Chapter 1641: Reinforcements from All Sides

Zhang Yi looked at Li Jian, his gaze calm as he spoke: "This plant is extremely special. It is my important weapon. Very soon, Tianhai City will face an incomparably difficult war!"

"As the guardian of Tianhai City, I need even greater power to protect everyone."

"Li Jian!"

Zhang Yi stared at Li Jian, his eyes resolute: "Are you willing to stand with me, to protect Tianhai City? To protect everything we have built together over these three years!"

Li Jian did not really have a choice, because when Zhang Yi made his decision, he was only there to inform him.

However, as a competent leader, when issuing orders, one also needed to consider subordinates' emotions.

Especially for something that required risking one's life. If Li Jian's heart crumbled, even if he reluctantly accepted the job, his work efficiency would drop.

Sure enough, after hearing Zhang Yi's words, Li Jian fully understood the gravity of the situation.

He nodded vigorously: "Lord Supreme, this life of mine was given by you! If you hadn't taken in my wife and me back then, we would have already died in the ice and snow."

"Moreover, this time you are protecting the safety of all of Tianhai City! Even if I die, I will accomplish this beautifully!"

Zhang Yi smiled slightly, very satisfied with Li Jian's response.

"Rest assured, I will give you the maximum level of safety protection. And your wife Zhang Jianfang, as well as your newborn daughter Li Beibei, their future standard of living will be benchmarked against base leadership."

"If anything ever happens to you, I will protect them for a lifetime!"

Li Jian and Zhang Jianfang were both over forty. They had once had a son, but unfortunately, that son died during the Snow Worship Cult war.

But people must always look forward. Last year, they had another daughter at the base, named Li Beibei.

The couple doted on this late-life daughter exceptionally, and she could be said to be the apple of Li Jian's eye.

With this, Zhang Yi had completely resolved Li Jian's worries, and the last trace of concern in Li Jian's heart vanished entirely.

"Thank you, Lord Supreme!"

Li Jian said from the bottom of his heart.

Zhang Yi brought Li Jian back to the shelter, then directly arranged a medical room for him, tasking him with cultivating the Sword in the Tree.

The Sword in the Tree was now a plant, having almost entirely shed all human attributes.

Therefore, Zhang Yi believed that with Li Jian's ability, he could accelerate the Sword in the Tree's growth, allowing it to rapidly absorb the divine substance of the God Essence and complete its evolution to a higher life level.

When that time came, Zhang Yi's strength could rise by yet another level!

Everything had been planned out. After Li Jian returned, Zhou Ke'er took charge of what came next.

Li Jian's ability was [Sacrifice], which used his own flesh, blood, and supernatural power to accelerate a plant's growth and elevate its quality.

As a result, the toll on his body was enormous.

Therefore, Zhou Ke'er also prepared a large amount of nutrient solution and medicine to prevent any mishaps during the cultivation process.

To that end, she had specially asked Lu Keran to build a transparent Biological Storage for Li Jian.

When Li Jian arrived and saw everything prepared, he naturally understood that he was merely a piece in the plan.

But being a sensible man, he would not harbor any resentment. Instead, he calmly changed his clothes and, under Zhou Ke'er's guidance, lay down inside the nutrient chamber.

Next, tubes were connected to his body, injecting nutrient solution and life-support drugs.

Zhang Yi watched all of this as the Sword in the Tree on his right hand disintegrated from its bracelet form into a mass of green plant matter, then directly leaped into the nutrient solution. Like a leech, it burrowed from Li Jian's arm into his body.

Even Zhang Yi felt a pang of pain watching. To be honest, if the situation weren't so urgent, he wouldn't have had the heart to do it.

But Li Jian was long accustomed to such things, so he simply closed his eyes peacefully.

Zhang Yi reached out, grabbed Huahua from the ground beside him, pointed at the nutrient chamber, and carefully instructed it:

"Huahua, you must stay here for the next few days. You are not allowed to go anywhere! Keep a good watch. Prevent any accidents from occurring. This matter is very important to us, understand?"

Having said that, Zhang Yi directly opened the dimensional space and stacked dried fish into a small mountain for it.

Huahua opened its big mouth in a yawn and lazily said: "Meow, got it! It's just a tiny little thing."

Only then did Zhang Yi leave with peace of mind.

He hoped that before the next war arrived, the Sword in the Tree could complete its evolution.

Only, when that day would come, no one knew.

Zhang Yi left the basement and arrived at the living room, where Yang Siya gently walked over and handed him a cup of hot coffee.

"Zhang Yi, you've seemed a bit fatigued lately. Would you like to rest properly? I recently learned ear cleaning, and it's very effective for relieving mental stress."

Zhang Yi's eyes lit up, and he winked at her: "Let's talk about it tonight!"

Yang Siya covered her mouth with a laugh, "Got it! Then don't forget to come to my room tonight!"

Zhang Yi carried his coffee and went to find Yang Xinxin.

He needed to talk with Yang Xinxin about the matter of the [Eye] organization.

Although the other party had expressed goodwill toward him and even sent a generous gift, Zhang Yi deeply understood a principle: when someone offers unsolicited kindness, it is either treachery or theft.

Hmm, saying it that way seemed a bit harsh.

But being cautious was always fine. At the very least, he needed to figure out whether the other party had any designs on him.

Zhang Yi arrived at the control center. Yang Xinxin, now serving as battlefield commander-in-chief, was responsible for communicating with representatives of the six major regions to discuss operational details.

It was yet another complex and lengthy meeting.

Because too many factions were involved, they also needed to observe the international community's reaction and gauge whether there would be external reinforcements.

So it was impossible to formulate a proper battle plan in a short time.

However, at present, the most important point was, concentrating forces!

Fighting on their home turf, they held tremendous advantages. But the biggest gap between them and the Mist Valley forces was, in reality, still high-level Transcendents.

Just this once, counting the unit that had attacked Colombia's naval fleet, Mist Valley had deployed as many as 11 Epsilon-class Transcendents!

As for Captain-level Transcendents, over there they were merely elite soldiers, and seven to eight hundred had been deployed at once!

This was absolute power suppression. Even in direct confrontation, without geographical advantages, the Huaxu Nation would not hold the upper hand.

So this time, they desperately needed help from the outside.

However, when Zhang Yi arrived at the control center, he received good news.

Meng Yuanjun gave him the responses they had obtained from seeking external aid.

"Currently we have sent aid requests to over twenty countries, regions, or special organizations, and received responses from 11."

"Excluding some smaller neighboring nations, most can only symbolically dispatch a small number of Transcendent units to support us. The ones truly capable of giving us assistance are Colombia and Freemonts."