Conquering Myriad Worlds from the Mythical Three Kingdoms
Chapter 1125 The Shadow That Cannot Be Exposed to the Sun
Ma Er leisurely patrolled Luoyang.
One of Huang Tian's duties was to act as an inspector to patrol the city's defenses and maintain public order.
Humans are inherently lazy, and once they relax, it's very difficult to get back on track.
On the one hand, it's to give the people in the first yellow sky something to do, and on the other hand, it's to give the other people a sense of urgency.
This kind of thing is usually very offensive, but Huang Tian himself is already deeply resented by both heaven and man, so he doesn't care about this little trouble.
"Huh?" Ma Er looked at the compass in his hand.
He used the Miracle ability to temporarily block the compass's perception of the hymn fragments, so why is the compass in his hand still pointing in a new direction?
The highly skilled and daring Ma Er didn't even consider the danger; he headed straight in the indicated direction.
Upon arriving at their destination, Ma Er discovered an insect.
An insect with the scent of hymns emanating from its body.
"No way!" Ma Er's scalp tingled.
The sight of insects and hymns together only reminds Ma Er of one thing: the insectoid catastrophe.
Realizing the seriousness of the problem, Ma Er immediately used his Miracle Light to lock the insect in place and dashed off towards the Weiyang Palace.
Inside the Weiyang Palace, Mu Yi, Han Xin, and others were studying the war footage between the Mongol Yuan and the Ming Dynasty that they had traveled back in time.
"Who invented this? It's delicious!" Han Xin held a cup of milk tea and gulped it down. Ever since milk tea was invented, Han Xin had been inseparable from it.
"You really like this that much?" Bai Qi looked at the sickeningly sweet milk tea in Han Xin's hand, and was a little doubtful about life. He rarely voiced his doubts.
"Lord Wu'an, how about a cup with less sugar? The way Marquis Huaiyin drinks it is too exaggerated!" Mu Yi smiled and handed Bai Qi a cup of low-sugar milk tea.
Even Han Xin's drinking style was a bit too much for him.
If someone in your family is being kind, they'll add three spoonfuls of sugar to their milk tea first.
"Milk tea has to be sweet!" Han Xin happily added another spoonful of honey to the milk tea, making it look so sweet it was almost sickening.
Bai Qi and Mu Yi shook their heads, somewhat unable to understand Han Xin's way of thinking.
"The size of the Ming and Mongol Yuan dynasties is too exaggerated. The current Xinghan probably won't catch up with them for at least another hundred years!" Bai Qi's gaze returned to the image.
To be honest, the images didn't impress them much. The two empires did have some new things, but for them, the core concepts remained the same.
What truly shocked them was its enormous size.
Dual-talent elites are just like cannon fodder. Several legions that Han Xin and Bai Qi thought had great potential for development were wiped out in the blink of an eye.
While feeling regretful, the two could only record the framework of several legions, planning to train them and see how they fared.
There was a legion that could project shadows that both of them were quite concerned about.
This legion can divide time into a dozen equal parts and then act quickly according to pre-set actions.
This legion itself wasn't very strong; it was wiped out before it even made a ripple on the battlefield.
However, Han Xin and Bai Qi saw through the underlying logic of this army: it was an attempt by the Ming Dynasty and the Mongol Yuan Dynasty to begin to meddle in time.
In the end, even the most idealistic will can achieve something as simple as turning back time.
But that was far beyond the reach of a dual-talent legion, which is why they were very interested in this legion.
Anything sophisticated or high-end is meaningless if it cannot be popularized.
The only thing in the entire Star River that can be related to the talent of time is the Time Confusion that the Kshatriyas evolved from the power of divine foot.
Apart from that, there is no other legion that can be associated with time.
Zhuge Liang's Eight Trigrams Formation is indeed timeless, but it is not a talent reserved for elites.
Time and space—these capabilities have always been a goal pursued by military geniuses.
Han Xin and his men have now fully realized the elite talent of spatial barriers. The Central Camp, relying on spatial barriers, can even ignore the super-powerful siege weapons under the clouds.
Therefore, they pay special attention to the realm of time.
The two of them had previously envied Zhuge Liang's Eight Trigrams Formation, so they created a time-traveling military formation that connects the past and present.
They even made contact with the future, but unfortunately, after the Time Array closed, the content of their communication turned into a jumble of gibberish that could not be deciphered or displayed.
