Industrialization, these three short words contain the most powerful force currently possessed by mankind. Don’t ask why there isn’t “one,” because that’s a definite fact.
Ever since a certain ape first discovered fire in ancient times, this species has followed a completely different evolutionary path from other creatures.
Over millions of years of vicissitudes, human beings have only changed in terms of bigger brains and cleaner bodies. Compared with the complex and cumbersome evolution of other creatures, it is indeed a bit...
save trouble.
Putting aside the monsters from ancient times, there are still a lot of beings in nature today that can crush humans into powder.
Their claws and palms can tear apart the strongest humans with ease, the power of their joints and muscles is like explosives and cannot be underestimated, and their speed and precision even make some machines unmatched.
But while these creatures are constantly fighting against nature to evolve bodies more suitable for hunting or escaping, the footsteps of frail humans have spread all over the world.
Their reproduction rate has not slowed down because of the drastically changed nature, and they are still expanding their territory and incorporating one species after another into their diet.
While other creatures were fighting life and death with their natural enemies, this race raised its hands and feet and slowly climbed to the top of nature. During millions of years of evolution, it successfully picked up the crown at the top of the food chain and steadily Sitting firmly on the throne of the world without wavering at all.
Compared with other creatures that have become faster, higher and stronger during evolution, human beings are so weak that they can be said to be vulnerable, yet they are as strong as gods.
What pushed the terrifying erect apes to this pinnacle was their wisdom and the tools in their hands.
A good idea coupled with the right tools brings a machine. The cooperation of tens of thousands of machines and humans builds the cornerstone of a civilized society, giving us a better environment to realize greater dreams.
This is industrialization, the muscle and bones of human civilization, a force second only to nature itself.
No matter how powerful other creatures are, they will only become a few words in a history book amidst the roar of motors and engines.
If the meat is of good quality and looks good, it might be a paragraph.
This is a magnificent epic played out in nature on earth. The changes in the world of Terra are not big, except that the blood of industry has changed from oil to source stone.
Moreover, because of this energy that can be called BUG, the industrialization of the world of Terra has developed extremely rapidly, as if it were on a rocket, and in just a few hundred years it has achieved industrial crystallization that far exceeds that of the earth.
The history of tool use before industrialization was so pitiful that there are still many things in the world that do not match such advanced industrial power.
For example, the feudal monarchy, the cold weapons that are still active on the battlefield, and the military fighting methods that can be said to be outdated on earth...
If humans were allowed to possess this strange and powerful energy, as Valentine once said, I am afraid that the second solar system war would start.
However, in the world of Terra, which has such heaven-defying technologies as mobile cities and immortality technology, no one has improved weapons such as guns and weapons to make them more powerful and worthy of other creations under the Originium industrial system, so that except for special operations Compared with the Earth, the Grand Legion War is still only at the level of World War I or even the Middle Ages. This has puzzled Valentine for a long time.
Along with those backward systems.
Even though he has spent two years in this magical world, he still feels a sense of disobedience when he sees the sniper operator holding a crossbow and a bow instead of a blunderbuss or a gun, even though he now knows the meaning of these bows. The arrows fired by the crossbow are as powerful as the blunderbuss, among other reasons.
It’s not just the Source Stone that forms all this deformity.
In other words, it is rooted in the Origin Stone. The more direct reason is...
people.
——————Humanoid Nuclear Bomb————————
How powerful is human power?
Even in this world of Terra where monsters are rampant, Valentine does not have a clear understanding of this issue so far.
He once witnessed Tallulah melting an entire building, the frost star freezing the underground structure of Dragon Gate into a snowfield, and the death of Amiya in the form of Avengers Blade and Fire. He also heard about Skadi's physical body opening a mountain, Ceria, defeating the Balrog. , and even The Shining’s Cut of Day and Night .
But in his impression, these powerful people are only extremely rare existences on this land. The small group of people standing at the top does not mean that this kind of destructive Origin Stone technology is a very common thing. , even the standard of only one in a hundred people has not been met.
Moreover, so far, Valentin has only seen Tallulah and Frost Star, the kind of Origin Stone skills that can give people great impact.
The things they affect are dozens or hundreds of times larger than themselves. This extreme contrast is the most primitive and brutal display of power, and it is also the most shocking display of power.
As for the legend of the Shining Cerea Skadi, which anyone with an ear can hear, Valentin has never seen it. He has reservations about the true strength of these people, respecting but not fearing them.
So, how many can really reach this point?
I'm afraid there are very few.
So where are the limits of the Terran people?
