When I heard that the City of Angels can only produce 2,000 newborn angels a week, I feel that this speed is incredible—not too fast, but too slow, even to the point where people doubt whether it is an imperial facility .
For a facility as large as the City of Angels, it takes seven days to train two thousand soldiers. Perhaps this is a considerable production speed for ordinary civilizations, but for the Xiling Empire, the speed of violent soldiers is reduced to "thousands". It's unbearable.
What's more, what we urgently need now is a whole legion...
When I said my thoughts, Bella Villa showed a disapproving expression. She glanced at me, shook her head and said, "You are restricted by your own preconceived ideas. The system is different, and it is quite different. These are two technical systems with their own complete systems, and it is not just the difference in the power used-if you just replace the heavy cannon with arcane missiles, and the single Soldier fighter planes are replaced by magic flying carpets, and the difference between the technology department and the mystery department can be counted as the difference between two groups of troops sending ion beams to each other and shooting eye prismatic rays... Don't you think it's too childish?"
I'm ashamed to admit that I really thought so at first...
"Huh—" Bella Villa sighed helplessly, as if she couldn't do anything about my whimsical and simple logic, "Well, I don't blame you, since you came into contact with the empire until now, you really haven't understood many mysteries Department-related things, and those knowledge were unlocked by you only two days ago. I will give you a supplementary lesson-the biggest difference between the military power of the Empire Mystic Department and the Science and Technology Department. We never produce the most basic arms from the production factory , Do you understand? The most basic units coming down the "production line" of the mysterious department are the mid-level apostles. As you know, the angels of the spirit, the ravens, and the upcoming arcane law enforcement officers, magic pioneers and other mysterious units , are all mid-level or above units. So in your opinion, the production efficiency of the City of Angels is so low. It is not a place to produce soldiers at all!"
After listening to Bella Villa's words word for word, I realized that the power of the empire's mystery department was very different from what I had always imagined, and I immediately became very curious about it. Of course, this kind of discrepancy is nothing unexpected. Although I have no specific concept before, I can understand how different the two different technical systems will be in the process of their respective development and perfection. The various methods and approaches used by the technical systems of the Mystic Department and the Science and Technology Department to explore the truth of the world are so different, and the branches and leaves that they spread must naturally present different forms, just like those in the history of human civilization. bifurcation point. Every stage of human civilization will have a hugely different world view, and thus produce a large number of daily habits, production tools, religious beliefs and even state forms that are almost incomprehensible. So many isolated stages of civilization can appear on a small earth. Not to mention that the behemoth Xiling Empire gave birth to two almost completely opposite technical routes at the same time.
"That is to say, the power of the mysterious side is actually more elite soldiers?" I thought for a while, and expressed my understanding, "The mysterious side is all mid-level apostles, don't they have low-level members? You don't have soldiers? This has nothing to do with technology." The side difference is too big."
"Of course not," Bella Villa shook her head decisively. "Any technical system with a complete technology tree cannot be without basic units. A class of soldiers with a large enough number and dedicated to all basic tasks is essential. But for us, soldiers do not come from the production line. Rather... so."
As Bella Vila spoke, she stretched out her hand in mid-air, and arcane brilliance visible to the naked eye and solid fragments of unknown composition appeared in the air. The way these things appeared reminded me of the Xiling host using information A scene of regenerative technology building various imperial facilities—perhaps these two technologies lead to the same goal? These radiant little things that Bella Vila summoned were gathering rapidly, and quickly formed the basic skeleton and body of the inorganic matter in a stunningly precise manner, when the last shimmering fragment of unknown composition fell on the " After the gap in its back, what appeared in front of our eyes was a humanoid creature whose appearance and figure were almost the same as Bella Vera...or Raven 001, but whose whole body was crystal clear. The humanoid looked around blankly for a while, then stood behind Bellavira with a blank expression, like a loyal guard.
"I've heard about your experiences in that world. Those angels in the Sky Tower must be impressive." Bella Villa glanced at me with a smile, "This is the basic soldier of our mysterious apostles .We don’t make these things from factories, because we don’t need them. The special way of transforming the world in the mysterious department makes it easier for us to achieve precise control over energy and matter, as well as control our own spirit and even soul with individual power. , so we have developed puppets and avatar technology. All kinds of elemental creatures, thought body avatars, arcane constructs, and spirit creatures are the basic soldiers of the mysterious department. This is a construct in front of you. It uses my Driven by the arcane power of the human body, the material that composes the body is the information that is 'looted' directly from the world. By properly rewriting this information, it can become a 'substance' that is no less than the steel and iron bones of the soldiers of the empire. You should It’s no stranger, that’s what Xiling hosts do.”
