In the undersea fortress, Nesta is sitting in a small office, attending another remote meeting...

"The captives will continue to be held and see what happens next, so as not to have the same accident as last time, in fact, the interrogation can also be carried out at the detention point, and it is better not to take them back to the Black Forest...... Now, for the time being, we have to worry about eating and drinking, and be careful not to starve them to death..... Is there any arrangement made by the Department of External Exploration? ”

"They created the illusion of a natural underground pit, and the detention center was filled with streams and fungal plants..... Just barely keep starving to death, and it should be no problem to support it for more than half a year. Roughtooth replied, "What about the wolves?" The four wolf kings have been withdrawn, can the rest support the intensity of the war in the future? ”

Nesta tapped her finger on the table, thought for a moment and responded,

"The pursuit of the Mengqi species may escalate or stop the bleeding, but even the former, they will not maintain a high intensity all the time..... In this way, let's disperse into the habitat in advance, their size and combat power tendencies are more suitable for that environment than the Mengqi species....."

"The selected habitats are all Jedi suitable for arranging the base station of the continent, if the two kings still insist on it.... Then let's see what kind of combat power the Menglu army can exert in that environment, and it will also be a reference for the future. ”

"Fangs is right, you can indeed observe, and I will arrange the wolves accordingly..... What's the situation going on your side? The condition of the people and so on? ”

"The mountain fortress is very good here, the trolls are advancing faster and faster, the elves have a higher and higher proportion of armor, and so are the tree elves, the first batch of little ones have gone to the second order, and a small part of the second batch of little ones have also become witch doctors, as long as there is no danger this time, we will definitely be stronger."

"The situation on the island is similar, this may be what you call 'shame and courage'.... By the way, we observed two kinds of social demonic beasts in the nearby waters, and we also set traps to catch a number of ..... They're smart, they're good at fighting and strong, and if we do it right, they can be like the wolves. ”

"Meaning, the direction of the ocean druyin has been chosen?"

"Well, I think it's a good fit, so didn't I come to discuss it with you? The little ones were temporarily persuaded by me, and now they are only doing preliminary research, and they have not yet reached the stage of transformation. ”

"Okay, I'll pass the data to us later, and I'll be shipping a few live ones to Roughtooth and me."

"Understood, I'll send an empty boat."

"Living in a group and having a certain amount of wisdom, I'm afraid that there are high-level demonic beasts behind me, so we must be cautious....."

"I understand, so far, I have only captured single-digit individuals, and I can't attract the attention of high-level demonic beasts."

"Speaking of the High Warcraft.... Have you confirmed the habitat of the guy who attacked the airship last time? ”

"It was confirmed, after comparing the sounds, similar data was captured in the east of the mainland, and more than 10,000 similar, but weaker, signals were found around it, which should be related to the same family.... The combat power is unknown, but each of them seems to have exaggerated speed and flight agility, and our power in the air seems to be far from matching. ”

"We have to find a way to capture one of their kind, and we need to know why they can soar freely and at high speed in the air with that size, which is a big help for the Solo Aircraft program..... In addition, the way of Sky Druyin also seems to have a lot to offer? ”

At this time, Nesta recalled Agatha's situation briefing after the incident, and became quite interested in that kind of aerial monster,

"If you can set traps to lure them to the ground, catching them shouldn't be a problem, right? Let the Department of External Exploration ..... No, let the MI arrange the plan, and if necessary, you can send a senior witch doctor to assist..... However, the undersea fortress is a little stretched thin, do you two still have the extra strength you can send? ”

"The mountain fortress has the ability to support, and the facilities on my side are relatively complete, and there are no too complicated expansion tasks, so let's lay out the plan."

"That's okay.... Another thing worth noting is that the southern volcanic group seems to be cooling down, and it started when we caught the higher salamanders. ”

"How is this possible?"

"But that's true, so I suspect that there is a complementary relationship between the high-level demonic beasts and the special terrain."

Nesta replied firmly,

"But.... From the perspective of the cooling curve, this process may be quite long, even more than 10,000 years, and it is very likely that it will not cool completely, but stop changing when the activity level drops to a certain level. ”

"Then there will be a lot of possibilities..... "If that's the case, it will be necessary to check the special terrain in the north one by one, and if there are dormant higher creatures underneath, it will be ...... for us."

"It's both a good thing and a challenge, but in any case, you have to grasp the situation first, and then make sure that you know it, and you will be able to let go of it in the future, right?"

