The system handed me over to the state.

"Unleash magic! Use war magic to stop their advance! Send the heavy armored soldiers to the front! Full fire support from the rear! Fire! We absolutely cannot let them..."

Before Torrigel could finish giving his orders, a sudden clap of thunder in the sky stunned him completely. In an instant, the power of nature unleashed its fury upon the Shadow Empire's territory.

Terrifying lightning raged across the battlefield, each bolt capable of taking down several Shadow Empire soldiers or mages. Even heavily armored soldiers dared not withstand the lightning's attack head-on.

Because the mages were busy fighting the incoming steel machines, they had no time to react and deploy their defensive shields. In an instant, the number of war spells on the front line decreased sharply, and more mages chose to raise their shields for defense.

But this was not the end. Several tactical nuclear missiles pierced through the dark clouds and crashed down on the earth, the intense light and heat engulfing the Shadow Empire's defenses.

General Torricile struggled to maintain his defenses, but faced with the extreme light and heat, he was ultimately consumed.

Today, the Shadow Empire's defenses in Europe, bombarded by numerous thunderstorms and tactical nuclear bombs, have finally been breached by the British army. However, at this moment, no matter how the Shadow Empire soldiers on the European Union's defenses plead for reinforcements from the Empire, there is no response, as if the stone has sunk into the sea.

Chapter 356: Going All Out

"Good news! Britain has broken through the defenses on the European front and is now making every effort to eliminate the remaining enemy forces in Europe!"

Despite the paradox, the three commanders received some good news. Rita seemed somewhat surprised, "Is this the power of Shenzhou's artificial intelligence?"

Old Yu shook his head. "She didn't do anything. She just achieved the results by using tactical nuclear bombs and weather controllers. If we can completely annihilate the enemy forces in the European theater, we can basically guarantee that the Shadow Empire will only have half of its main forces in the Americas."

As soon as he finished speaking, the paradoxical ship swayed slightly. Old Yu frowned. "What's going on? Xiao Long?"

The dragon girl who was brought back by Bronya back then, now a more powerful AI after liberation, jumped out from the side and said, "Several strange meteors just bombarded the ship itself, but the shields withstood them all."

"Shield remaining at 20%, predicted to withstand two more meteor shower attacks like this."

"In addition, the outer Thunder gunships and Viking fighters have requested to dock for maintenance. There is too much air defense fire in the nearby area. If this continues, our outer fleet will be wiped out first."

"Permit to docking, release more automated defense target drones! No need to hold back! This is the final battle! Bring out all our resources!"

Old Yu's order was immediately relayed to every operator in the air fleet, and the operators immediately released the automatic defense target drones stored on the Thor gunship!

In an instant, a large number of automatic defense target drones floated in the sky, intercepting all missiles and shells that appeared within range and causing them to self-destruct in mid-air.

The pressure on the air fleet was instantly relieved, and the Thor gunships were able to use the power of the weather to bombard the ground forces, providing cover for the ground troops.

"There are too many of them! We can't break through here!"

However, the ground troops soon encountered some obstacles. The enemy's front line was too dense, with various modern artillery weapons and a combined defensive line composed of Shadow Empire mages, making it impossible for the ground troops to cross directly.

However, at that moment, a blue laser suddenly streaked across the defensive line in front, followed by a dazzling blue firework explosion on the line!

The roar of engines suddenly filled the battlefield, and the laser weapon on the top of the jeep, which was transformed from a heavily armed bunny, began to fire indiscriminately. The defense line that the ground troops had been unable to break through was instantly engulfed and disappeared by the blue flames.

The ground commander hesitated for a moment, then immediately ordered his troops to continue their breakout! They couldn't stop; they had to keep up with the air fleet! Otherwise, without the cover of the ground forces, the air force wouldn't be able to advance quickly under such dense anti-aircraft fire!

With its massive size and numerous Thor gunships escorting it, Paradox naturally attracted the attention of the Shadow Empire the moment it began its advance. The vast amount of anti-aircraft weapons, air force, and missiles preserved on American soil were directed towards Paradox and its fleet.

However, with the interception of energy shields and automatic defense targets, the only things that can truly attack the Paradox are the powerful spells cast by legion-level mages. However, under the Paradox-level shield with a stronger energy supply, the shield's output power is only weakened.

