"…How do you know everything?"
"Even this retreat is cyclical, like a pre-set program... Oh, let me put it another way, it's as precise as a mechanical clock. It's because you have summed up this cyclical law that you have enjoyed so many victories."
Bislo stared at her in a daze, unable to speak.
He was no longer surprised but horrified. He couldn't understand how the little nun had figured out his biggest secret, which he had not even told Nellie.
"Just work backwards to determine the answer." Hitzfeld didn't think this was something to be proud of.
"I have seen real battlefields. No war is so trifling."
"The forces you have actually deployed here are less than one tenth of what you are capable of. Judging from the hatred you have shown towards each other, the so-called confrontation between the North and the South is just to create an illusion."
"The Mechanical Kingdom and the Corrupted Blood Kingdom are illusions of the enemy."
Yes, that was what she had been suspecting from just now.
On the surface, those who were assassinated were all big shots, but don't forget that according to the intelligence provided to her by the Pierre, Captain Shude had also been hunted down.
He lost almost all of his crew members, and only Billie and a dozen of his men were rescued on the submarine. It can be basically confirmed that the iron boat that was chasing them at the time was from the Mechanical Kingdom, and their actions at the time seemed to force them to go to the Black Mist Sea.
So, what's the reason?
The necessity of silencing them has disappeared. Why must these people be killed? They clearly have the power to do such a thing, so why didn't they do it before? As far as she knows, this is the first time a governor has been assassinated, and it is an extremely bad case. What forces them to make such a big fuss?
Hitzfeld thought for a long time before he came up with a novel angle - the common point among these people was not only that they all knew about the plan to go to sea and the existence of the blood-passing map, but also that they all knew she was Aisuen Hitzfeld.
Don't you understand?
Expand: Everyone on the wanted list knew for sure that her real name was Aisuen Hitzfeld, and they had seen her figure and appearance up close, and were deeply impressed by it.
They were silenced because they knew about this.
It's because of her.
Some people don't want her real name, her existence, her landing in Inian Port, and her coming to the continent of Aisha to spread.
Who is it?
Who wouldn't want this to happen?
"So I was thinking in the wrong way before, and fell into some kind of inertial thinking..."
Bislow heard her talking to herself with her back turned.
"The undead... the undead..."
Should have thought of it earlier, right?
At the origin of time when there is no power, if a person wants to prolong his life, then of course - there is no better choice than to transform himself.
Chapter 160 The So-called Rebellion
"What did you say?"
Sitting in Gu's room, Xia Yibing held a glass of water, a little unsure of what she had just heard: "You mean that the army doesn't look like...flesh and blood?"
"Not likely." Gu nodded. "They wear thick heavy armor, wield giant shields and giant soldiers, and each one is as strong as a centurion. It doesn't take a lot of these things to gather together, just a few hundred people, and a charge can destroy the world."
"Haven't you guys developed something like a methane explosion?"
"We tried, but it was useless. Their endurance and defense are so strong that even if we drove the floating cities to fall into the middle of the formation and explode, they would only be blown apart. They would still be able to get up and slaughter our people at will."
"Are they that brave?"
"It's just that big. A few hundred people dare to charge against tens of thousands of people."
"This is impossible." Xia Yibing frowned, "This can't be possible...!"
If she said that the body was strong enough to withstand the explosion, she could accept it, but why would she wear heavy armor with such a body? Wearing heavy armor means that you are weak enough to need heavy armor to protect you, so not to mention the impact of the explosion itself, you might even break bones if you fall.
The logic behind this is completely contradictory, unless the function of those heavy armors is not protection but concealment - their masters behind the scenes do not want their true identities to be exposed.
But why is it so bad to expose this... It's really strange, in a place where even things like blood mages and spiritual creatures can be seen everywhere, what could be so strange about the appearance of this place?
Xia Yibing's heart skipped a beat and she suddenly thought of a possibility.
It was mainly Gu's description - the heavy armor, wielding giant shields and giant soldiers. These reminded her of the wreckage she saw when she rushed back from Dongquan Island, that is, the several mechanical centaurs that were scrapped outside the city of Wayne.
He is extremely powerful, fearless and strong in every aspect, to the point of being suffocating. Why does he feel exactly the same as Li Ang's original description?
But isn’t the Mechanical Kingdom here?
