The world is silent and gray.

The pieces of ash falling from the sky were like snow. It's like returning to an era that has never changed drastically, as if everything is just a big dream.

It's a pity that this dream won't wake up and can't wake up.

It's ugly, it's still ugly, and even if it's decorated with hypocritical beauty, it can't hide the truth behind it. So when Oglok stretched out a finger and gently touched the "snowflake" that fell from the sky, there was a slight pinprick sensation from his finger, which was a sign of strong radiation. The snowflakes melted and dispersed into a puff of smoke. Scatter and fade away, and return to nothingness.

Oglok knew it wasn't snow, but the heat of the Big Bang that vaporized the water in the space. The evaporated water mixed with the dust that had been swept up into the air by the explosion, and after the heat subsided, the strong temperature difference caused the mixture to freeze rapidly, forming ice crystals, like a snowfall.

An ugly snowfall.

He knew that he knew, but he didn't want to discover it. It's a pity, whether he wants it or not, the truth is there. Oglock let out a low sigh at the snowy sky, and then lifted a few rocks that pressed down on him. Looking back, two-thirds of the city of Eternal Night was gone.

The powerful explosion caused the earth to crack and sink. The city was already close to the sea, and now the buildings are scrambling to sink into the sea. The sea is pouring in, fighting for more territory and stripping more land. Ogllock is on the edge of the city, an area where buildings have long since been flattened by explosions. The cracks in the earth didn't stop spreading, they made a clattering sound, splitting the land, breaking away from the pieces, and finally being swept away by the sea.

The aftermath of the explosion even created a whirlpool on the surface of the sea, above which was a dark gray mushroom cloud. In the clouds, there were still electric flashes from time to time, reminding Oglok of the power of the explosion just now.

If he hadn't done his best to defend himself, even if he was on the brink of an explosion, Oglock wouldn't have survived. At the moment of the explosion, the high-temperature jet of more than 4,000 degrees diffused radiation, testing Oglock's defensive force field. As a result, he survived, but his energy was depleted and most of his body's tissues were necrotic. Even if he can recover, his strength will jump down, and he will no longer be able to regain the height of the previous twelfth order.

For Oglock, this was no different than death.

The sound of small footsteps crept into his ears, and Oglock saw that from the ruins of the city, one by one, the dark guards crawled out. They were ordered by Prosius to leave early before the Star Destroyer blew itself up. Only a few unlucky eggs were swept into the blast zone, but overall, the number of Guardians lost was limited. Now they're back, naturally, to deal a fatal blow to Oglock.

The black-pressed guard approached, and Ogllock smiled instead. He stood straight, his arms outstretched, and his eyes closed. In the moments before death, his state of mind was strangely calm. At this time, what idea, what ambition, everything becomes unimportant.

Absolute calm.

The temperature in the air suddenly plummeted, and the Speaker, who noticed something unusual, opened his eyes and watched as white snowflakes drifted down. This is real snow, ice crystals formed by the cooling of pure water!Ogllock seemed to understand something, and when he looked up, there was a commotion behind the guards. Suddenly, the blue light flashed, and the guards turned into ice sculptures in an instant, and then exploded one by one.

The exploding ice sculpture caused a passage to appear between the guards. On the other side of the passage, the long blue hair fluttering like a burning ice flame.

A pair of wings made of ice and snow spread out, setting off a gust of icy wind and freezing air, solidifying the guards who rushed on both sides of the passage. The huge ice sword in the shape of an inverted V cut through the air with the clearest lines, and all the guards in its path were mercilessly slashed.

The cold wind swirled, and a figure fell quietly. The blue hair was held up by the invisible energy and fluttered in the air, and Xiuya showed a flamboyant smile and said, "I'm sorry, father, I once again disobeyed your request." ”

"Stinky girl!" After a while, a faint smile appeared on Oglock's face, and there was a soft scolding.

Xiuya was very disappointed, and reached out to put her hand on her father's shoulder. As soon as the ice wings fanned, she and Oglock flew up, passing over the black ocean and away in an instant.

On the second day of the Star Destroyer's assault on Eternal Night City, in a wilderness two hundred kilometers away from Eternal Night City, the human army had just set up a new camp, and the soldiers who had not had time to catch their breath joined the ranks of vigilance and defense. In the command tent, Douglas sat silently, watching Cario and the others arguing loudly around the tactical map.

Zero came to his side and said softly, "Are you alright?"

"It doesn't matter if it's a little injury. Douglas shook his head and said that he did get a little injured in the duel with Oglock. However, the most serious injuries were inflicted by himself, and in order to control Oglok's actions, Douglas used unparalleled strength. This force had caused a heavy burden on his body, but the rupture of blood vessels was indeed only a minor injury in the eyes of a twelfth-order powerhouse.

Within a day, these injuries had long since healed. What really weighed Douglas's heart was not his injury, but the image that lingered in his mind.

The image of Oglok standing alone on the ground, overwhelmed by countless guards.

"Ogllock doesn't necessarily die. Zero patted him on the shoulder and said.

