"You actually thought of borrowing the power of the Abyss?" Icetis looked at me with a strange expression, her tone a little incredulous.
I scratched my cheek, knowing that this plan was a little unexpected. "Then, do you have any psychological trauma?"
"Not to the extent of psychological trauma." Icetis shrugged. "I just never thought that someone would come up with such an idea. After all, whether it was the Protoss or Schilling, they could only think of one thing when they saw the Abyss, and that was to destroy it. I have never heard of anyone using the Abyss as a tool, or even initiating the end of the Abyss … If it was anyone else, wouldn't they be court-martialed?"
I chuckled. "This is a little rebellious. But I know that you are not inflexible on this issue. "
The Dark Abyss had always been at odds with them, but now they wanted to borrow the power of the Dark Abyss. No one would have dared to say such a thing 70,000 years ago, but now that the Dark Abyss Independent Regiment had been established under the empire's banner, some things had to change. The Protoss didn't have the concept of Abyss Gods, but I knew that Icetis was a person with a strong ability to accept things. This valiant bookworm who could go against the will of her race to choose a major should be her ability to accept things.
Icetis looked down at her hands and gently clenched them a few times. Her tone was a little emotional. "I thought that I would never become like that again in this life … Forget it, Sandora has already accepted her claws, so why should I worry? But there is another problem: The opening of the Abyss will indeed destroy the world, but it won't be completed in an instant. Even a large Abyss Gate will need ten days to half a month to dismantle a universe. After all, it needs to spread and deteriorate, and there is a process from the entire universe being polluted to the collapse of the physical world. There are several ways to determine the end of the world. I reckon that you want the most thorough one: until the entire physical world is torn apart. If it was a normal opening of the Abyss, it would take time, and the Fallen Apostle would have arrived long before that. "
This was indeed a problem. Before discussing it, we had to understand the "end of the world" clearly: it was a complicated concept.
As mentioned before, there were different ways to determine the end of the world depending on the position of the observer.
For humans, the extinction of human civilization was the end of the world. When the last person in the world stopped breathing, the end of the world for this race would also come. However, to this universe, humans were just a layer of high molecular proteins attached to a tiny planet with a radius of seven thousand kilometers. The cessation of these chemical reactions was simply insignificant. Forget about the end of the world, it was not even an event worth recording in the course of the entire world. The end of the Abyss also followed the same logic. We often saw such words in disaster reports about the Abyss: Universe XX suffered a large-scale infection, and the end of the world would end in a few hours. The end of the world here was actually judged from the perspective of the observer as an intelligent being. For the entire universe, even if the Abyss instantly infected every corner, it still needed a slow process of collapse. It was the same principle with the collapse of a tall building. The topmost brick of the building would not fall to the ground in an instant.
And right now, we had to tear apart the entire world before the Fallen Apostle's observer arrived in this universe, creating the illusion that the Abyss Gate would explode and lead to the end of the world. Then, we would take advantage of the chaos to draw the fragments of the world with intelligent life into the Empire District to reconstruct a new universe. This clearly required the most thorough "end of the world." However, the problem was that we only had a few hours. A normal Abyss Gate would not be able to cause the universe to collapse in such a short amount of time.
Icetis had the ability to destroy the world, but to prevent the Fallen Apostle from finding out that we were the ones who did this, she could only use the radiation of the Abyss to deal with this. There would not be enough time. However, I had already thought about this problem for several days, and by now, I already had a plan. "I also have plans. A few days ago, I had a portion of the border outposts and heavy void fortresses drift to the vicinity of this universe. You will attack them later."
Icetis raised her eyebrows. "You want them to fall onto the world barrier and use a chain reaction to blow up this universe?"
"That's the plan." I nodded. "The border outposts and heavy fortresses will randomly change positions every once in a while. In the past, there were a few situations where they were close to the material world. This is a normal change of defense, so the Fallen Apostle will not suspect this. They also did not expect that the Empire would actually borrow the power of the Abyss to act, so they did not realize that the explosion of the Abyss in this universe was a man-made event. The explosion of the Abyss Gate in the universe would impact the unlucky outposts on the world barrier. Isn't this also a normal situation? Furthermore, you can also attack a few of the Fallen Apostle's outposts. According to what I know, they also have three or four outposts that just happen to be near the barrier. If you can take them down while maintaining your cover, then the whole thing will seem even more real. As long as a 'gap' is blown up in the world barrier, the void and the Abyss will react intensely in the vicinity of the 'gap'. After that, just leave the rest to the laws of nature to complete. Those outposts will just serve as a primer. "
"You still have to destroy the Fallen Apostle's outposts while you're at it?" Icetis muttered to herself. "Dealing with the outposts isn't difficult. The difficult part is not exposing myself … However, I have never revealed my Abyss form when fighting against the Fallen Apostles. They do not have any identification data in their hands, so this mission should be easy to accomplish."
"It's not that it can be done, it has to be done." I glanced at Icetis. "This is a line of fire. If the Fallen Apostles discover that what happened in this world was a man-made accident, they will definitely destroy all of the world fragments that are drifting towards the Empire at all costs. They would rather kill the wrong person than let them go. This has always been their way of doing things."
