Xyrin Empire-Chapter 248 - Land of the Rampaging Dead Souls

Chapter 248: Chapter 248: Land of the Rampaging Dead Souls

Chapter 248 -248: Land of the Rampaging Dead Souls

For those professional high-tech terminologies, I have always found them incomprehensible.

Sandora of course knew this, and almost before I could show a puzzled expression, she took the initiative to explain to me what the “World Loop” was.

“Simply put,” she said with a grave expression that clearly showed the great pressure the device known as the “World Loop” placed on her, “it is a device that can completely overlap two points in one world. Functionally, it resembles a teleportation gate,”

“Of course, the functionality of the World Loop is far more complex than just that. Regular space transmitters use space folding technology to create a zero-distance tunnel, transferring material entities to another coordinate in space. Such transmissions definitely need a cooldown period to allow the space to stabilize again, and this technology has specific requirements on the entities being transported. However, the World Loop is different; it does not transport something to a location, rather it… turns two addresses into one…”

“Space coordinates are unique, which is a rule universally adhered to by the spaces of all worlds, much like the coordinate grid lines drawn on a blank sheet of paper. The points determined by two intersecting lines are unique; as long as the latitude and longitude are fixed, the point will remain fixed and never can there be a phenomenon where two distant points share the same coordinate value—unless, of course, the rules are broken. And the function of the World Loop is precisely to break these rules. Each World Loop comes in pairs, and no matter how many light-years apart, as long as the two World Loops are in the same world, they can set their internal space to the same spatial coordinates when activated. This might sound incredible, but Xyrin Technology indeed possesses the ability to rewrite rules in a small scope. Under the interference of the World Loop’s energy field, two distant spaces will become the same location. For instance, if one were to place a set of World Loop on Earth and another on Mars, standing within the Earth’s World Loop would place you on Mars simultaneously. This is a miracle unachievable by any so-called space transmission device, meaning that space jumps using the World Loop wouldn’t have the cooldown times typical of conventional transmitters, nor would there be any delays in transmission, or limitations on the number and strength of the transmitted entities. Traveling between two planets would become easier than opening a door to one’s bedroom, taking less than a second, without expending any additional energy—do I need to elaborate further?”

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Lin Xue bit her nails, her tone somber as she said, “It’s essentially turning the Azeroth Planet into their backyard.”

“So what is this thing used for?” Pointing to the black metal cylinder Qianqian held in her arms, my sister asked the question on our minds.

“Audora Beacon, that’s the most crucial component of the World Loop. In fact, its structure is quite simple, so much so that even the technology of humans on Earth could replicate something with similar functions—it’s an energy probe whose function is to gather various types of free-floating energy radiation around it. There are two parameters needed to activate the World Loop, namely the spatial coordinates of the nearby space and the parameters of the nearby energy field. The former determines if it can transform two locations into one, while the latter acts as a tuning basis for initiating the loop. Even in the same world, the energy density varies significantly between two distant spatial points. Without proper precautions, once two spatial points are connected, the high-energy area would undoubtedly unleash catastrophic energy into the low-energy area. To prevent such occurrences, the World Loop must be input with the fluctuation range of the nearby energy field before activation. If I guessed correctly, encountering our enemies today was completely accidental. This guy was merely ordered to collect the energy fluctuations near the World Loop—it was sheer bad luck for him to encounter us, but he did have some luck on his side too. If it wasn’t for this highly-resistant energy probe blocking our first round of attacks, he might have been completely vaporized by now. Am I right, demon?”

Sudden mention of his most unfortunate incident made Valimas’s old face turn slightly red, and he nodded in gloomy admission, “It indeed was an accident. I had received the order to retreat long before our encounter, but…”

“Did you want to test if your newly acquired power was strong enough for revenge?” I watched Valimas’s face, which tinged with gloom. It was a peculiar thing because a demon’s facial features significantly differ from a human’s, and Valimas’s face, magnified more than twice, was far from the standard human skeletal structure. Displaying such a distinctly troubled expression on a countenance I found exceedingly strange—should I say my observational skills and ability to remember details are rather remarkable?

Valimas showed clear anger at my teasing, although he immediately masked it with a perfectly sincere expression, but he couldn’t escape my notice. I stepped forward in the air, patted the head of the six-meter-tall Great Demon, and said with a notably gentle tone, “I’m done with my questions, next, I wish you and my scientists a pleasant weekend.”

Emerging from the Space Prison, standing in the increasingly bustling base, we couldn’t feel as light-hearted as the enthusiastic warriors of various races around us.

“Ignorance is bliss indeed,” remarked Qianqian, watching a group of human soldiers marching past us with barely concealed pride and excitement.

