Chapter 726 Chapter 17.04 Divination of National Destiny
September 20, Fire Emblem Calendar 3232, Anglo Empire, Ponto Industrial City. The air today is still "foggy" as usual. In the streets and alleys, people are walking on the sidewalks wrapped in dark woolen coats that are not easy to get dirty.
superior.
In the compass tower, a large gear with a diameter of twelve meters is rotating. This is a huge divination device. A card will be drawn on the top of the huge tower every day to foretell bad luck today, this month, and this year. This six-square-meter
Mi’s divination cards can be seen throughout the city
So almost every day when the gears are about to rotate and the cards are released, many people will stop and stand under the compass tower and look up, just like looking at the time.
However, today it was not just a matter of the passers-by looking up. Half an hour before the cards were opened in the tower, many people were specifically watching the rotation of the complex gears in the middle of the clock tower. This look was like that of a gambler.
Just like the lottery opening.
The reason is very simple. It has been forty-five days in a row that the Blood Tooth Grass has been opened. This symbol has been the same every day and has not changed. And the same symbol has been opened continuously like this, which seems to be a sign of something.
Since ancient times, only when the Anglo Empire faced serious changes in national power, the Compass Tower would appear like this.
For example, four hundred years ago, the empire encountered a strong guerrilla counterattack from local tribes in the southernmost gold mining area of the "T" continent, which plunged the imperial army into a quagmire. The Imperial Compass Tower fired "
The card "Golden Snake".
This divination effect of the compass tower is actually a judgment on the situation when "a strong upward willpower suddenly arises and collides with the interests of the Anglo Empire".
...Behind the solemn metal clock tower of Anglo, all the black stains are the blood debt of many years...
Fifteen kilometers away from the Compass Tower, in the 23rd laboratory, Zhang Ke came down from the operating table with a pale face. During the last mission, his entire team suffered from mental pollution.
These mental pollutions were caused by the impact of a large amount of negative spiritual power after the failure of the Holy Card Heroic Spirit Ceremony, and the backlash of bad omen gold coins following the failure of the blessing spirit potion.
For example, Zhang Ke, before he came back, a carbuncle grew on the back of his neck, and then it burst open, and a weird baby face the size of a fist appeared. He looked at it with a smile forever, and it would grow back even after being cut.
.
The Ministry of Magic has spent a lot of energy and has been unable to exorcise the demons from Zhang Ke's body. Currently, it can only cut it and seal it to the size of a little finger.
As for complete dispersal, you need to make an appointment with some famous archmage to come out and perform the operation. But now, as the magic network is not so stable and other reasons, all senior mage are practicing hard. If you want to invite them to work, you need to make an appointment, otherwise you will not be able to find them.
to them.
In other words, these are some of the promises these mages made when they left seclusion.
Each promise is a token that can be used to communicate. Palmists must spend enough merit to exchange for such tokens from the Ministry of Magic.
[Note: In fact, it is very easy for ancient arcanists to save these Aurors from the curse, but the current era belongs to "mystery", those who have survived from ancient times to the present day. Although these curses can be easily lifted, the more exposed they are, the more they are exposed.
The more difficult it is to deal with the ancient mystery, and Zhang Ke and his team are looking to lift the curse. It becomes as difficult as "the poor ask the rich for help"]
This unfortunate fateful journey of Zhang Ke is an amplifier for observing those who travel through time.
In the afternoon, when the "Bloodtooth Grass" bloomed on the 46th day of the Imperial Compass Tower, in the dark magic house at No. 54, Spider End Alley, there were various bookshelves, tables and chairs displayed in the room, but in the middle of the floor, there was a broken piece of magic.
Fissure water.
Zhang Ke walked up to Ji Shui, and on Ji Shui's mirror, the reflection of a magic hat with a white beard appeared.
Reflection: "You have to go to the Sky Empire area again."
Zhang Ke said: "Can I exchange for "Phoenix Ashes"?" (This is a strongly dispelling substance)
Reflection: "Okay."
Zhang Ke nodded, and without asking why, he walked directly to the water basin on the shelf, reached into the mist swirling in the basin, and took out the mission scroll.
Reflection: "Don't you want to ask about the content? This is not your style."
Zhang Ke: "I know the situation at the destination."
Reflection was noncommittal: "I would like to send you some news. In the Sky Empire, the serial ban we set has expired. According to the information we already know, a powerful force has appeared, suppressing the application of all mystical arts."
After reading the information, Zhang Ke couldn't help but pause and murmured: "Spell invalidation barrier?"
The reflection gradually faded: "Just go and investigate."
The water on the floor has dried up, revealing the rotten wooden floor.
… Mysterious doesn’t want people to know about themselves, but always wants to peek into all the secrets…
At this time, in even the smallest villages in the northern territory of the Sky Empire, former blacksmiths and now mechanical workers fixed the shining iron stars on wooden poles, and under the iron stars were clusters of
The meaning of red tassel is that new stars will rise, and in the process of rising, the blood of countless people, heroic mortals, dyes the red tassel underneath the stars red.
