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The "box" was silent for a moment. Just as Zhang Longshao, representing the will of a certain group, was nervously waiting for a reply, he heard a strange question.
Are you planning to renege on your debt?
Just as he was about to use official language to gloss over the situation, Zhang Longshao suddenly remembered something.
The top-secret files contain limited descriptions of this "mysterious figure" who once appeared on Earth and cooperated with the regime at the time to establish a portal, with the most emphasis placed on the "power" he displayed in two different worlds.
The destruction of an imperial capital comparable to Earth in mere seconds, and the global outbreak of a terrifying virus that took less than three days to eradicate, all led humanity to discover a precious energy called Sakura Stone from the remnants of those old civilizations, which they then applied to the exoskeleton armor that had just left this place...
"Ahem, I think you may have misunderstood. There will absolutely be no delays in payment from Earth. I can guarantee this in the name of the Earth Federation."
Silently marking those members who tried to manipulate the transaction amount as doomed in his heart, Zhang Longshao did not continue to probe during the subsequent conversation. Instead, he honestly raised the issue of the Wizard Tower as a commander and pondered the corresponding countermeasures.
The following day, the unit that brought together some of Earth's most advanced technologies sent back its last message 27 hours after it set off.
— Mission failed.
It's not fair to say this "cutting-edge force" isn't strong. If this were the 21st century, just these 300 men could bring a small to medium-sized country to its knees. However, that's only under the premise of dealing with a technologically advanced civilization. Against wizards whose specific methods are unclear, costly "high-tech" methods are sometimes less effective than basic weapons. Although traditional gunpowder weapons have problems with rate of fire and accuracy, as long as the numbers are large enough, there will always be times when a lucky shot is caught. But what about precise and rapid electromagnetic weapons?
Unless the wizards' methods of concealment and movement can be broken, their overly narrow and precise penetration capabilities and attack area will become a hindrance.
With the complete annihilation of this high-tech force worth 300 reward points, Earth abandoned all illusions and officially began its third deal with "Griffin".
“We are willing to pay resources equivalent to 300000 reward points in exchange for another collaboration with 'Griffin'.”
Compared to the last time, Earth has proactively increased its resource investment. For the main god, 300,000 resource points might only make a few numbers on a scarlet status panel look slightly better, but for Earth's civilization, penguins are almost equivalent to a whole year's income in the already developed alternate world.
Having paid such a high price, their demands are naturally no longer limited to simply obtaining intelligence.
"Next, the expeditionary force will use the base as a center to deploy armored forces to advance into the Kingdom of Basel, and use this as a springboard to continue the war of liberation against the Kingdom of McDuff, the Kingdom of Casira, the Kingdom of Sadie... and the feudal kingdoms of the entire west coast continent."
Lin Yi kindly offered a "reminder".
Those wizards won't stand idly by while you act.
"Yes, so we hope that 'Griffin' can completely crush them before they can act!"
Wizarding Civilization: Chapter 743 Eve's Power Structure
With the technological level of Earth in the 22nd century, it wouldn't be a problem to flatten this continent—including the Dual-Striped Wizard Academy—at any cost. However, this "at any cost" far exceeded their limits, so they had no choice but to seek the power of "Griffin" as a second-best option.
If the initial expectation of 300,000 reward points seemed generous, then compared to Earth's demand to "completely destroy the Dual-Striped Wizard Academy before the expeditionary force suffers significant losses," this resource appears inadequate. For one thing, simply determining the coordinates of the Wizard Tower already cost 200,000 points, and now, the goal of completely destroying the Wizard Tower and its wizards only requires half that amount of resources… Only fools or scheming conspirators would accept such a deal.
In terms of purpose, Lin Yi may be considered to have ulterior motives, but he is not a schemer. For a technological civilization that has not even taken a step into interstellar colonization, there is no need for any schemes.