"The speaker is right, the data of the mainland base station needs to be screened again, if you can pick up a few more seriously injured ones.... Hey! ”

"Well, whether we can pick up the leak or not, we have to pay close attention to this matter, and now we will do it sporadically..... When you get back to land, gather the witch doctors who are best at data analysis and focus on the investigation for a while. ”

"Yes."

"Right."

"Agreed."

"Huh? Aisara, you actually attended the meeting, why didn't you hear your voice just now? ”

"I was in the verification submarine before, and there were no metal wires here, so the sound transmission has been not smooth, and the delay is quite high, and I just returned to the fortress's home port."

"What kind of submarine? Is it finalized, do you have the ability to fight? ”

"Fangs.... You're a war maniac. ”

"Haha~ It's better than your cautious monster."

"Alright, let's hear from Aishara first..."

"Well, it's set, but I'm going to disappoint you with Fangs."

"How?"

"This is a submarine construction boat, and its job is to establish a sonar and supply base in the deep sea, and it has hardly considered combat capability other than pressure resistance."

"Isn't that just a live target? How can it not be combative! ”

"Don't worry, the rest of the supporting deep-sea formations are also in preparation, the combat type, mothership type, and exploration type have all been launched, and there are armored fighters who are dedicated to fighting on the bottom of the sea are also being verified."

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"Aisara, you wait for the undersea armored units, the two magical beasts I just mentioned are very suitable for the reference in appearance, and their spell-like abilities are also very suitable for undersea battles."

"Okay, then I'll wait for your news first."

"Understood~ Today I will send four high-speed airboats to send them over, as well as a few magic crystal samples."

After discussing different issues for a while, Nesta, who had seen that the time had been almost the same, finally confirmed,

"Anything else? If not, adjourn the meeting. ”

"Nope."

"Nothing to do here."

"I'll come back to you in a flash."

"Okay, that's the end of the meeting.... Wait, fangs, thick teeth, how are you two doing? If it hadn't been for this accident, you would have gone to retreat as planned. ”

"It's going well on my side, it's been grinding for more than ten years, and I should be able to enter the third order within this year."

"Me too, not much slower than the old man with thick teeth."

"Nonsense! I'm not an old man anymore, I'm a prime-age elf now! Very capable, okay! ”

"Haha~"

"It's good that everything goes well.... If you succeed in your promotion, I can rest assured here....."

"Speaker, do you really plan to step down temporarily when you return to land? There's no need for that, everyone still trusts you. ”

"That is, this time it's not just your responsibility, you can't do it all alone, right?"

"It's okay, my consideration is not just about responsibility and system building..."

"Huh?"

"I really need to retreat for a while....."

"Really?"

"That's right, the third order seems to have reached a bottleneck, and you have to work hard to figure out the path ahead.... So, this can be regarded as a smooth push, and besides, it's not completely indifferent, but just planning to deflect the focus for a while. ”

"Really? Third order to the top? ”

"Fourth Order!

？ ”

"How can he be false?"

"Okay~ Okay! True to the name of 'Pioneer'! ”

"Yes, yes, yes! Not to be a pioneer! ”

"Haha, whether it will be successful or not, how long it will take, is still unknown, so the specific situation will be concealed for the time being, if it fails, everything will be suspended, and if it succeeds, we will talk about other things."

"That's right."

"Recognition."

"And what about the position of Speaker?"

Esara, who had known the situation for a long time, was not surprised, and was more concerned about the transfer of power at this time.....

Moreover, in order to keep her partner's de facto influence, she actually has an intention for this position.

"Let's be elected by the council, just like when I was elected.... But there should be more work on the ballots, and I tend to link the weight of the ballot to the rank of the medal, what do you think? ”

"It's generally fine, but how exactly is it linked, the amount of ticket power occupied by each rank... These need to be carefully considered. ”

"Well, the three of you should all make a draft, and the council will blow the wind first, so that they have a rough idea in their minds."

"Understood."

"Recognition."

"Yes."

"Okay, so be it, adjourn."

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In the Northern Continent, the Rangers spent fifteen days to send the news of the annihilation of the vanguard army to the Menghu King City;

The two kings were furious about this, and the male king even had the idea of conquest himself, but fortunately, he was persuaded by the female king to send three heroic captains and the three thousand altar guards under their jurisdiction again;

The Altar Guards marched quite fast, and it took them just over twenty days to reach the coalition garrison, and they joined forces of 50,000 to fight in the 034 area.