The next moment, these legion mages who had exposed their positions were instantly destroyed by lightning from the sky.

However, numerous super-visual attacks continued to rain down on the fleet.

The ground forces, under the cover of Bronya and the knights of Britain, advanced very smoothly, and even showed a tendency to advance into the special zone ahead of the fleet.

"Lie down, you bastard!"

After the scorching flames burned the heavily armored soldiers in front of him to ashes, Siegfried, panting, looked at the fierce aerial battle above him and the constant sound of artillery fire around him.

Since joining the Knights, he had never experienced such a high-intensity and high-stakes battle. They had been advancing at high intensity for almost a day, yet he had not seen a single soldier from Shenzhou or Soviet Union drop out of the battle due to exhaustion.

In particular, the shouts that echoed through the sky as the Soviet Union charged at the enemy made his blood boil!

"What? Is it not working?"

At this moment, Natalie descended from the sky to Siegfried's side. Siegfried picked up the Skyfire Greatsword for Siegfried and said, "A bit... I've never fought a battle like this before. Can you still hold on? I've been watching you flying in the air the whole time, even with anti-aircraft weapons on you."

Natalie stretched her body slightly. "It's alright. Shenzhou's automatic defense target drone technology has helped me intercept a lot of missiles and shells, but those anti-aircraft guns are still difficult to defend against."

"I've already submitted my request for a 30-minute break. What about you?"

Siegfried smiled, turned around, waved to Natalie, and said, "Keep going! We will win today!"

After saying that, Siegfried rushed out of the ruined bunker and continued to advance with the main force beside him.

Natalie turned around and looked at the massive mobile construction vehicles not far behind her. This time, China and the Soviet Union had truly staked everything. A total of 25 mobile construction vehicles would be used to completely surround the special zone and establish defensive positions and production and maintenance facilities on the spot.

Once the position is secured, more reinforcements, including those from the European theater, will arrive directly on the battlefield via hyperspace teleportation.

This is a war in which humanity stakes its entire military strength to completely annihilate the Shadow Empire. They... absolutely cannot afford to fail!

In less than half an hour, just ten minutes, Natalie completed the simple maintenance and took to the skies again.

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Meanwhile, inside the Shadow Empire's palace, the Prime Minister stared at the colossal giant sword that blotted out the sky in the image, the floating warships that resembled thunder gods all around, and the dozens of massive motorized construction vehicles that he had spotted behind him. At that moment, the Prime Minister felt utterly hopeless.

"Prime Minister! Something terrible has happened!"

At that moment, a soldier rushed in shouting, "It's all gone! All our forces on the European battlefield have been wiped out!" Before the prime minister could even ask, the soldier cried out anxiously.

Just then, another soldier rushed in, "Prime Minister, we have detected large-scale spatial fluctuations around the special zone!"

The prime minister's expression grew increasingly desperate. He knew it was over... the empire had been utterly defeated, and they had no chance of retaliating...

Just as the prime minister was in despair, a clear, cold voice suddenly came from behind him. The empress, who should have been in bed, suddenly woke up and appeared there.

She walked up to the despairing prime minister, reached out and gently stroked his face. "Don't despair, Prime Minister. We still have one last chance, one last chance to turn the tide."

"Shadow will not perish; it will devour the light and shroud the world in shadow."

"Since our power cannot destroy them, then... what about the power of God?"

Chapter 357: A Complete Surround

"Outpost No. 5 has been secured! We are continuing our advance!"

"Outpost No. 12 has also withstood the enemy's counterattack! We are continuing our advance!"

As one piece of good news after another arrived, more and more mobile construction vehicles surrounded the District of Columbia, and a large number of defensive buildings were quickly constructed and erected on the front lines.

After confirming that the enemy was completely surrounded inside the special zone, Lao Yu did not hesitate to notify the weather control department to unleash a large number of thunderstorms over the special zone.

In an instant, dark clouds began to gather rapidly in the sky, and the next moment, dense bolts of lightning flashed out from the clouds, attacking the soldiers and buildings in the special zone below.

But this was not the end. Several tactical nuclear missiles were launched and crashed directly into the special zone. This was their tactic: after the mobile construction vehicles surrounded the entire special zone, a large number of deterrent weapons were dropped to completely destroy the Shadow Empire's resistance in this area.

