Chapter 729: Testing Completed, War De-escalated
"Okay, okay, I'll go do my work right away. Don't be upset, Madam Xixin. Let's talk it over."
Old Jiang is very cowardly at this moment.
A previous conversation with the leader Mo Jun confirmed the undercurrents within the Immortal Alliance and clarified the relationship between Tieshan of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect and Yin Fugong of the Qihuang Valley.
It can be said that the root of "capitulationism" in the Kumu Realm practice circle has been uncovered.
Feeling unhappy, he started to complain.
Who knew I would actually get a response.
The more tolerant Patriarch Fu Shi had no time to pay attention to his complaints. Instead, Patriarch Fu Shi's Taoist companion, Empress Xixin, who had single-handedly suppressed the destruction of the Ku Mu Realm world, came and scolded him.
It is obvious that she felt that Jiang was putting the blame on both of her and she felt unhappy.
Perhaps another part of the reason was that Lao Jiang was too rough when he took the spiritual world from the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, causing damage to the Jianmu that connected Niang Xixin's spiritual consciousness and the small spiritual world.
So he showed up at this time on purpose to scare this bad old Jiang who was acting more and more casually.
But no matter what the situation was, the sudden appearance of the empress really frightened Jiang Xia. Facing the most powerful and capable woman in Ku Mu Territory, Boss Jiang decisively admitted his defeat.
"I'll do the work right away, okay? Your Majesty, please calm down. There are some signs of progress. You and Taoist Master Fushi should wait patiently. I will definitely give you a set of rules before things get worse."
Lao Jiang nodded and bowed as he responded to the invisible spiritual consciousness from the other side. Only a proud snort came from the invisible source, and there was no further response.
He rolled his eyes and asked carefully:
"But since the great lady is here, stop playing dumb and give me a clear answer. Can you do this matter in the Sad Valley?"
"The cycle of life and death in the Bitterwood Realm is the basis for the two of us to protect this world. To use the words you used when talking to others, the prosperity of civilization is the basis for the existence of the Heart of the World."
Lady Xixin said some nonsense.
It seems like it has said something about the end, but it also seems like it hasn’t been fully said.
“I understand!”
Lao Jiang snapped his fingers, made a farewell gesture, and said in a humble tone:
“Well, we may be leaving Kumu Territory soon, but please believe us, we are definitely not running away, we will come back.
I will definitely come back with something you two would like to see.”
"Um."
Lady Xixin did not say whether it was good or bad.
He simply ended this "condescending" visit with a nasal sound. After confirming that the Empress Dowager's mind had left, Boss Jiang wiped the sweat from his forehead.
He turned around to look at the puppet head who was also looking at him respectfully, and said:
"Look, Master, it's not that I am as hard-hearted as a rock and I have to do evil. Didn't the two of you from Tongtian Mountain acquiesce to this? Don't think too much about it and recuperate in the Demon Suppression Tower.
Make an agreement with Old Xiaofeng so that nothing goes wrong at that time."
The head of the sect did not say much. He nodded while controlling the puppet, then dispersed his spiritual thoughts, causing the puppet to enter a stagnant state. It was then taken back into the ring by Lao Jiang.
On the other side, the Alpha world.
The flow of time here is exactly the same as in Kumu Realm.
Therefore, seven or eight days have passed since the previous large-scale battle group operation. During this process, the large and small battle groups of the Doomsday Fortress have been in a dynamic mobilization stage.
Mechanical life forms with slightly more complete logical thinking circuits all know that a truly major operation is about to begin. It is said that the Leadership Council has found a new world with abundant material resources and martial virtues, and has sent a reconnaissance vanguard regiment.
However, the results of that reconnaissance operation were not announced on the war network, which was a very rare thing, and caused many centurions and generals to have some unpleasant associations.
Could it be that the Invincible Iron Army encountered failure in that new world?
It's impossible?
Is there really any other civilization that can resist the conquest of the Iron Army?
The answer is, of course there is one.
Although in the eyes of the monks in Ku Mu Territory, the "Iron Demon from Outside the Territory" had evil ambitions, he suddenly broke into Ku Mu Territory, massacred a sect, and looted a large amount of supplies before returning victoriously.
But here in the Alpha World, according to the casualty rate of the Vanguard Regiment, this "armed reconnaissance" operation was characterized by the Council of Leaders as a "miserable defeat."
The mechanical life forms were very strict in this regard, and there was no such thing as "annihilating 100 million enemies and successfully transitioning in". To them, lies were meaningless.
Victory is victory, defeat is defeat.
The reconnaissance vanguard regiment, together with the 27 small regiments that provided follow-up support, has a total force of over 100,000, which is enough to destroy a small world.
But what a mess the battle was in Ku Mu Territory.
The casualty rate of attacking a Kumu Realm force of less than 5,000 people reached an astonishing 37%! Although the other side also had strange creatures called "monsters" as vassal warriors, but 37% of the casualties!
Add to that the deaths of multiple generals, who dares to say that this battle was won?
This was a rare defeat since the establishment of the Doomsday Fortress. It not only brought shame to the generals who led the charge, but also made the Council of Leaders fully realize the war potential of the Bitter Wood Territory.
The third ring of the Doomsday Fortress, where the Leaders' Council is located, is still the same circular conference hall as before. It is still as silent as before. The leaders are discussing the continuation of the war using high-speed data exchange.
After seven days of adjustment, this group of mechanical life has formulated an extremely exaggerated "total war" plan, which is currently being explained by the commanding leader V-015:
"According to the information that our disguised information collectors who stayed in the Kumu world have been sending back in the past few days, the forces that were hostile to us during the reconnaissance operation are called the 'Ten Thousand Beast Sect' in their world.
