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"The dragons have lived through ages that cannot be compared to the gods," Yulong said solemnly, "Having said that, killing a god is by no means an easy task."

"As long as the Heavenly Court dares to nod, I will dare to do it now," An Jiyue said disapprovingly, "Killing other gods is more troublesome. The Big Stomach God's real body is in the mortal world, and He can't even escape. In fact, I think the biggest trouble is that if the Big Stomach God is gone, what if those fat and bloated people surrender to Taixu Yuanli?"

Yuan Bo pondered for a while. "The plot to kill the gods involves many people," he could only say, "Let's ask the governor to deal with the temporary situation first. Even if it can only keep my brother awake for a hundred years, it will be a great joy to the world and the dragons."

"A method that can kill gods will definitely cause a lot of noise. It will probably attract countless monsters and demons. If we are not careful, it will lead to unbearable consequences," An Jiyue took the initiative to point out Yuan Bo's or the Tianchao's concerns. "But if I take the opportunity to do something bad to Zhaoming, can you afford the consequences? Do you really dare to let me treat Zhaoming's brain? It's a fact that we don't trust each other. At least in my case, you don't need to avoid this fact."

"Has Jiedu An made any plans?" Yuan Bo asked.

"Xinwu. You guys really like to use people's names or local names. We don't like this," An Jiyue mentioned a city in Weixi Province again. "The best way to build mutual trust is to provide decisive help on key issues, and we are very good at purifying evil spirits."

After saying that, An Jiyue took the teacup handed to her by Jin Zhifan, opened the lid and took a sip.

"If An Jiedu can reconcile yin and yang and return peace to Xinwu, the Heavenly Court will certainly owe An Jiedu a favor," Yuan Bo said. "I wonder what reward I can give for this achievement? I hope An Jiedu can tell me clearly so that I can explain to my parents."

"I will help you purify the corruption in Xinwu and Beichen (Note 2)," An Jiyue said the exchange conditions she had thought of long ago, "As for my thanks, I want a base outside Changyuan. You can choose which one you want."

Changyuan is the most important defense line in the north of Zhendan. Together with Longjiang, where the soul dragon Shi Yama rests, it forms the northern border of the empire - but this does not mean that Zhendan's sphere of influence stops here. On the eastern grassland outside Changyuan, Zhendan has several fortresses, some of which have fallen, and some are still in the hands of the Zhendan people.

For example, the Thousand Eyes Fortress, whose name sounds like Tzeentch, is actually one of the main strongholds of Zhendan outside Changyuan, where a large number of Agate Crows are stationed. And what An Jiyue wants most is Longxu Road, which is connected to the three passes of Changyuan by a road, and its geographical location is crucial... Of course, the girl thinks that the Heavenly Court will definitely not give it to her.

"May I ask An Jiedu," Yuan Bo looked at An Jiyue with his white eyes, "Why do you want to take the military city outside the Great Wall?"

"How do we make the big five-element compass above our heads?" An Jiuyue asked immediately.

"I am being abrupt," the Lord of the Jade Court nodded and ignored the question. "If we can really restore peace to the two cities, what's the harm in giving up Yijun City and An Jiedu?"

"So, how long will it take you to get ready? I can leave at any time," An Jiyue said, deliberately adding a hint of impatience to her tone, "I still have a lot of troubles waiting for me at home."

"General Jingyi Bojing outside the gate will transfer troops from the central provinces nearby," Yuan Bo said, "As long as the army is in place, I think An Jiedu will have a better chance of success. What do you think, An Jiedu?"

"Okay," An Jiyue answered without hesitation, "Let your people get things done as soon as possible."

……

At noon, An Jiyue and Yuan Bo had lunch together at Bing's house.

Bing Ruomei and Jing Yibo, two powerful Xiugenqing, could only stand and serve the two "people" food and tea. Especially the former, who was clearly in his own home, but could only serve carefully like a servant.

The Jiedushi and the Lord of the Jade Court actually only spent about half an hour to discuss business. When both sides were sincere enough and both sides sent people of sufficient level to come forward in person, the speed of reaching an agreement was so fast: An Jiyue initially achieved all the main goals of her visit to Zhendan this time, and also got a side quest by the way.

