(Asking for tickets at the beginning of the month, I didn't pay attention to the beginning of the month so soon.) ）

The book continued from the above words and opened two branches, saying that the genius girl Chen Xiaoxue saw that the Lin family's house was at the foot of the mountain, even if she screamed in vain, pressed the cloud head, and waited to descend in front of the Lin Mansion family, she made a gesture, and said: "The little girl is a friend of the daughter of your mansion when she was studying in that state barbarian, and she has come to take refuge today, please report one or two to the little brother." The family saw that the eyes of the people were vicious, and they didn't dare to say more, and they came to the back hall and saw the old man and lady of the Lin family, so and so on - and then Chen Xiaoxue's bear child took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention to him and found her mother.

Oh mom, it can be regarded as turning the style of writing, but that's the basic situation......

"She said she was a classmate I met when I was studying in Bavaria! And announced that she had a crush on Miss Ben for half a year when she was in Bavaria," Lin Xue said through gritted teeth in the spiritual connection, "Now she catches all the female creatures in my family and calls her sister - except for my mother, but including me!" ”

Me: "...... In fact, she didn't include your mother, which means that she is still filial......"

"Miss Ben is desperately beaten by her father, and she wants to go over and bite you, do you believe it?" The eldest lady said suspiciously.

I hurriedly coughed dryly: "Ahem, Xiaoxue's kid is too disagreeable!" Why is it so big and not small! ”

"Anyway, I know that you released her." The eldest lady's voice sounded a little weak, so presumably Xiaoxue was by her side now, and all kinds of funny situations were emerging. No matter how you say it, it's also in your daughter. Even if more than ten years of parenting process were omitted in the middle, I had already easily figured out the girl's behavior pattern, and she would definitely not be at ease with Lin Xue. It's just that I usually suppress it with Miss Lin, Xiaoxue is quite obedient, now Lin Xue is alone, and the bear child is still in a state of excitement when he first goes to his grandparents' house, I really can't imagine what that child will be like - maybe I should have let her blow up the US embassy just now......

"So be it, I'll look at this guy for a moment. Hawkers, as long as she doesn't continue to make trouble," the eldest lady was silent for a while, probably busy trying to stop Xiaoxue from demolishing her house, "I'll make a note for you this time - besides, it's not convenient for me to educate the children here, and when the girl goes back, you must remember to repair her well!" ”

The eldest lady hung up the communication and continued her family fun. I turned my head to look and saw that the adults and children in the living room had formed a circle at some point. It's basically all expectant - you say how bad our family is.

I told you about the recent situation of the genius girl Chen Xiaoxue. Listening to it leisurely, she likes to join in the fun the most, and now Lin Xue is obviously very lively. My sister knocked me on the head: "You were better than her when you were a child. ”

I feel quite unconvinced, I was more naughty when I was a child, I admit it, no matter how I said that I also formed a double evil duo in the old city with Qianqian back then, but to say that I am a bear child like Xiaoxue, is it an exaggeration? As a result, as soon as I threw out this question, my sister began to recall all kinds of pranks I had done with Asa when I was a child. The specific content is inconvenient to explain, anyway, even Bingtis, the god lord who dared to smash the principal's glass in front of all the teachers, listened to it leisurely...... Was I really that bad when I was a kid?

At this time. Sandora suddenly leaned over and patted me on the shoulder: "Jun, come with me to Shadow City after eating in a while." ”

I'll look at Sandora. looked at the big family who were laughing and laughing, and nodded slowly: It's time to work, it's still going to work.

So after lunch, instead of hanging on the balcony with Lilina for photosynthesis as usual, I went to one of the lecture halls of the Shadow City Headquarters, accompanied by Sandora, where Sivis and some of the senior officers were already waiting. Behind Sives, there was a strange device that had not been seen in this lecture hall before: it was a group of broken metal pieces floating in the air, the total size of the floating object was about half a meter, and each metal fragment was arcing, perhaps they should be a large ring together. Aside from this group of debris, there are no peripherals on site that may be associated with it, suggesting that it is a separate thing. …,

"Oh, this is a magical device that we have just restored, it functions like a fixed portal, but the energy source is magical energy, and it supports a more 'fuzzy' mode of operation, which is one of the things that my subordinates are about to show you."

