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Chapter 1653: Landing
"Well?" Ye Guang asked.
"I managed to deduce some basic data, but even with that, the people from the Manufacturing Division will probably take a while to deduce any information," Wang Wei replied.
"But we don’t have time," the handsome elder man muttered. He looked at the screen, and the situation was far from ideal. Their side keeps losing puppets, but the enemy keeps replenishing theirs."How long do we have until we run out of puppets?" Wang Wei asked.
"We can last for a while, but that’s not the issue," Ye Guang replied. Due to the [Mass Assembly] method that the Dao Opening Sect offered, their sides have ample puppets to use. Still, the issue is that the destruction will eventually surpass their manufacturing speed. By then, they will have lost the puppet war, meaning their enemy will have an overwhelming advantage against them.
"I have something," Qiyuan said, and all eyes shifted on him.
"Look at this," he commented before manipulating the visual array and showing everybody a specific section of the Puppet Legion.
"What are we looking at?"
"This part of the legion is not exactly in the center, but surrounded enough that it is protected on all sides. They keep deploying their members, but based on my observation, the core individuals remain the same, and unlike other groups, they never leave the group without full members for more than 30 seconds. Lastly, they seem to have priority repair."
"You think the core is hiding in this group?" Ye Guang asked.
"Yes," Qiyuan nodded. The Puppet Legion is divided into millions of groups working together as one. After observing and analyzing every group closely, this particular one appears to be the only anomalous group with unique behavior patterns.
"It would make more sense that the [Core] is our timeline, and since they wouldn’t want to make it obvious that one puppet was unique, the best approach is to hide it in plain sight."
"For now, that is," Wang Wei added. Now, these people have no base or foundation in this timeline, so they have no choice but to take this approach for their [Puppet Core], but in the future, it will be another story.
"We’ll talk about the future when it’s needed," Ye Guang said. "Before that, let’s deal with the issue at hand. What’s the order?"
"Let’s test out the Invisible Puppet Squad. However, order the Array Legion to remain on standby in case they fail. I want a direct obliteration strike on that group to instantly eliminate the core."
As soon as those words exited the Grand Strategist’s mouth, they were to be executed. A group of stealth-based puppets was deployed to infiltrate the enemy’s lines. They bypassed all the fighting and chaos, heading directly to the group that may contain the core. However, as soon as they reached within 1000 meters of their target, someone detected them.
"We got them," Ye Guang commented. The fact that no other group had detected the Invisible Puppet except for this one was further proof of its anomaly. The Invisible Squad executed their directives. They rushed toward the enemy and blew themselves up. Their actions eliminated countless members of the group, but a potent shield protected the core.
Unfortunately, such an act only revealed more information about this group. The Array Legion soon received information about the shield’s strength and adjusted accordingly. An enormous magic array appeared above this dimension before releasing a purple light that pierced through their shields and annihilated everybody in the group. The War Room waited with baited breath, and after more than a minute, they sighed in relief. The repairs stopped. While the enemy’s puppets were still better than theirs, they had the numerical advantage.
A new screen appeared next to Ye Guang. "What is it?" Qiyuan asked.
"The Divine Manufacturing Division is asking that we try to capture a few samples for their study. They also complained we shouldn’t have utterly decimated the core since they could learn something from its wreckage."
Qiyuan ignored the complaint. "Send a few Invisible Puppet Squads with sealing talismans to capture the samples."
The battle continued. After the first wave, the spatial portal created from the gate released a second wave of puppets, and just like the first, there was a core, which had been designated as the [Puppet Queen] by the Primordial Timeline. Wang Wei was tasked for the second time to try divination for this wave, but the result was the same, meaning he could only gather the same information as the previous.
Qiyuan tried the same means to find the queen, but the enemy changed their behavior patterns, making it a hundred times more challenging to discover the queen. Luckily, Qiyuan, Ye Guang, and Wang Wei collaborated to sift through all the data and deduce the core’s location. But with each wave, the process becomes increasingly more challenging.
On the seventh wave, someone from the War Room noticed another anomaly and shared the information with the three of them. The puppets were releasing a well-hidden frequency that was resonating with the gate. Qiyuan stopped the core searching operation to focus on this information, and after a few seconds of observation, his expression became grave.
"What is it?" Ye Guang asked.
"Why haven’t we seen any human legions? Is it because it’s more cost-effective to use puppets?" Qiyuan asked.
"Isn’t it?"
"No, it’s because flesh and blood cannot yet descend into this timeline," Qiyuan explained.
"The puppets are gathering information on the rules of our timeline to adjust the gate to allow flesh and blood to descend?" Wang Wei asked.
"That’s right," Qiyuan nodded. "We always assumed anyone could just walk to any timeline, but what if that is a privilege to us [Primordial Beings]? What if individuals from other timelines require adjustment to the rules to navigate the Infinite Trichiliocosm?"
"Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. This could be a quality unique to the Primordial Timeline," Ye Guang said, and he was correct. For all they knew, the adjustment was only needed for entry into this timeline.
"Regardless, this oversight has revealed our lack of understanding of the Infinite Trichiliocosm," Qiyuan said before glancing at Wang Wei. The latter’s suggestion to invade another timeline has proven to be far more accurate than people initially valued. The Divine Timeline has perfected Timeline Invasion; meanwhile, the Primordial Timeline has spent most of its existence ignoring that vast aspect of the Chaos Universe.
"Once again, let’s focus on the present," Ye Guang said. "How about we use the Curse Legion to disrupt the puppet’s information flow?"
"That’s not a bad idea."
This idea soon proved to be useful. With a potent enough curse that affected causality, the puppets — including the destroyed one — stopped relaying information back to the gate. However, the Eternal Ascension World did not have much time to celebrate. The eighth wave immediately followed, and although smaller in quantity, all the puppets contained immense Anti-Curse Properties, and they were designed for defense.
"These people have mastered War Puppetry Manufacturing," Wang Wei commented. For this eighth wave, there appears to be no Puppet Queen, and the design for these puppets is bulkier. But one of them was enough to compete with at least a hundred of their puppets.
"Indeed," Qiyuan nodded.
"What will happen if they get their hands on our Mass Manufacturing Method?" Wang Wei continued.
His words made everybody pause. Just as their timeline was trying to reverse-engineer their puppet, the latter will probably do the same. And based on their ingenuity so far, it may be a matter of time before they succeed.
"They are still fighting a foreign war without the full support of their base and all their manufacturing capabilities," Ye Guang commented. "As long as we absorb their Refining Dao strength faster than they do ours, we will have the advantage."𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖
"While that’s true, we should still take some precautions," Qiyuan added. He sent an order to the Divine Manufacturing Division to devise additional methods for concealing the manufacturing process of their puppets.
"You should increase their department’s resources," Qiyuan suggested, and Wang Wei nodded. Unlike previous wars, professional Dao will not just be about manufacturing or creation, but also learning and adapting to new weapons or modes of fighting; it will be about deciphering the enemy’s methods and copying them, which will make the Divine Manufacturing Division even more crucial.
’During this war, all Profession Dao will most likely have a drastic improvement; there might be a small golden age for them,’ Wang Wei thought. This was good news for people like Yan Liling, Tong Ruobing, Wang Bo, and even his wife. However, it also means a lot of pressure, as their contribution to this war will be instrumental.
The War Room tried a few means to stop these Anti-Curse Puppets; some were successful, but the effects were not as ideal as they wished, and on the tenth wave of enemies, the gate fluctuated even more intensely. Then, four people slowly floated from the spatial gate and landed.