Compared to An Jiyue who was somewhat relieved, Yuan Bo never really relaxed. Shen Yang and Gui Yin had a rare serious disagreement on whether to cooperate with these suspicious people from the other world, which was why Yuan Bo stayed in Haotian City for more than a week before coming down.

In the end, their longing for Shen Zhu overwhelmed their worries. An Jiyue held the only clue about Shen Zhu's whereabouts. The two elders did not dare to gamble whether they would have a second chance to save their daughter in this life. For this reason, they were willing to take a risk and try to trust an unknown foreign god. Of course, taking risks is taking risks, and the two saints will definitely not believe everything An Jiyue says.

Appropriate and mutually aware testing is an essential process. Just like An Jiyue was not truly accepted by the dwarves until the recast triangle was launched, if you want to gain the trust of the Heavenly Court, you must start with "small things" and prove step by step that this group of alien Zhendan people who appeared out of thin air are not the work of Tzeentch.

After lunch, Yuan Bo returned to the Heavenly Court to continue handling official business. Before leaving, he told An Jiyue that he would return to Shangwu with An Jiyue after everything was ready, and then go to Weixi Province with the army.

The girl naturally had no objection to this.

……

Note 1: "Angel" is actually a local word, meaning "envoy of the Son of Heaven".

Note 2: This is the "Northern Qi" in the game. Beichen is a city in China mentioned in the old setting, and was heavily infiltrated by Jianqi. To be honest, why call it Northern Qi when it's just Beichen? Does this sound like the name of a city? It sounds more like the name of a dynasty! Anyway, it's called Beichen in this book, so please be aware.

Chapter 379: Expedition to the Bad Land

Badlands, a land full of "green".

As the largest gathering place of greenskins in the world, without a doubt, the Badlands is located to the north of the Land of Three Rivers. The two are geographically separated by the Blood River, but of course the two sides are no longer physically adjacent. To the east is the World's Edge Mountains, which stretches from the outskirts of the Arctic Wasteland to the depths of the Southland. Only a few passages, such as Death Pass, connect to the Dark Land in the east. To the west is the long and narrow Blackwater Bay. To the south is the Land of Death, a vast desert ruled by the Tomb Kings.

Whether from the harsh and inhospitable environment or from the perspective of the main local residents, the Badlands is a disgusting land: except for some areas, the most common landform in the Badlands is the dry, hot, and barren Gobi Desert. There are basically no plants here, and even a half-dried puddle of mud is precious. The jagged bones are half buried in the soil, and the parts exposed on the surface have been polished into a pale color that does not reflect much light under the years of wind and sand.

All of the above is bad enough, but the countless greenskins are the biggest danger anyone who sets foot in the Badlands will face. If the greenskins running around the world are compared to cancer cells that have spread, then the Badlands are the lesions. There are the largest number of greenskins in the world, orcs, wild orcs, black orcs, goblins and their subspecies. God knows how the barren land of the Badlands, which even greenskins hate, can support so many alien mushroom spirits... Considering that the Badlands once gave birth to the prosperous and powerful Strigoi Empire (Note 1), it seems that it can only be attributed to GW's usual whimsical writing of settings.

Warhammer is a world that is never short of violence, conflict and war, and this is especially true in the Badlands. The nature of the greenskins determines that there will never be even a moment of peace in this place. The winner will gain more boys, a larger tribe, a more prestigious reputation in the big melee, and even have the opportunity to become a warlord and launch a WAAAGH! ! ; the loser will either roll into the pot and simmer, or become a pile of blackened mummies in the Gobi Desert, and then wear out the shriveled flesh and skin as time passes.

Now, a new player is about to join the never-ending mayhem.

After the root teleportation ended, Atum, dressed in military uniform, carefully put away the new moonstone given by Morgan, then straightened his back and looked at the barren land in front of him. Behind him, the famous Bronze Armor Army in the cities of Nehekhara was deploying its formation. The Skeleton Horse Archers, led by the Scouting Master (Note 2), left the main force and went to scout the enemy. While they were doing so, several groups of Carrion Vultures hovered over the army, watching the actions of the Skeleton Horse Archers from a high position.

