Chapter 219 Premonition of War (4 updates)
Virtual universe, in a conference room.
Jiang Chen, Lord Tiebei, Lord Immortal, and the seven mechanical apostles under Jiang Chen gathered together.
Above the round table in the center is a projection of a starry sky, with red and green colors marking the place of origin and the scope of the demon clan's territory.
Only counting the 'border' directly adjacent to the two sides, it is an irregular area approximately more than 8 million light years long and more than 900,000 light years high.
In other directions, there are the 'allies' of both sides, the vassal groups of Hongmeng and the vassal groups of Monster Alliance.
Under the premise of not starting a full-scale war, even if there is a fight, these allied ethnic groups are unlikely to participate in the war. At most, they will display troops on their own borders to prevent themselves from being affected.
The main line of defense is the line of defense directly adjacent to the place of origin and the territory of the 'Swallowing Snake' clan.
"Is there any definite news? How many troops will be dispatched by the demon clan?" Jiang Chen looked at Lord Tiebi.
Tiebi Zun shook his head and said: "I don't know. The intelligence department said that it is very difficult to find out specific war information. The only ones who intend to attack the place of origin are the 'Swallowing Snakes' A clan', rather than the entire demon clan, so the intelligence department will not invest too much."
The price is not high to explore some basic information, and the intelligence agencies are willing to do it.
But if you want to find out the specific army layout, the movements of strong men, etc., the price you pay will be very high.
And even if a large number of intelligence personnel sacrifice their lives, they may not be able to obtain specific information.
When encountering this situation, the intelligence department will first make an estimate based on the information it has obtained, and consider risks, gains and losses.
If the intelligence department judges that the risk is too high, and the threat to the overall interests of the human race is low, then it will not invest too much cost to obtain detailed information.
After all, every time a spy lurks into a clan's territory, it costs a lot of money and cannot be lost easily.
Once these ‘hidden pieces’ are used, enough value must be obtained.
Jiang Chen also knew the rules of the tribe in this regard. Although he was a little disappointed, he didn't say anything.
"What is certain is that the only ones who want to invade the place of origin are the 'Snake-Swallowing Clan'. Based on this, the intelligence department gave up on inquiring about detailed information." The Immortal Lord said, his voice a bit sharp. It's harsh and sounds very uncomfortable.
This was not intended to be directed at Jiang Chen, but the voice of the Immortal Master was originally like this.
"It's okay to only have the Devouring Snake clan." Jiang Chen said softly.
The Devouring Snake Clan is also a big branch among the Monster Clan, but it is far behind compared to the 'Eighteen Royal Bloodlines'. It just belongs to the 'Royal Bloodline', and among the 'Royal Bloodline' , the ranking is considered to be at the lower-middle level.
If it was really a high-status ethnic group, it would not be assigned to territories adjacent to humans.
This place is not that safe.
Once a major conflict arises between the human race and the demon race and a large-scale war begins, the Devouring Snake clan will definitely bear the brunt.
However, the strength of the Swallowing Snake Clan is not weak.
The advantage of the demon clan is that they have strong blood and many strong people.
The number of strong men in each echelon, and the number of strong men in the demon tribe, ranks first among all peak tribes.
It has the most true gods, the most Lords of the Universe, the most Universe Venerables, and even the most immortal gods.
The Devouring Snake clan alone has eight cosmic sages, including a cosmic overlord.
This is not even the top group among the demon clan.
The ‘Royal Clan’ such as the ‘Sirius Clan’, the ‘Space-Time Nightmare Beast’ Clan, etc. all have the Lord of the Universe sitting in their place, with more than two digits of Universe Venerables.
“According to the information we have, there are eight Universe Venerables in the Devouring Snake clan, two of which have clones. One is a double clone, and the other is a triple clone, which means a total of eleven Universe Venerables. Power." Venerable Tiebi showed a piece of information and continued: "Among them, 'Holy Snake Venerable' He's slightly stronger than me. One-on-one, I can only hold him back. If it takes too long, I will lose."
"I can deal with three to five Universe Lords. , provided that they are together." The voice of the Immortal Lord was like the sound of nails scraping against metal, very harsh.
Jiang Chen did not speak, but looked at the apostles.