They even mistook Aisuen for Her Royal Highness the Princess. The Pierre even sent back intelligence saying that they had contact with the Mechanical Apostles after the accident in Iverria, and that the other party did not behave like an enemy and clearly stated that they wanted to find Aisuen to "be loyal to her."
Xia Yibing thought this was too crazy. The Mechanical Kingdom was an ally that had already been nailed to the ground! It was not appropriate to assume it was an enemy.
But is it really inappropriate?
Since they were stranded in Elsa, many strange things have been bothering them, such as why Agor and his men were assassinated by the mechanical apostles, the news she just heard from the spiritual creature crow, and so on.
She was surprised to find that if she changed her assumptions and really regarded the Mechanical Kingdom as an enemy, many troubles could actually be easily solved.
Agor and others were assassinated because someone did not want the news of their landing in Elsa to be exposed. The other party obviously wanted to prevent their identity information from being known by the top leaders of the Corrupted Blood Kingdom. If we exclude the "top leaders of the Corrupted Blood Kingdom" itself, the only one left is the Mechanical Kingdom.
You were the ones who killed the people, so you should be the biggest suspects.
There was also Crow's description of the short war - the Sea King City was said to be the front line but every battle seemed to end quickly. This gave people a feeling that it was really a bit absurd. If Xia Yibing didn't know how much hatred the Kingdom of Corrupted Blood and the Kingdom of Mechanical God hated each other, she would definitely think that this was a rehearsal.
But what if it was really rehearsed?
What if the hostility between the two sides is nothing more than information deception, and the so-called front exists only to act as a carrier of this deception, and they are actually just fooling around? Is this all opera acting?
Right... Anyway, robots don't have to worry too much about casualties. The mechanical soldiers are just consumables that can be replicated infinitely with resources and materials, so a little more loss is acceptable.
There is also the magical army that Gu described, which eventually emerged.
The army needs training, even the most talented soldiers cannot escape this rule. According to Gu, at that time, most of Aisha had been integrated by the Imaar family. Even if the Neang people hid deep enough to escape their eyes and ears, as long as the Neang people started large-scale military training, that movement would definitely not be covered up.
But the truth was that they had covered it up, and that army seemed to have emerged from the cracks in the ground. In addition, their exceptional combat power caught them off guard in all aspects, so they were defeated in one battle and handed over the fruits of victory.
Let's apply that assumption again...if that army was made up of mechanical soldiers, all this would make perfect sense.
Robots do not require training and they do not feel fear. If the Neons secretly get help from the Mechanical Kingdom, they can secretly assemble this army in a well-hidden secret factory.
The heavy armor is really a cover-up - the mechanical privates' loadout consumes little energy, can improve defense, and can conceal their true identities... No wonder they look so scary and weird in the description!
What a hell!
The more Xia Yibing thought about it, the more she felt that this might be possible, especially when she thought of Yin Sel, and from Yin Sel she thought of the undead fleet he controlled.
Immortals, immortals... It seems that there are not many immortals that have been passed down from ancient times to the present day except for goddesses, right?
There are so few legends about it, how could a mere mortal achieve immortality?
Shu Xia Yibing lacks imagination, but after all, she had just seen the ready-made example of Lengdis not long ago. She had reason to suspect that the so-called undead fleet was actually a mechanical army, and their commander Yinsel had long since transformed his body like Lengdis.
wrong!
She suddenly denied the thought.
Damn it, he appeared before Lengdis...so it must be Lengdis who learned from him!
The woman's eyes widened and she broke into a cold sweat at this series of speculations.
What the hell…is this all a scam?
The Elsa continent is divided between the north and the south.
The kingdom of rotten blood, the kingdom of machinery.
The mechanical refugees who want to find Aisuen-Hitzfell.
Is all this fake?
For a moment, she was bewildered, because she was really confused, and began to wonder whether the Mechanical Kingdom could still be considered a help here.
Assuming that Yinsel also controls a mechanical army, then from this perspective, Lengdis is just following the old path according to his arrangements.
But that's not right... There was information leaked from those videotapes that Yin Seer seemed to respect him very much. If he was just imitating, he would have no value to Yin Seer and would not get such respect. So it's not right... I think he should have made innovations...
Yes, Lengdis may have perfected this method and eliminated some of the side effects that have troubled Yinsel for a long time, which greatly advanced some of Yinsel's own research, which could explain why he was treated with courtesy.
