Chapter 68: Chapter 68: Preparing for Battle
Firstly, there’s something I need to mention… I will be traveling far tomorrow, so I will not be able to update for the next few days. I apologize for this… It will probably take about ten days. Please rest assured, the above is definitely not a declaration of abandonment, it really is an unavoidable event, and I will also take this opportunity to sort out my thoughts. Additionally, as a way of apology, I will update a bit more today.
Little Thing flew to the top of my head, still frightened, clutching my hair tightly and refusing to come down, while my attention was drawn to the pile of objects that Sicaro had collapsed on the ground with.
“What are these things?”
I asked curiously, those things on the ground looked like a pile of junk, all broken weapons and damaged armor, dull and unremarkable. Could it be that Sicaro had just been collecting scrap from the frontline?
“These are weapons recovered from the battlefield,” Sicaro replied. “Originally, they were going to be melted down and remade into new equipment to distribute to the warriors, but I found something interesting in them, so I figured out a way to bring some back.”
Sicaro saying this immediately surprised me. Who knew this guy could actually do something serious besides causing trouble and joking?
At that moment, Sandora, who was examining the weapons and armor, looked up and said, “No wonder you didn’t keep them in your personal space. The Abyss Power contained within is indeed quite disturbing. However, it’s interesting that such bizarre metal has accumulated so much Abyss Power without being completely corroded.”
I was completely puzzled. Having never directly confronted the Abyss, I could not possibly be as familiar with this destructively powerful force as Sandora. Besides a pile of dust, I could see nothing else from this scrap metal.
Sandora brushed the dust off her hands and replied, “The Abyss is a power with extremely strong erosive properties. These equipments have been used on the battlefield for so long and have been through the most severe battles, naturally accumulating astonishing amounts of Abyss Power. Normally, any regular material would have already been transformed into rotten and highly toxic substances full of destructive properties. However, it’s fascinating that, despite the strong Abyssal Aura, the inherent attributes of these metals haven’t changed at all—perhaps it’s precisely because they discovered such magical metal that the humans of this world have been able to stand against the Abyss for so long.”
“What are you planning to do?”
I looked at Sandora, whose eyes began to sparkle, and couldn’t help feeling a very bad premonition.
“What to do? Of course, prepare the army immediately! I’ve fought against the Abyss Power for countless years, yet it’s the first time I see a material that can resist the erosion of the Abyss without any external protective forces. It seems this world is more interesting than I had imagined…”
I knew it, no form of aversion to war could completely erase the War Soul within Sandora’s heart, especially upon learning that natural materials could resist the Abyss Power.
At that time, Sandora’s presence as the Xyrin Empress finally re-emerged. She put away her former almost heartless smile and turned to show a face full of resolve and determination. Her eyes gleamed with confidence. She raised her hand, and immediately, several dozen non-combat Xyrin Apostles appeared around us. As soon as they appeared, they began to look around and then dispersed in different directions. After summoning them, Sandora turned her head to me and said, “First, we need a base. However, I didn’t bring many subordinates this time, so I’ll need to borrow those twins from you—I need their unlimited space transmission ability.”
I naturally had no objections, so I nodded and said to Asida and Asidora, “You two should just listen to Sandora’s orders for now.”
The sisters saluted in the Xyrin Army style and then began to construct the legion’s Teleportation Gate.
The Xyrin Empire, truly worthy of its reputation for ruling the entire universe through wars and conquests and for its expeditions across countless worlds, had technologies virtually created specifically for warfare. If it were an ordinary civilization, it would inevitably require a considerable amount of time to prepare for a war, including accumulation of materials, deployment of troops, pre-war mobilization, and more issues enough to give countless commanders a headache. Even an overnight lightning strike would necessarily have extensive prior preparations. However, the Xyrin Empire was different; it always had ample military resources ready in their personal space. All Xyrin Apostles were Super Soldiers who could rush to the battlefield in an instant, not requiring war mobilization. A single command was enough to launch a suicide attack on any target. Mind Sharing command ensured the efficiency and precision of military actions, space transmission capability guaranteed their ability to reach any part of the battlefield in an extremely short time, and powerful beings like Asida and Asidora, who could control the flow of space, made interdimensional expeditions as easy as visiting a neighbor.
Even though it may sound excessive, they truly are deservedly called War Machines.
Though I had been wondering what kind of troops Sandora would use Asida and Asidora’s abilities to teleport over, when the transmission ended, I was taken aback.
A little girl, no more than eight years old, wearing a pristine white dress and with her eyes tightly shut, stood before us.
All this trouble to use Asida and Asidora for a legion teleportation, and the Xyrin Apostle turned out to be such a young girl?!
My jaw “clacked” open and seemed unable to close promptly, and I found Sandora’s unexpected and outrageous action beyond my comprehension; even Qianqian and her sister gazed at the ever-composed Sandora with puzzled looks. Clearly, they too couldn’t believe that this seemingly harmless little girl could be a high-order combat unit of the Xyrin Empire.
Pandora suddenly spoke from behind me.
I hadn’t heard clearly, so I asked again. The little loli lifted her head, looking up at me with an expressionless face, now unusually animated, and pointed towards the white-dressed girl who had just emerged from a black hole and still had her eyes closed, saying, “Xyrin Host, it’s a good thing.”
Then, Sandora explained, “It’s the thinking core of a standard Xyrin war fortress, also usable as a type of portable colonization factory. It stores all the information about Xyrin frontline bases and Otherworld colonization fortresses and can establish a comprehensive military base in a very short time with enough materials and energy.”
“Just this little girl?”
After listening to Sandora’s introduction, I incredulously mused how this doll-like loli, showing no response at all, could have such an exaggerated identity. According to Sandora, this girl was a full military base?
However, it wasn’t long before I no longer had time to be surprised by the girl’s identity, as she began to prove it to me…
She slowly opened her eyes, revealing pupils shimmering with a mystic blue light. Initially, the girl showed a hint of confusion as if she didn’t understand why she was here, but this confusion soon disappeared, replaced by an increasingly indifferent and cold gaze. Through the information shared with Sandora and me, I learned this was the normal behavior upon the activation of a Xyrin Host: with the summoning of massive amounts of data, the Xyrin Host would gradually cease emotional thinking and switch to purely logical thinking. In this mode, the Xyrin Host would analyze all information related to base building with extreme efficiency, but its emotions would become very dull—just as we were witnessing. This state would continue until the initial structures of the entire base were fully developed.
Suddenly, the little girl opened her mouth, uttering a mechanized and seemingly nonsensical phrase, and several crystalline structures, as beautiful and translucent as blue crystals, appeared in the air around her. These crystals, about a meter long and shaped like narrow rhombuses, emitted rays of blue-white light, similar to laser beams. These beams traced bright, intricate patterns in the air, which gradually connected together to form numerous strange patterns, and slowly… solidified!
We watched, dumbstruck, as countless laser-like beams outlined complex patterns in the air, which bit by bit gained real substance and volume. The scene resembled mercury being poured into glass molds, forming clear shapes. I can assure you, not even the legendary Divine Pen of Brother Ma Liang could match this astonishing sight!
Amid our astonished gazes, the Xyrin Host was obscured by these now-solid metal components, and before us emerged a huge pyramid-shaped structure that was still expanding and being refined…
“The basic construction of the Xyrin Nest is completed; now commencing expansion of initial structures.”
A mechanized, gentle female voice sounded, and then, from the massive pyramid flew out several objects hovering in the air…
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