But by the time they arrived, the wolves had already burrowed into a few of their chosen habitats and were carefully evading;

The Menglu army, which had arrived all the way, naturally did not give up, and they also began a retaliatory encirclement and suppression, and the wolves also fought against it in pieces.....

In the months that followed, the two sides were in this area of 1,000 kilometers, fighting all the time, hunting and counter-hunting, chasing and counter-hunting, and one after another big dramas were staged;

This not only caused huge casualties on both sides, but also allowed the Republic to gradually understand the way the Menghu army and its subordinate multi-ethnic coalition forces fought.....

It has to be said that the wolves have shown great resilience during this period, and after the previous attrition, their strength can even be said to have increased to a certain extent;

The large-scale death of the low-level wind wolf gave the remaining part of the force stronger flexibility and execution, and the wolf pack already had a strong transfer ability, and then was taught the classic guerrilla warfare method in the previous life by Nesta himself;

Therefore, in the later stage, they used the 'treacherous habitat' as their foundation and fought against the Menghu species for a long time, and dealt a heavy blow to their opponents in the confrontation.

With their agility and excellent sense of smell, they carried out a constant sneak attack on the Protector army, causing a serious psychological shadow on them in an already dangerous environment, and even the direct army of the Mengxi was not lightly injured as a result.....

However, the size of the two sides was there after all, and when the altar guards, led by the three Menghu heroes, launched a step-by-step encirclement and suppression, the wolves died down in the huge casualties, and then completely burrowed into the Jedi and never showed their faces again.

Of course, the original monsters there would not welcome the arrival of wolves, but it was much easier to deal with them than against the Mengqi species, after all, wolves were born in the wild......

And the Mengli coalition army has completed the retaliation action so far, and because of factors such as food, grass and environment, they finally chose to retreat, and the wolf corpse in their hands is enough for them to go back to the business, there is no need to continue to consume here.

During this period, a steady stream of information from both sides was sent to the three fortress groups further south, allowing the elves to learn about the situation in the north at the first time.....

And Nesta, who looked at the intelligence, also understood that the wolves were now gaining a foothold in the north;

Next, it may be possible to send out the wolves that are rampant in the Black Forest in batches step by step, so that they can have more majestic strength in the regions north of the mountains and south of the continent.

In fact, this move does not necessarily have any direct benefits to the Republic, but it is a lot of harm to the Mengqi species;

The so-called 'Southern Shelter Governorate' will become a high-risk area due to the presence of a large number of wolves, which may not be a hindrance to the Menghu colony, but the relatively weak shelterers will not be able to live here with peace of mind......

In this way, although the plan is not good for oneself and does not harm oneself, it is enough to damage it.

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Time continued to go backwards, and as September approached, the first half year of the evacuation period had arrived, and the elves were fortunate not to be retaliated against by the 'Shelterers';

As it turned out, the so-called 'omnipotence' in speculation, at least at this time, was not really 'omnipotent', which somewhat relieved the top brass of the republic.

After that, the citizens of the three fortress groups began to return to the Black Forest in batches under the organization of the ruling government, little by little......

As the vanguard, there are several seemingly ordinary totemic-powered rail locomotives, and more than 200 elven witch doctors loaded in them;

The front of the car travels quite slowly, even far below its normal speed, and the reason for this is actually because these front cars have a special mission - to open the way.

In the meantime, they set off from the submarine fortress and traveled north in three routes.....

There seems to be no trace of a track in front of the front of the locomotive, but the ground under their feet often changes for no reason as they cross a certain distance;

As the front of the car passes, the foundations are raised, the sleepers are revealed, and the tracks extend backwards, which have either been hidden in the ground or confused with the dead branches and roots;

But now, thanks to the role played by the totem, it has been quickly restored to a passable rail line.

Reopening is always more complicated than covering, and the confusion that can be completed in a short time during the evacuation takes a longer time to really recover.

More than ten days later, these totem locomotives, which began to march from the coastline, finally arrived at their destination, the headquarters of the republic.

But where is the city that appears in front of you? It seems to have become a forest environment not much different from the rest of the undeveloped areas of the Black Forest.