In that world, there are thirty-two more forces like this.
Together with the remaining three unique forces with different responsibilities, they form an armed military management structure called the 'Xianmeng'.
In addition to these major forces, there are also weakened forces of varying sizes throughout the Kumu world.
Their numbers are staggering.
These forces all use supernatural energy similar to "magic" to fight, and their combat methods are bizarre. From our fact-based logic, their use of "spiritual power" has reached a very high level.
In addition, I would like to remind you that the carbon-based warriors of the Kumu world are far superior to our mechanical warriors in terms of personal strength.
Once a full-scale war breaks out, we must mobilize enough elite troops to deal with this challenge of personal force.
According to the combat data of individual 'Bitter Sea' creatures collected during reconnaissance operations, their destructive power is equivalent to or even exceeds that of combat leaders.
Must be taken seriously!
The most terrifying thing is that in their power system, the Bitter Sea level is just a second-tier warrior. Above the Bitter Sea, there is a super-powerful life form called "The Other Shore".
According to the interpretation of our civilization researchers and the data interpretation of the Kumu world, the power of the other-shore-level life is enough to independently evolve a complete world without relying on external forces.
According to the Alpha World's classification of enemy combat power, they should be equivalent to "Father God" level life.
Theoretically, they can already cause considerable damage to the main body of the Wasteland Lord."
There was a moment of silence in the conference room. After a few seconds, another leader asked in a serious tone:
"That means that the Kusamuni World has the ability to strike back and destroy the Alpha World and the Doomsday Fortress?"
"Yes."
The V-015 leader did not evade the question and responded directly:
“According to my repeated calculations and verifications, we need to dispatch eight to ten large battle regiments, mobilize more than 60% of the middle and lower-level battle regiments, and pay a price of more than 75% casualties, in order to complete the destruction and dismantling of the Kumu World within forty-five days.
But the destruction of the world of Kusammu does not mean the end of the war.
Even if we completely destroy the conventional counterattack forces of the Kumu World, as long as we cannot annihilate the two other-shore-level warriors, once they start counterattacking, there is a more than 40% chance that the Alpha World will be severely damaged.
If the most unfortunate case happens, the probability of the Doomsday Fortress being completely destroyed is about 15%.
Therefore, in my opinion, there will be no winners in a total war plan.
Once it is implemented, the most likely result is that the two civilizations with the most confidence and strength to resist the Lord of the Wilderness will perish together in the most brutal battle. "
It looked at its silent companions and said:
“But I know that the purpose of the Leaders’ Council’s existence is to fulfill the oracle of the Mecha God conveyed by the Mechanical Sage. Therefore, as long as the Sage confirms that the total war code has been activated, I will lead the assembled forces without hesitation and attack the Bitterwood World.
The war plan I have completed and the prediction of the war outcome have been submitted to the second ring. Perhaps soon, there will be a reply from the Mechanical Sage.
We just need to be patient..."
"Wait, V-015, I have received a piece of encrypted intelligence from our vassal regiment, the War Hounds, which has a great impact on the total war plan.
I will share it with you now.”
A leader in the circular conference hall interrupted the command leader's speech and shared the latest intelligence to the war network.
It was a short, unclear video clip.
In the video, the leaders clearly saw the appearance and annihilation of micro black holes in the starry sea outside the atmosphere of the Ku Mu world.
"This...is this a black hole-level war weapon?"
The thought data of a short leader jumped violently, and he exclaimed:
"Isn't this a strategic weapon that can only be unlocked by technological civilization? Its existence is completely contrary to the civilization of the Kumu World!
They can't develop such a deterrent weapon out of thin air!"
“But they do.”
V-015 shook his head. This absolutely rational commanding leader was silent for a few seconds, incorporated this new unexpected factor into the plan, and recalculated the probability.
It says quite pessimistically:
"If they have multiple levels of strategic black hole generators, then our war..."
"Don't talk about those cold statistics!"
Another leader exclaimed:
"In the face of such a deterrent force, no matter how many conventional troops there are, it's a joke. We must reassess the threat posed by the Kumu World ! All the strategic plans that were previously formulated must be re-written.
Perhaps, we also need to use the Doomsday Fortress's Star Destroyer Disintegrator, or even the digital rate beacon projectiles that are still under development and testing, in order to..."
"That is not prepared for ordinary civilization! It is designed to attack the dark servants of the Lord of the Wasteland!"
"Open your mechanical eyes and take a good look! You call the world of Kusamura a 'regular civilization'? No! They are a super civilization! Just like us!
This is not an ordinary war of plundering civilizations, we must strike hard!"
"Stop arguing! Using digital weapons requires the permission of a sage. Besides, without the energy support of the Doomsday Fortress, that thing will just make a noise when thrown out.
Your quarrel is meaningless."
The atmosphere in the entire conference hall became tense and the leaders began to quarrel. This had not happened in many years, which showed the pressure that the Kumu World brought to them.
"Stop arguing! The Sage has already responded. S-01, you are the one who will decipher it."
The commanding leader interrupted the argument and passed the reply code from the Mechanical Sage to S-01, which immediately began to decipher it. During the agonizing wait, the Sage's instructions were announced.
"Civilization test completed, reply code - Ipsilon?"
All the leaders were stunned at this moment.
It was actually the lowest level of war code. Did this mean that the sage had given up on his plan for a total war and was instead conducting a simple, low-intensity raid-style resource plunder?
And what does this “testing on civilization completed” mean?
Could it be that the previous armed reconnaissance war was just a test of the Mechanical Sage's combat effectiveness against the Bitter Wood World?
What on earth is the wise man thinking?
