Speaking of the Fallen Apostles, they seemed to have temporarily calmed down.
Yes, 'seemed'. Even though they hadn't made any movements in the past month or two, to the extent where the surveillance outposts in the void rarely discovered traces of the Fallen Apostles' fleet, I could only use the word 'seemed'. No one would believe that the Fallen Apostles had truly gone into hibernation. Even though they had obtained quite a bit of success in their recent operations, they had suffered tremendous losses in terms of strategy. Based on my understanding of them, these losses would not make the enemy calm down. On the contrary, it would make them think of every possible way to reverse the situation.
However, the Fallen Apostles were rather cunning fellows. They rarely took the initiative to appear before they were certain. As a result, no one knew what was happening in the territory of the Fallen Apostles. We could only look at it from the surface. The enemy was temporarily holed up in their own territory.
The third intelligence core had already formed over ten special operations teams. The identities of these special operations teams were something we had never thought of before: Fallen Apostles, or should I say 'former' Fallen Apostles.
I believe everyone still remembers what that devilish brat Xiaoxue did when she came over. She instigated an entire army of Halland's! That army suffered great losses when they followed Xiaoxue to break through the enemy's blockade. In the end, the warships that survived were already insufficient. Later on, we reorganized this army and added it to Visca's army. This Abyss General Visca finally had his own official army. However, both Sandora and I felt that it wasn't a good idea to have this special army on the battlefield to fight against the enemy. As a result, they were mostly used for special service missions. Carter? Carlo borrowed several hundred experienced former Fallen Apostle commanders from the army and had them form special operations teams. These teams had already infiltrated near the enemy's borders. They were hiding there. As soon as the enemy made any movements, the Empire would receive the news immediately.
This was much more reliable than remote observation from the void sentries.
Actually, I hoped that these special forces could infiltrate into the enemy's territory and set up an ambush in their territory. Then, the Imperial Army could find an opportunity to launch a pincer attack. Perhaps they would be able to completely wipe out Halland's remaining forces. They might even be able to snatch a few universes from the Fallen Apostle's hands. However, this was only a thought. The mental network between the Shiring Apostles was the best defense against spies. Halland must have known which of her soldiers had defected to the New Empire, which was why the commander of the Special Ops Team could not find a chance to infiltrate the enemy. Right now, they could only rely on their own understanding of the Fallen Apostle's various worlds' defense systems to get as close to the enemy's borders as possible. If they took another step forward, they would be consigned to eternal damnation.
The Fallen Apostle was stirring up his schemes in his own territory, and the Empire naturally wouldn't remain idle. Apart from the arsenal and the starport, the busiest was the research team led by Tawil. Currently, there were two most important research topics. One was to analyze the debris of King's Landing with all their might, hoping to reverse-engineer something that we could use. Right now, there wasn't much progress in this project. After all, something like King's Landing was a strategic weapon in the old Empire era. The technology used was complex and profound. In addition, Godfather and King Huron had really beaten that thing up too much. There was still a long way to go to restore the principles of King's Landing. At present, Tawil's biggest progress was to design a modification that could be used by small and medium-sized warships based on the energy supply method of King's Landing. These modifications allowed the starship's reactor to overload a second time with four times the power after overloading once, and then return to the factory for major repairs. We know that overloading technology is also an important part of the Xiling Empire's crazy series of technologies. This kind of technology allows the already powerful Empire weapons to be on steroids. Now, overloading has been strengthened. The new technology allows a warship to explode with four to five times the comprehensive strength in a desperate situation, until it burns down all its main cannons and shield generators. At present, Bubble has decided to call this modification effect Bloodthirsty Frenzy. By the time I found out, the girl had already entered the name into the database.
The research team's second big project was the research on the Deep Submergence Ship. And this project had made a lot of progress. I really did not expect this. They were so close to building a prototype!
