Chapter 695: Warm Welcome, Um, Very Warm

"All recruited troops are on standby at the fourth star port. A Faith-class carrier ship will take you to the battlefield. This is a special mission. You will not receive fire support from space, and your enemies are the minions of the abyss. The Emperor His Majesty’s glory will guide you all the way to victory, but the premise is that you have to deal with the thorns on the way.”

In the square near the starport portal in the shadow base, groups of brave armored scorpions were walking towards the portal under the command of Vega. The two swords in the latter's hands collided in the air, making a violent "bang" sound. , showing the irrepressible fighting passion in this Scorpion girl's heart. In the past few days, Vega has been almost overwhelmed by the lost little kids and the festival utensils that need to be carried back and forth. The amount of helium-3 she drank in the past two days to relieve stress has almost exceeded the amount of Fifty percent of the body's beneficial dose.

Although Armored Scorpions don't mind carrying things, they obviously prefer to put a train gun or a two-ton sword on their backs.

Above the armored scorpion phalanx are the magic girl troops of Shadow City: Ravens. These guys flying around in mid-air are far more energetic than the old-fashioned armored scorpions, although the military discipline of the Xiling Apostles prevents them from Laughing, haha, but the experience of the supreme commander being in an idiot state and being immersed in the halo of the empire's high-level officials since birth has made these identical girls always have a lot of little tricks, such as playfully using flashes to provoke the armor that is walking in a regular manner below. scorpion.

At this time, we can see the way the raven and the armored scorpion get along with each other, two types of troops that have not dealt with each other since the history of the empire: when a raven flashes, an armored scorpion will swipe its tail. The constant flashes of crows caused the entire square to crackle like swatting flies. Although no one was injured, watching the scorpions swing their tails around at supersonic speed gave me a cold sweat.

Behind the armored scorpion phalanx, marching in formation were the newly recruited leader bees. These silent and unsociable soldiers almost never communicated with other apostles outside of their missions, and their duty during the carnival made them even more attracted to them. All the tourists regard it as a unique urban sculpture in Shadow City, and now they have finally found something more meaningful than standing guard.

Based on Ares's combat effectiveness, we have determined that the infected "servants of the gods" in Atlantis at least have the power of elite imperial soldiers, and we do not rule out the existence of monsters at the level of middle and low-level imperial officers. After all, they They are all mutated from the super soldiers created by the empire in the past to fight against Viska. Each of them has put a lot of effort into the unlucky scientific expedition team. This kind of artificial warriors cannot be compared with cannon fodder, even if They can't compare with characters like Qianqian who have also developed superpowers but jumped directly to the outside of the standard. It should be no problem to fight against the general regular army of the empire. Coupled with the strengthening of the power of the abyss, perhaps when fighting them Even the Armored Scorpion will suffer battle damage. After comprehensive consideration, it is necessary to let the leader bee with outstanding team support capabilities participate in the battle.

"It's an intra-atmospheric war, and only elite soldiers can be recruited, but it shouldn't be difficult. Armored scorpions are the best street fighting heroes," Sandora said in a low voice while looking at the armored scorpion phalanx that had almost completed the transmission, "It's annoying. What's more, Atlantis has fallen into Fantasyland, so our most advantageous space firepower is useless."

"Okay, big cannon ships are not always easy to use. Do you still want to go to Gensokyo with one shot from the Eternal Class?"

"What, can I ask questions now?"

A somewhat hesitant call interrupted the conversation between Sandora and I. When I turned my head, it turned out that it was Reimu Hakurei and the others standing behind me, and the person asking the question was someone who had just recovered from a serious illness and had finally regained his supple and fluffy tail. State of Yakumo blue.

The tense and orderly mobilization of troops, the scrolling military information on the square's projection, the fighter planes and magical girls whizzing from the sky, and the rumbling mechanical scorpions on the ground. Such scenes of an impending war and a storm have never been seen before. The two monsters and one Wujie in the formation were particularly surprised: In the name of Ding Dong, a group fight involving more than two hundred people in Gensokyo can be called a historic disaster. If so many people come from in front of the shrine every day, After going to smash people up, would Reimu still be alive?

