Chapter 3403: Passing the Buck and Traveling (Revised)

Buckets-thick fluorescent blue light pillars fell, crashing onto the battlefield. The battlefield, which had been in a melee half an hour ago, now showed no Demi-human soldiers or wild boar warriors; both sides were either hiding in underground holes or hiding in trenches.

Hundreds of metal pillars, half a meter thick and 3 meters long, stood in the high sky. This was the attack form of heavy artillery-grade weapons after completing the launch. These metal pillars compressed energy at the top and fired fluorescent blue light pillars at the bottom, forming a volley of artillery rain. In the area affected, except for heavy tanks, the survival rate of other units on his side was very low.

Today was the third day after the melee started. It was only afternoon, and the Demi-human side had already gathered the firepower of heavy artillery-grade weapons to conduct five rounds of artillery rain volleys.

Only in this way could they suppress the offensive of the Sun Legion; otherwise, the offensive of the wild boar warriors would be too difficult to block.

Demi-human border, Twilight Fortress.

As a T0-level fortress that had been deployed, the specifications of the Twilight Fortress were like a slightly compact city. The buildings here were all built in a short time, and because the Demi-human army was stationed here, looking down from the sky, the Twilight Fortress was like a steel city with neatly arranged buildings.

In the command post in the middle-rear area of the steel city, a holographic map floated above the sand table, and more than a dozen Demi-human officers stood around it.

A man wearing a military officer's cap and a woolen overcoat sat in the main seat in front of the sand table. His elbows rested on the edge of the sand table, his ten fingers crossed. Although he was nearly 40, he looked like he was about 30.

This man's expression was cold and stern, his eyes lowered. This was the commander of the Demi-human side this time, Lieutenant General Whitley, a senior general of the "Watchtower" military.

After the crushing defeat of the first battle commanded by Brigadier General Lei Zi, the Demi-human side was equivalent to being slapped hard. As the strongest hegemon force on this continent, the Demi-human side immediately mobilized a large army to give the Sun camp a cruel blow, letting other forces see that this was the price of angering the Demi-humans.

After this war restarted, things didn't develop as the Demi-human high-level officials had estimated. It had already been 3 days since the war started. Because they were eager to wipe out the Sun camp, the three major Demi-human forces spared no cost to send troops to the front line, and heavy artillery-grade weapons were concentrated 5 to 6 times every day.

Even so, the enemy army still stood like an iron wall, holding the defensive line. As for using heavy artillery-grade weapons to strike the enemy fortress, this had been tried more than once.

The enemy's fortress was very strange. According to intelligence provided by professionals in this field, that mobile fortress, about 100 meters high and similar in height to a T3-level fortress, was actually a T0-level fortress.

At first, the Demi-human high-level officials didn't believe this. How could there be such a small T0-level fortress? But after that fortress withstood three rounds of artillery rain volleys, no one doubted it anymore. The fortress's body size was indeed not large enough, but its defensive power was outrageously strong.

One had to know that even a T0-level fortress shouldn't be able to withstand the artillery rain volley of heavy artillery-grade weapons, but the outer armor layer of this fortress just withstood it.

Any trade-off had gains and losses. The Sun Fortress was the same. The Sun Fortress didn't have a huge volume, didn't have super-strong active ore processing capacity, and its movement speed wasn't excellent. It focused on two points: the Evolution Nest and external defense.

Su Xiao deliberately developed it this way. In his view, no matter how strong the Evolution Nest was developed, if the fortress itself didn't have strong enough defensive power, it was meaningless.

This world had war weapons like heavy artillery-grade weapons. If a wave of concentrated fire hit and pierced the fortress, leading to the destruction of the Evolution Nest, the previous development would be meaningless.

The Sun Fortress could be called the T0-level fortress with the strongest defensive power in history, bar none. This was achieved by giving up a lot.

Heavy artillery-grade weapons, which had always been invincible in siege warfare, rarely hit a wall this time.

The Demi-human side wanted to destroy the Sun Fortress, and there were only two ways: either break through the front defensive line of the wild boar warriors, or infiltrate the Sun Fortress and detonate high-power explosives inside.

The first way was in progress, and the daily washing of the battlefield with heavy artillery-grade weapons was going on in the war zone.

The second way had been tried many times. A total of 129 infiltrators were sent. These people didn't even mention infiltrating the Sun Fortress; they were discovered as soon as they approached the Sun Fortress and were surrounded and killed by the wild boar warriors guarding the surroundings of the fortress.

The stalemated war situation made the Demi-human high-level officials very dissatisfied, especially the bureaucratic faction. In their view, this expedition to the Border Area should have annihilated the enemy on the first day. It was unexpected that it dragged on for so long.