The total strength of the Bronze City was only about 30,000. Except for 5,000 troops left behind to guard the city, the rest were all brought by Atum. It was impossible for a Nehekhara city-state to have only such a small number of troops. Due to the special cultural customs, whenever a priest king left the world of the living and went to the underworld, his troops would be buried with him according to tradition. This resulted in an extremely exaggerated number of troops buried in each Nehekhara city-state.

Regardless of whether these legions from different eras and dynasties can really cooperate effectively with each other, at least their size is really scary. However, Atum's situation is quite special. Although there are indeed a large number of sacrificial legions waiting to be awakened in the pyramids on the outskirts of Ka-Sabai, first of all, these armies are not loyal to Atum. After awakening them, they still have to fight a battle and defeat them before they can be incorporated into his army; secondly, these armies are not systematic units. After conquering, they have to spend money to convert them if they are willing to dedicate their souls to Atum.

Since the undead, especially the low-level undead, can be easily resurrected and conventional methods cannot completely kill them, Atum's faction has a special mechanism that is different from that of all other group members: the recruitment pool of other factions is uniformly one thousand points per time, but Atum's is ten thousand per time, and the cost of converting system units is also ten times that of others.

This is easy to understand. All other Lords of the Codex are living factions. If a soldier dies, he is dead, and the points spent on him are naturally lost. However, Atum can just send a lich priest to revive him on the spot, which means that Atum's army will only increase, never decrease. Of course, only soldiers can be resurrected on the spot, and the resurrection process of lords, heroes and constructs (Note 3) is much more complicated.

Most importantly, after seeing the flying warships of the Shenzhou Fleet and the stuff Morgan was developing, Atum's interest in ordinary soldiers suddenly decreased a lot. His faction's recruitment fee was expensive, and Ka-Sabai was always good at heavy infantry, and the funeral legion was mostly elite spearmen wearing bronze armor, but for Atum, this thing was not worth spending ten times the price to convert into a system unit.

Well, it was mainly because of poverty. As an undead faction, Atum's army was not suitable to appear in the Fortress of the Gods. Without this group of friends' shared monster spawning point, Ka-Sabai was surrounded by greenskins and the like. Even if Morgan lent Atum 100,000 points of starting capital, Atum, who had no money in his pocket, could not spawn troops.

A penny can make a hero fall. Due to the special nature of the Undead camp, Atum could not find a suitable point to gain points for the time being. Perhaps the Tomb Raiders could only move in the Slughov Fortress, which had not yet been handed over. The Kislevites had different views on some things from other residents of the Old World. For example, there was a vampire tsar in the history of Kislev, and the main reason why the Kislevites overthrew her was that all the courtiers of the tsar were transformed into vampires by her, which resulted in the boyars having no channels for advancement, so they rebelled against him.

The Kislevites can even accept monsters that suck human blood, so the Tomb Kings are naturally no problem. At least the undead of Nehekhara will not spread corruption and turn the fertile land into a gloomy ghost zone.

Unfortunately, distant water cannot quench immediate thirst. An Jiyue needs to clear the two dungeons of Xinwu and Beichen first to get enough points. After the girl returns from Zhendan, she will go to the north of the Old World, buy a new anchor point and deploy it in the Slughov Fortress, so that Atum can have a stable point to brush points.

The dog pack leader couldn't come back for a while, but Atum didn't just sit there and wait. The return of the floating city attracted a lot of attention, and Atum thought that there might be a force that could give him points and make him a small fortune.

"Set up camp," the Priest King ordered. "Until the scouts find a more suitable location, we will stay where we are and wait for the greenskins to find us."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Suseb immediately turned around to convey the order.

……

Note 1: A country founded by the human wizard Katang (not the Katang of Katang Transfiguration) and developed by Usoran, the ancestor of the Strigoi vampires, with its capital at Morukan (Morganheim in the game). This country expanded all the way north to the border princes, and its army besieged the Haimen Pass, but of course failed to take it down.

