Steel steam and flame

Three days had passed since the attack. Stant and Lavia were lying on the roof of a three-story building built of solid ice, looking boredly at the frozen air barrier of the storm tornado.

The storm tornado no longer burned, returning to its pale color. It still connected the sky and the sea, covering the entire polar sea vortex and freezing the sea surface into solid ice.

Occasionally, a burst of high-temperature energy would suddenly burst out from the area within the sight of both of them, shattering large chunks of ice, distorting the air, and sending large explosion-like steam mushroom clouds into the sky. Compared to two or three days ago, the frequency of such incidents has become very rare, and now it can only be described as occasional.

The giant whale tribe no longer had to deal with this kind of problem, because since the attack ended, Eleanor found a place to rest at random. After the white whale's power began to merge into the massive amount of freezing energy, the offsetting, annihilation and suppression of the high-temperature energy became smoother.

In a day or two, the high-temperature energy surge will completely disappear. Faced with the multiple blockades established under the water, there will probably be no more opportunities until the third general breaks free.

The shadow of the Small World Tree can still be seen. Just like now, several emerald green trees are growing leisurely around the three-story building. On the layers of the tree canopy, the leaves are like metal sculptures sprayed with paint, with a very strong texture. They come from the root network of the Small World Tree that has spread throughout the entire polar sea vortex.

In fact, if there is a need for a few, a dozen, or hundreds of trees, just notify Cassia. Trees that are only a few dozen meters tall can grow into shape in a few minutes with the help of the energy and materials of the root network.

These trees also have the function of blocking strong light. The light from the red star in the starry sky is blocked. If Stent and Lavia want to see a little light from the red star, they have to stay away from the trees for a distance. They absorb almost 100% of the light from the red star.

Stent stood up, stretched his body briefly, and said to Lavia who was still lying beside him: "The communication machine will arrive this afternoon. After the communication network is established, there are still many things waiting for us to deal with."

"When the third general breaks free from his restraints, shouldn't it be a natural disaster like the destruction of the world? Why do we still have to work in the face of such a disaster? Many books say that the more similar the moments are, the more we should enjoy life and the last moments of our lives." Lavia's interrogation really gave Stent a headache.

This was no longer a surprising or unanswerable statement. In Stent's impression, Lavia often made similar excuses. He thought for a moment and looked towards the center of the polar sea vortex. A little closer to the center, Miss Leticia and Miss Eleanor were resting there. Around the central light column in the center of the vortex was the area where Monikoloa and Cassia circled on a daily basis.

He pointed there. "It's not far away. You can go ask them why."

Lavia glared at Stent, then turned from lying on her back to lying on her side, leaving her back to Stent. "The rest for the Theocracy and the Nature Association are just tedious matters. The Empire Alliance will be in charge of the Post-Phase Continent. The only thing we need to complete is the planting plan of the small world tree, right? The communication failed because of the storm tornado, and I don't know how the internal cleanup is going."

"Probably there won't be any problems." Stent didn't have any confidence. "Those who rebelled are backed by successive generations of Resurrection Popes. The current era is different from the past. In the past, we could be considered the only ones, but not now. However, the cleanup team has been given very high authority, so even if unexpected situations occur, they should be within control."

"Will we be dragged here until a few months later?" Lavia suddenly changed the subject, completely uninterested in Stant's words.

"That's probably it." As he answered, Stant jumped down the three-story building, walked out of the shadow of the trees, and looked at the huge hole in the deep blue field.

It was blocked by a thick cloud of different colors, but it was not completely blocked. The third general would send out power from time to time, cooperating with the popes of successive generations to destroy various blocking methods, making it impossible to completely cover the hole. Every once in a while, a little space would be leaked, allowing the light of the red star to fall.

It is clear that similar situations cannot be prevented, so every time the light of the red star falls, the frost of the giant whale will condense into a prism, which will gather and refract the light, transferring it to the small world trees and trees everywhere, and then be absorbed and become nutrients.

Therefore, in the polar sea vortex, the hole covering operation completely turned into a long-term tug-of-war. After the popes left, they began to act in small groups. However, they no longer had any direct conflicts with Stant and others, but simply kept changing positions to interfere with the progress of the hole covering.

They knew that once they were caught, it would only be a matter of time before they became the ultimate metal skeleton. Even though the third general was below them, they had no advantage in the face of a whole group of giant whales and Cassia in the sky without breaking free.

Stent retracted his gaze and instead stared at the root network visible under the ice. "The arrangement of the uranium-gold bomb array should be completed, right? The explosion of the uranium-gold bomb spreads the uranium-gold radiation to the entire polar sea vortex. Cassia also deliberately uses the small world tree and storm tornado to create an extreme environment. Combined with his and Monikoloa's concealment, they will not be discovered by successive popes at all."

"I don't know." Lavia replied, "As long as the explosion doesn't affect me."

"..." Stent was speechless. He began to circle around, waiting for the arrival of the Theocracy. Because what was transported here was not only the communication equipment, but also various supplies.

At the same time, on the other side, Cassia pushed the uranium-gold bomb into the sea to re-seal the melted hole in the ice.

"There are ten left." Monikoloa was full of joy at the prospect of being free from the tedious affairs. "Soon we won't have to move so cautiously, and it won't matter if we're discovered."

"You can rest for a while. The popes of all generations will be quiet recently. Without the help of the third general, they will not take the initiative to attack." Cassia jumped onto the back and went to the sky with Monikoloa. "But I have to use the bone communication machine to start traveling to various places. After a while, the strength of the bodies that can be nurtured by the small world trees in various places should be able to reach about the third stage. In addition, there are many things waiting for me in the southern forest."

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