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Five days later.

Rex meets Simbadi again.

In the medical hospital of the 1st barracks district.

He was joined by the lively Miss Mokin.

"How does it feel?" said Mu Li, placing a bunch of seaweed on the windowsill, "I can't find a beautiful flower here, so I have to use it instead—but it's green, it's better than yellow sand, isn't it?"

"Ah...... Thanks," Rex quickly sat up, "I think...... Much better than before. ”

"That's good, you just got fished out of the water and you look horrible, your face is blue, your whole body is convulsed, and you keep spitting seawater. "Then I was sent to the camp and had a high fever, and I've been to Sinbaddi twice, but you don't seem to have fully regained consciousness at that time." ”

Rex smiled wryly, "My body is indeed too weak. ”

"But you made it to the end, and you went beyond your limits. Sinbadi grinned, "Mr. Explorer." In fact, your desire to survive is stronger than I thought, and when I was close to the water, I used up almost all my strength, and if it weren't for you holding my body, I would probably have had a hard time taking you out with me. He lifted the corner of his clothes, "Well, there are still a few bruises left here." ”

"I'm sorry," Rex said with some embarrassment, "I can't remember what happened after I got out of the hole." ”

"What must have been on your mind at that time to be able to keep your hands on the condition of losing consciousness, right?" Mu Li sighed.

"Maybe ......," he nodded, "I did have a lot of things in my mind before I fell unconscious, my precious inventions, the curiosity, and the two wives who were waiting for me to go back......"

The atmosphere suddenly became quiet.

It was a long time before Sinbadi tentatively asked, "What did you just say?"

"Two wives......," Rex seemed to understand, "Ah, I forgot to mention that the customs of the Fiordland Islands are different, and the island where I live does not have a limit on the number of husbands and wives, it is all voluntary, and it is normal for you not to know this. ”

"I suddenly felt ...... Leaving you in a hole might be a good option," Sinbadi said, twitching at the corners of his mouth.

"I feel the same way. Mu Li echoed with a serious expression.

"Hey, you don't have to be so ruthless...... Rex saw that the situation was not good, and quickly changed the subject, "The ruin—how's it going?"

Speaking of business, Simbadi suddenly became serious, "Now that the First Army has set that area as a forbidden area, no one is allowed to enter without permission, and a sentry point has been arranged on the edge of the cliff, probably to guard against the ironclad giant scorpion." I was commissioned by them to dive into the water hole again at low tide and retrieve my fanny pack. His voice grew lower, "But these things are also handed over to the First Army...... I'm sorry. ”

"No, you didn't do anything wrong," Rex shook his head lightly after listening to the other party's story, "Since the First Army has taken over the treatment, you can't hide it from them, and I don't think I can monopolize such a large ruin." The only pity is that both diving suits have been destroyed, and even if the news of the success of the test is released, the credibility will be greatly reduced. But there's no way around it...... After all, you're here to save me. ”

Sinbadi was silent, he naturally knew how much effort Rex had put into this, a waterproof suit would take half a year to prepare, and that was only the last two finished products. And how many times he failed before this, how many materials and golden dragons were wasted, it can be seen from the constraints on the other party's hand.

Such a blow is indeed heavy.

After a long silence, he asked in a low voice, "You...... What do you plan to do in the future?"

"Go back to the fjord and then come back. Rex replied without hesitation.

Sinbadi and Mully couldn't help but be stunned.

"What, are you worried that I'll never recover?" Rex smiled at the slightly surprised looks of the two, "If it weren't for this escape experience, I would probably really give up this career." He stretched out his palm, clenched and opened, as if feeling something, "But I understand now that this is by no means my limit—what about a waterproof suit in half a year, I don't know how many times better than when I was groping for it before! At least I know that it will succeed!"

"Rex ......"

"Rest assured, I will definitely come back with a new diving outfit for two years at most. The fjord man said word by word, "Please stay with me then—"

It seems that his worries are no longer necessary, Sinbadi thought to himself. Just as he was about to come down, the door was suddenly pushed open, and a man dressed as an officer entered.

"Rex, Sinbadi?" he looked at the two of them.

"Yes, excuse me...... What's the matter?" said Simbadi with a quick salute.

"Neverwinter has given the latest instructions regarding your discoveries. The officer nodded, "Your Majesty wants to see you." ”

"You mean, King of the Greykeep?"

"Great, Great Chief?"

The two were surprised almost at the same time. They all saw the incredible in each other's eyes, no matter how short as five days, the news could travel back and forth between Daqing Port and the new royal capital of Gray Castle, the king's summons was really beyond their imagination - generally speaking, if the superior wants to ask for news, just send someone to come, so solemnly deal with this matter, could it be that the relics that were discovered have extraordinary significance?

"That's right, and His Majesty Roland has also sent a special ship to pick up and drop off, and it will arrive at Daqing Port in about two days. The officer laughed, "Until then, you can stay in the barracks and rest." ”

The Grey Keep, Winterless.

Roland sat at his desk, flipping through the reports sent back from the front.

By all accounts, the Torch Project is going well, and as of May, the Devil has barely shown any decent resistance, and the railway line is steadily advancing in the direction of Tachira. According to this trend, at most by mid-June, the ruins of the Holy City will be able to enter the strike range of the First Army, which can be said to be ten days faster than the original schedule.

The offensive was obviously going so smoothly, but Roland didn't feel much relaxed in his heart.

The other party is the devil, the mortal enemy of human civilization, and has won overwhelming victories in the past two battles of divine will, forcing humanity to the corner of the Dawn Realm. Now that the Fertile Plains are the last barrier, the Red Mist can cover the entire continent if an obelisk is erected, and the enemy should be determined to win.

His eyes kept scanning between the report and the map, hoping for a clue, but nothing came of it.

After the night battle, the railway station became more and more well prepared, and if you want to destroy the camp, you can only bite hard. Although this is the place where a major war is most likely, it is also the most advantageous battlefield for the First Army. If the enemy chooses to fight head-on, it is a good thing.

Hundreds of kilometers of railway lines are the second strike point – in fact, it is also the site of frequent reports of firefights with the devil, with a total of forty-six at the moment. If it weren't for these reports, he would even have the illusion that the enemy had withdrawn from the fertile plains, leaving only the Ministry of Construction to build the railway. However, it is not easy to cut off the logistics under the machine gun muzzle of the armored train and the rush of the witch, or maybe the Torch Project was made in the first place. After the third Black River train entered service, there were not even many reports of harassment by dinosaurs.

And the last place that could be attacked, the forest site, is also theoretically the least important. As long as Ye Zi doesn't take the initiative to fight the devil, the devil can do very little. After all, it was too far from the Tachira supply line for a squad-sized enemy to pose a sufficient threat to the site's fortifications. What's more, the area around the terminal has already been burned once, and it is difficult to repeat the old tricks.

Due to the continuous advance of the front line, the lightning has been able to detect the ruins of Tachila directly, so far, the devil has shown no signs of increasing his troops, and from the sky, even the red line behind it for supplies has dimmed a lot.

Every piece of evidence points to humanity's imminent victory in the Northern Expedition and a chance to drive the devil out of the Fertile Plains before the Red Moon falls.