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Chapter 330 White Flame

Time: 5:40 p.m. Casimir official time.

The sky was gradually getting darker. Although there was still some time before dark, the sun would eventually set. The abnormal vibration phenomenon was only on the surface. Not only the communication system was paralyzed, but many systems that required the metropolitan area network to work were also completely shut down. Even the power system was gradually falling one area at a time due to unknown reasons.

After nightfall, the "Grand Knight Territory" of the four cities will be completely plunged into darkness, and the scandals that once lowered social credibility will reappear.

"Hey! Thomson, does your company have electricity?" A Kuranta employee standing on the roadside downstairs of the office building anxiously lit a cigarette and handed one to an acquaintance. The latter pushed his glasses, his forehead was covered with sweat, and shook his head: "No, I heard that the power station outside the West District broke down again. Now even the Avot Company has lost power because it is close to the entire building."

"*Casimir swears* We paid so much tax, but we never said it was just to feed those idiots."

“I haven’t saved the document yet…”

"Damn it, there's no signal on the communication terminal. If this continues, I wonder how they're going to hold the knight competition tonight..."

In the lobby of the Securities and Exchange Commission, at the Wall of Champions.

"Ms. Precious, I'm sorry to have embarrassed you. This happened suddenly. To protect your personal safety, please allow me to temporarily detain you two in case of any accidents."

Ioletta Russell, Grand Knight of Casimir and head of state, was received by her, which was unexpected for Amiya but expected by the Doctor.

Because in addition to the fall of some high-ranking officials of the Chamber of Commerce, Duke, the deputy judge of the National Council in charge of legal trials, was also detained and awaiting punishment on suspicion of bribery, involvement in illegal trade, murder, malfeasance and other crimes.

The key evidence provider was signed by Rhodes Island.

About two hours before the match between Platinum Knight and Candle Knight started today, Lin Guang contacted Rhodes Island and provided these key evidences. Together with the intelligence collected by the advance team of Heijiao Yadao and others, he successfully got the Supervisory Commission to send people into action immediately.

When asked why Lin Guang did not carry out the action directly in her own name, Lin Guang replied that it was to protect the witness. As a key focus of the Chamber of Commerce, she would be easily discovered if she took any action. The witness who provided evidence also came openly and did not pay attention to concealing his whereabouts, so she had to ask someone to transfer the witness to Rhodes Island, so that Rhodes Island, which had not yet become the focus of the attention of many forces, could come forward to report.

The fact that a pharmaceutical company that "newcomed" and seemed to be an outsider claimed that persecuted locals of Cavalleria had asked a neutral infected person organization for help and provided solid evidence would only bring shame to the Supervisory Commission itself. At the same time, the Supervisory Commission, which had also received reports from the Scepter involving more people and more comprehensive information, could only save some face by urgently dispatching personnel to control all the people involved.

In order to prevent the business associations from jumping into desperate measures because their interests were too affected, Russell immediately issued an emergency order to mobilize troops from the border to march quickly to the Grand Knight Territory. Within just three hours, the sudden change occurred. All external communications of Cavaleliaki were completely lost, and only a few non-metropolitan area network communication lines in the city could be used. However, with the gradual spread of power outages, these lines failed one after another.

Under the influence of the craze for knight competitions, most citizens and foreign tourists have not yet realized this unusual phenomenon. They think that at most there has been a long-lasting natural disaster near the Grand Knight's navigation channel, and the Grand Knight's territory has only been affected by the aftermath. Without a natural disaster warning, the impact must not be significant.

However, all these assumptions will be shattered after nightfall. The power system is most completely paralyzed at the connection point, which means that the urban area cannot be separated. Even if people want to be evacuated, there is no condition to activate the emergency mechanical exit. Several Originium engines are stored in Plot Zero, and the latest news is... The Supervisory Commission can no longer receive any news from the infected West District and Plot Zero.

All communications were cut off and the people sent out never returned.

The fallen place is like the bloody mouth of a giant beast. Whoever puts in unnecessary curiosity will be turned into food by the vicious beast.

