Chapter 2488: Chapter 2489: Analysis
Tamur circled around Veronia and said,
"I can sense that in this area, there is only one existence from a different time-space, perhaps the others have already retreated in advance, and he gives me the feeling of embarking on a self-sacrificial journey."
"What astonishing news indeed."
Veronia did not doubt Tamur; if it hadn’t discovered the presence with its power, the possibility that the opponent is hiding extremely well is almost nonexistent, which means those guys actually sent just one person to die?
Unable to fathom the Empire people’s intentions, Veronia had to give up trying to figure them out.
"It seems like it’s over, huh?"
Seeing the battle in the sky reach a conclusion, Feng Yuan sighed in relief but suddenly hesitated, Xiao Ji looked at Feng Yuan in confusion and nudged him with its head, only to have Feng Yuan press its head down, signaling it not to make trouble.
Qiu Hanmo and the others did not notice the anomaly on Feng Yuan’s side; at this moment, the ground battlefield had entered the cleaning phase, their only task was repairing the damaged defensive structures, but as everyone could contribute to this, none of them had the leisure to pay attention to anyone else.
After a long while, Feng Yuan came back to his senses, looking at the sky with a complicated expression, he sighed and muttered,
"No victory or defeat? What a difficult decision..."
Veronia and Tamur did not search for possible enemies around, instead, they communicated with other Divine Beasts via the Divine Beast intelligence network, mainly with Veronia speaking, while Tamur watched silently and occasionally expressed its opinion.
"Almost all participating countries of the United Army were attacked, besides that, the actual focus of the attack turned out to be those opportunistic forces."
Having gathered the intelligence it wanted, Veronia looked up at Tamur and opened its mouth with a mysterious expression; it hadn’t expected that the disturbance within The Imperial Timeline was actually aimed at dealing with those guys.
"Hard to believe?"
Tamur looked at Veronia, who shook her head and replied,
"Let’s go find Feng Yuan first, although I feel there’s no problem, maybe it’s just that our perspectives differ?"
In Veronia’s view, there wasn’t a big problem with the attack this time, although it seemed not to yield much benefit, after all, the attack wasn’t directly targeting the United Army.
Or rather, against the United Army, they employed a strategy of resource depletion to hold them off from aiding those forces.
Through this, they severely damaged those opportunistic forces that were taking advantage of the chaos, but this move could also push those who simply wanted to gain benefits towards the United Army.
Although they might not be afraid, compared to the resources consumed, the benefits were not stable and involved a lot of gambling on luck.
Voicing her doubts to Feng Yuan, Veronia wanted to know his opinion.
"Hmm, Qiu Hanmo, what do you think? I believe..."
Coincidentally, Feng Yuan was with the Red Fire Team, so Qiu Hanmo paused his work to listen quietly and analyze. After listening to Veronia’s explanation, Qiu Hanmo held his chin and pondered for a moment, then raised his head and said,
"I think they have considerable confidence."
"I think so too. Those forces that simply flock to grab benefits can be considered as a relatively strong mob. Although hatred and immense interests might compel them to make up their minds to join the battle, this possibility is almost nonexistent."
Smiling, Feng Yuan spoke while noticing Veronia seemed somewhat confused, he paused and said,
"Although you didn’t mention it, I believe they definitely didn’t attack the G Organization, right?"
"Seems... that’s true, but isn’t it because the G Organization doesn’t have a fixed headquarters?"
Veronia paused and recalled carefully, realizing the news of the G Organization being attacked was indeed absent; of course, they might not be able to locate the G Organization’s headquarters since it’s an illegal organization and not quite the same as those opportunistic forces.
"Crimson Hunters are notoriously known as a Spirit Beast poaching organization, right? They’ve all been attacked and had their base discovered; you think an even larger force like the G Organization would be able to escape? No news can only prove they weren’t a target for an attack, even if the G Organization is causing trouble for them."
