A few days ago, His Majesty visited Welling's room in person and had a simple communication with Welling about the threat of the Pope and Myrobalan. At that time, Welling had imagined the pros and cons of killing the Pope.
His Majesty did not have any opinions or suggestions at that time, but His Majesty knew his confidence and opinions.
From this, Welling had a guess. If he sent his own team to investigate such a small task, it might be suspected of "fishing".
It is true that the Pope and Myrobalan have not appeared in the dark energy space of the imperial capital of the Yuanling World for the time being, but such passive waiting should not be in line with the wishes of His Majesty and the Guardian Nine Sons.
Creating opportunities for the opponent to make a surprise attack may be the way to break the situation.
Naturally, Welling would not throw this kind of speculation to a few people. Apart from making them worry, it had no other meaning.
Before the Blue Bird vehicle flew out of the Weiyang barrier of the imperial capital, Wei Ling asked the guardian to instantly download the empire's existing geographical information and three-dimensional map of Helbon and store them in the vehicle's system for later use.
Two thousand kilometers to the north of Pat State is the Hel State of the Xixuan Federation, and nearly two thousand kilometers further to the north is the Kara State of the Xixuan Federation.
In the past few years, Welling went to Kara State in the northwest several times, and also went to Pat State in the southwest with the Western Expeditionary Army, but did not go to Hel State, which is directly west of Yasi.
This time I got to know all the areas west of Iasi.
The vehicle crossed the winding West Kunlun Mountains and the Taibai Mountains to the south, and soon reached the sky above Jiayuan County.
Welling also used his mental power to scan the hundreds of kilometers below to see if there was any powerful new mutant beast's mental body, but naturally there was none.
The purge carried out by several people on the mutant beasts near Jiayuan County ten years ago, coupled with the subsequent follow-up cleanup by the Western Wasteland Army, seemed to have caused great suppression of the mutant beasts in this area, so that within ten years In the past, not a single threatening mutant beast appeared.
When we arrived in Iasi County, it was already night.
After the vehicle was registered in Yasi County, it drove directly into the arsenal and replenished energy. After all, the vehicle would not be replenished in the direction of Helbang.
Wei Ling took a few people with him and did not disturb the acquaintances. He only reunited with the disciples serving in Iasi.
Since there was Wang Mantuo, who represented the Ministry of War, in the team, Wei Ling asked Wang Mantuo to come forward, contact General Wang Jueming directly, and named a warlock who was serving in Yaxi to join the army as a guarantee of subsequent energy supply.
This ingot was so happy that I almost jumped:
"Haha, brothers and sisters, I'll accompany Master to Helbang for a walk and I'll be back soon!"
Mo Yao had a rare opportunity to joke with his junior brother:
"It doesn't matter, power bank. Master is here to help. Apart from backup, you probably don't have anything else that needs you."
All the brothers laughed loudly, making Yuan Bao look at the master eagerly, hoping that the master would comment.
Wei Ling had no choice but to raise the meaning of Yuan Bao’s existence:
"They are right. There is probably nothing to fight about, but you are an important tactical preparation to ensure that we have energy later."
Yuan Bao laughed heartily.
After the simple dinner, we bid farewell to Mo Yao, Wei Ling, Xuan Ming, Nan Xing, Phytolacca, Yuan Bei, and Ji Nu. After the vehicle was empowered, it drove out from the arsenal without stopping, and flew towards the west overnight.
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Flying in the sky at night, there are a few cold stars twinkling.
Soon, the vehicle passed through several dense and narrow mountains and rivers such as the Qubi Aru Mountains, the Tongtian River, the Mangyun Mountains, and the Shenwu Mountains. After finally flying over the Kuanglan River, it was about to veer due west.
The land is endless, the mountains are like black dragons lying across the sky, and the rivers are like trains, reflecting slight bright spots.
Here, to the southwest, is the Patbon that Welling and others are familiar with.