This made Han Xin and his men even more curious about what would happen in the future, so they increased their research in the field of time. Now that they saw that the Ming Dynasty had special elite talents, they naturally showed interest.
"In terms of sheer numbers, we could catch up in at most thirty years!" Mu Yi said calmly.
"The current birth rate is still quite impressive, but I'm a little worried about whether the education system can keep up!"
"Once we have the people, everything else will be easy to solve!" Bai Qi said optimistically.
Just as the three were chatting, Ma Er burst in.
"Your Majesty! Something terrible has happened! I've discovered remnants of the Zerg Cataclysm!"
Mu Yi was stunned for a moment upon hearing this. Han Xin and Bai Qi were also taken aback at first, and then quickly turned to look at Mu Yi.
"Stop shouting, I know about this, don't go around telling everyone!" Mu Yi interrupted Ma Er's report, looking at Han Xin and Bai Qi with a headache.
This was originally a secret known only to him and Jia Xu, but now it seems another group of people are about to be captured.
Ma Er froze on the spot upon hearing Mu Yi's words.
His mind suddenly clicked, and he realized that he had seemingly stumbled upon some secret by accident.
"Alright, come with me. Don't say anything, don't ask anything, just cooperate!" Mu Yi looked at Ma Er speechlessly.
Then, with a serious expression, he looked at Bai Qi and Han Xin and gave them some instructions.
It wasn't that he didn't trust the two of them, but rather that the matter was indeed top secret and shouldn't have been known by a third person.
"Gentlemen, this matter is top secret and must never be made public!"
Bai Qi and Han Xin were not fools; they had already guessed part of the truth and immediately nodded.
After Mu Yi and Ma Er left, Han Xin finished his milk tea in one gulp.
"It seems that we gained more than just superficial benefits from that war!"
"I knew these images were coming from somewhere, how could they be so similar? I never imagined they came from those insects!"
Once the window paper was pierced, many things that were previously incomprehensible suddenly became clear.
"The empire is already huge, there's no need to know everything, as long as it's useful enough!" Bai Qi waved his hand dismissively.
"But it did answer a question that puzzled me: why are our intelligence networks so advanced? I never expected this answer." Han Xin poured himself another cup of milk tea, adding sugar as he asked curiously, "What were you thinking before?"
"I thought it would be the same as back then, using all sorts of rare and precious treasures to bribe them, but I never expected there to be this method!"
Bai Qi was reminded of the past in an instant, and lowered his head in silence.
I thought I had let go of everything, but I didn't expect that when I recalled it, it would still feel the same.
"Indeed, times have changed, but many things remain the same." Bai Qi felt a pang of melancholy. If only such things had existed before.
"Tsk, whatever, let it change. As long as we're still here, even if the world changes even more drastically, we'll still stand there!" Han Xin said with strong confidence.
Whether times have changed or the essence of heaven and earth has rapidly rebounded, want to get rid of it? What a joke! If the system can't keep up with the environment, then change the system. If that doesn't work, start manually modifying the environment.
Han Xin was very confident that as long as he was alive and still held military power, nothing else would change.
"You're quite easygoing!" Bai Qi calmly took a piece of cake from Han Xin's plate and then poured himself a cup of unsweetened milk tea.
"Sometimes, change is a good thing."
In the netherworld, Jia Xu looked utterly frustrated, as if he had swallowed a fly. Man proposes, God disposes; he had never expected to be exposed in this way.
But he also had to face reality.
Fortunately, not everyone who gets a compass will encounter this problem.
"From what I can see, it's because the Miracle Legion's status is beyond imagination that Ma Er, after obtaining the compass, will break through common sense and resonate with other hymn fragments!" Jia Xu had a bit of a headache.
Miracles are indeed things that cannot be understood using common sense.
Fortunately, the problem was discovered early, and by one of our own people, so we had a chance to fix it.
If other empires discover this in the future, it could cause serious problems.
"You stay here during this time to cooperate with Wenhe in researching specific countermeasures. You are not allowed to leak any information from here, understand?" Mu Yi didn't have any good solutions for this kind of tricky technical problem.
The only option was to leave Ma Er with Jia Xu and let the two of them figure out how to avoid this situation.
While it's true that the exploration technology originated from the Tang Dynasty, it's hard to say that the Ming Dynasty and the Mongol Yuan Dynasty didn't have similar technologies.
Judging from the current situation, the Miracle Soldiers, combined with these technologies, seem to be exceptionally sensitive to hymns, able to directly locate hymn fragments, and even the faintest hymn aura cannot escape this detection.