Sister Bing waved her hand impatiently. "Alright, alright, I will definitely get it done, I will definitely get it done. Just treat it as the first mission I have completed as an apostle. His Majesty the Emperor …"
"…" I was speechless. Would it kill this female pervert to not speak harshly?
At that moment, I suddenly heard a hesitant voice from behind me. "That … Can I ask something?"
I turned to look and saw that the Blood Princess was standing behind me. Her face was filled with confusion and curiosity. Not far away, the blockhead and Antil were also looking at everyone in confusion.
I slapped my forehead. The emergency situation earlier had attracted everyone's attention. In the end, the three of them were left here to dry in confusion for over ten minutes. Seeing that Icetis and I had finally finished our discussion, the Blood Princess finally found an opportunity to interject.
"You seem to be talking about something very important." The Blood Princess had a subtle expression on her face. Her gaze seemed to be dodging my gaze. "If I didn't hear wrongly, you were talking about blowing up the universe, the end of the world, enemies and whatnot. This … Is the end of the world the kind of end of the world that I am guessing?"
"It should be more serious than what you are guessing." I looked at the Blood Princess with a headache. Behind this little black cat were billions of natives whose lives were about to be turned upside down. My head swelled even more when I thought about how many people would be implicated in the next mission. "Have you heard of Malevolent Gods?"
"The other Gods that are opposing you?" The Blood Princess was indeed worthy of being one of the top three strategists in this world. She guessed what I meant in an instant and was instantly dumbfounded.
"Sigh, you might not be able to imagine how magical the world that you are living in is." Lin Xue sighed with a subtle expression. "To put it simply, it is located in the crossfire between two opposing Protoss factions. The Malevolent Gods are in the Abyss faction. The Abyss is the power of the Demons that you are talking about."
The Blood Princess looked at the sealed door not far behind her with lingering fear. The seal had now been completely purified and looked like an ordinary cave. Alaya was foolishly flying around inside, happily enjoying himself.
I knew that the cat girl in front of me must have misunderstood something. However, the complicated relationship between the Abyss, Schilling, Star Realm and the Fallen Apostle was not something that could be explained in a short amount of time. If I had the time in the future, I would be able to give her a set of equations to explain what was going on with the Four-Nation Military Chess. However, I could only wave my hand at her and say, "You don't have to think too much about it. In short, that bunch of lunatics might have noticed our actions here. In a few hours, they will send a large army over. Now, we are going to move your star system to a safe place. This transfer process might be a little rough. We can't guarantee that you will see anything, but we will try our best to ensure the safety of all mortals. You will have at most three to four hours to prepare and pacify the civilians to prevent them from committing suicide. "
Speaking of committing suicide, this was the most troublesome matter. Before and after a natural disaster, there would always be a bunch of crazy fellows who wished for the world to be in chaos. They would either harm others or themselves. Most of the time, after a completely harmless crisis, the greatest loss for humanity would be a bunch of suicides. I reckoned that when the universe began to tear apart, there would be at least four digits of people committing suicide in a group.
That was because we couldn't protect these world fragments on a large scale. Even in the midst of chaos, if a large-scale psionic or divine reaction appeared in one of the world fragments, it would still be discovered. So, the only planets that would be unscathed were inhabited planets. Other than that, what would the natives of these planets see?
The starry sky would tilt, the sun would disappear, the sky would collapse, and even another planet would crash into it. The world was already ending. Naturally, you couldn't expect the outside of the atmosphere to be normal.
Even though the Blood Princess didn't understand what we were going to do, she could already guess the urgency of the matter and how great the impact would be from everyone's solemn expression. After all, she was one of the five who had saved the world back then. She was adept at calming down in the face of unexpected emergencies. The ears on the Blood Beast girl's head perked up cleverly. She swung her tail in a circle. "Alright! Let's first ensure that the army doesn't fall into chaos. With the teleportation station, we can ensure the stability of the major cities. "
"Wait a minute." Lin Xue suddenly thought of something. "This is an opportunity. Let the Goddess make an appearance. When the world begins to tear apart, the huge disturbance will temporarily interrupt the Fallen Apostle's scanning. At that time, we will be able to use something of a larger scale. We will project Alaya's image to various places in Hazenwood and Redmunn. Of course, there will also be Edwinsa's image. We will put on a show and explain the various anomalies as the Goddess carrying out the final purification of the Dark Moon Demons. This will pave the way for the two planets to return to normal. "
The Blood Princess' eyes lit up. She immediately realized how perfect of an opportunity this was. Thus, she nodded. "Alright, leave it to me. I will contact Edwinsa now."
"Mm, go ahead." Lin Xue waved her hand before turning around. "Then, let's make some arrangements on our side. Even though Blockhead has secretly arranged the overall situation, I am certain that this careless fellow has made tons of mistakes in the details …"
I looked at the Missy gloomily. "Is there a need for you to mock me at such a time?"