Hard to say.
but……
"Why is this kind of natural disaster level monster..."
Valentin looked at the huge building that collapsed like tofu in front of him, slowly raised his hand to cover his mouth and nose, and closed his eyes at the same time.
"Did you let me meet you?"
Immediately afterwards, the earth-yellow torrent crashed into Valentine's body with a crash, raging like the flames of Tallulah, and even the sky was dyed with a faint yellow.
A flash of blue light flickered a few times in the dust, then was covered by yellow sand and disappeared.
minutes ago.
This is the core city of Chernobog and the mission target of Rhode Island. After dealing with the messenger, everyone in the Rhode Island team met somewhere in the core city and began to make the next plan.
And the first step of the next plan is...
Break through the Patriot guerrilla defenses.
Radian's Origin Stone skills were very effective and successfully caused the Integration Movement soldiers stationed in the central area of the core city to fall into chaos. Even the experienced guerrilla soldiers did not notice where Rhode Island had launched a surprise attack.
But they still made the correct judgment, shrinking their troops and lurking in a building next to the road leading to the core location, waiting for the enemy's arrival. Dr. Noah naturally understood this routine operation, so Rhode Island decided to destroy the encirclement.
If there are enemies blocking the way in front of you, kill them. If there are rocks blocking the way, smash the rocks.
What if it's a huge building?
Rhode Island gave the answer, and the executor was Rosemary.
The silver-haired girl slowly walked to the top of the building on the other side of the road and raised her hand.
The breeze blew her clothes and long hair, and Rosemary stood openly in front of everyone, letting the building where the enemy was hiding be reflected in her green eyes.
"...Cat? Is it a little Felin?"
The guerrilla shield guard saw Rosemary through the thick anti-impact mask, and was in a daze for a moment.
Valentin hid in a bunker on the side of the road and raised his head to look at Rosemary standing on a high place. He thought that this little girl was so cute and good-looking. He thought about her big ears, and a thought of raising a pet suddenly appeared in his heart. Cat's strange thoughts.
At this point the Integration Movement didn't know what they were about to face, and neither did Valentine or the city.
All they knew was that a cute little film girl walked out of the darkness and raised her hand.
Immediately afterwards, a huge sword flew up from her back and floated in mid-air. Valentin's eyes widened when he looked at the sword, and the smile on his face froze.
His mind suddenly recalled the image of the mental giant he saw not long ago, and combined with Rosemary's gesture at this time, a bad premonition suddenly arose in his heart.
Exactly the same as the Guerrilla Shield Guard.
“Paddle from here to there.”
The air was frozen at this moment, and even the sound was frozen. Only Rosemary's childish voice reached Valentine's ears, with an aura that could not be refused, like an order from a superior.
But he knew very well who this order was given to.
"Grab...with your hands."
The sword that was trembling slightly suddenly froze in mid-air, as if it was caught by something invisible.
Then, it moved a short distance to the side.
"Use your sword and cut it open."
Uh-huh.
The big sword was held by the invisible person and drew an arc in the air, not far in front of Rosemary.
It looked like he was just shaking the blade in the air.
“…like cutting a potato crosswise.”
Like cutting a potato crosswise.
But there are no potatoes in the core city, only...
Boom.
A small stone jumped out of nowhere, bounced several times on the ground and hit Valentine's head. Valentine groaned and rubbed his head, and suddenly heard the sound of something cracking.
He tensed up and slowly turned his head to look at the building on the other side of the road. His neck was as dry as dead wood. In the red eyes of the little dragon man, a crack appeared on the outer wall of the huge building that ran through the entire building, slowly extending outward like a spider web.
Then, it collapsed suddenly.
The weather today was not good. The sun was quite bright in the morning, but by noon the sky was covered by thick clouds and looked a bit gloomy.
But at least the visibility was good. Just now, Valentine could see the ruins and giant Origin Stone clusters on the edge of the core city.
But at this moment, his eyes were filled with yellow sand.
The collapsed buildings brought not only deafening sounds and shouts, but also dust coming from all directions.
Under normal circumstances, these yellow elves will just lazily stick to the platform and the ground and refuse to move, unless the wind blows and stirs up some lively dust.
But now, they have all woken up and are dancing in the air flow caused by the collapse of the building. It can even be said to be crazy.
These yellow sands rushed around like wild beasts, swallowing up all tangible existences, and even hiding the sky under the earthy color.
Valentine covered his mouth and nose, closed his eyes in the dust and hunched over his body to hide behind the bunker, still not escaping the sad fact of being swallowed up.
