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If you can't even understand this, don't even think about switching careers to become a mage at this age. The questions on the college entrance exam math paper are just for relaxing your mind when you're a mage apprentice, even if it's the Jiangsu Province exam.

Finally, after three hours of hard work, Gaara produced a test paper with less than 30 points, with the vast majority of the points coming from multiple-choice questions. This is understandable, as he had not received a systematic education and was already far behind ordinary children in terms of basic knowledge.

Without even looking at the final score, Gaara finished the test and immediately left. The large blank pages made him realize the gap between the two schools' basic education systems.

Inside the magic circle, Fina was still fine-tuning it, while also making a phone call to her teacher to communicate.

This level of magic circle was still too difficult for Fina, but fortunately she had an experienced teacher.

Well, perhaps that's one of the reasons Merlin chose her. If he had chosen an ordinary mage of the same level, even if she was better than Fina, she might have ended up making a mess of things.

The same goes for Tony; Jess, Victor, and even Heimerdinger sometimes have to answer his questions.

The two of them hadn't had a break in a long time, and this huge project was very beneficial to their growth; neither of them wanted to make any mistakes.

"You can't drink anymore!" Natasha snatched the energy drink from Fina's hand. "What you need now is rest."

"Ha~" Fina yawned, shook her head, snapped her fingers, and a little ice water was poured directly over her head, making her feel a bit more refreshed.

Natasha quickly grabbed a dry towel and draped it over Fina's body.

"I'll go rest after I finish adjusting this rune," Fina said, perking up.

“You’ve said that several times already!” Natasha emphasized.

“The last time, the last time,” Fina repeated as she continued her work.

Natasha was about to say something more when Akali shook her head at her and pulled her aside.

“When I was practicing ninjutsu, I was in a similar situation. You have to trust her. She’s not a child anymore. She knows when she’s reached her limit,” Akali said. Perhaps because Fina usually acts too much like a child, Natasha has put herself in the position of a parent.

Natasha wanted to say something more, but Akali quickly added, "Let her decide for herself, don't interfere too much."

“Sigh…” Natasha sighed, “I’ll go check the calculations of the magic channel network and see if there are any other calculation results.”

Akali nodded and let go of her hand, while Fina on the other side poured another bottle of energy potion into her mouth.

Success is never easy; if you don't give it your all, you won't be able to seize even the best opportunities.

While the technicians at both positions were working themselves to the bone, high-level professionals like Lanlost, Gawain, and Ethan were also busy at work.

There was no sign of the other side launching an attack, and the Otsutsuki seemed to have resigned themselves to their fate. This made Ethan and his group very nervous, fearing that some dangerous whirlpool might be lurking beneath the calm surface.

However, the mainland's most powerful figures have almost been wiped out by their combined efforts. That Fei was also directly controlled. He originally wanted to jump, but Kennen forcefully suppressed him, leaving him no chance at all.

"Has Master Kennan said anything? There's been no movement at all, and I'm not feeling well," Ethan couldn't help but ask Gawain.

Gao Wen stopped, also confused about the current situation.

"There are only two possibilities now: either those guys are casting their ultimate abilities, or someone has been abandoned," Gao Wen analyzed.

“Personally, I think it’s probably the second one. Merlin and the King have sent word that Hell is getting more and more chaotic. Mephisto’s clone has been forced back. I don’t think they have any energy left to cause trouble in this world,” Lanlost added.

"Bro, don't make any promises you can't keep, you're scaring me," Gao Wen joked.

"This isn't a flag, it's just a solid analysis. Just wait and see, it will definitely turn out exactly as I predicted. If I'm wrong, I'll eat this tree on the spot!"

Lanlost patted a tall tree, about twenty or thirty meters high, beside him, and said, displaying remarkable self-confidence.

Ethan silently took a pen out of his pocket and drew an X on the tree trunk.

Lanlost: "What are you doing?"

"I'll mark it for you, so you won't lose track of this tree later," Ethan said with a slight smile, teasingly.

“…Tch, just you wait.” Lanlost turned and left.

Ethan sighed softly, his smile vanishing instantly. He patted the tree, hoping things would turn out as Lanlost had said, even if it meant eating the tree himself.

(Tree: I'll poke you, you big poke, what does that have to do with me?!)

Chapter 368 Setting another flag, I'm a dog

Time passed slowly, and soon two huge "bombardment" positions rose from the ground. The preliminary preparations for Project Shattered Moon were completely completed. Now, there was only one thing facing the Human Alliance: to press the launch button.

"Master Kennan, Tony and Fina have completed their charging preparations and are awaiting your final orders," Ethan reported to Kennan's clone.

Kennan looked up at the moon, the target that appeared on the horizon, and felt that something was not right. Although various detection methods had not found any problems, his legendary intuition kept reminding him that things were not so simple.

