Chapter 1199: Homecoming in Autumn

The investigation into the power of the dead and remnants of all things in the wasteland has reached a bottleneck, but this does not mean that the great empires outside the magnificent wall will stop their counterattack against the wasteland-on the contrary, because of the inside of the wall. The situation is unclear, and this has put additional pressure on several empires, making them more urgently need to penetrate into the wasteland, even if it is just to establish an initial forward base.

So, the action of the mortal nations to counterattack the wasteland began.

In the southern part of the mainland, the Silver Empire has established a huge army of rangers in conjunction with the Highmountain Kingdom, and began to advance along the border forest with the guardian giant tree to the north, gradually compressing the polluted area outside the magnificent wall, while in the north of the mainland To the northeast, Typhon and Cecil have mobilized a large amount of manpower and material resources to build several railways that run through the contaminated area, preparing to use these "steel arteries" as fulcrums to pry open the solid pollution barriers around the waste soil.

The great architect Gordon stood on the observation platform of the first wall of the South Gate Fortress, his eyes fell on the edge of the black forest in the distance. In the depths of the forest, he could see some faint man-made structures from the towering distortions. Peeking out between the woods, its metal or crystal spires gleamed in the sun, like jewels inlaid in the forest, connected one by one into a line, pointing far away in the direction of the magnificent wall.

Those are the outposts set up in the Black Forest. They are the exposed spires of the magic broadcast tower or shield generator in the outpost.

In the past, many people believed that the Black Forest was a dead place with no vitality for mankind. Countries were discouraged before the blockade of the Black Forest because of the high cost, huge risk and low cost of fighting the Black Forest. The reality of gains has given up this border, but there are two exceptions. One is the Typhon Empire, which has always maintained the warning zone of the Western Wasteland, and the other is Cecil, who has always regarded the counter-offensive wasteland as a target. In contrast, the Cecils did even more radically than Typhon in this regard.

As early as the Anzu era before the establishment of the Cecil Empire, in the operation that the nations jointly repaired and strengthened the magnificent wall, Cecil used heavy incinerators and armored forces to forcibly open up the Black Forest. A road that points directly to the wasteland. After the joint operation that year, this original "temporary passage" was not abandoned. Instead, it has received long-term maintenance and a series of "additions", according to the imperial capital. Ordered that the construction corps stationed at the southern foot of the Dark Mountains, based on this road, continuously expanded the control area of ​​the South Gate Fortress, and built a series of outposts and supply nodes along the road, and its control area extended to the south. At the foot of the Sentinel Tower.

Today, this long-term project finally has a time to play a major role.

The "Sentinel Road" in the Black Forest will become the basis for marching into the wasteland. The energy stations, military depots and supply nodes set up along the way will be used to provide important guarantees for subsequent engineering troops. A charged railway with the highest standards so far will Departing from the south gate fortress, all the way through the black forest and the belt plain outside the sentinel tower to the foot of the magnificent wall, then the steel fortress and legion of the empire will reach the territory of the ancient Gondor kingdom through this steel artery, where they were built. It is the first forward base for mankind to counterattack the wasteland.

The sound of footsteps came from the side, and Gordon retracted his gaze to the Black Forest. He turned to look in the direction of the sound and saw a short stature, strong muscles, and a colleague wearing a thick black coat. Come.

That was Bruce Rock, an outstanding craftsman who was promoted to a great architect two years ago. This engineering master with dwarf descent was one of the first members of the "Hundred People Aid Construction Group" who came to the south during the Cecil leadership period. In the restoration project of the magnificent wall of China, the engineering team he led shined (this is also an important reason for his promotion to become a great architect), and in the next counterattack against wasteland, this man was quite conscious of the “contaminated area construction”. Experienced technical experts will also become one of the main persons in charge of the engineering department. There is no doubt that this will be an honor.

"Hi, Gordon," Bruce raised his hand and greeted Gordon, his voice loud as if thunder in the mountains, "Did you see the first echelon of engineering assembled in the square? Those earth element resonance rails, large ones Lifting mechanism, and shiny mechanical cabin! Let me tell you, I like our new mission, and now the most advanced construction machinery of the empire is here!"

