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An Yan spoke in her gentle voice a number that silenced everyone.

It can only be said that this was the most terrifying battle in terms of sheer numbers since the founding of the New Dragon Kingdom, rather than a battle with such a terrifying number of participants that could not be found in human history.

It's important to know that in human history, there are only a handful of battles with more than a million participants.

However, in the city of Shuris, the Ansel War Zone is now facing the first battle in human history involving tens of millions of troops, and the total number of Ansel troops stationed there has been reduced after receiving support from the organization.

The number of soldiers barely reached one million, which means that each soldier had to face at least ten enemies.

In wars between people, the conflict can collapse after the number of casualties reaches 10, and surrender is an option. No matter what, there is always a way to save one's life. However, Su Mu and his companions are facing Trisolarans who are not afraid of death, do not care about casualties, and only care about destroying everything.

In other words, either the Ansel War Zone will completely annihilate these Trisolarans, or it will be unable to withstand the Abyss's attacks and will temporarily abandon Shuris City, retreating everyone back to Tanis Planet.

Su Mu let out a deep breath. He knew that they were about to face the most dangerous moment. They had never expected the Abyss to be so decisive. In their expectations, they would at most face six or seven times the number of enemies.

But we never expected to face such a large number. Even if the organization provides immediate support, it will be too late. Now we can only rely on them.

This can't be blamed on them. After all, it was the first time the organization had faced such a situation, and they were already quite bold in formulating the contingency plan. But unfortunately, they still underestimated it somewhat.

Su Mu calmly asked the staff officers, other commanders, and the scientists still there, "Have you found out why the abyss suddenly started gathering like crazy?"

Tianming's expression was complex and hard to decipher. He said in a somewhat speechless tone, "Report! General Wang, based on the analysis of all of us and Su Mu..." He sighed and continued, "We all believe that the root cause of this situation lies within ourselves."

Su Mu was dumbfounded when he heard this conclusion. He saw that everyone present was speechless. Even Zhang Feiyan and Li Jian had complicated expressions. They had not expected it to be like this.

Su Mu frowned and asked in a puzzled tone, "Why would you say that? How did you come to this conclusion?"

Tianming said, "Commander, do you still remember the origin of this abyss?"

Su Mu nodded. Of course, he would not forget the origin of the Abyss that connected to Shuris City. It was etched in his mind. The Abyss was a negative energy plane that mainly developed itself by destroying worlds and dispatching Trisolarans by connecting worlds.

Destroy and devour all Lawrence Robertsons connected to the world. After all Lawrence Robertsons are destroyed, the world will be pulled into the abyss plane and devoured. Each world devoured will add another layer of the abyss world.

It can also connect to an additional world, and the Trisolarans will be strengthened once more. However, the invasion of Shuris City is a newly formed abyssal plane, and it can only connect to one world at a time.

Tianming continued, "Based on our long-term research and observation, as well as the information provided by the main god, we can now clearly know that negative energy planes like the Abyss exist."

They are inherently stronger when facing normal planes. Without our intervention, the city of Shuris would inevitably have been ground down by the Abyss, becoming a new layer of the Abyss that invaded Shuris.

Su Mu nodded. "However, our arrival disrupted the Abyss's original plans. After our first attack on the Abyss's node and our successful reduction of the Abyss's connection point, the consciousness that likely exists within the Abyss is now in danger."

They deemed us no match for the time being, so instead of attacking us, they turned their attention to the surrounding organizations, trying to trap us here. Their main reason for doing this was because of what happened back then.

We don't yet have the ability to destroy the Abyss Connection Points, but after we closed two Connection Points, the Abyss felt threatened, which is why we launched this counterattack.

They wanted to destroy us, but everything that had happened before was within our contingency plans. The reason things have turned out this way is because the Abyss sensed the threat of death.

"Oh?" Su Mu raised an eyebrow. How did they manage to make the Abyss feel threatened by death? So he asked curiously, "Why would you say that the Abyss felt threatened by death?"

“There are two main reasons,” Tianming said. “First, we now have the capability to destroy and shut down small and medium-sized abyssal connection points, based on our long-standing contact with the abyss.”

In addition to intelligence about the Abyss obtained from various sources, and a complete analysis report compiled by Su Mu, we discovered that the Abyss was nascent, like the one that invaded Ansel.

Their primary method of intrusion was through a large number of small and medium-sized Abyss Links, while a small number of large 507 Links and even fewer super-large Abyss Links were used to deal with the tough nuts. Now we are able to attack and shut down small and medium-sized Abyss Links.

This is tantamount to striking the Abyss's Achilles' heel directly. The Abyss has stopped attacking other places and has instead launched a full-scale attack on us.

This only made the Abyss feel a great threat from us, not a life-or-death crisis, after all, the Abyss still has countless connection points.

While listening to Tianming's explanation, Su Mu looked at the various intelligence and analysis reports about the Abyss that An Yan displayed on the holographic screen.

Furthermore, the intelligence transmitted back from other Abyss connection points by reconnaissance satellites each time they enter the region recently confirms the reason Tianming mentioned.

