Chapter 1 The Collapsed Gu Fort

The collapsed Gu Fort Fortress, with swirling, broken snow.

The air was thick with the smell of charred coal, and the snowflakes were tinged with black.

"Aunt Wen..."

Lin Lin frowned, gazing through the collapsed city gate into the distance. The Gu Fort Fortress, once bristling with towers, was now leveled, offering an unobstructed view. The massive wall had been breached by the source matter storm, offering a glimpse of the Umbrella Defense Line.

"Don't you feel like something's not right?"

Zi Yu, cloaked in a greatcoat, wore a look of utmost solemnity.

Her cultivation realm was higher than Lin Lin's, and her spiritual power was more potent.

As the most powerful esper in the Northern Continent, she unleashed her mental energy upon arriving at the Gu Fort Fortress, enveloping the entire ruined area.

"The residual extraordinary aura here... is starting to flow rhythmically..."

Zi Yu narrowed her phoenix eyes, placing a hand on Lin Lin's shoulder, stopping him from investigating further.

Merely gazing at "Gu Fort" made her feel uneasy.

According to the agreement.

The two would wait at the entrance of Gu Fort Fortress for the Initial Ark's resource delivery.

But now...

The wind whistling through Gu Fort Fortress grew sharper, a sound emanating from the breach in the great wall, as if a thousand sharp swords were pouring out with the cold wind. A chilling "killing intent" was rising outside the fortress.

This icy chill made both Zi Yu and Lin Lin feel a sense of foreboding.

It wasn't just the two waiting at Gu Fort Fortress who sensed the chill.

Gu Shen and Bai Xiao, preparing to depart on the Initial Ark, also noticed something amiss.

By this point, the ten Red Shadows had completed their activation sequence. They donned large bamboo hats, concealing their faces, heads and hands drooping.

As Gu Shen, Bai Xiao, and Gu Xiaoman infused them with their mental energy, their eyes flashed with a red light, and their hands gripped the black-silver hilts. As if awakened from a slumber, they became alert. The biomimetic skin on the bamboo armor began to "flow." They were once inanimate objects, but the Lord of Melted Iron had granted them "life."

A Fu compressed the black-silver, loaded it into cylindrical capsules, and placed them in specially made containers.

These ten Red Shadows could traverse the void with their physical bodies, delivering the resources to Gu Fort.

"Gu Shen, don't you feel like something's wrong?"

Bai Xiao, having entered the Red Shadow's body, turned to look at the child beside her.

"Yes."

Gu Shen said grimly, "I suddenly feel a strong sense of danger..."

"I feel it too."

Even Gu Xiaoman spoke with a solemn expression, clenching her fists nervously. It was her first time attempting to mentally control an external object, and the Red Shadow in front of her also tightened its grip on the hilt.

"Just now, the Old World void outside the Northern Continent's Umbrella Defense Line began to vibrate at a high frequency."

A Fu's voice turned grave.

Although he wasn't an esper and didn't possess anything like "spiritual premonition," the Initial Ark's surveillance capabilities could fully cover the area.

When the Lord of Melted Iron built the Initial Ark for the Starship Civilization, he included features that would allow it to survey the void ahead for extraordinary particles from a distance of hundreds of miles, for the sake of avoiding danger.

"High-frequency void vibrations?" Gu Xiaoman's expression faltered.

"This kind of high-frequency vibration happened once before," A Fu said solemnly.

"Last time, it was at Gu Fort?" Bai Xiao's pupils constricted, and she murmured, "That's right..."

A Fu said, "After the Initial Ark detected the high-frequency vibrations, the source matter storm struck suddenly. But this time's 'high-frequency vibrations' are clearly different."

That time, the disaster came too quickly. Even he didn't have time to react!

But this time... the vibrations weren't as intense as before, and the duration was much longer.

"It's the Gate."

Gu Shen was very calm. He controlled a Red Shadow body, turned around, came to the outside of the Initial Ark, stood on the top of the huge starship, and looked far into the dark void... At the same time, he stretched out his palm, and the particles in the void were indeed shaking, and the frequency was extremely high. Bai Xiao and Gu Xiaoman had never touched the Gate themselves, and although A Fu controlled the Initial Ark, he had been lurking in the East Sea for so many years.

But he had touched it.

The characteristic of the Gate is that it drives a large number of extraordinary particles when it is opened.

And such high-frequency vibrations, to the point that even the Initial Ark felt the abnormality...

"And, it's not just one Gate." So many Gates opening at the same time. There is only one possibility.

