Chapter 228 - 142: The Super Army Deploys
[World Chat Channel (788111)]
Xiong Liang: "This is bad!!"
Xiong Liang: "Mei Yuan is for real!"
Xiong Liang: "He’s gathered a huge army and started a northern campaign!!"
Xiong Liang: "[Video.avi]"
In the video, legions filling the basin swarmed like ants, slowly moving toward the northeast.
A large group of heroes at the center of the army glittered with a light different from that of the common soldiers, making them particularly eye-catching.
Every lord who saw the video held their breath, terrified that the army in the video might suddenly appear before them. Everyone believed this legion could flatten any obstacle in its path.
Xiong Liang: "Look at this army! Look at these heroes! Who could possibly stop them?"
Mei Yuan: "Shut up if you don’t want to die!!!"
Mei Yuan: "Everyone, we just want to knock the top-ranked lords down a peg. We mean no harm to anyone else. Please, ordinary lords, do not panic."
...
After saying his piece, Mei Yuan logged off, ignoring the World Chat Channel. Of course, there was another important reason: after this moment, he would no longer be able to access the Human Race’s World Channel.
The World Chat Channel exploded as if a bomb had been dropped. No one had expected Mei Yuan to actually gather such a large group of lords. The dense, black mass of the legion in the video made it impossible to count the number of soldiers.
Everyone started discussing how on earth Mei Yuan had managed it.
Soon, however, they began to worry whether their own territories lay on the army’s path of advance.
Sibel Aishan: "I know Mei Yuan’s territory coordinates. His land is at 987.789.365. Judging by the direction in the video, he must be heading northeast."
Sibel Aishan: "Everyone should do the math and see if you’re on their line of march."
Chen Yao: "Help me, everyone! I just realized I’m on the route of the army led by Lord Mei! What do I do?"
Chen Yao: "SOB SOB~ This is so scary!!"
Neng Hua: "Holy crap, this is bad. I was just watching the drama, and now it’s happening to me!!!"
...
Offline, Neng Hua’s face was grim as he repeatedly calculated the coordinates. He discovered that his territory was directly on the march route of the army led by Mei Yuan.
It wasn’t just that the army would pass by his territory; his city was smack in the middle of their path.
This discovery made his expression darken instantly.
Last month, he had heard that the lords to the southwest hadn’t been clearing out treasure chests on a large scale for some reason.
So, he had focused on collecting treasure chests to the southwest of his territory and found, as expected, that there were many wild chests there. He had a great time gathering them.
He had no idea what those southwestern lords were doing, as their troops were rarely seen in the wild.
In the preceding months, those lords had been quite arrogant. One named Xiong Liang, in particular, often traveled long distances to farm mobs everywhere and had even clashed with him a few times. Fortunately, Neng Hua wasn’t weak himself, so they hadn’t managed to get the upper hand.
But last month, he hadn’t seen Xiong Liang’s troops for the entire month.
Furthermore, while collecting chests, he had often spotted troops heading southwest.
At the time, however, he hadn’t paid it any mind, assuming it was just some southwestern lords traveling far to farm mobs and collect chests.
He never would have imagined that Mei Yuan, the one spouting off in the World Channel, was located to his southwest, and that all those troops were assembling there on his word.
’Don’t they care about their own territories anymore?’
’How could they send all their troops and heroes there?’
’Aren’t they afraid of leaving their territories undefended, of getting backdoored?’
’Even if they get a ton of Combat Points, what’s the use?’
’Without a territory, their prosperity will reset to zero. They won’t have a chance to rank in the top ten thousand themselves!!’
’A bunch of morons!!!’
’Fucking idiots...’
’*&&%￥...’
...
Neng Hua walked out of his Lord’s Mansion, cursing under his breath.
"Guard! Relay this order: dispatch all scout teams to the southwest. Report any and all anomalies to me."
"Yes, sir!!"
"Dammit, those fucking idiots..."
Neng Hua anxiously ran a hand through his hair, then walked to the southwestern watchtower and stared blankly at the distant horizon.
He was already starting to wonder what excuse he would make if his territory was casually wiped out by that army.
He couldn’t just say he was annihilated by a bunch of idiots passing by. That would be so humiliating!!
...
The call of a Messenger—"Report!"—jolted Neng Hua from his thoughts.
"Speak. What did you find?" After his initial agitation, Neng Hua had calmed down. The worst that could happen was an early return to Cuiwei Star. He wasn’t on the leaderboards anyway, and he was set to lose his lord status at the end of the month regardless.
With that thought, Mei Yuan’s massive army suddenly seemed less terrifying. ’The worst they can do is kill me,’ he mused. ’What more is there?’
"My Lord, a large-scale army movement has been spotted to the southwest."
"As expected. Can you tell how many there are?"
"My Lord, the sentries couldn’t determine their exact numbers. Only that there are many, very many! An endless sea of them."
"Their direction of march?"
"Toward our territory..."
"Sigh... I know."
With the news confirmed, Neng Hua, contrary to expectation, became completely calm.
"Have all territory members return to the city. Prepare for battle!"
Neng Hua stood on the city walls, watching as his territory’s members scurried back from the wilds and into the city.
Although he had only been here for a year, he was filled with emotion as he watched the city he had built with his own hands about to be taken from him.
’What a pity. If only I could have made it to the third stage!’
...
It wasn’t long before a massive army arrived before Neng Hua’s city.