Chapter 731: The Cloud Sea Disappears at the Top of Mount Tai

Every second, countless demon mosquitoes die under the coverage of the defense position's firepower network with no blind spots.

The defense line seems impregnable. No matter how many enemy troops come, they will be sucked into the meat grinder made of iron and fire and torn into pieces.

At least that's what Huang Tianlu thought.

Wen Rui was very clear that if they defended for too long, they would lose. The army of demon mosquitoes that were constantly replenishing reinforcements from the Blood Sea Canal could make countless mistakes. If his Ultron mechanical army made a mistake in its defense line, it would be razed to the ground in an instant.

The war is fought for resources and economy. Wen Rui evaluated the production capacity of the Ultron robots in his automated factory and compared it with the production capacity of the Demon Mosquitoes hatched in the Blood Sea.

You don't know until you compare. Once you compare, you won't know. They are completely not in the same league.

That’s why we say that biological and chemical weapons are the nuclear bombs of poor countries. Their war effectiveness and cost-effectiveness are really too high.

In order to build an Ultron robot, Wen Rui has to collect and smelt hundreds of tons of ore and go through millions of processes before these ore raw materials can be processed into parts and assembled into a robot.

In order to create an army of demon mosquitoes, the Mosquito Taoist only needs to scatter insect eggs in the sea of blood, and the soldiers will pop up in exponential numbers like the reproduction of cockroaches.

Moreover, the evolution and iteration speed of the Demon Mosquitoes is very fast. Each generation of Demon Mosquitoes inherits and amplifies the advantages of the previous generation, discards the disadvantages, learns to fight in battle, and each generation is stronger than the previous one.

Wen Rui's Ultron robot software is upgraded very quickly, and it can use AI machine learning to improve its combat skills like the Magic Mosquito. However, hardware upgrades are a huge system engineering project, and any technological breakthrough requires years of accumulated scientific research progress.

After hiding in the mortal world and mining for five hundred years, and enslaving 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals to mine in heaven for decades, the mineral resources accumulated by Wen Rui are indeed astronomical figures. However, they pale in comparison to an opponent like Taoist Mosquito, who has the backing of an endless sea of blood and a nearly unlimited supply of resources.

A fleet of warships slowly landed on the open space in front of the Ghost Gate Tower. Wen Rui solemnly said to Huang Tianlu, "It is meaningless to stay here any longer. You should board the ship with the Taishan soldiers guarding the city and leave now."

"Retreat now? It's too early..."

The young general hesitated and was interrupted by Wen Rui before he finished speaking: "I will only give you ten minutes. If you don't board the ship within ten minutes, the transport fleet will leave."

Huang Tianlu was speechless for a moment after hearing these words, and his expression became more and more tangled. Wen Rui sneered and said, "Alright, stop being so cowardly, as if we can't live without you here. Do you really think that your rotten soldiers can play any role here? You are just a bunch of useless people. If you are sent to be filler babies, you will be nothing more than feeding the magic mosquitoes. If you don't believe me, send a team of soldiers to the front line to replace the anti-magic mosquito heavy mechas and see how happy the magic mosquitoes will be when they eat them."

After saying this, Wen Rui's divine clone dissipated his divine power and disappeared into a cloud of white smoke.

Huang Tianlu's handsome and resolute face turned red and blue, and he wished he could find a hole in the ground to crawl into. Wen Rui's words were unpleasant to hear, but every word was true.

After observing the fight between the metal puppet army and the magic mosquito army at close range, Huang Tianlu realized how big the gap was between the Taishan soldiers. The feeling was like witnessing the refugees running around in the ruins of the city when Ultraman was fighting Godzilla.

For either side in the battle, killing him and his thousands of Taishan warriors would be like crushing an ant.

The duty of the Taishan soldiers is to suppress the evil spirits that escape from the underworld and hell. Ghosts that have lost their physical bodies are extremely weak, and their souls may be scattered if exposed to sunlight. A sorcerer who has learned some Taoist magic can subdue evil spirits with some unorthodox methods. It is extremely easy for the divine soldiers appointed by the Heaven to suppress them.

Fighting with such opponents for a long time is like playing chess with a bad chess player, your chess skills will also become bad. The combat effectiveness of Taishan soldiers is gradually declining.

Wen Rui's divine clone disappeared, and he thoughtfully used nanorobots to build a floating countdown display screen in the air, and even more thoughtfully equipped the display screen with a voice playback function. As the countdown numbers on it decreased, the alarm sounded more and more urgent.

Shaking his head, Huang Tianlu gave a bitter smile and ordered loudly: "All Taishan soldiers, listen up, board the ships and retreat!"

……

The mortal world, Mount Tai.

In the past, the majestic mountains of Mount Tai were often hidden in the boundless sea of clouds, and the steep cliffs broke through the clouds like immovable reefs in the sea of clouds.

But now, the sea of clouds has disappeared, the sky is clear, the sun is shining brightly, and the air is extremely dry.

As a result, all the pines and cypresses on Mount Tai have turned yellow and dried up, and the streams in the mountain canyons have long dried up, leaving only the river channels paved with gravel and pebbles.

High in the sky above Mount Tai, there are several auspicious clouds hanging. On one of the clouds, several Buddhas wearing robes and emitting Buddha's light can be clearly seen.

On another larger cloud, there were several gods wearing gorgeous Taoist robes.

When gods and Buddhas appear in the mortal world, they are usually like a dragon whose head is visible but its tail is not, and their majestic bodies are hidden in the vast sea of clouds like a lute holding a musical instrument and half covering their faces. The mortals below can only see a vague glowing outline.

This time, it was as if it had been stripped naked. It could not find any natural clouds or mist to hide in after searching the whole sky. It had no choice but to stand conspicuously in the sky, showing its divine power under the eyes of countless mortals on the ground below.

"Lord of Water Virtue, how could the mortal world suddenly encounter a severe drought? There is not even a cloud of any size to be found? It is really embarrassing for us to reveal our true form in front of mortals like this."

A fairy on the auspicious cloud whispered to his companions.

"Don't mention it, it's all the young master's fault."

Before being deified, the Water Deity was Lu Xiong, the general of the left army of the Shang Dynasty. Even now that he has been deified, he has never changed the way he addresses Wen Rui in private.

"For some reason, he sucked up all the water in the world. Now I, the Water Virtue Star Lord, have no water to manage."

Lu Xiong complained: "Our embarrassment is a small matter. All living beings in the mortal world are suffering from drought. This is not a drought that has left thousands of miles of barren land. This is a drought that has left millions of miles of barren land without any harvest."

"What nonsense! If the drought continues, who knows how many lives will die of thirst and starvation. Isn't there anyone who will report this to the Jade Emperor?"

"I have already reported it. How could the Patrol Heavenly Tai Sui not report such a big thing?"

The speaker is Yang Ren, the God of Jiazi. "All the water in the world has been drained, and the Dragon Kings have all disappeared. There is no dragon to send to help. The Jade Emperor has kept the memorial and suppressed it. The young Grand Tutor has the power of a powerful official in the court of the Shang Dynasty. Even if he causes a disaster, the emperor will be afraid to hold him accountable."

Although Yang Ren was a disciple of the Chan sect, before he became a disciple of Qingxu Daode Tianzun, he was also a minister of the Shang Dynasty like Lu Xiong, and he did not change the way he addressed Wen Rui in private.

(End of this chapter)

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