In Cecil City, a series of intelligence reports from the expeditionary force commanders on all fronts were immediately sent to Amber. After sorting them out, she sent them to Gwen.
"… Now we can be sure that the abnormal discharge phenomenon in the atmosphere and the large-scale 'aurora' are occurring irregularly across the entire continent." Amber stood beside Gwen's desk. The sun shone on her face from the side, and her Amber eyes had a rare serious look. "The distribution is random, and the time of occurrence is also random. But they are all concentrated in the past twelve hours. The first to discover the abnormal astronomical phenomenon was the garrison in Red Jade City in the Augre tribal kingdom. Then, the northern part of the Empire, the Duchy of Holy Dragon, Typhon, the Kingdom of Kaolin, and even Tarlonde across the ocean also have abnormal aurora and discharge phenomenon … "
Gwen frowned. He quickly flipped through the documents in his hand and asked, "What do the scholars think about this?"
"The Magical Energy Research Institute believes that this is a large-scale magical 'resonance' phenomenon. A powerful magical field suddenly entered the atmosphere and reacted violently with the clouds and magnetic field in the high altitude." Amber recited the conclusion of the experts word by word, even though she did not understand much of it herself. "Considering the randomness of the phenomenon and the delay in time, they believe that there should be more than one source of magical power that caused the resonance. Instead, the source of magical power that was distributed all over the place leaked and resonated one after another.
"In addition, considering the scale of the phenomenon, especially considering that the abnormal phenomenon has been observed in the sky above Tarlonde, they think that this is definitely a planetary-level event …"
"… A planetary-level event, behind it may be the planetary-level magic circulation system." Gwen raised his eyes and looked at Amber with an unusually serious expression. "It seems that the sentinel finally can't sit still. It is activating the arrangement in the Deep Blue Network ahead of time. This may just be a test. But it's hard to say next time."
"The construction of the 'blockage wall' is speeding up on the northern and eastern fronts. At present, the mutant army seems to have not reacted. The Silver and Kaolin Coalition forces on the southern front have also gained a foothold near the wreckage of the Constellation Temple. They will activate the first purification device today." Amber said quickly. "On the western front, Duke Bodwin has readjusted the deployment. A large number of reinforcements from the hinterland of Augoray and the dwarven kingdom are currently arranged in the scorched earth area. The ground forces of the Imperial Expeditionary Force and part of the Gorgonian Fortress have begun to move in the direction of the wasteland ahead of time. This should put enough pressure on the mutants on the western front … Then, they will also begin the first phase of the blockage wall project."
"… In the current situation, all we can do is race against time. No matter how many plots are behind the sentinel, we must take the front line," Gwen said in a deep voice. Then he asked, "At present, you must pay more attention to the domestic order and public opinion. As the war continues, the long-term maintenance of the wartime system may cause emotional transformation. Even if we maintain the normal production and life of the people, the shadow of war is still hanging over everyone's head. In this regard, you know better than anyone else."
"You can rest assured that I have never slacked off in this area." Amber immediately nodded. "In addition to the conventional propaganda guidance and maintenance of stability, Firm is also preparing to film a batch of magic movies with the theme of defending the civilized border and recovering the Gondor homeland. I have begun to follow up on this matter. I think the effect should be very good."
"Hmm … I know about this project. It's very good." Gwen nodded. "It's just right to connect with the series of official propaganda work that we have been working on since the beginning of the war, and —"
Halfway through his sentence, a rapid buzzing sound suddenly came from the magic network terminal on the table, interrupting his conversation with Amber. The two in the study looked at each other subconsciously, and then Gwen raised his hand to activate the buzzing terminal. A stream of light flashed above the focusing crystal, and Heti's holographic projection clearly appeared before him. Her face was full of undisguised nervousness and solemnity.
Heidi was a steady person. Although she had done the strange thing of drawing dark circles around her eyes, she rarely behaved like this. So Gawain immediately realized that something serious had happened. "What's going on? Why do you look like that? "
"Ancestor, our communication with the Imperial Navy led by Byron has been cut off," Heti said quickly, startling Gwen. "There is no response from all channels!"