Noticing the curious look on my face, Sives first pointed to the device behind her and explained, and there were two words in her words that caught my attention at once: "Magical energy? In other words, the mystical technique? ”

"Yes, from his subordinates' own memory banks," Sives smiled, "they are now extremely clear, and many of the principles that would not have worked in the real world have suddenly become available, and the first intuitive phenomenon after the disconnection of concepts has been lifted, and what you see is that the device has been successfully restored." While it doesn't have much value in terms of functionality, it should be a milestone. ”

I watched intently at the floating mass of metal fragments that were randomly dissociating or combined, and on their surfaces glittered with glittering mysterious symbols that magically had an effect on the real world by their mere shape, whereas not so long ago it was just a bunch of gibberish that Sives had deemed to be misinformation...... In the process of conceptual separation, I never intuitively saw what had changed in the two worlds, but this thing in front of me was the only "evidence" that could make people clearly and intuitively recognize everything that had happened.

"The disintegration of the concept is not something that can be directly observed with the eyes, but we must track exactly how far it can spread and what value it can bring to us now," Civis said as he activated the projection array in the lecture hall, a large number of charts and bizarre schematics of facilities and equipment appeared in front of us, and the other senior officers in the lecture hall remained solemn, but I could feel the change in the atmosphere around me. So even if I couldn't read most of the holographic projections around me, I realized that these things must be significant, and Civis continued, "Chief Technician Tavel had designed a virtual network before this, which was downloaded to each hybrid Hiling Apostle Memory Core to track everyone's memory changes before the conceptual rift was resolved, and we monitored the Imperial Central Database. And the amount of information in the entire spiritual network of the new empire, all the 'basic information' has exploded in the last twenty-four hours, and has now nearly doubled, and a large number of unproven mathematical systems and theoretical models have appeared within the borders of the empire, and these knowledge that appeared out of thin air and can be read directly by our spiritual network have been tested one by one to confirm that all conform to their self-consistent structure. In other words, it can be transformed into an actual product. The conceptual rift has been lifted, and researchers are hurrying to rebuild the Imperial Database. Chief Tavel applied for the formation of at least three new research groups. Simultaneous exploration of three directions: the systematic organization of mystical techniques, the integration of mystical techniques and the existing scientific techniques of the empire, and most importantly, the quickest means of transforming mystical techniques into actual productivity and combat effectiveness. ”

"Agreed," Sandora decided after a moment's thought, but she added, "But these three groups are to be shared between the Research Center and the Celestial City, Aurelia. Odmusius, along with Alaye, are well suited to lead such a job. ”

"Tavel needs to change his habits." I laughed, "She's been researching in her field. She didn't know much about the occult arts, but this time she had to face a completely new field - she became an apprentice instead. ”

"I'm sure she's going to do a good job," Sandora responded, "A good chief technician doesn't mean omniscient in many cases, but rather knows how to get the more professional people to accomplish the team's goals." The Chief Technician is both a scientist and a team leader, similar to the job of a general. ”…,

I looked at Sivis and said what I was most concerned about right now: "Okay, let's put the good news aside for a while and talk about the bad news. According to Aurelia's judgment, the dismantling of the conceptual split will be carried out simultaneously throughout the Void, and now the magical equipment and occult knowledge we have at hand have emerged, that is...... The same is true on the side of the fallen apostles. ”