Due west, nearly two thousand kilometers away, is the destination of this trip, Helbang.
In the night sky to the west, the dark skyline is extremely high, and the dividing line between the sky and the earth is vaguely cut by sharp black peaks.
It wasn't until a few hours after everyone fell into meditation that they noticed a few golden peaks appearing in the distant sky.
The scope of the mountain peak gradually expands. The snow-covered peak all year round is reflected in the rising sun, and is supported by the rolling sea of clouds, just like the glory of heaven.
Viewing the Rizhao Jinshan Mountain from a high-altitude vehicle is particularly grand and magnificent.
Not long after, the high-speed flying vehicle lowered its altitude and penetrated under the clouds.
The sky suddenly became dim and dark.
Helbon is almost here.
During the fast flight, I also encountered a small vehicle flying towards the east, and conducted identity confirmation and information interaction with the "Blue Bird" that passed by.
It was a special communication vehicle returning to the Empire's Yasi County.
The information from the small vehicle showed that three days ago, Wang Guangbai, the head of the Imperial Heer State Military Observation Agency, took another warlock, Cui Yinchen, and followed the federal support army to the mountains where Heer State rebel militants gathered. No further information was ever sent back.
This situation has directly prevented the Observation Agency from sending new information back to Iasi. Today, it can only send back existing status information.
This news made Wang Mantuo and Liu Xihe feel a little gloomy.
Liu Xihe had been the head of the Observation Agency for a period of time and was familiar with the situation on the federal side. Faced with this situation, it probably meant that something was wrong.
What kind of rebel militants can threaten the thousands-strong Helbon police force and still require the federation to send hundreds of mage troops for assistance?
Moreover, in the next three days, there was no feedback on the battle situation, which made people somewhat worried.
The two looked at Wei Ling, who also found it hard to understand.
Could it be that the rebels were regular federal troops?
The mountains in the distance gradually became clearer, and the golden sunlight turned into orange. The rising sun reflected on several crisscrossing mountains.
In the vast canyon between the mountains is the Helbang City that stretches for dozens of kilometers around the confluence canyon of the three rivers.
As the vehicle arrived, several people gradually saw the bare mountains clearly. The originally gray mountains were now painted with warm red by the rising sun.
Only at the foot of the mountain can you see green plants growing naturally, and countless connected buildings scattered among the canyons.
Helbang is also a place that is short of water all year round. Even though the environment is now so suitable for plant growth, it still has not developed the ubiquitous forests in other places, and still maintains the appearance of barren mountains and Gobi deserts in the old days.
Looking down through the portholes, several people clearly discovered that Helbang was still in a somewhat abnormal state.
In many places, there are still traces of collapsed houses caused by the earthquakes of the past few days. In addition to the ruins in a few places, people are still carrying out rescue operations, but it seems that the efficiency is really not high.
Perhaps it's because most of the warlocks have gone into the mountains to clear out the rebels, and there seem to be very few earth spirit warlocks who are particularly good at this type of rescue.
On many ruins, temporary tents have been set up using various leathers and fabrics for disaster-stricken people to stay temporarily.
Soon, the vehicle was guided by its location and docked at the courtyard of the Imperial Military Observation Agency stationed in Helbang.
What greeted them were a dozen imperial sergeants and a warlock who stayed behind.
This warlock is Zheng Ni, a member of the Helbang Military Observation Agency and a junior earth spirit warlock.
Based on the small-scale information barrier system of the Observation Agency, he knew that the visitors were Wei Ling, Wang Mantuo, Liu Xihe, Li Lingyou and Shou Gong, as well as a young man who was somewhat similar to Wei Ling, and whose identity was also from the empire. Intermediate service warlock Yuan Bao's expression seemed a little nervous:
"My Excellency, Zheng Ni, I have met all the officers and colleagues!"