"What did you say?!" Gwen's eyes widened. "We have lost contact with Byron? An entire fleet? All gone?! "
"Yes, the last contact was an hour ago. The Winter sent a message through the enhanced channel, saying that they had encountered an abnormal storm, and the communication may be interfered with. After that, the communication was completely cut off." Heti immediately began to report the details she had just learned. "At that time, the position was in the southwest coast of the mainland, near the mouth of the sacred river Aldo. But the monitoring devices on the nearby coast showed that the entire fleet was moving away from the land …"
"Away from the land?" Gwen's brows knitted together. "And encountered a storm in the coastal area … Did they try to use the temporary aerial communication network? When and where was the last sighting report from the land? "
"All communication channels have been tried, including the west coast communication link set up by the Imperial Fleet along the coastline, the newly established aerial communication link, and the few magic net communication lines that have just been restored in the Ogoray tribal nation. It can be confirmed that there is no problem with the mainland communication channel. The last sighting report was this morning. An engineering ship of the Imperial Fleet repaired the Alliance communication station on the coastline north of the mouth of Aldo. After that, no one saw the warships near the land or enter the sacred river."
Gwen was deep in thought. Heti could not help but look worried. "Ancestor, will Byron …"
"Don't be so pessimistic. The Winter and the main fleet it leads are the latest magic warships. They have powerful armor and a shield system specially designed to deal with disasters at sea. They also have the rune technology provided by the sirens and the Storm Children. Several previous tests have confirmed that the warships are safe and sound even if they encounter the chaotic turbulence in the distant sea. From the information you just mentioned, they were moving away from the land when they last communicated. It was more like they were drifting in the chaotic turbulence …" Gwen frowned and said slowly. "Considering the special nature of the chaotic turbulence, once they encounter that thing, whether it is near or far, even the magic warships will inevitably deviate from the course, but …"
He paused, and his expression became more serious. "It's just that Byron's fleet has sirens and nagas as navigators. Even if the ship's navigation equipment is faulty, those navigators shouldn't have lost their way …"
As soon as he finished, Hu Po, who was beside him, showed a thoughtful expression. "That might not be the case. You see, there's a siren who got lost on land because she swam in the wrong direction on her way home..."
"In theory, it shouldn't be," Gwen said seriously. "I have asked Tyre before. She said that she is the only one in Antaverne who has lost fish like her …"
Then he shook his head and temporarily put the thought of the sea caterpillar at the back of his mind. He looked up at Heti on the communication interface. "Continue to call the Imperial Fleet in all channels. Send a message to the Dwarf Kingdom and the Silver Empire. Ask them to help monitor the situation on the West Coast and the western coastal area, especially pay close attention to all the floating objects on the sea. Inform the Dawn of Earthly Dawn and ask Gina Prince to send an aerial reconnaissance team to the West Coast to assist in the search …"
He paused for a moment as if he was thinking about something. In the end, he looked at Amber and said, "Go and call Tyr over. If he's asleep, drag him over."
"Okay!" Amber immediately responded. The next second, she disappeared in a puff of black smoke before Gwen. Heti on the communication interface bowed slightly to Gwen and said calmly, "Then I will arrange the call and search first."
"Go ahead." Gwen nodded and waved his hand. After Heti's figure disappeared from the communication interface, he gently exhaled and calmed the inevitable uneasiness in his heart. He leaned back slightly on the chair and let himself enter the state of concentration and "ascension." With the familiar feeling of his soul being detached and the feeling of his perspective constantly rising, his mind quickly detached from the shackles of the current body and successfully connected to the satellite monitoring system in space in a short time.
The old and blurry satellite monitoring lens began to zoom and adjust. In Gwen's mind, the bird's eye view of the Lolun Continent gradually emerged from the darkness. He tried to focus his "vision" as much as possible within the limited range of the satellite lens and looked at the southwest of the Lolun Continent.
The estuary of the holy river "Aldo" finally came into his sight, together with a small area of the surrounding sea. In theory, he should be able to see the large fleet. Even if the old satellite was no longer useful, the ship led by Byron was not a small sampan. In the relatively clear background of the ocean, the Cold Winter and the main warships it led should be clearly distinguishable.
Especially at this moment, the weather in the southwest of the continent was good. The storm that swept over the coastal area seemed to have ended, and the view from the satellite's perspective was still good.
However, Gawain did not see anything. The imperial fleet that was supposed to be sailing in the southwest of the continent and about to enter the Holy River Aldo to support the southern front was nowhere to be seen. There was not even a trace of them in the nearby waters.