Rolling his eyes, Feng Yuan spoke in irritation, although Veronia hadn’t detailed it earlier, she did mention the names of a few forces that were attacked, and Crimson Hunters were among them. Unlike the G Organization, the Crimson Hunters are a widely targeted poaching organization that hides more secretly.
There’s no choice; the G Organization might still have some sympathizers, whereas Crimson Hunters seem to be enemies to the world, under such circumstances, there’s no reason the Crimson Hunters can be excavated but the G Organization can’t.
Not to mention, compared to the Crimson Hunters trying to steal the Anti-Divine Beast Rune, the G Organization has consistently caused trouble for The Imperial Timeline.
"You mean the actual targets they attacked this time were all selected ones?"
Veronia paused, seeming to understand Feng Yuan’s meaning.
"Though I’m not quite familiar with those organizations, I know that Crimson Hunters would flee in haste at the first sign of trouble. This time, they severely hit the Crimson Hunters; their likelihood of seeking revenge is slim, and it’s more likely that they will withdraw from this war."
"Other forces are probably similar, at least, among those forces you mentioned earlier, I know of two that aren’t quite united internally. It’s hard to say what might happen now that they’ve suffered heavy damage."
Nodding, Feng Yuan spoke while looking at Veronia, the latter, although having witnessed similar tactics in the Mythical Era, was nonetheless unfamiliar with the current forces’ situations, which led to such confusion.
Upon hearing the names of those forces Veronia mentioned, Feng Yuan already guessed their objective was to hurt those who coveted the Anti-Divine Beast Rune severely enough to deter them from further action.
"In truth, this may not be a bad thing, but it still requires confirming the true situation, as it could be a trap."
Touching his chin, Feng Yuan thought of something and said, while Qiu Hanmo pondered and spoke,
"The United Army’s commanders are all of the stable type; perhaps this opportunity might be missed, but I think there’s no need to gamble now, at least not until this surprise attack is resolved."
"Hmm, this... there might be a solution, but it might not be good news. Also, it’s unclear whether The Imperial Timeline is struggling or intentionally showing vulnerabilities."
With an awkward smile, Feng Yuan forcibly shifted the topic back to the Empire’s attack, while Veronia suspiciously glanced at Feng Yuan, wondering if it was because of outsiders being present that they couldn’t speak openly?
"The odds are fifty-fifty; although the United Army merely bit a small piece of land this time, as further troops are deployed, the frontline base would become a sharp blade stabbing deep into the heart of the Eastern Alliance Empire. Their counteraction is not surprising."
"But, it cannot be assured they’re intentionally showing vulnerabilities, this approach of not regarding the Anti-Divine Beast Rune as an important weapon is quite peculiar."
Qiu Hanmo couldn’t quite determine why the Empire initiated this attack, but what’s certain is that following this attack, those forces originally disrupting The Imperial Timeline due to the Anti-Divine Beast Rune would be coerced into withdrawing from this war.
For the United Army, this is a significant blow because those forces could tie up a large portion of The Imperial Timeline’s troops, and this attack wasn’t merely destructive. According to Veronia’s intelligence, those attacked forces were plundered for a large amount of resources.
Under normal conditions, Spirit Beast’s growth follows an orderly and slow tempo, but no one can say there’s no way to forcibly accelerate through massive resource usage, abruptly elevating a Spirit Beast’s power.
This is also why Feng Yuan and the others cannot determine The Imperial Timeline’s true situation; rashly making a judgment based only on this can lead to risks. Of course, risk and opportunity coexist; if this attack is indeed a resolution move due to issues with The Imperial Timeline, ignoring it would only provide breathing room for The Imperial Timeline.
Qiu Hanmo’s statement implies the same; if they can analyze it, surely the leading figures in the United Army can too, and the action depends on the frontline commander’s combat strategy.
Currently, the frontline commanders lean towards prudence, hence Qiu Hanmo believes they should choose to forgo this chance to avoid falling into a trap.
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