Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest-Chapter 339 - 35 East Sea Departure Palace, Intelligence Disclosure
Chapter 339: Chapter 35 East Sea Departure Palace, Intelligence Disclosure
Several days later, news of the strange phenomena in the East Sea quickly spread across the world.
Foreign media extensively reported the development, claiming that the Miti Strategic Bureau had already initiated a lead to share the Mysterious Realm with both the Yin Yang Bureau and the Pear Blossom Courtyard.
Guess who wasn’t invited?
The Privy Council chose to retaliate by marking off a region near the Mysterious Realm and starting long-term military exercises.
Public opinion abroad immediately erupted, daring the Privy Council to demarcate on international waters?
The Privy Council said it was a normal exercise and that certain forces shouldn’t be overly tense.
After several days of criticism, seeing that the Privy Council was unmoved, the Miti Strategic Bureau drew a military zone directly opposite the Privy Council, announcing long-term tripartite military drills with the Yin Yang Bureau and the Pear Blossom Courtyard.
Everyone knew that the military drill was just a smokescreen, a way to stake a claim on the territory first.
Once the Mysterious Realm truly opened, it would come down to the Privy Council’s defences blocking and countless foreign Transcendents charging in recklessly. How many could be stopped would depend on the courage and strategic resolve of the Privy Council of Lu Country—the greater the courage and firepower, the more that could be stopped, but of course, the risk of war also would skyrocket; sufficient resolve meant blocking fewer, but at the cost of intense competition for the Mysterious Realm.
There were reports that Chen Tianming was vigorously advocating for “unrestricted fire,” “maximum deterrence,” and “complete interception” within the Privy Council, while several others strongly opposed, citing the old reason of “we cannot isolate ourselves from modern society.”
As outside the Mysterious Realm, once naval guns start to clash, it could easily escalate the conflict indefinitely, leaving neither side willing to swallow their pride;
But inside the Mysterious Realm, it’s each Transcendent for themselves, fate deciding life and death, and thus there is not much risk of war—once the core hub of the Mysterious Realm is controlled by the adversary, even if you want to flip the table, it won’t change the facts, and the result, of course, is to leave dejectedly without flipping the table.
Upon hearing this, Yan Yu immediately called to mock Lord Master:
“Old Liu, I hear your faction cast an abstaining vote at the Privy Council?”
“How did you know?” Liu Longtao asked in surprise.
“Chen Lingyun told me that someone played the coward,” Yan Yu said succinctly. “Guess who?”
“Heh,” Liu Longtao scoffed, “do you think your father-in-law harbors any goodwill? If there’s an escalation of hostilities with the other side, the Privy Council would have to ramp up its engagement in the Pacific Ocean front, and the Zhendong Army’s influence would increase. And his commander-in-chief and he are from the same faction, see? He’s not trying to reduce the supposed ‘risk of the Mysterious Realm competition’; it’s purely for his own interest.”
“How could I not understand?” Yan Yu chuckled, “are you saying your family cast an abstaining vote just to choose sides based on interest?”
“Not really.” Liu Longtao claimed, righteous and confident, “our families unanimously think that your father-in-law, not yet involved, is already so aggressive. Once involved, wouldn’t he turn everything upside down? We must restrain, and it’s for his own good too.”
“Restrain, everyone is open to restraint,” Yan Yu said indifferently. “He’s not my father-in-law right now.”
“Not now, but perhaps in the future, right?” Liu Longtao laughed heartily. “Old Yan, I’m telling you, during the Privy Council’s joint session, one faction even proposed to bar the Dragon Soar Team from participating in the battle.”
“Really?” Yan Yu was taken aback. “Are they having a stroke or senile dementia? If I don’t join, who will fight for the Mysterious Realm, you?”
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“Hey!” Liu Longtao laughed at him defiantly, “What’s wrong with me? Left fist to punch Pear Blossom Courtyard, right foot to kick Yin Yang Bureau, and in minutes I’ll have them all down, alright?”
