Mythic version of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 6561 Synchronized, Brother
"Wait, how could my outstanding son do such a thing? Someone else must have taken the lead." Ulpian retorted angrily.

"You should say that if your son wasn't so outstanding, he wouldn't have been able to do something that none of us have even thought of. To be honest, this is actually a proof of his ability." Sergio said unhappily, "But your son hasn't been away for long, he should be able to catch up. Just let Letas go and stop him."

It was obvious that Sergio had no intention of dealing with Modestinus at all. Since he could still be saved, there was no need to keep a close eye on him. Besides, Modestinus had good intentions and wanted to save the Roman Empire from the shadow of the locust sky. Such a sincere patriotism should not be discouraged.

Besides, Modestinus could come up with a plan that none of them could think of, which showed that he was a gifted man. Considering that Ulpian kept saying that his adopted son had qualifications that surpassed his own, although it was not known how much truth there was in it, he was indeed a man of character to be able to say so.

A person of Ulpian's level would be the top figure in any of the three empires and could become a pillar wherever he goes. And since Modestinus has such qualifications and his surname is Claudius, he should of course be forgiven.

"Is there still a chance to redeem himself?" Ulpian quickly changed the subject after hearing that, speaking with some excitement. How could he not know the qualifications of his adopted son? He was a second himself, but he didn't know if there was something wrong with his brain or what, and he went to study philosophy. If he had entered Ulpian's door earlier, his adopted son might have a seat in the Roman Hall of Justice by now.

"Why are you panicking? Things haven't come to that point yet, Ulpian, calm down." Old Papinian glanced at Ulpian and said, as for the Grand Chancellor, if old Papinian retires, Ulpian will be his successor. He is an absolute pillar of the Roman Empire and an important force in maintaining the rule of law in Rome. But in the eyes of old Papinian, Ulpian's mentality is somewhat unqualified.

In terms of ability, there is no need to examine it. Even old Papinian could not surpass Ulpian in ability. But in terms of mentality, old Papinian is far better than Ulpian. As the pillar of an empire, sometimes you can't just consider ability, you also have to consider other aspects.

"Uh, sorry, I was too impatient." Ulpian was slightly startled when he heard that, and then he realized that he was too concerned and started to apologize immediately.

"No need to apologize. You will be serving as the Chief Justice soon. You don't need to apologize to anyone. The power in your hands is not for you to admit your mistakes, but for you to smash the heads of those who don't obey." Old Papinian warned with some experience.

Only after the second round of locust plague broke through Central Asia and headed for the Central Plains border, did the heads of each family look at the gray land and viciously issue death orders to their own African branches.

As a result, the Locust Sky Detachment that was separated from the Hanoi Zhang family's side near the left side of the Persian Gulf and the Locust Sky Detachment that was separated from the Wenxi Pei family's side near India both survived successfully, and then went to the Turan Plain one after another through the fiefdoms of the two major families of Hongnong Yang family and Longxi Li family. After showing off in Turan, they even managed to make their way to the Xinzhou area.

Although Wang Lang couldn't understand why the locusts in East Africa could rush from East Africa to Central Asia and eat up all the green plants in Central Asia, Wang Ling's character would never make such an outrageous joke. He could only say that the East African locusts were really powerful.

There is nothing much to say. The Chen family, who were squatting on the upper reaches of the Guishui River, were also slapped in the face by the passing Locust Sky Squad. However, this slap was an unbearable pain for the Chen family. It was too painful. Both sides of the Guishui River were swept clean, and not even a grass stalk was left for the Chen family. Chen Zhong, who was stationed in the mountain city of Bactra, was directly taken to the hospital for emergency treatment and almost had a heart attack.

"Let Letas go and inform Modestinus first." Sergio nodded to old Papinian. He also thought so. Even if things developed to the point that the Han Dynasty said, it was not a reason for them to deal with Modestinus. The most important thing at the moment was to solve the problem, not to deal with their own young people who had a heart to serve the country but did bad things.

