Chapter 1695
Chapter 1695 - 1691: Protracted Consumption
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Humanity has waited far too long for this day.
The initial frustration, the initial helplessness, finally poured out completely on this day.
Countless artillery and war machinery were thrown into this war zone, then rapidly consumed.
Life, at this moment, might just be the currency of war.
"...Tch, what a terrible experience."
Surrounding Lu Ping’an was a glow of black light.
He had actually been invoking his War Series ability and declaring war all along this path, having lost count of how many times he used his War Series abilities.
And the trait of the Death system is to gain evolution through slaughter and war... its source, still the continuously passing away lives.
Indeed, the nature of modern warfare that "exchanges lives" subtly coincides too much with Lu Ping’an’s "Life Trading".
He feels a bit too full... This simultaneous increase in quality and quantity makes him slightly uncomfortable.
It’s not just the multitude of lives flowing into Lu Ping’an’s "prize pool" that strengthened his intensity as a lifeform, but more so, his World’s Reason "Life Trading" is being verified in another way.
On such a battlefield, Quasi-Gods and ordinary people have no fundamental difference, they are all just the currency of war.
Every Extraordinary, even a Quasi-God, is merely a slightly stronger chess piece... In the eyes of Lu Ping’an, it’s as if there’s a chessboard in the void.
"So this is what Lover of Chess is like..."
Lu Ping’an recalled the Deity who enlightened his path of war, and it seems that he too has gained the privilege to interfere with warfare.
The War Game is activated once again.
Some Slaughterers begin to receive the Enchantment Demon of Black Flame, through which they can evolve from slaughter and acquire various Flame weapons.
These people are mostly Lu Ping’an’s "Covenanters," a part of the Trading Land... As a War Commander, Lu Ping’an is strong but not enough to control a battle of this level.
Lu Ping’an’s Legion, as well as his allies’ legions, under the help of the covenant, became his nominally "Legion".
They can gain the blessings from Lu Ping’an but also serve to verify Lu Ping’an’s rules and World’s Reason.
"Life and death, the cycle never ends..."
Just as Lu Ping’an once used Postponed Payment on "inanimate" things, at this moment, he not only achieved the Fusion of "animal" and "plant" conflict Paths, but within the two great Domains of "Death" and "Life," he also accomplished a "Union".
Lu Ping’an did not recklessly use his abilities, did not forcibly interfere with the battlefield... even though he vaguely felt he could do much more!
"...War is not about the temporary outcomes and victories."
Feeling the chaotic ocean here, Lu Ping’an cast his gaze far beyond.
Lu Ping’an felt that he could, like the original Lover of Chess, forcibly interfere with the chess pieces on the battlefield, including but not limited to spatial movement of the chess pieces, healing, and erasure... At this moment, he indeed touched the realm of Deity.
He could sense that those "Soldiers" bearing his Power are his human anchors, and he could intervene in the entire battlefield at any time.
However, Lu Ping’an knew that if he were stupid enough to forcibly intervene... the Quasi-Gods on the other side would probably jump out immediately. Worse, they might lock down his ability’s Trait and ruthlessly hunt him down.
"...Wait, just patiently wait."
With our frontline stabilizing and the logistics supply lines securing, it also signifies that this war has passed its most difficult initial phase and entered a stalemate where both sides steadily deplete each other.
"Professionals above the sixth tier begin rotating, logistics personnel adjust equipment, and reserves in the arsenal’s financial tier are mobilized..."
War may seem like a ruthless struggle by the military at the frontline, but modern warfare is fundamentally a clash of comprehensive national strengths... The weapons and equipment of the frontline soldiers are just the basics, while various supportive facilities and intelligence dispatch are the main necessities.
While the front lines are engaged in battle and losing lives, the supply from the rear must never stop to maintain the front.
Without going so far as to say that the rear is more important than the front — an against-common-sense argument — if the rear fails spectacularly, the front’s collapse is only a matter of time.
If the gap between the warring parties is not great, and it turns into a war of attrition and deadlock, naturally, the side with better logistics support and supplies will last to the end.
"...Continue mass-producing drones. Start activating a portion of the reserve S-series drones and mix them into the regular drones to wear them down."
Just looking at the total combat power, humanity, already in a predicament, couldn’t possibly outlast the Octopus Tribe with their near-infinite resources.
But this battlefield is Earth, the home turf of Earth’s technological and physical universe, where various modern technologies can play a tremendous role.
"Exchanging their population with our renewable machinery, however you look at it, it’s a profitable deal..."
Both East and West have adopted almost identical tactics at this moment.
Using a large number of cheap flying devices to hunt down those Fishmen’s lives... Tactically hitting high from low, and strategically, it’s a very cost-effective exchange rate of losses.
Years of frustration poured out at this moment.
For today’s decisive battle, all nations have been preparing for a long time, and there are far too many targeted weapons.
Overhead, airships have been using area vaporization bombs similar to "Drying Spells" for mass slaughter. At the same time, reports have arrived of various "Fish Diseases" breaking out... When it comes to inhumanity, the West always excels.
Meanwhile, the Eastern Country, with the advantage of production bases right at the frontline, has secretly converted factories on Dragon Moon Island into war-making factories that work overtime frantically. Once a weapon proves effective on the battlefield, it is immediately upgrad and mass-produced.
Armor-piercing firearms specifically designed for Fishman Warriors went through four different versions in just fifty hours. The final product can even easily kill fifth-sixth tier Fish Monsters.
As for toxins, biological viruses, and such... considering the Poison Sea situation, it’s really unclear, but judging from the various diseases breaking out among the Fishmen on the scene, someone must be using previously developed weapons, although it’s unclear which country it is.
Human malice is beginning to burst forth.
𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶
In the sky, various colored Magic Bullets constantly strike down, each Advanced Combat Power restraining each other. Meanwhile, the drones flying out from that isolated island are like a "plague of locusts," leaving no life in their wake.
"Corpse Bone Drones... you’ve gone mad."
"We’ve been mad for a long time."
Once the advantage in the war was confirmed, the Eastern Country naturally kept upping the stakes, and certain things were finally brought out, much to Lu Ping’an’s shock more so than precision.
That represents a branch of the Death system, the artists of the death-themed Craftsman system, many of whom are top-tier Healers who went astray.
These beings, skilled in creating Corpse Monsters and Stitches Monsters, are also ones who are perennially wanted. This time, their creations have become weapons of war for the Eastern Country.
When those black drones mixed into the drone swarm, the disadvantage that mechanical drones had against High-Tier Professionals was no longer a problem.
— End of Chapter 1695 —