Su Mu nodded, acknowledging Tianming's reason. "And the other reason?"

Tianming said, "Another reason is that we have an absolute crushing advantage over the Abyss in terms of high-end combat power. We can see this from the description of a similar defensive war of the Holy Fas Empire that Miss Li Jian participated in."

Furthermore, our research and analysis of the causes and consequences of this situation revealed that it occurred after we conducted probing attacks and data collection against the Abyssal Six-Legged Monster and the Abyssal Giant Beetle.

Chapter 175: Providing the Latest Intelligence

"Therefore, we have reason to believe that these two Trisolaran beings are the highest ground combat units in the Abyss, apart from the Abyss Overlord, and that we easily annihilated them, as Ms. Li Jian told us."

Bone Dragons appear very infrequently, only appearing under certain circumstances that affect Abyss attacks, so we believe that Bone Dragons are high-level aerial units of the Abyss.

While attacking the Abyssal Six-Legged Beasts and the Abyssal Giant Beetles, we also inflicted casualties on some Abyssal Bone Dragons.

Li Jian nodded and continued, "That's right. From the time the Abyss invaded until now, as far as I know, the Abyss Bone Dragon has appeared less than seven times. Each time, the Abyss couldn't conquer a certain location after a long siege."

They may only appear when high-threat, highly mobile forces are encountered, and they will not reappear once these forces are eliminated or the threat is eliminated.

After Li Jian finished speaking, Tianming continued, "The appearance rate of the six-legged abyssal monster, the giant abyssal beetle, and the bone dragon has slowed down."

This also confirms this viewpoint, making the Abyss realize that even if it drags on, it will still be the one to fail. Therefore, the Abyss now wants to concentrate all its power to destroy us.

"According to intelligence transmitted back by military reconnaissance satellites, Abyss's attack activities in other locations have all ceased, which also proves the above point."

"In conclusion, we have concluded that this result occurred because of our own actions."

Su Mu sighed. He had considered various reasons, but he never imagined that this situation would arise because of their own actions. This was truly...

"What are your predictions for the subsequent outcome?" Su Mu asked in a deep voice.

"Based on various intelligence reports and the current situation, our prediction is that if we can withstand this backlash from the Abyss, then the Abyss will not launch such a large-scale attack against us in the short term."

Instead, they shifted to continuous small-scale harassment to hinder our further development, while simultaneously launching attacks on other organizations, intending to deal with us only after completely eliminating them. "Tianming said.

"Then why don't they keep launching large-scale attacks against us? You know, we're capable of shutting down connection points," Su Mu asked, voicing his question.

"It's very simple. The Abyss doesn't know that we come from another world. When the God of God connected to this world, he disguised the passage. As long as you don't have the strength of the God of God, nothing can detect the connection passage."

This is how the connecting channels between every world are handled. Naturally, this nascent abyss could not have discovered it, so the abyss regarded us as the natives of this world.

Moreover, the Trisolarans bred in the Abyss extract energy from destruction. Only by possessing a second layer of the Abyss can one stop relying on destruction to bred Trisolarans.

"This is the latest intelligence provided by the Supreme God that we just found while searching databases related to the Abyss," the advisor replied.

Su Mu nodded. That explained it. The reason why the Abyss wouldn't launch another large-scale attack on them was simply because of an imbalance between income and expenditure.

If the Abyss cannot destroy Lawrence Robertson, it will be unable to mass produce units and will only become weaker and weaker until it has no units left to use. At that point, the Abyss will be like a fish on a chopping board, and can be dealt with however it wants.

"An Yan, take stock of the Ansel war zone and the status of all available weapons and ammunition," Su Mu ordered.

"Order received, statistics in progress... Statistics complete."

Looking at the densely packed list of weapons and ammunition compiled by An Yan, Su Mu asked, "An Yan, what are our chances of winning if we use all the weapons and ammunition on this list?"

"Calculating... Calculation complete."

"Su Mu, if we use all our weapons and ammunition, and coordinate with our current forces, we have a 50% chance of winning, assuming the number of Trisolarans does not exceed 20 million."

"What is the probability that the number exceeds 20 million?" Su Mu asked.

"Please wait a moment, a comprehensive analysis is underway."

Various kinds of abyssal information began to flash on the holographic screen, some old and some new, as well as records of the changes in the intensity of spatial fluctuations at the abyssal connection point over different time periods.

The speed was so fast that no one could see it clearly. Keep in mind that they were all cultivators who had achieved some success in body tempering techniques, and even high-level mages like Zhang Feiyan and Li Jian could not see it clearly.

Three minutes later...

"Analysis complete. According to the latest intelligence from all parties, the number of Trisolarans exceeding 20 million is no more than one percent."

"Su Mu, the middle management and Base 2049 have sent over the latest support list. Do you want to take a look?"

Su Mu's face lit up with joy; this was truly a timely help! He nodded vigorously, "Mm!"

An Yan opened the latest support list and saw that it was filled with tens of thousands of intelligent unmanned attack units, as well as a support force of 100,000 people that could be reached in just one day. Her stern face finally softened.