My guess just now has been confirmed, which is an important factor for the Xiling host to be classified as a hybrid Xiling apostle.
The "crystal man" that Bella Villa just made gave me a very familiar feeling. After thinking about it for a long time, I suddenly remembered that this is the one I saw in the northern ice field that day, created by Odysseus. An elemental creature? Of course, the crystal man made by Bella Vila is obviously more powerful and refined than those Goodell elemental creatures. At least "she" will not drop scum all the way when she walks. Perhaps this is because the Goodell elemental creatures are growing. In the process of self-reproduction of time, the power of the first generation of creatures is gradually lost.
The apostles of the mysterious department actually rely on this method to generate basic soldiers. This made me never expect it, and it also aroused more curiosity: "In this case, why have I never seen other ravens make this... elemental soldiers?"
Although it is hard to see the combat power of this elemental creature, if each raven has the ability to create its own construct clone like Bella Vila, then the total amount will reach a certain level, which will also be very impressive. , but I have never seen the elemental creations of the Ravens on the battlefield. They are always fighting alone, relying on their own magic power to fight like the most orthodox spellcasters. Otherwise, I should have known about the amazing feature of the mystery department earlier.
"Because ordinary ravens are not good at making this kind of construct." Bella Vila tapped on the forehead of the crystal clear "Crystal Girl" beside her, and the latter immediately split into a large number of small pieces, circling She spun around quickly, "Not every unit in the mysterious department is responsible for making soldiers. Usually, the magic vanguard and Xiling angel are responsible for this aspect-you have already seen the clones made by the latter. As for the raven, we It is a turret in the conventional sense, we have the most powerful long-range attack ability and auxiliary skills. And as a hero unit, the raven is basically used for special tasks-special tasks do not include squatting at home and pinching villains."
So I understand. The biggest difference between the science and technology department and the mystery department in terms of unit construction: the former assembles privates from the assembly line. The production efficiency is stable. The latter uses large-scale facilities to directly produce mid-level and high-level apostles, and then these mid-level and high-level apostles create artificial life. The disadvantage of the latter is that it will face the dilemma of insufficient soldiers in the early stage, and there may even be empty commanders but no soldiers. situation, but the advantage is - over time, their "basic soldiers" can explode. Every time a mysterious apostle is produced, it is equivalent to expanding a small production line. The growth rate of their basic soldiers is based on the base number of the middle-level apostles, the greater the base number. The rate of increase is astonishing. I have learned from Odysseus that the elemental creatures he created can sustain themselves after they are born, and they don’t need him to use mental power or other things to maintain them, and they don’t need a special energy supply. In this way , as long as you have time and energy, there is actually no limit to the number of basic soldiers that a mysterious Xiling apostle can create-of course, they will not really do this. Although cannon fodder is useful, if you use all your energy and life Come to make cannon fodder... you will be killed by your own chief.
There are many reasons for this difference. The most important one is what Bella Villa said just now. The apostles of the mystery department specialize in comprehending and observing the world from an individual perspective, and gradually become better at awakening themselves. They are superior in soul and mental power control, which is why they rely on ordinary apostles to create soldiers to supplement the army.
As for why the ravens are not good at making soldiers, but Bella Villa can, the reason is actually very simple——
"It's free." Sandora concluded concisely.
"Can you make basic soldiers with sanity?" I asked curiously, "Ordinary soldiers have self-awareness, but this... ice sculpture you made... oh, it's a hailstone now, and it looks like it has no brains .”
"This is also one of the differences between the mystery department and the science and technology department," Bella Vila said with a look of regret on his face, "Although we can individually create our own small army, the puppet creatures we create generally don't have much intelligence. Yes, we have no way to directly infuse will and soul into the arcane core like the factory-assembled thinking core of the science and technology department. We can only give them some basic behavioral procedures. Those that are much weaker than the soldiers of the empire can only be balanced by the number and the masters behind them. Of course, the above does not mean that we cannot create things with souls at all, but it is more difficult-it is impossible to produce them as quickly as before. Sometimes it even takes several days to create a thinking puppet creature. Under normal circumstances, this kind of sane puppet creature will be used as a squad commander to lead other puppet regiments. A mysterious apostle, a subordinate A small army, and carefully create a few assistants of their own, this is the basic unit of the mysterious army. In the battle of the individual soldier stage, the puppet creatures advance or maintain the position, and their creators provide firepower and support in the rear. It is our most commonly used tactic. Of course, there are many other fighting methods, and I am afraid that I will not be able to tell you all in a while."
Sandora touched my arm. Mentioned one thing: "Remember those Gudel elemental creatures in the northern ice field? They don't have the concept of an individual, and they claim that the whole family is called 'Gudel', probably because their whole family has only one consciousness."