So, after a “long” five-minute consultation and discussion, the dizzy diplomat returned to Earth with a bill that had risen to 500,000 reward points. He also brought back a verbal message that “the expenses incurred during the war need to be paid by your side.” As for whether the Earth Federation would accept it… under unilateral military crushing, even if they only thought of “Lin Yi” from decades ago, they would surely make a wise choice.
After finalizing the transaction agreement, Lin Yi began preparing for his next move.
The first thing to confirm is the method of destroying the Wizard Tower. If we could just throw an information entity in, even if it only contributes one ten-thousandth of the effort, it wouldn't be a problem. But the problem now is that the information is still in a state of integration and cannot be separated. The Apocalypse system is still plundering the resources that the main god is repairing in other worlds, and the Reincarnators are still in the post-war recovery phase. Therefore, the battlefield of the Wizard Civilization can only be handled by the Automaton and Eve.
If Earth were willing to pay a higher bill, Lin Yi could simply bring in the automated humanoids from the space fleet template for an unlimited orbital bombardment. The problem is that even with a bill of 500000 points, they seemed somewhat reluctant and naturally didn't want to expend such a large amount of resources. After all, apart from the fragmentation war period, sending a space battleship-level battleship on a world transfer would consume a lot of resources, so it would be better to just hand it over to the automated humanoids from the army template.
Of course, if it's a fragmentation war, that's a different story. Any resources need to be spent in the "right" places. Simply accumulating and squandering them is meaningless. Let alone a mere spaceship, even two of the three Death Stars were destroyed after the transfer was completed without playing any role.
Returning to the original topic, for the automated humanoids based on the army template, firepower is not their forte; infiltration and intelligence are their specialties. Therefore, they cannot be expected to play a significant role in dealing with the Wizard Tower. Thus, the focus of this operation should still be on Eve.
The elements that constitute Eve's combat abilities are relatively simple.
One is her own "configuration": an energy core called "Rose Mother". The other is the various "configurations" that Lin Yi loaded onto her from the outside, including various instruction systems that can improve the energy utilization efficiency of "Rose Mother". After realizing that relying solely on Rose Mother would result in insufficient energy output, a second energy source, "Magic Circuit", was added. There is also probably the largest external device in the God Space - the Space-based Particle Orbital Cannon, also known as the improved version of the Spirit Heart Heavy Cannon.
In general, 1% of Eve's combat power comes from herself, that is, the output of the Rose Mother, which is roughly equivalent to an army-level fighter (after all, you can't expect a "perfect" concept to play any role in combat power, especially a perfect concept that is only half complete). The remaining 99% comes from various "equipment", that is, the various configurations that Lin Yi added to her later...
Perhaps this is what they call killing people by overwhelming them with equipment?
Obviously, relying solely on the energy output of "Our Lady of the Rose" is not enough to destroy the second-ring wizard tower, not to mention that we may need to deal with even more powerful wizards later on. Therefore, adding peripherals is a necessary project.
So, under the curious gaze of the expeditionary force near the portal, the second "base vehicle," which was much larger than the last one, slowly drove out of the portal and arrived directly in front of "Griffin's" base under unmanned intelligent driving. Just like last time, it underwent a series of amazing transformations and then took off.
"This is……"
Watching the "rocket" trailing a long plume of flame as it gradually disappeared into the sky, Zhang Longshao's lips twitched slightly. Even knowing that Earth and this "God's Space" were vastly different not only in terms of mystery but also in terms of technology, the sheer disparity between them—seeing someone else casually drive in a car and launch into space while the base's rocket launch silos, built five times over, hadn't even achieved a single "spaceflight dream"—inevitably created a huge sense of disillusionment.
Facing the dejected officer, Lin Yi kindly told him some news.
If you are unable to launch the rocket yourself, we can assist you in doing so.
"...How much does it cost?"
【One hundred thousand points】
Conversation ends.
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People in the wizarding world may not know what a "space-based particle orbital cannon" is, but they certainly know that something that rises from the ground into the sky is no ordinary thing, especially for the Dual-Striped Ignore Academy, which is constantly monitoring the movements of the "base".
