Chapter 135: Defense of the Everdark World (Part 9)
"Zone 32 has fallen, with 32 million remaining from the 50 million defense corps."
"Zone 35 has fallen, with 1.1 million remaining from the 50 million defense corps."
"Zone 39 has fallen, with 16.3 million remaining from the 50 million defense corps."
"Zone 42 has fallen..."
In the headquarters of the war zone, looking at the continuous reports of lost territories sent from the front, the Eye Demon Commander felt almost numb inside.
The Great World is an insurmountable target for any civilization. Its vast territory can support so much, as long as the logistics in the rear are not cut off, wars over a Great World lasting hundreds or thousands of years are not uncommon.
The Predecessor Civilization Alliance once even had a tug of war with a Civilization Devourer for over five thousand years in one Great World, and in the end, the Civilization Devourer could not capture that world.
Since the start of this war, in just three short months, the Eye Demons have lost over seven billion troops and one hundred and fifty zones.
The Eye Demon Army participating in this war is all elite.
They are all veterans of wars, some even honored corps from the Eye Demon civil war.
But in this war, they are being wiped out in corps after corps.
The Eternal Dark World is the most authentic Great World, equivalent to ten medium-sized worlds, one hundred small worlds, and one thousand Miniature Worlds. Each war zone delineated is about the size of a Miniature World.
In other words, the Civilization Devourers have occupied one hundred fifty Miniature Worlds in three months.
On average, more than one and a half worlds are being occupied every day.
Of course, this speed naturally brings massive losses.
According to rough estimates, the number of Furnace Man Army casualties on the Civilization Devourer side has reached thirty billion, while the Titan Legion numbers have reached almost two hundred million.
The losses of war machines are even so large that they are almost impossible to count.
This is regardless of cost.
The Civilization Devourer doesn't care about casualties; it only wants the Eternal Dark World.
Beside the Eye Demon Commander, commanders from the Wizard Alliance also felt a bit numb inside.
The intensity of this war also exceeded their understanding.
If it continues, they have no doubt that this war could exhaust an entire generation of Eye Demons.
"Truly a monster."
The Wizard Commander looked at the map, the section of the steadily advancing front line seemed like a mountain about to fall on their heads, making it hard for him to breathe.
"Frontline war report."
A voice suddenly broke the silence of the conference hall.
The attention of all the commanders instantly focused on the commander who spoke. This commander held a war report, his voice carrying a hint of excitement.
"Zone 145 repelled the Civilization Devourer's attack!"
Repelled it?
Hearing this news, almost every commander was taken aback.
How could it be repelled?
The soldiers of the Civilization Devourer are not trained; they are phantoms of the past, summoned in any number needed by the Civilization Devourer.
So they don't have the problem of declining troop quality.
But the Eye Demon Civilization is different.
The Eye Demon Civilization's most elite corps are being depleted, and now the quality of the Eye Demon Army has indeed declined.
Logically, Zone 145 should not have been able to repel the Civilization Devourer's attack.
"I know you are all surprised, but please believe me, my surprise is no less than yours."
This commander, born as a Curse Demon, spoke with a touch of noble intonation.
"But the fact is indeed so; through the proper application of destruction weapons, we were able to hold the war zone.
Speaking of which, Wizards, this time it was your people who achieved great success."
"Our people?"
The Wizard Commander stepped forward to take the war report, only to see a section specifically mentioning a Wizard named Gao Wen and his followers, on this precious document.
The war zone commander praised this Wizard's reconnaissance efficiency. With Gao Wen's assistance, their destruction weapons were always able to precisely crush the Civilization Devourer's attack intentions.
"Can a reconnaissance soldier have such an effect?" The Wizard Commander stroked his chin, "It seems we've somewhat overlooked the role of individual power in this war."
"It's not individual power," said a commander with a halo and distinct eagle-like features. "It's elite power.
They have enough mobility and force, and still possess a sufficiently low visible value. This is a good method. We might prepare some high-mobility equipment for some elite soldiers to equip and repeat this tactic..."
"Emergency report from the rear!"
A near-screeching voice interrupted the Eagle Commander's words, an Eye Demon Commander hurriedly flew into the conference hall, the giant pupil in their enormous eyes almost dilated.
This is a sign of severe panic for the Eye Demons.
"Report from the rear, a Civilization Devourer corps discovered at Hub World 75!"
Hub World 75!?
Upon hearing this name, all the commanders in the conference room felt a tremor in their hearts.
The No. 75 Hub World is the most important hub in the Eternal Dark World's supply line. If this world is occupied, the supply efficiency of the Eternal Dark World will be reduced by thirty percent.