More than 200 witch doctors left the carriage in surprise, quickly dispersed into the 'headquarters', and then stood at a distance of near or far;

The footsteps of the leaders did not stop there, they continued to move north, east, and west, and on the other side of their path, there were the same heads of the cars, starting from different starting points;

As a result, the orbital lines that had suddenly disappeared in the Black Forest were restored little by little under their influence.....

Returning to the witch doctors who had entered the headquarters, they began to cast their spells after they stood in one spot after another, and at the end of the long or short spell casting time, more than two hundred wooden stakes rose from the feet of the witch doctors.

These stakes are tall and thick, and a series of extremely complex patterns of rattan are inscribed on them, and all the way down into the ground, and finally they extend somewhere....

'Ready?' ’

A voice rang out in the witch doctor's head, and after receiving a response, he continued,

'Everyone coordinates their casting speed, the high-level ones synchronize downward, the low-level ones maintain their stability, and the countdown begins.... 3.2.1 Launch! ’

'Boom! ''Boom! ’

The silent forest roared, and with the movements of the witch doctors, the trees that seemed ordinary, but much thicker and taller than usual, began to gradually reveal their true colors......

The trunk of the tree retracts and deforms, the branches and leaves fall and lay flat, and they either become many, or they are combined in all directions, or they are fading from the outer wrap;

Immediately afterward, plausible hollow bodies took shape and slowly approached the appearance of the elven building.

And when the not-so-short period of time passed, the former forest was completely gone....

Three tall mother trees have risen in the city, and the surrounding Valhalla Square and Central School have gradually returned, as well as many public buildings, residential buildings, research institutes, urban pipelines, and factories, which have also 'returned to their roots' and reappeared in the process.

Finally, when all the movement is over, the brightest pearl of the Black Forest returns after a period of silence....

This is the first time that the defense system of the city, which has been working hard to build since the end of the salamander capture operation, has been revealed;

The previous one, in fact, is the most helpless of the schemes, which are designed to cover up the traces of their existence by 'turning urbanization into a forest' when other means are ineffective.

And now, whether it is the witch doctors who have carried out the 'city restart' with their own hands, or the citizens who are waiting for news from further afield, in fact, they sincerely hope that this plan will never be used again;

Escape, it is enough to go through it once.......

When the city's functions were restored, the messages of 'the completion of the track continuation' and 'the end of the city' were quickly sent to the three fortress complexes, and more than 70,000 citizens embarked on the journey back to their hometowns.

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As the months passed, the Black Forest gradually returned to the way it had been more than half a year ago, and when it had settled down, the ruling government began to gradually resume the production activities that had been interrupted.....

For the Republic, it has already missed once, and probably will miss another, the cultivation period, but in the face of a large grain reserve, this is not an unbearable loss, and it is more troublesome, on the contrary, to reopen those fields full of weeds as soon as possible;

Fortunately, totem power has been fully popularized in the field, and farms of all sizes are now completely mechanized, rather than the original pseudo-mechanical operation mode that relies on 'giant magic';

Therefore, when the heavy totem engineering vehicles of various types began to roar in the fields, the barren fields began to be restored relatively quickly.

Compared to agriculture, the recovery of industrial production is relatively much easier, and after the factory has finished dormancy, with the return of engineers and front-line workers, the vast majority of assembly lines have been restarted in a short time.

However, there is another aspect that is really costly......

This evacuation caused a huge blow to the livestock industry of the Republic, and during the evacuation, all but the best 'breeding animals' were taken away, and all the other animals were slaughtered and turned into food reserves as quickly as possible.

Fortunately, the headquarters has been working on the optimization of livestock breeds, and its products have occupied tens of thousands of cultivation cabins, and they have been properly disposed of during the evacuation period;

Therefore, at present, when the three mother trees are returned to their positions, the first thing to start is the resumption of animal husbandry, and it is expected that within two years, it will not only return to the previous scale, but also have more excellent animals for various purposes.

These new beasts will be improved products that balance the growth cycle and functionality, and they will bring great improvements to the Republic in the near future, in terms of the quality of the diet, wool spinning, etc.....

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From being attacked by high-level demonic beasts, to the abrupt battle in the north, and then to the evacuation due to uncertain crises, this series of unexpected changes finally came to an end at the end of the 66th year of the rune calendar;

The Black Forest country, which has developed step by step to today, has also resumed its former appearance and once again started its never-ending development path.