If the Wizard Tower were functioning properly, the wizards could use the energy pool to unleash a large-scale war spell, shooting down the object that gave them a subtle sense of dread before it disappeared into the sky. The problem is that the Wizard Tower is not only structurally damaged, but its energy pool was also exhausted in the previous battle to withstand the impact. Helplessly, they can only watch the rocket launch into the sky.
"I sensed danger."
Upon hearing this voice, the second-level wizard Madison immediately turned around and bowed. In this academy, or rather on this west coast continent, there was only one person who could command such respect from this second-level wizard.
Pebro, the second-level wizard, is the dean of the Two-Striped Wizard Academy and also the true founder and controller of this wizarding tower.
Although he was a level two wizard, a level two wizard with a wizard tower was incomparable to those level two wizards without one. In Madison's memory, Pebro wizard alone was able to fight against more than half of the formal wizards in the Dual-Striped Wizard Academy. With such strength, no one would doubt that he was a level three wizard.
But now even Dean Pebro feels the danger... An absurd thought surfaced in Madison's mind: Could that white-robed wizard be the Morning Star Wizard, who has surpassed the third level of wizardry and has only appeared in rumors on the West Coast?
Wizarding Civilization: Chapter 744 Spirit Heart Cannon - Space-Based Improved Version
With the launch of the space-based particle railgun, the Earth Expeditionary Force, having received the notification, officially marched westward toward the Kingdom of Basel. The modified Tiger tanks, weighing 120 tons, were virtually unstoppable; anything that could stand in their way collapsed under the 120mm caliber "justice."
The light of "freedom" from an alien civilization was so directly approaching the "decay" of the feudal era. The large-scale march of the base was quickly discovered by the wizards who were constantly monitoring the area. Although they were still worried about the unidentified object that had recently taken off, the Dual-Striped Wizard Academy still dispatched half of its wizards to lead the wizard apprentices into action.
With the wizards' natural right to rule in this world, they easily quelled the riots that broke out in various kingdoms after the loss of their kings and knights who provided military support. They then mobilized more than five times as many "soldiers" as before to march to the battlefield to stop the expeditionary force, either by order or by threat.
The wizards didn't expect these farmers, who were wielding pitchforks just a moment ago, to play a "role" like the previous knights. For them, even just attracting a little of the invaders' attention would be considered a success—at fixed intervals, the invaders' powerful weapons could only fire a limited amount of metal. The wizards verified this truth through several actions, and the wizards, who never relied solely on force to fight, quickly found this effective method.
Using manpower to deplete ammunition creates time and opportunities for the wizards to attack. The previous knightly charge proved the effectiveness of this tactic. Faced with the knights' charge, the expeditionary force had to unleash some of its traps and cannon fodder, originally intended to deal with the wizards, onto the knights, indirectly reducing its ability to retaliate against the wizards. Having confirmed the effectiveness of this tactic, the wizards naturally wouldn't abandon it after just one use. After all, to the wizards, mortals are like weeds; one crop will grow again after another. Rather than letting them die in vain, it's better to dedicate their limited lives to the growth and expansion of the wizarding profession…
As the first real battle between Earth civilization and wizard civilization was about to unfold on the plains, Griffin's two squads, along with Eve, once again arrived at the outskirts of the Twin-Striped Wizard Academy.
"Are you kidding me? Are you really going to rely on just the few of us to deal with that giant thing?"
G11, lying like a salted fish behind HK416, felt that this repair pod sleep was inevitable after receiving orders from "Griffin".
Although it was only a brief encounter, the last operation made Squad 404 realize that this tower was not as simple as it appeared on the surface. Not to mention its own "intelligence" and "repair" characteristics, even if it were just an ordinary tower, it would be almost impossible for them to blow it up with their limited firepower.
Although it is called the Army, there are no automated humanoids carrying 120mm shells in "Griffin"... or do they rely on 9mm bullets to blow things up?
