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The first thing detected was the flames and the shockwave.
A tank, which was blocking the portal less than ten meters away, was used as cover. The top turret had been destroyed by some kind of corrosive liquid, and judging from the terrifying rate of corrosion of the liquid, the remaining body would not last long either.
Several soldiers huddled awkwardly at the back, not because they lacked courage, but because the "firepower" from afar was simply too intense.
It was indeed firepower—firepower made up of fireballs the size of footballs.
These spheres, containing sulfur and composed of over 98% fire element, will detonate upon contact with an impact, their power comparable to high explosives. However, judging from the speed of their launch, there seems to be no cooldown time at all; Lin Yi alone "saw" more than five hundred fireballs flying in the sky.
While the war machines from Earth's modern industrialization are powerful, they have little potential to exert their influence in this qualitative change caused by quantitative change alone. Coupled with the terrifying radiation that has not yet been purified, most of the two hundred interdimensional expeditionary soldiers who had just entered this other world were killed or wounded.
But when Eve entered this world, Zhang Longshao also entered as the commander of this group of pioneers. After being "suppressed by firepower" by a group of otherworldly beings, he had to crouch down to reduce the impact area and happened to see Eve's figure. Just as he was about to call out to her to get out of the way, he saw an unbelievable scene.
Beneath the wide cloak, the girl raised her right hand, the exposed section of her arm possessing a fatal attraction—just like the light that had previously emanated from her fingertips.
Wizarding Civilization: Chapter 719 Reward Points
Code: Particle ray
The energy originating from Our Lady of the Rose was extracted, and the converted energy projected dazzling beams of light. In mid-air, the beams of light distorted in an irregular manner, detonating hundreds of fireballs before approaching the large number of life forms hiding more than 500 meters away.
Just as the high-temperature rays of over two thousand degrees Celsius were about to hit, the "wizards" who had been hiding in the shadows had no choice but to make their move. With the sound of several incomprehensible yet unsettling syllables, a huge circular barrier covered the area where a large number of "wizards" were hiding. More than five hundred high-temperature rays struck the barrier directly, producing a sound like raindrops hitting an umbrella. After creating ripples of energy on the surface of the barrier, the rays disappeared without a trace. The energy barrier itself seemed to be completely consumed by the high-temperature rays, and it quickly vanished as the ripples twisted.
In an instant, the battlefield, which had been covered by explosions and flames just a moment ago, was replaced by silence.
Two seconds later, Zhang Longshao, the first to recover from the shock, shouted for an attack. Without even thanking the girl who had helped him, he raised the grenade launcher at his feet, aimed at the distance, and pulled the trigger. The technological firepower, which had been suppressed, roared and unleashed its power, and a metal storm of bullets swept down towards the other side.
However, compared to the expeditionary force, the opposing "wizards" reacted much faster. Almost at the same time that the otherworldly expeditionary force launched its attack, they had already completed their second "wizard spell." With a deafening shout, hundreds of life forms vanished from their original positions. The cannonballs and metal storms that arrived a moment later only made the already ravaged ground even more unbearable; none of them actually hit their mark.
Realizing the enemy had disappeared, Zhang Longshao had no choice but to halt his troops' attack, ordering them to regroup on the spot while moving closer to Eve.
"Thank you for your help. Otherwise, we two hundred or so people would probably have been wiped out here. That group of 'wizards' had at least three hundred people, not just a few as they claimed."
After wiping the dust off his face, the commander, whose soldiers had suffered heavy losses, forced a smile: "If possible, I hope you can stay here for the time being. After all, if those 'wizards' come back, I have no chance of stopping them with my less than one hundred men. Judging from the situation just now, we need to build at least a fortress here to have any chance of confronting those 'wizards' head-on. We need time."
Seeing that Eve remained unmoved, the commander had no choice but to offer a guarantee: "In exchange, we will provide supplies at the cost of 30000 reward points."
Reward points are a concept that appeared on Earth along with the "Main God Space". Like those reincarnators, although they do not belong to the Main God Space, Earth's civilization is to some extent a "collaborator" of the Main God Space. Naturally, it cannot continue to use currency or gold as a general equivalent like ordinary civilizations. At this time, the "Main God Space" put forward the concept of "reward points".
While humans cannot complete tasks and earn points as reincarnators, they can exchange an equal amount of various resources from the God Realm for "reward points." Of course, those who are not reincarnators cannot use these reward points to exchange for enhancements from the God Realm; they can only enhance other scarce resources (resources scarce in one world may be abundant in another) or technologies that have lost their value to the God Realm (such as rudimentary artificial intelligence). Similarly, Earth civilization can exchange various resources needed by the God Realm (mainly to save mining time) for reward points.
