Lin Lin finished writing the document. He saw those "infected" leaving the Spirit Barrier, the decayed and ruinous aura on them had been removed, and his eyes froze... Gu Shen didn’t deceive him; he truly could dispel the "Spiritual Poison".
At this speed, in a day at most, the patients in the quarantine zone could be cleared.
Next would be the investigation of suspected infected individuals.
And the complete eradication of the Spiritual Poison.
In fact, when Gu Shen demonstrated his ability to eliminate the poison, the gloomy haze over Gu Castle dissipated, and the "little giant" of the Gu Castle Fortress, plagued by internal ailments, could finally attempt to stand with external help to face the coming storm!
This was an uplifting message.
However, fate did not leave Lin Lin with time to relax.
Almost in the next moment, the communicator rang sharply.
Zou Hai’s voice was hoarse, "Gu Castle needs support, the Umbrella Line of Defense is about to be breached!"
Nearly three hundred Source Energy Boats hovered in the sky, blocking out the sun, casting shadows like a long night.
At this moment, indeed, the long night had descended.
On the northern Umbrella Line of Defense, supported by millions of floating panels, the giant umbrella burned with a dazzling blaze, like a fiery mirror, this Buffer Zone was unprecedentedly hot. The first wave of the storm "slowly" advanced, reaching this desolate highland at humanity’s throat. Osmond’s support arrived at the giant wall, nearly three hundred Source Energy Boats, thousands of Source Energy Cannons firing together, turning the whole Heavenly Curtain white. Under the majestic Source Material clash, the impending storm was directly torn open!
The power of the first Source Energy Cannon strike successfully tore a gash in the southward storm... but immediately after, the suffocating pressure hit. The first wave of Source Energy Boats at the edge of the Umbrella Line of Defense was pushed back by the mighty force of the "tide", even at full efficiency they could only barely hold their position. At this rate, the first wave of Source Energy Boats would soon lose the best defensive position.
There’s a second wave!
This time’s impact at least effectively injured the storm.
Perhaps... they could hold the line!
The warriors operating the Source Energy Boats didn’t have time to be happy before seeing a terrifying scene... Behind the ripped gash in the storm, the vast storm’s opened belly was followed by other "storms" continuously joining and merging.
Thunder was like a grand arc of the pen.
This was a sight that even the greatest painter could not produce——
Compared to this, the real world seemed pale like an oil painting. Outside the Umbrella Line of Defense, the storm merged destructively, devouring everything, including themselves.
And after merging, the scale of this Source Material Storm reached a hair-raising level.
The gap torn by the cannon fire was restored to its original state within seconds.
The bombardment just launched by three hundred Source Energy Boats seemed laughably like a wave in an angry sea, appearing mighty but quickly drowned out... relying on a wave to sustain the tide is nearly impossible.
Even if they could hold on with great difficulty, how long could they last?
Deep Sea, which controlled the Gu Castle’s local network, issued an unprecedentedly shrill alert tone.
"Detected storms are merging, visibility is being lost, count... fourteen."
All the combat members who heard the prompt sound turned pale... storms of similar scale to the one that just hit the line, there are fourteen more?!
Moreover, they are still merging!
A calm voice sounded on the command channel.
In the Main Boat of Gu Castle Fortress, a blond man was now replacing Lin Lin in commanding the fortress’s operations.
This person was precisely Zhong Yuan.
The Investigation Corps’ task outside the fortress wasn’t large. Due to the bizarre and unfathomable nature of the Old World, the number of participants in each mission needed to be controlled... so in theory, the corps’ captain wasn’t capable of commanding a large-scale battle.
But Zhong Yuan was an exception!
In his early years, he served under General Bai Xi and was an exceptionally excellent staff officer. He not only demonstrated excellent combat talent but also exhibited remarkable command ability. However, North Continent was currently in peacetime without large-scale battles breaking out, so Zhong Yuan could only contend with the corps’ commanders through virtual battles in the Sand Table Simulation. His record was great, rarely defeated.
All one hundred and forty-nine Source Energy Boats of Gu Castle accepted their orders.
At the gateway of the Line of Defense, they unleashed the last wave of bombardment, then quickly retreated.
Each medium-sized Source Energy Boat received special instructions from the Main Boat. The fleet commanders of Gu Castle Fortress’s various squadrons looked surprised; these were the "command terms" commonly used internally within the fortress. If they didn’t know that the operational command had been transferred, they would have thought it was a direct order from the Quasi-General.
Lin Lin and Zhong Yuan often communicated, exchanging messages, and there were no secrets between the two... Zhong Yuan disclosed all the Investigation Corps’ secrets to Lin Lin, and Lin Lin held nothing back. Life in Gu Castle Fortress was relatively dull, so he often reviewed his command work in letters, these terms were naturally written in those letters.
Zhong Yuan understood well, to resist the storm, a prolonged battle was required.
This was the significance of the existence of the Umbrella Line of Defense!
In terms of real command ability, he was certainly not as good as Lin Lin... he didn’t have the track record of commanding a large fleet, the experience provided by the Sand Table Simulation was not enough to oppose the storm.
What he needed to do was to inflict maximum attrition before the storm reached the giant wall.
Zhong Yuan didn’t think he could make the most powerful command, but at least he had to hold on until Lin Lin resolved his own "Spiritual Poison", to take over command of the fleet, by that time, the situation shouldn’t be too dire, perhaps there would still be a chance!
In the splendid Source Energy bombardment, the fleet began a "slow" retreat towards the giant wall.
Meanwhile, the Storm, constantly torn by gunfire, persisted in sweeping south, eventually crashing into the massive Umbrella Line of Defense.
It was a sound of shock beyond description.
It was the ultimate roar.
It was also the ultimate silence.
The commanders sitting in the Source Energy Boats had gray eyes, complex, determined, bitter...
In their pupils were the reflections of the burning lights of floating panels, exerting every effort.
The giant umbrella protecting the home of humanity burned fiercely in the night.
The roaring sound swept through everything, devouring everything.
The giant umbrella burned, shattered, withered...
The world fell apart, issuing a painful lament.
Even in the attic within North Continent Fortress, the glow of the burning giant umbrella could be seen. The long night burned brightly, silently, as Gu Shen sat in the first-floor Dream of the attic, swiftly removing the Spiritual Poison from the "infected", doing everything he could to quickly treat the ailing fortress so the gates could be opened rapidly.
On the second floor of the attic, Lin Lin connected to the full fleet’s communication channel.
He said softly, "I will now take command of the whole fleet."