On the edge of a cliff at the top of Mt. Dansei.

Zhang Daoling was meditating on a rock.

In front of him was the boundless firmament, and the sea of clouds seemed to be churning with the rhythm of his breathing, ebbing and falling like the waves of the sea.

The plain robe fluttered gently in the breeze, as if it were a mountain spirit dancing. There was a deep calm on his face, and his eyes were slightly closed, as if he were one with heaven and earth.

The wind was strong at the top of the mountain, but he was like a pine tree rooted in the rocks, sitting there steadily, not moving.

A strange light surged around him, birds perched on the branches of trees around him, and wild beasts watched him silently.

Around him, there were many animals from the mountains and forests, including wild boars, wild deer, and even a tiger.

But it is such a group of animals that seem to be completely unable to exist quietly in one place, and they are all lying quietly on the grass at the moment, staring at Zhang Daoling's meditation.

Their eyes glow with light, just like human beings.

Soon, behind him fell a Taoist priest wearing a Taoist robe, with a childish face, making it difficult to see the age.

He is Zhang Sulin, the fortune teller Taoist priest that Char and Alicia met many years ago when they first traveled to Beichen.

"Ancestor, something has happened in the mortal world."

Zhang Daoling slowly opened his eyes, the sword intent in his eyes flowed, and everyone around him seemed to feel that a sharp sword was pressed against his neck.

Soon, however, the sharpness quickly disappeared.

In other words, this sharp sword is hidden in the sword.

He slowly brushed his sleeves and got up, compared to his young body in the past, he was already an adult, with a tall posture and a fairy wind and bones.

His figure seems to be integrated into this ancient landscape painting, becoming a unique landscape. He wears a cyan robe embroidered with cloud patterns and cranes, as if telling the story of his mysterious origins. His long hair is like a waterfall, hanging naturally on his shoulders, revealing a detached temperament that does not eat the fireworks of the world.

He has a delicate face, a high nose, and slightly curled lips. Those deep eyes seem to hide endless stories and wisdom, and people can't help but indulge in them. His skin was as fair as jade, as if he had never experienced the vicissitudes of time.

Time seemed to slow and quiet in front of him. His temperament is noble and restrained, with both the elegance of immortals and the warmth of people. It is like a blooming white lotus, quietly blooming in the red dust, exuding a faint fragrance.

"You've had another breakthrough?" Zhang Sulin couldn't help but ask.

"There is no bottleneck, how can we break through?" Zhang Daoling said slowly, "This is my past realm. ”

"It's the disciple who is stupid." Zhang Sulin lowered his head and said.

After a pause, Zhang Sulin said, "Then what should we do now?" ”

"In troubled times, it is when the Daomen goes down the mountain." Zhang Daoling said.

Zhang Sulin nodded, and he saluted at Zhang Daoling.

"I understand, I'll go and gather the Daomen disciples right away."

With that, he turned and left.

Zhang Daoling watched Zhang Sulin slowly disappear from his sight.

He turned slowly, a sharp sword placed beside the stone trembling slightly.

"Zheng!"

With a sword roar, the sword flew out of the body to Zhang Daoling's side.

Zhang Daoling raised his hand and grasped the sword, and then he and the sword turned into a sword light and escaped into the clouds below.

And at the same time on the other side.

In an office in a building in the demon capital.

Wang Hanlin, who had previously traveled to the Ancient Empire to hold meetings with Mycroft and others, was here.

But now he was standing by the window, looking out at the coastline in the distance, while he was in touch with someone on the phone.

The building he is standing in now has a height of more than 300 meters and more than 100 floors, and it is the tallest building in the entire demon capital, so he can also have a panoramic view of the entire demon capital.

In fact, the technology to build such high-rise buildings was already available in this era, and in fact, the Empire State Building in the other world was almost built at this time.

Of course, there are many companies in this 100-plus floor, and this office is only rented by them temporarily.

The municipal building is still being rebuilt, and many officials work here.

Of course, according to common sense, an official of Wang Hanlin's level should be in the capital or on the side of Ramses at this moment.

Now the high-ranking officials of various countries have gathered in that empire.

The headquarters of the United Nations was also temporarily moved there.

One is that the underground city is safe enough, and the other is that it has the technology of another civilization, and the mere fact that it has the ability to communicate across the ages is enough to make it the command center of the "united front".

It can make it easier for the countries of the world to unite the forces of the whole world against those dragons.

The first batch of core leaders in Beichen has passed, and Wang Hanlin and others are the second batch.

If it weren't for this sudden series of accidents, they would now be either on a plane or in an ancient empire.

