Chapter 877

After conquering the Sain Plateau, Rennes did not immediately incorporate the plateau into the territory of the empire as promised in the Supreme Council.

He didn't want to regret it, but waited for a better time.

There are several purposes of unifying the plateau, one is the resources of those mines, and the other is to develop believers for Gilliman and help him wake up. These two purposes are the most important. In the end, it is the turn to announce the expansion of the territory to the people of the empire and increase political achievements for yourself. .

If it is just an announcement, but it does not bring substantial benefits to the empire, the effect on improving one's own prestige is limited.

So we have to wait until the rule over the plateau is stabilized, and we have roughly mastered the resources of those mines, and then try to see if the plateau can drive the development of the western border provinces of the empire.

It takes time and planning, and it can't be done right now.

Ren is not in a hurry.

He left part of the legion to Marius to deal with the affairs of the Mataki tribe. Rebuild the tribal order, suppress rebellion, take over all the territory of the Mataki people, build Gilliman's temple, reverse the belief step by step, and so on.

These steps have been done many times in other tribes, and Marius is handy without any mistakes.

The only thing to worry about is that behind the Mataki tribe is the King of the Green Dragon, lest Zhanqing come back by surprise, Ren decided to keep the Star Destroyer.

The Star Destroyer hovered at the height of Bakhalu, and activated the invisible force field, which was invisible to ordinary people.

Huge warships can also serve as a legion base.

Coincidentally, the Star Destroyer does not have a home port yet, and the demiplane will build a new ship next, and there is no place to stay, so it can still function temporarily on the plateau.

A few days later, the news that the Sain Plateau was united by the Consul's Legion gradually spread in the empire, causing some discussions, but the empire did not officially announce it. The plateau was too far away from the lives of the people of the empire, so it did not cause much shock , soon subsided.

The battle process in Bakhalu City was also intentionally blocked by Rennes.

Therefore, there are only a few fragments of rumors about the Star Destroyer in the empire with uncertain sources, and no one in the upper echelons of the empire knows except for those who have witnessed it.

This is exactly what Ryan wanted.

Although there are many people who have seen the Star Destroyer, sooner or later it will be impossible to cover it up, but the later the Star Destroyer is exposed, the better. As long as you don't see it with your own eyes, just relying on some rumors is not enough to arouse the vigilance of the enemy.

With the passage of time, the changes on the Sain Plateau have been gradually forgotten by people.

Three months later it will be winter.

Ren secretly came to the main castle of Karanos again to listen to Marius' report.

This time, his younger brother Carlodi did not come to him again. He had been promoted to a high-ranking holy gun knight and was transferred back to Gotham City not long ago.

"grown ups."

Standing opposite, Marius took off the helmet of the power armor, with an uncontrollable joy on his face, and said loudly: "We have completely controlled the Mataki tribe, and now in Bakhalu City, there are no more opponents." The public belief of the Mother of Dragons, almost 20% of the Mataki people have returned to Gilliman's arms, willing to follow our Lord and restore His glory."

Ren smiled noncommittally.

The Matakis have worshiped Tiasis for hundreds of years, and it has long been deeply rooted. It is extremely difficult to convert them. Frightened by the high-handed rule of the Ultramarines, the Matakis apparently abandoned the belief in Dragon Mother, but in private The bottom is another story.

Those barbarians who declared that they were willing to convert to Gilliman had a very low percentage of sincerity, and they would not provide much power of faith to Gilliman.

This is not something that happens overnight, and it will take at least one generation to completely reverse it.

"Did he send an oracle?" Ren asked.

The "Him" in his mouth naturally refers to Gilliman. In the past two years, Gilliman's followers have increased by millions. Even if most of them are shallow believers, it should have some effect.

"Not yet, my lord."

Marius shook his head, his expression changed from joy to solemnity. In fact, he was also waiting for Gilliman to contact him.

It stands to reason that with the supplement of so much power of faith, Gilliman's awakening should be accelerated, and the frequency of contact should be increased, but since the night when he decided to cooperate with the adults, he has never passed down a word.

This made Marius worry that something happened to Gilliman, and he went back to the Temple of Astarte many times to check, but found nothing.

He really wanted Ren to go there himself.

But without Gilliman's permission, Marius didn't dare to expose the real body of God privately, so he could only hold it in his heart.