Note 2: The lower-level officers of the Nehekhara army are generally called "Master So-and-so". For example, the officer of the Skeleton Warrior is called the Weapon Master, the officer of the Skeleton Archer is called the Bow Master, and the Skeleton Horse Archer is called the Scout Master.

Note 3: Unlike the Yu-shi Guards of Cathay, which are purely magic-driven puppets without souls, the Constructs of Nehekhara are the souls of ancient warriors bound to constructs made of stone, metal, gemstones, and bones. The former are autonomous drones, while the latter are roughly equivalent to driving a Gundam.

Chapter 380 Confirmation

West of the badlands, in the northern section of the Dragon's Back Mountains, near the bottomless stone steps.

Feng Xizhao stood on the bridge of the Kingfisher frigate, with the withered earth and the faintly visible sea at the end of the horizon reflected in his eyes. Nine fluffy tails swayed gently behind the fox. A hot wind blew, bringing up a few strands of snow-white hair, which at first glance looked like the finest snow silk dancing in the airflow.

Yin Siran led 20,000 Anxi troops to Jingning to support Xiao Yiyue. Feng Xizhao was now the highest military commander of Sanhe Prefecture. After recaptured the Bronze Fortress with the Midens, Feng Xizhao was promoted by An Jiyue to the deputy governor of the Anxi Army. Anyway, according to the military system of the An family of Zhendan, each military unit could have multiple deputy governors depending on its size.

According to recent gossip within the Anxi Army, the Jiedushi himself intends to establish a third army-level unit in addition to the Anxi Army and the Shuofang Army, and has already decided to let Yin Siran become the Jiedushi of this new unit. After Xiao Jieshuai of the Shuofang Army has dealt with the Indians, the relevant orders will be officially issued. Yin Siran will take the 20,000 Anxi Army and reorganize it into a new unit on the spot, and Feng Xizhao will take over Yin Siran's position and become the second-in-command of the Anxi Army.

Feng Xizhao never expressed his opinion on these rumors, nor did he allow his subordinates to say anything - so far, Yin Siran had never independently commanded even a single battle. To be precise, this noble-born Krupp had only experienced a few battles in total, and most people did not trust her ability as a commander.

In comparison, Feng Xizhao, who led the army to take down the tough Bronze Fortress, was, at least in terms of military exploits, significantly better than Yin Siran, who had been squatting in Pingshan for more than a year and had never fought a serious battle during that time. Many people were puzzled by An Jiyue's decision, and even more people suspected that the gossip was deliberately released, and its content was actually some kind of test.

In any case, the disturbances in the outside world did not seem to have any effect on Feng Xizhao. Linghu did her work step by step, and her unhurried pace was in sharp contrast to her style of commanding the army. When Xuanshui's Babel Tower observed a target that looked like a floating city of Fuzrek, and the observatory also confirmed this from a metaphysical level, Feng Xizhao made a decision after a brief thought: send a flying battleship to take a look.

Not only that, Feng Xizhao himself also joined the reconnaissance operation. As the shipborne radar project has been difficult to implement, the only means of air search for the various types of combat ships currently in the Shenzhou Fleet is the lookout and his monocular telescope, so this mission must be accompanied by a spellcaster, whose supernatural senses will help the air force soldiers find the target.

The Shenzhou Fleet formulated the following search process for the suspected floating city: First, the Xuanshui Tongtian Tower kept paying attention to the target and plotted the target's moving route, direction and speed on the map. Based on this, the alchemists and staff calculated the possible location of the target when the reconnaissance team approached it.

After the reconnaissance team departs from Xuanshui, until it leaves the maximum range of the communication spell, the reconnaissance team will continue to correct its course based on the observation results of the Babel Tower to minimize the scope of the search. When the instant communication with the headquarters is temporarily interrupted due to the long distance, the reconnaissance team must move forward towards an unfamiliar area that has never been visited before, like a person walking in the dark, without any information support.

When the reconnaissance team approaches the target area, the search process will enter the second stage. The spellcaster accompanying the team needs to use his second vision to perceive the strong magic power emitted by the target, and then guide the reconnaissance team to find the target. As long as the thing is visually confirmed, the reconnaissance team has completed half of the task.