Even if they were willing, Lin Yi didn't intend to waste time on such futile efforts.
Launch a strong attack, then retreat.
Despite their doubts about the order, the instinct for obedience ingrained in their genes compelled the members of both squads to accept the mission immediately. After preparing their weapons and equipment, they moved in two different directions. Shortly afterward, the sound of an explosion could be heard in the distance.
The wizard apprentices and servant knights, who had received advance warning from the wizards, did not panic. After all, their greatest support lay behind them: the most powerful wizarding organization on the West Coast. As the wizards and knights reacted and retaliated, the automatons, outnumbered, quickly retreated. Aside from taking many wizard apprentices and knights with them, not a single official wizard from the wizard tower appeared. Lin Yi felt a slight pang of regret at this scene. If possible, he hoped to bring a live "sample" back to the Main God Space, but it seemed that was no longer so simple.
【let's start. 】
"Yes, Father."
The consciousness was linked to a "satellite" located 360,000 kilometers above, orbiting a star so vast that its boundaries were almost invisible. Against a silent backdrop, objects unfolded from the gray, inconspicuous surface of the object, adjusting their angles with subtle thrusts, and finally aiming their front-ends directly downwards.
At the same time, Pebro, a second-level wizard at the top of the wizard tower, suddenly felt a great sense of fear—not a feeling he himself had, but rather a feeling that came from the “wizard’s will” that every wizard believed in.
There wasn't much time for Pebro to savor the all-encompassing, expansive will of the wizard. An immense terror filled every corner of his heart, urging him to leave—the sooner the better. However, the Wizard Tower beneath him, which had consumed his entire life's time and energy and was his only hope for advancement in the wizarding class, forcibly prevented him from doing so.
With certain expectations in mind, the wizard Pebro issued a command to all the wizards in the wizard tower. More than thirty spiritual forces, including three second-level wizards, were linked together through the communication of the wizard tower. The powerful spiritual force leveraged thousands of times more magical power, directly interfering with the "mana" that was omnipresent in reality. What was displayed in people's eyes was the layered barrier at the top of the wizard tower.
Throughout the entire process, Wizard Pebro had never felt so smoothly complete a war spell. With the help of the Wizard Tower and the power of dozens of formal wizards, he was confident that this large-scale defensive war spell could block all attacks from third-level wizards, and even the Morning Star Wizard would not be able to completely destroy it.
Moreover, with the help of this gift from the "Wizard's Will," he is confident that he can advance to the third level of wizard within the next three years, thus continuing his journey towards the realm of Morning Star!
Enhanced by the "Wizard's Will," Wizard Pebro felt his power, thoughts, mindset, and realm all increasing without restraint. He defiantly faced the sudden flash of intense white light in the sky: "Come on, let it be! I'll show you foolish otherworldly beings what true witchcraft is—"
Under the intense light, all sound and matter vanished without a trace. The "irradiation" from 360,000 kilometers away lasted for more than five seconds. After everything dissipated, only a dark hole the size of the wizard's tower remained on the ground.
Lin Yi, observing the object through the "box," was somewhat puzzled.
Did anyone say anything just now?
"No, Father."
P.S.: Fourth update, please give me some criticism!
Wizarding Civilization: Chapter 745 The Sixth Wizarding War
The Pamir Plain, on the west coast of the continent.
Two armies, seemingly enormous for a feudal kingdom, clashed on the plains: one an orderly torrent of metal, the other a chaotic mass of commoners and slaves.
Even without actual combat, the outcome could be decided simply by observing the morale and equipment disparity between the two sides. However, as the commander representing the Earth Expeditionary Force in this battle, Zhang Longshao felt no sense of relief, only pressure.
The peasants wielding sticks and pitchforks, along with the few regular soldiers, posed no threat to the expeditionary force, as evidenced by the knightly legions that had been slaughtered in a mass charge. However, the ones who would ultimately determine the victor in this battle were not these ordinary people driven to the battlefield, but rather the wizards who had driven them there.