"Yes," Civis nodded, and the female adjutant with a fierce temperament also showed a solemn look at the moment, "At present, the only advantage of the empire is that we are prepared, we have prepared a large number of idle production and research teams before the concept separation is lifted, and we have secretly set up a test universe, and on the side of the fallen apostles, even if they are aware of all this, they will inevitably be one step behind us in the formation of these techniques, but the advantage of this preparation is limited, And once the enemy attacks us at this time and consumes our energy, the new empire will lose the advantage of preparing in advance, because the new empire is lagging behind the fallen apostles in terms of infrastructure and the number of worlds it occupies, and we cannot afford to wear and tear in this regard. Here's another thing for my subordinates to report: the spy team that went to reconnoiter the Fallen Apostles' borders had detected a world realm that was one and a half times the territory of the new empire, but they still hadn't discovered where the enemy's frontier was, and the deepest part of their dark empire was hidden in the ruins of the old empire, which was full of twisted and chaotic things, and even if they were not intercepted by the enemy fleet, it would be difficult for our reconnaissance team to enter the other side of the barrier......"

"Wait," I interrupted with a loud voice, "you say, our recon force is already close to the base camp of the Fallen Apostles?" How do they do it? How is the movement of the enemy? ”

"My Majesty, that is the reconnaissance unit that you personally ordered...... "Sivis said euphemistically, while quietly tidying up the already flawless commander's uniform, "The member is His Highness Xiaoxue's success from the original Fallen Apostle Legion." The elite commanders who persuaded the 'to surrender', they knew some of the frontiers of the Fallen Apostles, and knew the habits of the enemies of the Fallen Apostles, they had been cruising outside the territory of the Fallen Apostles, seven days ago, they reached the deepest part of the Void, unable to continue to advance, Chief Tavel speculated based on the information sent back that the reconnaissance team may have come into contact with the borders of the Old Empire, and the wreckage of the destroyed World Realm formed a twisted and entangled barrier, known as the 'Wall of Chaos' structure. Now that most of the reconnaissance team has returned, only a few Special Observation Ships are still monitoring a portion of the known territory of the Fallen Apostles in relative safety. ”

"Ahem. I knew that I knew that I knew that I was not so confused, "I just didn't expect them to make such a big progress...... He actually touched the opponent's inland under the nose of the enemy. ”

"Actually, according to the judgment of the Command, the Fallen Apostle should have been aware of the existence of such a group or groups of reconnaissance troops on their borders," Civis frowned, "The reconnaissance team has discovered many times that the enemy is strengthening the information barrier of the world realm on their borders. Moreover, the Void Sentinel Tower and the Parade Force have been added outside the barrier of the World Realm, because of the existence of these things, our reconnaissance team has never been able to confirm the status of the Fallen Apostles' territory, and can only roughly feel the location of their border World Realm. Just like on our side, traces of the Fallen Apostles' scoutships have been spotted on the borders of the Empire, and while they are repulsed each time, I'm afraid these 'rangers' are still watching somewhere near the frontier. ”

I am also aware of the situations mentioned by Cives, who have even attacked each other's homeland after many encounters. The Fallen Apostles and the New Empire are no longer in a state of complete ignorance, and we can detect each other's few frontiers. And each set up reconnaissance ships outside the borders of their opponents. Due to the special nature of the void. It is very difficult to scan a small reconnaissance ship outside the barrier of the World Realm, and even if it can scan the other party, the latter can often easily hide its tracks again: just by modifying its "information representation", it can instantly cross the border of a dozen World Realms. The confrontation and confrontation in the void is such a strange state of "tacit understanding". However, relying on the information gathered by these means will not directly affect the situation, and neither the Fallen Apostles nor the New Empire will allow the enemy's scouts to detect the situation within their own realm. All the Void Reconnaissance Ship could collect was the coordinates and scale of the target world's realm, but it didn't know anything about its internal situation. Therefore, this is not enough to lead a war. …,

