Chapter 1352 Lost Contact
In Cecil City, a series of information sent from the commanders of the Expeditionary Forces on various fronts was sent to Amber as soon as possible, and after sorting it out, it was sent to Gao Wen.
"...It can be confirmed now that the abnormal discharge phenomenon in the atmosphere and the large-scale 'aurora' occurred irregularly throughout the continent," Amber stood beside Gao Wen's desk, and the sunlight shone on her face from the side. The amber eyes today had a rare serious and serious look. "The distribution was random, and the time of occurrence was also random, but they were all concentrated in the past twelve hours. The first person to discover the abnormal celestial phenomena was the Red Yucheng garrison of the Agule Tribe. Later, the northern border of the empire, the Duchy of Holy Dragon, Tifeng, and the Gaoling Kingdom even over Tarlongd, which was far away from the ocean, also abnormal aurora and discharge phenomena appeared... "
Gao Wen frowned and asked while quickly flipping through the documents in his hand: "What do scholars think about this?"
"The Magic Energy Research Institute believes that this is a large-scale magic 'resonance' phenomenon. The powerful magic field suddenly entered the atmosphere and reacted violently with the clouds at high altitudes," Amber followed the experts' conclusions in a straightforward manner. Although she basically had few words to understand. "Considering the randomness of the occurrence of visions and the delay in time, they believed that there should be more than one magic source that triggered resonance, but the magic source distributed everywhere leaked and resonated one after another.
"In addition, considering the scale of the vision, especially considering that anomalies were also observed over Liantallond, they thought it was definitely a planetary event..."
"...The planetary events may be behind the magical circulation system of planets," Gao Wen raised his eyes and looked at Amber with an unusually serious expression. "It seems that the sentry finally can't sit still. It is activate the layout in the Deep Blue Net in advance. This may be just a test-but it will be hard to say next time."
"The North and East Lines are accelerating the construction progress of the 'blocking wall'. At present, the Distorted Legion Legion seems to have not reacted yet. The Silver and Gaoling Alliance on the Southern Line have also stood firm near the wreckage of the Star Temple. They will activate the first purification device today," Amber said quickly. "On the Western Line, Duke Berdevin has readjusted the deployment. A large number of reinforcements sent from the hinterland of Augure and from the Dwarf Kingdom are currently arranged to the scorched earth area in the mountains. The main force of the Imperial Expeditionary Force and part of the Gorgon Fortress have begun to move towards the wasteland in advance. This should put enough pressure on the distortions on the Western Line... Then, they will also start the first phase of the Blocking Wall Project."
"... In the current situation, all we can do is to seize time. No matter how many conspiracies there are behind the sentry, we must take down the front battlefield," Gao Wen said in a deep voice, and then asked again, "You must pay more attention to the current domestic order and public opinion guidance. As the war continues, the pressure on the people caused by the long-term maintenance of the wartime system may trigger emotional transformation. Even if we maintain the normal production and life of the people, the shadow of war will truly cover everyone's heads - you understand more than others in this regard."
"Don't worry, I've never relaxed in this area," Amber nodded immediately, "In addition to the regular publicity and guidance and maintaining stability, Philm is also preparing to shoot a group of magical film dramas with the theme of defending the civilized border and regaining the hometown of Gondor. I have begun to follow up on this matter, and I think the effect should be very good."
"Well... I know this project, very good," Gao Wen nodded, "It just so happens to connect with a series of official publicity work that we were working on in the early stages of the war, and..."
As soon as he was halfway through his words, a rapid buzzing sound suddenly came from the magic net terminal on the desktop next to him, interrupting the conversation between him and Amber. The two in the study looked at each other subconsciously, and then Gao Wen raised his hand to activate the terminal that was ringing. As a result, a flash of light flashed over the focus crystal, Hedy's holographic projection clearly appeared in front of him - unconcealed tension and solemnity on his face.
Hetty is a steady person. Although she has a wonderful move to draw dark circles on herself, she rarely shows this, so Gao Wen immediately realized that a major event had occurred: "What's the situation? Why do you have this expression?"
"Ancestors, the communication between us and the Imperial Navy led by Byron was interrupted," Hetty said quickly, and he startled Gaowen as he spoke. "All channel calls were unresponsive!"