Wei Ling was really not used to the status of "sir", so he waved his hand so that Zheng Ni would not have to salute one by one:
"Brother Zheng, there's no need to be polite. It's an extraordinary time. Let's make a long story short and tell you what happened."
"Okay, just listen to Captain Welling. Everyone, please follow me."
Zheng Ni didn't say much and took a few people directly to the meeting and observation room of the Observation Office.
"Zheng Ni, from the Zheng family in Xingyang, is Zheng Xiao's cousin and Zheng Fan's cousin. He has ordinary talent and a moderate and conservative personality."
Li Lingyou privately sent a message to Wei Ling to supplement him.
Wei Ling nodded slightly and understood why Zheng Ni and his group felt so unfamiliar.
After all, he is Zheng Xiao's cousin, so he must know about the feud between Li Lingyou and Zheng Xiao, and naturally he cannot get close to Wei Ling and others.
Soon, they entered the large observation room of the Observation Agency.
A huge holographic sand table covers the entire area of Helbang.
Hull is located in the southwest of the region, and the city as a whole presents an inverted herringbone shape.
This herringbone is actually the shape of the confluence of three rivers.
The current location of the observation office is just at the lower right corner of the chevron.
The Military Observation Office and the Business Exchange Coordinating Office are actually together, both in this compound.
However, due to the commercial scale and regional conditions of Heer State, the business activities here are much smaller than those of Pat and Kerala.
After the earthquake, officials from the Department of Commerce returned. After all, we don’t know how long it will take for business to resume.
Zheng Ni reported the current situation to several people by zooming in and out of the holographic sandbox:
"Please see, we are in this position now. More than ten days ago, an earthquake with a magnitude of approximately 7.5 occurred in the mountains north of the city.
The epicenter is here...yes, this is the area, with a focal depth of about 20 kilometers. "
“On the third day after the earthquake, we discovered that multiple federal vehicles entered Helbon.
What the official informed us is..."
"Brother Zheng, we already know these situations. Is there any more information?"
Wang Mantuo was a little anxious, inserted a message, and interrupted Zheng Ni.
"Brother Mantuo, there is no such thing. In the early hours of this morning, because I did not report to the empire for three days, I am a member of the left-behind observation station, and there was no one to discuss it, so I sent a communication vehicle back to Iasi to report the current situation."
Welling thought for a while and felt that he couldn't wait passively like this:
"Everyone will write down all the information on the electronic sandbox. We will go directly to the police department in Helbang to inquire about the situation. If there is still no latest information, we will go directly to their settlement front line to check."
At the same time, Wei Ling looked at Zheng Ni:
"Brother Zheng, there is no need to worry too much. You can continue to stay here and wait for news from us."
Zheng Ni accepted the offer and handed Welling the location information and general staffing data of the Helbang Police Department.
At this time, a sergeant came in to report that officials from the Helbang Police Force came to visit.
When the vehicle landed at the observation station, Helbang's urban defense police system made an inquiry, and Welling and others reported its intention and personnel.
Several people immediately walked out of the observation room and met with the visitors in the reception room.
Immediately, a tall and thin Helbang official came in with a federal sergeant:
"I have met all the gentlemen of the Imperial Investigation Team. I am Baird, the third deputy chief of the Helbon City Defense Police Department. It is an honor to meet you."
"Hello Mr. Baird, I am Welling, the leader of the Imperial Investigation Team. I hope that Mr. Baird can come and bring more news."
"Unfortunately, Mr. Welling, our current information is still only three days ago.
More than 1,300 Helbang city defense troops and 150 magician troops supported by the federation entered the northern mountains to clear out the rebel militants. So far, there has been no news of their return. We are worried about this.
Previously, the city defense system reported the arrival of an investigation team vehicle from the empire, so I rushed over to communicate information. "
Welling frowned:
"Thank you Mr. Baird for coming here in time. It seems that the situation you are facing is indeed not optimistic. According to the information you currently have, how many rebels are there and what is their force composition?"