With Bella Vila's explanation, many things that I didn't understand before became clear one by one. In addition to the strange group of Gudel's elemental creatures, I also understood the confrontation between the Spellcaster Legion and the Sixth Legion of the Empire. What kind of cooperation problem: The soldiers of the empire have to adapt not only to a group of powerful or even stronger spellcasters around them, but also to get used to the large group of puppet creatures who charge with them without sanity and fight in small groups. Those who cooperate properly are naturally excellent meat shields and comrades in arms. However, a mistake in cooperation is likely to cause each other to hold back, and this is only a problem that may arise in the early stage of the two sides' coordinated operations. There are more cases... who knows how many.
Although this mixed personality has all kinds of speechless problems, Bella Villa has indeed started her work in a down-to-earth manner, as she promised, to help us establish a complete and in line with the status quo of the new empire. Legion of spellcasters. She has already got in touch with Aurelia, and she has a general understanding of the characteristics of the power of the fifteenth day area on the mysterious side back then. And formulated a reconstruction plan to use the Angel Legion, the original main arm of the 15-day zone, as the inherent main force, mixed with arcane spellcasters and various auxiliary units. She incorporated some of the ravens into the newly formed legion. Not only to replenish manpower, but another reason is that the ravens have been active in the new empire's legion for a long time, and they know the new empire's army better. Regarding the positioning of the new legion, Bella Villa mentioned his own opinion:
"Auxiliary operations, at least initially, should be positioned as auxiliary operations. The mysterious side lacks too much infrastructure, and there is not enough time to manufacture many large and super units. It is too much for the spellcaster legion born under this situation to fight independently. Reluctantly. I suggest that you don't rush to form the seventh legion, it is better to let them mix into your first, second and sixth legions. The first two legions are the ace army of the empire. The sixth legion is dedicated These three legions are the most likely to fight tough battles against the special forces fighting against the Fallen Apostles."
"Is there no independent organization?" Sandora pondered for a moment, "It is indeed possible in the short term, but sooner or later the Seventh Legion will be established, and it is impossible to continue to mix like this. Moreover, the mysterious department and the technology department are in maintenance and logistics. There are huge differences in other aspects, and the apostles of the mysterious department cannot use the weapon links and energy supply modules of the soldiers of the empire, which will bring great problems to the logistics work of the mixed legion."
"That's for the future, at least when the scale of the caster army is not large, this difficulty can still be overcome." Bella Villa waved his hand, "Compared to this, I have a better news to tell You—Aurelia found some technical information on space weapons, including the ring of light. She originally planned to report to you tomorrow, but I will reveal it to you in advance... "
"Are you sure? Can it be made now?" Sandora suddenly showed a look of surprise, obviously she knew the thing Bella Vila mentioned, but I was confused: "The glow circle Ring? What is that?"
"What do you think our mystical legions rely on to fight space wars?" Bella Villa shrugged at me, "A group of magicians with shields rushing into space, punching fighter planes and kicking missiles? The power and the main artillery of the fleet are bombarded?"
Bella Vila's description was so vivid, I immediately scrolled the unacceptable scene twice in my mind, and quickly shook my head: "It sounds cool, but it's really unreliable."
"The glow ring is the 'space weapon' produced by the mysterious technology." Bella Vila snapped her fingers, and a huge holographic projection suddenly appeared in the midair. A mysterious golden ring shrouded in mist, perhaps this is the so-called glow ring. What is amazing is that such a thing seems to have no substance—it is simply a halo, completely composed of erratic light!
"Individuals or soldiers, no matter how powerful a single person is, if they face the weapons of war created by a group of people who are as powerful as themselves with collective wisdom, they will be weak. Large-scale space melee and higher-level In cross-border wars, the large-scale weapons created by collective intelligence and the power of legions are the mainstream. Just like the dazzling fleets on the technological side, the mysterious side also has its own space weapons. It’s just that... the things we create are in the It may seem a bit difficult for you to understand. They are quite different from spaceships and the like, from the principle, to the shape, to the way of fighting, it is actually hard to associate them with spaceships."
"This is a halo composed of holy light and rune binding technology, and the interior is a highly active holy light. The concentration of these primordial energies is so high that it completely excludes all cosmological constants inside the glow circle, And produced an operating platform that can be independent of the current worldview, when it is fully charged, it will become like this... ”
As Bella Vila spoke, the holographic projection in the air suddenly changed—a large black and red painted fallen apostle battleship appeared opposite the glowing circle.
"Let me tell you how the terrible secret weapon destroys the enemy." RQ