"I saw it, of course I saw it, I've been watching it all morning," Gordon shrugged, "and we will have to watch longer next-build a railway to the wasteland from here It’s not a simple project."

"We already have a road, in the Black Forest-with those stations along the way, all the preliminary surveys and logistical supplies will become simpler," Bruce came to Gordon, his face full of red light. "I dare say that the Typhonians are definitely slower than us this time. They are also building a railway to the wasteland from Winter Wolf, but they have not built it in the Black Forest in the past few years. So many supply stations and energy stations, and after the battle of Winterhold, they don’t have so many engineering wizards now..."

"According to the news I received, they have sent 12,000 engineering wizards to the Black Forest, Bruce," Gordon glanced at the loud colleague. "There are still 8,000 on the road."

Bruce's flushed face suddenly became a little stiff, and after a while in the cold wind, the architect of dwarf blood couldn't help muttering: "Damn rich man... **** money ability..."

"Look at the beginning, think about the current situation-Typhon people can use so much energy to do this is a good thing for us," Gordon said unhurriedly, as the earliest follower One of the technicians of Gawain Cecil, he has been in contact with almost all the large-scale projects of the empire, and he has understood many "big plans" formulated by his majesty. Now he naturally has a different vision, "Counter-offensive wasteland is not a Regarding the country, after the vanguard arrives at the magnificent wall, the more reinforcements around us, the safer the soldiers and engineers will be."

Bruce touched his nose: "...Damn, what you said really makes sense."

Gordon grinned. He looked at the gate under the high wall and saw that the engineering team's vehicles had begun to drive outwards. He said casually: "Compared to studying this kind of headache'situation problem', I I suddenly remembered a joke I often saw recently on the anonymous version of Cecil of Neural Network..."

Bruce rubbed his red nose: "What joke?"

"How many of these things we personally experienced today will become the'full text recitation' in the students' textbooks in a few years," Gordon laughed, "Look at these teams at your feet, and think about your first few years. The plan submitted by God, especially the large paragraph you wrote in the front of the plan... What is the content, I think there will be a page of yours in the future history books. Seriously, just point to this. You should also write those things shorter."

"Leave him," Bruce murmured, "It's not my back anyway..."

Gordon shrugged, ignoring the murmur of his colleague, and Bruce on the side felt a little bored. In the increasingly cold autumn wind, this sturdy man of dwarf blood poked his head and looked in the direction of the Black Forest. His gaze swept over the luxuriant and distorted plants, and then slowly moved to the more deserted "uncontaminated areas" near the fortress. An extraordinarily lush green tree suddenly came into his eyes, making him slightly widened. .

"Hey, Gordon," he touched the elbow of his colleague next to him, "the woods didn't seem to be that lush the other day? Why did it seem to jump up suddenly these days?"

"Is it that exaggerated?" Gordon glanced over there, not paying much attention to his words, "It's just a forest, and it's still outside the contaminated area of ​​the Black Forest. We sent someone to check it once before, and those are just Ordinary plants are nothing more than the kind of pollution products in the Black Forest that are soaked by magic energy, corrupted and poisoned."

Speaking of this, he paused, with a thoughtful expression on his expression: "But the woods did grow rapidly...mostly it was partly affected by the Black Forest. After all, this is the edge of the contaminated area, and most of the flora and fauna are a little weird. There are many twisted and mutated animals and plants in the Dark Mountains."

"It's possible..."

……

The autumn wind blew across the newly-swept streets, scrolling the decorative flags hung in front of the nearby shops facing the street, and Pea carrying two books that he had just borrowed from the library and walking in the wide area of ​​"Knight Street" When a gust of wind suddenly blew across the street, she subconsciously squinted her eyes and looked up to the other side of the street.

Although it is already autumn, the roadside trees planted in this block are all special species cultivated by the druids. They grow in the southern border of the empire, but they can withstand cold weather and autumn wind just like their close relatives in the north. In the passing, some leaves fell from the treetops, but they did not affect the overall lushness. And I don’t know if it’s an illusion. Since the fall of the temperature, the plants in this block have not shown signs of wilting, but some look better than summer. It's still growing up.

