"They stole the Heart of the World," Bingtis looked at Sandora, then turned to me, "They've done this before."
Sandora's brows immediately frowned: The fallen apostles robbed the heart of the world, of course we are not unfamiliar with their actions, because those guys have been doing this since the day I dealt with them!
Sandora looked at Bingtis very seriously: "Are you sure they are going for the heart of the world? Or because the attack is not successful, they can only snatch the heart of the world as a result?"
"Who knows, the situation is still unclear, and the Gods of War are still investigating. You don't know how chaotic the battlefield over there is." Bingtis covered his eyes with a very tired look, "It's a border world, It was originally located in the calmest area of the void, and it couldn't compete with the fallen apostles, so there were not many garrisons. The gang of lunatics directly tore a hole in the material and illusory layers and rushed in, and suddenly appeared in the sky above the local kingdom of God Fortunately, the garrison officer over there responded quickly, and the Kingdom of God was not captured, but except for the Kingdom of God, all the surrounding galaxies were swept away by those lunatics. It's all in chaos, and I can't tell whether the fallen apostle went to the heart of the world from the beginning or snatched it along the way... But to be honest, I have a bit ominous premonition. Although those guys are a little crazy, they are fighting Never stupid, there must be a reason for everything they do."
I looked at Bingtis' half-dead look: "Why do you look so tired? Did you go to war too?"
"Wow, the concubine had already finished fighting when she arrived in the God Realm," Bingtis turned over hummingly, "When I got home, my parents would say three things: when will we get married, when will we get married, our granddaughter Well—I haven't slept well for three days because of my nervous breakdown."
The little puppet who was watching TV on the sofa next to him heard the word "granddaughter", and immediately slipped into the crack of the sofa...
I looked at Bingtis with a tangled expression, and said to myself, can you think of ordinary people, would you think that the goddess went home and faced her parents with these three sentences? It seems that the old couple of Kuvain are almost suffering from mental illness because of this matter. up.
Bingtis whimpered and pretended to be seriously ill, as if she was about to die, and Sandora ignored her as she didn't look upright all the time, but thought about what the Fallen Apostle's action was all about. What happened: "They haven't taken action against the Heart of the World for a long time. I almost thought that their actions had ended. Now it seems that their activities of collecting the Heart of the World are still going on."
I thought of another thing: "If the heart of the world is taken away, is that universe okay?"
"If it is a world that no one cares about, it will basically disintegrate soon due to disordered order and a surge in entropy," Sandora shook her head, "but the Protoss can reorganize its information entanglement points and refocus the world on In the heart of an artificial world, it's not a big problem."
My sister sat down across from us, and she seemed to have some thoughts: "Isn't the fallen apostles collecting the hearts of the world for some great cause? There was a pause a while ago. We thought that their great cause was coming to an end, so there was no need to collect materials anymore. Now they They are collecting the Heart of the World again, could it be because their 'great cause' encountered some problems?"
"It's like this in a good way," Sandora spread her hands, "but I'm used to thinking in a bad way, maybe this is a sign of the beginning of the great cause, anyway, I don't feel at ease if those guys make any movement .”
What Sandora and her sister thought about was whether the "great cause" of the fallen apostles had reached a critical point, but what I thought about was another thing:
Why did the fallen apostle, who was always cautious, suddenly become so high-profile? Why is their action style different all of a sudden
The territory of the Abyss Empire does not directly border the God Realm, and the worlds closest to the "distance" between the two sides are also heavily fortified, which is a tough bone that no one can take down, so there has never been a frontal war between them. Although the fallen apostles are powerful, they are weaker than the star field after all. It's just that the star field is constrained by the huge territory and the upcoming expedition, so they can only maintain this confrontation with the fallen apostles. No matter which way you look at it, as the weaker of the two, the Fallen Apostle should not take the initiative to break this stalemate: this is simply too irrational, and this is what the welding and sawing light bulb said.
If Bingtis' information is correct, the Fallen Apostle's surprise attack on the star field was an "expedition", without building a fortress, without a springboard world, and directly sent the wave expeditionary force to raid the Protoss mainland, even a half-assed person like me can see it The risk of going out is huge. If you are not careful, the whole army may be wiped out on the front line. The only thing they can rely on is the advantage of surprise and quick action: evacuate before they are surrounded by the gods' reinforcements.
"It feels like a blitzkrieg, or a nomad who grabs something and runs away, no matter what the consequences are, it's just a temporary pleasure," I summed up my feelings, "I always feel that it is not the same as their previous style of steady and tricky tricks. Same."
Since I came into contact with them a few years ago, the Fallen Apostles give people the impression that they are steady and steady: Although they have many tricks, often make surprising moves, and their actions are erratic, they always follow the principle of being cautious when it comes to the general policy. We use It took several years to roughly figure out how big their territory is, and so far they don't know how much military power their opponents have, which shows how cautious they are.