Yes, just keep smashing them. If one isn't enough, use two; if two aren't enough, use three. Keep smashing until all resistance in the target area stops.

The existence of the Shadow Empire means that it is impossible for it to coexist normally with humans. Therefore, there is only a life-or-death situation between the two. Even prisoners cannot survive for long without the supply of shadow energy.

Are they really going to try and obtain shadow energy to keep prisoners alive? Impossible!

Under the combined effects of thunderstorms and tactical nuclear weapons, the enemy inside quickly ceased all resistance. Subsequently, the army successfully entered the special zone, meticulously inspecting the ruins along the way for any surviving enemy soldiers.

Because there were no prisoners, even if there were any survivors, they were shot dead on the spot.

Bronya, Black Heath, and the other two followed the troops into the interior. The huge castle that Black Heath and the others had seen before had disappeared, replaced by a huge crater created by the bombs they had planted.

"Did they move the castle back to their old home?"

Bronya looked down into the crater, unable to see the bottom. The bomb had been very powerful, designed to kill those two guys, but it seemed it hadn't.

Or rather, it was just a tiny bit short, just a tiny bit more and it would have blown them up.

"General, what's the next step?"

Bronya inquired in the communication that the next step depended on what the higher-ups thought: whether to rest first or to press on and charge directly into the Shadow Kingdom.

"Wait a moment, our researchers are deploying and will be there soon. The shadow energy they left behind when they left will provide us with detailed data on the Shadow Empire's own world, helping our technicians determine the exact coordinates of their empire."

"receive."

After the communication ended, Bronya looked at the two women beside her. "We need to wait a little while. This is a good opportunity for us to ask Tong Xi about it."

"Tong Xi? Why are you asking about her?"

Hei hope was somewhat puzzled and asked her why she might as well just charge in and adapt to whatever situation she encountered.

However, Bronya still chose to be cautious. They were not clear about the situation of the Shadow Empire, and if something unexpected happened, they might not be able to react in time and would suffer losses. So the best thing to do now was to ask Tong Xi first and see what information the system had.

Bronya then shared the three people's communications and dialed Tong Xi's number. A few seconds later, Tong Xi's lazy voice came through the communication.

"Is there something you need, my dear big duck?"

Bronya paused for a moment, then cut to the chase, asking, "What should we be aware of regarding the Shadow Empire?"

"Huh? You guys are advancing so fast? You didn't just use tactical nuclear weapons and thunderstorms to get there, did you? If you're going to bombard us like that, it seems like the Shadow Empire really can't withstand it."

"So, you're planning to march straight into the enemy's stronghold?"

"Yes, we came here in advance to ask if your system has any useful intelligence."

"Intelligence..."

Tong Xi's voice sounded very languid and weak, "As for intelligence, it's about never letting any individual organism be exposed to the shadows, just this one."

"In other words... you absolutely must never operate within the Shadow Empire without the protection of energy shields and robust ship structures, otherwise you will all be assimilated and I won't be responsible."

"Finally, the Shadow Empire is not as simple as you think. Your final battle will not be easy to win!"

"Okay, thanks for reminding me. Any other advice?"

"A word of advice..."

After a long period of silence and contemplation, Tong Xi suddenly said, "My suggestion is that you just construct a doomsday throne and burn them to glass!"

Bronya felt ashamed. If she could, she would like to do that, but the problem was that she couldn't do it now. She could construct nuclear nova, and even multiple ones, but the Throne of Doom, a massive Protoss mothership used to destroy the universe, was simply beyond her current ability to construct.

I only said that to brag, but people actually took it seriously...

After ending the call, Hei hope naturally heard Tong Xi's suggestion and stared at Bronya suspiciously, saying, "You wouldn't... really be planning to construct the Throne of Doomsday, would you? That thing is probably beyond your current capabilities, isn't it?"

He helplessly spread his hands. "That's right, that thing is currently beyond my capabilities. I can't do it. But there's something interesting. Since we can't let people move around outside and can only enter under the protection of vehicles or energy shields, why don't we just throw all sorts of big things inside?"

"We'll go in once it's mostly destroyed inside. After all, the Shadow Empire doesn't belong to any world or parallel universe, so blowing it up won't have any consequences, right?"

Hei hope raised an eyebrow. "So you've finally turned into a big bombshell too?"