Chapter 2648 - 2649: Some Peculiar Movements

"It shouldn’t be. There’s no point for those guys to attack here."

Veronia dismissed the idea. While Maomu City is still considered a city, Cha Mu Town, despite being called a town, has mostly abandoned villages, except for a few fortified ones with concentrated personnel.

It’s a vast area of no man’s land. Attacking here brings no benefits, even if one wants someone to go down with them, Cha Mu Town isn’t the right choice.

"Not necessarily. If they know of Yognot’s existence, they might take a radical approach, but this probably won’t happen."

Feng Yuan chuckled as he waved his hand, causing nine black magic swords to flicker beside him before disappearing. Veronia paused for a moment and said,

"That’s indeed a concern. Drudgeon isn’t here at the moment, and if they attack the place where Yognot sleeps, it could be troublesome."

Even though Yognot itself doesn’t wish for this, it cannot control those chaotic rules. If Yognot is forcibly awakened, it could cause great impacts and destruction.

"It’s quite a coincidence."

Glancing at Feng Yuan, Veronia seemed to comment unintentionally. Feng Yuan rolled his eyes and didn’t respond, refusing to believe he’s that unlucky, causing problems wherever he goes.

Thinking this, Feng Yuan placed both hands behind his head and said,

"Anyway, that place is surely heavily guarded; I’m too lazy to check. If there’s a problem, you’ll blame me."

"Besides, Bian Shui Fort here is doing fine."

Saying this, Feng Yuan reached out to the Bilu Mushroom, which looked at him hesitantly without coming closer. To it, Feng Yuan was a stranger, unlike Veronia who naturally had the divine beast affinity.

The Mountain Patrol Hound watched Feng Yuan warily, seeing him as having ill intentions. Veronia chuckled softly and said,

"Look, you’ve scared it."

"Tch, am I really that scary?"

Retracting his hand, Feng Yuan casually scooped up Xiao Ji next to him and held it in his arms with some disappointment. The Bilu Mushroom, in turn, cautiously blinked and approached.

While Feng Yuan was trying to tease the Bilu Mushroom, Qi Chen and his team unexpectedly ran into enemies.

"Ah Chen, don’t use extra means, especially Qi Realm powers."

Dou Yanlan warned Qi Chen and went to assist the Commander. They had several people directing the team, but none could accurately manage the coordination of the entire brigade.

Facing the oncoming enemies, Qi Chen narrowed his eyes slightly. Due to Dou Yanlan’s warning, he wouldn’t use any extra means like the Qi Realm Stance, and he didn’t quite understand why Dou Yanlan restricted him in such a way.

But he didn’t plan to act recklessly. Unlike Feng Yuan, Qi Chen wouldn’t easily disobey orders, especially since he believed Dou Yanlan had her own reasons for saying so.

In large-scale battles, the biggest taboo is using powerful ultimate moves recklessly, as each Beast Tamer has different control over their moves. The priority is to avoid friendly fire.

Unfortunately, this isn’t a game. Without good control over ultimate moves, there’s no immunity for teammates, or rather the so-called immunity is achieved by controlling the power of the move being released.

Thus, if someone like Xiao Ji recklessly unleashed the Crimson Judgement, the first ones to suffer would likely be teammates entangled with the enemies.

Qi Chen certainly wouldn’t make such a mistake, and even if he used the Qi Realm Stance, he wouldn’t wield such uncontrollable power.

Unsure of Dou Yanlan’s intentions, Qi Chen didn’t dwell too much on it. As the battle between the two sides unfolded, various ultimate moves covered the battlefield, and Qi Chen withdrew from the main combat zone under Ah Mu’s cover.

Despite being able to borrow Ah Mu’s strength for protection, the intensity of Ah Mu’s power was a significant burden. Moreover, the Hao Chun Bird wasn’t suitable as a Defender.

At this moment, Qi Chen had to seriously consider whether to bring in a dedicated attacker or supplement defender to cover this weakness.

There was no way. Ah Mu simultaneously acting as an attacker and a defender in this scenario was somewhat challenging, given Hao Chun Bird’s unique situation, it could only serve as secondary attack support.

