Chapter 119: The Calm Before the Storm

Dense air defense systems on both sides are in place almost simultaneously.

Commanders are very experienced, and when they start to use nuclear weapons, they must decisively saturate strikes at important nodes.

Especially on this unprecedented battlefield, weapons and equipment are updated and iterated at an extremely fast pace, and nuclear weapons may not last long.

When Voldemort mobilized for war, he had promised the Muggle world that he would deal with nuclear weapons and would not let the war develop into a contest of nuclear weapons.

In the first half, he did.

Before the incident, Voldemort sent a large number of Death Eaters to the arsenals of various powers and destroyed most of the nuclear weapons through means such as the Imperius Curse.

Of course, this work was commissioned by the Awakened, but Voldemort maintained his disdain for Muggle stuff until the first nuclear bomb fell.

But when he felt the beauty of that power, he began to regret that he had not taken this weapon for himself.

In fact, in the transcendent world, it is quite uneconomical to maintain a primary nuclear force.

In the early days, nuclear weapons not only had serious radiation problems, but also were quite troublesome and expensive to preserve and maintain.

The nuclear weapons currently used by Voldemort's side are produced by the Awakened, and the conventional fusion tactical missiles of the Overworld do not particularly emphasize the concept of nuclear weapons.

This type of fusion weapon still relies on shock waves and energy radiation to cause damage, but in order to prevent overkill and accidental damage to allies, its power yield is only equivalent to the early Muggle world's hydrogen bomb.

And because these fusion weapons use extraordinary technology, there is no longer a need to use high-radiation materials as primary detonators, so they will not cause large-scale pollution.

Overall, fusion weapons in transcendental systems strike with great power and are non-polluting, but they are flawed conventional weapons, not as decisive deterrents.

Just looking at this large glazed battlefield, there is no need to mention any ecological and environmental problems, there is no lasting radiation, and the landform can be directly changed.

In the end, the intensive nuclear war lasted only about three months, and neither side destroyed the other in one go, and both used up their fusion weapons reserves at the same stage.

On the side of the Awakened Hunter Squad, considering the real proxy war after that, they took the initiative to stop the fusion strike and quickly launched the [Gaseous Stasis Force Field Generator].

It's pure technology from the Overworld battlefield.

This thing, which temporarily solidifies gaseous matter, can be used for efficient air defense, and it can turn the sky into a dangerous area full of transparent reefs.

Finally, the constant earthquakes on this battlefield finally stopped.

The reciprocal bombardment, which only drove the personnel and troops from both sides away from the battlefield and destroyed a large number of ordinary military fortresses at the same time, did not bring actual results to both sides.

At the same time as the bombardment ended, the commander-in-chief of the rebels, "Sylvia", immediately sent a small group of wizard troops to reshape the battlefield.

And the transcendent battlefield observers from the Far East also really entered the battlefield for the first time.

With their highly mobile "flying swords" and "air bombs", they quickly sowed the seeds of transcendent plants concocted by aqua regia and attracted protracted rain clouds.

A large amount of nutrients and energy preparations are infused directly into the rain clouds.

Half a month later, a primeval dense forest spanning more than 2,000 kilometers in the east-west direction rose from the ground, and in the north-south direction, it also directly penetrated the Eurasian continent.

This is no ordinary wood.

These trees will automatically adjust their growth form, such as the structure of the trunk, roots, leaves, etc., according to climatic conditions, hydrology, light and other factors, and always maintain an active growth posture.

This thing is the brainchild of Wang Shui.

In the past, because he wanted to get rid of the "obsession of the knowers", Wang Shui had obtained a great deal of extraordinary botanical knowledge with the help of the Russell family.

It can be said that botany-related abilities are the second [master-level] abilities that aqua regia is most likely to obtain.

Aqua regia named this plant "Evening Wood".

The early growth rate of "Late Wood" was extremely fast, especially under the deliberate catalysis of aqua regia, which took only half a month to divide the Eurasian continent into three parts.

However, this growth rate is not without its price.

These trees are as fragile as weeds due to their sheer size, and it is the alchemical arrays of their bark disguised as Runi scripts that provide them with the structural strength to stand on.

These arrays also give the Evening Wood the ability to resist all kinds of energy damage, which also makes them quite difficult to cut down.

And once these "evening trees" are cut down, they will become weed-like materials after losing the support of the alchemy array.

Except for directly taking it to burn or make paper, it has no practical value at all.

But since it is called "Late Wood", it must have the meaning of being a late bloomer.

The fragile "Evening Wood" will slowly mature over the next two hundred years, its weed-like structure will become full and tough, and the protective array will slowly and permanently imprint on the wood.