"Let's test launch," Kennan commanded, tapping his fingers twice on his wrist.

In the Iwagakure camp, Tony received the order and slowly turned his main weapon. This enormous weapon was hundreds of times larger than other defensive weapons, and its power was more than hundreds of times greater. However, it also consumed hundreds of times more energy, and its turning flexibility was extremely weak.

A few minutes later, the aiming ended, and Tony became excited. With a wave of his hand, he fired three shots in quick succession!

Boom! The enormous recoil shook the entire mountain. The civilians, who had already been evacuated by Onoki and his men, watched the mountain sway and were filled with strange emotions, fearing that the mountain might collapse and bury their belongings that they hadn't had time to evacuate.

Three short, thick beams of light, after being meticulously calculated, bypassed the interference of the planet's internal atmosphere. After leaving the planet's surface, the beams accelerated to their maximum speed and then struck the moon straight in.

The fragmented lunar surface soil was thrown into the sky by the enormous impact, and some of it escaped the moon's gravitational pull and entered space. A huge crater was also created on the moon. According to the detection instruments, the crater is about 1,000 meters deep, which is consistent with Tony and others' previous calculations.

As dust filled the moon and all kinds of signals began to be interfered with, Fina closed her eyes, and the elemental pool around her began to operate wildly. The temperature in the area around Sunagakure suddenly dropped by more than ten degrees.

Chain Explosion - Eternal Blazing Sun!

The magical light blotted out the sun, and a series of explosions resounded near the moon's near orbit. Tony's bombardment had partially brought the moon's thin atmosphere to near orbit, and the continuous, eternally blazing sun accelerated this part of the air to a point where it could kill.

A ripple spread outwards from the designated magical point, and the instant it passed over the far side of the moon, both alarms sounded simultaneously at Tony and Fina's positions: something was on the far side of the moon!

“What is that?!” Ivan Vanko asked, looking at the outline drawn in the alarm.

Tony shook his head. "I don't know, but it's obvious that someone who hides their true colors is no good!"

While talking, Tony adjusted the attack module of the main weapon in the position. Fortunately, Master Kennen was cautious enough to waste several days to conduct this test firing. Now, the test firing has just begun and has not yet entered the stage of close cooperation between the two sides, and something has already been found to be wrong.

On the other side, Fina was also quickly changing the magic runes in the magic circle, switching from the offensive Chain Explosion - Eternal Blazing Sun to the detection-oriented psychic mantra - Karma Forced Manifestation!

"The enemy commander doesn't seem very capable. He's still clinging to the hope that we might not have discovered their tracks," Fina muttered with certainty after making the changes.

Immediately afterwards, the light of Karma's Forced Annunciation shone on the near side of the moon. Its superior penetrability and controllability allowed the spell to take effect around the lunar surface and directly collide with an invisible barrier on the far side of the moon.

Ripples, like water patterns, were created on the colliding surface, and the outlines of hidden objects closer to the ripples were detected.

A fleet! The outline of a space fleet!

The moment they saw the outline, all the Human Alliance professionals immediately realized this.

Lanlost, his face grim, drew his sword. The exploration of the far side of the moon had been conducted many times before the firing, but at that time it was certain that there was nothing there. Therefore, this fleet had most likely entered the far side of the moon today through silent submersion.

"The database comparison results are in! It's a mixed fleet of Chitauri!"

Ivan Vanko shouted into the squad channel, looking at the more than 50% similarity on the AI.

Clearly, this fleet, nominally belonging to the Chitauri King, was dispatched by Thanos, transited through multiple worlds, arrived in the Naruto world, and then hid in a vast star system, only to be discovered now.

“My analysis is also out. This invisible barrier technology is somewhat similar to a technology used by the Dark Elves in the War of the Nine Realms! However, it seems to be an upgraded version!” Fina added.

"Plan changed, Operation Shattered Moon is suspended. Take down this fleet first!" Kennen ordered. "Tony, Fina, prepare for long-range attacks. The rest of you, enter the planet's atmosphere and prepare for a counterattack!"

"Damn it, if I ever set another flag again, I'm a dog!" Lanlost said after receiving the order, then soared into the sky without another word, flying towards his original defensive zone.

Upon hearing Lanlost's words, Ethan and Gawain exchanged a glance, refrained from further sarcastic remarks, and immediately switched to defensive mode, each taking a zone.

The three people's defensive zones, when connected, just covered the entire planetary region facing the moon. Fortunately, the planet they were on was relatively small, otherwise the three of them really wouldn't have been able to manage it.

After the Human Federation's arrangements were all in place, the Chitauri fleet seemed to believe that they had been discovered. The fleet broke its silence, ignited its engines, and prepared to sail out from the far side of the moon.

As the engines ignited one after another, points of light representing the ships appeared on the integrated detection radar. Ivan Vanko compared the data with the Chitauri information in the database.