Pea blinked, but she is not an expert in the field of plants, so she quickly put this trivial phenomenon behind her mind, but the weather getting colder day by day made her think of something:

It’s been a long time since my father went to the north to perform missions. This year's Recovery Festival, even last year's Harvest Festival and Anling Festival, he did not come back. Now summer is gone and autumn is coming... Calculating the date, he should be back soon?

There was a little miss in her heart, and the artificial nerve cord attached to the back of Pea's head also squirmed slightly as her mood changed. At this moment, a whistling wind and low roar suddenly came from the air, making her look up in surprise. Come.

A huge and mighty figure cut through the sky and quickly passed over the northern city. The figure was shrouded in golden light in the brilliant sun sprinkled by the sun, and the edges of the open wings were glowing with metallic luster. The fearsome steel mechanical structure covers her torso, limbs and tail, which are like fire and covered with scales, like a figure from the legend of a bard, reflected in the eyes of Pea.

"Dragon? Dragonborn?" Pea watched in surprise as the figure flew overhead and descended towards a nearby block, and muttered subconsciously, "Recently, the racing flight area of ​​the dragonborn group was not forced by the security management center. Have you moved out of the city...Why are there still flying around in the bustling area..."

With some questions in her mind, Pea ran towards the direction where the "steel dragon" landed-she was not to watch the excitement, but worried about what the rushing dragon descendants would cause during the landing. Trouble, after all, that place is not far from her home.

……

After a series of thrilling decelerations and "flanking flight", the mighty red dragon finally controlled the speed and altitude over the city. Her giant wings stirred, and the artificial rune system mobilized the magic and airflow in the air to make this The huge body remained stable, and then with the aid of the anti-gravity system, Asha Lena finally completed the last step of the landing with a very cool and beautiful "short-distance elevation landing", with which the entire small square was shocked. The impact and a loud "bang" of the dragon's claws were firmly imprinted on the clearing of the landing area.

Then the dragonborn lady with red scales like fire seemed to react in place, and then shook her huge head from side to side: "It’s a bit unaccustomed to land according to the normal process..."

As soon as the voice fell, a figure staggered his head out of her shoulder. Byron was holding his head. His voice sounded quite painful, but he did not forget to question loudly: "Just now you were still tens of meters above the ground. Did you plan to change into a human form and jump down?! I have seen your initial movement of deformation!"

"Isn't it the last moment to remember you are still on my back," Ashalena yelled without looking back, and at the same time dropped one of her wings to form a ramp to the ground, "and what is it? The initial movement of the transformation, can you tell from my flying posture when I intend to transform?"

Byron clutched his head, his voice was still loud and loud: "What can't be judged-how many times have you smashed on my deck in the past month? The people on my ship who are responsible for washing the deck can tell when you plan to Jump down from the sky..."

"Don't talk nonsense," Ashalena shook her wings and tail, "Hurry down, I fly my wings all the way, and I'm tired of holding it like this."

"What is tiring for you, most of your strength comes from the machines on your body. Do you think I didn't know that the latest model of Steel Wings has a'fixed speed cruise' function?" Byron muttered, then his face Waving badly, "Wait a moment, let me slow down... This journey is too tossing, especially the last moment I land... I am not feeling well in my stomach now..."

"Huh?!" When Ashalena heard this, her entire back shook. "Then you have to hurry down! Don't vomit on my back! Damn, why didn't you say that you were afraid of heights before you set off? This level?! And I remember you were not afraid of heights back then!"

"I'm not afraid of heights, I just don't like flying in the sky... Don't shake it, Ashalena, stop! Don't shake it! When you shake it, I will be even more... I can't help it, I can't help it... …"

After a series of unbearable vomiting sounds, the entire small square fell into extreme silence for an instant.

After a few seconds, the furious dragon roar finally resounded through half a block——

"Byron!! I want to kill you!!!"