Of course, that was only an ideal state, and Wang Shui did not have a good "evening wood" in his hands.

Wang Shuiman made a moat, separated the two sides of the war, and signed a temporary armistice agreement for the two sides, and soon, the two sides also began to prepare for the next round of war quite tacitly.

As for the real cessation of the war?

Will Voldemort, who transformed most of the First Wizarding Empire into an entire war industrial zone, cease fighting?

After half a day of military training, under the suppression of some science and technology, will the hunting squad that has been beaten by the indigenous forces and found it difficult to gain a foothold?

People whose countries are ruined and whose souls have nowhere to rest except on the battlefield, will they stop fighting?

The clean-up of the battlefield by fusion weapons is just a process of tightening the fists of all parties, and they have long been preparing follow-up supplies.

And Wang Shui's [Late Wood Forest Battlefield Isolation Zone] only extended the time for them to stop and catch their breath.

According to Sylvia's judgment, this buffer period could be around a year.

This level of interlude in war is becoming more and more like a planetary war in the Overworld.

The officers on the rebel side received an order that the headquarters decided to use the magic forest to temporarily isolate the battlefield, and everyone should quickly recuperate, strengthen the organization, and standardize the troops for the subsequent war.

Besides, remember the small force of wizards sent out by Sylvia before the rise of the [Evening Woods]?

Their mission was to restore the battlefield.

Specifically, it is to restore some underground permanent fortresses in advance before the isolation zone is set up.

Those fortresses can withstand a non-frontal nuclear attack, and even a frontal can resist a few hydrogen bombs, but if they are buried deep under the [Evening Wood Forest], it will be difficult to dig them out in the future.

Because the barrier plan was proposed by Sylvia, Wang Shui, as a multi-party spy, believes that this kind of behavior of planning the fortress base in advance is not cheating.

In the second half of the war, it will change from a vast battlefield movement war with wide openings and closures to a dense forest battlefield encounter with a step-by-step crisis.

The increasingly complex and interesting wars in the fantasy world are, from the perspective of the Awakened, an extremely exciting war game, after all, the world will eventually dissipate at the end.

Sylvia showed a level of concentration that Shui Wang had never seen before, and she seemed to enjoy the hand-like comeback.

And according to her own words, she is actually not particularly good at commanding operations.

As the former queen of the fifth-order battlefield, Sylvia has always been more inclined to the existence of battlefield generals.

The enemy will not dare to use troops indiscriminately because he is afraid of her slaughter of mid- and low-rank, or even high-level transcendentals.

Sylvia herself is a deterrent weapon in future wars.

But now, the long-lost command battle with the Commander of the Awoken in an extraordinary war really made her have a lot of fun.

In fact, not only Sylvia, but also the awakened who were a little bit on the top were also caught in inexplicable excitement.

However, both sides have some room for help.

The Awakened side still has to leave supplies to fight a proxy war, while Sylvia's side can't directly show the war style of the Overworld, let alone let Wang Shui provide her with the Overworld's technological products.

Otherwise, attracting the attention of the Awakened may mess up the game.

As a spy of many parties, Wang Shui, well--in fact, he should be regarded as a middleman of many parties, he will not provide intelligence to all parties, he will only provide materials and help as much as possible within the scope of work.

However, because of his depressed mentality some time ago, Wang Shui, who thought he had persuaded himself, still couldn't raise his energy for this kind of war game.

Now, he's getting more and more fishy.

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In August 1996, the scout units of the two sides finally made contact again.

The tacit truce has been less than a year, and the commanders on both sides who have received the contact information have also chosen to continue to monitor very calmly.

The barrier to the battlefield of [Evening Wood] is far beyond the imagination of both sides.

They can't destroy the woods, these weird trees can even eat the thermal radiation of fusion weapons and turn them into their own nutrients.

After a nuclear bomb strike, the Late Wood Forests will indeed be torn apart to a limited extent, but they will also use the absorbed energy to quickly breed offspring and fill in those gaps.

The commanders quickly got the answer:

If they send a large force into the dense forest with difficulty, it will only take a week, and the roads that have been carved out with great difficulty will be re-blocked by these trees.

It has become extremely difficult to fight in large groups, and according to the habitual thinking of the Awakened, the next step should be to attack large strongholds and attack the city with mobile armored Transcendent troops.

But...... The Awoken can't rub out mobile armor, let alone arm the current force of nearly three million people.

They only have their own armor on hand, and each set costs a lot of money.

However, it is not without good news, after all, neither side has mobile armor.

If it is a scattered small force encounter, then the latest generation of strong warriors is still much more powerful than those ordinary people.

It has lost a certain amount of overall mobility, does not affect the phantom shift, and lacks some heavy firepower, and now it is still the advantage of the Awakened!

