Chapter 965 He is coming
The collapse of order, the loss of authority, the concentrated outbreak of old grudges and other factors turned the entire Ravnica into a living hell in a very short period of time.
Especially after nightfall, conflicts, killings and deaths begin to become more frequent, and the scope of the impact becomes wider and wider.
Except for a handful of core areas controlled by guilds that can remain stable, all other places have entered a state of no government, no law, and no security.
To be precise, this time and space has always been under the competition and game of ten super giant guilds, and chaos is its normal state.
It's just that the previous level of chaos was only limited to a small range under the constraints of that ancient magic contract, and was not completely released like it is now.
The sky-high fire not only ignited the city, but also illuminated the dark sky red, mixed with roars of fighting, howls of pain, and desperate pleas.
Countless old people and children fell victim to this turmoil, while women became a tool for men to vent their desires.
Facts have once again proved that when the strong constraints of order and law are lost, and when people release the beastiality in their hearts that has been suppressed by society, it is actually a hundred times more terrifying than the real beast. A thousand times, ten thousand times.
At least beasts rarely attack when they are not hungry, but humans will commit incredible atrocities driven by herdity and strong desire.
When the terrifying night passed and the sun slowly rose from the ground to welcome the day, all the forces that had been engaged in intense physical exchanges throughout the night finally gradually subsided.
Of course, this is not because they have fought enough or have achieved some degree of reconciliation, but because the high-intensity fighting consumes a lot of physical strength and energy, and the exhausted soldiers cannot hold on and urgently need to rest. .
So as a last resort, we can only stop fighting temporarily and wait until we have eaten, drank and slept before continuing.
In this way, on the large scorched land or ruins, soldiers covered in blood either walked into makeshift tents, or simply lay down in the middle of the camp and fell asleep. .
Not far from the military camp, you can vaguely see those women with tattered clothes and naked women, walking out of their hiding places with empty eyes and numb faces, and then throwing themselves on the suspected family members. Or burst into tears over the corpse of a friend.
The cruelty of war and the vulnerability of ordinary people in the face of powerful violent machines are vividly reflected at this moment.
As a saying goes, it is better to be a peace dog than a person in troubled times.
Ordinary people who have never experienced war will always truly understand what it feels like to completely lose dignity and personality and be treated like livestock.
Obviously, after experiencing the complete release last night, the entire time and space of Ravnica went into a state of violence.
The magic contract used to bind the major guilds was completely turned into a piece of waste paper with the collective destruction of the top leaders of the Guild Alliance.
Because the guy who came up later didn't know the contents of this contract at all, and the consequences of violating it.
After all, deterrence can be effective only if the other party knows the damage you can cause.
When those who have witnessed your power suddenly die overnight, the remaining ones will naturally gradually lose their awe.
Ravnica is basically in such a situation right now.
The more they continue to fight and violate the contract, the more they will suffer backlash from the contract, and the backlash will cause the high-level climbers to die, leading to increased chaos. In addition, those who know the contents of the contract will Less and less, eventually it will inevitably form an endless cycle with no solution.
Without external interference, Niv-Mizzet, the founder of the Izzet Alliance, is basically the only last hope to end all this.
"Damn it! Nicol Bolas hasn't even come yet. Just sending one of his men will cause us to collapse from within?"
Looking at the messy situation, just now Jace Beleren's face turned extremely ugly when he returned from Innistrad.
Know that everything was fine when he left.
But who would have thought that after going out for a trip, the entire Ravnica would self-destruct immediately after returning.
"There is no way. The other party's abilities are terrifying, and they are also very insidious and cunning. We can't even tell who is being controlled and who is joining this war out of self-awareness."
Gideon Yura sighed helplessly.
As a guy who doesn’t like thinking very much, and has never even understood why he is always alone, and his friends and comrades around him often die inexplicably in battles, this kind of work that requires brains is not suitable for him. It's obviously a bit over the top for him.
Yes, you heard it right.
This new-generation planeswalker, who has terrifying self-healing and regeneration abilities, is equivalent to an immortal body. He is completely unaware that the reason why he survived is all due to the unique ability of the spark, and those who are fighting in the battle There are no dead comrades and friends at all.
I have to say, this is really outrageous and outrageous.
So everyone who knows Gideon Yura will be impressed by his firm will, strong fighting power and noble character, but they will certainly not have high hopes for his IQ.
