Lords: From Civilization to the Stars.

Chapter 113 Targeting and Counter-targeting
'Planetary Wonder: Demonic Rift'

'In the obsession of countless people, there are always products of some conspiracy in places where few people go. It is impossible to test whether the Demon Realm Rift is praised because of its real existence or it really appears because of the praise. Deep in the South Pole of the Old World, the Demon Realm Rift is a hole in the subspace.

Countless powers are spreading across this land. Demons can roam the world in groups, never even worrying about their own death or survival.

However, what they don't know, or don't care about, is that in fact all these powers exist because of a certain part...'

'Effect: The continent where the wonder is located is regarded as a subspace contaminated area. Demons and faith units can release miracles and magic without restriction and will not be affected by the regional magic wind.

In addition, the individual or faction that controls this wonder can decide that a certain unit or faction's spell cannot be cast smoothly in the area. All spell costs increase by 100%, and the probability of spell failure increases by 500%. After a spell fails, one to three teams of demons will be randomly summoned to attack the caster. This effect is a field effect and cannot be cracked or counter-targeted. It cannot be affected unless the wonder is controlled or the field is completely blocked.

The wonder is currently controlled by the Chaos faction.

Chaos faction designated defense target: Negative Star faction, Li Ang. '

"..."

When he saw the detailed introduction of the wonder, Li Ang's smile froze on his face.

He could even see the hallucination of four bastards covering their faces and laughing wildly.

Damn it, this is targeting me.

No, is this how it's printed on the card?

Do you Chaos faction have that serious disease? The Order faction is not targeting me?

No wonder I always feel a little restrained when I come to Antarctica. My feelings are all waiting for me here. If I hadn't brought a Slaanesh Chosen here to break the barrier first, wouldn't it take several years to fight a positional war?
Fortunately, those demons were not smart enough, and I took the initiative to shoot the Mind Spire. If I hadn't noticed and thought it might be a distance problem, I'm afraid it wouldn't take long for demons to appear everywhere in my territory. His own strength is naturally no problem, but he can't stand up to the people below.

Le Ang can ensure that there will be no problems with every spell he casts. To put it bluntly, these restrictions are basically useless, but the Negative Star psychic units under his command will suffer a great defeat.

As a result, by building the spiritual tower, they unexpectedly created a safe zone.

But now that the safe zone has been built, the next question is, how can he win? You can't really expect those weak players to fight a war of attrition with the demons, right? It's hard to say who will consume whom. Players don't have any tools that can hurt souls, and it's difficult for demons to be great unless they are at the level of great demons.

Once the two sides reached a stalemate, or the demons began to fight in a legionary manner, the players' defeat would be obvious to the naked eye, because the players' weak constitutions could not stop the demons' advance.

The success of the raid on the coast was entirely due to the power of a certain chosen one and Leon's shattered relics. It was only effective if the demons stood still.

If you really want to fight a positional battle or a legion battle, in layman's terms, the quality of the player's legion is about 30 points, while the demon legion, even in a civil war, may have 2,000 points, which will really break into pieces at the first collision. And to be honest, there are relatively few ordinary positions that can have an effect on demons.

Trenches or some simpler defensive facilities cannot penetrate the demon's supernatural skin at all. Generally speaking, Leon uses his pale army and destructive power to directly smash the demon.

But if we are targeted now, facing a whole continent of demons, defense is no problem, but attacking is really too much to think about.

What should I do? Should I use some large-scale spells that might alert the whole world?
But I always feel that this is what the other party wants...

After all, how did they know that I wanted the treasures in here?
Looking at the Demon Realm Rift slowly rotating on the map, Leon fell into deep thought. Then he took a look at the progress of other expedition teams on his world map, and found, not surprisingly, that almost every place was targeted.

Chaos didn't know what Leon wanted, nor what skills and abilities Leon had. They simply relied on their numbers and strength to block all of Leon's teams. Even some sea beasts began to invade the ocean.

“…Completely, blocked.”

Edward, whose soul had been cleared, felt the information coming from the psychic network and gave a sharp assessment of Leon's current situation.

"Fourteen... fronts... all, stagnant. The total number of Chaos troops... has arrived, six figures. We currently... have no solution. What should we do...?"

"How can this be called my stagnation? We are clearly in a great advantage, and they have no choice but to use this method to slow down their own death."

"You're really...hard-mouthed."

"You don't understand at all, Edward. Just like your current existence. Didn't I say that? The soul is just an illusion of self-perception. As long as you see this clearly, you will know why we have the advantage."

Looking at the overlapping data on the map and the stalemate between the armies, Leon showed an indifferent expression and casually expressed his lofty ambitions.

In fact, Leon is a very eloquent person. For example, now, even though the two elf maids and Edward in his room showed some subtle expressions at the same time, Leon still stood in his room with his fists clenched, expressing the demeanor of a mature leader.

That is to say, to make one's own image and propositions completely correct and lofty.

"I don't have a soul, how can they hurt me? I am a phenomenon, I am reality, I am light and shadow, and more importantly, I am the leader of this faction, and I must overcome this little unpleasantness and reach a higher position. We are just four abstract parties, what use can we have?"

"But you're...stuck."

"I've said it all, Edward. This isn't a blockage, it's just a short pause. Their death will provide me with a steady supply of supplies. I need them to die. I can't wait to be happy."

