my slow journey to infinity

Chapter 119 The calm before the storm

The dense air defense systems on both sides were put in place almost at the same time.

Commanders are very experienced. When they start to use nuclear weapons, they must decisively carry out saturation strikes on important nodes.

Especially on this unprecedented battlefield, weapons and equipment are updated at an extremely fast pace, and nuclear weapons may not last long.

When Voldemort launched the war, he promised the Muggle world that he would deal with nuclear weapons and would not let the war develop into a nuclear weapons competition.

In the first half, he did.

Before the incident, Voldemort sent a large number of Death Eaters to the arsenals of various major powers and destroyed most of the nuclear weapons through means such as the [Soul-stealing Curse].

This work was of course instructed by the Awakened. In fact, before the first nuclear bomb fell, Voldemort still maintained his disdain for Muggle gadgets.

But when he felt the beauty of that power, he began to regret not keeping this weapon as his own.

In fact, in the extraordinary world, maintaining a rudimentary nuclear force is quite uneconomical.

Early nuclear weapons not only had serious radiation problems, but were also quite troublesome and expensive to preserve and maintain.

The nuclear weapons currently used by Voldemort's side are produced by the Awakened. The conventional fusion tactical missiles in the main world do not place special emphasis on the concept of nuclear weapons.

This type of fusion weapon still relies on shock waves and energy radiation to cause damage, but in order to prevent overkill and accidental damage to friendly forces, its power equivalent is only equivalent to the hydrogen bomb in the early Muggle world.

And because these fusion weapons use extraordinary technology, they no longer need to use high-radiation materials as first-level detonators, so they will not cause large-scale pollution.

Generally speaking, the fusion weapons in the extraordinary system are very powerful and non-polluting, but they are conventional weapons with shortcomings and are not used as a decisive deterrent force.

Just looking at this large glazed battlefield, there is no need to mention ecological and environmental issues. Without lasting radiation, the landscape can be directly changed.

In the end, the intensive nuclear war only lasted about three months. Neither side destroyed the other in one breath, and both sides ran out of fusion weapons reserves at the same stage.

The Awakener Hunting Team, considering the real proxy war in the future, took the initiative to stop the fusion strike and quickly launched the [Gaseous Stagnation Field Generator].

This is pure technology from the battlefield in the main world.

This thing, which can temporarily solidify gaseous substances, can be used for efficient air defense. It can turn the sky into a dangerous area full of transparent reefs.

Finally, the constant earthquakes in this battlefield finally stopped.

The reciprocal bombing only drove the personnel and troops on both sides away from the battlefield and destroyed a large number of ordinary military fortresses, but did not bring actual results to both sides.

At the same time as the bombardment ended, the rebel commander "Sylvia" immediately sent a small force of wizards to reshape the battlefield.

The extraordinary battlefield observers from the Far East also truly entered the battlefield for the first time.

They used highly mobile "Flying Swords" and "Air Bombs" to quickly sow extraordinary plant seeds prepared with aqua regia, and attracted long-lasting rain clouds.

A large amount of nutrients and energy preparations were poured directly into the rain clouds.

Half a month later, a primitive dense forest spanning more than 2,000 kilometers in the east-west direction rose from the ground, directly penetrating the Eurasian continent in the north-south direction.

This is no ordinary forest.

These trees will automatically adjust their growth forms, such as the structure of trunks, roots, leaves, etc., based on climate conditions, hydrology, light and other factors, and always maintain an active growth attitude.

This thing is Wang Shui's painstaking work.

In order to get rid of the "obsession of the knower", Wang Shui had obtained a large amount of extraordinary botanical knowledge with the help of the Russell family.

It can be said that botany-related abilities are the second [Master Level] ability that Wang Shui has the most hope of obtaining.

Aqua regia named this plant [Wanmu].

"Latewood" grew extremely fast in the early stage, especially under the deliberate catalysis of aqua regia, and it took only half a month for them to divide the Eurasian continent into three parts.

But this growth rate doesn't come without a price.

Due to their huge size, these trees are as fragile as weeds. It is the alchemical arrays disguised as [runes] on their bark that provide them with the structural strength to stand up.

These arrays also give the "late trees" the ability to withstand all types of energy damage, which also makes them quite difficult to cut down.

Once these "late trees" are cut down, they will become weed-like materials after losing the support of the alchemy array.

Apart from burning it directly or making paper, it has no actual value at all.

But since it is called "Late Wood", it must mean that it is a late bloomer.

The fragile "late wood" will slowly mature over the next two hundred years, and its weed-like structure will also become plump and tough, and those protective arrays will be slowly and permanently imprinted on the wood.