Another young planeswalker, Ral Zarek, who is also a member of the Izzet Alliance, held his forehead and added: "Not only are we helpless against this enemy, but also Sancho and Conglomerate Warlock Nahiri also returned without success.
< br>According to what Sancho said, countless people have been planted with seeds throughout Ravnica.
This strange seed not only has the ability to control target creatures, but can also control itself. Reproduction and proliferation.
After such a long period of silent penetration, it is basically impossible to eradicate it.
The other party obviously knows this very well, so he always hides in the dark and will immediately use the power of sparks to escape whenever there is any disturbance.
He stressed that it was better to prepare for a full-scale invasion by Nicol Bolas than to hunt down this enemy. "
"I think Sancho is right. If I were that old dragon, now would be the best time to launch a full-scale invasion. ”
The elf planeswalker Nissa Revan sided with Ral Zarek without hesitation.
Since she was separated from Zuo Si, she seemed to have matured significantly. There was no longer any innocence in her eyes, but a kind of arrogance unique to elves.
Only the dimensional bag that Zuo Si gave him as a gift was still hanging on his waist.
"What is Sancho doing right now?"
Jace Beleren suddenly raised his head and asked in an uncertain tone.
Lal Zarek replied with a wry smile: "He has temporarily succeeded Niv-Mizzet to lead the entire Izzet Alliance with the latter's approval, trying to protect key defense facilities from being destroyed by this civil strife. Drop. ”
After hearing this, Jace's originally ugly face finally eased and he nodded slightly: "That's right. It seems that there are smart people in Ravnica."
"Sancho is not just smart. Simple, he quickly He stabilized the situation and isolated all the people infected with the seeds in their bodies. It is mostly thanks to him that the Izzet Alliance is the only guild that has not gone out of control."
Ral Zarek. There was a hint of admiration and emotion in his tone.
As a member of the guild, his loyalty to the Izzet Alliance and Niv-Mizzet himself is absolutely unquestionable, so he is also grateful to Sancho, the hero who stood up to turn the tide at this critical moment.
Although at the beginning, he still felt strong jealousy towards this junior who was better than him in every aspect.
"What now? What are we going to do now? Are we just going to watch Ravnica fall into war?"
Chandra Nala obviously has no patience, and looks at the armies who have committed numerous atrocities with fullness. In addition to hatred and disgust, he wishes he could release his powerful fire magic to purify them all.
"Calm down, don't act recklessly at this time."
Jess grabbed the young girl with fiery red hair.
Perhaps others may just say this out of lip service, but it is definitely possible for Chandra Nala to take actual action in the next second.
Just as several young planeswalkers gathered together to discuss countermeasures, a blue beam of light suddenly fell from the sky, releasing incredible terrifying energy.
In less than a few seconds, the beam of light began to spread around. Everything it touched would be torn, decomposed, and distorted at a speed visible to the naked eye, and would eventually be completely submerged in the blue. In the colored light.
Shocked!
Fear!
Panic!
Several military camps located near the light pillar immediately exploded, and a large number of soldiers who had fallen asleep woke up one after another, and then fled in all directions without caring about the others.
It’s just that most of them couldn’t outrun the speed of the light beam’s expansion, and eventually disappeared one by one.
No one knows where they went, but the young planeswalkers who know what this light is understand that these disappeared people can never come back.
Because that blue light was nothing else, it was the famous Time and Space Bridge.
The time-space bridge cannot transport living creatures. Only the undead and dead creatures can use it to cross the endless dark void to reach another time and space.
When the light beam began to become stable and no longer expand outward, thousands of immortals emitting blue light rushed out like a tide.
Although their bodies are withered and dead, or simply skeletons wearing armor, their combat effectiveness is amazing.
Those elite soldiers who survived after several rounds of fighting had no resistance at all in front of these immortals, and were easily killed by the opponent.
Ordinary weapons would only make a metallic ringing sound when struck on them, not even leaving a white mark.
Some spellcasters try to use the power of magic to fight against it, but in the face of the terrifying resistance blessed by divine power and divinity, most of the spell damage is weakened to an almost negligible level.
"No! Impossible! What kind of monster is this? Even the sacred magic that restrains the undead is ineffective!"
"Run! Run! These monsters can't be killed at all!"
"No way! ! Don’t run!”
“Get away!”
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Accompanied by noisy voices and large-scale defeats, the major guilds that had been engaged in intense physical exchanges all night last night and refused to accept anyone finally lost their last organizational structure in the face of the overwhelming power of the Eternal Legion. A ball of loose sand. Those who were originally worried about what the future would be like would never have imagined that an unsolvable knot could be solved by a powerful external force.
