Chapter 346 Goodbye Carles! The ghost of a country!
When he heard the name Carles, Shane suddenly became energetic.
It is a joy in itself to hear a familiar name in this strange [Ultra North Island].
What's more, on the way here, Shane was worried about Carles' safety.
——As the first batch of reinforcements to arrive in the [Far North], Carles and others must have faced an extremely difficult situation.
It is undoubtedly a joy to hear the news that Carles is still safe and sound.
It didn’t take long.
Under the leadership of this officer, Xia En and his party passed through a temporary iron-gray defense line and officially entered the [Far North Expeditionary Force] station.
Behind the fortifications made of metal and ice are artillery pieces with advanced styles and extremely large calibers.
The black muzzle, the streamlined barrel made of steel, and the strange patterns carved on the surface of the cannon... all give people a faint sense of oppression and threat.
One can imagine what an astonishing sight it will be once this steel behemoth wakes up and reveals its fangs.
Xia En has never seen this type of magic pattern cannon several times in [Liu Li Island].
Obviously, in order to deal with this disaster, federal officials really came up with many good things that were at the bottom of the box.
They are the creations that condense the essence of the most advanced technology and secrets of this era!
Xia En couldn't help but think that Fei Ya would be very excited if she saw this kind of heavy artillery, right?
Fei Ya has a mysterious love for this type of guns, and he is often responsible for the maintenance of the Black Swan's guns.
However, after thinking about it, Xia En was a little worried. In such an extreme environment as [the Far North], many equipment designed to operate at normal temperatures will undoubtedly be affected a lot.
Can these heavy artillery really fire normally?
“Huh?”
Thinking of this, Xia En glanced at these artillery pieces strangely.
Only then did he realize that instead of ice crystals condensing on the surface of these cannons, there was actually a stream of steam coming out?
What's going on?
Looking carefully, Xia En suddenly realized.
It turns out that under the magic pattern cannon, there is a layer of steam pipes that emit high temperature.
The temperature escaping from the pipes fights against the cold air, allowing these heavy artillery to remain in normal working condition and ready to fire.
Noticing Xia En's gaze, the officer leading the way took the initiative to speak.
“For this expedition, the Federation mobilized a large number of priests and mechanics from the Church of Steam and spent a lot of effort to meet the basic heating needs on the [Far North Island].”
Xia En nodded: "That's it."
"That's still hard work."
Speaking of which, although Xia En has a close relationship with Fei Ya and Carles, he is not interested in the Church of Steam. However, my understanding is quite limited and I have not even been to the Church of Steam once.
So at this time, he also had some curiosity about this church that he had not had before.
In addition to heavy artillery clusters, the [Far North Expeditionary Force] station also has tanks and groups of soldiers.
Farther away, there are tents connected one after another, and the barracks are connected into one piece.
Obviously, that was the camp where the expeditionary force temporarily lived.
However, the residence of the Federal Navy is obviously divided into two areas with the reinforcements from other forces.
Otherwise, if they are mixed together, it will become more difficult to manage.
And soon, Xia En noticed that the chariots and soldiers passing by were all in a hurry and had solemn expressions.
Some camps looked particularly empty, and the people inside seemed to have been sent out to perform some kind of mission.
Xia En felt like something big had happened, which caused quite a commotion in the [Far North Expeditionary Force].
Seeing this, Xia En simply asked the officer leading the way.
"What happened?"
The officer hesitated for a moment, but said: "Just now, several legendary strongmen in the camp suddenly left and headed in the same direction."
"It is speculated above that an extremely powerful enemy appeared in the [Far North], which made the legendary strong men choose to attack together."
Hearing this, Xia En also His face could not help but change slightly.
“A very powerful enemy?”
Just imagining an enemy that can allow so many legendary strong men to take action at the same time makes people feel chilly in their hearts.
At this time, Shane quickly thought of Musa and Heller's weird reactions.
Integrate with this message.
It is not difficult to guess that the reason why Heller sent them off in advance was probably related to that powerful enemy.
This is done to protect them.
Thinking of this, Xia En's expression became more solemn.
It can be said that Musa and Heller are already the strongest people Xia En has seen except Yan Yan and Augustine.
However, even the two of them did not have much confidence when facing the unknown enemy.
This is enough to illustrate the seriousness of the situation.
“What exactly could that enemy be?”
Xia En secretly guessed in his heart: "It can't be [Hirthy Siming] who took action himself, right?"
"Could it be [Hirthy Apostle]?"
"Still sleeping in the ice The [Filthy Creatures] below?”
However, it is obviously impossible to know the truth just by guessing.
Xia En suppressed the distracting thoughts in his heart and quickly followed the officer's footsteps.
Not long after.
The group of people came to a special barracks.
This barracks is obviously taller and better enclosed. The walls seem to be made of some kind of special metal with extraordinary secret power.
Seeing the group of people approaching, the guard at the door of the barracks said immediately.
"Captain Shane, please wait a moment."
"Captain Carles is undergoing maintenance and debugging."
Xia En nodded: "Okay."
While waiting, Xia En silently observed the soldiers coming and going nearby.
To his surprise, the soldiers showed great respect for Carles' barracks.
Occasionally, there is a hint of awe in the eyes that look into the room.
Precisely because of Carles' order, they were very polite to Xia En and others, without any arrogance.
Xia En originally thought this was related to the identity of Daisy's siblings.
But now it seems that they only do this because of "Carles".
This has to make Xia En feel a little curious.
After all, in the federal navy, the military position of "captain" is not too high.
Even among the soldiers who came and went, there were many lieutenants and second lieutenants, but they all showed a sincere attitude towards Carles and obeyed his words.
This seems extremely weird.
