Chapter 686: Chapter 379: Formidable Opponent (Part 2)
The intensity is continuously rising.
It is also leading the Association to gather more and more forces in the Resource World.
After all, in the Association’s definition, the Resource World is actually more valuable than the Tower World.
The biggest interest in the Tower World is actually only the Gray Mist.
However, the Gray Mist is just the last major thing left, but the Resource World represents a continuous supply that can be utilized to enhance the entire Association World.
The former may have higher value in certain critical domains, but the latter is also necessary for the Association to strengthen itself at this moment.
However, even though the Association hasn’t fully noticed the Great Wind Empire’s decisions, it can still sense changes in the Great Wind Empire’s actions through some reconnaissance personnel still lurking within its borders.
They are gathering increasing military strength.
They are essentially mobilizing the entire Empire’s power!
Moreover, they are mobilizing as much as possible.
There is an atmosphere of fighting to the death.
It even forces the Association to hold another meeting specifically to discuss this matter.
"Clearly, such investment does not align with the collective interests of the other side; this must be something the Great Wind Emperor is pushing through his supreme authority." Shen Yu classified the matter in his opening statement.
This implies that their discussion can no longer be based on the perspective of the opposing force as a whole.
They can only make deductions from the perspective of the Great Wind Emperor.
"If the Great Wind Emperor is pushing it single-handedly, then I believe—" interstellar world Shen Yu’s tone was very certain, "there must be something in our world that the Emperor cannot let go of."
Yes, this is not hard to guess.
But the next step is truly difficult to predict.
"What is the Emperor’s personal, unrelenting desire?"
This question stumped everyone.
It is also the most troublesome aspect of this system.
If it’s a force, the core interests of that force are actually very clear.
They always fall within a certain range.
However, the Emperor is an individual.
His personal will completely overrides the interests of the entire civilization.
There are all kinds of possibilities.
Just like the story of lighting the beacon towers to amuse the feudal lords, from the perspective of national interest, this act should never happen, but for an individual, at that moment, winning a beauty’s smile surpasses all other matters and interests.
It’s simply immeasurable.
No one knows what this Great Wind Emperor ultimately wants that makes him willing to risk launching a comprehensive frontal assault without having gained a sufficient advantage in intelligence warfare.
It could be a treasure that is crucial to his personal cultivation, or it could be a Cultivation Technique, resources, a Magical Treasure, or even a simple obsession that surpasses everything and must be fulfilled.
Who can say for sure?
"Although the Great Wind Emperor’s intentions are unclear, I believe his target for initiating this war should not be the Resource World but the Tower World," Wizard Shen Yu suddenly said, quickly providing his reasoning, "We still haven’t obtained the last batch of Gray Mist to save the world from the Tower World, which sufficiently indicates that if we do not intervene and do nothing, the Tower World will still face destruction."
"Then isn’t it possible that the other side destroys the Resource World first and then moves against the Tower World?" Martial Artist Shen Yu couldn’t help but ask.
However, no one answered this question.
Even Martial Artist Shen Yu himself, after a brief discussion, quickly understood.
This is impossible.
The power gap between them and the Great Wind Empire is not that great.
The Great Wind Empire has only two choices, and since the Association’s defensive focus is in the Resource World, if the enemy first engages in a fierce assault on the Resource World, the Tower World wouldn’t fall to the point of being unable to even arrange staff for evacuation.
This can only indicate that the Tower World is not the most probable choice, but rather the only choice.
Thus, everything seems clear.
There must be something in the Tower World that this Emperor desires, something he must obtain despite huge risks.
This is also why the Tower World has never been saved and has constantly faced the danger of destruction.
Given that, it seems there is only one thing they need to do now.
"Quickly return to defend the Tower World." Shen Yu personally issued the order.
Previously, they shifted their focus to the Resource World, not abandoning the Tower World, but for the Association, the Resource World is indeed very important, especially if the situation reaches a stalemate, then the Resource World can greatly enhance the Association’s advantage in a stalemate.
A stalemate situation is actually the most probable scenario in normal forecasts.
In summary, the Association quickly reallocated its forces.
Beginning to prioritize defending the Tower World.
The Great Wind Empire probably hadn’t imagined that the Association also has the unreasonable existence of the Gray Mist Space, which in a certain sense represents a kind of prediction in obtaining the Gray Mist itself.
Although the Great Wind Empire hasn’t achieved a definite advantage in intelligence warfare, they can still perceive the significant actions of the Association to some extent.
They also understand that their feint strategy was likely exposed.
"The depth of the enemy spies among us might exceed all our expectations." Someone openly warned at the Great Wind Emperor’s organized meeting, using intense language, "Only our true core members understand the attack target, if there are no spies, how could the enemy react so swiftly!"
Once the seed of suspicion is planted, everyone understands that chaos will occur internally.
However, this internal trust crisis, for the Great Wind Empire, is far from fatal.
Because they only need the Emperor to directly issue absolutely correct orders.
Regardless of whether their colleagues are trustworthy, as long as they obey the Emperor’s orders, they can always play their roles in necessary fields.
Thus, the Emperor directly took over the authority.
And issued his core command.
"The whole army, attack the Resource World!"
Indeed, at the moment the Association made their decision, the Great Wind Emperor again shifted his strategy.
This is something only someone with his position and power can achieve.
Overturning all previous decisions on his own accord during a decisive moment!
Just like that, a vast and battle-hardened legion marched grandly towards the Resource World.
The moment countless individuals arrived, war erupted directly.
After occupying the Resource World for thousands of years, they surely have deep understanding of the Law and structure of the world, not to mention that the Association cannot possibly comprehensively reshape their defense arrangements in such a short time, only able to rely on defensive facilities built by the Great Wind Empire and supplement them with their own defensive measures.
For the Great Wind Empire, even without gaining an intelligence advantage, they aren’t completely ignorant.
The intensity of the conflict exploded beyond everyone’s expectations!
"This Great Wind Emperor is preparing to force us to withdraw our defense," Shen Yu convened an urgent war meeting.
"Engaging with a person like this is indeed very tricky, his methods are changeable and difficult to fully anticipate." interstellar world Shen Yu slightly shook his head, evidently a bit troubled.
"Fighting in the Resource World actually gives them more confidence because they understand the world’s Law better, based on our original preparations, we should be at a disadvantage when engaging the enemy head-on in the Resource World, at best we could hope to maintain a stalemate, but if we adjust our forces again, we’re afraid they’ll launch a massive attack on the Tower World again—this feels less like comparing strength, and more like playing hide and seek with the whole force, just seeing who can run faster." Wizard Shen Yu expressed his feeling.
