My Weekly Refreshing Mentor Spirit-Chapter 365 - 308: The Founding of the Free Iron Curtain

It has been two days since the last Mist Council on Divine Lord Day.

In the previous instance, the reinforcements borrowed by the Ninth Apostle consisted of two Insect Race Queens along with a whole team of Insect Race War Soldiers.

Even Xue Dili, including the Interstellar Corps, thought of the Super Iron Curtain as the "Empire Graveyard," a battleground for endless attrition against the Apostles. But now, the intensity of the war has far exceeded Xue Dili’s expectations.

Has the entire Super Iron Curtain even fallen? 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Frowning at the intelligence reports being sent back, he was deeply concerned.

"It’s not just the simple matter of the capital falling; their capital had actually been controlled for a long time, but they were always unaware. Meanwhile, frontline soldiers endured issues such as supply cuts, ammunition shortages, power shortages, a lack of medical tabs, and loss of air superiority, yet they managed to hold onto a small base until another world was attacked. Only then did they realize that the capital had long fallen and the higher-ups had become puppets."

At this time, Fearless Mecha spoke.

Xue Dili was taken aback, realizing that this Mecha appeared more concerned about the situation over there than he was.

Clearly, it seemed its PTSD had relapsed.

"Have you encountered such a situation before?" Xue Dili asked.

"Yes, the Empire’s Colonization Star No. 3 was the first place invaded by the insect swarm. But by the time the first batch of reinforcements arrived, the local capital had long fallen, completely becoming the main base for the insects, causing the first batch of reinforcements to resist in isolation until all perished..."

"And under the control of the insects, the capital of Colonization Star No. 3 had sent various distress signals and fake intelligence, luring the Empire’s reinforcements deeper into their encirclement, only to be devoured one by one. It wasn’t until the reinforcements realized the capital had long fallen and that all this was the insects’ conspiracy that they finally gave up on Colonization Star No. 3 and prepared for total war."

Fearless Mecha recounted a corner of their wartime history.

Xue Dili let out a sigh, recognizing that the situation might be more difficult than he had thought.

"I’ll go investigate first," Xue Dili said.

He wasn’t prepared for full support yet. After all, the battlefield there was beyond his capacity to engage—facing the Ninth Apostle, Insect Race Queens, along with Insect Race War Soldiers...

Even if the Interstellar Corps were holding down most of the Ninth Apostle’s forces.

What he encountered were only the insect swarms; the original forces of the Ninth Apostle have not yet surfaced.

"Should we provide support?" Earth Consciousness inquired.

Xue Dili nodded temporarily, though his brow remained furrowed.

"Then go ahead, I’ll back you up at any time." Knowing that once Xue Dili made certain decisions, he couldn’t be stopped, but what it could do now was provide all the possible support.

Prepare for backup.

...

Super Iron Curtain.

Once a regional overlord expanding its Colonization Stars, the Super Iron Curtain only managed to hold out for less than 48 hours before fully surrendering.

The entire New Capital—Rongdu, completely fell, becoming a puppet controlled by the insect swarm, constantly sending all sorts of preposterous orders and intel to unsuspecting subordinate soldiers.

Not until the new, uninfected leadership evacuated from the capital did the remaining resisters learn that the entire capital had already surrendered and fallen; indeed, it had long become the enemy’s lair.

Those who once assisted according to the capital’s orders would never return.

And the leader who desperately escaped the capital was actually just a junior officer of brigadier rank, but now he was the highest-ranking leader remaining among the resisting Hell Vanguard Army.

"Brigadier, can we still fight? Is the Iron Curtain already dead?" That was the question all those still resisting wanted to ask the most.

"No, even if the capital has fallen and the top ranks have betrayed the nation, we are still fighting!" This Junior Brigadier named Ikaka gritted his teeth, "No government has the right to sell out its country and people. Now, the Super Iron Curtain may have perished, but we have not!"

"We are still fighting."

That day, this officer, only a Junior Brigadier, amidst the fake messages and intel from the capital, began his speech titled "The Proclamation to the People of the Iron Curtain."

"Those leaders who once only cherished to invade others have surrendered completely. They used the army’s defeat as an excuse to connect with the enemy and became complete puppets afterward. The resources deducted from you, those nonsensical orders, even the absurd support requests, are all enemy conspiracies."

"The enemy is at the capital; the enemy is within the Super Iron Curtain. I am former Iron Curtain Brigadier Ikaka. For all those willing to continue resisting the insect swarm, the truth is that the Super Iron Curtain has already lost its country, and now all you’re hearing are just lies concocted by those controlled puppets."

"Join us at New Castle not for the so-called Super Iron Curtain but for true justice, for peace, for our homeland."

"Regardless of the circumstances, the flame of the Iron Curtain’s resistance struggle should never be extinguished, and it will never be extinguished. Thus, I declare the Free Iron Curtain established."

This message originally mixed within the mass of fake Super Iron Curtain messages initially created no waves.

But as vast insect swarms charged toward New Castle, countless warriors of New Castle resisted unto death, and the orders from the capital became more nonsensical, everyone then realized that the Free Iron Curtain was correct.