"An Yan, reassess according to this support list," Su Mu said with a slight ease in his tone, ever since he learned that the Abyss had begun to mass produce troops.

"Received, entering...Entry complete, recalculating." An Yan replied with a somewhat formulaic tone. Well...it's only intermediate-level AI after all. It'll be fine once it advances to the next level.

"Calculation complete. Su Mu's latest result shows our chances of winning have increased to seventy percent," An Yan said.

"Hmm." Su Mu nodded and asked, "An Yan, how many new-generation pollution-free fusion nuclear bombs does the Ansel Theater currently have in stockpile? How many first-generation annihilation warheads are there? How many are ready for combat?"

"An Yan!"

"I'm here."

"I now authorize the use of all strategic weapons reserves, and simultaneously report this to the middle management for record-keeping," Su Mu said decisively.

"Instructions received, authorization being verified... According to the latest orders from the middle command, in Shuris City, General Su Mu, the supreme commander of the Ansel War Zone, has full operational command authority and full authority to use all weapons, including but not limited to strategic weapons."

"Access verification successful." An Yan then began to question Su Mu, "Su Mu, are you familiar with the rules and regulations for the use of the new generation of strategic weapons? Has the situation reached a point where the use of strategic weapons is absolutely necessary?"

The rules and regulations for the use of the new generation of strategic weapons were mainly formulated for the city of Shuris, due to its special status and worldview, in order to avoid excessive damage to the local ecological environment.

Chapter 176: Completely powerless to resist

There are also unknown consequences that may result from the overuse of annihilation bombs. After all, the organization's research in space is still in its infancy and its understanding in this area is still quite superficial. Therefore, the organization has specified very strict usage regulations.

“I am already familiar with the rules and regulations for the use of the new generation of strategic weapons!” Su Mu said. “And we have reached the point where we must use strategic weapons. If we do not use them, the Ansel Special Zone will most likely fall.”

According to the latest detailed rules and regulations on the use of the new generation of strategic weapons issued by the mid-level leadership, it conforms to the 72nd detailed rule in Article 135 of the regulations.

"Verification of actual conditions is underway... Verification passed." An Yan then inquired, "Su Mu, does the Ansel Theater meet the requirements for strategic weapons, including location, positioning accuracy... prerequisites for use?"

"The prerequisites for the use of strategic weapons have been met," Su Mu replied.

"Verification in progress...Verification successful." An Yan continued, "Su Mu, please complete the strategic weapons authorization process according to my guidance."

"Okay!" Su Mu said, and walked towards the command platform.

"Please place your hand in the highlighted area of ​​the command console," An Yan said.

Su Mu placed his right hand on the highlighted area of ​​the command platform.

"Scanning started... Fingerprint verified, palm print verification passed, first layer 507 verified."

"Please look directly at the verification device."

Su Mu did as instructed.

"Pupil verification passed, iris verification passed, second layer verification passed."

"Please place your index finger in the indicated area."

Su Mu placed his right index finger in the command area of ​​the control panel, and immediately felt a slight pain in his finger.

"Initiating DNA verification..."

"Verification passed, all verifications completed."

Then everyone saw the "Strategic Weapon Use Authorization" displayed on the big screen. The left side showed "Ansel Theater Authorization Completed," and the right side showed "Waiting for mid-level authorization to complete, please wait..."

A moment later, "Waiting for mid-level authorization to be completed" changed to "Authorization completed", and then all the words disappeared and it became "Strategic weapon authorization completed, all unlocked, and ready for combat".

"An Yan, immediately issue orders to the strategic missile force to prepare for combat."

"The command has been confirmed and issued."

On the contrary, they were quite supportive, and they would have offered suggestions if Su Mu hadn't brought it up himself.

Keep in mind that they were facing a counterattack from tens of millions of Trisolarans, and not counting their unmanned combat units, their entire force numbered only about one million, most of whom were new recruits who had never been on the battlefield.

Even including unmanned combat units, the total number is only around two million, and the latest support force arriving a day later is still less than three million, even with the support of three warships.

However, their explosives are not unlimited. Faced with this battle that is destined to have no rest time, there will inevitably be a period of firepower vacuum.

Only by using strategic weapons to reduce the number of Trisolarans can they better arrange troop rotation and resupply.

"It's dawn," Su Mu said, turning around.

"To!"

“I need you to…” Su Mu glanced at his watch and continued, “to come up with a battle plan before noon and launch an attack on the Trisolaran creatures that are gathering.”

The main objective of this operation is to inflict maximum casualties on the Abyss's forces and force them to launch an attack prematurely. We cannot allow them to mass-produce troops so easily.

"Yes!"

"Remember, you only have four hours! Can you do it?" Su Mu asked seriously.

"Mission accomplished!" Tianming saluted and shouted. "Report!"

"Say!"

"What equipment will we use?" Tianming asked.

"You can mobilize all the strategic weapons, the three warships, and the air force. Any other questions?" Su Mu asked.

"Report! It's gone!" Tianming said.

"Okay, let's get moving. You only have four hours," Su Mu kindly reminded him.

Tianming's expression changed, and without saying anything, he gathered his staff and left in a hurry.