"One hundred million locusts, and they have to record the footage. Could it be that the head of the family has been struck dumb by the locusts?" Wang Zhi looked at the secret letter sent by the family, especially the seal on it. Although he knew that this thing must be real, he was somewhat suspicious whether Wang Ling had a problem with his brain.

When the second round of locust plague hit all the noble families in Central Asia, oh, the Yang family of Hongnong and the Li family of Longxi were hit twice. This was because the two locust teams heading north were heading to the intersection area of ​​the Turan Plain. The scale of the locust plague was extremely large, covering tens of thousands of square kilometers, so the two families suffered twice.

Pompianus, Herodian, Sergio and others all looked at old Papinian in silence. To be honest, although they were very convinced of old Papinian's abilities, even these guys who had worked with him for many years still felt that this old man was a little too extreme.

At the same time, the Hongnong Yang family, the Er Cui family, the Longxi Li family, the Xingyang Zheng family and other families also mobilized their own manpower in Africa. To be honest, at this time, these families have reached the point where they are no longer fighting for bread, but for face. Anyway, Central Asia has been eaten up by the locust plague, and it is said that there will be a third round, a super-super locust plague that is even more powerful than the previous one with tens of billions of people. What else is there to say? Just change families!

"Not to mention that things haven't reached the worst point yet. Even if it really reaches that point, it won't be Modestinus who needs to be dealt with." Old Papinian said calmly.

The current time point is the third century. In Central Asia, which is rich in water and grass, there is no possibility that locusts taking the northern route would have to take a long detour, not get enough food, and then starve to death.

"I don't know whether you are stupid or not, but I know that our Wang family's fiefdom was annihilated by the locust plague in East Africa. The head of the family's efforts for so many years have been wasted. It would be strange if he is not angry. Pack up the things on hand and go to the place where the locust plague is most serious to record some videos to prove that we are indeed working." Wang Lang said very calmly, and then took out a crystal of the essence of heaven and earth the size of a pigeon egg, which was refined from many demon crystals.

To put it bluntly, Sistan is a desert in the 21st century, but before the 14th century, it was an irrigation area that was highly recorded in history books. Persia and India fought many times for this huge irrigation area, and as a result, it has turned into a desert in later generations.

After Shi Min of the Shi family received the news, he tried to run back overnight but failed and was caught by people from the Yang and Li families and beaten up. Shi Min also said that he felt very aggrieved. The news he received was also told to him by Chen Xi, but Chen Xi's news was given according to the ecological pattern a thousand years later. At that time, Central Asia was still full of fertile grasslands.

If you can't win, just change families. This is the strategy. Six or seven truly top families visited Wei family together, just short of putting a knife on Wei family's neck. They took out all the grain produced in the Caucasus in recent years to ensure their own survival. Then they moved all their outstanding young people to East Africa. There was no other intention, just to die together with the locust sky!
Therefore, when Modestinus arrived in East Africa and saw the Aksumite and Kushite kingdoms that had already begun to establish nomadic governments, 80 percent of the elite young people of the Han family had already gathered in East Africa. Even families like Chen, Xun and Sima, which theoretically did not participate in such matters, had emerged from the ground.

In East Africa, all the Han family members who were supposed to come have come. After the core base in Central Asia was destroyed by the second round of locust plague, all the major families that still had some spare energy used various means to notify their own researchers in Africa. They said, "No ulterior motive, just kill the locust larvae ruthlessly. The basic KPI indicator is to kill 100 million locusts. The family leaders want to see the corpses of locust larvae covering the ground!"
There is no way. The fully-formed locusts are really impossible to defeat. The Central Asian families tried every possible way and in the end failed to resolve the issue. No matter whether they were nobles for generations, wealthy families, or queens' families, they all had to crawl under the iron fist of Locust Sky and were tortured beyond their ability.