Normally, one reward point can be exchanged for 100 million RMB worth of resources in Earth's civilization (considering inflation and the impact of otherworldly civilizations decades later; don't project modern times onto this). While three trillion RMB worth of resources would cripple or even cause economic collapse for some small and medium-sized countries, it would only be a slight sting for the otherworldly expeditionary force, which has the full support of over two hundred countries on Earth. The compensation for the soldiers who sacrificed their lives on this land and the various weapons and equipment they received would amount to roughly the same amount. Not to mention, judging from the brief contact just now, the number of these "wizards" far exceeds the number described in the intelligence. If the otherworldly expeditionary force were to rely solely on this, how much time and sacrifice would it take to establish a base here?
It should be understood that interstellar travel and colonization on Earth are imminent, and the supporters of various expeditionary forces are urging them to achieve new successes. They simply cannot afford to waste time fighting for positions. Therefore, exchanging a certain price for the intervention of this "Main God Space Messenger," who clearly possesses extraordinary abilities, is the most efficient option.
"What do you think?"
After witnessing Eve's actions firsthand, Zhang Longshao naturally no longer regarded her as an ordinary person like himself. In fact, his concept of humanity became somewhat blurred, and he addressed her with respectful language without any awkwardness.
However, instead of the terrifyingly alluring voice he expected, he was met with a calm, indifferent voice in his mind: "Yes."
"—!"
"Don't be nervous, you should have already confirmed my existence."
Lin Yi directly retrieved the records of his actions on Earth decades ago when he established the portal from the human's mind and "displayed" them to him. Of course, in the human's eyes, it was as if he had suddenly "remembered" this existence.
After Zhang Longshao's mental state calmed down, Lin Yi continued to communicate through his consciousness. There was no other way; if communication were conducted in the same way as Eve's, it would be highly likely that this carbon-based life form would be unable to withstand the "information" it was transmitting and would collapse. Therefore, communication could only be formed directly in his mind based on his own understanding of the existence of "Lin Yi".
“Not just Eve, but if you can contribute enough resources, the Main God Space can also provide more assistance.”
Faced with this being that could "talk" to him directly without even showing a specific form, Zhang Longshao cautiously asked, "More help? Could you describe it in more detail?"
—But they didn’t notice the cold gaze that suddenly appeared on the other side as they looked up in their direction.
"of course."
Lin Yi quickly severed the link with the carbon-based life form by adding a zero to the list that the main god had already prepared and throwing it into the consciousness of the carbon-based life form.
The main god space.
"Even such a clever trick can't be sustained for long, can it?"
Observing the spirit of the carbon-based life form that showed signs of collapse—which on the surface appeared to be only slightly excited because it had received information from the "Main God Space"—Lin Yi frowned.
"...we can only try to reduce it as much as possible."
[Attention: Abnormal emotional fluctuations detected in codename: Eve]
Wizarding Civilization: Chapter 720 Wizards
Are you jealous?
The voice in her ear instantly cooled Eve's boiling calculation center, but the "blame" in the words made her unable to respond at all.
After a moment of silence: "...There is no need to be afraid. I did not mean to blame you."
The undisguised emotional fluctuations emanating from Eve allowed Lin Yi to easily understand her thoughts. This was not a connection between creator and creation, but simply one party's unreserved display to the other. Not to mention life and death, Lin Yi could easily grasp even Eve's cognition and thoughts if he wanted to.
This situation puzzled Lin Yi, who subconsciously asked the main god, who was half the creator of Eve, "If I remember correctly, the Rose Mother was transforming with the goal of a perfect being?"
[Correct judgment]
Carefully maintaining a "safe distance" from Eve's thought processes, avoiding interfering with her independent thinking: "So, the perfect concept is being dominated by others?"
[Incorrect judgment]
"Then why is that?"
[Possibility 1, codename: Eve's concept of perfection is the host's concept of perfection, and the host's concept of perfection is an existence whose body, soul, and mind are completely under its control.]
After a moment of silence, Lin Yi spoke in a calm tone: "If that's how I think, then you should have been the first one I controlled back then."
[...Possibility Two: Codename: Eve's current state does not conform to the concept of perfection. Should we proceed with further evolution?]
At the same time, another "EVE" dressed in what looked like a black dress appeared in front of Lin Yi.
After performing the most standard bow, he looked in this direction expressionlessly. (Chapters 476-480)
Eve is not perfect now. Only when the two halves of the Rosa Mystica are reunited will it be a truly perfect concept—a perfect concept that even Lin Yi might be captivated by, since it is an existence that ultimately embodies all of the creator's fantasies and understanding of the concept of perfection.
however……
"unnecessary."
The illusion before them vanished: "...Let them decide for themselves."
The Wizarding World
"Father?"