Let's compile the data from the previous six battles between the Wizard and the Expedition_Wing Zero Seal; Qi Si 5?? Jiu Si Jiu Ba/逡々 Army.
In the first instance, fewer than ten members of the five-hundred-person reconnaissance team survived, with only one remaining conscious. The number of casualties among the wizards is unknown.
The second time, the entire regular army of 30,000 was wiped out, with not a single one able to pass through the portal alive, while the casualties among the wizards remain unknown... It is highly likely that there were no casualties.
The third time, after the "Main God Space" took the initiative to express its "support" intentions, the Earth side once again organized an expeditionary force. However, upon entering the portal, they were met with an ambush by wizard apprentices. The scattered counterattacks had almost no effect, and the teams that entered first suffered heavy losses.
Then came the fourth time, when a level two wizard—also the first time the Earth Expeditionary Force achieved a truly significant victory. Relying on the power of armor-piercing and gunpowder weapons, the Earth Expeditionary Force killed the first official wizard from another world, and a level two wizard at that. It was through this method that the Earth Expeditionary Force understood what kind of attack could threaten a wizard, and thus launched its fifth operation against wizards.
In the fifth attack by the wizards, the Earth Expeditionary Force's base, which was only half-built, was destroyed again. However, the wizards also paid a heavy price this time. A total of nine official wizards were killed by concentrated fire in this battle because they exposed themselves. The survivors fled in a sorry state. In a sense, this can be considered a victory for the Earth side.
However, Zhang Longshao knew very well what the real reason for this victory was. If it weren't for the "messenger" from the "Main God Space" dispelling the wizard's concealment in some unknown way, the Earth Expeditionary Force's outcome would probably have been no different from the previous ones.
The sixth battle followed immediately.
This time, the wizards no longer relied solely on their own strength to fight. In a few limited encounters, they realized the various limitations of the Earth Expeditionary Force in terms of logistics and firepower. They used ordinary people to charge into battle to deplete the Expeditionary Force's ammunition and energy, while the wizards used various strange witchcraft to infiltrate the positions and carry out sabotage and killing.
On the surface, it appears to be an evenly matched battle. Judging solely from the number of corpses cleared by both sides after the war, Earth even appears to be the victor. However, the expeditionary force lost its regular combat personnel, while the wizard civilization only lost its knights, who were essentially "expendable." None of the wizards who posed a real threat to the expeditionary force were left behind.
No matter how shocked and bewildered Zhang Longshao was, he had to confirm a fact: the wizard civilization—a civilization that seemed to be only at the level of medieval Europe on Earth—had already realized the limitations of the war mode and weapons that Earth had spent thousands of years evolving and inventing in just a few short contacts, and had learned more and more as the number of contacts increased.
If they were able to find a way to counter the expeditionary force's greatest advantage—covering firepower—in the sixth attack, who can guarantee that they won't find a way to counter the threat posed by armor-piercing weapons in the upcoming seventh major battle?
Compared to the eeriness and destructive power displayed by the wizard civilization, what worries the commander even more is their ability to perceive and decipher, an ability that the Earth Expeditionary Force has never encountered in its previous explorations of other worlds. Sometimes the Expeditionary Force can even sweep through other worlds with just one war mode. When has it ever happened that they couldn't even finish building their base and were forced to engage in a decisive battle?
Contrary to his apparent confidence, the commander was more pessimistic about the upcoming battle. Of course, he couldn't show this to those around him, otherwise the battle would have been lost.
"...They stopped 2000m away. Should we break up the formation of these cannon fodder first?"
Like Zhang Longshao, anyone with a discerning eye could see that these "feudal armies" were merely cannon fodder. However, even a "1-" level of combat power could threaten the expeditionary force's combat capabilities once they were brought into close combat. The best course of action was to scatter or even annihilate them before they charged.