"Then wait a little longer." Ren pretended not to know anything, but actually knew what Marius was thinking.

It doesn't matter to him whether Gilliman wakes up or when he wakes up.

Even, he hoped that Gilliman would sleep forever.

The most important thing right now is another thing——

Get the source crystal!

The transmission, floating and flight power of the Star Destroyer all come from the core of Iola. As long as it does not fire, the source crystal consumption is very small, almost negligible. Staying in the sky above Bakhalu for the past two or three months, occasionally patrolling the plateau, did not use up many source crystals.

But the power armor consumes source crystals every day, and it has grown to 130 sets, and the consumption is gradually increasing.

At present, the largest source of source crystals is the mithril mine in the Principality of Augustus. After years of mining, I have increased production regardless of cost. It reached its peak the year before last and obtained nearly 8,000 pounds of source crystals. However, since last year, mithril and source crystals Crystal production began to decline.

Within three years, that mithril mine will be exhausted.

The second is the acquisition.

The source crystal mines produced by the Kingdom of Congatero and the Empire were almost bought out by himself. The source crystals that were of little use had become very sought after in recent years.

Some people saw business opportunities, and they searched for source crystal mines from the countries of the Old Continent and sold them to the empire, earning a lot of profits.

This has pushed up the source crystal ore market in the entire main material world, and the price has skyrocketed several times, but it is still difficult to buy even if you have money.

Ryan has plenty of money now and doesn't care about the price.

Even if the price of the source crystal mine is ten times more expensive, I can easily buy it myself, as much as I want, but the source crystals I can buy are getting less and less.

So money is not the problem, the real problem is that there is no mine.

More than 10,000 years ago, the giant empire dug through most of the main material world and the adjacent planes it ruled. After thousands of years of tireless digging for source crystals, most of the mines had already been dug out.

There are still more than 30,000 pounds of source crystals in Ryan's inventory, which may account for more than 80% of all source crystals that have been mined in the world.

But these source crystals can only last for five years at most.

This is only counting the consumption of power armor. If the Star Destroyer participates in the war, and the intensity is similar to the battle in Bakhalu City, it may be four to five times, and the source crystal inventory will bottom out.

The source crystal consumption of Titan Furnace is much higher than expected.

At the same time, the energy release of the source crystal is also an order of magnitude lower than expected, and the energy output is two orders of magnitude lower than the nuclear reactor in the previous life.

Fortunately, the energy output of the Titan Furnace is sufficient, and the Star Destroyer Cannon reaches the power of a ten-ring spell. As long as the problem of source crystal supply can be solved, the design of the Star Destroyer will be successful, maintaining the advantage of mobility and firepower against the Floating Void City.

But how to solve it?

Gu Ren has been thinking about this question since the Duke of Black Robe saw the biggest hidden danger of the Star Destroyer at a glance outside the city of Bakhalu.

I recently met with the teacher, and the teacher also asked about it with concern.

For this reason, Ren made a special trip to the Tempest Temple.

He asked the Titan Elder Sorim for advice, and got a map of the territory of the giant empire in the second era, as well as the planes ruled by giants.

After reading the map and the plane directory, Ren was helpless.

The giant empire in its heyday ruled almost half of the main material world, the earth belonged to giants, and the sky was the domain of giant dragons. In order to maintain the rule of the empire, the giants dug up the source crystal mines in the territory. The source crystals that can be dug up now are the residues leaked from the fingers of the giants.

The regeneration period of the source crystal is extremely long, more than 100,000 years, and it is almost impossible to find more source crystal mines in the main material world and adjacent planes.

Therefore, Ren can only look beyond the main material world.

The bottomless abyss immediately came to mind!

In his hand, he has a time-space coordinate bought from the lord of the deep harbor city, Hestaff, pointing to the 404th floor of the abyss. Hestaff said that when this layer of abyss passed by, he found a rich source of energy. Crystal open-pit mines, and the reserves are large.

An open-pit source crystal mine, just passing by, you can see that it has a lot of reserves...

This kind of mine was only available in the main material world before the rise of the giant empire. It can be seen that the abyssal demon does not understand the value of the source crystal.

The most important thing is that the giant empire never got involved in the abyss.

In addition to the abyss, there is also heaven!

These two worlds, which are hundreds of times larger than the main material world, must contain countless source crystal mines. Even in the most powerful period of the giant empire, they could not get involved in them.