Moreover, the Civilization Devourer definitely won't just send one legion. When a legion of Civilization Devourer is discovered next to the world, the hidden legions absolutely exceed the observable ones by several times, even dozens of times.
"Doesn't he fear us encircling and annihilating?"
The Commander of the Ghost Horror Clan from the Natural Federation found it somewhat difficult to understand.
The Wizard Commander sighed: "And what if we do encircle and annihilate them? For him, these legions can be created anytime with just a bit of time.
But if he successfully occupies the world, even if just harassing, our supply would face huge problems."
The conference hall fell silent once more.
The Civilization Devourer employs a purely overt strategy; you know his thoughts and purpose, yet can do nothing to stop him.
"Is the dimension disturbance still ongoing?" the Demon Commander suddenly asked.
The Eye Demon Commander replied: "It has weakened a lot compared to before. If we maintain this rate of decline, the disturbance will disappear within six months."
"Then we just need to hold on for half a year."
Upon hearing this, the Hawkmen Commander of the Gods Civilization was the first to react.
"Your Abyss Net Path technology has broken through?"
The Demon Commander nodded slightly: "You actually were smart for once; indeed, we broke through, but this technology can currently only be used in medium and large worlds and requires more than fifty percent Abyss Transformation."
"What are the results?" the Eye Demon Commander asked.
"It can forcibly open the Abyss Net Path for cross-world transmission."
The Eye Demon Commander found it somewhat unbelievable.
"No distance limit?"
The Demon Commander revealed a grim smile: "For now, we have not found a distance limit. Moreover, based on this technology, we are developing a simpler cross-world transmission technology.
If this technology can succeed, then cross-dimensional travel will no longer require complex, sophisticated, and grand devices; just sufficient Power of Abyss and a ritual will be enough."
"Hiss..."
Although every civilization in the Wizard Alliance has its own secret research, the Demon Commander's proposal of this research achievement is still as powerful as a nuclear bomb.
Cross-world transmission technology is one of the greatest factors limiting warfare. Once cross-dimensional transmission devices are destroyed, even the strongest civilization would have to fly over bit by bit.
But if this limitation does not exist, the worlds conquered by civilization would be truly connected together.
...
"Lakate, how much longer?"
In the Eye Demon Dimension, Richard's Dominator Puppet asked loudly while organizing the Power of Dimension.
Beside him, Lakate, the leader of the Eye Demon, appeared as vast as a star, countless tentacles probing into the Void on his body, looking like a luminous flesh-transformed eye sun—
He was stabilizing the overall dimension power cycle of the Eye Demon Civilization Dimension.
"Five more months!" Lakate opened his mouth, his voice majestic like a god.
"Five months!?" Upon hearing this time, Richard felt a darkness enveloping his eyes.
He has been organizing dimension forces with Lakate for nearly a year and a half now, but now Lakate tells him it will take another five months.
"How long do you think the Eternal Dark World can hold on!"
"The Eye Demons fear no sacrifice!"
"Will cannot block energy!"
"They must stop it!"
Lakate's voice was very grand, yet sorrowful. He is the leader of the Eye Demons; those dead Eye Demons are his clansmen and subjects.
But at this moment, he is like an incompetent husband in some movies, only able to watch the mother world being invaded, watching his subjects slaughtered, powerless to do anything.
Looking at the sorrowful Lakate, a fury suddenly rose in Richard's heart.
He came here to oppose the Civilization Devourer, but now he can only watch the Civilization Devourer slowly invade the Eternal Dark World, without any means of stopping it.
This is a humiliation to him!
This fury, upon rising, immediately ignited Richard's soul, and amid the battle with the Civilization Devourer's avatar in the Endless Dimension, Richard's true self also felt this boundless anger.
Anger is an emotion, an instinct of the soul.
However, the soul does not possess the body of flesh creatures, so how can it have instincts?
The Soul School had once deeply studied this issue, but ultimately could not find out what the essence of emotion is.
But at this moment, Richard suddenly gained insight into part of the mystery of this instinct.
Emotion is the tremor of the soul structure.
Under the impact of anger, Richard's soul, which had structural problems due to the Supreme's trial, suddenly began to change, and this change was not chaotic collapse, nor was it controlled growth.
It seemed like a passive evolution of the soul.
Richard does not know what the final result is, but he can feel that he has gotten one step closer to the boundary of the soul.
Meanwhile, in the Material World, those cell dimension cores within Richard also began to transform with the changes of the soul.
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