Free Web NovelChapter 2431: Chapter 2432: Advance
On the second day after Old Wei and the others infiltrated the Imperial timeline, several countries, including Great Xia, officially announced their temporary joining of the Divine Beast Hall’s United Army. The reason was simple: they could not allow the other side to attack them without retaliation. As for peace talks?
Great Xia did hope for them, but unfortunately, the Empire on the other side did not think the same way. They had skills they were proud of, at least, within the Empire timeline lacking Divine Beasts, they had combat power comparable to Divine Beasts, which made them not think they lacked the strength to fight against the Main World. Moreover, they possessed a very strong trump card; even if the Divine Beasts were powerful, they dared to fight against them.
Qi Chen and the others naturally saw the news change, knowing that Great Xia formally declared war on the Empire timeline. As Great Xia entered the war preparation stage, the festival atmosphere that had already almost dissipated was completely extinguished, and the streets were full of patrolling Beastmasters.
To prevent people from the Empire timeline from infiltrating the cities and causing destruction internally, each city began to impose exit and entry controls, and internal rounds of inspections were conducted to prevent the opponent from finding opportunities for a sneak attack.
Meng Binglan contacted friends and intensified the study of devices to identify the aura of the Empire timeline. Through research, they confirmed that people from different timelines would carry a unique time essence that could not be removed, and as long as they used this, they could create devices for quickly and accurately identifying enemies from the Empire timeline.
Zhanzheng Qichen did not temporarily stay at Qi Chen’s home but remained in the temporary dormitory prepared by the Special Duty Team. Looking at this city that had entered a war state, Zhanzheng Qichen couldn’t help but recall that day.
Although the war broke out somewhat earlier than now, the tense atmosphere and anxious crowds were the same...
Looking back at his companions behind him, Zhanzheng Qichen finally made a decision. Even if he was just an envoy, there were still things he could do; otherwise, why would he be in this city instead of heading to Shangjing unless he really wanted to avoid causing misunderstandings?
Sighing softly, Zhanzheng Qichen had no intention of leaving this city. As an envoy, all he needed to do was establish communication between the two sides. Moreover, perhaps due to his side proactively showing goodwill, Great Xia gave him some not particularly confidential intelligence as a gesture of friendliness.
The deviation between the war timeline and the Main World wasn’t particularly big, but this didn’t refer to the forces but rather the Beast Tamer aspect; both sides had their strengths, but were generally within an equal framework. Unlike the Empire timeline, Zhanzheng Qichen had some understanding of the Empire timeline’s technology.
After all, the other side had also attempted to entice the Great Xia of East Continent, naturally showcasing their unique combat techniques, or rather, in the Empire timeline, those Beastmasters were more adept at personally engaging in battle.
However, due to the existence of the Mythical Era, other things appeared in the Main World that the other two time streams completely lacked—Domain Spirit Beasts. These unique existences were why Great Xia dared to reveal to Zhanzheng Qichen, naturally wanting to prove that they did indeed have a trump card.
Domain Spirit Beasts themselves weren’t much, but what’s behind them was different.
The Divine Beasts of the Mythical Era, these things were still confidential even in modern times. But due to this, through the information, Zhanzheng Qichen realized just how terrifying the other side was.
He had fought alongside Feng Yuan and the others before; even an entity like the White Wolf Deity was already troublesome in his eyes, let alone the already divinized Mythical Era. He didn’t think the Divine Beasts of the Mythical Era would be weaker than modern ones.
Or rather, precisely because he came from the constantly war-torn war timeline, Zhanzheng Qichen understood very well how formidable those entities experienced in years of warfare could be.
This was also the reason why the Empire timeline attempted to win them over. Even though their methods didn’t differ much from the Beastmasters of the Main World, in terms of strength, they were still more assured of victory.
The peace brought by the Divine Beasts had left the Beastmasters of the Main World in a state of stagnation in their strength.
But this was the world’s war; they had to consider the possibility of those Divine Beasts stepping in behind the normal Beastmasters.