"It's nothing. I will keep an eye on your actions in this world."
Lin Yi stared at Eve's computing center for three seconds before "speaking" again: "This world is not as simple as you are currently experiencing. I cannot enter it in a short time. Be cautious."
"Yes, Father."
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Whether it was just my imagination or not, the mysterious girl named "Eve" seemed much calmer when we met again. At least she didn't communicate with me as if she wanted to leave immediately or act unilaterally as before. Instead, she cooperated with the interdimensional expeditionary force to some extent.
“During our brief contact with them, we noticed that those ‘wizards’ were somewhat different.”
After the radiation near the portal was purified, and with a large amount of resources and manpower from Earth being transported here for construction, Zhang Longshao, along with two other commanders, found Eve and analyzed the enemies they had just encountered: "Judging from the sounds they made, these wizards may need the assistance of 'spells' when using abilities that we cannot understand, just like magicians. Moreover, the two times they used these abilities—once by opening a shield to block Miss Eve's attack, and once by using an ability similar to mass teleportation—the 'wizards' who used these two abilities are not the same person."
He pointed to his ears: "Their voices are different."
"Moreover, those who used fireballs to attack our positions were not as terrifying as the records suggest. If the goal was to inflict casualties, then radiation or other methods described by the previous expeditionary force would undoubtedly be more effective."
Another commander named Qian Zhongshen questioned, "Perhaps they simply lack this capability?"
"Yes, that's what I think too."
Zhang Longshao nodded in affirmation: "We propose a hypothesis. First, those who blocked the first expeditionary force were high-level wizards—we call them formal wizards. They possess great strength, excellent stealth, and all sorts of incredible abilities. The wizards we encountered before, who mainly launched fireballs, were wizard apprentices—they also possess extraordinary abilities, but they cannot control more powerful and terrifying spells like formal wizards."
"This explains why we were attacked by wizard apprentices instead of formal wizards when we entered this world."
The third commander instinctively pulled out a cigarette, but just as he was about to light it, he noticed the gazes of his two colleagues. As he instinctively reached out to offer the cigarette pack, he realized the presence of a fourth person, and a young girl at that…
"Cough cough."
With a slightly flushed face, he put the cigarette case back in his pocket: "Let's continue... Assuming that those formal wizards and wizard apprentices are in the same faction, then based on the intensity and strength of the expeditionary force's previous two attacks, they consider us as opponents who will not pose a threat, and regard the area near the portal as a place for their relatively weaker wizard apprentices to conduct practical training—is this possible?"
"The probability is quite high, but there is at least one possibility."
Even so, the three commanders breathed a sigh of relief. At least they didn't have to face at least three hundred official wizards right from the start. Based on the experiences of the previous two expeditionary forces, those official wizards possessed the ability to destroy organized modern armies in incomprehensible ways. If it was just a few or a dozen, they could hold out until the base was completed with support from Earth. But if hundreds of them suddenly appeared, they might as well turn around and go back to Earth to sleep—unless they could muster three armored divisions for a frontal assault, they couldn't expect to break through with human flesh and blood.
Although the three commanders with extensive expedition experience were able to determine the general situation, Zhang Longshao still cautiously consulted Eve, who also possessed this extraordinary ability.
"Miss Eve, what do you think?"
"I don't know."
The decision was made swiftly and matter-of-factly; before Zhang Longshao could even turn back to discuss the next steps with his two colleagues, the cold voice continued: "But they're here."
At the same time, accompanied by the ground shaking, a huge explosion was heard outside the tent.
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Wizarding Civilization: Chapter 721 Wizards and Armor-Piercing Bullets
If the crimson fireballs from the "wizard apprentices" were high-explosive grenades, then these deep red fireballs falling from the sky are probably at the level of a tank's main gun, not only in terms of quality, but also in terms of speed, which is far superior to the former.
Faced with the crimson fireballs of the "Wizard Apprentices," the interdimensional expeditionary force still had some time to react and find cover. However, when faced with the deep red spheres falling from the sky, they were often already beside them by the time they realized their existence. In an instant, the entire camp was covered by huge explosions and flames.
When Zhang Longshao ran out of the tent, this was the scene he saw: the small base that had been painstakingly built was destroyed in the bombardment. People were shouting and trying to organize a counterattack amidst the explosions, but without even being able to find their target, they were nothing more than targets for fireballs.
"Take cover!—Take cover right now!"
Another commander immediately issued orders to the expeditionary force that was trying to get up and search for the enemy. As the order was relayed, the originally chaotic formation stabilized. For the expeditionary force, which had experienced more than one battlefield in another world, this kind of one-sided suppression by fire might not be used to, but it was by no means unfamiliar. They immediately searched for the nearest cover and took cover, just as they had experienced before. As for how to fight back after doing so, that was not something that these soldiers who received the orders needed to worry about.