Of course, the prototype could not carry people, and the depth of the submergence could not be compared to the prototype of the Deep Submergence Ship. Moreover, it could only carry a limited amount of testing equipment, and these equipment used the dumbest method to send the measurement data back. That was, when the Deep Submergence Ship could not withstand the pressure and self-destructed, it would "float" to the vicinity of the Gate of the Abyss and be salvaged by the troops stationed near the Gate. This was the idea proposed by Shallow Shallow, and Sandora commented that when faced with an unknown field, the dumbest method was usually the most effective.
It was not hard to imagine that this method of salvaging floating bottles would yield very limited information. A prototype ship carried hundreds of escape units, and each of these escape units were equipped with different protection methods. Among them, there would not be more than five that could escape in one piece. In fact, this was also a test. Tawil was eager to find out if there was any other way to further strengthen the deep submergence equipment's resistance to the Abyss, so he gathered his best assistants and set up hundreds of escape units.
The prototype ship's first dive time had not been set. Sandora felt that once the first ship was successfully built, it could immediately dive. After all, it would not carry people, and the experimental site would definitely be in an uninhabited universe. (The lesson of the Old Empire made us feel that no matter how much protection there was during the operation of a large-scale experiment, it would not be as safe as directly placing the experimental site in an uninhabited universe, even if it meant investing two or three times the cost in logistics and equipment.) This would save a lot of steps.
As for the location of the deep dive, a few conditions should be met: there must be no life in the universe, or only a small number of low-level lifeforms. Universes with intelligent lifeforms and civilized civilizations must be excluded; there must be at least one Gate of the Abyss, and this Gate of the Abyss must be stable to a certain degree. The entry of the Gate of the Abyss and the subsequent salvage work would destroy the stable state of the Gate of the Abyss. If the initial stable state was not enough, it could easily cause a disaster; the size of the Gate of the Abyss must not be too large, or the existing suppression equipment might not be powerful enough.
The Bubble had already begun a large-scale screening of the data in the database to find the best experimental environment. It was always good to be prepared early. The Empire's sphere of influence was not small, but it was not easy to find such a qualified experimental universe. We could not compare to the Old Empire. The deep submergence experiments back then must have been much easier. What kind of universe could they not have?
There was another matter related to the 'civilians', and that was the new members of the Empire.
The Tree Elves had more or less adapted to the environment of the New Empire. The hundreds of millions of Tree Elves had already moved into their new homes and built temporary cities. They were extremely satisfied with the simple ecological dome on the New Oasis Planet. At the very least, it was much better than the scorching and desolate environment in the mantle. Furthermore, more Tree Elves had joined the Space Administration. These newly appointed liaison officers would become the 'ambassador race' of the New Empire. Perhaps, it would not take long before these gentle and tenacious Tree Elves would become the unique label of the Empire. However, they still needed to learn. They had to learn the laws of the Empire from the Empire's soldiers and learn the rules of the New Empire's spawn races from the representatives of the other spawn races. This was something that gave me a headache. The Tree Elves were a rather romantic race, and they were more or less liberal. This could be seen from the fact that they frequently traveled for half of their lives. It was impossible to change their personality. During the Old Empire, they did not have the time to accept the iron-fisted rule of the Shiring Apostles. In the New Empire, I did not intend to forcefully twist the will of these free Elves. It was fine as long as they could learn to accurately complete their missions.
There was another unexpected piece of good news regarding the Tree Elves. Unknowingly, they had actually become good friends with the Exile Fleet. The latter was the only race within the sphere of influence of the Empire that had a cold and cautious attitude towards the Empire. The Tree Elves actually had hopes of becoming the breakthrough point to change this situation!
The members of the Exile Fleet were refugees who had escaped from the collapse of the Old Empire. Their country had been destroyed and they had been hunted down for tens of thousands of years. The crimes that the Fallen Apostles had committed against them could be said to be uncountable. Even though the New Empire and the Fallen Apostles were completely opposed to each other, from the perspective of a third party, it was difficult to differentiate between the two. In the eyes of the majority of the civilians in the Exile Fleet, the soldiers of the New Empire were still ruthless and dangerous. It was just that they had temporarily stopped finding trouble with them.
