Saldrin, who went to the north to investigate the situation, sent back the information. With the help of a secret relay device set up along the river bank along the way, the Steel Ranger Advance Team always maintained a communication with the magic network in the southern border. With the support of convenient remote communication, Gao Wen immediately learned about the "crystal cluster monsters" encountered by the high-level rangers.

To be honest, he hopes that this report will never be delivered to him.

"...We encountered those monsters in the Dolan Hills northeast of Pompeii... We looked like humans formed by the fusion of flesh and blood and crystal, but they were stronger and taller than humans. They seemed to have strong physical fitness and certain casting abilities, but the specific combat power was not yet clear. At present, only the burner was known to be very effective for them.

"According to the residual clues, the monsters should have wandered from further north... A village that was attacked was discovered, but the villagers showed no signs of infection, and the source of pollution should not be nearby...

"…The local lord and his army responded to the royal call to the front line. It is said that no news has been coming back for a long time..."

In the holographic projection, Saldrin meticulously reported the situation in the north. The background behind him was a temporary camp built at the foot of a leeward rock. The steel rangers were wary of keeping watch not far away. Due to the few relay nodes, the communication screen was a little distorted and distorted, but Gao Wen could still see a clear look of worry on the face of the advanced ranger.

The contacts of a large area were interrupted, the whereabouts of the local lord were unknown, and the strange flesh-and-blooded crystal monsters wandered out of the areas where they had lost contact... No matter which feature, it pointed to the worst possibility.

After completing the report, the high-level Ranger asked about the next order: "Do we still need to move forward?"

"Continue to move forward to the periphery of the Giant Wood Road but if you encounter an excessive number of 'crystal cluster infected people', you will return immediately," Gao Wen ordered in a deep voice, "Please pay attention to the installation of relay devices and small-scale magic nets along the way... Are the magic net units and small relay devices you carry enough?"

"If the relay device is enough, if the magic net... we can directly install some of the relay devices in the mills and manors of the local lords. The magic nets in the central and eastern plains are popular, so the energy here is not a problem."

Gao Wen nodded, then made some more detailed inquiries and arrangements before hanging up the communication.

He looked up and looked at the people gathered in the room.

Of course, Hetty, Byron, Philip, Amber, Rebecca and others were present, and in addition, "technicians" such as Carmier and Pittman were also called here.

"It is certain now that the large-scale destruction of the demise of all things has begun, and the situation is probably even worse than we imagined. Even if the nobles in the northern region are incompetent, they cannot allow the monsters who have not concealed their whereabouts to travel through their territory. This situation can only show that one thing is that the noble lords in the eastern part of the Holy Spirit Plain have lost control of the situation," Gao Wen said solemnly, while his eyes looked at the precise map of the entire Ansu territory hanging on the wall next to it, marking the entire Ansu territory. On that map, the eastern part of the Holy Spirit Plain was marked with a large red circle. "The biggest problem now is that we are not sure how big the out-of-control areas are, how many 'crystal cluster infections' are there, and how the situation of the royal family and the eastern part are."

While speaking, what appeared in Gao Wen's mind was not just the hand-drawn Ansu map, but also the downward view from the satellite.

However, even with the assistance of satellite perspective, what he could see this time was still limited.

Since last week, the entire Giant Wood Entrance Area has been covered with rich fog. Although the fog has dissipated, the clouds still affect the satellite's downward view. At the same time, the top view has also experienced serious picture interference and distortion. It seems that the entire eastern part of the Holy Spirit Plain is shrouded by a powerful energy field, and similar situations... He has only encountered it when he overlooks the wasteland of Gondor.

Of course, he couldn't see anything. In areas where the distortion was not so serious and the interference of clouds and smoke was relatively light, he could see traces of outbreaks of battles and some messy battlefields. However, due to insufficient clarity, he could not be sure whether those battle traces were attacked by monsters or whether they were caused by normal battle between the Kingdom Army and the East.

"The latest news comes from Baisha Mining. The social order in the East is still normal, but there is indeed an unsettling atmosphere spreading," Hetty said at this time. "Marquis Belk Loren has not returned after going to Solinburg. Many left-behind nobles in the East are frequently gathering, visiting each other and sending messengers. It seems that they have also cut off contact with the front line. Hom, who is in charge of the Baisha area, believes that the situation may further deteriorate even if there is no foreign attack, the left-behind nobles in the East may fall into civil unrest after losing control and threaten the safety of the mine."

Speaking of this, she couldn't help but add with a weird expression: "The local nobles near the White Sand Hills seem... not very much like the way we mine."

"The White Sand Hills... It is close to the Glen area, and it is a gap," Gauwen pondered for a brief moment, then looked at Rebecca, "Has the modification of the 'Iron Throne' been completed?"