The Traveler race has successfully locked onto the coordinates of the Five Continents Civilization, and they are preparing to "descend."

The dark void outside the northern frontier is perpetually dark.

But at this moment, amidst the dense trembling frequencies, something suddenly shattered.

In an instant.

The flat void, like a broken mirror, instantly bloomed with countless strands of flowing light!

Gates! Millions of Gates!

As the void shattered and the portals opened, sharp, howling sounds shot out like sharp swords. Low-level Traveler creatures poured out, and the dense black shadows drowned out the fleeting bright light. Like hunting dogs that had locked onto the scent of blood, they rushed straight toward the shining, broken frontier.

Rumble rumble rumble!

The Red Shadows on the Initial Ark took in this scene.

"The source matter storm... was just the beginning..." Bai Xiao's expression was complicated.

He suddenly understood the true intention of Deep Sea's manipulation of the source matter storm to attack Gu Fort.

It wasn't just to suppress the Heavenly Sheath.

Once the Gu Fort Fortress fell and humanity's throat was broken, the Traveler race's descent would become an extremely terrifying event.

The Travelers have been entrenched in the Old World for many years. Although they only have one Kindling Leader, this race is extremely large and reproduces extremely quickly due to the harsh environment of the Old World. With just one thought from a higher-ranking member, low-level creatures will die without hesitation...

For the Starship Civilization and the god-seats with the power of dimensional reduction, the Traveler race is not an enemy worth paying attention to.

But for the Five Continents today.

The Traveler race is a deadly sword.

The Traveler race's descent, triggered by the collapse of the great wall, could pierce directly into the heart of the Northern Continent's frontier through this broken throat.

If they wanted to cope with this killing intent from the Old World.

The Northern Continent's four major legions would definitely have to go all out. Osmonde, who had just led his forces to the Southern Continent for the war, and many other famous Northern Continent generals would be forced to return. In addition, the Eastern Continent and the Western Continent would need to allocate some of their forces to help the Northern Continent frontier cope with the pressure from the Travelers.

After the Lion's Awakening Code was released, the Central Continent built a high information barrier.

Gu Shen did not meet with Deep Sea again.

But this time, across the endless void, Gu Shen felt the power of the "player" on the other side of the chessboard.

Hiding in the darkness, wearing ten thousand zhang of seawater as clothing.

Gu Shen didn't know how many pieces Deep Sea held in his hand, but at this moment he could be sure... The Three Continents Alliance's "Heavenly Sheath Strike" plan had been within Deep Sea's calculations from beginning to end.

Rumble rumble rumble!

A muffled roar exploded outside the Gu Fort Fortress. The fleeting brilliance, and the dense black shadows, were all seen by Lin Lin and Zi Yu.

The scalp-numbing screeching sound was transmitted through the long sky.

Lin Lin recalled the bloody battle at the Doru River.

"Retreat!"

The legion commander's cloak fluttered, and she took a step forward, standing in front of Lin Lin, shouting angrily.

In an instant, a gust of cold wind surged in the Gu Fort Fortress. The chill that went straight to the heart was shattered by the Dragon's End. The greatcoat turned into a hundred zhang of fire, and the legion commander's long hair also turned into a滔Heavenly flames. She stood alone in front of the Gu Fort Fortress, pointing her palm at the collapsed city gate. A majestic wave of air was instantly blasted out-

Today's Gu Fort Fortress has been completely broken after seventeen repeated strikes, and the entire fortress area is covered by dense Heavenly Sheath fragments.

Logically speaking, this is a "restricted zone for life" where extraordinary creatures are strictly forbidden to enter.

But those low-level Travelers, without the slightest fear, rushed out of the portal and crashed like meteors without hesitation!

They don't care about their "death." Their lives are shorter than meteors.

Boom!

The sea of fire erupted with a violent explosion. The Dragon's End domain spread for thousands of meters, turning into a 通Heavenly fire gate. Zi Yu stretched out her hands, her expression cold and stern, standing firm in front of the Gu Fort Fortress.

For thirty years.

Zi Yu's official position has been the legion commander of the Investigation Corps, but everyone knows that she is stationed in the Pavilion, guarding the last door for Her Majesty the Queen.

Without her permission.

No one can enter the Pavilion.

Now that the Northern Continent's three great generals have all "left," and the Central City is in a transitional period, in times of crisis, only the legion commander is left to shoulder the burden alone. What she is doing is still "guarding the gate," but this time what she is guarding is no longer just the door in front of the Queen's Pavilion.zbzw.ζa

But the Northern Continent's gate, the Five Continents' gate!