"Are you... going to fight?" The demon fox girl was pushed to the front desk by her master. Seeing at least tens of thousands of violent elements with surging energy around her, the meek fox girl was under great pressure, "No. Did you say you found the location of Gensokyo?"

Does this fox think we are going to invade?

"Well, actually, I have good news and bad news for you." I scratched my hair and said the most classic fucking sentence with a little tangle. As a result, even Yakumo Purple's face showed that she was attracted. expression.

"The good news is that an ancient colonial ship from the empire found the coordinates of Gensokyo and landed in that world. In a few hours, we can use the colonial ship's positioning system to send you home directly."

"Oh~~" Yakumo Murasaki and Reimu came together.

"The bad news is... that colonial ship crashed into Gensokyo when it landed... Yes, Blue, it was the thing that smashed you over."

One of the two demons suddenly lost his expression: "Haha!?"

You might have seen your humanity at this time. Reimu's reaction was so quick. When Yakumo Murasaki was still pouring out information, Kohaku grabbed my sleeve and said, "Wait! That's right!" You said your big ship destroyed Gensokyo, right?"

I looked at the bare-armed miko whose eyes almost turned into the shape of gold coins with an expressionless face: "You won't get a cent of the demolition compensation!! So now you can board the ship with peace of mind!"

After Hakurei Reimu happily ran to the portal, Yakumo Murasaki gave me a meaningful look, and suddenly covered her mouth with a folding fan and said with a smile: "This is the present reward, my boss."

"Believe it or not, I immediately broke the bill and threw two genocidal weapons on Gensokyo to destroy all traces of the corpse!"

Faced with my deliberately sinister expression, Yakumo Purple smiled and said: "It's not good to scare girls. You will never do that, because the boss is a - a good person."

Where are the good people...

After the blond girl in front of me pulled the apologetic fox away, it took me thirty seconds to confirm the fact: I had just asked Zi Ma to issue a card... What a strong life experience!

Shaking my head to throw the tragic memory of Good Guy Ka out of my mind, I took Sandora and Lin Xue and were about to set off, when an urgent shout came from afar: "The child's father!! Wait for me!"

Turning back numbly, Bubble carried two banners on his back, "Total Dominance of Gensokyo, Unparalleled in the Lily Realm." With billowing smoke and dust, he was rushing towards me from a few hundred meters away. I read this guy during my mental connection. One goal: dominate Gensokyo and build a museum...

But before I could take action this time, Paopao lost his balance halfway and fell to the ground. The little Loli struggled in a hurry, just in time to face the smiling gaze of her elder sister.

After giving me a look that said, "Everything goes smoothly and safely," and waving my hand, my sister walked away with her mother, who was full of resentment, and walked away.

To the girl monsters of Gensokyo in advance, my sister has just saved you from the bad luck of becoming a collection of lolita from a dead house. Can you talk a little bit about the compensation for the demolition this time?

A loud and majestic roar came quickly from far and near, and then there was the sound of flapping wings in the sky. He raised his head slightly, and saw a huge golden two-headed dragon piercing the sky just in front of his sight, and then got into it. In the space cracks that appeared out of thin air.

The five-man group of protoss gangsters will also participate in this operation - as a bystander, although I very much hope that I can simply leave this troublesome matter to these gangs, but it is obvious that the purpose of those guys is to join in the fun. Well, whatever, according to Sandora, this is at least the first time the empire has cooperated with the gods since its recovery. As a historic event, I believe those historians who can talk nonsense better than Lilina will regard a group of gods from the world. The sightseeing behavior of beating, smashing, looting and burning groups is very exciting and intense.

