A new round of attacks.
The attacks of the festered were getting more and more frequent.
Prior to this, apart from the first few hundred years of the war, there would always be a gap of at least a month or a few years between the large-scale attacks of the monsters. In between, there would only be small skirmishes and skirmishes. But in the last three to four years, the frequency of their attacks had increased abnormally. On average, there would be a large-scale attack every ten days, and this time, there was only a gap of three days between the two attacks. Almost as soon as the Apocalypse Torrent collapsed their first attack, the next attack came right after. The soldiers on the defensive line did not even have the time to catch their breath in these three days.
The commander of the guardian giants, "Fearless" Salaman, stood on the defense platform above the Heart. He looked at the universe illuminated by the artillery and magic of both sides. The pale light cast on his thick, bearded face, leaving countless eerie shadows. The scene in front of him was almost a replica of the battle a few days ago: the festered came in overwhelming numbers, almost occupying half of the space in sight. They constantly used cannon fodder to weaken the defense of the Heart, reducing the number of guardians, and left their own corrupted breath on the battlefield, creating a more permanent and terrible threat. The number of guardian troops was far from enough to stop the enemy's attack.
Salaman could also imagine what would happen next: he would have to activate Agodal's doomsday weapon again. The Apocalypse Torrent would expel all the festered monsters on the battlefield like before, but it would be a trivial loss to the enemy. The doomsday weapon's damage to the structure of the space near the Heart would even exceed the damage to the enemy. As for the corrupted breath, it would be purified by the Apocalypse Torrent, but before that, it would have already caused enough damage to the shield of the Heart.
The thick "crystal barrier" shrouded the Heart, which was the energy gathered by thousands of Denizens of the Stars from all over the universe. This energy saved the planetary shield that was almost penetrated in the first attack, but after three thousand years of constant weakening and impact, its strength had dropped by more than half. No one knew how long the Denizens of the Stars could hold on. The consciousness of the Denizens of the Stars residing in the barrier could no longer respond to the call of the guardian giants many years ago.
"Commander," a younger guardian giant stood behind Salaman, "the enemy's attacks have become more frequent."
Salaman turned his head, his eyes shining with wisdom. "What do you think of this, my brother?"
"We are isolated in the Holy Land and know nothing about what is happening in the deep universe, my brother," the young guardian giant said. "But I think that something must have happened in the deep universe to make these aberrated monsters so anxious. Their attacks are getting fiercer by the day, but at the same time, they are also showing nervousness and panic. They are using their own potential to increase the frequency of their attacks."
Salaman nodded slightly in agreement, but there was no expression on his thick, bearded face. "You're right. These freaks have become more impatient than before. They are under some kind of pressure. I received a report that a few days ago, an army of Aberrations suddenly marched into outer space and never returned. Since then, these Aberrations have been inexplicably mobilized … I suspect that another force has already entered this world. "
"Another force?" The young guardian giant looked at the Legion Commander. "Apart from us, does Mother have any other allies?"
Salaman said in a deep voice, "Mother left behind a lot of secrets, some of which even we don't know, just like the Holy Land we are stationed in is also unknown to outsiders. Maybe Mother is somewhere else … "
Before he could finish, the space behind him suddenly showed signs of distortion, and a guardian in white armor walked out of the portal and hurriedly came up to him. "Commander, our warriors found something … strange at the edge of the battlefield."
"Something strange?" Salaman's eyebrows twitched. He had not heard such a strange thing from his subordinates for many years. "What is it?"
The orderly lowered his head. "A … It looks like an advanced man-made aircraft. Its style and technology are not any we know, but this aircraft seems to be trying to establish communication with us."
Salaman frowned. "Bring it to me."
The two guardian giants quickly brought the strange aircraft to the platform. When Salaman saw it, he could not help but frown: it was indeed a 'strange thing'.
It was carried by the two giants, and the aircraft, which was more than ten meters long, did not look that big in the hands of the giants. This silver-white strange thing was obviously a mechanical creation. It had a metal shell, half of it looked like a spaceship, and the other half looked like an insect's amputated limb. There were a lot of pendants hanging on the outside, but the most striking thing was the huge holographic text constantly projected on its surface.