Rebecca's eyes were shiny, and he looked excited: "The armor plate has been welded, and the rail gun set and incineration device have also been installed! It is now in the factory for control and balance testing, but if you think it is necessary, you can drive it directly to Glen, and the subsequent test can be completed there..."

After a brief thought, Gao Wen nodded: "Drive to Gelan and be on standby at any time."

Then he paused again and turned his head to Byron.

"Where is the Trail Blazers, Aurora, Morning Star now?"

"Arriving at Panshi Harbor."

"You go immediately, and three days later, no matter whether there is any new information from Saldrin, set sail immediately, cross the Rock Fortress, go north along the Dorgon River and enter the Holy Spirit Plain, ready to support the Rangers advance team. In addition, I have ordered Sir Wald to prepare a batch of mechanical ships to serve refugees, and they are still on standby at the port, and those ships are also left to your command. If the situation really goes to the worst direction, you will use those ships."

When this order was issued, even the old fried dough stick knight, who was always careless and unrestrained, had a serious look on his face.

If the Military Intelligence Bureau operators are still intelligence personnel, and if the Steel Rangers are just small soldiers performing spy work, then once the three magical mechanical warships cross the Rock Fortress and enter the Dorgon River, the meaning will be completely different.

Since the end of the Southern Integration War, since the flag of the Principal of Cecil was hung on the Rock Fortress, the land closed its doors. The Holy Spirit Plain and the nobles further north all guessed what kind of power was brewing on this mysterious land, and what kind of world was behind the wall covering the steel. They sent all kinds of spies and made various efforts, but in the face of Cecil's strict social system, all efforts to pry open the door were ineffective.

Now, its door is finally about to open.

Those nobles who stared at the southern border and saw the current plains would see as they wished what was behind the gate.

"Yes," Byron took the order in a deep voice, but after a brief seriousness, he couldn't help laughing, "I guess the plain nobles along the Dorgon River will definitely panic if they were all alive. Of course, it's more likely that they don't know our advanced warships at all..."

"This is a serious occasion," Philip immediately interrupted Byron with a stern face, and then looked at Gao Wen, "Sir, where is the Army Combat Corps?"

“On arbitrage for now.”

At present, the intelligence is still insufficient. Gao Wen is not sure how serious the pollution or "curse" in the eastern part of the plain is, how the strange "crystal cluster" spread, and that is not sure about the situation of the Kingdom Army or the Eastern Army in those areas. In a severe lack of intelligence, it is not wise to rashly send ground troops.

On the other hand, the powerful magic warship has almost unsolvable power in this era and has excellent survival ability. At the same time, warships sailing on the water can greatly avoid the threat of "plague" from land. Even if it really encounters a situation, it has the ability to return quickly.

Taking these two factors into consideration, he decided to let the magic warship enter the Dorgon River first. While going north along the river to confirm the situation of the Holy Spirit Plain, he established reliable naval gun support in the river to provide access conditions for land troops in advance. After that, when Saldrin collected more information, he would consider allowing subsequent chariots and infantry to enter the "polluted zone" that may have been very dangerous...

The area where the Kingdom Army confronts the East is located at the intersection of Jumu Road east of the Holy Spirit Plain. Although it belongs to the eastern part of the plain, it is actually very close to the central area. The Dorgon River just passes through that area, so the naval guns in the river can provide effective support to the ground troops on the land on the east coast.

The meeting ended and most people left the room, but Carmier and Pittman were kept by Gowen.

"What do you think about the 'crystal cluster infections' mentioned by Saldrin?" Gao Wen's gaze swept between the two masters and finally fell on Carmier. "That sounds like the 'god evil' of that year, but there seems to be different in details?"

"That's right, it's not the same as the evil spirits in my memory," Carmier nodded and made a buzzing sound. "The evil spirits we created back then, even the most severely crystal-infected group, only crystals appear on the main joints, accompanied by swelling and twisting of the body. However, according to Saldrin, the crystal coverage rate of the 'infected person' he saw was even more than 50%, and it is almost a creature made of crystals and organic matter..."

He paused for a moment and continued, "This gives me a very strange feeling. Our research on god evil in those days was trying to reduce the tendency of carriers to become more human while carrying the god evil in the same way. However, the ones that Saldrin saw... are going to the other extreme, and it is trying to make people...inhuman."

"This may be the new form that they call "great evolution" abandons human bodies and embraces mutation," Gao Wen shook his head and turned his eyes to Pittman. "From your understanding, what do you think this 'infection' may be transmitted? Or, what prevention means are the most effective?"