My sister made an even more apt comment, “It’s really a bliss for these folks not having to face the darkest truths!”

“You can’t expect these natives to contend with the Fallen Apostles,” Sandora’s Spiritual Connection echoed in all our minds, “As long as they can distract the enemy’s attention from this world, that’s enough.”

“We need to carefully plan our next steps,” I said with a furrowed brow, “First, the so-called World Loop must be destroyed before it activates. Having a teleportation channel as large as Dark City without any operational restrictions in enemy hands is truly terrible; God knows how many troops they’ve prepared at the other end of the World Loop to invade this planet. Next, we must quickly determine whether the Fallen Apostles are building such contraptions elsewhere. The exposure of this World Loop was definitely not part of their plan, but we can’t expect fools like Valimas to always be entrusted by the Fallen Apostles with important tasks. It really keeps me up at night…”

Hearing my concerns, Sandora flashed her trademark sunny smile, “Don’t worry about that. A thing like the World Loop that can modify rules can’t possibly be mass-produced. The fact that the Fallen Apostles managed to construct a World Loop in Dark City has already exceeded my expectations. I originally thought it would be quite impressive if they could merely repair their own transporter, but it now seems I have underestimated their technological capability. However, as it stands, it’s impossible for them to create two sets of World Loop.”

******

Later today, we deployed our newly produced reconnaissance forces, a type of pure energy entity known as the ‘Lost Shadow.’ These reconnaissance units, which are always in a state of phase stealth, possess scouting talents as exceptional as those of the Undead Race’s Ghosts. Moreover, they have a rather absurd ability: they can merge into any form of energy flow, enabling an omnipresent infiltration and astonishing transfer speed. Within just one day, our ‘eyes’ had extended to every corner of the Eastern Continent. The sky’s lightning, the underground rock layers, the rivers’ water currents, and even the omnipresent breeze—if there was energy movement, it left behind the sneaky… cough, swift figures of the Lost Shadows. The situation across the entire plague-infested region gradually became clear to us.

“Tirisfal, Silverpine Forest, Land of Plague, Ghost Land… these areas have been completely engulfed by the Undead Plague, and the wandering undead armies there have been confirmed to be members of the Catastrophe Army. Together with the Demons transported to this world, they make up the main force with the widest distribution and largest numbers within the plague zone, staunchly guarding these locations that the Lost Shadows cannot observe. From our initial estimates, these locations are likely the bases established by the Fallen Apostles.”

In the fortress control room, Sivis was presenting the latest intelligence gathered by the scouts. Apart from Dingdang, who secluded herself in her room due to her low spirits from being in the Land of Death, all the high-ranking officials, including envoys of various races, attended this emergency meeting. Behind Sivis was a massive wall of hundreds of floating screens, showcasing firsthand data sent back by the “Lost Shadows” deep in enemy territory, each screen revealing a scene that was far from optimistic.

The circular control room was eerily silent; the hundreds of floating screens displayed scenes that left no one in high spirits—the wandering bodies and the eerie black smoke emanating from the soil made everyone furrow their brows.

“It is now confirmed that in these three regions, no living beings have survived, including human survivors; all life forms have been transformed into the Undead. Due to the short time elapsed, the enemy has not yet had the chance to expand its territory further. However, the spread of the Undead Plague is extremely fast, and once they find a breakthrough, they will effortlessly destroy the defensive lines of surrounding areas, such as the High Elf Kingdom of Quel’Danas, which has yet to recover from a previous devastating attack,” Sivis elaborated while enlarging several images behind him. The scenes displayed were like those from a horror spectacle.

The rotting, charred earth, the murky, gloomy sky, and the disgusting rotten corpses and skeletons wandering around—just looking at these images made me feel as if I could smell the rotting stench of the scene.

In the distance on the screen, a faint blue halo could be seen—the Magic Barrier sustained by the surviving High Elves. The once-glorious and powerful High Elf Kingdom now barely clung to life, depending solely on this barrier that could extinguish at any moment.

Among the sitting envoys of various races, there was no presence of High Elves. Although they had once been part of the Alliance, due to the near-national disaster and the rivalry between Elves and Humans orchestrated by Arthas, the High Elves—or perhaps now they should be called Blood Elves—were not represented among these envoys.

Suddenly, a dry skeletal hand appeared on one of the screens, then the camera rapidly retreated—it was a recently resurrected Skeleton Warrior breaking through the ground.

“Their numbers are still expanding; the many years of war have accumulated a large number of skeletons in what were once battlegrounds. Soon, the entire plague region will be densely filled with walking dead bodies and the crunching noises of bones.”