, the red mist can cover the entire continent. The enemy should be determined to win.
His eyes kept scanning between the report and the map, hoping to find some clues, but there was still no gain.
After the battle of the night raid, the defense of the railway station has become more and more perfect, and the only way to destroy the camp is to bite hard. Although this is the most likely place for a major war to break out, it is also the most advantageous battlefield for the First Army. If the enemy chooses to fight head-on, it is a good thing.
Hundreds of kilometers of railway line is the second hit point. In fact, this is also the frequent site of reports of firefights with the devil, with a total of forty-six cases so far. If it weren't for these reports, he would even have the illusion that the enemy had withdrawn from the fertile plains, leaving only the Ministry of Construction burying the railroad. However, it is not easy to cut off logistics under the emergency repair of the machine gun muzzle of the armored train and the witch, or the Torch Project was made for this from the beginning. After the third Heihe train was commissioned, reports of harassment by fear of beasts were rare.
And the last place to be attacked, the forest site, is theoretically the least important. As long as Ye Ye doesn't take the initiative to fight the devil, the devil can do very limited things. After all, it was too far from the Taquila supply line, and the enemy in small groups could not pose enough threat to the site fortifications. What's more, the area around the terminal has already been burned once, and it is difficult to repeat the old tricks.
Due to the continuous advancement of the front line, Lightning has been able to directly detect the situation in the ruins of Taquila. So far, the devil has not shown signs of increasing troops. Looking from the sky, even the red line behind the supply is dimmed a lot. .
Every piece of evidence indicates that mankind is about to win the Northern Expedition and have the opportunity to drive the devil out of the Fertile Plain before the red moon.