The appearance of the Tree Elves caused the frightened refugees to be confused for a moment before they softened their attitude towards them.
When we contacted the Exile Fleet, we didn't send any Empire soldiers over. Most of the time, it was the servants who sent representatives. Now that the Tree Elves had become the diplomatic team of the Empire, I naturally added them to the list of diplomatic teams. Thus, the various races in the Exile Fleet saw a representative of the Empire that they had never seen before: gentle, humble, always smiling, and always carrying toys and candies in their pockets for children …
I firmly believed that this last point had the greatest impact on the Exile Fleet.
No matter what, the appearance of the Tree Elves had greatly eased the anxiety that the Exile Fleet felt towards the representatives of the Empire. Optimistically, it wouldn't be long before their impression of the New Empire would change. This time, I had to admit that Liliana's suggestion back then was extremely effective. I really looked forward to the day when the suffering citizens of the Exile Fleet could put down their worries and stand on the same side as the Shiring Apostles. Of course, they could also be considered to be on the Empire's side now. However, the fact that both sides were unable to cooperate with each other made Sandora quite dissatisfied.
"Wow, this feels great … After throwing that troublesome tail over to the diplomatic team, the entire world is at peace."
Liliana lay barefooted on the carpet as she looked around for Jingle's figure. She didn't seem like an archbishop at all as she muttered in satisfaction. She was referring to Green Calyx. That Tree Elf girl had been given to the communication team that was sent to the Exile Fleet by Liliana. Thus, Green Calyx had obtained a few days of leisure time that was hard to come by. Look at what she's doing now, playing hide-and-seek with Jingle! Doesn't she know how much of an advantage Jingle has in this game?
"She should be back in another two days." I glanced at Liliana and felt that it was necessary to make this arrogant lass nervous at this crucial moment. "Have you heard of the saying that absence makes the heart grow fonder?"
Liliana was currently rummaging through the small drawer of the water dispenser to look for Jingle's figure. She instantly trembled when she heard my words. Then, with a sullen expression, she squirmed behind the sofa like a huge caterpillar …
Jingle crawled out of a vase two meters away and cheered excitedly. This was her one hundred and seventy-sixth victory in her hide-and-seek game with Liliana … Look, this is actually the only aspect that Jingle is stronger than others. In a hide-and-seek game that doesn't allow the use of special abilities, she has accumulated more than one thousand and four hundred victories. Let me remind you, no matter what, do not play hide-and-seek with a little bean that is less than twelve centimeters tall. You wouldn't even know if she was hiding in your pocket …
At this moment, there was a light knock on the kitchen door. An Weina walked over with a large plate of bright, crystal-clear food. Shadora, who was playing chess with her sister, immediately threw down her chess piece and went over to greet her. That plate of food was specially prepared for her. Unable to withstand the queen's pestering, I finally let An Weina stir-fry that plate of crystal crow eggs. Shadora was the only one in the family who had the teeth and appetite to enjoy the strangest delicacy in the world …
After serving the food that the hostess had made, Anveena hurriedly wiped her hands and continued her daily work that she had recently started.
She opened the window, and a crow flew into the living room as if it had been waiting outside for a long time. It intimately pecked Anveena's face twice. Then, this crow stood on a small table near the window, flapping its wings and nodding to everyone in the living room. It kept making a strange sound that sounded like a crow's caw, but there was a faint ethereal echo in its caw. It was greeting us.
The size of this crow was slightly smaller than a normal crow, but it was almost an adult crow. Its feathers were a deep bluish-purple color, and the edges of the feathers had a metallic texture. The crow's bluish-black eyes hid a deep radiance of energy. If you looked at its eyes for a while, you might discover that there were extremely minute electric sparks dancing in them. When this magical bird flapped its wings to greet me, I noticed that all the metal objects in the living room had a layer of dull gray luster, as if they were responding to some kind of summoning … It seemed like the seal I placed on this little bird wasn't complete. Aside from energy control, did it also have the talent to affect metal objects?