"The 'plague spell' of the end of everything will eventually die, it is essentially a plague. The spread of plague is nothing more than a few ways of water, food, air, and contamination by corpses carrying curses. Air transmission is the most efficient way, but it can usually only spread weaker plagues and is easily dispersed by ritual spells, followed by water and food. All things will like these two methods the most, but boiling water and thoroughly heating food can have

Effectively deal with it. As for the last type... the corpses that impose curses have the strongest pollution power. Because flesh and blood are excellent spell casting materials themselves, our various burners seem to be very necessary: ​​it is necessary to burn all corpses, regardless of enemy or low, it is always safest to burn them to ashes in the shortest time. Before burning, you must minimize close or direct contact and must also be isolated, and at the same time use detection spells to confirm safety."

Gao Wen touched his chin: "It sounds like nothing special..."

"For us, perhaps this is true for the people in the South, but on the Holy Spirit Plain, any of these transmission channels are deadly enough," Pittman put away his usual unjust appearance, picking his beard and sighed in a low voice, "The firewood required to boil a pot of water is enough to exchange for half a loaf of bread, and it is because of this little half a loaf of bread... the water source plague can kill thousands of people."

The room fell silent for a moment.

"We have too little information about those 'crystal cluster infections' now that I can't make an analysis accurately enough," Carmier suddenly broke the silence after a brief quiet. "If there were more samples, I should have made some progress."

"Saldrin will send a team to send back those crystal cluster fragments. After confirming that they do not carry the magical properties of activation and there is no tendency to spread pollution," Gao Wen nodded. "I will give you a lab to study it specifically. It will be our focus until this incident calms down."

...

After Carmier and Pittman also left, the room became completely quiet.

Gao Wen sat on his backrest chair, quietly pondering on the next arrangements and developments.

This silence lasted for unknown periods, and Gao Wen was suddenly awakened by the subtle movements from the door.

He raised his head and saw a narrow gap in the room door quietly opening, and a guy who was almost forgotten by him and had a man of this size penetrated his head and crawled in half.

Tyre.

Gao Wen has left the territory since last fall and has been busy with engineering near the wasteland. It has been a long time since he saw this guy.

But in fact, even if he stayed in the territory, he didn't have much time to meet Tyre. Since the weather turned cold last year, the caterpillar has entered hibernation in a dignified place. He slept in the pool for twenty hours every day. Occasionally, he crawled out just to bask in the sun on the balcony and flipped over, completely looking like he had forgotten where he came from... By the way, why did this guy come suddenly?

Gao Wen felt a little confused, and at the same time, he watched Tyre crawl in with one arch and one arch. The sirens looked around and looked at him with a confused look on his face: "Ah, didn't you mean to have a meeting?"

Gao Wen: "…"

"It's been finished long ago," Gao Wen used all his skills to prevent his expression from collapsing, but he still looked at the saltwater monster with a strange look. "You... actually know about the meeting?"

"I know, Rebecca told me, but I took a nap," Tyre shook his tail with a helpless look on his face, "and you'll finish it."

At this time, Gao Wen was in a daze that Rebecca seemed to have notified Tyre before, because the salted fish was somehow considered a technical consultant in the military industry, but at that time, Gao Wen had never believed that the fish would come in at all...

I have to say that although Tyre didn't help at all, Gao Wen was inexplicably happy as he watched the confused caterpillar arching around the room.

Perhaps this is the power of the deep sea harmonious god.

He shook his head slightly, eliminated associations such as "Deep Sea Harmony God" from his mind, and then stood up and prepared to leave: "I'm leaving. If you have nothing to do, you can go back to sleep."

"Oh, I'm rarely awake," Tyre stretched his waist three or four meters long, then raised his upper body and looked in a certain direction with curiosity. "By the way... what happened to the north?"

Gao Wen's move to leave immediately stopped.

What Tir was watching was the direction a little eastward in the north, and it was the front line of the confrontation between the Kingdom Army and the East.

So far, no one has mentioned the situation there in detail to Tyre. Even if someone mentioned it, it is impossible to remember it with her personality.

Why did she suddenly pay attention to that direction?

Intuition tells Gao Wen that the fish's reaction is probably because of what he felt!

"The battlefield over there is deteriorating, and we are trying to figure out how it is," said Gao Wen. "Has anyone told you?"

"That's not, but I seem to feel... there's a little food smell in that direction," Tyre blinked, then raised his body harder and looked north, "It's a little bit like the big squid..."

Gao Wen's eyes narrowed slightly: His intuition was indeed correct. The sirens who had been dealing with the corpse of the Storm God for a long time had perception abilities that humans could not understand. The interference of his satellite perspective when overlooking the giant wood entrance shows that the area is covered by a special energy field. Tyr suddenly looked at the north... It means that she sensed the energy field!

He immediately asked, "Food? Are you sure it is food?"

"Some," Tyre said with little certainty, "but he always feels a bit of a scent..."
Chapter completed!