Lin Lin reacted in zero point one seconds. Without hesitation, he immediately rushed towards the airship. In the Doru River War, he had fought with the "Traveler race." If he wanted to deal with these low-level creatures, he had to rely on the bombardment of large-scale weapons and confront them with the power of the legion.

Or, the god-seats would take action and directly carry out indiscriminate slaughter.

Sitting in the main driver's seat of the airship, Lin Lin immediately connected to the Northern Continent's internal network and transmitted the emergency reinforcement signal from the Gu Fort Fortress to the internal spiritual network of the due north frontier...

In ten minutes, or perhaps even less, the garrison of a neighboring fortress would come to his aid!

The Traveler's attack was too sudden.

In order to cope with the inland Southern Continent War, the Northern Continent Legion dispatched a considerable portion of elite extraordinaires and high-ranking generals to the Southern Continent battlefield. The frontier is now the weakest it has been in nearly thirty years. Obviously, Deep Sea has set his sights on this opportunity to launch attacks one after another.

What source matter storm, what Traveler descent, all of them are steps in Deep Sea's plan!

Faced with the Three Continents Alliance's declaration of war, this Ai is unscrupulous and just wants to achieve the final victory!

"Leave here!"

Zi Yu stood in front of Gu Fort, not looking back.

But her voice entered Lin Lin's heart, her attitude extremely tough.

"In my capacity as legion commander, I order you to leave here, now, immediately, right away!"

Lin Lin is the legitimate heir of the Lin clan... and also the important person she has guarded for half her life!

In any case, Lin Lin must not have an accident! "..."

Sitting in the main driver's seat, Lin Lin did not reply to Zi Yu. He just took a deep breath.

Time seemed to slow down at this moment.

He recalled the scene he had seen earlier in the Pure Land, through layers of wind and snow.

Zou Hai, holding a big dog, smiled and nodded at him. His comrades who had fought side by side in the past all turned to look at him.

If there was no Gu Shen, no Pure Land.

Then the destruction of the Gu Fort Fortress would become a pain and regret that he could never make up for in his life.

Now... fate has once again pointed the turntable needle at himself.

"The Central City needs you!"

Zi Yu's urging voice continued to come, she shouted angrily: "Don't forget, the Central City needs you!

"Compared to the Central City, Gu Fort needs me more now."

Lin Lin slowly exhaled this turbid breath.

He did not choose to leave, but instead stared coldly at the darkness beyond the Dragon's End sea of fire, the collapsed Gu Fort Fortress, the broken garrison.

A long-suppressed anger was ignited in his chest, rising...

This is his garrison. He is the master of Gu Fort!

There are always some things in life that are more important than life.

"The reinforcement from the due north frontier will take another ten minutes."

He quickly pushed the control stick, and the airship climbed into the air, spewing out azure flames. The combustion efficiency of the source energy core began to break through the limit, 120%, 140%... Amidst the roaring of the engine.

Lin Lin's calm response entered the legion commander's heart.

"I will accompany you through these most difficult ten minutes."

Zi Yu was stunned.

A sharp, howling black shadow窜 emerged from the thick sea of fire covered by the Dragon's End domain.

Before the black shadow could reach the legion commander, it was shattered and collapsed by a string of bullets...

With the Dragon's End's lethality, these low-level creatures cannot withstand it at all. If one can break through, it means that behind it, thousands of creatures have paid the price of their lives to absorb the Dragon's End's heat. Sure enough, the scalp-numbing screeching sound densely came the next moment, and thousands of dark shadows appeared behind the giant gate opened by Zi Yu.

Bang bang bang bang!

Responding to their screams was the airship's artillery fire, with the combustion efficiency of the source energy core soaring to 200%!

Lin Lin canceled the autopilot and used his spiritual power to search for the enemy. This airship was a special model specially customized by the Grand Duke of Zhu Xue for his younger brother, equipped with an extremely large amount of firepower equipment, for the sake of "just in case."

Now Zhu Xue's preparations have come in handy.

The giant gate built by the Dragon's End sea of fire bloomed with layers of waves, and Lin Lin hovered high above the legion commander's head.

Zi Yu's eyes were a little dazed.

Lin Lin's firm voice came from her heart.

"Legion Commander... As the garrison of the Gu Fort Fortress and the heir of the Lin clan, I now want to issue you an order."

"Defend the Gu Fort Fortress with me." Lin Lin's voice was a little hoarse.

"Let those guys know that the throat that the due north frontier is proud of... has not been broken."