This is the symbol of the Iron Star regime.
At the same time, the big city reform strategy in the south once again leaned towards the "right" line.
The reformist theoreticians don't know whether they have become evil because they received money, or they are just born stupid. They are trying to form an enlightened cabinet with the empire to achieve the so-called stability of order.
The urban faction did not care whether their change of direction at this time seriously affected the enthusiasm of the northern revolutionaries.
These urban factions did not realize that after combining the rebels from rural areas with the industrial cities in the north, they not only controlled food and steel, but also understood the interests of their own class camp in terms of culture and ideology.
And the iron star that is still blazing and still declares to attack everything inside and outside and create unfair suppressors and invaders has become the only blazing conceptual creation.
"Concept", in the main world, is just a virtual thing that evolves in human thinking.
But in this world, the "concepts" determined in the minds of large-scale human beings are indeed objectively existing physical variables.
For example, in ancient times, there was the concept of the Sun God. This concept was understood by life, penetrated deeply into the quantum information field, and the Sun God consciousness was born.
It can make some changes in the sunlight on the continent. As for this "concept" to complete the materialistic method, it can adjust the transparency of the atmosphere on a large scale. It can even stop the energy of sunlight for a moment.
In Wanlun Continent, a world that is about to advance to the third level, the scale of total concepts (belief power) generated is thousands of times that of the "Sword and Magic" era. In other words, if you completely master the thoughts of an entire continent for one year, you will gain more faith.
Power is a quantity that lasted for thousands of years in the agricultural era.
Gods in ancient times were able to control sunlight and vibrations in the earth's crust, so the gods in the industrial age were even more powerful. To a certain extent, the gods had established powerful perceptions in the universe.
...In the multidimensional planes, every civilization and plane is a burning firewood. For God, all this has an end...
The power of faith in the second and third stage worlds is very positive, simple and orderly. Unlike the fourth stage world, the power of faith there is very dirty. So the second and third level worlds are now up for grabs by the new gods.
focus.
The world in the fourth stage is the interstellar world: everything that "normal humans" can recognize has been recognized. Only by further carrying out abnormal human fields such as "biochemical transformation" and "human-machine fusion" can we continue to contact "desire and pursuit"
and the power of strong faith.
...God exists to satisfy people's hopes, but not all human hopes will give birth to gods...
Almost all concepts of civilization development originate from the spread of gods. Everything used by humans also comes from gods!
In worlds like Wanlun Continent, the existence of the new "Iron Star" is unusual. This is not a concept that any "god" in the past pantheon has thought of when trying to fill the industrial vacancy.
Perhaps it can be said that "Iron Star" is completely different from the "freedom and upward" concept of the earliest industrialization. Instead, it is full of "sacrifice and commitment" and other burdens that make God feel sad.
Wei Keng's arrival this time was too "dreary", but he was able to perfectly continue the "industrial" from the first time in terms of core concepts.
Just like a song, the ups and downs are completely different if you look at each half. People who get the first half want to continue with the "high" part of the first half, but they find that they can't write it. As a result, a lot of unfinished tunes are produced.
Now the "original writer" directly changes the tune to a low level, so that after a slight downturn, the noise can be eliminated and the tune can rise again.
In fact, the last time, Wei Keng suddenly left because of Sainz's series of negative operations, which was a sign of a shift from 'up' to 'down'.
And this secret was hidden by Sainz, Micah and Monat.
Moreover, all the gods of the Mediterranean system do not admit that Wei Keng, the consciousness of the great river system, left because of the wrong operations of their system.
Such arrogance and ignorance prevent them from finding a way for the sustainable evolution of the world through the "industrial godhead".
Now in Wanlun Continent, this is the second half of the solo of "Industrial Godhead", but this second half is not called "Industry".
...For the gods: mountains are not mountains, and water is not water. But standing here: mountains are still mountains, and water is still water...
Back to the present moment, under the light of the Iron Star, all mysterious phenomena have not disappeared, but they can all be understood from a new perspective.
Therefore, a large number of mysterious phenomena near this area have all been "introduced into science".
This situation has also occurred in the history of Wanlun Continent. When the Industrial Revolution first appeared, the traditional arcane system was suppressed to the point that it was almost invisible.
All kinds of weird curses have been relegated to the southernmost tip of the "T" continent, and with the advance of naval guns and the stationing of hero units, a large number of ancient curse books have been lost.
At that time, all "witchcraft" in the world was severely punished.
Only the Anglo established the "Eternal Insider" repository in Pontus, in the inner ring of the Royal World Museum, and under the Compass Tower, and forcibly monopolized it as unknowable, so that part of the "ancient mysticism" was preserved and was not destroyed by the tide.
clean.
And after that cognitive tide passed, when human society was divided into various levels again, and the perspective gradually became less visible, occultism revived again in every corner of the world.