Zhanzheng Qichen didn’t need East Continent Great Xia’s analysis to understand that the Divine Beasts of the Mythical Era had far fewer constraints; they could involve themselves at any moment, and the intrusion of Agunas into the Empire timeline was precisely an example.
Although invited by Feng Yuan, if there were constraints, how could they possibly do so, let alone even humans didn’t know exactly how many Divine Beasts were hiding in the Main World.
Beastmaster combat, they could resolve quickly; but what about a godly war? Zhanzheng Qichen had not forgotten the battle he witnessed after being summoned by the White Wolf Deity; such a battle, even in the war timeline, was extremely challenging, or rather, people from the war timeline would find dealing with such opponents not easy, possibly requiring a great cost.
"It’s fortunate they made the right choice."
Muttering softly, Zhanzheng Qichen overlooked his past persuasion experience. If it weren’t for his and others’ joint persuasion, it wouldn’t have been clear which side East Continent Great Xia would stand on.
Yet, this time, Zhanzheng Qichen understood that their choice was correct. Of course, standing by wasn’t impossible, but with the Empire timeline commencing war, could the war timeline really keep the Main World humans reassured?
When the Empire timeline sparked war, the war timeline was already drawn into the vortex of this conflict. After all, compared to the Empire timeline, the war timeline which constantly broke out in warfare was certainly less reassuring.
Feng Yuan and his group, unaware that the war timeline had already involved itself in this conflict and started fragmenting, were preparing to forcefully storm the capital of Mordan.
This time, Gladys took the lead. Although she wasn’t as powerful as Feng Yuan, using Anna’s power, she unhesitatingly resolved the gate guards.
Ordinary people had long been moved by Empire Lanadi, not to mention wielding prophecy and divination abilities, Feng Yuan and their undisguised actions made Empire Lanadi clear whom Feng Yuan and his group were targeting.
With the destruction of a main force by the opposition just recently, no one would allow ordinary people near this battlefield. Furthermore, Empire Lanadi was already prepared for the capital to turn into ruins.
No choice, Feng Yuan’s strength was incredibly unreasonable and terrifying in her view, that unrestricted power capable of shattering everything. If using the capital’s destruction as the price for his temporary withdrawal, Empire Lanadi felt it wasn’t unacceptable.
But she wouldn’t simply concede, at least she wanted to struggle before acknowledging defeat.
Empire Gladys was sent away by Empire Lanadi because even Empire Lanadi didn’t know whether she could survive Feng Yuan’s upcoming attack.
Prophecy and divination were crucial strengths for the Mordan Empire, and she and Empire Gladys were the ones who excelled most in these two powers. Keeping Empire Gladys meant the Mordan Empire at least wouldn’t face internal and external distress.
"Is the preparation for the final battle complete?"
Looking at the empty streets and soldiers forming formations in the distance, Feng Yuan said blandly. Gladys snorted lightly and replied,
"To them, knowing what we’re doing isn’t a particularly difficult matter?"
"This feeling is indeed unpleasant, but I have no choice."
Watching the approaching soldiers, Gladys said coldly. As the great confrontation against external foes ended, the Main World entered modernity, marked by a reduction in direct warfare, with annual war casualties rapidly declining. However, this time, the Empire timeline’s invasion warned them that peace was a precious yet fragile thing.
"If you’re not up to it, take a rest first. These guys aren’t difficult to deal with."
With a gentle smile on his face, Feng Yuan didn’t care about dealing with more people. Gladys glanced at Feng Yuan and said,
"No, I’m not that useless. You are really something special."
Gladys wasn’t just talking nonsense; with this journey accompanying Feng Yuan to the Empire timeline, she consistently felt that Feng Yuan resembled less of a human because his strength was too absurd.
Perhaps only the mythical Divine Beings of the Mythical Era would possess such power, but the Mythical Era had long passed, especially since Feng Yuan was a human born in this era. Unless he concealed his age through some means, otherwise...
"Hehe, some secrets I won’t share with others."
With a mysterious smile, Feng Yuan gazed at the soldiers forming formations and said,
"Let’s keep moving forward; I believe they are waiting for us at the end."
