Chapter 423: Repairing Runes

Landing Pad at the Fourth Defense Zone Outer City.

Kelin was standing with Vulkan at this moment; Kelin looked up at Vulkan, and after hesitating for a moment, he slowly spoke.

"Vulkan, has your father now become the person in power of the Ninth Defense Zone?"

"In a sense, that is indeed the case. But my father has never considered himself a person in power. After he arranges his work, he will go into the Production Zone or the Planting Zone to communicate with the laborers there and understand their true thoughts.

To use my father's words, 'If we detach ourselves from the masses, then even if such a Human Civilization exists, it is nothing more than an empty shell that has lost its soul.'"

Upon hearing Vulkan's words, Kelin nodded thoughtfully. Suddenly, he saw streaks of Gray Mist appear in the sky. Six transport aircraft emerged from the Gray Mist. After the six transport aircraft landed, the hatches of the transport aircraft slowly opened. A Cadian Lieutenant walked down from the transport aircraft, and after letting the Cadian soldiers inside the transport aircraft disembark in an orderly fashion, he trotted over to Vulkan and looked up to salute.

"Lord Vulkan, by order of the Emperor, a total of 3,000 soldiers, 3 Chimera Armored Vehicles, and one Leman Russ Tank will all be under your command."

Vulkan nodded and looked down at this Cadian Lieutenant, saying.

"Have the soldiers prepare; we will launch a night raid on the Alien Army tonight and crush them in one fell swoop!"

"Yes! Lord Vulkan, with you here, victory will surely belong to us!"

Kelin, meanwhile, saw those Cadian soldiers wearing Bulletproof Armor driving a tank down from the transport aircraft. That tank was significantly larger than the Human Alliance's Prowler Tank. He hadn't expected Yingzhou to actually send an armored unit this time.

"Councilor Kelin, please lead the way for them and have them head to the Fourth Defense Zone Military District to stand by. I am going to find Xindi to discuss the details of tonight's attack."

"No problem, leave it to me."

Beast Race Army Camp.

At this time, Maike was leading a group of Priest Apprentices to collect the Rune cannons that could be repaired, preparing to work overtime to fix them tonight. Just then, Maike suddenly discovered that the Priest Apprentice he had given the sheepskin scroll to seemed to be missing, so he asked the Priest Apprentice beside him in confusion.

"That... where is Xiuhongsi? Why is he missing?"

After this Priest Apprentice saluted Maike, he explained.

"Lord Maike, Xiuhongsi was killed by the Two-legged Sheep troops last night, and his body was swallowed by the explosion; not even a scrap was left."

Upon hearing this news, Maike frowned, but since things had reached this point, he could only curse in a low voice.

"What a piece of trash. As a Priest Apprentice, to actually be killed by Two-legged Sheep."

Although Maike's voice was very low, the Priest Apprentice beside him still heard it. Upon hearing Maike's low curse, this Priest Apprentice glanced at Maike in surprise, but also realized that his current behavior was courting death, so he immediately began to check the damage to the Rune cannon in front of him.

Maike took a deep breath and said to the Priest Apprentice beside him.

"Have the others make a record of the damage to the Rune cannons, and start repairing from the ones that are easy to fix. Try not to delay the army's attack time."

"Yes, Lord Maike!"

There were 31 Rune cannons that could not be repaired this time, and repairing the remaining ones would take at least seven or eight days. How could he shorten this time?

Maike thought for a long time but could not come up with a suitable method. Seeing that all the Priest Apprentices had gathered in front of him, he ordered.

"Our current Task is extremely arduous. Now I will tell you the precautions for repairs. Do not rush; once the Runes conflict, the power generated can directly cause a backlash against you. You must be fully focused."

"Yes, Lord Maike!"

The group of Priest Apprentices responded in succession and hurriedly answered.

Seeing this, Maike took a deep breath, then slowly stretched out his hands and began to earnestly repair the heavily damaged Rune cannon in front of him.

He saw streaks of pale blue light suddenly flash within his palms, and those rays of light quickly condensed into individual Runes.

Immediately after, Maike carefully controlled these Runes, and according to a certain order and pattern, branded them one by one onto the incomplete Rune cannon.

Every Rune landed accurately in the position where it should exist, perfectly merging with the other Runes originally carved on the Rune cannon.

As more and more Runes were branded on, the entire Rune cannon gradually emitted a powerful energy fluctuation.

Those parts that were originally broken or missing were now reconnected because of the newly added Runes, forming a complete and smooth Rune Circuit.

When the last Rune was successfully embedded into the Rune cannon, a surging wave of Rune Power flowed rapidly along the previously constructed Rune Circuit. Wherever it passed, all the Runes on the Rune cannon shone with dazzling light.

Maike wiped the sweat seeping from his forehead, let out a deep breath of turbid air, and said to the Priest Apprentices watching him in a flat tone.

"That is how it is done. You find those simple Rune cannons to repair; if you encounter questions, you must notify me in time."

"Yes, Lord Maike!"

These Priest Apprentices all dispersed and began to repair the Runes on the Rune cannons. Maike looked at the Rune cannon he had repaired; the base of the Rune cannon had also been destroyed, and this would require making a new base to support the Rune cannon.

Time passed minute by minute, and the originally bright sky gradually became dim.

And those Priest Apprentices who had been busy for a long time had only successfully repaired 3 Rune cannons.

Maike stood quietly to the side; he had long since known the progress speed would be like this.

Thus, he walked up and said softly to everyone: "Everyone has worked hard, stop and rest for a while first, recover your strength, and then we will continue to repair the remaining Rune cannons."

"Many thanks, Lord Maike!"

Having experienced the attack by the Two-legged Sheep troops last night, Diwanhu and Dawuqi were now looking at the corpses of the Beast Race warriors in front of them.

Looking at the wounds on these Beast Race members, Dawuqi poked the corpse of a Beast Race warrior with the cane held in his right hand and said in confusion.

"Diwanhu, I heard from the descriptions of some warriors that as long as a ray of light flew from the weapons in the hands of those Two-legged Sheep, our warriors were killed."

Diwanhu slowly stood up, wiped the blood off his hands, and slowly spoke.

"Dawuqi, their wounds were all burned through by high heat. How could these Two-legged Sheep have such weapons? Could it be that Maike didn't tell us about this before?"

Dawuqi said indignantly.

"Damn it, Maike must know something. Let's go ask it!"