"Ms. Russell, the guest should follow the host's wishes. There are always unexpected things. No one can guarantee what will happen in the next second. It's human nature." The doctor's words were soft, but his smile was very dry. No one would think that this was really a good thing.

Words are powerless to cover up the facts. Precious looked at Amiya, who looked at her and blinked. Only the two of them came to the Supervisory Committee. Zi did not follow at the doctor's signal and was allowed to move freely.

But they couldn't be sure that Casimir didn't notice this, but even if he did, they wouldn't care too much in this situation. What they were worried about was Zi's identity.

"Your company came all the way to Casimir to discuss the infected issue with us, but it caused chaos in all places... We have to admit that we haven't done well in many aspects, not only the facility problem like today, but also... like the problem we originally wanted to solve, the riot of the infected."

After Russell had dealt with all the problems that could be assigned to her, she finally sat down in front of the two of them. Her expression was serious, but it was not difficult to see her usual kindness. If it had not been for an emergency like today, it would have been difficult for others to imagine that she was a war hero who had personally participated in the counterattack against Ursus on the battlefield.

The Doctor and Amiya waited for her next words and gave her the attitude she wanted.

Seeing that the two were neither humble nor arrogant, Russell's opinion of Rhodes Island increased a bit. Not to mention the intellectual white-haired lady in front of him, little Carters next to him was probably just an underage child, and it was rare for him to have such a mentality.

"I know that Rhodes Island has done a pretty good job of intelligence. The help your company provided this time must have been prepared in advance. The relevant violations are harmless. Now, what do you two think about the current situation of the infected people in Cavalelia?"

After overcoming the numerous obstacles that should have been encountered, Casimir, the person in power, raised this question face to face. Precious smiled slightly. Even if Kal'tsit was here, she would recognize the results of the advance team's mission.

But soon, worry appeared in her eyes. Site Zero had also fallen. She wondered what was happening to the operators from Rhodes Island...

Sighing, weighing the pros and cons, she gently asked Casimir's leader -

Mortis Planst brought a few people to the vicinity of Plot Zero again. From a distance, they saw Scepter and his staff organizing their equipment and debugging them with sweat on their foreheads. Seeing that the director had finally returned, they immediately came up to her and handed her a pile of information for her to review and make a decision.

The area behind them, which should have been Plot Zero, was filled with wildly surging fog. Nothing could be seen clearly, only the fear of the unknown.

"Director, 67.4% of the nodes in the virtual dream reality have lost control and cannot be relocated and activated!"

"Director, this time the virtual dream reality has a very strong expansion force, and it is not spreading from one point, but invading multiple places at the same time! We have observed that the corresponding phenomenon is also occurring outside the city of Cavaleliaki, and it is spreading here, trying to merge with the virtual dream reality in this area!"

"Also, this time the reality of the virtual dream has changed a little, and the nature is quite..." At this point, the members of the Scepter and the Institute had to choose their words and think about how to describe it.

"To make a long story short, hurry up, time is the most precious now." Planst said in a deep voice, and looked at the old pocket watch on his hand again.

"This time, not only the consciousness is taken away, but the entire body of the person involved is used as a beacon and swallowed up by the sea of ​​information. This means that if we want to pull the person out, we can't just destroy the core information source, but we have to open up a path in the sea of ​​information for people to pass through!"

Planst took a breath, but immediately realized what this meant, especially to Ling Dengxian. She looked at Ling Dengxian, who had no hearing problems and had heard the entire conversation.

"Feel sorry……"

"What should I do?" He simply said, "If this is beyond your expectations, it doesn't matter if you can't fulfill the agreement."

He raised the city-breaking spear, signaling Bai Jin and the others not to follow him. Looking at the misty world in front of him, he said in a deep voice: "I'm already here, and my people are inside. There's no reason not to go in."

"So I told you not to be so anxious...what's the point of you going?"

"White Flame." Ling Dengxian looked at her firmly and turned back. "You tried to divert my attention before, saying that White Flame would weaken your Originium skills. In fact, the real reason is that White Flame is too special and will affect your arrangement, right?"

The actor who played Ju Meng said unhappily: "I said that the Scepter and the Sovereign have never lied to you. At most, I didn't tell you. Yes, the white flame will indeed ignite the node, but it is not a lie that it will affect my ability and cause you and me to die in it."