"Okay, the family has issued a new target. To annihilate 100 million locusts. If you can't defeat Locust Tian, ​​then defeat Locust Tian's son." Wang Lang looked at the secret order that the three kings had tried every possible means to send. At first, he didn't quite understand why it was so. But when he saw the overwhelming locusts sent by the three kings, and the image of only ashes left after the locusts passed by, Wang Lang realized. So the family was annihilated by the locusts?

Of course, this flight path brought hardship to the Hongnong Yang family and the Longxi Li family. What was worse than being beaten once was, of course, being beaten twice. After the locust squads swept through, other families at least had some grass stalks that were not too difficult to chew. But in the territories of the Hongnong Yang family and the Longxi Li family, not to mention the grass stalks, even the grass roots were uprooted and a layer of soil was scraped off.

In this situation, facing the beating of the third wave of locust plague, what is the point of the Central Asian family to plant a field? Are they going to lie down in Wubao? Isn't that capitulationism? I am a dignified thousand-year-old family, a noble family for generations, and I was defeated by a mere locust. What the hell!

Even if we can't win, we must show the unyielding spirit of our thousand-year-old family and generations of nobles, and fight with Huangtian! Attack Huangtian's hometown. When the Han family gathered in large numbers towards the locust plague-forming area in East Africa, some Brahmins on the Kushan side, because of the humiliation brought by Huangtian, carried their own secret treasures, gods and Buddhas, relics, Buddhist treasures and other strange things, and sailed from the Indian Ocean to East Africa.

It’s not that the Brahmin high-ranking officials are so responsible, but it’s more realistic. They were humiliated by the Han Dynasty because the Han Dynasty was really strong and they, the Brahmins, could not defeat them, so they endured it. They were humiliated by the Northern Nobles because the Northern Nobles had some foundation and their fists were strong enough, so they, the Brahmins, were willing to share India with them, so they accepted the reality. But who the hell are you, Locust Sky? Do you really think that I, a Brahmin, have no killer moves?

In other words, in the eyes of the Brahmins who had been humiliated so many times, they finally found a target to strike hard and vent their anger. In addition, they could also show their loyalty to the new boss Vasudeva I. Therefore, the Brahmins directly organized their own loyal researchers, and Ahmad personally sailed a ship to send a group of professionals to East Africa.

In the face of the Han Dynasty and the Northern Nobles, I am submissive, but in the face of the locust sky, I strike hard. This is the true mentality of the Brahmins at present.

So many of them, who would be considered talents in any of the three major empires, came here to do nothing but cause a locust plague. It's hard to say what they can come up with.

"This thing doesn't look like something that locusts have." Ahmada asked solemnly, holding a polyhedron crystal that was slightly larger than a fingernail.

When fighting to defend Gujarat more than a month ago, Ahmada killed hundreds of millions of locusts but didn't see many of these things. But after arriving in East Africa, basically one such thing would appear among every three or four locusts. Moreover, the larger and stronger the locusts, the higher the probability of this thing appearing. When it comes to the realm-breaking level, it is almost 100% certain that this thing will appear.

"It's probably a special product of the super locust plague. It's a special crystal of the essence of heaven and earth." Ansena held a crystal the size of a date pit and observed it under the scorching sun. "But it's useless. I don't know what the meaning of locusts growing this is?"

"It's useless?" Ahmada asked with a frown.

“Well, pure crystals of the essence of heaven and earth can only be used as energy. They do not contain the essence of life and are not very meaningful, but they are better than nothing.” Ansena put away the crystals of the essence of heaven and earth and said calmly that the Kushans had super-model cloud compression technology for energy, so they did not have much demand for new energy products such as the crystals of the essence of heaven and earth.

"In that case, this thing shouldn't be a natural product." Ahmada said with some speculation, "It's just a high-density energy crystal. Even if the locusts can draw on this power, it's actually just an auxiliary. Maybe it can fly faster and have better physical strength?"