With tens of thousands of ferocious heroic combat soldiers and an astonishing number of combat puppets in the space garb, we set foot on the carrier carrier. In just ten minutes of teleportation preparation and void teleportation, Ares remained unfazed. He sat in his seat without saying a word. The slightly bulging muscles on his body showed that this strong warrior was ready for battle. Although I wanted to tell him that there was no need to get nervous so early, I finally said nothing: This is the old empire. A super soldier was created specifically for fighting. Apart from fighting, there is probably nothing left in his mind now.

"Attention everyone on the ship, we are about to re-enter the main material plane. A foreign barrier has been detected. There will be slight vibrations during the entry..."

The soft broadcast of the ship-based host rang out on the bridge of the transport ship, followed by a burst of continuous vibrations that represented a break into another space. After the vibrations subsided, various tactical equipment in the bridge immediately began to activate in accordance with the procedures, and the ship-based host began Report: "This ship has completed the transmission and is now hovering in an invisible state. The external image connection is online."

"Well, Lin has to report to the nearby void node first, and may arrive later. Now let's take a look at the situation at Monster Mountain first."

"The host understands."

The screen of the projection system in the center of the officer's platform switched from complex curves and space backgrounds to Gensokyo.

It is truly a paradise - this was my first impression when I saw the green water and green mountains on the screen.

Isolated from the world and self-sufficient, Gensokyo has never been polluted by the outside civilized world since the Edo period. In this pure world, everything remains in the ancient state of green mountains, green waters and clear sky. First appeared What is shown in the large holographic projection is an open grassland. I can't tell where it is, but at least in my memory, pure grassland like this on the earth is on the verge of extinction. The perspective of the projection kept switching as the shipboard scanner operated. Soon we saw a shrine in the mountains, a house where monsters live, a small village where humans live, a forest hut that looks like a hermit's residence, and clear and rapid waters. Streams and clear water ponds, as well as lush and dense woods...

Yakumo Murasaki, Reimu, and Ao couldn't help but breathe quickly after seeing the familiar scenes of their hometowns appearing in the projection. Even monsters that are said to have no human emotions have the same attachment to their hometowns as humans. Reimu's soft murmur reached my ears: "Huh...it doesn't look like the end of the world has happened yet..."

"But the Great Barrier is almost destroyed," Yakumo Murasaki's voice sounded with a rare sense of worry, "The Great Barrier in Gensokyo relies on reality and fantasy as the boundary to distinguish monsters, spells, etc. Fantasy things are isolated from the modern world outside, but this cross-world teleportation you call has damaged part of the barrier, and I want to strengthen it immediately!"

Knowing that I couldn't help her with this kind of thing, I just nodded: "The communication channel is open at any time. You can ask the imperial technicians to help."

Yakumo Purple nodded: "Well, I'll leave Lan here. If anything happens, she can take my place." After saying that, she opened a gap beside her and got in.

There was a loud bang, and the blonde girl came back with a big red bump on her forehead.

"... Space teleportation without landing is prohibited within the Imperial Navy ship."

"Well..." Yakumo Zi glared at me angrily and ran out in a hurry.

"There is no problem in Gensokyo. It seems that the abyss has not spread. Now let's look at the direction of Yokai Mountain."

The shipboard host responded immediately and switched the screen.

A spectacular picture suddenly appeared in front of everyone.

The highest area of ​​Gensokyo, Yokai Mountain, is now shrouded in mist and darkness. Large clouds of blue smoke-like things cover the middle of Yokai Mountain like mountain clouds, dividing it into completely different parts. Although the lower half is shrouded in darkness, the complementary color system indicates that it is still a normal green color. The towering trees that can be seen everywhere in Gensokyo and the primitive woodlands that monsters are accustomed to cover there, and in Above this layer of clouds and mist, vegetation withered and life disappeared. A third of the mountain peak was stained with a yellowish color representing death.

Fortunately, this is just the yellow-brown color of dry vegetation, rather than the crazy black-red color after being infected by the Abyss. Obviously, the energy of the Abyss has not leaked out from Atlantis. These dry plants should have been affected by The radiation from Sky City's anti-gravity engine gradually dies. The high temperature and radiation that are fatal to plants should not harm the monsters outside Gensokyo.