Logically speaking, this kind of mission does not require Feng Xizhao, the deputy governor, to personally take action, but she still came. Some people speculated that she might want to show herself in this way to see if she can squeeze out the fool Yin Siran and win the appointment as the full-time governor. However, those who are really familiar with Linghu know that she would never have such an idea.

Suddenly, Feng Xizhao shook the snow-white fox ears on his head.

"Adjust the course to 1-4-6," the fox said in a voice as bright as the moon, "full speed ahead."

The order of the deputy governor was immediately implemented. When the Shenzhou Fleet Headquarters used the [Xuanguang Mirror] to communicate with Xuanshui for the last time, they calculated the most likely place for the two sides to meet, and the red circle drawn on the map was just near the bottomless stone steps.

Although it sounds like a very ordinary place name, "Bottomless Steps" is actually the name of a dwarven stronghold. It is located in the Dragonspine Mountains, an isolated mountain range surrounded by either the ocean or the relatively flat Gobi Desert, and is adjacent to Blackwater Bay to the west. The local mineral resources are so rich that Bottomless Steps is the richest mining stronghold outside the World's Edge Mountains, and the residents here enjoy a lofty status - but unfortunately all this has long since become a thing of the past. Bottomless Steps fell to the greenskins in the Age of Sorrow, and the local dwarves were forced to flee their homes.

After leaving their homeland, some of the Dragonspine Dwarves went to the Eternal Peak, but most of them went to the Arch Mountains (Note 1) and rebuilt their homes under the protection of the Copper Mountain Keep. Like the Angrand clan, the Dragonspine Dwarves have been trying to retake their homeland and everything they lost, but unfortunately they have never succeeded. It was not until the launch of the Reforged Triangle that the situation of the Mountain Kingdom improved greatly. The plan to restore the Bottomless Steps was once again put on the agenda and was supported by the High King Thorgrim the Grudgebearer.

The scattered Dragonspine Dwarves are gathering, and they are also sending envoys to Evermore Peak to seek help from the High King. It is worth mentioning that when the Dragonspine Dwarves' envoys arrived at Evermore Peak, Belegar Ironhammer's men were also at Evermore Peak, trying tirelessly to persuade their fellow tribesmen to help them retake Eight Peaks Mountain. Naturally, the Angrand clan's request was rejected for the Nth time. Just as Belegar's men were packing their bags and preparing to return home, they learned that the Dragonspine Dwarves' request for help had been responded to, and the High King and the Council of Ancestors, the highest command body of the Reforgers, agreed to send reinforcements.

The people of the Angrand clan exploded on the spot. An Jiyue did not deliberately inquire about the follow-up of this matter. Anyway, from various fragmentary information, it seemed that the two sides had a very unpleasant quarrel.

The Dragon Ridge Dwarves plan to launch an expedition this fall. They will use Haimen Pass as their assembly point. The Haimen Pass fleet will transport them to the scheduled landing point and provide logistical support. An Jiyue is not optimistic about them. The Bottomless Stone Steps is isolated and not a strategically important place. Its geographical environment is not much better than that of the Eight Peaks Mountain. Once something happens in this place, it will be difficult for other fortresses to provide timely reinforcements except Haimen Pass, and there are endless greenskins in the badlands at their doorstep.

For this reason, An Jiyue specially assigned Feng Xizhao to assess the defensive pressure of the bottomless stone steps. If it really doesn't work, An Jiyue is ready to personally persuade the Dragon Ridge Mountain dwarves to wait a little longer. The overall strategic situation of the Mountain Kingdom is gradually changing, and the dwarves' situation will only get better in the future. After waiting for thousands of years, are these few years still needed?

As for the Angrand clan who were in a similar situation, the girl said she couldn't persuade them and was too lazy to do so.

The reconnaissance team, consisting of a Kingfisher-class ship, two Grasshopper gunboats, and two Grasshopper transport boats, flew in a certain direction under the command of Feng Xizhao. Near dusk, before nightfall, the Kingfisher's lookout first sighted the target. A moment later, An Jiyue, who was about to get up, received a message from Feng Xizhao.