Like Qi Chen, some Beastmasters had to retreat too, but even so, the battle between both sides continued, without either side gaining the upper hand.

"They seem to have performed a forced march. There’s no spatial technique used. Considering the temple blockades in Maomu City and the Divine Beasts they deployed, estimating at maximum march speed, they entered here from beyond the boundaries about seven hours ago."

After finishing, Dou Yanlan glanced at the others. Some commanders like her were present, remaining silent for a moment before agreeing with her assessment. Then, a male student spoke up,

"I’ll add one more point: the opposing forced march should not involve mounts. Now, both sides have equal strength, and we all know that military mounts aren’t used solely as mounts."

"This information can be reported."

Seeing everyone falling silent, he looked at the commanders and added. In reality, Dou Yanlan also realized something, but they were not professionals. Given their understanding, they best refrain from reporting anything with their subjective perspectives.

Perhaps the higher-ups would consider their suggestions, but the higher-ups are simultaneously coordinating several brigade command teams. If their judgment was mistaken and reported, causing misdirection, it would be problematic.

If they were confident, that would be different; none of them could be sure how probable their guesses were. Hence, they reached an unspoken agreement—not to report their assumptions, even if due to lack of firsthand observation, judgment errors might occur. Considering the higher-ups receive information from several brigades, maybe... they can make a more accurate judgment.

That commander, not adept in this matter, still sensed that they hid something. After a moment of silence, he asked,

"What information do you think can’t be reported?"

"Personal speculation: the enemies we’re engaging might just be a diversion, but... the purpose is unclear, given spatial movement is blocked. Theoretically, we cannot support other areas, making diversion unnecessary."

Dou Yanlan didn’t hide it. Not initiating the topic doesn’t mean she can’t talk. If the other side insists on reporting this assessment, there’s nothing she can do since the other side is the brigade’s commander.

"Uncertain, so it’s hard to judge the validity? I understand. I’ll mark it on the report."

Hesitating for a moment, he decided to report this assumption. Knowing the higher-ups have a lot to analyze, helping them save some trouble wouldn’t be bad. However, because the truth cannot be judged, it must be marked clearly to avoid causing misdirection.

"I also believe it’s a diversion, but I don’t know what target around Maomu City could incite them to act. Based on theory, this diversion only affects Maomu City."

"Even if they initially didn’t know about the spatial transfer blockade, the celestial phenomenon cannot be hidden. They would surely detect it. Even so, they continue doing this, leading me to suspect the target of their attack is surrounding our city. Only then, they need to continue diverting our city’s support forces."

"Cha Mu Town!"

Someone’s mention suddenly reminded Dou Yanlan of something, and she spoke. However, she soon realized it was wrong and after a moment of silence, she said,

"No, Cha Mu Town’s defenses don’t require our support. Even if they use the Anti-Divine Beast Runestone, they don’t need beastmasters from our city for support."

Unlike others, due to her connection with Feng Yuan, Dou Yanlan was more knowledgeable about Yognot in Cha Mu Town, knowing that if they truly aimed to target Yognot, support forces from Maomu City would hardly be useful—or rather, it would turn into a Divine Beast appearing once action is taken.

However, besides Yognot, what else could be worth such efforts?

Since Dou Yanlan didn’t provide an explanation, others were skeptical, but they didn’t question it because everyone understood that some things couldn’t be stated explicitly, even knowing them wasn’t necessarily beneficial.

"These aren’t for us to ponder. If we can quickly resolve them, maybe we can thwart their plans."

The Commander looked at the battlefield and calmly remarked. Despite the assistance of many, this wasn’t a military operation, and amidst the chaos, the entire battlefield was slowly spinning out of control.

"Najia, what do you think the current situation is?"

Yang Hongzhi looked curiously at Najia, who was surrounded by the infinite star map, and asked because Najia had to maintain spatial sealing. He could only stay by Najia’s side.

"They have tried, but quickly gave up. However... since they have an action plan, they won’t easily abandon it."

After some thought, Najia said, lacking other intelligence sources, it could only assess based on reactions from spatial sealing; even so, it sensed something amiss.

"Plan B? Hopefully, it doesn’t involve Maomu City."

Sighing, Yang Hongzhi silently prayed.