Of course, that's just an ideal situation, and Wang Shui doesn't have a good "Wanmu" in his hands.

Wang Shui created a natural moat to separate the two sides of the war, which could be regarded as a temporary armistice agreement for both sides. Soon, the two sides began preparations for the next round of war in a tacit understanding.

As for actually stopping the war?

Will Voldemort, who transformed most of the [First Wizarding Empire] into an entire war industrial zone, cease the war?

After training for a long time, and despite being partially suppressed by technology, will the hunting team, which is still beaten by the indigenous troops and unable to stand firm, cease fighting?

Will they cease the war if their country is destroyed and their families are destroyed, and they have nowhere to rest their souls except on the battlefield?

Cleaning up the battlefield with fusion weapons is just a process for all parties to tighten their fists. They have already been preparing follow-up supplies.

And Wang Shui's [Wanmulin Battlefield Isolation Zone] only extended the time they had to stop and take a breath.

According to Sylvia's judgment, this buffer period may be about one year.

This level of war lull is becoming more and more like a planetary war in the main world.

The orders received by the officers of the resistance army were that the general command room decided to use the magic forest to temporarily isolate the battlefield. Everyone should recuperate quickly, strengthen organizational construction, and standardize the troops for subsequent wars.

In addition, do you still remember the small group of wizards sent by Sylvia before [Evening Wood Forest] rose?

Their mission at that time was to restore the battlefield.

Specifically, it is to restore some underground permanent fortresses in advance before setting up isolation zones.

Those fortresses can withstand non-frontal nuclear strikes, and can even withstand a few hydrogen bombs from the front, but if they are buried deep under the [Wanmu Forest], it will be difficult to dig them out later.

Because the isolation zone plan was proposed by Sylvia, Wang Shui, as a multi-party spy, believed that planning the fortress base in advance was not cheating.

The second half of the war will transform from a mobile battle on a vast battlefield with big openings and closings to a dense forest battlefield encounter with every step of crisis.

The increasingly complex and interesting wars in the fantasy world, from the perspective of the awakened, are extremely exciting war games. After all, this world will eventually dissipate at the end.

Sylvia showed a concentration that Wang Shui had never seen before, and she seemed to enjoy this kind of comeback game.

According to her own words, she is actually not particularly good at commanding operations.

As a former fifth-level battlefield queen, Sylvia has always preferred the existence of a battlefield general.

The enemy will not dare to use troops indiscriminately because they are afraid of her massacre of mid- to low-level or even high-level extraordinary beings.

Sylvia herself is a deterrent weapon in future wars.

But now, after a long absence, she can have a command battle with the Awakened Commander in an extraordinary war, which really made her have a lot of fun.

In fact, not only Sylvia, but also the awakened ones who were a little bit excited were also inexplicably excited.

However, both sides have some reservations.

The Awakened Ones still have to leave supplies to fight the proxy war, but Sylvia cannot directly express the war style of the main world, let alone let Wang Shui provide her with the technological products of the main world.     Otherwise, attracting the attention of the awakened ones may mess up the game.

As a spy for many parties, Wang Shui, well - in fact, he should be regarded as a middleman for many parties. He will not provide intelligence to all parties. He will only provide materials and help as much as possible within the scope of his work.

However, because of his depressed mood some time ago, Wang Shui, who thought he had been convinced, still couldn't get excited about this kind of war game.

Now, he is getting more and more fishy.

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In August 1996, the small scout units from both sides finally came into contact again.

The tacit truce was less than a year old, and the commanders on both sides who received the contact information very calmly chose to continue monitoring.

[Wanmulin] blocked the battlefield far beyond the imagination of both sides.

They can't destroy the woods. These weird trees can even eat the heat radiation of fusion weapons and turn them into their own nutrients.

After a nuclear bomb strike, the late wood forest will indeed be torn open to a limited extent, but they will also use the absorbed energy to quickly breed offspring and fill those empty areas.

The commanders quickly got the answer:

If they send a large force to drive into the dense forest with difficulty, it will only take a week for the roads they have carved out with difficulty to be blocked again by these trees.

It has become extremely difficult to fight in large groups. According to the inertial thinking of the awakened people, the next step should be the extraordinary troops driving mobile armor to raid large strongholds and attack the city.

But...the awakened ones can't make mobile armor, let alone arm the nearly three million troops.

They only have their own armor on hand, and each set is expensive.

However, it is not without good news. After all, neither side has mobile armor.

If it is a scattered encounter between small groups of troops, then the latest generation of colonization warriors are still much more powerful than those ordinary people.