Not only were the bureaucratic faction anxious, but other factions were also very anxious. This battle was different from the previous struggle for territory and resources with the humans; it was to prevent the pig-headed people from climbing up from the ground.

If the pig-headed people climbed up from the ground and united to form a large force or country, this would be an unbearable loss for the Demi-humans.

For the Demi-humans to have today's glory, the pig-headed people they stepped on under their feet were indispensable. In the entire Demi-human country, more than 98% of heavy physical labor, dangerous labor, toxic labor, etc., were done by pig-headed people, and the Demi-humans didn't need to provide them with remuneration, only needing to supply 1 to 2 cheap meals every day.

Heavy physical labor was done by male pig-headed people, and more delicate, boring work was the responsibility of female pig-headed people. A Demi-human, even if they did nothing from birth, could still have a decent life.

Had no Demi-human ever questioned all this? Of course there were, but the probability was not even one in ten thousand. Even if someone stood up to oppose all this, they would soon find that the "enemies" they faced were not only the high-level officials of the Watchtower, the Demi-human Alliance, and the Aurora Council, but all Demi-human citizens. Among these people, there might even be their father or mother.

When a lie could make people sleep peacefully, then this lie was the truth that people were willing to accept. And this "truth" was what the Watchtower, the Demi-human Alliance, and the Aurora Council spread to the outside world: pig-headed people were low-level creatures that couldn't reproduce naturally; they were commodities cultivated through the "Life Factory," and commodities had no human rights.

The appearance of the Sun Fortress made all the Demi-humans who enjoyed the pig-headed people's industrial chain feel threatened, so this war was irreconcilable.

In the command post, Lieutenant General Whitley sat in the main seat in silence. The other dozen officers standing around the sand table were solemn. Now, not to mention speaking, they didn't even dare to breathe loudly.

The melee not only lasted for three days, but 170,000 Demi-human soldiers were buried here. This casualty figure had already made the Demi-human high-level officials furious.

Lieutenant General Whitley looked around at the group of Demi-human officers. When he first came to the Twilight Fortress on the first day, his mood was very good. His previous idea was that with Brigadier General Lei Zi paving the way in front, this battle in the Border Area would be a sure win. This victory that could be recorded in history, he, Whitley, would accept.

Seeing the wild boar warriors rushing up like a swarm of bees after the war started, Lieutenant General Whitley almost laughed out loud if he hadn't cared about his own dignity. Before, he once thought that Brigadier General Lei Zi was jealous, which was why he said the enemy had no tactics. After witnessing it personally, Lieutenant General Whitley confirmed that the enemy indeed had no tactics.

The battle was fought in the morning, people started to be dazed at noon, and gradually became autistic in the afternoon. That's right, Lieutenant General Whitley's heart was slightly autistic. He was a famous general of the Watchtower, but the group-fight tactic caused even greater psychological damage to famous generals.

On the night after the war started, Lieutenant General Whitley did psychological work for himself in his bedroom. His idea at that time was that it was only the first day of the war, and the enemy couldn't withstand a war of attrition.

However, after the battle started on the second day, the enemy not only wasn't exhausted to death, but the offensive became even fiercer. Not only was the offensive fiercer, but the whole-army charge + dwarf pig-men stripping corpses for combat uniforms was also more proficient.

For this situation, Lieutenant General Whitley had no good way to solve it. He could only order heavy artillery-grade weapons to concentrate fire as soon as he saw the enemy army charging in large numbers, thereby pushing the enemy army back.

There was a way to solve the problem from the root, which was not to let the Demi-human soldiers wear combat uniforms. However, this plan was too ridiculous. Lieutenant General Whitley immediately ordered the officer who proposed this suggestion to be dragged out and executed.

"Do you have any strategies?"

Lieutenant General Whitley looked around at the group of Demi-human officers. These officers lowered their heads even lower.

Seeing this, Lieutenant General Whitley's expression revealed a bit of gloom. With the war situation developing to this extent, he was no longer considering how to keep his reputation and military rank, but how to save his life.

The melee in the Border Area seemed to be evenly matched, but only the officers and Demi-human high-level officials in the war zone knew how tragic the casualties were in these three days, and how many materials were consumed. War was burning money. A round of artillery rain volley concentrated fire seemed to kill many enemies, but the consumption was equivalent to the total tax revenue of a ring city for 3 months.

The Demi-human soldiers who died on the front line in these few days, as well as the huge expenses in all aspects, all needed one thing to be wiped out, and that was victory.

But right now, Lieutenant General Whitley couldn't win the word victory. Since that was the case, he had to be responsible for everything that happened here, commonly known as taking the blame.