Soon, Wang Shui received a batch of orders, which were new equipment made by the hunting team in combination with the wizards of this world.

They sent Wang Shui the test data and the [Encrypted Prototype Map], urging Wang Shui to produce 10,000 copies as soon as possible.

The hunting team is still a little wary of Wang Shui, which makes Wang Shui himself a little confused, he is obviously quite conscientious, and he has never shown curiosity about these techniques.

However, cracking the alchemy product of [Encryption Prototype Diagram] is no more difficult for alchemy master Wang Shui than standing up and opening the door.

And just as Wang Shui began to browse through the specific design information, the door of his room was opened.

Dumbledore walked in, he was in good spirits, and behind him, Grindelwald and Harry.

Wang Shui noticed that this was Grindelwald's villa, and this room was their study.

Tsk, Wang Shui was imperceptibly staggering.

Now, his spatial ability has reached a critical point, he has not improved this ability for a long time, but his understanding of space now far exceeds that of everyone in this world.

It is because of the convenient space ability that Wang Shui has lost some of his spatial sensitivity, so he often forgets that he is in someone else's home.

After all, with a little preparation of spells, he could go anywhere he wanted at any time.

The three Dumbledores who entered the study were obviously a little surprised by the presence of Wang Shui, but soon, they nodded to the mysterious friend in greeting.

Wang Shui also nodded in return, then put down the coffee cup in his hand and prepared to leave.

"Wait a minute, Geralt, we've got something for you."

Everyone has known each other for a few years, and they all know each other's easy-going personalities, so there is no need to say hello, everyone sits on the sofa they are used to.

Wang Shui also picked up the coffee cup, which he wanted to finish before leaving.

"The war is about to start again, and we have to go back." Dumbledore's expression was serious, he was always so serious.

"Indeed, I've heard about it, too."

"We have a request, Geralt, we want Harry to join the [Moonblade Special Forces] and let him go through the trials of the battlefield frontline."

Dumbledore's request did surprise Shui Wang, who was now useless, and had separated the remnants of Voldemort two years earlier.

It has to be said here that Grindelwald's mastery of soul magic is truly amazing.

Now Harry is just an elite young wizard who has received private lessons from many old guys, and Wang Shui hasn't paid attention to him for a long time.

Especially in the past two years, because Dumbledore and Grindelwald were going to the rear of the Resistance to help develop weapons and equipment, they also secretly sent Harry back to Hogwarts and let him continue his studies there, and Harry disappeared from everyone's sight.

But in any case, it is neither necessary nor dangerous to put Harry on the battlefield now?

"Well, I don't quite understand your intentions, but you two are the heads of the Rebels' Institute for the Study of War, and if you want to send Harry in, it should be more convenient than me, the logistics officer, right?"

Wang Shui gave normal logic.

"No, the [Moonblade Special Forces] selection is strict, and we are with that ...... The Moon Queen doesn't know her very well, she doesn't like to stuff newcomers into the strategic forces, and you, my friend, are the Queen's direct subordinates, and she trusts you a lot. ”

"You're trying to let me play with my power? Gellert, Albus, you're all mature wizards, you've seen those battlefields, and Harry is too young. ”

"He's 16 years old and he's worked really hard over the years, and Harry is better than you think."

Dumbledore was very serious, and Wang Shui couldn't help but look at Harry who was excited, and he seemed to really want to go to war.

Inexplicable, but Wang Shui still breathed a sigh of relief:

"Harry, attack me, this is the test to enter the special forces."

"Here?!" Harry looked at the bookshelves around him in surprise.

Wang Shui nodded, and then soon, a blue light had hit him in front of him.

Harry drew his wand quickly, and Aqua regia saw the holster on his belt.

The pillar of blue light crashed into a translucent pale gold barrier in front of Shui Wang, and it looked like something like an iron armor spell.

Aqua regia didn't make any moves, and the pale golden barrier automatically rebounded Harry's magic, and the radiance of the rebound directly turned the blue energy into a dazzling green.

Harry panicked, but when the rebounding magic entered his half-meter garrison space, he also subconsciously activated the protective spell, although this spell could not resist the killing curse.

The green energy dissipated as soon as it pierced Harry's shield, and a drop of sweat unconsciously ran down Harry's forehead.

He was a little frightened and a little disappointed, but Dumbledore next to him was smiling.

"Turn on the protection in time, you passed, and report my name when you report to the instructor in a while."

Wang Shui didn't talk nonsense, he stretched out his left hand and clenched his fist at Harry, which Harry inexplicably remembered the senior's air fist a few years ago.

But in the next moment, Harry's body twisted, and he disappeared into the study.

(End of chapter)