Although this seems to be an unprovoked tossing for more than half a year, this process of 'tossing' is actually not without benefits;

First of all, the 'high self-esteem' that has been accumulating in the hearts of the people has been eliminated without damaging self-confidence, and the citizens have put away the initial signs of external recklessness and began to wait for the opportunity to flourish in the accumulation and precipitation;

secondly, a rehearsal of an evacuation procedure that would not be necessary in the future;

In the end, the three refuge fortress complexes received greater resource investment, especially the submarine fortress complex, which had undergone a functional change that had long since surpassed the previous design during the last six months.

At the end of September, when the 'human' mouth returned, the number of refugees on the southern overseas islands began to decrease in batches as the air boats rose and fell overhead, and finally the entire fortress group was shut down and put into a dormant state.

The same is true of the underground fortress group located in the northern mountains, with the return of the 'human' population, most of the industries have been shut down and dormant, and then entered a period of overall closure;

The only difference is the underwater fortress......

Since Nesta had planned this area as a base for advancing under the sea, the largest fortress in the area was not closed, and even had a further production capacity for underwater ships.

For example, the 'main battle submarine', which has the ability to sail in deep water, and is equipped with ultrasonic strikes and reactor weapons;

Another example is the 'exploration submarine' with the ability to shuttle between the seabed at high speed;

Another example is the 'base submarine' with the ability to build on the seabed;

For example, 'mothership submarines' capable of delivering undersea armored combatants.....

With the efforts of the large number of witch doctors in the submarine fortress and the assistance of the samples of sea monsters provided by the fangs, they have been successively completed a series of steps from design finalization to assembly line production in the past half a year, and now they have reached their own relatively mature 'generation models';

Thus began the Republic of China's own path to the bottom of the sea.....

Explore the near sea, establish sonar and logistics supply bases, and step by step into the far sea;

Rebuild the base for advancing the open sea, search for undersea mineral resources, find valuable marine monsters and hunt them;

After that, from the magic crystal, to the rune spell, to the totem, and finally to the application technology....

As long as this process is carried out in an orderly manner, in the face of a systematic and large-scale totem industry, the deep sea is not a place that cannot be set foot in.

One of the first steps is to thoroughly familiarize yourself with and grasp the conditions of the sea area near the headquarters, capture or drive away the demonic beasts that inhabit it, and make it a controlled sea area;

The second step is to expand northward along the east and west routes, through the control of the sea surface, and then open up a safe route above the sea surface, for the planned migration of the 'fourth class of weak people' in the future, the sea surface capacity is a more cost-effective way to achieve than air and land transportation;

After that, it was slowly, on the premise of not provoking high-level demonic beasts for the time being, to gradually encroach and expand the scope of control over the sea area.

In addition, the path of the ocean druyin has also entered the development stage, and among the new batch of witch doctors who have grown, it is expected that there will be people who can move freely under the sea;

And the previous witch doctors, although most of them have already chosen a transformation route, but in the future, with the gradual improvement of the path, in fact, there is no hope of achieving control over a variety of transformation abilities.

On the other hand, the 'deep-sea armor', which is more adapted to the seabed environment, has also entered the development stage;

The original intention of its design is to prevent large equipment from being bullied by the 'landlord' monsters using flexibility, and the individual armor adapted to submarine combat will become an important supplement to combat power in this regard.

And not only that, but some witch doctors have focused their attention on 'armor deformation', hoping to allow the armored soldiers to obtain the ability to seamlessly switch between 'sea and land'....

Of course, there is a considerable degree of complexity involved, and it will not be able to achieve results in the short term, but it is also a direction worth looking forward to.

And perhaps, just like the 'shame and courage' mentioned by Fangs earlier, during the most of the half year of this 'refuge', not only the number of compatriots who have been promoted to elves has increased rapidly, but also more and more elven warriors have obtained the ability to drive with armor;

At this time, the former is continuing to work hard to get closer to the latter, while the latter is gearing up and looking forward to the new achievements of the witch doctors;

Once the 'Deep Sea Armor' is finalized, they don't mind taking one more armor or 'degrading' the existing armor to its initial state, and then rebuilding it from the core to gain naval combat capabilities, even if the land-sea transformation ability is temporarily missing.

On the other side, the traps against the 'Giant Bird' clan have also begun to be laid in the east of the Northern Continent, and at present, several senior second-order witch doctors have set off to the target location, preparing to promote the Republic to open the 'Sky Druyin' again.