The Demi-human high-level officials wouldn't make mistakes. The only ones who made mistakes would be the middle and high-level officials or officers. Lieutenant General Whitley knew one point very clearly: although he was a Lieutenant General of the Watchtower, in the eyes of the four people at the peak of Demi-human power, he was just an important chess piece. At a critical moment, he could be discarded.

Lieutenant General Whitley looked around at the officers present again. This time, he was looking to see if anyone could take this black pot for him.

Unfortunately, the officers present all lowered their heads. The higher the rank, the lower the head. A brigadier general who had taken the initiative to retreat to the second row even wanted to stick his head into the ground.

Everyone in their hearts was as clear as a mirror. With the war situation developing to this extent, someone must take the blame; otherwise, the anger of the people would be a big problem.

Bang!

Lieutenant General Whitley's hand slapped on the sand table, and the holographic projection above flickered. Just as Lieutenant General Whitley was about to open his mouth to scold, he suddenly thought of one thing. In the current situation, he didn't necessarily have to find someone to take the blame, but could change people halfway.

A name floated in Lieutenant General Whitley's mind, that name was Lei Zi. For this person, Lieutenant General Whitley now had heartfelt admiration.

The other party, without preparation and understanding, pressed the army into the Border Area. Although he retreated, causing nearly 100,000 soldiers of the War Hammer troops to die in battle and more than 30,000 to be captured, there was one point that couldn't be ignored.

Brigadier General Lei Zi, because he didn't understand the enemy's abilities, didn't prepare countermeasures for fire. In addition, without heavy artillery weapons and living vehicles, he fought with the enemy. After annihilating more than 100,000 enemies, he led the remaining troops to withdraw from the Border Area.

If the other party's troops were equipped with living vehicles and heavy artillery-grade weapons, even if they couldn't win the first battle, they would definitely have caused the enemy to suffer heavy losses.

"Are those people in the Tribunal pig brains?"

Lieutenant General Whitley's tone suddenly turned to the Tribunal. This made a group of Demi-human officers look suspicious, but soon, a few officers thought about what was going on and also scolded the Tribunal together.

Before long, all the officers present reacted, which could be described as group indignation. Under the leadership of Lieutenant General Whitley, these officers wanted to jointly support Brigadier General Lei Zi. The core strategy was to let Brigadier General Lei Zi come back quickly. Now this pot was too big, and no one could carry it.

With Brigadier General Lei Zi, he could still fight the Sun Fortress to a draw. After changing people, the Demi-human side was hammered for three days.

Sun Fortress, in the general command room on the top floor.

"The enemy retreated?"

Su Xiao extinguished the cigarette between his fingers and looked at Hausman standing opposite.

"Yes, my lord."

"Reason."

"Not clear yet. It is speculated to be an internal problem of the Demi-humans."

"Hmm, go down."

"Obey."

Hausman took a Sun Maiden and retreated, or rather, this Sun Maiden, who was about 1.2 meters tall, sat on the shoulder of Hausman, who was 3.45 meters tall.

It was interesting to say that among the 25 Sun Maidens on his side, this Sun Maiden was the most special. I don't know if there was a problem during the mutation, or if she changed after absorbing the sun power. This Sun Maiden, who was actually 28 years old, regressed to the level of less than 10 years old.

Afterward, I don't know why, this Sun Maiden had been following Hausman, usually sitting on Hausman's shoulder or lying on his back, and only didn't follow when fighting.

This was normal. Hausman was always at the head of the team. If this Sun Maiden still followed him, she definitely wouldn't live for 10 minutes.

Compared to these trivial matters, Su Xiao cared more about why the Demi-human side suddenly retreated. The melee had lasted for three days. Retreating at this time, the enemy commander definitely wouldn't have a good end, unless the other party could find someone to take the blame.

Su Xiao checked the data of the Sun Fortress. There were a total of 326,770 wild boar warriors on his side.

It seemed that the number was getting smaller and smaller, but it was not. The "Battle Instinct" ability of the wild boar warriors would make them stronger the more they fought. The melee of the previous 3 days was like a cruel selection, weeding out those who couldn't adapt to the battlefield or were unlucky. The remaining ones were all more adept at fighting.

After waiting for about an hour, Baha suddenly detached from the different space and appeared in front of Su Xiao.

"Boss, the Demi-human side did retreat and is almost back to the Steel Fortress."

The Steel Fortress Baha mentioned was actually the Twilight Fortress. The naming of that fortress was to disgust the Sun camp, which had nothing to do with the appearance of the fortress. And the Steel Fortress was the fortress name accepted by more people.

The retreat of the Demi-human side seemed sudden, but it wasn't unexpected. The Aurora Council had space teleportation technology, which was a combination of technology + biology.

With their ability, setting up a large teleportation array in the Steel Fortress and transporting troops to the front line continuously was just a matter of time.