Of course, the falling Atlantis caught everyone's eyes immediately: it is slightly east of the Monster Mountain, and the bottom of the inverted cone-shaped floating continent is almost close to the peak of the Monster Mountain. Immediately afterwards, there was lightning and thunder where the two crossed, but obviously, the two did not collide directly.

Fortunately, they did not come into direct contact. After actually seeing it, we discovered how big the floating city of Atlantis is: it is almost twice the size of Monster Mountain. Although it is high in the sky, it has made the entire Monster Mountain as large as the foot of the mountain. A large area was plunged into darkness like midnight. If such a huge landmass really fell to the ground... not even a single person would be left alive in Yokai Mountain.

"Has Atlantis's anti-gravity system not shut down yet?" Sandora said to herself strangely, "Well, the various barriers on the floating island are still operating at maximum power, and there is a special layer of shielding in the core area. , our shipboard radar cannot scan the specific situation of the impact point, so it seems that we can only send agents in. In addition, prepare a landing craft, and we will first contact the aboriginal people of Gensokyo."

Ares opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but the warrior code prevented him from questioning the commander's order at this time, but I took the initiative to explain: "Support for Atlantis will also be launched at the same time. , but we cannot launch a general attack now. Abyssal pollution sources come in many forms. If the piece of pollution that hit Mount Olympus is an explosive pollution source, a rash attack will most likely turn it into the Gate of the Abyss."

It is enough to suffer the same loss once.

"Yes, the Atlanteans will hold the line until the gods return."

"No, you don't have to hold on to the defense line," Sandora interrupted Ares, "I will send you back to the city of Atlantis, and some imperial agents will go with you to notify your tribe, and gradually Evacuate the infected area and shrink to the last clean street. After the agents confirm the impact and ensure it is controllable, the Imperial Army will land on the floating island. That is the time for you to fight back."

Ares understood Sandora's meaning, immediately stood up, gave a military salute, and walked out. The warrior of Atlantis did not lack advanced knowledge of Imperial affairs, and he knew how to use the Legion teleporter.

"Then it's time for us to go down." Looking at the dark peaks in the shadow of the floating continent of Atlantis, I found a lot of flashing light spots, where the monsters from Gensokyo should be moving. , "Reimu, Blue, come with me. The others should wait on the mothership first, especially Pandora you two! You still want to connect Atlantis and Monster Mountain together, but it won't work - be good Accompany mercury lamps on board!”

A short, fat Combatant-class small transport plane detached from the huge Faith-class carrier carrier, smoothly entered the atmosphere, and quickly approached the direction of the Yokai Mountain without disturbing the Hakurei Great Barrier. There is a reason why we chose the conventional drive instead of the hyperspace landing module. Yakumo Purple is strengthening the big barrier outside. In order to reduce the pressure on her, the Imperial Army has restricted the jump behavior of all vehicles (ordinary soldiers' The space jump is not limited due to the extremely small interference range), and during the descent, we are constantly collecting information about this wonderful space - a place that shares the same space with the outside world, but has a completely different "concept" Region, this reminds me of the virtual partition of the hard disk...

"Oh, now we have entered the lower atmosphere and started to slow down. Passengers, please fasten your seat belts. They should have seen this way - I personally think Reimu should go down first to help say hello." I knocked. Knocking on the crystal panel in front of the seat, the scene on the ground immediately zoomed in. Gensokyo is indeed a beautiful place. As soon as the scene appeared, there was such a large group of young and beautiful girls gathered together - playing Phalanx for you.

Reimu Hakurei shouted at that time: "Wow! Get out of the way! Why are they hitting us!"

nonsense! Look at that floating continent above you that blocks out the sky and the sun! Is there anyone in Gensokyo who is not allergic to things sent from the sky?

(Well, after thinking about it, I decided that I’d better give you a surprise... Also, please ask for next month’s *** in advance, because I think I will most likely forget about this in two days.)