"It is unlikely that the enemies will all come out in force." Dragon God Nair was the first to speak and said: "Although the strength of the Swallowing Snake Clan is not weak, their territory is not small. Many important areas need to be guarded by strong people. . According to my judgment, if they can mobilize the combat power of eight Universe Lords, they are doing their best at all costs."
The Dark Prison Shooter also said: "Suppose. , on the premise that part of our strength has been leaked, I think that the Swallowing Snake Clan will dispatch five to eight universe masters. If Hongmeng does not leak our information, then our opponents will be two or three universes at most. Venerable."
"Those of you who have appeared in Hongmeng must know this, so don't think about it," the Immortal Venerable sneered.
The Immortal Lord is very dissatisfied with some of the vassal groups in Hongmeng who are wavering and even secretly connected with hostile forces.
Unfortunately, there is no evidence of transactions between these ethnic groups and foreign races, and the human ethnic group has no good solution.
If there is no evidence, and unscrupulous action is taken against the Hongmeng's 'traitors', it will push those vassal groups who originally followed the footsteps of the human race to the enemy's side.
This is actually the same for all major forces.
It will definitely not work if we do not accept the dependence of small ethnic groups.
A single small group may not be strong, but when many small groups are added together, the overall strength is slightly stronger than the peak group.
The reason why the pinnacle group is the pinnacle group is mainly because it has the ‘strongest person in the universe’.
Some powerful ethnic groups may have several masters of the universe, but without the 'strongest in the universe', they will never be able to become the pinnacle ethnic group.
However, under the restrictions of the internal rules of the original universe, once the ethnic war breaks out to the most tragic point, the gap between the strongest person in the universe and the master of the universe is not so obvious.
A group of small tribes of masters of the universe can definitely fight against the strongest in the universe if they join forces.
Of course, only within the original universe.
In the normal 'war of attrition', those cosmic sages and immortal kings from small ethnic groups are also very important combat forces.
This results in each peak ethnic group having to win over as many small ethnic groups as possible to expand the overall strength of its own 'alliance'.
This is not only to enhance combat power, but also to extract benefits from these small ethnic groups through economic and other means.
But the thoughts of these small ethnic groups may not be simple.
The vassal groups in the Hongmeng have close relations with the human race, but secretly sell information about the Hongmeng to the monsters, Zerg, etc. This situation is too common.
Of course, the 'alliances' established by other peak ethnic groups also have such problems.
Including some small ethnic alliances that are unwilling to be attached to the peak ethnic group and spontaneously unite together, such as the Northern Xinjiang Alliance, etc., this situation exists, and it is very common.
The Lord of the Universe, everything is for survival and profit.
Jiang Chen was also quite fed up with this situation. But at least for now, the human race cannot do without the small ethnic groups in Hongmeng.
Let alone the human race, Jiang Chen cannot do without these vassal races.
Just the trade with several Hongmeng vassal tribes such as the Golden Horn Tribe, the Nobus Tribe, the Yanying Tribe, etc. is a very important source of income for Jiang Chen.
If these incomes are cut off, the difficulty for Jiang Chen to build a mechanical army will increase several times.
However, Jiang Chen had already expected the information that Hongmeng's vassal tribe would betray the 'Mechanical Families'.
When he asked the Dark Prison Archer, the Soul-Eating Sword Demon and others to join the Hongmeng, Jiang Chen was mentally prepared for their information to be obtained by the alien race.
“I can confirm that there are no alien spies inside the Origin.”
Jiang Chen glanced at the mechanical apostles and said, "The demon clan knows about the existence of at most four mechanical apostles, Zero, Element, and Hell. The demon clan definitely doesn't know about it now."< br>
"But the demon clan can definitely tell that you have hidden your strength." Lord Tiebei said directly.
Jiang Chen thought for a moment and had to admit that what Lord Tiebi said was right.
In the universe, all races and forces will not put all their cards on the table.
Therefore, when calculating the enemy's strength, appropriate 'increases' will be made to the surface strength according to the situation.
In fact, when Lord Tiebi calculated the combat strength of the 'Swallowing Snake Clan', he added two more based on the known information.
The actual number of Cosmic Masters of the Devouring Snake clan that the human race has is actually six, and together with the clones, the combat power of the nine Cosmic Masters is nine.
But in Lord Iron Wall's calculations, it was calculated directly based on the combat power of the eleven Lords of the Universe.
Of course, as long as it is not a full-scale war, it is unlikely that all will come out.
The ones who finally came to attack the place of origin must still be the same ones who showed up in public before.