Of course, the dark and gloomy underground cave wasn't a good place to talk. After the Blood Princess and the silly couple returned to the Dark Moon Royal Palace, we also returned to the surface. Even though the misty Dark Moon sky didn't have any good scenery, at least the bright and spacious environment eased the tension in our hearts. I connected to the Void Outpost. "Report the situation on your side."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Due to the use of an extremely special high-suppression encrypted channel, the voice that came from the outpost was slightly distorted. "The Fallen Apostles are still increasing the intensity of their scanning of the universe you are in. We have already activated a scanning station of the same scale according to the measures that should be taken under normal circumstances. Currently, more than half of the scanning stations that the Fallen Apostles have activated are in a diffuse scanning mode. Our initial judgment is that they have yet to discover your specific movements. In addition, based on the intercepted signal spectrum of the army's beacon, our initial judgment is that there is approximately half an entire army fleet within the Fallen Apostles' territory that is currently jumping towards the 'line of fire'. The number of follow-up troops is unknown, and it is impossible to determine if there are any follow-up troops. "
"Roughly how much longer do we have?"
"The enemy's border defense army has already arrived, but they are currently in a standoff with our army and have no intention of taking action for the time being. The enemy's main force is estimated to arrive in seven hours of standard time." The outpost paused for a moment. "Your Majesty, an early warning signal has been sent back to the Empire. The Sixth Fleet's patrol army has already set off."
According to my plan, this conflict that seemed to be a huge battle would ultimately end with the physical universe being torn apart and the Imperial Army and the Fallen Apostles losing their battle focus. In other words, if everything went smoothly, there would be no need for the Imperial Army to have a decisive battle with the enemy in this godforsaken place. However, I still grunted in acknowledgment. "We still have to put on a good show. Have the defense army and the Sixth Fleet's patrol army hurry over. In short, make it look like the Empire's side is fighting in a panic. We can't let the enemy know that we have any preparations. Are the outposts that will be used as targets in place? "
"All of the B-sequence outposts and three large-scale Void Fortresses are in place. They were moved over bit by bit according to your instructions. There are puppet troops on duty in the outposts, so there won't be any flaws."
"Alright." I glanced at Icetis before replying in my mind. "Four hours later, this physical world will have an abyssal reaction. When that time comes, make it look like you are putting up some resistance. Don't worry, just fight with all you have. The one fighting against them is someone with super combat strength."
Icetis waved her fist at me proudly. It was obvious that she was quite satisfied with the evaluation of "super combat strength."
"You still don't plan to transform?" I glanced at the female pervert. "You haven't used that kind of power for several years. If you don't hurry up and familiarize yourself with it, you might accidentally lose control later and I'll have to use the Prodigal Son's Face Smacking Fist to save the day. I'm afraid I won't be able to do it this time."
"Too ugly. Can you guys step back for a moment?" Icetis raised one of her hands. I saw that mysterious black runes were beginning to appear on her arm.
I'm sure everyone knows about our family's moral integrity. At that moment, everyone stared at the female pervert without blinking, "Quickly change, quickly change …"
Icetis was stunned for a moment. She grabbed her silver hair and cursed, "What kind of f * cking people are you!"
At the same time, Icetis's body began to change slowly.
Some strange black runes appeared on her slightly pale skin, expanding rapidly like ink spreading on rice paper. These runes looked like runes formed by the God's language. However, they continuously released a dangerous aura of the abyss. They spread to Icetis's entire body and finally stopped near her chin. The black runes flickered erratically. A grayish-black smoke rose from the surface of the runes. It made people feel uneasy. In the end, Icetis's entire body seemed to be shrouded by a layer of dark fog. Even though she was standing there, I could clearly feel that the light around her was abnormally distorted. It was difficult for me to focus my gaze on her face for a long period of time.
"I don't feel good," Icetis spoke. There was a crackling sound in her voice. This was caused by the imbalance of the atmospheric density around her. "These runes on my body are so ugly. It took me a lot of effort to get rid of them."
The black runes on Icetis's body were the ones I saw when I first met her. Back then, this Goddess had used her life as the price to close the Gate of the Abyss. She had carved these seals on her body. In the beginning, these runes had shone brilliantly. However, after a long period of erosion and assimilation, the God's language written by the Holy Light had also become an unpleasant mark of corruption. In my opinion, these black runes would not affect Icetis's beauty. They were like mysterious tattoos. From another perspective, they were actually quite beautiful. Of course, there was another reason. Since Icetis was already so powerful, even if she had two fish tattoos on her body, I reckoned that no one would have the time to care … Anyway, no matter what, Icetis herself did not think so. These runes that represented the corruption of the Abyss made her feel uncomfortable. So, after she was purified by the face-slapping punch and was able to freely control the power of the Abyss in her body, she hid all these runes.
Until now, she had to activate her Abyss side again for these runes to see the light of day again.
"Well, as you wish, I'm done with my transformation," Icetis grumbled unhappily. She then took out her favorite pair of exquisite gloves from her dimensional pocket and put them on. These gloves could more or less cover up the runes on her body. "Now, I need to familiarize myself with how to simulate the phenomenon of the Gate of the Abyss. Let's see how much trouble you give me."
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