Not to mention anything else, they have never troubled the Protoss before this, which undoubtedly reduces the risk.
Sandora got up suddenly, her resolute character was reflected at that time: "I'll go to the headquarters first, no matter what happens inside the fallen apostles, in short, the empire will raise the alert level first, maybe the next step for those lunatics is Come here to fight the autumn wind."
The voice fell, and Sandora had disappeared in a distorted teleportation light curtain. Bingtis was still lying on Sandora's lap before, and at this time she was climbing up the armrest of the sofa: "Damn, why don't you get up?" Say it and scare the old lady!"
I grabbed Sister Bing's arm and helped her to the sofa: "Apart from the fall of the fallen apostles, is there anything else going on in the God Realm?"
Bingtis looked over with a strange face: "Why do you sound like you are expecting something big in the God Realm?"
I suddenly didn't know what to say: "... Isn't this a sign of concern."
"It seems that nothing happened. When I went back, I saw that they were busy tracking down the whereabouts of the invading army after that. The fallen apostles disappeared after being driven away. I don't know if it is I have already returned to my lair, and if I haven’t returned, I can just intercept and kill them halfway... But I think the chances are not high, and you also know the fallen apostle’s ability to appear and disappear.”
"What plans does God Realm have?" I asked, "Is there anything we can do to help?"
In any case, the reason for the appearance of the Fallen Apostles is the remnants of the old empire's overzealous mind. A group of hot-blooded Project X not only destroyed the foundation of the empire, but also left behind tens of thousands of years. Instead of dissipating, it has continued to expand. Even the Protoss were devastated. Now that the fallen apostles have become a plague of the void, I feel a little embarrassed in my heart.
Bingtis slapped me on the shoulder, and the man laughed angrily: "Aha, okay, the protoss can handle it by themselves, and it would be too embarrassing to even ask for support on this matter. Father God is Summon experienced garrison officers and prepare to go to the border of the Abyss Empire to engage in 'activities'. In short, the expedition cannot be delayed, so let's try to select the best soldiers from the mobilized soldiers."
Qianqian has been listening to our discussion since just now, but she has never spoken. At this time, the girl raised her hand when she saw that we had finished talking: "Ah Jun, there is an immature..."
I found that even Bingtis was trembling all over: Qianqian's immature idea is too coercive.
"Let's talk about it, we'll discuss the mature ones later." I waved my hand at Qianqian and let her just say, although most of the girl's thoughts are not very logical, but what can't be denied is her jumping nature Occasionally, the mind will bump into the truth in a flash of inspiration.
"The Fallen Apostles will definitely not be able to fight the Protoss directly," Qianqian told us her reasoning process with her fingers, "They must be fighting against the Protoss and the New Empire at the same time, right... Could it be because They don't need a retreat now?"
Bingtis leaned closer to Qianqian: "You mean they have no regrets in this life?"
I conveniently pushed the female hooligan who spoke out of shape to one side, and Qianqian continued: "Ah Jun, do you still remember when we went to draw little bastards on the door of the head teacher when we were in the first grade?"
As soon as I mentioned this, I trembled all over my body: not only do I remember it, it is still fresh in my memory. It was a hot July with the scorching sun and the earth like a furnace. I was still a bear with the dream of becoming a scientist when I grew up. The child, and then was urged by Qianqian, who is also a bear child, to draw a little bastard on the door of the head teacher's office all afternoon... At that time, our thoughts were like this: Isn't the final exam of the first grade over? It was a day of complete liberation, and I no longer had to be restrained by the old lady in charge, so I went to draw Xiaobai to celebrate—then we both found out that there is still a second grade in this world...
It was then that I became vigilant against any ideas that came out of Qianqian's mouth, but no matter how vigilant I was, it was useless. I was still trapped by her immature ideas for more than 20 years. Being tricked here and there, and visually it will continue to be tricked to the end of time.
I silently put these painful memories back where they should be, and I can understand the shallow meaning: the fallen apostles today are like those two brats who brazenly drew little bastards at the door of the class teacher, because there is no need for them in the future. It's because of fear that he suddenly committed suicide like this.
It's just that those two brats were really successful in the end, but the fallen apostles may not be sure: maybe they really "have nothing to be afraid of".
Think carefully and fear!
Sandora soon raised the early warning level of the empire by one level, the patrol strength of the defense forces in various places began to increase, and the major fleets were also in a state of readiness for war at any time. Infiltration, in short, we have to find a way to find out what happened inside the fallen apostles, so that their actions suddenly changed so much.