"… Even if they deviated from the course, it's impossible to disappear in such a short time … Even if they fly, they can't fly so fast." Gwen could not help but murmur in his heart. While controlling the satellite view to search the coastal area, he constantly switched between various sensing views until he suddenly sensed a presence in the real world. He then exited the satellite connection and retracted his main consciousness back to reality.
Gwen opened his eyes and saw the door of the study being pushed open from the outside. The first thing that came into his sight was a big ball of snake. Tyre was perfectly wrapped in his tail and sleeping soundly in the snake ball, only his head and shoulders were exposed. He showed no signs of waking up even after being pushed through the door.
After the snake ball came to a stop, Amber's figure came out from behind it again. The Shame of the Alliance wiped the non-existent sweat on his forehead and reported to Gawain while panting, "I'm so tired … I wanted to drag her here, but she curled up into a ball, so I had to push her all the way here from the room. Think of a way to wake her up yourself, I'm going to take a rest …"
As soon as the voice trailed off, the half-elf had already rushed to a nearby rest sofa with black smoke billowing out. She lay there motionless, leaving Gwen staring at the scene with his mouth agape, not knowing what to say for a long time.
Fortunately, this was not the first time this had happened, and Gwen was familiar with dealing with it. He quickly reacted, opened the drawer next to him, and took out a bottle of brownish-black liquid marked "Highly Toxic, Dangerous, Do Not Open". He unscrewed the cap and walked over to Tyre's nose. "Wake up, if you don't wake up, I'm going to pour this down your throat."
Tyre, who was sleeping, sniffed. After a short two-second delay, the sea caterpillar woke up with an "Ah!" and the snake ball instantly contracted and bounced up. She then began to untie herself in a hurry and looked at Gwen with an unfriendly face. "How can you be like this! Can't you think of a way to wake me up in the mortal realm? Can't you just take out Lady Egg's aged wine? Can't you just pour me some boiling water? "
"If boiling water was useful, I wouldn't have put a bottle of it in my study," Gawain said casually as he screwed the lid back on the bottle of brownish-black liquid. "I need you for something. I need you to contact your compatriots."
"Contact my compatriots?" Tyre blinked as if she had just woken up. "Haven't we tried many times before? The entire Loren Continent is shielded by the energy field, and the psionic song and racial resonance between us sirens can't penetrate this barrier. Could it be that you have already broken the shield? "
"I'm not asking you to contact Antavern, I'm asking you to contact Kassandra, the navigator next to Byron," Gwen explained. "Try and see if you can sense her location."
"Kassandra? Byron's fleet? "Tyre froze for a moment before she reacted." Is something wrong? You can't contact the fleet? "
"Byron's fleet is missing, communication is cut off, and they are nowhere to be found in the coastal waters. The last positioning shows that they are moving away from the mainland," Gwen said. "Now we can only hope that you sirens can sense each other. Although the contact between the Loren Continent and Antavern has been cut off, within the interference zone, you can always sense Kassandra and the others, right?"
"This … Well, I'll try." Tyre nodded. "As long as they are not too far away from the mainland, I can sense them in the coastal areas and even part of the distant sea."
After that, the siren lady closed her eyes. But this time, she did not close her eyes to take a nap. Instead, she began to hum a song that humans could not understand in a low and gentle voice. The pleasant voice that humans could not make began to echo in the study. In the melody of the song, there was a 'vibration' that was beyond the perception of most races spreading out from the space and drifting into the distance on invisible ripples.
When contacting Antavern, Tyre needed to use a device like the Magic Net Hub Tower to amplify her "song." That was because the distance was too far, and she had to cross the ocean full of powerful interference. But this time, the target she wanted to contact was not so far away, so she did not need additional help.
Gwen waited patiently until Tyre's voice gradually entered a frequency that was completely inaudible to human ears. It was not until a long time later that the siren lady slowly opened her eyes.
… To be honest, Gawain suspected that this guy had fallen asleep again, but he had no evidence.
"How's the situation?" Gwen immediately asked as soon as Tyre opened her eyes.
"I can't hear Kassandra's response." Tyre blinked with a stunned look on her face. "She is no longer in Loren, not even near the Loren Continent."
(End of Chapter)
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