On the border line, battles of all sizes take place almost every day. In most cases, the garrisons of the Frontier Realm are driving out or chasing spy ships, but the scale of this battle has never risen to the level of fleet warfare, and this dreary situation has been going on for almost a year. But I suspect that this balance is about to be shaken, and the reason for the shake is the sudden convergence of the parent planet. There may have been two reactions to this on the part of the fallen apostles. The first is that they think that they have inexplicably gained the ability to kill all directions, and a lot of incredible knowledge has fallen from the sky at hand, so they can't wait to call on the door to find the new empire to play with their lives; The second is that the Fallen Apostles will realize that the upheaval that is taking place in their own territory is related to the new empire, and then come and find out anyway. Either way, it is inevitable that the two sides will fight again, with the only difference being that the former will break out into a full-scale war, while the latter may mean a local surprise attack. Considering that the fallen apostles were not lacking in heart, I think the second possibility is very high.

And whatever the reason for the enemy to appear on the borders of the Empire, we don't want to see it right now—would you like to see a circle of onlookers appear on your doorstep when you hold back the tech tree?

Of course, Sandora could have thought of this, so while ordering the integration of new materials to be accelerated, she also ordered the security level on the border to be strengthened, and the first and second legions were ready for battle at any time, but until then, it was better to find a way to postpone the possible battle as much as possible - for the first time in its history, the new empire has gained some advantages in the tech tree, but these skills have not yet translated into actual military strength, so it will take time for us to expand this advantage - Expand at least one legion of casters that can fight.

Maybe...... It's time to take the initiative to create a little trouble on the enemy's borders.

"To hold back the enemy's movements." Sandora and I said almost in unison, and then we couldn't help but look at each other: the two of us wanted to go together again this time.

"Do we have a way to cause a little trouble on the enemy's borders now?" I said, her eyes falling on Sandora, and she smiled at me, "You mean, disrupting their view?" ”

"Almost, create all sorts of illusions that make them wonder what the Empire is thinking," I slowly said, "we can harass their borders in a painless way, increase the number of spy units and small fleets, and make the illusion that they are going to surprise a certain frontier realm - of course, these illusions are easy to spot, but frequent actions like this should confuse the enemy." Now the Fallen Apostles should be very confused by the large number of mystical techniques and techniques that have appeared in their territory, and they should be able to associate the reason for the appearance of those things on the New Empire, but they definitely can't imagine that we did it on our own initiative - because they are also vested interests, in other words, they don't know that the New Empire has always been in control of the situation in this change. So we have to act like we really don't have control over the situation, so that the Fallen Apostles think that the New Empire is scrambling to prevent them from researching those techniques—and then the Fallen Apostles will think that they are the ones who have the upper hand after these techniques appear...... Anyway, no matter what ideas they have, they will definitely not think of attacking the Empire for a moment—unless most of the officers on the other side are hot-blooded impulsives. As long as these actions work, there will be plenty of time on the Empire's side to assemble a legion of spellcasters—and secretly. ”

Actually, my idea is very simple, that is, through deception and illusion, the fallen apostles will think that now is a good time for them to hold back the technology tree, and the abduction and abduction will also make them study those secret knowledge at home - but no matter how they study, as long as they don't come to the new empire to forcibly harass them, their research progress will definitely lag behind us.

Shandora listened to me with a smile on her face, nodded and commented, "It's an idea that might work, at least for a while, the Fallen Apostles' attention will be distracted, and they won't think of coming to attack us for the time being." That...... The Sixth Legion, this matter is up to you. Sandora turned her head to a tall male officer at the end of the conference table: "Your legion is a connoisseur of the fallen apostles, go and select a group of troops that are the fastest and best at sneak attacks, and appear on the enemy's borders in a high-profile manner." But remember: you are not going to fight a frontal battle, all fleets are not allowed to attack the enemy's military positions directly, and any retreat must be found before any operation begins, and I do not want them to lose too many men in this kind of harassment warfare. All I need is for them to keep on the enemy's radar screen - let the Fallen Apostles listen to the alarms and get by. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )