Light Fortress Chapter 1946 - 22: Countermeasures

At the break of dawn, the Gu Castle Fortress on the northern frontier was attacked by a super giant source material storm.

Zou Hai, the temporary guardian of Gu Castle, died in battle.

The Gu Castle Fleet, comprising fifty-nine source energy boats, was completely annihilated.

The atmosphere in the Spiritual Conference Room was very bleak. The white torrent had a significant impact, and everyone’s mood was heavy.

However, in seven minutes, the Heavenly Sheath strike is to be launched. This meeting was not held solely to announce the catastrophe that befell Gu Castle.

"According to calculations, this super giant source material storm, after crushing Gu Castle, was supposed to continue southward..."

Lin Chou spoke: "But now the storm’s forward trend has significantly declined, and a vortex has formed over Gu Castle."

He lightly tapped the table with his fingertips.

The real-time image updated, showing Gu Castle Fortress shrouded in a massive snow fog, with billions of extraordinary source particles swirling at the collapsed gate, forming a black hole.

"This is..."

Gu Shen squinted his eyes. He looked at the scene. To others, the particles dancing in the snow fog might be unfamiliar, but he knew them all too well.

"This is the Heavenly Sheath Fragment?!"

"Yes." Lin Chou looked toward Gu Shen and nodded, "This is the extraordinary cancellation effect after the activation of [Morshan]."

Morshan!

The Gu Castle Fortress has always stored the Sky Shield Missile given by the Gu Family to the North Continent years ago!

"In the final moments... Zou Hai detonated [Morshan] and created a counter-impact."

Lin Lin’s voice was hoarse: "The Heavenly Sheath Fragment envelops Gu Castle Fortress. Due to the characteristics of the Heavenly Sheath, the momentum of the storm was forcibly interrupted."

The massive vortex enveloping the city wall of Gu Castle was formed as a result.

The Heavenly Sheath Fragment is eliminating extraordinary source particles.

In other words...

It is eliminating this source material storm!

"Perhaps, this could be considered good news..."

Lu Nanzhi murmured softly.

The human world had always been helpless against source material storms, but now the Heavenly Sheath Weapon can be effective...

This is the glimmer of light in the darkness!

"Yes, this is indeed good news."

Lin Chou said earnestly: "The activation of [Morshan] successfully delayed the storm at Gu Castle, but considering the current situation, a single Heavenly Sheath Weapon is not sufficient to completely eliminate this storm."

This is why he urgently convened the meeting!

In a few minutes, all one hundred and three Sky Shield Missiles will be launched, and by then it will be too late to retrieve them or rush their production.

To fight against Deep Sea, the three continents alliance decided to clear out their inventory.

But now...

The arrival of the super giant storm directly punctured a hole in the northern frontier.

"So..."

Gu Nanfeng sighed softly in his heart before raising his head to speak calmly: "This unexpected source material storm has invalidated the originally planned Heavenly Sheath strike."

"Although it’s hard to accept, the truth is indeed so."

Lin Chou’s eyes were filled with countless regrets as he stretched his fingers across the virtual map to trace a long line: "Gu Castle Fortress is located at the protruding point of the northern defense line. Once Gu Castle is breached, the storm will spread inland in the North Continent, and the entire frontier will be shattered... The aftermath of the source material storm will extend across the Tundra and invade the East Continent."

What kind of disaster will follow?

It’s simply unimaginable.

Faced with this level of source material storm, every effort must be made to choke it at the throat.

"There’s also worse news."

Lin Chou continued: "I suspect that the source material storm that descended on Gu Castle was not just a coincidence... Members of the Investigation Corps at the northern frontier detected unusual extraordinary source material fluctuations."

Everyone in the conference room was stunned.

"It’s the [Doors]."

Gu Shen spoke at this moment.

His voice was heavy as he said, "When the super giant source material storm attacked Gu Castle... from a distance, I saw the scene. This storm appeared from the [Doors]."

The Old World had countless [Doors].

Some [Doors] were shrouded under black holes, corroded by extraordinary power.

Some [Doors] were artificially manufactured.

The tribe that controls the technology to create [Doors] is the traveller tribe. This tribe travels thousands of miles in the void, searching for the whereabouts of the Five Continents for six hundred years. They can manufacture a large number of [Doors], as proven in the Duolu River battle.

A large amount of unusual source essence breath appeared outside the North Continent Fortress.

These breaths are related to the [Doors].

Combining these two points... allows one to guess the real reason behind the storm’s attack on Gu Castle.

"Is it... Deep Sea?"

Lin Lin looked at Gu Shen with disbelief.

Even now, he is still caught in the throes of Gu Castle’s downfall. After receiving the spiritual message from Zou Hai, he was first shocked, then forced himself to quickly regain composure, knowing there was more important work waiting... except he never imagined that this terrifying calamity was man-made.

Just so you know...

If he hadn’t accepted the temporary assignment from Central City.

Right now, he should be at Gu Castle!

If Lin Lin were at Gu Castle, at this moment he would be dead without even a trace of ash left.

"I’m not certain it’s Deep Sea."

"But... I don’t believe there exists such a precise coincidence in this world."

Gu Shen said: "Gu Castle Fortress didn’t encounter trouble early nor late, but precisely tonight, at this moment, it suffered such a heavy blow. This timing is just too coincidental."

Deep Sea had given the prophecy of the imminent arrival of the super giant source material storm many years ago.