High Above

"Should it be an illusion?"

He turned his head vigilantly several times because he seemed to have prying eyes, but the captain didn't see anything.

Turning his head with some doubts, the man couldn't help sighing in his heart: "It seems that I am not crazy on the surface, but the aftermath of that war has penetrated deep into the bone marrow."

"I don't know what the higher-ups are thinking, but they sent me back to the jungle again, he's the fuck."

Because of his excellent performance in Shadow Leaf Qunsen, the captain, who had already retired in the royal army, was given a heavy responsibility five years ago.

He needs to sneak into the forests of the South Ridge of the Setar Empire, assist, help, and assist the local aborigines to fight against the tyranny of the empire, build modern armed forces, and attack the official imperial rule in the forests of the Nan Ridge.

To be honest, the captain didn't want to come from the bottom of his heart - he did not have any psychological barriers to the jungle, but the mentally handicapped would like to go through a similar situation a second time.

The captain is a member of the red people, and his dark red hair and dark red eyes all illustrate this point.

He is indeed proficient in lurking skills. For five years, the imperial people have not discovered the actions of the teams he led in the various colonies and autonomous regions of the South Ridge.

But the current situation is obviously beyond the scope of his experience.

"Be careful, pay attention to the cracks on the rock wall, there may be poisonous snakes and insects."

Opening his mouth and giving instructions, the captain's pupils were vertical, like a snake. But he doesn't rely on these eyes to perceive the world, but relies on the two bumps on the forehead, which are heat detection organs used to sense heat.

This is the capital for him to be able to walk freely in the darkness and the jungle, and his thermal vision is so keen that even mosquitoes can see the flapping of their wings.

He didn't see any traces of snakes and insects in this cave, but there is nothing wrong with being careful, not to mention that in this kind of strange and deep ancient underground cave group, it is possible for any weird and terrifying creatures to come out.

The team leader's prudent orders were carried out—the team members were indeed more careful about the various details and gaps in the rock walls, as well as some small caves.

But one of the several people wearing special priest's robes beside the captain laughed.

"Captain, don't worry."

A female voice with a little mechanized electronic sound sounded. Although this voice sounds gentle and soft, it is very friendly, but it actually makes people feel a little uncomfortable. There are no noteworthy life fluctuations in a radius of three hundred meters."

"...Okay. Brothers, I know this will slow down the team."

Looking sideways at the group of monks wearing black-bottomed silver-patterned robes, the captain frowned imperceptibly, and then said in as gentle a tone as possible: "What I mean is, in this kind of unknown ruins that neither you nor I know In the middle, you can't trust those instruments too much."

"Not to mention, as far as I know, there are several ways to block the scanning of your instrument—whether it is a monster or a human, or some special beasts can do it. We need 100% No error, not a mechanical 'guarantee'."

--really.

Ian followed them at a corner more than a hundred meters away, and he couldn't help nodding in his heart: "Let's not talk about the silent ring, even a sand armor apprentice can disguise himself as a moving stone, and this instrument probably needs to check Some wild beasts and monsters that are not good at hiding have relatively large limitations."

At this moment, the teenager has been with this team for some time.

Through the communication between the troops, the soldiers' announced missions, report content, job titles and other information, he has roughly figured out what kind of army this is.

To put it simply, they are the "Flying Flame Special Forces" lurking in the South Ridge, secretly assisting and supporting the aborigines, and opposing the imperial officials such as Port Harrison.

This is an extremely powerful elite force. Among them, the big captain and the three small captains are all sublimators, and there are also three sublimators in the team of monks with a small number of people on the side-although there is no second energy level, they are all strong in the first energy level , with armor, shields for weapons and other assorted firearms.

If this unit is used for a strong attack, it is estimated that it will be wiped out by the artillery unit of Harrison Port within a hundred seconds-Harrison Port has more alchemy cannons than ordinary gunpowder cannons, and they are all used to deal with the second energy level Totem masters, to deal with these ordinary troops of the first level, as long as they hit, it will be a serious injury.

However, if it is used for latent destruction, the harm caused may not be inferior, even higher than that of a totem master.

Not to mention, the commander of this unit, the captain of the Red People's Battalion, is obviously a seasoned veteran who is extremely good at jungle operations.

But it wasn't him who needed the most attention.

It was the three beside him, leading the leader of the monk team.

"Spiritual Equipment Church..."

Exhaling lightly, Ian is no stranger to this name.

On the continent of Terra, there are many sects, ranging from small sects similar to the indigenous totem spirits in the countryside to orthodox churches believed in by the whole country. The number of them may be as many as one thousand, but it is definitely a serious underestimate to say four or five hundred.

Among the many sects, there are four major sects that enjoy a high reputation among the nations of Terra and are recognized as Orthodox Churches.

That is [Church of Huaiguang] [Church of Spiritual Equipment] [Church of Soul Tracing] and [Hall of All Souls].

Only these four orthodox religions have the technology and the inheritance of prophets to artificially cultivate psykers. They are also the 'super-giant sublimator group' where every official monk is a sublimator.

The four major orthodox churches are all important forces on Terra, and their speeches must be respected even by all countries, and even accept mediation.

In the great battle between the Seven Cities Alliance and the Far Shore Island that swept across the entire Tranquil Sea, it was the Spiritual Tool Church who negotiated peace talks and stopped the war.

And the turmoil in the Dark Mountains that once occurred on the north side of Junlingbao and the empire, and on the west side of Yanjiang, and invaded the Three Kingdoms, was also presided over by the Huaiguang Church to jointly suppress and counterattack-the Huaiguang Church even moved its church core from the necropolis to the Great Necropolis. Today's "Huaiguang Holy Mountain" is to suppress the terrible turmoil in the dark mountains on the front line.

Leaving aside other churches, the Spiritual Tool Church is a rather special orthodox church.

It is widely circulated in Flameland and the capital of learning, and is believed by many people. Because it advocates the doctrine of the trinity of machinery, science and spirituality, there are many mechanical engineers and researchers in the church, and it is the cutting-edge technology of many countries in Flameland. developers.

In fact, the original place where the Constructed Knights were installed was the two holy knight orders of the Spirit Tool Church, the "Oath of the Watch" and the "Eye of Sleeplessness".

In Hilliard's description, the Church of Spiritual Equipment worships the technology of the pre-epoch civilization - they believe that the civilization at that time was close to gods, and the catastrophe from the sky is not a pure disaster, but a The result after the grand ascension.

The people on the ground should follow the pace of the civilization of the previous era and get close to the noble mechanical soul, so that they can ascend in the next "opportunity to ascend". ,

Ian rated it 'psychic canning' and 'outrageous'.

He doesn't believe that the Spiritual Equipment Church can't see that the civilization of the previous era was destroyed in the disaster of falling from the sky, and there is no such thing as ascension... The other party's teaching seems to be going to the universe, which is somewhat similar to his goal ,but……

Ian is a little skeptical that the so-called ascension of the Spiritual Tool Church may be "cyber ascension" and "consciousness uploading".

In that case, the so-called ascension of the two sides can be said to be two incompatible extremes.

Generally speaking, the monks of the Four Orthodox Churches will serve the country where the church is located, but they will not send their own ascendants to participate in disputes between countries, maintaining almost absolute neutrality.

However, this time, Ian saw that the three Ascendant cultivators, a small group of spiritual weapon cultivators, and the special attack team from Flameland were acting together.

"They must have asked for something."

Thinking of this, Ian continued to follow the team.

He felt that as long as he continued to follow, there were still more secrets that could be unearthed from these flying flames.