"The enemy fleet is estimated to be between thirty and fifty ships, and judging from the engine energy response, it is mostly frigates," Ivan Vanko said, bringing good news.

Perhaps for the sake of concealment, or perhaps it was just a side project, in any case, the size of the space fleet was much smaller than they had anticipated.

Following Ivan Vanko's instructions, Tony adjusted the orientation of the weapons in the position. The enemy's stealth technology from the Dark Elves still had some effect after they moved, and the locking function of the weapons was affected, so they could only set the shooting target to that area.

All rapid-fire cannons! 100-hit combo!

A deafening roar echoed across the position as beams of ultra-long-range artillery fire shot from the muzzles, covering the target area.

Inside Iwagakure, after switching to positional attack mode, Onoki quickly flipped through the manual Tony had given him, then decisively waved his hand, leading all ninja organizations and civilians to retreat. The entire Iwagakure entered a state of combat defense, and all buildings on the surface were temporarily abandoned and moved underground!

Tens of thousands of artillery shells were fired in a short time, hitting the enemy's planned derailment route. Judging from the initial information warfare performance, the enemy commander's command ability was too poor, so Tony didn't bother with the psychological game of "you're on the first floor, I'm on the second floor" and directly treated the enemy as if they were fighting in the basement.

The attack was quite effective. The concentrated bombardment cleared the shield defenses of several frigates, and then the engine lights on the radar detection system dimmed. According to the standard equipment of Chitauri frigates, a frigate usually only has four to six main and auxiliary engines scattered throughout the ship. This attack effectively crippled the mobility of at least one frigate.

Unfortunately, no part of the ship was hit, such as the reactor, and no ships exploded. Therefore, it is impossible to determine whether any escort ships simply withdrew from the battlefield.

After the rapid-fire cannons in the position cooled down, the main weapon, specifically designed to attack the moon, completed its second charge. A continuous beam of light shot out, like a long sword, and with a slight rotation of the muzzle, it slashed through the universe.

This time, the light of the secondary explosion finally appeared, and at the same time, several engine reaction points representing the Chitauri fleet in the detection system also went out.

Immediately afterwards, a piercing alarm sounded from the radar. The enemy commander was indeed rather foolish, but he still knew to retaliate.

Various laser cannons fired simultaneously at the target site, and the resulting energy reaction was directly connected on the detection system.

Huff~ Lanlost closed his eyes, adjusted his state, and then suddenly opened them wide—the pristine lake! Liberation!

A huge, calm lake reflected in the sky above Lanlost's area, and in this reflection, a longsword shone with its own light, and then a hand reached into the lake and gripped the hilt of the longsword.

The entire lake surface suddenly became turbulent, as if it had transformed into a sea under a raging storm.

The laser beams, raining down like raindrops, had already entered the atmosphere. Various obstacles within the atmosphere initially neutralized some of the laser's effectiveness. Frankly, Tony didn't even want to mock the opposing commander. What was the point of using lasers to attack a planet? Wouldn't high-mass weapons be more effective and cost-efficient?

Lanlost didn't have time to think about these things like Tony did. He wished the enemy commander was even more stupid, and the attack was already right in front of him.

A cool, clear light flowed across the flawless blade of the Lake Light Sword. As Lanlost unleashed a powerful slash, the entire lake projection suspended in the sky tilted up, sweeping up all the laser beams and causing these dangerous rays to disappear into the shimmering water.

Some lasers that were at just the right angle were even deflected by Lanlost, but unfortunately, there were too few of them. On the scale of the universe, there was no chance of a laser hitting anything before it dissipated completely.

After discovering that the attack was ineffective, perhaps due to a warning from the intelligent computer, or perhaps because the commander's brain had run out of overload, he finally realized that firing lasers was a bad idea.

Some commonly used mass-produced weapons reappeared on radar detection amid a barrage of missiles, with both the number of attacks and the coverage area significantly increased compared to the last time.

After all, in the back-and-forth attacks, more and more ships successfully escaped from the far side of the moon and entered the attack trajectory.

The Sword of Victory, Liberation!

Gawain raised his longsword high, and the radiance of the sun burst forth from it. A strange phenomenon of a slowly rising sun appeared behind Gawain, and as the sun continued to rise, Leona's phantom also appeared.

That's right. As a colleague, how could Gawain not try to get some of the purest solar energy from Leona for future use?

"This is the manifestation of the sun, burning away all that dares to offend it!"

Leona's phantom pointed ahead with great momentum and said, "Immediately afterwards, a blinding yellow light shot out from the Wheel of Victory, striking all the weapons aimed at Gawain's area equally, just as the sun treats everything in the world equally."

Meanwhile, Ethan wasn't idle either. This wasn't Earth anymore, so he no longer needed to worry about the influence of the so-called Zoroastrian faith.