We also sent a group of military experts to the God Realm—Of course, Bingtis said that the God Race does not need support, and their own army can deal with this threat. I also believe that the Star Domain does have this strength, but these military experts used to Instead of acting as a combat force, they are equivalent to advisors and think tanks. The star domain gods don't fight the fallen apostles much. Combat power is one thing, and experience is another. Even if they are better than the fallen apostles, they are easy to suffer from paralysis. This time, the invasion troops of the fallen apostles can safely withdraw from the gods' territory Go, a large part of the reason is that the local Protoss garrison does not know much about the enemy's laws of action and fleet performance.
So we sent about 30 experienced military advisors from the Sixth Fleet and the Abyss Independence Regiment to God Realm to help the Protoss analyze the attack on the border, and maybe find clues about the enemy's retreat.
Time flies by in the busyness, it seems that I am really a guy who can't take time off, and I just ran into this kind of trouble after a few days of free time. A few days passed in a blink of an eye, and the news from the military adviser who went to the God Realm was not very good:
No clues were found when the Fallen Apostles retreated, and they disappeared into the void as if they had evaporated out of thin air. It seemed that the opponent had already planned the evacuation plan long before the attack. Since the fallen apostle's path of action could not be found, effective means such as setting up jumping interference in the void were naturally out of the question. The Protoss had to rely on increasing the number of border guards to prevent the enemy's next surprise attack. In addition, it is impossible to determine which faction of the Abyss Empire that group of invading troops belonged to. Naturally, Harlan has no way to analyze which "old friend" this is based on his memory when he was in the Fallen Apostle camp. .
This last point is particularly strange: during the fierce battle between the fallen apostles and the gods, a large number of warships were destroyed, and the wreckage of those warships is now in the hands of the gods, but no one recognizes the emblem representing the force on the wreckage of the battleships. Harlan has already seen it Those weird logos, he was sure that those logos did not belong to any fallen emperor he knew.
Of course, although there are many things that are still unclear, those military experts and the protoss investigation force are not vegetarians. They still confirm one thing, but this thing is even bigger bad news:
The Fallen Apostles were indeed heading for the Heart of the World, and there were indications that their initial goal was to snatch that thing.
Once this news was confirmed, it immediately made many people feel uneasy. The mysterious "Great Cause" is always a time bomb hanging over everyone's heads, and the heart of the world is the most important part of the "Great Cause". At the beginning, the fallen apostles just stole the heart of the world from the unmanaged void original world, and after encountering constant obstacles from the new empire, they seemed to have postponed this scourge, but they did not expect them to be so peaceful for so long. They were waiting for the skill CD - now that the big move is ready, they have directly upgraded to run into the Protoss territory to grab things.
This matter brought a lot of pressure to everyone, and even Sandora was affected a little bit: she had lost her appetite for three consecutive days, so much so that I began to worry whether the city's tableware manufacturing industry would be affected by it. If things go on like this, K City Second Ceramics Factory will become the first company on earth to be successfully influenced by the Fallen Apostles...
In short, the more I think about it, the more I feel that this matter is strange, and I finally decided: go to the God Realm.
Anyway, I usually just drop by from time to time: the transportation between God Realm and the capital of the empire is not so convenient.
Sandora originally wanted to go with her, but considering the current troubled times, there must be someone in charge on the empire's side, so she could only stay and preside over the overall situation. Speaking of which, this matter is quite helpless. In theory, the new empire now has five emperors in charge. Apart from me and Sandora, my sister is the former queen of the empire. Bella Vila and Harlan are both active heads of state. It stands to reason that there are a lot more people in this town than before, but my sister is just a "former queen" and has lost all her memory. Sylvia in the independent timeline is active outside. In the end, Harlan is finally a good coolie who can do things. As a result, an abyss independent group is enough for him to work. After looking around like this, in the end, I am the one who is in charge of the new empire With Sandora...
You said that after the past few years of development, why don't I feel relaxed at all
In front of the portal of the World Tree Temple, I said goodbye to my family while putting the luggage container prepared by my elder sister into the portable space, and stood beside me with a happy face: This girl decided to come with me this time join in the fun.
I turned my head to look at the little puppet riding on my shoulder and looking around: "Are you sure you want to follow?"
The puppet girl tugged at my hair: "You don't want to?"
"Not really, the main thing is that we are not going out to play this time, we need to discuss business."
"I know," the little puppet dangled while holding my head, "I'll go and see you to discuss business."
I silently looked at Bingtis on the other side, and reminded the little girl insinuatingly: "You still have a 'grandpa' over there..."
The little puppet visibly froze for a moment, but its attitude was still quite firm: "You are responsible for dealing with that strange old man, and I am responsible for not making trouble for you!"
I'm at a loss, knowing that I really don't have much time to spend with my children these days, and the little puppet needs to go out to see the world after being bored at home all day long, so I stopped talking and nodded acquiescingly.
In the end, I carried the little puppet girl on my shoulders, led Qianqian and Bingtis behind me, and Lilina, who was going to the God Realm to "look at the light" (actually a public tour), it was like a family outing. Stepped into the portal to the God Realm. RS