At this moment, two marshals of the Imperial Army, Song Tuo, the deacon of the Longmen Chamber of Commerce, two intelligence officials from Huangquan, and a ten thousand men of the Federal Army gathered in Alfonso's office. In front of them was a huge sand table, with small red, blue and black flags inserted on them.

Just thirty seconds ago, they had to pull out more than a dozen small red and blue flags and replace them with black ones.

The small red flag represents the Imperial Army, the blue one represents the Federal Army, and the black one represents the "remnant soul".

"How are you preparing for the refuge in the imperial capital?"

"It is under preparation... However, in order to prevent chaos, the news is still strictly confidential. Only His Majesty and the heads of several large families have been notified... It is expected that it will take three days for the royal family and nobles to complete the evacuation. As for the civilians in the Linfeng Castle... it is too late."

"Mr. Song Tuo, did this happen when the Tang Empire was clearing the remnant souls?" Alfonso's face was very bad. The rescue troops only took back one-third of the trapped soldiers, and at least six or seven thousand people were on standby in the safe zone. But just now, the remnant souls that suddenly began to move on a large scale devoured those safe zones, and the remaining trapped troops were declared wiped out.

This is not the most difficult problem. According to the final report from the front-line observation position, a large number of remnants of souls are still moving south, and their target is likely...Torgras Fortress!

Shields and armor cannot block the remnant souls, and the armor plates of airships and tanks cannot block them, and the fortress walls are the same. They are like tides, walking on flat ground, omnipresent, swallowing everything...

"No, never, after the apostle disappeared, the remaining souls left behind could not leave their place... They are all dead objects, and relying solely on instinct action, without independent consciousness." Song Tuo's face also looked a little pale.

"What's your explanation for this?" Alfonso's eyes were extremely sharp. Song Tuo felt like a sharp scalpel was swimming back and forth on his skin, looking for the location where he would take the knife.

"...The remnant soul does not leave the distance independently, but... if someone deliberately seduces it, it will be different." Song Tuo glanced at the people present and said in an extremely cautious tone.

"Temptation?" The intelligence officer, who was born in Huangquan, immediately stood up from the chair.

"Yes... temptation, in the information I shared with you before, it was mentioned that because the body has the power of the same origin, the awakened person can sense the existence of the residual soul within a certain distance, and the residual soul can also sense the power of the apostles in the body of the awakened person. They are the creations of the apostles and have an indescribable desire for the power of the apostles... This is also why the remnant soul removal troops must be composed of awakened persons and ordinary people, and the proportion of awakened persons cannot exceed 10%... Because a unit composed of pure awakened persons will cause riots of the remnant souls after entering the wandering area."

Song Tuo took a deep breath and continued.

"They will swarm like sharks smelling blood in the sea. The more people there are, the more attractive they will be, and the more they will be."

"You mean... someone used the awakened ones to lure out the remnant souls on the battlefield?"

"Yes, using the awakened person as a living sacrifice can indeed achieve this effect."

"Living sacrifice? Isn't it enough to get close?"

"If you only want to touch the remnants of souls within a small range, you can indeed get close. However, such a large-scale remnant of the remnants can only be achieved by using a large amount of flesh and blood of the awakened person as a living sacrifice."

"Mass? How many people do I mean? I mean...how many awakened people?"

"The chronological order of the location of the 'sacrificial sacrifice' must be calculated in advance, otherwise the number will be even larger." Song Tuo replied.

The office suddenly fell into silence.

Even if we gather the awakened people in the entire fortress now, it is still uncertain whether there can be a hundred people. Using one hundred awakened people as living sacrifices to trigger a rebellion of the remnant souls... This is no longer a big deal.

The Rhine Empire, the Northern Federation and even the Tang Empire are closely following this battlefield. No matter which force it is, the mobilization of more than one hundred awakened people will definitely not be hidden from anyone - the awakened people are different from ordinary people. The power in their bodies is very special. Both the Rhine Empire and the Northern Federation have methods to detect the identity of the awakened people, and they are absolutely unable to hide in the conventional forces.

"Then the question is... who is it? Who is the person who caused the remnant soul riot?"

"Is the Northern Federation?" Another Huangquan intelligence officer looked at the only Northern barbarian in the office - the 10000-man in the North Federation with a bearded face.

"Hmph, do you think it's possible?" Captain Wan snorted coldly, completely disdaining to answer this question.

"There is no possibility of the Northern Federation. Let alone whether the Northern Federation can come up with a hundred awakened people. Even if they want to tear up the armistice agreement now, it is impossible to use such a method." Song Tuo took the initiative to stand up and explained, "Think carefully, what is the purpose of the Northern Federation launching a war? It is for the land. Humans are unable to survive in the environment of the Permafrost Islands. They can only expand the population of various tribes by regaining the land of the Linfeng Plain... But if they use the remnant soul to defeat the Rhine Empire, they will only get a dead land, which is worthless to them."

"Song Tuo is right. It cannot be the Northern Federation. Such things harm others and are not beneficial to oneself. The Northern Barbarians are not that stupid." Alfonso nodded and agreed.

"The apostles are our common enemy, but some people don't think so." Song Tuo said as if he suddenly thought of something, and kept knocking on the edge of the birch long table with his fingers.

"A person who does not regard the apostles as hostile forces... are you referring to those Shenluo believers?" A Huangquan intelligence officer was stunned for a moment and said subconsciously.

The Shinra Empire was once the most powerful country on the continent, and it was also a country ruled by the gods. The Pope of the Shinra Church was the emperor of the Shinra Empire. The existence of the cardinal opportunity replaced the parliament. The cardinals were the rulers of the empire under one person and above ten thousand people. Everyone in the country was the believers of the Shinra Church. As for those who have no faith and pagans, they could not survive in this empire.

And what this Shinra Church believes in... is the apostle with supreme power.

On April 20, 481, the day of its first arrival, the scorching white light column destroyed O'Connell, the capital of the Shinra Empire. The pope and nineteen cardinals of the Shinra Church were martyred. The huge empire was on the verge of disintegration overnight.

In the church, a large number of believers were shaken. No one could explain why the "gods" they believed in would bring disaster to their believers... Many people think that this is a symbol that the "gods" have given up the Shinra Church, and the entire Shinra Empire fell into civil strife that had been present before.

In June of the same year, the Rhine Empire officially sent troops to Shinra, and Shinra could hardly stop effective resistance.

In September of the same year, the last sect army of the Shenluo Empire was destroyed, and the Hassa line of defense fell. At this point, more than 90% of the territory of the Shenluo Empire fell.

In November of the same year, the remnants of the Shenluo Empire were expelled to the extreme west. The Shenluo Empire declared its destruction, and the Rhine Empire replaced Shenluo and officially became the overlord of the Western continent.

More than 220 years have passed since then.

It is said that those Shinra believers who fled to the extreme west did not give up their faith in the apostles. They believed that the day of advent was the test of the apostles for mortals. The survivors who survived on the day of advent were called "the purgatory", while those who awakened the power of the apostles were called "the saints".
Chapter completed!