These tiny bits of sand are as pervasive as the air. The airflow carries them into the gaps in Valentine's clothes, gets mixed into his silver hair, and constantly rubs against his exposed skin, creating a rough friction sensation. It’s not just the heat that comes, but also the pain.
But this pain was nothing to a medical warlock. What really shocked him was the fact that Rosemary destroyed a building with just one stroke.
A flash of lightning flashed, and the small wounds on the back of Valentine's hand returned to normal. He suddenly understood why the world was so backward in some aspects.
Apart from changes in social systems that take time to ferment and accumulate through history, "technology changes war" is a truth that has been verified on earth. Originally, Valentin thought that this sentence was invalid in the world of Terra, but now it seems that he looked at things a little one-sided.
Although the grand army war in this world has not developed to the level of beyond visual range like that on Earth, it is still very consistent with the technological level of the world of Terra itself, especially special operations.
On Earth, candidates for special operations are basically a group of beings who stand at the pinnacle of mankind. Although they are not as powerful as Captain America, they are still beyond the reach of ordinary people.
In the world of Terra, the person standing at the top is not comparable to Captain America. It's okay to call him Superman.
Can a soldier affect a local war? It may not be possible on Earth, but in the world of Terra, it is a very common thing, the most recent examples being the Fall of Chernobog and the Battle of Dragon Gate.
The arrival of Tallulah directly overturned the delicate balance maintained between the Howlers and the Integration Movement, and occupied the entire city in a devastating manner; Faust overturned the headquarters of the Dragon Gate Guards alone, opening a gap for the Integration Movement. It caused tens of millions of economic losses to Longmen.
Because of the existence of Originium Skills, an ability that is enough to enrage Einstein, the success of personal heroism will really appear on the battlefield.
Those supermen alone are an army. Ordinary weapons can exert unimaginable power in their hands. Even those who are not strong enough in Origin Stone skills can use their own spells to make the lagging weapons in their hands more powerful. Powerful, even comparable to those high-tech weapons, so why do the militaries of various countries spend a lot of money to research weapons?
Wouldn't it be enough to make the soldiers under you stronger?
On Earth, the power of a weapon depends on itself; in the world of Terra, the power of a weapon depends on the strength of the user's Source Stone skills.
The lower limit is fixed and the upper limit is uncapped.
This is why the world of Terra's special operations methods are not far removed from Earth's, but large-scale warfare seems so backward.
Think about it, how many people have been actively and passively subjected to human trials so far?
Ifrit, Valentin and Xing Yihuang came out of Columbia's Rhine Life Laboratory, Hong was trained by "grandma" to become a top killer, and Rosemary destroyed the entire experimental institution and personnel...
The entire world of Terra has realized how powerful human potential is, and has begun various research and experiments, shifting money and technology from weapons and equipment to medical research, just hoping to get a "person" who can change the war. Super Soldier".
A single rosemary can easily destroy a huge building. What if such a character appeared on the battlefield? What if there are many rosemaries on the battlefield at the same time?
No matter how powerful your weapons are, or how tough your armor is, it's useless. An existence of this level would kill you as easily as tearing a piece of paper.
The way of war in the world of Terra is not backward, but more in line with their unique Originium industrial system.
The nuclear weapons in this world are not atomic bombs or hydrogen bombs, but people like Rosemary Tallulah Ifrit who have squeezed the Originium skills to the extreme.
This is Valentine's third year since he came to this world, and it is also his third year of rebuilding his worldview. The worldview that had been shaped over the past twenty years on Earth was now riddled with holes, and the word "Terra" was written all over the rebuilt parts.
How long will it take for him to truly become "Valentine" and completely say goodbye to the earth and Chen Yue?
Maybe it won't be long.
The irritable Huangsha finally lost the momentum of advancement, calmed down together with Valentine's heart that recognized the world of Terra again, and slowly fell to the ground.
Kelsey and the doctor walked out of a group of gray-headed operators, with Amiya following behind them.
Not far away, the guerrilla shield guards had begun to shout slogans and use provocations. Their voices were energetic and a little noisy in Valentine's ears.
"Are you OK?"
Raphael approached the little dragon man and reached out to pat his clothes to drive away the dust. Valentine's hiding position was somewhat forward, and he was naturally covered in ashes.
"so far so good."
Valentine shook his head, took off the pistol hanging on his chest, pulled the slide, and glanced at the barrel of the gun.
Fortunately, no sand got into it.
This was his last chance to fight back, so there couldn't be any surprises.