Xia En has not yet figured out the reason behind this.
Chi—
With the sound of steam gushing out, the door of the barracks slowly opened.
What rushed towards me was a large white ball of hot steam.
The temperature of the steam quickly dissipates the chill around you and brings a sense of warmth to people.
And in the vast steam, a slender and straight figure slowly walked out. "Captain Shane, we finally meet again."
The familiar voice of Carles's sister came out of the steam first.
However, after seeing her appearance at this moment, Xia En couldn't help but frown slightly.
Behind Xia En, Daisy couldn't help but exclaimed.
"Carles, you, your hands..."
At this time, Carles's entire right arm is no longer the slender and soft style it used to be. And became extremely rough and savage.
It is at least three or four times larger than before and seems a bit bulky.
The color of this right arm also turned dark black, mixed with some ice blue and dark red blood.
The entire robotic arm is incompatible with Carles' body and looks extremely uncoordinated.
It seems to have undergone some kind of violent modification that seems to disregard coordination and durability.
Not only that, there are many scars and traces of transformation on Carles' body.
Compared to the last time we met, she installed more than twice the number of steam cores and replaced most of the components.
More steam cores not only mean greater power and strength, but they also bring a greater burden to Carles.
When this burden reaches a certain level, it may even cause Carles to be completely scrapped, and the soul contained in the steam armor will also disappear.
The previous strengthening of Carles has always been a step-by-step process.
It is for this reason.
Ordinary machinery may be permanently damaged due to overload, let alone a unique life form like Carles.
In Xia En's eyes, Carles's aura has now exceeded the sixth level and is approaching the legend.
But this state is obviously extremely unstable.
An inappropriate metaphor.
This is like the magic method in the novel about cultivating immortals. The short-term strength improvement is extremely rapid, but it will bring extremely serious sequelae.
Not to mention the unstable state, he may even collapse and die at any time.
Feeling Xia En's gaze, Carles felt a little guilty for no reason, but he still pretended to be nonchalant, waved his hand and said.
“Last time I fought with a big guy, I accidentally broke my hand, so I had to use this arm to replace it.”
“It’s a bit ugly, but still It's very useful, and it's much more powerful than the one I had before."
Xia En frowned and said, "What I want to ask is not this arm."
"Why did you do it suddenly. Such a high-intensity transformation? ”
"You should know that if you do this, you will..."
Carles waved his hand and motioned for all other soldiers to retreat.
After everyone else left, Carles said seriously: "Shane, this is my own decision and has nothing to do with anyone else."
"I need the strength to save my Father, we also need strength to deal with this disaster.”
“Without strength, even my father’s old men will not obey my orders.”
Shane raised his eyebrows: "Old subordinate?"
Hearing this, he suddenly understood why those officers had a special attitude towards Carles.
Karlais is the "adopted daughter" of the legendary strongman Colonel Gold. In a sense, she is also an extension of Gold's will.
It is not difficult to guess that there must be many factions within the Federation Navy.
There was originally a group of soldiers, with Gold as the core.
Now that Gord has disappeared along with the King, his old subordinates naturally need a backbone to maintain the faction.
As the adopted daughter of Gode, Carles is undoubtedly a good choice.
But before that, Carles' strength was obviously not enough to convince the public, and he might even be fooled and manipulated as a puppet.
Perhaps, it is precisely because of this that Carles will increase his strength regardless of the cost to gain the support of these soldiers.
In fact, Carles did succeed.
She was first transformed by several mechanics from the Church of Steam, and then showed an extremely heroic attitude on the battlefield.
Her right arm was completely damaged in that battle, but this also established the reputation of Carles [Platinum Knight].
Many officers remembered this name and were convinced by her.
What Carles is doing now is to gather the strength of these officers to find the missing [King] as soon as possible.
Although Xia En didn't know so many secrets, he still vaguely guessed Carles' intention.
Although he understands, he still feels a little depressed.
It is precisely because of the importance he attaches to Carles that he has such emotions.
“Let’s not talk so much.”
Carles smiled and said: “You guys must be exhausted from coming all the way, right?”
“My residence here The environment is slightly better than an ordinary military camp, so you can rest here..."
Suddenly, Carles' voice stopped.
The communicator directly connected to the helmet rang.
"What? News about the [King]?"
"What's going on?"
Xia En and others could not hear the words in the communicator. But her emotional changes could be seen from the steam exhaled from Carles' body.
The flashing indicator light showed that Carles' mood was by no means calm.
After a while, Carles ended the communication.
She stood silently and didn't make a sound for a long time.
Daisy couldn't help but ask: "Carles, what happened?"
"Is there any news about the [King]?"
"...Yes."
The sound coming from the sound-producing device was quite difficult, but Carles continued.
"It has been determined that several legends just acted for the appearance of the [King]."
"Huh?"
Alessio chose Raising eyebrows: "Action for [King]? What does this mean?"
"Isn't it said that a powerful enemy has awakened in [the Far North]?"
Carles paused and said.
“That powerful enemy is the [King].”
Hearing this, not only the Daisy siblings, but also Xia En couldn’t help but look shocked.
What does this mean?
Did the [King] become a living ship like the [Black Swan]?
But even so, it shouldn’t attract the attention of so many powerful people, right?
Or, can a ship actually surpass the level of an eighth-level Mystic?
Xia En calmed down and asked seriously: "What is going on?"
Carles suppressed the negative emotions in his heart and explained to everyone.
"According to battle reports from the front line, an unprecedented and terrifying undead spirit has taken over the body of the [King] and turned the [King] into a part of its body."
"What is observed now The characteristics can be determined..."
"That is - the undead of [Great Yan Kingdom]"
(End of this chapter)