Judging from the current situation, they should be able to do this very soon. Once this situation appeared, the balance of the war situation would inevitably be broken.

To crack this situation, upgrading War Lord to an eight-star title was the best choice.

Su Xiao previously had 11 six-star titles. After one burning, only 5 remained. In return, he obtained 1 seven-star title, 【Battle Master】.

Right now, only 1 seven-star title was missing, and he could start the burning of War Lord. The most ideal way was to exchange for a seven-star title in the Title Shop. This would not only save a sum of Soul Coins but also leave 5 six-star titles.

If he could keep these 5 six-star titles, Su Xiao really wanted to create a seven-star title to wear when fighting strong enemies in the future.

It was a pity that these 5 six-star titles, with a total value of more than 20,000 Soul Coins, couldn't be kept this time. In order to get the last 1 seven-star title as soon as possible, Su Xiao could only perform a random burning of a title without a main title.

Opening the Title Burning Disc, Su Xiao embedded the remaining 5 six-star titles into the secondary title slots around it, burning them in the case of the center main title slot being empty.

【Pay or not to perform this random burning? This burning requires a payment of 6,000 Soul Coins.】

Normal burning of a six-star title cost 1,000 Soul Coins each time. The random burning of a title without a main title cost several times more. The last time he performed a random burning of a title without a main title, the price was about 3 times, and this time it reached 6 times.

No matter how expensive, he had to burn it. Su Xiao had been waiting for the opportunity of a truce. Right now, the opportunity had come.

With his imprint level as an eighth-stage contractor, although the usage fee and rules of the Title Burning Disc hadn't changed much, there was a great improvement in the burning speed, which was very gratifying.

In terms of imprint level, upgrading too fast wasn't good; the number of worlds experienced was small, and it was easy to have insufficient accumulation. But upgrading too slowly wasn't good either; many basic permissions couldn't be activated.

How long this truce could last was not yet clear. Su Xiao had a premonition that if he didn't take this opportunity to upgrade War Lord to an eight-star title, there would be no chance in the future. The Demi-human side was already angry to the extreme, and the time for the decisive battle was not far away.

Although paying a higher price to burn titles in the current way, it was worth it. Moreover, the gains from Caesar's side were about to arrive.

Su Xiao and Caesar's plan was very simple: first let Hao Mei brush reputation, and after the reputation reached a certain level, exchange for items in large quantities at Caesar's. With Caesar's military supply officer permission, he could empty the Demi-human Alliance's military arsenal in a short time.

Through practice, this plan was feasible. In the camp reputation shop, Su Xiao had five items he liked. As a preliminary experiment, Hao Mei had already exchanged for one of them. After passing through Caesar's hands, this piece of equipment arrived at Su Xiao's a few minutes ago.

【Prompt: You obtained Traveler's Favor.】

【Traveler's Favor】

Origin: Sel Star

Quality: Immortal

Category: Special Equipment

Durability: 100/100 points

Equipment Requirement: Charm attribute 30 points, Luck attribute 10 points, Animal-friendly constitution.

Equipment Effect 1: Affinity (Core · Passive): After wearing this equipment, you will receive the "Traveler's" blessing. As the travel/walking distance increases, there will be a higher probability of discovering treasure.

Prompt: The farther the travel/walking distance, the higher the probability of discovering treasure, and the higher the quality of the treasure (provided that there are indeed treasures/ancient ruins/underground palaces, etc., in the nearby area).

Equipment Effect 2: Long Journey (Passive): After walking more than 30,000 meters, you will begin to receive the "Traveler's" protection, thereby increasing the initial friendliness of all non-evil camp creatures. After encountering them, if you ask for help, the other party will likely provide help to a certain extent.

Prompt: The farther the travel/walking distance, the stronger this effect.

Equipment Effect 3: Friendly Heart (Core · Passive): Wild animals/supernatural beasts and all animal-type existences have their initial friendliness toward the wearer of this equipment +45 points (the friendliness limit is 100 points).

Prompt: This ability is also effective for animal-type ghosts, spirits, etc.

Prompt: Even if the other party is in the evil camp, they will not actively launch an attack on you (this effect is limited to animal-type evil camps).

Prompt: This effect is invalid for humans, humanoids, undead, void races, etc.

Rating: 1500 points (Immortal-level equipment rating is 1000–1500 points)

Introduction: You are walking good luck, and also a friend of animals.

Price: 1950 Soul Coins.

Warning: Your Charm attribute is -10 points, and you are in the initial evil camp. You will have absolutely no possibility of wearing this equipment. If you force it, it will lead to permanent damage to this equipment!

PS: (One update today. Feiwu will go for a run in a while, then sleep early. Survival is the most important thing.) ===== CHAPTER 3404 =====