Douglas smiled bitterly: "It seems that I am really old, and I actually wrote my heart on my face, otherwise how could you see through my heart so easily." ”

"Since you say so, then I'll try to pretend to be stupid in the future. Zero said deliberately.

Then the two laughed.

Cario and the others, who were arguing about how to deal with this sudden incident, all glanced at the two of them angrily, and then continued to discuss. Douglas winked at Zero and said, "Would you be interested in walking outside with an old fellow who seems to be angry?" ”

Zero shrugs, which commander suddenly loses a large number of soldiers and resources, will never be pleasant. He accompanied Douglas out of the tent, and the two came to a high slope with a view of the wilderness in the distance. Several sentinels saluted the two of them, and Douglas nodded, pointing in the direction of the Eternal Night City, "Look, the Eternal Night City has disappeared. ”

Douglas's face was solemn, he found a stone protruding from the ground, sat down, and said, "Eternal Night City is the brainchild of Ogy. It's gone now, and even if Olo is still alive, I'm afraid it's better to live than to die. ”

"It's better to be alive than dead. When you die, there is no hope. Alive, no matter how desperate you are, there is still a chance. Zero said in a deep voice.

Douglas looked at him, nodded, and said, "You're right. ”

He looked at the camp in the rear again: "It's a pity that not everyone has the same courage as you, Zero. Look at these soldiers, they will also be terrified in the face of unknown creatures. Especially after yesterday's battle, I don't think it's easy to restore their confidence. ”

Zero was silent.

Yesterday was suddenly attacked by the Star Destroyer and the Guardian Legion, and first countless soldiers were killed under the devastating high-energy beam of the Star Destroyer. Then the Guardian Legion attacked, and if the Star Destroyer's attack gave them the shock of the instant death of a large number of lives. Then these guards bring with them the fear of merciless killing.

The army of the Guardians suddenly slaughtered the chaotic barracks while the human coalition was finally recovering from the attack of the Star Destroyers. It wasn't a battle at all, it was a massacre. The command network existed in name only, the soldiers fought almost separately, and the two armies continued to lose blood amid the influx of guards. It wasn't until the Capable Army built the first line of defense, and then Cario and the others rushed back, that the situation was gradually reversed.

After leaving behind the corpses of tens of thousands of people, the army was able to retreat in an orderly manner. After retreating for two hundred kilometers, the defenders did not continue the pursuit, and the human coalition forces were given a chance to breathe. After that, the battle damage was counted, and in the wilderness outside the city of Eternal Night, the two coalition forces lost more than 40,000 lives. In terms of battle damage, if you compare the total number of soldiers of the coalition forces. The number of losses, though heart-wrenching, was barely acceptable, but the army's losses came too quickly and too quickly.

A large number of lives withered in an instant, and the massive impact of death terrified even these well-trained soldiers. It was a fear of helplessness, even despair, of the power of the strong.

To alleviate, and even reverse, the psychology of these soldiers, the conundrum that now hangs in front of commanders like Douglas or Cario is to achieve victory. This will boost their morale and sweep away the shadows in their hearts.

However, this is not easy, and Eternal Night City has been completely wiped off the continent. All soldiers knew this, even if it was just the damage caused by the Star Destroyer's self-detonation, but for these soldiers, it seemed to imply that the invaders were defenseless. It is not easy to clear the shadow of this mind.

The wind was blowing from behind, and there was a wisp of fishy smell wafting in the wind. Zero frowned and turned to look. The distance of the wilderness was dimly lit, and gradually, a black cloud was spreading towards the horizon. Zero pupil dilation, narrowing of the field of vision. He could see clearly that it was not a black cloud at all, but a pitch-black flood composed of hundreds of thousands of guards!

"Enemy attack!" Zero yelled, his voice wafting over the camp behind.

Douglas sighed and stood up.

On this day, more than half a million guards flooded the camp of the human army. In this undefended wilderness, only the defense line formed by the powerful can barely withstand the onslaught of a large number of guards. The black wave set off one flood after another, rushing forward and hitting the human defense line one after another. At this moment, Valhalla and the Dark Council are closely linked, with the Blood Rider and the Hammer of Destruction forming the main body of the defensive line, blocking the attack of the enemy's black blades.

The army retreated again, this time all the way to the Blue Light Ridge. Relying on the topography of the Blue Mountains and the defenses that the Augustus family had built before, the human army was given a chance to rest. The black soldier pursued until near the Blue Light Ridge before receiving an invisible order and retreating.

In the Blue Light Mountains, led by Leo, some of the original members of the Dark Council formed a temporary council and consulted with Douglas of Valhalla on how to deal with the next war. Douglas's suggestion was to reorganize his army and go north again, and clear Prosius's biological legions from the continent as soon as possible while they were still on the ground.

However, with the exception of Leo, the rest of the lawmakers opposed Douglas's opinion. They thought that it was not wise not to raise troops to counterattack at this time, and that the morale of the army and the allocation of materials were all difficult problems in front of them. If these problems cannot be solved, a rash march north will be greeted with another major defeat. And now, they can't afford to lose. If the battle is lost again, the morale of the soldiers will fall to the bottom.