As for Raphael who suddenly came over, Valentin didn't see any dust on her body, but her wings and halo became brighter, probably because of the magical physique of the Sakota people.
Angels, anything magical can happen to them.
"We are going to face the leader of the integration movement next, right?"
The ambush of the Integration Movement was forcibly broken, and the power source of the core city was in front, where Tallulah was stationed.
Perhaps, not far away, they would be able to see the fire dragon that melted Chernobog again that day.
"But before that..."
Valentin shook his body, followed Raphael out of the bunker, and caught up with the Rhode Island team not far away.
"We must defeat the patriots first..."
——————Okay, very energetic! ————————
"The Integration Movement may have turned its back on you, sir."
Amiya stood in front of the guerrilla shield guard, like a little rabbit looking at a tall tower. But there was no timidity in her voice, and her temperament was a few blocks away from the shield guard who was shouting loudly just now.
"little girl?"
The guerrilla shield guard dressed like a Terminator tilted his head, and a white spot appeared on the top of the smooth helmet due to the light. In Valentine's eyes, it looked like a bright bald head.
There's just something wrong with the color.
Rosemary stood next to Amiya, raised her little head and looked at the heavy tank in front of her.
"..."
"Two...infected little girls?"
The shield guard's voice was suddenly confused, and he seemed to be confused by the little girl in front of him. But the confusion quickly turned into anger, as if an angry adult was lecturing a disobedient child.
"What are you doing?! What tricks are you playing?!"
The originally vicious imaginary enemies suddenly turned into two harmless-looking little girls. The guerrilla shield guard felt that God was joking with him.
This feeling is like playing a horror game and watching out for a ghost that finally appears in front of you. Before you scream, you realize that the thing that scares you is just a pink furry bunny...
"Give way."
Rosemary took a step forward, raised her finger and pointed at the messenger not far behind the shield guard.
All the messengers on the outside were killed, and the guy protected by the shield guard was the last one.
"The one behind you, I'm going to destroy its device."
The tone was as if he was chatting with his friends, as ordinary as "lend me the pen."
It seems like this is what he should do.
"..."
The fire in the shield guard's heart grew stronger again.
"Do you think I will show mercy to you just because you look like this?"
Although I don’t know if this little girl is the culprit who just plunged the integration movement into chaos, she is definitely ill-intentioned and an enemy of the integration movement.
There is only one way to deal with enemies, kill them.
"Don't underestimate the Patriots' shield guards! We are the shield of the infected..."
clang!
"I'm standing here just to block your attack."
The thick shield was taken down by the shield guard and stood on the ground. Listening to the sound, you can tell how thick the metallic shield is. Valentin looked at the strong iron block and thought of the place in his office. The treasury door was broken off by Gumi.
…
At such a moment, Valentin felt that the quality of these shield guards was not very high.
"Then you can only let your weapons speak."
The shield guard's uncooperation did not trouble Rosemary. She just waved her hand, and the sword that had just cut off the tall building floated next to her again.
"Your sword...are you the warlock just now?!"
Now the Shield Guard is finally sure that the world is playing a joke on him.
Horror games are horror games after all, and the pink fur bunny will suddenly turn into an alien and bite your head off.
"Come on, can you punch through this shield? Can you stab through my armor?!"
A sword strong enough to cut through a building would certainly be able to pierce his armor, and the shield guard knew this very well.
But facing the enemy, the strength may be incomparable, but the momentum must not be lost.
However, this usually only has one ending.
"Amiya, I can't help it."
Rosemary said that this guy took the initiative to stab her, and she couldn't be blamed if he stabbed her to death.
"But……"
"I won't let him die."
The big sword drew an arc in the air, and the sharp tip of the sword was aimed at the shield guard.
"But he may never get back on his feet."
As soon as he finished speaking, the big sword flew out, and Valentine could only see a white line appearing in the air. Noah wanted to stop Rosemary's attack, but she only had time to say a word before the sword appeared in front of the shield guard.
Boom!
Then it fell to the ground.
Rosemary's attack had no effect, someone blocked the sword.
A black halberd was placed in front of the shield guard.
Valentin looked at the figure that suddenly appeared, his back stood up involuntarily, and his spirit became tense. So far, Valentin has only seen that person twice, but every time the other person's appearance puts him under great pressure, even if the person is not looking at him at all.
A body as tall as a tower, large and intricate horns, a breathing sound as hoarse as the roar of a beast, and the shield and halberd in his hand that were stained with unknown amounts of blood.
Guerrilla leader, patriot.