"Damn it, there's such a deep connection between miracles and hymns... Is the purpose of miracles to suppress hymns?"
The more Jia Xu studied it, the more surprised he became, and many things that had puzzled him before suddenly became clear.
He had long wondered how so many exceptional legions could challenge Miracle if Miracle was truly an advancement of the three talents and military spirit.
Even with the suppression of heaven and earth, miracles should far surpass those legions that are as high as the sky.
If the purpose of the miracle is not to gain power, but to suppress the hymn, then many things can be explained.
Even after figuring out all these things, Jia Xu was still completely clueless about how to solve the problem.
Even now, no military genius, including Han Xin and Bai Qi, has a complete explanation for miracles.
At most, it could only achieve what the Mongol Yuan dynasty did, by adding a pseudo-miracle-like blessing.
Miracles seem to be a force that is completely beyond our control. The conditions for achieving miracles that they discovered are merely summaries after the fact, and seem to have nothing to do with the birth of miracles.
At best, it is one of the conditions required for the birth of a miracle; the conditions required for the birth of each miracle legion are different.
Just as Jia Xu was having a terrible headache.
Meanwhile, the Mongol Yuan and Ming armies of 100,000 men had already marched to their designated locations.
Lan Yu and Kublai Khan did not participate; instead, they each selected a commander of a large army to participate.
Xinghan acted as an intermediary referee, determining whether the scale of the 100,000-strong army was truly compliant.
Zhuge Liang was unsure whether this was a tactic by the two great empires to flex their muscles, but after investigating, he was truly shocked by what he found.
"What grudge do these guys hold against each other?"
After Zhang Fei followed along for a while, he felt a little dazed.
Although there were only 100,000 people, the supplies and logistics prepared were almost equivalent to those for a million-strong army.
This excessive preparation made the members of the Xinghan delegation fully aware of the confidence of both sides in winning this bet.
Even without a war, that aura of iron and blood had already permeated every corner of the entire battlefield.
"This is not good. If I'm not mistaken, we'll have to fight a war like this too!" Guan Yu's face was ashen.
If the Ming Dynasty and the Mongol Yuan Dynasty were to truly determine a victor, they would likely engage in a wager, placing all the smaller worlds on the scales of victory.
Guan Yu wasn't particularly politically astute, but he could still sense how much consideration and calculation lay behind the balance of victory and defeat.
"Now I actually hope that the Mongol Yuan can win. That way, even if we still have to gamble with them later, we can let the Roman legions take the field, and at least we can still have a moral foothold!"
"But then again, wouldn't it be more advantageous for us if we faced off with an army of 100,000?" Zhang Fei stroked his chin and suddenly raised a point.
Everyone turned their attention to Zhang Fei, as they truly had no idea where this advantage came from.
"Think about it, the Ming Dynasty and the Mongol Yuan Dynasty are at war, and they can't spare any resources in many places, but we can!" Zhang Fei rubbed his hands excitedly.
"Gather all the elite troops, then mobilize all the fierce generals from each division, including dozens of those who have broken through to the next realm, hundreds of those who have left their inner energy realm, and several miracle legions..."
As soon as Zhang Fei finished speaking, everyone was stunned.
That seems to make sense; it concentrates all the essence of the entire empire together.
Based on their understanding of Xinghan, such an army of 100,000 was definitely more ferocious than the Ming and Mongol armies before them.
"Third brother, watch your words!" Guan Yu whispered a reprimand.
Zhang Fei immediately realized that he had taken his suggestion too seriously.
But while the speaker meant no harm, the listener took it to heart. Zhuge Liang, who was at the forefront, pondered for a moment and found that Zhang Fei's words made sense.
If they could truly unite the power of the Star River, at a scale of 100,000, they would be in no way inferior to either the Ming Dynasty or the Mongol Yuan Dynasty.
However, the only thing to consider is that by displaying strength in this way, the entire empire is almost exposed to the two great empires.
If the battle footage is repeatedly studied, all of Xinghan's secrets will likely be revealed directly to the other two empires.
At that time, Xinghan's true colors will probably be exposed.
But then again, they wouldn't be clashing with the Ming or Mongol Yuan dynasties anytime soon, so even if they were exposed, it wouldn't have a significant impact.
Moreover, if Xinghan were to collapse simply because it was being studied, then it truly deserved to perish. (End of Chapter)
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