Chapter 479 - 233: Qin Hu, The City’s Situation Evolves, Attack

Chapter 479: Chapter 233: Qin Hu, The City’s Situation Evolves, Attack

"Tell me, what are these 150,000 people supposed to do?!"

Lin Feng watched calmly as an emotional Qin Hu, General Qin, began to lose his composure.

He waited for him to finish before speaking again, his tone light:

"I didn’t come here on orders from the Federation’s high command. Besides, they don’t have the authority or the ability to tell me what to do."

Hearing Lin Feng’s words, the blood rushed to Qin Hu’s head and his pupils contracted. He quickly realized a possibility:

"What do you want me to do?!"

The corner of Lin Feng’s mouth tilted up slightly. ’My objective has been achieved,’ he thought. His earlier provocations had caused Qin Hu to gradually shed his sense of responsibility for the rear-guard mission. At the same time, amidst his anger, his past ambitions were beginning to resurface.

So, he continued:

"Nothing in particular. You were right about one thing—I am here to save you. But this is clearly not at the behest of the Federation’s high command."

As the supreme commander of the Legion, Qin Hu reacted quickly:

"You already have a counter-strategy..."

"Wait, you don’t mean for us to follow you and break out directly from the south, do you?!"

A smile touched Lin Feng’s lips as he clapped his hands.

"You live up to your reputation, Brother Qin..."

"The final countdown has begun. In forty minutes, the decisive battle at Yunxia Ridge will erupt..."

"In that time, you need to deploy your troops and organize a decisive battle in the Southwest on a scale of over one hundred thousand soldiers."

"That’s right—a full-scale mobilization! If you want to bring the survivors, that’s fine, just remember to notify them in advance."

Qin Hu’s pupils, which had just relaxed, constricted sharply once more. An even more shocked expression appeared on his face.

"Yunxia Ridge?!"

"Isn’t that place already occupied by an extremely powerful Tier Three Early-stage Mother Empress? How could a battle..."

As the Legion’s commander, Qin Hu had naturally become intimately familiar with the terrain around the Capital over the past month. He knew the critical importance of Yunxia Ridge even better than Lin Feng.

Controlling Yunxia Ridge meant controlling the main artery connecting the Northern Plain to the western heartlands.

After the battle for the Federal Capital, it was the fastest and most direct path for the many Mother Empresses to penetrate deeper into the continent.

Previously, Qin Hu had repeatedly advised and planned that after a successful breakout, they must make an all-out effort to recapture the occupied southwestern pass of the Taihang Mountain Range—the Yunxia Ridge region.

He was willing to do so, no matter the cost in lives.

The defense of the Federal Capital had been merely a symbolic battle, but holding this extremely important pass was the only way to ensure the safety of the Northwest and Southwest.

Unfortunately, no one had listened to his advice. Even though those in high command, with their cynical foresight, had long understood the importance of Yunxia Ridge and the numerous passes beyond it...

...after the failure to defend the Capital and seeing the southern and northern regions breaking away to form their own territories, they had already chosen their own escape routes on the map. They couldn’t wait to lead their tens of thousands of Awakeners away to live comfortable lives as petty kings, lording over their own domains.

But at this very moment, Lin Feng’s calm, unruffled words were stirring up a monstrous storm in Qin Hu’s heart.

He quickly realized why the other man had said the battle would fully erupt at Yunxia Ridge.

There was only one possibility that could transform a containment mission in the Southwest region into a decisive battle where multiple Empresses would converge...

Lin Feng must have already conquered all of Yunxia Ridge—in a single day, perhaps even a single morning!

Gazing at Lin Feng, who was still smiling, not having shown a hint of nervousness from start to finish, Qin Hu asked, his voice trembling slightly:

"You... you’ve already taken out the Yunxia Ridge Mother Empress?!"

Lin Feng nodded in confirmation, holding up one finger.

"From the start of the operation to its end, less than an hour."

"Right now, the three remaining Mother Empresses from the Southwest and South, along with the Tier Three Mid-stage Mother Empress stationed in the South, are all leading their Zerg Race legions in a massive, swarming advance on Yunxia Ridge."

"In other words..."

Lin Feng slowly spread his arms, unleashing the powerful aura of his lv31 status.

"All the Zerg Race nests throughout the entire Southwest and South are completely empty and undefended! Even a force of just ten thousand ordinary Awakeners could conquer them!"

"So, what are you waiting for?!"

CRASH!

Qin Hu shot to his feet, knocking over the iron chair behind him. After confirming that Lin Feng wasn’t lying, he immediately summoned Chen Shu and his personal guards from outside the door and ordered:

"Notify the entire army! Assemble within ten minutes! Bring all weapons, equipment, and logistical supplies!"

"Remember! This mission isn’t just about breaking out!"

"We’re going on the offensive! We will attack the Zerg Race outside the walls!"

Watching the emotional and wildly excited crowd, Lin Feng nodded in satisfaction.

After the soldiers who had received their orders left,

Lin Feng looked at Qin Hu, who was now pacing back and forth around a map, and asked:

"Right, there’s one more thing..."

"Do you know the whereabouts of Jiang Yun’er, the one who came to the outskirts of the Wu City front line for that publicity shoot?"