There are gods and celestial clans living in the heavens, there are countless strong ones, and every celestial plane has a master.

Likewise, the Abyss is filled with countless demons.

The ancient four gods of the abyss rule an unknown number of layers of abyss. They are more terrifying than the heavens. They don't even need to invade. Any creature that dares to enter the abyss will be polluted by the ubiquitous evil energy and become an abyss monster if it is a little careless.

These two places can get a lot of source crystals.

This point was vaguely revealed in the words of the Titan Elder Solim, but as a demigod, Solim did not dare to go.

As long as you don't encounter gods or abyss lords, demigods are not in any danger. However, mining the source crystal mine is a long-term job. It is not enough to have only one demigod. There must also be mining equipment, miners, and a series of logistical facilities.

There are only a few hundred giants in the Temple of Storms, which is not enough to support the mining project.

If there is a commotion after a long time, sooner or later it will provoke a powerful enemy.

Ren can solve mining equipment, miners, and transportation problems. Things that the elders of Titan cannot do are not difficult for him.

But he was also worried about meeting a strong enemy.

Seeing Ryan's pensive face, Marius thought he was still thinking about Gilliman's affairs, and said softly: "My lord, although the oracle has not been passed down by my lord, I know that his state has changed, and it should not What is the problem."

"What I'm thinking has nothing to do with Gilliman." Ren shook his head and explained.

He glanced at the limit leader and asked, "Marius, between heaven and the abyss, if you had to choose a target to attack, which one would you choose?"

Attack the sky and the abyss!

Marius was so startled that he almost jumped up, thinking he had heard wrong.

"My lord, are you joking?"

"I'm talking business."

Ren's expression became serious, "Star Destroyer and power armor both consume source crystals, but I don't have many source crystals in my hand. Only the heavens and the abyss have them in the world. We must choose one to obtain source crystals, or go to Heaven, or go to the abyss."

"This..." Marius' eyes widened.

Of course he knew how important source crystals were, star destroyers and power armors were inseparable from them, but he didn't expect source crystals to be so difficult to obtain.

A mortal legion, whether it invades the heavens or enters the abyss, is unprecedented.

This is a brilliant achievement that can be recorded in history!

Thinking of this, Marius' heart trembled suddenly, and he couldn't restrain his excitement and excitement.

He took a deep breath, tried to calm himself down a bit, thought for a moment, and replied, "My lord, if I have to choose, then I will choose Abyss!"

Ren laughed as soon as he heard it, and was not surprised by this answer.

But he still asked, "Why?"

"The abyss is the enemy!"

Marius said resolutely: "Killing the abyssal demons can bring greater glory to the Ultimate Battlegroup. This is a supremely glorious feat!"

He paused, then said in a low voice: "And the celestial race is the nominal ally of mortals. Our invasion of the celestial world will probably offend the gods and bring unpredictable consequences. Spread the word and affect your prestige in the empire."

"Although the abyss is more dangerous, I prefer to fight demons!"

Seeing Ren's expression, Marius immediately said passionately: "My lord, have you already selected your target, which layer of abyss shall we attack?"

"The 404th floor sighs in the wilderness." Ren replied calmly.

This is the name of the abyss he found. There is very little useful information, very few people have been there, and it is unknown in the bottomless abyss. The area of ​​the Sighing Wilderness is small, equivalent to three or four empire provinces. It belongs to one of the hell levels of the Lord of Chaos, but the Abyss Lord has never been born, so it should not be taken seriously. The most common type of demon is vampires.

There is no more information beyond that.

"Sigh of the wilderness!"

Marius heard of this abyss for the first time, but he was not afraid, instead he asked impatiently, "My lord, when shall we set off?"

fighting!

Bloody battle!

This is the instinct that flows in the blood of every Macragge. If it weren't for being the patriarch and shouldering the heavy responsibility of restoring the glory of Gilliman, Marius would rather be a warrior who rushed to the forefront rather than standing in front of him. high ranking ruler.

"It should be soon."

Ren said earnestly: "You must proceed cautiously when entering the abyss this time. I have already sent people to explore the abyss. Within half a month, there should be results. Let your brothers prepare for a long-term battle."

"Yes, my lord!" Marius responded loudly.

He seemed to have seen the scene of the Ultramarines killing demons in the abyss, and the blood in his whole body was boiling.