Ahmada's face looked a little bad. Damn it, which beast did this? Don't let me catch you, or I will beat your head off. Fuck!
Although Ahmada has seen the research report on locusts possessing the crystals of the essence of heaven and earth by a group of researchers led by Ansena, the locusts themselves do not have a high utilization rate of the energy of the crystals of the essence of heaven and earth in their bodies. However, even a small amount of utilization can make the locusts fly faster and have stronger combat effectiveness. This is the main reason why this group of locusts can charge so outrageously.

"The locust is currently unable to utilize the crystal in its body very well. Theoretically speaking, if the crystal of the essence of heaven and earth in your hand is fully utilized, it will not be easy for you to capture the locust." Ansena used a secret technique to sense the energy intensity in the crystal of the essence of heaven and earth to ensure that there would be no major mistakes in his judgment.

"Is it so exaggerated?" Ahmada looked at the fingernail-sized crystal on his hand with some disbelief, and was somewhat surprised at Ansena's judgment.

"Not to mention the refinement of will, if we only talk about the total amount, the total amount of energy contained in that piece of crystal is not weaker than a human breaking through the boundary. In other words, if that piece of heaven and earth essence can be completely detonated, its power will not be weaker than the self-detonation of breaking through the boundary. But as of now, this thing is made like this, and it seems not easy to detonate." Ansena used the secret technique to sense the crystal in his hand, and he was somewhat impressed by the technical content of this thing.

Of course it is not easy to detonate. If it could explode easily, Guo Zhao would have been killed in the process of making this thing. The formed crystal of the essence of heaven and earth is actually very safe, and special means are needed to detonate it. Most of the time it is used as a battery to provide energy output.

"Well, now that you put it that way, I seem to remember something." Ahmada said in a thoughtful tone.

"What do you remember?" Ansena looked at Ahmada and asked.

"By using a special will to refine this thing, can it be possible to specifically detonate these crystals of the essence of heaven and earth, just like the self-detonation of internal energy leaving the body?" Ahmad asked.

"Probably not. Even if it has been refined to a certain extent, given the stability of this thing, if it is triggered to self-destruct with a specific will, it will probably only shatter the crystals of the essence of heaven and earth, and will not be enough to completely detonate this thing. Theoretically, if the thing in your hand explodes, it is equivalent to breaking the boundary and self-destructing, but because the energy inside has not been refined by the will, the power of the direct explosion will not be too great." Ansena said with some estimation.

Although it is just an estimate, Ansena's ability is still trustworthy, and his judgment can basically be regarded as the final result. In other words, even if there is a specific will that can refine the already formed crystallized essence of heaven and earth through the locusts, and then use special will to activate the self-destruction, the power will not be too great, at most it will be the power of a grenade in later generations.

"Can the locusts be killed by bombing?" Ahmada turned his head and looked at Ansena and asked. Ansena was stunned for a moment, and then the two looked at each other.

"Fuck, damn Han Empire, they are so cruel." Ansena said gritting his teeth. It was obvious at a glance that the crystallization of the essence of heaven and earth in the locust's body was not a normal thing. It must have been achieved by some technical means.

Ansena is not exaggerating. This kind of troublesome technology is extremely difficult to operate even with the technical strength of the Kushan Empire. Then other minor forces don't even have the qualifications to try to cheat. In other words, apart from the Han Dynasty, Rome, and Kushan, there is no other force that could have done it. If it wasn't the Kushan that did it, then only the Han Dynasty and Rome could have done it.

Considering that Rome was also devastated by the locust plague, it goes without saying who was responsible for this thing.

"Can you create a will to connect these locusts, then refine the crystals of the essence of heaven and earth, and make them self-destruct?" Ahmad said with a serious expression.

"It's a bit difficult. The Han Dynasty must have a backdoor. We have to break it by force." Ansena's face was gloomy.

There is a chapter later to add background information.