Naturally, the change in the expeditionary force's position was discovered by the invisible "wizard" in the sky, and the commander, who was directly in charge, along with the "three" around him, were promptly given the treatment of each receiving a crimson fireball.
Facing the crimson fireball that appeared out of nowhere at a height of over 500 meters and then fell at near-sonic speed, the only thing the commander could do was to lie down on one side with all his might—even though his subconscious told him that it would be useless at such a short distance, and even if he wasn't smashed away, his internal organs would be shattered by the shock.
Fortunately, he was not "alone" facing this situation.
Ignoring the three humans around her who had taken a tactical prone position, Eve didn't even look up as she faced the falling fireball. Invisible force fields were building up in the air, and the crimson fireball detonated the moment it touched the fourth force field after being melted by three layers.
"boom------!!!"
The shockwave from the explosion overturned a nearby patch of grass, and a tree trunk, burned bare in the distance, swayed precariously. An armored personnel carrier nearby was overturned with a heavy thud. At the same time, the invisible "wizard" in the sky was also affected by the impact and became visible from its cloak.
"oiahda,lkjpoioaqdnaksujhdaol?"
Hovering in mid-air, the "wizard," also dressed in a hooded robe but entirely in black, uttered a series of question-like syllables. Unfortunately, no one present could understand the language of this other world. Realizing this, the black-robed "wizard," whose face was also hidden behind the hood, did not continue to entangle him, but instead raised his palm again.
"yakale!"
As white mist rose between his raised hands, the air in the camp, which had been scorching hot from the fireball bombardment, instantly cooled, and a thin layer of frost rose to the surface of some spilled liquids.
The commander, still somewhat dazed as he struggled to his feet, reacted instantly upon seeing the black-robed wizard in the sky: "Attack!"
Having been suppressed for so long, the interdimensional expeditionary force immediately unleashed its firepower into the sky. A height of 500 meters was enough to drive humans in the age of cold weapons to despair. Coupled with the enemy's terrifying destructive power, if it appeared in a world of cold weapons, it might really be able to crush the civilization of an entire planet by itself.
However, for Earth's civilization, which has mastered firearms, a distance of 500 meters is much safer than 50 meters—at least there is no need to worry about excessive firepower harming one's own people.
The metal storm shooting towards the sky was blocked by a shield (Lin Yi noticed that a ring on the black-robed "wizard's" hand shattered), and then it was violently disturbed by several RPGs used to attack vehicles.
The black-robed "wizard" in the sky was probably not used to this way of fighting, where mortals could also threaten the mysterious "wizards." He had to shift more of his energy from the white-robed "wizards" below to the mortals. After crushing two barrier rings to strengthen his defense, he continued with the strongest spell he could control, which was also the only level two spell he had mastered in the eighty years since he was promoted to level two wizard.
“lukama, talisi——”
As the black-robed "wizard" above chanted incantations faster and faster, the surrounding temperature continued to drop, and some soldiers even lost their ability to fight.
However, the interdimensional expeditionary force was not unprepared.
"Phew... It's colder than Siberia! Aim and prepare!"
In the distance, several tanks, their front ends largely intact, pointed their cannons at the sky, where a black-robed "wizard" stood motionless (the use of witchcraft requires concentration, especially when the wizard is nearing the limit of his spell).
"emission!"
"Boom—" X5
Five booming sounds mingled together as 120mm armor-piercing rounds, specially designed to deal with "highly armored" targets, were propelled out by the gunpowder. The black-robed "wizard," who had been unfazed just moments before, paled beneath his hood. Time was running out; he couldn't cancel his spells to dodge. He could only unleash all the defensive magical artifacts he had accumulated over three hundred years to try and block the five "sharp metal" pieces hurtling towards him at three times the speed of sound. Instantly, the black-robed "wizard's" body was enveloped in a kaleidoscope of multicolored light.
The next second, a burst of intense light, accompanied by a sharp shriek, erupted in the sky.
As it turns out, the fact that the human "spear" has a greater killing limit than the "shield" in warfare is still applicable even in other worlds. Faced with the attack of a level two wizard, the expeditionary force, one of the few in the 22nd century with actual combat experience and good equipment, had no effective means of resistance. However, when faced with the weapon attack of Earth civilization, this level two wizard could not stop it no matter what he tried.
The twelve layers of magical defense were torn apart in an instant by the 120mm armor-piercing bullet. The level two wizard was several times stronger than a human. His body, which was at the level of a great knight, was no different from an ordinary person in front of the tungsten bullet. He was directly crushed into a piece of debris that was not even human-shaped. The wind pressure carried him hundreds of meters into the sky before he fell back down.
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