…When people’s perspective is blinded, everything can be mystified, even science cannot escape it…
For example, in the modern times of the main world,
For example, signal towers have radiation, and water has memory.
There is an alien base on the far side of the moon.
And why is human perspective obscured? That’s because human social class blocks it.
When certain classes don't want the world to see all of them, then certain things can have complicated interpretations.
At present, some of the oldest powerful people in the mysterious world are very frightened by the sudden rise of the iron star.
Of course, the attitude towards Iron Star is the same as it was during the Great Recognition thousands of years ago, waiting for the tide to pass.
…Nothing is ageless, and the same goes for the healthy atmosphere of human society…
However, Wei Keng himself also knew that the trend he had set off would eventually subside, and that the new concept of "exploring the darkness" that was now being forged in the hearts of ordinary people would eventually be in vain because of the abandonment of mortals.
Therefore, this is the reason why ordinary time travelers in the past did not have this choice on the arcane path.
The cost of lighting up the times every time is that the bravest and wisest people pay life and death, so very few people do this.
...The transformation into "gods" means that the travelers in the main world have grown older...
September 20th, on the hot land illuminated by the iron star.
Enma stared at the Anglo intervention troops and whispered: "It's obvious that they want to suck blood, but they can condense the concept of executing justice. Tsk, tsk, it's really weird."
The direction that Enma was staring at was the impact direction of the armor power of the "White Wings Knights".
At this time, new concrete protective towers began to be built on the molten steel tower city behind Enma, and anti-tank trenches and barrier fortifications with six-pointed stars were deployed throughout the city. These carried 200 mm long tube armor-piercing
The gun's protective tower is just in front of these corners.
The entire fortification was completed within fifteen days, and the Iron Star blocking force has been dealing with the opponent here for more than half a year.
…In waiting for half a year, Anglo missed the best opportunity to intervene…
In Enma's strategic judgment, Anglian's troops are very high in terms of technological content and unit combination, and even the skills of their heroic units are impressive.
After all the troops in Iron Star had experienced a series of annihilation operations against the Imperial Army, their morale was high and they wanted to attack the invader head-on. Wei Keng still remained clear and calm.
Mr. Wei: After making a precise comparison between ourselves and the enemy, we still decided to "defend" and at the same time add "mushroom circles".
Let him understand the terrain of lakes and rivers after the northern part of the Sky Empire was split by glaciers.
...In terms of Iron Star, Enma is not only making progress himself, but also focusing on training Iron Star generals...
Among the iron star frontier harassment troops, there is a strange vehicle here. This vehicle has deformable wings and its armor is electromagnetic armor of pure energy.
The weight of the entire vehicle is 345 tons. When traveling on land, the robotic arm holds a seven-meter-long and three-meter-wide metal shield to block the surrounding area. However, once the robotic arm retracts the shield behind the chassis, the carrier
The mechanical bulges on both sides of the vehicle will unfold the originally folded wings, and at the same time, a strong air cushion effect will appear on the ground. There are rocket jets at the bottom of the vehicle. The vehicle can directly travel short distances of three to four kilometers.
Narrator: An Jiexin's super vehicle can perform a "flash" jump of three to four kilometers.
This kind of "leapfrog" combat constitutes a whole set of "fluid power" concepts in the driver's mind.
The controller of this vehicle, An Jiexin, is already a heroic unit. She has two skills. One is that this vehicle jumps into battle, and the other is to emit a jet of "ultra-high energy beam". In the jet
Molten metal will corrode enemy vehicles for half an hour.
…An Jiexin was born into a family of forest rangers in the countryside.…
At this time, An Jiexin was going back and forth, taking advantage of the obstacles of rivers, hills and other terrain, to radiate the White Wings Knights 10 to 20 kilometers away.
In such a single-vehicle battle, the weakest "Swordsman"-level armored unit (a 280-ton land cruiser equipped with three 120mm caliber turrets) that the Anglos went south to fight against frequently broke down their mechanical structure and fell behind.
The main Anglo land armored force had to maintain combat formation to deal with such a surprise attack.
The Anglians even used four airships to search for Anjiexin.
Of course, the airship would be hit by missiles every time, because Anjiexin's tank was obscured by Enma's "optical stealth" during the raid.
... Enma's combat creed: You can use your subjective initiative, but never be "personally heroic", and don't look down upon your teammates for help...
In September, within the White Wings Knights, who had just prepared to go south, Commander Lance frowned and looked at the damaged vehicles that had retreated into the defensive position.
The "Pastor" vehicle (250 tons) stretched out its mechanical arm, opened several mechanical entrances on the damaged tank that were like submarine covers, poured in a large amount of alkaline foam, ended the corrosion, and then poured in
The precious "liquid aluminum alloy for repair" was obtained.
The originally rusty chariot structure in the concept field was restored as if polished, and the original roughness of the machinery in reality became smoother.
The damage caused to the Anglo Empire armor by An Jiexin's attack has been repaired by engineers, but Lance feels that things are getting more and more muddy.
