Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'

On the northern frontier of Frost Plated, there are 21 forward cities, and Radiant Light City is one of them.

Due to its remote location, it often serves as a transit station for smugglers and fugitives. The once famous Li Aozi and the Mingji Humanity both departed from here, leaving Frost Plated to enter the Outer World. When wars broke out between the Sky Ring and Frost Plated, this was the first place where swords clashed.

Fertile Village, under the administration of Jianlin County, is the most prominent salient closest to the Outer World. In the old times, it was the seabed of an ocean, with flat terrain. The largest export trade consisted of ancient biological fossils and the remains of old-era ships.

The land area of Fertile Village is actually enormous. It's named a village, but its controlled domain exceeds 900,000 square kilometers, and almost all of it is plains. Even a slight hill does not exceed 30 degrees.

Most of the wasteland awaits cultivation. When the samurai of the Old Celestial Ring Nation withdrew, they left behind 30 million unexploded bombs and various land mines here. These weapons thoroughly disrupted the production safety and enthusiasm of the local farmers, making it difficult for Fertile Village to develop despite its favorable plains.

But such an environment has a special advantage.

That is, it is particularly suitable for large-scale deployment of armored forces, with few natural obstructions, allowing for true full-scale armored battles involving mechas, tanks, and fighter jets.

The farm residents at the border were promptly evacuated by the Third Rule, and the Frost Plated Engineers, along with 3,000 recruited workers and five Gamma Phase Mechanics, commenced construction. In less than 20 minutes, they swiftly transformed the local factory into a fortress.

Frost Plated's First Winter Division received orders from the homeland. Without any hesitation, they relinquished easily attainable and historically renowned honors, advancing over a thousand miles to return to the border of Frost Plated. The newest model of mecha, 'Snow Mastiff,' descended from the sky and was deployed in Fertile Village.

The time was 4:15 PM. Sunlight melted the ice and snow, and rivers surged along the old-era channels, forming a network of rapid, crisscrossing waterways on the ground, continually dividing the battlefield. The rivers mixed with sand, forming muddy swamps, which to some extent hindered the enemy's advance, particularly the mechanical units of the Judgment Mech Cavalry. Heavy metal constructs were more prone to issues in such a complex environment.

Yet everyone understood that this was not nature aiding humanity. On the contrary, the sunlight was Li Aozi personally dispelling the Ersha Cloud layer, burning it away bit by bit.

It was humanity itself that secured Li Aozi. It was humanity's unwavering determination to never give up that awaited the salvation of Li Aozi.

Commander Zhu Sixu of the First Winter Division poked his head out of the mecha's cockpit. He raised his binoculars, looking towards the distant mountains—after the snow and ice melted, one could clearly see the fossils of shells, reefs, and corals on those mountains, proving that the current land was once an ocean.

"We all come from the sea," a nearby aide mused. "If the Ersha Sky Curtain had not erupted, Azure Star would surely be a water-surrounded planet. That's why it's called Azure Star—hey, Commander, should we perhaps change the name to Water Ball?"

"You're not living in water. Shouldn't it be Earth then?"

Zhu Sixu jested, observing the front as he remarked:

"Although Azure Star has lost much of its water, as long as we maintain sunlight, in another decade or so, it will return to that beautiful blue planet. At that time, whether it's Red Arrow or Frost Plated, our descendants will have a better living environment than now. They will certainly enjoy life and won't wage war anymore."

"But there will always be conflicts between nations, right?"

"That's natural. Without conflicts, even if Li Aozi goes to other planets, what use would there be for an army?"

Zhu Sixu scanned the plains calmly as he said,

"This world has always been turbulent and unstable. Development and crises coexist, that's the main theme of history."

"All of us, truth be told, which one of us wasn't born into competition? Who among us hasn't been the executioner eliminating millions of fellow brothers and sisters from the mother's womb?"

Laughing lightly, he added,

"Which nation's ancestors haven't invaded others? Who dares to say their ancestors never killed? Who dares to say they've never made a mistake since birth? These are natural laws. We come from nature, we live in nature, we must abide by its rules."

"But the problem is, we don't just want to be tenants of nature. We also want an equal, peaceful, stable society. We hope to conquer nature completely, free from the harsh demands and enslavement that nature imposes on life."

"Industry, development, technology, weapons, society—we need everything."

"We believe in this, and we will strive towards this dream. Humanity's fate, so to speak, is as a part of society, always on the path of conquering nature—a journey of battle."

"Indeed. No one can destroy this belief, not even Lord Entropy. Even without Frost Plated, other people from Azure Star will fight on. Without Azure Star, other planets will rise. Even if all life in the entire Starry Abyss perishes, there will be people refusing to submit to nature's dominance, challenging Lord Entropy... challenging the harshness of nature."

The aide smiled faintly:

"The Frost Plated Ethnicity was once saved by women, and thus always pursued the spirit of the Twin Queens. We were the first among the Four Nations to free women, granting them the right to vote, to work freely, and to be educated. We are the light of civilization! But now, Frost Plated no longer fights just for a matriarchal society, but to challenge the Sovereign of nature—this is probably the true ethnic character of our Frost Plated, the truly grand narrative."