But a father would never lie to his daughter.
Especially in his last words... Coldis used his death to clear himself of suspicion. If those mechanical apostles were really left behind by him, then they were not lying. They kept looking for Aisuen because they really wanted to help us.
But what if they were deceived.
If the Mechanical Kingdom included the Mechanical Apostles, these forces would have been controlled by the Undead Fleet after Coldis' death.
The Mechanical Kingdom is the enemy.
The Corrupted Blood Divine Kingdom...became an ally?
Has Aisuen ever thought of this possibility?
At first, Xia Yibing didn't even bother to think about how horrifying these thoughts were, because she suddenly thought of Bunoriel - there were also nails left by the Mechanical Kingdom in the Sea King City.
They had even contacted the person responsible for this nail, and the other party even knew the girl's identity, which seems extremely dangerous today!
No matter what they want to do, I have to be there for her when they really meet!
Thinking of this, she stood up suddenly, and some of the water in the cup spilled out.
"Where are you going?" Gu looked up at her.
"Can you leave your main body?" Xia Yibing asked him.
"Just don't leave the range of my roots." Gu said, and then without waiting for her to ask, he took the initiative to report the precise data - my goodness, isn't this almost equivalent to the entire Sea King City?
This means that he can move freely in the Sea King City, and he can summon his roots to assist in combat on any surface where he can move.
Very good, this is exactly the help she needs.
"Come with me," she said to Gu.
"Just in time to take you to see the mistress."
……
On the other side, in the secret room of the mechanical clock tower, Bislo was roaring at the girl.
"You said that His Majesty colluded with the machines to rebel? What kind of analysis is this! This is impossible!!!"
"Then how do you explain all this?" Hitzfeld just looked at him quietly. "You grew up in this city and joined the army before you even reached adulthood. You've been active here longer than many people's lifespans. Can't you see that all these collisions are planned?"
"So what if it's planned?" Bislow nodded with a grim expression, "They are not human beings! Machines move in a regular manner like the sunrise - isn't this natural?"
It's no wonder that he was so excited, because what the girl said was not only an attack on the Human King, but also questioning the foundation of his life.
The reason why he was promoted to governor so quickly was because of his frontline combat exploits, most of which were due to his calculation of the patterns of action of the Mechanical Kingdom.
The opposite side will change at least 5 times per month, 3-5 times in odd months, and there is a chance of one more time in even months.
Most of them were lateral harassment, but there would be a central raid every 33 days... He had memorized these messy rules by heart. It could be said that he relied on these things to get ahead and enjoy his current status.
If Hitzfeld now wants to deny the rationality and justice of the existence of these things, doesn't that mean his own justice should be questioned as well?
It would be strange if he wasn't anxious, and he was even very graceful in restraining himself from hitting her.
Of course, it is also possible that he wanted to take action, but after he calculated that the other party was someone who could kill Sister Tamo in the Blood Temple, the idea of taking action was extinguished.
"I'm not denying you." Hitzfeld sighed.
She saw at a glance why Bislo was so excited, and cleverly found the root of the problem, intending to calm him down from that aspect first.
"There's nothing wrong with you finding a pattern to gain military merit. No one else noticed it, right? There are so many high-ranking and low-ranking officers in Neptune City, but only you discovered it. You deserve to be the governor, that's how it should be."
Bislo's expression looked better now.
Hitzfeld suddenly found this man very interesting because she discovered that compared with the biggest characteristic of Bislow that was known outside - his loyalty to the Niang family, he actually cared more about the power and status he enjoyed.
It's human nature, but it's also her luck.
"You are not wrong." She decided to help Bislo realize this himself. "The one who is wrong is the one who created all this, the murderer who manipulated you behind the scenes."
"You..." Bislo's face turned grim again, "Do you know what you are saying...?"
He knew exactly what the girl meant. Who was behind it? He could understand it by looking at the secret room hidden in the mechanical clock tower and the hint Luca left in his diary.
Who ordered Luca to carry out such cruel experiments all the time? It was the Human King.
Why did Luca not live in the dormitory after returning to Neptune City this time but ran out to rent a house? He was afraid of this experimental place.
The reason why he was so uneasy was that he suspected that he would be assassinated after Agor, Marian and others - through these things, he associated it with the fact that the Human King actually had the means to control mechanical creations, and then suspected that the group of mechanical apostles was arranged by the Human King.