The speed was so fast that they didn’t even have time to react.
Looking at the endless line of immortals who began to attack the city, Jace Beleren took a deep breath and whispered in a voice that only he could hear: "Nico Bolas is here! The war... begins. ”
The words have not yet finished!
A huge oval-shaped object was suddenly launched from the location of the Izzet Alliance headquarters, drawing a beautiful parabola in the sky, and then suddenly bloomed with a dazzling white light at a considerable distance from the ground where the space-time bridge was. .
In a blink of an eye!
A huge fireball expanded rapidly, swallowing up everything within a radius of more than several kilometers, and then quickly transformed into a huge mushroom cloud.
At the moment of the explosion, the ripples caused by the shock wave spreading to the periphery can even be clearly seen with the naked eye.
It was not until a few seconds later that a deafening sound and vibration came.
boom! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
The violent shaking made countless people stagger and couldn't even stand, as if they were standing near the crater of a violent eruption.
When the shaking gradually subsided, the young planeswalkers noticed that at least thousands of those immortals who were almost invulnerable and invulnerable to water and fire were at the center after this violent explosion. All suffered varying degrees of serious injuries.
There is also a small part that was simply burned into a translucent glass structure by the terrifying high temperature and pressure.
Although divinity and divine power ensured that most of them were not directly destroyed, they successfully stopped the previous indomitable momentum.
Of course, the price was that those members of the Guildpact who had not had time to escape the killing radius were also wiped out, leaving not even a bit of bones or dregs left.
"What the hell is this?! You Izzet Alliance are doing this stuff in the headquarters every day?"
Gideon Yura looked on dumbfounded The terrifying power of the explosion in the distance, as well as the terrible burns and severe pain caused to the surface of my skin when the hot wind blew, gave me a strong sense of unreality.
He was not even sure if he would have a chance to recover from being shot head-on with his "immortal body".
It’s terrible!
No wonder the people of Ravnica always say that the Izzet Alliance is a bunch of lunatics with abnormal minds!
The stuff they come up with will one day destroy the world!
"Oh - my God! Has this guy Sancho finally figured this thing out?"
The corners of Lal Zarek's mouth twitched slightly uncontrollably, At the same time, his eyes were shining brightly, and he was clearly in an extremely excited state.
After all, he is also a member of the Izzet Alliance, and members of this guild have always had little resistance to violent explosions and flames that destroy everything.
In their eyes, this is the most beautiful sight in the world.
“Is this a weapon made by Sancho?”
Jace Belian, who has already taken root in the time and space of Ravnica, is obviously no stranger to this famous rookie. The two of them even They also exchanged ideas about the mind and illusion magic.
In his opinion, Sancho should be the kind of person with maturity that is not commensurate with his age. How could he be crazy enough to create such a dangerous thing.
If this thing accidentally explodes during the research and experiment, the entire Izzet Alliance and the city where it is located will have to follow suit.
But Lal Zarek nodded very seriously: "Yes, that's him.
It is said that this is a force called nuclear.
In his theory In , the material world is composed of countless smallest units that are invisible to the naked eye
<. br>The reason why these smallest units can be combined to form stable matter is that there is some unimaginable powerful force.
When this interaction force is broken, unimaginable power can be released.
Therefore, under the guidance of this theory, he and Niv-Mizzet jointly conducted a series of in-depth research and attempts.
It’s just that I didn’t know that they had succeeded and weaponized it. ”
“Nuclear? A unique knowledge system from other time and space..."
Jace Beleren showed a thoughtful expression.
As a smart person who also has strong curiosity and infinite desire for knowledge Man, he knows that there is no shortage of inspiration, knowledge, technology, and ideas from other times and places on Ravnica
I just didn't expect that the Izzet Alliance could come up with such a killer weapon quietly.
Obviously, the huge oval object that exploded just now was nothing else, it was a thermonuclear weapon made by integrating magical power.
After all, all the theories and manufacturing processes of this thing were copied down by Zuo Si a long time ago and used as reference materials and thrown into his private library in the Ashcatla Mage Tower.
Sancho accidentally saw the contents inside when he was still an apprentice. He was shocked by the terrifying destructive power of this weapon, but regretted that it could not be manufactured and used in Faerûn.