"What did you say!" Gao Wen widened his eyes, "Byron lost contact? The entire fleet was gone?"
"Yes, the last contact was an hour ago. The Winter Squad sent a message using a strengthened channel, saying that they encountered an abnormal storm and that the communication might be disturbed. Then the communication was completely interrupted," Hetty immediately began to report the details she had just obtained. "The location was near the southwest coast of the mainland, near the estuary of the Aldo River in the San River, but the monitoring device tracked on the nearby shore showed that the entire fleet was moving away from the land..."
"Far from land?" Gao Wen frowned, "and encountered a storm in the offshore area... Have you tried the temporary air communication network? When and where was the last witness report from land?"
"All communication channels have been tried, including the West Coast communication chain set up by the Imperial Fleet along the coastline, the newly established air communication chain and the several magic network communication lines that have just been restored in the territory of the Ogure Tribe. It can be confirmed that it is not a problem with the mainland communication channels; the last witness was reported this morning, a construction ship of the Imperial Fleet repaired the Alliance Communication Station on the local coastline in the north of the Aldo estuary, and no one saw those warships approaching land or entering the holy river again."
Gao Wen fell into deep thought, while Hetty couldn't help but look worried: "Ancestor, will Byron's side..."
"It's not that pessimistic. The Winter and the main fleet it led are both the latest magic warships. They have powerful armor and shield systems that specifically deal with maritime disasters. There are also wave-controlling rune technology provided by Siren and Storm Sons. Several previous tests have confirmed that those warships can be safe and sound even if they encounter disordered turbulence in the distant sea. Judging from the information you mentioned just now, they moved away from the land during the last communication, which is more like dying in disordered turbulence..." Gao Wen frowned and thought, saying slowly, "Considering the special nature of disordered turbulence, once you encounter that thing, whether it is near sea or far sea, even magic warships will inevitably deviate from their course, but..."
He paused, his expression became more and more serious: "It's just that the Siren and Naga were in Byron's fleet as pilots. Even if there was a problem with the navigation equipment of the ship, those pilots would not lose their course..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Amber next to him showed a thoughtful expression: "Not necessarily, you see, there is a sirens living here who were lost on land because they were swimming back when they were back home..."
"It shouldn't be," Gao Wen said seriously, "I asked Tyre before, and she said that the whole Antavine lost fish like her..."
Then he shook his head, temporarily throwing the caterpillar arching in his mind behind his head, and looked up at Hedy in the communication interface: "Continue to keep calling the Imperial Fleet from each channel; send a message to the Dwarf Kingdom and the Silver Empire, asking them to help monitor the situation on the West Coast and the western offshore areas, especially pay close attention to all floating objects on the sea surface; inform the Dawn of the Earth and ask Jinna Prince to send an air reconnaissance force to the West Coast to assist in the search..."
He paused when he said this, as if he was thinking and hesitating, and finally looked at Amber: "Go and call Tyre over - if you fall asleep, drag it over."
"Okay!!" Amber agreed immediately, and the next second, a stream of black smoke disappeared in front of Gao Wen. Hetty on the communication interface next to him bowed slightly to Gao Wen and said calmly: "Then I'll arrange the call and search first."
"Go." Gao Wen nodded and waved his hand. He then let out a gentle breath after Hetty's figure disappeared from the communication interface, calming down the uneasiness that inevitably emerged in his heart. He leaned back slightly on the back of the chair, allowing himself to enter a state of concentration and "extending". As the familiar feeling of soul peeling and the feeling of increasing perspective surged, his thinking quickly transcended the current constraints of this body and successfully connected to the satellite surveillance system located in space in a short period of time.
The old and blurry satellite surveillance camera began to zoom and adjust. In Gao Wen's mind, the aerial view of the Loren continent gradually emerged from the darkness. He concentrated his "visit" as much as possible within the limits of the satellite lens and looked towards the southwest of the Loren continent.
The estuary of the Holy River "Aldo" finally came into his sight, and there was also a small area of sea around him. In theory, he should be able to see the not-small fleet - even if the old satellite is not very useful, the ships led by Byron are not small sampans. In the relatively clear ocean background, the Winter and the main warships it leads should be clearly distinguishable.
Especially at this moment, the weather in the southwest of the mainland is not bad. The storm passing through the offshore area seems to have ended, and the satellite's view from a relatively good view.