That's right, this crow that flew in was the future Crow God. It had only been five days since it came out of the research institute, but it had already grown to this size, even catching up to its parents. At this rate of growth, it would not stop until it reached adulthood, which was to say, it would grow to the height of a human. And with its rapid growth, this bird began to show more and more unusual appearances. Its steel-like feathers, its eyes that flickered with energy, and its deep and ethereal voice — before it obtained true divine power, it had already become an extraordinary creature.
Anveena now had to start thinking about whether or not to let this crow leave its parents' residence. It seemed that in two or three days, the old crow nest on the tree in the courtyard would not be able to accommodate this crazily growing strange bird …
"Alright, you have already learned how to greet." Anveena affectionately patted the crow's head, and then condensed a holy light with her hands, covering the crow's head. "This can temporarily remove the seal that Master has placed on you, but don't mess around during training."
Anveena had already decided to take care of this mutated crow herself, and one of the tasks she had set for herself was to communicate with the crow every morning, so that it could learn how to control its own power as soon as possible. Although she was just a little maid with the lowest combat power in the family, she also had her own strengths. Anveena used to be a ghost, and then she was directly transformed by Alaya's power into a creature of holy light, and now she was even a half-angel. This huge change was very difficult to adapt to, and Anveena was now quite proficient in using her own holy light. She had a set of experience in adapting to a strange body and strange abilities that no one else could replicate, and this experience was very important for a crow that had suddenly become a god — after all, the little crow's parents could not teach it anything other than building a nest and catching mice.
Generally, a human baby would not have the ability to reason within three steps until it was about three years old, but this strange bird clearly had the same development pattern in this aspect: it grew rapidly as a nestling, and within a few days, it was already able to get to know many people in the family, and had established a trusting relationship with Anveena. Anveena could now guide the little crow to perform the two simplest skills of "Shadow Bolt" and "Arcane Gaze". The Shadow Bolt was naturally the black plasma that the little crow spat out from its mouth, and the Arcane Gaze was something that Anveena had accidentally trained three days ago: the little crow could radiate arcane energy from its eyes, and its eyes formed a structure like two focusing crystals, through which the free energy in its body could be radiated. It was another unexplainable mutation. Right now, the little crow was not very proficient in the Arcane Gaze, and the rays of light from its eyes were basically flying randomly in a cone-shaped area in front of it. Fortunately, it was still small, and this kind of super small-scale magic couldn't cause much damage. The little crow's most powerful Shadow Bolt only burned a small hole in the table, and the power of the plasma was actually about the same as the flame of a matchstick.
While Anveena was training the little crow to focus its Arcane Gaze on a single point, I suddenly remembered something. "Anveena, have you given it a name?"
"A name?" Anveena was stunned for a moment. "Err, not yet, I didn't think of that."
Shallow Shallow's eyes lit up when she heard that name, and she jumped up excitedly. "Medivh, Medivh! Let's call it Medivh!"
I was momentarily stunned, and Anveena seriously thought for a moment. "That's not too good, the little crow is a girl."
"Ah? And it's a female bird? " Shallow Shallow was quite surprised. She then opened her Information Terminal and projected a line of subtitles in mid-air. "Then call it Medivh!"
Liliana instantly jumped up from behind the sofa. "Isn't that the same!"
"It's fine, Medivh has been dead for many years, he can't still pursue the copyright!" Shallow Shallow waved her hand nonchalantly. "Ah Jun, Ah Jun. How about this name? Medivh! "
I looked at the little girl with a distressed expression. "Don't tell me that I have to add subtitles when I call its name in the future?"
"What's the matter?" Shallow Shallow's thoughts were difficult to be controlled by others. "In the future, it will be the Crow Goddess, a God, and its influence will be much greater than Medivh's. By then, people will naturally only know the name Medivh, who is Medivh? Who knows? "
I felt a headache coming on as I listened on the side. "You … You better add subtitles when you say that to me. The readers will see it, what do you want me to do!"
Just as I said that, Medivh let out a loud cry. "Caw!"
Is this unlucky bird ridiculing me?!
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