The news has been confirmed, and Fuzrek's greatest legacy has returned.

……

Note 1: An area between the Grey Mountains, the Black Mountains, and the Apuchini Mountains, where Copper Mountain Castle is located. Due to its special terrain and highly closed environment, Copper Mountain Castle is a rare fortress among the dwarf cities where life is relatively stable and rarely harassed by enemies.

Chapter 381: Smoke of War in the Bad Land

Somewhere in the badlands, in the camp that the Ka-Sabai Legion had just completed reinforcement.

[Group leader #An Jiyue: That's basically it. Azhao has confirmed that the target is the floating city of Fuzrek, the greatest work of this ancient wizard. It flew into the badlands from the west and is expected to leave the airspace above Dragon Ridge Mountain in four to five days. In addition, a question I had before the crossing was finally answered. ]

[Group owner #An Jiyue: <Video file>]

Atum, who was completely immersed in the chat group, clicked on the video with his mind. The video was obviously taken by An Jiyue using the authority of the Lord of the Holy Scripture to access the perspective of a person in front, and then recorded using the chat group's camera function. From the beginning of the video, the owner of the perspective should have been in the command bridge at the time, looking through the glass at the sky in the distance, the sky city wrapped in a cotton candy-like gray airflow.

Due to the lack of reference points, Atum could not tell how big the floating city was. The only thing that was certain was that it was much larger than the Priest King had imagined before - he had originally thought that the so-called floating city was at most a flying castle! However, judging from the video, even if this thing did not reach the level of a city, in parentheses, a city by the standards of Aurora, it was at least a fairly large town. It should not be a problem to cram in a few thousand residents?

"Increase flight altitude." Atum heard a cold but pleasant female voice say this in the video.

After that, the video rotated 180 degrees and turned into the steel bulkhead behind the command bridge. A white and delicate hand appeared at the bottom of the screen, pushing open the steel hatch, and then the owner of the perspective walked out of the command bridge, walked through the corridor, climbed the ladder, and came to the navigation bridge above the command bridge.

Although the professional name is the navigation bridge, Atum prefers to call this place the rooftop. The navigation bridge of the Swift-class ship is full of the ancient flavor of the pre-dreadnought era. Although An Jiyue equipped it with a detachable waterproof roof when designing it, this place is mostly open-air, and you can see the top and the surroundings without any obstruction.

Compared to the command bridge with limited vision and small space, the navigation bridge looks much wider. The owner of the perspective stood for a while holding the railing, and the warship under his feet was pushed up slowly by the anti-gravity engine until he could look down at the entire floating city. From this angle, the square square in the center of the floating city is clearly visible, with various buildings of unknown purpose scattered all over the place, and at the outermost edge of the city are eight magic towers that stand out from the crowd.

The heights of these magic towers are roughly the same, but their shapes and colors are different. Atum stared at the video and realized from the different colors used by the eight magic towers that each of them corresponded to a magic wind.

The owner of the perspective observed silently for several minutes, then gave an order into the brass speaking tube: "The mission is over, let's go to the next place."

Playback ends here. Video ends here.

[Group leader #An Jiyue: I had a question before, that is, why has no one tried to board the floating city? Flying units are not common in this world, but they are definitely not rare. The floating city of Fuzrek has been flying in the sky for a whole thousand years. From a probability perspective, there must be someone who discovered it and happened to have the means to fly, right? ]

[Group leader #An Jiyue: Now the question has been answered, because you can't get up. You must have noticed the gray airflow that is surrounding the floating city and has reached the point where it is visible to the naked eye. It is the answer. There is always a layer of strong airflow around the floating city, and creatures flying with wings can't rush in at all. The video you saw was reshot later. A Zhao had tried various methods before, but he still couldn't break through this seemingly ordinary storm barrier. ]

[Group leader #An Jiyue: A Zhao even tried to have the warship fire a few harpoon shells, but it still didn't work. ]