However, Gao Wen saw nothing - in theory, he should have sailed southwest of the mainland, and the Imperial fleet that was about to enter the San River Aldo and go to support the battlefield on the southern front disappeared, and there was no trace of it even in the nearby waters.
"...Even if you deviate from the course, you can't run away in such a short time... Even if you can't fly so fast, you can't fly so fast." Gao Wen couldn't help but mutter in his heart, while controlling the satellite perspective to search in the offshore area while constantly switching between various sensing views. Until he suddenly sensed that there was a breath approaching in the real world, he left the satellite connection and took the main consciousness back into reality.
Gao Wen opened his eyes and happened to see the door of the study being pushed open from outside. Then the first thing that caught his eye was a ball of big snakes. Tyre was wrapping himself up perfectly with his tail, sleeping soundly inside the ball of snakes, only revealing his head and shoulders outside, and there was no sign of waking up when pushed through the door.
After the snake ball stopped, Amber's figure came out from behind again. The shame of the league wiped the sweat that did not exist on his forehead, and reported to Gao Wen while panting: "I'm so tired... I want to drag her over, but she's a ball, so I have to push her out of the room all the way-you can find a way to wake her up, I'll rest..."
After the words came, the half-elf had already rushed to the nearby rest sofa in black smoke, and then paralyzed and motionless, leaving only Gao Wen staring at the scene in a daze, not knowing how to speak for a while.
Fortunately, this situation was not the first time, and Gao Wen was familiar with it. He quickly reacted, then pulled open the drawer next to him and took out a bottle of brown and black liquid marked "Very toxic, dangerous, don't open it", unscrew the lid and walked over and put the mouth of the bottle in front of Tyr's nose: "Wake up, I'll fill you up if I don't wake up again."
Tyre, who was sleeping, sniffed. After a short two-second delay, the caterpillar woke up with a "ah" sound, and the whole snake ball instantly contracted and jumped. Then she began to untickle herself in a hurry while looking at Gao Wen with a bad expression: "Is there anything like you? You can't think of some way to get up? Ms. egg's aging can also be taken out at will - can't you pour some boiled water on me?"
"If boiling water works, I won't put a bottle of this thing in the study," Gao Wen said casually while twisting the bottle of brown and black liquid that had already started to emit purple smoke on the lid, "I have something to ask you - I need you to contact your compatriots."
"Contact compatriots?" Tyr blinked, as if he had just woken up, "Have you tried it many times before? The entire Loren Continent was blocked by the energy field, and the psychic singing and racial resonance between us Siren could not penetrate this barrier. Could it be that you have broken the barrier?"
"It's not that you can contact Anta Vien, but that Navigator Miss by Byron," Gao Wen explained, "You can try to sense her position."
"Cassandra? Byron's fleet?" Tyre was stunned for a moment, then he realized, "Is something wrong? You can't contact the fleet anymore?"
"Byron's fleet is missing, communication is interrupted, and no trace is found near the sea. The last location shows that they are far away from the mainland," Gao Wen did not hide it. "Now, we can only hope for the racial sensing between you Siren. Although the communication between Loren and Anta Vien has been interrupted, you can always sense Cassandra and the others in the 'disturbance area', right?"
"This...well, I'll try," Tyre nodded, "As long as they are not too far away from the mainland, I can sense it in the offshore areas and even some far-sea areas."
After saying that, the Siren lady closed her eyes - but this time she did not want to sleep in, but began to hum a song that humans could not understand in a low and gentle voice. The sound that humans could not make began to echo in the study. In the melody of this song, there was a "shock" beyond most race perception spread out from this space, floating into the distance with invisible ripples...
When contacting Anta Vien, Tyre needed to use devices like Magic Net Hub Tower to amplify her "singing" because the distance between the middle is too far and it also crosses the ocean full of powerful interference. But this time the target she was contacting was not that far, so she did not use the extra assistance.
Gao Wen waited patiently until the sound made by Tyre gradually entered a frequency that was completely unheard by the human ear. It was not until a long time later that the Siren Miss slowly opened her eyes.
...To be honest, Gao Wen was a little suspicious that this guy had another sleep, but he had no evidence.
"How is the situation?" As soon as Tyr opened his eyes, Gao Wen asked immediately.
Chapter completed!