Later he left Faerûn and came to Ravnica. In order to arouse the curiosity and attention of Niv-Mizzet, the ancient dragon, he used this theory as a qualification for advancement.
Since the magical environment of Ravnica does not affect technological creations, there are many devices driven entirely by technology in this time and space, even intelligent construct robots, so it didn't take long for real objects to be created.
Even underground at the Izzet Alliance headquarters, there are a large number of magic centrifuges working day and night, processing and purifying radioactive materials until the concentration reaches the requirements for weaponization.
It must be said that the power of this high-altitude nuclear explosion did have a good effect.
At least it attracted the attention of everyone in that time and space.
“Nuclear weapons? These guys from the Izzet Alliance actually secretly developed nuclear weapons!”
Graya, the Prince of Darkness, who had been looking for little Annie all night but even caught his sister by the tail, raised his head slightly and looked at the eye-catching mushroom cloud in the distant sky with an expression of disbelief.
Although nuclear bombs have become obsolete to New Phyrexia as "low-tech", "unsatisfactory in power", and "contaminated with residue", they have long since been completely replaced by anti-matter bombs Total replacement.
But this does not mean that it is easy to create it in a time and space like Ravnica that is mainly based on magic and supplemented by technology.
On the contrary!
If there is no mature system of philosophy, mathematics, and physics, it will take a lot of effort just to understand the principles.
Not to mention the vast amount of time and energy required to find radioactive minerals and purify them.
This is just like in the 21st century, all countries know the principles of nuclear weapons, but few countries are actually capable of manufacturing them.
In addition to the risk of severe sanctions that may be faced, the most important thing is that the manufacture of weapons-grade high-purity radioactive materials requires the use of massive industrial centrifuges, and the power these centrifuges require is beyond the reach of many countries. .
So the boast that a certain country has advanced science and technology, numerous nuclear power plants, and abundant reserves of nuclear materials and can build nuclear weapons in a few weeks or even hours is a complete joke.
Anyone who knows a little bit about nuclear physics will understand that the concentration of fuel rods used in nuclear power plants is completely different from weapons grade.
If you want to turn the former into the latter, the entire country may need to spare huge amounts of additional electricity.
It is almost impossible to hide this kind of thing from the outside world.
What's more, even if it is created, what will happen?
Without the corresponding trinity of delivery capabilities, do you want to have fun in your own country?
“I hate this bright light that is as dazzling as the sun!”
Shar, the goddess of the night, expressed naked and undisguised hatred in her tone.
You must know that stars and thermonuclear weapons are essentially nuclear fusion, so the light produced is simply a nightmare for a dark god like her.
“Don’t worry, I think with the strength of the Izzet Alliance, we can only create a few at most, and they will not have any impact on the overall situation.”
Said, the Dark Prince Graia He quickly cast a detection magic and presented the scene around the time and space bridge in the form of an illusion.
I saw that the large crater formed by the violent nuclear explosion did not have any impact on the working time and space bridge. The Eternal Legion did not stagnate because of this, and continued to be transmitted from the other side.
About a few minutes later, Nicol Bolas, the elder dragon planeswalker who was the initiator of the War of the Spark, finally appeared above the Time and Space Bridge with a group of his men.
He first inspected the surroundings, then grabbed the hot liquid magma on the ground that had been burned red by high temperature and pressure, and commented in a slightly contemptuous tone: "I want to use this weapon to destroy time and space. Crossing the bridge? It really makes me want to laugh!”
But unlike the old dragon who acted calmly, Tezzeret and Liliana showed fear in their eyes.
They knew very well that if they followed the first batch of Eternals into Ravnica, there would probably be no ashes left, and they would all die in the high-altitude nuclear explosion just now.
"Great Dragon Lord, is it possible to start the operation according to the original plan now?" Xia En VII bowed slightly and asked with a smile.
As one of Zuo Si's closest allies, he has already seen the power of nuclear weapons, and has also made planeswalker cards that have been used in certain times and spaces, so he is relatively calm about this.
"Well, everything is going according to the original plan. Remember to go a little slower and don't scare my little cuties."
Nico Bolas cocked up The corners of his mouth showed naked and undisguised malice.
“Understood, I know what to do.”
Xia En VII raised the scepter in his hand to control the Eternal Legion and flew straight into the air, then pointed towards the north and gently One wave.
The densely packed immortals began to stride forward along the scorched earth, driving out all living creatures on the road ahead.
Except, of course, those planeswalkers with sparks.