[Administrator #Xiao Yiyue: What if we set up an altar in advance on its route and charge it with energy, and then use a powerful spell to smash it? ]

【Group leader #An Jiyue: It's not feasible. The video shows the perspective of ordinary people, so some things can't be reflected. A Zhao told me that she could feel that this storm barrier was directly powered by the eight magic towers, and the two were connected in the magic circuit. If it doesn't break through, it's fine. If it breaks through, it will inevitably cause magic to flow back and get out of control. Even in the best case, this will cause serious damage to the magic tower. In the worst case, the out-of-control magic will roll the floating city into the subspace, and by the way, a huge mushroom cloud will explode in the material universe. 】

【Administrator#Xiao Yiyue: Naro or more. 】

[Group leader #An Jiyue: The main problem is that we don't understand the structure and operation principle of the floating city, so it's impossible to crack its defense measures. Tsk, why didn't Fuzrek leave a design manuscript or something. 】

[Ewen de Richelieu: Lost technology is the essence of Warhammer, and it is a must-try~]

[Group leader #An Jiyue: It’s okay. As long as we can get a complete sample, I don’t believe that Morgan and I can’t crack its secret! By the way, where is Atum? I clearly saw that his avatar was lit. ]

[Atum: I was just wondering where it was going. A project of this scale, with supporting facilities, would require at least thousands of workers without mechanical assistance, maybe even tens of thousands. Since it was built in the Badlands, the workers must have water to drink, right? In addition to the Mad Swamp, is there any other place in the Badlands that can provide a stable supply of fresh water? ]

[Group leader #Anjiyue: The workers in Fozrek are probably not human and do not need to drink water. Remember when I talked about this floating city before, I mentioned that it would occasionally land and collect magic treasures? How do you think it collects treasures? ]

[Atom: Um... the floating city yelled "Autobots move out", and then the scene turned into a stone version of Meng Dashuai? ]

[Group leader #An Jiyue: Stop kidding... There is very little description about the floating city in the background setting, but it is still clearly mentioned that the work of collecting treasures is done by some kind of magic puppets, I mean, something like the Terracotta Warriors. From this, it can be inferred that Fuzrek is not only good at architecture and taking pictures of wonders, but also very good at making golems. ]

[Atum: Come to think of it, you haven't explained why you're so obsessed with the floating city. You're not going for Fuzrek's golem technology, are you? After all, after you invented the anti-gravity engine, it's only a matter of time before we build our own floating city. Besides, you're keen on magic machinery, not magic creations.]

[Group leader #An Jiyue: This is an important reason, but not the only reason. Of course, we can build our own floating city sooner or later, but it is also good to have a ready-made product that can be put into use immediately after purchase. Do you remember how Aiwen and I tricked Ka Da Hammer? I mean, the part about our origins and purpose. ]

[Evan de Richelieu: Eh? Wait, you're not going to...]

[Group leader #An Jiyue: Does "Rhode Island" have to stay in the sea? I think flying in the sky is also very nice. ]

[Administrator #Xiao Yiyue: Are you planning to let Ka Dachui go to "Rhode Island"? ]

[Group leader #An Jiyue: Not only Ka Dachui, but all the holders of the Empire ticket will receive invitations. In terms of the purpose of the organization, NATO cannot really shut out the Empire. From our point of view, Ka Dachui must complete the integration of the Empire, and at the very least, the Empire must be able to form a unified voice when it speaks to the outside world, instead of fighting and sabotaging each other all day long like now. For this, he may need a little help. ]

[Atum: Yeah, it seems I have to take down the floating city no matter what. ]

[Group leader #安朁月: Do what you can, don’t force yourself. ]

[Atum: Absolutely, it's easy! ]

After saying this, Atum felt someone calling him. He cut off his mental connection with the chat group and turned his attention back to reality. Then he saw a skeleton slave with a Hek (Note 1) on his head kneeling respectfully in front of him.

"The gods bless you, Your Majesty," the skeleton slave pressed his forehead against the back of his hands, while his hands, which were only bones left, were pressed tightly against the ground with his palms facing down. "Your champion Suseb has a military report. Do you want to meet him?"