And the likelihood of them all coming is low.
“If the enemy’s venerables gather together, it will be much easier to deal with.” Nair interjected: “We apostles are best at fighting together. When gathered together, the combat effectiveness is much higher than Spread out and fight the enemy one on one."
"If it is a passive defense. , There is no good way. Whether the enemy disperses the attack or concentrates on breaking through, we have no way to influence this matter." The Immortal Lord shook his head and said: "We want to ensure that the enemy unites, unless we take the initiative."
"It's not impossible to take the initiative..." Jiang Chen was a little moved.
Compared with the reputation of actively provoking a war, Jiang Chen cares more about the outcome of the war.
And after fighting this battle, how many troops will be lost, how many benefits will be gained, whether the cost can be recovered, etc.
"Jiang Chen!" Venerable Tiebi reminded: "To take the initiative to start a war, you must get the teacher's consent!"
"I understand, I'm just thinking about it." Jiang Chenyao shook his head.
The founder of the giant ax obviously will not agree to take the initiative to attack the demon clan.
In recent years, the situation between the four races has been very delicate, and there is a faint tendency of the three races to join forces to target the human race.
Under this situation, if the human race rashly provokes a war, it is likely to face the dilemma of a three-front war.
However, if the demon clan takes the initiative to attack and Jiang Chen 'counterattacks' and breaks into the territory of the Devouring Snake clan, it will be another matter.
If it is just about plundering and destroying, rather than occupying territory, it is unlikely that the top leaders of the demon clan will choose to start a full-scale war.
Although the four tribes have fought for endless years, a full-scale war will not break out all the time.
Since the last large-scale all-out war, the four races have not fully recovered.
At this stage, as long as there are no major changes, the four tribes will still focus on consumption.
Continue to consume the enemy’s genius realm masters and the number of powerful men at the immortal god level.
Even the demon clan, which mainly relies on the power of blood, has to invest huge costs in cultivating an immortal god.
If a certain ethnic group loses too many immortal gods, and the resources it receives are not worth the investment in cultivating strong ones, it will slowly decline.
Although this speed is very slow, measured in trillions of epochs, it is the most reliable and effective method for battles between large ethnic groups.
"These apostles under me, one-on-one, won't have much trouble killing an ordinary venerable. However, it's a bit difficult to kill, and it's more likely to repel the enemy." Jiang Chen glanced at the Dark Prison shooters and others. Man, said to the Venerable Iron Wall and the Immortal Venerable.
This is a one-to-one ability.
Mechanical Apostles are better at group battles.
If seven people join forces, they will have no problem dealing with a dozen ordinary Universe Lords.
"Seven people can deal with seven venerables, plus the two of us, as long as the Swallowing Snake Clan doesn't come out in full force, they will definitely be able to stop it." Venerable Iron Wall nodded.
"However, the most troublesome thing is the enemy's large army. In every previous invasion, a large number of immortal gods and world lords rushed in under the leadership of the Universe Venerable, and then broke into pieces. If we can't deal with this aspect, Well, your development over the years may be in vain," the Immortal Lord reminded.
The 'border line' between the two sides' adjacent territories is really too big.
In the universe, there is no concept of up, down, left, and right, and you can fly in all directions.
This results in more positions to defend.
"This aspect is not a big problem." Jiang Chen said: "My mechanical army has an absolute advantage over His Majesty in terms of combat power. You can rest assured about this."
There are six mechanical legions, each with an immortal-level combat power of more than one million levels.
The second legion under the Soul-Eating Sword Demon even frantically produced 100 million ‘zealots’ with immortal fighting power.
Although the shortcomings of 'Zealot' are obvious, they can only fight in close combat and do not have any long-range attack capabilities, and they are relatively weak among immortals. But this quantity alone is very terrifying.
No ethnic group can single out hundreds of millions of immortal gods to participate in a war.
This powerful ability to explode troops is only available to the Zerg and Machine tribes. Jiang Chen’s Machine Legion is the third in the original universe.
Moreover, what makes the Mechanical Legion stronger than the Zerg and Mechanical Tribes is that under the control of Jiang Chen himself or the Mechanical Apostles, the combat power of the Mechanical Legion's combat units is far superior to the cannon fodder units of the Zerg and Mechanical Tribes. ', it's not much different from the real immortal gods!
(End of this chapter)