“Forget it then. I won’t join this time; hand it over to your Dragon Cavalry Team, okay?” Yan Yu immediately declared, hands off.
“Don’t be like that,” Liu Longtao said with a smile. “They were just testing the waters, and seeing we all disagreed, they dropped the issue. What I’m saying is, although you don’t consider Chen Tianming your father-in-law, when they’re fighting him, they’ll take the chance to step on you too—unfortunately, your clean slate has already been marked with the label of their Chen Family.”
“It doesn’t matter,” Yan Yu also laughed. “Who dares to actually step down, do they not need the Longcheng Flying General to go into battle?”
“That’s the point,” Liu Longtao couldn’t deny, whether Yan Yu participated in battle was crucial to the strategy for conquering the Mysterious Realm. “As long as you’re aware of what needs to be done, that’s enough. I’m hanging up now!”
After hanging up the phone, Yan Yu fell into contemplation.
Damn Chen Lingyun, shitty Chen Family. How did I, a promising young man with the surname Yan, become your guy?
No, I need to take it out on that little mushroom.
Arriving at the underground training ground, he saw the girls all seizing the time to cultivate their breath and refine their Qi, striving to reach the great perfection stage of Qi Refinement as soon as possible.
The fastest progress was made by Su Yunjin, followed by Lin Ning, both of whom were vaguely touching their bottleneck, and it was estimated that they could start practicing the Fasting Technique this week.
“One week from today, there will still be one person in our team who has not started practicing the Fasting Technique,” Yan Yu approached Chen Lingyun and asked in a leisurely manner, “May I ask, who would that be?”
“No rush,” Chen Lingyun said with a smile. “The Secret Realm of Lígōng hasn’t opened that soon, there’s plenty of time.”
“You’ve already learned the name?” Yan Yu asked, “Isn’t it still unopened?”
“The Privy Council is supervising this project, the Space Rupture Technique,” Chen Lingyun replied, “which means sending unmanned drones or even cultivators into the realm before it actually opens, to check out the situation inside.”
“Hmm,” Yan Yu also understood and nodded, “I heard that by means of this, Lord Master’s family has gained a lot of treasures, the Tian Yuan Qi Sword that Ruoxi uses came this way.”
“This technology is still not mature,” continued Chen Lingyun. “Whether sending people or drones, the success rate is only about 50%, otherwise we would be sent in before the Mysterious Realm opens, take over the control core, and end it.”
With a success rate of only 50%, what happens upon failure goes without saying. Yan Yu fell silent for a while, then spoke in detail:
“If I remember correctly, Lígōng should be a testing-type Mysterious Realm. Testers need to pass through six randomly sequenced trials in a row in order to enter Lígōng and claim their reward.”
“When entering the realm, the initial trial is completely random. Even if a team enters together, they will be scattered and separated.”
“However, each trial’s world map is extremely large. So, even if moving alone, one can easily hide their movements.”
“After passing all six trials, one will be teleported to the Departure Palace Square. Not only is the terrain open here, making it difficult to hide, but it is also the final destination for everyone.”
“That means,” Chen Lingyun quickly caught on, “reach the endpoint first, then surround and annihilate the reinforcements.”
“Yes,” said Yan Yu, “There is no control core in the Secret Realm of Lígōng. After opening, it will automatically close after twelve hours, send everyone out, and then disappear again.”
“If one fails to enter Lígōng to claim their reward, it would mean the trip was in vain, returning empty-handed.”
“Are rewards distributed per individual?” Chen Lingyun asked sharply.
“Yes, the rewards depend on the performance in the trials and the order of arrival at Lígōng,” Yan Yu replied. “In addition, if you’re ranked beyond the tenth place, not only is the reward null, but I’ve heard you’ll also get a good scolding when things are settled.”
“If that’s the case, then what we need to do is very simple,” Chen Lingyun said with a smile, “race to clear the levels first.”
“Then guard the Departure Palace Gate,” Yan Yu said, his voice deepening, “kill anyone who comes until the Lígōng closes.”
