1382 Orion and the Great Pyramid of Giza! (1/2)
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
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Mo Fan left, leaving Zhao Manyan and Lingling in the memorial hall. Lingling believed it was necessary to tell the Prophet the latest update.
They headed to the Northguard Fortress. The ancient wall of the Northguard Fortress was well-preserved. Its defense and sturdiness exceeded the parts of the Great Wall that had collapsed and become archaeological sites. The Prophet was planning to use the Northguard Fortress as the center point and connect it with what was left of the Great Wall to form a line of defense, shielding their land before the army of undead of the Great Pyramid of Giza showed up.
From the west of the Northguard Fortress and to Yulin City in the east, the Great Wall's length was around a hundred kilometers.
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General Bin Wei told everyone that the ancient wall did not have the ability to extend. In other words, the total volume of the ancient wall would remain the same, whether it was stacked higher or extended as a straight line like a long dam.
”It's just like playdough, you can pull it to make it longer, or press it to make it round. You can also compress it to make it more solid, but its volume doesn't increase or decrease. If I control the wall to rise into the sky, it will have the same appearance as the dam you have seen before, but it also means its thickness and length will decrease,” General Bin Wei explained.
”I see. So if we connect more parts of the Great Wall, our defense will be longer, thicker, and wider?” Zhang Xiaohou asked.
”That's right. I don't have much of the Ancient Earth Fountain Spring Water left. Even if we evenly distribute it across the wall, its power won't last very long. General Bin Wei is a successor; she will be controlling the hundred-kilometers-long wall once it is connected, but we'll need an Advanced Mage on every part of the wall to keep inserting the Earth Fountain Spring Water into the wall with their will.” He sighed. ”Many parts of the Great Wall have been abandoned. They have lost too much of their energy. There aren't many parts that are as well-preserved as the one at Northguard Fortress, and only a few people have the power to control them. We only have eight usable segments left!” the Prophet said.
”So that means we'll have to split up into eight teams and insert the energy into the segment we are in charge of?” Commander Ye Hong asked.
”Mmm, many of the segments are severely damaged. All that is left is a pile of uplifted yellow soil. Some are even buried in the ground. We'll need the Ancient Earth Fountain Spring Water for them to work. I've already obtained some here,” the Prophet told him.
The Ancient Earth Fountain Spring Water was extremely scarce. The Prophet had used everything he had to collect it. The truth was, it was all the Ancient Earth Fountain Spring water he could possibly collect!
”Then let's assign the people to the different segments!” Zhang Xiaohou said.
”Have we chosen the people?” Lingling asked.
”I have a few reliable men that are suitable for the mission,” General Bin Wei answered.
”I will lead a few of my men to hold the Double Mountain Pass!” Commander Ye Hong said.
General Bin Wei was clearly going to guard Northguard Fortress. She was the commander of the Northguard Fortress, so it reasonable to place her in charge of the mission.
”I will guard Jian'an Pass!” Captain Feng Yufei stepped forward.
”Then I and another two Enforcers will take care of the easternmost pass,” Captain He Feikun said.
”We will take responsibility for the pass in the middle!” Qi Yang of the Preventive Committee declared.
”I will guard Shenmu Pass!” Zhang Xiaohou stated.
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Each pass would need a group of people responsible for it. They were already short in numbers, yet they had to split up into eight teams. Everyone would have to give their best!
”One more thing! Each pass will have a Magic Fire Beacon. While the pass is standing, the Magic Fire Beacon will light up with a fire pillar that is visible over a kilometer away. If the fire pillar is extinguished, it means the pass isn't active. The line of defense we are going to establish is around a kilometer long. When the army of undead comes, we won't be able to use our communication device. The pillar of the Magic Fire Beacon is our only way we will know one another's situation,” the Prophet said.
His words sounded relatively heavy. They all knew how dangerous the mission was. They could be overrun by the army of undead very easily, so the Magic Fire Beacon did not just indicate the pass was still standing, it also indicated that the flames of their lives were still burning!
”We will defend North Valley to our deaths!”
”To our deaths!”