In addition to him, there are two people in this office.

One is a woman sitting behind a desk wearing a plain cheongsam.

She looked very old, she must have been sixty or seventy years old, and the years had left many marks on her face, but they had not taken away her beauty. There is a kind of elegance that has been precipitated over the years.

In front of her was a tea set, and she was brewing tea unhurriedly.

Standing on the other side of her was a middle-aged man in a military uniform, looking at the color of the military uniform on his body, it could be seen that he should be in the navy.

Soon, Wang Hanlin put down the things in his hand and looked at the woman.

"Lord Russell, according to the current intelligence, the place where the enemy appeared is in the Storm Ocean."

The woman in front of Wang Hanlin was the Beichen Foreign Minister who went to Beiluo to meet with Joan of Arc and others.

Of course, she is no longer the foreign minister, but one of those people at the highest level in the country.

Russell didn't answer, just silently poured a cup of tea for the teacup placed in front of him, and then raised his hand to signal him to give it a try.

Wang Hanlin didn't go to drink tea, but couldn't help it.

"Aren't you in a hurry? Most of the storm ocean belongs to Beichen! ”

"What if you're in a hurry?" Russell asked rhetorically, "In a hurry, are all those things dead?" ”

Wang Hanlin was silent, he didn't speak, just sat in front of Russell, raised the teacup in front of him and took a sip.

"As I said a long time ago, there are great advantages to the land, but there are also great disadvantages." Russell said calmly, "With such a long coastline, the military expenditure invested is very huge, and it is easy to disperse forces.

This is how the Beichen Empire was dragged to death in the past.

My suggestion is to give up some of the small islands with small economic interests and move the population inland as much as possible.

Establish a defensive line in the area of Yingguo and Liuguo Islands, gather forces, and keep the enemy out of the country. ”

The enemies they face are aliens, not humans.

In essence, this is a war between the entire human race and the alien race.

So as long as humanity wins, these lost islands will eventually come back.

The admiral on the other side said, "We have already transferred the warships escorting Gong, Silan, and Yemen to the Nirhei Sea, and we have also contacted Nanchen." With the combined forces of our two navies, we may be able to fight them at sea. ”

"Do you know how many of these things there are?" Russell asked rhetorically.

He fell silent.

"Although our warships are the strongest in the world, the number of weapons that can be carried by warships is still limited." Russell continued, "And the enemy is not the same warships, warplanes, but living things. According to the information shared with us by Britannia, the number of creatures called "wurms" is very large, and if they use these creatures to consume the ammunition of the warship, then we will be consumed directly before we encounter a real enemy. ”

The admiral also thought about it and nodded, "Indeed, if the warship fights at sea, the supply line will be stretched very long and passive. But if it's on land, then depending on our industrial strength, the number of enemies, no matter how large, is just a pile of meat. But."

He fell silent, if it was fought on land, then the damage to civilians was unknown.

"If this battle is lost, then there will only be more deaths." Russell said in a deep voice, "We don't know the future, but at least, we have to think about it." ”

"Yes, I see." The admiral nodded.

"If we can hold it, we will try to hold it, if we can defend the enemy outside the interior, then our losses can be minimized, but if we can't hold it," Russell said with a heavy face, "If necessary, you can make the decision to abandon Yingguo and retain the living force." But you have to remember that once the Yingguo is lost, then it is not only those Yingguo people who die, but the Beichen people. ”

"As for whether to defend or retreat, I think you should be able to make the most correct decision."

"Yes." He said with a solemn face.

Then he slowly retreated from here.

Then, a group of soldiers in army uniforms pushed open the door and entered, they were well-equipped and looked like they were battle-hardened, apparently special forces.

The leader of the squad wears a tactical glasses, and half of his face is covered by a mask, so that people can't see his face at all.

"Two chiefs, I am the captain of the Dragon's Tooth Special Forces, please evacuate to the civil air defense facility with us."

Russell nodded, he looked at Wang Hanlin, "Xiao Wang, you can go." ”

Wang Hanlin was stunned for a moment, "Aren't you going with us?" ”

Russell took a deep breath and slowly closed his eyes, "I'll wait for the people in this city to finish withdrawing before I leave." ”

"Your Excellency!" Wang Hanlin couldn't help but aggravate his voice.

"In this year, the soldiers recruited by Beichen plus the veterans were recalled, and there were tens of millions of people." Russell slowly raised his eyes and looked at Wang Hanlin, "Military factories, shipyards, and aircraft factories across the country are working overtime, and workers are producing day and night. In one year, the total tonnage of our fleet has increased by 600,000 tons! ”

"If the enemy hits here, then it means that the defensive front composed of the Chiwu and Qinglong Islands has been lost.

