Chapter 171: Chapter 171: Waiting for a Rabbit by a Tree Stump
What does it mean for a die-hard game addict to be banned from playing games for three days?
I didn’t have any personal experience with this, but judging from Bubbles’ reaction, it seemed to be on par with the end of the world.
Sandora had just announced Bubbles’ punishment when the latter nearly burst into tears, her large eyes brimming with them, while she shot pitiful glances at Sandora, looking as if she bore the world’s greatest injustice alone. However, Sandora was resolute, no matter how pitifully Bubbles acted, the punishment was set in stone…
Little Baobao lifted her head in my arms and curiously glanced at her “mother,” seemingly unable to comprehend what these strange adults were doing. Deciding not to bother with understanding, she adorably yawned and snuggled into my arms, closed her eyes, and fell sound asleep.
“And you, Ah Jun,” Sandora said as she watched a dejected Bubbles lead the loli squad away, turning her attention back to me with a tone of a noble princess chiding her good-for-nothing husband, “Really now, you’re Little Baobao’s guardian. She sees you as a father, yet how could you fail to recognize your own daughter?”
I could tell; she was doing this on purpose! The ton of baby supplies I’d brought out must have inspired her, and she was hellbent on promoting my “Professional Dad” title to new heights!
But I wasn’t going to go down without a fight!
“Yes, yes,” I admitted with feigned sincerity, “my apologies, mother of the child… it’s my fault this time…”
Humph, as if you would deny it! I’d like to see you try!
Like being struck by lightning from the heavens, Sandora was petrified by my “mother of the child” comment, remaining frozen in her noble posture like a stone sculpture…
Qianqian giggled mischievously as she poked Sandora, covering her mouth in mock surprise, “Wow, she really turned into stone~~~”
Watching a bunch of individuals, who might be mistaken for saviors, clowning around, Jaina was, of course, struck dumb with astonishment. It took her a good while to regain her composure before she quietly asked Lin Xue beside her, “Um… Angel Envoy, what reaction should I have right now?”
“Just smile,” Lin Xue said with an awkward expression, “all you need to do at times is smile…”
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The surrounding Holy Knights were visibly more disturbed than Jaina, a lot of serious-faced bearded uncles clutching their Holy Scriptures tightly and muttering self-hypnotizing phrases like “It’s an illusion, it’s an illusion…” A thought popped into my head – if I dragged Sicaro here, would that knight-faced uncle, bent on monopolizing the Southeast Asia pirated market, be able to turn his weird obsession around among these bona fide Holy Knights?
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Time flew by unnoticed, and in the blink of an eye, three days had passed. We found several large islands near Serramo that could work in concert with it, establishing outposts there. This showed how crucial it was to have enough Xyrin Hosts prepared in advance. Eleven… oh, ten Xyrin Hosts, each a clone of Bubbles’ full knowledge, were set up simultaneously on the three islands. Three Xyrin Nests were established on each island, while the remaining Xyrin Host followed Bubbles as a relay station for the Mother Machine, ensuring she could personally oversee the whole construction process. In just three days, three fortified outposts with well-planned offensive and defensive layouts were essentially complete, and they began to churn out various low-to-mid level Xyrin war units. This fully demonstrated the strategic advantage of multi-barrack unit spamming when resources are plentiful (these were Bubbles’ exact words – the super shut-in who treats base-building as a real-time strategy game…). During this time, Little Baobao also followed us around the three outposts, learning basic skills from her clone sisters. Of course, given the outcome of Little Baobao’s efforts – a bunch of candy-shaped pulse spires and a War Factory that could only produce toy soldiers – we concluded that the revolution was far from over, and there was still hard work ahead…
The Xyrin Army’s method of expansion naturally caught the attention of all the residents of Serramo, with three fortress cities that had virtually sprung up overnight becoming the focus of the entire Alliance forces. And when they learned that these fortresses were outposts built by the “Divine Race Reinforcements,” the term “miracle” instantly became the most commonly heard word in Serramo.
Indeed, a miracle, I agree, in a way, science, when developed to its extreme, is a kind of miracle!
In fact, our arrival also solved a problem that had long troubled Jaina, that of morale and rumors.
Originally, when she led the remnants of the Alliance to Kalimdor, she had taken on significant pressure. Then, despite the prejudices of most humans against the Beastmen, she made contact with Sal, which stirred controversy among her subordinates, and then there was the matter with General Proudmore…
At first, due to the pressure from the Undead Catastrophe ravaging the Eastern Continent and the shadow of the Demons, the Alliance troops and civilians she led could face reality under pressure and obey commands, but as time passed, with the Undead Catastrophe gradually subsiding and no movement from the Demon legions, coupled with a few unpleasant encounters with the Horde’s forces, rumors and disturbances inevitably surfaced…
But our arrival turned all that around instantly!
Question Jaina’s decisions? Think that the arrival of the Burning Legion is an exaggeration? Go to war with the Horde? Or simply return to the ravaged homeland in the Eastern Continent?
These rumors now, no one dares bring them up! The Divine City itself had sent its army, would anyone dare oppose the will of God with their laughable doubts?
These were also mentioned by Jaina during our casual chats, to which I simply responded with a laugh—rumors are always present, and I believe that even if we had not come, Jaina would have found a way to suppress them. Otherwise, she wouldn’t be Jaina Proudmoore! She mentioned these things simply to express gratitude and goodwill.
At this time, we had already arrived at the predetermined landing point for the Demons, preparing an ambush full of devious tactics.
Thanks to the intelligence provided by Lin Xue, we were confident about this demon hunt. With Jaina’s help, we had easily found the small plain in the mountain area to the southwest of Serramo described by Lin Xue. Then, it was just a matter of waiting for the Demons to fall into our trap.
Although there were only fifty enemies, to obtain firsthand enemy intelligence, Sandora and I decided to take the initiative, and Pandora, of course, followed beside me as always, while Jaina was also keen to join us in battle, so she led a small team of Mages and set out with us. As for Qianqian and others, they were not interested in this battle, so they stayed in Serramo, letting Little Baobao, the curious Loli, wander around.
Knowing that the enemy had only one Demon capable of flying, with the rest being moving targets restricted to ground combat, we brought with us heavy-armored infantry led by Sicaro, bristling with firepower. These infantry were uniformly equipped with high-strength alloy armor manufactured by the Empire, standardly equipped with the EN-03 Triple-Barreled Single Soldier Cannon, known as the micro-tank gun. Over two hundred lethal Xyrin Soldiers formed a deadly encirclement, sealing off the coordinates of the enemy’s anticipated appearance point completely. Pandora, with her ability for rapid heavy firepower changes, was responsible for dealing with the flying Demon. I was convinced that even if the enemy were as agile as flies, they would still be turned into a sieve by our overwhelming barrage.
Checking that the time was almost right, the soldiers activated their Phase Interference Devices one by one, their figures slowly vanishing into the air. As for Sandora, Pandora, and myself, we had even better tools at our disposal: Mental Distortion Fields, a technique of Invisibility second only to Microspace Rifts. Although Jaina and the other Mages didn’t have such advanced technology, the Invisibility Technique they mastered was sufficient.
At that moment, I suddenly felt sorry for those unfortunate Demons, about to face a bunch of us who stubbornly adhered to underhanded and gang-up tactics…