It has lost a certain amount of overall mobility, it does not affect the phantom transformation, and it has lost some heavy firepower harassment. It is still the advantage of the Awakened!

Soon, Wang Shui received a batch of orders, which were new equipment developed by the hunting team and the wizards of this world.

They sent Wang Shui test data and [encrypted prototype diagram], urging Wang Shui to quickly produce 10,000 copies.

The hunting team was still a little wary of Wang Shui, which made Wang Shui a little confused. He was obviously very conscientious and had never shown curiosity about these technologies.

However, cracking the alchemy product [Encrypted Prototype] is no more difficult for the master alchemist Wang Shui than standing up and opening the door.

And just when Wang Shui started to browse the specific design information, his door was opened.

Dumbledore walked in, he was in good spirits, and behind him were Grindelwald and Harry.

Only then did Wang Shui notice that this was Grindelwald's villa, and this room was their study.

Tsk, aqua regia slightly clicked his tongue unnoticeably.

Now, his spatial ability has reached a critical point. He has not improved this ability for a long time, but his understanding of space now far exceeds everyone in the world.

It is because of the convenient spatial ability that Wang Shui has lost some spatial sensitivity, so he often forgets that he is in other people's homes.

After all, with a little preparation of spells, he can go anywhere he wants at any time.

The three Dumbledores who entered the study were obviously a little surprised by the existence of aqua regia, but soon they nodded to this mysterious friend to express their greetings.

Wang Shui also nodded in greeting, then put down the coffee cup in his hand and prepared to leave.

"Wait a moment, Geralt, we have something to ask you."

We have known each other for several years, and we all know each other's easy-going personality, so there is no need to say hello, everyone sits on the sofa they are accustomed to.

Aqua regia also picked up the coffee cup, he wanted to drink it before leaving.

"The war is about to start again, and we have to go back." Dumbledore's expression was serious, as he always was.

"Indeed, I heard that too."

"We have a request, Geralt. We hope to let Harry join the [Moonblade Special Forces] so that he can experience the training of the front line on the battlefield."

Dumbledore's request really surprised Aquaria. Harry, who was now useless, had separated the remnant soul of Voldemort two years ago.

I have to say here that Grindelwald’s attainments in soul magic are truly amazing.

Now Harry is just an elite young wizard who has received private lessons from many old guys. Wang Shui has not paid attention to him for a long time.

Especially in the past two years, because Dumbledore and Grindelwald were going to the rear of the resistance to help develop weapons and equipment, they secretly sent Harry back to Hogwarts to continue his studies there. Harry disappeared In everyone's sight.

But no matter what, sending Harry to the battlefield now is unnecessary and quite dangerous, right?

"Well, although I don't quite understand your intentions, you two are the general managers of the resistance army's "War Research Institute". If you want to send Harry in, it should be easier than me, the logistics official. ? "

Aqua regia gives the normal logic.

"No, [Moon Blade Special Forces] is strictly selected. We are not very familiar with that...that Queen of the Moon. She doesn't like to stuff newcomers into strategic units. And you, my friend, you are the Queen's direct subordinate. , she trusts you very much."

"Do you want me to play with my authority? Gellert, Albus, you are all mature wizards. You have seen those battlefields. Harry is too young."

"He's 16 and he's worked very hard over the years and Harry is better than you think."

Dumbledore was very serious, and Aquaria couldn't help but look at the excited Harry, who seemed to really want to go to the battlefield.

It was baffling, but Wang Shui was still relieved:

"Harry, attack me. This is the test for entering the special forces."

"Here?!" Harry looked at the surrounding bookshelves in surprise.

Wang Shui nodded, and soon, a blue light hit him in front of him.

Harry pulled out his wand very quickly, and Aqua Regia also saw the holster on his belt.

The blue beam of light hit a translucent light golden barrier in front of Wang Shui, which seemed to be something like an iron armor spell.

The aqua regia didn't make any move, and the pale golden barrier automatically reflected Harry's magic. The reflected light directly turned the blue energy into dazzling green.

Harry panicked for a while, but when the rebounding magic entered his half-meter guard space, he subconsciously activated the protective spell, although this spell could not resist the Killing Curse.

The green energy dissipated immediately as it penetrated Harry's protective shield, and a drop of sweat flowed down Harry's forehead unconsciously.

He was a little scared and disappointed, but Dumbledore next to him was smiling.

"The protection was turned on in time. You passed the exam. Please report my name to the instructor later when you check in."

Wang Shui didn't talk nonsense. He stretched out his left hand towards Harry and clenched his fist. This reminded Harry inexplicably of his senior's air punch a few years ago.

But the next moment, Harry's body twisted and he disappeared into the study.

(End of this chapter)