"But the goal was not achieved." "What is my goal? My goal is always to progress and evolve. As long as this task is completed, anything can be accepted. So it is they who are sending things to us, not us who are resisting them. With hundreds of thousands of players and the current safe zone, what can they do?"

"Then, the props will be moved away."

"..."

Looking at Edward, whose expression remained firm, Leon opened his mouth, and found that there seemed to be no way to refute this simplest truth.

The Ancient Saint's observation component was the source of the Demon Realm rift, and it was also stuck in the Demon Realm rift, being used almost roughly by the demons. If the demons really saw Leon's true thoughts, then this prop would be thrown directly into the subspace in a short period of time and completely disappear.

Li Ang had no doubt that the four bastards would definitely do this, they were such bastards. Even if they lost a gate that could exert influence in reality, these products of the subspace would instinctively realize which problem was bigger.

However, he could not directly mobilize combat forces from the headquarters. Once the enemy realized that his main body had arrived at this place, and even used the army forcefully, it would definitely expose his goal.

Although on the surface it seemed that Li Ang was just out for a walk because he had nothing to do, it would be a different matter once the army was mobilized.

Li Ang is essentially a player, an outsider who fools players everywhere and begins to explore various areas. It is normal for him to have an avatar to fight against chaos. However, the main force must hunt demons in the northern chaos snowfield, rather than directly mobilizing troops in the south to rush into the Demon Realm Rift.

The reason is very simple. Although both are to kill Chaos, why do you leave the Chaos army in the north alone and go to the south to launch a large army attack? This proves that there must be something wrong.

However, direct projection and observation like now is acceptable to the great enemy of chaos.

Who doesn’t have a few avatars running around?
"Okay, I admit that this may be a bit awkward now. The players' strength does not seem to be enough to hold out until our team arrives, and they have no way to give us a strategic advantage here. But I have another way. It will not attract the attention of the Chaos, and it can also allow the battle line to be pushed forward."

Looking at Oliver and several other Pale Soldiers who showed up to watch from nowhere, Leon quickly projected a series of data and began to explain his plan to these Negative Stars.

Yes, although they have lost their souls, who says that the body cannot have its own thoughts?
Rather, according to Leon's previous understanding in another world, the soul does not exist, and the body is the fundamental everything. So it is quite common among the negative stars nowadays that a group of soulless people start to watch Leon learn and regain their personality and life.

Everything that happened before is irreversible. For example, the pale army of the elves was really a heavyweight, but now that they have been cleansed, they are pure and need to learn. And Leon is their role model.

"The advantage of players is that although they are weak and can only recover to a limited extent, their advantage is that they are really good at collecting all kinds of information and are good at using their economic advantages for investment. So what we have to do is to fight a terrible battle with those demons."

On the projected map, with the Antarctic landing point as the axis, Leon drew circles one after another, like some kind of ant gnawing at the map, moving towards the direction of the Demon Realm rift.

In the arcs he drew, castles rose up one after another and launched an attack towards the core area.

"Using my invincible turrets to coordinate, we can help the players conduct a corrupt positional battle."

Li Ang looked at the pale army around him and explained his battle strategy very seriously.

"Our population quality is insufficient, and the psychological quality and related morals of the players are not very good, so I plan to outsource my series of blueprints and construction needs. These places will exist as the players' private land. Then use these castles as fulcrums to attack outside."

"If the players' defenses are insufficient, we can use our runes and destructive power to make up for it. For the sake of their own castles and villages, players can often burst out with amazing power. They will hysterically attack all living things around them for their own territory. We have already seen this in Hope City. Even when facing the troops of the World Destruction War Gang, they never thought of giving up."

"So once the player's fulcrum is built, we will accept it in the name of defense outsourcing, and then follow the players' territory planning step by step to implement the strategy of moving forward towards the inner ring."

"By then, we can sell the land to the outside world in the name of selling it and recover the gold coins we distributed."

"After all, at present, the only organization in the world that can truly attack Antarctica, successfully win, and keep its promise is us, the Star Bearers. Those players have to work for us, give us money, and use their own props to lay a fulcrum for us to reach the rift in the Demon Realm."

“This is my survival strategy, and it is also our real strategic intention hidden.”

Looking at the people around him, Li Ang calmly drew a cross at the location of the Demon Realm rift, which meant that this place was destined to be destroyed.

"I plan to gradually conquer the outer layer of the Antarctic continent in three months. This wonder in the outside world will be one of the core points I will remove. In this way, we will not trigger a large-scale counterattack from Chaos, and at the same time we can push our plan further."

"A deeper plan?"

"Yes. I require you to connect the settlements of these players to the defense matrix in every area, and use the Mind Tower to control all runes. If necessary, you can turn the defense matrix in the opposite direction."

"...?"

Hearing this request, everyone was stunned.

Externally? Isn't that the Antarctic Ocean? Why are we guarding against our own people?
But Leon did not explain more. He just looked at his team and nodded seriously, as if he had already decided what the future would be like next.

"What we are going to do is an unprecedented great feat. Therefore, this step is necessary. I can't just stop at the periphery, because I realize that there are some longer-term things to plan, so this external defense line is necessary. You must do it well."

I'll update one chapter secretly, 4,000 words to slow down the pace, and I'll officially resume writing 10,000 to 15,000 words a day tomorrow afternoon.

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