Zhang Longshao shook his head at his adjutant's suggestion: "No, you saw what happened last time. We must use our strongest firepower against those wizards; they are the real enemy. If we launch an artillery barrage now, those wizards will definitely attack our positions immediately."
At this point, the commander paused, "Just like last time, have the armored units at the front, and let them stop the cannon fodder troops from getting close as much as possible. If they encounter an attack from a wizard, they are allowed to retreat."
It turns out that the systems used by wizards may contain traces of technology, such as radiation whose principles are still unexplained. However, they mostly use non-technological methods. At least within the scope of Earth's civilization, there is no substance in the world that can corrode the armor of a main battle tank in less than ten seconds, let alone such a substance that wizards create out of thin air for throwing.
It was precisely because of the existence of this highly corrosive unidentified substance that the Earth Expeditionary Force's plan to use heavy armored tanks to sweep across the world as it had in previous worlds was directly destroyed, forcing them to rely on base construction to gradually expand their reach.
Just as the commander and his adjutant were discussing the next battle strategy, the feudal army, which was under the control of wizards, suddenly became quite chaotic 2000 meters away. Not only that, but several wizards also flew into the sky, ignoring the long cannons and scopes on the expeditionary force's side, seemingly looking and observing in a certain direction.
Zhang Longshao didn't know if these wizards had gone mad, but his rich combat experience allowed him to issue orders immediately.
"attack!"
Wizarding Civilization: Chapter 746 Short-Term Victory
During the construction of a wizard's tower, a single wizard often cannot support the various resources and energy consumption required by the tower. Therefore, he would choose to establish an organization composed of wizards, and exchange their help by providing them with things such as armed protection, experimental environment, and promotion methods.
After accepting the wizards' invitation to build wizard towers, these wizards, although not the true owners of the wizard towers, can still sense and control the wizard towers in some insignificant aspects, such as modifying the layout of their own laboratories.
If we compare a wizarding tower to an intelligent computer, then the tower's founder is the computer's administrator, possessing the highest authority. Wizards who join the wizarding organization to which the tower belongs are secondary users. Perhaps their control over the tower is far less than that of the administrator, but if the tower can be upgraded, they can still benefit—1% of the computing power of a Galaxy V is not the same as 1% of the computing power of an old machine.
Having this limited "right of use," the wizards were also able to sense the wizard tower to some extent. So when the double-patterned wizard tower thousands of miles away was directly hit by the "space-based particle orbital cannon" from 360,000 meters away, and everything below it, more than 3,000 meters deep, was melted away, these wizards also felt the huge sense of loss.
It was as if one second they could browse the internet at 4G speeds and the next they were stuck in a 2G environment. Casting a level one spell, which previously took only two seconds with the support of the wizard tower, was now delayed to more than five seconds. This drastic change forced the wizards to lose their proud edges, and some even disregarded the threat of the otherworldly invaders in the distance and flew into the sky, trying to find the familiar tower in the distance...
The result was obvious: before the wizards could climb high enough to find any trace of the wizard tower, firepower from Earth began to pour down on the wizards' position.
As with the previous two encounters, one wizard's first reaction upon noticing the incoming cannonballs was not to dodge, but to take cover. Based on their previous encounters, these wizards concluded that simply dodging was not very effective against these otherworldly invasions. Their attacks, capable of shattering level-two magical defenses, did not require a long preparation time and could be fired continuously. However, the monotonous trajectory and constant speed were fatal flaws. Once the target was lost, the probability of such an attack hitting a nimble wizard was as low as an arrow hitting a mosquito.
However, this wizard had clearly forgotten one thing: if the Wizard Tower still existed, with its amplification, he could cast spells at more than twice the speed within its radius of influence. In other words, after casting invisibility, he would still have enough time to cast a small-scale movement spell to easily dodge incoming projectiles. But now that the Wizard Tower was gone, every spell he cast had to rely entirely on his own mental power to form... In other words, the time he used to cast invisibility spells had already exhausted the entire gap he could have used to dodge.