The text said "Don't shoot your own people" on the left, and "Calm down, don't shoot" on the right. In the middle, a line of big text said "The goddess of creation asked me to bring you a message" …
The last line of big text was the most important reason why all the guardian giants restrained their desire to shoot: they all knew that their mother was known as the goddess of creation by mortals.
"It suddenly appeared on the battlefield with a large number of festered chasing it, but it was incredibly flexible and ran faster than anyone, so they never caught up," the orderly said with a dumbfounded look. "Our automatic firepower almost turned it into a sieve, but this thing's shield withstood the first wave of attack, and then our soldiers saw these … text."
The young guardian adjutant looked at Salaman and said in a strange tone, "This is … another force?"
Salaman looked at the strange silver-white aircraft with some curiosity. His deep-set eyes were as calm as water, making it impossible to guess what the elderly guardian giant was thinking. The young adjutant next to him could not help but say, "This is indeed the language we use, but this … machine uses a completely unfamiliar technology. It is impossible for a new race to come out of nowhere in the universe and master such advanced technology without us knowing —"
"But it is here, and it is trying to establish contact with us." Salaman raised a hand to interrupt the adjutant, then he came to the strange machine and bent down. "I can feel that something is looking at me through it. No matter who you are, if you want to talk, now is the time. "
As expected, the strange silver-white machine immediately trembled. A moment ago, it seemed to have lost its power and was being carried by the two giants. In the next second, it was revived and floated into the air on its own. At the same time, a loud voice came from the front of the machine.
"See, see, I told you, these words would definitely work. Curiosity is something you can't control, and it's the same for the guardian giants."
Then a female voice said, "But the drone was still attacked at first."
"Well, it was inevitable. I think it was automatic firepower, or it was too late to react. Anyway, the drone held up. "
"OK, OK, OK, whatever you say makes sense, okay?"
Salaman's eyebrows raised involuntarily. It seemed that there was more than one person behind this strange machine, and this kind of conversation … seemed a bit unusual. Were they not soldiers?
"Who are you?" the old giant asked, frowning.
A series of strange noises came from inside the strange machine, and then its front suddenly lit up, and a holographic image appeared in front of Salaman.
A man with a happy smile on his face and a woman with a calm temperament appeared in the picture.
Then, the scene flashed, and another small creature with a fish tail jumped out from below. She seemed to bump into the camera and then slid down again.
Salaman was speechless.
The old giant felt that he had never encountered such a strange thing since he was born.
"You can call me Hao Ren, and this is Vivian Ancestor." Hao Ren was also observing the guardian giants in the picture, but he did not forget to introduce himself. "We are observers."
"Observers?" The old giant repeated the strange word. "You can call me Salaman. Who are you? What is your purpose? "
"You are in a war, and we are here to help," Hao Ren said bluntly. After seeing the change of expression on the guardian giant's face, he did not give it a chance to speak. "Please don't interrupt me. I know no one will believe a group of suspicious people who appear out of thin air. Before I tell you the details, I have something to show you."
The holographic image switched, and what appeared in front of Salaman was the melee that took place not long ago on the Naqdal Continent.
Of course, these images had been edited to hide the way the drones entered the battlefield, their covert actions, their specific scale, and their speed of delivery. But Salaman could still clearly see the process of the festered army being completely swallowed by the tide of armed drones.
As a legion commander who had been fighting festered monsters for thousands of years, this scene gave the old giant an inexplicable feeling. He was glad that the festered were completely wiped out, but also a little sad. After all, those festered monsters were once one of the guardians, and they should have been purified by the guardians.
In the second half of the image, Salaman saw something familiar.
"Is that … the temples of Naqdal?"
"You recognize it." The video ended, and Hao Ren's image reappeared on the holographic projection. "That is indeed Naqdal. This battle also revolved around the fragments of Naqdal. Those mutant monsters tried to destroy the Naqdal Continent, but my drone swarm blocked them. Because of this freak accident, I came into contact with the sprites on the Naqdal Continent. From them, I learned about the mutant monsters and the war that took place deep in this galaxy."
"What we want to say is that you are not the only one fighting these festered monsters," Vivian finally said. "We are hunting this evil force across the entire universe."
Salaman was silent for a long time before he finally asked, "What do you want to do?"
"To offer you a cooperation plan," Hao Ren said.
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