And if I was still here when they hit here, it means that our Beichen army has no resistance in the face of these visitors from the other world, then it is only a matter of time before the whole country is lost. ”

Russell slowly raised his head, his eyes glinting.

And at that time, it means that most of these tens of millions of Beichen Erlang will be lost.

At that time, I won't have any face to face their relatives and friends. ”

Russell took a deep breath and said, "The king is dead, and the Son of Heaven guards the country." Although I am not the Son of Heaven, I am also the leader chosen by the country and the people. At the very least, I can't find a place to cower before the people are safe. ”

Wang Hanlin was silent for a moment, he didn't stop the old man's choice, he just looked at the captain of the special forces on the side.

"In that case, I'll stay here too."

"No, you'll have to go down with them." Russell said solemnly, "My term of office is almost over, and if nothing else, I will retire next month." But you're different, you're more important to the country. ”

"You know my temper." Wang Hanlin said seriously.

"Two chiefs." Long Ji said helplessly, "Please don't embarrass us, I have received an order that I must take you down." ”

Russell slowly turned her head to look at Long Ji, there was a kind of sharpness in her deep eyes, and she said quietly.

"Whose order?"

Her tone was not too harsh, even mild, but there was an inexplicable majesty that had an unquestionable meaning.

Long Ji's face froze, but he still lowered his head and said nothing.

He was silent for a moment before saying, "We'll be here to keep you safe. ”

Russell didn't say anything, in fact, even if this force didn't stay here to protect their safety, it wouldn't stay in the civil air defense facility, but on the ground.

So the result is the same.

She got up slowly, although she was very old, her steps were steady and powerful, and she seemed to be in good spirits.

She stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, quietly looking down on the city below.

At this moment, the city has turned on the air defense warning.

The shrill sirens seemed to drill holes in the sky, and the sound of the city government's announcements gradually spread throughout the city.

"The demon capital is about to be attacked, please take refuge in the nearest civil air defense measures, please take refuge in the nearest civil air defense measures!"

In the street below, many people poured out of the surrounding houses and ran to the location of the civil air defense facility.

Many years ago, when the nuclear bomb was launched, the demon capital was building civil air defense facilities, after all, just in case, and in the middle of the year, the civil air defense facilities were built a lot, so there was no need to worry about not being able to accommodate the residents of this city.

Looking down from here, the flow of people is like black dots surging, and standing here, you can faintly hear the panicked screams of people.

Car horns clogged the streets, making high-pitched and piercing sirens, and the military reacted quickly, quickly directing people to civil air defense facilities.

It has prepared a reserve of food, medicine, and various daily necessities for tens of millions of people to live for about a month.

Of course, this is only a part, and the whole country has enough grain reserves to feed the whole country for a whole year.

You know, this is not tens of millions of people, but more than a billion people who eat food for a whole year.

They are fully ready for battle.

"Do you have the bottom, Hanlin?"

At this time, Russell suddenly spoke.

Wang Hanlin was stunned for a moment, and he was silent for a moment and said, "I have only seen the corpses of dragons in the underground city of the ancient empire, and we don't know exactly what they are.

However, Mycroft has witnessed the dragon's battle, according to its description."

His words paused, and he said solemnly.

"Facing a fleet alone shouldn't be a problem, conventional weapons can't break through the dragon's defenses.

However, the special weapon that Tesla is working on has not been tested yet. ”

After a pause, he couldn't help but raise his head and ask.

"There are magicians in Britannia and Europe, you say, will we have any immortal cultivators and other people with supernatural powers here?"

Russell was silent for a moment, and she whispered softly, "At that time, after you passed the information back, I sent people to visit the famous mountains and high gates in various places, but I couldn't find any clues.

Those Taoist priests who claim to be righteous have nothing to show for themselves, and they don't look like people who have attained the Tao.

Rather"

"What is it?" Wang Hanlin asked curiously.

Russell thought for a moment and said, "When I was looking through some top-secret archives, I found a special file in the archives that had been preserved for more than a hundred years. ”

"More than a hundred years?" Wang Hanlin opened his eyes, "That must be the era of Renzong, right?" ”

"Yes." Russell nodded, "It wasn't many years after Arthur the Great was overthrown. Fortunately, we in Beichen have always had the habit of archiving major event records, otherwise we probably wouldn't be able to find these things.

In the archives, it tells about an incident that appeared in this city."

It's still two in one, I've been very busy in recent years, and I can only read more than four or five thousand words, and I'll be more after a while.

(End of chapter)