There is even a possibility of desertion, and once there are deserters, then the army is not far from collapse. Therefore, the next action must be cautious and not too risky.

In this way, the two sides were entangled in the question of offense or defense, and the meeting was held several times, but no consensus was reached.

On the third night of retreating into the Blue Light Mountains, Zero met Douglas. Douglas looked a little tired, he shook his head and said, "These cowards, at this time, still don't dare to give it a go." ”

"Because they're not you, they don't have the courage to fight hard. Zero said.

"If at this time, we can't abandon our self-interest and consider the overall situation, why should we fight this battle? Douglas sighed.

Zero shrugged: "Maybe they need time, or maybe they need something to help them make up their minds." ”

"For example?"

"I don't know. Zero smiled and said, "But I'm going to go back, and I'm alone." Someone needs to be up to date with what's going on on the enemy, doesn't it? Perhaps, I can bring back something that will make the legislators resolve. ”

Douglas looked at him and said, "I won't say anything superfluous, you be careful." ”

"I see. ”

That night, Zero secretly left the Blue Light Mountains and returned to the northern part of the coastline alone.

In the blink of an eye, it was another day.

The northern part of the coastline had fallen under the control of Prosius, and the deviants roaming the wilderness were moving away from the area in droves, and the aura of both the Star Destroyers and the Guardian Corps terrified the deviants, the fear of facing predators. Even if some of the mutant beasts in the wilderness had evolved energy crystals, they couldn't avoid this instinctive panic.

The city of Eternal Night is now only on the edges, with the sea already flowing through the middle of the city, and the waves crashing against the wreckage of collapsed buildings or cars. The sky here was gray, and on the dark gray sky, the remaining Star Destroyer slowly descended towards the surface, its massive body sliding into the sea, causing one huge wave after another. The Star Destroyer let out a low roar, and when the sound was completely gone, it had completely sunk to the bottom of the ocean without a trace.

A group of about 100,000 guards left Eternal Night at the same time, and instead of heading south along the coastline road, they slanted through the wilderness and disappeared on the horizon.

The remaining guards are entrenched in the vicinity of the Eternal Night City, and they have taken over every corner of the ruins. If the area occupied by the Guardians is marked, they will be seen in fan-shaped sections. And in the depths of this fan-shaped area are a queen and two producers. Now, the two producers are absorbing the energy of the continent, and the energy hedron produced is used by the queen.

Instead of producing a combat-type biological weapon, the queen laid two hormonal eggs. In the Firthal are two producers, each of which originally carried a queen and two producers, which would be Prosus' basic production unit on the continent of Middle-earth. However, a Star Destroyer blew itself up in an attempt to obliterate Oglok, and before it could be released, the three production units were reduced to ashes along with the Star Eater.

In this case, the queen has to expand the number of production units before she can produce other classes. The queen is the creator of the Creature Legion, but it cannot produce its kind. However, the channel expands the number of producers, and with a sufficient supply of energy crystals, the queen can shorten the production cycle of biological weapons, thereby increasing the number of biological weapons in disguise.

Now, the guards who occupy the city of eternal night are responsible for ensuring that the queen is not disturbed when she produces her army. In the production list received by the queen, since a large number of guards themselves are equivalent to mid-to-high-level weapons, the queen will directly ignore low-level weapons such as the Storm Bug and the Reaper. After the other two producers are hatched, the energy crystals produced by the producers will be supplied to it for the production of high-level weapons.

The first type of weapon to be produced is the Arbiter, which is a biological weapon that is strong in melee combat and can act as the command node of the biological army. Once they are on the battlefield, they will form an effective command network. In this way, the combat efficiency of the Guardian will be doubled.

After the Arbitrator, the Black Flame Inspector, the Guardian of Fear, will be produced one after another. The former is capable of spawning small legions of fire golems on their own, and each Blackflame Inspector can be seen as a small army with high combat flexibility. In particular, medium-range positional warfare is the area where this biological weapon is best suited, and the latter is the auxiliary arm of the entire biological legion, and the Dread Guardians who have reached a certain level of intrigor will have a huge impact on the morale of ordinary soldiers and low-level abilities when they join forces to cast a Dread Force Field.

At the same time, their other abilities can also be used as assists, aids, etc. Once under the unified command of the Arbitrator, the combat capability of the entire legion will be increased by one level.

The terrible thing about the Black Legion is not only the numbers, but also the cooperation of multiple arms. Once they are allowed to form a scale, with the cooperation of different arms, it is not a fantasy to sweep across the Middle-earth continent. Of course, to accomplish this goal, Prosius will need time.

Humans need it too.

A heavy locomotive is speeding along the coastline road, and on the locomotive, Zero wears windshield glasses with a grim expression. In the mirrored light, a black fog hovered over the city of Eternal Night. It is not a magnetstorm cloud as Prosius, but a natural substance formed by the extraction of continental energy by producers. These materials form a fog mass, which itself floats with countless particles of matter, which will effectively block the vast majority of the detection wave energy from entering, thus turning the occupied territory into an unknown area.

Zero is heading towards this area, and the area at the northern end of the coastline has become a no-man's land.