Chapter 2644 - 2645: Night Raid

The unexpected change did not affect Feng Yuan’s mood, as he had planned to spend the night at Bian Shui Fort anyway. Even if Maomu City temporarily changed plans, it wouldn’t directly close off Bian Shui Fort.

Nevertheless, Feng Yuan was searching for information online in his guest room through the computer.

Although various cities were mobilizing urgently, relevant information was not disclosed online, even civilian-support beastmasters like Qi Chen were temporarily summoned.

After such a period of combat, everyone is very clear, don’t say everything out loud, even if the matter seems not to require confidentiality, because one careless mistake could cost the lives of many innocent civilians.

Perhaps the only unusual thing is that today’s internet is relatively quieter than usual. Many people seem to be busy with other things at the same time and have no time to be online, making their presence unseen.

"Strange, if the afternoon was too busy to handle it, now there should be time."

Listening to the sound of insects outside the window, Feng Yuan walked to the antique wood window with some curiosity, gently pushed open the half-open window, and looked out at the small creek outside. Under the light strip and illumination lights, the creek shimmered with reflected waves under a bright crescent moon, creating a poetic scene.

In contrast to the beautiful lights is the entire Bian Shui Fort where few people are seen walking in the night. Most service staff have returned to their rooms to rest, and even those on duty are nowhere to be seen now.

According to Feng Yuan’s thinking, even if Maomu City was too busy to care about this side when the incident occurred in the afternoon, it is now over nine o’clock at night. They should have remembered here because this place does occupy quite a bit of their military strength.

"Perhaps they’re planning not to change the original plan. Although it’s a bit dangerous for them, it’s not entirely unmanageable."

Veronia chuckled lightly and said, no matter how Maomu City chooses to respond, there’s no problem, at least as far as the big picture is concerned. Maomu City is protected by the City of Death and Temple left by Feng Yuan, and as Veronia knows, Drudgeon is also stationed in Maomu City.

In contrast, the military force sent to Cha Mu Town does not really affect the big picture. In handling details, the more military force there is, the more they can calmly respond to sudden battles, and the danger to ordinary people is lower.

This means that retracting the stationed troops is not a must, but if they consider ordinary people, they should cancel the currently meaningless leisure trip.

What Veronia does not know is that Maomu City’s officials are also arguing about this issue, because it involves Feng Yuan, the choice is not so easy. Although Feng Yuan is only one person, they haven’t forgotten his past help to Maomu City, and they don’t want to gamble on human sentiment.

Finally, after some discussion, before Feng Yuan went to bed, they managed to discuss a roughly acceptable plan for all parties, which is to continue the leisure trip, and the invitation of beastmasters remains unchanged for now.

Except for the locations chosen by invited beastmasters, other attractions are temporarily closed, relevant staff are recalled, and adjustments are only made if they are scheduled to go there the next day.

Similarly, after various optimizations, only one-third of the original stationed troops are needed. Considering the invited beastmasters are not weak, reducing the stationed troops basically has no impact on safety.

The only impact might be the beastmasters’ experience during an ambush, but they can’t care about that much.

The next morning upon waking up, Feng Yuan received a reminder that due to wartime measures, they need to reserve at least half a day in advance to visit attractions, so manpower can be dispatched accordingly.

"Hmm, I thought they would directly cancel this activity. After all... it’s easy to get criticized."

While eating crispy fried small fish, Feng Yuan muttered, as Veronia took a sip of fresh fish porridge and glanced at Feng Yuan, saying

"You don’t understand why."

"I don’t think it’s necessary, although... it seems quite nice."

With a chuckle, Feng Yuan said, he doesn’t feel he’s worth such measures, but he can’t deny he likes it. He just feels it doesn’t make much sense.

"Hmm, maybe others can understand, and don’t you trust Little Crocodile and them?"

"Hmm? You’re saying they might hurt the Imperial People in this wave? In theory, it’s possible, but it’s hard to say. After all, if they go all-out, it’s not impossible."

Looking surprised at Veronia, Feng Yuan casually said. The Divine Beasts’ strength is incredibly high, especially since the United Army has gathered so many Divine Beasts. Going all-out against the Imperial People wouldn’t be a big issue.

However, the current problem is whether they will do so because the reason they haven’t done it before is that this war shouldn’t have the Divine Beasts as the main force.

They are the protectors of the Main World, not human babysitters. Their involvement in this human internal war is just barely justified. If they directly eliminate opponents, it goes too far.

At least Feng Yuan can’t find a reason why they would do so.

"Because Agunas believes that the threat from the Qi Realm is too high and requires immediate resolution of the Imperial Timeline issues."

With a light laugh, Veronia looked at Feng Yuan to explain. Though normally Divine Beasts wouldn’t excessively intervene in human internal wars, if they deemed it necessary, doing so wouldn’t be an inappropriate solution.

"Did the Qi Realm discover something again?"

Feng Yuan was stunned. The Qi Realm is too unique, so whatever high-threat strange discovery they might find, Feng Yuan wouldn’t be surprised. However, he remained curious why Agunas took it so seriously.

"Not sure, Little Crocodile didn’t mention, but it shouldn’t be something that poses an immediate threat."

If the Qi Realm discovered something similar to a Fantasy Stance threatening object, Veronia believed they would definitely report it to all Divine Beasts to raise their awareness.

Agunas didn’t say so, evidently indicating that the situation didn’t exist. Maybe due to the threat from Fantasy Stance, Agunas judged the Qi Realm threat level above the Imperial Timeline?

"Hmm, didn’t discover any new threats? Nevermind, if they judge it necessary, it’s none of my business. But will the Imperial People attack Maomu City?"

With a sigh, Feng Yuan was a bit troubled. Normally, even in retaliation, they wouldn’t target small cities. However, Maomu City is too unique, having repeatedly dealt with the Imperial Timeline before, who knows if they might go crazy.

"It’s hard to say. Normally, they wouldn’t do so. However... if Little Crocodile and the others succeed quickly, it’s unpredictable."

Given that Divine Beasts suddenly fully engaged, Veronia believed they could capture a vast territory, which would make the Imperial Timeline’s reaction very unpredictable.

Not only because of insufficient intelligence, but nobody knows what the Imperial Timeline, when driven to desperation, might do, especially since they hold Anti-Divine Beast Runes, which hold significant intimidation below Divine Beasts.

"Hmm? Aren’t they afraid of provoking them?"

At that moment, the restaurant’s television broadcasted the latest war report. According to the report, the United Army launched a blitzkrieg last night and captured a vast territory in just one night.

Of course, Feng Yuan believed they absolutely couldn’t hold it. The Divine Beast’s attack might be fierce, but holding territory isn’t something those Divine Beasts can achieve, not due to lack of strength but because such a vast area can’t be guarded.

As for the United Army, following them before?

Not to belittle them, but with this progress, the United Army couldn’t possibly establish a strong grip on such a vast territory overnight, even finishing a rapid march is doubtful.

The Divine Beasts’ speed is faster than United Army soldiers. Even if they need to launch an attack, they move faster than the marching soldiers. Under such circumstances, even with prior planning, Feng Yuan believed they couldn’t swiftly set up positions.

Holding territory isn’t that simple, and especially with this sudden capturing of a large area, even if they wanted to organize quickly, it’s not feasible.

If the Imperial People wanted to reclaim occupied land, now would be the best opportunity.

Of course, a tug-of-war could occur too because the Divine Beasts still have the strength to break through the Imperial Army again, but... there is another possibility...