Chapter 1211: Chapter 353: Invasion of a Hundred Demigods! The Great Battle Begins!
“Yes. The fact that he’s maintaining a certain level of restraint, first letting other demigods and disaster creatures attack, shows that he has listened to our words.”
“Alas. We can only do our best and leave the rest to fate. Let’s hope no new monsters are created this time.”
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At the same time, during the massive invasion from the Outer Realm, the five elders of the Federal received the relevant information in Polaris City.
Or rather, when Heaven Beyond the Heavens was deploying troops during the daytime, they received the intel from spies at the first moment.
However, compared to the powerful Outer Realm, the Human Race is indeed too weak. Even knowing the other side seems to be plotting something, there’s no way for them to respond.
Moreover, they always held some hope for the Spirit Realm Mountain, believing that this most crucial barrier, which had blocked the Outer Realm demigods for hundreds of years and supported humanity’s hope, could not be breached so easily.
As a result…. they were disappointed.
When they learned that the Outer Realm demigods had blasted open the Spirit Realm Mountain in less than 10 seconds, the five elders were too shocked to speak. After all, in their understanding, this was supposedly a barrier that could block the Outer Realm for centuries, how could it be breached so easily?
And if this barrier was so easy to breach, why hadn’t the Outer Realm demigods broken it before to wash the Human Race in blood? It simply did not make sense!
Despite having countless questions, when everything was laid out before the five elders, even if they didn’t want to accept it, they had no choice but to accept.
Furthermore, this turmoil was much larger than the one in the Eastern Administrative Region back then. So, the five elders didn’t have much time to doubt and be shocked. They had to compose themselves immediately and start emergency deployments for this battle situation.
The passage through Spirit Realm Mountain, forcibly opened by 37 Venerables this time, was located in the Southwest Administrative Region, one of the Outer Eight Regions of the Human World, known for being the most conflict-prone area.
Therefore, the five elders immediately notified the council and military base of the Southwest Administrative Region, asking them to prepare for the worst and most brutal scenario.
Following this, the federal center issued emergency notifications to the councils of the other seven regions, informing them of the tense situation the Human Race faces, urging the other seven regions to also prepare for emergency measures—one can’t predict if the Outer Realm demigods will split their forces to attack various regions.
Amidst transmitting various messages, to prevent the situation from worsening, the center immediately closed spatial passages of each administrative region, isolating them and began gathering reinforcements.
Unlike the invasion the Eastern Administrative Region, where Fang Ze was located, faced at that time: that was merely a local conflict, everything was still within controllable limits, and that invasion also had the purpose of probing Venerables and gathering intelligence, so the Federal remained unhurried, securely seated.
However, the invasion of the Southwestern Region this time was entirely different. With the invasion of millions of disaster creatures, one could say it was a full-scale war, not to mention the participation of hundreds of demigods, which turned the war into something completely uncontrollable.
Thus, the five elders could not just observe as they did with the Eastern Administrative Region but had to confront the enemy with all their might.
After conducting a serious discussion, the five elders made their decision: the war should not be fought in the Central District. The Central District is the essence of the Human Race; if it’s devastated, the Human Race won’t even have a last hope left.
So, the battle must take place in the Southwestern Administrative Region, and a steel defense line should be established there!
With this strategic direction, the five elders began deploying and dispatching forces, raising military bases one by one, moving from the Central District towards the Southwest Administrative Region. Groups of experts nurtured by the Polaris Plan over the years began gathering and moving towards the Southwest Administrative Region.
Meanwhile, tens of millions of logistics personnel also arrived in batches through temporary spatial passages to the Southwestern Administrative Region, starting to build defense positions in the heartland and gathering the citizens withdrawn from the front line of the Southwest Administrative Region.
While the Human Race was actively filing complaints, demigods and disaster creatures flooding into the Spirit Realm and Real World began their rampant plundering.
Due to the massive disparity between the two sides, even though the Southwest Administrative Region council reacted swiftly, they could only evacuate citizens from all major provincial governments to the Central District and gradually transfer citizens from major cities to new defense lines.
As for the citizens of lower-tier cities….. the council, feeling powerless, can only say everyone must do their best and leave the rest to fate. In such a crisis where the entire Human Race might face extinction, they truly cannot care for those truly at the bottom, only praying for their self-rescue….
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Meanwhile…
In Ge Lan State, the lower city of Yu Feng City.
Though Ge Lan State wasn’t near the border of Spirit Realm Mountain, due to the swift speed of the demigods and disaster creatures, within just a few hours, they had crossed three to four states and arrived in Ge Lan State.
Ge Lan State legislature and high-tier city citizens had already evacuated through transportation tunnels, leaving those at the bottom in lower-tier cities to face this terrifying disaster alone.
And in the face of such an apocalyptic disaster, violent institutions in lower-tier cities, including the Federal Defense Team, Investigation Bureau, and Security Bureau, once again showcased their powerlessness.
Particularly, in the Investigation Bureau, where Fang Ze’s assistant An Yan resided, a few disaster creatures easily broke in, and the entire Investigation Bureau was swiftly dismantled without much resistance:
The Bureau Chief was killed, and other investigators either died or surrendered.
Only the perceptive An Yan, realizing things were off, decisively jumped out the window to escape, avoiding immediate capture and death.
However, before An Yan could catch her breath, upon reaching the street, she witnessed a scene even more hellish than the Investigation Bureau:
Varied and bizarre disaster creatures covered the sky, some flying, others running on the ground, all devouring people indiscriminately. Streets that were once clean and tidy were now filled with flames, blood, and ruins. Countless citizens cried and fled in all directions, while those grotesque disaster creatures, like cats toying with mice, chased after them, occasionally picking one up and gulping it down.
Seeing this hellish scene, An Yan was momentarily lost.
Moments later, after regaining her senses, she couldn’t help but worry intensely: she wasn’t concerned about herself; she was just another life that could end at any time. But she was worried about her daughter: her daughter was still alone at home…
Though she didn’t understand what led to this hellish scenario, An Yan knew, regardless of what happened, she had to find her daughter.
Thinking this, she silently prayed to Fang Ze in her heart a few times, then crouched low and quickly ran towards her home!
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Meanwhile, while the Southwest Region was ravaged, the 37 Venerables, led by the Blue Blood Sovereign, began the second step of their plan….
Thus, a bit later that day, the five elders received a secret message from the Blue Blood Venerable.
The message was simple, with the Blue Blood Venerable stating: This invasion of the Human Race was forced. Someone had tricked a hundred Venerables from Heaven Beyond the Heavens, taking away as many as eight Absolute Pinnacle Divine Fiends, and finally escaped to the Human World.
Their invasion this time was entirely for venting their anger and forcing that trickster to appear.
Therefore, if the Human Race could hand over that trickster and appease the fury of the Outer Realm, he could stop the invasion and, under the witness of the Peace Faction Venerables, resume fifty years of peace with the Human Race….
Although Blue Blood Venerable’s message never directly stated who the “trickster” was, the five elders knew very well it was obviously Fang Ze….