Chapter 1042: The Skrulls on the Move
Chapter 1042: The Skrulls on the Move
In the Evolution game, the people of Earth are all immersed in intense cultivation.
However, things are different outside the game.
Outside the game, there are no facilities like the Mage Tower that can rapidly boost one's strength. To enhance their cultivation, players have to forcibly absorb spiritual energy.
However, the effect of absorbing spiritual energy is quite limited, and the cultivation speed is only about one-twentieth of what it is when burning materials in the game.
Therefore, Earth players do not cultivate in the real world. Instead, the spiritual energy in the real world is used to manufacture large-scale spiritual energy weapons.
But the 12 hours of each day in the real world cannot be idle.
Under the leadership of the United Earth Government, a global "mass military training" movement has begun.
Since the manifest powers of each human vary, the AI has reasonably matched people into 50-person "War Teams" based on their attributes. Each member of these teams is equipped with weapons and gear, and they are trained to work together in basic combat coordination.
After extensive military training within their teams, and with each Earth human having at least a third-tier strength, most people have acquired basic combat skills.
They are not only capable of self-defense but can also be called to the battlefield in dire circumstances. On the battlefield, they can fight with a certain level of effectiveness, avoiding becoming cannon fodder.
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For the Earth army, which will be the first to engage in combat, even more rigorous and efficient new military training is required.
In the current situation, traditional methods of warfare using tanks, planes, and artillery are completely useless.
To adapt to the demands of modern warfare, the United Earth Government has taken out the "Little Trio" (laser guns, sprint suits, tactical leg guards) and the "Big Trio" (hover battle vehicles, mechs, drone swarms) purchased from the Skrulls, and is conducting large-scale military training along the coast.
Currently, Earth's supply of the "Little Trio" and "Big Trio" is still quite limited.
There are only 200,000 sets of the "Little Trio," most of which were stolen by Su Yu from the G2 warehouse on Skrull during his visit.
The "Big Trio" totals 2,100 sets, most of which were seized from the Skrull Spring Eye Base on Earth. Xiao Tian brought back a batch from Skrull last time, but that batch was only 0 sets.
The current number of military equipment is far from enough to equip and sustain the Earth army. This requires two more trips to Skrull to acquire more, at least doubling the current quantity, to barely meet human needs.
Su Yu has already found a solution for the military equipment, but the training must start now!
In the past, Skrull spy satellites could monitor the entire globe, so Earth humans dared not conduct large-scale military training and had to hide their military equipment to avoid being discovered by the Skrulls.
But now, with the "Sky Dome Shield," the Skrulls have no vision on Earth. Earth humans can confidently bring out all their military equipment for large-scale training.
This will rapidly enhance the combat capabilities of the Earth army and allow them to quickly familiarize themselves with the most common enemy combat methods, using their enemies' strengths to counter them.
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As for the Skrull side, the Skrull people are also actively preparing for war.
The most important task for the Skrull United Government is to integrate the entire planet's resources.
The Skrull people have a total of 132 countries. In the past, the Skrull United Government only governed 52 countries, while the remaining 80 were left to their own devices.
However, as the balance of the war scales are now tipping in favor of the Blue Star humans. The Skrell United Government is left with no choice but to consider pooling the resources of these 80 nations for the war effort.
On April 10th, the Skrell dispatched four Deity-level and over thirty Seventh-Rank powerhouses to "visit" these 80 nations, ordering them to join the war.
How could these small nations dare to refuse?
On the very day these high-ranking powerhouses arrived, these nations immediately agreed to join the war, contributing all their military forces without a single exception.
Among these 80 nations, the largest in terms of size is the Bek Kingdom of Syndy Doppler.
The Bek Kingdom was no exception. When the Deity-level powerhouse, Stym, arrived at Bek City, Syndy Doppler personally welcomed him and expressed their willingness to unconditionally join the war.
Life in the Bek Kingdom is now extremely difficult.
Ever since Celya's downfall, Syndy Doppler has lost his greatest support.
Though the cooperation with Blue Star continues in secret, at least on the surface, he can only choose to submit to the G2 and join the war.
If he chose to resist, he would likely end up dead in some dark corner of Bek City that night, with no choice but to oppose.
The situation for Zhu Yuanzhang of the Makaton Kingdom is similar. For now, he has temporarily submitted to the G2, waiting to see how the situation develops before making further moves.
In just three to four days, the Skrell United Government managed to integrate the entire Skrell race's forces, placing all military power under the control of the United Government.
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Apart from the Skrell race, the Skrell United Government certainly did not overlook the other races.
The recent arrival of the powerful King Dixin frightened the major races to their cores.
After the leaders of the Merfolk and the Crested birds, who originally intended to join the war, returned to their clans, they immediately announced they would no longer participate in the war between Blue Star and Skrell, fearing King Dixin's wrath.
But even if they did not want to join, the Skrell would force them to.
The Skrell themselves are at the brink of survival and have no reason to spare these races any face.
Take the Merfolk for example.
The Merfolk Queen, upon returning to the clan, immediately convened an Elder Council meeting to discuss whether to join the war.
After the Elder Council vote, the Merfolk decided to withdraw from the war with 8 votes against joining and 5 votes for joining.
But just three days later, on April 20th, the peak Deity-level powerhouse, Plante, showed up, directly ordering them to join the war, threatening to exterminate the Merfolk if they refused.
The Merfolk Queen, the clan's only Deity-level powerhouse, was at the lower Deity rank. Faced with Plante's overwhelming pressure, she could only tremble and reluctantly agree, completely powerless to resist.
Not just the Merfolk, but the Crested Birds and other clans were also visited by the Skrell Deity-level powerhouses, who forcefully coerced them to join the war.
Faced with the formidable Skrell, the leaders of each clan could only helplessly agree.
Moreover, the Skrell understood the principle of "the big stick and the carrot" and did not push these races too hard. They offered some benefits to keep these races under control.
To achieve this effect, the Skrell employed two strategies:
One was to force those races with better relations with the Skrell to join the war, while temporarily letting those with poor relations, like the White Eagles, off, making it easier to control them.
The other strategy was to provide the Merfolk and other races with large amounts of Spirit Energy, return their sacred relics, and promise them more benefits after victory, thus stabilizing these races.
(End of Chapter)
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