The actor who played Ju Meng took a breath, stepped forward and grabbed him, and said seriously: "Even if you have the White Flame, you can protect yourself, but if you ignite the White Flame and rush in, it will only cause the Information Sea to avoid you. It will not give you the opportunity to enter that world at all."

Ling Dengxian was silent. He lit a ball of white flame and threw it towards the foggy world. The fall of the white flame obviously forced a large area of ​​the foggy world to retreat.

"Moreover, once you seize the opportunity and recklessly ignite the information sea, the information sea will collapse, and the beacons that it has absorbed as part of itself will disappear along with it... Do you want to end up like this?" Planst said coldly.

Ling Dengxian was silent, his anger gradually faded away. After calming down, he took a deep breath and repeated his previous words: "What do you need me to do?"

Only this time, he no longer had any negative emotions.

Planster didn't rush to answer him. Instead, he took the report from his subordinate and quickly scanned the content and calculated the corresponding parameters in his mind. Ling Dengxian didn't rush her. In a moment, she put down the information and nodded: "I will take you in, but this time the information sea world will suppress you several times more than last time. I'm afraid it will be very difficult for you to mobilize the white flame after entering. But the same thing, it's useless even if you can burn the information sea. You can't save those beacons."

"Normative means won't work."

Ling Dengxian's eyes lit up when he heard the word "unusual". When he heard the word "unusual", he naturally thought of his last trump card.

Planster looked at his expression and nodded: "White Crown."

It was as if these two words had triggered something. The vibrations brought by the vision became more and more intense, and people could hardly stand. At the same time, the foggy world moved, as if an illusory thug lifted up the foggy matter, setting off a "huge wave" with extremely high waves, covering everyone's heads!

"The information ocean materialized, and it rejected us!"

"If we let it crush us, not only will we not be able to enter the world of the sea of ​​information, but we will also be crushed to death! That is not real matter, how can we resist it?!"

"Ling Dengxian!" The actor who played Ju Meng roared, and the sword in his staff was unsheathed. His red hair turned completely pink and white, and his purple-red eyes turned into strange colored pupils. Layer upon layer of magic spells were pointed directly at the wave crest with a sword light. The blooming sword style whistled and pulled the space, but under the pressure of the powerful and heavy waves, even struggling to hold on was the limit. Even if this sword was slashed elsewhere, it could instantly cause complete destruction at the level of several city districts.

Ling Dengxian could see that Planst was also giving it his all, and without the slightest hesitation, he lit up the white flame to the extreme. The white gilded crown reappeared, and large expanses of pure flames surged up, like light, like yellow sand, like waves. Ling Dengxian roared, and the flames formed a huge column of flame along the city-breaking spear that he raised with all his strength, rising into the sky and tearing through the waves.

The next moment, the space shook violently, as if an angry beast suddenly opened its huge mouth and swallowed this place.

The virtual dream returns to reality, but what it brings is not an unknown world, but a resisted death.

The "Devil King" surrounded by surging white flames expanded his protection and guarded the people behind him. The white flames were like a ferocious wolf at this moment, biting madly at the raging fog waves and gushing out.

It ignited and spread in the opposite direction, just like the evil substance in the Arctic ice field. The foggy wave soon began to weaken and could no longer be resisted. It had to separate a "road" and create a "portal" for everyone.

"Sure enough... even the tip of His tentacles cannot compare with your wrestling..." Planster's guess in his heart - which was also the guess of the Scepter and the So, was verified.

"Let's go, the challenge really begins inside."

Ling Dengxian panted slightly. Bai Yan resisted the mist wave easily, but that didn't mean he was relaxed. Every second that the White Flame Crown appeared consumed a lot of his physical strength. He used to use the White Crown on occasions that required a quick victory, but today...

I'm afraid it will be a tough battle.

The aftereffects of the battle against the northern demons made him lose his ability to fight, and he was weak for at least five days before he was able to fight the enemy again.

What made him frown was that in the previous battle, he vaguely felt that similar evil demonic fluctuations that he had felt in the North seemed to be stirring somewhere.